Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

nouncement of either Representa-
tive Hardwick or Attorney Gen.
eral Fielder as candidates for the
: Senate Further than that, it is
{ stated that he endeayored to per-
s .suade both from entering the race.
might be guaranteed to stay put;
Let Senator smith succeed himsel
as senior Senator without opposition
let Governor Slaton be elected to the
JUNIOR Senatorship without opposition
and then let the GovcrnOrship be set
tied either by mutual agreement OF
in open battle between the Slatonites
and the Smlthites.
Il This would preserve the balance oil
power between the two sides in the
Senate Of the United States, al least
and it either would preserve peace ir
the Governorship or reduce the fight
ing to one battle which would be
some measure of balm, perhaps. e
the peace advocates, if nothing more
or the same end might be accom-
plished by awarding, unprotected, the
senior Senatorship to Senator Smith
the junior Senatorship 10 Senator
West, and the GovernOrship again &c
John NJ. Slaton.
| So long, however. as two heretofore
staunCh lieutenants of Senator Smith
propose TO dispute with Slaton OF
West. or some other representative OF
the Slaton side of things, how in the
name of common sense can peace
apostles expect the Slatonites to re-
fuse TO do battle, thus having beer
challenged in the very gate of their
| citadel?
Smithtes Clever.
Are the Slatonites cutters? Wlll
| they sit in game unprotesting
! knowing good and Wen that the OPP
| position has no chance in any event
to run afou of fate less unhappy
than to break even? Is such game
fair?
Al present there are bat two cards
on the table All the rest Of the
cards are under livery much SO
and carefully guarded.
Senator Smiths card is ON the ia
BILE, and 50 is Congressman Hard
wick's. These two exhibits are The
ONLY TWO THINGS from whicf
open and aboveboard figuring may
be done
If these two gentlemen run through
unprotected. the anti Slaton factor
then captures two Senatorships anf
the Governorship alone is left undis'
turbed for two years.
Not the GoVernorship atone, either
for two years from now, If one side
captures both Senatorships that side
is sure to go into all the Compression
al districts and undertake to line .uI
the Congressional delegation to its
way OF thinking,
One Side Would Control.
What would that mean Simply
this The control and disposal o.
every particle of Federal patronage
by one faction alone!
Consider this Two Senators OF q
State. in agreement, absolutely con-
troll the patronage Of that State. II
both Georgia Senators think along
one and the same line, all their rec
ommendation5 will be along that line
a member of the House daring tt
thwart the will of those two Senators
probably would be run over rough
snod.
wouldn't he? Wei, i'm the light O
much experience, he would, anyway
and the only way we can judge The
future is by the past
Are not Georgians face to face
then. with the question of preserving
! the factional division in the Senate
so long as one is not so perfect,
peaceful that he is unwilling even Il
admit that factions do eXist-rathel
Than sectional divisions?
Where does South Georgia 'ge
on" considering the cards already "oI
the table,
Situation Outlined
Governor Siatou gave South Geor
gia in Senator West the first Sen8
tor it has had In 80 years or more
With the present cards on the table
where does West get on? Is MI
!, .Hardwtck or Mr. Fielder from SoutI
Georgia.
why won't the peace apostles, to
eether and singular, advocate tn
, following, II they are sincere:
Re-elect Senator Smith. and lie
him keep his present good Job
Z Re-elect Senator West, and let hin
keep his present good job.
Re elect Congressman tlardNiCh
and let him keep his present goo
job.
y Re-elect Attorney General Fielder
> and let him ken his present good iot
= Re-elect Governor Slaton, and lie
y him keep his present good job.
Wouldn't that mean peace /
| certainly would. with a capital T!
z But when It is proposed to tn
!. Slatonites that they let Senate
2 Smith have his recollection withou
G opposition. but that West get out q
. the way and Slatou get out of tn
7 way. and let either Hardwick or Eel
> der have the Junior Senatorship-
I u,bv naturally tho SlatOniteS hOllcl