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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
J.I (AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A New Negro Leader.
John O.-Daniel., of Brunswick. Is
another negro Who Is making a strong
and manly bid (or the fame that la
founded upon usefulness to hla race
and to hla times.
Daniels has steered olear of the line
made plain by Booker Washington at
Tuakegee, and leaving Brunswick he
has gone on f mission' to' the ne
grophlllsts of the North to secure
funds for the establishment of a
negro school of navigation at Bruns
wjek. - .....
■lie believes that tho colored man's
withdrawal from the forms of the
South Indicates tlint he Is tired of ag
riculture, and the new educator hopes
to lead him In this new path In which
hla race will be Instructed In tho gen
eral occupation of seafaring on the
ships and steamers plowing the Atlan
tic and the Gulf.
Daniels has the Indorsement of such
standard names In Brunswick as Con
gressman Brantley, Mayor Symons,
Judge Gallo, ex-Mayor Hopkins and
other men of repute In Brunswick.
His experiment will be watched with
Interest, and, In the main, with ap
proval.
Champ Clark at Savannah express
ed the faith that the Democratic par
ty might win In 1908. “But In order
to do so," said the old war horse of
Missouri, "we must have genuine
Democratic candidates. We don't
want any more pigs In pokes, such as
we have had!” This allusion to Judge
Parker Is affectionately commended to
the consideration of The Houston
Post
The debutante conditions of the cot
ton plant seem to justify the belief
that the staple will be a belle In the
commercial gayetlea of 1907.
“On to Jamestown!” should be a
shibboleth to the Fifth Regiment aa
well as to other elements In the state.
WILL ERECT MONUMENT
TO HEROES OF CALHOUN.
Special to The Georgina.
Anniston, Ala. May 31.—The General
John H. Forney Chapter. ,U. D. C, of
Jacksonville, having succeeded In plac
ing a monument over the grave of the
fttnous Confederate artilleryman, John
Pglham, has now turned attention to
the erection ot a monument to the
confederate soldiers of Calhoun county.
AS far a. possible the nantee of every
Confederate eoldler from the county
w ho lost his life In the service will be
Placed on this monument, as well an
the name, of other, who have died
since the clou of th. great war.
Reopening Or. Mines.
Speclsl to The Gcorflaa.
Anniston, Ala., May 31.—The Wood-
stock iron and Bteel Corporation has
put a large force of hand, at work at
Rendalla, where they will op«n up the
old Rendalla ore mine that wu aban
doned some year. ago. The corpora
tion will rebuild the large ore washer
plant and supply the mines with the
latest equipment
Injured by Fall.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, S. C., May 31.—While
alighting from a strut car In Atlanta
O McR. Holmes, of thl. city, was
thrown violently to the asphalt struct
by the sudden starting of t£* car, sus
taining painful bruises. In addition to
an Injury to hi* back.
THE FIFTH REGIMENT MUST ANSWER THE PRESI
DENT’S CALL ON GEORGIA DAY.
The jtridfe and public spirit of Atlanta have rarely been face
to face With a stronger appeal than that which concerns the Fifth
Regiment and the Jamestown Exposition.
Jlere is Atlanta’s crack regiment—the very flower and chiv
airy of Georgia soldiery—set for the post of honor on the one
great day of an international exposition—named aa the guard
and escort on Georgia day of the' illustrious president of the Uni
ted States—named in the program to march in the forefront of a
long lino of the state guards of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva
nia, New York and the Carolines—with all the glittering honors
of a great military pageant waiting to crown its gallant ranks
—and yet halted and held at home by the sheer claim of poverty,
tightening in the face of the greatest and most general prosper
ity that the city or the state have ever known!
It is enough to make Georgia and Atlanta blush.
What shall Georgia say to the president and his cabinet, ex
pecting the orthodox amenities in an escort of Georgia troopsf
What shall Georgta say to the exposition expecting that of all
states Georgia will lead the list in numbers and equipment on
Georgia day! And what shall Georgia say to the general pub
lic when in the reports the only absentee in the great roster of
the military on that eventful day will be the state that gave to
the president his mother and is giving to the exposition its
greatest and most popular occasion t
We may be sure that Governor Terrell and his staff, and the
thousands of Georgians present to do honor to Georgia’s pre
eminent celebration, will be mortified at the vacant place at the
head of the marching columns.
The whole thing is a breach of the amenities among pro
gressive commonwealths. It is a social lapse that reflects upon,
thj good manners of the state. More than that or equal to that
it is a confession of state aud municipal poverty which does not
speak well for Georgia’s prosperity vaunted in her pamphlets
and in her display.
The multitudes will say Georgia-claims to be prosperous and
rich. Yet she is too poor to illustrate the good manners of send
ing a regiment or a battalion as the escort of honor to the pres
ident of the United States when he comes to do honor to Georgia
on her opening day.
We just cannot afford to permit the Fifth Regiment to stay
at home 1
The culture and graccof the capital city cannot suffer the re
flection. The progress and prosperity of the city and state can
not endure the reflection upon its means and its liberality.
The Fifth Regiment must go to Jamestown!
Beyond the reasons t of courtesy, of ethics and of business,
lies the appeal of . gratitude. The Fifth Regiment deserves all
this and more at the hands of Atlanta.
If every citizen pf Atlanta who felt hiptself safe and his
family secure behind the guns of the Fifth during the riots of
last September, Would give $25 or $10, or even $5, these gallant
soldiers would take their place with ringing cheers at the head
of the .great parade of the 10th of June.
If every man whoso person was saved or whose property
was protected by the bayonets of the Fifth, would do his grate
ful pocket duty the fund would be raised before noon on Satur-
day. _
The appeal is urgent, personal and direct, to the pride, to the
gratitude and to the social dignity and repute of all Atlanta.
.Tlto-fuud is already started and is well on the way.
N’ow, gentlemen of Peachtree and Whitehall, of Alabama
and of Broad, and of our stately homes on Peachtreo Road and
Ansley Park, put your hands into your comfortable pockets and
come up to the social honor of Atlanta. Give yourself, and then
give an hour with n list to this cause on Friday evening and on
Saturday morning, and see if the output on Saturday noon does
not relieve' the embarrassment of this mortifying lapse, and
call tho Fifth Regiment at “Order Arms” to be ready for the
president and Georgia day at the great Virginia fair.
Atlanta has rarely, if ever, had a social crisis so imminent
ns this.
We appeal to the social to join the business element of At
lanta in meeting it with promptness and dignity at once.
The Fifth Regiment must answer roll call at Jamestown on
the 10th of June I
GORDON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abbeville, S. C., May 28, 1907.
Hon. John Temple Grav.s, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: In an editorial of this date In The Georgian you
any on “Gordon and His Place:"
“Let us not torget that It was Gordon who saved .8outh Caro
lina from the rule of the carpet-bagger and seated Wade Hampton
In the atatehouse In Columbia."
Since making this statemenL you will do your readers in
South Carolina the kindness of saying how, when and where this
great aorvlce was rendered 8outh Carolina and Wade Hampton.
I would not for anything do tho memory of General Gordon
an Injury, but at same time, you certainly do Wade Hampton end
South Carolina an Injuitlce In this statement tf I am correctly In
formed from reading state history. Understand, I do not dispar
age the greatness of Gordon. Very truly,
, R. B. CHEATHAM.
Our friend from South Carolina Is fully entitled to nn explanation.
The Georgian's statement was perhaps too broad and sweeping In its
ascription of credit to our gallant Gordon In the redemption of South
Carolina.
There are few people, however, living In cither state who will not re
call that In those troubled times when Wade Hampton led the
great state campaign for Carolina'* redemption that It was Gor
don who stood side by aide with him on the stump and In
the council chamber through the stormy phases of thst campaign—tbst It
was Gordon's eloquence and Gordon's tact that did as much or more than
anything else could do to arouse enthusiasm and the fiery purpose of
8outh Carolinians to be free—that it waa Gordon's judgment and Gordon's
wisdom which In the council chamber ptanned the wlieat policies for suc
cess.
And finally when the battle waa over there are few In Georgia or
South Carolina who will fall to realise that Gordon’s wise counsel, his firm
Insistence and hts skillful policies did as much or more than any other
man’s to bring about the compromise by which South Carolina and Louis
iana conceded a doubtful and uncertain national election in order to se
cure the Imperative and Indispensable redemption of tbelr state govern
ments from the rule of the scalawtg and the carpet-bagger.
And if there be any doubt In any man's mind of Gordon's part In this
great and desirable achievement, the confirmation will be found In the
telegram which Wade Hampton sent to Gordon In Atlanta on the night
that the Federal troop* withdrew from Columbia. Hla telegram, expreaa-
ed In one brief and eloquent sentence, carried the whole story of a
statesman's service and a state's high gratitude. Hampton's telegram
read:
‘To John B. Gordon. Atlanta, The troops are withdrawn and the
state is redeemed. Sonth Carolina thank* you."
It Is not In our hearts, and we are aura that It Is not In Mr. Cheat
ham's hesrt. to draw any envlons comparison* between Gordon and
Hampton In this great campaign. They both behaved like heroes and
statesmen. Hampton like a true South Carolinian led the fight. Gordon
shared his dangers, his labors, bis responsibilities, and we are sure that
Hatipton living or Hampton dead would be abundantly willing that ba
should share In Hampton's glory and his fam*.
k. IL_
A SHORT COTTON CROP SEEMS SURE.
Every condition and promise justifies the assertion that the cotton
crop of 1907 will be a short one.
Every atmospheric condition of the year has been against the cotton
crop. The warm weather of February and March began the llfo of the
plant prematurely. And that life was nipped In the bud or In the early
plant by the untimely frosts of April and of May.
Since that time the crop has been replanted several times and the
plant which survived the frosts has had a somewhat stunted growth. The
abnormal recurrence of rain and cold weather during the entire spring
up to the present time has been prejudicial to a healthful prosperity for
the cotton planL and by all the precedents of our seasons, the boll will be
so late In maturing that Its full fruition Is likely to be affected by the
early frosts.
Under these conditions It seems a logical deduction tfiat the cotton
crop of the present year will be a short one.
Moreover, the country Is prepared more than ever before In Its histo
ry to consume an abundant crop. An Increased and ever Increasing de
mand for cotton would make 12,000,000 bales scarcely sufficient for the
world's requirements during the coming year.
Of course, under the economic lay of supply and demand the Infer
ence Is reasonable that we shall have a better price for cotton than we
have had in previous years, and those planters who are fortunate enough
to have a full crop, or whose skill aud attention can make the best of the
crop which has progressed so far under unfavorable conditions, will
doubtless reap a satisfying harvest of profit from the cotton transactions
of the present year.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY FOR ATLANTA.
Saturday is the first day of June, and thereforo the first day of the
summer ot 1907.
The abundance of sickness of a mild type during the past winter
and the superabundant evidence turnlebed by the nature of our minor
epidemics of the existence of germs In these diseases, carries with It
an admonition to forecasting prudence and discretion In sanitary meas
ures for the coming summer.
Atlanta Is, generally speaking, a cleanly city, and Its sanitary af
fairs In the-main are well kept up. There come to us, however, from ob
servation and from reliable report, statements of carelessness In certain
private and public lines of sanitation In the city. Carelessness In the
keeping of private premises, untidiness about the streets which are both
the side and central thoroughfares, and the general appearance of over
confidence In the climate are evident in greater or leaser degree in dif
ferent parts of the town.
These conditions should be remedied, not when It Is too late, but In
advance as n precaution In time which may save trouble for the future.
Moreover, thla Is tho time of year when not only health, 6qt beauty
should have a place In the public spirit and In public comfort. The
grass was never greener than during the present year. The flowers nev
er bloomed more beautifully nor the hedges never looked more alluring
than they do today—all provided that there Is care In their keeping ancj
taste in their regulation.
A little prudent energy on the part of house owners and store
keepers could make and keep Atlanta the “City Beautiful" as it always
has been. • ...
1 Let The Georgian write a scries of prescriptions which represent
public spirit aud public safety during the coming summer.
We claim no credit for originality, because they have been spoken In
other words and In this and Jn other cities. Here, then, Is our prescrip
tion In short sentences for happiness and health during the summer of
1907:
Cut your grass.
Clean your attic.
Clean your front yard.
Clean your back yard. <
Pick up all loose paper on your premises.
Dump your cut grass with the trash, not In the gutter.
Give your front walk a hose bath every day, unless it rains.
Dump your trash In one box, your garbage in nnother. Don't mix.
Contractors—Move your own debris and don't leave this for the
city to do.
Pull the grass from your front pavement and salt the cracks. This
prevents second growth. .
Call the dead animal man at Main 958. He Is paid a large salary
to remove carcasses and to do It quick.
Everybody—Have your front sidewalks swept on Saturday afternoon.
This will make Sunday a joy and not a series ot brainstorms for wear
ers of skirts.
Throw everything but this In the waste basket.
Your money will be refunded If this prescription fails to cure the
“blues” and to ward off most of tho diseases of the summer season.
MON DA Y, June 3,1907 \Jeff Davis’ Birthday),
Being a legal holiday In the state of Georgia, this bank, a member
of'the Atlanta Clearing House Association, will be closed.
Our customers will please bear this In mind In requesting trans
fer of funds, remittances, pay rolls, or attention to other business
matters.
Notes and acceptances ^maturing Monday are payable Saturday.
Notes and acceptances maturing Sunday are payable Tuesday.
EDITOR OF GOLDEN AGE POINTS
OUT A CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLE
OF NEWSPAPER INCONSISTENCY
THE PARACRAPHER AND
THE KINGDOM OF HE A VEN
“There are neither strawberry-col
ored shad nor rabbit-fattened bass In
the hereafter of the paragraphers,"
lays The Atlanta Georgian. This opin
ion, while highly Interesting, Is far
from conclusive.—Washington Herald.
John Temple Graves insists that
paragraphers won't get to heaven. He
■urely hasn't much desire for that
blessed country, as he ts turning out
more squibs lately than usual.—Fitz
gerald Leader.
The Atlanta Georgian declares that
t Is easier for s camel to go through
th* ey. of a needle than for a pnra-
grapher to go to heaven. The Bible
declares that It Is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle than
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven. We are broke and standing
pat on the Bible theory.—Houston Post.
If, as The Atlanta Georgian opines,
newspaper paragraphers can't go to
heaven, they will doubtless greatly en
hance the discomfort of certain dlatln-
R fished persons In the other place.—
Ichmond Times.
"Can a newspaper paragrapher enter
heaven?” aska The Atlanta Georgian.
If he can not tt Is the first thing the
average newspaper paragrapher can
not connoct with.—Tba Commoner.
The esteemed Atlanta Georgian la
authorized to announce that all ,para-
graphsrs who get shut out of both
daces tn the hereafter are cordially
nvlted to come to Texas.—Houston
Post.
The New York Mall paragrapher
calle attention to the fact that a promi
nent Gothamite recently demanded to
know “Who ts John Temple Gravea?"
No wonder Mr. Graves sees no happy
hereafter for the paragraphers.—
Washington Herald.
The Atlanta Georgian’s query, “Can
newspaper paragrapher expect to
enter heaven?" la atilt going the
rounds, and the coneenaua of opinion
Is that ha needn't expect to go there
on hie meritz.—Birmingham Age-IIer-
s newspaper paragrapher will get to
heaven. If he should ho would doubt-
leas be aurprlsed to find present some
of thoze who furnished him with tar
gets here on earth.—Birmingham News.
The Atlanta Goorglan declares that
"the pungent paragrapher and the
kingdom of heaven have not yet es
tablished any relations for the future."
Anyway, whatever condemnation may
be visited upon him can be at moat a
brief sentence.—Houston Post.
GRAVES AND HIS CRITICS.
From The Golden Age.
The effort of some capers to Impute
selfish motives to John Tampla Graves
In his Chattanooga speech, declaring
that hs was on a quest for dateo on tho
lacture platform, la little—it la shame
ful—It Is mean! Mr. Graves deliber
ately gave up the platform aa a pro
fession several years ago In favor of
tho editorial chair, and wo happen to
personally know that ha recently de
clined several eerie* of date* that
would havo paid him handsomely. The
publio would rojoloo to too him fsetur#
oftsner than hla editorial duties on Th*
Georgian will allow. John Tempi*
Graves hss t master mind, a gallant
heart, a fearless soul end a golden
tongue. Ho hao always bean an inde
tongue or pen in guile. He ie *1
roua enough and great enough to argue
without maligning and to differ with
out bitterneae of heart or words.
W* never knew Him to do e little
thing. Hie editorial pegs in Th* Geor
gian I* like a gulf atraam of crystal
warmth and beauty, flowing through
dally Journalism—fructifying wherever
It goes and blotting wherever it
touches.
The Atlanta Georgian Is asking,
“Can newspaper paragraphers expect
to enter heaven?” Why not—don't
they get the other thing often enough
on earth?—Cleveland Leader.
If the paragraphers get shut out of
both places, there Is atilt s destination
swatting them. It waa s Wisconsin
man. we believe, who declared that
Hades was only a pocket edition of
Chicago, anyway.—Richmond Times-
Dispatch.
Colonel John Temple Gravea want*
to know If a paragrapher can go to
heaven. Give him full swing and good
pay and then ask him. Colonel!—New
ark Star. '
New Crott-TIa Company.
Special to The GeorgOs.
Brunswick. Ga., May 31.—The estab
lishment of another big croee-tle ex
port company It the latest Industrial
move In Brunswick. The new concern
Is called the National Tie Company.
McKinnon Campbell la Southern man
ager and Hanscll Baker has charge of
the force at the Brunswick office. The
main offices of the new company are In
New York.
’ Commandery Organized.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga., -May 31.—Wednesday
night at Masonic Hall St. Elmo Com
mandery, Knights Templars, was duly
Instituted. W. 6. Rockwell and George
M. Williams, of Savannah, were' pre«-
ent as representatives of the state
commanded. The rank of the com
mandery was conferred on forty-one
men. Officers were elected as follows:
Eminent commander. N. H. Ballard;
The Atlanta Georgian doesn't think generalissimo, W. G. Brantley. __
(Wm. D. Upshaw, In The Golden Age.)
We have somewhere heard of a Jewel
bearing the fair name. Consistency—
but that "gem of purest ray serene"
has been sadly, and. we fear, hopeless
ly lost by a great newspaper tn Geor
gla.
The Atlanta Journal, which "covers
Dixie like tho dew,” Is everywhere
recognized as a great paper, viewed
from ever/ standpoint of newspaper
enterprise, and the vigorous advocacy
of legislative reform.
But good men sometimes make mis
takes—and great papers nB well—and
simple fairness and "even-handed Jus
tice" demand that we call The Jour
nal's attention to Its great mistake—•
Its Inconsistent attltnde In- criticising
Chancellor David C, Barrow, of the
University of Georgia, for Inviting Mr.
Alfred Thom, of Washington, general
counsel forthe Southern Railway Com
pany, to bo commencement orator.
And why this belabored criticism,
P For nothing on earth except the.sim
ple fact that this distinguished Ameri
can lawyer haa been employed as chief
counM! for a great agency In oar coun
try's commercial development. What
are wo coming to when ostracism like
this Is advocated by a great newspaper
of commanding Influence?
-Why, The Journal actually takes
special pains to say that the personality
of Mr. Thom and the beauty of elo
quence In k)s commencement message,
"though he speak with the tongue of
an angel." should not be considered In
tho matter. It boldly, baldly, almost
blatantly, declares that the one crime
for which Mr. Thom should he barred
from a college platform and almost
ostracised from decent society. Is the
fact that he Is chief counsel for a rail
road. And the unpardonable and inde
fensible blunder of Chancellor Barrow
(who bravely takes all the responsibil
ity on himself) comes out of the fact
that he Invited to make a commence
ment address a man whose talents have
been recognized, and whose legal wis
dom has been crowned In hla eleva
tion to the high and honorable position
of attorney for a great railroad sys
tem.
Ladles and gentlemen, we submit
that that Is going too far—Just about
a thousand miles too far.
Such a spirit has about it a complex,
ton of agea that were dark, and the
star chambers where atari, tn fact,
were never known to shine.
We would wish that that unfortu
nate editorial on "That Unfortunate
invitation" might be Imputed to the
on the horrible liquor traffic by adver-
ttatng tt tn hts columns, thus sowing
tho Dragon's Teenth of the organised
liquor power Into the minds and hearts
and appetites of our sacred homes and
our plastic, defenseless children!
The editor of The Journal was. until
recently, n prominent lawyer In At
lanta. Suppose he had been offered, at
that time, the high and honorable posi
tion of chief counsel for the Southern
railway, wllh headquarters at the na
tion’s capital! Would his acceptance
of such an arduous honor have ren
dered him unfit to return to his old
home state at the invitation of tha
chancellor of our university?
Many men In Georgia, with name aa
spotless as a woman's virtue, have
been employed to defend men guilty of
murder—yes, and of the “unmention
able crime.” Does this faithful per
formance of professional duties bar
them from the classic and historic ros
trum at Athens,? Tho very suggestion
Is pitiful In the poverty of Its narrow
ness.
“But," answers The Journal, “Mr.
Thom Is tho paid leader of a system
that plans to evade the law, and which
is guilty of crime almost as flagrant as
murder."
Well, we are not fighting the battle
of the railroads, further than to sug
gest that men and not steel rails and
engines make the system. Still, wo
can not accept without modification
that extreme' statement. But if every
the ear marks of due dellbcra
tton! Indeed, It Is the second or third
editorial of tho kind. And we who
ore grateful friends of The Journal
because of personal 'kindnesses, and
also because of Its signal service In
building up our state and section, are
forced to tile unwelcome conclusion
that our own mighty Atlanta Journal
takes tho strange, narrow, unthinka
ble position, that being a railroad at
torney unfits a man for the duties of
speaking nt a school commencement,
and puts him ever more under the ban
,if public suspicion.
Let not The Journal complain that
our construction Is extreme. For, on
general principles, Mr. Thom la like
other railroad attorneys—and all other
attorneys, os for that—employed to
represent hts client to the best of hta
ability. Then ehut out all such men—
hundreds of our honest, able fellow-
cittzens, and muzzle their mouths on
all pubile occasions! Yes, and write
above every collegb platform that
ought to be a forum for enlightenment
on all public questions—write for the
eyes and hearts of these—our fellow-
citizens—this horrible ultimatum:
“Get out—you are not welcome! Be
gone—you are not wanted! You have
been contaminated by the unholy touch
of greed! You are an alien from the
commonwealth of which you are a
part. You are a covert and designing
word of It were painfully true, we have
a statement more true and more pain
ful than that:
The liquor power of this country Is
organised to perpetuate and enlarge
Itself, law or no law. And at Its door
ycountiess crimes of actual murder are
laid every day.
Some railroads do wrong, but tha
system Is a blessing.
Some liquor men are misguided, but
kind-hearted gentlemen, but the sa
loon system Is a horrible Iniquity.
The railroad system sometluaes hurts
body and pocket-book (and sometimes
the railroad's purse ts plundered with
out conscience In turn) i but the saloon
system destroys purse, body, mind and
soul!
And yet The Journal and many other
papers help It on by dedicating their
sacred space for the sake of the gold
that Is stained by human blood and
haunted by the cry of souls thus lured
to hell! „ .
The Journal's own argument of ex
clusion because of contamination from •
a a Sh.e si-11 Vs a mlirhfv
contact or sympathy with a mighty
evil, makes every man and woman an
enemy to society who advertise/! liquor,
who rents hts property to IL or who al
lows it In hla club or hotel—whether on
Peachtree or Decatur streets. Flease
tell the difference. Answer and oblige.
Finally, this la written, not -for the
sake of argument, or tho profitless
bandying of words. It comes from
the very heart blood of the writer, with
the desperate, definite wish to do gen
uine good.
Let The Journal light a candle and
look through the corridors, of Its soul
for the lost Jewel. -
You will find It hidden under a hugs
heap of gold. Polish that Jewel when
you find IL Brother Editor, and let Its
gleams light up the way forth* leglona
you could ao grandly lead "for God
and Home and Native Land."
80UTHERN OPION OF ROOSEVELT
enemy of all that la best In our gov.
ernmental plans. You must not stand
before our American youth, even
though your lips the while be dumb,
lest your very presence aow Dragons'
Teeth In their plastic minds and
hearts!"
Ladles and gentlemen, that Is the In
evitable conclusion of The Journal's
logic, and, to use common parlance.
That Is the llmttl"
And yet. If the railroads are a men-
ore to law. order and morals—If the
railroads are an unmlxed evil, The
Journal is right In Its sweeping pro
scription and Its merciless ostracism!
And now, "In Conclusion.” aa the
preachers say, and on The Journal's
own premise of contamination and ex
clusion. one last civil question, which,
after all, has been the acknowledged
"method In our madness:"
Which does the greater harm to
American society, the railroad system
with all of Its developing Influence, or
the saloon system, with all of Its de
bauching Influence? \
We rejoice to know what your an
swer will be, for not many, many
months ago you were dlacourslng about
the evils of the saloon, and warning
barkeepers that they were In grave
danger of having them “voted out alto
gether.”
Then, dear contemporary, what be
comes of your argument of contami
nation and exclusion?
Our railroad system ta a great blees-
Ing, with some flagrant evils that need
correction. But the saloon syatem ts an
unmlxed evil, with horror, sorrow, des
olation and death In Iti wake, and not
one redeeming etar to ptercs Its cloud
of shame!
Your fateful argument of contamina
tion and exclusion would make every
man who, for the consideration of
money, abets or connive* at the liquor
traffic In any form, a moral degenerate
and a social outlaw. You are In the
corner. Brother Editor. You can not
escape the dilemma. Which way you Oy
ts condemnation. You yourseir are con
demned. The Journal editor, then,
would be an unfit person to make a
commencement address, because he Is
openly connected with an Iniquitous
and murderoua syatem.
For the sake of money Mr. Thom
helps on the Southern railway by the
application of hta talents to the work
anil plana of the railroad, and—how
(From Tho Washington Herald.)
Our eloquent Georgta friend, John Temple
Graves, hss contributed to tho New York
World a concise restatement of tho reasons
which moved him to advocate the nomina
tion of President Roosevelt for the presi
dency by both parties, or by the olementa
In both parties favorable to what are com
monly regarded ns Itooseveiynn policies.
Perhaps the most remarkable portion of Mr.
Graves' latest explanation of hie position Is
his assertion that he has received thousands
of letters and many thousands of personal
expressions assuring him that his concep
tion of public opinion was not unfounded
and that he hud given utterance at Chatta
nooga to the “rest voice of tho people of
Georgia, and the real opinion ot the frea
anil Intelligent manes of the South."
Assuming Mr. Grave* to represent a css-
sldenble proportion of Southern political
opinion, the Inquiry suggest! Itself whether
Mr. Rooeevelt does not more nearly per
sonify Southern Democratic opinion on vital
prohleme of the day than Sir. Brynn. for
example. This query Is not so paradoxical
aa It seems. In spite of such things ns the
Booker T. Washington dinner and th* Dr.
Crum appointment, end hf the obvtona dif
ferences between Mr. Rooeevott'i attitude
on various public questions, and that of
leading Southern statesmen. Mr. Bryan
haa expressed views on several subjects
that have met with opposition from tho
op pea
Southern people, and.In.the ^matter of cen
trallxatlon of power In the federal govern
ment. a* a means of dealing with the trust
farther then i
_ Roosevelt. The president's corporation
policies have so far had the unreserved sup
port of the Souther* senators and repre
sentatives In congress, which esn not be
•aid for proposals coming from the fertile
mind nt the Nebraska statesman, ear* In
so fir •• some of them rose hare been “tn-
prnpriated" by the administration. At-
though from s certain point of view, Mr.
Roosevelt may he looked upon as radical,
yet. as compared with the more advanced
position taken liy Mr. Bryan on railroad and
corporation problems and the Initiative and
referendum, he may lie placed in the con
serve tire else*. In other word*, the criti
cism we observe In the Southern press, >ap-
M Bryan's pronounce
ments on economic questions, does not ap
ply to Mr. Roosevelt's attitude on the same
tells ns that the real opinion of the South
B refers the policies of Roosevelt to those of
■rynn. broadly speaking, or the less radical
to the more radical.
It Is a curious fact that both Roosevelt
and Brvnn encounter strong oppoelton with.
sorry we are It's true—for the sake of tmmgb th»y would'not object to tnvWlug
money, the editor of The Journal helps part of the wny with ltooeevelL
In the ranhs of their own parties, and yst
both seem likely to he able to heat down
that opposition. Both parties, as Mr. Graves
says, are "filled with masses ef promt taste
•gainst half the creeds whleh they profess
and half the platforms which they follow.''
These protesteeti eeostttnte the apm rteri
of the moderate radicalism of Roosevelt and
the stronger radicalism of Brynn. If w* .J I
may accept the Oeovgla editor's illagnoele *
of the heathen situation, the Democratic
prntestant* In Hut region are not prepared
In go as fir am Rryan would lead them.
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