Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
POLITICAL NEWS
FOR BUSY MEN
Latchstring of New Navy De.
partment Will Be Out for
Clark Howell.
BY JAMES 3. NEVIN.

BY JAMES 3. NEVIN.
Josephus Daniels, editor of The Ra-
leigh News and Observer and Demo
cratic national committeeman for
North Carolina. and Clark Howell. ed
itor of The Atlanta Constitution and
Democratic national committeeman for
Georgia, are political chums of long
standing. as we'll and true and tried
personal friends
Daniels is to be secretary OF the navy
under the new order of things in Wash
ington, and nobody possibly can be more
truly delighted at the prospect than
Clark Howell unquestionably is.
Mr.. Daniels and Mr.. Howell have
served on the national committee to-
gether for good many years, and
much of Mr.. Howell's undisputed
prowess as a "getter' for the various
Georgia delegations to national con-
MENTIONS, in the matter OF fine seats on
the floor, free barbecue tickets. and ex-
cellent hotel accommodations in nu
merous cities, has been due TO Mr.
Daniels always hearty and cordial CO.
operation.
The North Carolina man invariably
is the chairman of the arrangements
committee, and Mr.. Howell has had
only to ask in order to get.
Those who attended the Baltimore
convention will recall how well-how
exceptionally well-the Georgia delega-
ton Jared in all things!
Credit it to the partnership Howell
& Danels-Howell's not to reason why,
Daniels but to produce or die!
The latchstring will hang outside the
navy department for Clark Howell so
long as Josephus Daniels is on the job
inside.
The Augusta Chronicle thinks
Charles s. Barrett, of Georgia, would
grace the secretary OF agriculture's Of
fee
The Chronicle says:
The boom for Hon. Charles s.
Barrett of Georgia, president of
the National Farmers union, for
secretary of agriculture, has as
sumed nation wide importance. 1t
would be a fine idea to give him
this cabinet position instead of
handing il out to a politician. Mr.
Barrett is a farmer, and would fill
the bill.
The organization OF new state banks
is hanging fire somehow this year.
So far, only one new bank has been
chartered and there are applications for
only two more pending.
The secretary of state thinks the hes
itancy arises from the fact that the new
Democratic administration in Wash
A.. Lo~ - lny
The Washington newspapers are
pFodding Congressman Tribbe, of
Georgia, numerically for voicing so ell
0quently his ideas of economy in OPP
posing the expenditure of money for an
additional batteship and voting so I'M
blushingly for a monster public build
ing bill, in which his district was in
terested heavily, from a financial stand
point.
They charge that it was question
merely of playing TO the galleries on
the one hand, and to the folks back
home" on the other.
Judson c. Clements, chairman of the
interstate commerce commission, who
formerly represented the Seventh dis
trict in congress, stil keeps his citi-
zenship in Rome, and always comes
home tosNote.
& During his recent visit to Georgia. he
stopped off in the Hill City and pass /
the time of day with lot of old
friends.
Patience base ceased to be a virtue
+ with The Perry Banner
Addressing the farmers of its vicinity.
il says:
Do as you doggone please this
year. Plant Just what you please
and cultivate as YOU please, and
fertilize as you please, and gath
er as you please, and sell as YOU
please. This is the only kind Of
advice you will heed, and The Ban
ner likes to give advice that will be
needed and appreciated.
Unless Colonel jim Ham Lewis. for
merry of Georgia, is elected and sits in
the new senate Of the United States
10 be assembled in Washington on
Tuesday next, lot of sightseers from
Crackerland are going to be sorely dis
appointed.
When Senator Hoke Smith informed
the senate of the United States on
Wednesday night, along about Il
o'clock, that he proposed to talk the
remainder of time unless it agreed to
chop off big appropriation the sen
ator objected TO, the senate promptly
collapsed and agreed to be good.
II knew the senator, who is a glutton
Tor work would do just what he threat
ened!
Mrs. T, r Patterson. Of Griffin pres
loent OF the Georgia w. G. r. C., an
nounces that an effort will be made he