The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
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 MANY CANDIDATES
From Best Information Ob. tainable HOke Smith Is Leading Brown for
 Senate

Atlanta. August 1s-tSpecialo Georsia candidates are lined up several deep for the final dash before the pri- mary of Wednesday,. Campaigning is practically over; a few speeches will NC made here and there Monday and Tuesday. and q few more advertise ments and replies will be published in the daily papers and then it will be left to the voters to do the rest. United States Senator Hoke Smith will complete his race without com ing into the state since the announce ment of his opponent, former Gov. Jo- seph M. Brown. Foreign and local de- velopments operated to keep MT. smith in Washington, although at one time it was thought he would come to Georgia al least for a single speech.
 The best information that can be had from over the state indicates that Senator Smith will be renominated. all though it seems practically certain that Governor Brown will carry a large number of the country counties Gov ernor Browns friends do not deny that the cities are against him and they base their strongest hopes on the coun- try. Senator Smiths friends here have felt so confident throughout the cam paign that instead of suggesting his coming to Georgia in his own interests they have rather insisted that he re- main in Washington, assuring him that his interests were well cared for. The leading candidates for the short | term in the United States Senate have |'@ll given out final statements for pulp lication Sunday, in which they claim to see certain victory.
 Slaton's Manager Optimistic Gov. John NJ. Slaton's campaign man. ager has summed the situation up as one of unprecedented victory. While real izing that he has had a difficult fight on his hands for the unexpired term of the late Senator Bacon, Governor Slatons friends have expressed con fidence throughout. based upon reports which have come to headquarters from various sections of the state
 Politicians have sized this race up as K Slaton against the field, the only ques- tion with them being as to whether Slaton could get enough votes to pre- vent the nomination from going into the convention.
 Slaton's conservative friends take the ,Niew thai the possibility Of a eonven-
 tion deadlock is his chief danger.
 Consressman T. W. Hardwck's cam
 paisn manager has given out statement
 in which he claims that MT Hardwick will
 go into the convention with enough votes
 to- nominate. Felder's friends are not
 making any such claims, but are express
 ing some confidence over the result.
 It is said c. R. Hutchens. too, will prob
 ably get a few counties, and the mean.
 ing of the statement that it Is Slaton
 against the field seems to be the possi-
 bility of combination against him in the
 convention, in the event the other can
 didates together control, enough. votes to
 prexent his election,
 ttyis in such d contingency as this thai
 theapossibie nomination of former Gov ,. Joseph NJ. l3rown for the short term has Y been suggested, and this is still topic
 of interesting gossip and comment around
 political headquarters.
 The Governors Race
 In the governors race there is no ques
 tion that Randolph Anderson of Savan.
 nah has recently gained ground, and in
 dications point to the fact that pr. l..
 G. Hardman is also coming up, whlt
 Judge Nat k. Harris of Macon has been
 losing. The confident assertions of his
 election that were heard on all sides two
 weeks ago are now greatly qualified.
 If looks more and more from this view
 point as if the nomination would go into
 the convention with either Anderson or
 Harris in the lead. though Mir Ander-
 sons friends here feel confident thai
 Wltil south GeorSla standing Sol1dly fol Ilim, and the north Georgia counties he
 IS practically sure to get he stands q
 splendid chance at the nomination on the
 first ballot.
 sSome pretty hard campaigning has beer
 indulged in recently. Records have beer I llnearthed and spread broadcast over the
 state. 1t is said Judge Harris is having
 some difficulty in explaining his vote ir
 the legislature to increase the state tas
 rate from & to 12 per cent. and against
 the farmers their fertilizer bill II
 Ils Atlanta speech he said he did these
 things and that he was right at thai
 time There is evidence however, thai
 this statement of Judge Harris legisla-
 tive record is having it's effect, and ever,