The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-16
Capitol Removal Is Defeated And
Macon Knows it

Macons effort the State Capitol from Atlanta
has gone up IN smoke
Macon's Capitol removal organization is DEFEATED
and Macon leaders KNOW it.
They have been lodging about from pillar to post try
ing their faces and the only result they can now
hope for is the killing Of legislative time for which the
people of georgia ARE PAYING THE BILLS.
The Macon Capitol removal bills introduced at the
beginning of the legislative session. They were the first
bills the Senate and House calendars They were
among the first measures to obtain committee nearing
They came out of both committees with favorable
port 1t announced in both Macon and Atlanta pa
pers that Macon would be in Atlanta more than 1000
strong on Thursday July 10, to WITNESS THE PASS
AGE OF THE BILL
Then like thunderbolt out of clear sky Macon de-
cided to put off, 1t first announced the vote would
come the following week-on Wednesday, July 49,
Atlanta Capitol Association leaders said that suited
Them only they would like still earlier vote if possible
the earlier the better.
The next thing from Macon was-MORE PROCRASTI-
NATION We told that the bill cannot come to
next Wednesday, and further definite date for it
has been fixed.
Thus the matter stands: With Atlanta clamoring for
early and final legislative vote, and Macon stavng it
off to the last possible moment.
The only reason is Macon is deafted and THE MACON
LEADERS KNOW IT.
For eight years now Macon has talked Capitol
moval Quietly subterraneously, Macon worked up this
last campaign and when the Legislative vote is Tor
was) imminent and they KNOW they DEFEATED,
they propose change from the general vote provided by
the constitution of the state to white primary.
It's Just another bid for delay-delay because they
knov they defeated and that Capitol removal DEAD
Think Of it A white primary to pass on constitution
al amendment, when the fundamental law itself requires
general vote of the people
However this is not the first time attempt has been
made to the white primary soft spot which to
light
But whether submitted to the impossible expedient of
white primary to gen raj VOTE the proposed cleo
ton would seriously compicae the of county and
state officers the whole state 1t would involve them
with the ignorant vote, and it would embrol them in a
bitter and acrimonious campaign from which there would
be possible escape.
Neither Georgia Georgas county officers, af-
ford to have this sort of whitening and bightng
pagn put upon them.
In his presentation of Atantas before the Senate
and House committee Thursday July g. Mr. Robert C.
Aston, we-known Atlanta attorney put the situation
strongly when he showed that THE EXPENSE OF CAPI-
Toll REMOVAL COULD BE MET ONLY BY INCREAS-
ING THE BURDEN OF TAXATION UPON THE PEG
PIE.
The proceeds of the sale of the present Capitol building
whether sold not at its real WORTH like the proceeds
from any other public property MUST go the payment
of the public debt On this point Mr.. Aston said
1t is held by the Supreme Court of this state that
temporary application of the proceeds of pub
lie property to other than the payment of the
bonded debt of the state is illegal (113 Ga CAD. The
to this is that it is a constitutional