The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-17
WALKER DENIES POLITICS
IN HIS VISIT TO GEORGIA
NOT HERE TO SELL" TAM
MANY, NEW YORK MAYOR
ELECT TELLS ATLANTA.
SLAVE MANNER AND URBANE


Dinner in Visitors Honor Given by
Major Jack Cohen, Editor and Ma
nonal Committeeman.
ATLANTA.-Former Senator Jas.
Walker, mayor-elect of New York,
small of stature with a big voice, au-
thor Of songs and boxing bills, who
sbares the massive red blanket of the
Great Chief Tammany with Alfred F..
Smith. governor OF the imperial state
Of New York, in Atlanta two days on
declared pleasure jaunt, spent good
36 hours here and politely and charm
inqlv denied his visit had any political
significance.
While he made these denials the
press OF his great city, through a
CORPS OF correspondents in his entour-
ace was no less avidly declared that
he was here as envoy extraordinary
and ambassador plenipotenitary to
sell Tammany to the solid south"
Il am going to Florida to fish"
said Mayor-elect Walker, who is
suaye of manner and extremely urb-
ane. as the mayor of New York
ought to be. Il am stopping off in At
lanta only to see my old friend, Ma
ior Tohn S. Cohen, and have a look
at your great and growing city"
Likewise Cohen.
Likewise Major Cohen. Major Co.
hen. who is democratic national COM
mitteemen from Georgia, a post OF
some political significance, publisher
OF the Atlanta Journal, and generally
supposed to be close to the inner
Vaccinations of the democratic party,
also was firm in his observation that
the trip is without tinge of politics.
From their account it would seem
that Mayor elect Walker and Major
Cohen formed lasting and binding
friendship last year in New York,
while Mayor-elect Walker was striv-
ing his mightest to acquire the dem
ocratic presidential nomination for
Governor Smith and Major Cohen
was no less seriously endeavoring to
pick the same plum for William G..
McAdoo.
Some commentators may remark
that this was a passing strange time
/ for cementing enduring friendships.
As political history is written the lead
ers OF the Smith forces at that time
considered the leaders of the McAdoo
forces more or less empty as to head
considerably lacking in political NOR
ais and generally pretty hardened
cusSes
That same history will record that
the leaders of the McAdoo forces en-
tertained similar opinions as to the
Smith chieftains.
However, Jimmie Walker and Jack
Cohen met and when Jimmie and
Tammany trounced Mayor Hylan
Jack journeyed to New York for the
Tech-Penn state football game. There
he told Jimmie that if he never did
anything else he must come to Allan
ia to dine OF some of those quaint
southern dishes such as fried chicken
and corn pone and possum and taters
with a side dish of collard greens, and
maybe refreshing cup OF pot l1cker
And Jimmie wrote Jack that he
was a-hunger for such comestibles
and ii he didn't get some OF that food
and catch Florida tarpon lite would
be blighted and the hardwon mayor
atty wouldn't amount to much
So the mayor-elect was toasted by
Major Cohen at the Atlanta Blltmore,
whose quaint southern chef de CUISINE
was decorated by the King OF Italy.
Politicians to Attend.
There 100 of the choicest flowers
~ fTar were
punched representing every thought
in statecraft in the confines OF the
state
OF course, politics may be discussed
merely as an accompanying issue TO
the more pressing question as 10
whether live mullet or No. spoon
Is the better lure for the FLORIDA tar
pom
But as far as any attempt being
made on this occasion to cement the
friendship between the embattled
democracy of the empire state and the
unterrihed democrats of the red clay
hills-that is out like batter who has
lifted to pop a foul fly to third base.
Everyone who knows anything at
all about politics knows that the de-
mocracy of Georgia and the democ-
racy Of New York have been moving
forward in serried mass assembled
shoulder to shoulder and heart 10
heart, and passing the Tammany peace
pipe on this occasion would be Just
like passing load of coal on to New
castle.
Discussion of politics, too, might be
considered rude to an honored guest
For the first declaration of the mayor
elect on arriving in Atlanta was tnat
he was here for rest and recreatioh
and politics is work
GERMAN WOMEN EATING