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4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Ektwwi at t*» Atlanta Peateffia. aa Mall Matter at th. Baeacd CUM. TW •MBt-Waakly Jewaal to pvftHateatf a* Tuesdays and Fridays, and mailed in tima tar all vae twtaa-a-wCafc etar mute malls It oontalne the news from all parts of the wwrM W««<ht ow a special leased wire t* to The Journal office. It has a staff of dletth .-jlshsd caatribvtors with strong Agricultural. Vatartnary. Juvenile. Home, Book and other fiwaritaeata of afseiel value to the >*ni and farm imL wanted in every community in tie South _ _ . , BeSSaaoM may be made by pootoffice money order, effprraa money order, reclaterod ***.T.t eased peatasa stasspe to paymeat for eubecrtpttone are requeeted to eend those of the 9-osnt doaosotnstloa. Amounts letter then * cents rostotfioe order express papers ctißnoed ako«K fffvo both the old and the now addrMt VcrnCE ’•O TB» PUBLIC -The only traveling repreoentattveo of The Journal are C j O'Parrell J A Bryan. Jan Callaway and IT. 6 McNellsy. Any ocher who rep i„ himself as unimeat id wtth The Journal as a travel in« agent to a fraud, and »• wtn bo Twopeevtni. only for money paid to the above named representatives ATLANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER M. 1901 EDUCATION IN ETHICB. It io announced that a professorship of •thlca Is to be founded and maintained in tha University of Chicago by labor or ganisations. The object of thia professorship will bo to extend knowledge as to the true rela tions of capital and labor to each other. There ran be no doubt that moot of the strikes and other labor troubles that have afflicted the country and caused great loss to both parties could have been averted if there had been a fairer and more intelli gent understanding of the rights and real Interests of employer and employee. The sort of education that is proposed at Chicago university is very much needed tn this country, but everything will de pend upon the way in which the professor ship of ethics is conducted. It may be come the source of mischief instead of a public benefit if it should be placed In control of incompetent or unfair instruc tors. We are justified in presuming, however, that at no well regulated a university eth ics will be taught intelligently and impar tially and we expect good results from the workingman's professorship. THE SCHLEY COURT. At last the ffchley court of Inquiry is down to work, and it seems probable that it will be able to proceed with its busi ness to the end without further interrup tion. The proceedings yesterday Indicate that the court will be perfectly Impartial, as everybody who knew tbe high charac ter of its members was sure it would be. It also became evident that Judge Ad vocate Lemley is determined to bring out all the evidence unfavorable to Schley that ho possibly can. as. perhaps, his duty re quires. But tt Is equally plain that Admiral Schley has very able and astute counsel, who will let no point pass, and are able to put their case very strongly. BvMently. a great mass of testimony will bo adduced on both sides, and the inquiry will continue for many weeks. Admiral Schley has his reputation at •take, and that is dearer to him than life. The faith of his fellow-countrymen tn his complete vindication has never wav ered. and be must be strengthened and comforted in this momentous period by the consciousness that public sympathy is so overwhelmingly with him. - There has Been a considerable amount of maudlin talk over some of the propos ed methods of treatment for anarrchista. It has been said that we must be care ful not to run roughshod over our tradi tions and our principles of very liberal toleration, and that the present period of excited public feeling is not the time for arise action on the subject of anarchism. There has never lived a man who was more scrupulous in defense of all the Just rights of the people, or more ready to welcome to our country all citizens of for eign governments who were fit to live among us. than was Thomas Jefferson. But Jefferson was a firm believer in the right and duty of the government to * purge Itself of vicious and dangerous ele ments. Tn a letter to William H. Crawford he said: "Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, anl to say to all individuals that, if they contemplate pursuits beyond the limits of these principles and involving dangers which the society choose to avoid, they must go somewhere else for their exer cise; that we want no citizens. and still less ephemeral and peeudo-cltlsens, on such terms. We may exclude them from our territory as we do persons infected with disease ” There is full warrant for saying that if Jefferson were with us now he would commend the most effective methods of dealing with the anarchists, however se vere they might be. There is no danger that in our efforts to rid the country of this virus we shall go too far. CUBA’S GOVERNMENT. The constitutional convention that was elected by the people of Cuba has adopt ed a form of government and under it an •lection will be held in December. The popular' opposition to those parts of the constitution which give the Unit ed State* practical guardianship over Cu ba was. a few months ago. very strong; tn fact, so strong as to threaten trouble, but ft has subsided very largely. Governor General Wood, who has recent ly been In Washington, is confident that the masses of the Cubans will cheerfully accept tbe government that has been pre pared for them, and give it loyal support. He does not apprehend any demonstra tions of discontent. The election, he thinks.- will pass off quietly, and he pre dicts that by next spring the government of Cuba may be safely turned over to the people of that island. Ti.e constitution divides Cuba into six provinces, which, in a general way. corre spond to our states. They range In size from Puerto Principe, with a population of 95.234. to Havana, with a population of C4.3M. Each of these provinces has four sena tors. who are to compose an upper house, like our senate, and twenty-four members of a lower house, like our national house of representatives. The senators are to be elected by direct vote of the people In stead of by local legislatures. as in the United States. In addition tn the twenty-four members of the lower house, which each province has. sixty-one other scats in that body are distributed among them in proportion to population. The 122 presidential electors are also ap portioned on the basis of population. There are several political parties in Cuba, representing a variety of policies from that of the extremists on the one hand, who favor annexation to the United States, to that of the extremists on the other hand, who demand the absolute and unconditional independence of Cuba. Whether these conflicting elements will ever live peacefully together remains to be seen. THE SOUTH AND M’KINLEY. It is not remarkable that from newspa pers and citizens of all classes in every part of the south there have come and are still coming so many expressions of sor row at his death and of profound appre ciation of his broad patriotism. Out of this feeling which pervades the south has sprung the hearty approbation of the movement to build a monument to the lamented president in Atlanta. In discussing this exhibition of affection on the part of the people of the south for the late president the New Orleans Pica yune says truly; "It is not a mere transient senti ment galvanized into existence by tbe sad and sudden fate which overcame him; but it is the grief with which friendship and affection accept the loss of a beloved object, joined to the sense of indignation and outrage at the atrocious crime by which this loss was in flicted. “If it is asked why the people of the south should have held in such regard a chief magistrate who was a northern man and the standard bearer of a political par ty to which the people of there states hive been constantly opposed, the answer is not difficult. It was because that northern man loved the south, and used his high office as much as he could to heal its wounds and right the wrongs under which its people had suffered. "It was through political sectionalism that the greatest wrongs and the heaviest losses had been inflicted on the people of these southern states, and it was under McKinley's administration that the chasm which had so long been open, like an im passable gulf of hate, between the north and the south, was most nearly closed, and it was through his special exertions and desire that this noble work of justice and righteousness had been accomplish ed.” President McKinley in many of his pub lic addresses proclaimed his heart-felt de sire that the people of the south and those of the north should oe reunited in heart and patriotic purpose, as well as in name, and it is not going too far to say that he did more than any other man to accom plish this glorious result. At the peace jubljee in Atlanta In De cember. 1898, his speech at the capitol was not the only occasion on which President McKinley spoke sentiments which sans deep into the hearts of our people. To a multitude gathered at Exposition Park he uttered these patriotic and elo quent words: "Four years have gone since I last met the people of Georgia in public assembly. Much has happened in the intervening time. The nation has been at war, not within its own shores, but with a foreign power—a war waged, not for aggrandize ment. but for our oppressed neighbors, for freedom and amelioration. It was short but decisive. It gave i\ew honors to American arms. It has brought new problems to the republic. whose solu tion will tax the genius of our people. United we will meet and solve them with honor to ourselves and to the lasting benefit a H concerned. The war brought us together, its settlement will keep us together. Reunited! Glorious realization! It expresses the thought of my mind and the long-deferred consummation of my heart's desire as I stand in this presence. It interprets the hearty demonstration here witnessed, and is the patriotic re frain of all sections and of all lovers of the republic. "Reunited—one country again and one country forever! Proclaim it from the press and pulpit: teach it in the schools; write it across the skies! The world sees and feels it; it cheers every heart North and South, and brightens the life of every American home. Let nothing ever strain it again! At peace with all the world and with one another, what can stand in the pathway of our progress and pros perity?” If the people of the south did not love and honor the memory of William Mc- Kinley they would be ungrateful, and they have never been that nor have they ever failed to respond to every tender of gen erosity, or to grasp every profound hand of friendship with a cordiality equal to that in which it was extended. ROOSEVELT’S ADVANTAGES. Unlike nearly all the other presidents of the United States since the first six, Theo dore Roosevelt was born well off in this world's goods, and had exceptionally fine opportunities in his youth. He inherited a considerable fortune from his father, and had exceptionally good educational advantages. After a university training at Harvard, he enjoyed for several years the invalua ble benefits of travel and leisure for in tellectual culture. He came of a family of which had for generations held high so cial position and exerted large Influence. Not one of our presidents had a more auspicious start in life. Os course, these favoring conditions did not make Roosevelt the man he is. but he appreciated and used them in away that helped him mightily to rise in the world with almost unprecedented rapidity. Theodore Roosevelt rs the onry president of the United States who has not had any profession, business, trade or other regular occupation. Much of his time since he reached the age of manhood has been devoted to literature, and a great part of it to politics. The first six presidents, Washington, Adams. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams, had good starts in life and many circumstances to help them onward, but there has hardly been one between John Quincy Adams and Theo dore Roosevelt who did not have to con tend with adverse conditions in his youth. Auflttw Jeskauu was buru pwurzr than • infi SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, ISOL any of them. He was the son of an Irish immigrant, who came to this country on ly a short time before Andrew was born. The family was actually poverty-strick en—which cannot be raid of the family of* any other president. Van Buren was the son of a small farm er. and worked in the field during his youth. William Henry Harrison. John Tyler and James K. Polk had parents who were in humble circumstances, but they managed Jo give the three future presidents good college educations. Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce were all boys on small farms, but the latter received a college education. Buchanan’s family was.in comparative ly good circumstances and he enjoyed a full course of Dickinson college. Both Lincoln and Johnson were actually poor in their youth, and made a friend of toil. Grant was the son of a hard-working frontiersman, but had the advantage of an education at West Point, The Hayes family, when Rutherford was born, were very comfortable. He received college training both at Kenyon and Har vard. Garfield was poor, but worked his way through Williams college. Chester A. Arthur’s father was a cler gyman who never received much for his services. Grover Cleveland's father was a Presby terian preacher, who acquired neither fame nor money. Benjamin Harrison had to work on a farm until he wan 18 years old, but then went Miami university and was graduated there. The father and the paternal grandfather of William McKinley were iron workers and manufacturers on a very small scale. A great majority of our presidents had hard struggles In youth. President Roosevelt has the double dis tinction of being the youngest man who ever reached the presidency and ths one who had the best aavantages in his youth. He has proved, however, that he has the native ability and the strong character that would have enabled him to conquer adversity and become illustrious under a much less propitious beginning in life. TENNESSEE’S GOOD POLICY. The public roads are usually taken by intelligent observers as about the best indices of the character and prosperity of the people in the region through which they* pass. The neglect of their roads is justly considered evidence of poor busi ness sense and lack of thrift on the part of the population which is most dependent upon them. One of the most hopeful signs of the south's progress is the increased atten tion to roads and their steadily improv ing condition. The general condition of roads in the south is so much better now than ft was ten years ago that the trans portation of crops in this section to mar ket or to railway lines costs now many millions of dollars less than It did before these improvements were made. Every good road is an object lesslon that causes the building of others and where real road improvement once be gins it is almost sure to continue. Ten nessee has done much in road building during the past three years and is enter ing upon a well organized campaign of general road improvement. The Good Roads Association in that state has a large membership of repre sentative and practical men in every part of the state, representing all lines of busi ness. The first convention of this association will be held at Nashville, beginning Oc tober Bth. Nearly every county in the state will be represented and the cause of good roads will probably be substantially promoted. Road building experts from the agricul tural department at Washington will at tend the convention. There will be ad dresses on the cost and merits of various methods of road construction. The discus sions and Interchange of views that will be had at the convention will surely re sult in much good. We hope to see soon in Georgia such a good roads revival as is going on in Ten nessee. WELLINGTON’S STATEMENT. Senator George L. Wellington w-rites a letter from Cumberland, Md., under date of September 13 to a friend in this city, in which he says: "I gave no interview, but refused again and again to give any expression for pub lication for the reason that Mr. McKinley had done me such injury I would never forgive him, and I felt that it would be beter to say nothing at this time.” The interview that brought down upon Senator Wellington a storm of wrath from all parts of the country originally appeared in the Baltimore Morning Her ald, on the morning after President Me- Kinley was shot, and was as follows: "McKinley and I are enemies/’ said the senator. “He has been guilty of an un pardonable offense toward me. I cannot say anything good for him, and I do not think it just the time to say anything bad. I despise the man. I have no use for him. and there is no reason for my saying anything. I am totally indifferent in the matter.” Many leading newspapers, being un willing to believe that one who was a United States senator and claimed to be a gentleman could have used such brutal words, either wired directly or sent their Baltimore correspondents to Senator Wel lington to ask whether he had been cor rectly quoted in the Morning Herald. He refused to say a word on the sub ject. The reporter who wrote the interview has affirmed that he reported Senator Wellington's remarks verbatim. The newspapers of his own city and many in other cities all over the land characterized the interview In the severest terms possi ble, and still no word of denial or pro test came from the senator. The conclusion was therefore inevita ble that he said what had been attributed to him, for no man who had not used such words would have remained silent. The Journal's editorial in favor of the expulsion of Wellington from the senate, which was quoted and endorsed by’ news papers in every section, was written on the Monday after the Friday evening 4 when, as was alleged, he had spoken to a reporter the disgraceful words we have quoted above. A few days later Senator Wellington was given a chance by the Union League club, of Baltimore, of which he was a member, to deny the correctness of the interview. He did not do so, and was ex pelled from the club by a unanimous vote. It will be observed that in the letter to his Atlanta friend he dees not deny using the words contained in the Her ald's publication, but only says "1 gave no interview, but refused again and again to give any expression for pubkeatioh.” Does anybody believe that if he had not said what he was reported as saying he would have contented himself with such an evasive reply? If he had never used the expressions with which his name had been coupled would he have refused to go before his club and repudiate them? Would he have remained dumb undA the torrent of denunciation that had for days been pouring upon him? It is absurd to ask an Intelligent public to believe any such thing. And a whole week after he was accused of the out rageous utterance he contents himself with a palpably evasive statement, if he had said “I never gave an interview, nor did I ever speak to anybody, either for publication or otherwise, the words charged to me relative to the shooting of the president,” he would have made a flat and emphatic denial. But he has never done that, so far as the public knows, and there is no reason to doubt that he did make the utterances that have caused him to become so odious. He does not even now affirm or deny that he did utter them. A LARGE GEORGIA INTEREST. We observe that many Georgia newspa pers are expressing their surprise and re gret that the freight rates on Georgia marble to points outside the state have been increased sb greatly as to cause the producers to stop all shipments. The Journal referred to this matter some days ago and expressed the hope that the railroads would relax the rates which those who are developing one of the rich est and most promising natural resources of the state are confident will prove fatal to this industry if persisted in. The Savannah Morning News in a lead ing editorial says: “It has become almost a proverb that there is one railroad in Georgia that has a marble road bed through a great part of its length. "The store of marble in Georgia is be lieved to be larger than that in any other state. There is every reason, therefore, why the marble industry -should flourish and expand; and every effort should be made by all those who are Interested in the state's progress and prosperity to aid in the development and expansion of the industry. “It seems, however, that the prospects of the marble business have been seriously interfered with by a very large, if not extraordinary, increase in the freight rates to points outside the state. The in crease has been ondered by the Southeast ern Tariff Association, which fixes the freight rates on Georgia products going into other states.. The new rate, it ap pears, is more than double the old one. which obtained for a long time, and under which Georgia mtWble was in a position to enter into competition with other mar bles. The Increase in rates has. it is said, practically stopped all shipments out of the state, except those under contract. The producers hold that the rates are un reasonably high; Indeed are extortionate and prohibitive. “This should not be. "As a matter of self-interest, they can invfstigate the matter and take such steps as will aid in the development of the marble industry. "The railroads owe It to themselves to not be parties to the strangling of a grow ing business that gives them freights. “It Is hoped and believed that the South eastern Tariff Association can be pre vailed upon to review its action with re spect to rates on Georgia marble." The great and rapidly growing marble industry in this state has contributed a very large amount of business to the rail roads, and it is hard to see why the freight rates on it which were satisfac tory to the railroads when the business was small should not be so.now that it has increased so greatly and has the clear prospect of growing to even far larger proportions if treated fairly by the trans portation lines. After seeing the published pictures of Senator Wellington one does not feel so surprised at it. By depriving Herr Most of his beer the authorities have managed to punish him a good deal already. The original Roosevelt man Is begin ning to make his appearance in various parts of the country. The latest method of testing butter is by photography. We have known butter that could stand for it. The country has confidence in President Roosevelt because he has ever shown himself to be a man of his word. Here it goes again; one more idol shat tered. The author of “Just One Girl” is being sued for breach of promise. The British authorities in South Africa are trying to beat the record of General Otis in “the war is over” proclamations. The Georgia gubernatorial campaign will now probably try to pull Itself to gether and start over again where it left off. Strange, Isn't it, the contempt people Teel who have managed to work their way into society for those who are still trying? The Washington Post expresses the hope that the Filipinos will be generous enough not to judge us by some of the congressmen that we have been sending over. Editor Rainey announces that that Dawson Horseswappers’ convention is to be conducted on the square. By which we suppose he means the courthouse square. The humorist who alluded So two physi cians as a “paradox” and put the key to the joke (pair o’, docs) in parenthesis at least showed a commendable spirit in in terpreting his own joke. In order to quell a row at a socialist meeting In Chicago a few nights ago the orchestra played “rag time” music and thereby restored harmony. It acted as a sort of counter-irritant, as it were. An Omission in the Book. Baltimore American. Exit Howlson. It is a pity that the prompt book does not so on to say: "Rxeutn Hack ett, Crowlnshield, Maclay, st al.” [ROOSEVELT PROUD OF SOUTHERN RELATIVES AND WRITES OF SOLDIERS FROM SOUTH No better indication of the feeling that President Theodore Roosevelt has for the south could be found than that • contained In a letter written by the president to Mr. James R. Nutting, ot Atlanta. The letter was written last June. • President Roosevelt, who was then the vice president of the United States, announces that he is proud of his soutMpl • ancestry. v He also states that the time has come when the American people can admire the valor of the soldier on both sides • during the civil war. ' This paragraph is particularly significant at thia time, because it is directly in line with the views of President J McKinley, and President Roosevelt has promised to continue the policy of the government as outlined by President Mc- • Kinley during the first six months of his term of office. X Tho “Cromwell,” to which President Roosevelt makes reference In his letter, is his own work. “The Life of Oliver • Cromwell.” Mr. Nutting, who Is the warm friend of President Roosevelt, sent him the volume to have him dignify it « with his autograph- • A sac simile of the letter follows: , THE VICE-PRESIDENTS CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, D. C. b • i ....... r OYSTER BAY, N. Y., June 14th, 1901. j MR. J. R. Nutting, * :• Atlanta, Ga. •: My dear Mr. Nut ting •: I am In receipt of your letter of •: ult. It gave me real pleasure, and just as soon as the Crom :• well comes I shall put in the inscription and send it to you. ; How did you address the book? I am out here at Oyster Bay, : N. Y. , now. I am extrememely proud of the fact that one of my : uncles was an admiral in the Confederate navy, and that another • fired the last gun fired aboard the Alabama. I think the time : has now come when we can all of us be proud of the valor shown : on both sides/in the civil war. In my regiment I had more : men whose fathers fought in the Confederacy than I had men I ’■* \ : whose fathers fought for the Union. I am anxious to visit Roswell, and if I get the chance : I am going to stop at Atlanta some time next fall. Then I j shall hope to have the chance of seeing you. I also want to I : see Joel Chandler Harris. Faithfully yours, 4 Sam Rories Roasts "The Yellows” CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Sept. 20. 1901. The assassination and death of Pres ident McKinley stirred the civilized world perhaps as no event in this coun try or any other country, in a hundred years. He was a great president, a good mail and a faithful officer. I have no doubt that anarchy is responsible for his death. The spirit of anarchy must be fed and fostered to maintain its place in any country, and I believe that the great grist mill from whicn the bread ot anarchy comes is the par tisan press ot this country. The car icatures and criticisms, the sarcasm and grotesque representations of publie men is the power that turns the wheel that grinds the corn that makes the bread on which anarchy can feast. 1 believe that in the field of caricature and criticism there is usefulness and may be rightedness. A perjured offi cial, a demagogue in office, a dirty ras cal that is out for the stuff and play ing to the galleries without a speck fit love for his country or appreciation ’for the right of the people, let him be pictured in caricature and ridiculed in word and grotesquely represented as much as you will, but when these things are turned loose upon a good and true official, then they are harmful and only harmful, and however much fun and fancy there may be in these things, they bring only evil to the peo ple and teed and foster the enemies of government and dwarf the spirit of patriotism In the people. The series of pictures in The New York Journal in which Hannah and Teddy and Willie have been the end men in the minstrels have been laughed at and thought over and taken in by the vicious and unpatriotic, as well as the partisan politicians of this country, and I am one American citizen who long ago has grown tired of the misrepresentations and the ridiculous attitude in this series of pictures have misrepre sented faithful officials. A great presi dent, administering the affairs of gov ernment and beloved by all the people as President McKinley was. true to every trust ever committed to him. to be placed before the public day after day as The New York Journal's pic tures placed him was an outrage that I hope will never occur again. 1 wonder how Opper and Hearst feel now. when if today they were to reproduce one of these pictures perhaps an organized mob would lynch the whole gang? It is well enough to put up men of straw and ridicule and caricature them: It is well enough, perhaps, like Daven port. to represent the trust as a great malignant giant throttling and murder ing the people, but when you place be fore the public eye the president, vice president and United States senator, whose character is above reproach, then it is carrying the thing too tar. Rabid partyism is no doubt responsible for the whole thing. If anybody can make pictures Hearst has got the money to pay them to do It, and no pictures are too grotesque for him to publish if it hurts his political enemy or fattens his spirit of partisan politics. The New York Journal and The New Yqrk World and that class of papers is simply wild-fired journalism gone to seed. After all, the sober, conservative spirit must dominate, not only the press of the country, but all classes of people. Partyism can be carried too far. Conscious must take its place in jour nalism as well as in other things, and we must be just and truthful and hon est in our representation of public offi cials. It may be said that I have criti cised officials severely, which I have, but I never criticised a faithful official in my life. 1 have never said anything of any official that was not true. It is as loyal and patriotic to denounce demagoguism and unfaithfulness as it is to praise the faithful in office. This country may well mourn for the noble president we buried yesterday, and yet How fortunate that a man like Roosevelt is ready to step into his shoes. I ’am a believer in Roosevelt. 1 do not believe that a truer, braver, brainer man has occupied the white house in a hundred years. He is a Christian man. He cannot be managed by demagogues nor bossed by hungry officials. He is too true and brave and brainy to have said when he took the oath of office as president “that it was his supreme desire to carry out the principles and policies of President McKinley.” if he had not known first that Mr. McKinley was right and con sequently that he couid be true to him self and carry out those policies and principles. Amid the fearful shock of the death of President McKinley our com mercial and financial interests are mov ing on scarcely without a noticeable ripple, and it is because the' great in terests of this country know that they can repose the broadest confidence in President Roosevelt. Let the newspapers give us the news, let them deal fairly with all men and all parties, and let them see that all criticism and representations and car icatures of good men is feeding the THE SOUTH IN MOURNING ’ • - ---.-LAjryw. t 0.. . ■ . 4, Detrlot Free Press. <• Among the emotional outbreaks incident to the national tragedy is the •fr special mention by some of our exchanges of the fact that the people of ♦ the south are in deep sorrow over the death of the president and the 4> manner in which It came about. The tone taken by these editorial com + mentators is one of gratified sumrise and the impression created is that/ 4> the nation should count among its compensations the complete restoration + of national sympathy and loyalty in the section referred to. We credit this to force of habit rather than political mendacity, and yet it is a form of ♦ a too prevalent hysteria that cannot be permitted to pass without con + demnation. + The south has done preclselj’ what was expected of her and It would + have been a shocking surprise had she done otherwise. She would have deplored and resented the assassination of a president of the United «|> States, however obnoxious his political views and policies may have been <• to the majority or her people, and for McKinley they certainly had a great -4> er admiration than for any president named by the dominant party since the war. He was with them when he first declared for reciprocity, his ♦ speech at Buffalo being an elaboration of his brief address at Memphis. 4> The bravery which so appeals to them was shown by the president tn our + difference with Spain and the manner in which he opened wide the way + for the south to show the national patriotism which the craftiness of po q> ittfcal antagonism had kept in dispute, caused a gratitude that warmed to an affection which rose above party differences. The expressions of grief from the south are profound and sincere. It + is not from her people that we have heard the exceptional declaration of brutal satisfaction over the work of an assassin. For a full quarter of + a century they have been in the Union, heart and soul, and at the first op {i portunity to demonstrate the fact by deeds of patriotism the response + was such as to silence all but thoughtless or malignant criticism. It is high time that expressions of doubt and insulting manifestations of sur •fr prise when the south does what good American citizens should do, cease. 4> Even the political charlatans who have made so much capital out of an Incident long since closed should be made to feel that farther speculation in that direction is disastrous. ' spirit of anarchy and fattening the vice of the land on thing* that vicious men love to eat. As Saint Pau! put it: -‘Use not your Jiberty, gentlemen. (7 to fulfill the desires of the fiesh.” I have been at home just two weeks. Last Sunday night we closed the greatest tabernacle meeting I think we ever held in Cartersville. It has left a blessed influence and a fragrance even in the very atmosphere of the town. My mail brings me many petitions and requests from various counties to know when I am going to begin my campaign in Georgia. I have this .o say to the public, that no man Will have my championship who Is not a pro* nounced prohibitionist. lam leaning more and more every day to Dupont Guerry. I believe he is the man for governor. No cliques can rule him; no rings can boss him. and no gangs can ' control him. Tours truly. SAM P. JONES. • REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. The stony path is a slippery path. ; A merry life means a sorry death. What age is to wine youth Is to women. Ministers marry people and lawyers unmarry them. The trump card of matrimony is a gentle tongue. Homesickness Is sentiment; loveeickneas is . sentimentality. The cure for a slight attack of love ie a very heavy attack. The really clever man never takes It for granted that all other people are fools. Mighty few women are so warm-hearted that they enjoy seeing some on* give some thing outside of the family. Generally a woman thinks buying a rail road ticket requires as much experience and Investigation as buying tallroad stocks and bonds. ' •' K Born Musical Genius. Columbus (Ohio) State Journal. Joshua Straw —Our boy Sila* is goln' t* be a musiehun. er 1 miss my guess. Mrs. Straw—Dew tell. Joshua Straw—Tea. str ee! You jes' ort f see him prick up his ears when he hesrs you blow th* dinner horn. Drew a Long Breath. Philadelphia Ledger. It is entirely probable that Minister Conger-a peace of mind was promoted by Commissioner Rockhill's depsrture for home. Chance for a Trade, Detroit Free Pr»ss. Persons having plenty of government bonds, but no coal, have an opportunity "to dicker with Secretary Gage again.