Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-01

uuietus on the speculation by an
| nouncing that he was not candidate
for any of the offices named The fire.
| quent mention of Mr.. Luke's name Is
no doubt due to the fact that he is rec
ognized as one of the ablest and most
popular men in the state, and who
would grace almost any public once
within the gift of the voters.
That county site and court house row
| i'm Murray county seems to be cuttine
the one particular figure in Murray
county politics this year. 1t is Muir
rays turn to supply the state senator
from the Forty-third district, but 1t Is
said that the prospects of a bitter cam
paign are lettering the announcement
of any candidates for this office.
Sor some time it has been supposed
that II. Fl. Anderson would run. but re-
Gently he declared that he would not
get into a race which was certain to
result in much bad feeling.
! Representative Z. II. Beck is being
mentioned as a probable candidate for
senator. but many of Mr.. Beck's friends
think he will stand for reelection to
the house or run for superintendent Of
schools. Mr.. Beck has made no an
nouncement of his intentions.
The two leaders of the Republican
party in Georgia are at outs and each is
busily engaged in framing up to van
quish the other at the state convention
of the party which will soon be called.
National Committeeman Henry S. Jack
son, of Atlanta, is leading the forces
which are after the scalp of State Chair
man Walter johnson, of Columbus, and
Mr. Johnson is seeking to defeat Mr..
Jackson's reelection to the place OF
national committeeman.
| The jackson forces contend that
johnson disregarded his instructions at
the last national convention in Chicago
and arbitrarily sought to vote the dele
| CATION contrary to their wishes and the
wishes of their constituents in Georgia.
On the other hand the Johnson FORCES
allege that Jackson and his crowd are
simply trying to gain control of the
party in Georgia.
II Is the announced plan of the Jack
son forces to put forward Roscoe Pick
EFT. of Jasper present state senator
from the Forty-irst district, Tor the
| place of state chairman to succeed John-
son, who will probably stand Tor re-
election.
In this connection the following dis
patch from The Journals Macon cor
respondent will be OF interest:
| MACON, Ga, Jan. S1.-Alexander AK
erman. formerly United States district
attorney, states today that there is no
doubt but that Walter Johnson will head
an uninstructed delegation to the Re-
publican convention at Chicago. Mr..
Alderman says he has just made a trip
over the state and he finds that the
Republicans are practically unanimous
| for Johnson He states further that
Senator Roscoe Pickett could hardly
acrry his own county against Johnson.
| Mr. Alderman says:
"I have observed in the papers an in
| terview with Mr.. Roscoe Pickett in
which he assumes that the Republicans
of Georgia will turn their backs upon our
old time leader, Walter H. Johnson, and
elect him (Pickett) as chairman of the
| Republican state central committee.
| ain the last six weeks 1 have trav-
| eled the state from one end to the other,
and find the universal sentiment among
the Republicans of the state to be that
| ii is time for the Republicans to get to-
( gether behind such a leader as Mr..
Johnson and send an uninstructed dele
CATION to Chicago, which delegation will
! use its best endeavors to nominate a
/ candidate who will bring together the
! opposing factions of the Republican par
/ ty and lead the party to victory in No
vember.
The Republicans of Georgia, while
/ few in number, are men of intelligence
/ and they now realize that if they had
( followed the advice of Mr.. Johnson in
] 1912 there would have been no split in
| the party. and the Democratic victory
/ would have been impossible
! 81 predict that Mr.. Pickett will not be
able I'm his fight on Mr.. Johnson to even
carry his own county, and certainly not
| his own congressional district and if ne
can show me where he has the support
of more than four Republicans of any
consequence in the state of Georgia 1
would he willing to withdraw opposition
I TO him..