Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-04
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Letter From Brown
Taken to Indicate He viii
Seek Plum in Race.
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| son and Hobson has sought, in every
way possible, to embarrass Under
| wood in the very direction covered by
the Hall amendment
After the adoption of the canal tolls
amendment many members Of the
state Committee declared that they
! thought is adoption a tactical mis-
take, and they expressed the doubt
/ ful hope that the matter might not
be used against Underwood in his
Alabama fight.
No Reopeninq of Question.
once the mischief had been accom-
plished. however, there apparently
was no active disposition to reopen
the matter, for fear this might serve,
! even if the Hall resolution was with
drawn, TO make bad matters worse,
Despite the evident desire Of Chair
man Harris to expedite matters, the
work by the Committee was retarded
continuously by long winded debates
on nom essential matters.
In addition to this, the Committee
was over half an hour late in getting
started
County Primary Wins.
II was the apparent desire by the
leaders of the Committee to order a
county unit primary. and to adhere
as closely as possible to the recon-
mendations and the work of the State
convention in Macon. which nomi-
mated Governor Slaton
In the main, this was done, too, and
the primary call as finally adopted,
may be taken to represent the atti-
tude Of the present State Admins
tration with reference to all matters
to be covered in the forthcoming cam
paign
Many Plums in Races.
1t has been many days since a
State Democratic Committee was
called upon TO arrange for the dis
tribution of so many fat plums as
the one that met SATURDAY
Two United States Scholarships a
Governorship, full outfit of State
house officers, as well as three APP
peals Court judgeships and three SUI
pfeme Court judgeships are the
prizes to be contended for
This extraordinary conditions ac-
counted for the fun attendance of
the committee and the large mum
Der of Well-knoWn and influential
Georgians on hand to watch the pro-
ceedings.
The meeting of the committee I'M
doubtedly marks the opening of one
Of the most interesting and impor-
tant campaigns Georgia has known
since Reconstruction. Not since then
have so many Offices been involved
in a State campaign
Brown Boosts Unit. Plan.
letter was read, amid great APP
plause, from former Governor Brown
strongly commenting to the commit
tee the county unit plan Of primary
elections
This letter was taken by many TO
mean that the former Governor is
probably getting ready TO take a sig
niticant part in the forthcoming cam
paign.
Several things seemed to stand out
with reasonable ciearness as the
committees business progressed
They are
GOVERNOR JOHN M. sLA.
TON will be a candidate for the
uneYpired senatorial term of Au-
gustus O. Bacon, now being filled
temporarily by William Stanley
West. under Executive appoint
ment
SENATOR HoKE SMITH will
be opposed for re election to
full term in the Senate by
RALPH o. COCHRAN, Of Allan
"a. and possibly by JOSEPH NJ.
BROWN.
j. RANDOLPH ANDERSON
win be a candidate for Governor,
as will w. c. VEREEN.
Murphsy Gambler, Gordon Lee,
William n. Burwel and Joseph
M. Brown also are mentioned
continuously in this connection.
SENATOR WEST, at the prop
err time, win state that he will re-
tire from active participation in
politics and will throw his entire
strength to Slaton, the man at
whose hands West was made
Senator
THOMAS S. FIELDER and
THOMAS w. HARDWlCK will
remain in the race for Senator
Bacon's uneXpired term, thus
making d question OF selection
there a matter between them
selves and Slaton
Around the hotel Hobbies Saturday,
where hundreds Of political leaders
from all sections of the State are
gathered. it was generally agreed that
Slaton viii run for Bacons uneX-
pired term.
The Governor says he certainly will
not run for that office Il Senator West
offers for it, But there is not much
likelihood Of West doing that Ii has
been thoroughly understood for some
time that there would be no conflict
Of ambitions between West and Sla-
ton
West was named as "a South C,eor-