The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-06-26
new GOVERNOR Be
IN OFFICE SATURDAY
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST EVER
ELECTED. CEREMONY WILL
BE BRIEF AND SIMPLE.
The ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE
SESSION WILL CONVENE TODAY

Repeal of Equalization Law and Re-
districting of State Promised to
Arouse Considerable Interest. No
Prohibition Agitation Likely.
The new Georgia legislature will
assemble in the capitol on tomorrow,
Wednesday, June 27, and the new
governor, Hugh M. Dorsey, will be
inaugurated in the presence of a
joint session of the house and senate
at noon on Saturday, June 80.
Governor Dorsey's inauguration
will be free of all ceremony and dis
play, except as is essential to taking
the oath of office. His present pur-
pose is to deliver short inaugural
address and to send his formal mes
sage to the general assembly as a
written document on Monday.
Mr.. Dorsey has consistently declin-
ed to discuss his message or the poll
cies of his administration, but has
been very steadily at work for sever
al weeks shaping his private affairs
in such manner as to be able to de-
vote his time and energies exclusive
ly to the duties of his new office. He
is one of the youngest executives ever
elected in Georgia and a great many
of his friends throughout the state
are coming to Atlanta to witness his
inauguration.
Silent on Equalization.
The new governor is known to have
devoted a great deal of study to
the states financial affairs, realizing
that he has big and pressing prob
lem to serve there. He has announc-
ed no policy with respect to the
attack that undoubtedly will be
made upon the tax equalization law,
and it is known that a great deal of
pressure has been brought to bear
upon him against the law.
1t is very evident that for he first
time in many years there will be no
prohibition agitation or effort in the
legislature this year The expiring
legislature wrangled over that CUES
ton bitterly through four sessions
finally working out the present law,
which all parties seem willing to let
alone until it may have an exhaustive
try-out. The new governor is be-
ieved to hold to the opinion that
there should be no agitation of this
old row now.
Revenue the Problem.
The present and steady growing
deficit in the states finances will very
greatly affect the confederate pen
sion fund and the common school
fund unless some method of raising
more revenue is deutschland that is
perhaps the very greatest problem
now occupying the new governors
mind. He is confident with the help
of the legislature and its sympa-
thetic cooperation, which he expects
to receive, his problem will be solved
satisfactorily. He likely will deal
with this subject at length in his
first message.
The retiring governor, Nat Harris,
will send his farewell message to the
general assembly on Thursday, June
%, and after that has been read and
his recess appointments considered
by the senate and some minor mat
tiers wound up, he will give way to
the new governor at the end of three
days, as is the custom. The new gov
ernor can not be inauguEated until
the vote of the state has been can
vassed by the general assembly and
the results officially declared.
A great deal of interest centers in
the probable organization of the two
new houses of the general ASSEMBLY,.
Apparently Samuel L. Olive, of Au-
gusta, will be named president of the
senate, although he is being opposed
for this Office by Judge H. w. Hop
kins, of Thomasville, and Senator R.
A. Denny, of Rome. Senator Olive
claims to have two-thirds of the SEN
ators pledged to him, and neither of
his opponents denies this. Both Judge
Hopkins and Senator Denny have
considerable following, and in the
event of a deadlock one or the other
likely would win. D. F. McClatchy,
the present secretary of the senate,