Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-23
THE ERE THAT WOULDN'T BURN

political bonfire in Georgia with the scheme special
primary that the agitation has been able
duce however thin clouets of smoke and these
melting softly Despite all the putting and blowing and
pong popular has cooy refused to become nfamed
is there fuel to begin with
neither precedent why the state should
be plunged political campaign simply in order to fill an u
expired In Georgia Democracy two practices are
equally well established equally justified The that
United for full term is to be nominated by the
people in regular primary just house officers The
where senator must be Sc
leced supply unexpd partial term he to be chosen
by legislature The people thoroughly familiar with
they occasion for the hue and cry that 1T be
overturned at this particular time
An especially clear and eogent of senatorial prima
res to be editorial from the Albany Herald which
is reproduced elsewhere in todays Journal
The he Herald Ter sns strongly ans.e S%
Of GoSay sqsa decide wo S should appoint
s s r SvSsn s G Ssats sn' the
the sstd a for s next fun term
s4:. s ne peoples business and primary WIN undoubtedly Be
And the Herald continues by way Of the futile
efforts public feeling over this issue
@ c question av the DTss'f a
ss H ss wsfs n n pc Dos eaG
perfectly what il The indifference of the ean mean but
one nst the pary Is s By the ' people
s aS' f pT Ra few ss9s WIN
political
This we convinced is the situation in paragraph
There are to be sure individuals who sincerely believe
that special primary held supply for partial term
the vacancy death of Senator Clay But the great
rank and file of Georgia aggsvey opposed to
this proposition.
This obvious public opinion reflected through the
greater portion of the state press.
1t is clear from reports that received by Chairman
Wright executive committee after ne had
sent sixty members of the committee letter request
ing them the views of the people In their respective
districts and declare their attitude toward the issue
Of the wo received thyx positively opposed the
calling primary while only eight favored it thrtyo square
" opposed calling together the committee for the OF
discussing matter while only fifteen in favor of the
mttee meeting may be fairly presumed have said be-
fore that the eight whom replies received
were against the holding of thoroughly
indifferent
1t is unreasonable contend that this report does not repre-
sent public opinion These committeeman could
not have afforded would have dared to belle
genuinely popular demand in their respective communities Had
have found the majority of these and
would have otherwise become manifest long ago.
The truth is the people practically unanimous in their wish
that senator be chosen this unexped according to the
established law and practice of the They recognize the
needessnes precpang political campaign at the present
time They realize that provision in the law for de-
ayng the heavy expense that would arise from sach
They understand difference between unxpred and
full senatorial term and hence they perceive that the principle
popular for United States senators is not in
here involved
Naturally therefore they declined follow the cry Of
political agaors to lend themselves to se partisan
ends
Gentlemen may cry "War war; but there is The
people going TRANQUILITY about their business refusing to be
blown hither and hither by petty political squalls
of the woudbe bonfire is vanishing and
its few embers viii be forgotten