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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1JKW. A The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rstes: One, Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, • per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alihams Street, Atlentz; Gs. 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