Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

u llUl JuAAu W. 0ld ION W III ilchN a
circus campaign" for the short term
Senatorship, for which he recently
announced his candidacy He will
make no such fight for the high and
dignifed office he although he
expects confidently, Of course, that it
viii be necessary for him to outline
his views in detail from time to time,
upon topics in which the people arc
interested, particularly in their ma
tional aspect
The Governor will devote by far the
greater part of hts time from now an
I'll July to the States business.
There is session of the Leglsll-
ture less than three months ahead
and it will be not only the last ses-
sion of the Governor admnistra ton.
but in many ways by far the most
important
1t is very well known that the Gov
ernor is intensely Interested in he
matter of refunding some $1,000 900
of Georgia bonds maturing in the
near future. and that he has already
made two trips to the East looking
into that matter. He will prepare a
message to the General Assembly be-
tween now and July setting forth his
plan of refunding, and he will urge
the Legislature to immediate and ad
vantageous action in respect of the
same.
The Governor will see the legisla-
tive session through as attentively as
if he We're not a candidate for the
Senate-not only as concerns the
bond legislation necessary, but as to
everything else embodied in his orig
inal program, announced or unan-
nounced. framed when ne took over
! the Goyernorship
Following the legislative session,
the Governor feels that the few re-
naming months of his term would be,
in any event more a matter Of rou-
tine than otherwise, and he will then
feel free ito let himself loose to a
greater degree than before that time.
He will therefore, endeavor to cover
| intelligently and eXhaustively, and as
"a pidly as possible, every phase of his
campaign-but he viii not, as he
stated on Monday, resign the Cover
norship, neglect or overlook any of its
| duties, or undertake to make cir
Gus" campaign Of Georgia in the ad-
vocacy of his candidacy for Senator.
Oscar Underwood's great victory n
| Alabama is hardly more genuinely a
matter of rejoicing there than II is in
Georgia The great Alabaman Is very
| popular in this State, and the sympa-
| thy and good wishes of Georgia IN
questionably were with him in his
! Senatorial fight.
! Underwoods campaign for the
/ 4 f.,1 In EnngDt4
| served to show clearly just what
| Georgia thinks of him, and he proba
| bly, is even more thoroughly appre-
/ ciated here now than he was thea
! Georgia has watched the progress Of
! the Alabama Senatorial fight Win
| intense interest Georgia wanted I'm
| derwood TO win-and Georgia be
| lieved by all the righteous rules Of
| the game. that Underwood should
win
Still Georgia has seen so many
campaigns revolye around the $50
| lated question of prohibition. when
prohibition had nothing whatever 10
do with the matter even as ii had
! nothing whatever TO do with the Un-
derwood Hobson dght-that Georgia
was not altogether sure what was 20
happen in the big State Immediately
west Of this Commonwealth.
An is well that ends well. however
and Georgia is Just as glad to-day
of Underwood victory as Alabama is.
or course the Georgia Democratic
Executive 'oDmittec less than a
quorum voting. by a vote Of % to l.
did undertake to hama Underwood. on
the eve Of his triumphant election, a
little lemon in that canal tolls reso-
lution-but that In no wise lessened
| the general cnthusia am for Under
wood either In Georgia or in Ala
bama.
Underwood honestly differs with
the national Administration on the
matter Of the canal tolls. and he has
right to!
A news story sent out from Atlanta
Monday ana printed I'm several South
! Georgia new spapers, states that Tor
mer Governor Brown is being urged
TO run for the Senate against Gov
ernor Slaton," and that there are evil
denceg OF p growing breach be
tween the Governor and the former
Governor
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon, NJ At
lanta. probably as close TO former
Governor Brown rs amy man in the
state. is quoted In This neNs story as
having said that Governor Brown
looks upon Governor stations Send~
torial ambitions cOldlY. and jhat
Governor Brown thinks Slaton's can
didacv q mistake and has said ds
much TO Colonel PaNon.
With reference to this rather amaz-
ing story Colonel PaXou on Tuesday
said There Is no truth in the story,