Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26

governors pet aversion, he again urged
a repeal, calling attention of the gem
eral assembly to the fact that he had
urged Its appeal in 1910 and 1911.
100000 White Voters Victims.
BY It's provision, the governor said,
fully 100000 white voters of Georgia
were being DISTINGUISHED annually. Its
provision he pronounced the most
drastic in the Union. In Fulton county
alone. where the Federal census shows
the number of whites at voting age to
be 35,S61 the total registration for 1912
was but 1901
He recommended a big change in the
manner of handling state convicts on
the public roads. He said:
"The building Of good roads Ia. un-
doubtedly one of the main factors in
the marked progress the state has made
in material development during the
past three years. Yet, as this prog
ress is mostly due to the use of the
states convicts the state has the right
to require such handling of the CON
victs as will generally benefit all the
people, while increasing the facilities of
the several counties.
II SllOulu u6 required DIV
law that, at least, q stipulated propor-
ton of the convicts be worked upon the
main roads in each county leading from
Its county site to the county sites Of
adjoining counties, or that all of the
convicts be worked upon such main
roads stipulated proportion of their
total time until said roads are COM
pleted.
Urges Pardon Secretary.
ar haf he ~, 4 l..
laid off and worked in accord with the
demands of public necessity and mod
ern science. | recommend that the
off1ce of commissioner of public high
ways be established and that it be filled
with an experienced civil engineer, at
salary and travelling expenses, etc,
to be fixed by law
Upon the subject of pardons the gov
ernor recommended that a pardon sec
rotary or assistant attorney general be
appointed to examine all applications
for pardonS which now go before the
prison board. The distribution of the
states convicts over 100 counties, he
said, has made 1t impossible for the
prison board to cope with the situation
The rapid growth of Georgia rail-
| roads has made double tracking a ne
COSTLY in r:any instances. Upon this
subject the governor urged that the
| transportation committees of both
houses and the railroad commission
hold q conference as to the advisability
of forcing several lines to double track
Nv. & A. Should Me Released"
Again, the governor urged that the
railroad commission be decreased in
membership from five to three, main
taiinng that there was no reason why
this body should have more members
than the other state commissions
Exactly as he lad urged on June Is
| 1911, the governor said a second time
that the releasing of the Western and
Atlantic railroad should be given at
tentton at once. He said that no legis-
ature should contemplate the leasing
Of the state road for q longer period of
time than 80 years-the life of a single
generation.
Special appropriations for the state
| schools and state departments were
recommended as follows:
Increase of $4,000 in the maintenance
appropriation for Georgia Tech
Special appropriation for Georgia
Tech of $4,000 for a new heating and
| lighting plant.
Increase in the appropriation Of
SIS, 900 annually for the Georgia Normal
and Industrial school