Manta Semi-Weekly Sontnal.
VOL. V.
KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND
PARADE STREETS OF LONDON
Royal Parade From Pal
ace To Guild Mali Was
Given Saturday
in London.
IX>NDON. Oct. M— King Edward and
Queen Alexandra started on the royal
progress toward the city shortly after
noon today In somewhat dull woatMT-
The rain, however, kept off. and the
temperature wss sufficiently mild to make
the day enjoyable.
Outside Buckingham palace, which natu
rally eras one of the centers of attrac
tion. a great crowd had been waiting for
hours, watching the arrivals and depart
ures and the forming of the procession.
The brilliancy of the latter was greatly
detracted from by the fact that all the
troops were cloaked. The only touch of
♦ FLAMES BURST OUT ♦
♦ AS KING LEFT HALL ♦
4 LONDON, Oct. 25 —Shortly after ♦
«|» the royal perty had left the Guild ♦
+ hall fire was dirccvered In the ♦
ff dome of the building some die- ♦
ff tance from that part of the struc- ♦
+ tare where the luncheon had been ♦
4* held. The flames, however, were ♦
♦ quickly subdued. ♦
+ Within a few minutes after the ♦
♦ alarm had been sent out the pin- ♦
♦ nacle of the gray dome of the +
♦ Guild hall was a mass of shining v
♦ brass, composed of the helmets of ♦
ff the firemen. who had clambered up 4*
♦ and commenced hacking away with ♦
♦ axes, being apparently unable to get ♦
♦ at the trouble from the inside. The ♦
+ The fire is said to have been caused ♦
♦ by t wire. ♦
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color was from the lance pennants of tho
Lancers and the brass heimets of the
heavy cavalry. Khaki painted guns of
the artillery end a naval gun of the
same hue added to the general note of
sembreness.
The roofs of houses near the palace and
other points of vantage giving a view
of the picturesque panoramas.of the green
park and the historic Mall, were well
filled With spectators, whose cheering
announced to the less privileged public
the starting of the state carriage with
their majesties.
Boer Generals Present.
Partly tn consequence of the length of
the route there was nowhere a great
crush of people with the exception of
open spaces like Trafalgar square, where
the city council presented the king with
an address of welcome and where the
Boer generals. Botha. Dewet and Del are y
were prominent among the spectators and
at the city boundary. Temple Bar. where
the lord mayor, the sheriffs and other
city offi-tHs Welcomed his majesty and
presented htm with the city sword. At
the Mansion house most of the procession
stopped, their majesties being accom
panied from that place only by the sov
ereigns escort and the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Connaught and other princes,
equerries and aids to the Guild halt
where they arrived without any extra
ordinary incident.
Owing to the king's carriage being the
last, some confusion occurred at the en
trance of the Guild hall in an endeavor
to empty the carriages quickly and avoid
keeping his majesty watting. Several of
the princes were rather unceremoniously
depoaited on the sidewalk, where they
tried to throw their wraps tn the carriag
es. which were being hustled off down a
narrow street, and a confused mass of
policemen, princes&s, ladies-ln-waitfng
and such generals as had time to dis
mount gathered under the canopied en
trance.
King Looked Weary.
When the king arrived he looked tired
and stepped heavily from his carriage.
The queen threw off the wrap which
covered her simple straw-colored dress,
trimmed with gold. Her majesty, who
looked marvelously well, accepted a bou
quet from the lady mayoress and the
king shook hands with her. The pro
cession then started off down a long, pic
turesque row of “beef-eaters" and the
equerries and generals straggled in be
hind
Among those present were Ambassa
dor Choate and General Wood.
The most interesting feature of the roy
al progress up to this point was the
king’s reply to the address of the Lon
don county council of Trafalgar. The
Boer generals occupied prominent seats
tn the center of the county council stand,
immediately facing the king His majes
ty’s reply was clearly audible to all in
the vicinity He said:
King Makes Reply.
"It gives much pleasure, both to myself
and the queen, to receive in person the
loyal and dutiful address of the center
of the municipal authority on the occas
ion of our progress through the capital
of the empire and to receive the greet
ings of our people on our coronation.
Your confidence that my favor will be ex
tended to every rfuasure calculated to
ameliorate the conditions of my subjects
is well founded and of the numerous
important questions which come under
your observation none appeal more strong
to my sympathy than those' directly
touching on the welfare of the poorer
classes of thia and other grant cities. I
thank you for your good wishes for my
self and my house. I cordially share your
aspiration that It may be granted me by
the same divine providence, which pre
served my life from imminent danger, to
reign over my firmly established and
peaceful empire an- in the loyal hearts
of my contented and prosperous people."
After other formal toasts, the party left
the ball, the procession reformed and it
restarted on its progress across the river.
The pageant traversed several miles of
streets on the surrey side of the river
Thames.
There was no special incident, though
the heartiness of the welcome far trans
cended anything heard In the more aristo
cratic portions of the route.
At 3:3D p. m. their majesties returned
safely to Buck.ngham palace.
TO UNKNOWN HEOES
SHAFT IS UNVEILED
RICHMOND. Va. Oct. B.—This afternoon
there was unveiled In Hollywood cemetery the
monument to the St unknown Confederate
deed burled tn the national cemetery at Phi la
d* rhla. whk-h was made under a commission
from the Dabney H Maury chapter Daughters
of the Confederacy, of Philadelphia, but was
not permitted to be erected over the graves of
those whose deeds It commemorates.
The monument was unveiled by Miss Dabney
Maurv Halsey, who was escorted tc. the stand
by Hon. John W. Cadwajlader. of Philadelphia,
and Attorney General Anderson, of this state.
The principal speakers were Mr. Cadwallader,
General Fltxhugh Lee and Dr. Thomas Nelson
Page Those having charge of ’he unveiling
ceremonies were escorted to the cemetery by
the Seventieth regiment. Richmond Blues, and
a detachment of the Howitzers. Tbs occasion
was a most imposing one.
PEACE COMMISSION
HAS ITS FIRST
SESSION
COMPANY OF ARBITRATORS MET
YESTERDAY IN WASHING
TON AND ORGAN-
IZE.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.—The members
of the strike arbitration commission ap
pointed by President Roosevelt met at
the white bouse shortly after 10 o’clock
this morning and went into conference
with the president.
The president greeted the members of
the commission cordially. The interview
was brief, lasting scarcely twenty min
utes.
The work to be done by the commis
sion was informally discussed. The pres
ident Impressed upon the commission the
importance of expedition and informed
them that he had decided to appoint two
assistants to the recorder to facilitate the
work. He then presented to each of them
their Instructions.
With the Instructions were the state
ments of the operators. The members ot
the commission withdrew in a body.
When taey left the white house, they
declined to comment upon their interview.
Thev went direct to the office of Com
missioner of Labor Wright, to organize
and prepare for their work. The com
mission went into executive session at
Colonel Wright s office at 11 o’clock.
General Gray was chosen chairman.
Among the questions under considera
tion were those pertaining to the place
of meeting, the order in which the ques
tions shall be considered, whether the
sessions shall be open to the press,
whether counsel for the parties at inter
est shall be permitted to be present,
etc.
MITCHELL KEEPS SILENTi
WON’T CRITICISE OPERATORS
WILKESBARRE. Pa., Oct. 24 —V. -er
the Associated Press correspondent called
at President Mitchell’s headquarters to
day the latter had not learned of the ac
tion of the Philadelphia and Reading com
pany in increasing the price of coal 50
cents a ton. He was asked to give an
opinion on the natter. He thought for a
minute agd then said:
•*I have nothing to say.”
He was requested to give his views on
the course pursued by the ■ Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company toward their
men. but declined.
Tn answer to the published statement
thaf there was some objection to his ap
pearing before the arbitration commission
in behalf of the miners, Mr. Mitchell said
he presumed the miners could select such
counsel as they saw fit to present their
case before the commission.
WRIGHT IS MADE
MEMBER OF BOARD
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-President
Roosevelt announced today that he had
designated Commissioner of Labor u rigui
as an additional member of the coal arbi
tration commission.
Colonel Wright win continue to sit as
recorder of the commission.
Recorder Wright has received replier
from most of tne coal mine owners wno
are parties to the controversy, indicating
thetr acceptance of the invitation of the
commission to attend the conference to be
held on Monday next for the purpose of
agreeing upon plans for the hearings to
'be given by the commission and also a
reply from Mr. Mitchell saying he would
be represented at the meeting.
No notification was sent to any other
representative of the strikers because of
the fact that the miners* convention em
powered him to represent them before the
commission
It is not known whether he will be ac
companied by the district presidents, but
the members of the commission will not
be disappointed or displeased If he should
be. Invitations were sent to all the opera
tors who signed the proposition for a com
mission to arbitrate the differences.
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Woman Drank Laudanum.
Annie Rlckett, cf IJ7H Peters street, took
laudanum last night In an effort to end her
lif-. Hhe was carried to the Grady hospital and
it Is thought will recover. Her condition when
taken to the hospital was very serious.
GAN FLOAT SEAS
IN BIG STORM
NOVEL LIFE-SAVING INVENTION
IT 18 BELIEVED WILL DEFY
BILLOWS WHEN OCEAN
IS ANGRY.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23—A demonstra
tion of the efficiency of a novel life-sav
ing invention has taken place In the
English channel, cables the London cor
respondent of The Herald.
About four miles off Folkestone, a tug
sighted a strange object in the water.
Upon coming nearer it was found to be
a large globe. From a manhole on the
top a man’s head projected. The tug
went alongside and two men emerged
from the globe. They proved to be the
Inventor and his assistant, both Norwe
gians. According to their story, the
globe, which is composed of aluminum,
was put overboard from a steamer off
Havre Tuesday and since that time it
has been knocking about the channel
with its two occupants.
The inventor claims that it satisfied all
requirements and explanations and dem
onstrated in its service ability of saving
lives at sea
The tug towed the curious craft to
Dover, where it attracted much atten
tion.
It is about eight feet in diameter. An
air shaft is provided and it is also fitted
with a water pump, sail and rudder. Its
capacity is claimed to be sufficient for
sixteen persons, together with 860 pounds
of food and LWO pounds of water.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA; MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1902.
MAJOR EVANS GETS
VERDICT OF NOT
GUILTY
COLUMBIA MAN WHO SHOT CAP
TAIN J. J. GRIFFIN IS FREED
BY A JURY IN FIVE
MINUTES.
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Oct. 25.—After being
out only five minutes the jury in the
case of Major Barnard B. Evans brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
This case has attracted much Interest,
as Major Evans is well known over the
state, having been tn two state cam
paigns and he is a brother of Ex-governor
Evans and the Judges Gary. He was
charged with the murder of Captain J. J.
Griffin, commercial agent for the Norfolk
and Western, formerly of Atlanta, and
Macon.
There were no eye witnesses. The af
fair occurred in Major Evans apartments.
He claims that both were drinking and
in a friendly scuffle the pistol was dis
charged. Major Evans’ frantic condition
when the homicide was first made known
caused the case to appear black against
him.
FIVE PARDONS DENIED!
TWO SENTENCES ARE CUT
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25 —The president
has denied five applications for pardon
and granted two commutatlona of sen
tence, as follows:
Joe Martin was convicted in the western
district of Arkansas of the murder of
Ernst Adams and was sentenced to be
hanged. President Harrison on July 30.
1888, commuted the sentence to life im
prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary,
whore the prisoner has been confined ever
since. The president has commuted the
sentence to a term of imprisonment to ex
pire today. He granted this commuta
tion upon the recommendation of the Mt
t*ney general who upon an examination
of the testimony recommended that there
was no evidence to prove premedltatd
murder and that even if Martin killed
Adams he did so in self-defense. Among
the papers In the case is a strong letter
dated October 15, 1902, from Hon. W. H.
H. Miller, who was attorney general at
the time this prisoner’!* sentence was
commuted by President Harrison. Dora
Martin, the prisoner’s daughter, who has
been in Washington for some days, watch
ing the proceedings in her father’s case,
lerivts tonight for” the west, bearing the
official warrant for his rlease.
Charles Newberry was convicted in the
western district of Virginia for resisting
revenue officers and with three co-de
fendants was sentenced to imprisonment
for ten years in the West Virginia peni
tentiary. The attorney general believes
that two and one half years imprisonment
would be ample punishment for this pe
titioner and he recommended a commu
tation to that term which the president
granted. This will release the prisoner
on April 1, 1903.
NEW YORK’S CHILDREN
VICTIMS OF TRACHOMA
NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-The mayor and
the board of education was startled this
week by a report made by Dr. Ernest J.
Lederle, president of the board of health,
which stated that a contagious disease
prevaled to an alarming extent in the
public schools, and that many pupils will
become blind if measures are not promptly
taken to prevent it.
“Os several thousand children who have
been examined during the past few
weeks.” says Dr. Lederle, "eighteen per
cent were found to be affected with tra
choma. a contagious disease of the eye*,
and 10 per cent of this number require im
mediate operations to preserve their
sight.”
"What we must do,” added the doctor,
“is to obtain permission from parents to
perform operations on all pupils affected.
This Is the only way to cure the disease
and stamp It out.” He then asked for a
special appropriation of 121,600 to cover
tne cost of examination of school children
and treatment when necessary. He ex
plained for the past month he had had
physicians making examinations and that
whole rows of children had been found
with the disease. There was no opposltlor
to Dr. Lederle’s request for the appro
priation and he will get the money. He
says that he thinks the disease was intro
duced by immigrants and further said
that more stringent measures should be
used before pupils, especially those just
arriving from foreign shores, should ba
admitted to the public schools of New
York, as many diseases were Introduced
thereby.
STAB INWDMAN’S HEART
CAUSED BLOOD POISON
. NEW YORK. Oct, 25—An autopsy over
the body .of Mrs. Annie Kingsley, who
was the subject of an operation at Belle
vue hospital when the surgeons placed six
stitches in her breast, shows that the
wound had healed perfectly and that her
death several days later was due to septic
poisoning caused by the unclean knife
blade with which she was stabbed, it is
charged, by her husband.
The doctors found that the cavity of
the left ventricle which was pierced, was
absolutely tight—that is., the walls had
united as a result of the operation. With
out it she would have bled to death in a
very short time.
The poisonous blade caused inflamma
tion of the muscles and arteries of the
heart.
POORLY PAID POLICEMAN
DIED A WEALTHY MAN
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—The following is
an example of what may be done by
thrift (?) by the higher officials of the
New York police department. The follow
ing table will show what Captain Dona
hue, who has Just died, earned as a police
man and what he acquired:
Earned as patrolman, 1879 to 1880. I 800
Earned as roundsman, 1880 to 1885.. 7,000
Earned a» sergeant, 1886 to 1892.... 12,250
Earned as captain, 1892 to 1902 27,600
Total in 23 years 47,550
Capt. Donohue's estate (est.) 200,000
Earnings 47.550
Accumulated by opportunity 162,460
It is also interesting to know that he
raised a family of fourteen children while
he was accumulating this fortune.
CANAL TITLES
WITHOUT A
FLAW
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT IS FILED
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ON
LEGAL SIDE OF THE GREAT
WATERWAY.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—The attorney
general’s opinion to President Roosevelt
on the title Which tho new Panama Canal
company of France offers to the United
States of all its rights and property on
the Isthmus of Panama, was made pub
lic tonight It is Ah unequlvocable en- (
dorsement of the construction by the
United States of Panama Canal. At
torney General Knox sums up In the
following terse and emphatic manner:
"For the reason I have given. I am
of the opinion that the United States
would receive a goM. valid and unen
cumbered title.” t_
The attorney genfral’s opinion opens
with a history of the concessions made
by Columbia in ISTB. 1890. etc., the forma
tion of the Del essojwJ Panama Canal com
pany of France, the failure of this com
pany in 1888, the transfer In 1894 of all
its rights to the present Panama Canal
company of Franc® Iff the liquidator ap
pointed by the French court to wind up
the affairs of the old company, and of
the laws passed by France concerning the
liquidation of the old company.
The opinion then takes up the princi
pal objections which have been made in
this country to the tittle proposed to be
given to the United States. These ob
jections. it says, resolve themselves into'
reasons in support of the following prop
ositions:
Some of the Objections.
1. That the new Panama Canal com
pany has not power to sell the canal and
railway property.
2. That the liquidator of the old Pana
ma Canal company has not power to con
sent to such sale.
3. That the French courts have not
power to authorise the liquidator and
the new company, or either of them,
to enter Into the aaje; that at all events
the United States would take the prop
erty as a trust fund subject to the total
obligations of the stockholders, the bond
holders and the ottter creditors of both
companies. '"‘'l"
The history and the nature bf the
French companies of the kind in question
arc explained in length. They are said
to be altogether different from our cor
porations of the United States, to be
easily understood if looked upon as pri
vate partnerships, which is their essen
tial character.
The opinion says that their are in some
rcspetts regulated bMlAff. but that thdse
regulations do not ebarfire the essential
Character of the government or any
obligations from’them to the government
and do not forbid the exercise of the
liberty to dispose of their property a*
freely as an Individual disposes of his
if no special law forbids and if he Is
solvent and not under some particular
contract or other like obligation to re
tain the property. The new Panama
company is quite solvent and there Is no
law forbidding it to sell.
Stockholders Can Sell.
The powers of the general meetings of
the stockholders of that company are
discussed and It is held to derive from
the partnership agreement ample power
to sell, as it is proposing to do.
The liquidator of the old company, when
he turned over the assets to the new
company, stipulated for 60 per cent profits
of the canal when finished and his power
to consent to the sale and give up hts
right to the 60 per cent is discussed in
the light of French law concerning the
winding up of such associations, and it
is held that the general law of France
and <he special act of 1898 concerning the
liquidation of his company, he has full
power to dispose of the assets of the
concern and consequently to consent
to the sale of the 60 per cent, which is
part of those assets. It Is held that the
company Is not in bankruptcy or what
•is similar to bankruptcy under French
law, but is governed by the general law
or civil code which the special law of
1893 already referred to partially modi
fies. That law required the appeal of the
civil tribunal of the Seine from all sales
and alteration of the assets, but does
not prevent such alienations.
That tribunal has approved the consent
of the liquidator to the sale, and on ap
peal by a bondholder of the old company
the court of appeals of Paris confirmed
the decision which held that under the
special law of 1893. a Segal representative
of the bondholders had bee* appointed
by the court to represent them all, and
that report would formally announce his
consent to the sale, was the only one
authorized by the special law to oppose
the judgment of approval on behalf of
the bondholders.
Power of the Court.
The opinion next discussed the power
of the French court to declare a law of
that kind void as unconstitutional and
holds no French court or other authority
has the power to declare any French
court staute void. The opinion says,
however, that the French special act
ought not to be declared void and if it
is to be criticised at all, it is for being
too tender of the private right and reme
dies of those interested and not suffi
ciently like a bankruptcy law.
As to the proposition that the United
States would be subject to the debts and
claims of the stockholders and bondhold
ers and other creditors of both of the
companies, the opinion says:
"As a general proposition, It is not per
ceived how there could be any law or
equity for subjecting a purchaser of.an
article sold as assets of a failing part
nership (such as the old company) to
the debts of the partnership. If such
were the law, there would be no pur
chasers of such assets and the creditors
would receive no payment of their debts
out of the proceeds, nor stockholders any
dividend of a residue.”
Nevertheless the opinion exhaustively
considers all possible mortgages and oth
er liens affecting the property itself, real
or personal under French or Colombian
law. It says there have been mortga
ges and pledges of personal property and
shows In detail what became of them.
Right of Individual.
As to the proposition that the United
States cannot take the title to the shares
of the stock of the Panama Railroad com
pany, a New York corporation which the
Panama company proposes to sell with
the canal property the opinion holds that
the government can take and hold any
kind of property it may have need of, in
the same manner as an individual can:
that it would hold the shares as an indi
vidual would hold them. As for the sug
gestion that the United States at all
events could not destroy the railroad. It
is pointed out that it was evidently not
SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
MARKS JOE TERRELL’S INAUGURATION
GEORGIA’S NEW GOVERNOR; :
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
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GOVERNOR JOSEPH M.TERRELL. '
i The inaugural address of Governor Terrell, in full, follows:
• Mr. President and Members of the General Assembly: '
> The practically unanimous election aa chief executive with which I <
t have been honored by my fellow citizens is a tribute of the people of all <
r parties and all classes to the principles and policies which .have controlled <
• the Democratic party in the management of our state government, and not '
> to the individual selected as the representative of those principles and pol- '
• icies. Such an election not only adds to the responsibilities and duties >
• which attach to the office of governor, but will Impel me to put forth ev- >
• ery effort to meet these responsibilities and discharge those duties without i
> fear, favor or affection and with the sole purpose to properly advance 1
> each and every interest of the state and of all her people. The desire that i
> shall ever be present, and which shall always control me In the discharge ,
i of my official duties will be to protect the honor of my state and promote <
> the welfare of her people. To accomplish this end I invoke your valuable >
> assistance In needed legislation, and Invite the co-operation of all my fel- '
> low citizens.
> From time immemorial It has been the custom before his Induction Into <
> office for the governor-elect to publicly announce the more prominent sea- '
> turns of those policies which in his Judgment will best subserve the good of <
> the people. I shall not now undertake to outline in detail those measures ■
> which I deem paramount, and for the furtherance of which I shall bend all '
> my energies, but standing now upon the very threshold of the executive
• office, and with a knowledge of the responsibilities and duties which await
> me as governor of one of the greatest states in the American Union, and
> being impressed with the magnitude and character of those responslbili-
> ties and duties, I declare to you that in my judgment the supreme interest
> of the state and the people lies in the reduction of the rate of taxation
> and in providing better educational advantages for the children of the
• state. i
> The reduction of the tax rate can be obtained and the best Interests of '
> the state subserved by an economical administration of its affairs; by cut-
> ting off all unnecessary appropriations; by tho faithful execution of our
> present tax laws, and by needful amendments to those laws so as to make
> every species of property bear its fair and equitable share of the burden
> of taxation as contemplated by the constitution. As the Individual and the ,
> corporation alike may confidently lock to the law for protection, so should <
> each in turn contribute a just proportion to the support and maintenance of ’
> the government.
> Our educational system can be vastly improved and the best interests of <
> the state and of the children thereof advanced by promptly paying the
> common school teachers in accordance with their contracts; by providing 1
> a plan whereby militia or school districts may supplement the public fund <
> by local taxation for the purpose of extending the term, or of erecting ,
> school bouses, and by establishing and maintaining in each congressional <
i district of the state an agricultural school, not through the medium of in- <
> creased taxation, but by using the net fees arising from the Inspection of <
. commercial fertilizers. The loss which such an application of these fees <
> would entail upon the common school fund can be more than supplied by <
> an increase in the hire of the labor of state convicts. Thts increase we <
> may reasonably expect from contracts necessary to be made in the near <
> future. Every principle of Justice and equity requires that these fees be <
> so expended as will tend to the advancement and upbuilding of the cause >
> of agriculture throughtout the state, and certainly nothing could be mqre <
> helpful to that great interest than to furnish the means wheteby ouryoung <
> men and women may fully equip themselves for this most Important wofk. <
, Upon the success of agriculture depends our future prosperity, and noth- <
> ing would contribute more to its promotion than the intelligent teaching <
> and training of those who may engage in that pursuit. <
. It is my purpose at this time to merely outline these two prominent <
i subjects, In each of which our people of all conditions, classes and ages <
i are vitally interested. I refrain now from going into other details affect- <
• Ing either of them, and in view of Lne method provided by law for com- <
• mimicatlons by the executive to the legislative branch of the government, <
> I will, as these and other subjects may require the attention of the general <
> assembly, seek a more appropriate manner to communicate to you nay <
> views. ’
> And now. relying upon the providence of that God who controls the des- <
> tiny of all nations and of all people to endow me with wisdom to perform <
■ the duties which I am about to assume, with both justice and moderation, <
> I am ready to take the oath of office which the constitution prescribes for
> tho governor.
the Intention of the French, if '.hey built
the canal, to dispense with the railroad.
As to the objection that congress has
authorized a purchase from the new com
pany only, and not only from the liqui
dator, the opinion says:
New Company Sells. •’
“Certainly, In view of the condition of
the title as« hereinbefore explained, the
purchase will be from the new company
and the consent cf the liquidator’ will be
almost a waiver of rights as to property
transferred to the new company. But.
if this were otherwise, it would be un
reasonable to treat the act of of congress
as forbidding a purchase from the new
company, in which it would be necessary
for the old company or the liquidator to
Join as vendor and would be to defeat,
not to ascertain, not the will of congress.
What it wants is a good title from the
owner of the specified property, the owner
being supposed to be, and being admitted
ly in part, the new company and it is en
tirely justifiable to by from the owner,
alcnough the principal ownership should
be found not to be in the new company.
"Whether we believe it is in the new
or old company, so long as it is not out
of both, it seems to be altogether imma
terial since both join in the sale.”
The opinion closes as follows:
"For the reasons I have given, I am
of the opinion that the United States
would receive a good, vaMd and an un
encumbered title.”
To the opinion are annexed 250 printed
pages of exhibits in support of its state
ments.
Also tfie responses by the French and
American counsel of the new Panama Ca
nal company to the objections formula
ted by the attorney general and which
had been considered by him independ
ently,
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HOT AFTER M’LEAN
CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.—Mayor Tom L.
Johnson, of Cleveland, closed his stay
of three days here tonight with another
crowded tent.
He held meetings this afternoon and
evening in different parts of the city and
at all the rallies denounced John R. Mc-
Lean, both as a leader of the Democra
cy and as publisher of The Enquirer.
The meetings in Johnson's tent here this
week have intensified factional feeling
beyond anything of the kind ever known
in Ohio campaigns. Rev. Herbert S. Big
elow, who heads the Democratic state
ticket for secretary of state, and who has
appeared with Johnson at his Cincinnati
meeting, was equally severe in repeatedly
reading McLean and The Enquirer out of
the party.
NO. 13.
Lack of Pomp and Ostenta
tion Were the Striking
Features.
Brief Inaugural Address Out
lines Executive’s Policy for
the Next Two Years.
At 10 minutes past noon Saturday it
was Governor Allen D. Candler and Gov
ernor-elect Joseph M. Terrell who en
tered the hall of the house of represen
tatives; at 1 o’clock It was Governor Jo
seph M. Terrell and ex-Governor Alloa
D. Candler who left the same halt
Promptly at noon the house and the s«*
ate met in joint session for the purposo
of formally carrying out ths simple,
though dignified and impressive ceremo
nies. Long before this hour, however, me
galleries began to be filled with specta
tors who were anxious to see a governor
inaugurated, and every available Inch of
room was filled In both the galleries and
the floor, hundreds contenting themselves
with standing room. The gathering no
less than the demonstration was a superb
tribute to the popularity of the new ex
ecutive ot the state. i
At noon the senate was announced, the
members of the house rising to their feet
while that body filed In. President How
ell assumed the chair and called the joint
session to order, and almost Immediately
the governor and the governor-elect were
announced.
Again the house arose, joined by the
members of the senate. The two gover
nors entered the hall together, and in
stantly loud and hearty applause filled
the chamber. It was several minutes be
fore order could be restored.
President Howell then Introduced Rev.
John E. White, who opened the session
with a fervent prayer to Almighty God.
Following the Invocation came the in
troduction of the governor-elect.
In a few words the Governor-elect Ter
rell outlined his policy for the term dur
ing which he was about to enter, speci
fying three things in particular: that
taxes should be as low as possible, that
the common school system should be im
proved and that an agricultural school
should be provided in each congressional
district in the state.
At 2 o’clock Governor Terrell and ex-
Governor Candler arrived at the executive
mansion, where an elaborate dinner was
tendered by ex-Governor and Mrs. Cand
ler. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Candler left 1
the city later in the afternoon for a visit 1
to Montgomery, while Governor ana Mrs.
Terrell remained at the mansion, setting
things in order at their new home.
Crowd Was Immense.
During the speech of Mr. Terrell the
capttol officials were grouped in chairs
around the speaker's stand. The galler
ies were a solid mass of humanity and
hundreds of visitors were on the floor
of the house. Frequent applause greeted
the remarks of Mr. Terrell, and at the
conclusion he was given an ovation.
When the applause had ceased Chief
Justice T. J. Simmons, of the supreme
court, rose and with him the general e*- 1
sembly. Justice Simmons then propound
ed the fololwing oath:
"I do solemnly swear that I will to th*
best of tny ability uphold and execute the
laws and constitution ot the state of
Georgia and the constitution of the Uni
ted States.”
Governor Terrell answered very em
phatically:
'T do."
Secretary of State Cook delivered the
great seal of state to Governor Terrell,
who in turn returned it to Secretary Cook.
Governor Terrell and Governor Candler
and the state house officers then return- I
ed to the executive office where Governor '
Terrell was kept busy for more than an
hour receiving congratulations, after
which Governor Candler turned over the
affairs of state to him.
MANY OFFICE SEEKERS
SAW NEW GOVERNOR*
The mantle of state, with all its trials,'
tribulation, its cares and worries, its pleas
ures and its pasttimes, fell upon the shoul- ;
ders of Governor-elect Joseph Meriwether;
Terrell the very moment he drew on his j
frock ooat Saturday morning at 8 o’clock.
For office seekers and the friends of office
seekers, the same being very importuning
personages, began at that moment to de
scend upon the new chief executive.
The executive mansion of the state was
moved down Peachtree street a few hun
dred feet, and the Fairfax hotel, from the
windows of which Governor Terrell could
sit and gaze into his future home, be- i
came the mecca of many hundreds who >
were wont, in the by gone days, to mean- «
der down the street with Governor Allen}
D. Candler, but who now, as if by com
mon consent, turned to the new chief ex- '
ecutlve of the state and asked for some
thing. |
The path ot a governor-elect on the
morning of his inauguration is assuredly
not paved with roses, nor has the chariot
of state been equipped with rubber tires.
From the very moment he was so habili
tated that he could be seen, he was seen, :
and the visitors came in droves and called
themselves delegations.
The visitors came in carriages, in street
cars and on foot. They came singly and in
pairs. Yet again they came in dozens, and
all with the same desire mingling in their
hearts and making them as one.
All Wanted Something.
They all wanted something, and occa
sionally there were three or a dozen who
wanted the same thing. And. sad to relate
for the peace of mind of the new governor,
that same thing could not be given to all
of those who wanted it. An unwritten law
prevented them from drawing straws for
the offices wanted, and the new governor
had to decide as to whom they should go.
“From Rabun Gab to Tybee Light” they i
came. Governor Terrell, who a few hours |
later was to take the oath and become the <
governor in fact as well as In name, re
ceived them all with a smile and a hand
Sx-ake.
When he smiled and thrust out that
strong hand to greet the seekers of office,
the faces of those same office seekers
lighted up with pleasure and expectation.
But some of them did not expect what
they got. And what some got was not the
promise that their kindred, or their friends
would be given the office they sought.
About 9:30 o’clock there were still a few
more hundred who wanted to call and pay
a call upon the governor, incidentally ask
ing a little favor at the hands of the new
governor of the greatest state in the un
ion. But Mr. Terrell exercised his rights,
and shut them off.
”1 am going up to my apartments to
talk with my wife and my brother,” he
said, “and I won’t be seen by any one
else this morning,” was the message he
left at the door. __
And from then on until 11:15 o’clock the
new governor remained in his apartments,
talking with the one woman in the world,
and with the brother who has always been
a Terrell man, and who hadn’t omw te
ask for public office.
