Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
S|DEIIGHTs ON:
SITi.IIfEoP0L|TG les

The semi-official announcement that
-Mr Roosevelt VIII come, to Georgia, be-
Tore great while to.harangue tine people
with respect to tie aims ana objects of
the bull moose party and MS own par
ticular connection +therewhhs. has set
many hearts a-Autter politically
line ,sbould GONE, it. may as well be
accepted right off the reel as true that
he will CUE a spectacular swath from
Rabun Gap to Tybee light and that when
he shall have departed there VIII Iinger
not one little doubt thaf~he has been in
our midstr't
one may accept as final the forecast
OF 50 excellent "A prophet. as AR George
Harvey, if one so elects, and conclude
that Mr. Roosevelt. with oil his engaging
ana eHticing qualifications, still has mo.
chance to win = .-
one may accept such forecast. if one
so inclines, to be sutre-but If Mr.. Roose-
welt comes and fingers a while in Geor-
gia, II win be found mat hundreds II
not thousands Of Georgians win not ac-
cept 1t. nevertheless. H''
The three things that disturbed and
upset the philosophy of an ancient
Rophet-the eagle in the air, the. serpent
on the rock. and the man with the maid
would have been extended to a fourth.
perhaps, had Colonel. Theodore Roosevelt
9een then al, alive an! and engaged at The mo
/ menr in the extremely fascinating game
q 15ig politics. s-fSs 5F@sa -.
For surely nothing. is stronger or. more
certainly beyond the pale 5sf philosophy
or logic than Mr.. Roosevelt's way with
line. people,! 81, .,s
0Il4 may love him. one may hate him:
one mai reSpeet him, one may scorn him;
one may weep'over one may laugh ar
him; one may believe him. one NAV sus-
pect him,
But It is impossible that any one may
overlook him,
While others talk the tariff and deal in
iabStrActIops, the meaning of which the
general run of folks understand not at all
| Mr.. Roosevelt pokes his crowd in The
RIBS SLABS ii ,on the back and makes
| faces at it!
The consequence is that while the
Roosevelt outfit frequently may be most
uncertain where it is going, it never is
permitted to doubt that it is aggressively
ana Pughaci6usly on it's waP a.
LII Roosevelt; comes to Georgia. that s,iI
hnrqps thing likely will break loose
again all. ,right-with all due. respect to
| everybody and with malice toward none,
Says The Savannah Press:
inn Price kept out Of the fertilizer
controversy and got a big vote in the
stale for commissioner of agricui-
ture
The Press might have gone further and
noted ThesfaerEthatAt hegs big tvotp't -Pftet.
received WIS sudicient@to nominate tfy4p
on the second ballot. with quite re-
spectacle margin to spare
And IT is the truth, too. that "Old jim"
won mary delegates. to his cause. (par-
ip9la FI&es after Observation-Disclosures and in-
III aassas sssttss t2 aiaeB Eoeratise iAfashs
fact that he had held -aloof from the fer
tilizer row and the rough house methods
Of debate characterizing his two distin-
guished opponents
Price conducted a sort aof heart-to-
heart campaign with the farmers. and
tthousaEds wig gtoteat gfor One. of tie
others tifiquesponably reld "Ol6 lin M
WARN fsasond ~eheEtesss fte sa!dl.nothihg-
| hard about the other fellow-he "toted
his own skillet"
LrdOnbtedly, moreover. if the. press
speaks, truly the sentiments of the peo-
pie, I4Jee's nomina ton gives general and
YidespFead satiisfattion... :. ~ -.
r sen4tr N. tef5F5S5 \ ~ xst,4g;s /,
representative in the last house. likely
viii be The baby of the next senate
lie viii be- when sworn in. Just 26--one
year Older than, the constitutional axe
limit imposed upon members of that body.
When Tarver first took the oath In the
house ne Was Just % 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 rage he made for so
licitor general of the Blue Ridge circuit
Clay defeated his opponent by Just a
little. more than four to one votes-which
was running some particularly In the
Blue Ridge. His exact ma .FoEHy : was
4,034.
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
herited. much Of the fathers legal ability
and strength of character. He has fairly
won his own political sG,urs,- however,
| bRXing been identified with political prog
TESS in his secrep.long before the senator
passed away.
Naturally, hundreds of voters in the
Blue Ridge took additional pleasure in
voting for Herberto clay because he is
Steve CIays son. but il may be said
HSNGl AuGltSHf titdt T. tEDeIt Was elected on
l.his own merits and record more than any
lh 2 rstSe5 50 So - a
John c. Reese who has for several
years handled state politics the AL
lanta point of view for The Macon Tel
egraph and The Augusta. Chronicle, will
be eonRected- hereafter exclusively With
The Telegraph.
He win have charge Of the Macon
paneRS. state, capital news bureau. and
will sever his other newspaper connec-
lions. ~ n "'s-> -. o. rs
Reese il one of the very best equipped
new$pa per men tnsthe SGuths and un-
doubtedly has given The Telegraph and
The Chronicle the best, ATLANTA service
either Of those excellent newspap ers ever
had. e-Y - sr
The Telesraph is, 70 BE oongfatulated
that it is 10 have hereafter the exclusive
service of Reese
MYSTERY MAN MOURNS
AS REIIE OE NEXNDODT