Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-22
NEAR SPLIT OVER.
CHAIRMAN Of
v. "a. BOARD
Wright and Brown Finally With
draw and Jordan Is Made
Commission Head. I

A near-split over the chairmanshi7
Of the Western and Atlantic RaiIro %
Commission occurred when the bocy
formally organized Monday. With
Barry Wright, chairman of the House
committee and author Of the bill I'M
der which the commission was Gre
ated. and Judge John W. L. Brown,
chairman of the Senate committee.
each under the impression that the
general Craftsmanship as a right was
his. il appeared for a few moments is
if the commission was to be torn by
dissension.
The nomination of e. Gunby 10
dan, Of Columbus. one of Governor
Slaton's appointees on the commits
sion, came as compromise, and ne
was unanimously elected general
chairman. He was suggested for the
place by Representative 3. Full
bright.
some of the members OF the COM
mission were under the impression
that Wright was the permanent
chairman of the commission, while
others considered that Brown had a r.
ready been appointed to the place.
The fact that each man had been re-
ferred to in the newspapers a nul,-
Der of times as chairman had caused
the misunderstanding.
Up to Commission.
Mr.. Wright as author of the bill
and chairman of the House commit
tee might think that he was entitled
to the permanent chairmanship Mr.
broom as chairman of the Senate
committee, being from the body Of
the greatest dignity. might well think
himself as the proper man for it, SAID
Nr. tullh1ght in nominating Mr. JOr-
dan. Each has been constantly re-
Ierrod to- in the newspapers as the
general chairman. and suppose most
of the members of the commission
have come here under the impression
that one or the other was appointed
to the place under the provisions o..
the bill creating this commission. But
each of these gentlemen is simply
chairman of the committee from his
RESPECTIVE body, and II is up TO this
commission to elect its own presiding
officer"
Mr. Wrlghts name had been placed
i'm nomination by Representative w.
:. Greene, of Houston County. who
said he believed Wright to be de-
serving of the place.
Following Fullbrights nomination,
Wright asked Greene to withdraw his
name and seconded the nomination Of
! Jordan. Judge Brown followed with
"a request that he be not considered
and also seconded the nomination Of
| Jordan
Wright was elected secretary of the
| commission. Fuller galloway of La
| Grange, Governor Slatons other APP
| pointee. nominating him.
! TIE commission organized at noon,
| frs: ,-oing into Governor Stations Of
! fee, where ne addressed them for a
| few minutes on the Importance OF
! their work
\ committee composed of Galloway
Brown and Wright, with Chairman
Jones as an eN-otliCio member, was
appointed To outline a plan of work
for the commission.
The commission is composed Of
Senators John W. l.. Brown, of Bar
tow County; w. u. Mcneil, Of Bib,
and NJ c. Tarver of Whitfield; Rep
resentatives Barry Wright, of Floyd;
l.. J. Akin, Of Glynn; H. J. Full
bright, of Burke; W. 5. Greene. of
Houston. and Ed Cole, of Barlow,
and two appointees of Governor Sla-
tons. 6. Gunby Jordan. of Columbus,
and Fuller +. Galloway, of LaGrange.