Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18
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GEORGIA W
POLITICS I'm.
81 JAMES B. NFVIN K@Ef)

Former President Of the State Sen
ate W s West, Of Valdosta. always
a welcome visitor in any oity's midst,
is in Atlanta to-day.
Colonel West has been spoken of
| time and again as a South Georgia
candidate for the Governorship. but
if he has any idea of running he will
not express it to newspaper folks, no
matter how guileiess in appearance
they may be-
Mr.. West is a great friend and ad-
mirer of the present Governor, and
paid that gentleman a lengthy visi,
| to-day. which-so he, West. says
was purely social and devoid utterly
Of politics"
The only thing l told the Gov
ernor" said Mr. West, at all worth
| repeating was about a fishing expe-
rience l had recently on my place
near Valdosta.
Il have pond there Of something
ike 100 acres that literally swarms
with fine trout. Frequently | catch
| them there as long aS-well, never
mind that, What | was going to tell
about was that 1 caught two at once
| the other day. Yes, sir, when | pulled
| in a 2pouuder, / found that 4
| FOUNDER had swallowed the 2
Founders tail, and about half of his
| body besides, after such a fashion
| that he could not get away, and so
landed them both, wiggling and
| lopping amazingly.
They weighed together a trife-
mere trifle, however-over six
| pounds"
Hum" said Secretary Jesse Perry
did the Governor swallow that
story"
We'll it's a perfectly true story,
| whether he swallowed 1t or not sa ID
| Mr. West, and. anyway, he sWal-
lowed as much Of It as the big trout
! swallowed Of the little fellow!
! Besides, that isn't the biggest FISH
! story | know began the LoWndes
| County statesman. all over again.
| "OnCe upOn a time"
| But Perry had tainted dead away
! and the newspaper men had fed from
! there
Captain 3. =. Johnson. Of Score
tary Phil Cooks office in the capitol
veteran Of efficient service in the
department, boasts OF being the
| worlds sIovest typewriter.
He uses one finger of one hand
only, and although he has practiced
on that old machine for years. he
never has permitted himself to ac-
| quire a speed Of over four words per
| minute, unless now and then he has
| an indefinite article to repeat sew
| eral times in the same line, where
! upon he has been known 70 crowd
! his speed up to six words per minute.
Captain Johnson never hurries.
| never worries. and never takes any
! thing too seriously. Wherefore, he
| is the very youngest old man under
the big dome and is getting younger
! all the while.
Governor Joseph NJ. Brown is TAX
ing life easy in Marietta nowadays,
discussing politics not at all, and ap-
parently not worried over the sit
| uation."
The former Governors friends
| throughout the State constantly are
! specializing upon and wondering
/ what he will do now that he is no
longer Governor. For a time there
was much talk going the rounds to
! the effect that Little Joe" might
| have try for the United States Sen
| ate next year but so far he has in
! timated to nobody just what his in
| tentions are with respect to that.
80, "a L ct Mt n. loo
| that the Ex-Governor has received
| hundreds of letters within the las,
| two months, urging him to announce
| for the Senate.
Governor Brown always has been
q man inclined to keep his own coun-
| scl-he never says Wht he intends
doing until he fully has made up his
mind.
II he intends running for the Sen
! ate. he will likely make that inter
! esting fact known in due seaso
| say, along about January /. or lit
| tie later
Ever since Judge Nash r Broyles,
| Recorder Of the Police Court of At
lanta, ran his spectacular and all but
successful race against Judge Pottle
| for a seat on the Court Of Appeals
bench, it has been generally accepted
as . fact that Judge BroyIes again
VIC have a try for that high office
so soon as opportunity should arrive.
| Judge Broyles expects now to make
I the race against Judge Richard Il
| Russell, whose term of office expires
| January !, 1915. In the meantime