Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
SIDELIGHTS ON
STATE POLITICS

The semi official announcement that
Mr. Roosevelt win come 10 Georgia be-
fore a great while to harangue the people
with respect to the aims and objects of
the bull moose party and his own par
| ticular connection herewith. has set
many hearts a-flutter politically
If he should come. it may as well be
accepted right of the reel as trpe that
he will cut a spectacular swath from
Rabun Gap to Tybee light. and that when
he shall have departed, there will linger
not one little doubt that he has been in
our midst"
One may accept IS final the forecast
Of so excellent a prophet as MIR. George
Harvey. if one so elects, and conclude
tnat Mr.. Roosevelt with all his enga ging
and enticing qualifications, still has mo
chance to win 'fse
One may accept such a forecast. if one
so tnciines. to be sure-but # Mr.. Roose-
welt comes and fingers a while in Geor-
gia. it will be found that hundreds if
not thousands of Georgians will not ac-
cept it, nevertheless
The three. things thai disturbed and
upset the philosophy Of an ancient
\ prophet-the eagle in the air, the serpent
on the rock and the man with the maid
would have been extended to fourth
perhaps, had Colonel, Theodore Roosevelt.
/ peep ARen alike and engaged at the. mo
ment in the extremely fascinating game
OF big politics
For surely nothing is stronger or more
certainly beyond the pale of philosophy
| on logic than Mr.. Roosevelt's way with
the people,
one may love him, one may hate him:
one may respect him, one may scorn him;
one may weep over him. one may laugh at
MIN; enc may believe him, one may sus-
pect him.
But i IS. impossible that any one may.
overlook HIM '5,
While others talk the tariff and deal in
abstractions, the meaning of witch the
general run Of folks understand not at all
Mr. Roosevelt pokes his crowd in the
ribs, SLABS it on the back, and makes
faces at it!
The consequence is that. while the
| Roosevelt outfit frequently may be most
uncertain where it is going it never is
permitted to doubt that it is aggressively
! and pugnacously on its way!
r If Roosevelt COMES to Georgia, that sui
plurous thing likely will break loose
again, all right-with all due respect to
everybody and with malice toward none
Says The Savannah Press:
jim Price kept out of the fertilizer
controversy and got a big vote in the
state for commissioner of agricul-
! ture.
The Press might have gone further and
noted the fact that the big vote" Price
received was sufficient to nominate bin1
on the second ballot. with quite re-
spectacle margin to spare.
And it is the truth, too, that "Old Jim
won many delegates to his cause fpar-
ticulary after Blalock withdrew and in
structions We're lifted because of the
fact that he had held aloof from the fer
tilizer row and the rough house methods
OF debate characterizing his two distin-
guished opponents.
| Price conducted sort Of beart-to
Iheart campaign with the farmers, and
tthousands who noted for one. of the
Others unquestionaby held "Old Jim" a
warm second choice,s Hessaid nothing
hard about the other feow-he "toted
his own skillet
! Undoubtedly, moreover. if the press
speaks truly the sentiments of the peo-
tpleS o4Fices nomination gives general and
widespread satisfaction.
| Senator NJ. c. Tarver, Of Whitfield.
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will be the baby of the next senate.
| He will be when sworn ins Just 2s,Zone
Year older than the constitutional agea
limit imposed upon mem eps of that body
| yWhen Tarver first TOOK the oath in the
! house he was Just % by a scratch He
has served two terms as representative.
Herbert Clay is being congratulated
from one end of Georgia to the other be-
licitor general OF the Blue Ridge circuit
Clay defeated his opponent by just a
little more than four to one votes-which
was running some, particularly in the
Blue Ridge. His exact majority was
4,034
Herbert Clay is the oldest son of the
! late United States Senator A S Clay
certainly one OF. the most beloved men
Georgia ever knew. The son has in
herited much of the fathers legal ability
and strength of character. He has fairly
won his own political spurs, however
having been identified with political prog
ress in his section long before the senator
passed away.
Naturally hundreds~. of voters, in the
Blue. Ridge took additional pleasure in
Evoting for Herbert clay because he is
steve" Clays son, but it may be said,
nevertheless. that Herbert was elected on
his own merits and record more than any
thing else.
John c. Reese, who has for several
years handled state politics from the At
lanta point Of view for The Macon Tel
egraph and The Augusta Chronicle, will
be CONNECTED hereafter exclusively with
The Telegraph
He will have charge of the Macon
papers state capital news bureau. and
will sever his other newspaper connec-
tons E..
Reese is one of the very best equipped
newspaper men in the South and I'M
doubtedly has given The Telegraph and
The Chronicle the best Atlanta service
either Of those excellent newspapers ever
had.
The Telegraph Isl to be congratulated
that it is to have hereafter the exclusive
service of Reese
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