Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-28
MOOSE ROUTED
IN FIRST CLASH
H. S. Jackson Controls Situa-
,tion-CIark Grier and Mar
shall Johnson Bounced.

WHAT will happen to Republican Of
flee holders in the South who do not
support the faction in power is clearly
known to all today after the action Of
the state Republican central commit
tee yesterday afternoon in reading
Clark Grier out of the party and out Of
his promised job as postmaster at Dub
lin and in placing United States Mar
shall Walter H. Johnson in the same
boat with that traitor, Clark"
THE action of the state Republican
central committee won't keep me from
voting for Taft" said Mr. Johnson to-
day.
He admitted that the resolutions
which Endorsed the opposition Of Henry
S. Jackson, collector of internal reve-
nue., to Clark Grier and all other dele
gates to the Republican convention that
opposed President Taft in the prelimi
nary contests, referred to himself but
stated that a man in politics must ex-
pect attacks and that he had no objec-
ton to the resolutions being passed II
the committee saw fit to pass them.
Threats to bolt the Republican par
ty came when B. ]. Davis, negro and
editor of The Atlanta Independent, de-
clared that If President Taft appointed
Clark Grier postmaster at Dublin that
he would vote and work for Wilson.
Bull Moose Charges" were flung also
when C. P. Goree, an Atlanta lawyer,
pointed his finger at District Attorney
Alex Alderman, of Macon, and shouted,
The gentleman from Bibb is a Bull
Moose and he knows it."
Jackson Is the Leader.
The committee met in the senate
chamber 10 choose Republican electors
for the presidential election this fall.
That part Of the work came at dusk
and occupied ten minutes.
Henry 8. Jackson, collector OF in
ternal revenue, is today acknowledged
the leader of the Republican party and
arbiter on ali matters of Federal pat
ronage in Georgia This came when
the skids were put under Colonel Wal
ter H. Johnson and he was roughly
shot from the position which he has
held for more than twenty years. Colo
mel Johnson is no longer chairman OF
the executive committee, leader or hold
er of patronage, and even stands In
danger of losing his own position as
marshal at a salary OF $4,000 per year
He only remains chairman of the CEN
trail committee
This was accomplished by passing a
set of resolutions offered by Roscoe
Pickett, of Pickens county, one of the
four members of the Georgia legisla-
ture who is a Republican. The resolu-
tons Endorsed the work of Henry s.
Jackson in supporting Taft; Endorsed
the stand of Mr.. Jackson in opposing
the nomination of Clark Grier for post
master at Dublin, and Endorsed Mr..
Jackson for his opposition to all who
had voted against the Taft faction in
the preliminary contests at the Repub-
lican convention In Chicago.
Colonel johnson Steps Down.
When this was introduced, Colonel
Johnson, who as chairman Of the COM
mittee was presiding, stepped down and
handed the gavel to John M. Barnes,
Of Macon
That jackson had been seeking to
Gust Marshal Johnson, despite. his de-
mails to representatives of the Atlanta
papers was clearly shown when Dis
trict Attorney Alderman produced be-
fore the committee letters from Attor-
ney General Wickersham in which the
attorney general said he could take no
action in the matter of Colonel Johnson
because the representations made to
him by Alderman were so at variance
with those made by Jackson. Alderman
Is the avowed friend of Colonel John
son and in bitter language defended
him on the floor yesterday