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m T v —i ■ ■ ■> - • ' 'T*ZKrm~- THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. HATntDAT. JTNR 1«. 1WT. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone L Connection*. \ Subscription Rites: One Year 58.50 Six.Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by. THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbims Street, Atlanta, Gs. Filtered ss weend-clsss nutter April 9. HOfl St the rostoffles at Atlanta. Oe.. under ect of eoDfrese of Merck l lit*. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE God's goodness hath been great to thee; Let never day nor night unhallowed pass. But still remember what the Lord hath done. —8hakespear*. ,Saturday Evening. The apples of Istakhar were "all sweetness on one side, and all bitterness on the other.” This real or fabulous fruit has been employed on many occasions and In many ways to point a moral or adorn a tale, and yet Its adaptability remains fresh and new. The world Is full of men—and even gallantry cannot deny, of women, too—whose dispositions are like the apples oils- tnlchar. In the politer circles of the outside world, where they stand In the public gaze, they are as sweet ss the honey bees of Hybla. The veneer of courtesy, the shadow of urbanity mark every word and gesture. They stand before the world as Admirable Crichtons. They are “all sweetness on one side." But It Is the other aide of this fruit of Istakhar that reveals itself as soon as they cross the threshold where. In reality, their very soul should unfold 'like a lily with a heart of flame.” That hypocrisy which vice renders to virtue Is thrown off as a garment and the Alriblades of courtliness becomes a very Caliban. All the pettiness and meanness In his nature rises to the top, and we discover that the exemplary citizen Is after all a deception and a fraud. The apple of Istakhar Is "all bitterness” on the oth er aide. • «> And the experiences of human life—they, too, are like tho apples of Istakhar, "all sweetness on one side and all bitterness on the other.” We pity from our hearts the pessimist who feels that all his days are spent In the valloy of the shadow, and yet who would deny that "There'* not a atrlng attuned to mirth But has Its cord In melancholy.” We know that every highway Is Indifferently strewn «Ith thorns and roses, and yet on the other hand we are compelled to realize that tear* endure for a night, but Joy comoth with the morning. To no human heart Is such security assured that the sunniest dreams may not be overcast, nor yet has the Slough of Dospond ever been so wldo and deep but beyond It stretched a smiling valley of peace and sweet content It Is after all In the Horatlan "golden mean” that men must look for tho greatest happiness Is this varied and parti-colored world. The prayer of Affur rises spontaneously to the lips of i very man who has sat at the fleet of wisdom: "Give me neither poverty nor riches.” Was It not Socrates who gave ns a variant on the Impreealve theme n hen he aaked that the gods would give him "that which whs best for him, though In his Ignorance he should not *»k for It; and withhold from him that which was not beat for him, though In his folly he should ask for Itr l’axnn philosophy, at least, cannot otTer us a nobler senti ment. lie must be a sophist Indeed who can argue success fully that In civilized society men and women can attain to tho highest degree of usefulness through abject pov* in i . 1 In a thousand Instances It Is but the result of condi tions which he has brought upon himself when In this busy world, with all Its teeming possibilities, the man of Intelligence cannot grasp the hem of fortune's garment it rid wrest a competency from the fist of fortune. He »ho has suceeded In acquiring at least this competency find* himself obviously better able to contribute to the h melioration of the bard conditions he finds around him mid to scatter sunshine In substantial form along the highway of the deserving. > It would be a foolish Agur who prayed for poverty. And yet' wealth Is not the ultimate goal of human life. The dinner of herbs, and contentment therewith Is, «e are told, preferable to the stalled ox and dissension. Dlugenes aaked nothing of the world's great conqueror b rit to stand out of his sunshine and leave him to his alb sufficient tub, while the gourmet, Aplctua, slew himself lest the remnant of his fortune, still colossal, should not suffice to gratify hla luxurious tastes for the remainder et hla days. • Better Indeed might he have uttered the prayer of Agur that riche* be not vouchsafed to him. They cannot buy.buoyancy of spirit or tranquillity of mind or length of days. Happiest of all Is he who has neither poverty nor rl> he#—neither the gripe of moneyless vexation In which "Though six days smoothly run, The seventh will bring' blue devils or a dun.” Nor yet that abundance of wealth which breeds de- v. i.eracy and Insolence and a disregard of the cardinal y i mips of human life which blinds and hardens us to the .lelleate amenities and the liner Joys which no man knows unless he lives close to the great throbbing heart of the world. Few, Indeed, there are who feel disposed to temper 1'ielr wishes to their welfare and restrain their ambition vlthin the bounds of reason, but to Rives and Lazarus alike wisdom and experience commend this world old prayer of Agur; "Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, ... or lest I be pool and steal.” The Birmingham Age-Herald says It would be “cruel to fttssy Atlanta” to Intimate that the population of the Alabama city would be 200,000 In ten years, but calculate* thsf It wilt be true. Just the same. Yea, and Alnaator, the barber’s fifth brother, calculated that he would sell hla basket of glassware, and multiply the profits and marry the vizier'* daughter. But Ju*» then be kicked over the basket and waked up. Bryan Against Roosevelt! What Then? It would be n strange contest between William J. Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt If the fortunes of politics should fling these two to tho front of the political parties which must grapple for supremacy in 1908. Theodore Roosevelt represents ail that Is democratic and popular In tho Republican party. He was projected by Providence ipto tho destinies of this country through the medium of a tragedy that shocked and startled the world. He was the heir and the successor of the mildest and most pacific president who has occupied the White House during tho present quartor of a century. The man to whose station and politics he wbh tho legatee was conservative In temper, orthodox In his Republican creeds, keenly devoted to the buaineas Interests of the country after the theories of Mark Hanna and the capital- Ista, and waa orthodox to a degree In the advocacy and maintenance of nil Republican doctrine, saving only his independent expression of fraternity and fellowship which so powerfully Impressed the republic. An the heir to this man. Theodore Roosevelt pledged upon the coffin of his predecessor his fixed intention to carry into execution both the spirit and the policy of William McKinley. As a fraternlzor of the sections, he baa done fully at much as tho great peacemaker him self, and re-established good will and good fellowship between the sections of tho country. Saving only his Invitation to Booker Washington to dinner, and his in sistence upon tho nppolntment Of certain negroes to office In the South, no man can deny that the trend of hla administration has been broad, generous and fraternal toward the South. But he has been a very "bull In the china shop” of the Republican policies. Before the close of bis first administration, and from the very day of his second inauguration, he has been the aggressive reformer within the lines of capltsllstjc privi lege and corporate selfishness which tho Republican party has ao carefully and fully enthroned. There Is not a Demo crat living today, with the exception of William Randolph Hearst, who has dono so much to unsattle the tenure of the trusts and the grasp of tho corporations as the Republican president of the United States. He has failed In the completeness of many of his plans and baa seemed to surrender for policy's sake at some points of the battle In which his opponents believed that his consistent obstinacy would have won a com pleter victory. Thl* waa notable, say. In the railway rate regulation bill, and In the boef treat. But with all this said. It.cannot be denied that the Republican president hae shaken the foundations o( the traits and the cor porattons ao distinctly and so definitely that he will be recognized and written In history as the redoubtable opponent and a redoubtable reformer of hla times. To run such a man aa the Republican candidate for the presidency would undoubtedly antagonize In largo part the spirit and the traditions of the great organiza tion which elevated him to power, and it Is a serious question how far this opposition, whether expressed in fatal apathy or In direct antagonism, would cripple his candidacy and destroy his chances of success. But It is also true that beyond the lines of partisan ship, the attitude of the president npon these economic and corporate questions, as well as the sheer dash and courage of the man, haa won to him thousands of Demo cratic votes who might be tempted by his prestige from their loyalty to the organisation which they have fol lowed so faithfully through ao many disappointing years. B Ten years ago William J. Bryan waa looked upon as the Incarnation-of radicalism that stretohed almost to anarchy. The mention of hla name lifted hands of hor ror all’ over the conservative East. In tho realms of finance mothors frightened their children to obedience by the mention of the name of thla Democratic ogre, and there were Democrats of tho sound-mqnoy school who held him In as holly horror aa did the stalwart partisans of the Republican camp. Even In the South, the alleged wildness of hie financial views established no antagonism profounder than any which had ever been chronicled before la Democratic ranks since the clrll war. And one strong and prominent Democratic editor In the etato of Georgia denounced him In editorial prominence aa the sum and Incarnation ot civic and political heresy and villainy. Without any apology to the American republic, and without a single confession ot error In his previous views, without an apparent change In hie political creeds, and with no open recantation of 61s political faith, the country haa simply progressed toward an appreciation of Bryan’s character, of his motives and ot tho Justice of his views, which la little short of a miracle. It may be truthful to say that Bryan himself Is not more responsible for this growth or alteration of public opinion than other great forces which have moved along side ot and collateral with the great Nebraskan. The eight great newspapers ot William Randolph Hearst and the enormous personality ot that great execu tive In public attain have been the mightiest ot educators along the linos of th* popular Interest and the popular demand*. And these forcee have educated ao rapidly and so powerfully the masa or American sentiment that they have swept public opinion almost In a tidal wave against the entrenchments of prejudice and ultrs-coneervstlsm, under whose cover the treats end the corporations have grown fat with the fullness of spoil* and of special legis lation. The triumph of Hearst In New York, the triumph of Dunne In Chicago and the triumph ot La FAIIette In Wisconsin have struck terror to the entrenched castles of privilege all over the country, and In th* thunder of the people's ballots they have come to look with appre hension upon any definite and popular champion who might be cboseh to lead th* people In th* tremendous and fafefnt campaign of 1908. It la the very terror of the unknown. It Is the very apprehension of the vast popular upheaval, It la the shad ow ot Hearst and Dunne and La Follette which has frightened the utra conservatives, and even some of th* moderate conservatives. Into the eager search for a moderate champion of the Inevitable reform. They recognize fully that the people are In the sad dle tn this fateful period, and that th* people are going beyond doubt or question to win some sort of victory In the coming presidential campaign. And so the su preme concern ot these vast organized forces dt privi lege and of power* Is to break the force of the Im pending blow by giving of their vast resources and ener> gles in both parties toward the choice of the least ob jectionable and the most acceptable of the various pop ular evangels out ot whom the nezt president most come! | It la at once the strength and th* weakness of Mr. Bryan that, with one accord, this element seems to have been drawn to him. It la his strength because these men are mighty to eave In political election*, and while they might not be strong enough to carry their own creeds and their own champions to success, they would be almost omnipotent If they Joined their strength with the conservative element of the popular revolution. It may be set down aa true that If these men should throw the weight of their money *and their Influence upon the Issue of Bryan'* nomination, that the result would bo almost Inevitable, and that his final nuecess would depend only upon the question of a eholee between hint- Holf and some more radical man. Upon the other hand, there la a very grave and se rious danger that the almost unanimous Indorsement which this element of American polities Is giving, to the Nebraska statesman may create In the minds of the people a suspicion that he In not so definite In his alle giance to themselves. One thing may ho understood In this campaign, that the people are awake, that they are Intelligent, and that they are resolved, and If tho Impression Is widely disseminated throughout their ranks that the syndi cates, the corporations and the ultra conservatives are too eager for Bryan'a nomination, then It Is not yet too late for the people to rise In rebellion and to crown with their leadership the leader who stands definite and clear and beyond even tho suspicion of the favor of the syndicates and the fat of the trusts. Nothing less than definite democracy and a definite leader will satisfy the great mass of the Democratic peo ple of this decade. The Battleship Georgia. It Is entirely fitting that tho finest and fleetest battle ship In the United States navy should bear the name of tho Empire State of the South. Tests recently mado on this new fighting machine reveal the fact that thjs Is the case. She has already developed a speed on her trial runs which more than meets the requirement of the guarantee under which •he was built, and there can bo no doubt that when she Is ultimately launched she will be the queen of the s This launching of the now battleship will be made an occasion of considerable ceremony and great rojolo lug. and. will take place within the near future. Tho presentation of the customary sliver service, which, of courso, will not be overlooked, will be another notable event, and our people must hold themselves In readiness to rise to tho occnslod as the country expects. We are proud of the Georgia down this way and we are ready to bear substantial testimony to the fact The University Chancellorship. The time Is now close at hand when the trustees of the University of Georgia must select an executive head for that great Institution to succeed the lamented Walter B. Hill. Tho canvass of names and of personalities for this great and responsible station has been wide and com. prehenalve. The editor ot The Georgian has contributed from various sources suggestions which filled his mind with regard to the place, and we have had hearty things to fay of many eminent gentlemen whose names have been mentioned In this connection. We desire here and now to enter a warning against any apathy or indifference In this great matter. It will not do to defer final action until the last moment and then hurriedly and Impulsively select, some man for the place who may be abundantly fitted or who may Just ns likely be lacking in the elements of success. It requires brains. Judgment and tact in no small degree to choose a proper head fdr the University of Georgia, and we earnestly trust that the trustees even now are sitting up at nights taking thought ot this Im portant duty which devolves upon them. We have no particular name to offer, for the con sideration of our fellow alumni beyond those whose claims and qualities we have already exploited In these columnz. . ,) - We do feel like repenting once more the proposition that, If a teacher can bo found In tho teaching rank of Georgia, strong, able, tactful, sufficiently equipped, and with executive ability for the work, that this teacher should be promoted from s lower station to this exalted place. We do not feel that anything short of extraordinary emergencies should Justify the planting In the chancel lor's chair of s man unfit for the position by tempera ment, by training, by tact, or by record. We feel that It would be Just ss proper to put n teacher at the head of s great mercantile establishment ss a great merchant or a great banker In tho chair of the university. Great callings require special tralnlug, and no sdtnc* Is more carefully and rigidly developed In this day than the practical science ot teaching. We have In our minds no particular teacher In Georgia whom we desire to suggest in connection with this high position, and we are simply debating s general proposition, to which the trustees may or may not give their consideration and regard. It may be possible, although It should not be to, that the teaching rank ot Georgia does not furnish at this GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June IS.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—H. Sswtell, C. 8. North- en, W. E. Borne, T. D. Thornton and wife, W. C. Warfield. AUGUSTA—E. G. Ferrell. SAVANNAH—J. M. Denton, H. 8. ColdIng. Miss Wylley. j IN PARIS. Speelel to The (leorstss. Parts. June l(.—Joseph O. Mssglonl and Mr*. N. C. Ossola, et Savannah, and Joseph May, of Atlanta, registered st the office of the European edition of The New York Herald today. Th* Traveling Man's Position. Atlanta, (la- Jtlne 12, ISO*. To the Editor of The Georgian: The editorials of The Georgian and the few other daily papers who have written any In behalf of the ef forts of the Travelers' Protective As sociation of Georgia to secure on In terchangeable mileage book of 2,000 miles for 840, Is appreciated by the members of the association and th* rally. ken Idea among the Travelers' Protective Association. The railroads themselves think that only traveling men belong to this army of over 21,000 In th* United States. Hundreds ot manufacturers, wholesale and commission merchants, as well as their buyer* and salesmen, are mem bers from New York to Oregon and front Canada to Mexico. These men represent millions of dollars and are the people who create freight and pas senger business for the railroad* and steamship lines of the nation. The writer has com* to the conclu sion that the main reason the South ern, central and Georgia Southern and Florida rood* won't Join the present Interchangeable agreement Is purely bult-headedness on the part of the Southern. This great system has the opportunity ot a lifetime to lead off with a 2.000 mile book for 240. ask ing all trunk line* In the southeastern territory to Join, thereby bringing about the solution of th* passenger rate fight and making friends of the men who route the freight and who have be next. On June 20 the Southeastern been giving It to other lines when poe- Tariff Association convenes In Atlan- dN*. __ . ... ... IX- and no doubt this entire matter The Traveler* Protective Association win be settled on* way or th* other. time a man who embodies the qinillflcatlonn for the direc tion of the State University. If not. then, of course, It Is the duty and the obligation of the trustees to find some where that man who In their bOBt Judgment combines th« qualities both didactic and executive who will min ister most largely to the growth and the prosperity of this great school. Tho ono plea which we enter before the Judgment and the conscience of the trustees Is that, lu tho decision of this great matter, no possible temptation will permit the spirit of politics or the spirit ot personal trading to enter upon the deliberations of the university's friends. We may Invoke for that spirit which has been tho curse of the university for so many years, a long period of suppression and repose. No reward of friends, no pun ishment of enemies, no ‘ strengthening of fences." and no purchase of Influence ought to enter for ono moment Into the selection of one who stands In the highest and the most sacred office of the state. May the spirit of wisdom and unselfish patriotism guide the university trustees in their serious and mo mentous work. THE RIGHT TO VOTE. An Open Letter to John D. Moss. The State of Oklahoma. Only the stroke of a pen remains In order to create a new state and add a new star to the constellation of American commonwealths. On Thursday the house adopted the conference, re port admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory Into the union as one state, and at the same time permitting Arizona and New Mexico to vote separately, at the next general election, on the proposition to come into the union as one state. The delegates from the two laat named territories feel very bitterly on th* subject, and In the course of the debate Speaker Cannon was severely attacked by Delegate Smith, of Arizona,' for having, as the delegate alleged, "log-rolled” to keep tho territorie* out of the union os separate states. In the meantime the people of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are lighting bonfires and holding public meeting*, marked by great rejoicing, over the fact (hat at last they are to enter Into the sisterhood of federal states. . ' The public In general will share in this rejoicing. The two territories together have n population of two million* and a half. They are a thrifty and Industrious people. It seems only a few days since Oklahoma was opened up for settlement and places which are today magnificent cities were a tented field. The 'soil and climate are well adapted to the highest development and the new state will be one of the most magnfhcent In the union. The Indications aria that the two senators from the new state will be Democrats and that the tlx repre sentatives who will enter congress under the reappor- tlonmcnt will plso be of the same political persuasion. If the people generally approve of tho admission of the new state we believe that, aside from all passion and bitterness, they will confirm the wisdom of not ad mitting Arizona and New Mexico as separate states. It Is doubtful If much more than half the people In the latter territory can yet apeait the English language, while In both territories together there are not more than 300,000 inhabitants. Such, at least, are tho figures given out by Speaker Cannon In bis defense on Thurs day, and It this be true it Is quite sufficient to allow the two territories to vote on toe question of admission In joint statehood. Congressman Lester’s Fatal Accident. The entire state Is unspeakably shocked and grieved at the announcement of tho fatal accident sustained by Hon. Rufus E. Lester, member of congress from the first district, while the circumstances of this melancholy event lend to It an additional pathos. Congressman Lester Is in his sixty-ninth year, and for eighteen years of that time he has been it member of the lower bouse. Previous to his election to that body he bad distinguished himself st the bar, on the battle field during the period ot the civil war, and In state polities. In each and every walk of life he had proven him self worthy ot the high trust reposed In him. He was a man of strong convictions and devoted loyally to 1 his constituency. As a member of the rivers and harbors committee he rendered excellent service to our common country and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all his associates. The tragic close of his long and useful life It deeply deplored and there will be sincere mourning throughout the state and country. Is not trying ot drive any road Into the 2-cent agreement. It has been pa tiently waiting for six years for a gen eral Interchangeable book for 225, and aaka the roads to sell a 2,000 mile book for $40, good over all trunk lines In the southeast. Different roods In the state sell trip books at less than 2 cents per mile, even down to I cent, we have been told by holders of these books. Why I* It done? It must be to Induce peonle to ride more. It le all right to do this, but Isn’t It asking even lees of the road* when the Traveler*' Protective Association,offers to Invest 240 In ad vance for a book at 2 cent* per mile, which will be ridden out In sixty day* by the average traveling man? The roads know that the traveling men must ride on their trains. If they ■ell their goads In the territory they work. They know they have them at their mercy and refuse to sell to the men, who are traveling freight agents In a sense, book* of a larger denomina tion and at*a higher rate than the trip books referred to. Suburbanite* can many times use a street car or have more than one railroad on which to travel—a difference. It seem. There are several .thousand traveling men who work Georgia, and each man will use at least *,000 mtle* of an Interchange able book each year, many will use 10,000 miles, and the money paid In advance for these books will represent a large sum of money, thousands of dollars .of which the roads will hare for several months without Interest be- fore the books are ridden out. Take the traveling men off the road and the freight business would ruder. A merchant would not go to market as often or buy by mall as much aa he THIS DATE IN HISTORY. born. now buys from the many salesmen who call dally. The trains nr* well filled every day. The trunk lines have about a* many passengers as they can haul comfortably, so the old excuse of the state being too thinly populated won't do. Any mati In travel would necessitate more train*, and It costs no more to haul a full train than one half full. More than two years ago th* writer made the prediction that unless this i.000 or a S.C00 mtle book ac S cents per mile Interchangeable in the south east Was placed on sale, the roads would hsvp to face a fight for a 2-cent flat rale tn this entire territory. Vir ginia ho* led off and won. Georgia will JUNE 18. 123# Edward I of England .... Died July 7, 1207. , 1887— Rattle of Stoke; lost great bat- tie on English soli. 1528—Luther excommunicated by the 1648—Henrietta Stuart, duchess of Or- leans, born. 1722—John Churchill, duke of Marl borough, born. 1802—United States treaty with Creek Indians. 1818—Napoleon defeated Blucher at Llgny. ]§2j—Sir Henry Raeburn died. 1330—Eruption of Mount Etna. 1888— Cardinal Mastal-Ferettl elected .... P°P* w l‘h ‘he title of Plus IX. 18*8—Grant repulsed at battle of. Pe- vnJSSSSbJ entry of victorious Germans Into Berlin. 1JJ?~P»ul Rajou, artist, died. 1898—Attempted assassination of Pre- ffiler Crlepl, of Italy. 1*®*—Third Avenue theater. New York, burned. * 1897—Hawaiian annexation treaty signed. iSf—Bering sea award paid. 1908—General Bohrikoff, governor gen eral of Finland, assassinated. A Reasonable Deduction. "You were a long while at church.' said Subbubs, who had remained at home a* usual. Til bet the minister gave you fire and brimstone today.” . “He did. Indeed,” replied Mrs. Sub- bubs: how did you know?" "I Just thought-tie would. I saw their ••nrsnt girl going down to the station with her trunk just after you started for church."—Philadelphia Pre*s. It will either go as the Travelers' Pro- !f c,,T l.^* ,ocUt,on wl»h«». and more than 21,000 men lit one j>f th* best preatflsMl and strongest associations of lt« kind, financially and otherwise, in the world will oe* their patience re warded and thl* fight cease, or U will be against the roods' beat friends and a fight to the finish. The association can win In the legislature*, as It has always won. but that Is not what It wants. It wants a peaceable settle ment on June 20. V. W. HTATT. Mr. John D. Mops, Athene, Go.—M» Dear Sir: During the recent conven- tlon of manufacturers of cotton goodi held at Asheville, N. c„ you were among those who spoke on the lack of laljor in the cotton mills in the South, and in every other Industry in which our people nre engaged. Th® Associated Pres* reported that, am. ng other pointed remarks pertinent to the question under consideration, you paid: ’ "The cotton manufacturers are to- figrjtador the-scourge of the poll. Uonsk sad H is our fault" Your speech impressed me deeply ** *** was contained In the •entenri* i have quoted. * About the time your convention engaged In the dl.Jtu.lon In which y,!J took an active and highly creditable part, the senate of the United States had In hand a bill amendatory of th* Sonera! Immigration law of the coun- The fact which you emphasised to strongly was clearly brought In the d*. bate In the senate. Th* moment I read the synopsis 0 I your speech, I determined to Write you an open letter for the reason that the time I* opportune to; make an effort to arouse the tax-payers who have large interest* at stake, and to win the at tention of good citizens who are not tax-payers, to an appreciation of their duty as cltixens possessed of the right to vote. Circumstances which have attended election* In this state and In other state* were of a character that begot disgust In the minds of men who prize above gold |h* right to vote. Methods which have obtained in quite every canvas* preceding elec tions, and methods alleged to have been practiced at the poll*, have had the effect of disgusting a large and steadily increasing number of the electorate. The result Is that gentlemen, espe cially young gentlemen Just arrived at the age when they should not only manifest but take a lively Interest In the affairs of the state, the county, the municipality, the ward, declare that they will not have anything to do with politics. Taking this view of the ques tion, they refuse in many Instances to register, or, having registered, refrain from voting. Tho primary, or nominating election, Is practically the election, and Is so ac cepted, exceedingly few votes being cast at the regular election. The primary may, therefore, be taken as a guide In the matter of Interest shown In an election by the people. Regardless of Issues, hundreds refuse or neglect to vote. Oftener than otherwise. It Is a clear case of refusal to vote. Are there many who resolutely adopt and religiously adhere to this mis taken policy? Let us see: Take the primary election held, not long ago, for members ot the legislature and for county officers In. the counties of Ful. ton, Muscogee and Richmond. In Fulton, 7,722 cltisens registered and were qualified to Vote. If there was no opposition to any county offi cer, there was a sharp contest for seats In the general assembly of the state—a contest vigorous enough to In terest and rally voters to the polls, and yet the highest vote cast was 4.- 105. Nearly one-half of the qualfied vot ers did not exercise their great fran chise. In Muscogee county, the same con- ditlops prevailed as In Fulton. Three thousand Tour hundred and one citizens registered, and were In position to vote. The highest vote cast was 2,727, ao quite 700 electors failed or refused to vote. In Richmond county, 5,5(2 citizens registered. Tho highest vote cast was 4,899, so nearly 700. qualified elector* refused or failed to vote. It may be set down as an Incon trovertible fact that those who remain ed away from th* polls on the occasion referred to did not belong to the class of voters who enn be kept In "pens over night" or whoee votes can be con trolled or purchased. They are of those who insist they want nothing to do with politics. The men who can be penned' up and on the morning of election led to -the polls, like dumb-driven cattle, are never among those who neglect to rote. The men who. forgetting their manhood, will sell their votes, are never among those who refuse to vote. In the three counties Instanced, 16,- 696 cltxcns became qualified voters, and 4,755, or 28.4 per cent, refused or failed to vote. To my mind, the foregoing fact* pre sent a very serious situation. It Is a situation so allied to the best Inter est of all the people, It must be promptly met and eueceeefully com passed. How may thla be done? By appeal to the best people in every community —the men who are proud of American cltsenship and who value above rubles the highest privilege Inherent in Amer ican cltisenshp, the right to vote; the ballot which, cast according to the dic tates of one's Judgment and conscience, shall be a weapon -of defense or of fense as circumstances may demand. Away with the suggestion that poli tics should be tabooed by the best citizens—by the young men of any community. This Is a government "f the people—presumably by the peo ple. When every qualified voter, pre serving hla manhood, shall take suffi cient Interest at every election to vote In fhvor of the best measure* and for the best men. It will be a government actually "by the people, for the peo ple." Thl* being .true as to the character of the government under which w* live and struggle to be prosperous, u»- ful and happy, politics ts an essential part of every citizen's life-work. Demagogy and demagogues are to be avoided, not politics, not th* great elve duty of duly exercising the elec tive franchise for the protection and advancement of the best Interest of til the people. . If public sneakers. If ministers of the gospel, If.the press would take up this Important subject and dispassion ately press It home upon the peopl'- great good would he accomplished, and reform. In the right direction and of th* right kind, would be successfully Inaugurated and established. Yours truly and respectfully, MARTIN V. CALVIN. Augusta. G*. "Straw Hat” Day at "Penney.” "Straw hat" day at the University of Pennsylvania caught many dealer* un awares, and os a result there was al most a famine In summer headgear on Saturday. There Is an uflwritten law at the university that straw hats must be warn for th# first time on the first Saturday In May. and all student* could not find their last-year hats made a ■rush for the business center to buy new ones. Many of th# hatters were unable to supply th* demands mad# upon them. < One enterprising firm, however. Inserted an advertisement In The Dally Pennsylvanian, the students newspaper, and landed the majority of the college boys' trade.—Philadelphia Record.