Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
POLITICAL NEWS
FOR BUSY MEN
SIaton Will Not Permit leglSIa'
ture to Run Wild Financially
When He Takes His Seat.
BY LANES 9. NEvlN.


speech. when he said plainly that he
viii not hesitate TO veto the entire
general appropriation bill OF the next
session, II necessary, in order TO bring
the general assembly to a realization
Of the fact that the state will not be
permitted TO run wild financially I'M
der his administration.
The general tendency OF legislatures
is 10 pad the appropriation bills TO
the limit. ofen running the total far
in excess of the states ability TO pay
The result has been continued en-
barra ssment to the various governors
in meeting the appropriations as they
came due.
Governor elect Slaton has 8 clear
idea OF the states ability TO pay. HIS
long service I'm both houses OF the leg
islature has made him abundantly Ia
miliar with precisely what is what
He has taken a bold stand against ex
cessive appropriations. and his warn
ing that he will block them, II II be
comes necessary, by vetoing the entire
general appropriation bill. il 1t comes
10 that. no doubt will have the effect
Of bringing the legislature 10 time.
There is no doubt. II the occasion
arises. that the governor will keep his
word OF course. the legislature might
override the veto--but II hardly would
risk so perilous a program Slaton
will have the whip hand, and he will
use the whip. II nothing else will save
tho day
The governor elect also said at TIT
ton that under his administration the
school teachers salaries should have
the right Of way over everything else,
60 far as he can force that.
II NAV interest some readers 10
know that even now, three good
months ahead OF his inauguration, the !
governor elect is shaping up his first
message 90 the general assembly.
Walter p Andrews prospect of be
ing named United States consul gen
sral to Paris continues TO brighten.
we'll -lInown Georgia politician. |
returning from Washington to-day, |
gave II as his unqualified opinion that |
the Atlanta man will land the big plum |
soon after Mr.. Bryan returns to Wash
ington, which will be some time next
week.
Washington fsvorite for this appoint |
ment
Since returning from the national
capital Judge Augustus W Fite, OF
the Cherokee circuit. Is reported to
have expressed a change OF heart with |
respect to federal plums as they might |
apply to himself, and to have said |
that, after all, he prefers being judge |
OF the Cherokee circuit. rather than a
Judge OF the court of claims or attor-
ney general of Porto Rico
The Judge was given TO understand |
that he might expect some most sub
stantial and non partisan backing If |
he stood out for Porto Rico, but the |
mad, mad rush a Washington rather |
reconciled him TO his present position, |
which. at worst, is marred only by an
occasional little tilt with Editor Shope |
and the court OF appeals
Congressman Charles G. Edwards, of |
Savannah, says he will start fight |
Immediately upon the reconvening of |
congress to deepen the Savannah har-
Dor to thirty feet at mean low tide |
from its entrance to the city. The Sa- |
vannah hsrbor now has a depth Of |
twenty-four feet, but that Is not suf- |
fcient to accommodate the big ships |
Thirty feet will make way for the real |
leviathans
Mr. Edwards is one OF the older
members of the house committee ON /
rivers and harbors, and as the next |
congress will he Democratic in both |
branches. he ought to get what he
asks for.
The question OF woman's suffrage /
is looming large in Georgia nowadays. /
and Hobbies both for and against the |
same are prospects ahead for the sum
mer legislative session.
There is a compact organization in .
the state determined TO force the issue /
in the next general assembly. and that
fact has brought about another com
pact organization 10 combat It. Both \
are composed exclusively Of women
The opposing Hobbies should be some
Hobbies. ell right
Congressman Hardwick SAYS Au-
gusta will get from the next congress
not less than $4,000 with which to |
continue rip rapping the banks OF the
Savannah. preparatory TO building the
proposed levees. This will make a to-
tai of $1s5,oO0 the congressman from
the Tenth has secured for that work |
so far
Mr. Hardw1ck has come to be rated |
one Of the very best "getters" in con-
gress, anyway.
There are ten applicants for the |
postmastership at Vidalia, and the in |
cumbent's commission expired some |
time ago.
The patriots around and about that
South Georgia burg are wondering
why on earth President Wilson
doesn't hurry and come across with |
that particular slice OF pie!
Robert l.. Berner, former president
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