The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-19
THE MINOR OFFICES
BEING OVERLOOKED
ARE OVERSHADOWED BY SENA'
TORIAL AND GUBERNATO-
RIAL CONTESTS.
OPPOSITION FOR FEW OFFICES
Attorney General Grice, Treasurer
Speer and Commissioner of Agri-
culture Price Must Fight For Re-

culture Price Must Fight For Re-
Election.
ATLANTA.-In all the stir that
has been created by the big political
races such as those for governor and
United States senator, the state
house officers of minor degree, all of
whom must go before the people in
the primary this year, have been
somewhat overlooked. Comparative
/ ly little attention has been given any
4 of them and some of them are feel
ing that they have been overshad-
owed and sighted.
There isn't much chance for one
of us minor state officials to get be-
fore the people to any extent" re-
marked Railroad Commissioner Paul
Trammel, when candidates for the
senate and governor are stirring up
things to such an extent as they are
in the present campaign. We should
! like, however, to have people know
that we are running and that there
are other state officials besides the
big ones to be voted for.''
Commissioner Trammel1, by the
way, is the only member of the rail-
road commission to stand for re-elec-
ton this year, and he is having easy
sailing.
The same is true of Prison Com
missioner E. L. Rainey, editor of The
Dawson News. Mr.. Rainey has the
interesting advantage of having the
weekly press of the state with him.
AS a longtime member of the Week
ly Press Association and the editor of
one of the best papers in Georgia,
every weekly editor in the state is his
friend and they are taking good care
of him.
Other sta house officials who are
offering for reelection and who have
no opposition are Secretary of State
Phillip Cook, Comptroller General w.
A. Wright, Pension Commissioner
John W. Lindsay, State School Super
intendent NJ. L. Britain, Commits
sioner of Commerce and Labor H. NJ
Stanley and Justices Beverly D. Ev-
ans and H. Warner Hill of the state
supreme court. The names of every
one of these will appear on the ticket
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the indications now are that a vote
for each of them will be a mere mas
ter of formality.
Only three of the present state
house officials are encountering oppo-
sition. Attorney General Warren
Grice, who was appointed by Gov
ernor Slaton following the resigna-
ton of Attorney General T. s. Fielder
is a candidate for election to that Of
fee, while at the same time pretty
hefty race is being made by Hon
Cliff Walker of Monroe, who is carry
ing his campaign into every corner of
| the state. State Treasurer w. J..
Speer has published his announce
ment for reelection throughout the
state and says the campaign is look
ing fine to him, notwithstanding the
| fact that L. NJ. Park has announced
| for the office. J. j. Brown of Ebert
county, who was defeated in the state
convention for commissioner of agri-
culture two years ago by Commits
sioner ]. D. Price, is again a candi-
date and the race for this office prom
ises to be an interesting one.
This leaves only the state court of
appeals to be considered. All of the
| judges of this court are to be elected
this year. Judge Richard B. Russell,
the presiding Judge, and Judge P. L.
Wade, recently appointed to the court
by Governor Slaton, are having com
paratively smooth sailing. Judge l..
S. Roam, who has been on the bench
about a year, has announced that he
will not again be a candidate. With
Judge Roam eliminated from consid-
Grafton several candidates are out for
this position, including Nash R.
Broyles of the recorders court of At
lanta, who ran a tie race two years
ago with Judge ]. r. Pottle and with
drew in order to avoid a contest, and
Alex Stephens and w. H. Terrell, two
Atlanta lawyers. There is some cam
paigning being done for this office,
although no political speeches will be
made in connection with the race.
In addition to the foregoing the
people will have to nominate in Au-
gust superior court judges, solicitors
general and congressman, not to
speak of the numerous members OF
the legislature and candidates for
other positions whose names will
have to appear upon the ticket. The
indications are that the state pri.
mary ticket in August will be about
the longest one the people of the