Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-12

THE Rome news insists on making
the dull political months gay
with some interesting speculations.
Says the News, partly on its own
hook and partly by quotation:
The LaGrange Reporters political
riddle on the conglomerated con-
dition of Georgia politics, which was
reprinted a few days ago in The
News with the offer of one months
subscription to the Columbia Sentinel
to anybody who can solve the prob
lem, has started many guesses.
Jim Nevin of the Atlanta Georgian
read about our offer and after earn,
est study surrendered with the tite
expression, you can search mew
Other veterans of Georgia politics
also have studied it without finding
the answer.
Now comes a reader Of The News
with an answer, but this wise one
didn't give his name. He suggests
that the Sentinel subscription be used
for 'lye." Tut cut the political
grease into soap or to clean the sew
err, we suppose. Venturing breach
of our rule not to print anonymous
communications, we submit this un-
known persons answer with the hope
that it may at least help others to
study the questio nintelligently. To
US the answer is an enigmatic as the
original problem. Here it is:
Following a break between Wat
son and Hardwick, there will be a
lean-to of Hardwick- Hoke Smith
Blalock faction supported by The At
lanta Journal, which combination will
support Hardwick and Blalock.
Brown, if possible, will be supported
by Watson and The Atlanta Consti-
tuition, will support the Watson fac
ton or ticket.
"The battle for National Commit,
teeman's place from Georgia is now
on, the Journal and Georgian aiding
in the displacement Of Howell, with
The Constitution catering to Watson
in an effort to continue in the posi-
tom
To keep the problem before the
class, we reprint it again as it APP
peared originally in the LAGRANGE
Reported:
IF Senator Watson is giving Com
missioner of Agriculture Brown wild,
cats, and if Commissioner Brown and
Governor Hardwick are building an
Independent political machicne to alb
solutely control Georgia, and if In
ternal Revenue Collector, A. O. Bla-
lock is going to run against Brown
for commissioner of agriculture, and
if Mr.. Blalock's son is Governor
Hardwick's private secretary, where
rel can fellow tell where he's at?"
Now boys, and girls, put on your
thinking caps. Use all the rules you
learned from the political primer.
Work rapidly and let us have the
answer before Christmas, because we
may have a new one for you ere
long.
All of which is highly interesting,
and it does present a political puzzle
that may require considerable time
and inside work to solve. And it is
more than likely that it presents to
the principals in it as battling a prob
lem as to the outsiders who are specu-
lating over it. But this much APP
pears at this time to be plain: There
is a decided affinity springing up
between Senator Harris and his
friends and Senator Watson and his
followers, with the Atlanta Constitu-
ton handling the magic wand to
amalgamate these forces. Whether
this will have any considerable bear
ing on state politics remains to be
seen, although it probably will have,
but there is no installing that Harris
and his hackers now are looking to
1925 with an eye to winning the
support of the sentiment that landed
Watson in the senatorial chair with
such a mighty thud.
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