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TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, APRIL 13. 1^17. !XHE4TLANTA GEORGIAN : <AND NEWS) . OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. S F. L. SEELY, President. Pubtiihed Every Afternoon, (Except Sonde;) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 3 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. a*. Subscription Rates: One Tear M g Six Mentha ; Three Mentha $•* B; Carrier, I'er Week » Smith A Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outside of Georgia. * „ .... ( blcare office Tribone Bo Id ng New York office Potter Hullding If yon hare an; trouble felting THL GEORGIAN A.N't) NEWS telephone the clrrnlntlon «lcpi*rtm«iii *nrt nave It promptly remedied. , Telephone*: Bell «27 main, Atlanta 4401. If" f* (Jpjilrahlp that all rommUBto; Ilona Intended for publication lu 1 UK GEORGIAN AND NBWH he limited to Z09 word* In length. It la Imperatlre that they be nlgned, a* an arloeace of goofl ffcltli. Rejected manu»crlpt* will not l>* returned uule** stamp* are *eut for the purpose. TIIB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or oblectlonalde ad- refilling. Neither doe* ft print wblaky ur any liquor ad*. • OUlT”PLATFORM: The Georgian and New* stands for Atlanta’s ownlug Its own gas and electric light plant*, as it now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get gnu as low a* 60 rent*, with n profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian nod News bellere* tlist If street rail ways ran 1m* operated successfully by European cJUst. as they are, there Is no good reason why they ran not he ao operated here. Rul vrm do not bellsva this can he done now, and It may bo some yearn l*efore we are readjr for no Idg an undertaking. HUM Atlanta should set Us fact la (bat direction NOW. The Y. M. C. A.—Shall It Halt in Its Well-Doings? In the spiritual development and temporal aid of women no orffanlxatlon has been ao potent a factor a* the Young Women - * Christian Association. t In every city of civilised countries. In the schools and colleges of the world, and even In the desert dices of heath en lands—wherever exists a woman's need—there alao doea the organisation stretch forth a friendly and protecting hand. In Atlanta. It* boarding home and the opportunities of recreation, study and phyalcal culture offered by Its lunch room, library’ and gymnasium have become Indispensable to the great number of bualneaa women to whom the door of these opportunities wouM be otherwise closed. At the lunch rooms each day may be seen over one hundred and fifty women, who obtain lunch or dinner here at k nominal price and who apend thalr one pr two noon hours reading, retting or talking with their friends Instead of walking the streets or remaining In their offices. At the close nr the dinner period these' women return to their work, refreshed mentally, bodily and apiritually. It la amall wonder, therefore, that when H becaml known last week that the T. W. C. A. headquarters In Atlanta must close this summer for lack *>f funds, there was consternation among tha hundreds of women who patronise the organisation. Now, the work of the Y. M. C. A. Is not a charily, but Is a co-operative movement supported by the .patronage of tbo business woman and by tbs community. Tha working women of Atlanta have given their patronage to the organisation. They have lived In lls home, they hsveteken their meals at lit lunch room, have aubacrlbed to Ita courses of study. Shall It be raid then that the work must be suspended throughout thy summer for tack of co-operation from the Atlanta public? This la literally true. The city ut Athens some years ago launched Its T. W. C. A. with a subscription list of one hundred cltlsens paying five dollars annually. The city of Atlanta boasts today an annuel subscription list of thirty citizens, paying five dollars! Will you permit the V. W. C. A. ;*> dose this summei '.’ Shall the women and girls apend their noon hour on the sireei*? Or will you contribute to thy funds? HumanitailanUni Is simply putting yourself In the other person's place. This requires some Imagination, but it 1* worth while. The Xasarene said: "Whatsoever ye do unto ths least cf these ye do also unto Me.” And ceu- turtes later a poet Bounded tha uni, keynote of brotherhood when he wrote. "If you want an Inacrtptlon to read at dawn and at night ttme. and for pleas ure or for pain, write upon the n alls of your house, in letters for the nun to gild and the moon to allver, ‘Whatever happens to another, happens to one- ►elf.’ ” Whatever happens to these girls an j women happens to you ami to me. Khali vi take from them this summer their lunch room* thalr recreation and Ihrir rest? AN OVERLOADED NATION. One of our large public enterprise*- 1 -# charity to a certain extent— the Tabernacle auditorium project. It wav announced Sunday. Is very near the necessity of abandonment. The cause assigned for this state of affairs -Is that ao many similar enterprise# are on foot—hospitals and the . like—tlmt the* Tabernacle auditorium movement has been to a degree crowded out. This Is significant. No matter where we turn, we see the overloading, over-borrowing evil Indulged to an alarming degree. Churches, colleges, schools, hospital*, business enterprise* of every kind nnd cities and na tions. all are so far abend of themselves financially that If they had to pay their debts they would be ruined. University projects, financed with notes, given by Individuals, with no security, churches with mortgages running Into thousands of dollars, medical colleges struggling to keep their Intereet paid, and business men and railroads living In fear of their financial obligations are some of the factors In this growing practice. It Is wrong, all wrong—this overloading habit, and leads to a weak, frothy, honey-combed business existence. Overloading- and overreaching have become a habit with us. Young men order clothing before the money Is In sight. Stocks are bought on margtne with nothing - left to cover a fall In prices. Men borrow money to the tull limit of their securi ties, with nothing left for a rainy day’s depression. New churches or ganise from out already Impoverished churches and rush Into an effort to build expensive houses of -worship, only to struggle along an Impoverished existence, with their half-paid pastors preaching debt-raising Sunday after Sunday to tha exclusion of the gospel. We need churches, we need hospitals, and we need enterprise, but we need a more conservative and sane manner of handling them. If our people desire church privileges, then we can hardly see the consistency In a West End cltlxen traveling a mile or two to a favorite church, while Jie passes many unfilled Ones on his way: nor In a Brookwood family going three or four miles through town, while a half-dozen churchei need them nearer home. If there could be more unity of purpose, the combined resources of two or three churches, minus the expense of maintaining separate con gregations, would give one big healthy congregation that could do things, Just as the Tabernacle has done for years. Dr. Broughton jitui Ills enemies—a few of us do have one or two—but no one can discount the fact that the Tabernacle has used Its money for hospital and other work of njercy, while the old building has taken care of Itself. The Tabernacle deserves a building If any Institution or any body In Atlanta does, and white we Implore all good people as a general thing to do without rather than 'plunge headlong Into a sea of debt such as Is now all but overwhelming so many similar enterprises, yet the Tabernacle auditorium la too great and worthy an enterprise; the scope of Its pur poses are too broad and too humane, and It has progressed too nearly to ii decision of Its successful establishment to permit It now to fall for want of a few more thousands of dollars. A successful man In Cincinnati, who started with a few hundred dol lars years ago, now employs 250 machinists, doea nearly a million a year business and always keeps enough real cash locked up-ln a vault to pay his men for eeveral months, If trouble should come, says banks might fall and business cease, but he will have enough to keep running and take cars of his men. Let's have enterprise, let's |wv* new buildings, let's have churches and hospitals, but let's learn a lesson from the railroad* and similarly overloaded, over-capitalized and over-borrowed enterprises, and not eat our cake until we get It. The lesson The Georgian would point Is that of the necessity of con serving all resources to be drawn upon In the promotion and upbuilding of such enterprises as these. Concentrate what time and energies you have to expend nnd money you have to give upon the worthiest and most far-reaching undertaking at hand. In the present situation there can be little doubt that the Tabernacle auditorium meets these specifications. So we say, keep at It until it is built. A NATIONAL ISSUE AT ALBANY. LTidsr’thls title Mr. Frederick Palmer discusses at length In Collier's for April 20 Governor Hughes' public utilities bill, which he Insists is the most complete and systematic, measure for the control of corporate abuses, nnd may prove a model for other states and for the nation. He sums up what the public utilities bill means as follows: New York state Is divided Into two districts wltb a commission In each wfilch has unprecedented power. Either can order devices, changes In equipment or In regulations of employees considered necessary for the passengers' safety, examine all papers, records and books of any person or company engaged In public ser vice. Its consent Is necessary to all franchises, capitalizations. Issues of stocks and bonds, leases or transfers, and mergers. It controls train schedules, fixes new rates for transportation of freight or passengers or for gas or electric light when the old are found unjust; sets the standard of electric voltage and gas purity. ' Its offices are open from 9 a. m. to 11 p. in. for the hearing and In vestigation of public complaints. Whsu number of cars and the amount of motive power are Inadequate It can order an adequate Increase ax well as repairs aud Improvements nnd exlrs sidings where the demand warrants them. . Impartiality to shippers Is assured. Freight bulks shall not be broken eu route. No matter how many roads It passes over, a consignment must go continuously to Its destination. No .Dad shall have an advan tage ovpr another on any road In the tranafer of through freight. Any action brought In (lie courts by the commission against a corpo ration uinit have precedence over all civil caaes except those concerning elections. This puts an end to legal delay. For every failure to comply with the luw or the rulings of the com mission the limit of fine for railroads and streat-car lines la $5,000. for gas and electric companies $1,000. Each succeeding day of non-compliance -■ball count as a separate offense. Thus disobedience would not pay. It might cost $150,000 a month. THE NEW YORK MORNING TELEGRAPH SECONDS THE MOTION. The New York Morning Telegraph stoutly seconds the suggestion mads by th* editor of The Georgian at the Bryan banquet In Chatta nooga. The Telegraph says: Many good tilings come nut of the South. That section of the coun try emotional at tlmta, but almost Invariably sane and safe In the last analysis. I* Initiative, and now It has made a sans suggestion to all the people. Let Mr. Bryan put Mr. Roosevelt in nomination at the next Dem ocratic national convention. euggeatH John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, and to this The Morning Telegraph, a Democratic newspaper of the conserva tive school; says “Amen" and "Amen.” Theodore Roosevelt may not be the greatest Democrat alive, but he Is without doubt the greatest Demo crat In the public.eye. He la everything that the Democratic party stands for: everything that the traditions of tha party love and esteem. That he would accept a nomination coming from tha Democratic party goes without saying, for the reason that hla own political associates, with whom he has little In common, would not dare to name another man. once before In the history of this country—under Monro*—there was an "area of good feeling.” The fact cannot be blinked that Theodore Roosevelt Is the most popu lar man in America today. If he should come up for office he would receive more than 75 per cent of the popular vote. Why not make hint the presi dent of the whole people, and for four years live under the administration of a man who holds his commission from all of us'.' Th* Morning Telegraph Is a conservative newspaper. -Jt has taken es pecial pride heretofore In the fact Hint It does not fly off at a tangent, and ytt It feels thut It Is doing a public service when Jt calls upon all par ties and all party leaders lo offer President Roosevelt another term. POLICE OF ATLANTA AND SOME OTHER THINGS. llvorsid it the Editor of The Georgian WIU you grant me ■poi-e lo groaus of thousands who live and out aide of Atlanta? The readlur public la. lit s uietiau-e. de pendant on the Atlanta papera fur news t recent Inane of Thu Journal, there woa 430 Ilnra over 3,501 worda- about tho police dcpartuieut of Atlatnn Nov, coin, paratlvel; few people In Atlanta ttiid fewer nut of Atlttnta cere to hear snylhtug aleiul title HI smelling matter, which butt been etirred tip. rukctl over, fumigated, dtslufcqt- ed. reorganised, dlaorgaliinetl, disintegrated, dinsectrd, illalaterred. ctnintlmed. notII few care or know who la chief, outrun, rptinrtl. Itoard. |Milieu commute*- or auythlug die about It. All the; waut la a rear. If no newa la available. tor pity's sake. have mere; on the public oml leave a blank apace Aa one old member of the Atlanta force told me recently, the whole place was like a den of old inside, each one Jealous of the oilier, all afraid to apeak ten Into into from the peue or Intwer; luthlttice. The ptililli- will stand lunch, lint there abollhl tie Mich n thing aa cleanlt- neen in Koiuhern neweiutpcra tor while people to read, and not try mid cmldaxou every nasty notice trial, alitoug llle police nnd among the prteonet-g. upon llm pages bf decent papers. There la no ne***l to lav le-fore onr 1m»;s and girls the Inner work Inga nnd lives of every visitor lu Judge Broyles’ dock, nor to take the rakluge tif vlctonanean and prostitution nnd gather them like gold nnd attempt tu atlrnct the reading public bv display* of such. X. K. SMITH. Month-el lo. tin.. April 8. I So;. The architect of the new .Singer building in New York, forty Morten in height, and exceeded In altitude by only nne building In the world. Is Krneat It Is estimated that $10,00*,tnio I* In vested In the outfit of golf clubs in England and that 2(1,000 people were converted to the game In 190S. There ate 2,00*) clubs and about 30.000. play ers. and their total annual expendi ture Im estimated at over 127.000,0*10. an average of JSO for each player. At the iwtr of a ball n golfer each week _ _ li.noo.ooa balls are uned every y«ar by irk'l aud i<Mths**mc mailer*aa rould i»c got- golfers on British links. the editor* have let a lot *»f umrl*t*l t*oll*-e reporters *lanl* Ilie pages «»f Atlanta dallies with sa much vlte amclllsg, disgusting, pu EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL OF THE CHATTANOOGA SPEECH OF JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES 00000000000000000000000000 0 FROM PRESIDENT HOOD OF O BRYAN ANNIVERSARY CLUB. O O The tone of the following letter O O to Mr. Graves from Hon. R A. O O Hood, of Chattanooga, president 0 0 of the Bryan Anniversary Club, O 0 under the auspices of which the O O Bryan banquet was given, and O 0 who presided as toastmaster, O 0 should set at rest any false Im- O 0 presslons as to the feellrjg of 0 O those responsible for the occa- 0 0 slon toward Mr. Graves and the 0 0 speech he made at the ban- 0 0 quet: O 0 lion. John Temple Graves, Allan- O 0 lo. On. O 0 Dear Mr. Graves: O 0 Yoqr editorial In The Geor- 0 O glan of today paying tribute to 0 0 Mr. Bryan stamps you as a man O 0 that has a heart as large as the 0 0 whole country. I am sorry that 0 0 I did not get to see more of you O 0 while here. I hope I may have O 0 the pleasure of seeing you again. O 0 Very truly yours, O O F. A. HOOD. O 0 President Bryan Anniversary 0 Club. O 0 Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11. O O 0 00000000000000000000000007* Commendation from St, Louis Mr. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Sir:—Allow me to say that you have sounded the sentiment of every patriotic Democrat. Alight (money) rules for a time, but right will triumph In the end If our party mana gers will but put their ear to the ground. I heartily thank you fdr your timely advice. I am, » Y’oura truly, E. M. BOSLEY. St. Louis, Mo., April 11. Bryan for Vice President. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta. Ga. Dear Sir:—Your speech at the Bryan meeting as per our morning papers, Is favored by scores of Northern Re publicans and Democrats, too, and as one of the former, I would like to see William J. Bryan aa vice president on the same ticket. Tho South needs Just such a ticket, and the North, too, for that matter, with results which will point In the right direction. 1 admire your step, and It will bring good re sults. Most respectfully, C. P. PACE, SR. Chicago, III., April 11. Wisest in Years. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta.Os.: Gentlemen—Hurrah lor Colonel Graves! That Chattanooga speech Is the wisest thing that has come this year from a political banquet. Roosevelt la as much a Democrat as a Republican. He Is ns progressive as Bryan. Bryan can't be elected as long as Roosevelt guides the Republican party. Both eland for the same prln- Iples. It has been proven In glorious achievements that Roosevelt can car ry out hla policies. Who else has the executive ability, the courage and In fiuence combined to stand between th# common people and theltrusta? There Is no question but that Roosevelt can finish enacting Into laws the rest, of the main demands ol th* people In both parties. - There has been no time In the his tory of the country when greater wis dom. courage nnd experience were needed In the president. We are pass ing n crucial point, a time when old pollcisa are superseded by new obliga tions. The money domination Is the only real Issue. It Is generally con ceded that Roosevelt Is tha largest man of the times—a man prngreaatve, vet not radical, who can give justice to both sides and get results, regardless of obstacles. When we are satisfied that he Is the best man tor the place, why not continue hint while this Icru- clal ttme needs a big man? There Is only one question before the country—the protection' of the people from th* ravages of the money pow ers. There should be a union or the mass** In one party to support.Roose velt and leave the corporations to run the other opposition. It Is criminal gnorance for the masses to. be di vided now. They must join hands from both sides of the old parly lines or continue to be ruled from Wall street Roosevelt Is curing the kings of greed as no othdr American has done. Let hint continue It. Bryan Is a great awakener and ad vocate, a great educator. That la his field more than executive politics. He can do more good ns he is doing than as president, and will go down in his tory as a greater man. Roosevelt It air executive man. who can get any thing done In the quickest time possi ble. Bonn can't unify the Demo cratic party now. not before It comes out for government ownership of rail roads. and that Is uot quite ripe enough * . ...Im 1I.vI.-a Mmllti *x »• li'nllr ana tax Cleveland Democrats and Harley Dem ocrats and also Roosevelt Democrats, but they were and are all of that office- holding breetf of Democrats whose De mocracy Is emasculated for tho sake of holding a non or bt-partlaan office with a salary attachment. Are you certain that this Democratic Republi can hybrid which you have named Roosevelt will consent to be saddled and ridden by a Democratic Jockey? Won't he balk? Are you nlso sure tliat the country could be saved with out nominating Mr. Roosevelt? Sup pose he should die! Have you a sub stitute or on under-study? It strikes me that Air. Bryan went you one better when he aptly filled! this contingency by suggesting LaFollette. Your speech and letter remind me of the attitude In! which the Republicans squarely placed themselves In 1896 and 1900. They declared that one man and only one could save the county., from going to the “demnltlon bow-wows,” and that man was .McKinley. But how was It after the president was shot? Do you know who was one of the most fear less, tireless and persistent abusers »f Mr. Bryan? Nobody but Air. Roosi- velt. Do you suppose that Teddy lias saved this country? if so. from what abyss of destruction has he safely snatched you and I and about T9,999,998 other dear people nnd placed us upon the pinnacle of prosperity, peace, jov and happiness? It Is apparent that you have never compared the situation you have erected for yourself with that of 1896. Atore than twenty states have declared for Air. Bryan. None fyr Roosevelt: not'even a Republican state. Now, will you please point out In what Important particular, giving names, dates, places, circumstance or the poli cies of Air. Roosevelt have afforded tho people any relief whatsoever? Can you suggest any one particular thing which has been done by his profession al Republican office-holders which ha* redounded to the Interest of the entire people? What particular tenet of Dem ocratic principle has Theodore Imbibed that justifies you In naming him as the hybrid Democratic Republican whom Air. Bryan shall nominate? Was It the anti-ship subsidy principle or the re vision and reduction of the tariff? What use have you ever discovered Theo dore put any Democrat to unless It was an ardent, selfish purpose to have that Democrat by his conduct and his words and his work further the - stand-pat doctrine of the Roosevelt Republican party. He picks up a beaten Demo crat from Kentucky and puts him on the canal commission. What for? Sim ply to create a division In the ranks of the Kentucky Democracy. He osten tatiously rides In the cab with a loco motive engineer to catch the labor vote of the Brotherhood, and denounces Atoyer, Haywood and Harriman with the same broad grin of elusive sinuosi ty. He Ignores Foraker because the senator Is working to show the Injus tice of the president toward the negro troops charged and discharged for al leged complicity in the Jjrownsvllie shooting and appoints a colored politi cian from Columbus, Ohio, to a $4,000 position as auditor of the navy depart ment. when the negro don’t know the difference between the starboard side of a ship and the forecastle. Hhe drives respectable women out of th* While House and appoints the sure thing, gambler, murderer and desperado, Bat Whether Bryan Nominates Roosevelt, or Boosevelt nominates Bryan, will not affect you so ma terially as whether or not you save a part of your income for the future. President Boosevelt once said: “I should think ill of any man who did not wish to leave his children a little better off materially than himself.” Your first step toward accomplishing that should be to open an account in our Savings Department, where we pay 4 per cent interest compounded semi-annually, and make deposits regularly. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. For the wise man there are no yes terdays! There may be plenty of tomorrows and he hopes there are! But yester day Is past and gone forever. • The wise man knows that there msy not be a tomorrow for him, and ao he lives wisely and welt today. In more senses than one that great writer of Ihe apostolic era was right when he said: "Now I* the accepted time!" Yesterday Is gone out of our grasp, tomorrow may not be for us, the pres ent Is ours, ami today is the greatest day In our lives, and this moment the solemn Inheritance to which we are born heir. ’ People who live In the past are apt to be gloomy, pessimistic, dissatisfied, unhappy! People who live In the future are apt to be dreamy, vacuous, yearning, but never attain. He - Is ths wise man who uses today and Its opportunities to the utmost of his ability. Whatsoever he has to do he does with hts might and puts his best Into whatsoever he may be doing. The wise man knows that If he makes a mistake today he, or some one else, will be compelled to rectify It In the tomorrow of life. Alistakes may endure for a season, but they do not, they can nJt, abide forever! SERIOUS SIDE OP A KING’S LAUOII By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. Edward VII, king of Great Brhaln and Ireland and emperor of India, net pushing his automobile through one of the London streets at n speed that <* iU much faster than the law allowed. A policeman, seeing the car »p. preaching at such unlawful gait, plant, ed himself In the middle of the way and raised his hand. The machine stopped. The fat-faced, polly looking gentleman in the rear seat gave Ills name as Wernher. called the police, man's attention to the number on the car and stated that hla address vas Bath House, Piccadilly. Somewhat awed by the character of the neighborhood from which the fat gentleman hailed, but still true to Ills duty as an officer, the policeman per mitted the auto to go on, but not with out imparting the Information that the transgression would have to be settled before the magistrate, little dreaming that the culprit was “his majesty.” The machine had scarcely resumed Its way when the king threw himself back and laughed until his sides fair); shook. There was a whole lot of tragedy in that laugh. To him who knows how to look at It there Is In that laughter *>f the king pretty nearly the whole histo ry of the long past of man’s mlserv nnd wretchedness, degradation and shame The king can do no wrong.” It ' x-«**a uu uu II l)«S „„ «I to the tune of that Infamously false I slogan that poor humanity marched, or ^vft.ro"?' 1 , D ,!r K..,, „nH ncT l .l a rot «■»!'«>• <\t-aw*>d. for thousands of years. Ataaterson, to a Federal position In New York. What hag he ever done for you or your friends.* Air. Graves, that pitches you Into the limelight of public opinion as the sponsor of a new breed of the genus politician? Or are you honestly of the opinion that Theodore Is the Moses placed Jipon 8,nal for our salvation until translated? Democratically thine. JAMES D. ERAISTON. Indianapolis, Ind.. April 11. Sentiments of Many Democrats. Hon. John Temple Grave*. Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Mr. Grave*—You have never made a greater public utterance than you did In your speech at Chattanooga yesterday, nor performed a service which will have a further reaching effect. Even should your suggestion not b* acted upon, It will place the whole question upon th* public forum for discussion and reveal, In tny opinion, the aoundnesa of your views. The time and occasion were precisely timed and your deductions were and are the unvoiced expressions of ths better part of all Southern Democrats Yours very truly, O. C. STONE. New Orleans, !*a„ April It. to win. Hoke Smith or Folk seem next available, bnt they. too. stand for the Roosevelt doctrines. Colonel Graves has made n great suggestion at a most opportune hour. I bad thought daya ago of writing on the need of both parties uniting upon Roosevelt. It Is better that a Demo crat and a brave man of his national influence ha# given the Idea a wide hearing. It I* good to have men big ger than parties. The - age of blind party •'^VR^M.CONN^L: Birmingham. Ala.. April 11. Many Obstacles in ths Way, Hon. John Temple Graves. Atlanta,Uu.: Aly Dear Sir—Without doubt, you are genuinely honest In your conclusion that Ihe absolute salvation of our coun try depend* entirely upon one Theodore Roosevelt; that It is therefore neces sary for Air. Bryan tc arise In a Demo cratic national convention and after .in Inimitable nominating speech the Dem ocratic delegates shall deliver the goods Theodore: that TheiMure with his usual ability to “catch the coona-gwlne an' a-romln‘,” and In spite of his oft- epeated declaration that he would not be a candidate for re-nomination should accept the unheard-of nomina tion of a Republican president by t national Democratic convention of 900 delegates anil be triumphantly elected. But there are some obstacles In the way of the fruition of your very fond hopes and desires. First, there Is Theo dore! Are you sure that he Is a Demo cratic Republican? For my part.il have been In politics for twenty-five years ami never heard of that hybrid until It was bred out of the fertile brain *f the good Democrat to whom I am vvrlt- I have heard of anil knew At lag. Says It Required Courage. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta. Ga.; Dear. Sir—I want to oongratulate you on the stand you took at Chattanooga, and while every man. North or South, who hat the proper amount of gray matter, knows that Theodore Roose velt Is the best exponent of real De mocracy In the United States, It takes courage to state this to a Demo cratic assemblage. I am as tired of Bryan as I am of the Thaw trial. Again let me congratulate you. Yours truly; of history have been, and are being, rectified, sometimes at tremendous cost and at a fearful price. The mistake King George made with the American colonies was not recti fied until there had been two great wars—the Revolutionary nnd that of 1812—and then people speaking the same language woke up to the fact that they were brothers, bunched In the same bundle of life. Slavery was a mistake, and at what tremendous cost did both North and South pay for the mistake of the first slave traders, who In 1620 brought cap tive black men to American shores. At what cost has capital discovered that laboring men are men, and at what cost labor has discovered that capital has rights that must be respected? Some day, out of the mistakes of each, there will come a Just recognition of the claims of all, and there will dawn the era of social democracy, when cap ital nnd labor, the two strong arms of trade, will work harmoniously for the good of the heart and the brain and the pocket-book of commerce. It's the easiest thing In life to make a mistake. Afen are apt to think that "this once” won't count. But there is not a moment that Is not big with value for the days that are to come. The wild son of the desert, Esau, made the mistake of hts life In a mo ment 1 * time when he sold his birth right for a mess of pottage. The Impulsive Simon Peter slept for a' short thirty minutes and loat a splendid opportunity. Over the name of a rescued woman hang* the perfume of the beautiful words: “She hath dons what she could.” Seeing, seizing, fulfilling an opportunity made her name circulate through all literature In a way that honors and glorifies womankind ev erywhere. A Jewish queen, alien In a* foreign land, accepted the opportunity and en dured the obligation of a single day, and thereby saved Iter people and gave a new significance to the sweet word and name, thither! Today la your day! Into today put your best work. And there will be no regrets! Your work may be simple, humble, apparently Insignificant. It Is never Ignoble, mean or small. If Into It you put your best! Even drudgery Is di vine when done In the spirit of a king. You may do your common work commonly and be common. If you do it uncommonly well and perse vere, the uncommon reward and en comium will be your*. Put your best Into your work, and the beat will be yours—best oppor tunities, best wages, best masters, beat character. It always pays to do work well! It never pay* to do work In any other way. The king—the "anointed of God,” .... representative of heaven’s order on earth—Is above the law, and whatever he does Is perfectly right anil tnuat be accepted as such by the poor devils who a.-c Ills "subjects.” From the dawn of human lilstor.-, right down to the Red Terror known as the French Revolution, that old lie bestrode men's thoughts like » Co lossus, and kept the world in a con dition of political servitude and moral chaos. Of course. King Edward, as com pared with the kings of old, is a moat tt-actable. mild-mannered, reasonable and law-abiding gentleman—but in Ed ward's laugh we may. without muilt difficulty, see reflected the horrible past Just referred to, with its almost Incon ceivable story of Ignorance and shame, brutality and oppression. Even Edward VII, in this opening decade of the twentieth century, knew that lie was perfectly safe In rushing his car as fast as he pleased. He wav the "king,” and. his "majesty" once revealed, no "subject” would dare lo bring him before the court. Indisputable Is the old saying that the law Is a net that catches the little files, while the big ones break through and go on as though the net did not exist at all. History Is the ugly, dispiriting thing that It Is slntply because the great one« of the earth were permitted to laugh at the acts for which the poor and the humble were made bitterly to suffer. The “upper" classes—the king nnd his favorites—could do what they pleased and there was none to call them to account, while If the "lower” classes violated the law they were Imprisoned, branded, whipped at the cart-tall, de prived of their ears and oftentimes ol their lives. But It Is encouraging to know that at last things are taking a turn for the better. With all of Its faults, and faults It still has a-plenty, the grand new century In which we find ourselves Is waking up to the Important fact that Right Is Une, and that by Right's One law alt men are bound, rich and poor, the strong and the weak, the illustrious and the humble—all bound alike to ren der obedience .to the rules of civil or der, upon which all true progress de pends. It Is the perception of this great truth that Is nowadays, almost for the first time in history, bringing the big crimi nals to the bar of Justice along with the little ones, punishing the powerful and { iromlnent offenders as well as those of esser note 111 th* world. It Is a most hopeful sign. It means that the long, night of moral apathy Is passing away, and that we are nearing the morning of a new day In world- ethic*. ANOTHER VICTIM IN KENTUCKY FEUD I EDWARD H. ALLEN. Charlotte, N. C. j Beattyvllle/ Ky„ April 13.—Clay i Thomas was arrested In Uwsley coun- j ty yesterday and lodged In Jail for the President Deserve. It. Abner * ‘ n tOUn,y ' “sjasszzstjiszsx ! a iirrrr bner *r k r r commend >our courage and heartily , V olver and shot him. Tile killing Is the Indorse your suggestion. While the | result of the Hargls-Uockrell feud. In president was In Atlanta 1 heard a i which John Abner, a relative. Is a cen- number of old veterans eay they would j 1,1,1 figure. like to vote for him on the Democratic j i ticket. Flnce that time lie has done a number of things that, I think with you. entitle linn to be placet! there. Wishing you success, I am. yours tiaily. HENRY It. FLACK. LaG range. Ga.. April 12. TWO STRONG SERMONS BY EPISCOPALIANS Dr. A. A. Butler preached a Htronf nermon at Ht. Phillip* Cathedral Hun- morning on the responsibility rest- ins on Christian people fit the United State* In view of the world power of this country. .Rev. H. R. Huise. rector of 8t. Marys hmvh. New York, addressed a I a rye congregation at St. Dukes Sunday aft ernoon in the inletest of the missionary thank-offering that is being raised by the Episcopal church to commemorate the three huitfJredth anniversary of tile _ jfm . R9HM. founding of DttglUh Christianity on the Kitiley Democrat*. Foraker Democrat*, American continent. SINCLAIR JACOBS RETURNS TO CITY Sinclair Jacobs, a son of Dr. Joseph Jacobs, returned Sunday from Phila delphia. after an absence of nine j months spent In the study of pliirmacy lat one of the oldest Institutions of th* i kind in America. Although It was his ! first year In attendance upon the In stitution ftom which his father and his grandfather secured their 'diplomas, the younger Jacobs acquitted himself with honor and kept abreast of his classmen. He will graduate from the Institution two years lieme and will finish hts education in pharmacy at Heldelburg. .Germany. Four hundred and alxty-two new na tional banks were created In lbO(. For the last seven years the average has been within a fraction of forty a month We now have 6.343 national banks, with I8T7.II9I.275 capital and 3396.$45,022cir culation. Seven years ago the banks numbered 3.617, with 3616.308,093 cap ital and $254,264,730 circulation.—New York Sun. Army •Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Army Orders. Washington, April 15.—The follow ing orders hare been issued: Captain G. M. Grimes, Thirtieth in fantry, from army and navy generil hospital! Hot Springs, to proper ela tion: Private Frank Clark, Troop l>. Fourth cavalry, now at Fort WIIII*' 1 ' Henry Harrison, transferred to Com pany C, Sixth infantry, stationed at that post: Contract Surgeon Leonard P. Bell, from Philippines to Fort Rllo • Captain John D. L. Hartman, First cavalry, detailed member examining board at Fort Rltey, vice Captain Gee. H. Cameron, Fourth cavalry. Naval Orders. Warrant Machinist W. T. Robinson fo Arkansas: Chief Boatswain A. R- Nickerson detached Piscataqua lo tia.- veston; Boatswain Ad. Warwick, de tached Chattanooga to Plscataqui. Boatswain N. R. King detached Gahr- ton to Chattanooga. * Movements of Vessels, ARRIVED—April It, Choctaw -t Washington; April 12, Washington 't Hampton Rondr: Tacoma at Bantus’ da Cuba. Hercules iat Charleston. SAILED—April 11. Boston from Aca- Jutla for Amalpa: April 12, Tenne.*—' from l.eugue Island for Hampton Knud*. Potomac from Charleston Norfolk. Tacoma from Guantanamo t ,r Santiago" de Cuba. Whipple. Worden. Truxton, MacDonougli. Hull and Hoi 1 ' kins from Key West for Norfolk. Kan sas turned over to government builders Bth Instant at navy >' ar '*' League Island. tine-seventh of Great Britain's •"'** foreign commerce passes through tns Suez canal.