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THE STATE TICKET.
lor Governor,
ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall.
1 or Secretary of State,
MARK A. HARDEN, of Bartow.
1 or Comptroller-General,
W. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
For Attorney-General,
J.OSEPH M. TERRELL, of Mor
liwclhor.
J or Treasurer.
W. M. EPEER, of Fulton.
Fur Cominlsioner of Agriculture,
O. B. L'l EVENS, of Terrell.
For School Commissioner,
G. R. GLENN, of BiLb.
The business outlook continues to look
bright— to tile-pub'll can newspapers.
Watch the Macon Telegraph discover to
night that B.jan is not an orator.
'l’l.. Tilir.rajh remains discreetly silent
till.-, iiiurniug. Thia is not the Telegraph’s
put. _
The Cochran Tub grain is willing to bet
uis pll.- that Atkinson won’t carry Iris own
congirational district. We’ll lake half the
bet.
If Mr. Bryan had known that there was
such a paper in Macon as the Telegraph
h< might not have had the temerity to
coinc hire.
General Coxey seems to. experience no
difficulty at all in restraining himseK from
thrashing Spain, notes i he Chicago Times
llerald.
It would doubtless afford Gen. Miles em
inent satisfaction to be able to conscript a
i< w paragraphers tor war, thinks tbe
Chattanooga News.
The Spaniards have roJocd Cuba and the
insurgents have harried and burael it.
(Niitinr side deserves to rule it, declares
the Memphis Scimitar.
If Senator Proctor really saw a genuine
light between Spaniards and insurgents in
Cuba he has seen something that no other
credible witness ha-, seen, thinks an ex
change.
The Ohio senate has just passed a bill
authorisin', the governor'to apoint women
as notaries public. This is too 'bad. Think
of a man swearing in the presence of a
woman.
If Mr. illryau has to pass in the neigh
borhood of the Republican headquarters,
'northeast corner 'Mulberry and 'Second
stri > ts, let iiim look out lor mines and tor
pi Urns and .things.
Savannah announces that in case of war
with Spain sir.' r an furnish a bicycle corps
that ian make a hundred miles a day.
Will this ought, to be fast enough to en
spre safety.
Says the Thomasville Times-Entreprise:
“There is one characteristic of Allen
Candler which appeals very strongly to the
; < c.ple. V.'e rcfia to the rugged honesty
of t. e man. He is not a triuMucr.”
In the bills, o: taro of a New York res
taurant a black line has been drawn
through the item “Spanish onions.” This
’ imply shows bow strong is the jingo spir
it among the frequenters of New York
i estaurar. ;s.
At the last meeting of the American
Bankers' Association a committee was ap
'polnteil to take up the work of informing
j'cople as to “AVhat is a ißank.”. The an
swer Is easy as regards some banks not so
far off—they are pawnshops.
In 1873 there were 238,411 pensioners on
the rolls. Since then 321,485 pensioners
have died, and there are now on the rolls
1170,014 pensioners, of whom 733.527 arc
survivors of the war. Now the question
is can the county stand it if they keep on
dying?”’
A Chicago pplicqman was indicted by
the grand jury for highway robbery. Un
der pretense of arresting two men this
policeman robbed his prisoners at (the pa
trol 'box and then told them to vamoose or
get run in. Well, hasn’t a policemen as
many rights as an aiderman?”
Mark Hanna took a run from Washing
ton to New York the other day and in
formed Wall street that there would be no
war, and immediately stocks went up,
mentions the Americus Times-Recorder.
On other occasions also it has been forci
bly demonstrated that this has degene
rated into a government of Hanna, by
Hanna, for Hanna.
\ singular chronological coincidence is
that which rules between the year 18S7
and the present year. An almanac for the
year 18S. will lit this year, all the phases
of the planets and the days of the week
occurring on the same days of the month
they did in 1887 will occur in this. Such
a coincidence will not occur again until
the year I! 15. Rut this will be too late
to do us any good, so we had best get all
■we can out of the present coincidence.
Georgia marble is now being shipped to
two northern states to be used in the con
struction of their state capitals, ineompeti
tion with the world, as to beauty and ele
gance. i U addition to that which is being
used for a half dozen other large Eastern
bundings. nates the Brunswick Times.
Yes. but Georgia’s own capital building is
constructed of Indiana sandstone, and sim
ilar material has been and is still being
used in other public buildings in this
state. “ IS
The Athens banner reads the Augusta
Herald a temperate and at the same time a
clear and forcible lesson on fair politics
and proper journalistic methods. We have
always been on good terms with the Her
ald and we sincerely like many connected
with it. but we have not been able to ad
mire its tactics in the present gubernato
rial campaign. They have been too much
on the “peanut” order—too much like the
Rome Tribune’s methods. Therefore, we
can heartily agree with the Athens Ban
ner when it tells the Herald that “if the
Herld desires to pursue such a course in
the present gubernatorial campaign, as it
seems to indicate, then let it mike all it
can out of its chosen policy, Colonel Cand
ler and his friends will try and hold up
their end of the contest without resorting
to the Herald’s methods, and will fear not
the result.”
Wiiiiam Jennings Brjan,
When William Jenuiags Hryau stood on
tae in tiie CX>avta;»ua in ;
ixi iiiiti cltvLi liitd
van auuiebve, up of oratufs,
UlLll lat UiOXri, OlaaiUfli. *LtU Gi U'dj,
UUlk.l. liiGae wmdft UUicp IkiVfc
Uvtii tilt £k*olto of iaiAig.GUd CiZ lAjui-
iiks “Aiit-y &&a«l **<><.
upon tat b*u.. ol la our Lu.k ciu*u v*.
—t&vy ixivill XiGt, l. uu
*■* </L tjuitl, la<l iiixia a turtixtti v taat
v» -Luat v«uul<l lux-
tver i*i aRe xiaaU a Itauti aitil.
Al lual t.UU: be aad little vi bt-
comiag a tauuidate lai the bieatai iiuao**
in tbe u* tiiib, tae axxi pruuu-
eet aatii/ii on cartii, auu waeu iue cGuvca
lion ioee a* alxavei a feaxrgle wuu and nt
ciaixu ibat be shouaia it.au vat i*.io
force* in ti»e corning election lor tae selec
tion of a presiueut vi these Ln.ltd tjtates,
none in »tbe Union, wnu were waiting aux- v
muoiy io hear who woulu -be nom.uaud,
a Lit ai*ui c aurpi'i3e<A tiiau ut, xlt \»us uu
known, and a. taat -time u.isou & ni -by u»e
people. jlvoa of gold s »'ep'i away lai
mvc tor a u it_at mail am, a -great cause,
uoeiasity can voles fur those wiio v.cre
u’oie lo coiitiui it, ami .me cause, which in
tai- iic&> ,aui the wcrkiagmiu uml the pimu,
noucai people waa 'ucheini to i»e tin iigai
one, w-a defea.ii'd. but gold will not uga.n
Lave lire mastery in controlling ilit led
oi tbe £ion osi voter, a.id *n Ijjvu wbun
William Jennings Bryan sounds tile car
cry ot "No clown of thorns or cross of
gold,” ihe reaction will -be one hat will
sweep everything bdore it, and he will 'm.
made ine luul of i.-.us piutiu nation.
lie is me uiau or tae hour, d; la not that
Cl;i hour met the piace nave made lac
niuii, Lui simplj that we nave a conspic
uous example cf the right nian in the
light place. Great opiiurtuiiit.es come
only io those who are gnat without iirem.
U Uliam Jennings Bryan is a man w;lii a
spleiiuid rtc-oid ut the past, and .1 grand
iuture lor Ul ui is in sight. Everywhere he
is honored, and nowhere is he moxe in
thusianticaily received Chau in 'tae iSuuta,
and in 'Macon. He is here, as every where
cist, a gicat man for a greaa cause.
There i* a special significance in the
coming of Bryan to the fcJouih further than
ihe tact that he is working in the interest
of Lae party v.hieh as placed its trust in
him. Though it would not be necessary
for aim 'to come into this section to carry
it overwhelmingly for the Democratic
cause, he comes lo show the people who
loyally stood by him in the lust contest
that their loyalty is deeply appreciated.
Though lucre are hundreds who differ with
him on the vital question upon which Che
last contest was made, there are none
who arc not convinced itlr-at they could not
have made matters worse by adopting the
silver platform.
Macon hails the chieflan and feels the
honor of his visit, and from the outer
wails at the city hangs triumphant ban
ners in prospect of his victorious leader
ship in 1300.
Tonight the same voice that elcctriiiled
the great convention at KJhicago, giving
vent to such noble sentiments, will be
heard under the big tent on the corner cl
'First arud I’oplar street. > .j.,,,. •
The Danger That Thieatens.
There is no danger of a conflict between
this country and Spain if the two govern
ments—those in authority representing
the two governments—could be left alone
to deal with the -situation calmly.arid con
servatively. Nothing has been said or
done by the two governments that can,
by any process of reasoning or exaggera
tion, be construed into a casus belli; and
■ it is itat likely that there will be any vol-
on the part of either govern
ment that can be so construed.
The leal danger lies in the irresponsible,
uucou'Hoiled, uncontrollable public senti
ment of the two countries. ''That public
sentiment can, without rhyme or reason,
force war has been abundantly demonstra
ted. And it is the only thing that can do
so in this case. When public sentimen'i
is fanned by sensational newspapers and
nothicly seeking demagogues -it becomes
a, dangerous, thing,_ and even presidents,
and legislative bodies cannot hold cut
against it.
The American public—and the same, is
true of the Spanish—have, in a certain
sense, be’pome stampeded by inflamatory
utterances and false publications, until
now i< almost seems that they will sweep
all before them, and make war inevitable.
War, costly, bloody, wicked, deplorable
war.
The stampede seems to be headed that
way, and it may be considered doubtful
if either McKinley or Sagasta can cheek
it. Both, as reasonable, thinking men,
with the responsibility for such an under
taking resting upon their shoulders and
their consciences, would, no doubt, like
to avoid such a conflict, but public opinion
seems to be forcing them to it.
■Nor is i't the thinking, conservative, the
really- patriotic public spirit of the country
that, is doing this thing. It is the careless,
reckless, hot-headed public opinion that
makes a lot of ihoise and does naught else.
It is public opinion that emanates from
those who have the few responsibilities
upon their shoulders, and to whom war
carries no meaning except as an exciting
diversion from a hitherto dull time.
Will the governments of Spain and of
the' United States be able to overcome this
irresponsible, irrational clamor? A few
days or weeks will determine.
A Party’s'Platform No Test.
The Atlanta Constitution proposes to put
a new gaglaw on Democrats. It wants no
Democrats to take part in white primaries
this year who does not accept the Chicago
platform. The Chicago platform is a dead
issue now.—Savannah Press.
Is it? Who made it so? Has the .party
so declared it? How can it 'become a dead
issue until the party which promulgated
it formally abandons or changes it? Docs
the mere desire of the Savannah 'Press and
the Macon Telegraph and a few othei\
gold'bug newspapers make it a dead issue?'
■Does the mere wish of Mr. Teller and a
few other Silver Republicans maite the St.
L-ouis platform a dead issue? Certainly not.
It is the party, law of the Republicans
and it must s'tand for nearly three yeais
longer as a guide for the .McKinley admin
istration and a test for all Republicans.
So also must the Chicago .platform re
main the law of the Democratic party. No
individual, nor set of individuals can
change it in the least until the party has
again assembled in a national caucus.
Much less can they wipe it out entirely
and declare it a dead issue.
'Moreover, the Chicago platform is not
equivceal. It says what it means and it
means what it says. No man who refuses
to “accept” it can, by any process of rea
soning, be considered a Democrat. Nor
can he claim the right to participate in
party councils. So long as he refuses to
“accept” his party’s dqctrine he is as much*
outside tbe party and as much an enemy of
the party as if he were an avowed Repub
l.can or Populist.
By such rules is religious heresy deter
mined; why not, therefore, determine po
litical heresy by the same process? If the
Chicago platform is not the measure of a
Democrat, then what, in heaven’s name, is
Democracy—and how are. we to prove it?
It is becoming more and more evident
that Spain will not have to go begging in
case of war with the United States. She
already owes the nations of Europe enough
to give them a friendly interest in her,
and it is not likely that her creditors will
stand by and see their property Sestroyed.
55 hile none of them may be willing to give
Spain their active support, it is already
evident that some of them —France, for
instance—will, at least, give her .secret ,
support. And the secret support of fin
other nation will be of no inconsiderable I
value to Spain just at this time. I
Macon's Need For an Auditorium.
The Savannah J4tws says “Albany is
Building an auditorium which would be a
credit to a city of ten times her population,
while Savannah is merely talking about
what a good thing it would be to have
one.” Same here.—Augusta Chronicle.
And tae same here in Maeoa. Nor is ibis
a uad tinje to tail attention to the fact.
The vis., of William Jennings Bryan to
Macon emimasiits tae need for an audito
rium tn this city, litre we are torced to
l-( a circus tent in order that half as
many people as wish to hear this distin
guished leader may be accommodated. The
Svate Epworth League Convention, to be
iicbi here next month, is a ease r. point.
It has been necessary to buy a tent tn
which to hold the meetings. And so it is
every year. 5Ve are constantly recogniz
ing the urgent need for an alditorium, and
yet we are doing nothing to get one. Ma
con must make an active effort in this di
rection, else she will eontined to be em
barrassed cn occasions of this kind.
Two Fools Well Met.
The Augusta Tribune, in trying to prove
that the editor of the Macon Telegraph is
not a feci, .roved itself to be a begger
fool than the other. The man who objects
to the coinage cf silver, because its coinage
will benefit the silver mines, is as big a
icol as the man who would object to the use
cf wheat far bread because its use would
benelit the grower.—Atlanta Commercial.
A Washington court has officially recog
nized that the sale of newspapers upon the
streets is a legitimate business and a pub
lic necessity, and that persons who are en
gaged in it are entitled to the protection of
the police, it is held that newsboys may
enter street cars for the purpose of serving
papers to passengers, and that the conduc
tors have no right to eject them
from the cars as long as they conduct
themselves properly and leave the car as
soon as their business is finished, it has
cost one ot the sVashi.ngton street car
companies $5,0i0 to learn this new princi
ple in civil lights. One of the conductors
of that road took the trouble to kick a
newsboy off his car. It was shown that
the boy was not trying to steal a ride, but
was pursuing his vocation in a peaceful
and proper maner. His leg was run over
by a car coming from the opposite direc
tion and had to be amputated. The jury
gave him $5,000 damages. ’
EDITORIAL POT-POURI.
“I have here,” said the caller, “a poem
advocating peace.”
“J suppose,” said the ed'tor, ‘that you
sincerely and honestly desire peace.”
“Yes; sir.”
“Then burn the poem.”—Philadelphia
North American.
V. itness,” said the cross-examining
lawyer, ‘are you willing to swear that the
prisoner yas smoking a pipe at the time?”
“No, sir,” replied the witness. “I never
swear, but I am willing to bet you $lO to
?5 that he was.”
, 4- u^or —How do you like my new play?
Critic-—lt s simply great._ The robbery in
the third .act is the most*realistic piece of
work I ever saw on the stage. Author
(pleased)—Do you really think so? Critic —
Os course 1 do. sVhy, even the words
spoken by 'the thieves arc stolen.
“And was it for this, oh, Chris, that
with all of my spare jewelry I did thee
endow?” —Shade of Isabella.
Mrs. Quiverful —Do you know, dear, that
I think the baby sometimes cries in her
sleep ?
Mr. Quiverful (savagely)—l don’t know
about that, but I know that she often cries
in mine.
Little Edward—Papa, what is an ag
nostic?
Papa—Your mamma is an agnostic, my
dear. 55 r hen I come home at night and tell
her what I have been d«.ng, she doesn’t
exactly disbelieve —she doesn’t, know.—
Cleveland Leader.
An exchange insists that Hanna has put
a time lock on Secretary Sheinnau.
She—‘Great heavens! You say your
lips were frost bitten once?
He (laconically)—Yes—kissed a Boston
girl.—Harlem Life.
“A woman cuts magn .ines leaves with
a hairpin and a man -cuts them with his
thumb,” mentions tire Chicago Record.-
An exchange 'is charitable enough to
thi’ik that t'ho man who said “'blood is
thicker than water” had never seen the
Chicago river. •
“Fonetiq.”
We shouid Dever accustom ourselves
to saying that an article was “mad in
Jermani’’ or “mad in Trans.” Nor is it
necessary that we should. -I have al
ways thought tho spelling reformers
mistook the conditions of tbe problem.
Our spelling may be erratic, but tbe
priutc d word is a kind of v isual counter.
We learn to recognize it and to spell it
by the eye. How often do we feel that
a word looks wrongly spelled? Words
have to' be taken en bloc, and it would
be exactly the same with the “fonetic”
monstrosities proposed as their substi
tutes. In reading we never get at the
sense of a word by spelling it, and
“cough” and “plough, ” although theo
imtically anotnaio.is and incongruous,
present no practical difficulty. Still,
spelling might in certain cases be sim
plified with advantage.’ “Program’' and
“jewelry” are better than the accepted
forms “programme,” “jewellery.”
At present English ik like# luxuriant
garden ruining wild. It needs trim
ming and weeding.—Academy.
Chased Up U Tree and Tiled on Possum.
A negro, being hotly pursued by degs
that were guarding a farmhouse in th>3
owner’s absence, fled to a swamp ami
climbed a tree for safc-ty. In telling
about it afterward he said:
“Yes, sub, I wuz in a tight place, I
tell you. Up dut tree I went, an dar I
staid fer two dajs an nights, wid dem
dugs keepin guard at do foot. When
dcy’d git tired, dey’d relieve each
yutber, but dey wuz always a couple ei
dem cn duty all de time, so dar I wui
an fluid ever’ minute ’ud bring de
farmer wid bjs gun.”
“And you had nothing to eat all that
time?”
“Oh, yes. ‘•uh; I wuz well fix in dat
rcspec’. I lived high, so ter speak. ”
“And what did you live on?”
“Well, sub, ter make a long story
short, der wuz a possum ug xiat tree
likewise, an, bless God, he wuz ez ’fraid
er de dogs ez I wuz!”—Atlanta Consti
tution.
Frosa Her Point of View.
A lady who saw that her servant girl
seemed to take a certain interest in the
objects cf art iu her parlor said to her,
“Which one of those figures do you like
best, Alary?”
“This cne, mum,” said Alary, point
ing to the aimless Venus of Alilo.
“And why do you like tbe Venus ,
best?”
“Sure, it’s the aisiest to doost, mum,” :
answered the girl.—Harlem Life.
His First Duly.
“What is the first duty of a war cor- I
respondent?” asked the managing editor ;
of cue cf the “new” journals.
“To have his picture taken showing
how he looks when equipped for his '
work in the field.’ —Chicago Post.
Until recent years our bakers had not
improved upon tbe methoel used in the ’
bakeries of Pompeii—viz, by burning
wood in the floor of the oven itself un- ■
til the proper temperature had been
reached, then cleaning out and intro
ducing the loaves. Nowadays our large
bakeries are fitted with ovens heated
with flues, gas or steam.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through j
the columns of The News.
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