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VOL. XI.
CONGRESS CONVENES:
POLITICS OF NATION
will moral
Gavel Falls in Both Branches
at Noon Senator Hoke
Smith of Geargia Takes
Seat, Strengthening Party
♦ WX*T OOV&BBSS DID ♦
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> Senate. ♦
♦ Convene* at noon. ♦
♦ Committee appointed to notify ♦
♦ president eongreM was In sea- ♦
♦ sion. ♦
♦ Bena ton Smith, of Georgia. ♦
♦ and Gardner, of Maine sworn in. ♦
♦ Senator Curtis elected to serve ♦
♦ as president pro tempore till ♦
♦ December 12. ♦
♦ Meeting hour fixed fen* Ip.m. ♦
♦ Bally. ♦
♦ Adjourned at 12:17 P- m. tin ♦
♦ Tuesday at Ip. m. ♦
♦ Mouse. ♦
♦ Convened at noon. ♦
♦ Committee to notify president ♦
♦ that congress was in session ap- ♦
♦ pointed. ♦
♦ • Representative Littleton, on ♦
♦ point of personal privilege, an- ♦
♦ swered attacks upon him charg- ♦
♦ Ing him with being a “steel trust -e-
ally." ♦
♦ Estimates amounting to $745,- ♦
e- 114.543 for the fiscal year were ♦
e- submitted for appropriation leg- ♦
♦ islatloa. ♦
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(Sy Associated Frees.) .
WASHINGTON. Dec. A—Both houses!
of the ®d congress convened at noon i
today. Practically every member of each '
house Vaa tn his seat The galleries
were crowded and hundreds of people'
were unable to gain admission.
The expected speech of Representative
Littleton, of New York, regarding the
steel trust question, was the sensational
incident featuring the opening day of
congress.
NEWSPAPERS BARRED.
There was a flurry tn the house Just
before it was called to order, caused by
the distribution of copies of a local news
paper which featured news of a mass
meeting at which Representatives Little
ton and Young were attacked by Henry
B. Martin, of the so-called American
Anti-Trust league.
z A copy was laid on the desk of each
member of the bouse.
Instantly Mr. Littleton indignantly
rushed to the speaker's office and de
maaded to knew by what right these
copies had been allowed distribution in
the house chamber. The copies were or
dered immediately gathered up and taken
from the chamber
AN OLD TIMER GONE.
Spruit*’- Clark looked over the crowd
before he took his place.
“I wonder where he ta” he murmured,
gazingty intently at the big clock oppo
site the speaker's table
•WboT* asked a clerk.
“An old regular,” answered the speak
er. He's a colored man. He has sat
next to the clock at the opening of con
gress for every session in the last 16
years. He must be dead.”
The senate was tn session only seven
teen m.nutes. A committee was ap
pointed to notify the president that the
senate was in session.
HOKE 6MITH SWORN IN.
Hoke Smith and Obediah Gardener,
the new senators from Georgia and
Maine respectively, were sworn into
office and Charles Curtiae, of Kansas,
was unanimously elected to serve as
president pro tempore until next Tues
day, December 12. to permit Vice Presi
dent Sherman to attend the funreal of
Mrs Sherman s mother in Utica. N. X.
On motion of Senator Bailey the dally
hour of meeting was fixed at 2 o'clock
and the senate adjourned until that
time tomorrow.
“The most important session since the
civil war” is the prediction made by
many Democratic leaders for the first
regular session of the 62d congress which
opened today.
”Btirrlng days ahead” are forecasted
by Republican members, and on both
sides of the big party line members in
the house and senate are drawn up to
fight out weighty problems of legislation
in a session that will lead up to the
presidential campaign of 1212.
Os importance as to the bearing It
will have on’ the approaching political
contest In the nation, of particular in
terest because of party differences—reg
ulars and Insurgents on the Republican
side; reactionaries and progressives
among ihe Democrats—and of unusual
significance because of the heavy legis
lative program, it is at least certain
that this will be one of the liveliest
sessions of congress In many years.
TARIFF AND (TRUSTS.
With the* gavels falling in the house
and senate at noon, the, tariff and the
trusts stood out as the most important
subjects for legislation with a big fight
assured in both houses. Many other
great questions confronting -Vis congre-o,
all of them to be approacned vigorous
ly, include monetary reform, ratification
of arbitration treaties with "Jreat Brit
ain and France, and the ’oan treaties
with Nicaragua and Honduras; Alaskan
legislation, the election of senators by
direct vote of the people, pension J>lUs
and the regular and permai*. nt annual
appropriations, to be under the direc
tion this time in ths nouse by a Demo
cratic committee.
* POLITICAL STRUGGLES.
While the legislative struggles are in
progress, politics to c-»rrnln not to be
overshadowed With the Democrats
looking ah- with sanguine hone for
triumph at the polls next November, and
insurgent Republicans striking out in
earnest to capture their party conven
tion. If possible; every move made in
either branch of congress *ro.-n now un
til adjournment will be thoroughly con
sidered from political as well as legis
lative viewpoints. The pblitical pot in
Washington will soon begin to boil,
with the Republican national committee
mcetine here December 12, to be fol
lowed January 8 by the Democratic na
tional committee. Selection of conven
tion cities, choosing of committee chair
men who will manage the big cam pig ns
and plans for the approaching party >
conventions and the subsequent battle of |
the ballots will attract as much atte
tlon from the nation's legislators as
will the making of the nation's laws.
To enliven the political interest in
both houses there are candidates for
(Continued oa Fags Six, Column 6)
CANDIDATES' CLAIMS
TOTAL 263 COUNTIES:
ONLYJ46JN STATE
Volney Williams Issues State
ment, Declaring Pope Brown
Will Carry 93 Counties at
Coming. Primary
On Monday morning, with the primary
election only three days off. the Pope
Brown forces claim 98 Georgia counties,
the Russell forces claim 92, and the Joe
Brown forces claim 72.
Thia makes a total of 263 Georgfila
counties claimed. As there are only 146
counties in Georgia, it obviously follows"
that somebody is mistaken. As to which
of the three are mistaken, the public is
uncertain.
Manager James B. Nevin, of the Rich
ard B Russell ueadqarters, spent Sun
day at Rome and did not return to his
desk at the Kimball until about 11 o'clock
Monday morning. A mass of mail await
ed him. * i am absolutely confident.” de
clared Mr. Nevin. “And I would like to
make the distinction that my confidence
is not merely that of the campaign man
ager. I have a profound and sincere per
sonal conviction that Russell will win.
My conviction is based on facts.”
“I have no written statement to make
this morning,” continued Mr. Nevin, “but
I am fully satisfied that the voters of
Georgia understand Judge Russell's posi
tion. I am confident that a majority of
the voters hold, a* a matter of honest
principle, to the same doctrine of local
option for which he stands, and admit
ting the democratic principles of self
government, I believe his platform is
i logically unassailable- I believe that a
majority of the people- in Georgia agree
with Judge Russell that each county
| should have the right to decide itself
i what it wants to do about the liquor
I question.”
ANSWERS COVINGTON.
I Manager J. R. Smith, of the Joe Brown
headquarters, issues the following state-
' ment:
i ”The political meeting which was held
at the Grand opera bouse Sunday after-
I noon uqder the cloak of prohibition, but
in the Interest of the candidacy of CoL
Pope Brown, failed, in my opinion, to
give Col. Pope Brown any additional
I comfort or strength
•'judge Covington, the speaker upon
that occasion, is one of the most force
ful tn the state. He made a splendid ad
dress. But when he made veiled attacks
upon ex-Gov. Joseph M- Brown's position
they fell flat upon the audience. His at-,
tacks were in the mildest form. I hes
itate to take issue with this learned
gentleman, but when he states without
i qualification that there is no such thing
i as personal liberty I cannot refrain.
I '"The people enjoy without restraint In
| numerable liberties and they are not
■ and should not be curtailed by law, ex
' cept 'insofamas they affect the rights of
j others, and for the preservation of or
ganised society.
I ."I do not believe that his analogy
' upon the question of submitting to the
. people the laws against pistol-toting,
against theft, and against Innumerable
other crimes, is just as reasonable as
submitting the question of prohloiuon
and local option. For instance, there is
no perceptible division among the people
as to the question of pistol-toting, or
committing murder, or committing theft.
an<f other ’crimes to which he referrel.
The people are practically a unit on all
these laws. If they were not they would
have the perfect right to demand their
repeal" \
Manager Volney Williams' prediction
and statement follows:
"My prediction based upon reports from
every county in the state is that Pope
Brown will carry counties as indicated
below by congressional districts: '
"First congressional district, Pope
Brwn, 4.
‘•Second congressional. district. Pope
I Bro*n ( 6.
• 'Third congressional district. Pope
Brown. 11.
“Fourth congressional district. Pope
! Brown. S.
“Fifth congressional district. Pope
Brown. 4.
“Sixth congressional district. Pope
Brown, 10.
1 "Seventh congressional district. Pope
Brown. 5.
"Eighth congressional district. Pope
i Brown, 8.
“Ninth congressional district. Pope
I Brown. 8.
“Tenth congressional district, Pope
Brown, 4
"Eleventh congressional district. Pope
Brown, 9.
'Twelfth congressional district. Pope
! Brown. 9. •
•Total counties, 86.
“This estimate puts 23 counties in the
doubtful column. It is reasonable to sup
pose that Pope Brown will carry his
1 share of the doubtful counties, which
would give him a total of 93 counties.
"Tn addition to the reports from all over
the state which give abundance assur
ance that Pope Brown will be elected,
there are certain ethical facts that make
us doubly sure of his election.
-S. PEOPLE NOT REACTIONARY.
“In the first place, the people of Geor
gia are not reactionary. Especially Is
this true when normal conditions prevail
as now exist. Both the other candidates
are reactionaries. Russell wants to bring
back an immoral condition that existed
10, 20. 30 years ago, when liquor and
rowdyism was rampant in the country
districts of Georgia, as well a* in the
cities. He wants to commercialize the
education of our children of, Georgia and
make it dependent on liquortsm. for its
I support. The fact is. Russell is simply
I the agent in this campaign for the dis
j tillers. His campaign is practically in
the hands of the liquor trusts and Mr.
J Lewis. the agent in this city for the
1 liquor dealers' association Is sending out
! 25.000 pieces of literature dally with Rus
sell's name signed to it. It is al! stamper
with a rubber stamp and Russell never
sees it, never has seen it and never had
anything to do with its content* It was
all written and compiled In Q»e councils
of the liquor trusts. This combine has
recently had three lots of thia literature
printed amounting to 1,200,000 pieces and
the stamp bill, alone amounts to SSOO a
day. And yet Judge Russell.claims to be
a prohibitionist.
“Ex-Governor Brown's claims to prohi
bition are equally as repugnant to actual
truth as are Judge Russell's. And his
reactionary tendencies are even more pro
nounced. Not only does he want to pro
hibit the passage of the Tippins bill and
i prevent any further improvement or pro
' gress in ocr prohibition laws, but he
I claims that the governor has nothing to
do with either the making or enforce
ment of law. And yet he promulgates
his very piatform on the "enforcement of
law and the people's sovereignty to rule.”
A strange contradiction in the soul of this
."little" man of destiny.
HUSBAND IS BRIBED
BY WILES OF WOMAN
TO HELTOABAS
District Attorney Declares Ex.
U. S. Official Now Under Ar
rest, Actually Paid Juror
$4,000 as Bribe
' (By Assoolated Frew.)
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 4—District At
torney John D. Fredericks today in
formed the Associated Press that Bert
Franklin, a detective employed by the
McNamara defense and. now under ar
rest on a charge of attempting to bribe
George N. Lockwood, a venireman, with
$4,000, actually paid to Robert F. Bain,
the first sworn juror in the case S4OO
and promised SB,OOO more at the end of
the trial If h« would vote for acquittal
or cause a disagreement of the jury.
ONE MORE CASE.
The district attorney declared that
only one more case of bribery so far as
he knew had not yet been uncovered
and that the amounts in It had been
similar to the Lockwood and Bain cases
so that in all about $12,000 was prom
ised by the defense to influence jury
men.
He said that examination of witnesses
in tbe Franklin case would reveal the
details of the alleged' bribery In which
Franklin took part. He said that at
present no more arrests were intended,
but that court revelations might make
it necessary to arrest persons upon
whose orders Franklin is supposed' to
have acted.
The district attorney showed a oopy of
a stenographic report of the conference
between Bain's wife and deputy dis
trict attorney.
-N EAS. STREET.”
This document purported to report
conversation getween Bain and the De
tective Franklin. It went on to show
that Franklin called at the Bain home,
and inquired about the Bain family fi
nances, then announced that be could
put the Bains on “easy street for the
rest of their lives.
From this point the report shows
Franklin said Bain had been summoned
for the (McNamara) jury, and that it
he would serve, it would be made "worih
his while.”
Franklin told Mrs. Bain, “They (the
prosecution) were spending all kinds of
money to buy witnesses and jurors, and
we may as well do it. too.”
OFFERED $4,000.
Franklin is quoted as having offered to
give Bain SSOO if he would qualify as a
juror and $3,600 more if he would vote
for acquittal.
Mrs. Bain was told to assure her hus
band he would not be forced to forego
scruples in voting acquittal, “for there
will plenty of testimony to prove that
they (the McNamaras) are Innocent.”
Then Franklin is alleged to have ask
ed whether he would dare "approach”
Bain. Mrs. Bain says she advised him
not to attempt it, then, she said, she
"was weak' enough to consent,” to try
to bribe her husband.
Mrs. Bain said that wbat* passed be
tween her and her husband "God only
knows,” but that finally Bain agreed to
the plans.
REGRETTED YIELDING.
Franklin came to her house that night,
but she was not there. When she came
home, she said, she asked her husband
what had happened. He replied, the re
port says, that he had S4OO, but that he
wished h« had never gone into Frank- '
Un's proposition.
Mrs. Bain says she told her spouse he
could be disqualified and be S4O Oto the
good; and Bain replied that such a pro
ceeding would not give him back his
honor.
Mrs. Bain's statement about the Bains*
relations with Franklin was made a few
hours before the McNamara jury was
discharged. It is said the district attor
ney has promised the Bains they will not
be arrested or involved beyond testifying
in proceedings against - ran kiln.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN.'
Bain Is a veteran of the civ war. He
was the sworn in the McNa
mara case.
District Attorney Fredericks says his
information concerning the bribing of
another juror is as well established as
that in tile Bain case.
Further details were learned today of
\he alleged plot to Influence'the McNama
ra jury, thhe supposed frustration of
which by the arrest of Burt Franklin, a
detective of the McNamara defense, Is
said to have beer, an Important faetpr
in forcing a confession of guilt from the
McNamara brothers.
A signed statement was declared to
be th' the hands of District Attorney wlohn
D. Fredericks, made by Mrs. Robertt F.
Bain, wife of the first sworn juror in the
case, charging that SSOO was paid to her
by an agent of the McNamara defense
to influence her husband to secure a dis
agreement, if not an acquittal, by the
jury of James B. McNamara, then on.
trial for the fatalities' growing out of I
the Los Angeles Times evplosion.
“Yes, It is true,” Bain himself is quot-■
ed as saying, "and the money given toi
my wife has been given to the district!
attorney.”
A statement by the agent in the trans
action also is said to be in the possession
of the court.
A preliminary examination of
for the alleged attempt to bribe George j
N. Lock wood, a venireman, by the used
of $4,000 was scheduled to take placed
today, but a continuance for a week wan]
expected to be asked for and granted.
MAY ARREST OTHERS.
The two incidents of alleged bribery—•
that of Bain and Lockwood—are
not to include all thq attempts to affect
the verdict of the jury which has come
to the attention of the prosecution, and
District Attorney Fredericks is givefa as
authority for < the statement that still
another sworn Juror had been tampered!
with.
When the court proceedings in the trlql
of James B. McNamara suddenly wene
halted last Friday, it was persistently ru -
mored that tamperng with the jury would
result in the reopening of examination
of the men in the box and members' vs
the prosecution admitted that such a
plan was under consideration. It was
not believed that the defense would sun -
render, but the obtaining of evidence Hi
connection with the alleged plot is sail
to have precipitated the confession thait
W. . j
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911.
SOME PRIZE-WINNING DIXIE-GROWW CORN
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ROCKEFELLER HUS
BEEittO IS HEAD
Iff STANDARD OIL
1- •
Majoribf of Directors Who
Have Been Associated With
Rocke feller as President Also)
Turn In Resignations z
i [By Ayioclated Fraas.)
NEW TO RK, Dec. 4,-John D. Ro/.ke
feller resigi ied today as president ot and
director of Standard Oil com] >at iy of
New Jersey.
John D. ilrchbold was elected, presi
dent in Mr. Rockefeller’s plac >.
A majosity of officers and dlhectors,
who for yearj i have been asso< /ated with
Mr. Roekefe! ler In the con* >ol of the
Standard OU company of I .few Jersey,
also handed/ in their resign itions.
These inch jded:
William .ockefeller, as i/ice president
and dlrecttt C. M. Pratt, as vice presi
dent; WUlif am G. Rockefe’4er, as assist
ant treasurer; H. C. Folgjbt, Jr., as sec
retary asW-i assistant treasurer, and Di
rectors Hi . M. Fiager, IG. Drake and
E. T. Be lord.
( Mr. An hbold, the ne w presndent, also
resigned as vice pres/dent. The board
of direct ors is reduced from 14 to 9 mcm-
JOdts.
wriNPEnnoSsTO-
• IMPEACH LITTLETON
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Martin Asks Littleton’s Expukj
’Sion While Naw Yorker De- f
•I nounces Him
(By Auocjatad Press.) *
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—A petition
for the impeachment and expulsion from
the house of Representative Martin Wi
bittieton, of New York, was presented
to Speaker Clark today by Secretary
Henry B. Martin, of the Auti-rust
league.
The demand was in the form of a me
morial and was accompanied by a reso
lution. They were presented at the
speaker’s office by Mr. Martin and a
■ committee while Mr. Littleton was on
the floor of the house making an impas-
■ sioned speecn denouncing Martin and
"ids Anti-Trust league.”
INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
A scatching denunciation of the so
called American Anti-Trust League by
Representative Littleton, of New Yorfc,
a Democrat, was followed this after
noon by the presentation of a resolu
tion by Republican Leader Mann tri ap
point a committee of seven members to
investigate the attack on Mr. Li/.tleton.
Mr. Mann’s resolution referred to.the
. respect in which Mr. Littleton was held
as a representative and to tb.e efforts
.to blacken his character. Ttie resoiu-
I tlon was referred to the rules com-
I mittee.
A sensational development of the day
was a petition by Henry, B. Martin, of
the Anti-Trust League Tor Mr.
ton’s impeachment.
Maliciously Defamed
Deciares L ittleton i
WASHINGTON Dec. 4.—Represents- i
tive Martin W. Littleton, of New York, <
stirred the house of representatives to
day with a diatribe against those whom i
he alleged had maliciously defamed him i
because of his independent attitude as a I
member of the house committee of in- 1
quiry into the United States Steel cor- 1
poratlon. He charged that Henry B. <
Martin, secretary of the Anti-Trust 1
league, had circulated false accusations
against him, and he accused Martin of r
consorting with Dvld Lamar, a bear op- 1
erator in. Wall street, to aid in the de- »
pression of steel stock. He charged that c
William Jennings Bryan had ’’gone off c
half-cocked” in the Commoner In hjs s
comment upon the steel luvutlcation.
REDUCER RATES FOR POULTRY
SHC/W WILL BRING CHRISTMAS
SHOPPERS HERE NEXT WEEK
Thousa’nrf s will Take Advantage of Low Rates and / vist
and the Big Show—National S. C. Buff
c Kib, Georgia Branch of A. B. JU International fAnco 43
Pjub and Others to Meet Here 1
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-Do your Christmas shopping early—do
* I in Atlanta next week and take. In the
> show of the Southern international
Poultry association, the “greatest ex
hibit of Its kind ever known to the
south."
That’g what several hundred Geo«>
glans are going to do, according to many
letters which have bene received frtim
fanciers over the state by T. M. If olfe,
secretary of the show association. '
"The people are going 'to take q/jvar»t
--age of the low rates offered , 'by tire
railroads,” said Mr. Poole, "brfng their
families to Atlanta and kill ‘two birds
with one stone. One of the bfrds will
>e a passing glance at thr, biga show,
which enables them to visl/ the city on
a reduced fare ticket, a/nd the other
bird will be’ the completion of their
Christmas shopping." |.
Mr. Poole has already- received a num
ber of communications from poultry
fanciers, especially bwginners, who have
not entared birds in *the big exhibit, but
who are coming ta Atlanta during the
show w«Bek, Decem'ber 11-16. inclusive,
in ordeg that they may profit by the
many oducationa? features of the exhib
it. The rates for the show com
ing sq near C/iristmas time will natu
rally •swell the number of people who
*(111 tpke advantage of them, and stu
pendous crqXvds are expected each day
during the Exhibition at the auditorium.
‘'*l'he big crowds which are certain to
core to the show,” says Secretary Poole,
"will ba >due in a large meastlre to ed
iscatiouMl displays.
' ”Approximately 4,000 birds Rom the
best Carms in the country will be en
exhibition at the show. This in itself
will be an education to the person w] >
llkwows something about chickens. The
judges of the show are all recognizelT,
- authorities in the poultry world, and |
southern breeders will be well repaid
for their trouble by a little talk about
the different varieties with these men.
“In addition the model poultry insti
tute, the federal government’s commer
cial poultry di/;play, and other features
will make thq show well worth while to i
the beginner and even td the man, •who |
knows absolutely nothing about poultry. I -
HOKE SMITH ASSUMES
DUTIES 15 SENATOR
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New Senator From Georgia
Takes Oath at Opening
of Session
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(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 4.-United
States' Senator Hoke Smith was sworn
in shortly after the second session of the
62d congress convened at noon today. The
taking of the oath by the new senator
from Georgia came immediately after the
opening prayer delivered by Rev. Dr.
Pierce, the senate chaplain.
Senator Bacon advanced to Senator
Snfith’s seat as the latter’s name was
called, and extended his arm. Arm In
arm the two Georgia senators walked
slowly up the center aisle of the senate
chamber to the vice president's desk.
Obadiah Gardner, the new Democratic
senator from Maine, escorted by Sen
ator Johnson, his colleague, was sworn
in at the same time. Senator Smith was
the first, however, to affix his signature
to the roll. Great Interest was manifest
ed by Democrats and Republicans alike
in the two new Democratic senators.
Senator Smith was, of course, a much
more familiar figure to the statesmen In
Washington, several of whom remembered
him from the time when he was last in
official life in Washington as secretary
of the interior in President Cleveland's
second administration.
Senator Smith wag leapt busy for half
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"The wonderful posslbilitlesx -he in
dustry in all of its phases Ainchei
v ill be demonstrated. The otvJtals ol
th* association which is jplng qo such
great expense to give this show firmly
believe <hat when it is over on Decem
ber 16 that thousands of Georgians will
be made to realize that instead of send
ing millions to the north and east for
poultry each year, if the people will
seize .the opportunity, which is theirs,
this money cannot only be held here,
but a handsome profit made as well.”
The crowds which will attend the
show will be . largely Augmented by the
numerous branch meetings of national
poultry clubs, which will be in session
here during the show week.
The. Georgia branch of the American
Poultry association, of which Loring
Brown is president; Mrs. L. L. Upson,
of Athens, secretary and treasurer, and
T. M. Poole, chairman of tbe executive
committee, will hold its annual meeting
here to perfect its organization. The
branch officers and members will meet
at the auditorium on Wednesday, De
cember 18. x
M. S. Brady, of fllvhards, Mo., has
just written Secretary Poole to the ef
fect that the southern branch of the
National Singie-Comb Buff Orpington
club will bold its annual meeting here
during the show week. This club will
also give several handsome cups and
other prizes for which its members can
compete.
In addition to the American Poultry
association brand* qnd the Buff Orping
ton club, the International Ancona club,
the Buff Leghorn club, a bantam club
and other organizations are bringing
their section meetings here for the big
event.
The officers of the association are con
fident that not only will this be the
largest show in point of numbers of
birds exhibited, but that the attendance
will be larger than at any previous
southern show. The admission fee has
been placed at the nominal sum of 10
cents in order that It can bar no one
from the many educational advantages
of the exhibit.
COAT IMS UH WITH
I SMI IN BANKNOTES
i Half-Starved Beggar Refused
to Spend Fortune He Has
Inherited
GENEVA, Dec. X—An old man has been
I arrested for begging in the street at
1 Moulan, near St. Gall, and on being
' searched the police found that his old
, coat was paded with bank notes —be-
, tween the lining and the cloth—to the
value or 125,000.
The mysterious beggar, who was In a
filthy condition and half-starved, refus
ed to give his name, but stated that
many years ago he inherited <30,000, and
swearing not to spend a sou of the sum.
he started begging. He would not say
how he obtained the remaining sum, but
said it was all right. The old man has
been sent to the hospital at St. Gall.
an hour before the senate was called to
order, shaking hands with new friends
and 'receiving old acquaintances. Senator
Smith has been assigned to seat 93, the
last one on \he right in the back row on
the Democratic side. It was occupied last
session by Senator Overman, of New
York. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, has
the seat next to the Geofgia senator.
Marion Smith and John A. Brice, of At
lanta, wede among those who saw Sena
tor bmlth sworn in.
IWELFTIBISTSICT
GIVES STBffIGTH
/TO ALL CANDIDATES
>' •
Pope Brown Seems to Have a
Slight Advantage in Section
Where He Is Well Known
and Liked by All
BY BAXFH BMITBC-
EASTMAN, Ga., Dec. 4.—The new
Congressional district is composed of
counties .that were formerly in the
First, Third and 11th districts While
the respective campaign manager* are
not considering the 12th district a* a
unit, the primary rules provide that unit
vote* shall be based upon the latest re
apoprtlonment,/ana it is on this account
that the 12th is being handled separate*
ly in this series of article*.
There are in the 12th district th* fol
lowing counties: Pulaski. Houston, Wil
cox, Twiggs, all of which were formerly
in the Third district; Dodge, Laurens,
Montgomery, Telfair and Johnson, which
were in the Uth district; Emanuel «u!
Toombs, which were in the First dis
trict. The 11 counties have 26 unit
votes. Three of them—Houston, Lau
rens and Emanfiel—each have tour
.votes, and the others two.
POPE BROWN’S ADVANTAGE.
While each of the candidates undoubt
edly ha a a following In all of the coun
ties of this new district, CoL Pope
Brown, for reasons that will be explain
ed, seems to have, a slight advantage.
Pulaski county is hl* home, and he has
a wide personal acquaintance and nu
merous friends in adjoining counties not
ably Houston, Wileox, Twiggs and Lau
rens.
It has been stated frequently that
tne prohibition candidate has trouble in
his own county, and soma people have
made bold to that bo could no?
carry it. The oppoi 2ion to Mr. Brown
in PulAski *» from the fact
tuat he a decided stand
against the creacon of a new county
with Cochran as the teat of govern
ment Many prominent CochranHe?
hold thi fl agonist their county man. an<J
reports of hn alleged weakness In Pu
laski emanate largely from this town
Well Informed and impartial peopu
of the county are confident, however,
that Colonel Brown will get Its uni;
vote next Thursday. Some of then,
may not themselves give him their sup
port but they recognise his popularity
with the rank and file of the people or
Pulaski.
There is also thl B to be considered th
,connection., with county—the
people who' are most opposed to Colonel
Brown differ as to which of his oppo
nents has the better cnance to defea<
him. Some Insist that Judge Russel
Is the stronger, while other 8 are equal
ly confident that ex-Governor Brown U
running better. Unless they can fust
on one or the other of these men. Colo
nel Brown will haye a walk-over. x
IN OTHER COUNTIES.
It is not so easy to properly classify
the other counties,/of the 12th district
Houston county which lg one of th<*J
three that has four unit votes. Is claim- 31
ed for the prohibition candidate.
Gov. Joseph M. Brown is contesting th®]
county with him, and numbers
his leaders many prominent and influx®-
entlal citizens, who entertain hopes
that he will win. The chances, how
ever, are'dn favor of Col. Pope Brown.
Judge Russell l s not regarded as a se
rious ractor in Houston county except
1n so far as his candidacy has a ten
dency to draw support from the ex-gov
ernor. I *
Wilcox county adjoins Pulaski, and
Col. Pope Brown Is well known to mosi
of the people in it. He has many men
who are actively at work in his be
half, but it seems certain that the coun
ty is tn doubt. Both Judge Russell and
ex-Governor Brown have friends in the
county, who are making a fight. Thi»
fact, however, may insure Pope Brown’s
success. , . /1 j
The conditions in Dodge county werr
discussed in Sunday’s Journal. Judge
Russell, it was stated, has the advantage
and will probably carry the county unless
the opposition fuses on one or the other '
Browns. It was erroneously stated that
in the 1906 campaign Judge Russell car
ried the county by 11 votes. CoL Wylie
J. Williams, whom I failed to see while
in Eastman, writes that Hoke Smit]
received a plurality of 11 votes in th<
county, and I am sure that Coianel Wil
liams is correct. f
IN TWIGGS COUNTY.
Twiggs county Is claimed by all three
of the candidates. It has gone for Gov
ernor Brown in both of his former cam
paigns, and would certainly be for hln
again If he had any one other than
Pope Brown opposing him. The prohi
bitionist, however, numbers among his
supporters in Twiggs county many In
fluential men who have known him sot
years, and they feel a deep pride in
giving him Twiggs’ vote this time. Judge
Russell also has a following in Twigga
county There are many local optiohists S
in the county.
Laurens is another of the four vote
counties in the new 12th district. The
city of Dublin is probably the largest
incorporated place in the district, and
there are in Dublin dozens of smart pol
iticians. In the last campaign between
Senator Smith and Governor Brown, the
latter won Laurens county by a small
vote.
While Judge Russell has some follow-'
Ing in the county is is not believed pos
sible that he will carry it. It seems,
however, that his candidacy is cutting
against the ex-governor's, and this fact,
coupled with the-further fact that Pope
Brown is both a south Georgian and a
prohibitionist, tends to strengthen the
claims of the Pope Brown people that
Laurens county will go for the prohibi
tionist in this campaign.
SITUATION IN TELFAIR.
Until the last election, Telfair count/*
had always been a Hoke Smith strong
hold, but ex-Governor Brown outran him
there the last time. In this race Col. Pope
Brown has aligned with him most of the
men who have consistently supported
the progressive policies of Senator
Smith. Governor Brown has many of his
former leader/ with him in this race,
but it is undoubtedly true that Judge
Rqssell has made great inroads upon the
rank and file of the ex-governor’s sup
port. Indeed, the Russell people profess
confidence that he will carry the county,
but this does not seem likely, and the
chances are strongly in favor of Pope
Brown
“Lish Graham,” the solicitor general of
the Oconee circuit, is warmly for Pope
Brown, and joins with others of equal
prominence in the belief that Galop*;
Brown has the advantage.
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