Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-09

en- of seats of the mighty. for the time
going begging.
Comes this pathetic story from The
Townsville Press:
Tuesday morning while the big
press was running at a lively clip,
driven by an electric motor, the
head of a bolt in the machine flew
off and fell among a set of cog
wheels. Crash. Sna. Pop!
Bang! And all was over. Results:
A cog wheel two feet long was
stripped. and a large casting collar
that held the driving wheel in place
broke.
Gee whiz! And that was election
day. too, and Wilson and Marshall
sweeping both the state and the ma
ton,
great many people are strangely
confused about the functions and OPP
Grafton of the electoral college," So
called.
The popular notion that the "elec-
toral college" is some sort of national
institution is all a mistake.
There are, as a matter of fact, As
electoral colleges"-one in each state.
The electors chosen, under the laws
of the states, meet in the respective
capitals threof on the first Monday in
January and proceed to ballot, one time
only, for president and vice president.
The results of these ballots are sealed
and sent TO Washington by individual
state messengers. who must be chosen,
as must secretaries of the colleges -
from outside the membership of the
Colleges"
These votes are delivered by the mes
sengers to the vice president of the
United States, or in case there is no
vice president, to the president pro
tempore of the senate-in the present
case, to Senator Bacon. of Georgia.
Subsequently the two houses of con-
gress meet in joint session, canvass the
entire electoral vote and declare the re-
suit.
Joseph +. Pottle brother of the APP
peals court judge, and solicitor general
of the Ocmulgee circuit superior court,
is an Atlanta visitor
Mr.. Pottle was accompanied on this
trip to Atlanta by particularly hand
some gold headed umbrella; and there
by hangs a tale.
Not a great while ago, Mr. Pottle
successfully prosecuted for murder a
man in his circuit, and the brother of
the slain man attended the trial So
pleased was he with the way Mr.. Pottle
handled the case that he sent the 50
licitor, a few weeks after the trial the
aforesaid umbrella and an even more
beautiful gold headed cane. He was
under no sort of obligation to send the
solicitor anything of course for that Of
fetal merely was performing his duty
under the law, and for that particular
reason Pottle appreciated the gift thor
oughly
In all his practice as prosecuting at
tOrney he never before was remembered
by any person in just that way.
Now that the Democrats have the
new congress assured and the matter
of committee plums is being consid-
| cred, the friends of Congressman-e elect
! Charles Crisp are talking him for Mr.
Brantleys place on the ways and means
committee of the house
This is a high committee. and would
not ordinarily go to new member but
Mr.. Crisp might not be held strictly
within that rule. as he has been very
important part of the house-its par
| Observation-Disclosures the past two years, is
the son of former speaker, and is
very popular among the members.
| Mr.. Brantley's going out generally is
regretted in Georgia, but the hope that
Charlie Crisp will land Brantley's
ways and means berth is all but uni
versal among those who know Mr.. Crisp
| here in his home state