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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
A man may well bring a horie to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Haywood.
Mr. Jerome on “Public Opinion.”
The add ret e ot District Attorney Jerome at Warm
Springi on the subject of “Public Opinion" will be read
with keen Interest and unqualified approval throughout
the country. It waa the mature expression of a man who
has bad abundant opportunity to familiarise himself with
the subject on which he spoke and It was evident that he
had considered the matter to some purpose.
Mr. Jerome, in substance, recognised the power ot
public opinion, but deplored the fact that It was too fre
quently formulated on Insufficient data, for which hasty
reading on the part of the people themselves and the wil
ful perversion of facts on the part of newspapers and
other vehicles of Information were largely responsible.
Mr. Jerome dwelt with special emphasis on the fact
that it was to the news features of a newspaper that the
reader of the present day looked for light and guldanco,
and he expressed the opinion that the power of the edi
torial, the "advocate" so to speak, was less than It had
been In former years. This may or may not be true. We
are disposed to think that the influence of editorial opin
ion Is now, as It has ever been, In direct accordance with
the character which the Individual newspaper establishes
for Itself. True, It has no human attributes—It has no
tone of voice or peculiarity of gesture—and yet In course
ot time It acquires a character as distinct as any Indi
vidual. Its habits of thought. Its reputation for honesty
and fairness and Intelligence become as well established
In the public mind as do the same characteristics of any
public Individual. And the Influence It exerts, the cre
dence which Is placed In its opinions, the attention paid
to Its advico Is In proportion to the respect It enjoys for
employing these characteristics wisely and well.
But this Is merely In passing.
Mr. Jerome deplores the hasty judgments, founded
on Insufficient Information, entertained by that vast body
of people whose convictions make up what is known as
public opinion, regardless of the facts In the case, re
gardless ot wisdom and common sense, when In point of
fact the men who are qualified by superior Intelligence
and by diligent study, combined with true patriotism,
should take the part of leaders. They should join forces
with the other agents ot enlightenment and guide pub
lic opinion In tbe paths ot prudence and sound Judg
ment, and In the case of statutory enactments, for In
stance, leave It to the beneficial operation of those laws
to vindicate their Independence and honesty of purpose.
No two of these factors In the enlightenment of pub
lic opinion could be more powerful and Important than
the newspapers and the men to whom Mr. Jerome’s re
marks were directly addressed—the lawyers—and he en
lists the support of all right thinking people when he
pleads that these agents should be more honest and more
Independent In their campaigns of education.
It Is not always easy to Bet one's face against public
opinion and undertake the more or less thankless task
ot saving people who “don’t-want to be saved,” but It Is
the part of high dtltenshlp and true patriotism, and
the reward ot such men and such newspapers will be
great.
Mr. Jerome Is himself a conspicuous example ot the
men who In a temporal and economic sense “point to bet
ter worlds and lead the way.” He stands out as a man
ot undoubted honesty and undisputed courage. On more
than one occasion be has put Into execution the homely
advice ot Davy Crockett, and being sure he was right,
has gone ahead, content to watt for public opinion to
catch up.
In large meaaure Mr. Jerome Is the embodiment of
tbe advice he gives, and his success Is a justification of
’ the course he has pursued.
to Mr. Odell. They first met In an Informal conference
about two weeks ago. In which the things discussed were
purely personal. It was but the waring of tbe baton
before the overture.
A week later they met In a more formal conference,
which Lemuel Ell Qulgg attended, and It Is be who now
gives out the true story of what happened there. He
says that Mr. Odell called on Mr. Platt at the special
request of the latter, as he had done In the first Instance,
and that there was absolutely no agreement as to the
retirement of Mr. Odell. As a further Indication of the
harmony which prevailed In this new alliance It Is said
that George W. Dunn, whom Odell had prevented from
becoming chairman of the executive committee, and
Slost Fossctt, who wanted the place, were both Induced
to bury the hatchet and Join In the love feast.
So far from Odell’s retiring from the chairmanship
It Is given out that he will In fact succeed himself If he
wants to, and that this will certainly be done provided
the antl-HIgglns faction succeeds In controlling the state
convention.
This "provided” Is a very Important feature, howev-
It Is far from certain that tbe antl-HIgglns element
will control the next convention. In fact. It Is very evi
dent that the Higgins faction Is very much In control of
the situation. Governor Higgins himself Is scheduled to
call on the president within the next few days or hours
and the administration Indorsement will probably be
made more emphatic than ever.
Odell Is still comparatively young and active and
the whirligig of time may yet restore him to power, but
there Is something pathetic In the recrudescence of Platt
He has sunk lower In public esteem daring tbe past two
years than any one ever thought he would during bis life
time. His neglect of hts duties In the senate, his. selfish
ness and peanut politics have all disgusted the people
who at one time stood In awe ot him because of bis
power. But the Jackal has been robbed of his teeth. The
easy boss of other days now makes himself a motley
to the view. Time was when he would have made no
overture to Odell or anyone else, but now we find him
supplicating for peace at any price, and hts enemtos
yielding a reluctant acquiescence.
The wholij affair la but a ripple on the surface and
no one seems to take it seriously.
The Platt-Odell Treaty of Peace.
Just when the public had begun to forget all about
“Boss” Platt—when the adjournment of congress had
drawn public attention from the tact that the veteran
senior senator was never In his seat In the, upper
bouse—he comes again Into the limelight by negotiating
a treaty of peace with State Chairman Benjamin B.
Odell and seta the politicians of the Empire State to
speculating on the developments of the Immediate fu
ture.
There has been bitter enmity between 8enator Platt
and 6tate Chairman Odell for several years. The easy
boss ( of other days made a determined effort to oust
Odell from the chairmanship and place one of hts own
friends In tbe office. '
It was pointed out as singularly out of taste—to put
it mildly—for the governor ot a state, as Mr. Odell was
then, to be at the same time the chairman ot the state
executive committee. But Odell practically told all his
critics to go to the bow-wows, and he continued to dis
charge the functions of both offices Senator Platt waa
unable to control the machine which he had come to
look upon as hts very own, and there was a great deal
of talk about “more men adoring the sun rising than the
sun setting.”
But the control of tbe machine never passed entirely
to Odell. The predictions that President Roosevelt was
going to espouse his cause as against Platt were not
fulfilled and the opinion gradually gathered strength
that both Platt and Odell were practically dead cocks
In the pit.
They have attracted very little attention of late and
no one seemed to take them seriously. The growing age
ot the senior senator lent color to the Impression that
the days of bis bad eminence were numbered.
This latter Impression has not been eradicated by
any means, but In the meantime the warring leaders have
perfected a defensive and offensive alliance which Is
somewhat Interesting. For awhile It was given out that
the basis of tbe agreement was that Mr. Odell would re
tire from the chairmanship of the Republican party of
the state, but this Is now emphatically denied. It Is
stated, furthermore, that Mr. Platt made the overtures
Judge Ormond’s Tragic Fate.
The death of Judge Walter Ormond Is sincere)!
mourned by his host ot friends In AUsnta. He was
tpan ot ability and of charming personality. He occupied
position which called for tact, diligence t and Integrity,
and these he displayed In a signal degree. Prom the
reproaches which have been from time to time heaped
upon courts of the class over which he presided he him
self was uniformly exempt, and the excellence with which
he discharged the duties of his office elicited the warmest
commendation.
He waa genial, attractive and magnetic In his social
life. His never falling good humor, radiating from the
very Joy of living, and his love for his fellow man, made
him a welcome guest at all times and places. His loy
alty to his friends was proverbial and hts consideration
ot those who came before him In his official capacity
Illustrated tbe wisdom with which Justice can be temper
ed with mercy.
The circumstances of his death are particularly
touching. So recently he was with ns In the full enjoy
ment of life and health; so recently he was In his accus
tomed place, discharging the duties from which he was
at the time ot his death taking the first vacation he had
claimed since his Incumbency; so sudden and so pecu
liarly trnpdfc was his end, that the blow falls heavily
upon his family and Iriends.
It may bo that the Jealous waters of the deep where
in he Ilea will never yield his body to the tender cus
tody ot his loving friends; It may be his melancholy
fate to rest forever where tbe drifting sea-weed Is the
meegor garland ot his grave. But ho cannot rest so deep
that the plummet of a thousand faithful hearts will not
reach him and restore him In sacred memory to those
who knew him best and loved him most
A Nickname for Oklahoma.
This thing of coming into statehood has its trials.
That Infant commonwealth formed by the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma has’not even secured Its place
definitely and finally In tbe American sisterhood, and
yet It Is already worrying about a nickname.
As a usual - thing these terms of endearment are
the product ot a gradual evolution or some spontaneous
circumstance which affords the fitting word. But Okla
homa Is Impatient to have all the auxiliaries of a full-
fledged state, so she wants a nickname even before she
gets a new governor or erects an adequate capitol build
ing. •
She baa gone about It deliberately. Lest some for
tuitous event should fix upon her a name not to her
liking she Is holding a voting contest At least some
enterpflsing cltlsen has started the contest In the news
papers and It Is taking like wild fire. The more
rlous work of organlxa.lon has almost been lost sight
of In the fever and fervor of the fight Thousands ot bal
lots are being ca.i through the newspapers every day,
and the matter seems to be no nearer a settlement than
at the beginning.
This thing ot giving nicknames to the states Is al
most as old as the republic. We hare the Empire State,
both North and South, the Nutmeg State, the Hooeter
State, the Hawkeys State, the Wolverine, the Gopher
and the Tadpole State. We have tbe Tar Heel, the
Buckeye, and the Badger State. A high 'authority on
the subject la even Irreverent enough to declare that our
own nickname properly Is the Bussard state.
So It was a foregone conclusion that Oklahoma
should hare a nickname and some of the suggestions
are enough to opread a smile orer the face ot tbe uni
verse. One man wants to call It the “Forty-Six Shooter,”
cov.biting a wild and wooly memory with the fact that
It Is tbe forty-sixth slate In the union. The majority
of voters thus far seem to favor the “Boomer State,”
while the "Banner Btate” follows as a dose second.
The Prohibitionists want to call It the “Coldwater State,"
but cold water Itself Is being thrown on the suggestion.
The "Big Gun State" has found a certain amount of fa
vor In compliment to Speaker Cannon, while tbe “Rasor-
back State" Is declared by a large number ot people to
be the winner.
These are but a few of the thirty-seven names which
have thus far figured In the contest. We all remember
bow the country for many years was rent gud torn over
the discussion as to the national flower. Tho Daugh
ters of the Revolution and other patriotic societies kept
the Issue before the people for a long time. State con
ventions were held in which tMs was the leading topic
of discussion. We have a vague Impression that the
golden-rod finally found some sort of official recognition,
but It Is certain that the people theraselres hare never
accepted It very fully and we cannot be said to have
a national flower, any more than we have a national an
them. which Is universally accepted as such.
At the same time no one will seriously object to tbe
little by-play going on out In the newest state In the
sisterhood as to what she will call herself In tbe privacy
of confidential conversation.
The whole country unites In calling her great.
SOUTH’S GROWTH AND PROGRESS
BULLETINS ON MANUFACTURES.
21* cot too mills In tbe state in 1>j6. as
comparpd with 177 In 19w. Daring this
Or e-year p«*r!<*l tb** amount of cubital in
vested lncrea«e<1 73.9 per cent, and the
value of products increased 66.5 per cent.
The value <.f cotton products was :c,‘J p*-r
the total value of all manufactures
late, and 42 6 per cent of the wage
are employed in cotton
North ('arolli
I of the i
, earners
a ring.
third In
From the Washington Post.
A vivid Idea of the rapid progreag being
made In manufacturing in fh*» South la
coavered bj cengna bulletins Joat issued,
entering flie stnto* of Virginia. \Ve«t Vlf
glnln. North (iirollim, s<.t;tli < ,■«r»•:I:m mid
Alabama. A ''•ini>ar!«»ii • »!.•• amount
of capita! Invested In manufacturing In
these stntcf In 1900 and 1305 a bow a at a
r rlance the enormous development now go
ng on:
in 1900. In 19u6
ing a
it hat
Rente— 1906
Virginia ....|147.9tt,l<2
*” Virginia. M,820,t23
Carolina.. 141.000,03
C/irMlaa.. 113.422.224
Alabama .... lQ6 t .TC!.»53
Pet. of
1909. Increase.
9 60.3
49.103.134 76.1
68.S3.or6 106.6
62.760.077 30.3
60.165,904 n. 3
1 outstripped Ken-
econd to Missouri.
1906, according to the ensus figures. Th*| tur g.
mnnufucture nf rli.ru «n-l rlpir«tt.. Ill- ThP Inrr.«.e of capital invested In
with srr.lrr relative rapidity then | n4 ,„ try ,| u ^ nJC the Uve-veor period
th«t of mhoklng and rh.wlo* tobacco. The K . ,,, r ttl „ | nrr ra»r In value of
.nine of urist O.IU psodurte Increased over I products wai K7 p--r In thr mnnu-
H per cent. and the vnlue of lumber prod- j f n eturo of cigars mid cigarette, th-re were
ucta 25 per cent. Tbs value of textile j j„ 1905 twenty-four times ns much capital.
—I «A — —tire times gs mnnr wage camera, six times
I —j sde— *' ** ■ —
products increased 64 per cent.
West Virginia's fortunate situation In
reapect of manufactures la shown In her
rnnid growth. The state ranked third In
1904 in the production of coal, fourth
trolemn,
Mr psiNi. ...
rnllrond development add to the facilities
of manufacture. The value of lumber
products Increased 56 1 per cent between
1 and ])06 and pinning mill products
10&S per cent. Iron and steel manufacture
products
Cotton
* { JESUS TEACHING HOWTO PRAY }
* I TVTT.V TIA I f
jjDLY ad. |
By DR. G. A. BEATTIE
u
• Golden Text: Lord teach us to pray—Luke xl, 1.
J EHUS was a man of prayer. Boms one has computed 21 recorded
Instances. Of course there were many more. When mention Is made
of Ills praying, it is not recorded as an exceptional thing, but as Hi.
habit. (Sometimes He took HIs disciples with Him, and again He went
alone. We may suppose HIs prayers were very similar to those of every
Christian, with the exception that He never prayed for pardon, as “He was
without sin."
We are to Infer from the request of the disciples on this occasion that
John had taught his disciples to pray, and they wished Him to do the same
for them, and so He gave them what la commonly called the Lord’s prayer.
No prayer has ever been formulated that Is more comprehensive, or
that has been oftener repeated by human Ups. It has been Incorporated in
the creed, confession or liturgy of every church. It Is one of the first prayers
that the children are taught to Usp at their mother’s knee, and one that the
aged find pleasure in repeating.
Dr. Ellphalet Nott, president of Union Oollege for fifty years, when he
was a very old man, after he had retired from the presidency, was called
upon to make a prayer at commencement. He came trembling to the front
of the platform, and then repeated this prayer, and followed It with “Now I
lay me down to sleep." When ha concluded, there was hardly p. dry eye In
the vast congregation. It Is a prayer that Is appropriate for any occasion.
There are some who never use any other prayer, and believe that none
other should be used. We are not warranted In this supposition. It was
given as a sample or model. To use It consistently tbs highest type of Chris
tian character Is requisite.
When we say "Our Father,” we recognise the brotherhood of man; when
we pray "Thy kingdom come,” we pledge ourselves to do all we can for that
end: when we aay "Thy will be done," we reach the point of submission and
consecration expressed by Christ In Qethsemane; when we can sincerely pray
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,” we have attained the spirit
manifested by Christ, on the cross.
Some years ago Francis Ridley Havergal wrote a poem on the Lord's
prayer, which was published by an English magaslne, and as It has never
been printed among her published poems, and many persons who read this
lesson will want It for their scrap books, It is given as follows:
"OUR FATHER."
O UR FATHER, our Father, who dwellest In light,.
Ws lean on Thy love, and we rest on Thy might;
In weakness and weariness Joy shall abound.
For strength everlasting In Thee shall be found.
Our Refuge, our Helper, In conflict and woe.
Our Mlgbty defender, hovf blessed to know.
o
“HALLOWED BE THY NAME."
UR FATHER, Thy promise we earnestly claim.
The sanctified heart that shall haljow Thy name.
In ourselves. In our dear ones, throughout the wide world,
Be Thine as a banner of glory unfurled:
Let If triumph o'er evil and darkness and guilt,
We know Tbou can'st do It, we know that Tbou wilt
“THY KINGDOM COME."
O UR FATHER, we long for the glorious day
When all shall adore Thee and all shall obey.
O, hasten Tby kingdom, ob, show forth Thy might
And wavb o’er the nations Thy scepter of right
Oh, make up Thy Jewels, the crown ot Thy love.
And reign In our hearts as
o
Tbou relgnest above.
"THY WILL BE DONE."
UR FATHER, we pray that Thy will be done,
For full acquiescence Is Heaven begun.
Both In us, and by us Thy purpose be wrought
And Thou can'st enable us thus
Wltb holy rejoicing Tby glorious wilt
^OUR DAILY BREAD."
O UR FATHER, Thou carest: Thou knowest Indeed
Our Inmost desires, our manifold need;
The fount of Thy mercies shall never be dry.
For Thy riches In glory shall meet the supply;
Our bread shall be given. Our water be sure,
And nothing shall fall, for Thy word shall endure.
“FORGIVE US OUR DEBT8."
O UR FATHER, forgive us, for we have transgressed,
Have wounded Thy love, and forsaken Thy breast;
In tbe peace of Thy pardon, henceforth let us live.
That through Thy forgiveness, we, too. may forgive.
The Bon of Thy love, who has taught us to pray,
For Thy treasures of mercy has opened the way.
“LEAD US NOT IN TEMPTATION."
T HOU knowest our dangers, Thou knowest our frame,
But m tower of strength Is Thy glorious name;
Oh, lead us not In temptation, we pray.
But keep us, and let us not stumble or stray:
Thy children shall under Thy ahadow abide;
In Thee as our Guide and our Shield we confide.’
"DELIVER US FROM EVIL."
O UR FATHER, deliver Thy children from sin.
From svll without, and evil within.
From this world wltb Its manifold svll and wrong,
From the wilds of the evil one, subtle and strong,
Till as Christ overcame, we, too, conquer and sing
All glory to Thee, our victorious King.
o
"FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM.”
UR FATHER. Thy children rejoice In Thy reign.
Rejoice In Thy highness, and praise Thee again:
Tea, Thine Is the kingdom, and Thine la the might.
And Thine Is the glory tranecendently bright.
Forever and ever that glory shall shine.
Forever and ever that kingdom be Thine.
That the disciples might be encouraged to pray Christ gives them the
parable of the friend at mld-nlght. Dr. French says: "There is the same
argument as In the parable of the unjust Judge, one from the less to tbs
greater, or more accurately from the worse to the better—but with this
difference, that here the narrow-heartedness and selfishness of man la set
agslnst the liberality of God, while there It Is his unrighteousness which Is
tacitly contrasted with the righteousness of Ood. The conclusion Is that If a
selfish man can yet be won by prayer and Importunity to give, an unjust
man to do right, how much more certainly shall the bountlfol Lord betsow
and the righteous Lord do Justice."
1V« are not to suppose that God Is reluctant to give, that our persistence
can overcome HIs unwillingness, or that It is any trouble for Him to give.
Only the one thought Is to be emphasised.
Christ follows the parable with an Illustration from the home life, the
father’s willingness to grant tbe requests of his children, and then adds
that Ood lis still more willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.
He Is more willing to give then we are to receive.
To receive, three things are requisite. We must ask, seek and knock.
Our receiving will be commensurate wltb our faith. We must ask In HIs
name. Ood will honor every draf» at the Bank of Heaven that Is counter,
signed by Jesus Christ. None baa ever yet been protested.
Djr Private Leased Wife.
r HPV - * ..—tty T<"*» 20 ;r~ At last SaraJi
I , even dan the value of Bernhardt may wear the ribbon of th«
as in 1900. Legion of Honor. After many reir!
— of discussion the decoration hu wl
manufacturing la a rapidly ex- bestowed upon the great actreii ».
naiKliiig industry in Mouth Carolimi. In has been a struggle. A woman ”
1906 this Industry represented 72 per cent f too with 4
of the capital, fc per cent of the wage I VS-IlII. 1 and «
earner*, and 62 per rent of the value r 'f ro P 1 Comedie Frane&lie.
products ot all manufactures in the grate, her friends have had all sorts of trou.
Tbs amount of capital invested in cotton , ble In landing the coveted honor fo*
manufacturing latresscd 1<*9 per cent be- her, and now genius has trlumnhed
tween 1900 and 1906. the wagen paid 62 per the Divine Sarah Is * uSim-W d SP*
rent, and the vnlue Of product* k per cent. ™ t a rm v nf A mi JSL« ££2S5 r * . Ht *
MeusurM l>y th-* ^nIn.: of products uu-l ,.,. !1 A,* J V,^ 1 ner . c ^ n *, en and ad.
the number of produrlns .pludlt-s. Koutb
Carolina ranked ns the .econd state
the union In 1906.
Alabama's Im-n-nidnic Importance In 1
end steel production Is shown l-y the cen
sus hxuri-s of nntl 19-J6. The stats now
r.-nik, second In tin- production of basic
end forxe pic Iron, snd first In the pro
duction of foundry pic Iron. The capital
and 1906,
ent, the .
per cent, and the
124 per cent between
value of products 106 per cent, the num
ber of wage earners 65 per cent, and the
wnRos pnld 49 per rent. Steel mils were
not produced In 1900. while In 19-15 n large
output wns reported. The state became
second In coke production In IV,5. und
tbe value of the product Increased 65 per
cent over MOO. While this great growth
was In progress the expension of the cot
ton manufacturing Industry was also re
markable. The capital Invested In cotton
numafacturlns Increased 112 per cent end
the value of products 106 per cent. Lum
l>cr und timber production also showed I
great Increase, the amount of capital lit
vested being 00 per cent greater than In
1900 and the valne of products 27 per cent.
These figures uro full of Interest to Wash
ington. which Is now aspiring to become
the chief supply and distributing post be
tween the North nntl South. Tue growth
of the Houth Is tin assurance of n grenter
Washington. With Improved-facilities for
nbtnlnlng coal from West Virginia, manu
facturing enterprises will spring up ad
jacent to this city, sending their products
through the sections which are shown by
the census to be revc'.lng In prosperity.
The demands of the fast-growing South
will be enormous,
trade In Washlngto
by a narrow horfsot
OLD GREENBACKER’S VIEW8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Aa you have very kindly allowed some
of our Populists brothers on all sides
of tha gubernatorial contest to ex
press thetr views through the medium
of your most excellent paper, aa well
aa the opinions of "our friends, the en
emy,” will you please extend the same
courtesy to your friend, the subscriber,
to state some facts and ask some ques
tiong?
Thirty years ago, after having suf
fered from the disastrous effects of
three financial panics, L with seventeen
others, organised the Greenback party
of Georgia. It was the People’s Party
of that day.
The party grew, giving promise ot
Immediate reform, till In 1171 we had
thirteen straight Greenbacksra In con
gress, breaking Into the Republican
tarty ranks In Maine, Indiana, mmols,
owa, ate. and Into Democrat party
ranka In Texas, Alabama, North Caro
lina and Mlaaouri, and the Democrat!
becoming frightened, In their atate
ilatforma out-greenbacked the Green-
tackera—Just a Herod was out-Herod-
ed—and over sixty calling themselves
Greenback Democrats, were elected to
congress. Georgia furnished one or
two of them and one or two- were
counted out. The Greenback Demo
crats, with the. assistance of the
straight Qreenbackers, could have or
ganized the house and legislated finan
cial relief for the people. The Green-
backers offered to support any Green
back Democrat the party might offer
for speaker ot the house, but, regard
less of their promises, the Greenback
Democrats went Into the Belmont
caucus and helped to elect Sam Ran
dall, a htgh-tariff-hard-money Repub
llcan Democrat, thus opening the way
for Grover Cleveland to give us an
other term In the school of adversity,
teaching us the blessings thereof
through his financial object lesson.
Thus were the Greenbackera betrayed
by a kiss and their organisation ceased
to -exist, and power was confirmed and
bestowed upon one, two or three bil
lionaires of Europe and America, to pre
cipitate a financial panic whenevr they
see their own Interest In doing ao. And
whenevr this thing occurs a hundred
thousand ambitious young men
throughout our land, who ’ have In
vested their sweat browed earnings In
a partly paid for home, will see that
home swept Into the greedy maws ot
the beneficiaries of our bond-based,
Britsh-fundlng system.
The methods employed by ths lead
ers of the Democrat—not Demooratic—
party to egteh Greenback suckers Is
now being operated for Populist suck
ers; unfortunatsly many are taking
the hook.
Now, I want to ask some questions,
and, as for the past twelve years we
have regarded him as our peerless lead
er, I want to ask those questions ot
Mr. Thomas B. Watson. In view of
the foregoing facts and other near
home history, I shall present:
Can any intelligent, honest, self-re
specting Populist step out from "the
middle of the road,” In which you have
so often begged ua to keep, and align
himself with a party whose moat
prominent representative In state poll-
;lcs, a candidate for governor, soya la
controlled by as corrupt an organ'
tlon as the devil could desire, the na
tional organisation being headed by
Tom Taggart, tbe proprietor of one ot
the most disreputable gambling dives
In the world—a den where women and
children are encouraged to -cultivate
vicious habits? Is a party so organised
—depending upon and hopeless of na
tional success without the atd of Tam
many Hall—worthy the support of a
true Populist? Is a party whose head
told us Southern Populists to go back
to the nigger where we belonged worthy
of our respect? Is a candidate for
governor of the state of Georgia who
Insulted every Populist of Georgia by
charging-that we slept on tha floor ot
the capitol with nigger, delegates wor
thy of our support?
Is a candidate who so unfairly and
outrageously misrepresented the pro
ceedings ot our convention, one ot tha
largest and most representative that
ever assembled In the state, that a
resolution of condemnation was unan
imously passed, now worthy of our
support?
We remember how feelingly and pa
thetically the chairman of our conven
tion told us of the negro woman what
on har death bed, sent SO cents to aid
the Populists In their fight against
Democratic corruption. We hope that
old negro woman’s ghost may never re
turn to earth to learn that her 60 cents
has been misapplied.
Now, honestly, Mr. Watson, do you
advtsa, remembering your position be
fore tbe convention of 1M4, and your
opera house speech, the Populists ot
Georgia to desert their party on the
strength of one man of the Democratic
party saying he Is In favor of negro
disfranchisement, knowing at the same
time that he, even aa governor, would
be no more able to do It than you or IT
Very reapectfuly,
c. T. Parker.
Committeeman People's Party, Fifth
Congressional District.
Atlanta, Ga., July t, 1906.
mlrern send congratulations.
After prolonged Investigation, ths
nearest that New York can come m
Chicago s record of conversions that
cost 61,600 apiece Is a paltry |u each
Investigation by the Salvation Armv
here with a view to comparing the cltv
to Chicago and Atlanta, which have
reached their conversion costa, revealed
the fact today that the Bowery tramn’i
Is the costliest of all the souls saved la
New York by the manifold agency of
personal solicitation or written apneaL
While the derelicts themselves can have
no market rating and can find no one
who will trust them with 621, the Sal-
vntlon Army Is willing to apend that
amount, on the average, on each per.
son acceptable to It, and actually doee
•pend It on each convert In the Bow
ery.
Twenty-one dollars doesn't represent
all that a Bowery conversion coats the
army. The great labor of love that In
volved tbe monetary expenditure can
never be reckoned at alL Nor does the
financial outgo stop with 621. The
convert, man or woman, must be
watched by men who are ready to give
a helping hand whenever It la wlahed.
Papa Van Alen has takt/i himself to
England to find out for himself what
causes his daughter May's delay. •
The magnificent estate at Wakehurst
has been renovated from garret to cel
lar and James J. Van Alen, who had
been fishing up In Canada, threw away
hts fishing tackle, came to Newport and
cabled to "Mame” to come on over and
play hostess.
Perhaps the erratic James J. over
looked the fact that "Mame” may have
made a few plans of her own over
there.
Last year the master of Wakehurst
became so disgusted, politically, that
he not only exiled himself, but gave up
hla citizenship. Nevertheless, lie says
that unless Wakehurst Is sold by spring
he will again occupy It next summer,
for, as he laconically puts It. "London Is
not Newport In summer."
Lady Herbert, widow of Sir Mlchtel
A. Herbert, Is expected In Newport
from Europe nexfSunday to spend ths
summer wltb ber parents, Mr. and Mrs
Richard T. Wilson, and with her sis
ters, Mrs. Ogden Ooelet and Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt.
Salting 12,040 miles to wed ths
sweetheart of her childhood days, Miss
Annie Robinson. left New York on ths
Kalserin Augusta Victoria, for Cape
town, South Africa, where «he will
meet her husband-to-be.
Fifteen years ago, when Miss Robin
son was only 13, she met Harry Siegel,
who came to America from his English
homa to make -his fortune. For five
years the children were "little sweet
hearts,” and when young Siegel dedd.
ed to try his luck In South Africa ha
exacted a vow from tha girl to wall
for him. . „
Fortune smiled on Siegel and tha
small herd of cattle he got together
grew into an enormous herd. Ha
claimed the fulfillment of the promise
and Mlaa Robinson haa railed.
Pete, the 2-foot diamond-back rat
tlesnake at the Bronx soologlcal park,
la dead from the cstse of appendicitis
with which a reptile has been known to
be afflicted. When his body was rat
open by Cudato Nltmlr, the tooth of •
rabbit was found lodged In Pete’s ap
pendix. The big snake freqently con
sumed as many as eighteen rabbits si
a mead and never chewed his food.
Mr*. Minnie Nugent, of Mlneola Cen
ter, L. I., is Indignantly waiting the
coming of a constable, who Is to at
tempt to replevin her here today on a
writ obtained by her husband.
"I’ll never go with him, she declare*,
■Such a way to get back a wife.
It Is a novel method John bo*'"*;
of Freeport, has adopted to recover M*
runaway wife. She left him after a
year of married life.
Mrs. Mary F. Strong, a wealthy ^
man of Springfield, Mass., who Is sum
mering at Ball laland. Conn., was *ojJ
yesterday by Dr. Hubert H. Aimes, pra
feaaor of history in the College <rf 'M
City of New York, and hla J?'?’
Virginia R. McAIpIne, of Ollroy. csi-
for 16,000. the plaintiff claiming <«'
Mrs. Strong toolTat least aevenV-fl"
different souvenirs from the Alme- rsm
lly home, one of which was a skeleton
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private I-eased Wire.
New York, July 20.—Here are sum*
of the visitors In New York today •
ATLANTA—L. T. Bryant, T U ^
ler, W. R. Sullivan, H E- Barry M
wife, O. Carpenter, B. E- KInx. 1 - “•
Oppenhelm and wife, J.
E. Green, D. Hudson and wife, T. *
Martin and wife.
MACON—W. J. Mnsaee.
SAVANNAH—W. B. Clark ud "VJ
W. J. Pierpont, J. H. Re«* c *
Robinson.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Oeorglan.
Paris, July 20.—Arthur R. ‘g
Jr, of Rome. Ga, registered at ^
office of tha European edition of
New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 20. , aid.
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kill* by ‘
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under Sir H. IWttf#d* r ' -~it f t, died-
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