Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
HAS
SLATON BOOM
FORPRESIDENT
Representative Picquet Says It's
Time for Georgia Man to 0c-
cppy Chair of President.

AUGUSTA, June 21.-C. A. Picquet
will come to the next Legislature of
Georgia as a Representative Of Rich
mond County with three ideas. He
wants to make Jack Slaton President
Of the United States. He will fight
to have Burwell elected Speaker of
the House and he VIII labor to have
the use Of the dictograph abolished
in Georgia.
II have some few measures that /
would like to see enacted into law, 80
said the Representatives elect, but l
am of the opinion that if mankind.
especially in this State, had fewer
statutes and more personal privileges.
our people would be happier and
more prosperous.
1T Is my purpose to back up Jack
SlatOn's administration. l want to
see Jack Slaton President. It seems
to me it is about time we Georgians
should have the eagle all to ourselves.
We are one of the few of the original
thirteen States upon which that hon
or has not been conferred. The time
is ripe and Jack Slaton is the best
man for the next President.
Want 5urvelI as Speaker.
Il want to see Bill Burwell land
as Speaker / don't know anything
about politics. but am going to study
the primer and help Bill and the
State at the same time.
81 want to see dictographing pen
allied in this State 1 think It a
dirty shame that Atlanta lawyers are
not allowed to practice in peace and
tranquility, 'cuss' out the police de
partment when they get good and
| ready, and as a diversion from this
strenuosity, occasionally take a
look-in at newspaper editor or two,
and If dictographing interferes with
this necessary amusement, l am in
favor of banishing it to South Caro-
lima
81 want to see prohibition blotted
from the statute books of Georgia.
As an effort to legislate man into
heaven it is a failure. AS a means
of legislating hi into many men, il
is bowling success.
Mediation" Bill Necessary.
81 hope a fair and just mediation
bill to settle strikes will be PASSED
at this session. There is an amend
ment now pending in Congress to
the Erdman Act, which seems to be
satisfactory to all interests concern
ed. I have written for a copy of 1t.
The criminal laws of this State
are badly in need Of revision. The
Klu Klux Act has served its purpose
and ought to be repealed. Defendants
should be sworn as witnesses and
subjected to cross examination. The
State as we'll as defendants should
have the right of appeal to courts Of
final review. Husbands as well as
wives should have the privilege Of
testifying whenever assaults are
made upon either by either. Our
banking laws ought to be- amended
so that bank wre6kings would be a
little bit dangerous. The State ought
to have equal strikes in the selection
/ of juries, and the number of strikes
reduced. The vol dire ought to be
more liberal. in order that a legal
juror, namely, an intelligent. fair
minded an impartial juror may oe
selected.
Against Martial Law Act.
Municipal courts ought to be
clothed with the power of trying
and such trials to be bar to fur
the prosecution in State courts,
of larcenies of not greater values
than ten dollars, assaults and bat
teries. in which no weapons are used
gambling, and many other offenses
now denounced as miSd emeanors by
our statutes.
81 favor the repeal of the Act of
1905, with reference to declaring mar
tial law, at the behest of a Judge,
sheriff or mayor, and the suspension
of those rights which we English
speaking people have been taught
from time immemorial to be inestima-
bic, and inalienable. / don't like the
suspension of civil rule and the es-
adjustment of military despotism. 1t
may be necessary to kill people for
crossing imaginary lines. suppress
free speech, muZzle newspapers, sus-
pend the civil law, but / have been
taught to think differently, and I am
opposed to it. These methods are bad
enough in time of actual war but
are not to be tolerated in times Of
peace" d.