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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonlfht and Sunday; somewhat
colder Sunday.
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
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Atlanta, quiet. 11%; New Oriennn. quwn
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Charleston, Arm, 11%; Houston, steady,
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VOL. VI. NO. 65.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19,1907.
pOIfTR'.. »• Atlseu: TW. CENTS.
I XVAV^-u: On Train,! riVi crNTA
WILLIAM J. BR YAN AND GOV. HOKE SMITH
ARE FOREMOST FIGURES IN CITY TOD A Y
CLARION CALL
TO DENTS
The Coliseum Filled
With Cheering
Crowd.
Georgian’s Editor Ac
cepts High Post With
Mr. W. R. Hearst.
Covered 475 Miles
Since Thursday
Night.
GOV. HOKE SMITH
INTRODUCED HIM
Bryan’s Magnificent Ad
dress Stirred Audience
to Enthusiasm.
PROGRAM FOR BRYAN DAY
4 p. m. General reception In honor’ of Mr. Bryan will be held at the
governor's mansion.
8 p m.—Dollar dinner at Piedmont Hotel by the Toung Man's Demo
cratic League of Fulton county in honor of distinguished guest.
12 midnight—Mr. Bryan leave, for New York over Southern railway.
The following Is the reception committee for Mr. Bryan: H. 1L
Cabanlss chairman: Burton Smith, B. M. Blount, H. Y. McCord, C. H.
Kelley C. D. Hill, R. R. Arnold, K. A. Broyles. W. L. Peel. Harvey John-
«on j ’ K Orr. James L. May,on. Beaumont Davison, John A. Bryce, La
mar Hill Marlon Smith. William M. Smith, Buford Ooodwln. A. P. Stew
art H C. Calloway, Arnold Broyles. Edgar Latham, C. W. Bernhardt.
Lauren Foreman, J. J. Hasting,. J. O. Cochran, W. J. Ollleland, Paul
E. Johnson, George Payne, J. H. Johnson.
The following will act aa an escort for Mr. Bryan from the executive
mansion to the Piedmont Hotel: Lamar Hill. Buford Ooodwln, Harvey
Johnson Lauren Foreman. Edgar Latham, W. W. Smith. J. E. Maddox,
Milton A. Smith. H. H. Cabanlss.
The following are the oUlcers sad chairmen of the various commit
tees: Aldlne Chambers, E. P. Bums. George W. Payne, John B. Rich
ards Jr.. O. K. Puckett, Shelby Smith, Hudson Moore.
William Jennings Bryan, idol of
the nation’s Democracy, lent his
clarion voice to a great message to
the common people in his address
Saturday afternoon. Before an
assemblage which nearly filled the
vast arena at the Coliseum in Pied
mont Park and overflowed into
the boxes and the galleries, he
spoke for nearly two hours upoii
the eternal principles of true De
moeracy. His address was “The
Average Man,” and he. spoke of
the great masses of the people, the
toilers in professions and trades
alike, who make up "American eit
izenry. ■
Interrupted by Cheere.
At many points In Ills address Mr.
Bryan was Interrupted by the cheere
of the great audience. When he would
bring'out-aomo salient point In hts ar
raignment of Republican methods and
beliefs, tht -slOrm Whlch sent the dost
of the arena flying Info the air Indl
rated that Georgia I* a stronghold of
Democracy, still Impregnable. Bryan
was In the midst of hie friends; he
spoke to an audience which was with
him heart and aoul.
No startling political doctrine was
embodied In Mr. Bryan', addreas. He
refrained from bringing his personal
position Into hie addrets. There was
never an Indication aa to whether he
would be the candidate of a great par'
ty again. Ills address was un outline
of his belief In the needs of the coun
try, on exposition of the principles for
which he lias fought In tho post—for
which he may again gird on the armor
and bear the standard of Democracy.
For Tariff Reform.
The need of tariff reform, the power
of the sovereign states, tlie aggressions
»f corporations, the growing tendency
"f the Republican party to turn toward
Democratic beliefs—these were some
"f the subjects, which the great com
moner considered In Me own way. Bry
an has grown visibly older since hie
last visit to Atlanta, his shoulders have
Hooped with care since that memora
ble night In Chicago when his trumpet
tones told the story of the cross of
Hold. But the old Bryan Is still there
beneath the exterior—the gift of ora
tory hna not departed with the yean.
Ills nddrens will be remembered by
the faithful who gathered to hear him
on ibis, probably his last, visit before
the next national campaign.
Of the subjects discussed. It was
dear tliat tariff reform, trust regula
tion nr trust destruction, regulation of
corporations, and the conserving of the
rights of the states ware In the mind
°f the speaker aa of paramount Im
portance.
Thoae on the platform were Mr. Bry
an, Governor Smith, Dr. W. W. Lan-
tjrum, President H. H. Cabanlss, Al-
illne Chambers and W. O. Raoul.
Governor Hoke Smith was chosen to
introduce the great commoner to the
Georgia audience. The governor's ad-
drar, was a brief one, but In It he spoke
"f Ur. Bryan aa the "next candidate
f"r president.'' Ills Introductory ad
dress follows:
Qovamor Smith’, Address.
I thank my friend, the publlc-splr-
lied president of tho Fair Association,
»I»ak*tod P ° rtUnlty he baa given me to
'But we should listen to our distin
guished guest and hear him upon na
tional questions.
i find no embarrassment In present.
log him to you.
"It may be that elsewhere there Is
doubt as to Just what he should be
termed. It la not go here. The repre
sentatives of Georgia's Democracy
’’Si* *1 Macon last year.
They named him then and there aa
toe next Democratic candidate for
President
"He has not notified us of a refusal
i cc *Pt. The nomination stands, and
'0.Georgia today ha Is our next candi
date for president. I Introduce him,
“on. Wiuiam Jennings Bryan.”
It was 12:10 o'clock when Mr. Bry-
*n. eecorted by the party, reached the
•ollseum, and he was accorded a tre
mendous ovation.
As he walked down the long tan-
c *nter the thousands massed In
' n *. Treat building arose, cheering and
•Jlng hats and handkerchiefs.
Mr. Bryan and Governor Smith walk
'd together, and aa they stepped upon
}™ P'atform at the end of the bulJd-
k5„' h * crowa shouted: "Bryan. Smith,
* r J'*n. Smith."
it & tumult died away President
>t. ( abanlss, of the fair association.
Continued an Page Three.
MR. BRYAN'S PARTY LEAVING GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN MR. seclt'o mu iv.
The party included Mr. Bryan and Mr. Seely in the front seat, Governor Hoke Smith, President H. H. Csbamss, of xno n
Captain W. G. Raoul and Director Ralph Van Landingham, of tho fair. Photo* by Edwards.
BRYAN GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME
ON HIS SIXTH VISIT TO ATLANTA
In William Jennings Bryan, tho
Great Commoner, the Peerless, as
his admirers delight to call him,
Atlanta welcomed Saturday morn
ing the foremost Democrat of the
past decade, the man who has
been in the forefront of the pub-
lie eye since that memorable night
in Chicago when by the sheer
force of his wondrous oratory he
rose from an obscure place in the
rank and file to be the nominee of
the nation's Democracy; was
gwept by the wave he had himself
created into the place for which
FIIANCIluo
Continued, on Pago Thrtt*
Not Broke, But Badly
Bent, He Returns
to the West.
Nsw York, Oct. 12.—F. Augustus
Helnzc. his fortune shattered, bitter
against Wall street, with men of Wall
street bitter against him, Is returning
to the West os a producer of copper.
It Is said that he lost 120,000,000 In ths
slump of copper, and while he Is not
believed to be "broke,” he Is badly
"bent."
Already the former "copper king"
has, an It Is said today, ofTered for aalt
hi' stork In half a dozen state and
national Institutions In Manhattan and
Brooklyn. The eate of this stock will
enable him. It Is believed, to cany on
hla large buslnesa Intereata In ths Wsst.
Although Hslnss has resigned ths
presidency of the Mercantile National
Bank, the place has not been accepted
up to this time by William Barrett
Rldgely. comptroller of the currency.
The situation Is admitted to be moat
complicated.
"I still hold a controlling Interest In
the Mercantile National Bank. I have
not parted with n share of my Mercan.
tile stock,” said Mr. Helnxe.
He was silent for a time, and then
continued, his voire rising in anger:
”1 would like to say this about the
clearing house committee: They were
ssked to come Into our bank and make
a thorough. Investigation. They found
It perfectly solvent and said so. Later
they added that gratuitous blow about
the surplus Impairment. You know why
they did that—nothing more nor less
than to Induce our depositors to with
draw their deposits. A tins game! They
were endeavoring to attract deposits to
their own Institutions, and they started
a run on the bank."
There has been no run on the Mer
cantile Natlonul. and none Is expected.
It Is admitted, however, that deposits
of I22.0ft0.000 In the hank when Helnss
took the helm have shrunk to 211,000,-
000. This shrinkage la probably what
he referred to.
Aid Extended Bank.
The Clearing House committee of
the Clearing House Association today
extended. It Is said, help to tho Mer
cantile National Bank to the extent of
about 21.100,000. In this, particular
case assistance Is rendered to help the
bank to go on.
Race Results.
BELMONT.
First Race—Blr Johnson, 12 to 5,
won; Carrollton, 7 to 6, second; Rosl-
mlro. 5 to 2, third. Time 1:14.
Second Race—Collgny. 12 to 20. won;
Mr. McCann, 7 to 10. second; Sheriff
.Williams, out. third. Time, 7:22.
John Temple Graves, editor of The
Georgian, haa accepted editorship on
The New York American and on No
vember 16 will leave Atlanta to assume
the chief editorial responsibility of the
greatest of the eight great newspapers
of William Randolph Hearat.
The selection of Mr. Graves for this
post Is the most distinguished compli
ment paid a Southern newspaper man
within a generation—possibly no great
er honor could be offered In newspa
per work on this contlnsnL
The New York American Is known
among newspaper men everywhere to
be Mr. Hearst'a favorite, aa It Is the
most Influential of all hts newspapers.
In writing to Mr. Graves of the ap
pointment, Mr. Bradford Merrill, man
ager for Mr. Haarst, says:
"As many of your editorials will be
simultaneously printed In his papers In
Boston, Chicago, Han Francisco and
Los Angeles. I do not know of any
editorial post In the world In which a
man could exert more power and Influ
ence, nor one In which K great nation
al reputation could be more certainly
won. I think, therefore.'that you are
to be congratulated upon eo great on
opportunity.”
Mr. Graves and Mr. Hearst have been
rood friends for years, and the New
York publisher has hefora this offered
Mr. Graves connection with Ills news-
papers. Not until tho present tender,
however, has Mr. dav. Ik-ii able to
persuade himself to leave the South
and all that It means to him In his
work and in the public and personal
ties'that bind hUn to this ssctlon. Even
so flattering an offer as Hits would
doubtless have foiled to mova him ex
cept that Mr. Hearst'a strangest pur
pose In calling him to The American
was that he might spe&k for and to
the South through Its columns.
Mr. Graves' newspaper work In the
South Is too wsll known to
the remotest comer of this
section to be spoken of here.
In recognition of Mr. Graves’ great
public aervloe aa an editor and publl-
cist. In appreciation of the high mis
sion which he goes to fulfill for the
South, and to afford hts many friend*
In Georgia and throughout the South
ern states to say goodbye, a large pub
lic dinner will b* tendered Mr. Graves
by Mr. Seely, publisher of The Geor
gian, at the Piedmont Hotel on ths
evening of November 8, which, by hap
py coincidence, la Mr. Oravea' fiftieth
birthday.
The dlnnsr will be an elaborate and
democratic affair, to which 600 guests
will be bidden. These will Include
the leading editors and publisher* of
the South, governors, senators, con
gressmen, most of whom Mr. Graves
numbers as his perional friends. The
larger list of guests will be made up
from the friends of Mr. Graves In pub
lic and private life In Oeorgta and rep
resentatives of the official and private
cltlsenshlp of Atlanta. It will be a
notable gathering In Us personnel—one
of the largest and most distinguished
ever assembled upon a similar occa
sion In th* South.
Mr. Graves’ entrance' Into Journalism,
like his entrance Into oratory, was dra
matic and unexpected. Just as hla
speech over th# dead body of Henry
Grady lifted him In a night Into na
tional fame aa an orator, so hla en
trance Into Joumallam waa totally Im
puialve and unexpected.
Joteph E. Brown and General A. R.
Lawton were candidates for the United
States senate In Georgia In 1111. They
spoke on successive nights before the
legislature In advocacy of their claims.
Mr. Oravea, then a school teacher In
Decatur, sat In the gallery, and when
It was over went home and wrote for
The Athens Ranner a sketch of the
two men and the two evenings with the
Impression which had been made upon
his mind. He pictured the battle be
tween the two statesmen as the crucial
battle between the line Influence of the
old regime of sentiment In Georgia and
the puny utilitarian forces of the New
South. He painted General Lawton as
the type of the Southern aristocrat, line
gifted, clean garbed and chivalrtc, car
rying the heart and tradition of the old
South. He pictured Joe Brown aa the
type of the practical new South, with
its commercial aspirations. Its Indus
trial stir. Its eager development, and
made a One figure of "the cavalier of
dashing memories going down before
the shaven round head and the Al
mighty Dollar.” Che article was copied
all over the South. Colonel Avery put
It Into his "History of Georgia" aa the
most graphic pen picture of the times,
and two dally newapapera offered Mr.
Graves a managing editorship. One of
them on The Jacksonville Union he ac.
cepted and began In Jacksonville the
career which culminates today In the
editorial sanctum of The New York
American. He later. In conjunction
with Messrs. Cartsr and Russell, found
ed the Jacksonville Metropolis, now
one of the moat prosperous of the
South's dallise.
Mr. Graves was called by Hoke Smith
to be editor-ln-chlef of The Atlanta
Journal In 1887. and only left the page
to assume absolute control of The Tri
bune. of Rome, which he held for three
and left because of a friendly
SL Louie, Mo„ Oct. IS.—"Signal
corps balloon landed 1:20 Saturday
morning, three miles from Walton.
Roanoke county. Wqst Virginia, In the
mountains; distance from St. Louis
about 476 miles. Returning via Clen-
dennlng.
"CHANDLER AND M'COY."
This message was tent by the aero
nauts to The Times.
Members of ths International balloon
contest committee and other aeronauts
here last night spoke of tho (light with
great enthusiasm, saying that It will
establish a memorable epoch In balloon
sailing. They won the Lahm cup.
The Lahm cup waa Instituted by the
Aero Club of America soon after the
International races at Paris In 190*,
at which LRaitenant Frank Lahm *on
the James Gordon Bennett cup for the
Aero Club of America. So Joyful were
the members of ths club of the victory
that the cup waa named for tho pilot
of the balloon United States, and It
was put up by tha club to be won by
the aeronaut who travelM more thnn
402 miles, ths distance made by UV.tted
States in the Paris races, provided the
start was made from American soli.
Lieutenant Lalim has never held the
cup, and this was the first time It was
ever won.
Francis Joseph
Is Very Weak
Vienna, Oct. Its-While the physical
condition of Emperor Francis Joseph
Improvad In the last twenty-four hours,
the catarrhal trouble has failed to re
spond to treatmenL Last night was
the worst tha patient has passed since
the beginning of his Illness. He Is very
weak. On* favorable sign Is ths ab
sence of fever.
PROXY BATTLE
FOR CONTROL OF 1.0.
IS ON SATURDAY
Chicago, Oct. 19.—The battle for the
proxies In the fight of E. H. Harriman
and Stuyvesant Fish for tho control of
tho Illinois Central railroad will be re
newed at 2:20 this afternoon, when It
Is expected that tho proxy committee
will have completed Its work.
Unlesi the battle la won today Har
riman will bo placed In a perplexing
position. He does not want to leave
Chicago until the annual meeting Is
ended, but he has been summoned to
appear Monday before the Federal
court In New York, to show cause why
he should not be punished for con
tempt In refusing to answer questions
put to .him by tho commerce commis
sion during Its recent Investigation of
hla methods of financing and operat
ing railroads.
ONE SHARE OF STOCK
TO CONTROL ROAD
Montgomery, Ala, Oct 12.—A few
days ego an Alabama man went to a
local broker and asked what a share of
old Western of Alabama railroad stock
could be bought for. The broker mis
understood him and thought he had
some to sell. He wired to Atlanta to
know what It was worth. Pretty soon
he was deluged with replies It lx re
ported that he waa offered as high an
2200.000 for one share.
It la understood that the Louisville
and Nashville and th* Central of Geor
gia own an equal amount of stock, and
that neither road can control tho West
ern of Alabama without the consent of
ths other.
Report has It that when the road was
reorganised somo years ago there were
a tew shares of th* stock that could.r ?■
be located and have never been ff
political difference with the stoekh
ers—strangely enough over his ref
to bolt the Democratic nomination!
R. W. Everett for congress and to suS ,
port I>r. William II. Felton as an lndel
pendent. Everett waa elected.
Mr. Graves’ editorship of The Atlanta ■
Dally News and tho distinction and
popularity he gave that paper Is of too
recent history to call for repetition
here.
.Mr. Grave* Joined with. Mr. Seely in
the establishment of The Georgian,
whose editorial chair he assumed with
Its flrst Issue, April 25, 1904, and which
he has held unbrokenly until he leave*
The Georgian oil November 16.
WILL STILL WRITE
FOR THE GEORGIAN
AERONAUTS WILL
GET LAHM CUP
John Temple Graves to
Speak to Millions For
the South.
After Leaving St. Louis Big
Bag Comes to Earth in
West Virginia.
GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH GREETING MR. BRYAN. .... ...
Mr. Bryan was met at th# entrance to th# mansion by Governor 8mith and th# greeting between th* two
was a cordial one. * . oa y
EOITORSHIPON ONWTEIt
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