Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
One Desperate Lawmaker Sug-
gestS Rattle to Satisfy His
Persistent Constituents.

The Honorable Hoke Smith, junior
senator from Georgia, will leave soon,
and the Honorable William Schley
Howard. congressman from the Atlanta
district, already is speeding Washing
tonWard to-day thankful that it costs
money to ride ON the Southern Linn
lied and everybody hasn't got the price.
FOR the day on the train is the only
vacation from Office seekers they have
had since the glad tidings of a Demo-
cratic victory flashed over the wires
toward midnight last November.
The senator and the congressman
came home few days ago between
sessions Of congress. Usually a sena-
tor or a congressman comes home to
shake hands with the boys. kiss a few
babies who arrived since last election
day, and spend a month or so in the
pastime known to politics as keeping
up ones fences" 1t is looked upon as a
season of rest. Illumination and rollick-
ing. But not this time The senator
and the congressman have been kept
busy seeing their friends. And oh how
many friends they have gained since
last November,
- went out to see Hoke Smith about
little matter the other day" confdeG
one more or less well known Albanian
to a reporter to-day. mo. not on poll
tics. There isn't a government job III
have-unless it We're something really
good, and I've had the assurance of
support in inhuential-weu anyway, l
went out to see Hoke Smith, just to
say howdy and congratulate him.
Office Seekers Crowd Porch.
"There on the broad veranda Of his
West Peachtree home were two dozen
Georgia Democrats, all lined up wait
| ing to ask him for a job. Crowd? Why,
/ it looked like a home funeral just be-
| fore they're ready TO bring out the
! corpse. There were Democrats from
| Atlanta and Griffin. Savannah and RAJ
| bun Gap. Brunswick and Smileys Cross
/ Roads. and TIL bet every one was the
| original Hoke Smith-Wilson man in his
baillwick 1 passed right on by.
knew it wasn't time for q friendly chat.
Il came back TO town and hunted up
William Schley Howard, or Bill, as
always call him. just as he calls me
Tom. The telephone number of his
country home had disappeared from the
| book. and Information told me he
wasn't among the subscribers. So |
went up to his office in the Atlanta
| National. and there 1 met another
crowd. all lined up in the hall like
small boys the day after the Boy
Wanted ad appears in the evening pa
pers. only it was Job Wanted this
| time.
NO. 1 didn't get to see Bill The
stenographer said he probably would be
around later i'm the day and suggested
that I wait. But when | looked upon
the hungry-eyed Democrats lined up in
the hall I quietly went away.
solons Up Against It Now.
Sometimes I'm glad I'm not menu
Der of congress. 1t wasn't so bad in the
old days. but now
Say. do YOU know this Democratic
victory was the wost hard luck that
possibly could happen to Democratic
congressman and senator's. Just think
what they're up against
In the old Republican days all Con-
q~assman Jones or Senator Robinson
needed TO do was 10 come home, prove
TO the boys that they'd voted straight
democratic on every bill that came up,
introduced bill for new pOstoftices ana
better rural routes in Georgia, taken
a,-er,. visitor from home through the
canitor ND the washington Monument
and ont 10 lunch. and spend the time
berween sessions shaking hands and
getting lined up for next election day.
"They didn't have an office To give
away and nobody expected anything Of
-bam They were as happy and care
r-eg MS uauper- when the subscription
p,nar is passed round. Being i'm con-
49,, was ON. rrsg8rr dream. H1t
nov.
81 lid have talk with one member
from another district but naturally ID
n,- going ro .ar you which one ana
sGr mn trouble for niw among i'0
voters. But DC certainly had "a hard
shudders at Phone Calls.
81 ms ont ON o. little trip 500 miles
way from his district when met him
In country hotel, debating letters TO
his secretary and shuddering every time
/ the Telephone bel. rang.
Don't tell anybody YOU saw me OF
whore lam he pleaded. This is the
first DAVIS rest I've had since fail ana
Int 70 make a week of it and catch up
Wv ms, eIeen meals and digestion. slipped
w. M here and not even my wife
knows my address.
- never knew I had 50 many
friends. Honestly. I've kinder Kept tracN
81 The folks who have written or come
- ses me or both. and I believe the
,y1,ber Is little ahead Of the total
rsgistration i'm my district And it's
,rertv hard to convince them that there
49,. nrfy n o00 GOV eminent Jobs. most
a.. nrote.r+d by civil service. ana that
~ are more than a dozen Other
.-stas which went for wilson also and
.besa too. have citizens with an ear
,sst desire, to- serve their country al Sc