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UNDEHWODO MEN
DENY ‘ME-r
Anderson Declares There Was
No Pre-Convention ''Agree
ment’' With Watson.
J Randolph Anderson, of Savannah,
who undertook to put through the pro
gram agreed upon by the Underwood
leaders In the iate Democratic state
convention in Atlanta, has given out a
statement purporting to carry the in
side" facts and the actual truth of the
proceedings of that convention, as ef
fected by the preliminary understand
ing among the Underwood leaders
Mr. Anderson specifically denies that
there was any "agreement." “deal or
•’trade” with Thomas E. Watson as to
what should or should not be done, and
that so far as he knows neither Gov
ernor Brown nor Mr. Slaton was a par
ty. directly or indirectly, to any con
ference of Underwood men. prior to the
calling of the convention to order.
The Savannah man does not deny
that Mr. Watson was advised of the
program agreed upon, and that he was
consulted upon certain points, and
asked his opinion concerning them.
“Watson Had the Votes."
This, Mr. Anderson says, was largely
because an attempt had been made by
the so-called "Wilson press" of the
state to‘make Mr. Watson an apple of
discord inside the convention, and that
the Underwood leaders were deter
mined that this plot should not suc
ceed. if It might be defeated honorably.
He admits that Watson was elected
to Baltimore because he had the votes.
Mr. Anderson declares that a per
sistent effort has been made, since the
presidential primary in Georgia was
won by Mr. Underwood, upon the part
of the Wilson people and press, to cre
ate discord and strife within the ranks
of the Underwood victors. He points
out that the Wilson attacks upon Un
derwood have been even more bitter
and unfair* since Underwood won his
victory In Georgia than it was before,
whereas the Georgia campaign surely
should have ended the criticism.
In their blind rage, says Mr. Ander
son, the Wilson people seem to have
lost sight of the fact that by undertak
ing to make the state convention a row
rather than a love feast, they destroyed
whatever chance there might have been
that the Georgia delegation, somewhere
along the line, would be willing to vote
for Wilson in tire convention.
Denies "Frame-Up" Story.
Mr. Anderson takes particular excep
tion to a statement In The Atlanta
Journal, in which that paper stated
that a "frame-up" was arranged, just
before the convention met, in which a
Watson fight Vas avoided, and that in
the "frame-ui figured, with Mr. An
derson. such well known leaders as
John M Slaton. G. R. Hutchens, Jack
J. Spalding. William A Dodson, Gov
ernor Brown and others, and that
through this "arrangement" an open
row was avoided between Felder and
■Watson on the floor of the convention.
Mr, Anderson denies that ho either
met or communicated with Mr. Slaton
or Governor Brown during the progress
of the convention, or before It, upon
the subject of the convention, and that
he did not even see Mr. Slaton until
several days after the convention. He
says that not only Is that true, but that
nobody ever approached him with ref
erence to any "frame-up.”
The floor leader says there was a
conference held in his room the day be
fore the 'convention, participated in by
numerous delegates to the convention,
and that at that conference he, after
some discussion, was requested to take
charge of the program in the conven
tion. It was put up to Mr. Anderson,
he says, by that conference to secure a
bona Tide Democratic convention, with
a fair deal for everybody, all the way
around. It was also put up to the Sa
vannah man to see that the convention
got through with its necessary busi
ness with as much speed as possible, j
“Program Made For Fair Play.”
Mr. Anderson says the program he
first arranged was made up on the
presumption that there would be nine
candidates for delegate at large, in
cluding Mr. Watson. One of these can
didates. Mr Loyless. states Mr. An
derson. withdrew his name from the
convention's consideration the night be
fore 1; met, and that he then proceeded
w-ith the idea that there likely would be
only eight, names put up.
Mr Anderson says that, in view of
rumors of war, he. at Mr. Hutchens'
euggest'on. called upon Mr Watson,
and went over the proposed program
with him, and convinced him that it
was ah light, and made up in the in
terest of fair play. H- says that he
found Mr Watson laboring under some
misapprehension as to the wax things
were going, and that after he succeeded
in convincing the T1- ue-.n man that
things w. ah Ight. w.c -.n said
was sat sfi-. and ..n ■ : i to nam ;
in the convention the two tm-n agreed i
upon 1 r temporary ar.L p« rtnanen’ I
chairmm... as I. -th were satisfactory to
him T ■ this Mr Ander »n and
Mr. Hr-, ha x .-,gf. .<i
Mr. •' r. -p.<;ti ,liv that
there - as t.mha g ::: the nature < f a
‘ deal" b-tweet M". XVntsor and the
Underwood j ■ at any tone
Ir. . ■nclus. r. Ami-r-.-n signifi
cantly says • h- l, s b.-.-r asked
manv times . .- w st at \i Wat
son was ■ <-t*. . - ..
To this he veplir I that there were, fori
one reason and o •i <- enough votes
in the conventien ■ «. . ,-t„d M 1
Watson in any ’•ki '- ■ and that >
that is whvhe w ■ ■ ■
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SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Judge John W. Maddox, who recent
ly was elected to the presidency of the
State Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of Rome, was in Atlanta today. The
judge expressly denied he has any idea
of resigning from the bench—at least,
he has no idea of resigning any time
soon.
"There is nothing whatever of the
Inconsistent In my holding both posi
tions. If I can do so In justice to both,
and I am surprised that the report of
my resignation should have gained
such currency," said the judge.
"There are a few aspirants to the
judgeship—entirely honorable and
worthy aspirants, of course—who have
thought I was going to quit, and who
have expressed a desire to succeed me.
Through them the rumor of my reslg
nation doubtless was given a good
send-off.
"I am glad to say. however, that the
people generally in my circuit appear
to be very well pleased that I am, not
going to turn loose,
"I had a distinct understanding with
the directors of the State Mutual with
respect to this matter before I agreed
to accept the presidency of the compa
ny. If I find at any time that I am
neglecting either my duties as judge or
as president of the company, I will
choose between them, of course. Until
that time comes I shall hold both po
sitions.”
The judge’s attitude In this matter
seta definitely at rest the interesting
rumors with respect to the succession
to the judgeship <>f the Rome circuit.
According to some prophets,
there is a little cloud hovering on
the Republican horizon—-no bigger
than a bunch of black judicial
whiskers.
Here and there, the thing that
broke loose In Georgia recently is
being referred to as "the battle of
the Tom-Toms."
United States Senator James K.
Vardaman, of Mississippi, is an At
lanta visitor today.
Senator Vardaman is very optimistic
with respect to the Democratic out
look nationally, and thinks that party
should win, whether the Republicans
name Roosevelt, Taft, or some "dark
horse."
He Inclines to the opinion, like Gov
ernor Joseph M. Brown, that Roosevelt
would be an “easy mark” for the Dem
ocrats. The senator does not think this
country ever will elect any man to the
presidency for a third term.
Senator Vardaman thinks very high
ly of Champ Clark, and believes he
would make a fine president were he
elected. He believes the South in par
ticular would have in Clark a firm and
dependable friend in the white house.
The picturesque Mississippian is very
loyal to the cause of Underwood, how
ever, and will lend his support to no
other candidate, so long as Underwood
remains in the running In the event
of a deadlock. Senator Vardaman thinks
Underwood's chance of eventual nom
ination exceedingly btight. He real
izes, nevertheless, that it may be Clark
on an early ballot.
Up one side and down the other
therefore, the senator does not very
well see hpw he can lose, whatever
happens.
If Mr. Taft wishes to hold his
Southern delegates of a colored
persuasion in line, surely he might
corner the watermelon supply in
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(From The Press, Thomasville. Ga.)
JUDGE H. H. PERRY
INDORSED BY FRIEND
Col. Merritt Gives Our Readers a
Synopsis of the Life of Judge
Perry, Who Is a Candidate for
U. S. Senator From Georgia.
There is only one office that is of more
importance within the gift of the people
than that of United States senator, and,
that is the office of president of the j
United Slates. The writer was a mere
hoy when he formed the acquaintance- !
ship of Mr Ferry, who was at that time I
occupying the chair of professor of math- I
onia ties in the North Georgia AgrlcuJturaJ 1
College at T‘ahlonega, Ga , which position I
he filled *!th distinguished ability until
he resigned to take up the practice of
law
Colonel Perry came to the bar eminently
equipped for the discharge of the arduous
duties imposed upon the practitioner of
that learned profession; he hung out his
shingle in Gainesville, at which place he
has continually resided, and took rank at
once among the ablest lawyers of the
northeastern circuit; possessed of a class
ical edu< ation, and a trained mind, he
natural!' went after the analysis of a
legal proposition. He has the happy fac
ulty of never appearing disconcerted in the
court room in the trial of a case in which
he appears as counsel We have seen
emmem lawyers have him, as they
thought, up in the air. but when Perry
came down he would light on his feet. He
is the very prince of professional cour
tesy in the court room, and of politeness |
m his social life, his professional, private I
and public life is as spotless as thrice
sifter! snow His attainments as a lawyer
and statesman peculiarly fit him for a
representative in the United States sen
ate, to many people’s way of thinking I
the most august body of men that as
sembles upon the face of the earth
It was a rare treat to hear the great
Chief Justice Logan K Bleckley discuss
men and measures, and he never indulged
in idle talk In commenting upon the
abilities of the able lawyers of the state
who appeared before the supreme court
hr said that Mr Perry s work (alluding
to his briefs and pleadings) bote the Im
print o! the master s hand. \ll lawyers
know that no greater compliment than
this could be paid a law ver. as well as i
the> know the same could have
•i from no greater authority than the
renowned chief justice.
Senator Bacon will have been in the i
Uni'* <1 States senate eighteen years i
when his present term expires, the pen- j
pb> sho dd excuse him and let him take a
urfi needed rest He is now in sight e*f ;
■ eigthtlPth mile post of his life’s jour- ]
•ex It is true wc need men in the sen 1
’• xho are ripe in state« raft and schol
ar, i legs’ attainments, but Senator
IL- 'H has arrived at that period of life I
'v re ; mnn becomes overripe The y * ■
■ > t the sta*e owe his retirement *o him
mark -t t‘eape-'’ The people cf
’g • wu. make n tnif’ake m elect- i
y to the 11
it..ate. J L MERRITT i
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5. 1912.
Chicago while the convention Is in
session.
So long as Blease remains gov
ernor of South Carolina, it hardly
w 111 be proper to refer to Tom Fel
der as a Palmetto state "fan.”
"Jim" Price, who Is running for com
missioner of agriculture, came mighty
near ruining a nice, new automobile
the other day. attempting to get from
Clarkesville to Cornelia.
Mr Price ran it over a stump in one
place, into a ditch in another, and up
against a hostile sand bank in still an
other. He finally abandoned it tempo
rarily for a freight train, in order to
get w here he was going in time for the
handshaking and speechmaking.
Polities subjects a candidate to many
severe criticisms, however, and now one
of Mr. Price's opponents is saying that
"Price knows ail about running a buzz
buggy," and only smashed up that
thing the way he did Monday in order
to create the false impression among
the country' folks that he is unsophis
ticated in city ways and really knows
nothing worth while about an automo
bile, anyway.
This mean person affirms with a
great show of authority that Price
knows an automobile like a book, and
talks about gears, differentials, car
bureters and things with quite as much
ease as he discusses crops and plowing
conditions.
Mr. Price says he tried manfully to
keep the automobile story dark.
Columbia has made Oscar Un
derwood a doctor of laws. The Ala
lia ma man is considered a pretty
good doctor of tariff law, anyway.
It is hal'd to escape the pro
found conclusion that it is—or may
be -better, after all, to be a wise
and optimistic June graduate than
to be a delegate to Baltimore.
A good many Georgians are begin
ning to wish that various big police
men, high sheriffs, constables, mar
shals, and things, would quit pestering
Georgia's delega.tes-at-large to Balti
more, arid permit the procession to pro
ceed in such peace as it may
With Uncle Sam after Tom Watson
and Bellicose Bleasr after Tom Felder,
a lot of people already are wonder
ing what's the use being elected a
delegate-at-large if meddling and in
terfering officials are to keep butting in
and making things unpleasant?
The divers and sundry representa
tives of the august majesty of the law
ought to understand that, whatever
differences of opinion there may be be
tween the Watsonites and the. Felder
itek. it Is the general desire of Geor
gians that both delegates be allowed to
have a chair In the Baltimore house
warming.
It would be too bad if. when the con
vention is called to order, it bo found
that both Toms are confined In dtirance
vile somewhere oi other, the while the
big show' undertakes to plod alpng
without them.
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FROM POLITICS
A resolution seking to prevent coun- j
ty employees from contributing to the
campaign expenses of candidates for
county commissioner or from making
any partisan use of their offices in
elections will be introduced at this aft
ernoon's meeting of the county board
by Commissioner S. B. Turman.
It had been rumored, said Mr. Tur
man. that employees or heads of de
partments had contributed money to
certain candidates and were exerting
their influence in some of the elec
tions. The resolution would make this
a cause for dismissal from the coun
ty's service.
The resolution declares these has
been criticism of heads or members of
the different departments taking ac
tive or partisan interest for or against
candidates for the office of county com
missioner. The resolution continues:
Rumors of Financial Aid.
Whereas, it has been rumored that
certain employees or heads of depart
ments have contributed money for the
campaign expenses of said candidates;
and. further, that heads of departments
have exerted their influence in some of
said elections with county employees
and with persons or firms from whom
the coutity purchases supplies, for or
against said candidates;
And, Whereas, the board heretofore
has adopted no regulations concerning
these matters, with the exception of
the county police department; now,
Therefore, be it resolved, That the
following rule be permanently adopted
and made the order of this board:
First, that the heads of the several
departments and employees of the
county shall not take any active or
partisan interest for or against any
candidate for the office of county com
missioner. during the campaign for
election.
Second, neither shall any contribu
tion be made for such purpose by any
said employee.
Third, nor shall the head of any such
department or his assistants use their
positions with employees under them
for the purpose of influencing their
votes in such elections.
Fourth, nor shall the county, patron
age with merchants be so used by the
head of. any department or his assis
tants.
A violation of this rule shall be cause
for immediate discharge from the em
ployment of the county.
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TWO WHITE SLAVERS
BEGIN SERVING TERMS
AT ATLANTA’S PRISON
Two Italian "white slavers,” Eman
uele Greco and Frenk Martino, today
arrived at the Federal prison to begin
serving terms imposed by Judge Learn
ed Hand in the United States district
court in New York city. Greco is un
der a sentence of ten years at hard la
bor and a fine of SIO,OOO, xvhile Martino
faces a term of five years.
The punishment meted to Greco is
the maximum penalty- for a violation
of the rwhite slave” amendment to the
interstate commerce act. Two of the
jurymen who convicted Martino served
on the jury in the trial of Greco. The
Greco case was on trial two days. Greco
is known to the department of justice
as Tony Miller.
DREAMING FIREMAN KILLED
TRYING TO DESCEND POLE
CHICAGO, June s.—Lieutenant Jo
seph T. Ballak, of engine company- No.
57, was killed early today by falling
through the pole hole in the company's
quarters. It is believed that he tried to
descend the pole to the first floor while
dreaming that he heard an alarm.
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rug, the Rich Store comes forward with this sale at less than old prices. But
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te* back to regular, but will he subject to an advance. JG
$35.00 Wilton Rugs, 9x12 feet, in this sale, $30.00
$37.50 Wilton Rugs, 9x12 feet, in this sale, $32.50
~-Tj $40.00 Wilton Rugs, 9x12 feet, in this sale, $35.00
* $45.00 Wilton Rugs, 9x12 feet, in this sale, $40.00 JG
Wilton Rugs, 9x12 feet, in this sale, $50.00
. JJ $22.50 Axminster Rugs, 9x12 feet, sale price $20.00
. JJ $25.00 Axminster Rugs, 9x12 feet, sale price $22.50 JU
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Dress and Steamer Trunks: Values to $13.00 at .. . 7.50
i Dress and Steamer Trunks: Values to $11.50 at .. . 5.95
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Cowhide Suit Cases of best quality, firmly built and in almost any size
and style suitable for man or woman. Values to SIB.OO, at $8.95.
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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
TO DEDICATE WINDOWS
IN BLANDFORD CHURCH
RICHMOND, VA., June s—By re
quest of the Georgia Memorial asso
ciation. the unveiling of the Georgia
window in old Blandford church, Pe
tersburg, which was scheduled to take
place early in June, has been postponed
until October, so that the state may be
properly represented.
Unveiling of the Florida state win
dow will take place June 24. A dele
gation from that state will be present,
it is announced.
These are the only two Southern
states xvhich have not yet placed win
dows in the historic old church which
was erected early in the seventeenth
century. The edifice, a brick structure
of colonial design, is located in Bland
ford cemetery in close proximity to the
Crater battlefield.
The last window placed in the church
xvas unveiled several weeks ago by the
Texas Confederate Memorial associa
tion under the direction of Mrs. Mollie
Magill Rosenberg, of Galveston, who
stands high in the ranks of th; Daugh
ters of the Confederacy.
AUGUSTA’S PRIMARY
TO BE HELD JULY 10;
3 SEEK MAYORALTY
AVGUSTA, GA.. June s.—The »white
primary for the city of Augusta will be
held July 10. The list for candidates
closes on June 15- So far there is one
candidate for council from five of the
six wards, with the fourth presenting
two. The mayoralty race will be be
tween L. C. Hayne and J. R. Littleton.
C. J. Rooney has announced for may
or also, but his candidacy is not taken
seriously Both of the leading candi
dates for mayor have indorsed the pro
posed bond issue of $1,250,000 and their
platforms are practically the same, with
the exception of one being an advocate
of A. P. A. principles and the other
anti-A. P. A.
JACKBON WANTS SEWERS.
JACKSON, GA.. June s.—Sewerage
for Jackson is being generally dis
cussed. It is likely an election will be
called to allow the citizens to vote on
bonds within the next few months.
Council has condemned all cesspools,
and no more will be allowed.