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TITi: ATLANTA GEOROT AX.
'ATI'HI'AY Jl \i:
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REJOINDER OF SMITH
TO HOWELL’S SPEECH
In hla rejoinder uf h i!f an hour In hi*
debate with Clark Howell, Mr. Smith
,pnke a* follow*:
■ My fellow citizen*, I did not know
how much afraid f wa* of Mr. Howell
until 1 listened to him. Face to face
a nri afraid of him! How rldiculoui!
jr 0 r what? HI* Intellectual power? Ha*
he shown to you that he ha* any?
I want to tell you one thin*. I have
never charted him with anythin* that
l was not true. 1 hav# charged him to
I his face with the record* of the aenate
' which ahow what he did when the
franchise fa* daw wa* paaaed. !
rh.'irged that Hooper Alexander pre
pared the law that William Schley
Howard Introduced and that It went to
the senate, having paaaed the houae;
that he waa preaident and that he
tilentlv let It die. 1 have charged that
(t the next aeaalon Murphy Candler
Introduced the bill and that he never
opened hla lip* for It until* It had al
ready received the Si vote* that made
It safe.
•Here I* a letter from Murphy Cand
ler who Introduced the bill. He tella
me tiiat If Clark Howell waa for this
bill before he voted he never found It
out I will glfe the paper to the preaa.
He supported that franchise bill Juat
Hite he worked foK Cieneral Gordon.
Then he come* to you and talk* about
mV frankneaa or my truth. I refer you
to' his statement at Montlcello that he
Winked for General Gordon. It waa
published In hla paper that he aald at
Montlcello that lie worked and voted
for lieneral Gordon. If a man la to be
criticized for whnt lie aaya, I will leave
Hr. Howell to the crttlclam that followa
what he sold.
Beck to Freight Rates.
•■Rut let ua get hack to freight rate*
a moment. Let us go back to what he
Is doing now. He aaya he won't be re
sponsible for the editorial written In
his pn|ier; somebody elee did It. But
here ls an extract from the speech he
made at Mableton only a few days ago.
He says your railroad commission
stands ready to rectify any dlacrlmlna-
itnn In ralea In the state, and these are
the only rates over which the commis
sion has power. He aaya there are dis
criminations In local rate* now com
plained of. He prides himself upon
the proposition that there waa nothing
that the railroad commission could do
that It did not wish to do. There la the
story. Anybody can write a few nice
lines about how he loves Atlanta. Any
sophomore at college could have de
claimed those few sentences with
which he expressed hi* love. My fellow
citizens, let me go one step further. Hla
evident want of Information upon tho
subject is pitiful. When he told you
that lie had given to the railroad com
mission of Georgia the credit of a re
duction In freight rate*, that your body,
vnur chamber of commerce, your
freight rate bureau secured, and went
on to state, 'Yea, I gave It to them:
they got It from the railroad commis
sion.' whv Ills Ignorance la pitiful.
• If he will ahow the order, I will feel
almost like doing what he keep* on
saying he will do, withdraw from the
race. I think, between me and you, he
wants to withdraw. He la not In the
race now. I waa glad to concede him
this joint discussion. 1 want to boost
him U|I and keep him In It. There are
not five counties In Georgia that you
can name that he will carry.
Cooimisaion Had Nothing to Do With It
"Now, I want to tell you about that
reduction. The state railroad commis
sion had nothing to do with It. They
are Interstate rates. They were not
local fates. It was obtained by nil
agreement from the general freight
scents of the big railroad eyalema com
ing into Georgia from outside of
Georgia, and the railroad commission
had nothing to do with It. I won't
accuse him of Intending to state what
Is false. 1 don't thtnk lie knows, and
the more I see of hltn and the more I
hear of him, the less I aee he know*.
When you put a little fellow In a big
man’s shoes you ought to expect him
11 tattle around. I don't blame him
for calling on the spirit of Henry Grady
to save him.
"Hut let nte come to hi* charges
against me. Oh! I will make them
hear,” replying to a remark from the
audience. "1 want to come to 111*
charge* against me. He aaya that 1
never usetl any of the money that
came from that bar for charity. He
made thp statement, but I am sorry for
■ man who will make statements he
man* wa* Obe Steven*' aon-ln-law. I
wanted th* boys to make a fight then
®bd wanted to put the old gang from
th# Democratic executive committee,
but they thought It be»t to hold them
to keep the organlxatlon and Ju*t put
out Jim Grlgg* and all the I leant men
who were running from the *tat* at
large, and I yielded to their view. Now.
I* It fair, I* It candid, when he know*
he wa* for Yeomans, when lie knows
Yeoman* waa In hla gang, a man of
the old gang, that I was forced to take,
to make that sort of a speech before
me? Is It fair? Is It candid? My dear
boye, It la as candid as the statement
that he worked for the election of Gen
eral Gordon.
Explains Request to Yeomans.
"But let ua aee what else he Is do-
Ing. Let ua aee what else he Is doing.
He has utterly misconstrued what I
said to Yeomans and he has mussed
and mixed It so completely that you
cannot tell what took place at all from
hi* description of It. I did want Yeo
man* to call the state committee to
gether. I suggested It. 1 wanted them
to get to work. I wanted them to do
something besides being ornaments.
But fhey belonged to the old machine
nnd they were not much for Parker
anyhow, and they would not offer to
come. I suggested, then, the advisabil
ity of their considering the question
ns to what would be the future of the
men voting for Watson who had voted
formerly and during the years after
ward* for the organization. After con
ferring about It we both concluded It
wa* not necessary to rail them to
gether. We did not want them, but
knew that nothing could tend to keep
them away from the voting If they
wanted to.
Repudiates Committee's Action.
"Now what has the committee done
but Insult everybody who wont' prom
lae what he will do years hence?
utterly repudiate that conduct of the
committee. If that Is Democracy, | re
pudiate that with It. And he says
attacked the organisation, the leaders.
When Democracy Is composed of Hamp
McWhorter, Enoch Callaway and Clark
Howell I repudiate It all. Why, he
knows as much about Democratic prin
ciples a* he knowa about freight rates.
Poor, pitiful party, If he Is to lead It!
Poor, unfortunate merchants If he I* to
run freight rate reduction for thrtfi!
Let ua look at It a moment. Let ua
turn te other states. Suppose there
were Republican committees all over
the United States who decided that
every ntan who voted with them this
year nnd changed hts vote for the
Republican nominee two years hence,
should be disqualified. What would we
think of It? We would think that
when we come to discuss the Issues
that they ought to have the right to
determine what they would do. What
I condemned your committee for was
undertaking to tie up every Georgian
aa to what they were to do two years
hence. I am not afraid to condemn
that. The people all over Georgia con
demn that. Over two-third* of the
county committees had acted. They
knew that they obeyed the wishes of a
entail ring In opposition to the wUhea
of the people.
“Juat one thing more, and I am go
ing to rinse, whether my half hour la
out or not.
“I ask that those going out will be
a* nulet as they ran. because l am .not
gdlng to atop speaking because they
are going out. I Intend to make those
who want to hear me hear me.
Goat After The Savannah News.
I call your nttentlon to the atti
tude of The Savannah Morning New*
toward Mr. Howell'a candidacy. The
Savannah News la the paper which
run* a 'rat' office and fight* union la
bor In Savannah. Why, Mr. Howell
used Ills own reporter, Mr. Lewis, to
send a report of one of hla speeches
to The Savannah News.
“There Is nothing they can say about
me personally that they are not willing
to use. Day after day their editorial*
attack me. There are only two plausi
ble explanations. One would he that
Clark Howell and Katlll are In com
bination. Another would be that Ks-
llll knowa that Clark la dead and
out of the race, and don't want to kill
him any deader. Why, If yqu should
vote for Clark Howell you know you
are not voting for a governor. You
hove heard hint here tonight. Why, I
knew from the drat If he would Juat go
over Georgia and Itt the people lo>k
at him andi listen to him hla name vita
All the prestige he ha* over
cause I will have a clean majority
the whole convention over all four of
you (pointing to Mr. Howell), and I
simply Invito you,'my fellow clttsens,
to Join the procession."
Mr. Smith concluded with hla great
story. In which the -little boy l*t hi*
favorite goat go because of the crowd
h* waa In, saying: "I love you, Billy,
but I can't stand your company.”
SMITH DISCUSSES - '
FREIGHT RATES
Continued from Pago Two,
lrraea!a ne ha P rdV.'.pA'.r?d-Mnre
t lias not been tny purpose to. rarer h .v„ round him out. But
in want became
nut jtaraded
^"oMhatmOTtw- I have the people have found him out But
" e °{ hiftVnever wanted he aaya I should hav* left It to Fulton
i'nul no'to Ek me SSiE county, and he would retire ft I beat
A man he put up to ask me quea
Ron* brought It out, and he haa harped
on It ever since, t have never referred
to It In a speech from that time to this
moment, but tho poor children of At
lanta are receiving their books free to-
duy front that tnonejr,
Tella Them a Story,
"I want to tell you a story. I have
told It all over Georgia. I have told
it nut In u personal way, but It l« a
xrnrt amry and It Illustrates the cam
paign I hHV* bad to conduct. I have
!"•< a lighting the cause of the people
fot Juat rates against tha combination
of railroad lawyer* and hired polltl-
' lana. | knew when I started the fight
for you that every falsehood that ma
lignity and Ingenuity could suggest
" nuld be hurled at me. I have not been
dianppointed. Now for the atory.
' There wa* a traveling man down In
south Georgia who had a dream and he
dreamed he d(ed and went to hell.
Down there he met the devil, nnd the
devil naked him what was going on In
Georgia, nnd he told him that Hoke
Smith was running for governor aa the
people's candidate and wa* going to
he elected. The devil got mad. He
said he waa not for Hoke Smith and did
not like him at all. and he reached
nut nnd touched a button, and at once i
■ "hole lot of little devil* shot up In
him here. I don’t want him to retire.
I want him to stay In th* race. (Turn
ing and faring Sir. Howell).' Since I
bought The Atlanta Journal..your pa
per and your people have relentlessly
followed me at every point of life, an I
I want you to stay in thla race until
the finish. And when the finish come*,
it Is your finish.
People Will Crush Ring.
“The backing of the railroad lawyer*
la strong and the great combination*
are powerful, but when the people of
Georgia conclude to take a part, .ney
will rise In their majesty and crush the
political agents of the great corpora
tion* and their allies and their big latr-
> *"I called the people of Georgia to
action, and. thank God, they are ar
rayed In battle line. From the mourn
tains to the Florida line, from Ala.
lai mu to South Carolina, the people of
Georgia have taken charge of hi* race;
the fnct Is, I am not exactly running
for governor, the people are making
th# race, and Just using my name to do
It with. You can fool the people a
while, but cannot fool them all the
time. On the 23d day of August, when
the news comes, Fulton county, made
up of the sume patriot* that are found
In the balance of the state, will lln* up
tvlla shot up In ; ... balance of the people of Qeor-
Gto air. andh#«a>i: ^'Boy*. gliiln a triumphal march, for popular
government. The time will come when
It will lake more brain* us wutl a*
more brown to make a race In Georgia.
If you want to hav# a part In tits nom
go to ... — .
-'ate. Sting Hoke Smith everywhere.
I.lhel him from the mountain* to the
Florid* line.' Th* little devil* left to „
f ‘ t r /'» d >- Th* W* devil maVton for governor nnd want lo send
>" the drummer and asked him who : convention to b*
fighting Hoke Smith, and the > “ r t( ^*£ m #body. possibly to Katlll,
drummer mentioned aorne of the can- Russell. possibly *0
di late., some of the hired politicians | ,{££'Vol*far Clark
and some of ‘he corporation attomeys j ^ ir j, e carries the county,
and some of the balance, and the devil . - *ho,l* going to be
fo*nd*out" iio s: K?e
tiahtlng Hoke Smith, so It won't than oil
njjcereanr for you to go to Georgia at ^^th^ pSftoieihm-. They show-
Call. How.ll Great Jokar. j ed thla whanrieSIl'
"But b. ha. come here with another "Ehi
Joke. He Is a great Joker. He has told , Pr ’ m * ri ** *'•" b * PT* *\. -
a long atory about my controlling th. "Th. fact la, thoy coukl not call T
Mate convention when Yeoman, waa, too soon, until ‘hay knew l had th.ro
made preaident or chairman. He know. , beaten, and then ,h **
I «llrt not trant Tfcomana fbr chairman, pone the agony too long. But the —d
Kverybody els* know* so. He know*'of August will come along some time
'hat the Parker men did not take any. and th* :*d ofAu-rust
iwrt in the organisation of that cop. 'some ^“ ^ets to fi^ ou
■mion. They mad. their light forPar- j mM** ""“fig*
”ffl r c£ d j$ nSrlV: la the Bret ptace h*_won't have If
He wam stralabt tut Yeoman*. TCao- becau
l carry Foltoa county.
the party, and, If necessary, by th*
state legislature, to bring It to an end.
No man should be nominated for the
state senate who has nr.t been selected
at the ballot box, all th* voters In hts
entire senatorial district participating
In the nomination. If the people of
Georgia are to control their own af
fair*. they must strike ,at the very
root of those evils In our present sys
tem that hinder popular government.
They must not only have the authority
theoretically, but they must have It
practically, from the party machinery,
which gives them an opportunity to
exercise the authority.
"1 cannot too strongly Impress upon
the employees of tha railroad compa
nies. the men engaged In handling the
trains, and working In the shop* nnd
working on the tracks, that their In
terests are with the people In thla
struggle. The same political power
which prevents action In behalf of
lower freight and passenger rates,
prevents legislation to protect the em
ployees of the railroad companies. Tha
laws of Georgia do not today protect
the employees of railroad companies
aa do tha English laws and tha l*wa of
many states of the Union.
“Take as an Illustration the rule In
Georgia thnt If a railroad employee Is
In the slightest legree at fault, he
cannot recover In case he la Injured.
Thla Is the law In few state* Nearly
everywhere except In Georgia, tha ex
ercise of reasonable rare la all that Is
required of the employee. During tho
last session of the legislature, a bill
was Introduced In the senate which put
railroad employees In lhlairespect u|x>n
the same footing that they occupy In
other states. The bill rame from Sen
ator Strange, of Bulloch. From him I
have learned that the political attor
ney* of th# railroad*, and their Influ
ence In the aenate, made quick work
of this hill, nnd It wna defeated. I
could suggest a number of other bills,
Important to the Interest of the em
ployees of the railroads, hut the peo
ple must be In control before any hope
of tlialr passage would be Justified.
To Imprest Employes*
“An effort baa been made to Impress
the employees of railroad companies
with the Idea that a reduction of
freight rates would mean a reduction
of their wages. I cannot too emphatl
rally tell them that I would never be
a party to such action.
"The shippers of Georgia do not de
sire an advantage at the expense of
that faithful body of men who make
the operating force on the railroads.
They Insist that the railroad compa
nies should pay their employees good
wages. It la not the money which la
expended that we criticise.
"IV* deny tho right of railroad com
panles to pay dividends and Interest on
watered stocks and bonds. AVe con
cede them the right to pay good wages
and to make a fair prolft on the money
actually put Into the properties.
'The enforcement of th* principle
. which we Insist, Instead of Inju
tho employees, would make these
fleer* who tlx their apiaries realise that
the railroad companies could get no
profit by grinding down their employ
eea, us the Inw will atop the net earn
logs dt the road at n fair profit upon
the money actually Invested, and when
the railroad companies undertook to
cut wages they would be met with the
proportion that another cut would be
made by the railroad commlaslon In
freight rate*, and that watered stock
and watered bond* rnuld dot be an
tis need In value by unfair pay to em
ployees.
"The nien who -do the actual work
on railroads have been my clients In
ruses against railroad companies for
twenty-five years. I have sought to
serve them both In and out of the
court house, and they can trust me still
to guard their Interest* In any position
to which I may b* called.
Disfranchise tha Ntgro.
1 advocate legislation which will dis
franchise #r> per cent of the negroes of
Oeorgta. I cannot too strongly state
that 1 do not advocate legislation which
will disfranchise any white man In the
state. . Six Southern otale* hqve passed
legislation disfranchising the negroes.
The testimony which Comes over,
whelmlngly from the**■ state* la that
the legtalatlpn haa worked well and to
the satisfaction of the people of the
atatee, that the negroes ere'better la
borer* and more contented than ever
before, and that they have been entirely
eliminated from politics. . In presalng
the disfranchisement of the negro, 1
stand upon tha same principle enuncl
ated by Abraham Lincoln—
“‘I will say that I am not,and never
have been In favor of bringing about
In any way the social and political
equality of the white and black races—
that t am not, nor ever have been. In
favor of making voter* or Juror* of na-
groea, nor of qualifying them to. hbld
office nor lo Intar-marry with white
lieople; and I will say, In addition to
thla, that there la a physical difference
between the white and black races
which, f believe, will forever forbid the
two races living together on terms of
social and political equality.’
"Light la breaking upon the people
of the entire country with reference lo
the true character let lea of tha negro.
H-m. I'harle* Francl* Adams, during
th# month of May, on returning from a
■lay of several months In Africa, de
clared the utter Inferiority of the negro
rare when alway* free, fie ahowa the
African negro, never a slave, to be In
ferior to (ns Bout hern negro at the
close of alavery. He declared that the
difference between the African and An
glo-Saxon waa too great to admit of
measurement.’
■ ~H* declared that, looking about him
among African* In Africa, the scales
fell from hi* eyre, and h* aald, T found
myseir most Impressed by a realising
sense of tho appalling amount of hrror
end rant in which w* of the United
mates have Indulged on this topic. We
hav* actually wallowed In a bog of self,
sufficient Ignorance, especially we phil
anthropist* and theorists of New Eng
land' Ho quoted with approval from
Air Hamuel Baker, a* follow*: ‘Bo
long aa It la generally considered that
tha negro and while man are to b* gov
erned by th* aama law* and guided by
th* same managemrut, ao long will the
former remain a thorn In.th* aide of
every community In which h* may un
happily belong.’ Then be declared upon
hla own part The white man end black
man cannot flourish together, the lat
ter being considerable In number, under
the earn* system or government.'
Week Den* in Ignorance.
SThen he says: The work done by
those who were In political control it
the close of our civil war was work
done In uttar Ignorance of ethnological
law and total disregard of unalterable
feet. • • « Th* negro, after eman
cipation, should have been dealt with
not as n political equal. * • . • Prac
tically Impossible a* a policy then thlr
Is not less so now.*
Seven or eight.ysanf ago, when the
whites were divided, 1 disapproved an
effort, at that time, to pass legislation
disfranchising th* negroes. Today It la
a simple task. There would have been
no opposition to It but for political rea
sons and for tha hope that political
capital could be mad* out of It. The
Atlanta Constitution editorially ap
proved disfranchisement legislation In
IMt. If It were not for the fif
teenth amendment to the constitution
of tha United States, I would favor leg-
lalatlun which eliminated the right of
suffrage to th* black man In Georgia.
That amendment only prevents the
atnte from controlling who ahnll vote
to the extent of declaring that the right
to vote ahall not be denied or abridged
on account of race, color or prevlou*
condition of servitude. Legislation
can be paaaed which will accomplish
the desired result, which will not In
terfere with the right of any white
man to vote, and yet rid the state of 05
per cent of the negro voters.
Favors Alabama Plan.
"I advocate legislation upon the line
or the legislation adopted In Alabama
It would be substantially thla: That
In addition to ths present requirement*
for registration In Georgia, such per
son registering must bring himself
within one of Ibe four provision*
which I will now state:
"First, Any men who served In (lie
Union array or In the Confederate
army can register and rote.
“Second, The descendants of men
who served In the Revolutionary
or the war of ISIS, the Mexican war, In
the war between th* atetea, either on
the Union nr the Confederate aide, cab
register and vote.
"Third, For elx month* after the
adoption of the Inw, any man who, In
the opinion of the registrars, haa'a
proper conception of hla duly a* a t III
sen can register and vote.
"Fourth, Any man who can read ami
write correctly any paragraph ft tun
th* constitution of the United States
or from the ronatltullon of the state
of Georgia, selected and propounded to
him by the registrars, ran register and
vote.
Let the law further provide H.nt n
man ones registering under these |tr<>
visions Is only required aflvru art!* ti
pay his taxes to register.
'These provision* make no dlscrlm
Inatlon on account of race, color >r
previous condition of servitude; but
without that discrimination, they fur
nish the opportunity for every white
man to register, and they do not per
mit th# opportunity for 5 per con*, of
the negroes to register.
"But my opponent Insists thnt no
necessity exist* In Georgia fot such
legislation, and he argues, therefore,
thnt no neceaalty ever will exist. There
are, In round number*. *25,00-) nv-
groea In Georgia who, If they paid tlietr
poll tax and were permitted to do
ao, would be legally entitled to vote.
There are alxty-dve counties In Geor
gia In which lhare nra more negruea of
voting age then white men.
Aa to th# Whit* Primary,
“We have many election* In Georgia
In which the white primary cen not
be used, such aa prohibition election*,
location of county court house elec
tion*, local school tax election*, anil
fence elections: In these electlnia, the
vote of the Ignorant purchasable ne
gro Is Juat a* effsctlvo aa the vole of
the white man; but I believe that this
legislation Is Important with reference
to all of our elections.
"I favor th# whit* primary, but anv
man jvho aaya white primaries will al
ways bo sufficient l* mistaken. Take
the recant action of the a tat* Demo
cratic Executive coirfinllte*. It passed
a rule which wo* calculated to drive
every man out of the primary who ex
pects to vote the Republican ticket,
nr the Prohibition ticket, or the Pop
ulist ticket, In the nptlonnl election.
"1 do not think the resolution which
they paaaed will bring about any se
rious trouble, but another executive
committee might make It *o broad a*
to drive/ out of odr primaries eveiy
innn who would not pledge hlmaclf
permanently to vote for the national
nominees of the Democratic party.
"Ov«r 50,000 while men would tlure-
by be excluded from our Democratic
primaries. This would reduce the re
maining white vote to about 220,no«.
nnd leave outside the Deffrocfstlc party
276,000 men entitled to vote In tiro
state. \ " '
Today, an effort <a being mad*, to
form a coalition among' white men
whom It I* claimed will be excluded
from th* primary to run an Indeper.d-
ent tloket end ua* th* negro vote.
"I believe the wise course le lo plant
oiiraelve* squarely upon the proposi
tion in Georgia that the negro la In no
respect the equal of the white man.
amt that he can not In future In this
state occupy a imaltlon of equality.
Those negroes who aspire to equality
can leave those who are contented to
occupy th* natural statu* of their race,
the position of Inferiority, all compe
tition being eliminated between the
white* and the blacks, will nnd them-
eelves treated with greater klndnesa
and will prove to be more contrnted
and better worker* than they are to
day.'
LIVES ARE LOST
IN BIG STORM
TEARS DOWN HOUSES AND
DOES OREAT DAMAGE.
Picnio Party of Twenty Strangely
Missing—Membera Thought
To Be*Dead.
By Private Leased Wire.
Detroit, Mich,, June 8.—Detroit and
parts of Ontario were vlalted yeater
day by a violent wind storm, which at
time* raged at the rate of SO mile* an
hour.
In Detroit the street car traffic wa*
badly Interrupted aa a result of burned
out motura and tree*- falling on th*
trolley wire*.
The storm was no leaa aavere out In
the atate. Hall accompanied the wind
In many place*, Including Lapear and
Film, breaking windows ana doing
great damage to vegetation. At Grand
Rapids th* animal tent of HagenbecH'a
circus was blown down and a panic
among the animals narrowly escaped.
Berfaua damage to cropa la reported
all over the atate. Hundreds of spar
row* were drowned at Flint. Many of
tho atnte telephone line* ware put out
of rommlsaton. -
Lightning struck aeveraVdwtlllng* In
fharlotte, Mich., and Mis* Turney, em
ployed In a restaurant there, wxv ren
dered unconacloua by an electric shock
while telephoning.
A lightning bolt partially paralysed
Frank Hughes, of Aafclnaw.
Tha storm swept over Chatham, Onl
doing great damkge. Hhade tree* 60
years old were uprooted anti hurled
acroaa the street, while tall telephone
f ind telegraph poles were snapped off
Ike pipe stems nnd piled In an Indis
criminate heap along with shade trees,
(tying lumber and wlrea.
Unconfirmed report* of loaa of Ufa on
the river are current. One of these
reports la that eight Uvea were loat on
the river near Wolfs, a resort on the
Canadian shore a mile above the head
of Belle Isle; another waa that a rhlld
Imd been picked up by the wind anil
■wept off the Belle Isle bridge.
Th* telegraph companies are making
unauccaaaful efforts to reach Interior
Canadian (Mint*.
PACKERS ORDERED
TO FIX THEIR HOUSES
FEAR THAT PICNIC PARTY
PERISHED DURING STORM.
By Private la-aaed Wire.
Toronto, Ont., June The tornndp,
accompanied by a cloudburst, which
swept over this territory, did damage
amounting to hundreds of Ihouaanda
of dollars. A very large portion of the
city Is entirely unroofed, families are
homeless nnd ar* being cared for In
vacant houaea, th* streets are almost
Impassable on account of being filled
with trees. No fntalltl** hav* been re
ported. but It la faarsd that many
were drowned. A picnic parly of twen
ty that went nut In a sail boat la miss
ing, ami It la believed they were
drowned.
WIT AND NONSENSE
SPOKEN OV COOWD
A few of tha remarks mad* by mem
bera of the audience:
Hurrah fnr lloke!
Hurrah for Howalll
Hoak It to him!
Lay It on heavy, Bo!
Beventh Inning. Clark!
How about freight ratea?
Hurrah for Jim Hmlth!
Me for the Somerset rye!
Hit him again!
Another oie right In the tame spot,
Clark!
That'* stale!
WRECK INVESTIGATION
COAAPLETED SATURDAY
BLAME CANNOT DE FIXED BE
FORE THE MIDDLE OP
NEXT WEEK.
The Investigation aa to the causes
of the wreck at Fair afreet crossing
Wednesday night, caused by the col
lision of a Central of Georgin regular
I'oraenger with an Atlanta nnd West
Point railway plcnle train, in which
une waa killed and thirty Injured, waa
tinlaheil Baturday afternvm. How
ever, the flxlng uf the blaui - can not
lx- acrompllahed, ft was o'llclally
stated, until the testimony of the Uf-
ty witnesses la transcribed nnd return
ed to th* superintendents of the two
toads fnr review. Thla will probably
require three or four day*.
Thoa* who have lieen conduct ln« the
Investigation are Hupurlnteiuleiit U . M.
'•ox and Trainmaster F. i!. Ilennett,
of the Atlanta and West Point, and
Hupcrlntendent J. H. Hall and Train
master Ramsay, of th* Central Both
« from Mamn.
The officiate of th# roads were of
disposition Baturday morning to bo
very courteous and arroinnu dutlng to
the preaa In furnishing Information
about the Investigation.
MORE WRECK VICTIMS
ASH $20,000 DAMAGES
Two mow* tinning* aultt nvalnat thr At
lanta and \W*t Point and lit* Central on
account of the wreck of the .Atlanta and
Went Point picnic train June (I were filed
Friday afternoon. Alum Ifardlu. l»y her
mother atul next friend, Mr*. J. M. Ilnrdlu.
a*k* fnr IIO.OOJ, nticjrluif that her "nerve*
went ffhnttcred and • lie waa hntf«cd.
inuNhcd and Injured In and alaHit her head,
neck, ahouldcr*. body, hack, nliduiiicii nnd
llmha."
Mr*. Kmlhr llmck. through her next
friend. Mr*. Nancy lliockhiiiii. him tiled anil
for tlo.OQO dnninsc* again*! the Atlanta mid
Went Point and ike tVtttral for Injnrti**
ullcurd to have been weired lu the irr«*ek
of tlic pintle train.
Official Threatens to
Close Up Plants For
Violation.
By Private teased Wire.
Chicago, June ».—Building Conn ,n-
■loner Barisen has given Nelson M>-r-
rla A Co, (tv* days to comply with tha
building laws, under penalty of eh —
Ing the plant. Fifty-seven vkdath n.
of the law were found In the perking
house.
"A list of violation* of the bul H' -■
ordinance l* hereby handed to you,*'
reads Bnrtxen'a order. "You will com
ply with these requirements within flv#
days or I shall close your plant.”
"We hav# ordered that thee defe, t_
he remedied," said the superlnt. o>l> nt
of Morris A Co. "Oanga of man' afM
already at work and the needed m.i-
We will .hey
TAKE A MODERATE VIEW
OF THE BEEF 8CANOALS.
Hperlal ('able.
London, June S.—After a week 1-
ruaalon of the Chicago meat a. an.I d.
there le n tendency among Briton- to
believe that the evlla are not ■■. great
ns was supposed at the outset. M ■* c v
of the principal Journals taka . more
moderate view of Chicago conditions,
pointing out that It would be a mis
take to pity into the hands nt tlic Oct -
man packers, who are th# Dsrcest de
nouncers of the American pr <1 c
The statement* at the weakly tl"x
of the Uvsriiool health committee. »-
assuring British consumer* aa to Amer
ican tinned meats, are the chief fatten
In bringing about tho reaction.
BRUNSWICK™FANS BUY
FRANCHISE FROM ALBANY.
Bpeclul to The Georgian.
Brunswick. Oa., June !»cal fan#
closed last night with president Thom
as, of Albany, to transfer the fynn. ln-e
of tho Albany liaaehall club In the
Georgia Blatr l-eague to Brun.wl. k.
The team will arrive Monday and «111
play here Monday, Tuesday nnd Wed
nesday with Cordals, then thr- •> g<
here with Columbus,
PRADO OF ANSLEY PARK
WILL HA VE FINE PA VING
Edwin P. Ansiey Has Done Remarkable Work
To Secure All City Conveniences For
Beautiful Residential Section.
Hoke wanted tho** ntffroe* In WA*h-
igton tn wnlt on nil
Hmlth,
HOKE SMITH THE OBJECT
OF HIB OWN CHARITY
Coni'-u#d fram Pag* On*.
Itema of th* nccount of Sir. Hoke
Smith, the candidate with the ‘divine
call':
February 2, two botlea Somer
set Whisky 84 60
April 17, one quart of sherry . 2.60
April 27, bar account ..... . 7.60
May 20. bar account, 84; and
other purchase* ...... 8.00
December 14, Somerset Whis
ky 8*0
December 14, water .40
"I call your attention," aald 81
Howell/, to the following entry In red
Ink, and Jh* red Iu4t owner's rebate glv-
i him: x
Aprfl 21, bottle special line l(-
quor * 88.00
December 16, owner 1 * rebate
of one-third ....... .26.00
From ail aide* of'Ik# hall there re
sounded shout* and,cries of "Qlv* ua
a drink, Hoke,'' "Thai's charily." and
"Bo you see." sjlif Mr. Howell, con
cluding this incident, :'lhat Mr. Smith
waa the object of the charity he made
reference to la Tallapposa."
SHAH OF PERSIA
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, June Dispatches from
Teheran report th* serious Illness of
th* (hah of Part**.
l/r. Tb M-rt-nee, „f the tnningtrpl Un-
■cam at Cayrakazva. I* ol erearwl lo Waab-
Inxtiw stsdylaj the flab lu tha Xatlooal
Ington to wait on Him!
Smith. Smith. Smith. Smith!
Howell, llowell, Howell!
How-Kmlth-llow-How-Sm-Sm-Hoo-
ray, hooray: hata up and thrown awayl
Eat 'lm up! ' .'
Don't be too hard op him!
Wow!
1-et'a hav* a' little roofe of Ih* boo**
talk; I like It! .
Freight' rate*.- freight rate*, hooray
(smnll boy of mine)!
Talk to him. Hoke!
Hooray for Dr. Nunnatly!
Phew!
The Hope of th* State, hooray!
How abput tho booze story, Hoke?
lout lap, Hoke, better eprtnt!
Ilonray, Hooray! fa non partleanl.
Alright, bubloir, we'll stand by you!
That'* a hot one!
Let him hav# It hot, Clark!
Somerset, Somerset!
Down In front!
Put him out, put him out!
him stay In!
How’* Tom Wataon?
Ha'll .never make the boat!
How about Bishop Turner?
uh. there's Mr. Ho and Ho on the
■tend. Ain't he a grand dancer? (shrill
feminine voice).
Hurrah for Howell: It'* all hla wayl
(going out).
Hurrah for Hoke; he won the debate!
(ditto).
GORMAN'S TOGA
FALLS ON WHYTE
By Private I.eared Wire.
Baltimore, Md, Jun* t.j-Govemor
Warfield haa appointed William Pink
ney Whyte, former governor, aa United
States senator to succeed the late Ar-
thu Pue Gorman. H ha* been generally
supposed that Oormaa and Whyta were
bitter political' foes, and tha appoint-
tfleni, for this reason, haa caused con-
•Idarabla comment.
The new senator wa* horn In thla
city August 8, 1824. Me studied law,
took a course ai the Harvard Law
School and yeas admitted to the prac
tice of hla profession In 1848. He was
elected to the house of delegate* of tha
Maryland legislature In 1847. H* re
fused fenn'mlnntlon for the legislature
In 1848,' was dafaated for congress in
1861, waa elected comptroller of th*
treasury of thr state of Maryland In
1868, was again defeated for congress
In 1187, waa a member of Ih* Demo
cratic national convention In 18*8 end
wea In that year appointed by Gov
ernor Swann United Slates senator to
till out the term of the tale Raverdy
Johnson, appointed minister.lo Eng-
Rut a very email portion of the cltl-
sen* of this city realise whnt Edwin
P. Analey ha* baen doing toward tha
realisation of a Greater Atlanta In thla
Immediate present.
For more then elx month* e hundred
team* and more than aa many man
have been at work transforming benti-
tlful Analey park to Its present condi
tion. Thla greet fbres, under tit* per
sonal direction of landscape Engineer
Ruff le allll engaged In th* work. It la
Impossible to place on paper what hea
been acrompllahed. More than ten
miles of magnificent boulevard* and
driveways, 78, 80 and 80 feat In width,
have been added to the city, many ol
these covering' some of thb moat his
toric point* In the battlefield* during
the siege of Atlanta.
Thla wash th* county commlaalonara
paaaed up the paving of the Prado of
Analey park from Peachtree rlrcle to
Piedmont avenue. This action wa*
vorlla playground of all Atlsni
for coming generation...
It Is Juat suoh local!jna aa thl<
hav* made property, similarly In
In other cities, the most vgluabl
all metropolitan real ebtat*. It m
that thla aectlon must berom* til
Iral Park, West, of Atlanta, ■
home of the Anest residences
city In the Immediate future. It Is
same Piedmont park, also, wlili
tn ht tha home of the Kspoattin
1110, end all future fete occnsl <r
prominence In ell rime to com*,
added value of real ebtat* In thin
mediate aectlon for thla aama >.-
can hardly be estimated.
Greater Atlanta at Hand.
Atlanta Is Just at th* begtnn
a new era of prosperity and :
such aa can not be found In
her wonderful history.
Southern *ten>* are hurrying
lanta aa never before, ami fai
and greet Industrie* are apptyn
taken because this convenience means loc , tlnrm mon rnpldly th , n , hr
a saving of a mil* and half to the gen
eral public. Pravloua lo this time all
traveler* war# compelled to taka either
Fifteenth street or Hi# roadway oppo
■Ite Waa* ('oilier'# place, some three
mile* beyond Flfteenlb aireal. An ef
fort to gst thla roadway, making pos.
slide ihe connection of (base two moat
Important residential thoroughfare* In
Atlanta, ha* baen made for several
Bath City and Country Advantage*.
In this development, for which Mr.
Anslpy la personally and solely respon
sible, city wattr, sewer* and pavement
are guaranteed lo ell ih* resident* of
Analey park. This means nothing late
than that every property owner In th*
park will enjoy every city advantage
while at the same time hla home la
situated In th* very mldat of th* foot
hills of the Blue Ridge.
Ferhapa the greatest advantage of
thla beautiful park property Ilea In
Ihe fact that It la located directly op
posite Piedmont park.
Moet fortunately of all. It directly
facet that portion of Piedmont park
which haa been saved for It* natural
beauty, and must always be preserved
ae the coolest resting place and fa-
land. In 1871 he wa* elected governor
of Maryland end In 1874 United State*
senator.
In 1180 he declined re-election as
senator, and in the following year waa
elected mayor of Baltimore. In 1(18
he became attorney general of Mary
land and In 1888 waa appointed by
President Harrison a delegate to tho
Congress of American Nations, which
he declined. In 1888 he wa* mad*
chairmen of the commission that pre
pared tha aew charter of Ihe city of
Baltimore and In 1800 h* became city
solicitor, that being hi* most recent
office.
Jgh. professor «f canon ...
ilngtou I'nlreralty, tMl#l■* ,,
be acenm inode ted. Th* question U
where nra three new comers «■”..*
to make their homes Northward low
ever been the direction of prog res- r.«s
Atlanta. It la In th* northern
tha moat vafualil* In Atlanta, t'.al
these new comers will Insist upon molt
ing their homes for property bwt) i
already mark thla aa tb* cumin.- so
ciety center of the Immediate flab.re
It la only a matter of a very fro
years before Atlanta, th* metropolis ol
the South, will baa city of 200,000 per
sons. These new-comers are going t«
Insist upon purchasing property where
all their rights wfU be protected »ut
no chbrn-e /or depreciation by thi
wrong kind of tenants or unpfen»«ni
neighbor*. Uniform lawna, broad inu-
tevarda, handsome resident**, many nt
them already erected, th* latest not
moat modern appliances and appoint-
menta, offer possibilities for purchased
at the coming auction sale of thla prop
erty naxt Friday afternoon, such ,-u
will never happen again. Thes* ate tot
last remaining lots In Ansiey Park, atu
the Itnal chance to secure pi jp.-ny It
this aectlon at your own price.
On another page The Atlanta Geor
gian la able to reproduce a plot ol tmt
entire residential park, with th* nani't
of those who have purchaaed pr.q«-iij
at former seise, everyone of whom hai
been offered a big advance on the prU >
paid. Read the Aames of these .Ulan-
tana, who believe In Analay Park, nnt
consider them in tha light of neighbor*
This, work of development Is now I)
progress, hut ail tha driveway, an
ripen and provide every opportunity fot
enjoying the most beautiful drive n
walk IA th* entire city, a* *hi as th.
moet historic, ft la wall a..mi, th*
while of every Atlantan to hurry out ti
Analay Park during the naxt few day.
I Edwin 1*. Antlev and thi
;^a"'.^.re r .ifrinn^'*. , «^ , u*-“5f A,, * n '* 8 ‘ >,m •"
the Rosieu CaibaOe tVirvh. ’metropolis In this