Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
.S|DEL|GHTS On
STATE POLITICS
News and Gossip Concerning
the Candidates and Their
Friends in Georgia.
BY JAMES q. MEuIh

tloh days-and maybe they didn't look
as BADLY in this state as they did in
South Carolina, anyway-but FRIDAYS
smoky appearance Of things in the han
OF the house of representatives. musf
have seemed something like the old
thing, nevertheless.
There were gathered in that hall IF
state legislation some 125 'insurzpnt,,
Roosevelt delegates to a "rump" state
Republican convention, and more than
leo of them were negroes.
Among the negro delegates present
were some rafting good speakers too.
one portly Rev. Somebody of deepest
midnight hue fairly made the we1lSin
ring for a ten minutes round early in
the proceedings; and the tunultuous
applause which greeted his every SALLY.
particularly when directed against the
militant Democracy or the standpat Re
publicans was worth going several citv
blocks to hear
The way this delegate rolled The O.
dor-r-r-r-e Rr-r-r-oo- se-velt under his
tongue and out over the heads Of his
audience was Impressive in the extreme
and 1t never failed to start the noise.
that convention, either. Tt was all. for
ROOSEVELT and nobody else ever had =
look-in. According to several orators.
the colonel is the greatest, grandest.
fairest, squarest, bravest strongest. no.
blest-well, everything except the pref,
tlest-president this country ever has
had, Or possibly may hope to have.
II is worthy Of note In pa ssing. per.
haps that this convention was con,-
posed exclusively of non -officeholders.
among whom were several well known
"exes."
Politics also unmakes strange bed
fellows now and then-particularly
Georgia politics.
The Democrats doubtless would
enjoy the scrap between the Colo
mel and the president. if only they
might find little enjoying time be-
tween scraps in their own house,
hold.
Former Representative and Senator
Roland Ellis of Bibb. is an Atlanta Wis
ttor.
Mr. Ellis Is serving brief term az
solicitor of the city court Of Macon. but
is devoting as much of his time as he
can to the prosecution Of his race for
solicitor of the superior court of the
Macon circuit.
The race between Mr.. Ellis and
Judge John P. Ross for this office is
one that is attracting great attention
throughout the state. Both are widely
known and have figured conspicuously
in state politics
When Mr.. Ellis first announced his
ambition for the solicitorship 1t looked
as If he was to be elected without op-
position, particularly as Judge Ross had
previously announced in Mr.. Ellis ia
vor. In some way, however, these two
erstwhile political cronies drifted apart,
and now are opposing candidates
Judge Ross has served as city court
magistrate in Macon and has a record
upon which he is depending confidently
in his present race. Roland Ellis is
generally acknowledged to be one of
Georglas most brilliant attorneys
The secret words of admission
into Fridays 'insurgent' Republi-
can convention in Atlanta surely
must have been. Keep it dark"
What they will do with Tom
Watson is difficult question to
answer" AYERS The Dalton Cfti-
zen. Still It doesn't seem to be
puzzling Thomas E. particularly.
Ed Cole, one of Bartows most pro-
gressive young men. has practically de-
termined to be candidate for the leg
islature in the August primaries,
Heretofore Mr.. Cole has taken no d.
rect interest in politics. and his an
nouncement for the house will come as
something in the nature of genuine
surprise to his friends throughout the
state
He has been remarkably successful
in his business career. however, and it
is more than likely that his election
from Barlow will be uncontested.
Eugene v. Debs is to run for
president again. Running for pres
ident seems to be Mr.. Debs' pet
habit
The president admits that Ohio
IS to be the turning point" in the
race for the Republican nomins
ton. It is going 10 be the jumping
off place for somebody apparently
Former State Senator J. I. Weaver
of Gilmer county, in the Forty first sen
atoria district, who was temporary
chairman of the inaurgentT Republi-
can convention in At,snta Friday, had
the distinction of representing in the
senate of 1906 o8 the one lone senate
rial district in Georgia that ever returns
a Republican TO the general assembly.
This district is composed of the
mountainous counties in northeast
Georgia: and the inhabitants thereof
are, and have been for many years,
largely affiliated with the G. o, P.
Every now and then-about once in
eight years-the Democrats muster suf-
hcient strength to put their Republican
enemies down and out in the old For
ty-first but they have to dig around in
the byWays and hedges for votes when