Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-20
WIFE MADE JACK
SLATON RUM FOR
GOVERNOR
"She Said | HAD to Enter the
Race, and | Did," He
Explains.

II Jack" Slaton is the next gov
srnor Of Georgia-and it looks as II he
viii be-his wife will be responsible. It
became known today that it was only
at her plea that he consented to enter
the race
When Mr.. Siaton was asked just how
he came to be candidate he bowed
deeply with an inimitable gesture in
the direction of his wife When the re-
porter asked Mrs Slaton n 1t we're
really true that her husband would not
have entered the race for the states
highest office but FOR her appeals, she
smilingly said she guessed she'd have
to admit that it was
So il came to be known that Mr.
slaton is giving up 100000 aw prac-
rice not nearly so much because he
wants to be The commonWeaith's chief
executive as because ne couldn't say no
10 his wife
"TeD you exactly how it came about,
sald Mr.. Slaton in the beautiful study
Of his country home on Peachtree road.
We had talked over office holding
many times. Mrs Slaton. Mrs. Grant,
her mother and myself You see they
had to have a man ia be a candidate,
and their ambitions were naturally for
me, and ! expect that's why ] was per
mitted to attend the conferences. Most
~ they'd begin to talk Of Office holding
as a sort of adjunct to housekeeping
and I'd find myself injected into the
situation through maze Of friezes
and hangings, chinawart aud linens.
some fountains. a sundial and row OF
palms
What Are You Going to Dor"
= told them" said Mr.. Slaton Sc
riously now. chat | was perfectly sat
isfied with the honors that the people
of Georgia have already vouchsafed me;
that my law practice was a thing |
was taking a great deal of pride in,
and that I'd like TO keep at IT, particu
larly as IT helps out considerably in
paying bills. But Mrs Saton would
turn to Mrs Grant a. the end of my
remarks and she would say that of
course they wouldn't need those lilac
curtains for the guest rooms or the din
ner set they'd been looking at II l
wasn't going TO be a candidate. And
Mrs. Grant would look at me with a
look that wondered how I'd dare to
set up my will against plans for Louis
XVI chiffonier. and finally Mrs. Sla
ton said that I'd got to run for gov
ernor because she wanted me to-so
I'm running.
Here's the point" continued Mr..
Slaton. What are you going to do
when you're prisoner both to a wife
and her mother"
One OF the candidates inimitable ges-
lures. this time indicating utter help
lessness and sublime resignation. add
ed quite as much to the explanation
ss his words.
"Re'il Make a Good Governor"
Mrs. Sfaton smiled confidently
I'm afraid it's a shame to admit that
that is true" she said Really, Mr..
Slaton is giving up a law practice that
he cares for very much and I'm vain
enough of his success In the law to
tell that IL does mean a financial sac
rifice of three or four times the salary
Of Georgia's governor But I'm vain
enough, too, you see to feel sure that
he'll make a pretty good executive and
of course, II he's governor. why I'll be
the governors wife, and III have my
chance to put into execution some OF
my ideas concerning the operation OF
an executive mansion
The candidate bowed vigorously
The truth Of the matter is" said
Mrs. Grant" my daughter is more
ambitious about homemaking than Ju-
Illus Caesar ever could have been about
a throne. Really. we had to urge Mr.
Slaton many times before he would an
nounce himself. and 1t is quite true
that he said at first he'd not give up
his present interests and his business
during this campaign at least. But my
daughter and l have considerable ex-
perience at persuasion and always we
had him either at the town house or
out here in Buckhead, where he couldn'i
get away. or course we won him over
and of course we feel certain he is
going to be chosen governor as he
should be, and we are really having a
regular revel planning how Wen live
II our dream Of next November comes
true"
II is interesting, incidentally, to an
nounce that Mr.. Slaton is preparing for
his gubernatorial campaign by course
in Emerson's essays, with particular at
5 tention to that one entitled Self Re
lance"