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of his language under such attacks, he was
a model of self-cOntrOl. 1t impressed me
greatly when he made it known that he
determined to be- total abstaner for the
remainder of his life, when there was no
public excitement, regarding prohibition, just
before he began his tour to Alaska. He felt
it a duty, as an example in high places.
Among the printed speeches during the
same trip there is running through them all
a determination to emphasize the safety and
excellence of a Christians experience. 1t is
like a thread of gold in the warp and wool
of his daily thoughts He seemed to find his
Utmost soul ripening for the great hereafter.
1t should not be expected of a president
that he should make pilgrimage in his own
country or in foreign lands to arouse the
public to an understanding of what he in
tends or hopes to do, in legislation or in
executive service. We have seen two strong
men fail in this experimentation, or pilgrim
aging, so to speak. The requirements are too
serious, too heavy to be continued. To see
the Hottest figure in nation of more than
a hundred million of people thus cut down
in a moment of time should prove a lesson
to this country. AS the years roll on Amer
lea will still mourn the untimely departure
of this brave calm man.
MY PREDICTION TO BE VERIFIED
TIME refusal of the senate to repeal the
tax equalization measure, after the
house voted its repeal induced me to
predict the do-nothing policy of the present
state legislature.
AS the matter stands at this writing there
is to be a special session of the legislature,
later on, to consider tax measure. 1 will
predict again, because of the facts, this COM
ing session of the legislature will do exactly
what the legislature did in 1922, pass the re-
peal BILL and the senate will defeat it again
Twice the people of Georgia voted in a
general election to abolish this tax cqualiza-
ton law, in 1920 and 1922. In 1922 the
issue was emphatical1y in the forefront of
all other legislation. The governor declared
he would repeal that aforesaid law as soon
the legislature assembled. We expected
that to happen.
All the legislature had to do was to re-
move the tax assessor plan, and then the
constitutional law of Georgia passed in con-
vention assembled in 1877, would be in
force. 1t is preposterous that this thing is
in it's present muddle 1t is so easy to do.
! 1t cost about $2,400 each day to pull along
a session of the legislature. The extra ses-
sion will also cost $4,000 per day. gem
eral assembly which refuses to obey the
voice of the, people at home will not scruple
at the cost an an extra session. 1t was
believed because it eXpected) that the
prevailing demand of the voters of Georgia
would be needed in 1928. Instead these
representatives in the house find the senate
doing exactly the same old thing that was
brazenly perpetrated in the midsummer of
1922 by the senate of 1928. Only one man,
Senator Johns was returned to the senate
after the failure in 1922. The new crowd
will wake up when the voters in 1924 go to
the ballot box. Mark this prediction