The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-08
HOT FIGHT TO DECIDE
ON MAN FOR TAIL" COAT
HOWELL AND COHEN COUNT
ING NOSES IN COMMITTEE
MAN SELECTION.
MUCH TALK OF TRADING"
Both Aspirants Maintain Dignifed
Silence, But Appear in Receptive
Mood. Convention in Church Will
Be a Political Novelty.

De POLITICAL NONCIty.
The opportunity to wear a lrock
tail, "jim swinger" coat, topped off
with silk hat, white kid gloves and
jaunty cane every four years, when
the democratic party leaders foregath-
er at the national convention, seems to
be most coveted one in Georgia
these parlous political days, where
red hot fight for national democratic
committeeman is now being waged by
supporters of Editor Clark Howell, of
the Atlanta Constitution, and Editor
John S. Cohen, of the Atlanta Jour
nal the two aspirants for the post,
says the Atlanta Sunday American.
Editor Howell has the job now, and
Editor Cohen wants it-that's the 81
mon pure situation as it exists, con-
tinues the American. The question of
whether Editor Cohen will succeed in
getting the place is the one which IS
holding the undivided attention of
Georgia politicians from the corn juice
Businesses of the mountains to the
STUN rum regions of the plains.
On the surface there is not much
activity. But their friends under cover
are counting noses of delegates to the
state convention scheduled for April
23rd at the Wesley Memorial church,
and are using hydraulic and centrifu-
gal force to bring all possible pressure
to bear which will be of political bene-
fit to their particular candidate.
Novel Feature.
The final test will come among the
pure in heart" In this case the pure
in heart" are of course, the winners,
and the McAdoo for president forces
being the winners they will control
the state convention from the choir
seats of the Wesleyan Memorial church
clear back to the 'mourner's bench,
when the convention gets under way.
Holding a state political convention IN
a church is a novel feature of the bat
tie and may have some kind of effect
on the outcome. 1t certainly would be
interesting to know what the shade
of statesman of the Ben Hill type
thinks when it looks down and sees
hymn books and powder puffs sup
planting black cigars and white liquor
at "a state political pow-wow.
With McAdoo forces il full control
under a rule of the state committee,
which is meeting with strong criticism
throughout the state, the predictions
are made on all sides that the Cohen
supporters have the strategic advant-
age Of the Howell supporters at the
present writing. But whether or not
Il. oiI 10 hAi adH
age and will be able to elect solid
delegation to New York pledged to
support their candidate against Mr..
Howell is something else again
Trade Talk in Air.
All kind of talk about trades" is in
the air. Some of the Cohen leaders
and Howell leaders profess absolute
ignorance when the subject of trade"
is mentioned But we'll informed po-
litical historians aver that political
trade is not an entirely unknown
thing in Georgia politics and even go
so far as to hint that some trades real
" have been consummated in the past.
And, on top of this, they are brutal
enough to say that some of the Cohen
and Howell leaders who seem to be
III charge Oh Inc uldiCuNSlIlS WCtC
actually present at caucuses held in
the dim and forgotten past, when such
trades" were framed.
OF course no person would be
foolhardy enough to accuse a Georgia
political leader Of trading" when he
had "cinch" in his hand any more
than he would accuse him of throwing
a royal flush on the table when his
opponent held four deuces. But the
very fact that trade talk" is in the
air is taken by many to mean that
neither side is absolutely certain OF
victory this early in the game.
In the meantime something like a
third OF the state voters who support
ed Underwood against McAdoo in the
recent primary and a still larger
number of other state voters who did
not support either McAdoo or Under
wood are watching the trend of the
battle with interest.
NOR ~ -AATNTR