Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07

one hears the word scramble"
used now and then in connection with
office seeking in Georgia, and Il
seems to fit snugly enough, too, into
occasional situations.
There were more than 1000 appli-
cants for judgeship, clerkship and
marshalship positions under the act
creating the new Municipal Court Of
Atlanta. and there was a perfect ava
Ianche Of kilograms descended upon
the Governor, having to do with the
vacant judgeship in the Albany cir
cult occasioned by the election Of
Judge Frank Park to Congress In
succession 10 the late Representative
Anderson Roddenbery
II may be that the word "sCram-
BILE does not apply to these two sit
uations but many people unquestion-
ably will opine that 1t fits about as
nicely as any word could.
So much Of the Governors time has
been taken up Of late considering
these matters that he has had little
left for anything else. II ne had five
United States Senators 10 name, the
mad rush to the Capitol could hard r.
~ be greater than in the Municipal
Court contest.
The Governor is extremely cour-
teous and considerate. He desires to
hear everybody with something TO say
about any appointment up for ac-
ton.
Il had rather have It out with them
before the appointment is made than
after" says the Governor.
Still that has not been the usual
rule in the executive office, and IT
may be that the present Governor
will be forced to adopt very strin-
gent regulations with respect to ap-
pointments by and by.
The trouble is that yisitors-at
least. a great many Of them-have no
such consideration for the Governor
as he has for them. They think moth
Ing Of taking up an hour or more OF
his time, when a few minutes would
serve their purposes amply.
II. saw many, the Governor would
make appointments right off the
bat" and so on-but the Governor
isn't built that way. He wants to
give everybody a hearing, and II the
time comes when he does not do that,
Il. will be the outgrowth of absolute
necessity and not desire.
1t is no small wonder, therefore,
that the Governor varied his usual
program, as outlined above, in the
matter of an appointment to the Al
bany bench.
The Governor was literally
swamped with kilograms Thursday,
before the count had been completed,
which alone insured "A victory for
Park The mere fact that 1t looked
as if'' Park had won started the
wires, and all day long messenger
boys were rompiug into the EXecu-
tive office, with punches of kilograms
indorsing this, that, and the other
man for the vacated judgeship.
Before o'clock in the afternoon.
more than 200 kilograms had been
received and five patriotic and lib
eTty-lOving Georgians had been cited
to the Governors most distinguished
consideration as the right men for the
| place.
Having just passed through most
harassing ordeal with respect to the
Atlanta municipal judges, the Gov
ernor, in view of the fact that he was
leaving for South Georgia at in the
afternoon, along about 4:30 threw up
his hands, summoned his trusty lieu
tenants to his side, and promulgated
the appointment of Cox,
He calculated that by the time he
got back to Atlanta Sunday there
would be several thousand kilograms
in hand, and perhaps score or more