Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
So JAMES B. NEVIN

Mr.. McMichael Of Marion Friday
made positively his nrst American
appearance as Speaker Pro Tenn OF
the Georgia House Of Representa-
tiyes, and got away with victorious
eagles and things of that sort.
The Speakership Pro Tenn carries
no prerogative other than that OF |
presiding when the Speaker is absent
from the chair, and, as Mr.. Burweil !
had not been absent a minute up
to the time Of Mr. McMichaels par
ticipatlon in the direction OF affairs
in the House. nobody in the House
knew exactly what sort OF a Speaker
Pro Tenn II had selected. so far as
his ability TO handle things was con-
cerned.
Whatever doubt there may have
been in anybody'e mind that McMich-
ael would get away with things was
speedily removed The gentleman |
from Marion seemed perfectly at
home from the very beginning Of
his active career as Speaker Pro |
TEN. and was warmly applauded by ,
his colleagues when he had finished
Round l.
Mr.. McMichstel, by the way. is one
Of the best and most convincing
speakers on the floor Of the House. |
and has the happy faculty OF making !
himself understood perfectly He Is
clsan-cut In enunciation and exceed |
ingly easy to follow
Moreover he Is very popular among |
his fellow members. and whatever |
he says attracts instant and inter- |
ested attention.
Judge John T. Allen H. perhaps. |
the best speaker on the floor OF the |
Senate. And that is no mean com
piment either for there are several |
good speakers in that honorable body |
Judge Allen not only is a mighty |
good lawyer. but he also is a bust |
ness man of widespread reputation. |
His voice has great carrying power. |
without In any way being harsh, |
Whenever he arises to address the |
Senate, is invariably given close at
tention
Whether one agrees with what he
says or not. Judge Allen never is
at loss for words in which to make
himself perfectly plain.
Dispensing with the reading Of the
journal in the Senate is not easily
effected. Notwithstanding the fact
that the journal has been examined
and approved, a motion to dispense
with reading rarely gets by without
objection
The Senate is more dignifed than
the House, as rule, anyway. and
its methods OF procedure are much
more orderly and repressed.
II is an interesting circumstance
that the Senate Committee on Consti-
tutional Amendments has reported
favorably a bill to raise the total of
Senate membership from A to CO.
There Is an excellent chance that the
bill will pass and IL II does, the i'm
preston is that the people will rat
ify it,
There is one little page in the Sen
ate who makes 1t a regular business
to fall reverently to his knees while
the chaplain is praying every morn
ing
He doesn't look to be over or 9
wears old and he evidently has not
orgotten-yet-that the proper pray
ing posture is kneeling.
4 number of Georgia Legislators
to-day forwarded to Washington
some to the President and others to
Secretary Bryan-letters endorsing
Colonel j Lindsay Johnson of Rome
for consuish!n, preferably in the
orient.
L is well-known. Of course. that
the Colonel wishes to be named Con-
sui to Shanghai. and his friends in
the LegiSlature-of which he is sew
er7l times a former member-evident
ly are DESTROYS Of Fastening the APP
pointment along in such wise as they
may.
South Georgia is talking OF former
President of the Senate, W. S West.
Of Naldusta. for Governor. in success
sion TO Governor Slaton
II South Georgia has an eye on the
Executive Once after Governor Sla-
ton gets through It will be readily
admitted on all sides that Colonel
West would make an ideal candidate.
He knows the game, he has the
friends, and assuredly he has the
abiliyy-and what more could South
Georgia ask OF a favorite son?
Citizen J. L. II. Waldrop, of Clay
ton County. II years Of age. boasts
With pride that he has voted for a