Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-05
HOkE SM| I'll GEAR
Of PIE COUNTER;
To friends
Senator Bacon Keeps Out OF
Patronage SquabbIe Alex
ander to Get Plum.
By JAMES 3. NEVIN.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Despite
again various wars and inors of wars
(anG that little despite is coming in
for steady working job nowadays
the following Georgians seem sure to
land various plums.
A. o. BLALOCK, to be collector of
internal revenue.
HOOPER ALEXANDER, to be dis
trict attorney for north Georgia.
HOWARD THOMPSON, to be mar
shall for north Georgia.
ROBERT HITCH, to be district at
torney for south Georgia.
All Of these gentlemen were good
Wilson men and good Hoke Smith men
/ in the primaries.
In making up the list Of Georgia
postulasters. moreover, the signs all
point to q distribution along those
same lines, all the way down the line.
Senator Bacon does not seem to be
profoundly interested in the patronage
question. He is deeply concerned with
the nations foreign affairs and with
his prospective duties as president pro-
tenn of the senate. Besides, Mr. Ba
con was but recently named for an
other full term of six years in the
senate, and there appears to him, no
doubt no immediate necessity for both
ering with his fences or undertaking
the organization of "a machine.
In short, the impression is gaining
ground ali the time that the right OF
senatorial veto of O. X in Georgia
affairs has been placed largely if not
altogether in the hands of Senator
Smith.
To Make FaVors CountahIe.
There is, Of course, no question that
Senator Smith will be a candidate to
succeed himself in the senate, and his
partisans here fail TO express the
slightest surprise or disapproval that
he should elect to put his friends on
guard in Georgia. His unique status
in the senate and his nearness to the
new president make it reasonably sure
that he can deliver the goods where he
pleases as a rule And that he is de-
termined TO deliver the same where it
will be known that he did the work
can hardly be doubted by one who uses
his eyes and ears about this national
capital and cares primarily to get at
the truth of what is going on. with
an intent TO state it in unbiased form
Those who came here from Atlanta.
Georgia and ytcinitE---and there were,
thousands who dtd--uHi,e today in say
ing that Tuesdays big inauguration
festivities, with the climax Of iov that
the night brought. was the biggest
thing Of the kind they ever saw. The
parade was wonder, and Georgia was
very conspicuous in it, There was no
military from any section that made a
finer impression than the Georgia bows
did, and when they passed the big re-
viewing stand in front of the white
house they were cheered to the echo.
time and again. In the grandstana lust
off Lafayette park, Immediately in front
of the white house, 10000 people
watched the passing troops. Georgia
was cheered more, perhaps, than any
others, unless it was the great West
Point cadet display.
Notwithstanding the fact that the zig
inauguration show is all over and
Washington theoretically has settled
down to humdrum things, the Georgia
visitors are slow in getting away. In
the grand rush for trains last night and
today the DiXieland visitors have been
conspicuous by their absence.
Dixie Folks Linger.
While many of them came, and saw.
and all have had a good time, they still
seem disposed to linger on and see
what may happen, as this thing Of a
Democratic administration in Wash
ington is novelty, anyway and one
never can tell. Most of the soiourners
will leave eventually, clad in political
rags and tags and few in velvet gowns;
but that thought has not yet sunk as