The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08

words, it is stated by those who have l looked into the matter, that the senate could oust Senator Clay from his seat and leave Georgia with only one senator be- tween March 1 and the time when the l legislature meets and elects. Senator Bacon was somewhat fearful 1 that this point might be made upon him l when he was similarly appointed by Gov 1 ernor Terrell, but nothing was said about 1 #, and it Is not likely that it will be no- hieed in Senator ClaySs case. The possi- Ybility is there, however, and it can only be removed by proper legal enactment. The danger would be more than apt to arise in the event party lines in the senate were numerically closely drawn.
 An interesting statement comes almost direct from Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown that he proposes to come out strongly in behalf of biennial in place of annual sessions of the legislature
 MT. Brown has intlmated to friends that it is his purpose to indorse biennial ses- sions in an early speech, probably next week, when he will visit three or four counties in middle Georgia and make talks to the people.
 It has been generally reported that MT. Brown favored biennial sessions, but now the statement may be taken as authori- tative and there is, no doubt that he will soon be heard from on the subject. This
 
 mend biennial sessions in his first message to the general assembly, and that body will either have to consider favorably or ignore a measure which is undoubtedly favored by the majority of the people of the state.
 Atlantas city officials are in somewhat of a stew oyer the plans which have been framed to get more work out of them and to keep them more closely at their desks
 few days ago council passed a resolu- tion requiring that no city official shall hereafter take a holiday without first securing the written permission of the mayor, and if he Is gone more than two weeks even then deductions shall be made from his salary accordingly.
 Now there is talk of putting punch clocks in the city hall in whcih each official and employe shall be required to register the time of his arrival at and departure from his office. City employees declare that this proposal reaches the limit and that the next thing the council will be after doing is to cut them off. from free circus tickets-ther only re- maining privilege.
 Many city officials have been in the habit of taking little jaunts to Florida in winter or going off on hunting trips while certain ones among them always had their trip to the mountains or the seashore in the summer time. No more of this now but so far there has been no organiza- tion or threats of strike.
 Much interest centers in the call which has just been issued by Miss Alice Baxter, president of the Georgia division, United Daughters of the Con federacy, for special convention to be held in Atlanta on MaAch II, to consider the question of the location of the monument which they propose to erect to the memory of Captain Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prison.
 The convention will be held in the assembly room of the Piedmont hotel, and Miss Baxter expresses the hope that the business of the meeting will be concluded by the afternoon of the day of meeting. To that end she urges each chapter to notify its delegates of it's preference in the matter. but to leave to the delegates sufficient dis cretion to assure intelligent and ap propriate action.
 It will be recalled that at the regu- lar annual convention of the U. D. C. held in Savannah last year, the per picking problem as to the location of the Wirz monument was settled by the rejection of Andersonville, Americus, Macon and other suggested Georgia points as it's site, and ordered set up in Richmond. Subsequently it, was claimed that this action was taken right at the close of the convention when most of the delegates had left to take the trains for their homes, and that it did not represent the sentiment of the majority of the Georgia divis- ion.
 The matter was Subsequently taken up by Mrs. Walter Lamar of Macon and others and the signatures of 66 chapters of the division as well as the members of the executive board were secured to a petition directed to the president to call a special convention for the purpose of reconsidering the action placing the monument in Rich mond. It Is as a result of this petl-