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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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“Bucket-Shops” and Exchanges.
One of the moat Important measures which will come
up for consideration at the present session of the Gen
eral Assembly Is a bill prohibiting speculation on mar
gins in commodlUes for future delivery.
Tbia Is a measure which will call for the most ma
ture deliberation and the most persistent effort de
manded by any bill before tbe legislative body. On
the . no hand tbere Is no desire, and tbere should be no
desire, to restrict or destroy legitimate transactions or
tn invade tbe natural rights of commerce and Industry.
At the same time tbere is an unalterable determi
nation on the part of the people In general to wipe out,
once and forever, the Iniquitous system of bucket-shop
speculations which are s gamble, pure and simple, with
no thought of an actual delivery of the commodities
purchased on margins.
A recent writer on the subject Informs us that thn
name of "bucket-shop” originated In London about fifty
years ago In tbe slums of tbe East End where the riff
raff went about with their "buckete” collecting the swill
from brrr-kcgs thrown out of the saloons, and that tho
obscure haunts where these unholy gleaners assem
bled to enjoy their revels were known as "bucket-shops."
It Is not a very creditable origin for the name of a
business which has become io generally established, but'
according to nil Information of Its practices It seems
eminently well bestowed.
There Is n marked distinction between a legitimate
exchange having membership on the great cotton, stock
or produce exchanges of tbe large centers and these Ir
responsible "bucket shops" which carry fraud on their
very face. On the New York or New Orleans cotton
exchange, for Instance, transactions of less than 100
bales are not allowed and It Is an absolute anil estab
lished rule that all trade* must be for actual delivery.
Tho inan who buys a thousand bales of cotton or a thou
sand bushels of wheat for October delivery, must wbqn
October arrives, accept and pay for that cotton or wheat
There Is. of course, nothing to prevent him from selling
tils wheat or cotton before the time of delfvery arrives.
Tho friends and advocates of the legitimate exchanges
say frankly that It Is thereby possible to gamble, even
on the recognlzod exchangee, but they argue that It Is
possible to gamble on practically every contingency of
life, It a man Is so minded.
They hold that the legitimate use of the future mar
ket Is Indispensable to tbe operation of factories. A
spinner, for Instance, receives an offer for so many
bales of cotton goods today, to be delivered next Octo
ber. He must begin at once to spin these goods. He
goes on the exchange and buys enough cotton at tho
prlco for October delivery, makes his estimate of the
cost of the cloth on this boats and thereby Insures him
self against any loss by fluctuation of the market when
the time comee for the delivery of the good*. He has
actually bought so many bales of cotton at a given price
for October delivery to replace the cotton be has used
in making up the cotton good* to be delivered tn Octo
ber. It le contended that otherwise the work of spinning
would be more of a speculation than prevails under tbe
present system.
There is no objection In any quarter to this legiti
mate practice, and tbe friends of the legitimate ex
changes'contend that It Is absolutely necessary to the
conduct *of the eplanlng business.
The concerns are as anxious as any one else to
eliminate the bucket shops. In tbe first plsee It ts con
tended that such bucket shopper* do not and could not
bavi membership on tbe large exchangee, (t Is a known
fact that no man who has ever bad any connection with
11 bucket shop can buy a seat on the large exchanges at
any price. He Is a marked man from the time he on-
tors the bucket shop business. He cannot legitimately
get quotations from the exchanges, and consequently he
reeorte to such practices as tapping the wires or se
curing secret Information from some unworthy member
of the big exchanges who has not yet been discovered
and exposed.
Theee bucket shops are known to manipulate their
quotations In order to wipe out the margins of custom
ers who would otherwise stand to make a profit* and
this ts done In the most shameless manner by a system
of "wash sales" which are nothing m6re than fictitious
quotations during s fluctuating market so as to wipe out
i ha margin of a speculator when quotations are alleged to
fall below a point covered by the margins
This Is hut one of the methods employed, while It Is
s known fact that none of the contracts made are In
tended to be executed, for the simple reason that the men
who make them have no seat od the big exchanges. The
customer Is simply betting with the members of the
bucket shop—and It Is not necessary to say that the lat
ter have all the advantage.
The Georgian has no desire to do anything more
than to present this question dearly before the people
The whole country le justly aroused against the. bucket
t-hops sad the state of Georgia owes It to Itself to enact
legislation which will wipe them out forever.
Hut the question naturally arises would It not be bet
ter to begin, at least* by legislating only against what
are known to be fraudulent and Illegal concerns before
aiming a blow at one of the component peris of a ays-
t<-m of legitimate business? Thera may he some at
tendant evils even on the pert of tbe recognised ex-
• h inges, but we should look at the matter from a prac
tical point of view, consider the fact that It Is possible to
gamble even on the most legitimate transactions, and
thoa go ont after the known abases before disorganis
ing the entire system of commerce.
This distinction ts made by many of the most prom
inent and substantial dtlsena of the state—men who are
as anxious for the suppression of the bucket shops es
any cne else, end It seems but fair that this dlttlnctlon
-hould be taken Into consideration by the fair-minded and
donate members of the legislature who have this
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W'tr In hand.
The Telegraph and Its Editor.
A few days ago w-e quoted from Tho Macon Tele
graph an outHide paragraph over which The* Telegraph
hod written a sarcastic headline, and both headline and
paragraph were in pursuance of a policy which The Tele
graph has of late developed, to reflect upon the Democra
cy and consistency of the editor of this paper.
To this paragraph and headline we replied In kind.
We took occasion to call attention to a most abuslVe
article which The Telegraph had written two years
ago about Sir. William J. Bryaty and we went so far
as to suggest that this editorial might be seriously em
barrassing to,so ardent a professor of Democracy as The
Telegraph in case Mr. Bryan's present magnificent popu
larity should crystall.ze Into a third nomination for the
presidency.
To this The Telegraph makes an elaborate and
lengthy reply which seeks to cover Its defense upon
many sins of omission and of commission. We quote one
paragraph for the purpose of personal comment:
» ‘ Every man that knows anything about the con
duct of a dally newspaper must know that It re
quires many pens and several scissors to make ns
great a paper as The Telegraph, and that the edi
tor-in-chief cannot drive them all. Of course The
Telegraph as an organized. Incorporated Institution
Is morally and legally responsible for all that appears
In Its columns, nnd we wish In no way to escape any
such responsibility; but ns Tho Georgian clinrgeB
malice aforethought to the Individual head of this
paper, whoso name le called, the fact that Mr. Pen
dleton never sew the paragraph until The Georgian
reproduced it, la stated here almply and solely to
show that tho charge of mnllco against him hns no
foundation. This Is stated, be It understood, to shirk
no rasponslblllty. But, to save our life, wo can see
no harm In the little headline. Nevertheless. If It Is
offensive to Mr. Graves, wo cheerfully express our
regret that It appeared In these columns. Wo will
etato further that tho gentleman who wroto tho
headline .has tho highest personal regard for Mr.
Graves, and he had no thought of wounding him. It
was Intended as a piece of good-natured raillery, and
nothing more.”
The Tolegraph la mistaken in the supposition that
tbp editor of The Georgian waa either wounded or of
fended by Its paragraph. Anger Is a luxury which no
really great newspapor should Indulge. The newspaper
Is impersonal. It la a public voice and not a private or
gan. When Its Integrity Is assailed it should not respond
In temper, but In tranquil refutation, and when It la nec
essary to Impugn the reliability of the assailant that
task should bo performed In evenness of spirit and In am
plitude of fact
The single paragraph and headline which appeared
In The Telegraph was only an incidental and compara
tively trivial expression of a policy which has been fre
quently evident In that paper to reflect upon tho political
attitude of the editor of The Georgian. We have been
charged with fomenting, strife, with consorting with tho
enemies of tbe party, and with being the author of two-
thirds of tbe reforms now being agitated In the ranks
of the Democracy. For this last allegation, which is
partly true, we are under obligations which make It lm-
possible for us to grow heated over tho Injustice of the
earlier - charges.
And so not In temper, but In amiable reprisal, we
found It necessary to revive a little record of journalistic
expression which we do not Intend to use maliciously, but
shall only reserve to hold In check any disposition on
the part of The Telegraph to grow excessively gay
during -the progress of the national campaign.
The .Telegraph 1* a great critic—and The Telegraph
la likely to concede tho point without argument—but Tho
Telegraph must learn to refrain from throwing stones
while It Is either llvldg or boarding in a glass houso.
'We are not angry with The Telegraph. By no means.
We entertain for Colonel Pendleton tbe same high regard
and admiration we have always felt, and this no public
or political controversy can destroy.
But we would have the dear Colonel understand that
when he seeks to cloud honest argument between us
with critical personalities, that we have him, for this
national campaign at least, distinctly on tho filp In the
possession of an editorial whose responsibility he could
not evade if he would (snd he has not tried) and that
this editorial must make him modest In his arraignment
of honest Democrats who do not think by rule or act by
measure, but who believe In Democratic principles as old
as the republic and as venerable aa the Democratic fa
thers who wrote them.
For the rest we speed to our esteemed contemporary
the assurance of our unchanged fellowship snd regard.
Shall Labor Enter Politics ?
The Washington Post of June 21st has the following
very Interesting presentation of fact and of opinion,
which It would be^well for wise men In all parties to con
sider, before the advent of the next presidential election.
Says the Washington Post:
Tbe failure of congress to take any action upon
the antt-lnjunctlon bill and the smothering of the
eight-hour bill, after s favorable report had been se
cured from the committee, and other evidences of a
hoetlle disposition on the part of certain ihembers of
congress and political leaders, has caused a wide
spread and serious discussion among labor leaden aa
to the advlaablllty of labor entering politics and tak
ing an active pari In political campaigns as a unit.
These discussions culminated In a meeting of the
executive council of the American Federation of
Labor yesterday, and Representative William Ran-
flolph Hearat, who. In his official capacity and
through hts newspapers, has made himself a friend
of labor, was Invited to attend and make hti views
known.
Mr. Hearat said last night: “1 spoke briefly be
fore the committee, merely expressing vtewf that
have already appeared In my newspapers. I be
lieve that labor should go Into politics and make
a demonstration of Its strength. It will not receive
from either of the old parties tbe consideration It
deserves until It has shown Its power at the polls.
“The labor movement must disregard party ltnea
more or less, and must use Its Influence to advance
Us friends and expose Us enemies. To promote the
principles It advocates, labor must elect m certain
number of office holders who owe their first alle
giance to the organised body of workers that elected
them.
“The labor people would probably achieve the
most If they should elect a sufficient number of
men to bold the balance of power .In congress, for
Instance.
“They would be In the position of the Irish mem
bers of tbe house of commons, who do not have a
majority, aod yet, holding the balance of power, suc
ceed In securing the adoption of measures that serve
thetr Interests best.
"This Is the day of Independent thought and ac
tion In politics. The words Democrat and Republl-
can no longer define anything. There are corpora
tion Democrats snd Jeffersonian Democrats. Tbere
ara corporation Republicans snd Lincoln Republi
cans. and the Jeffersonian Democrats and Lincoln
Republicans ara more neerly alike than they are like
the other wings of their respective parties. The
battle must be fought according to principle, and not
according to party names, and the same thing that
'applies to tbe laboring people applies to the people at
large. .
"There must be a distinct line drawn some
where and In same way between thoce that stand for
special privilege and those that stand for equal
rights; between trust government snd popular gov
ernment. Either It will com* about that on* of tbe
old parties will stand for tbe trusts and tha other
will stand for tha people—and tha battle wiu be
fought out la that way. or else there will be a third
party formed.
■ The people are determined to resume control
of the government, and unless they ean rapture one
Of the other parties they will start a new party. The
labor movement is a phase of this general indepen
dent movement, and the laboring people will serve
their interests heat If they vote for their friends and
the principles, and are not herded to the polls within
party lines."
While Mr. Hearst and President Gompers de
clare tho meeting did not contemplate even remote
ly any political alliances in ISOS, the other labor
leaders were enthusiastic over the conference, and
the observation was general that tho beginning of
tho Federation’s advent jnto active politics would
now he systematically made under experienced lead
ership.
Tbe wonder Is that the action suggested by Mr.
Hearst has not been put Into effect a long time ngo. In
time past the advent of labor into politics as a distinct
organization haa been accompanied with some mistakes,
and haa, therefore, met with aome degree of disaster
at tho polls, but in this larger and more enlightened
age. It cannot be denied that tbo Indifference of certain
forms of capitalists which are themselves active and
dominant in politics to the rights and Interests *bf la-
boring classes, would seem to demand a reciprocal In
terest on tho part ot tho laboring wen In public affairs
and a counter organization to establish and protect the
rights which are Imperiled by tho organizations about
them.
No man could dcprecato more thoroughly than we do
any suggestion of class antagonism or of class legislation,
but no fair and thinking man can read tje history of
these eventful times about us without seeing a justifi
cation for labor In entering upon politics In such organ
ized and self-protecting system as will, at least, preserve
the balanco between their Interests nnd tho interests
of tho greater corporations. *
Wellman’s Search for the Pole.
Walter W’ellman sailed today for Tromsoe and from
there will push on immediately to Spitsbergen. From
the latter piacb he will sail lu bis large and well equipped
balloon on one of the most perilous and yet one of the
most promising expeditions in search of the North Foie
ever made by any man.
The fate' of Andree la still fresh In the minds of the
reading public. That la, so much of his fate as has ever
bccomo known. Sluco the day when he made his ascent
In a mammoth balloon no word of him has over been
directly received. It Is believed that he was killed by
savage Esquimaux, who wfere frightened by his firing at
reindeer being killed for food, but this la merely an hy
pothesis. The truth of tbe matter. In tbo very nature
ot things, will probably never be known.
But the disaster which befell Andree and his party
has not deterred the well-knoyn newspaper man from
making this further attempt to reach the pole by means
of a dirigible balloon. Ho has gone about his task In
the most systematic manner. The science ot aerial
navigation has reached a much higher degree of perfec
tion than It had attained at the time Andree made his
attempt, and Wellman has availed himself ot ail the new
devices to Insure speed and safety. He apparently has
calculated every possible contingency.
The world will await with the keenest expectation
the result ot his expedition. ,If he Is successful he will
have accomplished a feat which has been tbe dream ot
daring adventurers ever since a northwest passage to tho
Indies first- dawned upon the Imagination of tho world.
The northwest passage Itself has been found within the
past twelve mouths, hut It was found to lio far south
of the pole, and the groat desideratum which was tho
outgrowth of this search for It, viz., tho attainment ot
the pole itself. Is yet one of the unaccomplished labors
of explorers. The bones ot thousands of men lie whiten
ing on the frozen wastes of the arctlo regions, grim tes
timony to their daring and resolution in a desporato un
dertaking, but the advancement of science has cleared
away so many mysteries and accomplished so. much that
was seemingly Impossible that It is not by any means
Improbable thpt Wellman may succeed.
Tho civilised world will look on with anxious expec
tation and thousands of good wishes follow the daring
aeronaut on hla perilous Journey.
CARD FROM JUDGE HINES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In the card of Captain Yancy Carter, which appeared
in your pa|>er of the 26th Instant, he misstates the facts
so far as I am concerned. I did hot'inake the statement
attributed to me in this article, to the effect that Mr. Wat*
son conferred with "nobody—none of the leaders, cer
tainly not me," and that "I tried to get him to tell me
what he was going to say in his speech and he refused."
. It would have been impossible for me' to know that
Mr. Watson conferred with "nobody—none of the lead
ers;" and I could not and did not make such statement,
for I make It a point not to make statements which I do
not know to be truo. *
Nor did I make the silly statement that I tried to
get Mr. Watson to tell me what ho was going to say in
hla speech and he refused.
In my office, in the presence of several gentlemen,
of whom Captain Carter wna one, the question came up,
if I knew beforehand that Mr. Watson was going to
make the statement In hla Atlanta speech, that it ttye
Democrats were in earnest about tho fear of negro dom
ination and wanted to put the negro out of politics, he
would join them; and I replied that I did not I fur
ther stated that there was no conference of the leaders
of the Populist party on the subject of the disfranchise
ment of the negro, so far as I knew..
Mr.' Watson’s views on this subject word well
known. I was not surprised at hla statemont. Mr. Wat
son's position la this, as I understand It, that he had com
municated hla views to the leaders of hla party, and his
views on tills subject were well known; that no dissent
was expressed; that hla statement on negro disfranchise-
ment in his Atlanta speech was met with uproarious and
hearty applause and approval; and that the approvers
and applaudera of his statement should stand by him in
carrying out hla pledge on this subject.
I acquit my friend. Carter, of any Intention to mis-
quoto me, but he made a careless reporter.
JAMES K. HINES.
Atlanta, Juno 28.
CARD FROM AN EX-CONFEDERATE.
To the Editor of The Georgihn:
Thorugh the kindness of my son, of tho Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad, I am made a subscriber to your
much esteemed papor. I see In a copy one day last week
that three young ladles of Agnes Scott Institute are rep
resented as being in Asheville, N. C„ at a Y. M. C. A.
meeting, marching with a banner and singing "March
ing Through Georgia.” Is this not a mistake of your
correspondent? Is It possible that three Southern young
ladles would sing in public n song which glorifies tho
incendiary Sherman and hla bummers for destroying the
property of their fathers and Insulting their mothers and
grandmothers? Or perhaps they were Northern young
ladles attending that Institute. But would It not be
questionable taste even In them to sing this song In a
Southern town?
What a contrast to the dear little girl In LoulBvlIIe
who refused to sing It and even put her fingers In her
ears to prevent hearing It and is now an honorary
member of several United Confederate Veteran camps.
AN OLD CONFED.
St Charles, S. C., June 23.
“A CREDIT TO ALL NEWSPAPERDOM."
(Brooklyn, N. Y., Standard Union)
Tho Atlanta Georgian, John Temple Gravea' new pa
per, seems to be a success from the start, and It has been
running only a little over a month. Mr. Graves Is an
advocate of high Ideals aod boldly declares for Inde
pendence in politics. Tho columns of The Georgian are
free from the sort of literature that has lately disgraced
the pages nf Ills contemporaries and which was supposed
to belong to a past era of journalism, that ot the wild and
woolly West. Mr. Graves Is, or was. a candidate for the
nomination by his fellow citizens to the United States
senate, but there is no sign ot tho pcrsonnl abuse of any
rival candidate, such as Is raging between the doted
candidates, both in control of an "organ," who are seek
ing the gubernatorial nomination.
Mr. Graves is evidently doing his best to * 1 elevate
tho tone of Georgia Journalism, nnd It was high time.
His paper deserves to succeed, for It Is a credit to all
nowspaperdom. It' appears to be getting its full share
of the ’’sinews of war” for a newspaper, tho patronage
of the business men of its town, and that means a great
deal. It Is well made up, typographically and otherwise,
and makes a neat appearance, barring tho big cartoons,
but-that Is a common fault of tho day in newspaperdom.
INTANGIBLE.
Tomorrow Is a wonderful something to come;
As yesterday’s a wonderful something to go; t
Though coming, nnd going, they stay in one place;
Though constantly standing they’re still in the race;
Today ts a thing pretty constant nt hand;
Ho leavcB in tho night, but to take tho samo stand;
Tonight Is his lady, who In mourning ho dresses;
For she has a husband half dead, she confesses;
'TIs thus all tho days and the nights hasten by;
For yesterday's dead; and tomorrow’ll soon die;
Today or tonight Is the time to consume;
As yesterday’s gone, and tomorrow can’t come.
. —a. m. Stead,
Cordeic, Ga., June 25, 1908.
THE GEORGIAN REMARKABLE
IN NEWSPAPER HISTORY
BRUCE KENNEDY.
One of the South’s Best Known Newspaper Workers
Pays The Georgian a Splendid
Compliment. *
\ Hon. John Tempt* Graves, Atlanta, Os.
My Dear Mr. Graves; Please let-me tell you how completely soul-
satlsfylng The Georgian Is to one who has been plodding In a newspaper
way for about eighteen years. It so fully fills my Ideals of what the
June, IMS. -newspaper should be that I find myself reading, 're-reading
■ snd carefully analysing it every day It ts published.
Next to my family, 1 take more Interest In the handling of news then
anything-els* In this world. And so The Georgian nestles close to my
heart. Your staff haa gone right to the core of the thing, and they ara
ao ably supported by the mechanical departments that the result Is re
markable In the newspaper history of our country.
Many years I have been an enthualaatlc admirer of the Chicago
newspapers. 1 have thought that the paper* of the Western city handled
their news In th* most admirable manner of any newspaper* on earth.
Since the beginning of The Georgian I have said repeatedly to my young
men that your newspaper Is the best exponent of newspaperdom In this
country. _ , . .
I sincerely hop* that th* people of Georgia are ahowlng a material ap
preciation of what you are doing, and I know that the man you have
about you are respite: tbe greatest measure of satisfaction In the dally
execution of their fin t Una*.
It was in my hsari to write you these things, snd I had to get It
out. The day will come, soon I hope, when I will be able to see you In
person and congratulate you with more cordiality than I have been able
to do here.
With assurance ef my high regafd and slacerest wishes for th* suc
cess of your undertaking. I am, air.
Yours very truly.
BRUCE KBNNEDT.
City Editor Montgomery Advertiser.
Montgomery. Ala., June II, INI.
8ITE FOR A NEW GOVERNOR’S
MANSION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Giving In my tax the other day, Mr.
Armlsteqd remarked that some parties
war* advocating building a new gov
ernor's mansion away out Peachtree
street, but he thought, as th* etste
house waa on th* south side of the
city, the governor’* residence should be
near It. and an Ideal lot for the pur
pose was the former home of that good
and great man. Governor Joseph E.
Brown, on Washington afreet. He
thought th# Brown heir* would he
willing to dlspooe of tha lot for th*
governor’s dwelling, and It would be so
acreootMo to hts pUu» ot business, th*
cspttol. and convenient to the mem
bers ot tbe legislature, and It would
prove a healthful walk for the govern
or to go and come for bla meal* Instead
ot taking the street cars all th* time.
* thought It a capital Idea and told
him to get Mr. Graves to write It up
In The Georgian, and said I would call
on him snd suggest 1L You were not
In, so I have written the above, that
you may seal the proposition with your
most potent approbation If It strike*
your superior judgment ss it does my
Imsglnstlc- -
OUR MUNICIPAL PRAYER.
(By A. i. A.)
Great oar prayers, City Father.
Hear the noble Temple Grew*.
Do not stake the harden harder,
Ito not make ns ’-brick walla-slaves.”
Have mercy with the hnmsa laee-
And let us have a breathing spare.
Let them hsvelt-b.it the worker
You re smother and tbo poor.
*By t |lv5* , m"s^reotWit*TJ«co.
Think of rawky wills and eoUIngs.
Think of shop rooms dost sod hot.
Think of human brings' fee Hags.
Thoush wo brovoty boor oar lot-
Asd oow wo beg you, fare to face.
Prey, lot ao have o breathing spot*.
COL. JAMES M. SMITH TELLS
OF THE M'WHORTER LETTER
To the Editor of The Georgian.
In regard to Judge McWhorter's let
ter, recently published In reply to
Hon. Hoke Smith, I have this to say.-
I was passing through Athena on
my way to a speaking appointment,
and stopped at the Commercial hotel
an hour or two, waiting for th* train.
No on# in Athena, ns far as I know,
knew In advance of my passing through
the city at that time.
I met Mr. Hugh Rowe, editor of The
Athens Banner, who came to my room
and read over to me Judge McWhor
ter 1 * letter. After hearing the letter
read, I asked Mr. Rowe to request
Judge McWhorter to leave out of his
letter all reference to me, ss I did not
wish to become connected with any
B irsonsl controversy existing between
on. Hoke Smith and Judge McWhor-
At this time I did not espect to
■** Judge McWhorter. However, be
fore I left. Judge McWhorter came to
my room. I made the some statement
to Judge McWhorter, which I had
road* to Mr. Rows, snd requested him
to leave out of his letter all reference
to m* for th* reason already stated.
Judge McWhorter, upon reflection, said
he believed I was right and he would
do aa
Pretty soon, I left for my train. I
did not see Hon. Clark Howell or have
any communication with him In any
manner whatever. Did not know
Judge McWhorter had Vrltten any
such letter until It was read to me by
Mr. Rowe. _
In passing through Athens, the
meeting of Mr. Row* the reading of
Judge McWhorter’s letter to me, and
meeting Judge McWhorter was an
occidental and wholly unexpected to me.
I «m sure I had no desire to do Hon.
Hoke Smith or nny one else any In
justice and did not directly, or Indi
rectly, remotely or otherwise, help any
one to Sx up a letter abusing him, or
referring to him In any manner. All
I wish to say or to write In reference
to Hon. Hoke Smith, or any one else,
I wlU say myself and write over my
own signature.
I am running my own campaign and
wlU be glad to have the help of all
those who Indorse my platform.
The public will not fall to see that
the effort to distort the facts and lug
me into a controversy existing be
tween the Hon. Hoke Smith and Hon.
Clark Howell, on the one part, or Hon.
Hoke Smith and Judge McWhorter
on tbe other part, doee me great In
justice.
JAR M. SMITH.
Smlthonla. Ga.. June 27, 1206.
Republicans of Maine met In state
convention at Portland on Wednesday
f this week There le n-> opposition t.»
the renomlnatlna of Governor Cobb.
By Private Lensed Wire.
Sew York. Juno ».—President Roosevelt
will come over to Oyster liny next week
nnd I understand la determined tbere sball
be a time of rent for him this summer.
The president had llttlo rest during bis
•tny at home last summer. He hod tb*
Japaneae-Itoanlan war and other weighty
matters on bis bands, nnd might luit ■■
well have stayed at Wunlagfoo, ao far
ns nny real cessation from tbo burden of
governing was concernod. It Is to be dlf.
ferent tide summer.
There will be a camping out nnd boating
excursion* with the children, and n tlino
of os near rest aa Mr. Iloosevelt 1* capable
of. Only nuch governmental affair* aa
absolutely require the president's personal
attention will be submitted to him. anil
with rnre exceptions tbe only visitor* nt
Saramoro Hill will he personal friends who
will leave bualncai behind when they corns,
l-’rlenda nf tho president declare that this
course Is necessary a* even tbe iprios
steel nerves ot Mr. Roosevelt are hrlnalog
to feel the enormous strain to which th-y
hare been subjected.
SOI ure Du me point vi mutiny on accouut
of tbe strentiousneai of dressing for society
function*. A tolly old bachelor summed no
bla flay'* troubles aa follows: '
"There’*'tha negligee morning garb,
which, by the way. I* tho only comfortable
ont* of tho day. Then comos tbe luncheon
suit, thou tho afternoon convention*! drew
changes when a fellow 1* on a vacation.
What wo chnps want Is an all around
knockabout summer dross that will pan out
through tho day till dinner time. Let th#
women do the dressing. They like It”
After tho Fourth of July, when tbe eeasoi
really opens in full blait, the men wiu
have a hearing, nnd on that date they
will hold a stag convention on the subject
of comfortable dree* nt which every man
\h t.i r*‘KNtAr h!s OfUMM for or agnlnat,
or fororcr hold his peace. It already hns
been learned that every man Jack Is for It.
nnd It looks ns though tbe motion would
be carreld unanimously.
What Fritz Schmitz, n baker, did to
George Considine early this morning Is the,
talk of that section of the' city where
Consldlno is Jolly-man. Conaldln* Is pro
prietor of the Hotel Metropolis nnd ons
of tho best known sporting men tn the
Mty.
The Metropole man nnd hla friend were
n Jovial humor and they thought it
would be a fine lark to drive off with the
baker’s wagon. They Jumped from the
cab Into the wagon and ntnrted down
Broadway.
The driver came out of the reatanrant at
that time and sprinted after the wpgoa. He
wns gaining rapidly, and Conaldlne and his
friend got out of the wagon snd climbed
Into the cab, which had followed.
Before they had a chance to drive away
.ae baker waa upon them. He dragged
Consldlno out of the cab, by the hair of
tho bond, nnd rudely punched him. His
friend remonstrated nnd was knocked dowu.
The rah driver started to mix Jn and
promptly regretted It. All three were sor
rowful objects when the police appeared.
The fighting baker mounted hla sent and
drive Away before any one could Inter
view him..
'Intoxicated from over-indulgence In tbe
use of alcoholic liquor*," Is tn© diagnosis
of the rnso of a cow which set tho moun
tain village of Normanvlllo, Pn„ wild with
excitement. She had licked up the entire
contents of n barrel of hard cider whirl*
had been accidentally overturned, nnd. after
the elder lmd tnken effect proceeded to
do things.
The path of "mooley” wns Uttered with
debris until it resembled the bsseraent of
n Junk shop. Finally she rolled Into %
ditch along the roadside and went to steep.
She was bound, muzzled, and a physician
wns summoned to examine her. Her horns
feel too long this morning, and she has
on abnormal desire for cold water. Other
wise she la nil right.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
Now York. June 29.—Here ore some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Miss 31. L. Baker, C. K.
Davis and wife. Mrs. K. P. Hamilton,
M. S. Harper, C. M. Thomas, A. Crulck-
shank, R. V. Hartwell and wife, J. L.
Key, Miss Leander, A. Leander and
wife, J. A. Paynes and wife, Mrs. J.
"aUGUSTA—M. Funkle and wife.
MACON—F. A. Beattie, J. E. Hall,
Mrs. C. B. Willingham.
SAVANNAH—J. A. Bell. Miss V.
Chosolm, ('. Lawson, Mr*. L R. Na»h.
T. 8. Wyllle, Jr.
TOTS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 29.
1568—Sir Henry Yelverton born.
1893—English under Rooke defeated by
Admiral Tourvllle off Cape SL
Vincent.
1734—Imperialists defeated at Parma,
1797—Cisalpine republic established.
1817—Plus VII. condemned Bible so
cieties by bull.
1840—Luclen Bonaparte died.
1846—Resignation of th* Peel ministry.
1852—Henry Clay, American
man, died. Born April If. 1* • i-
1861—Elisabeth Barrett Browning died.
Bom 1809. .
1884—Confederates victorious at battle
of Roam's Station, V*.
1873—First reception of fore gn minis
ter* by emperor of Chin* at re
1884—Palissa discovered a new aster
oid of th# twelfth magnitude »t
Vienna. . . . n „ k ,
1888—Mrs. Hnmersley matrted to DUxe
of Marlborough In New Yore-
1891—Prince George of Greece arrtvea
In Chicago.
1895—Thomas H. Huxley, English
scientist, died. Boro Msy
1821.
TRIBUTE TO TECH.
Ooe of (be Ho oat useful eduestionel1 Instb
tutlon* to Georgia to th# Technologic. J™
lege at Atlanta, which hee Jue ^rsduetM
bund for such in greeter than tbe euppiy-
Naehvtlle A merles n.
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Representative South TrlmWe.'t
Kentucky, has announced hlmnel'»*
candidate for the lleutenant gov'™^
Ship of hi* state. Mr. Trimble Is"",
serving his third term an a member
the house.
The Kentucky Democratic state «•
ecuttve coinmtltee has Oxed upo .
vember « for a primary election
state off!err*. A Democratic n
for the United Slates senate to
ceed Senator AfcCreaiT will
voted for at that'time by the P* *
William J. llryan »ppe«r* to be .'b*
choic e tjt the Democratic party ot "
conein. At the Mate convention to »
held In Milwaukee this week for re
purpose of framing a r'etform * , B