Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

]. Randolph Anderson, Of Savan-
nah, president OF the' State Senate.
was the first candidate 10 announce
positively that he would be in the
race for Governor in the approaching
primaries, but Dr l.. 6. Hardman, Of
! Commerce, was the first to promul-
gate a platform
DR. Hartman presumably viii be
something Of a prohibition candidate
for the Chief Magistracy Of the state
for he IS a staunch prohibitionist
but he lays not nearly so much
stress upon that question a 3 he does
upon public health.
As a matter Of fact Or. Hartman
does not mention the word "prohib-
ton" in his platform, but ne does
speak in such a way Of 'law enforce
ment" that one is able readily to UNI
derstand that that is what he means.
Or Hardman / s an able man. He
IS, first OF all, first-class physician
and business man. and he has some
very definite and detailed views as to
public questions and politics. lie is
very greatly respected and esteemed
in his section Of the state, and par
| ttcularly about Jackson County,
where lie is bes' known
Whether the doctor viii enter into
an active, aggressive and state wide
campaign for the office Of Governor
or content himself with conducting
his fight strictly from home. is not
known. He is good lighter and
has the reputation Of being tireIcss
and nothing whatever of d gutter.
He VIII poll, moreover large vote,
whether he wins out eventually or
not
Besides Mr. Anderson and Dr.,
Hartman there Sre no avowed candi-
dates for Governor, but, Of course,
there will be others MurpheY Can
dlers friends are after him TO run
as are Bill" BurweNs friends. and
there ar the friends Of Mr. Nereon
who say he is positively going to
be a candidate.
The Governorship matter however
IL by all odds the worst tangled sit
uation Of all Just now, and it VIII be
weeks, perhaps, before one may get
even a fairly sire light line on what
is going to be the final line up there
There seems to be a wide difference
the importance Of Registering.
The registration books for the State
elections in Muscogee County closed
with moro than 1900 voters having
registered Owing to the fact that
no count Of the registration was made
at the time the voters registered, it
will probably be two or three days
before tn exact number viii be
known, but Tax Collector p. +. Whit
tlesey is authority for the statement
tat the registration is the heaviest
In the history Of the county
on the other hand, less than one
half or qualified citizens of Bib3
Co-nty are registered for the State
and county elections. The voting
strength there is 5000.
Representative Bob HoIzclaw,
OF the County Of Houston, is being
urged to run for Senator from the
Twenty third District lie has not
stated what he win do, but he has the
matter under advisement
There is one thing about this-Mr
HoltzClaw is regarded as one OF the
really strong and influential men in
the present House, and his promotion
to the Senate would be accepted by
his colleagues as genuine tribute TO
his worth genuine and deserved.
Houston County has IN Mr. Holtz-
claw a faithful and effective repre-
sentative he would be tho same
sort OF Senator for the Twenty third
District, beyond all doubt.