The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-06-29
|llNN 70 THE LEGISLATURE
.rrrv OF PEOPLE is SUPREME
LAW HE TELLS THEM.
uust BE Taken to Check Ex'
.s.v.uant Expenditures. Other
nootnres of Message.

#pIg MuSt ~
Z .r.v,pant Expenditures. Other
features of Message.
,mANTA June 26.-Governor
rovn pulled a bunch of Latin on
legislators this morning when
4 ossombled at the capitol to or
Irige and receive his message.
\ DSalus populi suprema est lex" he
l,Iared in the message, and all the
smbas of the assembly nodded
Dir heads in assent. Then purely
4 tbe benefit of the pages and the
lr,Dsper men who didn't know Lat
he added the English translation,
No safety of the people is the SD
enc law"
mis- thought he made the keynote
his Message, the remainder OF
sb was couched in vigorous An
s5SaxOn.
rontinuing he said; 1t holds
him itself the basework; in fact,
whole fabric of human existence
n happiness. The words, Safety
tbe People, therefore, I commend
YOU as being the keynote of all
gislatiye enactment; yea, Of all
ODer government. No nobler aim
the patriot than to safeguard
people, and no people respond
lOre generously than do the citizens
Georgia to those who honestly and
duStriously endeavor to execute
cir ascertained will as embodied
laws which require impartial JUS
and protection to all, There
re- ignoring the differences which
We existed in the past let US, while
ting in Georgia's capitol, her ar
mum of wisdom, justice and pro-
citing power, counsel together and
Operate cordially in all matters
ecting the safety and general in
tests Of the people of this imperial
te"
Governor Brown has rather en-
attic ideas on the present registra-
p law, believing that the closing
the registration books six months
advance Of the election has the
Pct Of shutting out many white
Crgia voters. Gov. Brown is also
ply Of the belief hiatt the member
Of the railroad commission
Puld be reduced to three, as a re-
OF which considerable money
got be saved to the state.
He treats these subjects in his usu-
strong and vigorous style, and
es the legislature to remove some
The drastic and burdensome re-
HctiOns against suffrage in Geor-
he estimates that 100000 white
are barred from voting, and that
lulton county alone only two out
I'VE are allowed to vote this year.
10 urges an amendment to the
game law so that the commits
per will be elected by the people.
stresses the Importance of suffi-
appropriation to manufacture
usn hog cholera serum to check
disease.
ue legal procedure in criminal
IS discussed at length, and he
= mat pardon secretary be pro-
lot 10 prepare data on all APP
IS'Ons for pardons, as too much
uv governors time is taken up
tlem now. He asks the legisla-
u enact such laws as will do
a. much as possible with the
VI lechnicalities in criminal
ana procedure which do so
% clog the wheels of justice
Uelay the just course of the
!, 'oucnes on the Tippins bill agi-
~ ana declares that the last
us'Orial result was a mandate
o, ,ue people that any further
Uuieht or change in the prohi-
ia. Jaw should be approved by
{" the ballot box before being
me present law by use of
.Vannot be made stronger, the
D' NJ making it more effective be-
N Iely and simply a matter of To-
Increment.
cor browns message deals en-
,9t ~ with the question of the
y Vtondition of the treasury can
stto letter stressed than by call
so 1uti ION to the fact that while
n ~ per cent of the state
po rt9d was paid during the first
b Int ms OF the year it has been
WINS ms year to pay only 10 per
n tu ~ the same period; and it
,n ~ me general assembly passes
s pse :, appropriations of any
n =. sals session next year il NAV
d O VI the question to pay any of
Wv, WI Iund during the first half
. yea. The money simply isn't
n. Iao II the legislature insists
- Asag appropriations II will
: sad the cash. - ""A