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

( The semi official announcement that
AIR. Roosevelt Will come 70 Georgia be-
/ fore great while to,hatangue 4he people
Iwitn respect to the aims and objects Of
the bun moose party and his own par
ucular connection herewith, has set
many hearts a-autter politically
.. II he should come it may as well be
4 accepted. right Off the reel as. true that
he VIII cut d spectacular swath from
Rabun Gap to Tybee light. and that when
he shall have Departed, there will Ifnger
/ noU'one little doubt that"he has been SIN
oar niGstf .r.s -~.o
one may accept as final the forecast
OF so excellent prophet as Mr. George
( Harvey. if one so elects. and conclude
fthat Mr.. Roosevelt, with all his engaging
and enticing qualifications. sim has mo
chance to win
one may accept such a forecast. if one
so inclines, TO be silre--but If Mr. Roose-
/ Welt comes and fingers a while in Gcor-
ga it will be found that hundreds If
not thousands Of .Georgians will not ac-
cept it pevertheless
The three thugs that disturbed and
upset the philosophy of an ancient
prophet-the eagle in the air. tine serpent
on theTock. and the man with the maid
would have been extended to a fourth,
perhaps. had Colonel. Theodore Roosevelt
/ beon then alive and engaged al the mo-.
/ ment in the extremely fascinating game
| OF big politics.
/ For surely nothing IS stronger OF more
certainly Beyond the pale of philosophy
] or logic than Mr., Rooseve!t's way with
the people
! one may oSe him. one may hate him:
! N
one may weep over him. one may laugh at
! him. one may believe him, one may sus-
/ pect him. o..
But il is impossible that any one may
overlook him. =
4, .Wh2e@ottegs3 yatk tk41ariff and deal in.
distractions, the meaning Of which the
general run of folks understand not at all
/ dr Roosevelt pokes his crowd in the
ribs slaps it on the back, and makes
faces at it,
fhe consequence is that. While the
/ Roosevelt outfit frequently NAV be most
I uncertain where it is going. it never is
permitted to doubt that it is aggressively
+ and pugnaciously on its way.
If Roosevelt comes to Georgia, that sui
phurous 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 or the fertilizer
I CONTROVERSY and got a big vote in the
ss4ls i9I commissioner Of agriclU
'7@rr1e f't'es's'f1fgfrt- Have-g6ne fuTrReF aT,dr
Noted The 'faet~that the "bfg vote Price
received was sufficient to nominate him
on the second ballot, with quite re-
! spectabie margin to spare
AhSi 1t is the. tFuth, TOO; that old Jim
Won many deiega ties to his cause Cpar-
ltlcNIlafl8. after BlaIock Withdrew and IN
/ structions were lifted because of the
| fact that he had held aloof from the fer
! ulizer row and the rough house methods
Of debate characterizing his two distin-
guished opponents. IN
Price, conducted a, sent OF heart-to-
fffe'a ~ zahtpafs h S% ithFr4s farMefs si+,rs
i lhpusandsas w3eN v2ted 4or one 81 ;Ahe.
! Qtherse usquesti ona Big held "Ofd-Jins" a
warm second choice. He said nothing
hard about the other fellow-he "toted
his own skillet -; at
/ Undoubtedly, moreover if the press
! speaks truly1the sentiments .bf the peo-
I pie Prices nomination gives general and
! widespread satisfaction.
Senator NJ c. Tarver, Of Whitfield,
/
VIII be the ''babN' of.fthe next senate.
l. lie win bel when sworn in JUST 26-one
year older than% 5he constitutional age
] l4ht lhlposAa upon mem bers~of that body
r .Whcns T'5rSer first t56l the oath in t|Sr
house he was just 20 by a scratch He
! has served two terms as representative
Herbert clay is, Being congratulated
| from ONE end of Georgia to the other be-
cause Of the great race he made for So
| licitor general Of the Blue Ridge circuit
Clay defeated Ills opponent by just
! little more than four to one votcs-which
was running some, particularly in the
Blue Ridge His exact majority was
1904 =
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
/ hcrited much or the fathers legal ability
Fand 'slgnath Of eharacrel> Ee. has fairly
! Won his own politca4 spurs, however,
Havis 6, beesi iIse titled with political prog
ress in his section long before the senator
passed away
NaturarN9 hundreds of voters in the
Blue Ridge took additional pleasure in
yo1ng for Herbert Clay because he is
| steve CIay's son. but il may be said
nevertheless that Herbert was elected on
/ his own merits ana record mor5 than ana
thing else,
John C. Reese. Who has for several
years handled state politics from the At
lauta point of view for The Macon Tel
| cSraph and Tho Augusta Chronicle, will
/ be connected hereafter exclusively with
/ the Telegraph.
/ fLea will haYel chsfse a., pf5 e.yhe&y -alacep
Bauer's state caUlLaa news hrraau ana