Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-25

set for trial.
think Of, but he isn't insistent upon
that.
In the front rank. and among the
early arrivals in Washington. will be
the aspirants for cabinet honors.
James R. Gray, of Atlanta; Pleasant
A. Stovall, of Savannah. and Charles S.
Barrett, of Union City compose that
squad. Senator Hoke Smith is in on
this cabinet talk, too, if he wants to be.
He, however, is in Washington and on
the ground floor.
Candidates For Ambassadorships
Ambassadors extraordinary and min
listers plenipotentiary, in promising en-
bryo. will be found in J. R. Smith, Wal
ter Andrews, William ]. Harris, At
lanta; ]. Lindsay Johnson, of Rome;
Bowdry Phinizy, Of Augusta. and others
cleverly disguised but on the job.
Colonel Reuben r. Arnold, of Atlanta,
who will take a United States district
judgeship If it is thrust upon him, and
might consent to be pushed to meet It,
if he suspected 1t of coming, will see
the parade and pay his respects to the
president afterward. Colonel Arnold
will be in a class more or less by him.
self. as he is thought to have corralled
already the only big judgeship within
the state that is likely to be vacated
during President Wilson's term.
But what's lacking in big judgeships
is made up abundantly in little ones for
every United States commissioner, ref
cree in bankruptcy and assistant dis
trict attorney is a Judge" in polite Of
fetal society hereabout.
Hooper Alexander of Atlanta. who
also ran for governor Of Georgia last
fall, has an eye on the district attor-
neyship for north Georgia. So has Tom
Shackleford, of Athens, and Newt Nor
ris. of Marietta, and Rufe Hutchens, of
Rome. That's more eyes, of course,
than possibly can stay put. The three
who fail to land the job expect to enjoy
the big show in Washington, however,
of course
Southern District Plum, Too.
The district attorneyship for the
southern district of the state likewise
will not go begging. For this place.
Milton Cooper, of Perry; Judge c. B.
Spence, of Millen; Fred Saussy, Of Sa-
vannah, and John West, of Thomson,
are announced candidates.
The big internal revenue plum, the
Georgia dictatorship, which carries a
handsome salary and elegant quarters
in the Atlanta Federal building, is han
kered for by such Democratic bigwigs
Do
Blalock of Fayette and T. c. Robert
son, Of Macon. Every one Of these pa
triotic and liberty loving citizens will
be in Washington Tuesday to cheer the
new president as he rides to the white
house to begin presldenting.
Postmasterships? There is where fig
ures, arithmetical and rhetorical, fall
the most willing scribe.
Georgia would-be postmasters in
front of him, Georgia would-be post
masters behind him, Georgia would-be
postmasters on both sides of him, vol
| leying and laundering, will be a portion
served up for Mr.. Wilson Inauguration
week. piping hot
Boiling Jones wishes to call the At
lanta postoffice assignment his very
own. and so does Bob" Hitch, and
Samuel Knox, and maybe Ben Black
| burn. whose Underwood incl1natiohs IN
no wise dsqualify him.
Plenty Want Rome Job.
John NJ. Vandiver, Nathan Hoyt, j.
d. Mccartney, Ike j. Berry, Park
Bowie, Leonard Todd and a large sec
| tion of what is left of Floyd county's
citizenship wants to he postmaster in
Rome. Every one of them will be rep
resented in Washington Tuesday, either
in person or by enthusiastic and ex
| tended proxy.
Macon. Augusta, Valdosta, Columbus,
| Athens, Gainesville. Newman, Dalton
all have candidates for postmaster
galore. and some hotel in Washington
| has got to take care of them while the
celebrating is going on
II is estimated that there will be APP
,,roxinatelv one-half million dollars
worth of patronage, so to speak, for
distribution in Georgia, but if every
Georgian who wants plum should re-
ceiye what he petitions for it would re-
oiiire something like a billion dollars to
foot the salary bills
| obviously. therefore. there must be
large lame duck" aggregation return
! ing to Georgia along about the latter
| part Of next week.
Governor Joseph NJ Brown and
! Governor John NJ. Slaton. far
! from the naddinG crowds ignoble
/ strife" will sit tight. serene and I'M
afraid on the lid back home.