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ESTABLISHED 1884
BRECKENRIDGE
SCORESWEB
Savs the Conduct of the Cam
paign Would Have Been
Different Under Miles,
MEN WON THE VICTORY
At San Juan Heights and Not the
General, is What He Insinuated
on the Island Today.
Ry Associated Press.
■Washington. Nbv. IT.,—Gen. Breckln
r. !g<- continued his testimony before the
war Investigating commlenion today. His
testimony 'halt with the campaign In
(hil.a and the transportation of troojja to
that island.
It* had gone to Cuba a<s insj>ector gen
eral, ariving at Tampa on June 5, he ob
aerv.d casually the preparations for the
dieembarkation of trooj>s and concluded
th.rt they w« >•< quite inadequate.
"I made no r, port whatever.” he said.
”si Gon. Miles was on the ground and
could observe for himself.”
He was asked hi- opinion of the result
of the campaign. He said he thought it
was consistent with the character of the
rnen who conducted it.
”1 think It would have been different If
Gen. M’les had been in command. It
would have been more safely conducted.
1 think ho has more of the spark and gen
du« of command than any man in the
army and I am sure that if he had charge
he would have been in the front rank.”
Ex-Gov. Woodbury suggested that the
batle of San Juan was fought and a vic
tory won within eight days of the landing.
Gen. Breckinridge said the victory was
won "when Gen. Toral'e nerve gave out.”
Whil% he considered th,* result marve
lously commendable he did not fee] that
Shafter is above criticism for his conduct
of the. cami algn. He could not believe
that the result was a miracle, but ascribed
the outcome to the fact that the army was
one which was capable of meeting all
calls.
“Mo matter 'how it was tangled up,” he
t*ald, "It went to victory.” He had at the
time quoted Lord Beresford when he said
to th' 1 army upon a certain occasion. “I
■have ltd you Into a devil of a fix. and it is
now your duty to tight like hell to get me
out of It.”
Gen. Breckinridge said the inspector
general's office had been emasculated by
an order requiring that the reports of su
bordinates to that office be made to the
adjutant general and said that when he
discovered that this was so he wetft into
the field. .as offering the only area in which
he could be of real service/ He had in
tended to say in effect : “There Is my desk
in my office, do sis you phase with-it.”
“G.n. Sanger was there; he. too. was
from Michigan. | thought he could take
control <.f the office if it was desired, but
he did not remain.”
Gen. Met <.ok asked Gen. Breckinridge
if he had visited Gen. Shafter in his tent
when the later was ill at Santiago, and
Breckinridge rc.yliid that he had done so.
“(Did he then offer the command of the
army to you as has been reported in the
press*”
Breckinridge replied: ”1 very much pre
fer not 'to answer that question. You
should .ask Shafter. Such conversation as
occurred between Shafter and myself on
ithat ocaslon is not of a character to be
Hpoken of lightly. You want to know
-.what Gen. Shafter did, not what he may
leave thought of doing. If Gen. Shafter
does not report the conversation I ought
not to do so.”
“\s a matter of fact did he not turn the
isuntmind over to yon?” suggested Gov.
Beaver, to whifth Breckinridge responded:
“iNo, he did not. and I do not think
there is any impropriety in my saying that
the could not have done so.”
m er riam “talks
He Savs That a Renewal of
the War is Not at All
Improbable.
Bv Associated Press.
San Francisco. Nov. 15—Major General
Merriam is quoted as saying: “It -was no
surprise to me to see the negotiations be
tween rhe I'niteil States and Spain broken
off If the 'work of the com mission proves
fruitless i»i tm'ans a renewal of the i«ir.
If Spain refuses to accede to our demands
it w ill show that she has secured sub
stantial hope of assistance or European
intervention. Should Germany take a hand
in this ma: ter England will follow esuit
and then I look for France to out her
finger in the<iie.”
GRACE CHURCH CONFERENCE
Was Held Yesterday Afternoon at the Brown
House,
The fourth quarterly conference of
Grace church was held yesterday after
noon i»t 4:3d o'clock at the Brown House.
There sen present Presiding Elder F. M.
Branch. Pas or Charles W. Snow, and
Steward John W. Markham.
Any of the damaged furniture left in
our stock is offered at bait price to close,
rhe Wood-Peavy Furniture Company,
TWENTY DROWNED
Ice on Russ an River Gave Way Beneath
Passengers.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 15 —The frozen sur
face of the' river Suehona at .Veil etas ting
broke today while a number of people and
vehicles were crossing. Twenty persons
were drowned.
Any of the damaged ■t.Yniture left in
vur stock is offered at half price to close.
*The Wood-Peavy Furniture Company.
“HARP OF THE SENSE.”
Professor DeMotte Will Lecture Tomorrrow
Night.
Prof. John B. DeMotte wil lecture before
the Macon Lyceum tomorrow night at
Wesleyan Chapel, taking for his subject
' The Harp of the Senses.”
This will be the second lecture before
the Lyceum, which has now fully com
pleted its membership. The lecture is
teaid to be one of the finest delivered on
the lecture platform in the country, and
’will be a treat to the members of the or
ganization. •
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WILL NOTIFY .
CAPE. DREYFUS
That His Case is to Be Revis
ed by the Court of
Cessation.
HE WILL PREPARE DEFENSE
And Will Make Ready—Significant
Move Made that is an Innova
tion in the General Course,
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 15—The court of cessation
has informed Minister for the Colonies
Guillain that is has decided that Dreyfus
be informed by telegraph that a revision
of the proceedings have commenced and
he may prepare his defense.
Ministry for the colonies has received a
dispatch saying that Dreyfus is in good
health. Th. decision of the court of ces
sation to inform the prisoner of a revision
of the proceedings an<f notifying bim to
prepare his defense is very significant as
hitherto it has been generally admitted
that no innovation would be introduced in
the Dreyfus proceedings. Questions will
now be drafted and posted to Dreyfus, who
will formulate replies.
PRIEST AND BURGLAR
Desperate Struggle in Which the Father
Killed the Marauder.
By Associated Press.
New York. Nov. 15—Rev. Maurice Ro
senthal, a J vish clergyman, was aroused
from his s’rpp early today by hearing a
stranger i: he house east of 116 th street.
Arming himself with a pistol he went
into the parlor where he was attacked by
the intnid The two men fought des
perately for a few moments, the burglar
proving to be the stronger. At la-t the
clergyman fired his pistol full in the face
of the burglar who fell unconscious, the
bullet having torn out ih-is left eye and
entered the brain.
The wounded man was taken to a hos
pital where he recovered •sufficiently to
reveal his name and address as William
Farrell, of Philadelphia. He is about 2.1
years of age and of powerful build. The
surgeons say he cannot recover.
. eighTkilled
In a Collision on the Grand
Trunk Railroad Last
Night.
By Associated Press.
Kingston, Ont., Nov. 15—The Grand
Trunk Railway Exipress from Montreal for
Toronto collided with a freight train near
Murray Hill last night.
Eigh.t persons were killed or fatally in
jured. The dead are:
John Brady, Belleville, engineer of ex
press.
William Macdonald, of Belleville, fire
man of the express.
The fireman of the freight train, name
not known, and two passengers name un
known.
Three passengers, name unknown, were
fatally injured.
Twenty passengers, most of them being
on the Pullman cars, were more or less
seriously hurt. Nine or ten of the wounded
are in the Beilleville hospital under treat
ment. The accident occurred at a place
called (Diamond Crossing about two miles
from Trenton. The express, which was
due at Trenton at 3:35 a. m. ran into an
open switch and dashed into a freight
train.
MRS. LILLIAN STEVENS,
Os Maine, Was Today Elected President of
the W. C. T. U.
By Associated Press.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15 —Mrs. Lillian
M. Stevens of Maine, was today elected
president of the Woman’s Christain Tem
perance Union receiving 317 of the 356
votes cast.
Mrs. Lovell, of Pennsylvania, introduced
a resolution deploring the great destruc
tion of song birds for millinery and peti
tioning congress to ipass a law prohibiting
the use for millinery purposes of all use
ful or singing birds. Carried.
MRS. WOLFF’S HOUSE ROBBED.
Was Broken Into Last Night and Severa
Articles Stolen. |
The residence of Mrs. I. W. Wolff, on
Cherry street, was broken into last night
and several articles were discovered miss
ing. The house was entered during the
night and the robbery was not discovered
until this morning.
The detectives were notified this morn
ing and they went to work on the case at
once. There is no clue to the robbers but
the detectives hope to capture the. thief.
START TODAY.
Second Ohio Regiment Leaves
Tod -v for Macon.
By Associated Press.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Nov. 15 —Capt. F. M.
Bell, of the Second Ohio, charged . with
failure to disperse a riot at Chickamauga
of men holding disorderly meeting con
cerning 'the muster out was found guilty
and sentenced to be deprived of ,the com
mand for thirty days and forfeit one-half
of his pay of swe months. The Second
Ohio in being loaded this morning. It will
probably get away for Macon {his after
nocsi.
JEFFERSON HAS PNEUMONIA. *
By Associated Press.
York. Nov. 15—Joseph Jefferson s
illness developed into a mild attack of
pneumonia.
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THE MACON NEWS.
IO XJVJ4H J
REVOLUTION
I INJALVADOR
■ One of the New United States
of Central America in
Turmoil.
PEOPLE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Over the New Amalgamation—Ad
vices Are Scarce and Hard to
Find Confirmation.
By Associated Press. .
New York, Nov. 15—A cable disjwtch re
ceived in this city from Li'bertad, Nica
ragua, states that a revolution has broken
out in Salvador.
It ie only a fortnight since Salvador,
Honduras and Nicaragua joined their des
tinies and formed the United States of
Central America. Merchants and com
meieral men in this city who are familiar
with affairs in Central America, however,
were not surprised yesterday when inform
ed that a revolution In Salvador was re
ported to have broken ouit.
While the federation of the three coun
tries was approved and carried out by the
presidents and commissioners appointed
from each country to draw up a constitu
tion, the people of Salvador have not been
and in 1859 • prohibition' was re-adopted,
ularly as it appears that financial burdens
of maintaining the new state will fall
most' heavily upon them, owing to their
having a denser population than either of
the other parties to the consolidation.
Mr. Charles W. Wells, of Brown &
Wells, who, besides conducting the finan
cial affairs of San Domingo, are interest
ed in a Honduras syndicate, which is en
gaged under a concession from Honduras
in building a railroad from the Gulf to
the Pacific, told me yesterday that while
the new federation would be of decided
advantage to Nicaragua and Honduras
there is a question as to its value to Sal
vador.
“The reported uprising at Li'bertad is
probably for the purpose of upseltting the
consolidation before it Is really in work
ing order. Our agent in Honduras, who
was here recently, informed us that a
revolution Is Salvador was expected as a
result of the consolidation. We have, how
ever, had no advices that trouble had ac
tually been begun.”
N. Belet Perza, consul general in this
city for the greater republic of Central
America, which was formed some time ago
by Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua for
consular and diplomatic purposes, said
yesterday that he had received no report
of a revolution in Salvador.
“I da not think .that there cam be any
serious uprising or I should have been
notified. The officers of the new govern
ment have not. yet been elected and I do
not see why the people of Salvador should
start a revolution (before the new plan is
given a trial.
“I believe it would prove to be a local
disturbance and easily put down.”
FELL FROM MOVING TRAIN.
Jay Adams of Washington, Found With Skull
Caved In.
By Associated Press.
Spokane, Wash.,Nov. 15. —The dead body
of Jay H. Adams, one of the prominent at
torneys of the state, has been found near
the 'Northern Pacific tracks in the v’cln
i'ty of Hope, Idaho, with the skull caved
in.
'Mr. Adams fell from the moving train
and struck on the rocks 45 feet below the
track. He was counsel for the Great Nor
thern and Spokane Falls and Northern
railway companies. The body was brought
here for burial.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Held Its Regular Session Last Night—Sev
eral Teach a rs Elected.
The Board of Education of Bibb county
held its regular session last night and it
was 11 o’clock before the session adjourn
ed.
The business transacted was of the reg
ular routine order, the only new business
coming up was the election of several new
teachers caused by the vacancies made by
the resignation of Miss Sullivan, teacher
of the sixth class of the Alexander school.
Miss Rosa Taylor was elected to fill the
vancancy. Miss Grace Judd, who has been
supernumerary, was elected to succeed
Miss Taylor, and Miss Mary Smith was
elected to fill Miss Judd’s place.
Nothing else of importance was done.
NOBBY OVERCOATS.
“Broadway” Box. Phillips.
1 BIG RUSH
At lhe Registration Place this
Morning.
Voters from all parts of the county filled
the registration office at the court house
this morning. A large crowd was at the
doors when they were opened this morn
ing and they have been there all during
the day.
The registration is going on fast and at
j 12:30 today 5,640 voters had registered
their names to vote in the coming pro
hibition election, which will be held on
December 1.
■ The registrar has been kept busy for
the past two days. The total number of
voters who have registered will only
amount to half of rhe county vote.
Both the prohibitionists and the- antis
are hard at work, and the voters are com
ing into the city every day to register it.
said that money is being spent in a
lively manner to secure voters to register
and that people whose taxes are due are
Induced to register and vote by the offer
to pay up all back taxes.
The registration books will close this af
ternoon at 6 o’clock and nobody else can
register after that time.
The prohibitionists feel confident of vic
tory and say that they will carry the
1 county by a large majority.
' The election is new only fifteen days off
and when the first of December rolls
around Macon will witness some of the
busiest scenes ever seen in years. The
outcome of the election will be watched
‘ with interest by people all over the state.
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“Broadway” Box. Phillips.
MACON NEW? TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15 1898.
GEORGIA MAN
KILLED IN ERROR
Shot by an Indiana Man Who
Was Following Uo
a Feud.
JESSE BURTON IS DEAD,
He Resembled the Man John Flora
Was After With a Shot Gun —
Slayer is in Jail
fa
V fl
By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, Nov. 15.—>A sped/ dispatch
to the Enquirer from Mitchell, ad., says:
Jesse Burton, aged 22, son of Emslie
Burton, of Georgia, was shot by John
Flora here in a case of mistaken identity.
A feud existed between Flora and A. B.
Jones of this place, and Flora mistook
young Burton for Jones. Burton will die.
Flora, after a quarrel with Jones, wait
ed in hiding behind a house with a shot
gun. Burton, who resembles Jones in
stature and dress came in sight. Flora,
mistaking him for Jones, fired. Flora is in
jail.
NAVAL VETERANS
Will Be Organized from lhe Illinois Naval
Reserves.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Nov. 15. —-The members of the
Illinois Ne.val Reserve, who took part in
the war with Spain, either on batleships,
auxiliaries of bloekaking fleets, including
the tars of the second battalion from Mo
line, Quincy and Alton, have taken steps
to organize the Illinois Veteran Associa
tion.
A committee has been appointed to have
tt incorporated. The committee will also
urge 'the organization of similar associa
tions in other states, with a view of unit
ing them all in a national organization.
At the same time the Illinois naval re
serve will take steps to urge upon con
gress the formation of a national naval
reserve to be under Federal authority and
liable to call by the president.
An organization composed entirely of
Jackies who served on the .Oregon in the
battle of Santiago is being formed, and
will be auxiliary to the naval veteran as
sociation. ,
EVACUATION
Os Cuba Will Be Arranged at
Joint Session Tomorrow,
By Associated Press.
iNew York, Nov. 'ls.—A special to the
Herald from Havana says:
'Gen. Parado has informed (Gen. Butler
that the Spanish commission was ready to 1
give its answer to the American ultima
tum presented at the joint session nearly
three weeks ago. The result will ‘be a joint
session at the Camara Insular on Wednes
day morning at 9 o’clock.
The Americans confidently hope that a
full agreement on the date of evacuation
will then be reached. Gen. Flutter called
on Gen. Blanco today to intercede per-
Bonaly in behalf of the insurgent Col. Bal
lacao, who was captured with Gen. Ruis
Rivera. Ballacao is in 'the Cabanas, not
as Gen. Butler supposed, a prisoner of
war, but held on the charge of manslaug
ter. Gen. Blanco said the case was at
present before the Madrid supreme court.
>Dr. O’Reilly, who has been ordered to
report in Washington, will leave for the
North by Wednesday’s boat to Tampa. iDr.
O’Reilly' will urge upon the administration
the immediate necessity of estabishing an
American hospital and the organization of
a sanitary brigade for cleaning the city.
A careful estimate has been made, show
ing that the. surface of the city in the
streets and yards may be cleaned and dis
infected at a cost not exceeding $20,000..
(When it is considered that the expendi
ture of this sum will mean the saving of
‘American lives it seems more than crimi
nal that it has not already been done.
(Beyond building temporary dock on the
Mariano beach nothing has been done to
make ready for the American troops. Con
sidering the number of comissions and of-,
ficials that have inspected and re-inpect
ed the camp sites, dodged the yellow fever
and fled at the appearance of the disease.
Iwhat has been acomplisbed seems insig
nificant.
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GEORGIANS IN CUBA.
Major Harris Writes of Slnteresting Experi
ences on the Island.
A letter was received in the city yester
day from Maj. Marion Harris of the Sec
ond battallion, Third United States im
munes, now in Cuba.
Maj. Harris is at present stationed at <
Sagua de Tanamo, Cuba, and is in com
mand of the whole province.
In his letter he states that he is doing
well and is in 'the best of health. He says
that the country is the most healthy in
♦Cuba and that all of the men like it. He
makes mention of the fact that there are
whole provinces in Cuba ruled by Geor
gians altogether, and that Georgia laws
are in vogue there. Every officer in the
regiment, with the exception of Col. Ray
and the officers of the company which was
organised in Florida, comes from Georgia.
The regiment at present is scattered
throughout the island. The battalions are
even split up. Some of the companies are
at one place and some at another. Capt.
Harris states that Maj. Wylly is at Bara
eoa in command of twp companies at that
place and Capt. Wilson at Guantanamo
Each officer has supreme command over
the province which he is stationed and
Maj. Harris writes that he uses Georgia
laws altogether in dealing out justice to
Che pec pie. K.
Maj. Harris states that he was appointed
majdr by the president on October 1, and
has ranked as major since that time. He
says that he regretted very much to part
with his company, which is composed of
Macon boys. He said that he could not
help shedding a few tears.
BISHOP NELSON
Will Hold a Missionary Service at St. Paul’s
Tonight.
Bishop Nelson, seconded by clerical and
lay speakers from out of the city, is to be
at St. Paul's tonight to hold a mission
ary service at 8 o'clock,
The bishop is always a welcome visitor
to and he is sure,to have a large
congregation tonight.
O NOBBY OVERCOATS.
“Broadway” Box. Phillips.
CONVENTION IS
I HARD_AT WORK
) Session of the State Christian
Church Opened Last
Night,
PRESIDEIfT'S ADOHESS
i Was Delivered This Morning—Many
Delegates Came in This Morn
ing to Attend the Meeting,
The twentieth annual convention of the
i Christian Church went into session last
night at 7:30 o’clock. (About fifty delegates,
■ were -presen't from the different auxiliary’s
i in the state.
The main feautre of last night’s pro
. gram were the exercises by the children
: and the welcome address and response. The
. session <?nened with Mrs. Eula L. Head
in the chair. The first thing on the pro
: gram were the exercises by the children,
i who did their parts excellently. The ex*
, ercises were very appropriate to the occa
i sion. A collection was taken up by the lit
tle girls and a nice sum was realized.
The choir in charge of 'Prof. Speigle
rendered some excellent selections, which
were greatly enjoyed by the people .pres
ent. After the choir had sung several
I songs the welcome address was delivered
by Mrs. H. B. Joiner, of Macon. She wel
comed the visiting delegates to the ctiy
in the name of the city and of the society
, and assured them that they would ‘find
Macon a pleasant place to tary in. She
was responded to by Mrs. C. P. William
’ *on, of Atlanta, who thanked 'Mrs. Joiner
for her warm welcome in 'behalf of the
i visiting delegates. In her response she
gave some valuable information to the
convention and requested the visiting kis
, ters to give all assistance possible to this
i convention and to do all in their power to
make the convention a success.
After the addresses were concluded the
roll was called and the delegates from the
different cities responded in sort talks.
The time of meeting was fixed for 9
o’clock every morning. Many more dele
i gates are expected to arrive in the city
during the day and by tomorrow fully 150
1 are expected to be here.
The ladies of the .Christian Woman’s
Board of Missions began the second ses
sion of their missionary convention, now
being held in the Christian church, a few
minutes after 9 a. m., today, with a ser
vice of song and prayer.
After this appropriate season of wor
ship the president Mrs. Eula Heade, of At
lanta, delivered the annual president’s ad
. dress in a pleasing manner.
• The secretary of the state, Mrs. B. S.
McOash, made her report, which proved
to be full of encouragement, since there
was a growth in all branches of the work.
Miss Laura Elder, treasurer of the
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions, and
Mrs. F. J. 'Spratling, superintendent of
children’s work, made encouraging reports
, of the work in their care.
. M'iss S. A. Patrick read a paper on
“Foreign Missionary Work,’’ which was
followed by reports from district mana
gers. An excellent paper on “The Spirt
ual Influence of the 'Christian Woman’s
Board of Missions on the Home,” by Mrs.
A. E. Seddon, was read by Mrs. Browning
of Augusta.
Miss Mattie Mitchell read a paper on
“Echoes from the National Convention at
Chattanooga,’’which was followed by short
talks on the same subject from different
delegates present.
Mrs. E. B. Ead read an able paper on
“Work among the boys and girls.”
The session adjourned at 12 m.,. with
benediction by 'Dr. A. G. Thomas.
AT POLICE STATION.
Heavy Docket this Morning—Many Were
Fined.
Judge Freeman was kept busy for
some time this morning disposing of cases
'that were made Saturday, Sunday and
Monday by the .policemen.
Judge Freeman did not hold court yes
terday on account of being engaged at the
superior count and .for that reason the
docket was rather heavy.
The first case to come up iwas !th(Lt of
Addie Odom for larceny. No evidence could
be secured in the case and it was dis
missed.
E. J. Floyd was tried on ithe charge of
being drunk and was fined $2.50.
Jesse Hayes was tried for sleeping in a
hack. The sentence was suspended.
Tom White, a soldier, was turned over
to the provost guard.
George Paul was up on the charge of
fighting and was dismissed.
Shed Rivers was fined $5 for .being drunk
and disorderly. He attemipted to clean out
the street Saturday night and was run in
by the police.
Jene Williams was turned over to the
provost guard.
Albert Onton, one of the managers of the
Harris Nickel Plate shows W’as fried on
the charge of larceny after trust. The
company charged him with trying to make
off with some of the money belonging to
1 them. There was no evidence against the
man and he was dismissed.
.Norman Jones was fined $lO for jump
ing on and off the trains.
Link Butler was fined $5 for fighting.
• Lena Wood was fined $lO for disorderly
conduct and public indecency.
Laura Seymour was fined $5 for disor
derly conduct.
A majority of teh fines were paid, but
some few decided to stick it out in the po
lice, station.
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COMESJO HELP
I The Prohibition Cause Will Be
Given Boost bv the Great
Temperance Orator.
SAM SMALL LAST NIGHT
Took Up Liquor as a Worse Enemy
and More Distinctive Than the
Spaniards or Armenians.
Francis Murphy, the famous temperance
orator, was introduced for the first time
to a Macon audience at the prohibition
tent last night. He spoke very briefly in
response to the introduction and received
an enthusiastic reception from the large
crowd which nearly filled the tent notwith
standing unpleasant weather.
Mr. Murphy said:
“I am very, -lad and thankful to have
the opportunitj to address the people of
this city. . You have commenced a great
war in Macon. I have just come from the
war—l have just been mustered out of the
Fifth Pennsylvania volunteers and I am
in a position to say that 90 per cent of the
sickness in the army of the United States
is due to the direct cause of Intemperance
and intoxicating liquor. They wanted a
canteen in my regiment and an influential
gentleman called on the colonel with the
request for the establishment of a can
teen. The request was refused. Our
colonel said that he declined to make a
school for intemperance out of his regi
ment. He felt that he was responsible for
them to the parents of the boys. The re
sult of his action was that not a man suf
fered in that regiment for the lack of al
cohol.
. “I say to you people of Macon that the
first saloon for you to close is the saloon
between your mouth and your ebin. If
you but do that there will be no lifficulty
in carrying this election. God give you
strength to win the*victory.”
Mr. Murphy spoke again this morning
at the 'tent and drew a large crowd.
Rev. Sam Jones was not the speaker of
the evening yesterday. He was unable to
attend but his place was taken by Rev.
Sam Small, the chaplain of the Third regi
ment of Engineers now camped at Ocmul
gee park.
In opening his addjess Mr. Small apolo
gized for the absence of Mr. Jones and paid
a high tribute to Mr. Francis Murphy.
He said that he too was a chaplain in
the army but that in accepting his com
mission at the hands of the president he
had not surrendered his citizenship. The
scenes of military life were nothing new
to him. He had not entered the army for
glory. He had found that when as a boy
he had followed J. W. Burke and other
men of Macon over the Ocmulgee river in
the sixties to repel the advance of General
Stoneman. His sole purpose in seeking a
commission as chaplain was to help the
boys that might come within, the sphere
of influence and caring for those who had
been surrendered by the patriotic parents
of the-country.
Mr. Small then spoke of the influences
of philanthropy that had urged this coun
try to succor the 1,500,000 people Buffering
under misrule of the Spaniards. But he
said while we whooped and hollered and
vowed vengeance against the Spaniards as
an enemy to a million and a half of people
we have stood by and seen 70,000,000 peo
ple oppressed and mistreated, homes ruth
lessly debauched, men and women mur
dered and families driven to poverty and
misery surpassing the comprehension of
the reconcentradoes.
He deified the newspapers of the country
or of Macon to show greater misery in
Cuba than had been brought about in Ma
con as the direct result of the whisky
curse. For every man or woman mal
treated by the Spaniards he would produce
a man or a woman in Macon assassinated
debauched and outraged as the result of
the whisky sale, and by the damnable
licensed saloon of the city.
We had cried out against the cruelty of
the Turk in Armenia, but between the first
of January and the last of December of
this year more men had been assassinated
and murdered in this country than had
been tortured and killed by the Turk in
Armenia.
Mr. Small attacked the newspapers of
Macon for their failure to take a stand
on the whisky question. He said that if
he wanted editors who would do no harm
to nobody he would take the editors of
Macon. He defied a’ny paper to produce
one whisky seller who favored prohibition
and appealed to his audience to tell him
of one.
A man in the centre of the tent rose and
said that he knew of one but that he would
not give his name. A negro from the
lower ©art of the tent said that he knew
of two buit also refused to tell the names.
Mr. Small said that it was a miracle,
but that it w*as the exception that went to
prove the rule.
Gamblers, he said, w’ere almost invaria
bly against prohibition because w’hisky
wae a necessary adjunct to the gambling
room.
The horse racing men are, he said, in
variably opposed to prohibition and quoted
the fact that a proposed Jockey Club in
this state had gone to pieces because of
had been refused the license to liquor.
The promoters saying that-St would be im
possible to run a successful race meeting
unless whisky was sold on the grounds.
Seven-eighths of the brewers of this
country, said Mr. Small, are foreign-born
and are demeaning their American citizen
ship by debauching the free-born citizens
of America.
Three-fourths of the distillers of this
country are foreign born and five-sixths
of the retail liquor dealers of the country
are also born of foreign parentage.
He said that he had been told by a
Dutchman that it was a shame that the
Germans should come to this country and
be denied the rights and the liberties that
they had in the old country.
He had been told by another Dutchman
that a German could not get on in this
country without his beer, another
Dutchman in Cincinnati who %ad led the
temperance forces in that city, had told
him to say to any. German who told him
such a fool tale that God Almighty made
the Dutchman before the devil taught them
how to make whisky.
Mr. Small said that the devil was be
hind Darwin when he was working out hts
theory of the origin of man., The devil
had stood behind the cju man and had
eaid to him *“tlj§t’« right, all this talk of
the Bibls aad of man being made in ithe
image of God is a humbug and bosh. I can
tell you how man came and if you write
it up -gaientificaHy it will do away with all
this twaddle. Come with me.”
And he took him down the long corridors
of the ages and there at last came to a
mud puddle in the prehistoric past. He
pointed out a speck in the water and told
him that this was the origin of man. That
by and by it would become a tad-pole and
would come out of the water And finding
that its coat was too cold would grow hair,
climb a treet, grow a prehensible tail and
(Continued on fourth page.)
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