Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-28
POLITICAL NEWS
FOR BUSY MEN
Choice of Editor Rainey for
Prison Commissioner Gener-
ally Pleasing.
BY LANES 3. NEVIN.

liams generally is looked upon as
particularly happy and satisfactory one.
In the first place the position was
conceded to belong to south Georgia,
although there was no legal obligation
whatever upon the governor TO go there
with it, In addition to that Rainey has
been for years one of the stoutest-
hearted Democrats in his section.
lighting his party's battles in season
and out, and with telling effect. His
newspaper. The Dawson News. Is one
81 the very best veekles in the state
the entire South. for that matter.
And Rainey. because Of his wei
poised mind and always evident incl
nation 10 looS at things fairly. is pc
culiarly well fitted for the Office Of pris-
on commissioner. in which capacity he
will be called upon TO pass upon hun
dreds Of applications for executive
clemency annually
He is expected to reach Atlanta this
afternoon. TO be sworn in by Governor
Brown
A genuin, fight is on IN the now
county Of Wheeler as to where The
county seat shall be located.
In the bill creating Wheeler. Alamo
was named as the county seat-to-be,
but certain conditions precedent 20 Its
establishment there never have been
carried ou.. so il is charged, and now
Glenwood. another promising and hus-
ting burg i'm Wheeler is bidding for
the honor Of being the new couutys
capital
The politics Of Wheeler is beirE
watched with considerable interest
throughout south and middle Georgia,
and especially in Montgomery county,
from which the territory making up
Wheeler was clipped.
Professor Ernest Neal Of Calhoun,
representative Of Gordon county. some
times known locally as the schoolmas-
ter in politics" IS at present preparing
two important bills which ne believes
ne win successfully pilot through the
next legislature.
one of these bills provides that all
jurymen in justice courts be paid on
the same basis as those who serve in
the superior courts. The present sys-
TEN, he believes. works a hardship on
the voters and brings many small mat
ters into court which would be settled
without litigation under the new sys-
TEN.
The other bin viii give Gordon coun-
~ new road law. which, among other
things viii allow the conyicts TO De
worked on the roads.
The public highways IN the Gordon
county section have been i'm wretched
condition all winter and no adequate
steps vet have been taken TO put and
keep them in repair.
Georgia newspaper men are faring
very we'll in Washington nowadays.
Josiah Carter has been made clerk
Of tine senate committee on education
and labor. John T. Boifeulllet has been
named clerk of the senate committee
on foreign relations. NeyIe Colquitt has
been named clerk OF the house commit
tee on ways and means. and Ralph
Smith has been named director of the
Congressional Record indexing.
Doing f1rst-rate, considering the fact
that the administration is not yet q
month old,
A certain patriotic and lberty-lovinq
son Of Georgia. slated for one of the
real Federal plums Of the north Gcor-
gia persuasion. is reported to have
made a pilgrimage TO Atlanta this
week for the purpose Of talking over
things with Senator Hoke Smith
Accompanied by number Of his
friends this patriot visited the senator.
and addressed him after this fashion:
MY dear senator, / have the greatest
and the most abiding faith in your
promise to deliver the goods 1 know
you can, and / know YOU will But,
while l am sure TO get the job my dear
senator, and | know that, what I want
to say. sir, is that l want It NOW!
Il think that office is fairly yearniug
for ME, and l want it-QUICK!"
The senator is said 10 have smiled
his most benign smile and TO have as
sured his friend he would see tina;
things were hurried along as best they
might be.
4 member OF the incoming legislature
proposes to introduce a bill providing
for closed season for buNfrogs in
Georgia hereafter. He says they are
not protected by the present laws ana
that there is much money In them If
they might be put under the shielding
wing Of the state Tor few months
each season.
The nauona. government long ago
listed bullfrogS as poultry" under the
tariff laws. and an amendment TO ia
present bird laws ~ Georgia might cf.
feet the purpose this scion has in mind
Governor Brown is reported 10 have
received approximately 200 applications
for appointment TO the vacancy on the
prison commission occasioned by the
death Of Commissioner Williams.
For day or so the hotel and caui-
tol Hobbies in Atlanta fairly swarmed
with would-be successors TO this job.
BY suggesting that former Congress
man William G. Brantley may re-enter
politics" The Vienna News draws from