Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-24
\. Rankin File should worry,

bris has been cleared away next Au-
gust
Georgia is facing more different
kinds Of political sliaffling and scuf-
fling right now THAI "a Rankin File
and all of his honora BILE. b,oodthirsty
and incendiary ancestors ever faced
in all their honorable careers!
Already there is a general girding
of loins going on and a gathering OF
clans from Rabun Gap to Tybee
Light, and the merry war is on!
T. George Washington HardwicB
did It, with his little Ratchet
Before he threw his hat into the
ring near-peace, il hot real peace
was abroad in the land
Now, gentlemen may cry peace.
hut there amt no such animal roam
ing the reservation.
~ Rankin File has the correct idea
of the true Georgia definition o.
fun however.
MoIlycoddles may deny It, and some
more childish minds really may be-
iieVe 1t to be otherwise. but the un
disputed fact OF the matter is. Geor-
aia seems just naturally TO desp!se &
dull time politically
Before the prese:.c crisis WAS pre-
cipitate1-before Senator pacons la =
mentabie death. In other words--it
was quite the fashion to say, Let US
have peace" Good will and brotherly
love in Grand Old Georgia Twas
fashionable in many quarters.
And the way to get it was to let
the present Governor succeed him
self in ap erfectly orderly manner,
and the present senior United States
Senator succeed himself after the
same ia shion
And in a good many Spots. ,at least.
that advice was perfectly sincere and
aboveboard.
Slaton was young-admitting thai
The would make a mighty fine Sena-
tor" of course--and could afford to
wait-until? Well. until after the
next general election, anyway.
And Notwithstanding the fact that n
lot of people were going over to the
Capitol and telling Slaton not to do
anything OF the kind--that wait bust
ness, you know-Slaton wasn't giving
these visitors much aid and comfort.
And for that Slaton was loudly
praised hither and yon.
With the coming of the vacancy &C
casioned by Senator Bacon's death,
however, and the time then apparent
~ having arrived when there was no
particular use why Slaton should wait
any longer-Why, then,
Well, that was right where T. Geor-
gia Washington Hardwick did It with
his little Ratchet, as aforesaid
A. Rankin File, Sidelight's esteemed
correspondent, outlines progra \,
more or less in jest, that may come 20
pass in many of its more essential de-
tails.
Hardwick is no fourfIusher He &c
a flghter-and good one. No ne..d
for anybody to make any mistake
about that.
Whether ne has to try conclusions
eventually with Slaton or Howard, or
somebody else, he will give cOnvine-
ing account of himself.
He has been in Congress a good,
long time, as that sort Of thing goes
nowadays, and has risen to rather
high station. He is close in the con-
fidence OF the President, and is
member of the powerful House Com
mittee on Rules.
Whether his candidacy has the COM
plete and previously understood In
dorsement of Senator Smith---as The
Slatonites believe--or whether lie
plunged in Of his own free will AMI
accord, without consulting anybody
but his own conscience, he likely will
stay put! Hardwick is built after
that fashion.
And a Senatorial race between Sen
ator Smith and Governor SlatOn--if
II comes to that-will be a thing
worth sitting up nights to see!
II will be a battle royal, and to a
finish.
Wonder who is going to land that
Temporary Senatorial plum, anyway?