Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27

The last Thursday and Friday In
each month are given over il the
Capital to the consideration Of Glenn
ency bearings upon which occasions
the Governor opens wide he doors Of
the executive department to ali sorts
and conditions Of persons, black and
white, asking for relief for convicted
prisoners.
There is no other line of work con-
nected with the Governorship that
takes so much of the executives time
as these clemency matters. And the
personal hearings are, really, the
smallest features of the business, too.
Frequently the Governor takes
home with him late in the afternoon
great patches of records, petitions
and exhibits bearing upon this, that
or the other clemency petition. and
sits far into the night trying to seek
out the truth.
1t is doubtful IL Georgia ever before
had a Governor who took the matter
Of his clemency prerogative-w hieh
Is entirely arbitrary--to heart more
than the present executive.
Governor Slaton has remarked, time
and again, that nothing else gives
him so much real concern or taxes his
patience and intelligence so heavily.
Jealous of the strict administration Of
the law on the one hand. and Of an
exceptionally kind hearted disposition
on the other, Governor SIaton finds
that matters involving clemency vex
and fret him out of all proportion to
his other work!
Yesterday and again to-day, the
executive department has been pack
ed and iammed with people anxious
to see the Governor on matters con-
corning pardons, communications or
paroles. Many of these people are
extremely ignorant, and have to be
listened to with great patience and
forbearance. II often happens,
therefore, that an hour or more Of
good time is taken up in hearing
from which nothing possibly can
come, yet which can not in all kind
ness and consideration, be cut short
or avoided.
The last Thursday and Friday in
the month are the busiest and most
trying days of all for the Governor =
and they will continue to be. so long
as the present executive is in office
The Macon Telegraph suggests an
awful and truly terrifying series OF
"supposes' in the following:
Just suppose Governor Slaton
should decide to run for the Senate
against Senator Hoke Smith, and
suppose Attorney General Fielder
should jump into the Governors race,
and Colonel West should decide to
get in the race against Billy Hard
wick for Senator Bacon's seat; sup
pose Jack and Hoke were fighting for
the North Georgia seat in the Senate
and the two Bills were scrapping for
the South Georgia seat and then sup
pose somebody should convince Lit
tie Joe Brown that he is again need
ed in the Gubernatorial chair and he
should decide to get into the race,
does anybody believe that things
would not be lively in Georgian And
Goes anybody believe that lineup
like that is beyond the range of prob
abilities?"
Well. a lot of people believe that
such line up Is beyond the range of
probabilities ,~but not that it is be-
yona the range of possibilities!
And il. would mean that something
would break loose in Georgia,
all right. moreover!
Judge j. H. Mclaughlin, otherwise
and more affectionately known as
Daddy" the most popular and best
beloved man in Meriwether County.
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