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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair tonlfht and Sunday; somewhat colder Sunday. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. ■t, qnlet, !y, 11.75; -Liverpool, C. 49; Bar an nan. steady, 113-10; Aoffusta, quiet. 11%; Mobil*, steady, 11%; Atlanta, quiet. 11%; New Oriennn. quwn 11%; New Yorit, steady, 11.75Liverpool. Charleston, Arm, 11%; Houston, steady, 11%; Wllmnlgton, ateadjr, US-18. 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 N.Y.IWU LONG VOYAGE