Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
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BY JAMES 8. NEVIN.

BY JAMES 3. NENlN.
The Georgia Legislature has in
dulged itself this session in much talk
of tax reform, but so far the reform
is not exactly in sight
What has heretofore prevailed by
way of tax reform talk admittedly
has been magnificent, but it has not
been war!
Tax reform in the Kimball House
lobby and tax reform on the statute
books Of Georgia are two radically
different things-and it. really is tax
reform on the statute books that the
people Of Georgia generally seem most
to be hankering for.
Beginning to-day there remain
about four weeks of Legislative time
in which tax reform may be achieved.
Scant time. even if none Of it is
lost. II anything worth while gets
through it win have to hustle. and
a good many things will have to get
out of its way.
The Senate is not embarrassed in
this matter 50 much as the House.
for the House must get its meas
ures out Of its hands and in the hands
OF the Senate, or take the blame
for the failure to put tax reform over
Both the Senate and the House, in
spite OF themselves have succeeded
in wasting much time this session
This is distinctly the fault Of the
rnnranNar ,F tba
presiding officers or the committee
chairmen
The Senate and the House contin-
ually throw away their time debat-
ing frivolous things-such as wheth-
er the hall shall be permitted to thus
and so speaker, or whether a bill re-
ferred to one committee really was
not an affront to or reflection upon
some other committee,
There is not much time left in
which tax reform measures may be
put over. IL they are put over. both
Houses must dispose of the neces-
sary and important work now in
hand and as speedily as possible take
up the real big business Of the ses-
sion.
Congressman Charles r. Crisp. who
has been spending a few days in
Georgia as the House marks time
to the Senate's tariff music. Will leave
for washington to-day, as he expects
the currency bill to be brought out
Of the committee this week.
Mr.. Crisp thinks the present eX-
traordinary session of Congress may
continue up to. and probably run into,
the regular session in December, al
though he thinks that in the event
OF this, a recess may be taken early
in the fail.
"Uncle John" Foster OF Floyd is
one Of the veterans of the House of
Representatives who doesn't go in
extensively for oratory on the floor.
He is a great talker in the commit
tee rooms and never hesitates to ex-
press himself upon any topic that
may come up, but most talk upon
the floor he looks upon as fireworks
and OF no particular Importance.
Mr.. Foster is now serving his third
consecutive term in the House. and
has served two or three terms in ad-
dition thereto.
The present capitol IL crowded to
suffocation and just about bulges at
the ends when the General Assembly
Is In session.
The courts and the various depart
ments, constantly expanding and re-
quiring more and more room. have
left few places for the committees to
meet
1t Is no uncommon sight nowadays
to see House and Senate committees
meeting in the corridors. to the right
and left Of the presiding officers
stands, in the cloakrooms, or any
other old place sufficiently large for
all the members to crowd in.
Before long it looks as II II will
be absolutely necessary to provide
an annex Of some sort. There abso-
lutely is no available room left in the
capitol proper.