Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

j Randolph Anderson. Of Gavan-
nah, president ~ the State Senate,
was the first candidate TO announce
positively that he would be in the
race for Governor in the approaching
primaries, but Dr. r. G Hardman u
Commerce, was the first 10 promul
gate a platform.
Or Hartman presumably win be
something Of a prohibition candidate
for the Chief Magistracy 81 the Stnte
for he rs a staunch prohibiuonlst
but he lays not nearly so much
stress upon that question as he does
upon public health.
As matter Of fact Pr Hardman
does not mention the word prohibit
ton in his platform but he does
speak in such a way OF law enforce
ment' that one is able readily to un-
derstand that that is what he means.
DR.. Hardman is an able man. He
is, first Of all, a frst-class physician
and business man, and he has some
very definite and detailed views ss to
public questions and politics. lie is
very greatly respected and esteemed
In his section Of the State and par
ticularly about Jackson County,
where he is best known.
Whether the doctor VIII enter into
an active, aggressive and State wide
campaign for the Office of Governor
or content himself with conducting
his fight strictly from home, is not
known. He is a good fighter and
has the reputation Of being tireiess
and nothing whatever of q "quitter."
He will poll, moreover, q large vote,
whether he wins out eventually or
not.
Besides Mr.. Anderson and Dr.,
Hartman there are no avowed candi-
dates for Governor, but, OF course,
there viii be others Murphey Can
dlers friends are after him TO run,
as are "Bill Burwell's friends, and
there are the friends Of Mr.. Verecn.
who say he is positively going to
be a candidate.
The Goyernorship matter, however
is BY all odds the worst tangled sit
uation Of all just now, and 1t will be
weeks. perhaps. before one may get
even a fairly straight line" on what
is going to be the final line-up there!
There seems to be a wide difference
Of opinion throughout Georgia as TO
the Importance Of registering.
The registration books for the state
elections in Muscogee County closed
with moro than 5000 voters having
registered Owing to the fact that
no count Of the registration was made
at the time the voters registered, II
will probably be two or three days
before tn exact number will be
known. but Tax Collector r. Il. Whit
tlesey is authority for the statement
tat the registration is the heaviest
IN the history of the county"
on the other hand, less than one
half OF I qualified citizens of Bib3
County are registered for the stare
and county elections. The voting
strength there is 5000.
Representative Bob" Holtzclaw,
OF the County Of Houston, is being
urged to run for Senator from the
Twenty third District He has not
stated what he will do. but he has the
matter under Amusement
There Is one thing about this-Mr
Holtzclaw is regarded as one of the
really strong and influential men in
the present House, and his promotion
to the Senate would he accepted by
his colleagues as a genuine tribute to
his worth-genutne and deserved
Houston County has in Mr. Holtz-
claw a faithful and effective repre-
seutative-and he would be tho same
sort OF Senator for the Twenty third
District beyond all doubt