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

Leaving all selfish considerations ont of count Atlanta gives
sincere and cordial welcome to the three distinguished gentle
mena Southerners-of personal and official dignity who
the cty's guests to-day.
The Secretary of the Treasury of joint excellent
Tennessee and Georgia Secretary Agriculture
Of the good blood of North Carolina The Comptroller the
Currency vrgnian the born The three of them
carry the whole currency scheme of republic in the
hands Of the wise and war disciplined South.
William g. McAdoos Georgia years spent among
hills of Cobb Marietta and the Georgia schools and col
leges of which he swept swiftly smoothly
marvellous career of unbroken and notable achieve
ment which has landed him. without seeking before his
meridian of e in the real first place the Cabinet of that
astonishing Chief Magistrate who also citizen of Georgia
MIR McAdoos life story reads like of fortune and of
fame set in tranquil courage rees industry clear thinking
clean living and temper Of radiant kndness has
given his successful life Georgia deeply proud
Of her lion share In McAdoo.
David Houston of those and scholarly gentle
who is also distinctly and magnetism The
heart of the President sight
than the David of old He grown upon
and upon the Capital City earliest day
Administration of its strongest popular
Two Cabinet officers make tribute to North Carolina
and recall the day when Georgia under
Ambassadors Alexander Lawon and Henry R. Jack
Few who have figured largely in the economic and
industrial life Of Georgia and the South have been admired
beloved Atlanta Shelton Williams of Rich
mond Time when the head of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway in its vre youth his helpful upbuildng policies his
frank direct and kindly genius of construction his nexble
purpose and his prevailing courtesy made him the of the
railroad world in Dixie He Vrginan of the Dandridges
Washngtons and Atlanta brimfu of his friends
who give him welcome
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impartial hearing Atlanta and the other cities present their
to-day regional which belongs somewhere
in this section of the general country These sngs will
laborious, judicial and exhaustive
1t is well that Atlanta the real Capital of South
Richmond the Old should vary official labor
with social efreshmen to its distinguished guests and the es
ve of this evening and of Saturday evening offer but ug
geson of the continuing hospitality which Atlanta would de
light lavish upon three great whose characters and
achievements have reflected such honor upon the South large
neither necessary likely that the hearings before
regional triumvae shall be unfiendy dsagreeabe Each
of sister cities competing here exercising the audabe
ambition for self preferment and the audabe effort
They also Atlanta guests and while
of her superior claim and will urge earnestly will
hear with courtesy and without impotence pleas
Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery Savannah Mobile
be welcome to this tribunal of adjustment.
There abundant for Atlanta upon any regional map
that can be presented to Thoughtful jury.
In the four hundred miles from through York
and Philadelphia to Washington and Richmond there will
THREE regional banks and nowhere in the republic
be protest against preponderance
1t is 600 miles from Washington Richmond
Richmond has Of the three banks accredited the East
Atlanta naturally and geographically the first point
considered in the South With bank Atlanta care
of South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi and
section of Louisiana- given Dallas Houston
Texas for Louisiana Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and an
other given to San Franciscohere would ONLY THREE
BANKS IN 5000 MILES!
Surely this would be enough this i'm
m uvith hank
Cincinnati Cleveland for Chicago for St. Paul
Salt Lake there would to be the fare possible
of the ten banks which the committee plans.
Atlanta has only to make plain its adaptabiy
gional territory of which varied crops
and needs of the States in her crewithou criticism
ur against her Southern competors-and such CON-