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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. Jl’I.V 11. in'*.
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II THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
“Porteus, there Is a proverb thou ihouldst read:
'When flatterers meet, the Devil goes to dinner.'”
—Peter Pindar.
A Final Word on Bucket Shops.
The Georgian baa never had any desire to place Itself
In the attitude of championing the cause of speculation
on margins, either In legitimate exchangee or bucket
shops, and we must decline to allow ouraelved to be
drawn Into that attitude by anything that has been said
In the oourse of the discussion.
On yesterday we gave space to a communication from
Mr. John A- Boykin, author of the blit introduced In the
legislature which does not make any distinction between
the legitimate exchanges and the acknowledged bucket
shops. We do not see that be brings forward any argu
ments which have not been answered already In the
course of our discussion, but we wish to point out, what
we have already sought to make clear, that In outllnlog
the difference between the legitimate and the Illegitimate
wire houses we are merely reflecting a sentiment which
undoubtedly prevails among a large and respectable pro
portion of the kolld business men of the state.
These men are not the friends of champions of bucket
shops; they are not thlovea and gambler*. They are en
gaged In the legitimate business of baying, selling and
manufacturing cotton. They have a point of rlew which
la entitled to consideration, and we have merely coun
seled that these arguments be given due consideration.
Instead of going ahead blindly and uprooting an entire'
system which means the general demoralisation of the
cotton business In this state.
It la from just such discussion as this that the truth
of the matter la winnowed out, and that la all we ask.
Mr. Boykin asks us to explain “the difference be
tween losing a thousand dollars In a bucket shop and
on an exchange." So far as It Involves the substantial
fact that the money la gone there la no 'difference, but
we have repeatedly shown the difference botwaen buakei
shops and exchanges and have shown that It Is possible
to gamble and to lose money on* practically every contin
gency of life. Will Mr. Boykin tell us what Is the dif
ference between losing a thousand dollars by buying cot
ton for future delivery on a legitimate exchange and buy
ing an option on a piece of real estate which subsequent
ly depreciates In value? That there Is speculation of this
character Mr. Boykin will not undertake to deny and that
thousands or dollars have been lost thereby is equally
well established. But we hear of no efforts to legislate
against transactions In real estate.
Again, there pan be no doubt that a certain set of
men, not member* of the recognised cotton exchanges,
can go to work and organise “Independent exchanges” If
they see fit, but If It were to become known tbat any local
concern was a member of these “Independent exchanges'
Instead of the recognised exchanges now In existence
they would have but little patronage. From the very na
ture of thing* thore must be tome parent head to
transactions In .cotton and similar commodities—soma
ono great clearing house In the centers of commerce
which will be eupreme.
It Is no nsw question which Mr Boykin springs.
There have been such consolidated exchanges for more
than seven hundred year*. The principle is as old
na the Royal Exchsng* of London. It is as old as the
Hanseatic League. It Is as old as organised commerce
Itself.
Thore I* no more danger of any such “rival" or
ganization In the recognised center* of trade than there
Is that a certain number of banke In the city of Atlanta
will secede and organise a separate clearing house.
There is nothing to prevent It, to be eure, except the
substantial fact that there can he but one recognised
head and consolidation of all the transactions In a given
commodity, and any up-start "Independent" concern
would meet hut scant support it It endeavored to lift IU
head.
The Important point is that the New York Cotton
exchange and the New Orleans cotton exchange are or
ganised and conducted tor the purpose of making actual
bona fide transactions. They sre recognised by the cot
ton trade- of the world. The volume of transaction*
mndo on their board* regulates the price of the com
modity, under the law of supply and demand, and no
man undertakes to dispute It.
One great difficulty with the bucket shops Is that
they have no msmbsrshlp In these great clearing houses
of the North and South respectively. Their trades are
not recorded on the eschangts for the simple reason
tfiat they have no euch mepiberthlp, and their so-called
trade* are not mad* with any Intention of being exe
cuted. They are simply beta mad* by the members of
the bucket shop, do not represent actual transactions,
and If a million bales were traded In during one day
would not affect the price of cotton one lot* (or the
simple reaaon that the time (or delivery would novel
come. ,
Mr. Boykin la satisfied to draft a bill similar to that
which has been adopted In North Carolina. W* are In
formed that the conditions which prevail In Charlotte.
Raleigh, Durham, and other points In North Carolina
are very far from satisfactory, so there Is at least a
difference of opinion on that point.
One of the largest and most reliable dealers In spot
cotton In this country, having a branch house in Bremen,
Is that of Inman, Akers A Inman. No man who Is fa
miliar with the subject would Impugn the Judgment or
the motives of this firm, and yet this Is what tbat firm
says over Its own signature In regard to the Boykin
bill;
to us, and cotton firms would be more or less ham
pered with these facilities withdrawn.
So far aa backet shops are concerned, we should
like exceedingly to see them wiped out of existence,
but the wide difference between bucket ebops and
local offices of regular cotton exchange houses
should be brought fully to the attention of the leg
islature. that they may not confuse the former with
the legitimate business Interest of the country.
Another large and Influential firm Is that Of John E.
Cay A Co, of this city and Brunswick. They say:
Wo nlMiii Mi MB to Mka not oolytha
complete stoppage of all quotations, but the elimi
nation of legitimate exchange houses dealing In fu
tures. This will be a great detriment to us In not
being able to get quotations and Information about
cotton promptly, and likely to cause us great loss.
Now as wo only use tho future market as a hedge
against the purchase and sale of spot cotton, we can
see no earthly use of Its drastic clauses tbat will
enable those that are In the cotton business In oth
er atatee to havo the advantage of us In dealing In
cotton In Georgia
We aro In sympathy with those who wish to stop
dealing In futures In an Illegitimate way and such
a law It seems to Us could be framod without In
jury to those who deal In It-on tho regular ex
change.
From the farmers themselves comes tbo argument
that the wire house* scattered throughout the South,
having membership on the New York and New Orleans
cotton exchanges, k«ep the people fully and promptly
posted si to the price of cotton In the leading markets
of the world. They are as well Informed as the most
export bucket-shopper of them all, and so they are In
dependent of their chicanery and duplicity. The farmer
Is able to act intelligently in the matter of selling his
cotton, and so are the cotton mill men who are called
upon to make estimates aa to what they will be able to
deliver a hundred halo* of cotton goods for a month or
six months nence.
Such, at least, are some of the arguments advanced
by the friends of the legitimate exchangee. We are un
willing to belter* that such gentlemen aa those we
have quoted and others equally high In the world of
commerce are lending themselves to a system of thlm-
ble-rlgglng and thcfL At the same time we repeat that
we havo advised nothing more than to glvo duo consid
eration to the arguments of such men Instead of hastily
uprooting the entire system on which our cotton trade Is
based.
The Georgian Ja seeking only the best Interests of
all the people, and If It should appear to qa at any time
that tho bucket shops caonot bo wiped out without go
ing deiper Into the system we would heartily join forces
with Mr. Boykin and his adherents.
The provisions of this bill are inch as to prohib
it houses having membership on large exchanges
from doing business In Georgia, by having offices
here to receive and transmit orders for execution
In the big exchanges, this of course, being legiti
mate business. As business Is now done, and w*
speak more particularly of oourse of cotton, which
is our line, it is Impossible for spot cotton mer
chants to do business without - using future con
tracts largely In cotton exchange*. By thee* ex
change house* having offices In Atlanta, ws .get In
formation and quick service, which Is of great ralue
What of Georgia in Virginia ?
Isn't It about time for the friends of the Jamestown
Exposition to be stirring themselves In the legislature
In tho Interest of Georgia's share In that great enter
prise?
There was never a cause which would seem to de
mand so little advocacy or which ought to have eo swift
a passage through a legislature of Georgians. The ap
peal Is Irresistible upon any line, either of sentiment or
of Interest, and the conditions which surround It are now
so hopeful and so well assured that no lingering element
of doubt can rest upon the prospect* of the exposition.
Every foreign government has appointed It* com
mission and agreed to send Its ships of war and of com
merce to visit the harbor of Hampton Roads during
tho progress of the exposition. President Roosevelt, ex-
President Cleveland and the entire cabinet of the last
Democratic administration and of the present Republi
can administration hare cordially and enthusiastically
Indorsed the scheme.
It was at the suggestion of the president that com
missions have been appointed in all foreign countries
preparing to participate In the Jamestown fair. The gov
ernment of the United States through It* congress and
senate have appropriated two million dollars as an evi
dence of their faith and belief In the enterprise. The
state of New York has appropriated $160,000 to Us dis
play there. The state of Pennsylvania has appropriated
$100,000. Massachusetts over the furious protest of Its
negro cltixens, has appropriated $75,000 to represent
Massachusetts there. Connecticut Is already erecting Its
building on the grounds, nnd every state of the original
thirteen, saving only Georgia, havo appropriated from
$$0,000 to $$00,000 for their state exhibits on this Vlr-
fftnla soil.
In the state of Georgia, the governor of the state in
his annual message cordially commends the enterprise to
the support of the legislature. The appropriations com
mittee of the last legislature, by unanimous vote, rec
ommended for passage a bill appropriating Georgia's
share to the Jamestown exposition. Every permanent
and Industrial body which has met In Georgia within
these last six months—the Daughters of. the Revolution,
the Confederate Veterans, the Bone of the Veterans, the
Lumber Men’* Association and other great organisations,
hsvo without a dissenting voice passed a sweeping res
olution Indorsing Georgts'a appropriation to Virginia's
fair- The definite and unquestioned majority of the last
legislature were heartily In favor of the bill.
Under these circumstances and with this magnificent
environment. It would seem tbat the time to ripe and
more than rip* for the friends of the measure to bestir
themselves to active and vigorous efforts to put It upon
its final and triumphant passage through the general
assembly.
We do not need again to appeal to Georgia along
this line. This to the first request which Virginia has
erer made of Oeorgls since Georgia's sons were put to
sleep in battle beneath Virginia's soil. It to the first
reciprocal favor which Virginia baa asked of Georgia
tor the e«ro and tender watchfulness of Virginia daugh
ters ID Virginia cemeteries for the whitening bones of
Georgia's heroic dead. It Is the first request that Vir
ginia has made or Georgia since Virginia'* fields ran red
with the blood of all our Southern chivalry and since her
harreets and home* were laid waste In the war of which
she was the battle field and the vicarious sacrifice.
Surely Georgia, alone of all the thirteen state* of the
original union, will not fall Virginia In thla hour of op
portunity and In this hour of her matchless appeal. W*
feel sure tbat the unpopular man In the present legisla
ture will not be the man who, with his hat off and his
hands In th* sir, will rote roytUy and gratefully to r»-
member Virginia at Virginia's call, but rather the man
In whose bosom sentiment and cold commercial timidity
will still the pulses of that generous and noble South
which mode Georgia Virginia’s full and glorious sister
In the times that tried men's souls.
W* earnestly commend a prompt and fearless move
ment in this matter by the friends of th* Jamestown Ex
position, and w* cannot for one moment believe that
Georgia wlU he less than nobly responsive to th* claim
wbieh Virginia makes.
It comes to us since writing these lines that Henry
St. George Rucker, the brilliant,' eloquent and accom
plished Virginian who to the president ot the Jamestown
exposition, wilt be a visitor to Atlanta within a short
time, sod we take th* liberty to suggest to th* legisla
ture now In session, that President Tucker, of Virginia,
should be invited to address th* members of the general
assembly of Oeorgls at th* earliest date poealble to bis
convenience.
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IN
IT8 RELATION TO THE CHURCH
By J. B. Richsrds, DisL 8upL
For the fr-t time to a struggle of a
half huodre.1 yearn, the opja.clt.g fores*
hare token or. the a.-n.t.labre of root poet
oral elution snob sa la very trtreveary
trln In any great eonfllet.
Within a decade there has bean a re-
mirkable progreaa ina-I.- from a moral
etLadpotat—progreaa which ha-
atble for a Christian clliaenahln to com
pel Irflalatloa In some of the states abot-
lahlng the evils of the licensed saloon.
But much of the fighting of temperance ad-
rorates of thla perl-l has been the guerrilla
warfare of iletaehod bunds, tbat larked abll
tty to follow op and maintain any far
reaching victory.
Until rrrrntly, tbe liquor forces' hare pos
sessed an advantage In tbe way of compact
organisation that ought to have earlier
suggested such a movement upon the part
of the oppoetng forces.
Tbe liquor men held Influence, because
tlje Interest of one was the tntereet of sIL
Whenever a community arose to bODtsU A
•Aloop, • or ev#*n to compel a decent obaenr*
■net of tbo law, cofnlMDce wai taken of
It. not only by th* atet#, Imt by tfet na
tional Honor dralura’ nn*station.
U lH iictcr a candidate atood forth for of-
nr* advocating political decency and tern-
prraor* legislation, every saloon bream#
at once a recruiting station for An nttfo*
lentil;g attack. If tbe raodldat* was of
"liberal hcArt," who five a clAd
th# "liberal heart," who fare a (M
band to every devotee of lawleeeneee, then
every saloon waa at once converted Into
an araenal for hla defense, and the trade
wsa persistently “bled” for tho benefit of
Thus the saloon "acquired a Of lA*
flurucc In IrglalAtion, In tba courts and
In polltlca. •
Th* church. At Drat, did little or noth-
■ bad co do with much to legislation
and Judicial procedure, with partisanship,
with which the church, aa such, could have
nothing to do; or because Ita membership
affect adversely the great laauea' that had
!»een settled In the bloody struggle ot the
longer he stilted upon a question of auch
tremendous weight end Importance, the
at niggle against the saloon became greater
than partisan limit#* or apaamodlc Attempt*
to abolish a saloon here nnd there.
In the very nature of thing*,' the church
waa at a disadvantage, and there was little
progress, because n local attempt against
the saloon waa but to Invite resistance
of l»oth state and national liquor onanism*
national movement of. our
tlan citizenship, that would be embodied
In tbe united church Id action against the
aaloon. waa most conspicuously demon
strated.
Thla need has been met In the organisa
tion of the American Anti-Saloon
non oz iup American Aiiii-oaiuun ler-ngur.
with branches now existing In nearly all
he states, and which has been endeavoring
’or a dozen years .to solidify and crystallise
nto a determinate force every element In
our national life that makes for a Chris
tian civilisation. These elements which are
mainly embodied in tbe Christian church of
thla country must, of necessity, constitute
the great army which Is some day to hurl
thla Infamous life-absorbing license-permit
ted ageucy of hell Into the pit from which
It was dlggao.
The taslT of the Antl-flnloon League Is to
crest# and organise this great army, aa s
mobilised force, to solve the liquor prob
lem. Just as any great army, equipped,
disciplined, officered and trained for heavy
service, la superior to guerrilla methods,
In detached communities, no la there mani
fest the overwhelming need of compact or
ganisation of the forces of righteousness In
a battle against the liquor traffic.
As the Anti-Saloon League develops to
ward tho Ideal of a completely united
church against the salo«m, more and more
Will there be occasional fighting, but thla
muat lie Incidental to Ita great mission of
solidifying every righteous force In both
the state nnd tuition. The church must bo
thoroughly united In this conflict. It must
be demonstrated tbat organized Christian
effort Is inoro potent than the organization
* itrer.
of tho rum |
Thus only can tho groat
m pow
with tl
number ot states, ___
ready lieen enlisted, and proved !t*elf In
vincible In moral triumphs that has net
the pace for the final overthrow of the
saloon. In many places, the saloon bna
been unable to measure swords with It,
and went down In defeat. -
This Is a fight of tho church against the
God waa _______ __
tho worka m tbe devil."
Tho church and the saloon ore tbe entl
podea of tho religious life and thought of
the nation, but the aaloon haa become ao
end devilish and ao persist
.ting the way of the cburca aa It
■trivet to "Preach the gospel to every
creature," thst In Juetlce to lti“
loiy cause .of God. which It |
-gossip or -
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS
Solicitor John W. Bennett is dlscon
solato. He voices hi* grief and dlscon
tent to ail who will listen. Comee of
the blow-up of the Georgia League.
Solicitor Bennett la, or rather v
"King of the Rooters’ Club,” down In
Waycross. He via on hand at every
game with hla big megaphone, and
what he would do for the opposing
team would be a plenty. Those who
have heard his big voice roll aero** the
Waycross diamond with "Eat ’em alive,
b<say l» 'am worth th** price <>f
admission. Negotiations have been
opened to secure Solicitor Bennett i
hla megaphone to brace the Atlanta
team and throw the contending forces
Into rout, but the Wlregrass man flatly
declines.
Georgia lawmakers are not ao fierce
about baseball. Only a few of the dig
nified senator* care for the game, but
A* they have only one aesulon a day.
It la easy for any who desire to attend
games when the team la at home. If
there were very many cranks In the
houHe the afternoon session might sag.
In Washington it is often difficult to
seball team Is at home or the Ben-
nlng r;»<nr* <»ni> hoii^ offi
cials were sent out to Bennlng to
pinch enough sporty members to make
I'l " uni w li"M an Important
use was up for action.
If reports be true. Senator W. C.
Bunn will be a candidate f.. r th*- judge-
ship of the Tallapoosa circuit two
years from now. Judge Bartlet Is the
present judge and Is a candidate for
re-election. He Is being opposed by
Colonel McBride, a prominent Talla-
pVioH* lawyer. Heimtor Bunn Ih on**
of the lending lights of north Georgia
and possesses the Judicial poise and
bend of mind to a marked degree.
The senate has no great orator. In
the body of forty-four men there Is
no one with the force and fire of Seab
Wright; the full-throated and dogma
tic power of Joe Hill Hall; the grace
and keen wit of W. A. Covington.
Able men they are, but moving elo
quence Ik an unknown quantity in^ the
upper house. Murphy Candler, W. C.
Bunn. C. 8. Reid, J. I* Hand and oth
ers In that body are men of weight
and ability. But the senate haa no
orator.
Senator Crawford Wheatley Is the
Beau Brummel of the upper house.
Ih a strikingly hand-ome man. built af
ter the Gibson type saving the mus
tache. Everybody who knows him
likes him. He Is one of those open,
genial thoroughly good fellows that
makes friend* and very’, very few ene
mles. Suave, polite and always the
courteous gentleman, yet he has the
well-curbed spirit of coifibatlveness ii
him. He will defend his position val!
antly, and measure a lance with the
best of them. With his youth—he don’t
say, but It’s safe to say 40 years have
not marked him yet—and his great
personal popularity his ambition
reaches beyond the ynate. His
friends Bay that If he keeps his head—
and he Is a pretty cool sort of chap—
that some of these fifty# he Is going to
represent the Third district in con
gress. He was a candidate against
Lewis, but withdrew before the race
was over.
President W. 8. West nnd Senator J.
Hand, of Pelham, are the reputed
wealthy men of the senate. Senator
West recently put through a big land
and mill dM last tecraased his bank
account largely. But It didn’t take
that to put President West on "Easy
Street." Senator Hand la the lltad of
a big cotton mill and other enterprises.
He Is said to be one of Georgia's
wealthiest men. And It was won by
his own efforts and business' ability,
too.
Thirteen of the fifty days of this ses
sion end today. If the flllbusterini
continues In the house like that ol
yesterday there Isn’t much going to
be accomplished in the way of dispos
ing of the ton or more pending legls
lation.
DANGER IN CONGESTED
SUPREME COURT DOCKETS.
destroy
It Is not a question primarily of th* drink
problem. hut n question ot lining up th.
church ot oar Chrtat In n compact orgtnl
_ ily and malignant to*.
Th. AatT-Saloon League «
. gn* .land, oat nlono
among all other trmperanr. movement!. In
II, claim and purpose to be the federated
church In action agnlast the aaloon.
Iter. Howard II. IluaelL the founder of
^uootfiipif hi, Christian brethren of Olier-
Un. Ohio, which taunched th. league but.
ment: "I will go out and I will demand ot
Ijr of th. saloon."
ills appeal wn to th, charchr, of Otier-
ltn firat. hut th. movement begin to spread
and the Idea waa apeodlly araeped that
Iran a movement which th. church
titular* aa Ita agency or represent*
tin la a determined attack upon the ca
non. A little later, aa tbe molt of a
baptlam of aplritunl power, which came
upon Dr. A. L. Kjrnett anil Archbishop Ire.
land, representatives of LTotcatantlam nnd
land, renreamtalira, of riwtaataattam nnd
Catholicism, the flrnt convention of the
league waa held, which ««« a delegate
brut/. while admitting aomr other societies,
iwaa largelg made up of appointee, of tba
other delegate, named.
What nearer approach to a complete fed
eration I, llkrlg to .slat In another daend*
bj anjr olhir method! And what Jorm of
federative creation can be produced that
ill be aay more under eeetealnntlcal con
■ol than the league of tbe prevent!
Aa a federative iu.rhln.rj. lt haa twee
built up from the local, until now them
la well nigh complete federation of the en
nought after, and
. tank, when It la
the firat that a great army
. and UidUfer ‘ *
dauaetoa to the rank, of
after, l..
thla 'baa I wen to eaar tank, when It la
known man, “ -
Ant the sifting proreee baa been Persist-
eutly carried on. and there tmn been a
dropping out of workera and official, wbe
were Incompetent. Immoral or simply lack.
Ing la adaptability, until then la now a
grant army of workers, th# superior of
which, aa a whole, haa never been cent out
In a fight against tbe aatooa.
It la deuhlfal If any
tloa could have prodr
a aratem which __ . . ...^
. d era hip with a welt-planned union of tbe
churches.
It meat be contended, therefore, that a
federation de facta, which la the out
ny other plan of opera.
daced thla mult, than
i haa combined 'expert
terror to the heart of the enemy In a ae
rie, of auee.aaaa la too valuable ta be act
■Me or area Ignored by any portion ot
»y denominational body.
Row, many pelnta have been omltti
many pelnta have been omitted, hat
enough haa been hen eoaatdered to give the
eeeentlal return of tbe h-aguc work. la
auae ptarea the leegne plan baa net been
understood. It la the very embodiment of
potentiality. Ita rnergle. are of —-
church, tt la the creatan of the chi
Ita a gene lea and offlcen an of the chi
ere of the
’ the church.
I officer, in of the church,
and alwaya loyal to tbe church. It baa
no eilataoee apart from the church.
Theortae aa you may. the Aatl Kalooa
League ta morn nearly la fact “the Church
of Chrtat In action agalnat the aaloon”
than any other agree/ hitheelo devlaed.
It la not to be rtcUenad In the Hat ef
the emtieteoe or peripatetic reformer,.
The pledge to nny particular faith la not
needed half eo ranch na the nae of alt le
gitimate method, tbat will aeeompttah n-
aalta. It la hardly a time for the equip
ment of drain parade. The tree reformer
In be who aland, with Ida face toward
the danm. with right hand extended to
every awn nnd woman who boontlr por-
poere to aid In advancing the kingdom of
our Chriit nnd to deatrvy the nlovn.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
The ntartllng state of facta with re
gard to the congeated condition of the
nupreme court docket*, aa ahown hy
the governor In hla maaaag* to the leg'
lalatur* now In aesalon, suggest, that
thla matttr, characterlaed by th* gov
ernor hlmaelf aa “a serloua menace to
th* general bualneaa Interest* ot the
state," should be brought more prom
inently before the people than by
mere publication of the message In
full. The bar of the state nad already
seen It, but all classes nnd profes
sions should understand It, also.
I quote from the message:
“There were brought to the October
term, 1890, and to the March term,
1897, of the supreme court, 778 cases,
and to the corresponding terms for
1906 and 1908 there were 1,166 coses,
making an Increase of about 60 per
cent. The creation of eight new coun
ties, and the establishment of addl
tional lower courts to meet the ne
cesaltles of the people will, no doubt,
result In a much larger Increase of the
caaes before the supreme court during
tho next ten years. In 1896, there were
117 superior courts and thirteen city
courts, from which ruses might be
cnrrleil to the supreme court, and In
ItOe there yrere 146 superior courts
nnd fifty-seven city courts, with a
probability of new city courts being
established annually for several years."
The business of this court, It Ii
shown. Is now about 60 per cent larger
than In 1896, when by constitutional
amendment the number of Judges was
Increased from three to six. The tax
able values of the state are 40 per
cent larger; and with free access to
the supreme court with every class of
Judicial procedure known to th* law,
with little cost and by affidavit of In
ability to pay, without cost at all, the
business of this court will certainly
continue to Increase, unttL without
remedial legislation, as suggested by
the governor, “we are almost aura to
witness the spectacle of a majority
of the cases being affirmed by opera
tion of law on account of the Inabil
ity of the court to hear and determine
tho same In the time required by the
constitution.”
This would be a lamentable state of
affairs. About one-third of alt the
coses carried to the supreme court
are reversed. The decisions of thla
court are presumed to be right.
Therefore, In such event Justice would
miscarry In the same per cent of caaes
no affirmed.
Par. 6, sec. 1, art t, ot the con
stitution to as follows:
“The nupreme court shall dispose of
every can* at the flrnt or second term
after such writ of error to brought;
and In case the plaintiff In error shall
not be prepared at the first term to
prosecute the cane—unless prevented
by providential cause—It shall be
stricken from the docket, and the
Judgment below ahnll stand affirmed.
With the preaent number of caa
baton the court, were th* Judge* to
continue their labors, without rant or
vacation, for th* entire year, which la
unreasonable and Impossible, to clear
the docket they would have to dis
pose of four cases dally. In each case
this would Include the hearing of ar
gument of counsel, the reading of the
record In the case, the consideration
of the briefs submitted, the consulta
tion of authoritea cited, and finally the
writing of the derision of the court.
Of the cases returnable to the pres
ent term. 410 ret remain to bt heard
and determined. This number will be
Increased by fast bills of exceptions
upon both civil and criminal dockets.
Not more than 160 or 176 of these
case* can be disposed of at the pres
ent term, leaving more than 100 cases
still upon the docket. In accordance
with th* previous practice of the
court counsel In these cases wilt be
required to file briefs at the present
term, and the cases will be treated
aa argued, and carried over to th*
October term under par. T, sec. $, art. (
of the constitution, which to aa fol
lows:
"In any case, tha court may. In Ita
discretion, withhold Ita Judgment until
the next term after same to argued.”
Thla wlU glva th* court more than
two caaes dally for th* snttre October
term, without touching a single case
returnable to that term—a stupendous
task, an unprecadantad atata of af
fairs!
In matter* Involving life, liberty and
property rights the most serious con
sideration to expected. The supreme
court being a court of last resort, Ita
decisions are final. Therefore, the
presumption that its Judgments ar*
right should be verified In every In
stance. Nevertheless, Its frequent re
versals of It* own decisions but Illus
trate and emphasis* Ita many errors—
errors Involving property rights, pos
sibly liberty or life (I would not as
sert th* latter) to which cltlxena of
tbto cut* have been subjected.
This to not Intended as a criticism
of tha court, nor as a charge of neg-
lect on th* part of the Judge*. They
are all good men. able and true. None
could be better. But hasty concluilons
are often wrong.
ture deliberation to which a subject
matter to entitled, under different cir
cumstances, It may present Itself to
the same mind In different lights.
Without ramedlaLdegtslatlon, the court
caff never give to each case that con
sideration to which It to entitled. The
governor has suggested a remedy—ai
additional court of review for a limit
ed class of caaes, to be known aa the
court of appeals.
' This to a grave and Important mat
ter. It Is to be hoped that the legis
lature will act promptly upon the bill
Introduced In the house on yesterday
by Mr. Perry, of Hall county, looking
to this end; and that such constitu
tional amendment as may be proposed
will be ratified by the people. All are
Interacted In the dignity or the courts,
the correction of error, and the prei-
ervatlon of the rights of the people,
pie.
JOHN D. HUMPHRIES.
THE CREATION OF WOMAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Tour communication In last ga turdsy's
edition, "Lincoln's Only roam," recalled an
old time happening: Some years ago, It
wns for my brother's wedding, I myself
formed a poem, nnd, strange to any, 1 used
the same aubjeeb I can assure you that
I bavc never before seen nor beard of
Lincoln's poem.
1 bore no English education (my writ-
dent and poem, It'a up i
ruly,
Atlanta.
Ga., July 9, 1901.
A. LEVIHON.'
DINKEY’S EPPY GRAMS.
Nuddtng In der vorld stays Insulted
so long as a neglected opportunity.
All men vas born equal, but some
use a more eggspenslve style of stork.
After a man gets dare mlt a big
bunch of money very few peoples take
der trouble to Talk back und see vare
der money came from.
It keep* many a goot man down to
keep up appearances. '
Alimony vas der root of much hus
tling.
8ome mens can make a dollar go a
long vaye, but Saint Peter vlll refuse
It at der gat*.
Ven a voman becomes speechless
mtt rage, der udder party should get
henceless mlt der feeL
Some mens fall In love und get ould
of It by getting marrtaged to der girl.
Ve hat* to share our choys, but,
Hlmmel! how chefleroua ve vaa mlt
our trouble*.
Poverty vas no dlsgrac* t
eggspect money from home.
Many men* use delr minds Just for
der purpoee of believing dot dey haf
better bratna den delr neighbor*.
Some people* alvay* get* demseir*
disliked because dey aay der right ding
at der right time.
By I’rirate set] WIr*.
Netv York. July 11.—Mr. and Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., are mad clear
through. It to all becau.-e some mali
cious person spread a report that after
the recent dinner to the Great Neck
and Thomas ton fire companies at Deeu.
4ale, 150 sliver spoons were myateril
tiu-ly missing. , n
Doth .Mr. nnd Mr*. Vanderbilt d*.
dared the story was made out of tha
whole cloth, and that not an article of
any kind had been missed at the din
ner or afterwards.
"It Is a Shame that the firemen who
cam* to my house a* my guests should
have »uch a reflection on their honesty
printed. There l« no more honest body
of men on earth than these same fire
men. The only way I can account for
It to thHt It was spite work on the part
of an employee we had to dismiss."
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mias Ethel were
guests yesterday at the reception given
In the rectory of Chrliit church, Oyster
Hay. to celebrate the sliver wedding
nnnlveraary of Dr. and Hrs. Henry Ho
mer Washburn. The president did not
attend.
Mrs. Roosevelt nnd other prominent
members of the summer colony pre
sented a silver, tea service, and Mrs.
Roosevelt joined In the gift from the
St. Hlllya Society, a charity organlxa-
tlon.
Besides the president's wife, Mrs. J.
W. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mre. Emlen
Roosevelt, Mr. Thomas Youngs, Miss
Beekman and G. Beekman were pres
ent.
Waldorf Astor, Jr., does not Inks
much stock In Lord Northcllirs propo
sition that British men are better lov
ers than'Americans. He says:
I am a new husband, but It seems
to me to be a matter of Individual
rather than racial temperament."
Aa Mr. Aator was born an American
and to an Englishman by adoption, he
should be well qualified to epeak on
this Interesting topic.
These seeffi hard times for young
queens. I hear that Queen Maud of
Norway to III ^vlth a rather plebeian
sore throat at Trondhjem. while Queen
to enjoying an attack
Victoria of Spain I _ J
of old-fashioned chills and fever nt
Madrid. Sounds funny for real queens
to be taking quinine and cough syrup,
but they have to do It.
petition In bankruptcy has been
filed against John Dooner, contractor
and former superintendent of buildings,
and known as the man with the api>e-
Ute. Dooner once ate a quail a day for
thirty days and on the final day stowed
away half a dozen.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 11.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. A. W. Hill, R. L
Palmer, B. M. Strickland, J. J. Talman,
A. B. Bluthenthal and wife, R. J,
Brown, C. L. Gates.
AUGUSTA—E. r. Verdery.
MACON—J. N. Neel.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 11.
1767—John Quincy Adams, sixth pres
ident of the United States, born.
Died February $8, 1848.
1782—Savannah, Ga., evacuated by the
British.
1788—Russia declared war against
, Sweden.
1801—Alexander Hamilton mortally
wounded In duel with Aaron
Burr.
1812e-Brltlsh transport captured by
United States frigate Essex.
1831—French fleet captured Portuguese
fleet off Lisbon.
1849—Bombardment of Perth begun.
1859—Vlllafranca treaty signed.
1861—Confederates victorious at bat
tle of Rich Mountain, Va.
1882—General H. W. Halleck mad*
commander In chief of United
States army.
1885—General Robert E. Lee elected
f irestdent of Washington Col-
age.
1882—Brltah bombarded Alexandria,
Egypt.
1897—Andree balloon expedition ta
North Pole started from Trom-
noe.
1898—General Miles landed In Cuba.
1904—Porflrlo Dias elected president of
Mexico, and Ramon Corral vlca
president.
1905—Count Shuvaloff, prefect of Mob-
cow, fqtally shot.
COTTON FUTURES LEGISLATION.
A liar la born dot vay, but der gas
bill ackvtres der habit.
D. DINKELSPtEL.
per George V. Hobart.
THE CREATION OF WOMAN.
By A. L. A,
Poor Adam felt ao lonesome
In beeaty Paradise.
"For two It would be handsome,”
Ife said, "sad very alee."
An soon aa he bad spoken
Th* Lord as Id. from beyosd.
At one* l will a* token
To your request respond.”
The Loid the* put to slumber
Deer Adum. so alone—
rrtuntied ea o
Before BMrh i
Performed an on*rati
i time was gone.
"Not from yonr bead was taken
Tito I
And this with tbe Intention
Yonr taler ehe’lt not btr
Not from yonr feet wan taken”
(And Ibis reminder aavei
■ThUwomen-abe w> tender
It ball never be year slave!"
la happiness aad sorrow
I want bar to soar right,
'or this reason I selected
oat of your aldo.”
Companion be th* woman.
Net ruler, neither -tare.
Go hand In baud together
I 'you'll be right aad
brave.
It to expected that when Tennessee
Republicans meet In tuts convention
in Nashville next week H. day Evans
will receive th* gubernatorial nomlna-
.Wlthout tbat mi- tlon without oppoeltl"
The Cotton Trade Journal sent to a
number of persons lost week * brief
Inquiry as to what they thought about
state legislation tn the matter of cot
ton futures trading. A number of re-
S ites have been received, enough to in
tent* that the average posted man
th* legitimate trad* desires some «ort
of restrictive laws whereby this trad*
may be freed of that element which
has held It In an unenviable poelUoib
While this qusstton ta being so liber
ally discussed at present all over tne
South, the chance exist* for cotton
men to reveal startling Information
evoked by a few well put Interrogato
ries. Ask the average cotton man «*
difference between a legitimate house
and a bucket shop. The percent***
who know will surprise any who hai*
not Inquired. An educational «*m
palgn Is needed along this line J n , ’ 1 .,
interest of th* Straight houae*. »-' r
of them know that with the tgm ra
they are claased along with tb* buck«
shops, the average P*r*9 n
having no knowledge of the
difference existing. Th* letters «<■*•'
ed will be published before long.-<->»
ton Trade Journal, of Savannah.
CRITICISM OF JOE HALL.
qn'uVK?;
"iris* Mid la the bouse otrrpn**''
tot* elect;
ed governor this fill, -raere ■
Is tbe rare I have eoaSdene* en*xi«s n
vot# for.” . __ 1,1- ron»
Tb# writer wlsfar# to •*Er*J5i. b l?«nt*»«
demnatloa nnd stiborrenee of *bl* |,„.
speech by a member of the Oeje*» >n ,,
I viator* In tbe bonta of repraaeu jatlve*.
bis bumble belief .that no, pr>>»di ,r °f
RSrS SSrid”?.”.' 'i.v« utters
IS'ii.W. jgSS
M W ifgMKJs as
know that tbs.poopl* dto.Bgt „
Uhl rotor t»# rocr i»#rr www;.r.nj
rod nothin# tor him but rrrttln
glorious defeat. Vouratruy. DAVIE*
W«jDr#b#ro t G#., July L