Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
STATE POLITICAL
Pot BOILS At
KIMBALL
Candidates for House Speaker
and Senate President Open
Headquarters.
BY JAMES q. NEvIN.

IoT years ana wears Georgia poll
ticians most have congregated. and
which still seems 10 be the Undis-
putcd Mecca of Cracker statesmen,
real and near, already has assumed
that busy and more or less agitated
appearance so Enthusiastically prophetic
OF the annual getting together OF the
Legislature.
Headquarters have been opened For
two speakershlp candidates. two
presidency Of the Senate candidates
and at least one new county, Gambler.
Within the next day or so other
headquarters win be opened. and 9TH
.er fights inaugurated. The clans IN
mistakably are gathering for the fray,
and the forthcoming session bids fair
10 be one Of great interest and far
reaching consequence.
The first new county proposition 20
get busy on the job is, as aforesaid,
Gambler The boosters Of this propo-
sition say they have their contest well
in hand and they unquestionably ex-
pect 10 win.
This new county is 10 he made up
Of slices Of BuIloch Tattnal and
Emanuel, all three large counties and
there is little, If any, opposition in
the territory affected.
Meter. a hustllng town Of around
600 is 10 be the county seat OF Can
dler II rs located in the western part
Of Bulloch. but is so near the line
of the other counties that IT is prac-
ticallv situated at the corners OF |
tho three, as is Winder. IN the pro-
posed new county Of Barrow.
Every newspaper but one in the
section concerned In the new county |
Of Candler'is favorable to the propo- |
sition, and the boomers Of the game |
claim that they already have pledged |
more than sufficient votes 10 put their |
proposition over.
Outside the contests FOR the speak |
ership and the presidency Of the SEN !
ate, one hears more OF these TWO new
county proposals than anything else
nowadays and both Of them Barrow |
and Candler-look good to go through,
The contests between Senators John
T. Allen. Of the Twentieth, and Ran
dolph Anderson. Of the First, as toI
which shall be chosen President Of
the Senate. unquestionably Is very
much up in the air"
Both men express themselves as
being entirely confident, and both
show figures TO prove their respective
claims. Moreover both seem TO be IN
dead earnest in stating their posi-
tons
The average member OF the new
Legislature however seems 70 De
very much from Missouri with re-
sppCt to that race. The impression IS
10 10 cot as Intn
Allen and Anderson are working hara
and leaving no stone unturned TO win
out
The Allen men are saying that An
derson will retire before the snow
down" but az the Anderson men are
saying the same thing concerning Al
len. how can one tellE
II looks as if a showdown 81
strength on the floor OF the Senate,
after Secretary Northen calls IL 70
order. will be the only thing that VIII
ten the tale accurately and to stay
put.
one hears much in the hotel lob
bies nowadays Of tax reform.
There seems little doubt that it will
be the paramount consideration of the
new General Assembly.
It generally is agreed that the
state can not travel much farther
without more revenue, and to raise
the tax rate is out Of the question
Politically, the Legislature feels that
ii would be committing suicide to at
tempt to get the tax rate up, after
any sort Of fashion.
The only way to get additional rev
enue. therefore, is to raise the assess
ments and returns in such wise that
the total amount against which the
tax rate operates may be as nearly as
possible 30 per cent higher than now.
This is a large problem, and will
require the very best and most states
manIike minds of the Legislature to
work out. Whatever bill is framed
along this line viii arise in the
House. of course, and it viii be care
fully designed to work as equitably
as 81 may TO all parties concerned.
The problem of taxation is one of
the most delicate, as well as impor-
tant. that the Legislature has 10 han
ole. and IT is more acute this year
than it has been in a quarter of a
century.
Parties interested in heron pro-
duction in GIynn County particular
ly growers of the egret variety, are
greatly interested in the news from