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■ - The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. I. NO. 48. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., 'PHURSDAY, JUNE 21, . 1906. Morning Edition. PRICE:, WATSON GAVE PLEDGE ON DISFRANCHISEMENT; SAYS HE WILL KEEP IT Opposes the Indepen dent Action of Pop ulists in Georgia. CALLOWAY IS HONEST BUT HAS MADE MISTAKE Special to The Georgian. Thompaon, da., June 20.—Your cor- respondent, having read the call ot Chairman Holloway (or the Popultat convention^ thla morning called on Hon. Thomas E. Watson and asked him flatly two questions: 1. What do you think of it? I. What are you and your friends going to do about it? Mr. Watson, without hesitation, said: * "After ( consultation with Holloway, Hines, Sibley, McGregor and other Populist leaders, I pledged the sup port of myself and party to the dis franchisement Issue on the night of September 1. 1204, .In a great public meeting In the State capitol In Atlan ta. Hon. John Temple Graves was present, and knew how that pledge was Indorsed. Not a dissenting voice did I ever hear until McGregor made his break, late In 1905. "I made the pledge In good faith, and will keep It. I will expect all Populists who <hen Indorsed me to stand by me. "Hoke Smith's platform comes up to conditions of my pledge, and Hoke Smith will have my support. In accord ance with my pledge. I will appeal to all true Populists to sustain me In this. "Chairman Holloway Is a good, hon est man, but has made a mistake. His action will not change my course at all. The convention he has called will not represent the Populists nor bind them, for the reason that there is no existing county organization in a ma jority of the counties of the state, and henos no legal way to aeleot delegatss. “The most active workers for the convention were: John Fullwood, who Is a Republican and holds an ofllce un der Roosevelt as postmaster of Cedar- town, and Yancey Carter, long a Re publican deputy marshal under A. E. Buck, then a Populist, who was de ni umced by me In The People's Party Paper for his shameful vote against the untl-Bnrrooin bill after he had been elected to the state senate on that Issue with my active help; and who formally re-entered the Democratic party, ran for the legislature In Hart county as a Democrat and was beaten. He did not support me In 1904, nor did Fullwood. < Yet these are the men now steering the Populist campaign! •'I shall recognize that these men are agents of the Howell-McWhorter railroad ring, and that their object In putting out a ticket Is to pull off votes from Hoke Smith. "With all the power that Is In me. I will denounce this foul scheme, and 1 will repudiate the right of such a con vention as they have called to bind the Populists of Georgia. "I will probably make one speech, some night In July. In Atlanta. This w ill depend, of course, upon the wishes of those whose preference In the mat' ter must be considered. “But so help me God I will religious' ly adhere to the express and Implied obligations that rest upon me In the campaign, regardless of consequences to myself." Mr. Watson spoke with great earn extnesa and with an evidence of much feeling In the matter. He Is much Im proved In health and Is undoubtedly In great shape to give account of himself In a public speech. MAY A PASTOR WORK ON SUNDAY FOR A LIVING ? LABOR FEDERATION MEETS IN AUGUSTA WITH 400 PRESEN Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., June 20.—The labor people are here and are holding one of the grandest conventions ever held In the state. There are close to 400 dele gates attending the Federation of La bor meeting, which will, be In session for the next three days. The convention was Called to order two hours late thla morning because the president of the federation was de layed In getting here. The addresses of welcome and responses were all ap plauded. Directly after the addresses the ere' dentlals were given In and the follow' Ing committee wilt have charge of the credentials: President Cohen, Secre tary Puckett and E. E. Griggs, of Ths Atlanta Georgian. E. E. Griggs has been appointed reading clerk of the convention. It Is said that Savannah will get Hie next convention. The following was the order of the program thla morning: Address of welcome, by Mayor Allen. Address by president of chamber of commerre- Address In behalf of organized labor, by President Holiday, of Augusta trades council. Response by State President Cohen, of Savanhah, Ga. Prayer and opening of convention. Credentials and appointment of com mittees. Adjournment at 2 o'clock. Augusta has been honored In the past by having the president of the or ganization, and now they are working for It again, ami the name of D. P. O'Connell Is being mentioned In con nection with the office. He has been to the Georgia legislature on the labor ticket, and he Is a prominent person throughout the state In union circles, and It Is believed that he will have but little trouble In making the race suc cessful. MUTUAL TRUSTEES FILE RESIGNATIONS Olyphant, Hildan and Charles Milfer Step Down and Out, Says Herald. If s local preacher by force of clr cumstances Is compelled to work on Sunday to make a living for himself and family, but during the week of seven days he devotee one-seventh ot his time to work of the church, la he guilty of violating the Sabbath? Thla question was raised at the At- lantu district conference of the Metho dist church Wednesday morning by Dr. Charles O. Jones, and Just at the time when It looked as If there would be a lively discussion on the subject, Mr. E. iv. Martin moved that action on the renewal of the llcenae of Wealey Brine- fleid be poatponed until 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Most of ths morning session of the conference was taken up with a dlscua- >lon of the dutlea of the local preachers. The matter of renewing their licensee wax also gone Into and a large number passed. When the name of Wesley tlrinsfleld wee reached the fact that no f"t>oit had been handed In by him caused a little comment, which grew Into a discussion. In which many of the delegates to the conference Joined. Dr. Jones held that If It was true that Mr. Brinsfleld had to work on Sunday, as one delegate claimed, well and good, as long as he devoted one-seventh of hie lime to the work of the church. After passing a number of names of the local preachers, the conference went Into a committee of the whole, that they might hear a sermon by Dr. James \w7 Lee, pastor of Trinity church. The conference will adjourn Wed nesday night. O00000OOO0OO0OOO0OO PENS AND PENCILS CO UP IN PRICE. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 24.—A gener al advance In the price of pane and pencils waa recommended and approved at yesterday's ses sion of tbe National Associa tion 6t Stationery and Manu facturers’ convention. 9000000000090000000 By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 20.—The Herald to day aaya: "Robert Olyphant, James C. Holden and Charles EL Miller have tendered to Charles Peabody, president of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company, their resignations as members of the Mu tual's board of trustees. "Messrs. Olyphan, Holden and Miller were the members of the Mutusl'e com mlttee on ezpendlturex which placed the official seal of Its hpproval on the vouchers calling for many hundred thousands of dollars on the ‘O. K.' of Andrew C. Fields.” WILLIAMS APPOINTS OFFICIALS FOR ROAD John Hkeltou William*, prudent of tho company which recently purchased aeveral of the amaller railroad* In Houth Georgia, haa nnnuneed the appointment of A. Tope •a traffic manager nnd It. W. Itldgood aa an dltor of the Vnldoata Houthorn Railway Company. Naahvllle nnd Hpnrka Railroad Company, Dougina, Augusta and Gulf Rail way Company, Augusta' and Florida Ball- «—i - ‘ road* are at HIGGINS IS RE-ELECTED HEAD OF PRESSMEN Special to The Georgian. Pittsburg, Pa.| June 20—Martin T. Higgins, of Boston, waa re-elected president of the International Press men's and Assistants' Union of North America this 'afternoon, after an ex citing context. Local No. 51, of New York, waa not recognized and not permitted to vote. SENATOR PROCTOR'S SON INDORSED FOR GOVERNOR flpeelal to Tbe Georgian. Montpelier, Vt, June 20.—Fletcher D. Proctor, ton of Senator Redfleld Proctor, waa today named as Republi can candidate for governor. Mrs. Hugh Porter. Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Hugh Porter, who died suddenly In the dining room of the New KlmbalL Dr. A. O. Spalding will officiate. The body will then be taken to Griffin for Inter ment. Mrs. Fred .Pinter. Mr*. Emily May Painter, wife of Fred G. Painter, died at 4:20 o'clock Tues day afternoon at her home, No. 4 Bal timore block, of typhoid pneumonia. She leaves two young children besides her husband. She waa M years old and a member of the Eastern Star. The funeral services will held at f oclocjt Thursday morning from the residence. Interment will be at Westvlew. [ IS Russian Soldiers Are Preparing for Slaughter. HEBREWS IN ENGLAND START INVESTIGATION British Ambassador Is Instructed to Ascertain Extent of Trou ble in Bailystok. By Private Leased Wire. London, June 20.—At the Instiga tion of Baron Rothschild and other prominent leaders of the English Jews, the foreign oOlce has telegraphed to the British ambassador at St. Peters burg Instructing him to obtain full Information and to telegraph the re sult. Count Deneckendorff, the Rus sian ambassador here, has Informed the foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, that the Russian government haa ex pressly denied any complicity In the masshcres at Bialyatok, but Sir Ed ward Grey wants hla own ambassa dor's report. Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, June 20.—Mutiny haa broken out afresh at Cronstadt. The whole city Is rioting and shooting is heard from various sections. The au thorities have no control over the sit uation. The sailors are In open'rebellion and are marching the streets In great crowds, shooting and rioting as they The soldiers pay no attention to them when ordered to make arrests, and the workmen, with whom the sol diers clash frequently, add ' another turbulent element to the general law lessness. Fresh troops arrived today and thla seemed to aggravate the situation and had no effect on the rioting sailors. Two batteries of artillery and two bat teries of machine guns are en route from Oranlonbaum, while two regi ments of infantry ore already hero from Krlonsaye Seloutl. A precautionary measure woe the re oval of the breech blocks of the guns on ths warship* In the harbor nml the cutting off of the Inland on which tire city of Cronstadt la located. BIG SLAUGHTER OF JEW8 IS SCHEDULED THUR8DAY, By Private Leased Wire. London, June 20.—A dispatch from Dvlnslc, province of Vitebsk, 110 miles southeast of Riga, tells of new anti- Jewish riots. The dispatch says: "Fifty persons have been killed la the anti-Hebrew rioting at Btarostel- see, not far from Blalystok. The state of mind of the people Is Indescribable.' Private advices from Kharkoff pre' diet that the entire south .of Russia will be In a state of open revolution within a month. Police ere Involved. The Jewish Deputy Vlnaver received at St. Petersburg a report from Deputy Jacobson, who went to Blalystok to In vestigate the massacre. Jacobson says that the total killed haa not yet been ascertained. He adds: 'The town council unanimously found that the massacre was not due to race enmity, but to provocation by unknown persons and the co-operation of the police and the troops. All state ments that revolutionaries and Jews besieged nr fired on houses or govern ment buildings, nr that Jews attacked Christians, are Inventions. The Inhabitants are terror-stricken and need material and legal assist ance.” Licensed to Massacre, dispatch from another aource says: "Early last week a rumor spread that emissaries were inciting the vil lagers to come to Blalystok on Thurs day. Many soldiers called on Jewish friends on Wednesday and urged them to flee. A private of the Kaianaky regiment bid farewell to a Jewish ac quaintance and besought him with ears not to remain till Thursday, say ing: 'pur colonel made a long speech to us. In the cqurse of which he said: "Soldiers, you are defending the exar and the fatherland and the Jews have decided to exterminate you; ao I tell you the authorities have given you full Icense until the list. Do what you like. Wouldn’t Hoard it in Treasury Says , Clark. HOUSE KILLS BILL FEARING SOME TRICK Old Question of Cheap Money Is Sprung During Debate on Measure. By PHrste Lessed Wire. Washington, June 20.—Decided op position sprung up In the house yes terday over the bill providing for the recolnage of abraeed and uncurrent silver dollar, Into subsidiary coin, re porta from the Southern and Western states Insisting that the bill meant the contraction of the silver In circulation, and It failed of passage. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, led (he fight against the bill, on the ground that It waa a schema to contract the cur rency. Mr. McCIeary, of Minnesota, naked Mr. Clark If after he had purchased an article coating a dollar he gave the storekeeper a 520 silver certificate, re celvlng In change nineteen silver do! lars, whether he would not make a loud "kick?" No, sir," implied Mr. Clark, "I'd take It so quick It would make his head swim. I would take everything he would hand out.” Mr. ClarK said If he was secretary of the treasury he would have all the silver dollars piled up Ih the treas ury vaults In circulation, a statement which the Democrats loudly applaud ed. The vote stood 115 to 90. TEMPER OF THE TROOPS IS SAVING RUSS OOUMA. By Private l-oised Wire. Petersburg, June 20.—The tem per of the troops It now believed to he the reason that the government re frains from dismissing the douma. Sol diers at the palace are known to be muttering that they will not fight against their own people, which would become Inevitable if the douma was scattered by force. 0000000000000000000 • o CONGRESS GETS READY TO END IT8 SESSION. By Private Leased Wire. Washington. June 20.—Con gress Is getting reedy to ad journ. This was evidenced to day when a resolution intro duced by Senator Hale, provld- O Ing for A night session to con- O alder tbe sundry civil appro- 0 pnation bill, waa adopted with- O out opposition. The senate O amendments to the bill In- 0 crease the amount appropria- 0 ated by mere than seven and a O half millions. O O 0000000009000909000 INSTRUCTOR HOLTEN ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT Special to The Georgian. Jacksonville, I'hs June 20.—Pro ssor A. ll'tlj'ni, lm»tr»ftnr of phy 'slcnl Culture of the State Agricultural College, at Lake City, hns been arrest ed at the Duval Hotel here by local detectives upon complaint of Charles T. Eaton, chief of police at Lake City, who charges Holton with embezzle ment. Eaton le expected here today for the prisoner. Holton refuees to make any state ment other than to deny hie guilt. TAINTED MEAT DEALERS ARE FOUND IN BUDAPEST By Prlrete Leased Wire. Budapest, June 20.—Diseased meat has bean sold at the central market for some time and the existence Is re' vealed of a gang of butchers who were united for the purpose of selling It. The Investigation wee started because of the Chicago meet scandals. ANOTHER COTTON MILL HAS BEEN CHARTERED 8perlal to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C„ June 20.—Another new. cotton mill has been chartered In North Carolina, the third new enter prise of Its kind within ten days. It Is the Melville Manufacturing Company, of Cherryvltlc, Gaston county, with a capital slock of 5125,000, and will make cotton goods and deal In merchandise. The Incorporators are M. B. Rudlalll, J. B. P. Carpenter. D. A. Rudlalll, W. H. Houser, J. H. Rudlalll, T. H. Hull, C. P. Stroup, T. R. Irfonhardt, H. 8. Mauney, M. L. Mauney and J. 8. Mauney, of King's Mountain, N. C. BARNES IS NOMINATED POSTMASTER AT THOMSON By Prtrsle Lessed Wire. Washington, June 20.—The president today sent the following nomination* to the senate: Postmasters—Georgia: John Barnes, Thomsos To he United States Judge for the Southern district of New Yonc Charles Hough. SENATE^COMMITTEE DEFIED BY CROMWELL By l*rlr«tf Lmmd Whf, Washington, June 20.—William N>l»on ('rotuwrit yesterday Again ri'fiiwd to an swer certain question* propound#*! to him In th# Inveatlgntlou of Isthmian canal af fairs liy Him UMiintf* rouiiultt## on Inter oceanic canal*, lie had tieen Informed that he mint answer, lie aald tbe qneriea In volved confidential relation* with the New. Panama Canal Co., hla client. DIES OF HEART FAILURE IN THE EARLY MORNING Specie 1 le The Georgian. Newborn, Go.. June 2*.-Mrs. L. p. Duke, of Ibis place, died suddenly nt 4 o’rkirk Ibis ling from bran failure. Kb* made no dstnt of lieing III last night and alien! —_i lime reading her Bible in her daugh ters. She waa a prominent worker In ibe Woman’s Missionary Kortety here. Inter- went will be here nt I* o'clock tomorrow. BIG GRAFT IS FOUND IN BOER WAR CONTRACTS Special Cable—Copyright. Lnedon. June si.-Graft mumming to thousands of i»undx Is being uncovered la the Investigations Into the Boer war ez- peodltares. In one rase spoke* of today liy no* of tbe eommlaslonrrs, roatrsrtbrs mads ■ proSt of ll-f.OOe on s ".strx. t for 1215.04*. The commission Is not yet reedy to make a report as to tyho I* Involved In the graft. SMITH-HO WELL DEB A TE A TROME MAY BE “BUSTED UP” BY SPLIT BETWEEN LOCAL COMMITTEES SMITH AND M’WHORTER PASS ACRID REMARKS Judge Hamilton McWhorter he* add ed to the gaiety of the gubernatorial race by a caloric open latter to The Athens Banner, In which he rasp* Hon. Hoke Smith vigorously. This letter Is reproduced In The Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday. With hie letter to The Banner, Judge MoWhorter reproduces a copy of a let ter written hint by Hoke Smith under date of May 26. 1904. Judge McWhor ter's letter, some four column* In length, goes Into the history Incident to the Smith letter to him. In clos ing hie communication, ho aaya: “In view of all the facts and elr- cumatancea, therefore, I feel In conclu sion, constrained to say that so far aa I am concerned, Hoke Smith In hie lust for office has degenerated from a self- constructed and cunning antl-rallroad 'scarecrow* Into a designing and un blushing campaign slanderer—design ing because It Is a pert and parcel of hie preconceived scheme to serve hie own selfish purpose—and unblushing because he floes not seem to be re strained by a sufficient trace of sin cerity or decency to feel a sense ot shame.” 8mlth to MoWhortsr. Mr. Smith's letter to Judge McWhor ter le aa follows: Atlanta, Ga., May 55. 1904. Hon. H>mp McWhorter, Athens, Ga. My Dear Judge: I am very anxious 'to have a conference with you on a subject that will be ot mutual inter est to us. When will you bo In Atlanta? Will you not come and see me. or let me know that you are here, so that I can call on you aa soon aa possible? Sincerely yours. » HOKE SMITH. Mr. Smith's Reply. Concerning thq publication In The Athene Banner and reproduced In The Constitution Wadneaday morning of the letter from Hoke Smith to Judge Mc Whorter, Mr. Smith authorised the fol lowing statement: “About two yeera ago I wrote Judge McWhorter a letter, suggesting a con ference. I regarded him as the closest political friend of Colonel James M. Smith. "The state Democratic convention waa ehortly to meet and I waa Interest ed In the election of certain friends aa delegatee to the national Democratic convention. I wlahed to suggeat to Judge McWhorter that Colonel Jamea M. Smith make (he race for presidential elector end not for delegate. This le all there was In It. "Judge. McWhorter may think that a proposition even for such a con ference with him on my part waa a re flection upon me. Perhapa he la right about IL" Trouble Came About in Making the Ar rangements. HOKE SMITH FOLKS PUT BIG AD IN PAPER POLICE ARE SLAIN BY FILIPINO RAIDERS Five Officers Murder ed and Town Loot ed by Rebels. Bptclal Cable—Copyright. Manila, Juno 20.—Five policemen were killed,,five wounded and their fel low officers captured by a band of 100 PulaJ&nei, comamnded by Caeearto Po*tor. In n raid on tbe town of llu- reauen. Island of J^oyto. HOSPITAL PATIENT WALKS OUT WINDOW . AND MEETS DEATH By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 20.—Clarence M. York, for a number of year* private secretary of Chief Justice Fuller, of .the United States supreme court, walk ed out of a second-story window of the Garfield hospital, where he was a pa tient. early this morning, and died from tho efforts of tho fall. LENGTH OF MENS SHIR TS KANSAS' CAMPAIGN ISSUE By Private Leased Wire. Topeka, Kane., June 50.—There has been Injected Into the state po litical campaign the queerest Issue of Kansas' many freak Itutuee—the length of men's ehlris. Although both the Republican and Democratic atate committees frowned upon IL the length of shirts waa mads a direct laaue. An agricultural paper la leading a movement to organise the farmers Into unions. The argument has been advanced that If their shirts were made on* Inch longer the additional cloth, required would consume the entire surplus cotton crop. Ryan and Crummer, chairmen, respectively, of the Democratic and Republican committees, suggested today that If this remedy were re versed to equalise matters In case of a shortage of the cotton crop, the result might be embarrassing. "I think the farmers should go stow on this proposition,” sold Chair man Ryan. Both Sides Are Stubbornly Hold ing Out for Their Con tentions. v ' Will the Joint debate between Holt* | Smith and Clerk Howell take place I In Rome Saturday? A red-hot row Is on In the Hill city between the Incnl Smith nml Howell committee* ns to the arrangements. A Joint meeting of the two commit- I tee* waa held there Monday and nfter | aome caloric words had been bandlod 1 about a apllt occurred without an agreement, having been reached First, news came that the detmte v to be held at Mpbley park, bat aome caune that proposition blew i Then the Smith men got together n decided to erect a platform at the f, of Myrtle Hill cemetery, which I* ji acros* the Fifth ward bridge fn Broad *,re*L and have their candidal speak there. ' The 8plit Cornea. The Howell committee objected strenuously because they conlended that Mr. Hoyrell did not have us si a voice as Mr. Smith and could m heard to advantage In the open. They held out for the opera houso. "Go to,” said the Smith committee. "Our committee has the privilege making these arrangements. Our ci dldate Issued the challenge, nnd : Howell accepted It. If ho wants debate with our man he mutt accept our arrangements." In Tuesday morning’s Romo Trlimnt on the front page and beneath a dnu Me-column cut of Hoke Smith, th following appears In hlg black-face type, marked advertisement: "Hon. Hoke, 8mlth will speak in Rome In the grove across the Etowah rlvar from the Central railway dspot, at ths foot of th* cometsry, at 2 o’olook Saturday aftsrnoon, June 23. “If th* Hon. Clark Howell so de sire* a division of time will be given him, Mr. Howell opening In a speech of one hour. Mr. 8mlth to follow on* hour and thirty minutes. Mr. Howsll to conoludo in thirty minutes. Lad Invited.—Adv." According to a dispatch from Rome the Smith people are holding out for their, contention, nml say that If Mr. Howell gets Into the debate he util have to abide by their arrangements. The Smith committee consists of Hen- bom Wright, Ik* Berry and Frank Kane. Whet the Howell people will do re. j mains to be decided. Kvldently If th* debate occur* they will have to capit ulate to the decree of th* Smith . mlttee. Rom* expects 1,009 people fit.in surrounding counties Saturday.