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ESTABLISHED 1887.
MRS. LOWE RE-ELECTED
BY ACCLAMATION
Federation Elects Officers and Adjourns to
Meet in Columbus Next Time,
BRILLIANT MUSIC ALE AT SHORTER COLLEGE
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Hospitality of Rome the Toast of Ev
ery Lip—Mrs. Felton’s Strong and
Able Address to the Convention.
Woman’e empire, holier, more refined.
Moulds, mo*e», and sways the fallen
yet God-breathed mind,
lighting the earth-crushed heart to hope and
heaven.
' —Woman’s Empire Defined.
The Georgia Federation of Woman’s
•Clubs came to a close yesterday.
With the exception of Tuesday the
weather has been nropitious, Yesterday
was an ideal Indian summer day.
‘ t The meetings have all been very
harmonious, and not a single unpleasant
incident has occurred to mar the smooth
: and even flow of each session. Rome
‘ has been proud to have these brilliant,
■ cultured ladies as her guests. The pnb>
lie generally has manifested much inter*-
est in the convention and the attendance
has been quite large each day.
The morning session of the Feder
ated clubs opened yesterday morning
at 9:30 o’clock. This was one of the
j busiest and most important sessions
; -of the meeting, as officers were elected.
Reports of the badge and chairmen
of standing committees were read
’first.
Mrs. Beulah Moseley’s address on
“The Press” was a splendid one and
reflected much credit on this talented
woman. Mrs. Mosely is editor of the
IRome Georgian, the official organ of
the club, and her journal is devoted
especially to women and their work.
The Tribune will publish the address
in full shortly,
“Reform” was the subject of Mrs.
N. P. Black’s paper, and it showed
’ a clearness of thought, a grasp of sub
ject matter that made it one among
the most valuable papers presented,
k Mrs. Heber Read’s address on “Re
-ciprocity” was strong, helpful, and
received with merited applause. Mrs.
(Reed is one of the state’s brightest
•and most talented women, and is
thoroughly in sympathy with the
work of the Federated clubs.
Mrs. Halsted Smith’s paper on
“Law” is presented in full below.
The election of officers then ensued.
The meeting next year will be held in
■Columbus.
Election of Officers.
The last business of the morning
session was the election of officers for
the ensuing year. The nominating
committee had prepared the list and
the election went through without
•dissent. The officers chosen are:
Mrs. W. B. Lowe, Atlanta, presi
dent.
Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, Rome,
first vice-president.
Mrs. Catherine Jones, Columbus,
t second vice-president
Mrs. Enoch Calloway, LaGrange,
corresponding secretary.
Miss Ruth Vau Buren, Augusta, re
i -cording secretary.
Mrs. A. 8. Cochrane, Barnesville,
treasurer.
Mrs, John Aiken, Cartersville, aud
itor,
Directors—Mrs. Eugene Heard, El
berton; Mrs. Robert Park, Macon;
Alice Moore, Dalton; Miss Rosa
Wood berry, Athens.
The re electiou of Mrs. Lowe to the
presidency of the federation of clubs
was the unanimous recognition of this
brilliant woman’s ,noble work. She
, has labored incessantly for the good
-of her sex and the uplifting of Geor
gia womanhood. As a presiding offi
cer she has rare tact and ability,' and
■is tborougbly conversant with parlia
mentary rulings. Her mind is clear,
brilliant and logical, and the grace
and ease with which she meets all sit
-1 mations is admirable.
Mra. Smith’s Address.
-Mrs. Halsted Smith’s paper on
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
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i ‘‘Law” was one among the bestdeliv-
I ered during the meeting. It was pre
pared with great care, and demon
; strates both the clearness of her rea
soning faculties, andtbe thoroughness
of her research. Itl appears below in
full:
Since the appointment of the com
mittee which will have in charge the
publication of a pamphlet to contain
a statement of the legal status of the
woman in Georgia, the members have
had neither opportunity nor time to
confer with each other on the subject.
I had hoped that all of the commit
tee would be present at this meeting
of the federation, but sickness of a
member of her family has kept one of
the number at home; thus demon
strating that whatever may be the
theoretical status of women considered
as a class, there are elements of her
being and necessary environments
which will always determine her ac
tual condition ip life. Speaking then
for the idea that I have
had with reference to the proposed
pamphlet, was to let it contain a short
statement of the legal position of wo
men under the common law of Eng
land; the common law being the basis
of Georgia law. For instance, under
the English law woman denied inher
itance to land so long as her next an
ces'or had a male heir, and In some
instances the land reverted to the
crown if there was no male heir to take
in personal property of the estate of her
parent she took an equal share with her
brothers. As a child she was entitled to
the same protection and maintenance,
and, when she acquired property in any
way, had the same rights with reference
to it that the male sex had until the mar
riage relation arose. By marriage the
legal existence of the woman became
suspended and consolidated into that of
the husband. She could make no con
tracts, she could neither sue nor be sued
without her husband being joined in the
action. In some crimes, committed by
her thorough constraint of the husband,*
the law excused her, “The husband
also, by the old law, might give his wife
moderate correction.” The reason given
that, as he had to answer for her
misbehavior, he should be allowed to
restrain her by moderate domestic
chastisement as he would a child. She
could not testify for nor against him
in any cause .unless as to an
offence against her own person,
Upon marriage th« husband b came the
owner of all the wife’s persenal property,
and could dispose, as he pleased, of such
as he IdUed to take possession. Os her
real estate he was entitled to the rents
and profi'e as long as the marriage lasted
and he cou d not convey it to any one.
If she made a purchase it could be avoid
ed by her husband, by herself after \’s
death, or by her heirs if she died befoi6
her husband. If he died first she did
not inherit from him, she could only
take her dower, which wasau estate dur
ing her natural life in one'third of all
the lands which the husband had owned
in fee simple at any time while the mar
riage relations existed, and in some in
stances in estates less than fee simple. I
intend also to give such other statements
as the committee might see fit td make.
Added to this wjll be given the law of
Georgia upon the condition of women.
In Georgia, from 1799 to 1866, upon
marriage all the property of the wife, of
whatever character, and whatever she
might acquire during marriage, become
the property of thus giving
farther the English law upon the sub
ject of property, only modified by a
ROME. GA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1897.
pre-nuptial contract on the terms of a
gift to the wife. By the act of De
cember 13th 1866 all property of the
wife at time of marriage, and that she
acquires thereafter remains her own
she can matte any contract that a
man or single woman can make, ex
cept that she is not allowed to become
security for any one, and cannot sell
her property to her husband without
the approval of a judge of the supe
rior courts, under Georgia law no
difference is made in the right of in
heritance between girls und boys;
and a widow may, at her
election, take a child’s part of
the real estate of her busband in
stead of dower as* provided by the
common law. She now has the high
privilege of suing and being without
her husband’s company; and perhaps
other supposed valuable privileges
which I have not had the time to en
quire into.
It occurred to me to make the
sketch of her status under English
law but a short one, and to give in<
detail the laws of Georgia upon the
subject. But the time allowed for
these remarks would not permit an
extended statement, even if I had
prepared myself for the task. I can
only trust that this brief outline gives
a starting point from which the full
committee can work.
Afternoon Session.
At the opening of the afternoon ses
sion a note was read from Mrs. Ava
Choice Printup. She expressed regret
at being unable to be present but sent
hearty greeting to the clubs.
It was moved and carried that a
vote of thanks be returned to Lawton
B. Evans, superintendent of the Au
gusta public schools, for his excellent
pamphlet on co-education.
Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville,
was then introduced. Her talk was
on the ‘ ‘Relation of the Library to
the Educational Work of Georgia.”
This remarkable woman possesses all
the qualifications of mind, heart and
appearance to claim attention. She
told in forceful language of the need
of better schools and school houses in
Georgia, especially the rural districts,
*' We will never get schools worth a
nickel until we have compulsory edu
cation,” she said, and a storm of ap
plause demonstrated how much in
sympaty her audience was with that
idea.
She said that Georgia was niggard
ly not to open the doors of every col
lege and university to the girls.
Mrs. Felton laid special stress upon
the necessity of better school houses
in the country districts. The city
schools are very nearly all excellent,
she said, and the work is needed in
the county.
At the conclusion of her remarks, Mrs.
Felton was asked if the county school
commissioners should use a part of the
funds placed in their hands for building
school houses. She replied in the affirm
ative.
Mrs. Felton was applauded to the echo
as she closed.
Mrs. Eugene Heard, chairman of the
Library committee, made an exhaustive
report of the work done in that line.
The general discussion of traveling libr
aries followed, and it proved most inter
esting. Several ladies spoke of the great
good accomplished by these libraries.
Capt. A. B. S. Moseley rose at this
point and requested that he be permitted
to say a few words. In a speech of soa.e
five minutes, he paid an eloquent tribute
to the Woman’s Federation of clubs,
and was applauded to the echo when he
finished.
The convention came to a final close
with the installation of the new officers.
It has been one of the most harmon
ious and successful meetings in tl e
history of woman’s work and del
egate feels that the convention has done
great good.
SHORTER COIOFE EAST NIGHT.
Remarkably Brilliant Entertainment En
joyed by a Large Audience.
Mnsic the fiercest grief can charm,
And fate’s severest rage disarm;
Music can soften pain to ease,
And make despair and madness please.
Our joys below it can improve.
And antedate the bliss above.
—Pope.
The last crowning and most graceful
function tendered the Federation of
Woman’s clubs took place last night at
Shorter College before a large and cul
tured audience.
Perhaps never before has the chapel
presented such a picture of beauty, in
tellect and wit, as citizens and guest
mingled in happy and congenial com
panionship.
The little winged cherubs above the
rostrum smiled approvingly over all,
and the legend below them, “The Price
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GORMAN IS
DEFEATED
Tribune’s Report les
terday toiitmeil.
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REPUBLICANS WIN
Tie test nt Corrected Returns Shows
This Fact.
VOTE WASOeSE Hi MANY COUNTIES
Lower House Will Be 47 Re
publicans, 43 Democrats.
SEN- GORMAN WILL LOSE HIS SEAT
The Republlcus Will Have a Majority of
Thirteea on Joint Ballot.
Latest
Baltimorr. Nov. 4. The Evening
News, (independent Democrat) in au ex.
tra, announce* that corrected returns in
Talbot county insure the election of the
Republican legislative delegation from
that county. Talbot was originally con
ceded to the Democrats, but later un
official returns showed that Levi H.
Tull (Rep.) had a majority of 2 votes
over Frank S. Orem and William N.
Leonard (Democrats) aud that Edward
Woodall (Rep.) had tied them, while
William O. Dudley (Dem.) had a ma
jority of but 4.
The Evening News claims that this
change insures the lower house to the
Republicans by 47 votes to 43 for the
Democrats, gives the Republicans 18 to
Bin the senate and a majority of 13 on
joint ballot. Calvert county elects the
entire Republican delegation by about
350 majority. In Wa-dungtou county,
Bomberger (Rep ) defeats Bell (Dem )
by 98 votes, while in Carroll, the vote
between Biruie (Rep.) ana Crouse
(Dem.) is so close that neither majority
will exceed 10 votes.
In Caroline county, Messick (Rep )
for senator has but 17 majority, while
Todd (Rep.) for assembly beats Jarrell
(Dem.) by only 28. Downing (Dem.),
in Prince Georges, has but five more
votes than Rollins (Rep.), and there
are but 27 votes difference between the
highest Democratic candidate and the
lowest Republican candidate in that
county.
In Montgomery, with one precinct
missing, but 53 -votes separate Auder
son, the lowest Republican, from White,
the highest Democrat.
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
The Famous F. F. V. Passenger derailed
and Four People Killed.
Charlotte, Va., Nov. 4—The fa
mous blue aud gold “F. F. V.’’ express
train on the Chesapeake & Ohio, be
tween Cincinnati and Washington, was
wrecked four miles west of here today.
The rails spread, hurling the train
against the rocks, killing four people
and woundihg seventeen others. Every
car, except the dining car, left the track.
A sleeper plunged into the river.
The engine leaped into the air, hurl
ing the engineer out. He was crushed
and scalded under the great locomotive.
FEVER BULLETIN.
The effects of the frosts have not
been fully felt yet, but fewer new
cases are reported.
New Orleans—Thirty cases and
seven deaths.
Montgomery—Two cases and one
death.
Mobile—Eleven cases and one death.
Edwards—Two cases.
Nitta Yuma—One case.
Bay St. Louis—Five cases.
Biloxi—Six cases. .
Scranton—Two cases.
Bad Blase at Bouton.
Boston, Nov. 4—The extensive es
tablishment of the Heywood Bros. & T.
Wakefield company, manufacturersand
dealers in rattan furniture, has been
badly damaged by fire. Loss, $120,000.
Another »r«th In Memphi..
Memphis. Nov. 4. —No new cases;
one death: Rufus Snowden, 24 miles
east of city. Total cases to date, 49; to
tal deaths, 16.
SENSATIONAL SCHEME
TO DEFEAT HANNA
Anti-Haona Republicans and Democrats Will
Form a Combine For this Pupose.
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FOUND THAT THIS CAN AND WILL BE DONE
What Hanna Says, What Chauncey
Depew Says and What Parkhurst
Says-Van Wyck’s Power.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 4.—The publica
tion of a movement to form a combine
between anti-Hauna members of the
legislature and the Democratic members
to defeat Hanna for the senate has
caused quite a sensation in political cir
cles.
It is claimed that there was factional
treachery during the campaign and that
with no more of a margin than five or
six on joint ballot, enough Republicans
can be found to go with the Democrats
to elect Governor Bushnell or some
other Republican than Mr. Hanna to
the senate.
It is stated that there were frequent
conferences on this proposition and that
it may cause a sensational session of the
legislature. Senator Hanna was in
dorsed by the last Republican state con
vention for senator the same as Senator
Foraker was indorsed two years ago,
and will, therefore, have no opposition
for the caucus nomination, but it is said
efforts will be made to keep enough Re
publicans out of the caucus to defeat
him for election.
The canvass of the vote is in progress
in most counties of the state. -The re
sult will be watched carefully aud
awaited anxiously in the close counties
aud also in the Marion-Logan senato
rial district. The Democratic and Re
publican headquarters will be kept open
to get the official figures from the close
counties. Some of the disputed coun
ties are very close, with pluralities on
the legislative candidates of less than
100.
No interest is taken in the state ticket
since the complete unofficial returns of
the Republican state headquarters show
a Republican plurality in the state of
over 26,000.
The contest between Mark A. Hanna
and John R. McLean for the legislature
is pending. The Republicans confi
dently claim a majority of five on joint
ballot and Say that Summit county is
the only one in doubt and that its two
representatives have been put in the
Democratic or doubtful column till the
official count is completed.
Counting the two doubtful represen
tatives from Summit county as Demo
cratic. the house stands 58 Republicans
and 51 Democrats. The only state sen
ator in dispute is in the Manon-Logan
district, but the Republicans confidently
claim district and that the senate
stands 19 Democrats and 17 Republi
cans. This makes the legislature con
sist of 75 Republicans and 70 Demo
crats, with a majority of five on joint
ballot for United States senator.
Chairman McConville still maintains
that the Democrats elected a majority
ip the legislature. He contests the Re
publican claims to Noble and Wood
counties and to the Marion-Logan dis
trict, which would make the legislature
stand 73 Democrats to 72 Republicans
on joint ballot. He claims two of the
12 representatives from Cuyahoga
county and three from other counties
not named, pending the. investigation
of alleged frauds.
SENATOR HANNaTsaTISFIED.
Ohioan Say. He Sees Nothing In the Elec
tion to Complain Os.
New York, Nov. 4.—The Evening
World prints the following telegram
addressed to its editor and signed by
Senator Hanna: <
“They tell me I am sure of a re-elec
tion. That is all I know about it. It
is an off year, and, compared with elec
tions that usually follow presidential
elections in Ohio, I think there is noth
ing to complain of.
“The weather was against the Repub
licans this year and good times have
made them careless.
“I do not think the result has any sig
nificance as to sliver. 1 don’t see how the
Democrats can reasonably bring silver up
as an issue in this state again. They did
not make an issue of it this year. I
hardly, think the money question ought
to be considered as affected either way.
The results alj over the country show it
was an off year. ”
OFFICES TO PARCEL OUT.
More Than Fifty Thousand Pernom Will
Draw Pay Under the New Mayor.
New York, Nov. 4. The # Herald
•ays: More than 55,000 persons will
directly or indirectly draw pay from
the city hi the first administration of
the mayor of Greater New York. The
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■alary of 88,000 of these whose names
will be actually on the city’s payroll
| will aggregate $33,000,000. Part of this
amount represents the salaries and pat
ronage and other officers elected on
Tuesday, but this is comparatively
small, most of the total representing the
patronage of Greater New York’s first
mayor, Robert A. Vau Wyck.
A conservative estimate of those who
will draw pay indirectly from the city
through city contracts and the like is
22,000.
Mayor Strong, at the time the Greater
city charter was passed, referred to this
force as equal to if not exceeding the
actual number of officeholders.
Second only to the president of the
United States in the value of his patron
age, the mayor of the Greater city
wields a significant power. With his
colleagues-elect of- the same political
party as himself, Mr. Van Wyck can
lead an army of officeholders and those
indirectly employed by the city as great
as the army of the Potomac.
PARKHURST NOT PLEASED.
Clergyman Talka of the Democratic Vic
tory In No* York City.
Paris, Nov. 4.-4 The Rev. Dr. Oharleg
H. Parkhurst gd>e out the following
statement in regard to the Democratic
victory in New York city:
“If New York has not moral genius
enough to keep out of Tammany’s
dutches, after it has been once rescued
from them, may the Lord have mercy
on New York.
“Republican votes have restored Tam
many to power, and upon the men who
cast them will devolve the responsibil
ity for the jobbery and vandalism of
the next four years, and don’t let us
forget it. New York will not become
a respectable city until its ciergy are
possessed of the spirit of the old proph
ets as to be prepared to put governing
pressure upon secular events; till the
press becomes so distinctly and unwav
eringly the exponent of unmarketable
truth as to command the confidence of
the reading public; till reputable citi
zens are sufficiently wedded to right
eousness to be willing to sacrifice politi
cal fetiches to the interest of the gen
eral decency and integrity.”
SAYS HE “TOLD ’EM SO.”
Depew Declares the Election Keaulted
Ju at as He Feared It Would.
New York, Nov. 4.—Chauncey M.
Depew, who supported Tracy, said that
the election resulted just as he feared it
would.
"Those who are inclined to view the
election in New York city as being of
national significance,” said he, “arb
away off in their reckoning. New
York is a cosmopolitan city. The in
habitants of Landon are nearly all Eng
lish; the people of Berlin are Germans
solidly; the people of Paris, except for
a small fraction, are French. New
York has only about 20 per cent of
Americans—that is, American born in
habitants. The rest are from Europe
and all parts of the world, and they re
tain the habits, language and character
istics of their native countries.
“The election issue in New York has
no national significance, but. with an
alarming falling off of the Republican
vote in the .state, with heavy Tosses in
New Jersey. Ohio and other states, the
Republican party is confronted with the
incontrovertible truth that Bryanism
and bimetallism are not dead. It warns
them that they must take steps at once,
and emphatically, to settle this cur
rency questiou beyond any hope of
reopening it.”
SENATOR THURSTON’S SAY.
Nebraskan Believe. New York Will Name
Next Presidential Candidate.
Chicago, Nov. 4.—Senator John M.
Thurston of Nebraska arrived in the
city from his recent campaigning trip
throughout New York. He Said the re
sult there was no disappointment to
him in view of the handicap which the
Republicans labored under because of
their defaulting state treasurer and
auditor, as well as the prejudice aroused
against the ticket as representing the
old state oapitol crowd.
He was of. tU« opinion that the, rta-
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