Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-09
PRICE 8 NAME ON
BALLOT TWICE AS
SAF EGUARD
Candidate Will Be on Tickets
for Both the Full and the
Unexpired Terms.

william J. Harris. chairman OF the
s+sra Democratic executive committee,
will send out an official ballot for use in
A. october election with the name of
T,,oes .. Price on it as a candidate for
hoth the full and uneXpired terms as
commissioner of agriculture.
M. Harris will do this is measure
# nrotection to the Democratic party
IN Georgia and to safeguard the office
oa.inst the possible ambition of Bull
Moses or others.
The secretary of state, Philip Cook,
is of the opinion that the next commits
,ionA, Of agriculture takes his office
Immediately following the October cleo
-iou He says the law authorizes, the
Governor to appoint, in the case Of
-arlncv. only until successor to the
,,,evnired term can be elected and
qualified.
He Mods that such successor must be
elected and qualified in october, and
+bs, whoever is then elected will hold
ofi,e mill the following June, when d
new and full term will begin.
Corners Opinion Differs.
Inde~ Mr.. Cooks Interpretation Of
tho law. commissioner Conner. Gov
arnor Browns appointee to the uneX-
rired term Of Thomas c. Hudson. VIII
hold Office only until his successor is
elected and qualified. The secretary OF
.ra.. Saws such successor will be elect
cd i'm october. and that the governor
will then be authorized to commission
him He declares THAI he can see the
law no other way.
Commissioner Conner. on the oth"H
hand, holds that his appointment by
the governor will not expire until the
legislature meets in June and qualities
his successor. and that. therefore. there
will be- no unexpired term to fill in the
October election.
Chairman Harris, of the state con:
mtt,se feels that. however much law
vers NAV differ as to when Commits
sioner Corners term does or does not
eypjre the Democracy will be making
great mistake to take chances on the
matter He says that if it should trans
pire that the secretary Of state is tight.
and that the governor will be author
lied to commission the man named IN
the October election, then the Democ-
racv should see to it that Its choice
which, logically, Mr.. Harris conceives
Mr.. Price to be-is protected by regu
larity in the manner Of his election,
and that 1t will be best to vote for him,
both for the full and the unexpired
terms
The chairman. therefore. will have
Prices name put upon both tickets.
Fear Bull Moose Might Slip In.
On the official blanks already sent
out by the department of state the
name Of Price appears only as candi-
date for the full term. but there is a
blank space wherein his name may be
written by the election managers in
making the official returns.
II the Democratic party had no can
dldate in the October election and the
Bull Mooses did, and the Bull Moose
candidate received any votes at all, the
governor would be compelled. so the
secretary of state thinks, to commission
such candidate for the unexpired term
i. G., from the date of the certification
OF his election to the secretary of state
and his commissioning by the governor,
until the following June, when full
term unquestionably begins.
Chairman Harris feels that. in any
event his direction Of things can work
no possible harm, and if the law is as
secretary Cook conceived it to be. it
onquestionab4y will work much good
ihere is some difference of opinion
between lawyers as to exactly what the
IA" Is, but the majority of them seem
70 incline to Secretary Cooks view
of il.