The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-21
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Smith would not come to Georgia to |
contest for the Senatorship. The
Macon Telegraph. said that when the
politicians down here began to sting
him with their darts no power could
keep him in Washington
The campaign is over and Senator
Smith has not put his foot in the
State, despite the fact that never
before was a candidate so outrage
ously misrepresented The Tele-
graph owes me the dope
Weeks a"o 7 predicted that Guyt
McLendon would run for Railroad
Commissioner He was not men
toned in that connection by anyone
else until the last day on which his
entrance fee could have been paid
Then he got in, to the establishment
of some folks
Some other comments have been
verified in the developments and II
don't mind saying that the Marietta
Journals political prognostications
have been fairly reliable.
Earl NJ Donaldson, Of cambridge
has been appointed District Attor-
ney of the Southern District to sue
coed the Republican, Alderman.
President Wilson wired the Macon
News that Senator Smith had in no
way blocked the appointments of all
attorney to succeed A&erman as had
been viciously charged. That ought
TO settle it, but Wilson is only Presi-
dent of the United States and who
would believe president? Not |
yaur, smallbore politicians, certain
~
Hugh Dorsey spoke in Marietta |
Monday before a court house crowd |
ed with people | went to hear him |
mainly to urge that he be given a |
respectful hearing if any Hoke Smith |
enthusiasts had sought TO inter |
rupt him. Not a question was ask |
ed him and not a single retort Of
any kind was made Mr.. Dorsey was
generously applauded by Governor
Browns friends and courteous'y
treated by friends of Senator Smith
l was personally familiar with
every matter upon which he touched
and could in a few words have an
swered everything. but it was his
Meeting, not mine
In all my life | never listened to
jgst such speech. 1t was careful
~ prepared to magnify unimportaut
matters which Senator Smith had
not put over to ignore the great
things which he has done and t.
uisrepresent him in other instances.
/. was distinctly a politicians |
sueach and disappont ment to me
because the readers OF te Journal
hlow that have spoken in the kind |
est way of Hugh Dorsey as political
factor in Georgia. | had hoped that /
~ would develop into real leader, ,
Int no man can build on a founda-
ton of Misrepresentation For me, ! !
propose to follow constructive work |
n politics. If the man | stand for |
can't win fairly on real issues and |.
"a truth he can get beat this year, |
next year or any other year. The |
s.fairs of this country are of too |
much concern to be settled by APP
peals to prejudice and by fooing the |
people.
1t is up to Hugh Dorsey to decide |.
neither he will be a stump speaker
or a statesman. He made great re-
putation in the Frank case but that !
has no connection with legisla- !
ton or questions Of government. To |
sack up lot of quibbliug and mis- !
representation against the construc- |
tive work of Hoke Smith, who in two !
ears and a half has accomplished !
* much in Washington, is childish. !
.&r. Dorsey has missed an opportuni- /
~. He has allowed his friends to
plll him before he was ripe hope |
ht will take better advice next time. /
AS l sat in the Court House and
listened to Mr., Dorseys misrepre-
s-ntation of the Senator and heard
rs shouts of old Hoke" and Hog
It-All', | could not help CONTRASTING
hat he was saying with what Sen
ator Smith said to me about Dorsey
Wien it was reported that Dorsey