Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-13
The Regional Triumvirate
Welcome to Atlanta

Leaving all selfish considerations out of count Atlanta gives
sincere and cordial welcome the three distinguished gentle
mena Southernersof personal and official dignity are
the city, guests to-day
The Secretary of the Treasury of joint and excellent
Tennessee and Georgia stock The Secretary of Agriculture
of the good blood of North Carolina Comptroller
Currency Vrgnian the born. The them
carry the whole currency republic the
hands of the wise and war disciplined South
William G. McAdoos Georgia years spent among the
hills of Cobb Marietta and the Georgia
eges out of which he swept swiftly and smoothly
marvellous of unboken progress and notable achieve
ment which has landed him. without seeking before his
meridian of life in the real first place the Cabinet of that
astonishing Chief Magistrate who citizen of Georgia
MIR McAdoos life story reads like of fortune and of
fame set in tranquil courage treless industry thinking
clean living and temper of radiant kindness
given his successful life rown Georgia deeply proud
of her lions share in McAdoo
David F. Houston of those and scholarly gentle
who is also distinctly of magnetism
heart of the President him sight
than the David of old grown upon Cabinet
and upon the Capital City, since day the Wilson
Administration of its strongest and most popular
Two Cabinet officers make North Carolina
and recall the day when Georgia. Cleveland had
two Ambassadors in Alexander and Henry Jack
Few who figured so largely in the economic and
industrial life of Georgia and the South admired
and beloved in Atlanta than John Shelton Williams
mond Time when the head of the seaboard Line
Railway in its vre youth his helpful upbudng policies his
frank direct and kindly genius of construction his nfexbe
purpose and his prevailing courtesy made him the the
railroad world in Dixie He is vrgnan of the Dandrdge
and of the Washngtons and Atlanta brmfu friends
who give him welcome
These gentlemen here to give patient
impartial hearing Atlanta and the other present their
claims today for the regional belongs somewhere
this section of the general country tngs will be
laborious judicial and exhaustive.
1t is well that Atlanta, the real Capital the new South
Richmond of the Old South should vary official
with social rfreshmen distinguished guests and the fest
ves of this evening and of Saturday evening offer but sug
geston of the continuing hospitality which Atlanta would
light lavish upon three great whose characters
achievements have reflected such honor the South large
1t neither necessary likely that the hearings before
regional triumvrate shall be unfriendy dsagreeabe Each
of sister cities competing here exercising
ambition for self prermen and the audabe it.
They also in Atlanta guests and while Atlanta feels
of her superior claim and will urge earnestly she will
hear with courtesy and without impotence other pleas
Nashville Birmingham Montgomery Savannah and Mobile will
be welcome to this tribunal of adjustment
There abundant for Atlanta upon any regional map
that can be presented to a Thoughtful jury
In the four hundred miles from Boston, through New York
and Philadelphia to Washington and Richmond there will be
THREE regional banks and nowhere the republic will there
be protest against preponderance of section in this
1t is 600 miles from Washington Richmond to Atlanta
Richmond has of the three banks accredited the East
Atlanta naturally and geographically the first point to be
considered in the South With bank Atlanta to take care
of South Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee Mississippi and
section of louisiana given to Dallas or Houston
Texas for Louisiana Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma and an
other given to San Franciscothere would ONLY BE THREE
BANKS IN 5000 MILES,
Surely this would be scant enough i'm
and marvelouy growing territory Then with bank for
Cincinnati Cleveland for Chicago for ST. Louis ST. Paul
Salt Lake there would fare possible division
Of the ten banks which the committee plans.
Atlanta has only to make plain its adaptabiy the re-
gona territory of which centero the varied crops
and money needs OF the States in her ccewthout criticism