Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23

anG sheppard &C
cidentally ran sfoul or one another in
he Kimpall house lobby. and so Bob"
| had to take the elimination talk. be-
hind his back. because all three Of
| those present were too polite to UNDER
take the elimination" OF one another,
right there before one anothers faces.
After a long Ninded discussion Of the
| situa ton, it was agreed that no matter
who had a chance to win, Hardeman
clearly wasn't in it.
Hardeman is fine dissenter. how
ever. and when he hears how complete
| ly and altogether he has been put out
of the running by his esteemed but
| loa thed contemporaries. he likely will
advance some staggering claims in his
own behalf
# is difficult to see how he is TO Sc
cure any votes at all. II the claims of
BurwelI. Fullbrght and Sheppard COM
bned are anywhere near the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
for those combined claims run up to
more than 200 which is good many
more than the entire house member
| ship.
BurwelI alone claims to have III
votes pledged straight to his support
| Thomas f. Watson in boiling the
Democra tic nominee for the presidency,
| seems to have taken little more Serl-
| ously than was intended the statement
of The New York Times that Wilson
Joined the knights Of Columbus
FOO, nipbtS aSO in New York
The Times says Wilson was made
! AN honorary member al the banquet
in question-not a real member
As matter OF fact. Mr.. Wilson could
not have been made a regular and real
member at a banquet attended by
guests of all religious faiths. More
over. he could be made member no.
where unless he were a member OF the
Catholic church: and ne is, as was his
| father before him, stanuch Presby-
| terrain
Mr. Wilson was. along with Con-
gresham Sulzer and many others
guests of honor at a knights of Column
bus banquet in New York few even
ings since, and was treated like guests
Of honor generally are treated. and he
responded In kind. That seems to be
all there was. TOO, to the incident, and
II is of large or small significance, as
one cares to view 1t, perhaps.
Thomas Jones Pence of Raleigh. \.
| c.. who. as Samuel Blythe says made
! Woodrow Wilson a front page posi-
bility" pubhcitywise, and who now is
| the head and front of the Wilson press
bureau, wasn't always az important as
| he is today.
The time was when Pence was an
| humble newspa per man. general broke
/ but happy--like thousands
He never was Commonplace how
ever And thereby hangs a tale.
| Five years or so back. Tom Pence.
of The Raleigh Observer Zach Nc
Ghee, of The Columbia State, and John
Corrigan, of The Atlanta Constitution.
| had offices together on G street in
Washington, in the building where the
old Sun bureau used to be; and when
Tom. Zach and John all got to working
! in that once at the same time there
wasn't much room left for visitors.
Tom generally wasn't in. however
| 2no 80 ne framed up eCueule " lui-
press people who called for him over
the phone. and ii was reduced to Ian
guaGe thus
Now, Zach, when ! am called for
over the phone, and | am not in, YOU
or John whichever answers the phone,
say, No Mr.. Pence isn't in. am sor-
ny. you know he is very busy. But
am his private secretary. Any message
you leave with me will be delivered, and
! Mr. Fences attention call to it imme-
diately upon his return. You fellows
do that for me. and | will do 1t for you
I'm fact. we will all three pull the
stunt for one another!
In that way" explained Pence, we
will make them all think We have pri-
waite secretsries-snd l have observed
that nothing gives a man more surely
reputation for astuteness and impor-