The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-07-11


interesting and developments pol
itically in Georgia the past week
were announcements from Attorney
General 7, s. Fielder and Congress
man T. w. Hardwick, of the tenth
district, that neither would be a
candidate for governor.
BY a coincidence both announce.
ments came last Friday and the day
prior to the meeting Of the state ex-
cutive committee. It was generally
thought and had been forecasted in
the newspapers that Mr.. Fielder
would enter the race. His statement,
therefore. came as surprise. It has
been reported from Washington that
Congressman Hardwick was con-
sidering entering the race, but it is
officially announced that he will
stand for Congress again in the ten
tn, with Judge Horace Holder as
his opponent.
This makes it certain that there
will be no other entries for the Au-
gust primary and that John M. Sla-
ton and Joe Hill Hall will be the
only ones seeking the suffrage Of vo-
tiers. It means that Georgia is to
have no factional politics this year,
and that is condition that il sure
to give general satisfaction. Both
Mr.. Slaton and Mr.. Hall will con-
duct their campaign on a high plane
free from factional differences and
personalities. AS matter of fact
Georgia will have a comparatively
quiet year Of it in SO far as state pol
itics are concerned, because both
Mr.. Slaton and Mr.. Hall are mem
bers of the general assembly and
will be engaged in their legislative
duties.
Georgia wont hear the old time
campaign speaking which has mark
ed campaigns for some years past,
and tits probable that the people
will survive without scriousi injury.
Georgians will watch national
politics with keen interest this year.
There isa confident feeling in dem
ocratic ranks all over the country
that a democrat is to sit. in the pres
Iidential chair after March 4th next
year, and this state has personalin-
terest in Woodrow Wilson because he
lived here during his youth and his
wife is Georgia woman
The Baltimore convention will be
historic because only two others in
the history of the democratic party
have exceeded it in the number Of
ballots before choice was made.
In 1892 AZ ballots were taken before
Pierce was nominated, Cass leading
in the opening ballots. In 1865 in
the charleston convention So bal
lots were taken before Douglas was
nominated. There was bolt from
this convention the boilers naming
Breckenridge.
Another distinct gain made in
the Baltimore convention was the
fact that the showing made by Con-
gresham Underwood has served to
impress the country with the fact
the South is to be once more con-
sidered as a factor in national poll
tics and that Southern man may
vet sit in the white house.
Although each Of the candidates
were supported ardently and siren
ously in Baltimore, the final out
come left no sores nor rent the party
as was the case in Chicago. There
is widespread belief that the Will
son-Marshall ticket viii be returned
winner in November by veritable
landslide.
The democratic convention and
the fourth of July served to keep
the legislature from getting down to
business, but from now on there
viii be steady grinding Of the legis-
lative grist.
Some Of the leaders in the assem-
bly, were in Baltimore, and the
struggle there served to
distract house and senate from the
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