Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12

While the question. What will Sla-
ton do?" is now uppermost in tho
minds Of many politicians in Geor-
gia nowadays, of more immediate mo-
ment, perhaps, is What will the State
| Democratic Committee do2"
AS a N tier of fact, 1t will be more
or less difficult to get a really straight
| line on other things until that hon.
orable body has been assembled, and
| has stated exactly what rules and reg
ulations shall prevail in the matter
of determining, by primary elections,
| just how the various political plums
shall be distributed this year.
| Considering the case of the two
+ proclaimed candidates for the unex-
PRED term of Senator Bacon, for in
stance and figuring on that matter, it
makes a mighty difference whether
| the State committee shall call 4
straightaway county unit or plurality
! primary.
Suppose county unit primary
| should be called. and the race for the
short term in the Senate must De
| fought out along that line Suppose,
| further, that the candidates entered in
| that race eventually should figure
down to HardWick, Fielder and Slt-
| ton.
on the surface of things, it would
! look as If Slaton stood to win that
! highland yet.
| If Fielder and Hardwick could mus
| ter enough county unit votes between
them in the convention to block Sla-
! ton, either one might combine with
! the other in the convention and nomi-
nate an att Slaton man-eithor Fe'd-
| err. or Hardwick, or some dark
| horse"
| In other words to throw the nomi-
nation into the convention. with two
anti Slaton men holding, combined, a
majority vote OF the convention, IN
evitably would result In an anti-Sla-
| ton nomination, notwithstanding Inc
! fact that Slaton might have far more
county unit votes than either one o.
his antagonists, standing alone
| Whether the -mittee. therefore
| calls a county unit or d plurality pr +
mary makes a very great deal Of DIFF
ference, and may go long way 70
ward determining the real character
of the fractional fight, now seemingly
| sure to arrive, from ID question OF
whether Senator Smith shall have OPP
position on down or up the line, as
| the case may be.
Presumably, the committee will
meet soon, but there is nothing sure
| ly indicating when It will meet
| Until It does meet however things
| likely will be kept more or less al
| sea-and necessarily so.
Colonel Jesse Perry, private score
| tary to the Governor, has one friend
| who likely will not get gay with the
! Executive Department again-cer-
| tainly not soon.
Of nallinp
| Perry over the phone every now and
| then. and invariably he asked the eX-
| change operator for the biggest
=, crook in the Capitol The exchange
| operator long ago got wise to the
! Joke, and when this friend Of Perry
! called for said biggest crook in the
Capitol he got Perry without more
ado.
Recently. however, he called thus
! wise for Perry, and the Governor an
| swered the phone
! Hello" said the Governor.
Hello, crook" said Perry's pal
| Sir What did you say?' said the
Governor
pulled thus far to-day inquired the
| voice.
"a guess you have the wrong mum
! ber-this is John NJ Slaton, Cover
nor of Georgia" said the Executive
| with more or less frigidity Of tone.
Good, Lord" said the other party
81 thought YOU were Jesse Perry
| please eXCu-"
Perry? Humph" said the Cover
nor, hanging up the phone
you Fulton County folks are more
or less amusing said a well known
| South Georgian to-day, discussing
| certain acute situations in Atlanta
land IN nothing, ! think, more than
| in your attitude toward your churches
! and your politics.
81 see II stated for instance, fha'
! your churches nov are saying 20 their
! members-or some Of them Nor
must not belong to a locker club that
! dispenses liquor Illegally, nut so long
| as the liquor dispensed is not dis
! pensed Illegally why well that Is, Al
! least debatable ground
Now, no city other than Atlanta