The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-12-18
(|ATS OF POLITICAL
| SCRAPPERS IN RING
LINES ARE NOW FORMING FOR
RED HOT FIGHT IN SENATE
RACE FOR NEXT YEAR.
POLITICIANS BUSY SETTING
UP POSTS FOR THEIR FENCES
All Have Strong Backing, and Whose
Pole Will Reach the Coveted Per-
simmon Is Problematic. Opposi-
ton to Dorsey Not Expected.

ton to Dorsey Not Expected.
i ATLANTA, Ga.-Though active
work in the political campaign of
R9lS cannot begin much before the
#ides Of March" next, as Mr.. Shakes
8eare would say, it is no secret that
politicians here, and elsewhere in the
AFate, are now busily engaged in set
shg up the posts for their political
fnces, stringing the barbed wires
Hd putting up barrages of letters to
FEonal friends.
p Governor Dorsey will escape, in all
f0bability, the acrimony and bitter
8ess of campaign, which will prove
remarkable contrast to the fight
pr that office the past twelve years.
" one is expected to have the te-
ferlty necessary to tackle the Job of
Fyng to make the governor go down
n history as a one-term official, and
fe prospects are that a unanimous
denomination will be rendered him.
Red Hot Senatorial Race.
Who among the candidates for the
#nate IN Georgia to succeed Thomas
HardWlck has a pole long enough
q reach the coveted persimmono Is
N William j. Harris, chairman of thc
fderaI trade commission, Railroad
Commissioner Murphy Gambler, or
III Tom Hardwick knock it down
FmSeIt with the help of a congress
sRnal step-ladder?
Since Mr.. Harris announced that
would, at an early date, relinouish
IL position of federal trade commits
Oher at salary of $4,000 a year,
appears that the people are won
FIhg why a man would voluntarily
Fe up $4,000 year lob unless
was cockshure of going to the
'"Ie' or unless he was so well sat
eu that the administration would
Ae care of him thereafter ard give
~ some other good place. should
Ian to be elected to the senate.
VI course no one here knows what
president has told Mr.. Harris he
uo Tor him in the event that the
'si should not be elected to the
"'e' out there is an understand
HaV running as the administra-
A candidate, Mr.. Harris will not
'eF Tor want of position or the
= VI the realm should he not come
"ISV man in the senatorial race.
al as the public here knows the
'''oh' and sometimes the public
II about right, the administra-
~ oehInd Harris. That is the
81 the matter when the resigna-
psidered. ''-'i-'''0" 40
A Red Hot Fight Sure.
Il, na a. 1t Is to be a red-hot fight
'n HIS time on is not necessary to
nose who are in it are scrap
,. rom the word go, and it may
o 5oIu Tor all three of the men
Yse names have been mentioned
h. VI other possibilities, also-that
# E are without the strongest kind
NJ n"'Aers. Harris has plenty of
~, TOO, and the important cues
flow now IS, who will have the most
r ,nen When the time rolls around
T r.aAe the selection.
In u" I records of those named are
sero nHown to the people of Georgia.
ee eloEe' there are two main prin-
j winch will govern, as seen in
|e rrldisilg;ton-one is personality and
t"o snip and the other is who can
. serve the people of Georgia in
'en st of the United States?
after all, means, as a fnalitv.
smmon? poie y reach 'ne