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THE ROME TRIBUNE.
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The golden rod is in the lead as the
national flower.
Watson and Butler have a fair field.
Let them fight it out.
Floyd county will be well repres
ented in Atlanta tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s convention, it is hoped,
■will be the last of the year.
The hum of industry is replacing
the drum of the political fandango.
, During these autumn evenings the
engagement ring is continually going
on.
The motto of the Young Ladies Aux
iliary is: “A fair exchange is no rob.
bery.”
What has become of Coin Harvey?
His Financial school is enjoying a va
cation.
The campaign button of politics
has been deplored by the shingle nail
of industry.
The authorities of Rome are break
ing up the gang of thieves and hoboes.
On with the good work.
The divorce courts indicate that the
man in the honeymoon often gets full
and changes too suddenly.
The city authorities are making
war on the contemplative cow and
the pestiferous pig on the streets.
The arteries of commerce are be
ginning to throb at a normal rate
again and the financial fever is abat
ing- _
The wise merchant will keep his ad
vertisement going in the most attrac
tive style while the cotton crop is be
ing sold.
The new ocean steamship line will
connect the Georgia ports directly
■with the great provision centers of
the West.
White of an egg is recommended for
settling coffee. A barrel of eggnogg
would probably settle the question in
Kentucky.
If any man will do his duty the
country is safe under any administra
tion. The future of the republic de
pends upon the people and not the
politicians of this country. We have
gone through many perilous expe
riences but have so far triumph* d
over all difficulties.
THE LAST CONVENTION.
Wednesday next will probably be
the last Aate convention of this mem
orable year. The people of Georgia
have had a surfeit of politics and are
weary of the continual agitation. We
trust that harmony will prevail and
that the convention Wednesday will
be conducted on the soundest
metho.ds of procedure.
The delegation from Floyd county
goes to the convention as a unit for
Judge Joel Branham, but untram
melled by any instructions as to whom
they are expected to vote for beside
our own candidate. That is right and
proper. There are men in every way
trustworthy and ought to know how
to do their duty in the premises.
We could not afford to send men
there tied up by instructions and not
allowed to exercise their own judg
ment in the selection of the other
candidates. In other words it would
be foolish to send representatives
there whom we could not trust to do
their duty in every emergency by
which they might be confronted.
We feel that in advocating the can
didacy of Judge Branham we are
working for the best interests of the
state at large, as well as in furthering
the interests of a man in every way
worthy of representing his people in
that high position. We feel satisfied
that he will be one of the men chosen
as candidates for the judgeships.
He is in the prime and vigor of a
superb manhood with a mind stored
with knowledge well matured by long
observation and experience. He will
shed luster upon that high
body and will be a man to whom al]
Georgians can point with pride as one
of the members of the highest tribu
nal in the staje.
As to ttfe other two places we are
confident that the delegation from
Floyd will vote for the best men
whose names are presented to the
convention. There is a great deal at
stake in this election and we trust
that every man who goes to that con
vention will feel a patriotic interest in
choosing the very best men for the
judges of the supreme court of Georgia.
STEVE CLAY'S NOMINATION.
Yesterday afternoon Hon. Alexan
der Stevens Clay was nominated for
United States senator by a vote of 94
members of the senate and house of
representatives in joint session. This
solation of the senatorial question
will remove the tension and the peo
ple of the state will feel relieved" that
it is over.
Mr. Clay has been prominent as a
democratic leader for several years
and has served the state faithfully,
both as speaker of the house and pres
ident of the senate, and none of the
Georgia men in public life have shown
a stronger devotion to duty. He is
the youngest man ever sent to the
United States senate from Georgia.
If his past career is any indication
of his future, he will prove a staunch
and zealous advocate of the interests
of the state in that exalted, position.
It is a high compliment to the estima
tion in which he-is held by his fellow
citizens, and The Tribune extends its
congratulations to the young Geoi
gian who has been so highly honored.
, THE DINGLEY BILL.
The republicans continue to discuss
what is known as the “Dingley Bill’’
as a measure of relief for the deficit in
the national treasury. This bill is a re
publican measure and of course is
looked upon with more or less bus
picion by the democrats because it
emanated from the opposition party.
It proposes a horizontal increase of
15 per cent of the duties fixed in the
Wilson tariff bill on all articles except
sugar, wool, woolen clothing and lum
ber. Wool is to be taken from the free
list and subjected to a duty of 40 per
cent of its value, and the duty on
woolen goods is to be proportionately
increased. Lumber is to be taken
from the free list and subjected to a
duty of 15 per cent of its value. The
duty on sugar is not to be increased.
From the horizontal increase of 15 per
cent an increased revenue of $15,000,-
000 is expected; the duty imposed on
wool and'woolens is counted upon to
produce $25,000,000 more, or enough
to make the revenue of the govern
ment equal to its expenditures.
Conservative republicans claim that
it is a non-partisan measure and that
it was introduced solely with a view
to relieving the burdens of the nation.
The deficit has fallen from $30,000,000
to $40,000 000 and the government is
woefully behind, in its indebtedness
and something must be done to make
good the d ficiency.
Last February the senators from
the silver mining states defeated the
bill in the senate, but it is understood
that they will support it as pre
ferable to any further meddling with
the tariff just now when the country
1 is get i g back to a normal coe-
THE ROME THIKUxNE. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1896.
dition of prosperity. Anything that
■will avert further disturbance
will be acceptable to the American
people.
What we want is relief that can only
come from a rehabilitation of our
commercial and industrial institu
tions. We cannot hope for any sub
stantial help from political agitation.
That has been tried and found want
ing. The people must take hold of
affairs and straighten out the kinks
and settle these knotty problems be
fore we can look for solid and sub
stantial improvement in business
affairs. It is high time that the peo
ple were taking a hand in the man
agement anyhow.
song¥and SCENES.
Goodnigh !
Goodnight, sweetheart, come lay your hand,
Your soft white hand in mine,
We need no words to understand
Such sentiments divine.
One last, fond look on that fair face,
That face that mocks the light
Os brightest stars that Swing through space,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight!
Goodnight, sweetheart, the hour has come
Sad hour when we must part.
Expression falls, my lips are dumb,
z So full my raptured heart!
jCould I but tell but half I feel,
Could utter, or could write,
What glories would my soul reveal.
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight!
I heard your sweet voice all day long,
All day its music charmed.
With happy laugh and scraps of song,
That all my being warmed;
But drooping are those eyelids now,
Care-worn that forehead white,
The mists of dreams steal that brow,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight!
I only pray that in the themes
Rehearsed in grief
In waking thoughts or slumbrous dreams
That you'll remember me;
In tenderness and loyal love
My sacred troth I plight.
Beloved al! other things above.
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight!
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
A Beautiful Work.
Miss Jennie Thornley Clark, of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial School
at Milledgeville, has just gotten out one
of the most valuable additions to Amer
ican literature that has appeared in
many years.
It was published by Lippincott and is
called “Songs of the South.” It is ele
gantly bound an d would make a most
attractive adornment for any library
outside of its value as a contribution to
the literature of the country.
In a very commendatory introduction
to the volume Mr. Joel Chandler Har
ris speaks of the high value to be
placed upon the work as a compilation
of some of the best poems by Southern
authors.
FrankO. Ticknor,James R. Randall,
Harry Tirnrod, Richard Henry Wilde,
Sidney Lanier, Montgomery M. Folsom,
Frank L. Stanton and a number of
other leading writers of verse are repre
sented.
The selections have been made with
great care from the very best of their
words and the book speaks eloquently
of the quality of the contributions of
Southern singers to the poetry of the
English language.
Nothing that approaches it in the
scope of its work has ever appeared and
the book should find a place in everA
library. The coinpiler is a lady of rare
literary ability and her discriminating
criticism is beautifully displayed in this
work.
The Southern verse writers stood pre
eminent for the sweetness of their songs
and the purity of sentiment and in this
compilation the freshness and bloom
of their work stands out in all the luxu
rious loveliness of flowers of a semi
tropic clitne.
Lanier, who wrote “The Hills of
Habersham and the Valleys of Hall
stands beside Ticknor, the matchless
author of “Little Giffen qf Tennessee.”
“Maryland, My Maryland,” that
grand war lyric by Randall appears in
there pages rendered luminous by the
brightness and beauty of their contents.
Then there Is that sweetest and most
pathetic of all poems “My Life is Like
a Bummer Rose” by Wilde, who met
his death on “Tampa’s desert Strand”
of which he wrote with the voice of
prophecy.
“The Love Feast at Waycross,” pro
bably the best of Stanton’s dialect
poems and “St. Augustine,” of which
the author writes:
* ‘lt is the finest poem ever written by
Mr. Folsom and one of the most finished
contributions to the literature of the
day.”
These and many more, about a hun
dred and fifty in all, are included in the
book and it is a pleasure to peruse its
attractive pages redolent with inspira
tion.
There are nearly a hundred and fifty
writers represented and every one of
them is distinctively Southern. In that
particular it differs from all other works
previously published.
The author was inspired by a lofty
patrotism when she set out to complete
this work of love and a grateful people
will hail her as a benefactress should
she never publish anything more.
It is carefully indexed and in the back
pages are short biographical notes of all
who have found a place in the book,
and she has included about all who
truly represent the spirit of poesy in ihe
South.
The comprehensiveness of the work
is simply marvelous and one wonders
how she was able to accomplish a task
so stufendous.
It is sincerely to be hoped that she
will meet with that success which she
so richly merits in the sale of this beau
tiful work.
It will remain as a monument to her
devotion to her country and people so
long as there is left a man •or woman
who can truly appreciate the beauty
and elevating influence of true poesy.
M.M. F.
One of the curiosities of Maine in
dustry, as shown by Commissioner
Matthews’ report, is a firm that has
SBB,OOO invested in chewing gum, and
does a business of over $50,000 a year.
The value of the product of the fac
tory is given as $52,434,45. Forty
hands are employed, and $7,835,15 a
year are paid in wages.
Christmas is but little more than a
month off, and Thanksgiving comes
between now and then. Turkey is
liable to suffer during the next few
weeks.
That is a noble work undertaken
by the ladies of St. Peters Episcopal
church and they should meet with
every possible encouragement.
The prophet has put in appearance
again prophesying all sorts of evils for
the next few weeks. Somebody ought
to set the three bears on him.
Judge Henry will dish out justice to
offenders against law and order for
the next two weeks. There is not a
better judge in Georgia.
Georgia is the best country on tl e
face of the earth. Outside of Tom
Watson are mighty near attending to
oUr own business. _•
Nobility.
True worth is in being-, not seeming—
In doing, each day that goes by,
Some little good— not in the dreaming
Os great things to do bv and by,
For whatever men say in blindness.
And spite of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our mete as we measure—
We cannot do wrong and feel right;
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow.
The bush for the robin and wren.
But always the pith that is narrow
And straight for the children of men.
’Tis not in the pages of story
The heart of its ills to beguile,
Though he who makes courtships to glory
Givesail that he hath for her smile;
For when from her heights he hath won her.
Alas! it is only to prove
That nothing’s so sacred as honor,
And nothing so loyal as love!
We cannot make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them like fishes in nets;
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing which it gets
For good lieth not in pursuing,
Nor gaining of great nor of small,
But just in the doing, and doing
As we would be done by, is all.
—Our Dumb Animals. |
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