Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-25
~ JAMES q. NEvIN.

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to be pushed or crowded out Of the
Democratic party nowadays-time
was, Of course, when he wasn't so
PARTICULARLY any person or thing.
Recently there came to his ears cer-
tain -rumors OF Bull Moose move
meht to put him in the race for
United States Senator, to ill either
one Of the forthcoming vacancies he
elected to take over--but the Roman
resOlutely refuses to have anything to
do with the proposal!
who are the round bellied, red
nosed persons undertaking to shove
me out OF the Democratic party and
into some other party just now7" in-
turesquely and Enthusiastically
enough, when the matter was mem
toned to him.
Just to show my contempt for the
suggestion, / viii leave o-morroW
Il night for Indiana, where will de-
liver a few more prohibition
speechesl"
| Nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
there is much present-day Bun
Moose activity in Georgia. and should
the Rome prohibitionist and orator
undertake to handle one end of the
forthcoming Bull Moose campaign, he
would have some aggressive and eff
fective backing.
Mrs. Wright Is, moreover, and has
u been for long time, an outspoken
and enthusiastic admirer and cham
pion Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
sometime President of these United
States, and the undoubted hub about
which the Btli Moose party most se-
rIously revoivesl
Bull Moosers are going to run
somebody for something in Georgia
pretty sooner bust!
1 They feel running symptoms in
tR,eir bones-they admit a fighting
disposition that will no longer be de-
MED. And so, IL the Honorable Seab
win not rally to their flag, somebody
else shall. That much Is definitely
settled!
1t NAV be remarked, in passing, too,
that the Bull Moosers are better or
ganized and more thoroughly pre-
pared for a scrap in Georgia right
now than they ever have been. When
next they sally forth to war, they
may not bring home the bacon, but
they will leave a dent in somebody's
arnor--believe them!
Former Congressman Overstreet, Of
Savannah. who is opposing Congress
man Charles @. Edwards for the lat
ter's seat in the National House OF
Representatives, is in Atlanta for a
day or 80. Mr.. Overstreet is making
an active and detailed campaign TO
I defeat Mr.. Edwards, and believes ne
| Is to win.
mark-thefe is hardly a doubt Of tine
truthfulness OF that statement. he
may not be as spectacular as some
members of the Congress- but ne
seems to suit his particular district
pretty we'll He is what the First
terms producer producer being
q Congressman who gets things" for
'the folks back home!"
Both Edwards and Overstreet are
good men, and each has strong and
well-organixed following. The race
between them, therefore, is bound 10
be interesting and more or less doubt
full as to finish
Former Railroad Commissioner S.
Guyt McLendon who is perhaps the
ivery best posted man In Georgia on
the tariff and kindred questions. Will
deliver a lecture in the Kimball House
ballroom tomorrow Thursday
1 evening, to which all business men
are cordially invited.
Colonel McLendon will discuss the
Panama Canal, with reference to its
usefulness, tolls and other angles, and
particularly with reference to the
business mans interest in the same.
lis talk will not be along political
lines. as he holds that there is no poll
tics In the canal uestion, and should
n-s be, but it will be along business
lines purely.
Those who really wish information
as to this great work. as it will bear
upon the business world, will do we'll
to attend Colonel McLendon's lecture.
I---s is an authority on this question.
stats Senator John T. Allen, of MIL
ledgeville. Is in Atlanta attending the
present sitting Of the Railroad Com
mission. Senator Allen is one OF the
really influential members of the
Senate, and commands the entire re-
spect and esteem of his colleagues
He says the Congressional race Is
4 opening up in great shape in the
Tenth District, and that his fellow
townsman, Carl TiAson, the first man
to enter the race and the only one so
far to announce platform, is be-
Iieved - De a big and promising pos
sibility for the succession to Mr..
Hardwick.
C. M. Furlow, whose return to the
State Treasury Department has
brought to Treasurer Speer so many
congratulatory letters of late. will be
connected directly with the bank ex-
amining bureau Of the department
He is regarded as one of the States
foremost experts in this work, and
his reinstatement following an en-
forced absence of several years be-
cause of III health, has given partieu-
lar pleasure to the business men
throughout the State.
Mr.. Furlow already is actively at
| work on his old Job, and numerous
friends have called TO express their
! qualification because OF his return.
State Senator John W. J.. Brown.
/ OF Barlow County is spending a day
4 or so in Atlanta. He says folks are
not talking politics nearly go much in
his end OF the State as some people