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

the honor Of occupying the bakers doz-
en- of seats Of the mighty, for the time
going begging
Comes this pathetic story from The
Thomasyille Press;
Tuesday morning while the big
press was running at 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 "eIec-
toral college" is some sort Of national
iiiHllLuliDH IS iii Il mistake.
There are, as a matter of fact, 4S
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 a president and vice president
The results OF these ballots are sealed
u nd 10 III ~. TO 4,,3l, al
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 f. Pottle. brother of the APP
peals court judge, and solicitor general
OF the Ocmulgce circuit superior court,
is an Atlanta visitor
Mr.. Pottle was accompanied on this
ttip to Atlanta by a particularly hand
some gold headed umbrella; and there
by hangs a tale
Not 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 So
licitor, 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 al t.uE, 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
torGey 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 elect
Charles Crisp are talking him for Mr.,
Brantley's place on the ways and means
committee Of the house.
This is high committee. and would
not ordinarily go to-a new member, but
Mr. Crisp might not be held strictly
within that rule, as he has been a very
important part of the house its par
liamentaran-for 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 Brantleys
ways and means berth is all but uni
versal among those who know Mr. Crisp
here in his home state