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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1JKW.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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Entared na sMead-class raatiar April 25. 190*. at (he Poatoffle# at
Atlanta. Ga., under act of congress of March S. 1S7S.
Is now doing the best work of his life. His hosts of
friends throughout the country hope for his early re
covery.
We Nominate a Mayor on Wednesday.
It la not to be forgotten In the absorbing whirl of
state politics that the next mayor of Atlanta will be
cbosen also on Wednesday next.'
And to the iieople of this city the selection of the
proper man for mayor Is Ju&t as Important as Is the
choice of a governor for the commonwealth of which At
lanta Is the brilliant and beautiful Capital.
It Is to be regretted that the culm of municipal poli
tics has been Invaded to any extent, even n limited one,
by the evil example of the gubernatorial campaign. It is
much to be regretted that the personalities of state |>ol-
Itics have gradually tempted the candldnteB In municipal
affairs to enter upon a personal criticism of one another.
Surely the gubernatorial example Is sufficiently repel
lent and sufficiently unpopular to hare deterred and made
wise the two excellent gentlemen who are competing for
our ballots for the executive chair of this municipality.
It would have been difficult when this campaign was
announced for an outsider to hnve conceived on what
particular line Messrs. W. R. Joyner and Thomas H.
Goodwin could personally abuse each other. Two cltlsens
of excellent character, of tranquil lives and of apparently
blameless records might have been expected to go
through the campaign upon a very broad plnne without
Indulging In the least personal reflection upon each other.
For the two gentlemen who are opposing ench other
for this responsible office The Georgian 1ms the kindliest
feelings of good will.
Captain W. R. Joyner has been for many years per
haps the most popular man in the city of Atlantn. Ills
long and Invaluable services as chief of the Are depart
ment and the preserver of our homes and firesides'from
the fiend of the flame, has made his name a household
word both with grown people and with the little children
In every nook and corner of Atlantn. Beyond this Cap
tain Joyner has been a vital figure In almost every local
public movement of the last twenty years, n foremost
and focal force In a thousand gentle charities and a hun
dred public enterprises, member of the chamber of com
merce, nn executive figure In state and national fairs and
expositions, a nabob of Atlanta's popular baseball club,
and in his "Little Red Wagon" tho absolute idol of
every small boy In Atlanta—“without distinction to race,
color or previous condition of servitude."
Mr. Goodwin Is a younger man thnn his opponent
but has ably demonstrated the fact that ho Is an active
and vigorous factor In public affairs, having been an ef
fective and useful member of tlje city council, nu Inter
ested and Influential figure In many phases of our public
affairs, n young man of character and Integrity, and, as is
now evident, of unusual energy-and of a very definite am
bltion. . . .
The campaign between these excellent cltlsens hns
progressed happily and hopefully on both sides up to the
last ten days, and although the burden of prophecy and
the bulk of the betting Is heavily In favor of Captain Joy
ner. It Is undoubtedly true that Mr. Goodwin has made a
remarkable race and has demonstrated his capacity to
win friends and to hold them.
If Mr. Goodwin does not win In this election he Is
young enough to expect preferment at another time, and
his vigorous and vital canvass make nn easy prophecy
that he will be honored In some future cnmpnlgn by the
- triumphant ballots of bis friends In tho city of Atlanta.
The Illness of Two Notables.
Two distinguished men have been 111 within the past
few days and the whole country has felt solicitous.
John D. Rockefeller was to have received a delegn
tlon of passenger agents at his summer home, Forest
-Hill, a few days ago, but when the visitors arrived they
were Informed that Mr. Rockefeller was'111 and could
not see them. They wero escorted through the grounds
. by his brother-in-law, who showed them every courtesy
and all the places of interest.
It dsvelops now that the cause of Mr. Rockefeller's
illness was too much of that delicious Southern product,
the watermelon. It is a tempting dish nt any time and
for anybody, but when a man has Just come home from
France, where a citron or a gourd are tho nearest ap
proach to Georgia watermelons. It Is no wonder that he
should havo been led Into Indulging too freely In the
succulent rattlesnake or the luscious Kolb gem.
We have always been proud of the Georgia water
melon. As a rule they are harmless and well behaved.
Taken in anything like moderation, one of them "doeth
good like a medicine.” But for the sake of the fair fame
of the state we hope that It was not one of our own
product which had the bad grace to make Mr. Rockerel
ler III. He was just beginning to look upon life with a
more Indulgent eye. He had found that there was somo
good even In newspaper men and magaclne writers,
‘and the world was beginning to visualize before him in
coulcur de rose.
He may lapie Into his old cynicism nnd Isolation
as a result of this experience.
Another great man who Is on the sick list Is very
different from Mr. Rockefeller. Colonel James Hamilton
Lewis, of. Georgia, of the state of Washington, and now
corporation attorney for the city of Chicago, Is an octo
pus hunter of the most pronounced type. He came Into
Office under the municipal ownership mayor, Dunne.
Recently be has been out gunning for the tax dodger.
He has succeeded In unearthing millions of back taxes
due by evasive millionaires. The Marshall Field estate
was the first to be run to earth, but that was like the
tiger's taste of blood. Colonel Lewis started In then to
make the Yerkes and other estates come across with the
millions of back taxes due the city. It was strenuous
work and it foon became evident that the strain was too
much for his physique, which has never been of the
strongest. In a recent conference he was taken 111 and
had to go to his home. He made a brave effort to re
sume his duties at once, but he found that he would
have to take a vacation and consequently he has gone to
a hospital for rest and recuperation.
‘ • In all seriousness. Colonel Lewis Is a man of whom
the state of Georgia Is justly proud. Few men owe less
to outside Influences than he. In the strictest sense be
is a self made man. and he -made a mighty good job of
iL
How to Vote on Wednesday.
Let the man who thinks Hearst can't make a speech
read that brave and clear cut utteranbe at Old Salem,
Ills., on Friday last.
There was.no Arthur Brlsb^pe there to suggest or aid.
THe Invitation was given one day and the speech deliv
ered the next.
And If there has been a braver and a timelier mes
sage sent to the people In these eventful days of graft and
greed and patriotism and reform, we have not heard It.
No lesson more saving and more vital to the republic
and to good government can be taught In this tremen
dous age than the gospel of Individual Integrity and Indi
vidual responsibility In the ballot. It Is the hope of the
1 people, nnd the last promise of a real democracy.
This blind unreasoning mob of partisans who follow
unknowing und unthinking behind every fallacy that
cabals voice, and every leader that trading caucuses pro
ject, Is neither the Democratic party nor the Republican
party, but a rout of s|>ollsmen or a procession of tools.
Their blindness and their subservience Is at once the
weakness and the menace of republican Institutions.
Parties are not organizations of men. They are
organizations of iiollcy and the men are merely banded
to achieve these ixdlcles in government. When parties
are mere organizations of men they are conspiracies of
the ambitious—syndicates of spoilsmen, trusts of selfish
office seekers. Parties have Integrity only as they are
true to the principles that formed them and parties only
deserve the* loyalty of men when they are absolutely
true to the principles for which men joined them. There
can be no answer to the logic of this proposition. This
Is (he creed which Mr. Hearst has not directly voiced,
but It Is the creed In action by which he has grown to be
tfio greatest and most popular of the Democrats of his
generation.
And tills creed applies to Georgia today as It ap
plies to Kew York, or Wisconsin or Missouri.
What Georgians are interested In Is not men but
measures—not personalities but policies, not the Smiths
nor the Howells, nor the Russells, nor Estllls, but
railway rale regulation and the supremacy of the white
mnn in the South.
The way for Georgians to vote on Wednesday Is to
forget for an hour every name that has been mentioned
in tho canvass—to Imry every bitter word nnd every
scandal created prejudice, nnd to get busy In tho honest
minds with the policies they are voting for. Put all
(he candidates tinder the table, and put the principles
on a pedestal.
Then when the honest and patriotic voter has mnde
his choice among tho platforms and principles which
pulse the campaign, let him reach under the table and
drag out Hoke nr Clark or Dick or Jim or John, nnd put
down a big mark opposite his name as his choice to
execute the policies he follows.
That's the way for a man and a citizen to vote.
Tlint's the way for a Georgian to illustrate his love for
Georgia. That's the way for a patriot to provide for the
future.
plague on all your factions! What the peoplo
want Is government—under which they can live nnd
prosper and be free and happy.
If the time ever comes—and may God speed It!—
when the freo man of America shall go to the ballot box
carrying that little white slip of paper us the voice of
his conscience nnd the pledge of Ills patriptlsm, there
will be no problems that need alarm and no real dan
gers that will threaten the republic.
May the Goddess of Liberty Dll the clear minds of
Georgians—and their gallant hands—with the incarna
tion of this truth on Wednesday.
while every hour brings a fresh visit of the demoralizing
tremors.
The Interest In seismic disturbances will be stimti-
lated by this new disaster. It Is confessed that we know
but little of the subject, after all, but It becomes Increas
ingly evident that these visitations are confined, to a
large extent, to the coast. Lisbon, Caaacas, Charleston,
San Francisco And now Valparaiso, alt of which have
been victims at more or less remote periods of great
earthquake disasters, are on the coast, and In fact It Is
almost uniformly the rule that these shocks occur on or
near the seashore, so that such cities must be be pecu
liarly subject to such convulsions of nature.
It Is hoped that further details will show that earlier
accounts of the recent earthquake were not so destructive
to lire and property as at first reported. Chile Is one of
the most prosperous and enterprising countries of South
America.
Extending like a narrow ribbon more than half way
down the length of that half of the hemisphere, It has all
the variety of climate from the equatorial to the antarctic.
Valparaiso—which means the Valley of Paradise—Is all
that its name Implies. It Is one of the most charming
and attractive cities In that section of the world, and the
suffering Inhabitants have the sympathy of the entire
world In this sad calamity.
LEAVING WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Accepting your general Invitation I beg to Indorse
your editorial of today touching the vital Issue of the
campaign and to aubmlt these suggestions:
Georgia politics has but fallen In line and yielded to
the demand of-corporate greed and consequent power.
One week from today will mark tho destiny of our state
for bad “enough" continued, or for better conditions.
So great a light for civic righteousness has not been
made since the bitterly accepted negro suffrage, for the
evil has been accumulative and the ablest talent of the
state Is leading the fight. So if this is denied Its just
success then bad "enough” will move smoothly along
In the same old easy way.
The citizenry of the state protests against “ring rule.”
The — ' ‘ '
ie ring cries "There Is no ring. If so, where is it?
Put your finger on It.” Well, ring or not, the diabolical
Influence exists, and powerfully so. But If "ring" Is dis
pleasing, suppose you dub yourselves an all-hands 'round,
while your prompter "gingers up" the performance with
the call, “Pass around the bottle and we'll all take a
drink.”
Now, seriously, fellow citizens, If the railroads, as the
servants of the people, are doing the fair thing, why the
unjust discrimination In our freight rates? Why have
recent agitations caused freight rates generally to be re
duced 10 per cent? Isn’t It rather significant that the cor
porate Interests of the state are fighting the reform
forces?
They prate of prosperity. Bosh! the sustained high-
price of cotton has brought prosperity to Georgia. And
what has “well enough" to do with the price of cotton?
The ebb and flow In the tide of state nnd national prosper
ity comes usually at periodicities, nnd comes as a result of
a series of economic forces, and Is not the work of a set
of Jumping-jack-stand-patters. "Well enough" has main
tained our high tariff. “Well enough" has rotted onr state
politics, and “well enough” will some day beg bread from
the Bad Man's barn. Gratefully yours,
C. J. TAYLOR.
Buena Vista, Ga., August 15, 1906.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 20.-A remarkabl.
suggest on Is contained In a dispatch
from Cleveland In today's papers 7,
Is to the effect that John D. Roeke.
feller Is considering a project to e„.
dow a home for chorus girls, and tlm
he has signified his willingness, tents-
lively, to give *100,000. for this praise-
worthy purpose.
r-ahm Fk 3 c ! wa ® Planned by Marl.
Cahill, the actress, and through a clei
gyman, whom she knew and who w«
acquainted with Mr. Rockefeller ah!
Standard 'ouTeST ‘ he qUe8, “ >n «» «S
like amount holm- rolerwi w.. •»<. .. . *
and those Interested with her
The home will serve a two-fold pur-
pose. In agreement with the plaw
HEARST ON THE BALLOT
A Great Speech by the Bravest of American Democrats
Eloquence in the Legislative Close.
Worda apoken at conventional presentations and re
sponses are usually formal, seldom enjoyable, often
stilted and nevqj funny; though faint attempts at humor
sometimes relieve the oppressive solemnity of eulogy.
And yet, with alt these difficulties of porformnnee In
the wi\y. the remarks of speakers during the Inst hours
of the closing session of the legislature when officers
were remembered with appropriate tokens, were so fit
ting, ho graceful, nnd best of all, so woll deserved, that
.many visitors felt repaid for their long wait—past mid
night—to hear the conclusion.
Roykln Wright's brief address to the speaker was
flno enough to satisfy the critic of rhetoric, earnest
enough for n Spartan, yet delivered with that tone of feel
Ing In restraint, not In tumult, pathos suggested, not
vented, which graces a high nnd noble spQech.
Tho same may be said of Speaker Slaton'a response.
He spoke from no notes, but the words. Impassioned In
feeling, eloquont In delivery and graceful In diction—
not only from the apenker but from othors on the anmo
occnslon, reminded one of the time when oratory flour
ished and flowered In the lives of almost every Southorn
public man.
John Bolfeulllet, whose strenuous work at the clerk's
desk forced him to read In loud monotones piles of dreary
statutes, dropped nimbly from the desk to tho rostrum
and suiprlKcd those who did not know him with rounded
sentences, beautiful sentiments and graceful action.
That such things—conventional and commonplace—
should furnish n real treat to thoao who believe In elo
quence and feel Its charm, Is enough to warrant this con
gratulation. nnd to Justify the belief that the growing In
fluence of tho daily newspaper nnd tho Increasing cyni
cism of tho ngc have not robbed oratory of Its voice and
scepter. .
The Disaster in Chile.
The details which are coming to light Indicate that
tho earthquake along tho coast of Chile, which wrought
the greatest damago at Valparaiso and Santiago, was
practically as destructive as that of San Francisco.
The fact that the houses in those stricken cities are
low, the tallest not exceeding five or six stories, made
such wholesale destruction as that of the California city
practically Impossible. They were built with an Idea to
Just such disasters as that of Thursday und Friday and
the events go to show that they Imllded wisely, hut for
some reason the fatalities in Valparaiso and Santiago ap-
pear to have been greater than those of San Francisco.
Finnl figures give the mortality In San Francisco at less
than a thousand, while present reports Indicate that the
number of killed fa Chile will reach at least 5,000, while
twice or three times that number Is not Improbable when
all the outlying districts are heard from.
Many of the same harrowing scenes which marked
tho earlier disaster have been present In accentuated
form In the Chilean cities. Again fire broke out and the
horrors of the earthquake were Intensified by the terrors
of conflagration. Tho ever present ghoul was on the
scene, robbing dead bodies and looting buildings In the
very midst of the general pandemonium. Troops called
out to guard the ruins had no hesitancy In shooting down
Congressman William Randolph
Hearst, of New York, In an kddreee on
Friday, the 17th, at Salem, III., the
early home of Abraham Lincoln, to the
Old Salem Chautauqua Association,
pointed out the harmfulness of blind
parly allegiance, and argued for In
dependence In voting. Hla address was
as follow
My Friends: I think we will all agree
that this American system of govern
ment was founded to express the will of
tho whole people and to be controlled
by a majority of the voters.
I maintain that blind party allegi
ance tends to Interfere with these aims
and objects of our government, nnd Is
responsible for most of the political
evils under which we suffer today.
I maintain that these evils will never
be remedied until the people vote care
fully and discriminate!}- for good men
and good measures, Irrespective of par
ty prejudice or political bias of any
kind. If a very large proportion of the
people vote blindly for one party nr the
other, the control of government Is
really left In the hands of n small mi
nority nr balance of power that trans
fers tte vote from one party to the
other according to Its Idyas or Its In
terests.
Determining. Factor in Elections.
This variable vote will always be a
determining factor In elections.
Certainly, therefore, the conditions
demand that this Independent vote
shall be aa large and ns representative
ns possible, In order b£st to carry out
the admitted objects of our govern
ment.
The more nearly universal It Is, tho
more nearly It will express the will of
the whole people. The more restricted,
the more It will express merely the In
terests of u small and perhaps selfish
minority.
I.et us take n concrete example.
It In this community there were 201.-
00c voters, nnd 100,000 habitually voted
the Democratic ticket nnd 100,000 hab
itually voted the Republican ticket, the
decision of. all matters would lie In
the hands of the 1,000 voters who.
through Inclination or Interest, voted
now with one and then with the other.
If these 1,000 were all of the highest
type of citizens, moved only by the
most patriotic and unselfish sentiments,
we would still have a condition of mi
nority rule foreign to the plans of the
fathers and contrary to the principles
which underlie our American system.
»)n tho other hand, If these 1,000 were
selfish, scheming, unscrupulous men,
using their balance of power for their
own Interest and aggrandizement, we
would certainly have In them a dan
gerous menace to our institutions and a
powerful influence exerted In oppoil
tlon to popular rights and liberties.
You can easily see that the boss of
a political machine would not long con
sider the hundred thousand that would
vote for his party under any circum
stances, but would devote his time to
securing the support of the one thou
sand that might be Influenced to de
cide the election his way.
If tho 1,000 were grasping and greedy
and wanted special privileges, they
would get them. If they wanted the
they would get
HEARST BUYS LINCOLN HOME
FOR NATIONAL PARK SITE
Hy I'rlvnte Ia>iiiii , iI Wire.
Springfield, III., Aug. 20.—The site of
the New Salem Mill, famous because of
Its association with the early life of
Abraham Lincoln, has been bought by
William Randolph Hearst and present
ed to the Old Salem Chautauqua As
sociation. New Salem was the home
of Lincoln for six years.
The property presented by Mr.
Hearst, he provides, must be main
tained forever as a national park. It
people's franchises, they would get
them. If they wanted discriminating
tariffs, they would get them*
If, under the effect of this political
partiality nnd patronage nnd protec
tion, these favored few should grow
enormously rich and add the corrupt
ing power of gre^t wealth to their un
due political Influence, they might come
to control the machines of both parties,
name the candidates of both parties
and conduct the whole government In
their own selfish Interest.
Exact Situation Today,
e can follow dearly enough what
would happen In our own little cornmu
nlty of 201,000 voters, nml that condi
tion, which we have merely reduced to
round numbers and stated In simple
form, Is exactly what has prevailed in
a larger and more complex manner
throughout our whole country.
Tho result hus been the concentra
tlon of power In the hands of a small
but shrewd and active minority, work
ing Incessantly for Its own Interest and
without regard for the public welfare.
We saw In New York that the life
insurance swindlers had contributed to
the Democratic party one year and to
the Republican party the next.
We know that Ryan and Rockefel
ler and Morgan and Belmont have no
parly prejudice, but conduct their poll-
.i .t * .i.-ih ,. h , m mmlrai anti nt’oiinl.
the thieves and plunderers without a word of warning.
Bj his own efforts be has risen to eminence and l Thousands of frightened people are camued in the streets.
for their own pocket and accord
lng to the maxims laid down by Jay
Gould.
Mr. Gould said before on Investigat
ing committee: "When I am dealing
with Republicans I am a Republican.
When I am dealing with Democrats I
am a Democrat. When the district Is
doubtful I am doubtful. And all the
time I am an Erie Railroad man."
We have seen Walsh, the bank
wrecker In Chicago, label his publica
tion I>emocratlc one day nnd Republi
can the next, but all the time conduct
It for Walsh's benefit and in opposition
to the people’s interest.
Two Portinont Questions.
Should the people stand b£ and see
the power of their numbers nullified
by u slavish devotion to a party ma
chine that does not consider them, but
only their enemies?
Shall the people not take a leaf out
of the corporation books and vote for
their own interests and their own
for a great r form. So It was when
Abraham Lincoln led the. Republican
party agulnst the entrenched power of
slavery.
But even then It was a new party
that made the fight. The old parties
had been too timid to do It, or too
corrupt to do It.
Today there are great issues, the
same Issues that have divided people
since human society was formed.
Lincoln said: "There are two prin
ciples that have stood face to face from
the beginning of time; and jvlll ever
continue to struggle. It Is the same
principle In whatever shape It devel
ops itself. It Is the same spirit that
says, 'You toll und work and earn
bread, and I'll eat It.’ No matter In
what shape It comes, whether from the
mouth of a king that seeks to bestride
the people of his own nation and live
by the fruit of their labor, or from one
race of men ns nn apology for enslav
ing another race, it Is the same tyran
nical principle."
Same Issue Exists Today.
The same issue exists tod^y in trust
domination, trust oppression, trust ex
tortion. There Is still a class t.iat
says: "You toll and work and earn
bread and I’ll eat It." But neither of
the old parties distinctly represents
either side of the Issue.
There are trust Republicans and Lin
coln Republicans. There are trust
Democrats and Jefferson Democrats.
No longer does the word Deihocracy
define any definite doctrine and the
word Republican express any particu
lar principle.
Under such conditions party devo
tion only divides the people's strength
and fortifies their enemies who are uni
ted ngalnst them.
I*et the people unite In their own
Interest.
Let the people vote Independently
nnd for the public good.
Let them vote for honest men and
honest measures. Irrespective of party,
and they will soon find themselves once
more the great power *ln the republic
that politicians will regard and even
organized wealth will respect.
It Is most gratifying and encourag
ing to find that this fact Is being gen-»
crnlly recognized and that Independ
ence In voting Is Increasing with ev
en* election.
In Illinois -at the last election, when
the state went 3go,000 Republican, the
people of this district had the dis
crimination to return to congress a
Democrat, the Hon. Henry T. Rainey,
who has served them with conspicuous
fidelity nnd ability.
In Pennsylvania, In the present cam
paign, the sincere Democrats have re
pudiated the unspeakable Guffey, and
have united with the Lincoln Republi
cans In a movement which represents
the character and conscience of that
community.
’’Breed of Yellow Dogs Too Poor.”
From New York to California, tho
people are realizing that the success of
popular government depends upon the
care and conscientiousness, the Intelli
gence and Impartiality, with which ev>
ery individual vote is cast.
A man can no longer take credit to
himself for supporting a yellow dog
that happens to have been nominated
by his party.
/The breed of yellow dogs has become
too poor and the marks of the corpora
tion collar are too plainly visible around
their mongrel necks.
But the Independent voter, with the
best Intentions often meets with much
difficulty and deception.
He sometimes finds that the man he
has trusted has been captured by the
corporations.'
Unhappy examples of such cases are
Grover Cleveland, In his second term,
and District Attorney Jerome.
The people supported each of these
men, believing him to be true and their
friend, and the corporations added their
support, knowing him to be their chat-
contains 60 acres, for which $200 an
acre was paid. The grounds are adja
cent. to the camp grounds of the
Old Salem Association, which Is one
of the oldest and most prosperous of
Its kind in Illinois, and it agreed to
comply with the spirit and letter of
Mr. Hearst’s proposition.
The New York congressman made an
address to a large gathering Friday at
the Chautauqua, and was received with
a great demonstration of welcome.
erected mayor at that election and a
corporation Republican governor at the
next.
A third party was .straightway start
ed to restore to the American citizen
his freedom of choice.
The Independence League has since
formed as a permanent organization to
meet such situation and to protect the
political rights of the citizen.
Speaking at Albnny of the league,
endeavored to define It as follows:
"The fundamental principle of the
Independence League is Independence—
Independence of boss rule, Independ
ence of corporation control and Inde
pendence of any party subject to boss
rule and corporation control."
Our Idea Is to revert to the first prin
ciples of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, which Jefferson, the found
er of the Democratic party, wrote, and
from which Lincoln, practically the
founder of the Republican party, drew
his every inspiration.
Lincoln, speaking In Independence
Hall on February 22, 1861, said:
“I only say that all the political sen
timents I entertain have been drawn
ns near as I have been able to draw
thdtn, from the sentiments which orig
inated In, and were given to the world
from this hall. I have never had a feel
ing politically that did not spring from
the sentiments embodied In the Dec
laration of Independence."
Fight to Sustain a Free Ballot.
We believe that these broad and
fundamental principles offer ground
upon which Jeffersonian Democrats
and Lincoln Republicans can unite to
defeat the machinations of machines In
the Interests of a privileged few and
to maintain a government for the
greatest number.
will enter upon a campaign this
fall In New York to sustain the sa
cred American right of a free ballot
and a fair count.
In the last election the people of
New York were disgracefully defrnud-
We can convict the machines of
fraud. Our opponents, by their action,
admit fraud, and seventeen convicts
sent to the penitentiary prove that
fraud.
But both parties have entered Into a
criminal combination to deny to the
people of New York an honest count of
the ballots actually cast. They havo | pie and for the people.’
of those who have started the mm*»
ment. It will serve as a place "h,V,
chorus girls may be trained and ed™
rated for their work, and also as *
home, should illness or age prevent
them from continuing In their t,r .
fesslon. 1
. Rud<l - brother-in-law of Mr
Lnckefeller. u*n« nnir*/t i,.... . *
whether he had heard of the move-
ment.
“No. I have heard nothing of It n..r
of Mr. Rockefeller's Intention to aid
It, he replied. "The report might be
true, although I am Inclined to ours-
tlon It.”
There is a large contingent on Broad,
way also who prefer to suspend iudz.
ment until more definite news comes
out from Cleveland.
Stenstands are cropping up all over
the country these days. Here In New
York Detective -Sergeant Duggan re|,
sure he had nailed the missing Chica
go banker.
“Hello, Paul: how’dy leave every,
thing out In Chicago?"
This waa the way Duggan greeted
William Keogh, an actor, as he tvas
dining on Broadway.
"Ouess again," replied Keogh. "I'm
not Paul."
"Sure you are," Insisted Duggan
“You're Paul Stensland, the Chicago
banker, for whom there Is a reward of
*5,000.'"
Then he started to arrest Keogh, but
"Eddie" Dunn, who knew Duggan, res
cued the actor.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 20.
1592—George Vllllers, duke of Buckingham,
born.
1642—Gatee of Coventry abut agnlnut King
~ Charles of Kuglanu.
1701—Hlr Chnrlca Medley, poet, died.
1776—Fight In Iludaou river between Amer
ican tire ships and British men of-
war.
1823—Pope Pins VII died.
18&—Adrlitnople taken by the Russlnns,
1833—Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third
president of United States, born. Died
1847—Battle of Churabusco, Mexico.
1852—Htenmer Atlanta loet on Lake Erie;
250 perished.
1865—Finnl proclamation of cessation of
hostilities In the civil war.
1883—Eight Chicago anarchists sentenced to
death.
her.
Insane man, who threatenei
olutlonary acts,
responsibility before the people this
fall.
We have complete confidence In the
Integrity and Independence of the peo
ple. We depend not upon party preju
dice, but upon patriotism and public
plrlt.
We call to our cause the living words
of patriots dead, of Washington, who
said: "Beware of the baneful effects
of party spirit and of the ruin to which
Its extremes must lead."
Of Jefferson, who wrote; "If I could
not go to heaven without a party, I
would not go there at all.”
Of Jackson, who wrote: "In every
sectlpn party and party feeling should
be avoided.”
Of Lincoln, who said: "The party
lash will overawe Justice and liberty.’’
Our greatest statesmen, our national
heroes, teach us that there Is a senti
ment higher than party loyalty, and It
Is patriotic duty; there Is a purpose no
bler than the success of a political
clique, and It Is the welfare of the
whole people and perpetuation of a
government "of the people, by the peo-
frleiuls, regardless of party loyalty?
Tarty loyalty Is a fine thing when
a great issue la at stake and when one
*—* w represents a noble effort that a corporation Democrat should be
This betrayal of public confidence
Is n grave danger to which even the
most conscientious voter Is exposed,
and to guard against It a candidate
should be carefully weighed and Judged,
not by his profession* alone, but by
his associations as well.
Axiom of the Corporations.
It may be set down as an axiom that
the corporations never support a man
that they do not expect to use. Again,
the independent voter frequently finds
little opportunity for a Judicious vote,
the machines of both parties having
combined against the people and unit
ed In the corporation service.
Such a situation existed In New York
last fall. The machines of the two old
parties had apparently entered Into a
•gentleman's agreement” for a division
of the spoils, with an understanding
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will appear from time to time Information Illustrating the
remarkable development of the South which deserves something more than pass
ing attention.
Extending Small Railroads.
We have pointed out more than once In these columns that the de
velopment in railroads In this section Is one of the most notable feature,
of the growth and progress of the South.
It has been shown that there la almost a famine In plg-lron, so great Is
the demand for structural Iron throughout this section, and the demand
for mils alone would largely account for this fact. These lines are to be
used In developing and handling the output of Industries such as coal min
ing, lumbering, phoaphale mining, the gathering of naval stores, etc.
The Manufacturers' Record points out that there la scarcely a state In
the South In which the building of small lines Is not In progress In a num
ber of localities. In the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee much of the construction of small lines is done by the trunk
roads as feeders, although not a few Independent pieces of work are un
der way. In the slates named a large proportion of this new building I*
on account of coal, although lumbering figures In the situation to some es-
tent. Farther south, In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florldffi
Alabama, Mississippi, and even beyond In Arkansas ant} Louisiana, the de
velopment of timber land and the producta therefrom la mainly responsi
ble for the building of many short railroads. This type of construction Is
particularly active Just now throughout these states, and how useful It be
comes In the later development of the country Is now shown by the utili
zation of several small lines In Georgia, by means of connections. In mak
ing a through route from Auguata to the Gulf of Mexico.
Continuing, The Manufacturera' Record eays: "The activity of this
variety of railroad work Is Indicated by the reports of new Incorpora
tions received by The Manufacturers' Record, hardly a day passing with
out one or more companies being chartered to build such lines. But It
does not always happen that the first building of one of these lumbt”
roads, or even of coal lines. Is of small extent. For Instance, the Good
year line In Mississippi, a lumber road, Is to be 100 miles 'long from the
beginning, construction for that amount of track being already under way.
In addition to the tracknge of the line previously built and which was
purchased to form the nucleus of this railroad. On the other hand, the
Tidewater Railroad, which will be oyer 400 miles Jong In Virginia and
West Virginia, Is an example of what an Influence coal mining may have
upon the devev.plng of a new line.
"The construction of small lines of railroad promises to continue In
definitely throughout the entire South, the riches of tho country In botll
mines and forests being so great that none can now sea the end of thew
development.” i