The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-10
LEGISLATURE IS MOST
PROMISING IN YEARS
ABSENCE OF POLITICAL AND
PERSONAL ANIMOSITY INDI-
GATES ORDERLY SESSION.
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK PLANNED
Probes" Out of Vogue This Year.
Governor Walker Will Work in
Harmony With All State Depart
ments and General Assembly

ATLANTA, Ga.-The state 1egis-
lature has begun the long summer
grind in earnest with the prospect of
being one of the most constructive
bodies of its kind in number of years.
On the basis of its first weeks ac-
tivities and measures forecast for the
coming session the 1923 assembly bids
fair to be far more orderly affair
than its immediate predecessor in
point of absence of both personal ami
mostly and political enmity.
A change of governors and injec-
ton of plentiful supply of new blood
into both branches of the legislature
has served to practically clean the
slate of all past sources of trouble.
The senate, which is to all purposes
brand new organization, inherits
neither political hatred for individual
antagonism to any measure. The
house also to large degree presents
faces new to the corridors of the
state capitol, and its judgment is re-
garded as both unbiased and sane up
on any bill that has so far been in
troduced or which may be introduc-
ed later in the session.
Different Last Year.
Last year the situation was far diff
ferent Governor Hardwick started
the fireworks at the beginning of the
beginning of the session by referring
to the legislature in such terms as to
call for the statement that he had
From that moment forward, no
hope for passage of constructive legis-
lation was entertained by even the
most sanguine observers. II the as
sembly brought forward a measure
of its own devising, the governor was
almost sure to oppose it, and if the
governor advocated any change it was
promptly Rocked in the head by the
legislators.
This year the stage was shifted.
Governor Walker. fresh from an over
whelming victory and apparently COM
bining under his standard the strength
of all the old political factions, has
the active support of both houses.
The new governor seems to be us
ing his power with extreme conser-
{ vatism. His inaugural address brought
! not even the hint of any radical sug-
gestion, but on the other hand was a
plain statement that he intends to
center his attention upon reformation
of the states obsolete tax system.
Tax Reform Foremost.
Furthermore, the address plainly
stated that the governor intends to
go about this important matter with
careful hands
Governor Walker had committed
himself against the present tax equal
ization system.
He does not, however boldly blaze
trail for a new tax scheme of his
own devising-a scheme which would
instantly junk the old system and in
augurate scheme which might be
branded 'the Walker plan"
Instead of embarking on a radical
venture in the -agitated waters of
tax reform, Governor Walker goes in
to detail concerning his ideas. In
keeping with his past policies in these
matters the message is of a strictly
conservative nature and the whole
plan is for the governor and the leg
islature to take the tax question I'M
der serious debate and strive for a
safe, sane, efficient way out of the
present middle.
Probes in Disfavor.
Political observers are particularly
impressed with the present Legislature
because of its open disfavor of
Probes" They point to this attitude
with special emphasis as proof of their
prediction that the present session
will be an orderly affair without in
lection of either political or personal
feeling
The legislature last year seemed to
have a mania for probing" state af-
fairs Special committees spent long
hours in. delving into records and TAX
ing testimony, only to report back to
their houses with both majority and
minority reports. This served only to
shift the scene of hostilities to the
floor.