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THK ATLANTA (»KOR(fIAX AND NEWS. WKnNKXPAV. APRIL 3. 1W. . THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pre»ldent. Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, at » Weil Alabama St. Atlanta. Ga. Subeeription Rataa on* T*ar *r* Month* -{2 Thr** Month* Hf By Carrier. Par Week » Entered at the Atlanta Pottoffle# i lecond-ciaia mall matter. Telephones ctnnectlnif all dtpartmenli. l ong Malice* lerminala. smith A T\ampaan. ndtertlriof ^P. resentatlrtf far all territory aataWa of iSeortla. rhlcaro nfflf* BiiS* New York office Pottar Bide* 1 r ,o„ Mr,- frOllt't* r*tMH« ' " GEOJltHAM AN I* IWe Ctrcilnttoo Departmfht m « promptly -tnedled. T.l.pbonea: B* 11 IKI Mato. Atlaota M91. It la dealrabl. Uiat all rommoolr.- tlon* Intended for noMloaUon lo TUE GEORGIA V AM> NEWS bo limited to f.*l wonts Is length. It la tWswU" that thor b. signed.,aa an STldrncs of tend faith. Itejerted tnaM.crlt.le win not l*a ratunieJ unless atawpa aro sent for the purpose. * • » 1 THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prlote oo oaclooo or ebJ^Uonsbls ad- eertlilDg. Neither doee It print irblihy or »ny llqnor file. OCK rt.ATFORM.—Th. Gror.l.n i mt.rwnrWt. oilier c 0-nrglsn .nil Nrvre briirvrs that If nlroet rail, were can bo opartUd aucc.alfntlf by European cltleo. aa tb*y ore. th.ro It oo yoo.] reoiOD .hr they oo not bo oo operated Imre, lint we do not bell.to thla cao bo don. note, and It mty bo Kin. >f«n t"'f"i. o- *r. r.-n.lv for *.. Mgs* noflertaklOf. Still Atlanta ahoufd sets Ith taco la tut direction NOW. Municipal Ownership Not Defeat ed In Chicago. The Chicago election cannot In any sense bo tortured Into a defeat for municipal ownership or a condemns tlon of He principles. The light In Chicago was purely In r> mpath.v with the methods by which municipal ownsrshtp could bast be put Into execution In the matter of the street railway systems of that city, which are the worst perhaps in the United States. Mayor Dunoe was In favor of Immediate and draetic meas ures looking to Immediate municipal ownership through the condemnation nnd absorptiou of the property by the ctiy. The Democratic city council, elected with Mayor Dunne upon municipal gwnershlp platform, favored s gradual process leading up to mu niclpal ownership, because they be lieved the conditions surrounding trah tlon properly In that dty could not be safely handled under Immediate ac tion. and the ordinances, for which the majority of Chicago people voted ap proval, distinctly provide for the light of the city, upon the first of Jauuary of any year, after six months' notice to thla effect, to purchase the entire transportation properties for 150,000, »•«. or coarse, a great deal of nolae sod clamor will be raised by the diligent arguments of private ownership throughout the country, and the care ful readers can accurately determine Just how largely tbene argument* are controlled by private monopollee by the vigor nod earnest neat with which they claim, either directly or Indirect ly. that the Chicago election was a blow In the face of the principles of municipal ownership. Under the ordinances which tri- teaephad In Chicago, the people have won a magnificent victory. They have secured advantages of trtmeudous im port. And with It all. the principle of mu nicipal ownership la thoroughly and practically provided. The Spencer Memorial. The Georgian cannot fall to extend Its congratulations to tha Spencer Monument committee upon the change of plan by which the fund rained to honor the late president of the South- ern railway is to be used for e 8am- uel Spencer Memorial hospital in stead of a cold and stately monument In the plaxa of the Terminal station. The Georgians plea along this line seems to have been co-tncldent with the better and wiser sentiment of the spencer committee, and wo cannot fall to express our respect end admiration for the wholesome sentiment which In spired the friends of tha railroad mag nate to the nobler and larger way of expressing tbelr affection and respect. BUILD A LITTLE FeNCE. Solid a little f.iire of tenet Around today; Fill tbr *poi. with loving work Ab,l therein etay; Look not between eh.lt ring hart 1 poo tomorrow-, r whatever ,-omee to you Of jey sad sorrow. —Unknown. "YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.” There are some remarkable developments of information being made for tha people Id tbla year of grace and light. Never before In our popular history has there been leas reason why any people In a representative government armed tgrltb the power of the ballot and with the right to rule themselves,. should be imposed upon either by bad government or by grasping corporations. To know that a thing Is unjust, to be pointed the clear and open way to remedying an Injustice, and then fall to do It Is simply ■ mark of civic Imbecility. A people who realise that they are paying extortionate prices for a commodity, who hare had clearly pointed out to them a way by which they can secure Just and reasonable prices for thla commodity, and who alt suit with folded hands and In the apatby of cowardice or Iner- tlon fall to protect and prosper tbemaelvea, are not worthy to be either free or prosperous. The Hall-Illgsa Company, engaged aa experts by the committee on municipal ownership, have developed some wonderful and Inspiring figures which It la Impossible for the people of Atlanta to read and then fail to act tiiiott, without reflecting upon their own character and their own civic capacity and Intelligence. , - Not long since the report of this Hall-Illges Company gave the su perb figure* which pointed the people to Independence and comparative riches through a municipal lighting and power plant of electricity. On Tuesday evening The Georgian published the figures given by the Hall- lllgea Company, aa experts upon the question of gas. And those figures make as clear aa day tha fact that where we are now paying f 1.10 per thousand cubic feet for gee (with a 10 per cent re bate for cash payment*), we could secure gas under municipal ownership at about (0 cents a thousand feet, at a saving of over SO cents upon every thousand feel consumed. These figures also show that Just aa In the case of the water works, a municipal gas plant would not only be able to furnish gas at a vastly cheaper rate, but In the course of a reasonable time would pay for the entire cost of tbs plant, lap over with lu earnings Into the expenses of some of the other departments, and yet supply (he consumer at a vaatly cheaper rate than we have today. Surely, surely aa jhe people read these figures—gathered not front the Imagination of advocates, but from the cold and Imjiartlal testimony of expeHa—surely the people will not consent to hold thalr bands and stay their ballots when the question of municipal ownership Is brought to front# ! Tbs whole trend of the times, the entire drift of the argument, all the developments of Information given to this enlightened age. and every In stinct of common sense points the itcople of Atlanta to the wonderful saving and to the wonderful Independence which lies before them In the municipal ownership of Its electric eystem for light! and power, and of lla gas plant for llghta and for cooking purposes. With these commodities In the hinds of tha city Joined to our present possession of the water works our taxes would drop to a minimum.’ And when these things, which are accomplishable now, are attained we may then go out Into,the larger field* of municipal ownorsbip to reach th* perfect and beautiful Independence which Is waiting for us In tha field of enterprise and endeavor. May the people aee the things that are presented to their eyes; may the people realise Ibe facts that are given unto their understanding: may tha people comprehend their splendid opportunity In thla day of light and opportunity. ' May tha people know the economic truth, and may this truth make haste to make them free. THE ABSTRACT COMPANY. We putllsh today an article of considerable length from Colonel Wm. 8. Thomson, president of tha Atlanta Title Guarantee Company, commenting upon an editorial which appeared in Monday's Issue of The Georgian. It goes without saying that our editorial comment bad no reference to any particular company, or to any Individual In the position which It as sumed toward the recorda. We were simply concerned for the perma nent safe-guarding of the public's Interests along these lines. The company for which Colonel Thomson speaks Is composed of gentlemen, of Ibe highest character and Integrity, upon whoee public spirit and fair dealing we could not reflect even If we desired to do so. But the prin ciple which underlies our comment la none the leas sound because of the Integrity of the corporation which controverts It. The time may come when this corporation, In hands possibly less fair and considerate than these, might, unless they were duly restrained by contract* anil law. extort from tbe city and from Individuals prlcea for the recorda In tbelr possession which were not reeaonable nor Just. It la against this contingency that our editorial was designed to provide. Of course, the abstract company la ahown especial conalderatlon by the keeper* of our records In the providing of a larger space than la given to any individual In the record room, and thla, perhaps, la fully Justified by the amount of work which thla company does. We are pleased to Infer from the card of Colonel Thomson that hla company la willing to make the contract which we deem desirable with the county, and with tbla con cession, there can be no possible difference between Colonel Thomson and thla paper or the county for whltfit wo spoke. Tbe entire nutter Is Impersonal and cannot be construed Into any pos sible reflection either upon Individuals In the abstract company or upon any of the county officers, for In each case we have expressed our confi dence In the fidelity with which tbelr several functions are dispatched. The ofllcials who represent the people must provide not for one generation, but for coming generations, and must safeguard tbe privileges which they extend with reference to any possible lucumbency that may not be public spirited or acceptable In the future. the heat of the sun quickens to life germs which may be militant and de atructlve as the beat rolls on Into the midsummer days. If an epidemic should come to Atlanta children and to Atlanta grown people, we may be sure tbat tbere will be criticism galore of the official sources tbat permitted It to come. And tbe discretion of our officers both of health and of law should be quickened at once to a conception of tbe public safety beginning with tbe children in the schools. ATLANTA TITLE GUARANTEE CO. ENTERS VIGOROUS PROTEST TO CHARGE OF INJUSTICE TO PUBLIC MAKE THE 80H00LS SANITARY NOW. . At tha beginning of the school year last October The Oeorglan devoted columns of apace to descriptions of the Insanitary and unalghtly condi tions of several of our school structures, and offered ardent and earnest advocacy along the line of Improvement. At tbat time we published pictures of these school buildings both In tbe altogether and by sections, showing wherein they were deficient, and the necessity for Improvement. We are glad to note that this movement which The Georgian pre sented so earnestly at that time haa born* fruit and tbat the public Is uow waking to a conception of the thing* which we described six months ago. Whatever else may be questionable in th* ahape of public expendi tures, no thoughtful mau and no public spirited dtisen can fail to realise tbe urgent and pressing necessity of prompt public action in taking car* of the health and surroundings of our children. We may delay other mat ters of public Importance and other Improvements of a business nature, but this Is one which presses for Immediate and vigorous attention. No editorial that n* might writ* today could be stronger and more appealing than those which w* presented In September and October of tbe last year. Even If It takes six months for a reform of that kind to take root the time Is well spent and the effort well worth the while. We note with pleasure that this matter Is now becoming urgent, and tbat the offi cials are taking hold of It In the right and proper way. If we have tolerated Insanitary conditions during the winter when the cold is supposed to stand as an antidote against bad air, w* cannot move too rapMly at the beginning of what promises to be an especially sultry summer, to remove every suggestion of tincleanliness and every basts or disease which may rest in Insanitary conditions about our chil dren. Th* statement of Dr. Anuter I* both Umely and effective. Tbe state ment of President Ronser that the Craw street school, th* Lee. Marietta, Pair and Walktr street schools are “In equally Insanitary condition and unfit for use," ought to be met with one answer and that a prompt and vigorous expe9diture ol energy and money on the part of the city to ward tha temporary abatement of these conditions. And we say temporary because every public policy and every sug gestion of public economy will dsniand that we proceed straight from tbn mere temporising methods to n vigorous permanent improvement In our school buildings from one end of tbe city to tbe other. There are many evidences that tbe coming summer is to be filled with conditions which make the care of public health one of tbe highest and most responsible duties of tbe city'* officials. Wisdom and prudence would suggest tbat we begin now while the summer Is young and before To the Editor of Th* Oeorglan: In your laaue of April 1 you have an editorial headed “Tbs I .tin it Records and a Question ‘of Justice to the Pub- whlch seems-to Ignore justice to the Atlanta Title Guarantee Company, and even to the county officers, and raises the natural inquiry as to how It happened to qecur to you to publish such an editorial. Eight years ago, at great cost to it self, at ha expense to th* .public. In ex act accordance with law, and very much after the fashion of abstract companies everywhere, a company was formed which made complete abstracts, copies to a large extent, of everything that appeared upon the county records that could In any manner affect the title to every foot of land within the llmlta of Fulton county. What was-the wrong or harm In tbla? I have no Idea that It ever entered intb the minds of tty gentlemen who Inau gurated the enterprise and Is certainly not In the minds of thoke now carry ing on the enterprise,.tbat they would "be In a position to be benefited by the loss ot the records." That was not the thought or motive which prompted tile expenditure of Over 1100,000, and the continuing expense of large sums. The purpose was to establish a legit, (mate. business which would prove re munerative to Its owners, and at th* same time, a great convenience and se curity to those who might wish to have titles examined. The hope of tbs com puny was that the fartltty nnd certain ly with which It could report upon the condition of any title would commend It to the patronage of .alt who wanted Information aa to any given tltle.-The Information the company was and is obtaining Is equally open to every one else. It has no special privileges. Large numbers of persons, mostly lawyers, arc dally doing stibstantlslly the same thing. The only difference Is that each one of them Is making extracts from or copies ot the record In a particular case (aggregating a large number of cases i while w* take the necessary extract and copies In every case. Another Important fact Is that our extracts and copies having bean made of what Is past, and only kept up from day to day, we do not have to use the records constantly as they are being used every day by th* numerous searchers of the records, end cons* quently wo arc not the ones who ars wearing them out. True It Is, by th* courtesy of the clerk, desk room Is fur nlshed three abstract -clerks In our em- ploy, but it is room that he has no use for, and that In nowise interfares with bln duties, or the convenience of the public or any Individual, and costs.the public nothing; end beside*. In th* same room, he has a desk for use of the aenerat public which Is In dally use by them. Isn't additional room amongst the recorda given all who wish to search th* records 7 And wilt they not average far more than, three a day for the whole day. tn places and under circumstances that will cause more In. convenience than the desk room of our employees can possibly cause? . Why, then, should you single out our company as the one with whom tht county should "have a contract-In re gard to securing copies of the Informa tion I* obtains? Why not include all ho obtain Information from the rec ords? No suggestion has aver been made to us that such a contract was desired. Why. then, the suggestion Gist our company "should not object to a fair contract of this kind?" Did it occur to you that this la a covert In- ilmatlon that w* would not make a fair contract? Why should you have made the allusion to the stolen records? The county could have purchaaed the abstracts ot the stolen records. It did not see fit to do so. Tha Title Guar antee and Trust Company bought them, and the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com pany bought them from ft. Is It your Idea that w* should give these ab stracts to the county? Wliat do you mean bv the statement that 'the law yers and dtisen* generally, so we are Informed are willing to aid the county in any way to secure this data?' Who informed you? We have never been so Informed, and nu suggestion has been made to us that the county authori ties were desirous of securing that data. What sort of aid do tbe lawyers and cltiaena generally propose to ran- der? Why ttie covert Intimation that we refuse a.fair compensation for the Information contained In said ab stracts. when no proposition of fair compensation ha* evsr been made? True we have never made an offer to the public, but the public ha* never made one to u*. Don't you think It would be unseemly for our company, or Its officers, to be pressing anything but a gift on th* public? You surely do not dxpecg us to give, because you . -, .ae.l— ...kHcldsi-stl/kn ,f VB It fair to the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com pany for Information contained In those abstract books that he has not been furnished It at a reasonable price without price, and the sum total re celved for such Information has never paid Interest on the Investment. If the county will pay us the original purchase price of said lost records could doubtless get copies of them. Is certainly a novel idea that because our company does not see nt to conduct Its business on th* plan of making ab stracts that Itfi policy betokens an Illib eral treatment of the public In case the records are lost or destroyed. Suppose our policy is an Innovation In the ab street business, why should It subject us forth* covert intimation that It for an unholy purpose? But your In formant In this, as In other of his In formation, Is In error. It would be only fair to disclose the name of your In formant, and perhaps the public would readily see that he had a purpose in misleading you and raising a hue and cry that would tend to damage our company. There Is not a stockholder of our company who does not earnestly desire to aee th* records properly pro tected, and they are certainly aa much Interested In their protection as any other, body of men of equal number In tbe county. The last paragraph of your editorial sounds rather strange to one familiar with the facts. Did you know that for the past nine or ten year* there ha* been Installed In Fulton county a modern system of indexing, the best In the state, and far more than the law re quires? Does some particular person desire the Job of getting up a modern system of indexing the previous records at a cost of many thousanda of dollars to the county? If so, the Atlanta Title Guarantee Company will not object, ah though It Is not chargeable with un necessary handling and use of said records, and will receive little or no benefit from such a large expenditure. I can lot think that you Intended to' be unfair and unjust to us, but you must see. when you reflect, that the tone of your editorial Is more than un just. While 1 have not had an oppor tunity to confer with our stockholders, or even with a majority of tha dlrec tors, 1 am sura that I will be unanl mously sustained In stating that should the time ever come when there will be a loss of any of th* county records, which la not probable, then and in tbat event no reasonable man will have cause to complain of th* terms on which the At lanta Title Guarantee Company will furnish copies of Its records. I know that It will not In liberality be a whit behind any one else who has copies and extracts from the records. Let ine close with one other state ment and a request; When the recorda were stolen the then clerk advertised for all persons having deeds recorded In the lost records to bring them in and have them re-recorded without charge, and hls successors, Including the pres ent clerk, have been re-recording such deeds without charge. Is It any fault of the Atlanta Title Guarantee Com pany, or of the officers fn charge of tha records, that alt deeds recorded on the lost records are not re-recorded, and the abstracts of lost records rendered useless to the public? In view of the tone of anil statements In your edito rial. it Is certainly due us and the pub lie that you give the name of your In formant, and I request that you do so. WILLIAM 8. THOMSON. President Atlanta Title Onarantee Co. Atlanta. Ga. April 1. GREEN'S GERM CRUSADE. He shuddered nm liy stealth And robbed a man of eaerythlng, is bur- glare take hls wealth. Hr weut sad saw a specialist, who then explained to him The olyocao of tho germs that grab s man frolic till they'ro mention 'fair consideration." Is It fair to make ths statement contained in your fourth paragraph? You Know, or ought to hav# known, before writing that paragraph that no effort had ever been made to obtain said abstract books on any sort of consideration. Furthermore, you hav* been muled a* to special prlvllegi *. We have mu *p*. dal privileges, beyond those ptgted, that are not granted nil. who wish to search the record*. Moreover we have to pay the city, state and county a large tax In addition to the professional tax of three of our officers, while no other record searcher pay* mole for hls priv ilege than a professional tax. Furthermore, had you Inquired, you would have learned from both city and county officer* that we furnish, for th* public, a vast deal of Informa tion. absolutely free of cost, and never refuse any Information sought that It la In our power to gtv*. In other words, that not only our abstracts of th* tost records, but our other recorda are ac cessible to them for Information a* to matters that concern th* public, with out cost to the public, and at th* cost of tlin* and trouble to u*. You would also have learned that where the public la concerned, such as Hie obtainmtnt of an auditorium sit*, examination of title of various and diver* site* other than the one selected were made by our company without fee or reward. Th* Intimation in your fifth para graph. taken In connection with what precedes It. s**ma to be tbat our com pany should be denied th* privilege ac corded every one who wishes to exam ine and make extracts from and copies of tht records unless we surrender the abstracts of the stolen record* (for which we had to pay), without money js of ths germs with Impulse grim. And feed anil feast sad put him out uf trim. The dot-tor said that millions were collected by the shoes— James Green discarded all the footgear he no Hue to lose!) Tbe doctor told him that tht germs would settle ua hls hair; to less than half an hour hls scalp was shsern bleak and bare ' but t bald • him there. Ths dortor told th* number ot bacilli on s hosed: Green's whiskers with slhcrlty from off hi* face were cleared— tough this shouted that both In tsnternwlse wore geared. whereon he sat. The doctor pul hls bin upon tbe foodstuffs that Green ste. He told Green that Is drinking milk or tea he tempted fair. That water, coffee, beer, or ale concealed ss awful fare. go Green had all bit walls and doors made of a glassy glare. And sst him down to ponder on what sort of stuff to wear. When suddenly th* doctor counted all the Struts In alrl James Green arose In wrathful mood sad cried: "I cau not drink; I css not dress, or eat. or smoke, or write with pea nnd Ink. — • know you'll worn me that hark sit hls He sent and got hls furniture, and bought whw* clothes to wear. Asd stocked hls pantry till he had much food sod drink to spare. The doctor sent n bill tbat Illed James Green with iiatufut squirms; The dortor char god him right and left In Mtlo terms— which was simply Greek snd- Asd took the a pocked with awful germs! —Chicago Evening Post EASTER ACROSTIC. Errrywhere'o new huddlug trees. And snowy lilies doth unMd. Strewn o'er tbe meadows nnd on less Rapluroui •erectly chant —mo <*mbu., Ihes. the glad aatheut I'nder radiant skies helming bright. Nearer this day are we unto llim writeil or nau III r. ntinout money eooo and now s i.rwl.ihi- and Without prlce lhsl they might be A || .loul.ls^of another Ufr will dispel'- examlhed. extracted ami copied by oth- t verier opes tbr storions asphodel ers for pay. No on* haa ever applied -AL'Ut'srA WAl.l Banking by Mail We receive deposits by mall and Issue pass-books for same, being tbe first bank In tbe South to establish this feature of modern bank ing. Many of our customers who constantly travel or who live In rural districts, have found the advantage of Banking by Mall, which enables them to receive 4 per cent compound interest on their savings, and at the same time have their funds In the care of a well managed Institution of established reputation. With a Capital and earned Surplus of $700,000.00 and total resources of over $3,000,000.00, we meet every requirement of a safe and sound depository. For full particulars, write for our Booklet "G.“ A postal will do. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., Ari»ta, G EX-GOV. NOR7HEN QUOTES LATE LOGAN E. BLECKLEY ON EMOTIONAL JUSTICE T6 the Editor of The Oeorglan: I flml there !• great need for public conviction as to the criminal lawlessness of mob* (whatever the enormity •fr.tfcf crime charged) that Inflict death without Jury trial or the authority of the courts. As my public statement* have been call* ed In question. 1 desire to quote, for gen* eral Information, quite ot length from a moat admirable paper read before the Moor* gilt Bar Association lu- the Into disttn- fOlshed Jurist. Logan K. Bleckley, former chief Justice of our state supreme court: “Emotional Justice has no atnmllng In the forum of right reason, and ought to have none anywhere. It shoald be eo effectually overruled and discredited ae to leave ft - * f In prl* hat now . It work* n Georgia, as ve two trtbu- line and mis- the other de iuent sessions rttUngs Inside In most nau for demeanr Jure: th outside, the taw. rlsdlctlo mob ma flagrant rlsdlctlo dealing the mot: Instance flavor, i of revli fill verd emotion, the righ they are \hj self c ter right ty than of guilt punishm I from pu aacertali then tic •Ice. or In fact.' ■ I ■‘One ^Ime la "Tft*eaJ^rtu feeaSttl ,l1 ® 2 uhllc “IK * m,, d It be eervlceahl* Initsn^.. trc “ K not all, ♦ha 5?*t mob violence as rases In which SS* <5385,•£*'», <h.lr own XfiliTH im Jw lL . ,nl0 ‘Mr own hands. Noth. ss*aueii b 1. m !!S? f«»lfc*t than ih,t s mil, ■mum. JL Bot ,llc Pe°Ple as s polltlc.i To'bfJeme"**rao"i ‘.Z KV w^ om bf i mil ty tl jad bee This Is t der Is n< trated l needed of ertml large em cldcs be to be th< aid rea| ganlsatk should b &° f 0,' KK te wit I punl one sh se of the publ be bettei than the hy Jury aud forn curity o: works bj tlon*. an no other these In rnent an If tboee lie bnriit violence Ing the evidence would, li As helps bas not awful rv and Innoi of Inflict not dewsi the public interest. Not concurrent Jn- p rather, the of tbe most exclusive ju tn tbe Jury In times, indeed. » In the first » Is of choice ipreme power A dlstiste- ultot to mob i they secure only because i of lsw. and have no bet icr in law or stiee. needs of our ite. Judicious i. tbe pulpit, Inst emotion- more certain *se the crlm- The larger of Immunity. 1 In the boe* u la no less e whole mob nself alone, lorally. Mur rcanae perpe- g would be •to a colony l>e ahr lough. ioIc state to unwitting to olencp. • • • tn while that iy which de* >cenre ought most feared ety. No or* court house doers as the even If com igbt to com te In Inflict The Jury In the ex* r- n behalf of to Itself bigger or discredit sble govern* to contempt, of tbe pub- nnd bk“'~ icrgy In to discover actors, ttaejr to the atat#. ^holding law n a high de* Jaat. them, they > Jury; If It »y incur tbe indfag guilt Ireadful risk >me who do >r serves to In favor of t only do moba defy ssissii! &££/£& 8? MV*,. woS*oi: firs z aa: fW ,e I ( '*p, not act otbenriw ths* But the truth Is, that mohM aro nerer composed ot more than a .mill frannJS? or fraction of the population • • fTho people neither wont ouch reprencntAllve. no. could hare them If Iher Se.fred. * . < Lpflislation by Mob. Hoi “,T b 10 eevemble In the cap- of ih! f opI * or •JPeesenisttve. RWPj?>.*2 *»»ume and exercise th* P?wve of legislation. It would It* no morn absurd or Impossible for a mob to osurp legislative function, and tntka tbelr sger- «!“ legitimate than to nsnrp jndlctat fonr. tloos and exerel.e them legitimate!. gv ttSAttPaW be Ya Id ft' Mfi! 8 theur ssssg^sa s? mxklng laws? It onght to be deemed equal- lylnaceiimte and equally mlschlerona to •Baa* ,n analogous term* touching th* admlnlatratloo of law by mob agency. • • • ! hlldren already hern may Ur* to see moba mobbed; large mobs may esclte smaller OSes, moba of one race may rls* op against mobs of another rsca; mobs of baif men B! lr .SS a 5«d* "iraeron* and more terrl- me than mobs of good men: brut* fore*, "trough a long and bloodr period of dleorl er. may relsn supreme!'* rtei ,0 ,r.n , bTon. ,P ?S^ t ^M'me'.JVir* ° f ,h " m0,t _ I am especially pleased to (hat Judge Bleckley, calm, conservative and su- prcmelj wi»e, aa he always was, believed ,h ."s the most orgeat needs, dellrerances "from the bench, the pulpit, the press sod the t°*lto m . again,t emotional justice,” which Is hls term for mob*. Mobs Incrsai* Crime. Attention should certainly be called t* ■e following: "Nothing A more certain than that mob execution. Increase the criminal population of the state. The larger tho mob and th* more secure of Immunity, the more crimi nals arc-lodged la the. bosom of society: and each man Is no less gollty than li the crime of the whole mob hail been committed by hlmietf alone. Thl, Is tmo both legally amt morally. Murder Is non* -row”" w1cked btc,u »* perpetrated by a Hurely the following I* qslte appropriate to the timet; "Mobs bar* no mission, and can reader no reason for their existence. Nor would they exist If we eonld alienee their well mcaniug hat deluded adrncste* and apolo. gl»t». Especially would it he KrTlrrahlo to alier the tone and teaching of those journal, which ronfound the mob with the people and treat some. If not all. Instance, of mob rloli-nre os ease* In which the peo ple set In tbelr own behalf and take ju,- tire Into tbelr own hands.” The state In ail Us history ha, bad no blghrr authority upon this Important ones, linn, and tbe late chief justice baa spoken wisely for the benefit of th* paopl* to whom he gave, at great ueridee. the best service of a great and distinguish*! life. W. J. N08THEN. Army-Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VE88EL8. Army Orders. Washington. April I.—'The following orders have been Issued: Leave of absence for two month* Is granted Contract Burgeon Francis M. Wall. Major William S. Pierce, ordnance department, will make not to exceed five visits during April to Lowell, Mass., to Inspect ordnance material In process of manufacture; Captain Wil liam J. Glasgow, Thirteenth cavalry, aide-de-camp to be commanding gen eral department of post. Major Richmond Davis, artillery corps, Washington barracks. District of Columbia, will deliver a lecture April 11, 1$07, to the student officers at th* englnesr school on the subject, "Submarine Mining and Mines." Cap tain Edward P. Rockhtll, assistant surgeon, to Fort Bayard. N. M.. for treatment. Major William C. Borden, surgeon, to San Francisco and take the first transport for the Philippines. Captain Mason M. klaxon, retired, recruiting officer. Cincinnati, Ohio, upon his next official visit to Dayton. Ohio, and to Plqua, Ohio, to procure evidence necessary to complete the trial of an enlisted man. First Ltautsnant John B. Murphy, ar tillery corps, will report to th* office ‘ the examining board at Fort Myer, ., for examination for promotion. Post Commissary Sergeant Ferdinand Rhode, officer of th* purchasing com missary. Its Hibernia Bank building. New Orleans. La., to Jackson bar racks. La. Major Edwsrd L. Munson, surgeon, to Fort Sheridan,fill. Naval Order*. Lieutenant Commander F- E. Cape- hart. to the naval war college. New port, R. I. Ensign H. Powell, to home, end granted thrae months' sirk leave Burgeon H. E. Odell, to the mtv.il hospital, Washington. D. C„ and addi tional duty In attendance on the course of Instructions at th* naval medical school. Hurgton W. M. Carton, tn home, and two weeks' leave thence to the Ohio. Surgeon J. M. Moore, to th* navy recruiting station, Minneapolis. Minn. Passed Assistant Surgeon R. W. Plummer and Passed Assistant Sur geon O. F. Freeman, to duty In attend* anc* on the course of Instruction at tha naval mtdlcal school, Washington, D. C. Assistant Surgeon N. T. McLean, to th* navy recruiting nation. Chicago.- Acting Assistant Surgeon J. T. Miller. , to duty In attendance on th* course of Instruction at tha naval medical school, Washington, D. C. Paymaster U. G. Amman, to New Fort Lyon, Colo., and settle accounts. Cable from Rear Admiral W. H. Brownson. U. S. N.. commander-ln- chief tr. 8. Asiatic fleet: "Kobe. Japan. April l.—Lieutenant D. F. Sellers, to home; Lieutenant H. L. Jones, to home.- Assistant Paymaster H. I.. Beach, passage In the Wsst Virginia fo Manila. P. I. Movements of Vstssls. ARRIVED—Georgia at Guantanamo. Isle de Cuba at Baltimore, Potomac at Baltimore, Wilmington at Pagoda an chorage. Galveston at Yokohama. SAILED—Glacier from Ousntansnir for navy yard. New York. THE AGE OF CONSENT. To tbe Kill tor of Th* Ueorglsn: Two interesting articles I-earing on tb« age of eonunt lew In Georgia appeared Is The Georgian recently. One article was signed Vera A. Majelte, tbe other Georg* D. Dowkontt. M.II. Both of the writers •peak of the sen of consent tiring eleven yenrs In Georgia, t nnderstsnd It to li* even lower than tbst-io lie tee year*. My attention wa, . ailed to this horrible gls raised from ten t» eighteen years. Here I* great end good work welting fog the i-onilng session of -' 1 Box Atlanta, Ga.