Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
BY JAMES 3. NEVIN.

II neSu not De expected tQaL Gov
ernor John NJ. Slaton will make "a
circus campaign" for the short-term
Senatorship, for which he recently
announced his candidacy. He will
make no such fight for the high and
dignifed office he seeks-although he
expects confidently, of course. that it
will be necessary for him to outline
his views in detail, from time to time
, upon topics in which the people are
interested particularly in their ma
! tional aspect.
The Governor will devote by far the
greater part of his time from now an
til July to the States business.
There is a session of the Legisla-
ture less than three months ahead
and it will be not only the last ses-
sion of the Governors administration
but in many ways by far the most
important
1t is very well known that the Gov
ernor is intensely interested in the
matter of refunding some $4,000, 900
of Georgia bonds maturing in the
! near future, and that he has already
made two trips to the East looking
into that matter. He will prepare
message to the General Assembly be-
tween now and July setting forth his
plan of refunding, and he will urge
the Legislature to immediate and ad-
vantageous action in respect of the
same.
The Governor will see the legisla-
tive session through as attentively as
if he were not a. candidate for the
Senate-not only as concerns the
bond legislation necessary, but as to
J., tt,sr Il fe
inal program, announced or unan
nounced, framed when he took over
the Governorship.
Following the legislative session
the Governor feels that the few re-
naming months of his term would be-
in any event, more matter of rou-
tine than otherwise and he will then
feel free ito let himself loose" to
greater degree than before that time.
He will, therefore, endeavor to cover
intelligently and extensively, and as
rapidly as possible, every phase Of his
campaign-but he will not. as he
stated on Monday, resign the Cover
norship, neglect or overlook any of its
duties, or undertake to make a cir
Gus" campaign of Georgia in the ad-
vocacy of his candidacy for Senator.
Oscar Underwood S great victory n
Alabama Is hardly more genuinely
matter of rejoicing there than it is in
Georgia. The great Alabaman is very
popular in this State, and the sympa
thy and good wishes of Georgia un-
questionably were with him in his
Senatorial fight.
Underwood's campaign for the
| Presidential nomination in Georgia
served to show clearly just what
~ ~ I'll 6 /, I,, ot,.a
| bly, is even more thoroughly appre-
| Georgia has watched the progress Of
| the Alabama Senatorial fight with
! intense interest. Georgia wanted I'm
derwood to win-and Georgia be
! lieved. by all the righteous rules Of
/ the game. that Underwood should
win.
! Still, Georgia has seen so many
campaigns reVolve around the iso-
lated question of prohibition. when
prohibition had nothing whatever 70
do with the matter-even as 1t had
nothing whatever to do with the I'm
derwood Hobson fight-that Georgia
was not altogether sure what was 70
| happen in the big State Immediately
west of this Commonwealth.
All is well that ends we'll, however
and Georgia is just as glad to-day
I of Underwood s victory as Alabama is.
OF course. the Georgia Democratic
| Executive Committee, less than a
| quorum voting, by a vote of % to T.
did undertake to hand Underwood, on
the eve Of his triumphant election, a
little lemon in that canal tolls reso-
| lution-but that in no wise lessened
| the general enthusiasm for Under
wood. either in Georgia or in Ala
| bama