Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-21

SUI Tire pay IHSnC OF winch is an I'M
portant condition in the voting
qualifications. Tax lodging is a
notable fact among many classes
of our citizens-especially those
who don't give hang who's elect
ed"-and the higher the cost of the
necessities of life the more these
are prone to dodge their taxes. and
thus cut themselves away from ex-
ercising their suffrage. Yours fra
ternally, PLANK
The slump in the vote was general
throughout the entire country. What
ever it was that caused the falling off.
1t can not be accounted for in sufficient
quantity by local reasons,
1t may be that this correspondent
Idea is the correct one-certainly he
sets up condition that exists every
where. A slump of approximately 1900
600 is astonishing-and that is what the
slump amounted to.
All good Democrats will hope. of
course, that the problem Of the high
cost OF living will be so nearly solved
by the time another presidential cleo
ton rolls round that the Democratic
nominee will get the 100000 votes that
remained at home this time, and the
additional 100000 new ones that will
come into existence between this time
and then, as well as the entire vote
Wilson got in 1912.
There is much depressed agitation
around and about Macon as to who will
be the next United States attorney for
the southern district of Georgia.
Walter Alderman "a the present off
cial, and he was appointed last March
for term OF four years. However. he
is subject to removal at the pleasure OF
the administration, and ne opines "as
how he will be removed in due time,
all right-as painlessly as possible, but
surely!
Mr.. Alderman says he has many
warm Democratic friends" but he
fears they are not warm" enough to
insist to President Wilson that Aker-
man be left alone in the clover patch.
In the opinion of many, the contest
for Akernan's assignment will be be.
tween John 7. West, of McDuffy. and
Daniel e. Fogarty, Of Augusta. How
ever, Samuel L. Olive, OF Bibb is being
mentioned--and il he gets in the mix
UP, unquestionably he will be a formid-
able candidate
Mr.. Taft's recent suggestion that
the civil service be extended to cover
practically the entire public service Of
the nation" finds no sympathetic re-
Spouse in Democratic breasts nowadays
so far as Georgia is concerned. any
way
In this vicinity OF the political vine
yard the idea is to get all the RepubH-
cans safely out and as many Demo-
Gratis as can be crowded in, and then
talk about putting the civil service lid
on the whole business!
Until further notice. therefore, Nj.
Taft's motion will be laid on the table
Says The Savannah Press:
Notice nas been served subtly on
Senator Smith that if he would
let his opponents dish out
the patronage he might have
GAN ca AOA w y nav
not heard how he received this
proposition.
This must be classified as impor-
tant, If true.
Who was the subtle server, and were
his credentials all right, and--when
The Press hears how the subtle serv-
ice was acknowledged, the answer
might make interesting, not to say
highly entertaining, reading.
The suggestion, advanced by Tom
Loyless, OF The Augusta Chronicle, Of
Editor James r. Gray, of Atlanta, for a
place in the Wilson cabinet is being
widely commented upon by the press
throughout Georgia-and generally with
entire approval.
AL Mr.. Grays fellow editors seem
willing to let factional differences sink
into nothingless when it comes to the
question Of landing one OF the fraterni
ty in a seat of the mighty under Presi-
dent Wilson.