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

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As the days 20 by Georgia seems
moro certain than ever Of having
come real politics this year.
Indeed, il now looks like there VIII
be factionalism within factions by
the trend Of events IN the Senatorial
situation the past week.
Wherefore (and there are lots more
like meJ the bars should be let down
and let every man, down TO the lit
tlest" voter have an equal hand In
the scrappinR
BY this I mean. do away with the
county unit system and let every
mans vote count the same. whether
he be one Of the $50 or Whereabouts In
GlasCoclt or one Of the 5000 or so In
Fulton Then whoever IL elected long
Senator. short Senator Governor or
Dog Catcher. win know he is the
choice of the most voters, instead of
the most counties, as in the past lew
years.
Do YOU remember what a squabble
was threa tened two years ago when
the county unit vote Of Pottle ana
Broyles for Court of Appeals judge
was tiad2 Suppose the Senatorships
should get tied up that way this year
In the Pottlc- BroyIes case, tho ma
iorlty vote finally ruled wouldn't 1t
have been better to let it rule in the
first place?
It has occurred to me that Georgia
will be taking chance of running
afoul the Governments new constitu-
tionaI amendment for the direct cleo
tion Of Senators II il hangs on to the
county unit system in the primaries
Georgia would be In a pretty pickle u
some rabid Republican should RAISE
the point In Congress
Remember, there's a chance, though
a most unlikely one Just now, Tor the
G. o. +. 10 come back and wipe out
that slim Democratic majority in the
Senate to say nothing Of the House,
in the fall elections.
The terms Of a third of the present
Senators expire next March. Just
suppose things did go wrong and the
Republicans needed to tie up two or
three Democratic Senatorial votes Ia
put the Democratic administration in
"A hole" Couldn't they raise a con-
stitutional question over the county
unit system in Georgia us being con
trary to the spirit Of the direct cleo
ton amendment?
II is true that the primary does not
ELECT the actual election coming
after the prlmary-but the primary
SELECTS the man or men 10 De
elected,
This direct electioh amehGhent Is
too. new To take chances WIN Let
don't do IT, Anyway lts lots more
run 10 count everybody Note IKE ne
votes II, ana theil Watch the toIals
grow, than to throw away rev
thousand IN county IKE Fulton Of
chatham because lhree illtie counties
happen to go the oiher way.
give every voter an equal chdnce II
the nght TINS year.
Yours i"f Georgia ana more politics
A. RANKIN Filler,
J. 81 came from Eloert COUNTY
originally, and I'm red headed, That
why ] like a scrap like we used lt
have in the good old days
A. X, y.
Those persons who read a. Rankin
Filer's previous Illuminating commu
niCatiou, duly promulgated in this
department, doubtless were inclined to
suspect that he Is an incendiary anc
mischief whenever and wherever pos
sibie!
However, he is perfectly welcome
to kick the lid Off in this column
whenever the spirit moves him in
deed one of the primary purposes ~
this department is to see that the lie
does not get damned on too Tight
As to the things concerning which
this correspondent blithely inquiries