Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-27
POLITICAL NEWS
FOR BUSY MEN
Senator Smith Stands Pat on
His Choice for Georgia
PIumS.
81 JAMES q. NEVIN.


known midst Of late has started-as
invariably il does-renewed Federal
patronage talk. and many have peeh
the pilgrims. weary and otherwise. VINO
Of late have wendell their ways hither
10 ask him how about things
The senator is understood to De
standing perfectly PAT on three nom
tnations-Hooper Alexander for dis
trict attorney of north Georgia, How
ara Thompson for United states mar
shat for north Georgia, and A. .. bla-
lock for collector of internal revenue.
G. r. Hutchens has been heavily in
dorsed TO the president for the dis
trict attorneyship and his appointment
is said to be the only request oscar
Underwood has made of the new pres
ident. The Augusta Chronicle is au-
thority for the statement however,
that the appointment Of Hutchens is
the one appointment Senator Smith has
particularly protested against to the
president
IL this is true, II sets up rather a
delicate, and certainly a most inter
esting situation-one amateurs and po-
hticaHy small boys will do well not to
monkey with. OF course!
Dame Rumor, who perforce must be
made the goat for everything nova
DAYS that can not he sworn To on a
stack of Bibles a mile high hath
opined that a gentle effort recently was
made to switch the Hon Hooper off
F,f f.t mr.
onto something equally as good but
that the effort was futile-and that,
therefore the Hon Hooper is to have
mis- hearts desire
Thomas j. Shackelford. Of Athens. is
standing in the edge Of the storm, hop
ing the lightning, even of a compro-
mise persuasion, may bit him amid
ships and bowl him over Thus far,
however, there seems to be utterly
nothing doing either in the hitting or
the bowling business!
In the meantime, there come pugna-
cious shifts and snorts galore from
south Georgia way, the while Con
gresham Charlie Bartlett holds the
center of the stage in Macon and de
mands vociferously to know whittier
are we drifting, and why so slow with
the pie" cutting around and about the
national capital?
III We have Offices TO confer. prepare
to confer them now" admonishes
Bartlett
This thing Of standing out in the
rain, and the sleet, and the snow long
ago became a tiresome story to Bart
lett. Having heaved in sight OF the
promised land at last after all these
years of wandering in the wilderness
Bartlett is sending up an emphatic ap-
peal TO Moses to hurry on across the
river and proceed with the assimilation
Of all the loose milk and honey about
the place!
Bless you. my children" and well
done. thou good and faithful servant, "
are all right-Mr. Bartlett admits that
but what he is looking for particu
larry is the Jobs!
Wherefore, while the heathens rage
and imagine vain things, if Caesar
doesn't hurry up and carve conquered
Republican Gaul into 3 or 33,6 $50 parts,
as the exigencies Of the situation may
be found finally to demand, a lot OF
people are going to be mighty unhappy
and the Glooms will put the Joys ever
lastingly down and out!
II there is any estate more melan-
choly than being a patronage distribu-
ter. it is being a patronage didn't
getter perhaps
Far from the madding crowds igno-
Bile strife. nevertheless and notwith
standing stands Monsieur Ie Chevalier
Donald Harper of Paris knight of the
legion of honor, gentleman of La Belle
France, and so forth and so on. all
unconscious of the fact that right here
in Georgia, his old home a boom has
been started in his behalf. which has
for its object the naming of the chevs
Her TO the position Of United States
smba ssador TO France,
NJ Donald is quietly and unostenta
tiously attending to his duties in Par
is-but on its way 20 Washington from
Georgia is a monster petition to Pres
ident Wilson. setting forth the cheva
Tiers many qualifications for the am
bassadorship, and expressing the mod
est hope that it may be conferred upon
him
Those Georgians who know Cheva
lier Donald. moreover, are firmly Of the
opinion that he would I'LL the assign
ment 10 4 nicely if il should be given
him for ne is born diplomat. and
would find himself Immediately al
home in the Paris legation.
Judge Augustus W Fite is perha ps
the happiest man in Georgia. consider
ing the fact that once he was bitten by
q patronage germ and was threatened
with q severe attack of patronageitis.
Having recently been led up into the
high mountains-or having led himself
up, as the case may be-and shown tn,
kingdoms Of earth, not one of which he
could see yearning for him to come ant
rule over IL, Judge tite has decided thai
the old Cherokee circuit Is good enough
for him, and there he will remain,
1T is better TO have a fair to mid.
ding job and be satisfied with it." oh.