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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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ODR TLATPORM.—The Georgian
end v*irs «land* for Atlanta'* owning
It* own gas and electric light plants,
as It now own* It* waterworks. Other
eltlee do this and get gaa as low as 6)
rents, with a profit to the dty. This
• hruM be done at once. Tbo OeffgllQ
and New* believes that If etrcct rail*
ways can be operated successfully by
European cities, as they are, there la
■o good reason why they can net be so
•oersted h*rc. But we do pot belle?*
this can be done now, aod It may be
come year* before we ere reedy for eo
big an undertaking. Still Atlanta shonld
eets Its face in thst direction NOW.
The Bryan Forces Moving.
There will be more than !,000 dele-
cates to the next National Democratic
convention and it will probably re
quire 670 votei to nominate the candi
date.
Surely with auch a requirement, the
man who la chosen should come very
near to representing the majority sen
timent of the party.
The actual work of selecting dele
gates will not begin until almost a
year from no*', but tbe friends of Wll
Ham J. Bryan are already organizing
all over tbe country to promote his
nomination as the candidate for presi
dent They are organising under the
name of tbe Commercial Travelers’
Anti-Trust League In all atates where
local leaders,, or committees, are op
posed to the nomination of Mr. Bryan,
and the chief work of tbe league will
be to capture delegates.
The national officers of the league,
with headquartors In New York city,
have been bard at work for several
months circulating Bryan literature
and keeping his name before the pub
lic. These officers admit that they
And some opposition to Bryan and bla
new platform, but tb.y express court
donee in the ability of tbe league to
rapture a majority of the delegates as
thsy are elected. They say that the
opposition Is scattered, unorganized
and without a candidate. The latter
statement has not been denied from
any source.
At tbe convention of 1904 the com
mittee on credentials recommended
thst tbe national committee, when
railing the convention of 1908, allow
each and every territory more dele
gates. This recommendation was
adopted by the convention, and If It Is
carried out there will probably be as
many as 1,029 delegates neat year.
There Is no probability that any at
tempt will be made to repeal tbe two-
thirds rule, which has prevailed In
Democratic National conventions
since 1832.
The opposition to tbe nomination of
Mr. Hryan Is supposed to be directed
from certain private offices In New
York city, and the plan of campaign
of this opposition, at least for the
present, is said to be to get more can
didates In the Aeld, to get a lot of fa-
it,riie mm la Dm lining aa early aa
raer
hie for tbe Nebraskan to gu Into the
convention with two-thirds of tbe dele-
gsies pledged to bis support.
There is a persistent report to the
.(feet that the Jefferson Day dinner at
Hie National Democratic Club in New
York on tbe evening of April It It to
l>e tbe occasion of the launching of
several favorite son booms. Control
of the dinner Is In tbe bands of the
anti Bryan members of the club.
The busy friends of the Nebraskan
who are pushing tbe organization of
hU anti-trust league and sending dele-
sale hunters Into many states say that
ihe opposition will lose ground all the
sear unless It can be united on a can
didate. Thera la no talk of nominat
ing a Southern man and no New York
Democrat has suggested another race
for Alum B. Parker. At the present
lime Ur. Bryan is the only candidate
inn Ming for delegate*.
So that takep altogether, tbe way
of william Jennings Bryan appears
be smooth—to the nomination.
THE SPENCEX MEMORIAL—SHAFT OR HOSPITAL?
The committees having In charge the erection of a monument to
Samuel Spencer have been meeting wltb success. In their canvass of tbe
employees of the system, and a notable monument now seems assured.
The Georgian trusts that It may be pardoned for a suggestion In this
connection which may or may not meet with favor among the friends of
Samuel Spencer throughout the South.
A atately shaft of granite erected In the plaza of the great terminal
station of Atlanta may be pointed out from time to time to passersby
with an explanation as to Its meaning, and thousands of travelers going
and coming through that gateway to the city may be told that tbe shaft
is a memorial to Samuel Spencer, late president of the Southern railway.
And, bearing this, with casual thought they will go on their way wltb
no other reoollectlou than that of the prominence and Importance of a
man to whom this memorial was erected.
But let us suppose that just opposite the great terminal station of
Atlanta'or In some conspicuous spot adjoining It there should rear its bead
a granite structure blazoned with the legend “The Samuel Spencer
Memorial HospitalT" Inside of It, cool, airy chamber*, comfortable rooms,
aklllfui attention, ample equipment, and upon ita walls written tbe record
of hundreds and tbousandi A railroad people In the future whose
wounds are to be treated, whose accidents are to be mended, whose brok
en limbs are to be put together, and whose hours of suffering f-- ,v rail
road wrecks and disasters are to lie softened and mitigated by tbe charity
of a noble and beneficent Institution.
llow much nobler tbe monumeut-of healing than tbe cold and voice
less shaft of atone or granite! How much more appropriate tbe memorial
to one whose brains and hands helped In tb* construction of a mighty rail
road system that Jils memory ebould be perpetuated In beneficence and
charity and healing and love!
How many people who might pass wltb a casual thought beneath tbe
shadow of tbe stately monument which bore Samuel Spencer’s name,
-would look wltb a softened heart upon tbe memorial hospital set to the
relief of employees and comrades of the great eyitem which be helped to
build! '
And bow many who had enjoyed within that place tbe help and the
healing, tbe bairn and beneficence of tbe Institution would carry out Into
the great world of further struggle, something more than the recollection
that In the plaza of tbe Atlanta Terminal Station was a tall shaft bearing
the late president's name?
How many of those who were beneficiaries of' this beautiful charity
would go out Into tbe world's raqks with some of tbe most grateful mem
ories of their lives linked to tbe name of the great constructive business
force that built largely, powerfully, and durably In the Industrial devel
opment of ble country, and In his passing Inspired a memorial net of pomp
or of pride or of vanity, but of healing, of helpfulness and of mercy.
Tbe "Samuel Spencer Memorial Hospital,” bearing tbe name of the
late president In full, might be contributed to not only by tbe employees
but by tbe official!, and even by the great corporation which he served.
Jt would stand for a nobility equal to constructive genius and tbe
name above Its portals would be remembered In warmtb and tenderness
when tbe abaft and Ita legend Of praise would be forgotten or Ignored.
There are those who knew the dead president of t'M Southern rail
way better than we do, but If he' was the kind of man we think he was,
or the type of man that hie friends bsve reputed him to be, we feel quite
sure that he himself would rslhsr bs remembered In a Samuel Spencer
Memorial Hospital for railroad men In trouble, than to have a Spencer
shaft whose point might touch the skies.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE SOUTH ,
Washington, April 2.—The following
THE TWO-OENT RATE NOW IN DEBATE.
On tills Tuesday morning, April 2, begins tbe hearing before the state
railway commission of the petition filed by tbe Farmers’ Union through
Mr. Charles Barrett, president, and It. L. Duckworth, state president, for
a two-cent rate for passenger travel In tbe state nf Georgia.
President Barrett la hare to press the claims of the Union upon the
.Judgment of the commission end tbe matter Is now fairly under way and
open for discussion.
It Is quite evident that the farmers mean business in this matter.
Tbey have set tbelr hearts upon a two-cent passenger rate and upon be
ing the Instruments through which this notable reduction Is to be con
ceded to tbe people of Georgia.
Tbe commission, we are sure. Is reasonable. Impartial and diligent In
tbe prosecution of the arguments pro and con upon this Issue, and are
sincerely anxious to do the right and proper thing to all concerned.
Some years ago, In 1868, when Commissioner Joseph M. Brown was
general freight and passenger agent of the Western and Atlantic
railroad, there was established on the Una a graded system of passenger
fares. Starting upon a basic rate of 2 1-2 cents a mile for the first SO
tulles, tbe fare was reduced for every eucceedlng 50 miles from 2 1-2 cents
to 2 1-8 cent* down to 2 cent* a mile. This system of rate* was based up
on tbe principle that we buy things by wholesale cheaper than we do at
retail, and as all commodities sell for a smaller price when bought In
large quantities, so transportation, which Is a commodity, should follow
the same economic law In this matter.
Under the rate made by the Weetern and Atlantic railway, the fare
from Atlanta to Chattanooga became )3.00 Instead of 14.20, aa it la un
der the 3 centa a mile rate of today. The fare to Dalton was based upon
the 21-4 and 21-8 cant* a mile rate and the system was very popular at
that time.
Upon the absorption of tbe Western and Atlantic by tbe Nashville and
Chsltiuooga road, this system of rates was abolished, but according to a
statement recently made by Commissioner Brown a comparative balance
sheet of tbe railway’s receipts under the two regimes will Indicate that the
Western and Atlantic road made as much or more money under the
graded system established by Commissioner Brown then under the
straight 3 cents a mile rate reinstated by President Thomas, of the Nash
ville. Chattanooga and 8t. Louis.
This graded system upon bur slate road was so much rommented
upon that the Austrian government sent an official Inquiry Into It* meri-
Its and tbe system wai afterwards adopted in Austria, and. we believe, la
a satisfactory working system In that country today. It Is probable that
tbla system, among other tbluga, will be offered as a substitute for the plea
of tbe Farmers’ Union before the railway commission In this hearing. It
la also probable, if not certain, that in combatting the plea of the Farm
ers’ Union much will be said about the difference between tbe conditions
of the through Hues and tb* short lines In the state of Georgia and tbe
Injustice that may be worked to torn* of these smaller and lest prosperous
roeda. *
We take It for granted that tbe commission and the farmers are
both hooeet and fair. We cannot believe that the farmers will dealre to
establish any destructive policy It It should be shown them that this 2
cents rate would work genuine and serious Injury to tbe railroads doing
business in tbe state. On the other hand, we cannot conceive that the
railroad commission would be willing to refuse wbat tbe Farmers’ Union
have asked If It can b* demooatrated from precedent and from experience
In a similar territory and under similar conditions that this concession ot
rates would not work a serious Injury to tbe properties Invested In rail
roads In this state.
At all events th* matter Is now before the commission for a fair hear
ing. H’« shall know the facta, we shall have the argument pro and con.
and we eball be better able to judge when these things are all before ua
wbat la the wise end proffer thing to do.
It gues without saying that on the mere statement of the proposi
tion the people are unanimously behind the Farmers' Union In Ita plea
for this lower rate ot transportation.
But we feel sure with the presentation of the facta and the argu
ment by able counsel upon either side, that nobody wiabe* anything
to be don* that la not (air and just to either aids*
ders have been issued:
Army Orders.
First Lieutenant Frank R. Lang,
Ninth Infantry, from general hospital.
Washington barracks, to Plattsburg
barracks, for duty with company B
Ninth Infantry: First Lieutenant Ed
win K. Kllburn. assistant surgeon, from
general hospital. Presidio, of Ban F
cisco, to Fort Brady; ''aplain John
McManus, retired, detailed member ex
amlnlng board at general hospital, for
servlet during examination of First
Lieutenant Pressly K. Brice, artillery
corps; First Lieutenant Starkey
Britt, artillery corps, before board at
Fort Monroe for examination for pro
motion: First Lleutsnant Lanier Cra
ven-. artillery corps, assums charge
construction work at Fort Caswell, vice
Captain William R. Harrison, retired:
First Lieutenant Edward M. Talbott,
assistant surgeon to Fort Oglethorpe,
thence with second squadron. Twelfth
Cavalry, to Jamestown ter-csntennlal
exposition.
Brigadier General Albert L. Myer. to
New York city: Corporal William H.
Lawson, general service Infantry, re
uniting -tat ion. K.in-a- 'll.' d’s-
rharged from the army; Private Harry
D. Stratton, company G. Tenth Infan
try. Fort St. Michael, transferred to
signal corps, and report to officer In
charge fourth section, military tele
graph lines In Alaska: Privates Doug
las X. Starr. William E. Hansel). Ml
chaet Skorypa. and Charles A. Carl
ton, military academy detachment of
army service men: qi.anermSster’s de.
parlment. West Point, to Jamestown
ter-centennlal exposition. Norfolk, for
duty In connection with war depart
ment exhibit; captain Albert E. Wal
dron. corps of engineers, from office
chief of engineers, to Pittsburg and re
port to Major Henry C. Newcomer,
corps of engineers.
Ordnance Sergeant Frederick Rock
er. placed upon retired list; Sergeant
Solomon Dobrlner, signal corps, placed
upon retired list; First Class Private
John Murray, company H. second bat
talion engineer, discharged from the
army In the Interest ot the United
State*. Private John A. Griffin, troop
I. Nlnlh Cavalry, discharged without
honor from the army by commanding
officer. Fort .Sheridan, on account of
Imprisonment under sentence of a civil
court; Sergeant James Treago. hos
pital corps, placed upon retired list;
Private James S. Poe. hospital corps, to
army and navy general hospital, Hot
Springs.
Naval Orders.
Captain W. A. Marshall, to navy
yard, Boston; Commander C. F. Pond,
detached, navy yard. Mare Island, to
command Buffalo; Commander W. G.
Cutler, to navy yard. Boston; Lieuten
ant A. W. Marshall, to navy yard, New
York; Lieutenant C. W. Cole, to Den-
Lleutenent J. II. Comfort, to
Cleveland: Lieutenant J. G. Church,
detached, navy department, to navy
yard. New York; Assistant Surgeon J.
M. Mlnter. detached, naval medical
school. Washington naval station.
Guam; Assistant Surgeons I. F. Cohen,
T. W. Raison. C. K. Winn. J. O. Dow
ney and H. Butts, detached, naval med
ical school. Washington, to Asiatic
nation; Assistant Surgeon J. Flint, de
tached. naval medical school, Washing
ton. to naval hospital. Canacoa; Boat
swain B. G. Oliffe and W. Spier, de-'
tachcd. Constellation, to naval training
station, Newport.
Movements ef Vessels.
ARRIVED—March SO, Mayflower, at
Colon; Chicago, at Acojutla: Starch St,
Rocket at Norfolk; Dolphin, at Charles
ton.
SAILED—March 30. Slrlnghnin. from
Key Weal for Port Royal; Do Long,
Blakely. Stockton and Wilkes, from
Key West for St. Augustine: March 31,
Galveston, from Kob# for Tokohaina:
West Virginia, ftoin Kobe for Olon-
gapo; Wilmington, from Nlngpo for
Puchau.
ARE SOUTHERNERS
LOSING COURTESY.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
As an ardent Southerner, anti, by
reaeon of which, a more ardent Ameri
can. I want to express to you my
humble but heartfelt thanks for your
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Knowing you to bs loyal to th* l„
dltlons and spirit of the South, and that
you are In a position to remind the men
of the present generation that It Is In
cumbent upon them to be true sons of
their fathers. I take the liberty of ac
quainting you with some fact* that
came to my attention a day or two
since, aroused my Indignation tnd hurt
my Southern pride.
A young lady friend of one of ths
boys In th* office told him of going
home Tuesday last on a crowded West
End car. where several ladles. Includ
ing herself, were compelled to atend all
th* way home, whlla the seats were oc
cupied by able-bodied men. These men
were not foreigners: some of them
doubtless pride thsmselves on being
Southern gentlemen. She further
stated that when one of the seats was
vacated a man almost ran over the oth
er passengers In his determination to
secure th* seat for hlmsslf.
I have lived both In the West and In
the North, and on many occasions have
spoken of the courtesy of ths South
that permits no lady to stand In a street
car while abls-bodied men are occupy
ing the seats. It will be a sad day for
the South when one of her leading
cities seta such an example of boorlsh-
ness as the above Incident reveals.
Very truly your*.
J. T.
A CONDITIONAL PARADOX.
To th* Editor of The Georgian:
Tour Issue of March 2* says; "The
men who are moving In the Immigra
tion matter are honest and patriotic.”
How can anything be sweet and bit
ter? But something may depend on
the definitions of the words: If lionsat
means fair In dealing with others, tnd
patriotic means to be actuated by sin
cere love for the welfare of country,
then the paradox Is fixed!
It Is a plain rase that the interests of
railroad, steamships, land monopolists,
and others who never Intend to earn
their bread by the sweat of their own
brow-. In cultivating the soil (clay, bog
and sand I of Georgia, are up against
the element upon which rests the foun
dation or the country’s permanent
peace and prosperity, represented by
the one and two-horse white native
farmers In home* of their own! *
The fictitious price of land. In a
state where over S15.000.0i)v produced
by oppressed labor on the farms, to
produce a single crop, has already run
thousands of our best prospective loyal
citizen* to the West, and worse! Our
girls srs being left to the lusts of beer,
gurgling, anarchistic, bomb-throwing
adventurers! So w# will get “new
blood” In Georgia! In some sense race
suicide might be preferable! Real loy
alty to country depends mainly on
homes to defend and a government to
protect the owners occupying them.
The system of lords and serfs Is de
structive to both.
Th* siren song of "prosperity”,f*
listing It* echo. According to rtprasen-
tattve observers among the common
people, there haa not been more strain
ed conditions, present and Infallibly
prospective. In the past generation itut-
slde of a real panic.
X. FARMER.
loyal defense of the civilization of our
beloved Southland in your recent arti
cle In Tlie Atlanta Georgian concerning
the obnoxious suggestion of Jacob
Schurman, of Cornell University, rela
tive to a purifying use of the Rockefel
ler donation.
Tou have; truly voiced the Indignation
of the millions of the 8outh in this
matter, and tbelr thanks are unreserv
edly yours,
From that dark day In April, 1845.
when the Incomparable Lee. one of the
noblest handiworks of God. laid down
his arms at Appomattox to an over
whelming foe. a few individuals, de
fended and upheld by some of the pa
pers of the North, have seen fit, through
the columns of these newspapers and
In public assemblies, to ljurl Insult aft
er Insult upon the crushed South, and
even since, like "truth when crushed
to earth,” she has risen again, some
men like this Jacob Schurman have
continued, not openly but by conde-
ecendlng suggestion, to offer Insult by
Implication t» a people whose civiliza
tion Is so broad and whose culture so
deep that these pigmies can not meas
ure nor fathom It. A few of these
men who have allowed an "exaggerated
ego” to drive them as missionaries of
civilization to enlighten us of the be
nighted (?) South, to teach men In
whose veins has run th* red blood ot
generations of battle-scarred heroes,
of statesmen, of scientists, litterateurs
and churchmen back to (he very In-
clplency of Anglo-Saxon civilization, to
teach the sons of the very founders of
our national government "how to be
good citizens,” on 'their arrival have
been impelled by that sixth sense with
which the good God has endowed foole
to bare their heads to genuine culture,
and. if they were honest men, have
gone back home and told their children
that south of Mason and Dixon line
there dwell a people whose attainments
they might profitably strive to reach,
and whose virtues do well to emulate.
If an obscure citizen might suggest—
suppose th* Rockefeller millions, to re
move their "taint," be used In a cru
sade against Vice and for the moral en
lightenment of some of our large North,
era cities. For weeks the columns of
not only the papers of our own land,
but those of England and Europe have
reeked with the revolting stories of the
lives of Stanford White. Harry Thaw
and of Evelyn Xesblt Thaw, stories of
debauchery that would have accorded
well with the times of the sensual and
bloody Nero, and these people whose
life stories are only a repetition of
thousands nf others are products of
that boasted civilization of the North,
whose high priests are essaying to en
lighten the laggard South with "taint
ed" money.
Is ths civilisation that Jacob Schur
man would have Rockefeller’s millions
give us a civilization (?) that would
make such social conditions possible? Is
It a civilization that would make of our
young men libertines and debauches*,
and our young women, the embryo
mothers of our future presidents and
statesmen, as well as the bone and
brawn of ths nation, their playthings?
If so, we do not want It, for beside Its
rottenness and stench, Rockefeller’s
“tainted” money Is as pure and bright
as the golden pavement of the city ot
John's Revelation.
A trial lias just been concluded in the
criminal court ot Virginia, In which
two brothers, gentleman of the highest
honor, were on trial for their lives for
having shot to death the betrayer of
their sister. These gentlemen, types of
Southern civilisation, believed that as
there was no statute on our law books
providing the extreme penalty for the
punishment of the perpetrators of such
dastardly crimes, that they had the
God-given right to punish with their
own hands the besmlrcher of their
escutcheon and destroyer nf the peace
and happiness of their home, and twelve
men of the grand Old Dominion sat In
judgment on their act and rendered the
verdict "Not guilty,” which was greet
ed with applause. Compare the two
casts, for the similarity Is great, the
one now dragging It* weary nauseat
ing length through the New York court
and this one, Just terminated In Vir
ginia—which type of civilisation Is
preferable?
No one believes that the great major
ity of the thinking people of the North
hold such an opinion of the South as
Mr. Schurman'* suggestion would Im
ply. nor do they approve of the news
paper derense of ft, but auch insolence
hts become intolerant to Southerners,
and they will not brook it,
The people of the South are the moat
loyal supporters of our national gov
ernment today, and long for the time
to come—and strive to bring It about—
when the whole world shall turn won
dering eyes toward the American Union
and render to her her Just meed ot
praise as th* champion of all that Is
best and purest within the grasp of
man In his highest state ot civilization,
and when the people of one part of our
broad land will not and dealre not to
speak In terms of patronizing conde
scension of those of another, as If thsy
were aliens, but will dwell together In
harmony, like members ot one great
family, whose common home bounds
reach from the British possessions on
the north lo Mexico, and from the At
lantic to the Golden Gate.
I am not presuming In this letter to
slate one fact of which you are not
already cognisant, but only desire to
resslon to th* sentiment that Is
In me—and primarily lo thank
you for so strenuously resenting arty
Implication against the civilization ot
the fairest land on which the sun ever
shore.
With sincere admiration. I am,
. A LOYAL SON OF THE SOUTH.
Maybeury. W. Va„ March 14. 1907.
STEAGALL DISCOURAGED.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Alas! Mr. Editor, now we have It!
Bryan and Morgan and Belmont and
Wall street generally and plutocracy
universally, have decided that Teddy Is
to have a third term and that means
he la to be president for life, an j that
we are to have no canal and that Har-
rlman & Co. are to have the trans
continental traffic and th* rest of the
traffic Is to be divided out among the
other six. and that the candle of Amer
ican independence has burned to the
socket, and that the aun of religious
liberty ha* set to rite no more forever
on the American continent. Alas!
Alas! Alas!. A. H. STEAGALL.
DcLand. 57a.
It will grow.
It helps your credit.
It stimulates your courage.
It guards against extravagance.
It protects vou against loss by robbery.
It helps to hold you up while you are out of work.
It creates business habits that will Increase your saving*
It furnishes tbe best receipt for all the money you pay out.
It makes you able to run your business, instead of your business run
ning you.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
Mr. Harrison Returns.
Deputy Clerk A. B. Harrison, uf
Clerk Arnold Broyles' office. Is’ back
from a week's vacation and as a result
uf Ills trip his health Is greatly Im
proved. Mr. Harrison spent his time
In Savannah and In Bulloch coun:y
shad fishing.
I
BRIEF COMMENT ON
THE LOWRY LETTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It Is a notable fact whenever the
people goaded by the rapacity of the
exploiters rise in rebellion, demanding
equity, that all over the country prom
inent and honorable men rise up plead
ing for "moderation," "tolerance," "safe
and sane methods." "go slow, etc.”
In The Georgian of the 30th appears
such a plea from Mr. Robert J. Lowry,
president of the Lowry Bank.
Mr. Lowry Is personally a man of ex
cellent character and recognised finan
clal ability, and Ills views are there
fore likely' to carry weight with the
unthinking or carders.
Let me say right here that a finan
cial cyclone that would wipe out halt
the nominal value* In tnl* country
would be better than longer submis
sion to th* Iniquitous conditions that
have obtained In late years.
Mr. Lowry Is president of a Southern
bank In a Southern city. There ex -
1st* In this country a tariff system
which Is nothing on earth but legalized
robbery, and which haa cost the South
untold millions of dollars, but I do not
tecall that Mr. Lowry has ever been
heard In protest against this Iniquity,
and I have even heard that he Is fa
vorable to it.
There exists In New York an Insti
tution known as the New York Cotton
Exchange, which Is the Inventor of a
gambling scheme, which scheme has
cost th* cotton producer* of the South
five thousand millions of dollars In the
last thirty years, yet when certain busi
ness men In Atlanta were battling val
oroiisly against this evil before the last
legislature. Mr. Lowry was conspicu
ous by his absence. There exists In
New York a stock exchange which has
a system of marginal dealings In stocks
and this system has been pronounced
t>y such authorities as Stuyvesant Fish
and Andrew Carnegie to be straight-
out gambling. That this system Is at
the bottom of all financial disturb
ances In the great center (New York)
no Intelligent man can question. That
this system la responsible for the sat
urnalia of watered stock and rampant
speculation no Intelligent man can
question. That this system Is the sole
reason for the constant relief demands
on the United States treasury by the
banks every man at all well Informed
knows to be true. That this system is
abetted by the New York banks (or
many of them) Is a well known fact
but In face of these things no pro
test has beeti made by Mr. Lowry.
Why has he (and others like him) kept
silent all these years when the people
were being plundered by bunco games?
Why has he not been a vigorous pro-
testant against such unsavory and
hurtful practices? Possibly his defense
would be that It was better for the
people to be buncoed than to destroy
“confidence.” The sacred shibboleth of
all these prudent gentlemen Is "con
fidence." and every abuse must be per
mitted, every offense condoned lest
confidence" be weakened.
Let me say to Mr. Lowry that his
words would carry more weight If he
had been known as a stout assailant of
these business Iniquities. Let me say
to him that there Is something bigger
And better and more valuable to the
future welfare of this nation than pres
ent confidence, and that something Is
Justice. The people are aroused, seek
ing only justice for all, desiring to do
Injustice to none, and-before ithls con
flict between the people and the ex
ploiters ends there Is going In be «
harking back to justice and equity, re
gardless of the honorable and con
servative gentlemen who are always so
ready to plead for more time whenever
the people want to abate a nuisance
or abolish the exploiter*.
BERNARD SUTTLER.
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the question partake* uf tbe nature of a
Joke ns It I* handed* around for solution.
I don’t know that we ean reasoanblr «•
licet the lawyer*—who constitute a lure
part of the legislature*—to make thli
change. Inasmuch as II might compel them
to do their speset]-outking before n select
number of Intelligent men. Instead of ad
dressing tlielr rcnmrk* to a Jury of twelve,
that Is very commonly composed of Indi
viduals who have not the tucntnl acumen
to differentiate between chaff nud whent
when forced to listen, to the point of
■■BBBHBHffiHHBBM fiery demonstra
tion from the tips of some learned Inn-
yer, or perchance, some "learned district
attorney” (with apologies to Mr. Delmnai I,
made to appear ns n conglomerate mast
calculated to confuse the mind* of man,
—resulting finnly In n mistrial—"tot bom-
Inc*, quot aitlmos.”
Thla plat) would aave n good deal ol
time, berause many members of the bur
who heretofore have had no difficulty In
working tricks that arc rain on a Jury of
twelve wonld lie content to submit some nf
their eases without argument—us did th,
lawyer In tbe familiar atory. Very truly
A SERIOUS EMBARRASSMENT.
THE ALTERNATION
OF CIRCUIT JUDGE8.
To the Editor of The'Georgian:
t want to commend tbe godo sense of
a recent suggestion thst 1 env In Tlta
Georgian relating to the plan ot alternation
dim naturally will come from friendship
and famlll trily with event* hearing upon u
case under consideration or on* to lie con-
aldered. Judge* and Infer* alike are hit-
like or dislike that will sometime* I
Justice and mercy at tbe bands of
■ “ easily call acquaints
friends. I will gn even
rut liter than your correspondent and Insist
that It would he the letter part of wis
dom to have three Judge* ‘ "
HUM**
ire) to
preside In all eit. t-rllmluntlng tho Jnry
uf twelve entirely. These tl ren tor fire)
udges should tie required to bold court In
Jlstrirt* as far na possible removed from
tbelr home* or the places from which they
weie i looted. To foretell the verdict of
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 don't know what I am to do. I am
distressed to death. My scrap book Is
already full of clippings taken from ths
editorial page of your paper. Some
times I have found It necessary to clip
the whole editorial page, there were so
many good things which I wanted to
preserve to have to look over and read
again In my old age.
The latest thing clipped from your
editorial page Is the "Abolition of Hell.”
I wish they had not done It. TVe can't
do without hell, and they ought not to
have done away with It; but It Is al
ready done now, and It's a great source
of pleasure for a sinner that It Is ski-
dooed. But what will we do will) all
the mean people In tho world? If there
Is no hell to send tho bad to, there Is
no heaven for us good ones to go to.
But It Is too late to kick now. The
door ha* been closed, and King Plain
and Mias Queen Proserpine are out ol
a Job and have been compelled to get
down off of their throne in bell. I don’t
know what w* will do with the trusts
—those entes of Iniquity—If hell Is not
to be any more. But It la too late to
raise a rucss over the matter now;
you have Just let them abolish It
through the columns of The Atlanta
Georgian, and nobody has hesitated to
stop to open their mouth or to "rise
up In meetln'" against It. So I guess
we w|ll Just have to let her go. This is
why March Is so hot this year.
Pluto and Proaperplne have had ths
thing their own way a long time, and
they have waged many a hard battle
Ith the use of th» sword In order to
maintain their power over hell, but
their power Is all gone now and bell has
been plunderated and'abolished. This
Is only another Instance In history when
the "pen Is mightier than the sword.”
So mote It be.
H. W. NALLEY.
Dallas, Ga.
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