Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-19
GEORGLA'S GREATEST RIDDLE

GEORCLA'S GREATEST RIDDLE.
Among all the riddles and mysteries the puzzles engas and
eonundrums which have added their heads the
the like the
using rules knotted together by the state executive for
judges solicitors and all the state house officers
there any mathematical prodigy in the state who can
make clear portion of the rules regard proratng the
county people immensely relieved hear from
him there single in Georgia. except Hon Hewlett
Hail. chairman Of the committee and confessed author OF the rule
pretense Of understanding what it he
spoken every of the commonwealth
been coming Hall He has written expana
ton after another and then has tried explain his explanation
All there the rule lies today like the hierogphlcs
of buried of antiquity Such is the situation with the
primary less than two months away.
this the rule under which the highest and most
filed This the rule that will
and in instances determine the weight and In
The oppressive today and few
us seeking undue exertion going beg the
readers pardon present this curious combination of words
precisely issued by the state executive committee
~ frantically and what you make out of it:
But the sn no candidate for sOyegnOT ;sts A s S sa.
total ssFs
n. S9ussy sSDs the
S: @ by '2s PGHas s fHoa county ag 1sG
s 6pS aooS f oad Sfofa sSR '
In the Euclid trigonomery and calculus what
der high heaven does this meant Tell first how old Anne or
daylight ','''' ~
We understand be sure candidate gets any
county clear majority all his opponents then we shall not
bother with neutrality-suspicious. that is But if cand
date hundred another five hundred and third two
hundred then must prorate How is that to be donef
One of Chairman Halls explanations reads thus
% sS.'y s the % ss S be Ss
The simple rule Simple mark yGu3 to ascertain this , as fol-
a aa S S. u I 1Ds which
s DIVIDE s tSs number To aa % TSt
g..
Ts uni, %1Sp.
This is Mr. Halls CLEAR explanation of the rule Do you
understand 1 Do the hamen of the various county COMMITTEES
apply it9 Do candidates for
judges solicitors general and other state house offices understand
i Do the people whose ballots it is to affect n so lit ru.
works. He said in substance:
= ss csDsS s0Ts SO % @ leaving fS Cor
s: % % % e: 1870 ppm
BEN county & @ se'o %
So,. the ana
In this wonderfully lucid illustration it win be observed
only number of votes considered In the vote
should not happen to be in should happen to have
multiple the number Of votes
then what to dot Why explains Mr. Hall, you may
either discard the decimal adopt unit of multiple which
fourth
Gentle reader are you Are you your
Well let's apply the executive committees to contest
suppose that K Y and the five candidates for the
job In county that is entitled to votes in the convention
100 votes ESQ., $751; 9s3 and 900 making total
the county Since this county has six
in the convention divide the total number Of votes
wentyfOur This according the rule done to
at the unit multiple Now let actually divide 1000 by "a
What do getf This
166 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plus.
BEHOLD THE RESULT THE MULTIPLEl And imagine
county charmen having still further
divide each candidate particular vote by THIS MULTIPLIED
But says Hail. just away that nconvenent decimal
the end Of the calculation have
lying loose simply give them to the candidate
who had the biggest remainder IN the fractions Let
apply this the example under consideration. X,
who received 100 in the primary, will thus be
given T. who received 900 will
given and quarter in the convention. Q, who
will have and quarter votes in the