Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07


Smith, of the United States senate;
commission; Walter Andrews and Ed
T. Brown. of Atlanta Tom Hardwick,
Of Sandersvile-or somebody else?
Every one Of these men pulled off his
coat for Wilson. and fought his battles,
through all its ups and downs, never
firing, never quitting, from the day his
boom was launched up to and including
yesterday when the former Georgians
great ambition was contaminated
TO them goes a heavy measure of
credit for Wilson's big victory in Geor-
gia. 1t is just that the record be thus
written.
They fought a good fight, and they
put 1t over.
Loyal Democrats regardless of past
political or factional Affiliations, rallied
to them, as they should have done-but
they were the leaders and the uncom-
promising generals in command.
One of the very first to wire his con-
gratulations to President elect Wilson
was Governor eject Slaton, of Georgia.
When Slaton looked the Georgia re-
turns over. he said by iove, that man
Wilson just about got my vote in .Geor-
gia-and that's some dandy I'll have
to wire him at once-any man who gets
that vote is subject to congratulations"
The governor elect expressed himself
as delighted with the prospect not only
Of Democratic president but of
Democratic congress as we'll
The statement published in an after
noon paper of Atlanta Tuesday, to.the
effect that Governor Browns private
secretary, Jesse Perry, gave out with
out the governors knowledge or con-
sent a letter to the governor from
James d. Price which letter concerned
Mr. Prices demand upon the governor
for immediate commission to office as
commissioner of agriculture, is abso-
lutely incorrect and does Mr.. Perry a
great injustice
The receipt of the letter wasspub-
lished in The Atlanta Georgian of Mon
day. with the direct,and positive CON
sent of the governor himself The gov
ernor. over the telephone. was INFORMED
by a Georgian reporter that The. Geor-
gian was aware such a letter had been
addressed to the governor, and that the
knowledge of the letter came from out
side the executive office Governo,
Brown admitted the receipt of the let
ter, but said he would not discuss it, as
he had not read it thoroughly. and had
not read Judge Cobb's accompanying
opinion at all.
Secretary Perry had nothing to dc
with giving out the letter for publca
tion-the governor himself gave out al
that anybody gave out concerning it
! And the governor desires it made plain
THAT such facts as were made public
concerning the Price letter, were sc
made with the express knowledge and
consent of the governor.
For time it looked as If Taft would
get a little bit of look in on the Geor-
gia election returns Thursday night.
Along about o'clock wire from
grand old Pickens announced that thai
bailiwick had mounted the Taft wagon
and as the wagon was crowded not al
all, the bulletin attracted no little at
tention.
Finally. however, PiCkens wabbled off
the Taft wagon, and fell to T. r., which
left Taft's Georgia score exactly and
precisely o.
The combined Republican vote in
Georgia did not go as high this year as
it did in 1908, when Taft was pitted
against Bryan. Indeed, in that election
Taft carried two congressional districts.
A sure sign that Democracy is trium-
! plant after ancient and approved
Southern fashion is the appearance of
the victorious rooster at the mastheads
and across the front pages nowadays
of divers and sundry esteemed contem-
poraries around and about.
True, these ROSTERS are of the vim
tage of "a mostly. when Grover Cleve-
land was first elected president. and
some of them look mighty queer in
the columns of a modern newspaper.
Nevertheless, they serve a noble pur-
pose today, and they carry a meaning
that is all to the good in Democratic
philosophy.
Besides. while they may be old they
never have been overworked, and they
print UP fine and dandy,