Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
CLIFFORD WALKERS
INAUGURATION TAKES
PLACE ON SATURDAY

The Georgia legislature begins its
annual fifty-day session next Wed
nesday. Both houses will convene
lat 10 o'clock, and after organization
by the election of officers, will ap
point a joint committee to arrange
for the Inauguration of Clifford Wal
1zer as governor, next Saturday.
The two houses will meet in joint
session on Thursday to hear the
farewell message of Governor Thorn
as w. Hardwick, whose term expires
with the Inauguration of his sue
cessor. Governor Hardwick will adj
dress the legislature in person, and
it is understood that his message
will be far from colorless and placid.
The first work of the senate will
be the election of a president, an of
flee for which three aspirants are in
the field: George H. Carswell, for
merly a house leader from Wilkin
son county; Howard Coates, of Pu-
laski county, also a former member
of the house, and w. c. Mundy, a
successful attorney and former legis-
1ator from Polk county.
Major D. F. McClatchey, of At
lanta, has no opposition for re-elec-
ton as clerk of the senate.
Cecil Neil UnOppOsed
The house will re-elect Cecil Neil,
of Muscogee county, as its speaker.
Mr.. Neil has no opposition. Three
representatives will contest for the
office of speaker protein: r. B. Rus
sell, Jr, of Barrow county, son of
the chief Justice; DR.. Craig Arnold,
of Lumpkin county, and Herman
Miner, of Dodge county. Mr.. Mil
ner has held the office heretofore.
Not until after the Inauguration of
Governor Walker will the assembly
get down to work in earnest. Since
Speaker Neil will have no opposition,
it is assumed that he will be ready
with his committee appointments in
record time, so that the house may
begin active legislative work by the
Monday following the governors in
lauguration.
AS heretofore, the personnel of the
house committees on ways and
means, appropriations and rules will
be awaited with much interest, since
these committees will nave a big
part in shaping the course of legis-
lation. -
Committee to Face Grind
The ways and means committee,
charged with devising ways and
means for raising the revenue with
which to maintain the state, will
have it's hands full with problems of
taxation. The preparation of the
general tax act will fall to the lot
of this committee, and this work
promises to be more difficult and
complicated at this session than
heretofore
| The appropriations committee.
holding as it does the purse strings
of the state, will be scarcely less oc-
cupied than the ways and means
committee. 1t is anticipated that
hundreds of bills proposing new or
increased appropriations will engage
the committees attention in the
preparation of the general appro-
priatiOnS measure.
BIBB REPRESENTATIVES,
TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY
MACON, Ga, June 23.-Two of
Bibb county's representatives in the
general assembly will reach Atlanta
Monday and get ready for the Open
| ing of the legislature Wednesday.
They are Major Ben j. Fowler and
Mrs. Viola Ross Napier, Nat r.
! Winskip, the third member will re-
| port Tuesday.
| Major Fowler announces that he
| has. several bills he will introduce at
the coming session. One will pro-
vice for the placing Of justices OF
the supreme court on a retired list
with pay, after they reach a certain
age. The age limit has not yet been
determined by Mr.. Fowler, he stated.
! for the reason that he desires to con.
| fer with the present justices before
! inserting this clause.
Another bill Mr.. Fowler would
have passed is one placing all ice
! companies in the state under the
! jurisdiction of the public service
commission. He contends that ice
is just as essential as a railroad
and that such companies should be
regulated by the state railroad COM
mission.
The third bill Mr.. Fowler pro.
poses to introduce would change the
present method of selecting court
judges. The bill will provide for
the appointment instead of the cleo
ton of judges by the people. The
bill would provide for the nomina-
ton of a judge for appointment by
the supreme court, his appointment
by the governor and the confirma-
ton of the appointment by the state
senate. Mr.. Fowler takes the posi-
ton that judges should not be elect
ed by popular vote, should not en-.
gage in politics in seeking an office
but should be recommended and ap-
pointed.
Mrs. Napier states that she has
one bill drawn which she will intro
duce but she does not desire to make
its contents known before it is read
in the house. Mr.. Winship states that
Georgia has enough laws at present
and that he will not introduce any
Now bills at this session, so far as
he knows at present.