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
state Democratic executive committee,
will send out an official ballot for use in
the october election with the name OF
James D Price on it as a candidate for
both the full and uneXpired terms as
commissioner of agriculture.
Mr. Harris viii do this as measure
If protection to the Democratic party
in Georgia and to safeguard the office
against the possible ambition of Bull
Moses or others.
The secretary Of state. Philip Cook,
is Of the opinion that the next commits
eioner of agriculture takes his office
immediately following the October cleo
tion He says the law authorizes the
ocvernor to appoint. in the case of a
vacancy only until successor TO the
rneynired term can be elected and
qualified.
He holds that such successor must be
elected and qualified i'm OCTOBER and
that whoever is then elected will hold
Office until the following June. when u
new and full term viii bayin.
Corners Opinion Differs.
rnde. M. COOKS Interpretation Of
fine law. Commissioner Conner, Gov
ernor Browns appoint2e 20 the uneN-
nired term Of Thomas G. Hudson. VIII
hold Office only until his successor is
elected and qualified. Fhe secretary Of
.tat. saws such successor viii be elect
ed in October, and mat the governor
viii thon be authorized to commission
him He declares thar ne can see the
law no other way.
Commissioner Conner on the othrr
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 10 fill in the
October election.
Chairman Harris, of the state com
mittee, feels that. however much law
vers NAV differ as to when Commits
sioner Corners term does or does not
expire. the Democracy will be making
great mistake to take chances on the
matter He says that if 1t should trans
plre that the secretary of state is right
and that the governor will be author
lied to commission the man named in
the October election, then the DemoC
racy 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 a candi-
date for the full term. but there is
blank space wherein his name may be
written by the election managers in
making the official returns
II the Democratic party had no can
didate 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. e., from the date of the certifcation
Of his election to the secretary of state
and his commissioning by the governor,
until the following June, when a 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
Enthusiastically will work much good.
There is some difference of opinion
between lawyers as to exactly what the
law is but the majority of them seem
to incline to Secretary Cooks view
Of it,