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Newspaper Page Text4 The Semi-Weakly Journal. Catered at the Stlesta PostoffW as Matt Mat ter of the Secrwd Claes. JAMES R. GRAY, Editor and General Manager. SUBSCRIPTION’ PRICE. Twelve Months I Sts ** Tbn-e somths.. | Tbs Berni Weekly Journal Is published sa I Tuesday and Friday, sad t» mailed by iba »b<xt- t eat mates for early delivery- It ewutaias news from all »'» tbs I bcuogUt by special leased wires Into <*>r orfke. i It Ms a staff of distinguished contributor*, with strung departments of spacial value to the boose end the far*. —— I agents wanted at every postofflce. Liberal swamMlin allowed. Outfit free. The only traveling representatives we have ate i. A. Bryns B. F. Bolt-. «. C. M H Gilreath and ? oe responatb.r only for money paid to tbe abo»e ■eased traveling representatives. JJ’I f* i - f Bytettttt » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS* ♦ * ♦ The label used for addressing ♦ ♦ your paper shows the time your ♦ ♦ subscription expires By renewing ♦ ♦ at least two weeks before the date ♦ ♦ on this label, you insure regular ♦ ♦ service. * ♦ In ordering paper changed, be ♦ ♦ sure to mention you old. as well as ♦ ♦ your new. address. If on a rural ♦ ♦ route. plgfiße give the route num- ♦ ♦ her. ♦ j ♦ We cannot enter subscriptions to ♦ ♦ begin with back numbers. Remit- ♦ ♦ tance should be sent by postal ♦ ■ ♦ order, or registered mall. ♦ ♦ Address al> orders and notices ♦ ♦ for this department to THE SEMI- ♦ ♦ WEEKLY JOURNAI- Atlanta. Ga_ ♦ • • I >. Ms— — ■■ ■ ■ ■ " ~ FRIDAY, MAY. IMB. h What's become of Castro these days? Kk ■ ■ The schoolboy will soon be the happi est among us. Another county heard from. Os course j tt wants better roads. | % There will >e at least two presidential ; nominees In Wil-Taft and Tapp. If Roosevelt keeps up he could furnish the country with free hides and furs. | Prohibition seems to .prohibit nearly B’ gvarywßere. but Coney Island still stands ’ fe* “Lucky Baldwins doctor got 1100.000 b for prolonging his life a few days. Lucky Just so they don't get up a tariff dis- • eussion in the legislature, we shan’t ' oomplain Imagine The joy of the horse over this good roads movement—to say nothing of the mule. “South Georgia drouth causes great >• anxiety “ South Georgia only? What abou» I Chattanooga' — Smith college girls are wearing IS-cen’ ■ hats Don't be fooled, boys. These fads don't last. The papers announce that Aguinaldo is •con to make a long trip. Let's see—who HE was Aguinaldo? A company has been formed to Insure tobacco from hah damage. Might add a I night rider clause. The rea! purpose of congress must be to finish the tariff simultaneously with the Panama canal. a Two thousand men in Washington Mate openly advertise for wives, and yet they say this is a cynical age. When the medical society meets, it u to be hoped It will discover the germ of tbe doctor's bill, and a successful way r* to stop it. When a married man has a disagreea ble duty thrust upon him. he suddenly 7 remembers that his first duty is to his m family. ;• The keeper of the blind tiger has one consolation The problem of where to •pend his vocation is solved—thirty days [ of it. at least. The governor of Wisconsin won t sign a bill barring swearing. You could hardiy biarne the governor, having to deal with these politicians. When a paper like the New York Her ald sends its editor-in-chief and the rest of tbe editorial staff out with a scout car, tt means something. , Colorado school trustees wsnt a wo man with a cork leg and a glass eye to teach the village school. They want to t atop the village young men's propensity to flirt. An attorney in the Calhoun trial told a Witness he was "lying like a dog.” This Just shows that there isn't a man living k whose place can't be filled, even Mr. Roues ve It *.’ | ' Her Qualifications Hamer’s Bazar. ■prvprtet-r of Intelligence Office—Bridget Btemr. can vou take a place as cook? Applicant tor Position—Faith, an’ I can. ■err. 1 can both take it a*l I'ave it. A Surprise for Jim Mar I4or-lne<Mt's. A mta*i<-n worker in New Orleans was visit , , tnv a reforma wv near that ctiv not leng age when she observed amonx the Wmates an AJ ' •wystr.taree a nearo lad lone thought to be ' | * model rs Intewrltv vjtm." exclaimed the mission worker. ”1? ; tt possible I find row here?*' “TSMum." bllthelv responded the backslider j ’Tt charged with Mealin' a barrel o’ awe** partatera " X; The vMtor staked. "You. Jim!" the re psa'sd "I am sumriaed”’ • Tssaum " aaid Jim. ’’So was I, or I Wouldn’t be bsm!” Fatherly Advice Chicago News. ••Dag.” aaid the country rcuth who had just graduated from the dlvtrtct school. I have lone cherished a dew- to go on tn» •tag* and have at la*t decided. with >_>ur permission tn ** "My boy.** interruoted the old granger, ".ill the world « a staee. You hitch the mul*s tc the Ma rad nkw and trentier the outfl* to the tea-aere lot behind the bam where you can enact the Mar role In that beautiful drama entltl -d 'Down on tbe Farm.’ * The King’s Number Cincinnati Commercial. Th* kina a luckv number la S. Both hia ■■rents were born in 1M» he wu born on a •th. his marriag- took place in the year a. ■ which numbers added one to the other make •; his reien commenced In ISM. he was t« have been crowned on the JTth. which figures added togeth«r make $. ar * ha was actually ■roamed on AuruM a Giving Him a Chance Toronto Telegram. J The chief of polio* of a western city In Which all the saloons had been force.l to cl->»- '« Sunday met on the street a citizen who !n --gulred "How about the saloons, chief? Al. Closed I guess ” * . "Ts»,” ths chief replied. "they are ail i closed but one. a little bit of a place up neai gt. ’• eburch. We let him stay open, shore, he don’t do annything ■lurin' the week.' < Tbe sea serpent generally comes in uritii tbe • bast wsvss. I I NINE STATES AFLAME WITH ENTHUSIASM The flame of enthusiasm is spreading in every direction as the great Journal-Herald good roads movement develops itself, enkindling all Georgia and leaping from state to state along the Atlantic seaboard Jn both north and south. Broadway was not 30 busy but what she paused In her feverish pace for a moment to witness the departure of the scout car from the heart i of the metropolis, ready to begin its pathfinding pilgrimage towards the south. On board was a most representative body of citizens, including i the executive council of the New York Herald. Down through Pemisyl- I vania and 'New Jersey it will speed on into Virginia, where it will proba i bly meet tbe scout car sent out from The Journal office yesterday to make the trip to New York. The enthusiasm in Atlanta was as great as it is in New York and tiie assembled people sent a God-speed with it as it started north. From every village and hamlet through which the two pathfinders are speeding comes word that the populace rush out to greet them and cheer them on their way, while the practical, far-seeing men of the community set in motion the machinery for the work on good roads. At last the people of Georgia and of the whole Atlantic seaboard realize what good roads will ineau. In Georgia alone it will mean a saving of ten millions of dollars a year in the cost of transportation by private conveyance. It means a saving of thirteen cents per ton mile on practically every pound of freight which is sent to market all over this broad land. It means an Increase in farm values and city real estate, and hence a material increase in tax returns, which, in turn, mean expenditures for ■till further improvements. And hence in geometrical progression it goes on, adding wealth to wealth, wherever the fructifying influence of good roads extends. And in thus knitting communities together in closer bonds a broad and deep-based culture is generated. The social contract is strengthened by the bonds of intercommunication. These are the considerations which animate the states through which the scout cars are passing today, threading nine states with a 1 film of light and progress—kindling a beacon which will shine more and more unto the perfect day. No wonder it has stirred them to a degree of enthusiasm which they have never known before and that it is becoming more intense with every passing day. The Atlanta Journal and the New York Herald have already made history, and tt will be written large and enduringly upon the records of this country. ARBITRATION THE ONLY SOLUTION. We wish to commend the position taken by the Atlanta directors of the Georgia railroad. John W. Grant and Dr. A. W. Calhoun are business men of conservatism and wisdom. They are not given to making blunders or to attempting the impossible. It Is reported that they will urge President Scott to accede to the suggestion of Governor Hoke Smith to submit the Question at issue to an arbitration committee composed of six Georgia citizens. Mr. Ball, representing the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, has accepted the sug gestion and named his arbitrators. President Scott, it is reported, has so far declined the suggestion on the ground that the board of mediation .has been asked to interfere and that Mr. Charles P. Neill, of that board, is to confer .with him in Atlanta today. The object of the board of mediation is to promote arbitration as the solution of just such situa tions as we now have. We feel confident that Mr. Neill will advise any arbitration that is acceptable to both sides. Meantime we suggest again that the people affected by the tie-up of the Georgia road are to be considered and considered first of all. The people were not made for the railroads, employers or employes, but the railroads for the people. Freight trains and passenger trains are stand ing idle while the people who are entitled to the transportation of them selves and their produce, under the charter of the Georgia railroad, are suffering. It has been intimated in some quarters that the authorities are not unwilling for the people along the line of the railroad to suffer on account of their alleged sympathy with the striking firemen. We should be loath to believe such an accusation, chiefly because of the lack of intelligence involved in such a position. Os all people on the face of the earth, these people are the last to be driven by punishment. We are not asking any surrender of principle, but only that the principles Involved in this contest be decided, not by the one party or the other, but a committee of disinterested citizens. We are, therefore, on absolutely sure giound in again and yet again insisting on arbitration. We repeat that neither of the original parties to this controversy can afford to offend the third party, namely, the public. President Scott has admitted the possibility of arbitration, has admitted that there is some thing to arbitrate, in making his appeal to the board of mediation. The form of arbitration ia unimportant. The fact of the necessity for arbi tration has been agreed to by both sides. The governor of the state has made a suggestion. The Atlanta directors of the Georgia railroad consider it a wise one. Vice President Ball has accepted It. The respon sibility for any further delay in the settlement of the difficulty and the I moving of freight and passengers Is, therefore, easily fixed, at the present moment. We trust that by the time these lines shall be printed the method of arbitration will have been agreed to by both sides. The method Is unimportant. There is danger in the present situation of still wider complications. The officials of other roads in Georgia might well tender their good offices toward the speedy settlement of the present difficulty. This is about the most unfortunate time in the history of business in the south for any prolonged and widespread hindrance to transportation. Arbitrate. Arbitration is the only solution of the present controversy. THE JOKE ON HOLLINGSWORTH. Representative Hollingsworth, from Ohio, who apparently hopes that the mantle of the discredited Foraker w-ill fall upon him, intro duced a resolution in congress the other day, protesting against the acceptance by the | hatti**ship Mississippi of the silver service with Jefferson Davis’ portrait engraved on it that was given by the people of Mississippi? Nobody paid any attention to th* resolution in Washington, it never had a ghost at a chance of adoption, but it furnished some food for comment in some of the papers, north and south, practically all of which proceeded to rake Mr. Hollingsworth over the coals. So Mr. Hol lingsworth proceeded to get into the limelight again by rising to a question of persona) privilege. He sent to the speaker’s desk and had read the various excoriations of himself and asked that they be spread upon the journal. The house had not had so much fun for many weary days as it had in listening to these spicy excerpts, and no one had any objection to publishing them in the pages of the Congressional Record. The house laughed tumultuously when Mr. Hollingsworth bad himself referred to as a "pusillanimous pigmy,” and again its hilarity was unbounded when he had it published to the world that he had been called "an ass of the flint magnitude." But his discomfiture was com plete, and : cw the whole country is laughing about it, when the speaker ruled him out of order as he was about to deliver himself of a speech in reply, on the giound that this was not a question ot personal privilege. Hollingsworth stands unique today as the ass who bad himself published as such without being able to dispute the assertion of bis own aslninity. The incident furnishes an easy remedy for hloody-shlrtlsm of all kinds, and from either section, In these days of reconciliation and peace. Ridicule is the best weapon to ure in opposing it. There is no use in going into hysterics any longer, or piling the Pelion of passion upon the Ossa of objurgation. Just laugh and the world laughs with you and at the waver of the bloody shirt. The south has grown too. big to manifest, any longer any sensitiveness at such an exhibition. Criticism falls Harmless upon its broad shoulders. It has borne real tragedies and it can afford to treat comedy as It deserves. It is an exceedingly difficult tning to appeal to the passion of a laughing people. Invective may arouse sympathy, while a laugh is the most contagious thing in the world. Probably even an ass of Hollingsworth’s magnitude will under stand that the bouse of representatives has learned a few things since 1860 and that we are living in the twrntietn century. But when the next fool arises with the crimson linen and. everybody remember mat II Is Lu laugh- TIIE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 190* New Faces in State Legisia are fSW” ' “ I ' , "^ w I r KI t I s t Til'® Hon. Carl Vinson. I Hon. Carl Vinson is a native of Bald- : I win county, Ga.. and was born Nov. 1 I 18, 1883, on his father’s farm about four miles east of Milledgeville. He Is the son of E. S. Vinson, a prominent farmer of Baldwin county, and Mrs. Annie Vln •on, formerly Miss Annie Morris. Mr. Vinson attended the Georgia Mil itary college at Milledgeville, until 1889 and during the last two years of that time delivered the Atlanta Journal and other newspapers to their subscribers in Milledgeville. By that work he accumu lated money sufficient to enable him to ' attend the law school of Mercer univer sity, at which institute he graduated in 1602. Immediately after his graduation he entered the law firm of Roberts, Hines & Vinson, the senior member of that firm being the late Hon. Rufus W. Roberts, a distinguished lawyer of Milledgeville, who represented the Twentieth sanatoria’ district in the state senate, and the oth- I er member being Hon. Edward R. Hines. ■ who for the past two sessions of the gen- I eral assembly has represented Baldwin county in that body. In August 1905, Mr. Vinson was ap pointed solicitor of the county court by ( Governor Joseph M. Terrell, and \vas re appointed in 190 Sby Governor Hoke Smith. He succeeded his partner, Hon. E. R. Hines, as the legislator from Baldwin county and Mr. Hines succeeds him as solicitor of the county court. : Mr. Vinson was elected after a very vigorous campaign to the house of rep representatives on April 15, 1908. Col. Vin- • son is ambitious and he is popular, but his success in due to the fact that he has made splendid records in public du-1 ties. >- w H gomr? . £ Hon. R. E. Smith. R. E. Smith, representative-elect from Greene county, is thirty-five years old, a member of the firm of Allen Mercantile Co., dealers in general merchandise and country produce, of Ellijay. His success Is due to his constant ef forts to please his friends. Mr. Smith's father was a first lieutenant in the civil war and a gallant officer. In politics he has always been a democrat. Mr. Smith is a north Georgia man, and J has a genial disposition that has made him one of the most popular men In his section. in addition to his active work as a merchant, he has taken a leading part in the development 'of his town and can always be counted on when it comes to activity In public enterprises. * AW < . i wFjßHni Hon. A. A. McCurry. The county of Hart will be ably repre sented in the Incoming legislators by Hon. Asben A. McCurry, the well known i young Hartwell lawyer. This is ColJ Mc- Curry's first service in the general as- i sembly, but his ability as a lawyer and knowledge of parlt'.nentary law will put him in tiie front ranks of tiie members of tbe house of representatives. Hart county's new member was born on his father's farm in McCurry's Hart county, and his boyiioo<l days wr.e spent tl ere uniil.’in early your.g mmihc »d he enten’d the Hartwell institute, graduat ing from that institution In 1891. From there lie entered Mercer university and pursued a course. While at Mercer he liei’.imo identified with the Sigma Nu fraternity. • In addition to a large and lucrative law ' practice. Col. -McCurry is largely iden i Ufled with farming, ami his country es- r tate, "Speedville.'' is one of the most magnificent in Northeast Georgia. Col.Mi Curry was married to Miss Lizzie May Speed, of Abbeville, South Carolina, and five bright children, three boys and two girls, have brightened their honrte. He has served on the board of alder- j men of the city of Hartwell and in the position of mayor pro tern of Hartwell. He is a member of the Methodist church uul a member of the board of stewards. Hart county lias the unique distinction ■f sending members of the same family name as her representatives this year, ■hoosing two cousins. Julian McCurry for j Hie senate and Asben McCurry for the house. The Fourteenth senatorial district, 'imposed of Wilcox, Dooly, Pulaski and rlsp counties, will be capablv repre ented in the next session of the general assembly by Hon. John T. King, of Ro chelle, who is a man of splendid business qualities and a ciitzen of undoubted in legrlty. Mr. King is a native of Wilkinson coun ty and was born in Irwinton on Septem ber 20. 1870. He received his educational training at Talmage institute, and aftei his graduation from that school he taught for the period of one year. Later he en cred the newspaper field, having remov d to south Georgia in 1891. He was well known as a newt paper nan, having been owner and edl.or of he Rochelle New Era for twelve years. F 1 • - VI w Ik I PI w Jk . MH Hon. John T. King. He has held many positions of trust and public honor in Rochelle, having filled the mayoralty for a period of four terms. He was justice of the peace for 12 years and a member of the city board of edu catino for 6 years. I For four years Mr, King held the posi tion of state fertilizer inspector. He is | at present a traveling salesman .for one of the best known fertilizer companies in the state. He has interests in the warehouses and ginneries at Rochelle and in other private properties. His work in behalf of the upbuilding of his section has b?en notably successful. He is well known In the public life of his se'ition, having been for two years chairman of the Third district congress ional committee. Mr. King has always been an advocate of conservative methods in political affairs and the public life of hs district. The same wisdom of judg ment will characterize his career as senator from the Fourteenth district. One of Ithe best known physicians in his section of tiie state and also one of the most prominent men in the public life of Tift county is Dr. William Hartridge Hendricks, reprensentative-elect from Tift county. Dr. Hendricks is a native of Bulloch county, born at Bloys on August 17, 1873. He is of English descent, his immediate ancestors ha’ving settled in.South Caro lina immediately after the Revolutionary war. He received his early education in the public schools of Bulloch county, and RW 1 -• Dr. Wm. H. Kendricks ; he evinced a marked tendency to read | broadly, especially works of science. [ His scientific studies having been es : pecialiy centered in biology and chemistry ! led him to take up the study of medi '•!ne, and he received with honor his M. ■ D. degree at the celebrated school for j physicians and surgeons at St. Louis, Mo. Soon after his graduation he re moved to Tifton, where he has built up a 1 most successful practice in ills proses ; sion and has, been a potent factor in the general development of his section of the state. In addition to the practice of his proses ! sion Dr. Hendricks has successfully en- I gaged in farming, naval stores operations - and in active connection with the bank ing interests of Tifton as vice president and director of the National bank of that place. He is a member of the city council of Tifton and mayor pro tern. Dr. Hendricks is just entering the prime of life and with such fine ambition and such worthy achievements he is des tined to wield a much wider influence in the life of his native count}- and in the political life of the entire stat*, having been chosen to represent one of the most flourishing counties of the southern sec tin of the state. Must Suit All Tastes Pittsbmg Post. "My wife wonders why the papers waste so much space on mere ih ws.” "Wluit does she cesd?” ”O’a’ she reads ’.he weather probabilities, the bargain probabilities, the marriage notices and tiie lore story. Put an item alioiit a big battle or the fall of a dynasty looks piffling to her.” In the Restaurant Brook!- n Life. "Rridgcr must be n-t'vo.sc. He’s changeo | bis S. St sA-.-en times sine. I rs ■ ■ 'n ” "The poor fellow can t help ji. H baa s . I n led so manv jrogress'.x. .ar-, p i.-ths th.it •viior.evtr he heats th« ca<: i c.st c i •!. r i n , he thinks it nitons to move on to the r.-x | (able!” A Regular Boor Mias Petty—l don't Ulf '■:> Mottl-y any -nore. mar.ima. He speke Imnttiently to Fi Mrs. Pette—The brute! W-at was Ms ex use? Miss Pette—None at all. Frido was peace fully gnawing his silk list at tbe time. si l 4j L j...-... NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS AND GOSSIP By Ralph Smith j WASHINGTON. V. C., May 25.-DlS credited throughout the country and de- > seated for re-election to the United States senate by the same influences that ele vated Mr. Taft to the presidency, It now appears that Joseph Benson Foraker holds 1 the key to the political situation in' Ohio; ; | indeed, it is said that the only chance j the Grand Old Party has tor winning . i the state in the next gubernatorial cam- j ! paign is to nominate Foraker as its can- ' j didate for governor. President Taft, it > ; is stated, is beginning to realize this. ■ and In the Interests of the party will bow , gracefully. Foraker has twice been governor of'. Ohio, and it is stated that the wave of ; resentment against him which recently swept over the state has about subsided, t and that he Is loomnig up bigger and big ger every day. Foraker is a harder fight- • er and a better politician than President Taft of any of the Ohio lieutenants, and since retiring to private life he has made ! much progiess in re-establishing himself in the good graces of tiie people of Ohio. Presiuent Tuft, it is explained, has nev er been personally popular in his native state. He has never been close to the people, and for many years he has been out of touch with Ohio affairs, spending most of his time in the Philippines and in Washington. The Republican party, it is claimed, had the hardest sort of ! fight to caryy Ohio for Taft in the presi i dential election, due in part to the For , aker defection, but in larger meas • ure to Taft's unpopularity at home. Since . being elected president, Mr. Taft has I done nothing to strengthen himself in Ohio, but on the contrary has handled the > federal patronage in such away as to i weaken himself politically. His appoint ments have all been good ones, in so far as efflcency and character are concern- I ed, but they did not represent "good pol itics.” WHEREFORE THE WORRY. The situation in Ohio is not satisfying ! to the Republican party, primarily, be cause the present, governor—Harmon—is a Democrat, and he is making good. j strengthening the party and strengthen- 1 ing himself. The Republican leaders fear that Harmon may be nominated for pits- , ident by the Democrats four years hence. ; and they believe Ohio would give her elec toral votes t.o the Democratic party, if 1 Harmon were the candidate. But if Har- i mon is defeated for re-election as gover- ■ nor, he will be a member of the down ■ and out club, and will have small chance '. of winning the Democratic nomination i for president. Then, too, Ohio must elect I a United States senator two years hence. ; and while the Republicans have a com- | sortable majority of 25 votes in the leg- i fslature now. the Harmon regime, as stat ed, is gathering strength, and there is a bare possibility that the Republican par ty lead of 25 votes in the legislature may be turned Into a Democratic majority, un less Harmon is stopped. Then there would be a Democratic senator from the Buckeye state. The Taft faction being willing to har monize on Foraker, the Republicans be lieve that ’ Fire Alarm Joe” is the only man in Ohio who stands any chance of de feating Harmon. In view of the disclo sures about Foraker, it Is hard to be lieve that he could be elected governor of n hio, but the Republican party has a way of swallowing most anything, if needs be, for party success. ABOUT SENATOR OLIVER. Senator George T. Oliver, whose home is in Pittsburg. Pa., knows a lot about iron and steel, plate glass and banking. He has given the senate the benefit of his expert knowledge of metal and glass and had an attentive audience, notwith standing that he Is the newest member ] of the upper house, for the other sena tors clearly perceived that he knew what | he was talking about and that he was talking to give information and not for the purpose of making a speech. Ordinarily the senate resents the intru sion of a new senator into Its debates, but times are different now and any one who has facts in his possession and can state them clearly is listened to with re spect, no matter whether he uses them to support protection views or tariff-for revenue opinions. But Oliver (who is, of course, a Repub lican) has been adopted into the senate family and is in as much favor on the ' Democratic as on the Republican side be cause of the neat manner in which he trimmed Senator Newlands, of Nevada. It would net be fair to say that it was because it was Newlands lie trimmed that the senate enjoyed it;, it was the way in which Oliver did it. Mr. Newlands, had been attacking the ?xcessive protection of sewing machines, ypewriters and printing presses and pro- , pressed from that to a picture of Pitts burg, a hot-bed of protection sentiment, drawn by a commission of the Russell Sage foundation. The commission’s re port represented that in Pittsburg men were compelled to work for twelve hours a day and seven days a week and that their wages were so low that they had •o herd like animals in any available | bole or corner. If that was a consequence of protection. Mr. Newlands thought tt Ime to end it. 'As he hammered on conditions in Pitts-, burg the man from that city, who was seated just behind him. rose, xiis first business was to deny that there were such conditions in Pittsburg as Mr. New ’ands was relating. He did that briefly. Then with almost as much brevity he ontinued: But I want to ask the senator from Nevada what is the universal custom j in his state with regard to six or sev- j en days' work? I spent a Sunday for i my sins in Nevada within the last year and I know that there is no such thing as Sunday in the state. It is the universal custom to work seven days a week. I nave some interests in Nevada and I and my associates endeavored to Induce the operatives to work only six days a week. They refused, saying it was the custom of the country and they did not know there was such a day as Sunday. In Nevada the laro and roulette table'. are a feature of every hotel; not of i the bar room, but of the office of the j establishment, and the guests cannot gkt away from it. I spent one day— it was the sorriest I ever spen<—in the senator's home town. The only way I could escape from the rattle ot dice and tbe clink, clink of faro chips I Wax by going to the Carnegie library, which was given to the city of Reno by one of Pittsburg's millionaires. As Mr. Oliver began about Nevada, turning the tables on Newlands. the sen ate began to smile, then to chuckle, and as he finished with his reference to the only harbor of refuge from the gamblers, provided by a Pittsburg millionaire, there was a roar of laughter which spread to I the galleries and lasted for some time un checked by the pres.ding officer, who was doing some laughing himself. Ncw’ands in time also saw the humor of the situation. Later he went over and shook hands with Oliver, admitting that it was one on him. Before this hau happened, however, and on the 1 eels of iMr. Oliver’s remarks. Senator M<’l*auren rose and asked New lands if it was possible that gambling w;.s permitted in the hotel offices in his state and Mr. Newlands was compelled |to admit it. saying as a palliative that a 'law had been passed recently against | ■’ambling and would go into effect at a ■ future date "Great freedom.” he said, i ’ has been permitted in Nevada." lince the occurrence Oliver is"treated in the cloak rooms like an old member, i His remarks on me metal and glass I schedules won him respect because ot their clearness, but his unhorsing of Newlands won him comradeship which the senate is slow to grant to a new-1 comer- | Washington, d. c.. May uu-Few speeches that have been delivered in the * senate during the consideration of tLa tariff bill have attracted more general attention than the speech of Senator Clay l on the sugar schedule. The press of ’ Wash’ngton was exceedingly generous to the Georgian, the editors evidently be . iieving that the speech warranted atten i tion and display. ! The Washington Times, on the after* ■ noon the speech was delivered, published on its front page a two-column cut of ; the Georgian and published four col ; nmns of the speech, covering much of I Mr. Clay’s running debate with Senators : Smoot and Foster. The WashT.gton Star . devoted a column and h*lf • i speech, and the Washington Post pub i lished the following morning, carried ove* • two columns, starting the story on th« front page, under a display head. There are two reasons, the one bearing on the other why Mr. Clay's speech at tracted so much attention in Washington; primarily, it was strong presentation o£ an interesting, though complicated sub ject; secondarily, the junior senator from Georgia does not speak often, and it ia a well known fact that the senators who are not too often in tbe limelight attract the genuine attention when they do talk. Senator hosier, of Ix>uisiana. Jias giv en notice that at a future date he wiil answer Mr. Clay’s speech on sugar. it is certain, however, that he will attempt r.o defense of the sugar trust. THE PRESIDENT’S aiAIL. The president of the United States re ceives on an average about 450 letters a day, Sundays included. His lightest m: u comes on Mondays and Tuesdays, whici :is explained by the fact few letters are written on Sundays, and the bu x of the population of the countrj- re sides within forty-eight hours of Wasli | ington. ; President Roosevelt, it is said, averaged about .'OO letters a day, which was larger than the mail of Mr. Taft or any other piesklent. Os course, during the earlv days of Mr. Taft’s acmiaistration—tha: is the first month, his mall was i heavier than now, running tome dcys la !l.a» to 1.500 letters. Most of these, hov.-- , ever, were congratulatory in their nature. Os course, the president receives * . number of “crank" letters every da>. Some of them are threatening, and the a ' are referred to secret service agents for I in> estigaticn. j The president does not see all of th« i letters written him; hia daily mull ’■• ! opened and assorted by confident! -.1 clerks, and only a comparatively stnati I number of the letters addressed to thw president ever reach his eys. He wou.ct have little time for anything else if ha tried to attend to all the let:ers that come to the white house addressed to him. | HOW THE MAIL IS HANDLED. Letters referring to routine matters are sent direct to the bureaus or depart ments of the government having jurisdic tion over the subject matter of their con tents. Formal letters are answered by a corps of secretaries, under the direction of Fred W. Carpenter. Mr. Taft’s pri vate secretary. The president never sees them, nor does he sign the answers. This Is all attended to by Carpenter. Communications of a personal, political or official nature of sufficient conse- I quence are placed In a basket forth« president's inspection. He reads as mar.p letters and as much of each of them as his time will allow. As he reads he out lines the reply to be made, which is not ed by a stenographer, competent to framu •« satisfactory answer. Occasionally ths president will dictate an entire letter. I Probably one-fourth of the letters ad i dressed to the president are seen by him, and probably one-third of these are read 'n their entirety by the chief execu tive. Senator Simmons.of North Carolina, was the only Democrat to speak up for a duty on cotton seed oil, when Aldrich proposed to place 3 cents a gallon on Its importation. ' LUMBER LOBBY AT WORK. The activity of the lumber lobby in Washington Indicates that the lumbermen have not abndoned hope of having tl:o Dingley duty of $2 a thousand restore I in the present bill by the senate, al though the finance committee saw fit to make no changes from the rate fixed by the house. Just hew well the lobby is established here is evidenced by the fact that tbe"a Is maintained somewhere in the city a regular bureau, from which mhll is d «- j Ir’buted. Members of congress end repre sentatives of the press are flooded with literature bearing on lumber, the litera ture being circulated to discredit the ar guments that have teen set forth in favor of free lumber. Tiie latest contribution the lot by has made to the daily literature of congvesr men end newspaper corrc-oondent Is a ' four-nnge folder token from the Amer ; - can Lumberman. Much of this space is given over to a review of the apeecii of Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, .advocating free lumber, and th* remark.* of Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, dis puting the existence of a lumber trust. The review of Nelson’s speech la evidenttv an effort to dfrcred't hi* arguments, an 1 the impression on Elkins’ speech indicate a desire to substantiate h's assertion that there is no trust. Lumbermen themselves may read all that tbe folder contains, j but it is very doubtful if any other per- I son would burden himself with all the j view’s and comments contained in the folder. And speaking of the fight over the tar iff on lumber, the writer i feels almost i justified in predicting that several mem bers of the upper house, w-ho have ad vocated an Increased duty on lumber, are w’avering. almost ready to change over for a reduction in the duty. or. when th-» vote comes, absent themselves from the ‘ senate. “Hot shot" from home caused them to pause, and they are beginning to ' wonder if they haven’t made a mistake. ' The neopie, it appears, are becoming ! aroused, and the people, it appears, be lieve there is a lumber trust, whether there is or not; moreover, the people think that a reduced duty on lumber may possibly mean cheaper lumber, whether it does or not. and the people, it appears, ! are more Interested in saving a few dol lars on lumber than they are in “saving" the lumber industry even of the states where the lumber industry is a great big thing in politics. , Whatever the result of the lumber fight in the senate, the fact is that It will be watched with as much or more interest than any other phase of the tariff bill, (because the lines are being more tightly drawn every day. Concerning Knickerbockers London Globe. A burninz ouestion which divides golfer into two hcstlle can:vs is the choice betweci knickerbockers ano trousers. The majortt! now favor the latter. To a man with a resllj well turned valf and neat ankles I shouk •av Wear knickerbockers wrhenever you get > chance. One nlaver I knew who had calver that seemed tc begin lust alxjve tbe ankles used to wear knickerbockers because he ~JI tt put hts opponent otf nis ntar. A’>conor or th! 4 , a small Whitechapel urchin t'Vno fiao never befi r* nieen olit of that non-golfins neighborhood< war seen Razing at a Herrij 1-an srortsman In knickerbockers. Seeing the open-mouthed stare of the urchin, the golfer asked: "Welt, mv little man. whs* ar* you thinking about!” The renlv being. Tm thir7»ir.g it's time yer mother put yer io trousers.” He Lost Out Boston Globe. I "Do yoo know anything about flirting’’ "No." be replied sadly. "I thought I did. I but when I tried it the girl married nr." • • ;