Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
RY JAMES 3. NEVIN.

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he permits himself 20 become dis
qualified
The registration books for this
years elections-the general State
electiOns-will close on April T. They
must close, under the law, six months
In advance Of the general election for
Governor and State h?use officers
which occurs on October Z.
Every voter registering between
this date and April I, therefore, be-
comes permanently registered, as
hereinbefore stated.
There still are thousands OF Geor-
CLANS not registered for this year.
The time is very short-less than a
month remaining. Unless, in any
| event, registration is looked after for
this year. the voter neglecting it will
be disqualified in October
This year undoubtedly is going to
be a mighty lively one in politics in
Georgia. The voter who is now per-
| hitting himself to think otherwise
| has rude awakening coming to him
unless, of course, 1t be a pleasant
| awakening.
Likely he win kick himself, good
and proper, later along, if he finds
that there are big and exciting things
going on in politics, and he isn't even
registered!
| 1t is very uncomfortable feeling
to find, after the big show gets well
under way, that you are not qualified
to take part therein!
| Voters will do well to look after
| the matter of registration within the
next few days-the sooner, the better.
| Three weeks isn't much time but it
| Is all there is left i'm which to get
! ones name on the registration books.
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! and after that there will be no
way to qualify for voting
| Leslie's Weekly, looking toward the
! South for political developments and
| observing the trend thereof, reaches
| the conclusion, with Georgia very
much in mind, that the solid South"
so long an impregnable stronghold Of
| Democracy eventually will be broken
not through issues that so far have
become genuinely and admittedly ma
tional as through prohibition.
| Leslie's says:
Prohibition! It IS announced
that at the Arizona primaries Eu-
gene w Chain, who ran for
| President in 1912 on the Prohibit
ton ticket. will be a candidate for
the United States Senate. Re
Gently a movement was started
! at Washington for a national
prohibition movement on political
lines, It is among the probaili-
ties that this revival of the Pro-
hibition party will become for
midable. 1t may do to the DEM
ocratic party in the South what
the Progressive movement has
done to the Republican party il
the North. The solid South will
never he broken excepting by
some such issue which will out
weigh all party obligation. We
may be on the eve of a political
upheaval, a natural result of the
prevailing unrest.
Many people have wondered long
and oft just exactly how, when,
wherefore and why the solid South"
was to be broken Perhaps Leslie s
has made a remarkabia discovery
and perhaps il hasn't!
Readers will judge that matter for
| themselves and after their own indi
vidual ways of thinking.
Joseph L. Pottle, the Solicitor Gen
| eral of the Oemulgee Circuit, whose
| friends, without his knowledge or con-
sent, recently started something of a
boom in his behalf for Attorney Cen
eral has stated that he Will not be a
candidate for that office.
Solicitor Pottle is generally accept
ed to be the foremost prosecuting at
torney in the States service, but APP
parently has no ambition for the At
| torney Generalship. Indeed, so far as
the material considerations of the
matter go, he probably will be VASTLY
better off out of that Office than in.
Like nearly all Of the statehouse Of
| fees from Governor down, the Attor-
ney Generalship admittedly is very
much underpaid!
Mr.. Pottle was in the race as
tentative candidate, however, long
enough for his boom to attract State
wide attention. Many papers took the
matter up, and, almost without cX-
ceptiou, they approved Of the idea.
There isn't a stronger man in Geor-
gia than Joe Pottle-but he has fiat
tened out his own Attorney General
| ship boom, all right!
The more intelligent patriotic and
| interested observers Of political
events in Georgia probably will agree
| heartily with The savannah News in
the following editorial opinion re-
! Gently expressed:
Georgias next Legislature
should be one of the best i'm her
history. 1t should be made up OF
men who not only are high prin-
Cipled. but who are also wise.
| level headed and acquainted with
| financial problems.
At no time in the last half cen
tury has Georgia needed a higher
! class of men in the Legislature
than she seems sure to need next
year
The demand for high-class Legisla-
| tors and high-class legislation GER
! tainly is growing in Georgia.
| The people apparently are deter !
mined that the Legislatures Of the
immediate future, at least. shall con-
| Germ themselves less with petty
| sQuabbles and tauatical agitation and |
more with genuine and statesmanlike !
| legislation and constructive work
Fewer laws, and better''-the news |
/ papers Of Georgia clearly indicate |
/ that that is about what the people |
are demanding nowadays.
/ Bbh County voters are very back |
/ ward In registering for the state and |
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