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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, lMt
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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It Is the Intention of The Georgian to preserve Its
news Integrity even at the rlak of being regarded leas
enterprising than Its contemporaries.
It is the Ideal and the aim of The Georgian to coniine
ita statements to facts.
Certain Atlanta newspapers of Tuesday afternoon
set new journalistic standards by announcing as an ac
complished fact the nomination of Hon. Hoke Smith by
the convention at Macon hours ■before the event hdd
taken pla&. These newspapers also printed the nomi
nating speech of Hon. J. L. Anderson and Mr. Smith's
speech of acceptance two hours before they were deliver
ed at the Macon convention. These speeches were not
prefaced by the atatetnent that they "would be deliv
ered." Their introductions contained the assertion that
they "were delivered.”
Every reader of thoee newspapers In Atlanta and
many outside, therefore, .were informed that things had
happened two.hours before , they really did happen.
The nominating speech of Hon. J. L. Anderson was
begun at 4:40 o’clock. The speech of Hon. Hoke Smith
accepting the nomination waa begun at 5:10 o'clock.
One of the newspapers In question appeared on the
streets at S:45 o'clock with thta statement spread across
Ita front paga:
“Hoke Smith Nominated for Governor Amid Scenes
of Wildest Enthusiasm.''
The Interesting event, with Its attending scenes of
enthusiasm, took place Just one hour and twenty min
utes later.
It need hardly be said that The Georgian had In
type the speeches of Messrs. Anderson and Smith—
which were given, ns to the other papers, w|th the un
derstanding that they were not to be printed until de
livered.
But The Georgian saw no reason to betray Ita Ideals
or Its readers.
established, that perpetuity Is In danger of having a pe
riod writ largely to IL That la, as long as we have men
who make grandstand, plays.
We don't believe the courts will decide that the Boa-
ton millionaire has a perpetual cinch on the gas business
in Atlanta. But If they do, let them decide right away.
The people are tired of being gouged. They will aet to
work to create a bit of perpetuity for themselves. It will
take the form of a gas plant Maybe fWe can be found
enough men willing to make grandstand plays to take
hold of the matter. We believe there are loyal, patriotic,
honorable men In Atlanta who are willing to give of their
time and brains and energy that the people of this city
may be relieved.
The Georgian has a few suggestions that It la going
to make from time to time. They will be In reference
a municipally owned and municipally operated gaa plant.
We won't recommend the high, medium or low systems
of pressure. We will outline a plan whereby the people
ean construct their plant, operate It, own it and use the
profits to reduce the tax rate, send their children to
school and Improve the roads.
Grand-Stand vs. Hidden Plays.
The Atlanta Gas I.lght Company la a corporation
which does business In Atlanta. It la owned by another
corporation known as the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, which also does business In Atlanta. The
Georgia Railway and Electric Company It owned by a
millionaire who does business In Boston.
A man named Hammond la attorney for the Atlanta
Gas Light Company, which la owned by the Georgia Rail-
wny and Electric Company, which la owned by the mill,
looalre who does bualneaa In Boston. Mr. Hammond ta
reputed, to be a fairly good attorney—as attorneys go.
Also he la a native Atlantan. At one time he waa
member of the city council. He represented the people of
this city. After that he waa—And Is—a member of the
legal staff of the corporation which la owned by tho mil
lionaire In Boston. Now he represents the gaa company.
Mr. Hammond la said to be a very well paid attor
ney. That must be true, and for two reasons: First,
he would have to be an attorney worthy of good hire, oth-
erwlie the Boston millionaire would not want him. Bee-
ond. he would have to bo well paid, otherwise ho would
not—being a loyal Atlantan—consent to represent the In
tereats of the Boston millionaire as against the Intereat
ot the people of hie native city.
James L. Key Is a young man who Hammond says
Is trying to make n grand stand play. Mr. Key la an at
darman. He la chairman of a special committee appoint
ed to look. Into the history of a franchise granted by the
state In 1850 for gaa to he manufactured and sold in the
city of Atlanta for Illuminating purposes. The Boston
millionaire owns that franchise. He clalma he has
perpetual right to do whatever he pleases In the way
of the manufacture and sale of gaa In Atlanta. He has
emjfioyed the lawyer named Hammond to defend his
claim.
As we said before. Hammond muat be well paid-
wo don't know how well. Key la not well paid. We
know his salary. It la )25 a month. From Mr. Ham-
mood's point of view, there may be some foundation for
hla assertion to the effect that Mr. Key la maklpg a
grand-stand play.
Mr. Key admitted that he liked tq win the plaudits
of hla fellow dtlaena—and hla own conscience. He might
havo added that he waa working In a cause which. It
accomplished, would command the plaudits of hla fellow
citizens. Hammond knew that Key was working In a
good cause, otherwise Key could never win the plaudits
ot anybody—unloaa It waa the corporations, and be waa
their hireling.
Mr. Key made Ihe mistake of displaying some heat.
Ho should have realised that Mr. Hammond waa trying
to ridicule him. As wa said before, Mr. Hammond la evi
dently a pretty shrewd dllten. Aleo he muat have done
some grand-stand playing In hla time himself. Knowing
theao thfngs, he knew that to charge grand-stand play
ing was likely to dampen the ardor of a leas manly man
than Jim Key. No one Itkee to be charged with playing
to the grand stand.
We rather approve of grand-stand plays on the part
of city offlctqls. There has been too much ot this behind
the scenes bualneaa. Any play made In full view of the
grand stand muat be honest. Also It muat be good;
otherwise It will be delected and win a storm of hlaaes.
The special committee of which Mr. Key Is chairman
held a meeting at City Hall Tuesday morning. Attorney
Hammond was on hand, as were other of the Boston mil
lionaire's hirelings. City Attorney Mayaon. a very excel
lent city official, who probably wants to win the plaudits
of hla fellow citlient, as he la grossly underpaid, waa
also on hand. He made a recommendation to carry the
question of perpetual franchise to the courts and have
the matter • eclded.
There Is a member of council named Patterson. He
It a member of the committee of which Key la chairman.
We don't know whoee plaudits Mr. Patterson hoped to
win, but be decided he didn't want the city to get mixed
up In a lawsuit with this gaa company which la owned
by the Boston millionaire.
What objection la therd to trying the matter In the
courts? It the gaa company has a perpetual franchise,
why not establish the claim to perpetuity. What la the
use of bolding the matter np? Until the claim Is clearly
The Georgian Wins Its Fight,
On another page In this Isatm appears a letter from
Dr. Walter A. Taylor, chairman of the apodal commit
tee appointed by council to Investigate the meat situa
tion In Atlanta.
In this letter Dr. Taylor, speaking for council and
for the ipeclal committee. Is good enough to express his
cordial appreciation and that of hla associates In council
for the work' which The Georgian has done tn bringing
about a healthier condition in the slaughter houses of
Atlanta.
The ordinance just adopted by council la a far-reach
ing and efficient one. It provides that workers In the
slaughter houses muat have health certificates stating
that they have no contagious or Infectious diseases. The
workers muat wear sanitary clothing. The floors of
slaughter houses muat be built of concrete, properly gut
tered and graded. All animals must be Inspected before
and after being killed. The slaughtering muat be done
In the presence of an Inspector between the hours of
a. m. and 8 p. m. The minimum weight of calves muat
be fifty pounds, and for hogs fifteen pounds, and for
sheep and goats twelve pounds. In every abattoir there
muat be steam equipment for cleaning purposes. The
maximum charges Axed for slaughtering are, 11.25 for cat
tle, 36c for hogs, and 30c for sheep and goats. No meat
from outside sources can be sold In the city unless It
boars the government stamp and has been inspected on
Ita arrival In Atlanta.
These are the salient features of the new ordinance
which baa been adopted by council. The Georgian takes
particular pride In the part which It has .played In bring
ing about this much-needed reform. It was through in
formation gathered by The Georgian several weeks ago
that the Inveattgatton waa drat set on foot. From that
day until now, having before us the beat Interests of the
entire community, we. have fought this battle for the peo
ple and have Insisted that such an ordinance as that
passed yesterday should be adopted. The special com-
mlttee of council ia entitled to the thanks of the entire
community for the part which it has played In this
work.
Dr. Taylor and hla associates have been zealous and
perslstont In their efforts to ferret out all Irregularities
In the matter of slaughtering and marketing meat In At
lanta and to provide a sufficient remedy for the future.
Their wisdom and foresight waa embodied In a municipal
statute yesterday and has already became effective. This
la a long step forward In the matter of reform. And once
more we express our gratitude to the members ot council
and others who have upheld our bands while The Geor
gian made thta tight for the people.
The Atlanta Art Association.
What we may call the civic conaclousneea Is slowly
but surely awakening. Above the din of great cities a
still, small voice may be heard by the few,- prompting
men and women to work for the Common good; from the
desolation of our stone, and brick and mortar, and from
the hideousness ot olir-congested districts, Is born many
a vision of the city beautiful. Even In smoky Pittsburg,
In Dayton, Ohio, In Hopedale, Maaaachuaetta, and In other
great Industrial centers too numerous to mention, art
and beauty are no longer abetract terms. They have been
made concrete and manifest In the civic life. In public
parks and buildings, In galleries and museums, and often
In art schools whose Influence upon the city and state la
direct and beneficent.
Atlanta la to be congratulated that within her gates
a body of earnest men and women, organised as the
Atlanta Art Association, la working toward civic Im
provement and advancement. Under the auspices ot this
organisation an art exhibit, which brought to Atlnnta the
works of the beat artists, and made them accessible to
the public at a very low price of admission, waa held
last fall. A second highly creditable exhibit has been
planned for November next.
The moat Important enterprise yet undertaken by the
Art Association, however, la the establishment of an art
school. As la well known, the instruction afforded tn the
arts and crafts by our Southern schools la absurdly Inade
quate. We hare no trained artists and few trained arti
sans, so that what little work Is done In the South along
these very Important educational lines muat be done by
teachers brought from the North.
Skilled craftmanshlp not only gives moat joy to the
producer, but la that upon which the highest commercial
value la aet, and yet our state offers to our children no
opportunities to learn the crafts. The Atlanta Art Asso
ciation la working to alter this condition, and It ta sig
nificant to Georgia's educational advancement that tho
art school which la to be conducted this winter by the
association will offer Inducements to public school teach
ers who desire normal training.
On Thursday a meeting of the Atlanta Art Associa
tion will be held for the purpose of electing a president
In American and European cities In which art Interests
are In any degree advanced, thta office la invested with
the hlgheBt honors. The president and director of an
art Institute and museum Is not necessarily an artist,
but Is always a man of ability and of broad culture.
Under the able management of Mrs. Isaac Boyd, the
Art Association has become a well organised body with
aoveral Important enterprises well under way. By her
unselfish devotion to the Ideal of civic advancement
which la the underlying principle of the organisation, the
retiring president has won golden opinions. Just at this
Important period of Its development, It la earnestly to be
hoped that the association will be wise In Its choice, and
that U will bestow the office upon the man or woman
who can most powerfully stimulate public Interest In art
matters.
Rev. J. Grant Walker, Ihe well-known Pittsburg re
form minister, has accepted the call to (he Hough Ave
nue church. Cleveland. Ohio, to begin hla work there
early In September. He la a graduate of Franklin and
Marshall college.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
MAKES EARNEST PLEA
FOR PLAIN DEMOCRACY
Editor of The Atlanta Georgian Predicts Victory
For Party If Clear-Cut, Popular Plat
form Is Adopted.
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 6.—In hla apeech last
evening at the Auditorium hotel at a
banquet given to William Jennings
Bryan by the Jefferson Club, Horn John
Temple Graven of Atlanta Oe.. editor
of The Atlanta Georgian, made an ear-
neat and eloquent plea for a clear-cut,
popular platform end a definite De
mocracy.
He said:
I count myself happy, gentlemen of
the Jefferion Club, to be your guest
tonight.
Wherever else the spirit of our party
may have waned or weakened, It has
been militant and unfailing here. Por
whether the Jefferson Club has led a
forlorn hope against the Rooeevettlan
avalanche, or whether It has bojne the
banner of municipal ownership to an
eventful victory, the quality of Us
Democracy has been as undiluted as It
has always been unterrMed.
1 am fortunate especially In that
your hospitality joins me here with
that Incomparable American whoee
vast renown was bom In the air of
this marvelous city. For who that Is
living can forget one fateful and Illus
trious day when In a Chicago hall the
name of a Western congressman leaped
In one lightning hour of electric
speech from a political platform to a
matchless leadership which has filled
the fair earth with the fame of Wit
Item Jennings Bryan?
Future For Democracy.
Crowns of thorns have pressed upon
many a laborer’s brow since then
Crosses of gold have borne the broken
bodies of many a victim of remorse
less greed. But the shadows are lift
ing from the night of our slavery. The
stone Is being rotted from the tomb In
which the mercenaries have laid our
liberty, and In the confident morning
which bathes the brow of ita stainless
leader, our brave Democracy finds the
prophecy and promise of a certain
definite and triumphant resurrection.
1 am set upon your program to the
sentiment, "The South and a Definite
Democracy.” I am glad of that. Both
the section and the adjective are enti
tled to respect. You will permit me to
say that In the cataclysm of two
years ago, when the storm of the bnl-
ots was spent,- the Bouth was surely
ell that waa definite, and In fact, all
that was visible of any kind of Dem
ocracy. Two years ago the Democracy
wee a sectional fragment. By the rec
ord of that November day the Demo
cratlc party wae the solid South—
with Maryland hanging by a hair—
with Weet Virginia gone, and Missouri
swept from the moorings of over 60
years.' And even the South, proud
and pathetic In Its splendid Isolation,
remained loyal not altogether In the
compulsion of conviction, but as well
In the sheer stress of danger and ne
cessity—held In line by nn ethnologi
cal terror—forced by conditions, nnd
solidified by the eternal shadow of a
race problem under which there haa
been marshalled the most motley host
of divergent convictions that ever fol
lowed and fought under the compre
hensive banner of Democracy.
South Helds Fast.
The South has been for two decades
the saving remnant of the party. Its
faith Inspired by Its necessities haa
made the rendeivous of defeated and
the renaissance of Imperishable prin
ciples. The South has been the little
leaven that will leaven the lump. It
ha* held fast tho elements which Jef
ferson bequeathed as a sacrament to
liberty, and the blood of the South In
the veins of the president haa pulsed
his sympathies In such power toward
the people that more than once In the
grapple of conviction end the wrestle
with monopoly the grandson of Archi
bald Bulloch, of Oeorgla, has seemed
to say to the son of Thomas Roose
velt, of New York, “Almost thou per
suades! ins to be a Democrat/’
And this will account for the polit
ical garments which Mr. Bryan missed
In London, and later discovered upon
the person ot the president of the
United States.
Mr. Chairman, ths presidential elec
tion of 1904 was the most Instructive
lesson that the times have taught to
our Democracy. We have always fail
ed and will always fall as a party ot
negation and a party of opposition. We
fatted then because we were unfaithful.
We failed because we trimmed and
hesitated anil straddled. We foiled be
cause we compromised with the ap-
K irently successful doctrines of the
epubllcan party and surendered to
men whose Interest* and convictions
are so near akin to our political op-
lonents that they ought in common
tonesty to espouse the organisation to
which they belong. We failed because
In our political hunger for victory we
Imitated the platforms and pandered
to the powers of the opposite party
that held the government.
People Repudiate Straddlers.
The Democratic party haa not won
In fifty years a national triumph upon
platform of hesitation. Imitation,
apology or compromise. Every strad
dling makeshift ot the century has
been repudiated by the people at the
polls, nnd the only real and tangible
victory which hoe crowned our modern
Democracy was when one brave and
splendid leader spurned the suggestions
of expediency, defied the timid leaders
and the time-serving politicians, dared
the doubts of his own cabinet, and con
sented to be burled for a time with
the brave body of tariff reform In order
share Its full and Inevitable resur
rection. And the Democratic party owes
a deathless debt for a dauntless
triumph and a noble lesson of suc
cess to the definite policy, the unfet
tered conviction, the direct language
and the bold Andrew Jackenn courage
of the tariff message sent to the fifty-
drat congress by Grover Cleveland, of
New York.
"The Democratic party tn It* name.
Its history and tn It* mission, stands
for the pleln people of America—the
great majority—the greatest good of
the greatest number. So long as It
holds fast In lip and life to this align
ment, It preserves Its Integrity and
commands the confidence of the peo
ple. But whenever It sella out to the
enemy—whenever It begins to enter
competition with the Republican party
for the favor and applause of the vest-
Ibteresta of capital -whenever It
coquets with grasping corporations—
whenever Its campaign fund goes a-
whoring after the fat of the trusts and
the favor of the syndicates—then It Is
spewed out of the mouths of the people
by eome two million majority—a*
wee two years ego.
Lessons of Damoeraey.
"We have got to come back to the
mission and meaning of the party. We
have got to come back to the faith
the fathers. We have got to withdraw
our worship from the golden calf
August Belmont and sit once more
the feet of Jefferson and Jackson and
Bryan to relearn the lessons of the old
but ever young Democracy.
If any. man doubts that the South
stands for a definite Democracy, let
him read the returns of our state elec-
tlons Just concluded. Braxton B. Co
mer has swept ghe ballots of Alabama
upon a straight platform of reform,
and In my own Georgia Hoke Smith,
upon the clear-cut Issue of compelling
the corporations to do right, has car
ried 123 out of 146 counties, leaving
only 22 counties to divide a scattering
vote among four candidates of indefl
nlte conviction. The South Is conaerv
attve, but the South knows what
wants and Is bold to speak Its wishes
at the polls.
Our national Democracy Is rich Just
now In a leadership that neither trims
nor straddles. The echoes have not
yet died upon the candid eloquence of
our great Nebraskan speaking tn Mad-
leon Square. He haa not feared to
speak upon the housetops the civic con
victlons qf his secret soul, and he may
be sure that the responsive fervor of
the people Is not to be measured by
the timorous apprehensions of pottttcal
expediency. They will follow him
against any citadel of privilege which
he storms, and If the government can
not control the railroads they will
march with him in unbroken rank to
own them.
Praise for W. R. Hearst.
Yonder In New York and Boston and
here In Chicago and the West we have
that dauntless and tireless editor whose
eight great newspapers have vied with
Bryan's tongue In educating the masses
to liberty, and whose fearless Injunc
tions have loosened the grasp of more
Iniquitous trusts than the entire con
gress of the United States. We refuse
to credit any charge of his apoatary to
Democratic creeds. He has always
been the strongest prop of Bryan and
he will be the strongest prop In the
great battle of 1(08.
Bryan and Hearst—sent, both of
them, by the better angels-of Democ
racy—the tongue and the pen, the
evangel and the executive of our creeds
—to quicken the criminal apathy of a
plundered people and to Inspire the
courage and resistance ot an omnipo
tent party.
Bravest of Democrats.
With all Its heart the definite De
mocracy of the solid South ‘wants
Bryan and Hearst to have free course
that they may be glorified and the
cause of the people advanced. We are
not afrakl to follow In the path which
Is being blazed by the two best and
and bravest Democrats that this gen
eratlon of Americans has known. Be
tween advocacy and execution there Is
always the saving grace of time and
rettectlon and expediency. Things that
were radical In 1896 have grown con
servatlve now. Things that were revo-
lutlonary then are held reasonable now.
Charges that were credited to anarchy
In '96 have been vindicated now In ex
posures that have shocked the republic
and startled the world. The eyes of
the people are wide open, the courage
of the people Is high, and the extremity
of the trust Is the heaven sent oppor
tunity of the Individual cltlxen.
I am just as certain as I am that .
live, that a bold, definite platform of
popular rights and public honesty will
sweep the ballots of 1008 Into a Demo
cratic avalanche. Roosevelt Is the only
Republican who has a hold upon the
people. All that Is good about the
president la Democratic and all that Is
Democratic in him his party protests.
He Is held aloof from the leadership by
his solemn pledge and by an even
more solemn precedent. His party
convention would never build a plat
form that Roosevelt could honestly
mount, nnd any paltform of privilege
or evasion will fall beneath the battle
axe of Bryan and the ballots of (he
people.
Platform is Battleflag.
I am not an oracle. 1 have no clalma
to leadership. I hold no office and- bear
no representative commission. I am
one of the people—nothing more. I am
a high private tn the rear ranks, and
1 know what the people usk and de
mand because I am one of them.
First and above all things the people
Bouth and North want a definite Dem
ocracy. They want a platform that
means something. They are weary
of platitudes and straddles. They want
a platform expressed In sentences and
not In pragaraphs. They want ex
plicit declarations and they do not want
cumbrous platitudes. They do not went
too many Issues, but with all their
hearts and with all their ballots they
would like to see vital Issues single
shotted and central truths made brief
and clear.
A platform is not a blanket. It Is a
battleflag. It Is not a symphony.
Is a bugle call.
The people want a platform that will
embody their principles without useless
words. It the tariff Is robbery, say so,
and let it go at that. If the criminal
trust Is an Iniquity, say so, and chal
lenge the people’s ballots tor vindica
tion. If we can't regulate the railroads
of the country then It is high time to
own them. Go to the hustings for your
elaboration and explanation. Sprinkle
your argument In pamphlets, and rea
son In literature, but fulminate your
cardinal creeds In sentences, and give
us a platform that every American vot
er can paste In his hat.
Reform Robber Tariff.
1. Reform the robber tariff.
2. Regulate the criminal trusts.
8. Equalise taxation If It takes an In
come tax to do It.
4. Object to the taxes laid upon the
people to pay the watered stock of
corporations.
6. Control the railroads tn the Inter
est of justice or get ready to own them.
4. Shorten the hours and Improve the
surroundings of labor.
T. Keep Infant children out of the
factories.
8. Arbitrate the wrangles of labor
and capital.
9. And put in stripes any man who
buys or bullies an American ballot.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under tbit head will appear from time to time Information Illustratin'* tv.
nnrieiitn iiapdinnmant r\t th<» Smith which deserves something more tbas r
Four New Railroads.
The announcement of the organization of a 36.000.000 .corporation for
the development of the magnificent water power of Anthony Shoals, i n
this state, and the Increase of the capital stock of an Alabama steel com-
pany from (14,000,000 to (26,000,000. ars notable Indications of the stupendous
Industrial development that Is In progress In Georgia and Alabama, and
tit other sections of the South. But great as are these undertakings, they
do not overshadow the smaller enterprises, large and numerous end diver
sified In character, which are being Inztltutcd dally tn this section, a*
an Illustration of this, the Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published
. at Columbus. Ga., tells In It* Issue for this week of the projection of four
new railroads and applications for charier* by two railroad companies pr».
vlously organised In the two state*. * .
The- Index give* advance Information of two new banks, two brick-
making plante, canning factory, compress, twenty-three corporations, twe
Ice factories, three saw-mills, machine shop, three mining companies, ntr.
Igatlon company, saw works, varnish plant, five warehouses, (76,000 en
largement of steel plant, paving plan* In three dries, sewerage systetx,
water-works and seventeen business bullrings, Including four banking
houses, hotel and two railway passenger depots. Three new churehit
are reported. The awarding of ten Important contracts Is announced.
These figures and fact* form an Interesting chapter of ths story
which The Index tells each* week.
Go to the country In nine ringing
sentences, and If the country does not
sustain you, then there Is no merit tn
honesty and no virtue tn the people.
The Republican party can have no
lasting claim upon the confidence and
support of the American people. It can
not satisfy the wants and the aspira
tions of the American masses, and In
the very hour of Ita power and exalta
tion we fling Into Its face the confident
prophecy of Its disintegration and de
feat. We are going to fight It as we
have never fought before.
G. O. P. is Party of Privilege.
The Republican party la the spawn
of federalism. It was born of an Idea
and an organization that waB always
set to monarchy and not to liberty. It
sprang from a leadership more English
than American, more aristocratic than
democratic. It was ever a party of
privilege, always ready to subordinate
the masses to the classes. It Is the
party of a robber tariff that wrung
tribute from the poor to prop the for
tunes of the powerful. It Is the party
the criminal trusts that holds
the commodities of ' life In an Iron
and arbitrary grip, and beyond
economic necessity or business law-
holds up the people with a coal trust
In winter, with an Ice truet In summer,
nnd a meat trust all the rime, and In
solently answers to every protest, "You
can pay our price* or you can freeze or
starve."
Mr. President, the Democratic party
never had a clearer mission or a bright,
er promise than today. Defeat Is dis
cipline and disaster te education. Out
of the wreck of our fortunes we will
build a nobler and more enduring use
fulness. The Democratic party Is go
ing to be reborn, reformed and recon
secrated to the constitution and to pop
ular rights and liberty. We cannot af
ford any longer to be a party of mere
negation, a party of opposition, or a
servile Imitation of the party In power.
We are going to believe something and
we are going to do something* We
are going to be a party of creeds asd
not merely a party of hungry desires.
We are going to quit crawling on our
bellies before the juggernauts of pow
er, and we are going ta quit truckling
like cowards to the shadow of a merely
temporary success. We are going to
And and to follow real leaders If we
have to smash every state and anni
hilate every politician that has fatten
ed upon our suffrages for forty years.
Wc are going to make a platform that
will be an open opposition and a bold
challenge to the Republican creed ev
erywhere.
Dtmoeraoy Won't Die.
The Democratic party will not die,
because Its principles are eternal and
It wa* not bom to die. It has survived
the wreck of all other parties and will
eerve a* pallbearer to as many more.
Other parties have come and gone, but
the Democratic party does not die. The
old Federal party, proud with It* afflu
ence of Intellect, came and want: the
Whig party, rich In Illustrious names
anil boasting a history hallowed by pa
triotism, cam* end went; the Repub
lican party, obese In spoils and wrap
ped In selfish privilege, will surely go,
but the old Democratic party will live
on forever, because Its principles can
not die.
Men may fall like leaves when the
wind walks through the forest on Its
way to meet the roar of the climbing
waves, but principles are as eternal as
the granite hills.
And tho principles of the Democratic
party, written In government and
pledged In the rights and liberties of
the people, will he young, fresh and tri
umphant when the Republican party,
wrapping the mantle of Its sins about
it, shall fall by the pillars of the con
stitution that It has etalned forever
1th Its history.
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 5.
1664—rnraiwetl's Drat parliament nsnouihled
York, headed an expedition against
the Swedish colonies on the Bela,
ware river.
1774—First continental eongrevs nFaemtded
'nrpenter's halt. Philadelphia.
1 engagement off
........ between the I
fleets.
1613— United States brig Enterprise rap
lured British brig Boxer off Segtilu.
Both rommniider* kitted,
lfS2—Confederate army ernssed Potoniae
river and entered Maryland.
1906—Japanese and Busslan envoya signed
treaty of peace at Portsmouth, X. II.
INDOR’SES THE GEORGIAN.
Tn the Editor of The Georglefi:
I heartily Indorse all you have writ
ten In regard tn the negro question. One
thing I would like to add and that
thing Is a law that will chalngang
every white man that causes the race
rhange Its color, and I believe this
ould go a long ways toward correct
ing the evils of the negro. May God
speed the day when white men will
not be allowed to dish nut whisky to
the negro and make film drunk, for
he Is beastly enough when lie Is sober.
Yours truly,
W. A. BENNETT.
Logenvllle, Ga.
Drug Business Changes Hands.
Hpeelat to The Georgian.
Monricello, Ga., Sept. 6.—The Furse
Drug Company has changed hands. Dr.
R. L. F.tfse having sold hU Interest to
Mr. James Pittard and O. A. Tucker.
New Hardware Stars.
Hpeelnl to The Gcorgtsn.
Monricello. Oa.. Sept. 6.—J. D. Har-
eey has purchased a lot on Oreen street
and will begin work In n short time
a large store for his immense turd-
ware stock.
Negroes Make War on Vice,
Hpeelat to The Georglnij.
Rome. Ga., 8ept. 6.—Rev. W. Gatnrg
colored, Is circulating a petition calling
a mass meeting to be held at St. Paul'!
A. M. E. church at 1:30 o'clock p. m.
on Sunday, September 9. for the pur-
pose of organizing an association to
make war on Ignorance, vice and im
morality among negroes In Rome.
Negro is Murdered. .
Special to The (k-orgtan.
Rome, Ga.. Sept. 6.—Henry Evans,
a negro about 20 years old, was struck
over the head with a heavy club late
Saturday afternoon by Richard Col.
qultt, another negro, several' ml
north of Rome, and Instantly killed.
Jr. O. U. A. M. Stete Union.
Hpeelnl to The (ieorglau.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 5.—The state union
of the Junior Order will convene at
Augusta next Tuesday, September 11.
Those who will attend from Rome will
be State Chaplain Rev. A. E. Sansborn
and Dr. C. Hamilton.
Booming Judge Henry.
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 6.—Since" Jud|t
John W. Maddox has emphatically
stated that he will not be a candidate
for one of the Judgeships of thfc new
appellate court, the many friends ot
Judge \V. M. Henry are urging him ta
announce his candidacy for one of the
places. Judge Henry occupied the Ju
dicial bench of the Rome circuit far
several years. i
Dead Negro is Found.
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 5.—The body at
a negro man was brought to the city
yesterday on the C. of Ga. train from
Birmingham. It was picked up five
miles from here by the train crew ly
ing beside the track - with the skull
crushed.
College Begins Term.
Special to The Georgian.
Wrlghtavllle. Ga.. Sept. 5.—The fall
term of the N. L. W. College will be
gin today with a large attendance.
To Open Department Store.
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
YVrlghtsvIIle, Ga., Sept. 6.—J. Fried,
man, of McRae, Ga.. will open a lar(e
department store here In one of the
Kennedy stores on Bradford street Sep
tember 8.
Cotton Receipts Short.
Hpeelat to The Georgian.
Wrlghtsvtlle, Ga.. Sept. 6.—The cot
ton receipts for this place to September
1 was about 300 bales, which Is far
below the receipts at this rime last
year.
House Famine In Brunswick.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Os., Sept. I.—The demand
for dwelling housen In Brunswick II
far and away beyond the available
supply. All the real estate coecerne of
thle city state that they are overrun
with Inquiries from people wanting
houses, nnd that they- are unable to
supply anything like the number de-
aired.
Concrete Pile Driving.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Brunswick, G*.. Sept. 6.—The Fori
Rivers 8hlp Building Company, which
has the contract for the terminals ot
the new Brunswick Steamship 1 ' om ‘
panj . Is putting down concrete piling*
for foundations for the seven pier*.
The success which has attended tn*
driving of these concrete pilings nai
attracted considerable attention among
englneera and pile-driving concerns t»
various parts of the country.
Company it Reorganized.
Hpeelnl tn The Georgian.
Columbus, Gn„ Sept. 5.—The M. w-
Kelly Company has applied to the su
perior court for a charter, the enmpanr
consisting of M. W. Kelly. Zeke Kelly.
John Kelly and G. W. Owen. The cap
ital stock Is 360,000. and the Arm »
a reorganisation of the old one of *.
W. Kelly tt Co.
Cotton Damaged by Rein-
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga., Sept. 6.—On account
of the abundant rainfall through™
Newton county this year, the cotton
crops are not up to the usual
of last year, although a fairly good >- rJ »
Is hoped for.
Prisoner Breaks for Liberty.
Hpertgl to The Georgian.
Tallapoosa, Ga.. Sept. 5.—Tuesday «
noon when Chief of Police L. L. <
wan attempting to place James < . T *'
bert In the Jell here, charged
drunkenness, Talbert broke loose from
the ofllreif and ran up the main etc**
with the officer In close pursuit. flri"»
a pistol, which created considered
excitement.
Concrete Block Plant.
Special to The Georgtnn.
Balhbridge, Oa., Sept. 5.—The Bain-
bridge Cement Block Company ha*
about completed It* plant for the n'*“
ufaeture of cement blocks for bull-1 in*
purpose*. The plant Is located In Vit-‘
Batnbrtdge and wa* erected at a cue*
of about 16,000.
Ten-Csnt 8tore Opened.
Hprvlal to The Georgian. .
Wrlghtavllle. Oa, Sept. 6.—D. ®
Blount has opened a ten-ceot store ■
one of the Lovett stores on Elm eire* 1 -