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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. BATTRDAT, APRIL JO. 1SW. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At S West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: ^ne Tear $4.M Six Months 2.M Three Months ny Carrier. Per Week 1® Telephones connecting all depart* uenta. Long distance tennlnala. GEORGIAN the circulation depnrtmcut and hare It promptly remedied. t Telephones: Ilelf 4937 main. Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all commnnlca. tlons Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to 300 words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as anwvldence of good faith. Rejected manaecrlpte will not be returned unless stamps are aent for the purpose. or any liquor ads. Ol’Tt PLATFORM: The Georgian sod News stands for Atlanta's owning Ita own gaa nnd electric light plnnts. It now owns Its water worka. Other and News believes that If street rail* mays can be operated successfully by European cltlea, aa they are, there Is no good reason why they can not be so onerated here. But we do not bellava The way wint.r has whang-doodled spring la a Bliame. The New York peace conference ended without further dliturbancei. The Houston itrawberry-Potomac ■had controveray could bare had the quletna put on It, If froat bad not nipped the Georgia Elberta. If the Investigation relative to gritt ing on the new Pennsylvania state capltol proceed* much further, lie real valuo threatens to simmer down to about *13 Instead of $13,000,000. That Berlin physician Invites an epl domic of neuralgia by announcing that alcohol la a lure cur* for that aliment Nobraska, the Dakotas, Iowa, Kan sas, Missouri and Colorado are blank eted with snow. Indicating the pres ence of the Falrbanke presidential boom. Senator Spooner's resignation seems to havo mussed up the political situ ation considerably In Wisconsin. Indi cations point to a regular Rhode Island or a time In electing 8pooner'f succes sor. The Jamestown Fair cetebratei the Confederate Memorial Day by opening - Ita gates to the world. Well, there Is no particular time-serving In that. Well, It Is alao on Friday. But the president I* a superstition buster, too. The best railroad regulator Is a chief eiecutlve who commands the whole some respect of the railroad presl dents. To a man who has known the de lights of Coosa river mud cat it aeema pitiable that the Potomac ahad must become hla dally food and the subject of editorial panegyric. No one ever believed that Paragrapber Nevln, of The Washington Herald, would come to that. The Houston Post has every excuse for getting Irritated with him. The New York World's query, "What is a Democrat?" threatens to go unanswered along with that other famous proposition, “What Is the plu ral of grapefruit?” Philadelphia's mayor'* Injunction to “get busy” should not be considered as an Invitation to the gang. When the railroads get really fright ened tbey threaten to cut off all con templated Improvements. This move, however, does not extend to abutting off the water supply. • All other prevaricators should hang their heads In shame when they read the dally efforts of that Winsted, Conn.' chap In New York papers. Hla latest "one beat bet" la a farmer who has not slept a wink In thirty years! Ex-Congressman James W. Wads worth declares that the president la a faker and humbug. Surprising how flossy some of those fellows get as soon aa they annex an rt. Georgia ha* a convict named For tune Muster. However, be Is In for swiping a pig. so canhot be classed as a high financier. J uai SOME POLITICAL REFLECTIONS At the present writing there Is not a shadow on the Democratic borl- xon that looms knee high to Bryan for the next party nomination. There has been sporadic talk of other men—Gray of Delaware, Judson Harmon of Ohio, Folk of Missouri, Daniel of Virginia, and Culberson of Texas—but the name* are merely whispered on the outer edge of the Bryan boom which steadily thunders on Ita way. It would seem safe at present to predict that If the party nominates Its own, Bryan will be the nominee by acclamation. But the campaign la young as yet AH, or nearly all, the great occa sion* which have touched It, havd been held with the Nebraskan pres ent, and as chief gueat and orator of the assembly. The Western Democracy meets tonight with the Iroquois Club In the city of Chicago. The West I* always free and fearless, and the Iroquois Club Is as liberal In its invited list, as It Is loyal In Ita record at the polls. There will be some free thinkers and bold speakers al that feast tonight There is Champ Clark, of Missouri, an unlmpeacbed Democrat and loyal to Bryan, but frank and unafraid to think and say. There I* Hitchcock, of Omaha, who for some years employed Bryan to edit hie paper, but who fell out with the Nebraskan, and has little that I* cordial to say about him now. There Is Lane, of California, a staunch Democrat whom Roosevelt appointed over the bead of a Republican to office on the coast. , There fi Grant, of Brooklyn, one of the solid friends of Alton Parker. There Is James Hamilton Lewis, of Georgia and Seattle. There Is Governor Beckham, of Kentucky. And there on the speaker's program la our own editor of The Georgian, who always baa a faith and the reasons for It In him. The presumption I* that the Iroquois banquet wlU let loose more of the real polltjeal drift and sentiment of the party than has yet been ob served upon the stream of the times. It may be all for Bryan. It may be set upon some Western man, or It may be—who know*?—that the South may shy Its castor Into the wide waiting ring, and pronounce the Anal end of sectionalism In the republic. For onr own part, we think If any Democrat has a show that Bryan Is the man. The Republican president has stolen our thunder, captured our creeds, adopted our reforms and Is playing hla Democratic part mag- nlflcently. He la either the boldest patriot' of the century, or he la the most consummate actor of a hero's part that ever trod the world's great stage. But Bryan Incarnates and voices the real spirit of democracy. If there la a definite Democracy be 1* Ha model and exemplar. If there le virtue left In politic*, character remaining to citizenship, and any real love lingering lu great hearts for the people and their needs, then Bryan la the type and custodian of Democracy. Wall btreet la out of It on either side. Neither Republican nor Demo crat would dare to come before the people now with the breath of Wall street upon the garment* that they wear. The dollar-mark has lost Its sovereignty for one campaign at least. No man knows bow long the wak ing of the people will continue, but while It lasts, tho money power is dethroned and parties, Democratic and Republican, must recognise the only sovereignty that was meant to rule the realm. Of coarse wo have our separate views as to Bryan's capacity to wjn. That he deserves to win we are all with one accord agreed. But vlotory Is something more than triumph now. It Is something altogether beyond the mere garish satisfaction of sucoess. If labor loses this great bout with capital—If the people strike their colors to the syndicates—If the revived and rallied forces pf the trusts shall entrench themselves once more In the citadels of privilege and power, we may say farewell to liberty, and study with profit the history of Greece and Rome. There have never been any times so fateful and Impressive as the times In which we live. The history of Democracy and the status of Indi vidual and economlo liberty Is being fixed by the ballots of the people now. This Is the people's Inning*. Tomorrow Is tho nobob's own. If we win now wo are on equal terms with the Rothschild* and with Rockefeller. If we toee we are subordinate for a score of years and may be for all time to come. It I* the very crisis of popular and economic liberty which moves men to rise above the partisan and look for the larger and the nobler victories without regard to party. Mr. Bryan la now greater than a president. No station can adorn hla flame. Ills great repute Is beyond the gilding of an office. The Great Commoner le above the chief executive. Tho people are the supreme consideration of the hour. , What Is the best thing that can be done for them? There Is no Issue beyond that. THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS Comment on theBryan-Graves Discussion The letters are so many and so full, and the editorials so numsrous and so lengthy, that it is only'possible to give the brief salient extracts from letters and editorials. OUR PART IN THE WORLD’S COMMERCE. The International commerce of tho world now oxceeda $26,000,000,004 of which $13,760,000,000 Is Imports and $12,500,000,000 exports. Of the Im ports of countries other than the United States, 14 1-3 per cent are drawn from this country, and of their exports, 91-2 per cent are sent to us. The total value of the Imports of all the countries for which statis tic* are available Is aet down at $13,739,697,000 and the total value of their exports la set down at $12,496,419,000. these figures of export* Including only the domestic products exported and not including the foreign or colo nial merchandise brought Into the country and re-exported. The total Im ports of the countries other than the United Slates are given at $12,513,^ 143,000 and the share of these Imports drawn from the United States at $1,798,336,000, or 14.37 per cent of the total. The total exports of the coun- tries other than the United States are given at $10,778,466,000 and the share lent to the United States at $1,031,113,000, or 9.57 per cent of the total. The share which the United Slates supplies of the Imports of the va rious countries of the world and which It takes of their exports is shown by an examination of the detalla, and this examination discloses some In- tereettng facts. The country which draws the largest share of Iti Im ports from the United States le Honduras, which In 1905 took 73.7 per cent of Ha Imports from this country. Next In rank In this particular Is Santo Domingo, of whose Imports In 1905 71.65 per cent were from the United State*. Mexico In the same year took 65.99 per cent of Ha Imports from the United State*; Canada, 59.59 per cent; Nicaragua, 61.09 per cent; Costa Rica, 61.65 per cent; Cuba, 45.34 per cent; Guatemala, 39.56 per cent; Haiti, 35.66 per cent; Colombia, 34.15 per cent; Salvador, 31.1$ pir cent; Venezuela, 30.22 percent; Ecuador, 28.86 per cent; Japan, 21.35 per cent; United Kingdom, 20.45 per cent; Peru, 17.98 per cent; the Philip pines, 16.8 per cent; China, 16.68 percent; Denmark. 16.8 percent; Argen tina, 14.1 per cent; Germany, 13.91 per cent; Italy, 12.48 per cent; the Com monwealth of Austria, 11.7 per cent; New Zealand, 11.21 per cent; Spain, 11.21 per cent; France. 10.72 per cent; Brazil, 10.33 per cent; Chile, 9.92 |ier cent; Uruguay, 9.67 per cent; Russia, 9.66 per cent; Auatria-Hungary, 9.49 per.cent; Netherlands. 9.38 per cent; Bolivia, 8.45 per cent; Belgium, 7.98 percent; Sweden, 7.22 per cent; Portugal, 7.13 per cent, and Korea, 6.19 per cent. • Considering the share of the exports of the various countries sent to the United States in the order of the relative share, the table shows that Cuba sends to the United States 86.53 per cent of Its total exports; Mexico. 68.60 per cent; Santo Domingo, 65.16 per cent; Colombia. 54.01 per cent; Nicaragua, 53.21 per cent; Costa Rica, 47.14 per cent; the Philippines, 36.28 percent; Venesuela, 31.11 percent; Canada. 30.41 per cent; Guate mala, 43.9 per cent; Japan. 29.48 percent; Ecuador, 27.p2 per cent; Salva dor, 21.72 per cent; Chile, 15.2 per cent; Swltxerland. 12.90 per cent; Italy, 11.95 percent; China, 11.86 percent; Germany, 9.46 per cent; Peru, 9.34 per cent; Haiti, 8.84 per cebt, and the United Kingdom 7.25 per cent of the total exports. The countries In which the largest share of the trade occurs with the United States are as a rule those of th: American continent and thore lying nearer to Ha markets than to those of other countries, while In a large proportion of cases their products are of the character especially re quired in the United State* and their requirements chiefly of the character of Brilclea produced In the United States. Fropi a High Private Democrat, Hon. John Temple Grave*. Atlanta, Ga. Dear S!r:_—As a "high private" the unsullied rank and file of the Dem ocratic party, I fully and freely In dorse the sentiments contained in your Chattanooga speech, atfd desire to con- gratulate you for giving expression to the principles ,of true Democracy. You hare manifested rare courage under the circumstances. > Your* very truly, J. W. BISHOP. Texarkana, Ark. From a Vermont Republican. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir:—Your ringing speech at the Bryan banquet places you In the front rank of patriotic Democratic ed itors. You pay an honest and well earned tribute to the foremost man of all this world, and point the way for Mr. Bryan to ahow hla patriotism su perior to his partisanship. "Opportunity knocks at his door for once,” will he open the door? Long may your banner wave. Yours admiringly, B. F. BAILEY, An Abraham Lincoln Republican. Saxtons River, Vt., April 12, 1907. From a Kentucky Democrat Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Sir:—Your "bad break," aa some call It, fits me exactly. In the press comments Congressman-elect Kimball, of this city, says it is "per fectly Idiotic." I am gathering what criticisms I see In the Kentucky press to send you in a lump. I notlca all the harsher talk comes from Dem ocratic office-holders, who are moved by "revenue only." * shall write a few lines from the pie who hold no ol In my Kentucky magazine last Jan uary my leading editorial, "Theodora Roosevelt," received hearty commen dation and was widely copied. In a subsequent article, I expressed the po litical paradox: "After fighting a Re publican president for 'my rights' from 1861 to 1865, I am Just now getting them under a Republican president, forty years later.” Read the Inclosed. I believe you will approve It, though It may be florid In plans. It was written In a paroxysm of contempt for Cleveland and Carlisle (and Parker). I still hold to my former opinion: Send John T. G. to Washington and the senate will have more brains nnd pluck In It than since Ben Hill died. Yours very truly, C. E. MERRILL. Lexington, Ky. Better To Be Right Than President. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. My Dear Sir:—I have reed, with' much Interest, your Chattanooga speech, and must say that you have touched a chord of true patriotism In the heart of every American citizen who thinks more of principles than party, I have read the letters from the peo ple Indorsing your views, and have hesitated to write you, feeling that I could not do the case Justice, but I do sot feel satlsfled to remain silent when know It to bo tho real sentiment of ie common people. I have often heard the common class of peopls remark that "the Democratic ■arty ought to nominate President loosevelt for another term," but I had never thought of one no high up In the party ranks as yourself expressing himself so fully and publicly along this line. With all the high regard we have for Bryan, yourself and others, we are compelled to say that "It Is better to be right than president.” *•* Falrburn. Ga. 8aya Bryan Missed a Chance. Ex-Senator Marlon C. Butler, of North Carolina, for many year* the head of the Farmers' Alliance and the Populist party, thinks that William Jennings Bryan missed an opportunity to perform a great patriotic aorvtce when he failed to respond "yes" to the demand of John Temple Graves that Bryan nominate President Roose- velt for another term. Butler la con vinced that the president will be elect ed again by the rank and ills of both parties. The former Populist says he Is In constant touch with the members of the two old-time radical organisations, of which he was the leading spirit. He says they are for Roosevelt to a man, and that he will be unable to withstand the growing demand that he take an other term. ■Graves mad* a very proper and patriotic request," said ex-Seflator But- er to the correspondent of The News, ■and one that an overwhelming ma- orlty of the country will approve. But Mr. Bryan exposed In his reply what tome of hts closest friends have long believed to be the weakest spot In his character, notwithstanding his many attractive and winsome qualities. Bryan’s Great Weakness. I admire Mr. Bry»n personally very- much and 1 fully appreciate hla good qualities. In this Instance, however, he has demonstrated what many of his friends, as I have said, have always believed to be one of his greatest weak nesses, and that he would rather run as the candidate of the Democratic party even If he knew he would be de rested than do the patriotic act of helping to elect a man whom he knows Is now doing more and will continue to do more for the whole country and to secure equity between labor and capital than Bryan himself could do If he were In the white house. Bryan could, If he would, have per formed this patriotic duty and at the same time relieved this typical Ameri can cltlsen, Theodore Roosevelt, of great embarrassment." "Do you think Grave's suggestion Is practicable?" "What Is there impracticable about It?" asked Butler, “tf the Democratic party can not nominate a man and have him supported, why should not tne party, If Its leaders are patriotic, at once resolve to uphold the hands of the man who Is carrying on this great work so splendidly and so success fully?" Either Roosevelt or Bryan. "Do you think the president would accept such a nomination?” ■'It la useless to waste time in an swering this question, because the leaders of the Democratic party will not rise 10 this patriotic level.” '•Whom do you think will be- the next president ? Ham Jennings Bryan," was the reply. "Of these two I should say that be yond question Roosevelt will be elected If his party and the country can force him to serre another term and carry out. the great work that be has be gun, and which I think he ought to do." "Do you think he will be so forced to run?" "I do,” Butler replied emphatically, "and I ray this although I know the president will not bo ploased with such a statement, and that he may possibly doubt tho sincerity of the friendship of the man who makes such a statement. 1 know that the presi dent still believes that the country will And a man whom It Is willing to trust, not only aa to his sincerity and integ rity. but a man who will loyally sup port the policies of the present ad ministration and who has the ability to carry them forward to success."— Washington special to Indianapolis News. Something to Give us Pulse, While viewing the president and Theodore, Jr., Jumping hurdles, Sena tor Elkins, of West Virginia, gave forth this Delphic utterance: 'I am sure of one thing, and that ts that a good man will bo elected presi dent next time, even If it should hap pen to be Bryan.” Coming so quickly upon the heel* of the Southern pronouncement In favor of Roosevelt as the Democratic nomi nee, ts It Just possible that this West Virginian thinks It not bad policy tor the Republicans to take up the Nebras ka Commoner! Why this recent cod dling of Bryan by those who once Im paled him as a demagogue? The presi dential situation Is becoming nebulous. We cannot And the battle-line any where.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Ought To Be Put to Bed. From the Abbeville, S. C., Banner. The Atlanta Georgian Is “taking stock” for “we Democrats" In looking around for a presidents! nominee to bring us to a glorious defeat. The Georgian talks of Grover, -and Billy, and Hearst, and Belmont, and "white wings," and "ultraconservatlsm,” and of "deflnlte policy." The Press and Banner bellevee that the Democratic party, ought to shoot Its “Democratic donkey,” stop all talk of persons or leaders, and search the camp or the depths of the ocean, or the shafts of the mine for a "deflnlte principle” or a "deflnlte policy.” Put Grover, and Billy, and Hearst, and Belmont In their little beds. Let the Democrats stand for something else than men. Let the Democratic party study for something else than personal popularity of Its candidate upon which to baso Its hopes of success. Mr. Gravis’ Suggestion. From the Spartanburg. S. C« Journal, At least, it must be said that John Temple Graves' proposition has the merit, If adopted, of offering aome prospect of success to the Democratic party. Nothing else In eight does. Mr. Bryan's friends and admirers, of whom we are, do not want to see him again butchered, as he win be, If nominated for president next year. The corpora tion Democrats will again knife him and Roosevelt or the Roosevelt Re publican candidate will divide even the radical vote with him. William Jennings Bryan Is one of the beet nnd grratest men In the world and the best Democrat In the United States, but we da not believe In the present divided state of political opin ion that he can be elected president. President Roosevelt Is without doubt president of all the people. He le carrying out some real Democratic principles, although himself a Repub lican In party affiliation. If Democratic (dees and principle* can be achieved through Theodore Roosevelt. Repub lican. patriotic and unselfish Democrats ought to be satisfied. Roosevelt Is much more of a Democrat than several who have recently been mentioned as possible candidates for tHe Democratic presidential nomination next year. Mr. Gravea Is preaching and advo cating real democracy In proposing Mr. Roosevelt as the Democratic can didate for president next year, how ever jnuch his revolutionary sugges tion may confuse and disrupt the plans of those who are In charge of the party machinery. Mr. Bryan's response to Mr. Graves' suggestion showed Mr. Bryan's cus tomary and never-falling good sense and good taste, lie will not "as at present advised" nominate Mr. Roose velt, but he may do so. It the cir cumstances aeem to Justify It, he will. At present he thinks Senator LaFollette the beat Republican for the Democrats to support. The situation seemed likely to prove embarrassing to Mr. Bryan, but It turned out to be not at all so. About Checking Accounts It Is not merely the business man who needs a checking aecau Every person who handles any considerable amount of money Unt< gardlees of their profession—should have an -account of this kTnS" Writing a check la the simplest and safest way of paying a bill ' other obllgatlos, and a checking account gives a record and a r ceipt for every dollar paid out. *' Many people deny themselve* a convenience of this kind thinking that because their account la small It would not be a ceptable. This bank, however, will welcome your account wh.tk It be large or email. '"’ ,r MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. Mr. Roosevelt aa a Democratic Leader. From the Providence. R. L. Journal. This Is an Interesting suggestion that > --I,:"- f"-m th- iiT.-iiu----.il>!,- (-(liter --r that stalwart Democratic newspaper, The Atlanta Georgian. He proposes that “the one unmatched and lncom-1 parable evangel of our faith (Mr. Bry an), speaking for a pure Democracy, and speaking for the whole plain peo ple of the republic, should put In nom ination Theodore Roosevelt for one more undisputed term of power to fin ish the work that he has so gloriously begun." Mr. Bryan has commended the president on occasion, but It Is open to queBtlon whether lie would be willing to go to the extent of offering him the headship of the rival party. However, a temporary treaty might be made between the two organiza tions and a combination ticket, Roose velt and Bryan, nominated. This would be a ticket for radicals of what- r-wr i-Hi-iv mime d support, nnd If the conservatives should be dissatisfied they might tyiTiie opposition lid.-itci of their own. Would not Fairbanks and Parker sweep Indianapolis and Esopus? DELIGHTED AT THE DECISION IN THE PIKE COUNTY CASE. To the Editor Of The Georgian: Please allow me, a son of Pike coun ty, to express my delight over the an nouncement of the decision of the su preme court, rendered yesterday and chronicled In the dally press, sustain ing the people of the above named county In their desire and effort to hold an election, which has for Its purpose the abolishment of that branch office of the nether region located in and maintained by the city of Barnes- vllle and dignified by the misleading title—dispensary. My Interest Is Intensified because I know that It hasn't been so many weeks since the llquorltea were confi dent that they had this decision squashed or pigeon-holed Indefinitely. In fact, It came to me through what I believe to be a reliable source, that the defenders of the present regime there were so confldent that all oppo sition had been defeated that they contributed $20,000 In cold cash to ward securing the location of one of the state agricultural schools—to ap-. pease the wrath of the opponents who could be bought for a mess of -pottage. It might be interesting to the entire state to know that my private Infor mant, who Is up close to the throne, told me aleo that the above mentioned 820.000 was borrowed from a Louis ville brewer, without Intereat, for one and two years. It was a part of tho agreement, however, that the dispen sary was to purchase all stock from the Louisville concern during the said two years. All of this was not done by corre spondence, but by a minister plenipo tentiary from the Barnesvllle “tank." I was told alao that the "leaders" of the opposing forces acquiesced In the agreement. And as their hands are tied now, who will lead the host to victory? God win raise up true leaders—men who will not equivocate and who can not be bought, in the eight of God and man, the action of these erst while "leaders" Is too contemptible for any use whatever. Names? Well, wait. C. L. STOCKS. 427 Austell Building, Atlanta, Go. GLASSES FITTED "The representative retail optical houu of the south." A careful, exhaustive and complete examination of •be eyes sod the Uteat style* glaasee fitted. Aik to - tee th* new Torlet and the aeml-lnvlat- ble Blfocala. . Thirty-five years as opt|. clans to the Southern pae- pie—of much consequence to you when you need glasaea. A.K.HawkesCo OPTICIANS Two ) 14 Whitehall Strut Stores ) 125 Peachtree 8treet Army-Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. For Turman School. A combination lea cream festival and supper for the benefit of the library fund, which the nchool Is raising, was given Friday evening by the pupils of the 8. B. Turman School at Lakewood Heights. : The pupils and patrons of the school are raising a fund for the purpose of purchasing a school library and something over $50 was added to the sum already collected. Miss San ders, the principal of the school, was In charge of the entertainment. At Baptist Tabernacle. Rev. Dr. C. L. Ridley, of Live Oak, Fla., a well-known evangelist, will fill the pulpit of the Baptist Tabernacle at both services on Sunday. The re cent accident met by Dr. Broughton will prevent him from preaching for some time to come. "Either Theodore Roosevelt or WII- powqr Their Polltics-the Sam*. From the Charleston News and Courier. The scores of esteemed contempora ries poking fun at Colonel John Temple Graves fait to assail his position that the politics of Bryan and Rosevelt I* esentlally the sams—which Colonel Bryan went far toward admitting when he seriously hinted the possibility of the Democrats nominating another Re publican, Senator LaFollette. The truth s that Colonel Graves has put the ■firyanltes" on the defensive. Highly Significant. From the Lacrosse, WIs., Chronicle, v This Is Indeed a remarkable utter ance, and it is not surprising that Mr. Bryan rose In hla place and admitted before the audience of hts partisans that tf he believed as Me. Graves says he believes, he would accept his sug gestion. It ts not to be supposed that Mr. Graves spoke for himself alone, al though he satd that that was hit pur pose. He has not conceived so radical a notion about the logical course for the great political party of which he ha* been a lifelong member without laying It before many of hi* fellow citizen* and fellow partisans In the South and learning of their approval of It. What he says, therefore, I* highly significant, whether Mr. Bryan agrees perfectly with It or not. It furnishes another evidence of the unreserved confidence which the American people, without fegard to party affiliation, have come to place In Theodore Roosevelt, and It la another expression of the forces that are operating to compel the president to renounce the utterance which he made on the night of hi- election and once more become a car.dl. date for the high office which he holds and which ho has Invested with nev: purposes and tremendously aiuan'—tad Dr. Elgar's Sermons. Rev. Thomas Elgar, the "Prison Evangelist," will preach Sunday morn ing at the First Baptist church (color ed). In the evening be will deliver a sermon at the Central Presbyterian church. ^ HI* theme at this service will be "Trumpet Blasts from Stone Walls." ARMY 0RDER8. Washington. A-prll 20.—Contract Sur geon Walter Whitney, from Fort Pr*. ble to Fort McPherson. Flrst-C'leii Private BenJ. F. Johnson, signal corps, from Fort Wood to recruit depot, Fort Slocum, relieving Sergeant Edtvard N. Reeves, signal corps, who will proceed to Fort Monroe. Private Willie B. Furnish, hospital corps, Fort Thomas, discharged from the army. Second Lieutenant Edward A. Brown, Fifth Infantry, to Fort Mon- roe, for duty pending examination for first lieutenant of coast artillery. Pri vate (first-class) James C. Reinhardt, hoapltal corps, from gsneral hospital Fort Bayard to Fort McPherson. Pri vate Richard J. Heafty, Troop A, Fif teenth cavalry, now at Fort Monroe to general hospital, Washington barracks Naval Orders. Captain O. A. Merrlman, detached navy yard, New York, to command Missouri. Captain B. C. Pendleton. 4». tached Missouri, to command navy yard and station, League Island. War rant Machinist D. F. McCarthy, front army general hospital, Fort Bayard,- to home. Movements of Vessels. Arrived: April 16, Arkansas, at An napolis; April 18, Prlncaton at Acapul co; Buffalo at Mare Island. Sailed: April 18. Nevada, from An napolis . for Norfolk; St. Louis, from Newport News for Newport; Mayflow er, from San Juan for Washington; Scorpion, from San Juan for Santlait de Cuba. Ohio Society 8moker. The male, member* of the Ohio flo. clety will have a smoker at the Pied mont Hotel on Tuesday evening, the 10th. All Ohioans, whether member* of the society or not, are cordially Invited to come and gej acquainted. New York Society. All who formerly lived In the Em pire 8tate of the North, and now reel- dent* of th* Empire State of the South, are Invited to meet In the Piedmont assembly hall next Frtdny at 8 p. ">• Wallace Presbyterian Church. Service* Sunday at the Wallace Prea- byterlan church, at Walker and Stone wall streets, will be conducted at It and 7:10 o'clock by Rev. T. P. Cleve land, the paator. Sunday ichnol win be conducted at 9:30 o’clock, and pr*>" er meeting Wednesday evening at o'clock. 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