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TERRELL'S NAME IS
STRUCKFBOMRDLL
8! SENATE'S ORDER
Acting on Telegraphic Request
to Vice-President Sherman
Georgia Senator Is Marked
Off the Senatorial Roll Call
. 'By AueHated Pry**.)
WASHINGTON. July 17.-It is ex-Sen
ator Terrell now. The name of the Junior
Georgia senator was today stricken from
the senate rolls at his direct request. The
vice president had read to the senate as
soon as that body was called to order
day two telegrams from Senator Terrell,
and his letter of resignation to Gov. Hoke
Smith, published several days ago. Sen
ator Terrell stated in a telegram receiv
ed by Vice President Sherman today
that while be bad already resigned to
the governor of Georgia, and did not
longer consider himself a member of
the senate, he wanted his name removed
from the rolls of the senate. The sena
tor also requested Mr. Sherman to no
tify him if any further action was nec
essary on bis part.
The vice president said that while be
did not suppose there would be any ob
jection on the part of senators to the
request, he would not assume responsi
bility in the matter. Accordingly he ask
ed if tn ere was objection upon the part of
any senator. No senator objecting. Vice
President Sherman directed that the
name of Senator Terrell be removed from
the senate roll and that ended the inci
dent.
Senator Terr ell’s telegram read:
"My successor as United States senator
was elected by the legislature of Geor
gia last Wednesday. It is my opinion
that this election ended my term of
office, but to remove all doubt. I sent
my resignation last Friday to Governor
Smith and mailed you a copy of same.
This resignation is irrevocable and I
have so notified Governor Smith. I wtll
be glad for you to Instruct the secre
tary to strike my name from the roll
of senators.”
Vice President Sherman sent the fol
lowing telegram to Mr. Terrell:
Washington. D. C-. July 17, 1»U-
Hon. J. M. Terrell. Atlant*. Ga.
Your letter of resignation and telegram
to me placed before the senate this morn
ing and by unanimous consent your re
quest was complied with and your name
stricken from the senate roll.
(Signed) J. S SHERMAN.
governor is silent.
Governor Smith had nothing to say
Monday morning in reply to Senator Ter
rell’s latest statement, which was given
to the public Sunday night The gover
nor seemed in fine spirits, however, and
was evidently not disturbed over the I
developments. If be contemplates imme
«Ute retirement, be failed to indicate it
to his callers
Many of the governor’s warmest
friends in the legislature believe that he
should continue to serve as governor un
til he has completed the work he has
outlined. They declare that the people
generally approve his attitude—and they
speak just having returned from their
constituents. where many of them spent
the week-end. .
It is believed that the governor him
self will be guided In his future course
by developments at* Washington In
view of the fact that Senator Terrell
has declined positively to maintain his
pair, thereby killing a Republican vote.
■ It is possible that the governor will go
to Washington, qualify as a senator and
vote with the Democrats, only In the
event he becomes satisfied that his vote
is needed.
There will be no vote of consequence
in the senate before July 22. when the
reciprocity’ bill goes on It spassage. It
Is confidently believed by the friends of
this measure, that the bill will pass by
an overwhelming vote, and there is
small chance that the Democrats will
need his vote.
LORIMER WIfNESSTs MAY
SHED LIGHT ON HINES
WASHINGTON. July 17.-The 3100,00?
legislative “Jackpot” about which re
volve charges affecting the election of
Senator %nrimer. figured in the testimony
at the opening of today's hearing be
fore the senate Lorimer committee.
William Burgess, manager and treasur
er of an electrical company at Duluth,
Minn . discussed on the stand today his
testimony before the Helm investigat
ing committee of the Illinois senate, in
which he said on certain running out of
the Duluth about March. 1911, C. F.
Wiehe. who is associated in business
with Edward Hines, declared to him
that “there was a jackpot raised to elect
Lorimer: I know what I am "talking
about, because I subscribed 310,'MM) to
it myself."
More light on the part played by
Edward Hinee. of Chicago, who had
been charged with having
a contribution to *ne Lonntfr
election fund, was expected from
witnesses before the sens e Lorimer
r *n be -. c :" unn’i U> »•">•■» Bur *
gess Herman H Hettier and Henry
Torrish tn this connection.
After them, it was expected that James
Keeley, editor of the Chicago Tribune,
would take the stand
Gave 3.0.000 TO POT.
Burgess said that he and W eihe
not met before that day. They be
gan conversing in the smoking car
Burgess said he made a remark about
the Lorimer election, which finally led
the stranger, whom he sad was TV eihe,
to remark that Burgess "did not know
ver y (t n much about It."
Shortly afterward, according to the
witness lay. Wet he said:
-There was a jackpot for Lorimer’s
election. I know what I am talking
about, because I subscribed 110.000 to 1*
myself."
“Didn’t you think it strange that a
perfect stranger should make a confes
sion of wnoiesale corruption to you?'
ask'd Senator Kern
“I always did. That was the reason
I asked who the man was when w« got
off the ’rain. •
On erws-exam I nation Burgess testified
'.hat he was acquainted with W. H. Cook,
of Duluth, whose versions of conversa
tions with Edward Hines have been dis
puted by Hines. Burgess said he had
talked with Cook about coming to Wash
ington to testify and Cook had merely
ramaxkad;
May Enter Field [
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FAUX. B. THABAkXU,
Who is put forward as candidate for
governor from northwest Georgia.
HMD! coin FARMERS
HEM ADDRESS OF BROOKS
Thousands Cheer Great Work
That Is Being Done by
Georgia Union
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CAIRO, Ga., July 17.—The Farmers'
union of Grady county and the education
al interests generally were given" a royal
treat recently by hearing two of the very
best addresses erer delivered in this
section of the state. State Senator T. J.
Brooks, of Atwood. Tenn., and Hon. Jere
M. Pound, of Barnesville, Ga., former
state school commissioner of Georgia,
and now president of Gordon institute at
Barnesville, were the principal speakers.
Over 3,000 people attended.
W. C. Barrow, president of the Farm
ers’ union of Grady county, presided and
introduced Senator Brooks. Senator
Brooks came to Grady county recom
mended as one of the foremost .speakers
in the south along agricultural lines,
and he sustained with ease the high rep
utation which he has as an orator.
GIVES GOOD ADVICE.
Mr. Brooks was master of his subject,
and went to the bottom of it in a mas
terly manner. He showed that a hundred
years ago the wealth of the country
rested with the man who tills the soil,
but the corporate interests of modern
times owned about 80 per cent of the
wealth and that the only hope for the
“man behind the plow’’ is organisation
and co-operation. He stressed the impor
tance not only of scientific farming, but j
of using the same care In marketing the
products and finding ways of eliminating*
all unnecessary middlemen, arguing that
middlemen are not necessarily corrupt,
but are simply creatures of an unwise
system.
He emphasised the importance of not
sitting idly down and bemoaning our fate
and waiting for some unheard of circum
stance to waft us to better condlions,
but emphasised the fact that the farm
ers of the south had It In their power
to order conditions as they wished and
to become a moral force for good In ev- ’
ery possible way. Throughout his speech |
he preserved the high plane of reasoning
and logic that commended, it to the large
crowd who came to hear. Senator Brooks I
is a man who impresses one as being en
tirely Ffneere and of having made care
ful and exhaustive study of the needs and
achievements of the union. Hts speech
was strong, forceful and entirely devoid
of anything that approaches prejudice.
His arguments in favor of making the
union even more effective were unanswer
able.
ADDRESS OF POUND.
Hon. Jere M. Pound was then Intro
duced by County School Commissioner J.
8. Weathers. Mr. Pound is among the
very foremost educators not dnly of Geor
gia but of the entire south, and his
speech here was the stroke of a master
hand. He traced the history of the
Anglo-Saxon race and showed that
wherever the white race had been from
the beginning of time to the present day,
his pathway has been marked by con
quest for land and power. He argued
that the Pilgrims who came to make set
tlements in the early years of this coun
try were actuated not so much by the
desire for liberty in worship as they
were for the possession of land, and said
they had secured liberty under Oliver
Cromwell in England long before they
came to America.
So on through all the periods of terri
torial expansion of the United States, ar
gued Mr. Pound, the controlling passion
of the people was the possession of prop
erty. With the above assumptions he
came down to the specific fact that Geor
gia pays more directly for the cause of
education than any other southern state
except one, and that the point where our
educational system broke down was the
fact that the people did not supplement
this from their own purses but are seem
ingly content to put up with what the
state was doing.
He argued also that most of the coun
ties of the state received from the state
more money in pensions and school funds
than they pay Into the state, and ridi
culed the idea that the people are being
taxed to death, saying that we are taxed
more by our ignorance and criminal ele
ment tlian in any other way. Finally,
he showed that the future safety of our
people, both educational and industrially,
lay in giving more heed to the necessity
for educational advantages commensur
ate with the progress along every other
line of endeavor, and summed up the
whole matter in the words, "Educate!
Educate!! Educate’’!”
It is estimated that not less than 3,000
people heard the address of these distin
guished speakers and it w4ll be a day
long to be remembered by all who took
advantage of the occasion. Special thanks
are due to the Cairo Concert band for
the excellent music rendered lor the occa
sion. The band met the speakers at the
train and played for them at the picnic
grounds.
M’DANIEL IS PLEASED.
Mr. J. T. McDaniel, secretary and
treasurer of the Georgia division of the
Farmers’ union, who accompanied Mr.
Brooks on his tour of Georgia, was pres
ent and expressed himself as highly
pleased with the outlook for the future
of Grady county, and said that no sec
tion of the state offered greater advan
tages. nor seemed to have more hospit
able and intelligent people than Cairo and
Grady county. He said that the crowd
would have done Justice to any section |
of the state.
FEDERAL EXPERT TO
HELP NEW YORK KEEP
CHOLERA OUT OF H. S.
248 Passengers of Steamer
Moltke Now in Quarantine
Must Submit to Most Rigid
Health Examinations
(By Associated Proas.)
NEW YORK, July 17.—The fight to bar
cholera from the port of New York con
tinued today with a federal expert help
ing the local health department.
The 348 persons who arrived here two
weeks ago on the steamer Moltke and
are still under observation, will undergo
bacteriological examinations, and a more
rigid quarantine will be enforced at Swtn
borne island, where 15 cases of the dis
ease are confined with four othsrs under
suspicion.
These cases, with the five deaths that
have occurred since the Moltke brought
the germ hers from Naples, show the
reality of the danger the city faces from
the epidemic now raging in southern
Europe.
While nothing even approaching a panic
exists here now, the situation Is receiving
greater attention, and Dr. Alvah H. Doty,
health officer of the port, has felt called
upon to Issue a reassuring statement.
• Dr. Doty says that the cholera germ
can be received in one way only, through
the mouth, and that there is no danger
in ordinary contact with persons who
have the disease.
However, Charle* Dushklns, counsel for
the complainants at the investigation of
Dr. Doty's official conduct now in prog
ress, declares his belief that the cholera
patients now in the hospital caught the
disease not on the steamer, but at the
immigration station, where all the pas
sengers were detained after landing.
The danger, or ratner the understand
ing of it, is further increased by the com
paratively recent mesical knowledge of
“cholera carriers." These persons, Dr.
Doty says, may transmit the germs al
though themselves absolutely free from
their 01 effects, and be as great a men
ace to others as a man dying from the
disease.
Another death from cholera occurred
at the Swinburne island hospital dur
ing the night, making the total six.
The latsfct victim is - rancls Farander,
aged 14. The quarantine officers said
today that conditions at Hoffman Island
were satisfactory. The steamer Pure
gia, from the Mediterranean, is still at
anchor in quarantine, while her pas
sengers are under observance.
No other cases of cholera found among
the 261 passengers and 19 members of
the crew of the Perugia. All persons
aboard however, remain under close ob
servation. The ship is being disinfected.
London Reports Exaggerated
CHIASSO, Switzerland, !liily IT.—The
London reports of the number of cholera
victims at Palermo, Italy, since May 2,
are exaggerated, according to Informa
tion received here.
Although it cannot be known with of
ficial exactness, the dead at Palermo
may reach 230, but not 2,300, as has been
stated in London dispatches.
The cholera situation both at Palermo
and Naples is now said to be Improving.
In Palermo the average daily death rate
is 20 and at Naples 12. At Leghorne
there have been a total of 13 deaths since
the epidemic first appeared, while at
Spesia the fatalitites have numbered 7
and at Pisa 1.
FEW SUICIDES OCCUR
IN GEORGIA CITIES
Life Seems Worth While to
Folks Living in Augusta,
Savannah, Atlanta
Life' may be a "funny proposition
after all." Furthermore, there have
been instances where "times has been
purty hard in Georgy.” Allee samee a
man’s earthly existence seems to be
more valuable to him here than in almost
any other state in the union. There
seems to be in Georgia the least tend
ency to leave this old yorld via one of
the Goldberg methods.
Frederick L. Hoffman gives, in the
last edition of the "The Insurance Spec
tator," an interesting table* of statistics,
in an article on the suicidal rate in
American cities. The Georgia cities
which he brings into tne discussion are
Atlanta, Savqnnah and Augusta.
The average rate of suicides in an
American community is 19.7 per cent per
100,000 population. The present rate lit
Augusta is only 7.3 per cent. Atlanta
and Savannah cotne next, in the order
named with 14.9 per cent and 15 per
cent, respectively.
San Francisco leads the other cities
in the country with 42.3 per cent; while j
New York and Chicago are well up to- i
ward the top.
The author, in his most Interesting
article, says also that there is less
tendency to suicide in America than s
there is In even staid old Germany. |
For five years previous to 1908, Ger
many had 136 male suicides for every
100 in America; and for every 100 fe- j
male suicides in this country, Germany |
had 125.
Uncle Sam Will Help
WASHINGTON, July 17.—The entire
public health machinery of the govern
ment has been put In motion to fight offf
the cholera invasion from Europe. The
public health officer at Naples has been
instructed to cable a report every five
days as to developments in the epidemic :
that is raging m Italy,
public health service expert hurried
to New York city. Is expected' to work
in co-operation with the health authori
ties there in a vigorous handling of the
causes already brought in and to guard
against further cholera inroads.
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♦ DYNAMITE EXPLODES ♦
♦ NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 17. ♦
♦ While endeavoring to dynamite
♦ fish In the Cattalouchee, near New- ♦
♦ port, Tenn., yesterday, James Wig- -a
♦ gins, 30, foreman of a lumber cantp, -a
a was almost instantly killed when a -a
a stick of dynamite exploded in his ♦
a-- hands. His neck was broken and a-
♦ a gash torn in his breast through a
a- which his heart could be seen. Both a-
♦ hands were blown off. His body ♦
a- will be taken to Ely, N. C. a-
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1911.
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MORE JPPOINTMENTS
ARE SEO SENAU
Governor Smith’s Attitude Is
Clearly Indicated in Appoint
ments Made Monday
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Governor Smith's attitude With refer
ence to appointments was clearly indicat
ed Monday morning, 4 when lie transmitted
to the senate several appointments for
positions over which there were no con
tests. Under the rules of the senate,
these appointments will lie on the table
for at least a day before they are con
sidered in executive session for confir
mation or rejection) The action of the
senate with reference to these appoint
ments, notably the passage of the Har
ris resolution, calling on the governor
to make no more appointments for offices
whose terms will expire after he ceases
to be governor.
Following are the appointments made
by the governor:
S. C. Upaon, to be solicitor city court
of Athens, four years, beginning Septem
ber 12, 1911. Thia is a reappointment.
P. C. King, to be solicitor city court
of Fort Gaines, Clay county, for two
years, beginning August 27, 1911.
John D. Rambo, to be judge city court
of Fort Gaines, Clay county, for two
years, beginning August 27, 1911.
MONTGOMERY VOTES
ON SALOON QUESTION
MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 17.—Per
fect quiet is the sole feature of an elec
tion which began in Montgomery county
thia morning to determine whether the
saloon shall again be legalized in this
city. Indications are that a large vote
will be polled in the city and a full vote
will be cast in the rural precincts unless
heavy rains occur. At noon a normal
number of ballots had been cast.
The opinion prevails that local option
will carry and the question appears to
be now only on the majority. Estimates
run from 1,000 to 2,600 majority. \
PERISH THE THOUGHT!
HE NEVER SAID IT
NEW YORK, -uly 17.—The Rev. Dr.
Charles F. Aked lias sent to the As
sociated Press the following telegram
dated San Francisco, July 17:
"The statement in today's papets, sent
to be telegraphed from New York, at
tributing to me offensive charges as
to the coldness of New York people is
sheer invention and I am under such
lifelong obligation of gratitude to New
York that I deplore this paragraph.”
Gates Much Better
PARIS, July 17.—John W. Gates, the Amer
ican financier, who is ill in thia city, passed
a comfortable night. He continues to gain
slowly.
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♦ TKXS WOMAIf DBOFS +
-V AMD ESCAPES DEATH ♦
♦ NEW YORK, July 17.-Driven to ♦
♦- the window ledge of her west side ♦
-a- tenement home by fire last night, ♦
♦ May Murphy, 21 years old, hung ♦
♦ suspended over the street for a min- ♦
ute in view of several hundred per- ♦
sons and then dropped. ♦
♦ While some in the crowd turned ♦
♦ away expecting to hear the young
♦ woman’s body hit the pavement, ♦
♦- those who watched were amazed to ♦
♦ see her bounch to a ledge on the ♦
♦ floor below, then to a similar ledge -a
-a- on the second floor and finally ♦
♦ through a window into a room on -a-
♦ that floor. She was taken out, -a-
♦ stunned but not seriously hurt. ♦
TJTO VACATION PLANS
LOWER SOGBR THIEF WILL
RUIN SOUTHERN GROWERS
Such Is Emphatic Statement
of Burguieres Before Sugar
Trust Probe
WASHINGTON. July 17.—That Lou
isiana sugar planters and independent
refiners fear the American Sugar Re
fining company was declared today by
J. E. Burguieres, president of the
Louisiana Planters' asoclatlon, before
the house sugar trust committee. He
testified that reduction of the sugar
tariff would ruin the Louisiana sugar
Industry.
"I can’t get independent refiners to
come to Louisiana and bid on our sugar.
They say they will not come into our
field, but will buy our sugars if we get
them into their market.
"They gave no satisfactory reason
therefor, but I made my own deduc
tions, that the independent refiners re
garded Louisiana as American Sugar
Refining company territory and refuse
to enter that territory for fear they will
precipitate trouble for themselves with
the trust. They have stayed away ever
since we got into trouble with the trust
for selling to outsiders several years
ago.”
"Do the independents have any agree
ment to keep away from the territory?"
asked Representative Madison.
"I think not. The condition results
from a combined fear of the planters to
sell away from the trust and of inde
pendent refiners to invade what is con
sidered trust territory.
"I predict a crop of one million tons
of sugar a year in Louisiana and Texas
within a few years. If the sugar tariff
is cut in half it would immediately
annihilate the sugar industry of Louis
iana and affect the property of more
than 2,000,000 people.”
SOLDIERS DISARMED
BY MEXICAN POLICE
Following Determined Action
City Canaea Is Now
Quiet and Peaceful
CANANEA, Mexico, July 17.—After sev
eral days’ trouble with soldiers who re
fused to lay down their arms until large
sums of money were paid to them, Can
anea is again quiet today and the civil
government is in control.
It was agreed between the citizens and
officers that the soldiers must remain in
their barracks or leave their arms there
when they go upon the streets.
The police proceeded to disarm the sol
diers, who appeared upon the streets
with weapons. That caused more trou
ble, about 50 soldiers leaving barracks
and demanding the return of their arms.
They were persuaded to return to their
quarters without them.
Col. Juan G. Cabrat was selected as
"major del plaza” and given charge of
the city’s affairs. Captain Marinda, ac
cused of having liberated dangerous
criminals from the city jail, left early to
day for the hills, accompanied by a
number of soldiers who were prominent
in the recent disturbances.
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♦ KISSES 286 BABIES ♦
AMD GETS 137,500 ♦
a- CHICAGO, July 17.—After kissing -a-
♦ 286 babies ranging in age from 6 a-
a- months to 4 years, and consecrating -a
a- them to the "cause of Zion,” a
a- Overseer Glen Voliva, successor to a
a- John Alexander Dowie, stood by a a
a- barrel In Shiloh tabernacle yester- a
a- day and watched his disciples toss -a
•a 327,500 into it as a "sacrifice offer- ♦
a- ing.” a-
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RED TAPE AND RIOTS
SUBJECT OF NEW BILL
Would Give Sheriff Right to
Call Troops Without Gover
nor’s Order.
For the purpose of giving judges, sher
iffs and mayors the power to call out
the militia in a case of emergency when
there isn’t time to apply to the gover
nor, a bill was Monday morning intro
duced in the house by the Fulton delega
tion, Messrs. Brown, McElreath and
W es tmoreland.
The bill provides:
"Whenever any riot, outbreak, tumult,
mob, rout, or unlawful assembly shall
occur or be imminent, under such cir
cumstances that timely application can
not be made to the governor and action
had thereon by him, any judge, afore
said, or sheriff of any county, or mayor
of any city, town or village, in which
any of the said organised militia are
located, if he ascertain or has good rea
son to believe that the ordinary posse
comitatus or civil power of the county,
town, or village, where such violation of
the laws and the peace of the state oc
curs or appears imminent, are unable
promptly suppress or prevent the same,
may, without first making application
to the governor, direct the commander
of the organized militia in the county
to report to such civil officer to en
force the laws and preserve the peace."
NICARAGUA IS IN
A BAD WAY NOW
Capital in State of Siege and
Jails Full of Political
Prisoners
PANAMA. July 17.—Mail advices
from Rivas, Nicaragua, forwarded under
date of July 10, describe the capital,
Managua, as in a state of siege, the
prisons filled with politcal prisoners,
loaded with chains. Many of these are
not charged with specific offenses, but
are suspected of disloyalty to President
Diaz’s government. The wife of one
prisoner obtained his liberty, it is said,
by paying those in authority 325,000.
The advices further state that tele
grams, cablegrams and even private cor
respondence is rigidly censured. The
government suddenly prohibited the cir
culation of 35 and 350 bills, printed in
Managua by former Presidents Zelaya
and Madris, claiming many counter
feits are in circulation. This action has
caused much inconvenience.
NEGRO MURDERER
ESCAPES JUSTICE
Cincinnati Court Releases
Georgia Murderer on a
Technicality
CINCINNATI. July 17.—Because the
requisition papers had not been signed
by the proper authorities in Georgia,
Henry Shackelford, a negro, arrested
here on a charge of murder in south
ern state, awa releaseed in common
pleas court today on a writ of habeas
corpus.
Shackelford was arrested several
months ago after being Wounded by
the police. In his fight against extra
dition he declared that the killing was
done by him in an effort to defend his
family, but that as tlie victim was a
white man it would be suicide for him
to go back and stand trial.
EMMET 8. SHAW IS
PRACTICALLY IN RACE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Senator From Clay County De
clares He Will Enter Contest
If His Friends Continue Their
Pledges of Support
Emmet R. Shaw, of Clay county, mem
ber of the state senate representing the
11th district, Monday morning shied his
castor Into the gubernatorial ring. Be
declared that he would be a candidate
for governor, in all probability, and hs
friends are confident that his decision is
final and Irrevocable. He says he h«a
been deluged with letters and telegrams
from all parts of the state, and frank
ly admits that he sees not how to re
sist the importunities of his friends.
“If this thing keeps up. I'll be square
ly in the race before you know it,’’ sad
Senator Shaw, pointing to a pile of tat
ters on his desk, which he said urged
him to make the race.
Senator Shaw's probable candidacy di
vided Interest with the growing belief
that President John M. Slaton, of the
senate, will offer for election, following
his temporary succession to the office
upon the retirement of Governor Smith.
Mr. Slaton himself had no comment to s
make upon his position, other than to
reiterate his position as indicated in
Sunday's Journal. The story in question
said that President Slaton would be a
candidate in the event Governor Brown
does not allow the use of his name.
The friends of Mr. Slaton—and they
are many in the legislature—believe that,
he is the logical man for the place,
and they insist that the people of Geor
gia will take the same view, on the |
theory that as acting governor he 'will
convince them that he is entitled to an
indorsement.
Judge Richard B. Russell, one of the
two announced candidates, returned to
Atlanta Monday morning, but had no
statement for the press. He Fas in con
ference with friends during the morning,
and the details of his campaign wsre
considered. The judge contemplates
opening his campaign in Tattnall conn- j
ty this week, at which time he is ex- , J
pected to outline his platform.
POPE BROWN HERE. ‘ - J
Col. J. Pope Brown, the only other an
nounced candidate, spent the day in At
lanta* in conference with friends, but
was not ready to give out his formal *
announcement for the office. He ..e- .
dared, however, that he was positive- ■
ly in the race, and expected to mm
an active campaign. 4
Col. Thomas G. Hudson, commlsslor
er agriculture, returned to Atlanta Sun- £
day night, after a trip through- south
Georgia. He would not discuss his
probable candidacy, but it is believurd -
he may have an aTifionffitarnent rdatEVe
to his position after he confers with his _
friends, scores of whom are insisting /
that he become a canddate.
Attorney General Thomas S. Felder
spent the day in the state supreme court
and did not discuss his probable can- 3
didacy with any one.
“I am awaiting developments ntefore
I make any final decision as to my can- M
didacy for governor,” said Represerta
tive Joe Hill Hall Monday morning. "My
friends are anxious that I make ths
race, but until I look the situation over
more carefully I will have nothing cief
inlte to say concerning my final pur
pose.”
Former Governor Brown could not ba
reached Monday morning and nothing is
known of his purpose. Many of his
friends still believe he will be a car.dl
date, but others Incline to the opinion
that he will not allow the use of his'
name In which event President Slaton is
counted a candidate. X.
REGISTRATION LAW.
There has been consideraoble speru- *
lation as to the registration that will
be used for the special election and pri
mary, tnat is to be called. Lawyers
who have examined the statute on the |
question believe that all persons who
voted in the last general pralmary and
who have paid their taxes that have
since accrued wul be qualified to par- |
ticipate in the primary. In auu.-ua,
an persons who may have regstered be
tween the date of the last primary and
15 days before the date of the special, T
electlon will be qualified.
The fact that the registration bo oka
will be open for the registration of vot- j
ers to within 15 days of the special elec
tion, which must be called by Acting
Governor Slaton, makes it practically, |
certain that the special gubernatorial I
primary will be held within two weeks
of the election.
Thus, if President Slaton succeeds to
the governorship on December 1, and
serves for the full 60 days, calling the
election for the middle of January, as
is probable, the registration books would
be kept open until January 1, and the
primary would be held between that date
and the middle of the month.
TEXAS IS VOTING
ON STATE PROHIBITION
HOUSTON, Teex., July 17.—A campaign
on statewide prohibition, distinguished
for its almost scholarly soberness and
free from disorder of any kind, entered 1
on its first week in Texas today, de
bates and orations on both sides are
scheduled for this week at almost every
polling booth throughout the state. On .
Saturday the voters will say whether the
amendment prohibiting both the sale and
manufacture of liquor shall be written in
to the state constitution.
Both prohibitionists and antis are
claiming victory. In this county, where
state headquarters for both sides are ul»-
uated, over 1,000 speeches are scheduled
in the next five days.
SIX MEN KILLEu
IN POWDER EXPLOSION
DENVER, Col., July 17. —Six men were a
killed and several injured in an explo- J
sion ni the nitro-glycerine house of the , 1
Dupont powder factory about 15 miles ,j|
south of Denver, according to a tele
phone report received here by the cefr- X
oner. The explosion was heard in soutk
Denver. » /
Diaz Goes to Paris Ife
BAD-NAUHEIM, Germany, July 17.-»
Gen. Porforio Diaz, the former president
of Mexico, is preparing to leave for
I’aris, being advised by a consulting
physician not to take tlie waters on ac
count of his age. His health, howei'er.
appears excellent. _ rom Paris x>iaz will' HH
go to Switzerland, where he will remain KH
throughout the summer.
NO. 86.