Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01

he believes the getaway is pretty
Wherefore, about all one may do,
being moved by righteous purpose
to set down truthfully and impartial
lv things as they fall out from day
TO day, is to tell it all. so far as he
can gather 1t, regardless let it
go at that.
The big event OF the past week, OF
course, was the announcement of At
torney General Fielder for the Senate.
1t added interest to the Hardwick
announcement for the same position,
unofiicially, but none the less truth
fully. promulgated the week before.
Naturally these two announcements
started tongues to wagging in both
the HolIe Smith camp and the John
NJ. Slaton camp-which camps, with
out any degree OF impertinence or be-
lifting design-shaH be referred to
hereinafter as the Smithites and the
Slatonites.
Hunt for Motive.
There are two all but evenly di-
| vided factions in Georgia politics
and to deny it IS merely to deny that
which everybody with two grains of
| sense knows to be n fact
Senator Smith stands at the head
of one faction, backed by such trusty
| lieutenants as Hardwick and Fielder,
and Governor Slaton stands at the
head of the other backed by such
trusty lieutenants as Joseph NJ. Brown
and W. s West-the latter now q
Senator of Georgia
What is the real motive, then, be-
hind the dual candidacy of Hardwick
and Fielder, both stout Smith lieuten-
ants, for the same o1ice-said office
| being the junior Senatorship, other
wise known as Senator Bacons unex-
pired term
That is the one big question Geor-
gia politicians are asking themselves
to-day and the answer one gets 10
that inquiry depends entirely upon
the point of view entertained by the
one undertaking to answer.
Smith Inactive.
Mr.. Hardwick says he Is running
his own race, in his own way" and
that he will fight it out after his own
fashion. p
He only beat Mr. Fielder a few laps
to that broad assertion, however-for
that is exactly and precisely what
Fielder says too.
Senator Smith is quoted as having
stated that he will take no hand IN
either Hardwick's race or Felder's-
that they having started a sort Of
family row among themselves, must
fight it out as best they can.
The senior Senator win be can
didate for reelection to the Senate
running, so it is stated. entirely upon
his record in the Senate, and with
out reference to state politics, in
which, save in so far as wishing his
friends well goes, he is not particu-
larly concerned.
The Slatonites, however, while ad-
mftting more or less grudgingly that
that is magnificent, can not persuade
themselves that it is war-and all
they have expected from the smith
ties heretofore. or have received, is,
or has been. the latter named article!
Hence. after thinking things over,
they (the Slatonites) have evolved
large suspicion that Mr.. Hardwick
and Mr.. Fielder certainly will not
BOTH run the race for the Junior
Senatorship to a fnish-but that
neither the one nor the other wlt
take permanent and single handed
charge of that fight until after Gov
ernor Slaton has said what he pro-
poses to do--that is, whether he Will
run for Senator Smiths term In the
Senate, for Senator Bacon's term, or
for the Governorshfp again.
In other words. the Slatonites dark
ly suspect that in the Hardwick-
Fielder race the Smithites are subtly
trying to smoke them Cthe slaton-
ites) out"
If Governor Slaton commits him
self squarely to a campaign against
| Senator Hoke Smith, then Hardwlck