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‘TOLLS REPFAL BETRAYAL OF U. 5.,” SAYS VARDAMAN
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Atorney General Quits Office That
He May Make Race for
U. S. Senate.
Warren Grice, of Hawkinsville, Ga.,
a leading Pulaski County atlorney,
was named by Governor Slaton Mon
day afternoon td succeed Thomas S,
I'elder, whose resignation as Attor
ney Genersal of Georgia was submit
ted to the Governor in the forenoon.
Mr. (irice recently was strongly urged
to succeed Judge Ben Hill on the Ap
pellate (‘ourt bench.
The race for the late Senator A.
(. Bacon’s unexpired term in the up
per House of Congress was opened in
carnest by the Attorney General's
announcement of his retirement so
that he might make a vigorous cam
paign in behalf of the high office.
The Attorney General deciared that
as soon as his resignation went into
effect, April 15, he would enter upon
an active campaign for the Senator
ship. He will not be alone in his ac
tivities, as Congressman Hardwick is
preparing for an old-fashioned
strenuous fight. .
Await Governor's Word.
With these two entrants deter
mined to lose no time, politicians
around the Capitol were of the orin
fon that if Governor Slaton was going
to® run for the short time he would
have 1o announce his candidacy soon.
Senator West is also expected to
make a definite anrouncement as
soon as he has sounded sentiment in
South Georgia ana learned the Gov
ernor's intentions.
Mr. [Felder’s letter to Governor Sla
ton telling of his resignation read:
“l hereby tender my resignation as
Attorney General, to become effective
April 15. 1 take this step because 1
am entering upon an active campaign
for the United States Senate. In
thus terminating my incumbency I
desire to express my appreciation of
the uniform courtesy and considera
tion shown me by the executive and
other departments of the State,
To Name Successor.
“The general and unfailing co-op
eration on the part of my fellow
workers in the (apital during my
three years of service nave made the
yerferinance of my duties as Attor
r.ey General a genuine pleasure.”
Governor Slaton will name a tem
porary successor to Mr. Felder. He
will hold office until the Legislative
session, following the State elections
in October, as the Legislature must
canvass the retarns. The Governor
would give no intimation as to whoin
he would name.
Contrary to almost unbroken cus
tom, Mr Felder will establish his
general campaign headquarters in
Macon, and not in Atlanta, the State
capital. He expects, howaver, to make
an exhaustive “stumping” tour of the
entire State, beginning the day after
his resignation as Attorney General
takes effect.
Face to Face With People.
“l expect to make a campaign face
to face with the people of Georgia,”
sald Mr. Felder Monday, discussing
his resignation and his forthcomirg
tight for the Senate, “I have no big
campaign fund and will not have. It
will not be possible for me to spend
large sums in advertising or hiring
speakers. Necessarily I must, and
shall, have this matter out{ ‘heart to
Licart’ with the people.
“1 am, moreover, my own candi
date, and nobody else’'s. 1 have no
sort of understanding with Senator
Smith, Mr. Hardwick, Governor Sla
ton, former Governor Brown, or other
persons, large or small
“l ask nobody's consent to run, and
I am asking no factional suppeort.
Smith men and Brown men, so called,
supported me in my races for At
torney tieneral, and I am impartially
inviting them to support me now for
the Senate. 1 never mentioned this
race to my friend, Tom Hardwick,
who is also a candidate for the place,
1 hear, and there is no sort of agree
ment between us. I like him person
ally, but I hope to snow him under,
s 0 far as the Senatorship goes.
“I am in the race to the end-—re
member that, please!”
SHE REFUSED PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-—" He
used tobaceco and I did not want to
lose my identity.”
These were the reasons given to
day by Dr. Mary Walker for her re
fusal of former President Arthuar,
who, she says, twice proposed mar
riage to her.
“1 would have accepted the first of
fer of marriage made me by Colonel
Arthur, who later became President,
but for the fact that he used tobacco,”
said Dr. Walker, “He would have
given up the use of the weed if I
would have consented to become his
bride, so many friends said, but, then,
1 would lose my identity in his.
“As his wife, I would have been Lhe
first lady in the land for a few years,
and then would have been nobody as
his widow, 1 always wilt be some
body.”
LAST BROWN JUROR DEAD.
FAIRFAX COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
VA, -ua;“u.—-wmu& )l‘u:‘:n., 83,
the last surviving mem 0 e
which tried John Brown for his rnld‘..-{
Harpers Fen{, is dead at his home ia
Chantilly, Fairfax County,
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS
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State Fxecutive Body to Honor Georgia Man
Who Reorganized Census Bureau.
William J. Harris, of Georgia, Di
rector of the United States Census,
will preside at the meeting of the
State Democratic Executive (‘ommit
tee when it convenes in the Senate
chamber Saturday, April 4 -
Friends of the Georgian are grati
fied that he is to return to his home
State for a few days, when he may
he honored for the remarkable work
he has accomplished since being ap
pointed to the responsible place in
Washington by President Wilson.
It was & foregone conclusion that
he would fill the position of Directo,
of the Census with ability, That !z
should have brought order and almosi
instant results out of a condition of
semi-chaos, however, was something
more astonishing.
.
5 Drowned in Auto
.
When Bridge Falls
FRESNO, March 30.—After search
ing all night, more than 100 men to
day gave up hope of finding alive any
of the five persons who went into the
swift-lowing Joaquin River, over
which a suspension bridge gave way
and carried an automobile with it a
distance of fifteen feet.
Among the drowned were L. N,
Peart, general superintendent of the
San Joaguin Light and Power Cor
poration, and J. E. Burgess, assist
ant superintendent.
BALD HEAD SAVES LIFE.
DENVER, March 30.—The bald
head of Christian Christensen saved
his life.
He was knocked down in the street
with his head toward the east. Fire
Chief Healy, speeding to a fire, saw
the reflection of his auto’s lights on
Christensen’'s bald spot and turned
:'flde enough to avoid running over
m.
When Colonel Harris entered his
office he found that not half the voi
umes of the 1910 census had been
completed, as demanded by law. He
set to work at once to finish them up
in record time.
He called to his assistance men of
national reputation whom he could
trust. The mass was untangled. The
unimportant was set aside. By the
following January the entire set was
complete,
Now that the rush is over, the Di-.
rector has only about 650 clerks un
der his immediate supervision. In the
busy census times the office force will
reach or exceed 4,000, In addition to
the clerical force, Colonel Harris has
urder his control hundreds of men
who collect 'statistics, There are
about 150 of these in Georgia alone.
.
Taft, 70 Lbs. Lighter,
Tells How to Get Thin
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,, March 38—
William H. Taft has lost 70 pounds
since he left the Presidential chair a
year ago. In a reply to a letter from J.
BEdward Barry, the 235-pound Mayor of
this city, asking for advice on how to
get thin, the former I'resident gave
these diet rules:
Don't drink more than one glass of
water at meals
Give up toasted bread and butter
and all kinds of food that contain fats,
including pork and veal.
Eat mutton, beef or fowl
Jat no sweets of any sort.
Use all vegetables but potatoes.
Eat only fruits that contain little
sugar.
Take good, moderate exercise, like
playing golf, or walking 5 miles a day.
As a postseript, Mr. Taft adds: I
don't smoke or drink intoxicating lig
uors.”
EARTH TREMORS NOTED.
WASHINGTON, March 29 —Heavy
earth shocks were recorded to-night by
.hmm.: G town University,
the 4 ning at 7:48 ana
comtinuing until 9:12 o'clock, The dis
tance was not estimated,
HITG VIOLATOR OF
PIRTY PLATFORM
WASHINGTON, March 30.—De
claring that he ‘“can not break a
pledge to the people to follow Presi
dent Wilson for canal tolls repeal,”
and characterizing the President's
message to Congress as an “affront
of patriotism of every member of
C'‘ongress,” Senator J. K. Vardaman,
of Mississippi, has given out a sig
nificant interview. Among other
things he says:
“I was a member of the platform
committee of the Baltimore conven
tion. This canal toll question was
considered carefully along with the
other planks in the platform, and il
was given the mature thought of the
convention, as much as any other
plank in the platform. After the con
vention the President discussed and
approved it. Mr. Bryan approved it.
The American people have approved
it, and now to ask Democrats elected
on that platform to betray their con
stituents and wviolate instructioas
given by them in their votes at the
ballot box is asking a little more than
my sense of right and loyalty to my
constituents will permit me to do.
“Embezzler of Power.”
“I have no more respect for the in
tegrity of a man who will violate a
pledge made in the performance of a
public function than I have for a man
who accepts a bribe to control his of
ficial conduct. 1 agree with Mr. Bry
an that a man who would win office
on a platform and then violate it after
getting into office is an embezzler of
power, and guilty of a crime of as
great m 0...! turpitude as a soldier who
would betray his country in time of
war.
“l can not follow the President in
this instance. When he says that we
ought to reverse our action without
raising the question whether we are
right or wrong, and so once more de
serve our reputation for generosity
and the redemption of every obliga
tion without quibble or hesitation, [
would direct his attention to the fact
that we can not be true to ourselves,
true to the voters of America, true ta
our platform promises, and reverse
our action. without first obtaining
consent froin those who sent us here
and commissioned us to perform tle
functions of our respective places. It
itn’t our province to be generous—we
are trustees of a great power and
function, and we can only be just.
~ Position Indefensible.
“The President’s position is abso
iutely indefensinle, I can understand
how men might dispute and differ on
the economic features of the ques
tion, whether it be proper or expe
dient to do this thimg; but as to the
right of the United States to control
this canal there can be no question.
“The proposition to yield to the dic
tation of a Euaropean power in this
matter is pitifally humiliating. Until
I get instructions from the people who
sent me here to vote to surrender the
independence and self-respect of the
American Government in this manner,
1 shall stand upomn the party plat
form.
“Rather than violate the pledge I've
made to them, I'd resign my seat ia
the Senate. I want to say in this con
nection that it is no justification for
perfidious and sycophantic betrayal
of them to say that the President of
the United States advises it. The
President is much a creature of tha
voter as [ am, anc he can never rise
superior to his creator.”
_STUDENTS OFFER SKIN,
MORGANTOWN, W. VA, March
30.—Two hundred and fifty square
inches of skin given up by eleven
students of West Virginia University
is being grafted on the body of Mrs.
Albert C. Price, a society leader here,
in an effort to save her.
A month ago Mrs. Price sustained
severe burns. Since then she has
hovered between life and death, and
surgeons decided the only way to save
her life was by a skin grafting opera
tion,
Athletic (‘foach Sweetland and ten
other students volunteered to give up
the necessary cutiele, and the opera
tion was begun at once, 30 square
fnches of skin being removed from
the leg of Sweeiland, 20 from the
body of D. R, Erwin and 10 from the
leg of H. M, Harper.
TRY HOLDUP GAME.
WAYCROSS, March 20.—Two white
men last night attempted to hold up H.
D. Dixon, formerly of Atlanta, and
Cashier Holden, of the Atlantic Coast
Line freight de:ot. The attempt was
frustrated by the appearance of a
friend of the young men.
SEES BREWERIES DEAD.
KANSAS CITY, March 30.—“1n
five years from now brewery stock
will not be worth as much as Con
federate money was in 1865” said
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of Macon,
Ga., addresing a W. C. T. U, rally.
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