Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-04

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rather than put out the fire until some other
hydrants than those now in use are ordered
from nbroad. They are willing to slnk"the
ship of state before they will consent to
the removal of the rotton concentrating IN
sects that are eating out the prosperity and
the happiness of the people, who are not
able to continue with wasteful extravaganza,
because they cannot produce enough to
meet the methods of inflated taxation used
on the helpless. 4n5
The patient is sick nigh unto death. But
the doctors decide that the patient mustSdi
if he will not consent to be bled until he
faints: or bistered until he's insane.e or
tarred until he is without strength. or fanI-
ished for water while they search for some
thing to take the place of both food ana
cooling drink until he dies sra
We appear to have set up a peculiar ma
chine in the state apitol which can do Moth
ing but thrash out and destroy all thatlth
owners had hitherto protected and they
have converted a useful apparatus into
deadly and CHASTITY thing which cannot.,be
stopped, cannot be checked and must bensn.
dured, while the owners are suplnely help
less because it is out of place to KNOCK
it in the head and thus become relieved OF It
and this must be done by the Georgia
legislature. There are nearly three hundred
men in the Georgia legislature at this ti1tgi
sent there by the people of Georgia. and the
order given at two state elections, in 1920
and 1922, was to get rid of the thing they
from the constitutional law Of 1877 the
wretched amendment which has never failed
to do its worst to hinder the progress ana
prosperity of the state of Georgia. And We
cannot account for the refusal to obey the
order thus given, unless they accepted the
office of legislator with mental reservation
to deceive those who believed they were men
of honor and integrity. %
The tax equalization law laid Governor
Saton the shelf; it defeated Governof
,ioIf 1rcni In In
What it will do for Governor Walker, who
openly signed up with the voters of Georgia
in 922 to repeal it as his very first act as
governor, remains to be seen. To your tents
Israel!
HOW THE LEGISLATURE THREW AWAY
MONEY IN 1921 4s,f4
Hoping and trusting the present legislas
ture will regard the condition of the farming
classes and try to save tax money which was
absolutely thrown wild in 1921, I here APP
pend the pay of members and amounts paid
to those who waited on the legislature.
house and senate-durng the session. 41
1921: 8,ns7tG
In the house there were 2O7 on the pas~
roll members. They were paid $685.
683.23 for a ffty-day session. e"
Attaches were 1872 in number and they re4
ceived 81, 346.80. There were forty-ohe
pages in the house, thirteen porters, foIXy-
one doorkeepers and assistant doorkeeperssl
ten proof readers and assistant proof read
messenger, chaplain, postmistress and sten~
ographer ls?
There were ffty-one senators, with pay
amounting TO $20,2291S. l,iS
The senates attaches tWentyrQna !
doorkeepers and assistants, twenty-one pages
and thirteen porters. eonbs
1t cost the taxpayers s117.174.56 to pay
the per diem and mileage, and If you divide
these figures by fifty you will discover that
it cost the state nearly $4,000 day to run
fho ooic OH ond oof Nrait cd on
Granting they were in the capitol five,
hours per day. it meant nearly $500 per-
hour, and fully half of it was wasted. aeaj
There were sxty-two doorkeepers, eighty
three pages and the doors, if counted, need-f
ed from five to ten men to mind each OF
them, The crowd very thin at inter-
walls and the waste of tax money simply
preposterous, .,
Are we Georgians incapable of selfgovern-
ment? 1t looks just that way. These men
had such retinue where they lived. Itin-.i
Dictated an inane selfish disregard Of those
who were heavily taxed to pay these bills. 100