Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-05
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
!. NJ. Gambler A Senatorial Candidate.

c. VI. Gambler A Senatorial Candidate.
Through our Atlanta corrsspon-
dent the announcement comes that
Hon. c. Murphy Gambler, of Atlanta,
now member of the Railroad Com
mission Of Georgia has signified his
( purpose to enter the race for the
United States Senate to succeed Hon
T. w. Hardwick. Mr.. Gamblers an
nouncement, which is made in a reply
to letter addressed to him by Hon,
Emerson H. George, of Madison, is
not q formal announcement of his
candidacy, yet it is obviously intended
to put his friends and the public of
the state on notice that he intends
TO enter the race, and that his formal
announcement will be forthcoming
when, in his opinion, the proper time
has arrived for opening an active
! campaign
! But if, as seems probable, the pub
LEGATION at this time of the letters
that have been exchanged between
Mr.. George and Mr.. Gambler is in
+oudod no . eo,s4 rs ttFoo1op 4baro
may be yet a strong possibilitp that
Mr.. Gambler will not receive as much
encouragement as he hope for, and
that the prospective formal announce
ment of his candidacy may fall to
materialize
If Mr.. Gamblers friends are rs
cs.n6id with him as he would like to
have them be, and as man of his
type and Straightforward qualities
would be with any one of them IA
their positions were reversed, he
will be advised that the fact of his
being an Atlanta man would badly
handicap him-not that being an At
lanta man is ordinarily an oDs.scfe.
to ones political preferment in the
state, but for the mere natural ami
, reasonable reason that the people
would not be inclined to have both
senatorships held by Atlanta men at
the same time, especially when just
as good material for the one to be
elected is available in some other part
of the state.
1t is easy enough 20 say that a
United States Senator represents the
entire state, and that it makes no
difference whether he resides in At
lanta, in Leesburg or down in some
village in the wiregrass region, pro-
vided he is capable, measures -four
square" as a man, and all that SOFT
of thing; nevertheless and notwith-
standing, when the holding-over SEN
ator happen to be an Atlanta man,
as is the case now, whether we view
ii from the angle of human nature
or as Just politicians" another At
lanta man Offering himself as a sena-I
torial candidate would find himself
handicapped just as naturally as
water runs down hill.
We candidly confess to have in
dulged the hope that neither Mr.
Gambler nor either of several other
gentlemen who hove been mentioned
as probable senatorial candidates
would enter this race, but that the
honor of defeating Senator Hardwick
would be left to Hon w. j. Harris,
who already has, as is well under
stood throughout the state, strong,
following pledged to- his support. Mr..
Gambler will make the political miss
take of his life if he bases his can,
, didacy upon the assumption that he,
I will be able to wrest from Mr. Har-
Eis the lead that the latter unques.-
tionably has as, the opponent of Semi
tor Hardwick, Mr. Harris not only
has the backing of the National Ad-
ministration, but majority of thu,
newspapers 9f the state have already
Endorsed his candidacy, and he has
"a fairly wsll-organized political fol-
( lowing throughout the state that viii
be found both loyal and potential
Mr.. Gambler is a good man and
would unquestionably command a