Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Chief Interest Of the Opening Is
Centered About Race for Press
idency Of the Senate Be-
tween Allen and Anderson,
Many Bills on Many Topics wa
Occupy the Legislators, BUT
One Big Problem Of Assembly
Will be Raising Of Revenue,
BY JAMES .. NEvM.


The Georgia Legislature win be
called together in both branches on
Wednesday. June 20, at noon.
This will be the first meeting Of
the General Assembly elected to serve
during Governor Slaton's tenn as
Chief Magistrate, and It is regarded
generally as one of the most repre>i
sentative and non-factional Legisla-
lures named in a decade.
Governor Slaton win be iuaugu-
rated on Saturday at noon, after the
Legislature has been organized in
both Houses, and the final messages,
communications, nominations. and SO
forth, OF the retiring Executive have
been submitted for consideration.
Ceremony To Be Simple.
The inauguration ceremony of the
new Governor will be a function of
dignity but extreme simplicity.
He will receive with congratulations
and good wishes from the hands of
the retiring Governor Joseph M.
Brown. the great sealeof State. in the
presence of the General Assembly In
joint session. The new Governors
speech in accepting the office win be
brief and will deal with State ques-
tions only in their broadcast and most
general aspect.
After Governor Brown has TUNED
over the Executive Department to
Governor Slaton. he win leave 1n1me-
diately for his home in Marietta,
whence. a few days later, he VIII re-
tire to his farm in Cherokee County
to look after his varied agricultural
interests there.
All the week long, the Kinrball
House lobby, that ancient and never
changing Mecca Of Georgia statesmen,
has been thronged with politicians
discussing the new order Of things
to be inaugurated under the big dome
this week
The Race for Presidency.
OF primarily absorbent interest Is
the great race between Senators John
T. Allen, Of the Twentieth District,
and j. Randolph Anderson, of the
First District. for the Presidency4 of
the Senate.
The outcome Of this contest after
weeks Of strenuous activity upon the
part of both candidates and their
friends, still is very much in doubt.
Both are high-class men, and both
are very confident Of victory. Each
thinks he has sufficient strength to
elect on the first ballot but very Jew
members Of the Senate believe this
to be a fact either way.
Occasionally, one hears some talk
of a third Senator winning the Pres
idency plum, as a sort OF dark horse
to be entered by way of a compro-
mise. and the men mentioned in this
connection are Senator'S Sweat Of the
Fifth, and Tyson, of the Second.
The generally accepted opinion
among observers. however, is that the
next President Of the Senate IN
questionably will be either Allen or
Anderson, but that nothing short of
an absolute SHOW down" on the floor
of the Senate, under a call of the roll,
will determine which.
% Votes Are Needed.
The President of the Senate, who
occupies the position as Lieutenant
Governor of the State, is elected by
a majority vote of quorum or more
of Senators present and voting. If
all the Senators are present and vote,
it will require 2S to elect a Presi-
dent as there are A senators in all.
Next in interest to the Presidency
of the Senate race is the contest for
Speaker of the House
The impression is that William H
BurwelI of Hancock County, has this
race pretty well won, if not absolutely
so. Nevertheless. Robert \. Harde-
man, of jefferson. a veteran member
OF the Legislature, and popular, has
opened headquarters in the Kimball
House and declares he will remain
in the race to the finish. l. L Shen-