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.A GREAT DAY FOR GEORGIA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS.
HARMONIOUS SESSION
ON THE OPENING DAY
MM Address By Mrs. W. B. Iwe, Presi
dent ot the Federated Clubs.
■IB! THOUGHTFUL PAPERS ABB READ
.Address of Welcome By Mrs- C. S
Sparks—Mrs. Henrotin Has
Not Arrived.
A lady with a lamp shall stand
In Chegreat history of the land,
A noble type of good.
Heroic Womanhood.
—Longfellow
Brigbest of sunshine; bluest of
sskies; a delightful temperature made
nail nature radiant yesterday for the
opening session of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s clubs.
It was an ideal November day not
a cloud Seeking the dome of blue.
Owing to the late hour at which
'the visitors retired after the brilliant
-reception by the president of the
Rome Woman’s club they they did
not meet promptly at 9:30 o’clock,
but nearly an hour later. This made
Hittie difference, however, and as soon
-as Mrs. Lowe, the president, tapped
the gavel for order, the brilliant pro
gram began.
The proceedings throughout ths day
were harmsnious and highly interesting.
A number of well known gentlemen were
present during the sessions.
It is quite a disappointment to every
body that Mr. and Mrs. Henrotin were
notable to come up to last night. It was
reported that they arrived Tuesday even
ing. and when they did not come they
were expected on every train up to yes
terday afternoon, when a telegram was
•received from Mrs. Henrotin who stated
"that owing to sickness she had been
•unable to start on her journey. It
.-.seems that she went home sick from
the Nashville centennial.
Despite her absence last night's pro
gram was a most brilliant one, and
greatly enjoyed by the large audience.
This morning the election es officers
will take place, and the impression pre
vails that all of the old officeis will be
re-elected.
Toi.ight the session will close with a
very interesting entertainment at Shorter
• college. •
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Address of Welcome.
The scene in the court room was
novel and brilliant. Never were so
many elegantly dressed and intellec
tual women seen in Rome’s temple of
.justice.
The first thing on the program after
the organization was called to order
by the president was the prayer of
Mrs. A. O. Harper. It was chaste,
• fervent and appropriate.
The bright and pleasing address of
welcome by Mrs. C. S. Sparks, of.
;Bome, was as follows:
Madam President—and members of
the Federation.
Not alone for the Woman's club do
I bid you welcome to our heart and
homes, but also in behalf of Shorter
Alumnae association and the citizens
-of Rome.
Our little city nestled in peaceful
■serenity, amid ber hills has oft been
the scene of brilliant assemblies—but
•never, has she been more honored
-than today in having as her guests this
August body of women, which has
gathered here in unselfish effort to
■further the cause of humanity in its
struggle for the betterment of its con
.ditions.
Happy am Ito greet you, and thrice
lhappy to have the honor of so doing in
>this Temple of Justice.
Proud indeed should be the officers of
’the Georgia State Federation. In one
-short year they have placed their clubs
upon so high a plane that a judge of
the. superior court feels himself honored
.in offering his ohair to our much loved
chief executive.
The poet has said, “There is a tide
in the affairs of men which when
taken at the flood leads on to for
ttine.” Rome, the flood town of oar
THE ROTIE TRIBUNE.
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r state, bids you welcome, her portals are
open to. you the work which will imi
tate the example of her three rivers
flow on, past us to enrich the condi
tion of those coming after. Today is
the tide of our last years work. The
reports given at this, our first annual
meeting will radiate out on like a
beacon light to stimulate an illumi
nate club work for years to come.
How flattered we are that Rome was
the choosen place and we Romans
your entertainers, my club sisters, I
know, will be substantially shown
during these coming happy days.
Again in pride and joy I bid you wel
come.”
Mrs. Sparks’ address was highly com*
plimented and-received much applause.
Mrs. Lowe’s Address.
The address of the president, Mrs,
W. B. Lowe, was a magnifi
cent p-esentation of the subject of
woman’s advancement and education.
It was interspersed with frequent ap
plause from the appreciative audience.
In the course of her. address Mrs, Lovye
said:
* 'To educate a man is to form an indi
vidual who leaves nothing behind him;
to educate a woman is to form future
generations, and yet the demand for
higher education is met with a frown
ing unwillingness, which fears the un
sexing of women.
“The science of motherhood is a
sealed book to the masses of women;
the inborn intuition, which God has
given them, is alone the guide, which
has enabled them to start aright the
“immortal being, who depends upon
the wisdom and intelligence of
its mother to guide its first steps
into life,” although motherhood
Is said to be the grandest
vocation on earth and a position of
such power and trust that ho other
human being can compare with her in
the grave responsibilities of life, to
her, the world must look for the citi
zens who shall uphold and guard a
nation* honor, then, who besides this
wonderful creature should be accord
ed greater privileges for gaining
knowledge; who besides her, should
be better able to define ;for the world
the term “womanliness;’’ who besides
her, should he better fitted to decide
what tne capabilities of women are
and how far she may safely go in
that development, 'which is now con
sidered a dangerous experiment.
“These women, then, of the future
shall convince the world that the na
ture of woman is made up of such
characteristics, that she can never be
other than womanly. The barrier
to woman’s progress, along thia line
is the withholding from the masses of
women, opportunities for an equal
education in life with other mortals.
The world has overestimated the tact
of women for the solving of life’s prob
lems; for ages she has found barred
against her. the doors of the best uni
versities of the laud.
“It has been considered best to keep
her within the limits of that narrow
scheme of; education which must
crush out of existence the lofty aspir
ations for any vocation not within
ber limited sphere and although the
United states spends more* per
capita annually for education
than England, France and Russia
combined, the women of * this
grand republic whose foundation
is wrote of the glorious principles of
democratic liberty, receive but a pal
try share of this sum, which is sup
posed to be expended according to the
laws of justice, for the nation’s good.
Ths number of women, who are able
to obtain a university education, is so
ROME, GA.. THURSDAY. JiOVIMBKB 4, 1897.
infinitesimally smalt, that among
other women, of the age, they are
considered cranks, unfit to adorn so
ciety, because they talk such stuff;
that their themes are unknown to the
ignorant masses around them, they
are considered out of their sphere,
unwomanly. One is almost convinced
that Rosseau lives again and is preach
ing abroad his iniquitous philosophy
of what the education of women
should consist. It seems that we are
returning to the days of old, when
“education was denied women,- as a
means of keeping them in better
subjection.”
•‘lt is true that we are partly to blame
for this state of things. Women have
lived too long to let the heart rule
the head. Let such have its full,
sway but recognize the fact,that life is
not all sentiment,that to those we love
best, must come the stern’
realities of a struggle, that we
are hurrying along live’s pathway
to the open door, which leads into un
known and unseen world, behind we
learn those whose lives have been water
ed and tended with love’s caresses;
roses and violets have been planted for.
them to walk upon; but when we, the
guardians of the household, shall have
closed the door of this life upon their
career and the roses and violets, per
chance, have grown into thistles and
briars, upon which they are left to strug
gle alone, unaided, uncared for, because
the world is too busy with its owu to
think of the children who are friendless.
‘‘The sentiment of life to them is
worthless and can only unfit dependent
woman for snch a struggle as life in
reality is. Give not only to your own,
the best privileges for thorough educa
tion, but by 'arousing to ihe justice and
necessity of giving to all alike; for who
can tell, how soon the rich man's child,
shall be the most dependent one of all.
Education not only' makes the pauper
stronger for the battle of life, but gives
to him the stone, npon' which, he may
whet his weapons of defence, but it fits
the garment of prosperity to its owner so
well that with dignity, and grace, he
walks among his fellows and the world
will never hear the vulgar rattle of his
gold and silver, as he rides upon the
highway in his couch of ease and luxury.
Jealousy and envy will pass away from
the hearts of the masses, for all shall pos
sess the riches of mind and soul, which
feed the inner man, until he. is content
to be himself and finds bis own posses
sions bent suited to his conditions, be
cause it has been the outgrowth of his
brain and chances in life have been equal
with those of his neighbor. Then let
not, I beseech you, the sunset of this
century pass without sending up the
the rays of an after glow, so brilliant
that reaching far into the coming years
of the 20th century, we shall find in
each ray, a key to unlock for women
the doors of every avenue, leading to
the accumulation of knowledge.
“Ah! my friends I should ask no
grander field than for State Federations
to labor in than the shatter and break
down the walls of prejudice and in jus
rice, which today, exist and hedge our
women in. Arouse women all over this
land to the importance of higher educa
tion for the rich and poor alike. Let us
erect an educational pyramid for wo
men and adorn its sides with such mot
toes, as will call up those upon the
base to come up higher, until the wo
man, who shall be the source from
which the world will derive its light
and wisdom; who shall carry in her
hand a degree, which shall cover with
out discrimination the children of God,
and she will stand for the motherhood
and fatherhood of humanity and shall
speak forth the ciy to women, come
up higher.” ■»
As Mrs. Lowe concluded her splen
did address there was warm and pro
longed applause from every section of
the house.
Then came the report of the cre
dential committee, corresponding sec
retary, treasurer and auditor.
The three minute ieports of the va
rious clubs proved a most interesting
close to the , morning’s labors. Mrs.
C. Rowell read the report of the
Rome Woman’s Club, and It was in
Mrs. Rowell’s accustomed charming
style. Mrs. Lipscomb made the re
port for the Georgia Woman’s Press
Club,
There are twenty-four clubs through
out the state represented, by fifty dele
gates. Besides the delegates there are
many visitors attending.
Afternoon Session;
It was near three o'clock when Mrs.
Lowe called the meeting to order.
She announced that a farm and
garden committee had been appoint
ed to further the federation work
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APPOINTMENTS MADE
J. E. Brown, of Newnan, Made
- Librarian.
Spencer R. Atkinson Appointed
Railroad Commissioner—Other
Appoinments,
Atlanta, Nov. 3.—Governor Atkin
son this morning sent the following
nominations to the senate, which were
confirmed in executive session:
Speneer R. Atkinson to be railroad
commissioner for the term of six years
• from October 15, 1897.
James E. Brown to be state librarian
for the term of four years from Septem
' ber 27. 1897.
Watt J. Pearsall, solicitor of the
county court of Colquitt county.
Albert M. Deal, solicitor of the coun
ty of Bulloch copnty.
F. F. Juhan, solicitor of the city
court of Gwinnett county.
J. W. Harris, judge of city court in-
Bartow.
Walter E. Steed, judge of the county
court of Taylor.
Green F. Johnson, solicitor of the
court of Jasper. .
E. J. Wynn, solicitor of the city
court of Columbus.
Rufus W. Roberts, judge ot the
county court of Baldwin.
John A. Wilkes, judge of the county
court of Colquitt.
Walter A. Wray, judge of the coun
ty court of Liberty.
E K. Overstreet, judge of the coun
ty court of Screven.
, S. W. Sturgis, solicitor of the coun
ty court of Pierce.
These appointments were immedi
ately Confirmed by the senate.
1 FEVER NOT CHECKED.
1 Reports from th‘6 fever districts do
1 not indicate that the frost reported yes
! terday morning was heavy enough to
' block the spread of the disease. The
1 worst thing about the reports is the de
: velopment of another case in Selma.
New Orleans—Forty-eight cases and
1 five deaths.
Mobile—Eleven cases and one death.
1 Montgomery—Seven cases and - one
' death.
Biloxi—Four cases and one death.
Scranton—Nine cases.
1 Pascagoula—Three cases.
1 Bay St. Louis - Five cases.
' Selma--One case.
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Another'ueain ut .tlobile.
Mobile, Nov. 3.—New cases: Mrs.
A. J. Wildman, at 43 St. Anthony; Mrs.
1 A. 0. Beasley, Lawrence, near Georgia;
1 John Martin, city hospital; William
i Broad, 208 South Hamilton; Conway
Penny, Ann, corner Sheliroad; John H.
Allman, Lexington, near Congress; Mrs.
F. H. Allman, same place; Marie Maude-
1 Ville, Ilauphiu, corner Cedar; Mrs. A.
i H. Malone, 861 Dauphin; Charles Reed.
Canal, corner Scott; J. Atkinson, 337
Spring Hill avenue. One death: Joseph
Laurendine, Cherry, near Davis. Re
■ covery: Regina Crowley.
A Heavy Frost at Memphis.
Memphis, Nov. 3.—Yellow jack was
hit a hard blow here when the ther
mometer dropped to 40 degrees. Heavy
frost formqd and there was ice in the
gutters. Immediately on receipt of this
news, which was telegraphed abroad at
an early hour, the state of Arkansas
raised quarantine, and before night
Mississippi and Alabama followed suit.
No. new cases; one death, J. M. McKee,
0 miles south of Memphis. Total cases
to date, 48; total deaths to date, 11.
Light Frost In New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 3—A light frost
fell in New Orleans during the night,
but what effect it will have on the fevei
will not be determined for a day or two
yet. It is a source of gratification to
the board of health officials that the
situation has remaineu at a standstill—
the record of new oases since Saturday
remaining at 35 daily.
BRYAN ON THI OUTCOME.
Former Democratic Presidential Candi
date Dlscaa.ee the Kl.eUon.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. B.—Mr. Bryan
has given out the following statemeuti
“The returns are so incomplete thal
it is impossible to discuss the election in
detail The Republicans everywhere
indorse the Republican administration,
and in view of losses sustained by them
in almost every state, it would seeiq
that Republican politics are not being
indorsed at the polls. The sentnnem
in favor of the Chicago platform shows
a healthy growth throughout the
country.
•‘Perhaps our opponents will now ad
mit that silver is not dead. The at
tempt to secure iniernatumal bimetal
lism has proved a failure and it is now
more apparent than ever that the peo
ple of Che United States mast legislate
for themselves on the financial ques
tion. Free and unlimited coinage at 16
to 1 is nearer now than it was a year
•fft” . _
OHIO DEMOCRATS CLAIM j
HANNA IS DEFEATED
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Republicans Claim Three on Joint Ballot,
Democrats Four.
GORMAN CONCEDES MARYLAND REPOBLICAN
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Only Official Count in {Ohio Will De
finitely iSettle the Result—Tam
many’s Sweeping Victory.
Returns from 13 states in which elec
tions were held show that the Demo
crats have made great gains. Van
Wyck was elected mayor of Greater
New York by 85,000 plurality and Re
el
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B. A. VAN WYCK.
publican majorities of the past two
years in New York state were reversed.
Semiofficial returns from Maryland
indicate that the Democrats have elected
enough members of the legislature to
insure them a United States senator to
succeed Gorman.
The election in Ohio is still in doubt,
both parties claiming a victory. The
official, count will be necessary to de*
termine the result.
In Kentucky, Shackelford, silver nom
inee for appellate court clerk, has Won
by about 80,000 majority. The Demo
crats will have a majority of over 20 in
the legislature.
The Republicans carried loWa by a
reduced plurality.
Both parties are claiming Nebraska
and Oolorado.
Pennsylvania remains in the Repub
lican column
Ohio Legislature Uncertain.
Cincinnati, Nov. 3.—Midnight—
Bushnell’s election is conceded by demo
crats. On joint ballots democrats claim
three and republicans four. Legislature
very uncertain. Official count only will
tell. Four independent republicans of
this city will vote against Hanna, but
have been claimed for him.
Gorman Gives Up.
Baltimore, Nov. 3.—Gorman con
cedes that the legislature will be repub
lican. This means another republican I
United States senator who will succeed
Senator Gorman.
VAN WYCK IS THE VICTOR.
Tamm no v Mxii Win* ! hw Mayoralty, With
Low Mild I‘rac.v Third.
New York, Nov. 3.—The result of
the election in Greater New York was a
complete victory for the Tammany city,
borough and county tickets. Robert A.
Van Wyck, the head of the city ticket,
was elected mayor of Greater New York
by a plurality of 87,308. Each of the
five boroughs contributed to the total.
Seth Low, the Citizens’ union candi
date for mayor, carried several assembly
districts and polled a large vote, but ail
the boroughs returned pluralities for the
Tammany forces. Mr. Low Was well
ahead of General Tracy, the Republican '
nominee, who was third in the race.
Low polled 146,142 votes and Tracy
101.012.
Henry George polled 20,422 votes, and
the combined votes' cast tor Gleason,
Wardweil, Saniei and Crnikshank, the
candidates of the Prohibition, Socialist-
Labor and United Democracy parties,
totaled less than 60,000. , .
The indications are that with the ex
ception, possibly, of six of the 31 assem
blymen iu Boooklyn and nine of the 86
in New York, all the Tammany candi
date* are elected. In Queens, four of
(he Maemblymen am Democrats. The
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Citizens' union elected two assembly
men iu New York county.
The present representation in the as
sembly from the counties in the Greater
New York is:
Now York county, 23 Democrats and
.12 Republicans; Kings county. 7 Demo
crats and 14 Republicans; Queens
county, 2 Democrats and 4 Republicans;
Richmond county, 1 Republican.
At least eight Democrats, including
the president, have been elected, and
the board of aidermen will be Demo
cratic by a large majority.
An exceedingly large vote was polled, 7
despite the inclement weather, the fig'
ures now at hand indicating that 630,-
000 ballots were cast out of a total reg
istration of 367,608. There were com
paratively few split tickets, a4ast ma
jority of the voters voting their party
tickets straight.
The vote for comptroller and presi- |
dent of the council are practically the
same as for mayor, except that Ashbel
P. Fitch, the Republican nominee for
comptroller, has run slightly ahead of
the other candidates on the Republican
ticket.
CLOSE AROUND CINCfNNAT.,'
Democrats Win, •’’*** BJ-'qulrerj Republi
can Victory, Tribune Declares.
Cincinnati, Nov. 3.—The Enquirer*
(Dem.) does not concede the election of
either Bushnell or the Republican leg
islature It charges manipulation of *
the returns by the Republicans for the
.purpose of assisting iu what it calls
“dirty work’’ in close counties. Its
claim for the legislafure being Demo
cratic is based on the election of Demo
cratic representatives in Lucas county
(Toledo) and on the election of nine of
the 12 in Cuyahoga county.
On the other hand. The Commercial
Tribune (Republican) claims Bushnell's
election by 20,000 and that the legis
lature is Republican. Neither paper
publishes specifications of what counties
are claimed for the legislature.
The total vote cast in Hamilton
county was 81,176. Os this 66,504 votes
were in Cincinnati and 14.672 in the
, county exclusive of Cincinnati. The
only candidate elected on the straight
Republican ticket was county infirmary
director ,for whom only the county out
side'of Cincinnati has the right to vote.
The average majorities of the fusion
senators were 1,673; for the ten fusion
representatives the average was 2.223.
The highest majority on the fusion
ticket for county offices was that for
board of control, 5,996; the next high
est was for prosecuting attorney, 5.230,
Four of the seven county officers
elected on the Democratic fusion ticket
are independent Republicans, and one
senator and four representatives are
also independent Republicans.
USUAL. FRAUD CRY PUT UP.
Evident Offlelsl Count Will He Necessary
to Decide Who Is Elected.
Columbus, 0., Nev. 3.—The result of
fine elections in Ohio is still in doubt.
| It is evident that it will require the
official count to satisfy the contestants.
The more the respective parties figure
on their returns the smailer the plural
ities seem to become, while their claims
increase in opposite directions. The
closeness of the vote has caused intense
feeling and the usual cry of fraud.
The state headquarters will be kept
open all week or until the official counts
are made in all Os the 88 counties of the
state. It ts expected that there will be
trouble in some of the close'counties. , ‘
Meantime the managers at both the
Democratic and the Republican state
headquarters are claiming the state.
The Democrats claim the election of
Chapman for governor and their state
ticket on such a close margin that it
will require the official figures to de
termine the plurality.
Chairman McConville claims that the
Democrats will have a majority of .seven
in the legislature on the joint ballot for
senator. He says the Republicans are
claiming counties that are doubtful and
others thjit the Democrats have curried
by small pluralities.
The Republicans claim that Bushnell 1
for governor and the rest of the Repub
lican state ticket has been elected by
5,000 to b.OOO plurality and that the Re- )
publicans will have a majority of 12 on j
the joint ballot of the legislature for ]
senator. The Rennblicans concede that ’
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