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Augusts, Os., Tuesday, March 20, I*o#.
Honesty In Polltlci.
The question regarding negro die
franchlsement seems to be avoided
by those candidates In the guberna
torial campaign who make loud pre
tense of upholding the law as If Is.
And yet there Is an Inconsistency In
tnelr action which overwhelms their
nttltude with condemnation.
The argument eased on the law
as It la has a superabundant mean
ing which dare not express Itself In
explicit terms. The law ni It la argu
ment points to the acknowledgment
of the negro's legsl right to vote but
there it ends. If by fraud, by trick or
by chicane this legal right can he
nullified then the Inwns-lt-ls stand
pattern are supremely satisfied. They
are satisfied to do by these devious
and rep re sensible means what good
cltlxenahlp demands should he done
according to the forma of law. They
are willing to hold the public policy
of the etate In an attltudo of dupli
city and dishonesty.
When the incubus of negro fran
chise was first forced on the Mouth
there were reason* of expediency ap
proving Its temporary acceptance
which bad a paramount weight and
value. But these reasons have disap
peared. The South Is no longer a
prostrate member of the family. She
la erect, active and virile. Sbe has
set out on new lines and ha* brought
her traditional Intelligence to the so
lution of tho difficult problems that
were throat on her. May not this
problem he faced In the same way?
Tho provision granting the fran
chise to the negro was passed in
violation of Constitutional require
ment. and that fact la an open book
to all who rend, a It not time that
the error In Its passage be rectified?
la It not time that "the square deal”
be applied even to the Constitution?
There ran be no honesty nor honor
111 politics on -this question until tt Is
reconatrued In accordance with Con
stitutional requirement.
Dr. Parkhurst Revived.
Dr Piirkhurnt after n commendable
period of quiet ministerial work
rushes again Into the blaze of pub
licity. A plot to destroy his life wns
excogitated by the press agent Juat
In time to arrange the focna. The
doctor now steps out boldly from the
quietude which haa enveloped him
and latincuea a philippic against the
soldiers of the United States
( ivie reform was Dr. I’arkhurat a
strong point In his previous exist
ence. lie preached and prayed against
Tammnny. When Tammany was
beaten at the polls and tho Strong
administration came In Tom Platt
took a pew In his church and became
an ocoaslonal attendant. The Strong
administration gave that style of re ,
form to Ar* Yora city which Inspired
the soldier-law> or, Col Asa Bird
Gardner. to proclaim "to hell with re
form." Dr. Parkhurst was silent dur
ing the progress of the style of re
form which Col. Ass Bird Uardner
so pithily disavowed. This silence
continued for n long ttmp. Then the
Insurance Investigations ranm on and
Tom Platt was besmirched. Dr. Park
hurat during that crisis may have
been another Achilles, sulking In
his tent. But he was silent.
Quite recently the New York new s
pagers published cuts of a new
church which Dr Parkhurst was to
occupy. He was gradually emerging
from his alienee. Then came the rum
or of a plot to murder. The alienee
was broken Now he Is heard In a
weighty fulmlnatlon against the men
doing their duty in the Philippines.
The good doctor should profit by a
beautiful Christian legend In regard
to another good man who saw a
vision of tho Bible with the inscrlp
tion. Take and read. '
About N eu'ipapers.
In these days of expansive news
paper work the public Is easily mis
led by appearances. The substantial
value of a newspaper does not de
pend on the number of page* It pub
lishes. Tnat appreciable quality Is
a I together dependent ou the char
acter of the service It gives.
Tastes arc various and since the
time when Horace penned hia line
forbidding disputes ou the subject j
they have gone on steadily In their
variance. But that fact uooa not mili
tate against the truth that not every
taste la an approvable one The taste
for a good news service Is an Intel
ligent |Miaseaalon. Ine taate for clear
writing and sound Judgment la a
philosophic asset The taste that ap
provea discrimination In the featur
ing of a story la proof of a high mind.
The modern new*pa|ier has In most
cities of this country become a turkey
strutter. It blows and ex
panda Itself, spread* out It* feather*
and utter* It* self-satisfying rroak
with the contentment of triumph. But
It la a turkey goobler all the same
| and the effort cannot be sustained,
j When the expansive an. expanding
| newspaper claimed a place In the
' Journalism of Philadelphia there was
1 one newspaper which refused to fob
l low In the procesalon. The Phila
delphia Record, since Its foundation
by Wllllanf M. Mlngorly. Issued a
twelve page daily and a sixteen pace
Hunday edition, it held the largest
circulation. It* rival* olew their
columns Into the various colors of
the turkey gobbler'* comb, spread
their attenuated wings and gobbled.
Hut. the Record he., the circulation.
Its staff aeldom changed. A vneaney
In the editorial department, accord
ing to It* ablest managing editor, the
late John W Halley, only occurred
on the death of au Incumbent.
7As Good of Evil.
Momewbere In the wake of every 111
the philosophic mind Is able to dis
cover a modicum of good. It may be
only a (rifle but It la nevertheless care
fully fondled as a compensating ad
vantage. The reverse of this truth
does not seem to have attained an
equal prominence, nnd yet It Is quite
significant that every wave of good
which sweeps over the country stirs
Into life—or, more properly, varies the
life—of existent 111*.
The large cities of our country have
become honeycombed In late years
with a class of social worker* whose
aspect la always cheerful —and their
hand open. The city of Philadelphia
ha* furnished quite an extensive body
of theije gilded sltrulats. A society
has existed In that city during several
years whose object It was to make
raids on den* of vice .and yet the fact
was well known that there were dens
or rather palaces—that were safe
against their efforts.
The suspicion was not 111-founded
that graft could even operate among
the municipal reformers. By a happy
change a discredited politician, or an
ambitious one. by allying with the
reformers, inighl attain public credit
and approval. •
There Is one merchant In that city
who has had political ambition. In
his endeavors he employed the means
which he condemned In Ills opponents,
but he was a social worker, he was a
Christian man. He gave largely of his
Income to found churches and Sunday
schools, newspapers as well. In the
conduct of his commercial enterprises
he was In no manner more remunera
tlve to his employes than were his
rivals. Indeed lie went beyond his
rivals. On securing a situation In hla
employ the fortunate one had to sign
an agreement to remain forever In
that service. But he was n social
worker, the head, front and pocket hook
of the whole concern. For hint It was
a profitable advertisement. His preach
ments Sunday after Sunday, full re
ported In hts newspapers, called atton
tlon to hla large store and the bargain
counters It contained.
The wave of reform has become a
tornado In that city and this wise
merchant directs the storm. Every
thing centres in his establishment,
from foot gear to mental gear. Cloth
ing for the body and thought for the
mind. He Is a wise merchant who can
turn political campaigning to commer
cial profit.
Marriage Competency.
There ls a bill pending before the
legislature of ihe state of New York
prohibiting the marriage of defectives
By that term Is understood. In the
provision of the measure, all feeble
minded persons, idiots. Imbeciles and
epileptics. To have been in that con
dition makes no perpetual disqualifi
cation. but the fact of rest oration to
sanity must bo attested within a spe
cified time by two reputable physi
cians
The wisdom of such a measure of
law needs no argument to sustain,
and It could doubtless go a long way
toward the abolition of divorce were
the predispositions of the parties to a
marriage made a statutory condition,
i In view of the havoc that has been
Und that is being wrought in families
In this country through a radical un
fitness for the marital obligations the
opinion Is now In the ascendant that
there are causes quite as important
as those noted iu the New York pro
l»osal which should become a subject
of legal investigation. If the law has
the right to dissolve a marriage It
assuredly has the right of prescribing
the conditions necessary to Its sanc
tion Beyond the mere fact of ent
powering certain functlonarlea to per
form the reremony and prescribing
the age, the law does nothing at the
most Important stage of the proceed
ing the functionary
empowered to perform the ceremony
makes all preliminary Investigation
A general law of that description I*
as unwise a* no law at all would be.
for the Important reason that It de
pends on a source outside Itself for
approval of the functionary.
The business of the divorce court*
would largely disappear should reason
be followed In this Important matter
and speelflc competency required. It
will be so In the course of time and
an Improved condition of things will
be the result.
My Money.
(Puck.)
My money He* over the ocean.
My money lies over the sea;
My banker* with love and devotion
Take care of my raopey for me.
Chorus.
Take rare, take care, take care of my
money for me, for me,
Take care, take care, take care of
my money—for me.
Last night as I lay on my pillow.
Last night ai I lay on my bed.
Last nigh* ns I lay on my pillow
I dreampt that the market wa* dead.
Chorus.
Dreampt that, dreampt that, dreampt
that the market was dead, was
dead.
Dreampt that, dreampt that, dreampt
that the market —was dead.
What Editors Say.
(The Tattnal Journal.)
We notice that an exchange says
women can drink as much a* men. This
may be no, but It will kill them quicker.
(Tennllle Tribune.)
Tom Watson's reply to Hon. Clark
Howell In the Mnrch number of hi*
magazine Is enough to make Clark'*
feather* lie low.
(The Athens Banner.)
Talk 1* chpap. bin some of the candi
dates for governor have developed Into
long distance runners and the race has
only begun
(Columbus Tnquirer-Sun.)
According to the New York World.
“Andru Karnagv Is pleedlng for siropl
spellng and wll bare the xpense ov
making it universal, thus beteriug his
chants of dying poor."
(The Sandersvllle Progress.)
Why doesn't ('lark Howell meet
Hoke Smith on the sUimp? He said
he would.— Dalton Citizen. Do wait
till Clark gets the poultice off 14s oth
er burn. —Waycroas Journal.
(The Fatmiton Messenger.)
It is really pathetic to sp how hard
Dr Nunally Is trying to get Injo th«
race.
(The Macon Telegraph.)
After all the straw ballots and col- 1
imms of claims of the Atlanta papers
the Americas Tlmes-Recorder say*’
"It looks now as If the gubernatorial
campaign was worse mixed than evert
In Georgia. It would he Impossible
to figure out any satisfactory result at
this time.”
Metric System in Canada.
Consul Seyfert, of Stratford, reports
an active movement In Canada that
has for its object the adoption of the
metric system of weights and mens
urea. Active propaganda Is at work
to have the question properly present
ed to the Canadian people. The consul
writes:
With a view of adopting the metric
system in weights and measures at
an early day the Canadian government
ta preparing and educating the people
for the change Trof J C Mel-onnnn.
of the University of Toronto, has been
engaged by the Dominion government
to devote the next yenr to explaining
the system In a series of lectures In
all the leading cities from Halifax to
Vancouver. The professor delivered
his flvst lecture on the subject at
Stratford, February 7, before the boat'd
of trade. According to his explanation
It Is the object of the Canadian gov
ernment to secure a uniform standard
of weights and measures throughout
the entire British empire, and thus to
advance trade relations among the
different colonies of the empire. The
hoard of trade at Stratford unanimous
ly adopted resolutions, urging adoption
of the system.
The Democratic Outlook.
tMemphis Commercial-Appeal.)
A few years ago the Liberal party
in Europe seemed to be more hope
lessly dead than the Democratic par
ty In the United States. It looked ns
If there would be no resurrection day;
but the Conservatives got to quarrel
ing among themselves and the result
has been that the Conservatives now
have only 155 out of 670 members -if
parliament
With Chamberlain pulling for pro
tection. llaifour for retaliation and
the rest of the Conservatives divided
between protection and free trade,
the Conservative party went all to
pieces.
The Repubicans are in a somewhat
similar predicament. The president
ha* so far been unable to aecure a
alt gle tnportant measure to which he
has been committed. There is no
constructive legislation to hts credit,
because wherever he Is progressive
and statesmanlike, the leaders of hla
party are against him Tho house
and the senate are divided. The
house is divided against Itself. In the
senate the president can hope for lit
tle except the Democratic votes
The conflicts in congress have dis
gusted the people. They see that
nothing has been done, that every
thing Is in an arrested state, and
they are disgusted with the Republi
can performance. In this emergency
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
♦hay are apt to turn to the Demo
crats as their only possible source of
relief.
If. then, under these circumstance*
the Democrats should get togetnet j
and make an aggressive campaign,
they would have In l!*0® an excellent
chance to carry the country.
Training of State Official* In Saxony.
Consul Harris, of Chemnlt*. develops
another of the great practical meth
od* Germany Is using to give her fu
ture helmsmen the most thorough edu
cational training. He writes:
A number of young assessors, who
have practically completed their law
studies, have been delegated to spend
from alx month* to a year In aome of
the large business and manufacturing
establishments in Chemnitz,
and Plauen. The manufacturer* are
satisfied at the step and gladly wel
come the young men. for the reason
that they are Interested directly and
Indirectly In Improving the state ser
vice. so that affairs pertaining to trade
and Industries will receive more ap
preciative attention in the future. Mv
Informant has one of these young men
In his office now. His duties are to
learn the routine of trade work. The
methods of manufacture will be taken
up later on. and thereafter the man
ner in which goods are exported to
foreign countries.
Hamilton's Speech.
(The Spartanburg, H. C., Herald.)
Andrew Hamilton's dramatic ap
pearance before the New York insur
ance investigating committee In Al
bany Thursday was decidedly the
moat sensational turn In the many
and astonishing events incident to the
recent disclosures of the methods of
modem life Insurance companies.
Hamilton. Just back from Europe,
where he remained during the months
of the Investlgatlon's progress In
New York city, though he was under
terrific fire every day from the press
of the country and the lawyers of the
| investigating committee, appeared un
expected In Albany, and without cer
emony went before the committee,
where he In a word defended his own
actions, but applying himself to thf
serious business of his mission, took
tup the cudgel against the trustees
oi the New York Life tnurance com
pany, and without mincing matters,
denounced them as “curs and trait
, ors." /
Hamilton spoke as one with author
ity and knoweldge. and not one man
of the several trustees of the company
who were within the sound of his
voice, rose In protest or denied the
charges he made.
1820-SUSAN B. ANTHONY-1906.
(By KATE BURR in the Buffalo Times.)
Susan B. Anthony s grand, dominant characteristic was her sense of
justice. Justice was the guide of her life and the key to her nature.
Busan B. Anthony Is chiefly spoken of as the champion of woman. So
she was but not more so than she was tho champion of man.
She hated wrong. She hated oppression. She fought them wher
ever thev showed their heads, and she gave no quarter. She espoused
woman's interests, not as a narrow devotee, but on the principle that
woman has as good a right to justice as man, and that to cheat a wu
man is as bad as to cheat a man. Man degraded by the lash of slavery
descending on his back, man self-degraded by tho bestiality of drunk
enness roused Susan.B. Anthony's righteous anger and moved her to
protect and save Just as much as did the spectacle of woman cowering
beneath the tyranny of black-letter laws and barred by despotic cus
tom from half the avenues of life.
Susan B. Anthony accomplished a clossal work as an abolitionist
and temperance reformer. Yet her name will go down to history main-
Iv in connection with the woman's rights cause. Why this meed of
fame for one specific labor in a life of such variety and scope? Because
in that particular task—the placing of woman on equality with men be
fore the tribunal of positive law and the still more formidable tribunal
of popular prejudice—Susan B. Anthony stands alone. Her position is
unique, her renown solitary. She had helpers, hut not compeers. She
was pioneer and general—forlorn-hope and attacking column—advocate
and executive. Combine the functions of Wendell Philips and Abraham
Lincoln as regards the abolition movement and you have the functions
of Susan B. Anthony in the cause of Woman s Equality before Laws
and Society.
To what extent did she succeed? She obtained for woman the prop
erty rights which sixty centuries of atavism had denied her. She gain
ed for woman the educational opportunities for which her Intellect had
starved front the day when Athens led the world in culture and made
woman a household recluse. She gave to her sister women the bust
ness privileges to which woman Is entiled by her thrift, her conscience, .
her acumen and the vicissitudes which make It as much the woman s
duty as the man's to loftk out for the future and provide against the
evil day;
Woman's suffrage—Susan B. Anhony s dream and darling desire—
the great reformer who now lies dead in our neighbor city did not iive to
see consummated. It ntay be that, the times were not ripe for it; It may
be that our sex does not yet heartiiy want It. But this is certain: that
on the question of suffrage, the door is open and the public man in a re
ceptive mood. Woman can have suffrage when she ask. for it as a unit
and in no uncertain tone. And the heroine who led the nost of woman
kind to the borders of this already visible Promised Land was Susan B.
Anthony.
As there are fortunes so vast that their owners cannot count them,
so there are benefits' so enormous that their possessors cannot reckon
them up The benefits conferred by Susan B. Anthony on her sex come
under this category. The women Of the United States—nay. of the
globe love Susan B. Anthony. They admire her; they are grateful to
her; they- revere her memory. But do they* fully understand w-hat they
owe to her? It ntsy* be doubted. By the coffin of her who for more
than 80 years thought always of her sisters and never of herself, let wo
mankind solemnly reflect. Where woman was enslaved, she is free;
where she languished smitten by the blight of thwarted ambition, she can
art; where her mental aspirations were doomed to famine, a thousand
institutions of learning bid her enter and feast; where law robbed her
now law extends its iron gauntlet in her protection. Had there lived no
Susan B. Anthony this triumph of chivalry and justice had not been.
Hit Sore Spot.
The passenger who had come into |
the street ear lasi, says Llpplncott's,
found himself regarding with some in
terest the exceedinely red nose of the
man sitting opposite. The owner of i
the nose also appeared to find it out,
'• r ' '-an-'d forward presently nnd I
said, with evident irritation:
"I know what you're lookin' at"
. ,Vs. your iianlonT"
"I sa\ I know what you're lookin'
at. and it ain't what you think it is;
at all It's erysipelas. And what's
more, it's none of your business, any
how!"
The Highest.
A hardheaded westerner who had
"made his pile" had been induced by
his wife and daughters to move to
New York, that they might have the
advantage of a more fashionable so
ciety than that atTordod in Smelter
City, says the Philadelphia ledger. It
was u stiff tight, but at last their
hopes semed about to be realized, and
Mrs. Brown was endeavoring to be at
ease with her first "swell" caller.
"Do you attend a high church, Mrs.
Brown?" the calier asked.
"Oh. of course, we attend the best,"
Mrs. Brown replied languidly. "Our
k pew rent Is SI,OOO a year."
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