The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-27
HON. JOE BROWN ON
]. 5. SENATE RACE
(From Atlanta Constitution
POLITICS FAR FROM THOUGHTS
OF FORMER GOVERNOR BROWN

Former Governor Joseph NJ. Brown
is not now, nor is he a prospective
candidate for the United States Sen
ate.
Furthermore than that, as the sit
uation now stands, and as in all like
lihood it will develop, he is not both
ering himself about politics, and
seemingly the last thing in his
thoughts is the permitting of him
self to become personally involved
in any way in the campaign which
will be run this summer.
Thus may pc set at rest the I'M
easiness of the political dopesters
who for the past several weeks have
been unable to figure with any
amount of confidence on the ap
preaching campaign on account o.
the uncertainty surrounding the at
titude of Ex-Governor Brown. In
every effort to work out a solution
in the game of political chess which
is now progressing, some move would
finally lead up against the stone
wall of unbroken silence emanating
from the direction of Marietta.
Practically not a day has passed
since the death of the late Senator
Bacon that the query as to what
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has not been made in some form or
another. The very fact that the for
mer chief executive had spent many
months in the quietude of his farm
in Cherokee County, near the same
spot where his distinguished father
was reaping his grain when he WIS
advised of his nomination for Cover
nor, has caused speculation as to just
what his motive in thus secluding
himself really was
Solely, therefore, with the view of
being able to tell the people of the
state what might be expected dur
ing the forthcoming campaign from
the only man who ever polled a hun
dred thousand votes for governor, a
Constitution representative called on
Governor Brown yesterday at his
home in Marietta.
Has Eliminated Himself.
And the newspaper man found
QUITO his own conviction, at least
So far as being personally a factor
in the political moving picture dra-
ma in Georgia this year, Joseph NJ.
Brown has been endeavoring to firm
ly and emphatically eliminate him
self. And it is safe to prophesy that
unless something unforeseen develops
Little Joe" Brown will for the first
time in many years not be one of
the storm centers in Georgia politics.
Frankly the former governor out
lined to the Constitution man his
movements during the nine months
since he gave up the governors
chair. During that time he has
spent months at a time on his farm
in Cherokee county, with politics
dismissed from his mind and the
heated discussions of political cam.
paigns the farthest thing from his
thoughts
And, according to Little Joe" he
has enjoyed life much more during
these past few months in which h
has pursued uninterrupted the calm
demeanor of his way than he did
those years in which he was the cen
ter of the whirlling merry o-round
of the political realm in Georgia
So, instead of having been care
his agricultural interests, on a cam
paign which would land him in the
United States Senate, former Gov
ernor Brown has been enjoying a
well-earned vacation from the cares
of politics, with his mind conferred
upon the personal affairs which for
so many years he had to neglect.
A note of warning was sounded by
the former governor to those over
anxious who would plunge the state
into long and heated political cam
paign this summer. He said:
Warns Too Ardent Campaigners
Some of our over-eager seekers af-
ter office are liable to be gently but
firmly set aside this summer if they
try to plunge the state into the chaos
of a long political campaign. 1t isn't
necessary. and for one would GER
tainly hate to be the candidate re-
sponsible for opening cap the fire
works this year before 1t Is abso-
lutely necessary. Tor" and here
that quiet smile was again in evil
dence, ut looks like we are going to
have a late spring and we farmers
are, therefore. not going to have any
time to fool with a long political
turmoil whichever faction precipi-