The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-28

under the direction of the Genera
Assembly; and the person having
the majority of the whole number
of votes shall be declared duly elect
ed Governor of this State; but if nc
person shall have such majority,
then from the two person having the
highest number of votes, who shall
be in life, and shall not decline an
election at the time appointed by
the General Assembly TO elect, the
General Assembly shall Immediately
elect a Governor viva voce; and IN
all cases of election of Governor
by the General Assembly a majority
of the members present shall be
necessary to a choice"
You will observe that" the person
receiving the majority of the whole
number of votes shall be declared
duly elected Governor of this State.
And if no man has received MAORI
ty, then the Legislature shall elect
one of those two who received the
highest vote The Legislature can
not go outside of those two. There
cannot be any log-rolling. The voice
of the people must be heard
Judge Nat Harris is going
to be nominated for Governor
and, God bless him, | will be
glad to see him so honored, but
he could not be declared elected
in the regular election on the vote
that he received in the Primary. He
received 90,152; Hardman received
Y, 593 and Anderson received A.
054, The total vote cast in this
race was 203, 799, and of that num-
Der Judge Harris vote is not a ma
jority. The Constitution says he
must have "a majority of the whole
number of votes 1t does not say
" delegates it says votes, and it
means the votes of the individual
voters
Judge Harris will have a majority
of the delegates and will be nominal
ed without trouble under the rules.
He has won fairly as the game is
played this year. What ! am writ
ing is not to create prejudice against
him but to illustrate the workings
of the County Unit plan for those
who do not understand it,
The people can do as they please
without consulting me, but for my
part | consider the individual voter
the unit of power and not any geo.
graphical lines. AS for the idea
that one community is to be trusted
more than another, | don't take any
stock in that. | think Fulton is as
honest as Pickens and Bibb as much
to be trusted as Glascock. Besides.
| would rather try to influence
few hundred people in three small
counties than II 900 voters in Fu,-
ton. A voter in one of the smaller
counties has twenty times the weight
under the County Unit plan that is
exercised by a voter in Fulton ana
yet the Constitution says each voter
shall have the same power at the
ballot box. | am willing to have
even a direct vote for President.
One effect would be to prevent the
concentration of money in doubtful
states, Why should Presidential
election hinge on the buying of
little State like Delaware? .
The individual voter is the man to
look after. He should be the unit
of power If he hasn't got sense
enough to vote let's teach him. If
he is corrupt let's reform him Or
out-vote him. But don't let us
think we can run Republic by TAX
ing the position as matter of right
that one man shall have more influ-
ence than another simply because he
lives in less populous county That
is Democracy, pure and undefiIed.
Before | forget it, let me give the
figures on the long term Senatorial
race. Governor Brown carried Banks,
Colquitt, Gilmer. Glascock, Harrai-
son, Lincoln, Oconee. Pickens, Up