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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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under her own rule and It would bo a pity to create In t
mind of the vorld In general that the Lntln race* are con'
stltutlonally Incapable of self-government
We have practically pledged our faith that this wa*
not true, and we will see to It that the Cuban people
have a fair opportunity to govern thetriaelvea before we
annex them to the United States, though this should
i tlmately be the fate of |he Island republic.
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st 25 V. Alsbsms Street,|
All ants, Gs.
Hoke Smith—Governor-Elect.
White Supremacy!
Rate Regulation !
Restraint of Corporations!
Disfranchisement of the Negro!
These are the magic words that wrought the revolu
got.rM as second-tIsm matter April 55. ISOS, at th» Postofftes at
Atlanta. Oa.. under act of consrea* or Starch I. 1*7*.
tion.
Congratulations to Mayor Joyner.
We congratulate "Cap" Joyner most heartily upon
his 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 and
devotion which this able and popular citizen has given to
the city of his birth and adoption. The nature and de
gree of the service which "Cap" Joyner has rendered to
Atlanta through Its famous Are department, cau scarcely
be appreciated by those who give merely a casual thought
to the work he tins done. It la only those who are closest
to him that realize the danger, the exposure, the labor,
ths sacrifice and the eternal vigilance which have made
such a service possible.
Mayor Joyner will enter upon hla official duties not
only with a full confidence but with the loyal affection
of his friends and fellow citizens. We expect of him a
clean, clear cut and patriotic administration and’ feel sura
(hat he will give It to us. He will begin work with lew*
friction, with less suspicion than any mayor that Atlanta
has had In years, and his way should be smooth during
an administration which ought to be memorable In the
history of Atlanta.
The race of Jlr. T. H. Goodwin was simply a max
ing. running ns he did against the confessedly most pop
ular citizen of Atlanta. With a comparatively brief eg
periencc In the city council and without the enlistment
of many powerful agencies In hla behalf, Mr. Goodwin's
face was In all respects a remarkable one and must re
main ns a tribute to h|s energy, to hla tact and to his
personal popularity.
It will also be well for the thoughtful minded cltl-
sen to Inquire whether Mr. Goodwin's remarkable race
"was not due to another element which we will hear from
again In n subsequent campaign.
It cannot well be passed over In the mlnda 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
the laurels of preeminence In the presentation and dis
tribution of the Important and thrilling news of Wednes
day's election.
The people nil over the state turned to The Georgian
for reliable Information because of the reputation which
this luiper has made and maintained for falrneas 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 offices and to private correspondents
raying, "send us The Georgian's estimate; send us The
Georgian's report."
Ill And these inquiries marked the happiest iiorsonat
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
streets 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 ait our correspondent*.
In the local display of the news In Atlanta Tho Geor
gian was far ahead of every other city newspaper. An
esteemed extemporary 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 crowd
at that which gathered at the Intersection of I’onchtrec,
Marietta and Decatur streets to witness the news flashed
on the big wall to tho multitude of people gathered to see
it. It la doubtful II there were at any time more than
3,000 people In front of the Broad street display, while
there were many times more than 15,000, and at ono time
as many at 20,000 people shouting and cheering the re
turn! displayed by The Georgian in this great central lo
cation.
Equipped with an especially leased telegraph wire
and long distance telephone extensions running direct to
the big stereoptlcon placed In the rooms. The Georgian
was able to throw the returns Into the eyes of the people
within 15 minutes Bfter they wero announced, even from
the moat remo.: sections of the stato.
It was a genuine pleasure tu this paper to be able to
afford such a service to a people who wero eagerly anx-
tous to hear the most reliable news, and The Georgian
was richly rewarded for Its expenditure ol money and
energy, by the enthuslaatlc and hearty appreciation of
the thousunds who surrounded Ita great bulletin'board
up to a late hour In the night.
The Cuban Revolution.
The underlying cautes of the Cuban revolution,
which U now claiming apace In the newupapera and
bringing back to our recollection the familiar names of
ths cities and provinces which wero the theater of con
flict nearly a decade ago. are not clear.
There are Intlmatlone 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 of 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 thetr mercurial na
ture Impelt them to make an appeal to arms and stir up a
"revolution."
There It no danger that this little shindy will ever
attain to any such Importance as the revolutions which
distracted the Island In the years gone by. The real
-grievances which gave a substantial Inspiration to those
earlier contests sre distinctly lacking and the whole thing
will terminate In a few Inglorioua arrest* of the leading
"generals," with the possible Intervention of the strong
cm of the United States.
This Is the shibboleth finder which the battle was
fought and won.
This la the platform that swept the state In the
, political tidal ware of all Ita 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 t))Js
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 hla platform that appealed to the people.
We make bold to aay 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 s and
railway regulation persistently and exclusively, he would
have won even as Hoke Smith has won.
The air of the republic la permeated with the spirit
of reform, and a strong man baa 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 a great man and a great plat
form met. Perhaps no man among the splendid publl
data of our present Georgia could have brought to this
reform crusade a personality so powerful and Inspiring
as Hoke 8mltb. His great frame, hla powerful voice, his
lion courage, and his great aggresstve record as a law
yer and a public leader, carried In every tone of 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 preseoce and record in Georgia would have carried
such assurance of execution as Hoke 8mlth's has done.
And this was hla personal power with the people.
Here was the point at which hla personality caught and
held them. Here was the ifian who could do It—If any
body could—what the people wanted done.
Mr. 8mlth's mental and physical endurance was pro
digious. To have made 225 speeches In a single campaign
—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 all the agencies of politics
and machinery and experience Bnd position.
It Is from first to last the record-breaking campaign
and the record-breaking victory in Georgia's history.
And now what of the future? Hoke Smith has won.
He goes Into office pledged to two of the mightiest re
forms that evor concerned the commercial and the so
cial life of a people. If anybody can carry these re
forms Into effect, he can do so. Ho knows law and
he knowa government, and be knows the people and he
knows no fear. > If he can execute to the letter the
pledges of bis campaign Hoke Smith bocomes tho central
and foremost figure of the South. He knows this, and
this knowledge Is the pledge and guarantee ol hla faith'
ful effort to fulfill. If he were not a sincere and bon'
est man, aa we earnestly believe him to be, then this
full knowledge of hla great opportunity would be In Itself
a compelling Inducement to make this effort.
That Governor Smith will do his mighty bent along
this line we do not for one moment doubt. The nearer
duty Is for the people who have placed him In power to
hold up his hands with one accord In execution. With
the full and active aupimrt of all the people whose lutllols
have clothed him with responsibility Governor Smith may
hope to project hla great reforma far Into tho realm ol
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 havo championed the principles which
have won the new governor his chair of state. Not a a
a fierce and eager partisan of tho man, and not In furious
headlines, but from time to time when the Issue wan ever
In doubt, we have given our faith and tho reasons for Us
existence. And there nre almost as many who have
been reachod by tho calmer statement as by the more
eager and excited advocacy.
And now. when the real and serious battle of the
new governor's career la just begun we goo him the
calm but slncero assurance that along the lines of the
mutual beliefs In which we have triumphed, lie shall have
no more steadfast friends and co-laborers than The Geor
gian and Its staff.
Hearst and Jerome.
It la not at all astonishing that Mr. William Travera
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 the Republicans and coquetting
with the Democrat <, and he la plastic and pliable In bis
opinions to them both. He Is the friend nnd comrade of
every ultra-conservsC-e Democrat who flourishes upon
the trusts or fattens '.i>on the syndicates of the metrop
olis.
In the way of hla ambitions stands that Invincible
man of the people who. aa editor of The New York Amer
ican und 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 atump the district attorney
was a terror to the ballot stutters, to the Insurance fiends
and to the Ice combines, but that as soon aa he came
Into office be Ignored election thuga. let Perkins go un-
whipped 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 organisation.
U would be evidence of political prostitution on the
Tht* latter contingency. In the opinion of many. It
what a certain class of the revolutionists want—and wilt I part of the Democratic party of New York to nominate a
not be happy until they get It. But Cuba has prospered 'man like William Travera Jerome, who has never de
clared allegiance to Its principles and has never bp'
consistent with tho ante-election pledges which he has
made.
They are moving heaven and earth and the powers
of the air and the powers under tho earth—principally
the latter—In New York, to defeat the nomination of
William R. HearaL His name has been for a decade
the one name to strike terror to the trusts and to the
syndicates and to the corporate powers that plunder and
bleed and oppress the people In that great metropolis.
And the republic may be sure that no amount ol money
or debauchery of the people will be spared to defeat the
nomination of this man. *
This is the people'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 bad the
good sense to surround himself with an armament of
publicity as powerful as (he forces that oppose him.
And he has never hesitated to put his convictions and
hla political creeds In the balance of the 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 aa
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 the results of the bal
lot of Wednesday and the assured nomination of hla
great competitor.
Nothing that Mr. Howell has written or spoken during
JiU long and vigorous campaign has been stronger, clear
er nnd more dignified than bis final statement to the pub
lic. He asserts, as he has a right to do. the Integrity of
hla political position during the campaign, and gives
clearly and powerfully the reasons for the position he
has assumed and defended upon the hustings. Better
than this, Mr. Howell, without a suggestion of bitterness,
frankly and fully accept* the verdict of the primaries and
pledges his allegiance to the Democratic party under Its
new leadership and to the policies Ita new leader main
tains.
Such a statement strip* defeat of Its atlng and la In
Itself a gallant victory won from the heart of disaster.
Growth and Progress of the New South
log ftttentloo.
Atlanta Doubles the County’s Average Growth.
There Is not an angle from which we can view the commerce of the
South, there la no combination of figures for purposes of comparison,
which do not shed a flood of light on the marvelous growth and prog
ress of this section.
If wo take the South as a whole we find that the amount of capital
Invested here increases 65 per cent in five years, while In the 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 5 per cent-greater than for the South aa a
whole. * t
And then we have the further fact that from present Indications the
taftdlgest of this grand old commonwealth will show an Increase of
something like $50,000,000 as compaugd with last year.
Finally when we come down to Atlanta alone‘the same pre-emi
nence Is shown. Take the bank clearings'or the building permits by
the month, or the wee': or the 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
lost year. These figures were officially sent to The American Contrac
tor, of Chicago, and furnish some graUfylng Information as to Atlanta
and her comparative standing among the leading cities ot 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 general average
of the 67 leading cities. Her Increase was <5 per cent while the average
of all the cities was only 31 per cent
With a few exceptions, the cities which failed to discount their
last year's record are of the minor class, and were not expected to ex
ceed the totals of the prosperous month of July, 1905. The percentage ot
gain, aa compared with the same month of (he past year, are: Atlanta
65, Baltimore 50, Birmingham 156, Bridgeport 92, Buffalo 87, Chicago 28,
Denver 21, Duluth 61, Grand Rapids . 88, Jersey City 120, Little Rock 100.
Louisville 128, LOb Angeles 37, Minneapolis 81, Memphis - 36, Mobile 76,
Newark 88, New Orleans 18, Philadelphia 45, Pittsburg 18, Portland,
Ore., 166, Rochester 88, S(. Louis 41, St. Paul 11, San Antonio 80, Scranton
47, Seatle 37, Spokane 33, Salt Lake City 138, Topeka 161, Tacoma 74,
Worcester 77. The reaction In Greater New York amounts to 30 per
cent, although the boroflgh of Brooklyn made a gain of 16 per cent dur
ing thla time, and the aggregate gain of 57 cities Is 81 per cent. The
losses are mostly confined to smaller cities, as shown in the table of
statistics:
July,
July.
July,
July,
1909.
1905.
1906.
1905.
City.
Coit.
Cost.
City.
Cost.
Cost
Atlanta
.$ 472,686
$ 284,198
Manhattan.
$ 8,349,600
316,430,500
Raitimore .. .
. 1,060,000
706,000
Aiteratlona
. 1,374,715
1,367,407
Birmingham .
. 432.500
169,000
Brooklyn ..
. 8,006,723
6,873,822
Bridgeport, .
.. 201,157
104,380
Bronx
. 3,089,950
6,022,960
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 ....
. 353,850
1,045,550
Cincinnati . .
. 545,840
777,325
Philadelphia
4,065,410
2,790,155
Dallas. .. t
. 214,886
217,674
Paterson
.. 99,857
102,608
Denver . . .
.. 432.310
356,436
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 .
. 691,205
314,410
Grand Rapid*
.. 308,857
163,862
St. Louli ..
. 3.538,779
2,374,395
Harrisburg .
.. 192,950
232,185
St. Paul ...
. 510,370
456.910
Hartford . .
.. 379,616
611,557
San Antonio
. 102,325
66,721
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 ltock.
.. 218,123
108,042 South Bend
. 593,655
676,152
Louisville . .
. 937.676
408,805
Syracuse ...
. 388,295
616.360
Los Angeles..
. 1,783.628
1,304,108
Salt Lake City 142,500
59,795
Manchester .
.. 67,000
81,120
Topeka ....
. 171,960
65,700
Milwaukee . .
. 709,154
714,961
Toledo
. 248,591
376,562
Minneapolis .
. 1,600,820
881,975
Terre Haute
83,795 ,
97,075
Memphis
411,995
302,773
Tacoma
. 283,090
162,352
Mobile
76.682
42,921
Washington.
.. 988,451
1,271,279
Nashville ....
.. 156,818
274,939
Worcester .
. 324,768
182,845
New Haven ..
.. 220,847
163,663
Wilkesbsrre.
. 175,808
205,565
Newark
. 1,231,228
892,663
New Orleans
405,617
343,835
Total
378,616,830
69,954,941
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
Knlrkcr—Take rare ot thr peniilei-
lto.-k.-r- Amt thr dollars wUt tak* nre
tho rntnpalgn fnn,1.—Row York Sun.
Jnrit Uuxipml—Shall I ask your (other!
Mien limit—No; Juot tell htin—ysu'ro no
Mu mill >tn>ii|t you ilon't ar«l to ssk.—
Critic.
trait. IHIjr offers .... —...
l’rsrtter—Tbeec w.-n- what you wight
itny dure, I suppose.—Tit Bile.
rail your palmy days. I eoppoae.—Tlr
eatil lltri* Willie, looking up from
tke sea”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Why dpi PmfNsur Bcbntcher Hop
to Itemuer the run-
vemnthin was not pitched In the eouih key
hie music—Harper's Weekly.
rlry. ilesr," ealil lire. Yonns Tor-
-you eel.l you knee exactly which
horse would win that rare."
■1 thought I did."
-nit. well: aeeldents will hnppeil. Her
ne of the other horses got frighten-
nd run swey. Wnshlngtou Star.
■Married, are you?" laughed hla friend.
. thought you were a rouSnued old
buck.”
••! thought wn, too.** replied **»«• iliictiH*.
but I struck ft puttent with • lm«! «•**<•
t hmrt trouble, nnd the only way I
tfHilfl cure her wan by propoxlug.”—De
troit Free Frees.
Me I” Mid little Willie, for the tenth
time.
Alette*. xlr,” cried hi*'mother. “l»bln*t
tell yon not to Interrupt me and Mre.
Gabble? Il v alt until we’re through talk-
“Say, Helton, what l» tho nnnio of thnt
new poker «*|«bjrou going to Join?”
“Wliy, ’Tho Office.’ ”
’* ’The Office.** Jan't that a rather odd
name?”
’’Xot at III. It la mo very convenient to
tell your wife y«>u were detained at ’The
Ofljce.’ Chicago New a.
I nm Mtladeil with It Ju*t n* It In,*'
he auld. atimllng off and admiring it. ”1
ntu no such fool a a Pygmalion wn*.”
struck by a Madden tear, however, that
AufUouy Comstock might he lingering
aoniewhere In tt* •nolglilmrhood, be lino-
toned to throw a sheet over It.—Cbleaga
Tribune.
TOBACCO* “NATIONAL FLOWER.**
From the New Orleans Picayune.
If the great republic nitiat have n flower,
why not adopt the tobacco plant iXIco-
tlnmt tulMcimil? It la u native of this
country, nnd wiia Amt found lu Virginia.
Then* 1a nothing nectlonal or local nliout
the plant, tteenuee today It fa grown fa
moat of the -atntca from Florida mid
laonUtana to Connecticut, ami la uow uacd
in every nation on the glotie, civilised and
hurlKirtnn, If It 1* poaalhle to obtain It. It
la not commonly known that the tolMceo
plant l>enm a very pretty pink bltwwom*
which might come Into the flower gnnleua
but for It* rank aud dlangreeahle odor.
The Indian eon*, or limit*. la another
plant Indigenous to the I’nJfed Htatea. and
wna found In use aa food by the Indiana
from Virginia aud Mnanachuaetta.
Hut If we muat have a flower that Is ea-
auch without regard to any
THE SEA.
(From “Child* Harold.”)
l, . n filrtsunt In thr pathless, woods.
There la n rapture on the lonely x!iore,
T tfS e J M , lkKf * e ft where mum Intrude*
I*y the deep aen. ami nmole lu Ita roar:
I love not man the 1cm. but nature more,
tram these our Interview* In which I steal
From all 1 may be, or have been liefore,
To mingle with .the universe, and feel
"hat I can ne’er express, ret ean no
conceal.
cat* ne’er express, yet ean not all
Roll
on. thou deep aud dark blue Ocean—
roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep oTer thee In
Man marks the earth with niln-hls control
Stop* with the shore ;—ti|H>u the watery
! GOSSIP
plnln
The wreck* ore all thy deed, nor doth re
rovh:
main
A shadow of mnn'_ ....
When, for a moment, ...
He sinks Into thy deptha with bubbling
froah,
•Without _ _
and unknown.
a grave, unkuelled, uucofflued
HI* jjtcj)* ore not upon thy paths—thy
Are not n spoil for him—thou dost arise
Aud shake hlui from thee; the vile strength
he wlehla
For earth's destruction thou dost all de-
. splae,
Spurning him from thy lioiom to tho
. sties.
Ana send’st him. shivering In thy playful
spray
And howling, to hla gods, where haply
IIIs petty hope In some near port or buy
And (lushest hliu agulu to earthV-there
let him lay.
The armament# which thuuderstrike the
walls
OL, rockdmllt cities, bidding nations
quake
And monarch* tremble lu their capitals.
The onk leviathans, whose bugo ribs
make
Their day creator the vain title take
Of lord of thee and arbiter of war,—
These nre thy toys, and, as the snowy
flake.
They melt luto thy yeast of waves, which
mar
Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Traf*
nlgnr.
Thy shores nre empires, changed In all
nave tbee;
Assyria, Groce, Rome, Carthage, what
nre they?
Thy waters wasted them while they were
free,
And many n tyrant since; their shore#
obey
The stranger, slave or savage; their decay
Han dried up realms to deserts; not oo thou:
L’nchnngoablo save to thy wild wnvos*
play.
Time writes no wrinkles on thlu# azure
brow;
Such ss creation's dawn beheld, thou roll
est now.
where
Thou glorious mirror,
mlgotr's form
Glasses Itself In tempests; In all time,
Calm or convulsed—In breeze, or gale, or
storm,
Ume,
the Invisible! even from out thy
slinio
Ths monsters of tb* deep are made; each
sonc
Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fath*
(unless, alone.
And I have loved thee. Ocean! nnd my Joy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast
to 1m*
Horne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a
I toy
I wantoned with thy breakere-they to
Werr a delight; nnd If the freshening
I,, , . . ° p* • ux v s v u l IHJJ.
•ties long before till* present-day fad
aroze for rich young men to seek
Office. He, has been in Texas about
futeen years, and always has been In
terested In the politics of the state He
served three terms as chairman ot the
state committee and was delegate to
the national convention.
No one thinks for a moment tlmt
there Is any chance for a Republican to
be elected governor of Texas at the
present time. The Republican party
•self Is badly split In the state, with
two tickets In the field. Qreen Is the
nominee of what Is termed the "reor
ganized" faction, which Is making war
on the element of which Cecil Lyun is
the recognized leader.
But whether or not young Qreen has
a ghost of u show of winning out, hla
candidacy la bound to give ginger to
the Texas campaign this foil. If money
Is needed to put the political machin
ery In good running order, Hetty Green
will furnish any amount. "Ned," as she
fondly calls him. Is the Idol of her
heart. No matter how close she may
be In business affairs or how |tenu-
rlous she may be In regard to her per
sonal pxnnndltnrp. "tl,p rl»
sons! expenditures, "the richest
an In America" Is liberal to the ex
treme where her son Is concerned. It
I* believed that Hetty Qreen would
cheerfully' give up millions to make
"Ned" governor of Texas If she thought
he really wanted It and that money
would get It.
The Damon and Pythias friendship
existing between Miss Norma Munro
and Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne could
not stand the strain of the actress-
manager. The nominal cause ot the
trouble was an unpaid rent bill, but it
Is suspected the new husband Is really
what la ths matter. In nny event, the
once Inseparables are no longer to
gether, and the courts have been called
in to settle differences. Thus ends
the friendship that has been heralded
far and wide os 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
_ence It was not strange that the sum
mer residents of Newport turned out
In large numbers on the grounds ot
Lands End, the residence ot Mr. and
Mrs, R. Livingstone Beckman, where
an Informul reception was given to
Miss May Sutton, former woman lawn
tennis champion of America, who mntle
so hard a fight to retain the champion
ship In England and who frankly said
when .she failed thnt she was beaten
by a better player.
The proprietor of one of the leading
gambling houses at Saratoga realises
today that he made a mistake when
he "lifted the ltd." He thought he
would take a chance and invited -a
few to visit his place and try their
luck. ■ The game wa* faro and the limit
the hlgheat, becauae he wanted to gat
the money quickly. At the end of three
hours three men, famed In the sporting
world, rolled up Into snug bundles
$42,009 In the aggregate. * *
gamester decided to close up for good.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
thru,
- r ... .... ... - .._J nea_.
And UIJ uiy hnml upon thjr mane—as J do
-LORD BTROI
And I trusted to thy hlllawn far and near,
tald,u * *
herft.
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.
Thou still unrnvUhed bride of quietness!
mi foster-child of tfllencc and slow
Time,
Kylvnn historian, who must thus express
* flowery tale more streetljr than om
k’hes* leaf •fringed legend haunts about thy
shape
Of laKiuvs or mortals, or of both.
Iii Tempi* or the dnles of Arrndy?
What men or gods arc those? What maid
ens loath?
What mail pursuit? What struggles to te
cape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild
ecstscjr?
By Private I sensed Wire.
NeW York, Auff. 23.—Hers are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. H. L. Campbell, T.
N. Forbes, O. Haugh. W. F. Manry, Jr.,
tV. B. Huston. Dr. W. Kendrick.
AUGUSTA—A. H. Alston.
MACON—H. M. McKay.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 23.
ISOS—Kir WIIHsiu Wallace executed
Smith field.
Ollill llllt ■*■* ... . a -. ...
1&32—William Wsrliam, archbishop of tail*
terbury, died. _ ...
1430—«’ourt of ssslsMiil* first held at
t'lisrlestowti, Mass.
•Isnuts XVI
4’orapletlo*
Heard melodics are sweet, but those un
heard *
Are sweeter; therefore, yc soft pipes,
play on;
Not to the sensual ear. but, more eu
deared.
Pipe to the spirit dl*llea of no tone.
Fair youth Iteneath the trees, thou canal
not leave
Thy song, nor ever, ean those trees Iw
Imre.
Bold lover, never, never const thou
kiss.
Though wtnnlug near the goal—yet do not
grfcv
She run not fade, though thou hast not
thy IHIss;
Forever wilt thou love, nnd she 1>e fair!
Year leaves, nor ever
ndleu;
And hnppy melodist, unwearied,
.... hnppy lore! more happy, hnppy love!
Forever warm suil still to l»e enjoyed,
Forever panting nnd forever young
cioyed..
A burning forehead, nnd
tongue.
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
it thou that heifer lowing a; t
all her silken flanks with
drest?
What little town l»y river or seashore.
Or inountnin-hullt with |H*ne«*fnl citadel.
‘ emptied of ||a folk, this ptous moru’
Itrlc town, tliy streets forevermore
Will silent Is*, and not a soul to tell
Why thou nrt desolate cun e’er return.
qua I*
O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
men und maidens overwrought.
With forest branches and the trodden
Thou, silent form! dost tdloc us out of
thought
Aa doth eternity. t’oM Pastoral!
When obi age shall this generation waste.
Thou shalt remain. In midst of other
Than onrs. a friend to man, to whom
thou suyat,
•Bette’c In troth, truth besoty”—that Is
> know on earth, and all ye need to
know,
-JOAN HEATH.
__ the North
railroad to the Paelflc const.
1884—Prexltlenl Cleveland opened the MIn-
iiea|Hiils Indii.tlrnl expuslbdii l»> tea
UM-ttriraiinn's rcinnliii removed trou'i S*
York to Ha mien with great honor..
lorfl irecirn nun
1893—Marshal l». de Fonseca, flrst president
of Brasil, died.
o* urnxii, uieti. ...,1*1.
IK94—JniHineno minister to loren namnoi
ISM— British battleship Prince (Jeorge »«»
launched.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Underhill Cottnge, the former home
of the late Fanny. Forrester, the
• *• <**«»««” and
authoress of "Alderbrook Tales"
other volumes, located near Eaton. .>•
Y, Is now used a* a henhouse.
John Bigelow's well-known volume.
"The Mystery of Strath"*"
translated Into Russian. This make
the third translation, the book bavin*
■—... | n French and
prevloualy appeared
German.
Congressman Cyrus A. S^loway. ^
New Hampshire, hns a well-deserved
roTiutntion na being the champion po
reputation as being the champion
.»F«I wobbler of the Republican*
Henry Wolf Is the foremoet firing
wood engraver In America. H*
bom In Alsace In 1*55. and ha* ee
era! times served on the Juries
awards at the Paris and other
tlons, and n list of his medals andotn
honor# would All ft long paragrui
Revolting against belng owt
considered an Infant prodigy Ml" 1 "*
Elman, the boy violinist, has Inslsteo
on discarding the sailor suit hen”
been wont to appear In and haa donned
trousers. He Is now 14 and feels tnni
It I* about time he began to wear the
regulation maacullne attire.
The rapidly falling health «* S?
fessor Amos E. Dolbeer. the f«nmu*
head of the physics department ai
Tufts College and original Inventor'it
both the telephone and wireless lei
graph, Is becoming a matter °‘
concern to many of his close friend
.who are aware of the real conditio*
of the grand old man.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private tenud Wire.
New York, Aug. 23.—The news that
came up from the Lone Star State lost
week that E. H. R. Qreen, son of the
enormously wealthy Hetty Qreen, ha*
been nominated by the Republicans for
governor of Texas has created a mile
ripple here, where politics, like every
thing else. Is as dull as ditch water
during these August dog days. Young
Green—he la still In his thirties—is
known only by reputation here. But
he has been active In politics down in
Texas for quite a long time, consider
ing his age, nnd the politicians In that
section have long regarded him as a
'comer. It Is pointed out by thus,
acquainted with his career that "Ned"
Qreen was taking part in practical pol.