Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-04
ALEXANDER BONE
Of CONTENTION
IN BIC ROW
Hoke Smith FavorS Him for the
North Georgia Attorneyship.
Others Oppose Him.
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.

and festivities without manifestations
of approval In the quiet Of some nook
or Granny about a hotel, in a safe or
in the corridors of the big capitol, one
hears about how So-and- So Is under
taking to put something over that ought
not TO go over. TO be specific, there is
to be an almighty row over the ap-
| pointment OF a district attorney for
north Georgia. Senator Smith, at the
| right hand Of the president-powerfu
determined and aggressive--is said to
be resolved that the appointment shall
go to Hooper Alexander. of Atlanta, I'M
successful candidate for the governor
| ship against John M Slaton and Joe
Hill Hall. 1t is but the truth 10 say that
a vigorous protest against this proposed
appointment has been made, and 1t has
come from all over Georgia
| G. r. Hutchens, manager OF the I'm
| derwood campaign in Georgia, is an
applicant for the place, and he is said
to be distasteful In the extreme to Sen
! ator Smith. Hutchens' friends are in
sisting that he should not be pro-
scribed because OF his political affilia-
tions inside the party. The consequence
Is that the Georgia delegation in con-
gress is split to an utterly irreconcil-
able degree IN this matter just as it is
in many others. Tom Shackleford, of
Athens, also wants the job and Is talked
Of as compromise man.
Brown Smith War Still On.
| If anybody believes the old Brown
Smith war has ceased to be in Georgia.
he need only visit Washington and min
gle with the politicians here to find out
how badly he is mistaken. hear that
| Charlie Barrett's excellent chance for
the agricultural portfolio was sacrificed
on the altar OF factional Georgia poll
tics. Congressman Hardwick has open
| ly opposed Barrett's appointment, upon
| the theory that Barrett Is a friend OF
| Tom Watson, Hardwick's mortal enc
my and particular bette noir The fact
| that Barrett is not Watson's enemy
served to damn him in the eyes Of
| Hardwick for so bitter is the Hard
wick Watson warfare that those who
do not hate Watson must love him, in
the Hardwick philosophy.
Senator Smith also failed to warm up
to Barrett, following Hardwicks lead
in a way and for much the same rea-
son. All Of this is more or less out
spoken here. Senator Smiths attitude
toward Barrett has never assumed the
guise of open hostility, but rather Of
| lukewarmness and indifference. Hard
wicks opposition has been outspoken
and vehement. Governor Browns in
dorsement of Barrett is said to have
agitated Senator Smith no little, how
ever.
One hears strange stories with re-
spect to the Rome postmastership too
Gordon Lee Is said to favor and be de-
termined upon the appointment OF John
NJ. vandiver. former postmaster. Sen
ator Smith is said to be determined to
block the confirmation of this appoints
ment, because Of former political EN-
nifty between Vandiver and himself.
Mrs. Wilson May Settle II.
1t is proposed to invoke the aid Of
Mrs. Wilson in settling this fight, by
way of having her ask the president for
this appointment, because Rome is her
girlhood's home
In the event she is thus favored by
the president 1t is understood that the
office will go to Park Bowie, Mrs. Will
sons kinsman in the Hill City.
Without reference to the merits OF
these entanglements. the reader can see
what complications may arise from a
dozen or more squabbles of like per-
suasion over Federal patronage in
Georgia.
There is said to be sort OF working
L agreement between Senators Smith and
Bacon. whereby neither will agree to
the confirmation Of any appointment
diStasteful to the other.
Just what this word distasteful
means in this agreement nobody
knows exactly, and the compacts work
ing will necessarily be more or less
one sided at that. Senator Bacon has
kept pretty free of fractional alignments
in Georgia for years. whereas Senator
Smith has been identified, of course,
with them heartily. But if the agree
ment exists and is enforced. the orig
inal idea Of permitting local congress
men to control local patronage is gone
glmmerine.
One big job has been promised in
Georgia, l understand, only on condi
zion that the powers making il possi-
ble shall also name the three principal
assistants under it.
These are but a few of the stlaws
showing which way the March politi- |
cal winds are blowing, and in what va
yious directions they incline the Fed |
pral plum tree. That the state is to |
see a merry war over patrolag &c need |
not be doubted
Job Seekers Everywhere.
All around the hotel Hobbies the chief |
line Of talk concerns what somebody |
is to get by way of favor from the in |
coming administration, and the talk of |
the Georgia visitors in no wise differs |
from the rest of ii. 1t may be that
some Geo-gians who are here thinking
themselves merely interested in the
Democracy and Wilson will be sur
prised to read this comment about |
themselves, but If they will stop and
think il all over, they will see where
l am right.
There are probably $500 visitors in
Washington who hail from Georgia. and
about To per cent Of them are Attain
tanS.
Hoppe Alexander who is in At