Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
HE is UNIQUE IN POLITICS
Only Senator to Get Fourth Term
From This State Still Stands
Without a Machine.

the senate, is more or less a personal
calamity to many Georgians.
The defeat of the senator, the at
tendant explanations of those who
accomplished his downfall, and the
denunciation of them by his support
ers, are topics of high interest all
over the state.
Senator Bacon is Georgia's grand
old man" He can not count his
friends, they are too numerous, ana
they had come to look upon him as
a fixture. a part and parcel of the
very state itself. There never was
a thought at home of denying him
any honor that could be shown him.
Therefore, the unexpected action OF
the progressives in the senate, even
though it was only a part of the new
order of things. with which the great
majority Of the common people are
aligned today. was real shock.
Had Senator Bacon been elected
president pro tempore Of the senate
he would have been the first Geor-
gian in the states history 10 achieve
that high and honorable distinction
He is. with Senators Tillman and
Martin, No. ! on the Democratic roll
and by common consent the Geor-
ajan Is recognized as the dean Of the
senate Democracy.
As it is, Senator Bacon has the
UNIQUE honor of being the first Geor-
gian ever elected to n fourth term
in ''the most august deliberatVe oody
on earth
Now on Fourth Term
Two or three other eminent Geor-
CLANS have been elected for third
term in the senate, but Mr.. Bacon Is
the first and only one TO be gwen d
fourth. He was first elected In ioS7'
and has been reelected reg ulaLi =,
every six years since. lie began HIS
fourth term on March 4, 1913.
Sanato Bacon is one Of the most
astute politicians in Georgia, par
ticularly in that he is no politician
Al All He has not kept up ms
fences" deliberately; he merely has
h1ilded them so well that they never
have been seriously in need OF re
nairins. He has sustained but one
defeat since he entered the senate,
-ban he failed OF election 10 the
nresidencv pro tem-and that ueiea1
vas effected when he was not expect
ing. and had been given 10 uhuet-
stand that he need not expect oppo-
sitiou from any quarter whatsoever
Time Will reveal the absolute u run nv!
~ that one defeat. perhaps-put
No RlHOn remains
"C.aorgia's grand old man" in the
I-rfted States senate, and the WealeI
~ more distinguished honors than
.,I-e1, before were conferred upon one
Of her senators IN congress
And the senator is not an OLD man.
a. that He is well along in years
hut physically he is the peer OF any
senator that sits i'm the chamber ne
walks daily five miles TO and from
the capitoI in Washington. He eats
what he ases-with far more aDan-
don and apparent disregard Oh ms
digestive apparatus than dozens o.
senators many years his junior -.
one thing. the senator doesn't hllo"
~ a dentists bill looks like. There
IS not. and never mas peeA' al "i
sound tooth in his head. H..
He was made a senator originally
without the aid Of any sort OF pollu-
cal machine, and there isn't bacon
machine now. There is nothing ABOUT
Senator Bacon that suggests ever 50
,a,,,o+aIy- +hp boss or the plattltil
politicians. The distribution Of pat
voneee has been an incident 10 MS
,areer-a limited incident, thus Tar
ant it has not been a part OF ms po-
TficaI nurpose. Il is doubtful Wheth-
er he ever made an appointment
with string tied TO il.
Heart Easily Touched.
se,ause of his unique views is to
- far = senator should go to per-
na+uate himself in the senate, and ms
ssiIr,ra to understand or appreciate
-bo necessity of playing the game.
no has acquired q reputation aIt'i-
some people Of being cold ana GAap-
r,,oa,bab HE Nothing is further from
the truth His heart IS easliy 'o I.!-li
81 He is deeply grateful Tor hiud-
,,css..s and consideration al the hands
~ others and his impulses ut Sentl-
mont ON more than iUfregGent occa-
sions carry him far. ,....
Few people may uudeEstand H. 'ul
senator Bacon is genuinely rhN Ut
mart of his mental makeup, anu II ne
10. "a fault that has brought MIN
900 embarrassment now and them
II is his sometimes Chlidlihe Cie-e ltN
and trust in the friendships of those
about him. .--
The proudest moment in Senator
Racon's career did not come I'M the
senate Of the United states 1t came
away back yonder when, as speaker
Of the Georgia house Of representa-
tives b.. saved the bill creatinE the
nresent department of agriculturg.
The yot. had resulted in a tie ana
Eacou cast the deciding ballot III
feyor OF the measure.
bewEislcred crapuu picture
If the senator adorns the walls
- +re department today ia gla-eiI.
testimony of tine vote he east urgH
- Est1 of tho department. a--tG-
Eara-- his elevation 90 -H. senate.
eaDs..- Bacon WAS many -.u.
,-7a-7f,.- az tas g. .gi- -y-t.-.t4.'-
sc.rfre bSrE as speaker .. ..- '.s.
aud r.E.-.a-ut tr tae ..r"r.- IL ".-
-.-.,r,t.sr- i.#g. F.. .ta.s ....
.-sr.5 - t1s senate. o. ta- Unite
States Ed 1894