Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-25
GEORGE N. NAPIER
DECLARED ELECTED
ATTORNEY GENERAL

At 1880 Thursday morning the
house and senate went into joint
session for the purpose of canvass
ing the election returns for COVER
nor, secretary of state, treasurer ane
comptroller general, and for declar'
ing the results thereof, which for
mality was in accordance with the
procedure laid down in the constitu'
ton of Georgia on this subject.
The returns disclosed the fact that
Thomas w. Hardwick was elected
governor in the general state cleo
ton held last November, that S. G.
McLendon was elected secretary OF
state, William A. Speer was elected
treasurer, and that William A
Wright was elected comptroller
These results having been ascertalned
by a formal examination of the re
turns as transmitted by the secre-
tary of state, the house and senate
by Joint resolution declared the same
to be duly elected.
-. For the purpose of simplifying the
complication brought about by re-
cent supreme court decision in the
matter of the attorney generals cleo
ton returns, the house and senate
passed a joint resolution declaring
George NJ. Napier to be the duly
elected attorney general, and IN
structed the governor to issue him
q commission as such.
Always heretofore the returns OF
the election for the attorney general
have been transmitted by the cleo
ton assembly, the same as the re-
turns for the other state house. or
f,cers above named, but the supreme
court recently held in the case
brought by Colonel Napier that the
returns should be transmitted by the
election managers direct to the gov
ernor, and that he should issue the
commission on the face of the re-
turns, without resel ring them to the
general assembly
It wax understood that r. A. Den
ny, the incumbent attorney general
would relinquish the office to Col
onel Napier and would not endeaVor
to /prolong his tenure by contestlng
the somewhat befogged and compH-
Gated legal technicalities created by
the unintentional error of the cleo
ton managers when they trans
mitted the returns for attorney gen.
eraI to the secretary of state instead
of transmitting them to the COVER
nor. as they should have done, &C
cording to the supreme courts de-
cision.
Henry B. Baylor, of Atlanta, pre-
scented in writing a formal contest
of the election of Thomas w. Hard
wick for governor on various tech
meal grounds, the principal one be-
ing that his (Baylor's) name was
not placed upon the democratic bal
lot used in the general election. The
contest was read and action upon 1t
was indefinitely postponed on mo-
ton of Senator J. B., Jackson.
Following the declaration of the
election results above enumerated,
the house and senate as usual passed
a joint resolution providing Tor the
appointment of joint committee
from the house and from the senate
to wait upon the goVernor-elect in
regard to his pleasure in the matter
of arrangements for the Inaugural
ton.
On this committee Speaker Neill
appointed from the house Represent
atives Ennis, Of Baldwin; Mayo, of
Mitchell; Kittrell, of Lawrence;
Bentley, of Fulton, and Beck, of Car
roll. From the senate President
Clay appointed Senators Boykin. of
the Iwenty-ninth; Brown, of the
Fiftieth; Wohlwender, of the Twen-
ty-fourth.
Following the joint session the
house and senate Immediately adj
journed until II o'clock Friday
morning.