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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THrnsnAY, august 3. mn.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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under her own rule and U would be a pity to create In the
mind of the world In general that the Latin races are con
stltutlonally Incapable of self-government.
We have practically pledged our faith that this was
not-true, and we will see. to It that the Cuban people
have a fair opportunity to govern themselves before we
annex them to the United States, though this should ul
tlmately be the fate of the Island: republic.
Enlrr.il as serond-clamatter April IS. ISOS, at the Poatofflea at
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consresa of March X Ul*.
Congratulations to Mayor Joyner.
We congratulate "Cap" Joyner moat heartily Upon
hla nomination to be the next Democratic mayor of the
city of Atlanta. Nothing could be more appropriate than
this culmination of the splendid career of fidelity ard
devotion which this able and popular citizen has given to
the city of hla birth and adoption. The nature and de
gree of the service which “Cap" Joyner has rendered to
Atlanta through Its famous Are department, can scarcely
be appreciated by those who give merely a casual thought
to the work he has done. It la only those who are closest
to him that realize the danger, the exposure, the tabor,
the sacrifice and the eternal vigilance which have made
such a service possible.
Mayor Joyner will enter upon his official duties not
only with a full confidence but with the loyal alfectloh
of his friends and fellow citizens. We expect of him a
clean, clear-cut and patriotic administration and feel'sure
that he will give It to us. He will begin work with less
friction, with less suspicion than any mayor that Atlanta
has had in years, and hla way should be smooth during
an administration which ought to be memorable- In the
history of Atlanta.
The race of Mr. T. H. Goodwin was simply amaz
ing, running as ho did against-the confessedly most pop
ular citizen pf Atlanta. With a comparatively brief ex
perience In the city council and without the enlistment
of many powerful agencies In his behalf. Mr. Goodwln’i
race was in all respects a remarkable one and must re
main as a tribute to his energy, to his tact and to hts
personal popularity.
It will nlso be well for.the thoughtful minded cltl-
xen to Inquire whether Mr. Goodwin's remarkable race
was not due to another element which we will hear from
again in a subsequent campaign.
It cannot well be passed over In the minds of
thoughtful men that one of the chief planks in Mr Good
win's platform was that of municipal ownership of pub
lic franchises!
The Georgian’s Great News Feat.
The Georgian may fairly and without Immodesty claim
tbe laurels of pre-eminence In the presentation and dis
tribution of the Important and thrilling news of Wednes
day's election.
The people all over the stale turned to The Georgian
for reliable Information because of the reputation which
this paper has made and maintained for fairness and im
partial truth In. the treatment of public affairs. Early in
the morning telegrams began to come In from South Geor
gia to the telegraph offlcea and to private correspondents
saytng, "send us The Georgian's estimate; send us The
Georgian's report."
And, these Inquiries marked the happiest personal
Incident of the day to this paper which rejoices In the ex
pression of confidence Implied.
Between the hour of noon and the hour of midnight
The Georgian Issued ten extras which were placed on the
atreets and sold like hot cakes, and almost above every
other paper up to the hour of midnight. The reports
contained In those extras as received by telegraph, by
telephone and by mall, were not changed by any later
advice and stand as a tribute to the accuracy and pains
taking care of our correspondents.
In the local display of the news In Atlanta The Geor
gian was far ahead of every other city newspnper. An
esteemed contemporary gave able and frequent reports
upon the wall directly across the narrow street from Its
office. But neither the publicity of the location nor the
space allowed for the people permitted any such prowd
as that which gathered at the Intersection of Peachtree,
Marietta nnd Decatur streets to witness the news dashed
on the big wall to the multitude of people gathered to see
it It Is doubtful If there were at any tlmo tnoro than
2,000 people In front of the Broad street display, while
there were many times more than 16,000, and at ono time
as niauy as 20,000 people shouting and* cheering the re
turns displayed by The Georgian In this great central lo
cation.
Equipped with an especially leased tclegrnph wire
and long distance telephone extensions running direct to
tbe big stereoptlcon placed In tho rooms. The Georgian
was able to throw the returns Into the eyes of the people
within 16 minutes after they were announced, oven from
the most retno. 1 sections of the state.
It was a genuine pleasure to this paper to be able to
afford such a service to a people who were eagerly nox
ious to hear the moat reliable news, and The Georgian
was richly rewarded for Its expenditure of money and
energy, by the enthusiastic and hearty appreciation of
the thousands who surrounded Its great bulletin board
up to a late hour In tho night
Hoke Smith—Governor-Elect.
White Supremacy!
Rate Regulation !
Restraint of Corporations!
Disfranchisement of the Negro!
These are the magic words that wrought the revolu
tion.
This Is the shibboleth under which the battle was
fought and won.
This Is the platform that swept the state In the
political tidal wave of all Its history.
A great platform and a great candidate. A great
policy and a great man.
But the platform was greater than the candidate.
The policy was more potential than the man.
Any man upon this platform would have swept tljjs
state at this time.
It is no reflection upon Hoke Smith's magnificent
campaign to say this, because he himself has said frankly
and generously a hundred times that It was not himself
but his platform that appealed to the people.'
We make bold to say that If Hoke Smith, with all
his power of brains and personality, had championed
an opposite platform, and If any man of courage and hon
esty, even If less able, had preached white supremacy and
railway regulation persistently and exclusively, he would
have won even as Hoke Smith has won.
The air of the republic Is permeated with the spirit
of reform, aqd a strong mam has only to breathe it and
exhale it to sweep the hustings’ and the ballot boxes In
this year, of grace and liberty.
But In this campaign n great man and a great plat
form met Perhaps no man among the splendid publi
cists of our present Georgia could have brought to this
reform crusade n personality so powerful and inspiring
as Hoke Smith. His great frame, his powerful voice, his
lion courage, and his great aggressive record as a law.
yer and a public leader, carried In every tone of i his
ceaseless advocacy the conviction to the mind and judg-
ment of the people, that here was a great big man—a
giant of controversy and used to battle, who knew how
and would dare to execute the people's will. No person
al presence and record In Georgia would have carried
such assurance of execution as Hoke Smith’s has done.
And this was his personal power with the people.
Here was the point at which his personality cahght and
held them. Here was the man who could do It—If any
body could—what the people wanted done.
Mr. Smith's mental and physical endurance was pro
digious. To have made 225 speeches In a single campaign
-S-to have spoken In 144 counties of the state and to have
sustained In every speech an even average of power,
clearness and convincing eloquence, was a feat almost
unparalleled In politics. It explains In a personal way
the phenomenal fact that this one man running against
four of the strongest men In the state, beat not any two of
them combined, or any three of them combined, but all
four of them combined, with nil the agencies of politics
and machinery and experience and position. .
It Is from first to last the record-breaking campaign
and tbe record-breaking victory in Georgia's history.
And now what of the future? Hoke Smith has won.
He goes Into office pledged to, Jwo of-the-mightiest re
forms that ever - concerned the commercial and-the so
cial life of a people. If anybody, can carry theso re
forms Into effect, he can do so. He knows law and
he knows government, and he knows the people and he
knows no fear. If ho can execute to the letter the
pledges of his campaign Hoko Smith becomes the central
nnd foremost figure of the South. He knows this, und
this knowledge Is the pledge and guarantee of his faith
ful effort to fulfill. If he were not a sincere and hon
est man, as we earnestly believe him to be, then this
full knowledge of his great opportunity would be in itself
a compelling Inducement to make this effort.
That Governor Smith will do his mighty best along
this line wo do not for ono moment doubt. Tbe nearer
duty Is tor the people who have placed him In power to
hold up his bands with one accord In execution. With
the full and active support of all the people whose ballots
have clothed him with responsibility Governor Smith may
hope to project his great reforms far into the realm of
actual accomplishment.
In his great work he shall have Tho Georgian's
full support. His platform has been our platform, and
his victory Is our victory In the largest civic sense of
the word.
Steadily, consistently, and yet without passion or
bitterness we ltavn championed tho principles which
linvo won the now governor hts chair of state. Not as
a fierce and eager partisan of the man, and not in furious
headlines, but from time to time when tho issue was ever
in doubt, we have given our faith and the reasons for Its
existence. And there are almost as many who have
been reached'by the calmer statement as by the more
eager and excited advocacy.
And now, /when the real and serious battle of the
new governor's career Is Just begun we give him the
calm but sincere assurance that along the lines of the
mutual beliefs In which we have triumphed, be shall have
no more steadfast friends and co-laborers than The Geor
gian and Its staff.
clared alleglamy? to Its principles Rtid has never been
consistent with the ante-election pledges which he has
made.
They are moving heaven and earth and the powers
of the air and the ixowers under the earth—principally
tbe latter—In New York, to defeat the nomination of
William R. Hcarst. His name has been for a decade
the ono namo to strike terror to the trusts and to tbe
syndicates and to the corporate powers that plunder and
bleed and oppress the people In thaT great metropolis.
And the reppbllc may be sure that no amount of money
or debauchery of the people will be spared to defeat tho
nomination of this man.
This Is the poople’s year, and In William R. Hearst
the people have a candidate who can neither be Intimi
dated by violence nor bribed by power. He has had the
good sense to surround himself with an armameqt of
publicity as powerful as the forces that oppose him.
And he has never hesitated to put his convictions and
his political creeds In'the balance of tbe'ballot without
apprehension and without fear either of victory or of
defeat
It will be strange Indeed and unworthy of the
great spirit of these stirring times if a political her
maphrodite like Jerome should be successfully used ns
an obstacle In the triumphant path of the best and
bravest Democrat of our modern Democracy.
We will wait to see.
Clark Howell’s Card.
The Georgian congratulates the Hon. Clark Howell
upon the strong and dignified announcement In which he
accepts In Thursday's Constitution tho results of the bal
lot of Wednesday and the assured nomination of his
great competitor.
Nothing that Mr. Howell has written or spoken during
bis long and vigorous campaign has been stronger, clear
er and more dignified than his final statement to the pub
lic. He asserts, as he has a right to do, the Integrity of
his political position during tho campaign, and gives
clearly and powerfully the reasons for tho position he
has assumed and defended upon the hustings. Better
than this. Mr. Howell, without a suggestion of bitterness,
frankly nnd fully accepts the verdict of the primaries and
pledges his allegiance to the Democratic party under Its
new leadership and to the policies Its new leader main
tains. '
Such a statement strips defeat of Its sting and is In
Itself a gallant victory won from the heart of disaster.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this hMd trill appear from time to time Information Illustrating the
remarkable development of the South which deserves something tnoro than pass
ing attention.
The Cuban Revolution.
The underlying causes of the Cuban revolution,
which la now claiming space in the newspapers 'and
bringing back.to our recollection the familiar names of
the cities and provinces which were tbe theater of con
flict nearly a decade ago, are not clear.
There are Intimations that a certain class of people
who will never be satisfied until Cuba Is annexed to the
United States-are really behind the movement, but a
more plausible explanation lies In the suggestion that It Is
largely due to the desire pf the outs to get In. ’ -
The Cuban people have not become quite familiar
with the Idea of representative government. They have
not yet learned to capture the spoils by capturing the
machine or stuffing the-ballot box. so their mercurial na
ture impels them to make an appeal to arms and stir up a
"revolution
There Is no danger that this little shindy will ever
attain to any such Importance as tbe revolutions which
distracted the Island In the years gone by. The real
grievances which gave a substantial Inspiration to those
earlier contests are distinctly lacking and the whole thing
will terminate In a few Inglorious arrests of the leading
"generals." with tbe possible Intervention of tbe strong
arm of the United States.
This latter contingency, In the opinion of many. Is
what a certain class of the revolutionists want—and will
not be happy unUI they get It But Cuba has prospered
Hearst and Jerome.
- It Is not at all astonishing that Mr. William Travers
Jerome, of New York, should virulently abuse Mr. Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, of New York.
Mr. Jerome wants to be governor. He is willing to
accept the nomination from any party that will choose
him. He Is flirting with tile Republican^ and coquetting
with the Democrats, and he Is plastic aqd pliable In his
opinions to them both. He is the friend and comrade of
every ultra-conservative Democrat who flourishes upon
the trusts or fattens upon the syndicates of the metrop
olis. "
In the way of his ambitions stands that Invincible
man of the people who, ns editor of Tbe New York Amer
ican and eight other Democratic newspapers, has been
straightforward, fearless and absolutely consistent In his
fight for the people since he came Into public life. Mr.
Hearst has exposed at every stage of the game Jerome’s
record of an unbroken series of election pledges. He
has shown that while on the stump the district attorney
was a terror to the ballot stuffers, to tbe Insurance fiends
and to the Ice combines, but that as soon as he came
Into office he ignored election thugs, let Perkins go un-
whlpped of Justice and winked at the Ice trust He has
declared that all the talk about trusts Is equally non
sense, and that he Is not and never has been a mem
ber of any political organization.
It would be evldenea of political prostitution on the
part of the Democratic party of New York to nominate a
man like William Travers Jerome, who has never de-
Atlanta Doubles the County’s Average Growth.
There Is not an angle from which we can view the commerce of the
South, there Is no combination of figures for purposes of comparison,
which do not shed a flood of light on tbe marvelous growth and prog
ress of this section.
If we take the South as a whole we find that the amount of capital
Invested here Increases 65 per cent In five years, while In tho country
as a whole these Investments Increase only 42 per cent.
If we consider the state of Georgia we find, a still more gratifying’
condition, for the increase In the amount of capital .Invested for five
years Is 70 per cent, or 6 per cent- greater than for the South as a
whole.
- And then we have the further fact that from present Indications the
tax digest of this grand old commonwealth will show an Increase of
something like $50,000,000 as compared with last year.
Finally when we come down to Atlanta alon.e the same pre-emi
nence is shown. Take Che bank clearlags or the building permits by
the month, or the wee 1 : or tbe year and the same steady progress, as
compared with corresponding periods of previous years. Is shown.
Below we present the figures for the month of July as to the amount
of new buildings erected In 57 cities as compared with the same month
last year. These figures were officially sent to The American Contrac
tor, of Chicago, and furnish some gratifying Information as to Atlanta
and her comparative standing among! the leading cities, of the United
States.
These figures show that Atlanta's growth last month, as compared
with July of last year, is twice as great as that of the genera] average
of the 57 leading cities. Her Increase was 65 per cent while the average
of all the cities was only 31 per cent
With a few exceptions, the cities which tailed to discount their
last year’s record are of the minor class, -and were not expected to ex
ceed the totals of tbe prosperous month of July, 1905. The percentage of
gain, as compared with the same month of the past year, are: Atlanta
65, Baltimore - 50, Birmingham 166, Bridgeport 92, Buffalo 87, Chicago 28,"
Denver 21, Duluth 61, Grand Rapids 88, Jersey City 120, Little Rock 100,
Louisville 128, Los Angeles 37, Minneapolis 81, Memphis 36, Mobile 76,
Newark 38, New Orleans 18, Philadelphia 45, Pittsburg 16, Portland,
Ore., 166, Rochester 88, St. Louis 41, St. Paul 11, San Antonio 80, Scranton
47, Seatle 27, Spokane 32. Salt Lake City 138, Topeka 161, Tacoma 74,
Worcester 77. The reaction in Greater Pfew York amounts to 30 per'
cent, although the borough of Brooklyn made a gain of 16 per cent dur
ing this time, and the aggregate gain of 67 cities Is 31 per cent Tbe
losses are mostly confined to smaller cltlts, as shown In 'the table of
THE SI?A.
(From “Childs Harold.")
There he n pleasure In the pathless woods,
There Is n rupture on the lonely shore.
There. Is society where none Intrudes
By the deep sen. nnd intttle in its ro-ir:
I lore not man the leu*, l»at nature inure.
I rent these our Interviews, In widt h I steel
rrom nil I may lw\ or have boon before.
To mingle with the universe, nod feel
■tatlstlcs:
July,
July,
July,
July,
1906.
1905.
1906.
1905.
City.
Cost
Cost.
City.
Cost.
Cost.
Atlanta
.$ 472.6S6
$ 284,198
Manhattan.
$ 8,349,600
$16,480,600
Baltimore .. .
. 1,060,000
705,000
Alteration*
. 1,274,715
1,367,407
Birmingham .
. 432,500
169,000
Brooklyn ..
. 8,006,723
6,872,822
Bridgeport. .
.. 201,157
104,380
Bronx
5,022,960
Buffalo .. ..
.. 1,038,500
553,584
Alterations. 34,455
47,870
Chicago .. ,.
4,849.960
3,778,390
New York .
20,755,443
29,741.559
Chattanooga .
. 100,575
120,693
Omaha
. 352,350
1,045,650
Cincinnati . .
. 545,340
777,225
Philadelphia
4,065,410
2,790,155
Dallas. .. .
. 234,886
217,674
Pateraon ..
.. 99,857
102,608
Denver . . .
356,438
Pittsburg ..
. 1,586,283
1,366,794
Detroit . . .
.. 1,062,000
974,200
Pueblo ... „
19,820
24,144
Duluth . . .
. 183,715
113,855
Portland ...
. 741,476
277,735
Evansville .
. 61,633
149,633
Rochester ..
. 591,205
314,410
2,374,395
Grand liaptds
.. 308,857
163,862
St. Louis ..
. 3,538,770
Harrisburg .
.. 192,950
232,185
St. Paul ...
, 510,370
456.910
Hartford . .
.. 379,616
611,657
San Antonio
. 102,225
50,721
Jersey City .
. ..441,068
199,772
Scranton ...
. 298,705
203,040
Kansas City .
. 880.555
874,570
Seattle
. 1,502,663
1,177,114
Knoxville . .
. 41,390
207,600
Spokane ...
295,800
Little Rock.
.. 218.123
108,042
South Bend
. 593,665
676,152
Louisville t .
. 937,57G
408,805
Syracuse ...
. 388,295
516.360
Los Angeles..
. 1,783,628
1,304,108
Salt Lake City 142,500
59,795
Manchester .
.. 67,000
81.120
Topeka ....
65,700
Milwaukee . .
. 709,154
714,961
Toledo
. 248,591
376,562
Minneapolis .
. 1,600,820
' 881,975
Terre Hauto
.. 83,795
97,075
Memphis ....
Mobile
. 411,995
302,773
Tacoma
162.352
75,682
42,921
Washington.
.. 988,451
1,271,279
Nashville ....
274,939
Worcester .
. 324,768
182,845
New Haven ..
.. 220,847
163,663
Wllkesbarre.
. 175,808
205,565
Newark
. 1,231,228
892,663
New Orleans
. 405,617
343,835
Total
$78,615,830
69,954,941
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
Knloker—Take care of the pennies—
Boeker— And the dollars will, take care
of the campaign fund.—New York 8un.
Jnck Iluffgnrd—Shall I aak your fathert
Miss Innlt-No; Just tell hlm-youTe so
big nnd atrupg you don't need to a*k.“
Crltle.
Patience—When I wag young I had, at
lenst. ttfty often for my hind.
Practice— 1 Those were wbst you might
call your pnlmy dnys, I suppose.—Tit lilts.
. said little Will!#* looking un from
bis book, "what are •gastronomiesr"
**Oh—or lemme see.” snhl pm. "Ob.
they’re these country Jays that blow ont
the gas."—Philadelphia Ledger.
She—Why did Professor Hchnlcker stop
plnvlug nt Mrs. lord's innalral? ^
He—He said he hnd to because the con
versation wns not pitched In the name key
■s his music— Harper’a Weekly.
••What I regard as most conspicuous
about IJeorgle usyson, sitld Mrs. Oldens-
‘ *. ••!* her nnlvet#:"
•Yes," replied her hoaten*. •*! wonder
whsi made her get a red one? '—Moderu
Society.
horse would win that race."
I thought I did/*
Oh. well: accidents^ will _happen.
Married, are you?** laughed Wa friend,
thought you were n eonllrturd obi
"l thought so, too," replied the doctor,
but I struck « patient with a hod case
of heart trouble, and the only way I
could cure her was l»y proposing."-^!**-
trolt Free Press.
•Mat** aald little Willie, for the tenth
Gabble? Walt until we’re through talk
ing." .
"Hut, mn, I want to say this today."—
Philadelphia Press.
"8sy, Gallon, whaf Is the name of that
new poker club you are going to Join?"
"Why, The Office/ "
" The Office!’ Isn’t that a rather o<|d
name?"
"Not nt all. It Is so very convenient to
tell your wife you were detalued at The
Office/ "—Chicago News.
HJram Powers hnd put tbe finishing
touches 011 bis Greek slave.
. . w
he said, standing
nm no such fool i „
Struck by n smblei
Anthony Comstock uugiu ne lingering
somewhere In the nelghltorhood, he has
tened to throw a sheet over It.—Chicago
Tribune.
TOBACCO, “NATIONAL FLOWER.**
From tbe New Orteaua Picayune.
If the great republic must have n (lower,
why uot adopt the tobacco plnirt tXIco-
tlnim talMicumt? It la n native of this
country, and was first found In Virginia.
There Is nothing sectional or local nliout
the plant, because today It Is grown In
most of the states from FloHda mid
l,«Mjl»lnun to Connecticut, nnd 1s now used
In every nation mi* the globe, clvfUtfi! and
barbarian. If It Is p4»*s!ble to obtain It. It
Is not commonly knowu that the tobacco
plant bears u very pretty pink blossom,
which might come Into the' flower gardens
but for Its rank nnd disagreeable odor.
The Indian corn, or mslse. Is another
plant Indigenous to the United Htates. and
was found In uoe as food by tbe Indians
from Virginia and Massachusetts.
Hut If we must have a flower that Is es
teemed ns such without regard to any
economic considerations or utilitarian qual
ities, why not adopt tbe laurel fLauni* lsll-
follm, uioyntnlu laurel or bruafl-leaf laurel?
Roll on, thou deep nnd dflrk blue Oceau—
roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep oyer thee In
vain;
lljn marks tb« earth with nitn-hli control
8tops with the shore;—upon the watery
plain #
The wrecks are alt thy, decal, uor doth re
main
A shadow of man’s ravage, save his own.
.When, for n moment, like n drop of rain.
He sinks into thy depths with bubbling
groan,
Without a grave, unknelled, uncofflned
nnd unknown.
Ills atc^a tire not upon thy # paths—thy
Are not a spoil for him—thou doit arise
Aud shake him from thee; the vile strength
he wields
For earth’s destruction thou dost nil de
spise,
Spurning him from thy bosom to tbo
skies.
And send’st him, shivering In thy playful
spray
And^howllng, to his gods, where haply
Ills petty hope In some uonr port or buy
The armaments which thunderstrlke tbe
dtlcs, bidding nations
walls
rock-built
quake
The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs
make
Their day creator the vain title take
Of lord of thee nnd arbiter of war,—
These are thy toys, and, as the snowy
flake,
y melt
mar
Thy shores are empires, changed In* all
save thee;
Assyria, Greco, Rome, Carthage, what
free,
And many a tyrant since; thdr shores
obey
The stranger, slave or savage; thdr decay
Haa dried up realms to deserts; not so thou*
Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
play, : *
Time writes no wrlqkles on thine psufs
.brow; -
Such ns creation's dawn beheld, thou roll
Thou glorious mirror, where the Al<
mighty's form
crosses Itself In tempests; In all time,
Calm or convulsed—lu breexe, or gale, or
ntonu,
Icing tho pole, or In the torrid dime
I)ark-heavlng; bouudlcss, endless and sub
lime,
The Image of Eternity—the throne
Of the Invisible! eveu from out thy
slime
The monsters of tbe deep are made; each
sene
Obeys thee; thon gocat forth, dread, fnth-
1 wautoned with thy breakers—they to
me
Were, n delight; nnd If the freshening
And laid my hand upon thy mane—an
-LORD IIYROL
! GOSSIP
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.
Thou still unrnvlahed bride of quietness!
»ii foster-child of Silence and slow
Time.
Sylvan historian, who ennat thus express
* flowery tnlo mere sTTeetly than our
rlivnie:
When* lenf-fringed legend haunts nbont thy
shape
What men or goila are these? What maid
ens loath?
What mnil pursuit? Whnt struggles to es-
Heard melodies are sweet, but those
heard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes,
• or *
the
deareil.
Pipe to the spirit ill’ties of no tone.
Fair youth lienenth the trees, thou canal
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By ITIi.It,' l.c.1,,,,1 Wire,
New York, Aug. 23.—The new, thxt
enme up from the Lone Star State la«
week thnt L. H. It, Green, eon of th,
enormously Wealthy Hetty Green ha,
keen nominated by the Republican, f„r
governor of Texas ha, created a Hut,
ripple here, where politic*, like every
thing else, Is as dull a, ditch water
during these August dog days. Youn.
Green—he Is still In his thirties—|*
known only by reputation here. But
he has been active In politics down la
Texa, for quite a long time, consider
Ing hts age, and the politicians l n ti, a ,
* e n?l°? ! oni: "partied him a* .
comer. It Is pointed out by thm!
acquainted with nls career that "\e,r
Green was taking part In practical /
Hies long before this present-day (ad
nm.- for rich young men to seek
He has been In Texas about
t years, and always has been in‘
terested In the polities of the state h!
served three terms as chairman or th!
state committee and was delegate to
the national convention. 10
No one thinks for a moment that
there to any chance for a Republican to
be elected ' governor of Texas at th«
present time. The Republican „:, r "y
I I, badly split In the state, with
tickets In tne field. Green Is the
nominee of what Is termed' the "reor!
ganlzed faction, which Is making war
on the element of-which Cecil I.
the recognized leader. *
But whether or not young Green ha,
a ghost of a show of winning out hi,
cflttdlrlary Is bound to give ginger to
the Texas campaign this fall. If mone
ls needed to put the political nmohin.
ery in good running order. Hettv (keen
will furnish any amount. "Ned.” as *h«
fondly call, him. Is the Idol of her
heart. No matter how close she may
be In business affairs or how penu
rious she may be In regard to her per.
zonal expenditures, "the richest worn:
an In America" Is liberal to the ex.
treme where her son la concerned it
to believed that Hetty Green would
cheerfully give up millions to make
"Ned" governor of Texas If she thought
he really wanted It and that money
would get It. t
The Damon and Pythias friendship
existing between Miss Norma Munro
and Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne could
not stand the strain of the artres,-
manager. The nominal cause of the
trouble was an unpaid rent bill, hut It
Is suspected the new husband Is really
what Is the matter. In any event, th,
once Inseparables are no longer to
gether, and the courts have been called
In to settle differences. Thus end,
the friendship that hair been heralded
far and wide as the feminine prototype
of Damon and Pythias, and Incontro
vertible proof that women can enter
tain an unselfish and faithful affection
for each other.
Next to a good winner the American
public of all grades likes a good loser.
Hence It was not strange that the sum
mer residents of Newport turned out
In large number, on the grounds of
Lands End, the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Livingstone Beekman. where
an Informal reception wns given to
Miss May Sutton, former woman lawn
tennis champion of America, who made
so hard a fight to retain the champion
ship In England and who frankly said
when she failed that she was beaten
by a better player.
The proprietor of one of the leading
gambling houses at Saratoga realizes
today' :that' he Mftffe ;a “mistake when
he . "lifted the Ikl." He thought he
would take a chance and Invited a
lew to visit his place and try their
luck. The game was faro nnd the limit
the highest, because he wanted to get
the money quickly. At the end of three
hours three men, famed In the sporting
world, rolled up Into snug bundles
842,000 In the aggregate. Then the
gamester decided to cl os* up for good.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Prlrste Lessed Wire,
New York. Aug. 28.—Hero are some
of the visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. H. L. Campbell, T.
N. Forbes, G. Hough, W. F. Manry, Jr,
\V. B. Huston, Dr. W. Kendrick.
AUGUSTA—A. H. Alston.
MACON—H. M. McKay.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 23.
1306-Hlr William Wallow
Siuithflcbl.
rutfl nt
never eanat tbon
Ah.
bare.
Bold lover, i»ev
klaa.
Though winning near tbe goat—yet do not
grieve:
She ran not fnde, though thou hnat not
u thy biles;
Forever wilt thou love, anti ahe l»e fair!
b. happy, happy imiigha! that can not ahc..
Your leavea, nor ever bbl the opting
adieu; »
And happy melodist, unwearied.
Forever piping aonga forever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy lore!
Forever warm and atlll to In* enjorii).
Forever tainting ami forever young:
All breathing tinman passion far above,
That leavea a heart high-sorrowful and
cloyed,
A burning forehead, ami a parching
tongue.
Who are these coming to the aarrlfire?
T« what gr»”»o alfnr. i) mysterious priest,
l.cad’st thou thnt heifer lowing nt the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garland*
•lre«t?
What little town by river or Hcnslmrn,
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
la emptied of Its folk, thin pious morn?
A«*L little town, thv streets forevermore
Will rilent tie. and not a soul to tell
Why thou art desolate con e’er return.
O Attic shape! 'Fair attitude! with hrede
" * mnblena overwrought,
'leu
••'*'•1 nnii uiniueiiN over wrong]
With forest branches and the trodd
Thou, silent form! dost tense us out of
thought
As doth eternity. Cold Pastoral!
When old nge shall this generation waste.
Thon shall remain. In midst of other
woe
Thau ours, a friend to man, to whom
earth, and nil ye need to
“JOAN ^ HEATH.
mini mu mi- .... .# i\,n.
1532-William Warhnnt, arrbldahop or mu
terbury, died. . . . .,
1633—Court of assistants tlrst h$l« «
Charlestown, Mass. •
1764—l-otils XV! of France born. .
ISA3—Completion of the .Northern 1 n,u,f
railroad to the Iltclflc roost.
18K—President Cleveland ••peon tin »
itenpolls Industlral ex|H*sltoln i»y *
1880—Brinfson’s remains removed from> X rW
York to hwedeii with great I'onors.
1898“Marshal D. de Fonseca, first pri-sima*
of Itraxll. died.
1894—Japanese minister to t orea liq
uated.
1SPG—tti-ttlMli battleship Mow hew
Isuuchml.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Underhill Cottage, the former h»mj
of the fate Fanny Forrester, the
authoress" of "Alderbrook Tajc- _
other volumce, located near Eaton, - •
Y„ I, now used as a henhouse.
John Blgelow’.'^ell-known voluma
"The Mystery of Sleep, Jw**
translated Into Russian. This make
the third 1 translation, the book
previously appeared ln * renin
German.
Congressman Cyrus A. ®*' 1 ,^i*-Vved
New Hampshire, has a
reputation as. being the champion I
Utica! wobbler of the day.He n "
stumped the state as Repubman,
Greenbacker and Democrat.
Henry Wolf to the foremost IBM
wood engraver In America. H*
bom In Alsace In 1852, and h»»
eral limes served on the t .
awards at the Paris and other exp^.
tlons. and a Hat of his medals nnd ■>
er honors would fill a long paragraph
Revolting agalnat being am
considered an Infant prodigy
Elman, the boy violinist, has ha ,
on discarding the sBlIor suit h ^
been wont to appear In and has ,n
trousers. He Is now 14 and feel.tw
It IS about time he began to ««
regulation masculine attire.
The rapidly falling health n f l*£
feasor Amos R Dolbear. tbj
head of the physics departmen
Tufts College and original In* r" , e .
both the telephone nnd wlre'e'* _ .
graph, to becoming a matter ”t x
concern to many of his close u
who are aware of the real condiuw
of the grand old man.