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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. MONDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1901.
•MRS IA AT BUFFALO.
In the distribution •( honors at th* Pan
American exposition Georgia was riven a
very conspicuous ptace. Under our state
constitution it was impossible for the leg
islature t* make an appropriation for an
exhibit at that great fair.
No attempt was made to raise a fund
•for this purpose by popular subscription,
an expedient that wws adopted tn the case
of the grent Omaha exposition sever*l
years ago.
Only a very small amount could be tak
en from the appropriations for the ag
rtenJtural and geological bureaus but* it
*M resolved to make an exhibit even with
this sseaget sum of money. Fortunately,
both of these bureaus bed collected a
targe number and variety of Georgia
jMdscts. and these formed the nucleus of
a stat* exhibit that was ...ghty creditable
and attracted much attention even where
other states were represented by exhibits
ow trideh S great deal of money had been
snpnndcd.
Bat Georgia has carried off many hon
ors at Buffalo She won the sold medal
for her collective display of agricultural
pMduetw. the goM medal for long leaf
pine products, silver medals for displays
of minerals, budding stones, gold nuggets
and gems and several others. No state te
credited with more high-date prises at
ths Fan-American exposition than Geor
gia. The collective state display and the
exMbit- of rwdrrxds and other corpora
tion* wWch wen these prises have done
muek td spread the fame of Geofg.a’s rich
and varied resources. They have shown
that in agricultural products. jn building
stone, in woods and in minerals Georgia
ta a remarkably rich state and offers mag
nlftceai oppsrtunittes for enterprise and
tarveatOient.
The state exhibit and the others that
put Georgia forward so prominently at
Buffalo will be of great value to her. It
will be remembered that with only about
•9.PN contributed by patriotic citiseas
Georgia carried off the gold medal for the
best of all the state exhibits at Omaha,
and there were more than 30 of them.
And yet there were states which expend
ed fTS.«W and S3*.ot» each m collecting and
displaying their exhibits at that great ex
poaffion
Georgia can beat them all.
OMENING OF THE FAIR.
Atlanta's big fair, which opened Wed
nesday and is to continue until October
9Rh. »* an assured success
The attendance on the first day surpass
ed all expectation* and revealed an ar
ray and variety of attractions that will
appeal to the pubMc effeetaalty
The fair had glorious weather to begin
with and there la every reason to believe
that it will cotUinae throughout the next
tam wer Iks a t leas t.
The farmer* have laid aside much of
their work and are getting in money.
They can find both the time and the mon
ey to eosae to the fair and they will come
In large numbers Our neighboring cities
and towns will be largely represent el and
Atlanta wffl give the fair very liberal pat
t nonage
It la an excellent time to visit Georgia's
capital for either business or pleasure
The taw railroad rates now offered are
an additional attraction. v
The management' of the fair has pre
pared a program for every day that wUI
entertain all who may attend
1 The bench show, me nf the special fea
tures. to now on and will be followed by
the poultry show, the horse show and
other attra'ttans. while the general dis
play win be of continual Interest.
Exposition park from now to the Nth
of this month will present very lively
Do not fall to take them In.
THE SOUTH ANO THE TARIFF.
Th* Jovrnal published recently a dis
patch from Its Washington correspondent
giving an account of sn interview which
Capt. E. F. Howell had with President
Boosrvelt.
- The gentai Georgian is reported to have
ssM to the president: "Ton ean build up
a Republican party in the south on the
tariff, but not on the negro."
The tatter pan «f this proposition ta un
doubtedly correct, but the first part Is
certainly teilaetaue. f
There is not now, nor has there ever
been any controlling protection sentiment
in the south, or the prospect of developing
one. \
The protective tariff has cost the south
thousands of millions of dollar* in the
bounties that sb* ha* been compelled to
pay eastern manufacturer* and the trusts
which are the legitimate and logical re
salt of protection.
Though the Math Is now developing her
owr. IndnstHte rapMly and tn a very targe
seal* she I* not going over to protection
ism. The real strength and beet hope of
th* indimtrtaa of the south are to b* found
in th* faet that they are not dependent
upon high tariffs for their preservation
and peomoUou.
The south has unrivalled advantages for
the manufacture of cotton goods. Iron
and steel can be manufactured tn the
south at tee* coat than tn any other part
of the United States or the entire world.
These are not theories or boasts, but
plain statements of admitted fact*.
Why then should the south array her
self for protection and against whom
should seek protection?
Captain Howell is late in the day in
laying down a protecttv* tariff as the
owner st on* of a movement which is to
rmetutlonlse polities In the south.
H* is dtsUnetly behind the procession.
It to clear that even tn the Republican
party there t* a distinct and growing ten
dency toward the reduction of many tar
iff duties and the entire removal of others.
Congressman Babcock, <m* of the fore
most Republican leaders in the house of
representatives, and chairman of the con
gressional campaign committee of his
, party, introduced at the last session of
congress and will urge at the next session
a bill providing for the removal of the
tariff on every article that is controlled
i by a trust.
In his last public address, delivered at
Buffalo on the day before his assassina
tion. President McKinley said: “If, per
chance. some of our tariffs, are no longer
needed for revenue, or to encourage and
protect our industries at home. why
should they not be employed to extend
and promote our markets abroad?"
There are many evidences of a growing
disposition in the Republican party to
modify its policy of protection and to
move in the direction of lower tariffs.
When this is the tendency of the party
that is the author and has so long been
the 'special champion of protectibn how
can it be expected, that the south which
has never been for protection per se shall
take It up and urge it as a principle.
No man in the south has ever won party
leadership or distinction tn politics as an
advocat* of the principle of protection.
It has be*n so because the great masses
of the people of this section have been,
as they are still opposed to purely pro
tective tariffs. They have stood and
stand yet for the principle of tariff for
revenue, and there they will remain.
President McKinley indicated just be
fore his death the direction he was taking
on this question and President Roosevelt
has given the country an assurance upon,
which it xelies that he wUI carry out the
policy of bis illustrious predecessor.
We do not believe that the Republican,
party will ever dominate the south and it
may be set down as certain that it or
any other party wUI never be built up to
supremacy-in the south by reason of its
protective tariff principles.
A GREAT REVOLUTION.
There has seldom been a mor* striking
illustration of the power of cleanliness
than Havana now furnishes.
It has been only about three years since
the authority of our government was es
tablished in Cuba. When that event oc
curred Havana was one Os the foulest
cities on earth. It bad absolutely no sani
tary regulations worth speaking of and
consequently Its death rate was very high.
The first task undertaken there by the
United States authorities was the clean
ing of the city and the establishment of
provisions to keep it clean.
The result has been marvelous. Many
diseases that were prevalent three years
ago have been almost completely stamp
ed out. Yellow fever, which existed con
tinuously and at certain season* commit
ted heavy ravages in Havana and from
that breeding ptace often spread to our
shores. has been conquered so far that
during the past summer there have been
rery few cases in Cuba and none any
where in this country.
It seems that yellow fever epidemics will
soon be only a memory.
The report of the Havana health author
ities for September shows that the annual
death rate on the basis of that month
would be only 15.84 per thousand, which is
the lowest fn the city's history. It is tower
than that of the 2* targe cities of England,
er that of 38 targe cities of the United
States, same of which boast of their
healthfulness.
During the last three years a peaceful
revolution has been wrought in Havana
which has brought blessings of incalcuta
bte value to that city.
Great is the power of cleanliness!
IT WILL HELP OUR TRADE.
The expectation that the industries and
commerce of the United States will b*
benefited immensely by the Pan-Ameri
can congress to be held in the City of
Mexico, beginning October a. is well
founded. That meeting will be attended
by representative men of the United
States and every government of Central
and South America. Chile held back a
long time for fear that the congress
might interfere with some of her territo
rial claims, but has finally consented to
► take part in the congress.
On tbe face of the fact it is surprising
that we get so small a part of the trade
of th* nations which lie nearest to us,
but there is a sufficient explanation.
It lie* largely in th* failure of our man
ufacturers to study and meet the require
ment* and taste* of our South American
neighbors
Our manufacturers have tried to force
upon those markets styles of goods that
they do not want and have put them
up in forms that are not suited to their
trade and methods of transportation.
Some of th* United States consuls in
Central and South American trade centers
have called attention to tliese obstacles
to the extension of our commerce, but
their advice has received little heed.
The United States delegate* to tbe Pan-
American congress may be more success
ful in impressing upon us thff require
ments of the situation after they have
conferred with the delegates from the
other American republics.
While our foreign commerce in almost
every other quarter of the globe has in
creased enormously in the last ten years
our exports to Central and South America
have risen during that period from >33,000.-
000 to only H 4.000.000 a year, a very small
amount compared to what it should be.
Our imports from those countries have
actually decreased during ten years from
Hlk.m.Oto a year to >110,000,000. Nations,
as a rule, ta»y most from the pations
which grs their best cnotomer*, and we
would improv* th* pr*spect of increasing
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1901.
our exports to th* countries south of us
by increasing our takings of their pro
ductions, many of which are used in al
most unlimited quantities.
Our antiquated and repressive tariff pol
icy has stood much in the way of better
commercial relation* with our neighbors,
but there is a brightening hope of the
lowering of this banner.
The south ta especially interested in the
possible results of the Pan-Amarlcan con
gress because the industries which are
now largest and most prosperous In the
south have unrivalled advantages for sup
plying Mexico, the Central and South
American markets with the articles
which they mainly buy.
A TREE-LOVING PRESIDENT.
Among President Roosevelt's many good
points is his love of trees and his appre
ciation of their practical value. It Is said
that he will endeavor to us* his great
authority and influence for the encourage
ment of the planting and care of trees
throughout the country.
There is reason to believ* that his first
message to congress will contain strong
recommendations of reform in this direc
tion, will outline a general plan of arbor
culture under the direction and support
of the federal government. He will thus
be carrying on a good work in which
President McKinley was deeply Interested
and which he hoped to carry well forward.
There has been in all parts of the coun
try during the last few years at great
Increase of interest in tree culture. Every
year Arbor Day is mdre generally observ
ed and th* number of trees planted on
that day becomes constantly greater.
The governors of many states, the may
ors of many cities and other public offi
cials who are in positions to help forward
the great and necessary work of tree
planting are helping this good and neces
sary work. It is receiving aiu of incalcu
lable value not only from scientists and
societies, but from hoets of practical men
of affairs who understand its Importance.
The redemption of millions of acres of
land that were once arid and worthless by
perststent and proper tree planting is a
great object lesson that should have its
effect in every part of the country.
JUDGE THOMAS G. JONES.
The most notable appointment made so
far by President Roosevelt is that of ex-
Gov. Thomas G. Jones to be judge of the
United States court for the middle and
nortTiern districts of Alabama.
It Is not only the most important office
the new president has filled, but It is
■considered by the public as a very sig
nificant bestowal of patronage. Governor
Jones Is a life-long Democrat, has been
twice elected governor of Alabama as
the regular Democratic nominees and
was one of the most prominent leaders tn
the late Alabama constitutional conven
tion.
The appointment of a man who is so
decidedly opposed to his political party
indicates that President Roosevelt in
tends to act on very broad lines in filling
important offices.
There are able Republican lawyers In
the district over whose federal courts
Judge Jones is to preside and several of
them were urged for the place, but the
president ignored politics ano chose the
man whom he believed was best qualified
and most acceptable to the people of Mid
dle and Northern Alabama.
Under a strictly partisan administra
tion, such as we have usually had from
Republican presidents, this appointment
would have been impossible.
President Roosevelt, it is evident, will
make a departure from old lines in filling
federal offices in the south. The politi
cal effect of this po..cy is uncertain, but
we do not .take stock in the uieory teat
it will disrupt the Democratic party in
this section or cause any great number of
Democrats to betake themselves to the
Republican camo. We may be sure that
no such course wHI be taken by Judge
Jones.
The peopl* of Alabama undoubtedly ap
preciate the liberality of President Roose
velt and honor him for it. but it will not
change their opinion on the distinctive
doctrines of tbe Republican party or tend
to any great extent to promote the estab
lishment of a great white man's Republi
can party In the south.
But President Roosevelt has don* a
rery valuable service to Alabama, judge
Jones is in • every way highly qualified
for the important office he has received.
He has been found true and capable
wherever he has been tried and he will
distinguish himself as a United States
judge.
The Journal joins heartily in the general
congratulation of both President Roose
velt and Judge Jones on this appoint
ment.
WHEAT IN THE SOUTH.
During the last five years there has
been a notable increase in wheat produc
tion in the southern states, especially in
Georgia.
The old idea that wheat could not be
grown profitably in Georgia except in its
northern counties has been completely ex
ploded.
Experience has-proved that wheat grows
generously and to a high grade in mid
dle and southern Georgia. In fact, the
prise in the wheat contest for two recent
years in succession was won by Spal
ding county, which is near the center of
the state. One of these prise wheat acres
produced 50 bushels of first-class wheat
and the other even more.
There have been in recent years notably
fine yields of wheat in almost every part
of Georgia. That wheat is to become a
far more important crop in Georgia than
it is now, or ever has been, is certain.
The Manufacturers' Record not long
ago published some statements regarding
the prospects and possibilities of wheat
culture in the south from Colonel J. B.
Killebrew, of Tennessee, which have been
questioned by some northern newspapers.
Colonel Killebrew stands by his state
ments and adduces additional proofs of
their correctness.
He saya:
“I can name Mr. Wolfe, of Manchester,
Tenn., (formerly of Indiana), who has
been growing twenty-two bushels of wheat
on land that heretofore produced only six
or seven bushels. I can name Mr. J. A.
Cunningham, of Kimmins, Tenn., who
| THE ANARCHISTS’ DREAM.
Washington Star.
People who regard anarchists as form
ing a compact organisation, with definite
plans for bringing about a condition of
society that is without law, have no ac
curate conception of the true nature of
the fanaticism that in the case of Csol
gosx resulted in the shooting of President
McKinley. Anarchists are a unit upon
only one Mea—that is, that all govern
ments are instruments of oppression, as
are laws and evefy means by which gov
ernment is maintained.
They want the individual to possess the
freedom of the savage. Living in the
manner they advocate there would be no
private property and no law. With them
a contract would have only the force of
the desire of each party to carry it out
and if either of them should repudiate
it it wotild fall to the ground.
It would take the temperament and the
mind of a dreamer to conceive what the
world would be like in such a condition of
anarchy. The International Encyclopedia
ot the edition of 1898 state* that of one
school of anarchists in the United States,
whose headquarters are in Boston, there
are 5,000 members. These are of the vari
ety that declare themselves in favor only
ot peaceful methods for bringing about a
condition of anarchy.
There *re others who b*lieve that the
best way to advance their common cause
against all government is to kin the
heads of governments. They do not aim
at one form of government more than at
another, but to them a republic, ruled by
the suffrage of the people. Is as vicious
a* is a despotism ruled by the will of one
man.
While the keynote to all anarchistic as
sociations is such intense individualism
that no man can be bound to anything he
does not approve of, yet th* men indulg
ing in these vagaries are generally divid
ed In two classes. The first of these are
the followers of Proudhon, who are called
Individualistic anarchists, the second class
being the followers of Marx, who are call
ed the communistic anarchists or Interna
tionalists.
THE FOLLOWERS OF PROUDHON.
The headquarters in this country of the
individualistic anarchists Is In Boston,
where their organ. Liberty, is published.
The anarchists were said tn 1898 to num
ber 5.000. They do not take any part in
elections, as they regard them only as In
struments of oppression. They disclaim
any sympathy with violence as a means
of bringing about a condition of anarchy.
They claim that they expect a peaceful
evolution as a result of their own agita
tion to bring about their ends.
With Proudhon, these anarchists deny
the existence of God. though they do not
make war on those who attend churches
except to the extent of insisting that these
churches shall be supported by voluntary
contributions. They oppose any measure
for the suppression of social vice through
the means of legislation/ They oppose the
rite of marriage and In its place advocate
what they term “automiattc” marriage,
which is a sort of partnership from which
either party can withdraw at any time.
THE VIOLENT CLASS
The communistic anarchists, or followers
of Marx, do not hesitate to commit any
deed of violence in order to advance their
cause. These anarchists gained their great
est strength tn their society called the
International Workingmen's association
about 1872, after which It is very largely
went to pieces. At that time Bakunine,
who advocated an International revolu
tionary movement for all lal>orlng classes
to culminate In a general insurrection,
was expelled from tbe organisation.
This branch Os the anarchists directed
its efforts especially against private prop
erty. while the alleged peaceful followers
of Proudhon assert that if state property
and the force of the law is destroyed pri-
raised twenty-six bushels of wheat per
sere on a slxty-acre field, where formerly
five or six bushels were considered a fair
yield. I can name Rath brothers, of Tula
homa. who drew twenty-five bushels of
wheat per acre on 200 acres that had here
tofore been considered practically worth
less for the growing of cereals of any
kind."
Colonel Killebrew adds that he knows of
many localities in Georgia where twenty
five to forty bushels of what to the
acre have been grown.
Mr. Edward Atkinson has studied the
subject carefully and gives it as his opin
ion that the ’unoccupied lands alone in
all but three of the southern states could
produce "the entire present wheat crop
of the United States."
The farmers who have by their industry
and skill illustrated the possibilities of
wheat culture in this state have done
Georgia a great service and pointed out
the way to make wheat a great staple
crop for our people and a very profitable
one.
It looks like they have succeeded in
proving Schley guilty of profanity, but is
that a crime In the navy?
Josiah Quincy has been .nominated for
governor by the Democrats of Massachu
setts. Goodbye, Jo.
The Hon. Joe Terrell has been silent so
long that It is believed he starts into the
winter with enough sawed wood, to make
him feel quite comfortable.
A movement has been started In Chic
ago to boycott burglars from the best so
ciety of that city. Chicago aidermen,
however, still have entre.
To the mind of the Detroit Free Press,
at least one thing has been established
by the Schley inquiry—the fact that
"Fighting Bob" Evans had help in sink
ing the Spanish fleet.
School Commissioner Glenn’s advance
sheet of hie Report to the legislature is
winning lots of adverse criticism for views
he expresses therein, observes the Ogle
thorpe Echo. Such is oftentimes the fate
of those who advocate progress instead of
retrogression. More's the pity!
An Augusta preacher says that the
churches do not, take care of the poor
there and that the city Is delinquent. The
poor, he says, are chiefly In factory
district. What's the matter with merely
appealing to some of those Christian mill
owners to pay their operatives living
wages?
The Hfe of an innocent bystander who
was shot in the breast by a stray bullet
in Philadelphia the other day was saved
by a >31,800 roll of bills on hfs Inside pock
et. Which shows it is well for everyone
to take the precaution of carrying >31,000
of bills neatly folded over the heart while
walking the streets these days.
A Brooklyn man lived without missing
his stomach for fourteen months after the
surgeons had removed it. But The New
York World thinks this is not nearly so
remarkable as the fact that some men
live right along for years without know
ing that they are without brains.
One of th* Greatest of Papers.
Douglas Breese.
The Atlanta Journal had a hotel leased
for the old soldiers before the flames had
finished up the job of destroying their
hocne. It is not only one of the greatest
papers in the union, but it is a bulwark
of help In time of disaster to the people
of Georgia, every man of whom should
read that paper. *
vate property will not be worth anything,
anyway.
But it is Proudhon who is regarded as
the founder of modern anarchism. His ,
ideas were taken up by Russians and
made the basts of a most vigorous politi
cal agitation which .directed itself toward
the killing of heads of government.
UNION OF OPPOSING SCHOOLS.
Next to Russia. Spain is the country in
which anarchists have made most head
way. Portugal, Italy and France have al
ways been Irfßolved in the movement. The
International Workingmen's association
was founded in 1864. and was a combina
tion of anarchists and socialists. The so
cialists wanted greater equality through
the means of state interference, while the
anarchists wanted it by having the state
abolished.
The fact that these two sets of people,
holding diametrically opposite views,
should work together in carrying on an
agitation shows much of the character of
the so-called "organisation.” In the course
of time this conglomeration of opposing
opinions made trouble, for when Baku
nine wanted to get up an international in
surrection to bring about a destruction of
all government and abolition of all law
the socialists expelled him from th* organ
ibation, holding that equality could be
brought about only through the means of
co-operative production which required a
state to enforce it.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
. New York Pre**.
About the time a man has one foot in the
grave frwn old age he begins tn talk about
u* boys.
Women like to so to Turkish baths because
they learn so many truths there about other
women's feet.
A woman's way of being extremely nice to a
ealier whom she wants to like her is to let her
hold the baby for a minute.
A woman can always tell when a man is tn
I love with, her by the way she thinks he
I tore* her to himoelf standing tn a great ahin
j Ing light.
» If a man is only careful to carry a woman’s
' picture and lock of hair inside of his watch
! case he can treat her most any way and she
' is sure it ts a sign ot hte love.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.
| When a man has gone to seed ft is time to
; plant him.
i It sometimes happens that love is the only
' wisdom of a fool.
If a man ha* a sense of humor he knows
I when not to get funny.
| The oldest inhabitant never boasts of how
lasy he was when a boy.
j The messenger boy isn't much of a goer, but
' he holds the record as a stayer.
1 Rome eharity begin* at home, but the best
j brand is directed toward the homeless.
An ofri bachelor says love is a capsule used
to disguise the bitter pill of matrimony.
i This la a sad world for the poor girl whose
only new clothes are some of her mother’s old
J ones.
A girl is naturally in love with herself after
she and the man of her choice are made into
on*.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were mar
ried tn London where she had gone on a
: vteit. Thus is the Anglo-American alli
ance stiu preserved.
I Pres. Roosevelt's Machete in the Political jungle i
X
According to the Washington corres
pondent of the Brooklyn Eagle, "If Pres
ident Roosevelt succeeds, he will succeed
himself." In other words, his chances for
a second term depend on how he pleases
his party during his first term, or else
upon his ability to make his administra
tion so popular with the people that the
party bosses will be afraid to interfere
with him.
But. according to this same authority.
President Roosevelt is not worrying about
the political effects of his acts. He is
simply possessed with but one idea, and
that ts to successfully administer the fcn
portant office which he has been sum
moned to fill. In filling the offices, he
wants “pure men. north and south"—Re
publicans preferred, but Democrats if
necessary.
This statement would seem to be borne
out by his appointment of ex-Governor
Jones to the Alabama Federal judgsbip,
which was announced in Monday’s Jour
nal. The Brooklyn Eagle man was con
vinced that the appointment would go
to a Democrat, but was under the impres
sion that Judge Anthony D. Sayers, of
the city court of Montgomery, would be
the appointee.
Mr. Sayers is a neighbor of Senator
Morgan, was strongly urged, but Presi
dent Roosevelt preferred to take the older
man.
The Brooklyn Eagle correspondent
says:
"The president has apparently been un
moved by the protests that have come up
from tbe south, in his determination as
to the appointment of Federal officers
without great regard to their past party
affiliation. Th* best men available are to
get the offices, and several southern ap
pointments are soon to be made that will
give the president a chance to show that
he proposes to stick to this rule.
M’LAURIN MAN TO BE NAMED.
"In South Carolina it is virtually settled
that the vacant colleetorshlp of Internal
revenue is to go to Colonel Blaylock, the
candidate of the McLaurin Democrats.
Mr. Blaylock Is now regarded as a Repub
lican, though he was a Democrat in good
standing a few years ago. He was not
Senator McLaurin s first choice for the
vacancy, but the senator will be content
with his selection. Mr. Blaylock is a cot
ton manufacturer and a man of high
character. He does not care for the of
fice, but it is understood that he will ac
cept if asked. His appointment would be
quite In line with the new policy which
the president has adopted, and would
stand as another proof to the people of
the south that the old days of office
huckstering have come to an end.
"Os course, the old organisation Repub
licans of South Carolina continue their
efforts to prevent Blaylock’s appointment
and to secure the office for one of their
associates. President Roosevelt has said
to some of his callers who talked to him
about this matter that it is his duty to see
to it that the best men are chosen for
all Federal offices in the south, as else
where. Their political affiliation is of sec
ondary importance. Primarily, his object
is to reform the. public service, to appoint
none but men wno have the confidence of
the people. If any good political results
follow, of course they will not be unwel
come.
‘.‘lt is evidently the president's policy to
call to the white house as many senators
and representatives, of both parties, as
can be had.
FAIRBANKS NOT NOW A CANDI
DATE.
It is likely that for some time to come
there will be little or no presidential talk
In behalf of the half doxen men who were
more or less prominently mentioned in
this connection a couple of months ago.
Every one will He low and wait the de
velopment of President Roosevelt s ad
ministration.
It is pretty generally agreed on all
hands that if the president closes up the
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business of the next three years with a
good record and avoids any serious dif
ferences whH the leaders of Ms party,
he will be th* logical candidate in 19M.
This at any rate la the opinion of the
friends and backers of Senator Fairbanks.
The latter was the most industrious of all
the candidates up to a month ago. and
had made extensive plans to capture the
nomination. Now. however, he ha* called
off hte friends for the time being and is
devoting all his time and attention to be
ing re-elected to the United States sen
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ed next year will either re-etect Senator
Fairbanks or name his successor. Up to
this time no serious rival has appeared to
dispute the nomination with him, and the
WAS CHANCY HART
CREATURE OF ROMANCE!
In discussing the story of Nancy Hart,
whose grave is to be enclosed by Mrs.
Robert Emory Park and other Daughters
of the Revolution, Rev. George G. Smith,
of Vinevilfe, the well known Georgia his
torian writing in the Macon Telegraph
says:
"This is a story of fiction. There was
no such person as Nancy Hart in real
life. It is just a pretty story that was
written by a clever writer, and it made
such a hit that the character of Nancy
Hart has been given a place in his
tory.”
“The story about ’who struck Billy
Patterson,’ ” continued Mr. Smith, "was
builded by a romancer. Billy Patterson
was a Baltimorean, who had some land
in Franklin county, Georgia. He came
down here to see about it, and while here
got drunk at the village near his lands.
Somebody struck Mjn. and made him fu
rious. He tried to find out the name of
the offender, but failed to do so. Every
time he went to town he made inquiry
about the matter, and it kept up until it
WILL PERSECUTION OF SCHLEY
MAKE HIM NEXT PRESIDENT!
Albert Halstead, the Washington corre
spondent of the Brooklyn Standard Union,
sends his paper the following of Interest:
It would not be surprising if, before
long, some one should spring a boom for
Rear Admiral Schley for president on
the Democratic ticket, however short
lived such a move might be. The popu
larity of Schley Is unquestioned, and
whatever may be the decision of the court
of inquiry, many people will look upon
him as the real naval hero at Santiago.
But heroes do not always make good po
litical candidates, as in the case of Ad
miral Dewey, for example. It would be
hard to find ar. observant person who be
lieves that Schley would seriously con
sider the matter of being a candidate ft*.’
president, one paramount consideration
being the chaotic condition of the Demo
cratic party at present, and the extreme
uncertainty of Democratic success in the
next presidential election.
Still, there are many enthusiastic Demo
crats who believe that in the person of
Schley they have found a candidate who
might go a great way toward uniting the
party and harmonising the various war
ring elements. They point to the fact
that the naval officer has no political
record and could safely stand on any
platform that the Democratic convention
might adopt. They further insist that
there is no other entirely satisfactory
Democratic possibility for president, and
general idea seems to be that his Demo
cratic opponent will be John W. Kerns,
the former Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Indiana and at present city at
torney for Indianapolis.
The political future of Senator Hanna
is shrouded in mystery, none of his
friends in Washington having any defi
nite idea as to what he proposes to do. It
is known, however, that despite Senator
Hanna's protestations, he was a bona fid*
candidate for the nomination for presi
dent in 1904. and already some missionary
work had been don* in his behalf. By
swinging the southern votes in bls favor
at the critical time and combining with
one or two minor candidates the senator
hoped to secure the nomination.
became a joke, and a bright young fellow
made a story about It. This is what caus
ed Billy Patterson and his striker to live
in history.”
The publication which attracted Mr.
Smith's atteption to the Nancy Hart
story is a* fAllows:
“A number of well known Georgia la
dies left Elberton Saturday morning to
visit the grave of Nancy Hart. The
trip was made under the direction of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. Mrs. R. E. Park, state regent, was
present and directed the work. The par
ty located the grave of the famous Ameri
can woman patriot after wHom the coun
ty of Hart was named, and will enclose
it. It is intended that a monument shall
be placed over it. The grave is located
on a well known creek in a beautiful spot. t
The Daughters of the Revolution wiU buy (
a tract of land around the grave and ■
make a park of it. Mrs. Park was ac
companied by Mrs. E. B. Heard, Mrs. A.
O. Harper. Mrs. E. B. Tate and many
prominent Elberton ladies.”
that Schley would be a safe compromise.
Schley would hardly give any encourage*
ment to the use of his name in thia con
nection.
Nearly every member of the Georgia
delegation in congress has already called
on President Roosevelt. The fact that th»
preaident’s mother was a Georgian is
very pleasing to the members from that
state, and they are early in paying their
respects. It would not be very surprising
if the Georgians would ask and expect to
receive many favors at the hands of thg
president.
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A Splendid Tribute.
Chattanooga News.
Through the kindness of Prof. W. C. Hafley
and the Atlanta Journal. The News Is per
mitted to publish on this page today what in
our opinion is the best poetic tribute paid to
President McKinley by a southern writer. ThO
poem is entitled "Nearer. My God, to Thee.* >
and was written for the Journal by Prof.
Hafley and illustrated by that paper. Wo
are sure our readers will join with us in pro
nouncing this one of the sweetest poems that
has been written on the subject. That It will
attract wide attention and favorable criti
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is a former Chattanoogan and has many
friends and admirers here.