Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
UNIT PLAN WINS
At TER BITTER
BATTLE
Endorsement Letter From Brown
Taken to Indicate He Will
Seek Plum in Race.
Continued From Page I.

son. ana ltobson has sought, in every
way possible, to embarrass Under
wood in the very direction covered by
the Hall amendment.
After the adoption of the canal tolls
amendment many members of the
State Committee declared that they
thought its adoption q tactical mis-
take, and they expressed the doubt
full hope that the matter might not
be used against Underwood in his
Alabama fight.
No Reopening of Question.
Once the mischief had been accom-
plished however. there apparently
was no active disposition to reopen
the matter, for fear this might serve,
even if the Hall resolution was with
drawn, to make bad matters worse.
Despite the evident desire of Chair
man Harris to. expedite matters, the
work by the Committee was retarded
continuously by long winded debates
on nom essential matters.
In addition to this, the Committee
was over half an hour late in getting
started.
County Primary Wins.
1t was the apparent desire by the
leaders of the Committee to order a
county unit primary, and to adhere
as closely as possible to the recon-
mendations and the work of the State
convention in Macon which nomi-
mated Governor Slaton,
In the main, this was done, too, and
the primary call as finally adopted,
may be taken to represent the atti-
tude of the present State Admins
tratlon with reference TO all matters
to be covered in the Forthcoming cam
paign
Many Plums in Races.
IT has been many days since a
State Democratic Committee was
called upon TO arrange for the dis
tribution of so many fat plums as
the one that met Saturday
Two United States Senatorships, a
Governorship, a full outfit OF State
house officers, as well as three APP
peals Court judgeships and three Su-
preme Court Judgeships, are the
prizes TO be contended for.
This extraordinary conditions ae-
counted for the full attendance of
the committee and the large num-
Der of well-known and influential
Georgians on hand to watch the pro-
Ceedings.
The meeting of the committee I'M
doubtedly marks the opening of one
of the most interesting and impor-
tant campaigns Georgia has known
since Reconstruction Not since then
have so many offices been involved
in State campaign.
Brown Boosts Unit Plan.
A letter was read, amid great APP
plause, from former Governor Brown.
strongly commencing to the commit
tee the county unit plan of primary
elections
This letter was taken by many to
mean that the former Governor is
probably getting ready TO take a sig
nltcant part in the forthcoming CAM
paign.
Several things seemed to stand out
with. reasonable clearness as the
committees business progressed,
They are:
GOVERNOR JOHN M. SLA.
TON viii be a candidate for the
uneXpired senatorial term of Au-
gustus O. Bacon now being filled
temporarily by William Stanley
West. under Executive appoint-
ment.
SENATOR HoKE SMITH will
be opposed for e-election to
full term in the Senate by
RALPH o. COCHRAN, Of Allan
ia, and possibly by JOSEPH M.
BROWN.
j. RANDOLPH ANDERSON
will be a candidate for Governor.
as will w. c, VEREEN.
Murphsy Gambler, Gordon Lee,
William H. Burwell and Joseph
M. Brown also are mentioned
continuously in this connection.
SENATOR WEST, at the prop
err time, will state that he VIII re-
tire from active participation in
politics and will throw his entire
strength to Slaton, the man at
whose hands West was made a
Senator
THOMAS w. HARDWlCk will
remain In the race for Senator
Bacon's unexpired term, thus
making a question OF selection
there a natter between them
selves and Slaton:
Around the hotel Hobbies Saturday,
where hundreds of political leaders
from all sections of the State are
gathered it was generally agreed that
Slaton will run for Bacons uneX-
pired term.
The Governor says he certainly will
not run for that office IL Senator West
offers for It, But there is not much
likelihood Of West doing that. 1t has
been thoroughly understood for some
time that there would be no conflict
Of ambitions between West and Sla-
ton
West was named as "a South Geor-
gia man." after Senator Bacon died,
and South Georgia then was expected
either to rally to West for the uneX-
pired term or not.
While Senator West has a large
and strong following in South Geor-
gia. II has become apparent, never
theless, that there is big demand in
that section for Slaton to run for
the Senate, and this has been clearly
evidenced in the attitude of suCh
leading South Georgia papers as The
Townsville Times Enterprise, The
Albany Herald and others.
Therefore, the situ8 ton is accepted
as having shaped itself SO that South
Georgia is calling now for Slaton-
not that II loves West less but that
Is loves Slaton more.
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