Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-25
BY JAMES 3. NEViN.


II there is sadder world. most
Of us wot not Of tho same
There came 10 Sidellghts sdnctum
sanctorum Tuesday morning bright
and early, two Georgians, and one
accused SideHghts Of assault with in
tent TO murder Senator Hoke Smith,
whereas the other accused Sideiights
Of assault with inten. 10 murder Gov
ornor John " Slaton'
II il probable that both of these
we'll disposed but misguided persons
Jvcrrstc the prpwcss Of Sidehghts 20
murder anybody politically. Certain
ly they credit him with an amazingly
Varicgated assortment Of malice.
II SidehRhts murdered either the
one Of the other politically, or both,
he would put himself out of business
for there then would be nothing
worth while writing about perhaps
Il is neither the business nor the
purpose 81 this particular engine OF
uplift 70 Kill of statesmen, real or
near
They are the fuel whorewith IS gem
Grated the steam That keeps side
lights from pickering out entirely
which would be an immediate trag-
eds, if not matter Of state wide re-
gret.
sim. $50 long as there are appearing
tu this column certain comments and
near conclusions, the which neither
the Smith nor the Slaton side is Will
ing 10 .. X. Sldelights feels that he
is keeping reasonably IN the middle
Of the road and hence should worry!
Apparently. Tom Hardwick Is
more or Jess spelling for q fight"
lie Ia very, very near 10 Senator HOke
smith. nearer. Of course, than any
other Georgian. IL isn't high treason
10 state hiatt Is a fact of uotoriety
MIR Hardwirk rarely if ever, takes
"a political step without the Senator's
advice having been previously OBJ
tanned. And who blsmes him for
that%
When. therefore. divers and sundrS
Georeians conclude that the Hard
wick announcement for Senator
Bacon's uucNpired term sounded the
first gun IN a big and significant fac
tiunal hght in Georgia the cause
apparently iu~tihes the effect entire
~ or tho other way around, IL II
suits You better
Maybe. however Governor Slaton
is not going to run for Senator
Eacon's uneNplred term Maybe he
viii undertake TO wrest Senator
Smiths ioga from him.
This course would he lese majestic
IN one direction and hot stuff In the
other. to he sure!
IL viii not do for the Smith.tes to
assume FOR sure that they have a
froscrptiye right to the senior Sen
8torship nor VIII It do for the Sla
tontes 90 assume that the Governor
rs 10 have tho junior SenatorshIp
without protest.
n Senator Smith could he re- elect
ed without opposition and Governor
SlatQu could have the Bacon uneS-
pred term without opposition. that
would be fine, wouldn't &"
Does amy sane man believe, how
ever, that tho one i4 10 he unopposed
and the other fought?
Maybe some people believe that
but not Sidelights'
There was a chance, once upon .
time perhaps knocking on wood, at
than. when that might have been
possible
Eut 1t having been generally as
stunned that Governor Slston would
stand for senator Bacons unexpired
term. does anybody believe that Con-
gresham IlardWiCk viii be permit
ted To- oppose him, and everybody
keep hands of the senior Senator
ship
What the logic Of the situation?
Here are two leaders Of contending
factions Senator Smith stands for
the things in Georgia politics that
Governor Slaton doesn't
Before the death Of senator Bacon
there was "a good deal OF let us have
peace talk ia Georgia. II was ar
gucd that the thing To do was to let
Senator Smith he re-eleCted to the
Senate and Governor Slaton be re
elected To- the Governorship--an
then, after while, Sstun might have
the Junior Senatorship.
This would have preserved the hal
auce OF power between the factions
in the Senate
When Mn Hardwlck am avowed
Smith lieutenant however, enters the
lists fer the junior Senatorship. nat
ur8nN the Siatonites begin to boiler
they do not propose to be Swatted
IN the Jaw after any such fashion
The Slatonites claim that the
Sm}juttcs are looking for trouble
and seem determined lo have IT."
They may he very foolish 90 chat
ter that sort Of stuff and nonsense
unless il be sospel-hut they do
anyway.
ono can no, have his cake and cat
IT, TOO
The SmlthlteS can not hold fast To-
the senior Senatorsh.p and yank the
Junior Sena;orsh!p away from the