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VOL. XI.
GEORGIA FARMERS
PLAN TO COrai
OUTPUT OF COTTON
——
Important Legislation Will Be
Enacted at Macon Conven
tion of Union Which Begins
Sessions Thursday With a
Busy Program
'Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, G*_ Feb. 14.—One of the
moot important programs in its history j
faced the Georgia division of the Fann- ,
era’ Educational and Co-operative »n- !
. ion, when it began the initial session
I today of a three-day convention. The’
evolutionary or revolutionary changes
that have taken phice in the production
and marketing of cotton in the last six |
months have brought many complies-I
tions before the farmers, and it is the 1
purpose of this convention to straight-;
en out these perplexities, and decile j
upon the best plan or plans for future (
policy and success.
The fkct that this is t o be one of the
most important meetings has drawn one ■
of the largest crowds that ever attend
ed a state convention and it is expect- \
ed that toe sessions that will continue 1
through Saturday will be a contln ioua i
performance of business.
It is understood that the report of I
toe officers show that the finances of,
the union are now in better shape than '
in many months, while there has been I
a large gain in the net membership. I
• Differences that have been reputed to
exist in the past have all been adjusted
and the rank and file of the organisa
tion now face one of the most success
ful era* since it was formed.
The first session of the convention
today wa* devoted almost entirely tn
the annual reports of the various offi-,
cers and the appointment of committees.
* All of these reports were enthusiastic I
over the work of the administration. Ln
his annual address Pres. R. F. Ducx- ,
worth recounted the success of the un
ion since the Fitzgerald convention and
plead for the continued harmony an 1 i
concentrated efforts ©f the members.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION.
- Among the important matters that.
are to be brought before the convention
is the plan for the controlling of cotton ;
acreage in Georgia. This has been one
of the most serious problems before the
farmers for many years. In the past it
has always been difficult to secure the
co-operation of the large farmer, who
leases his land to tenants upon certain
stipulations that so much cotton be
planted.
Plans are to be made at this conven
tion for the interesting of the large
land owner in such away as to secure
his sid. It is understood that plans will
be discussed by which the reduction -»f
acreage will be made by the acre and
not by a “25 per cent reduction of the
I previous year’s crop" as before.,
FERTILIZER SAMPLES.
• is also understood that the union
will discuss recommending to the state
legislature, that if there is any reor-1
gapisation or readjustment of the state
agricultural'department, the securing of
samples of fertilise? be continued in the
asking that the different brands bo
sampled Mther either at the factories er
on board car* for shipment. The union
Will ask. so It is believed, that the pres
ent system of taking these samples,
after the fertiliser has been shippea
and distributed in the fields, be con-1
tinued.
Another important matter to be dis
cussed by the convention will be the
authorising of a standard of making
and a co-operative marketing for Geor
gia cane syrup. This agricultural in
dustry uas been growing in Georgia, un
til It is one of the largest and richest
products of the state.
The canning and marketing of sweet ,
potatoes will also probably be taken up.
The wonderful success that has followed
the experiment with canning sweet po
tatoes has shown the farmers of the
state the many possibilities that awa.t
them. .
The diversification and rotation of
crops, the sowing of small grain and
many other methods for conserving and
bettering soils will be taken up.
EDUCATIONAL WORK.
The past eight months, under the ad
ministration of Pre*. R- F. Duckworth
and Secretary-Treasurer J. T. McDaniel
and others, has witnessed one of the
most successful agricultural educational
campaigns In this state. When Presi
dent Duckworth was prevailed upon to
accept the leadership at Fitzergald eight
months ago. he announced that he would
immediately begin a series of lectures
to better show the farmers the beet
methods for scientific and diversified
farming. It is the unanimous belief of
every member of the union that he has
succeeded far more than he had hoped.
Prominent leaders of the union, not
only in Georgia, but in other states,
have been brought to this state an-1
lave assisted President Duckworth tn
this work. He has also been ably as
sisted by Secretary-Treasurer Me Dan- ’
iel.
WILL ELECT OFFICERS.
The election of officers will also come
up at this meeting. In a recent editorial
in the I nion News, the official organ
* of the Farmers’ union. Mr. Duckworth
asked that he be relieved of any offl
c.*l duties as he wished to return to tfie
. rank and file and work there for «.ae
organisation. His administration has
met with every success, and has served
as president with the greatest seal. AV
the other officials have also given ev?ry
aid in bettering the union.
PRICE OF ICE GOES UP
IN NEW YORK IN MARCH
•By AueciaUd Pre**.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—Tiic price of
artificial ice here is to be advanced 23
per cent, or from 12 to 12.50 a ton on
March L notwithstanding that there
has been harvested this year a record
crop of the natural product. Notice
of the advance has been given by pro
ducers to wholesale deaieiv. Uncer
tainty of the outlook ami prospects or
■ big coal strike, one of the manufac
turer sakl were responsible for the de
cision to boost the price.
BIG HOUSE CAT BITES
LITTLE ESSIE TRIPP
.•Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CRAGFORD, Ala.. Feb. I*.—Essie, the
tittle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Tripp, was bitten by a large house cat
Wednesday evening.
The cat was suspected of having hy
drophobia.
The cat was killed and his head was
sent to the Pasteur institute at At
lanta.
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SOB. LAWSON E. BROWN.
Os Sandersville, G*., vice president
of Georgia Farmer*, who will be elect
ad in all probability president of the
state division, succeeding Pre*. ». F.
Duckworth, who decline* re-election.
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SEVEN MORE DYNAMITE
ARRESTS TO BE MADE
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Government Has Rounded Up
47 of the 54 Men
Wanted
(By Anociated Preea.)
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb 15.—Official re
port£ received by government officials
before noon today showed that only
■ seven out of the 54 men Indicted in the
dynamite conspiracy had not been ar
rested.
, Those not arrested or in custody are:
Michael J. Young, of Boston, member
i of the executive board of the Interna
tiona! Association of Bridge and Struc
tural Iron Workers.
J. J. McCray, formerly an iron worker,
of Wheeling W. Va., but said to have
left theie.
J. Irwin. Peoria. 111., local union
official.
Irsnk K. Painter, Omaha. Neb., local
union official, said to have left there.
Milton H. Davis, Philadelphia, former
member executive board.
Patrick Ryan. Chicago, local business
I agen'.
|> William K. Benson. Detroit, president
| of the Detroit Federation of Labor.
District Attorney Miller was in com
munication with the federal authorities
at tkuii/vn today in reference to The
search fu* Youftg. MF. Miller said file
government was particularly anxious to
apprehend Young, who is one of the
lira executive board members indicted.
The other members are Frank M. Ryan,
also president of the iron workers: Her
bert S. Hockin, of Detroit: John T. But
ler, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Patrick A.
' Cooley, of J>ew Orleans.
All the men west of Denver who were
Indicted are regarded as being in cus
tody.
Appeals came to President Ryan from
many points today asking the Iron Work
ers’ International union to assist in-
I dieted men in securing bond and thus
avert their imprisonment. Some of the
appeals weru said to have come from
i those who had escaped servirtg of war
rants for their arrest and who were en
deavoring to be assured that they would
I not have to go to Jail.
To the appeals generally, the iron
workers’ officials replied that the union
was in no position to furnish bonds, ai.
the aggregate of $340,000 required for all
the men made it impossible.
A great majority of the indictments
were based on evidence taken by the
government from the Iron Workers' In
ternational officers here. District Attor
ney Miller said. The evidence thus se
cured, he said, was correspondence from
local unions in which references were
made to places that were to te blasted.
Search for Mike Young
Is Continued in Boston
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Feb. 15.—Federal officers con
tinued their search today for Michael J.
Young, the Boston member of the execu
tive board of the International Associa
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers’ under indictment in the dynamite
conspiracy case, who eluded arrest yes
terday.
Young told severa’ friends last week
I that he might he arrested in the dyna
mite case thcough his acquaintance with
the McNamaras.
Frank J. Higgins, of Boston, who was
arrested yesterday in connection with
the dynamiting cases and who failed to
obtain a bondsman, was brought before
United States Commissioner Hayes to
day on the question of a reduction in
i the $5,000 bail.
•Webb and Farrell
Will Arrange Bail
(B.’ Associated Prsaa.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Frank C. Webb.
Patrick F. Farrell and Daniel Brophy,
the three members of the Iron Workers’
union arrested here, exp teted today to
be able to furnish the SIO,OOO bail re
quired. All three men protested their
I innocence. The three prisoners probably
will waive extradition and go volun
tarily to Indianapolis.
■ J, W, Irwin, Frank Paynter
No Longer Labor Men
.(By Associated Press.)
PEORIA. HI.. Feb. 15—Edward Smythe.
| the Peoria labor leader arrested yester
day for complicity in the dynamiting
case, says that neither J. W. Irwin nor
Frank Paynter have been here for years.
Irwin worked here live or six years ago.
, then went to Normal, where he su..ered
a fractured skull in a fall and, accord-
I ing to Smythe, is now in an asylum.
Milton H. Davis Left
J Labor Ranks Long Ago
■ | (By Assceiattd Press.)
t PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 15.—Milton H.
' Davis, indicted tn (he dynamite con
-| spiracy cases, is said to have left Phila
. del ph la in 1106. Labor men say he quit
, i the labor movement and entered busi
■ i ness, but they do not recall in what part
of the country he settled
MERCHANTS PLEAD
FOR FARMER TG CUT
COTffl ACREAGE
Another 16,000,000 Bale Crop
Will Bankrupt Half of the
Farmers and Many Mer
chants, Says J, M, Smith
Resolutions indorsing the Rock Hill
plan to reduce the acreage of cotton
were introduced Tuesdaj’ morning at
the opening session of the Southern Mer
chants’ convention; and speeches were
made urging that the production of cot
ton be diminished and the cultivation
of corn as a money crop be encouraged.
A letter from James M. Smith was read
in which he predicted that onther 16,-
000,000 bale crop will bankrupt half the
farmers, and an address was delivered
by J. G. Anderson In which he repeated
this prediction.
The resolutions were referred to a
committee and will be acted on later.
They were introduced by J. M. Clifton,
of Dawson, Ga.
The convention was attended by over
500 delegates, who filled the convention
hall of the Piedmont hotel to over
flowing. Tuesday morning's session
opened with addresses of welcome by
Governor Brown, Mayor Winn, Wlltner
L. Moore and J. K. Orr. But the prin
cipal business of the session was discus
sion of overproduction of cotton and
means of solving this problem.
Without doubt the convention of mer
chants will adopt a definite and im
portant plan for the reduction of cotton
acreage and the encouragement of the
cultivation of corn.
> Following are the resolutions indorsing
the Rock Hill plan:
"Whereas, the south made 15.000,000
to 16,000,000 bales of cotton In 1911, 3,-
000,000 bales more than the spinners need
in any one year, and, whereas the Euro
pean mills generally and many American
mills are now buying the surplus of the
last crop to carry over into 1912 .
"Therefore, be it resolved, that we,
the Southern Merchants’ convention,
deem it unwise to encourage the produc
tion of a large crop in 1912, because
another bumper crop would certainly
sell for a very low price, which, in
turn, would cause general and serious
demoralisation in business.
"Be it further resolved, that we Indorse
the ‘Reck Hill plan’ of cotton acreage
reduction and pledge ourselves to work
for it”
FOUR MURDERERS HANG
IN CHJCAGO THURSDAY
Necks and Records Will Be
Broken Together in Cook
County
(By AMOsUted Xt«M.) r
the board
of pardons today commute the sentences
of the four men condemned for the mur
der of Fred Guilxow. the truck garden
er, all records for the number of men
hanged in one day in Cook county will
be broken.
The men to be hanged are Frank and
Ewald Shlblawski. Philip Summerling
and Thomas Schultz, for the murder of
Guilzow, and Thomas Jennings, a negro,
for the murder of Clarence D. Hiller,
a railroad clerk. It has already been
decided by the board that Jennings
must pay the extreme penalty.
On th3 occasion of the anarchists'
executions four were put to death. Five
were originally sentenced but one com
mitted suicide in jail. The next largest
number hanged in one day was the three
car barn bandits.
MARY ANNS OF KANSAS
WILL FIGHT FOR VOTES
(By Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, Kas., Feb. 15.—Kan
sas women here today projected their
campaign for complete suffrage. The
affair was a luncheon by the Wyan
dotte Equal Suffrage association to the
officers of the Kansas state organiza
tion.
Mrs. Lucy B. Johnston, of Topeka,
wife of the chief justice of the supreme
court of Kansas, and president of the
Kansas State Equal Suffrage associ
ation, said in part:
"The extension of political freedom
to the Mary Anns of Kansas seems not
only to have been divided into three
steps, but to move Into quarter of a
century cycles. The first step was#
school suffrage, granted 50 years ago.
The second, municipal suffrage, grant
ed 25 years ago, and the third step,
which will bring us right up to John's
side, we trust, will be taken next No
vember.”
PRETENDS TO BE KIMMEL
BUT IS REALLY TRAMP
(By A»so dated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15. —When the Kim
mel insurance case opened in the Unit
ed States district court here this morn
ing, Bruce L. Cosner, a railroad conduc
tor of Oklahoma was put on the stand
to permit attorneys for the insurance
company to complete their c.’oss-exami
natlon.
Cosner declared yesterday that tho
man who says he is George A. Kem
mel, the missing Arkansas city banker,
is no other than "Turkey” White, a
tramp railroader of Oklahoma.
He told a connected’ story which at
torneys were tinable to weaken before
court aejourned.
THIS WILITbE VERf HARD
ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Representatives of
railroads affiliated with the Central Pas
senger association yesterday adopted a
rule providing that aeropl: nes and air
ships shall not be transported in regular
or special baggage service. It was the
opinion of the railroad men that such
shipments should te made either In
freight or express cars.
Corn Crib Burns
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WINTERVILLE. <!a., Feb. 15.—Mr
G. H. Huhne lost his coni crib and
2.000 bushels of corn at 7 o'clock last
night by tire. Origin of tire is un
known.
ATL ANTA, GEORGIA. ERIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912.
IGEORGIA AND TEXAS SENATORS
OUT FOR WOODROW WILSON
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HOKE SMITH BACKS
WOODROW WILSON AS
MAN FOB PRESIDENT
Favors Him Both on Account
of Fitness for Office and His
Strength as a Presidential
Candidate <
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BY lALPK SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Df C.. Feb. 14.-” Go
vernor Wilson stands;- for sane progress,
for a square -deal.. for Justice to all,,
and at the same time for a government
of law under the constitution,” said ;
Senator Hoke Smith in an interview i
given out today in expressing hltnself
as favoring the nomination by the Demo
cratic party of the Jersey governor.
Senator Smith declares that he favors
Wilson’s nomination because of his fit
ness for the office and because of his
strength as a candidate. His Judgment
as to Wilson’s strength as a candidate
is the result of a mature deliberation
and is based on information he has re
ceived from senators and representa
tives from all parts of the country.
Senator Smith’s declaration for Wil
son is regarded by the Wilson man
agers and by tl»e friends of other can
didates as one of the most significant
developments of the campaign. Great
stress is laid upon the fact that Senator
Smith is the personal friend of Gov.
Judson Harmon, of Ohio, with whom he
served in President Cleveland's cabinet,
and that he favors Governor Wilson for
no personal reasons. He is guided sole
ly by what he believes to be for :ho
best interest of the Democratic party.
Senator Smith'* interview was today
sent out of Washington to every section
of the country, all of the special corre
spondents recognizing Its Importance as
bearing on the presidential nomination.
THE INTERVIEW.
The interview follows:
“I favor tyovernuF Wilson for no per
sonal reason, but because I believe his
nomination and election will best serve
the people of the entire country. While
he was born in Virginia, and spent a
considerable portion of his boyhood and
young manhood in z Georgia, he is now
a great national character. I cannot be
lieve that his birthplace will lessen his
strength In any sta(e.
"To again call to the presidency a man
from the state of Washington and Jef
ferson will appeal to national patriotism.
Especially is this true when that man
has unsurpassed capacity to .help solve
the present problems-'which, Concern the
happiness and prospsrity of all our
people. . •
"Governor Wilsok stands for sane
progress, for a square deal, for Justice
to all. an 4 at the’same time for a gov
ernment of law ißuler the constitution.
He is the most jprofound student In
America an <he our country
and of tho great economic problems
to be solved.
“A southern boy by birth, he went to
a northern state and through his splen
did chiri.cL:r and exception. i.l ability
rose to the presidercy of a great uni
versity.
“With the information gathered by a
life of study, fitting him peculiarly for
public service, he was called to the
governorship of New Jersey. There he
demonstrated unsurpassed capacity to
handle the practical affairs of govern
ment. He proved that a ripe scholar
could possess rare executive ability.
RECORD IN NEW YORK.
“Under his administration New Jer
sey has obtained pure election law, In
telligent regulation and supervision of
public service companies, legislation to
promote the health and the educational
progress of people and many other
measures of similar nature, yet no in
vasion has been made of legitimate
property rights.
“The splendid reforms which he led to
successful completion are in line with
the work which will confront him as
president.
“As the nominee of the party he can.
be relied upon both by speech and
pen to teach Democratic truths with a
clearness which will carry conviction
to his hearers and readers. He is a
master on the tariff problem. His
speeches upon this subject are models.
He has captured an immense following
throughout the entire country.
THE STRONGEST MAN.
"As a result of discussing the ques
tion with senators and congressmen
from different parts of the country, I
do not believe that any man can be
presented by the Democracy who will
so probably insure success.
"Governor Wilson as our candidate
for president, appeals to me particularly
at this juncture in view *of conditions
in the Republican party. His sympathy
with reforms advocated by the pro
gressive Republicans, is well known.
While it inay be admitted that tho lead
ers of the progressives will support the
ticKet nominated by their party yet
this is not true of the rank and file,
who as a rule are without political am
bition and consequently have no party
loyalty to maintain.
"To a greater extent than any of the
Democratic candidates for the pomlna- ■
tion, Governor Wilson would draw from
this class of voters, besides' holding
every Democrat worthy cf the name,
and drawing largely from the education
al classes and the Independent element.
FITED FOR OFFICE.
“His campaign will be remarkable in
our histrry, for an intellectual vigor, in
grasp of present political conditions
and in clearness of statement of reme
dies he is unexcelled by ..any public
man of the times. We must? not under
rate the strength and resources of the
Republican party and should not delude
ourselves with the belief that any man
we nominate can be elected. We must
draw from the dissatisfied Republicans
and the independents to win, and in my
Judgment the surest way to do this is
to nominate Governor Wilson.
“1 am assured that the party could
not name a man with greater strength
; In those states usually relied upon for
a Democratic victory, and that in addi
! tion thereto a number of middle and
western states usually class as safely
Republican, will como into the Demo
! cratic column.
"He expresses in a hat he lias writ
i ten and said and done more nearly
than any other mar suggested for the
nomination the asp’rations and hopes
of the great body the people.
“I favor his nomination both on ac
count of his fitness for the office and
on account of his strength as a candi
date.”
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CHAS. ▲. CULBEBSON
WILSON IS BEATING
CHAMP CLARK IN HIS
OWN HOME SECTION
Returns From Oklahoma Give
Woodrow Wilson 252 Dele
gates and Speaker Clark
Only 200 _
(By Aitociafed Brest.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 13.
Unofficial returns of the Democratic
precinct caucuses held throughout Okla
homa Saturday from all except two
counties show that delegates instructed
for Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer
sey, as presidential nominee will control
32 of the county conventions to be held
next Saturday; the supporters of Speak
er Champ Clark will control 22 counties,
and of Gov. Judson HArtnon, of Ohio, 1.
In 16 counties no instructions were given
the delegates.
The counties in w.iich the precinct
meetings instructed for Governor Wilson
will send 252 delegates to the state con
vention: for Speaker Clark 200 delegates,
and for Governqr Harmon 16, and un
instructed 120.
The two counties from which reports
have not been received are entitled to 10
delegates in the state meeting.
The state convention, to which dele
gates will be selected next Saturday, will
be held in Oklahoma City February 22.
Wilson Says Progressives
Will Not Injure Business
(By Associated Press.)
CHH^AGO.. Feb.. 13.—Expressing the
oplnion that the country’s business has
nothing to fear from ti>e application of
progressive politjef i«-ti»e- administra
tion of putific affairs. <?»* Woodrow
Wilson,'of New JFfcHtey, opened nis
campaign for the Democratic presiden
tial nomination in an address before
the Iroquois club today at the Lincoln
birthday luncheon.
“I sometimes think it a peculiar cir
cumstance,” he said, “that the present
Republican party should have sprung
from Abraham Lincoln. I suppose that
is one of the mysteries of providence.
The richness of a democracy is that it
never has to predict who is to save it.
We do not have ito train men to In
terpret the United States. When an
emergency arises there Is always some
genius who appears from the ranks of
uncatalogued men to bear the standard
and show the way to victory.
“As our economic affairs are now or
ganized they cannot go on. The divi
sion Is far more difficult to trace t -
day man It was In Lincoln’s time. No
man is a friend of this country Who
predicts dire results. Every problem
we have to meet can be solved without
injury to business or any other souna
Interest.
“The Republican party is sadly brok
en. It has lost its way. It has been
the business man’s party is so many
personally-conducted campaigns that
many believe nobody else knows any
thing about prosperity.
"America Is a business country and
business must be taken care of. I be
lieve that the ills from which we suf
fer can be cured without harming
sound business. 1 have no feeling of
piety about any political doctrine ex
cept the one that gives equal rights to
all.
"Business and politics must be sepa
rated. Give politics a chance without
the domination of special privilege and
great wealth. The biggest enemy bus
iness has is the man with a program
which goes further • than he can see.
“The standpatters have imprisoned
business behind a great dam. There is
no need of breaking down this dam
and causing a commercial flood with
Its consequent damage. Engineers have
appeared who have shown us how we
may pierce the dam here and there and
release the water without harming any
body.”
PATTERSON TO SEEK
SEA£IN SENATE?
Reported Former Governor of j
Tennessee Will Oppose U. S. j
Senator Taylor
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 15.—Members
of the Democratic primary board are ar
riving today preparatory to the meeting |
so rorganization tomorrow. The six
members, three members from each sac- !
tion, will name a seventh meber and
then work out the details for the state
prlary of April 27.
The meeting is awaited with great
interest, as it will mark the beginning
of statiitic campaign activities. It is
expected that the board will do sol le
thing toward settling the mooted ques
tion who selects the temporary officers
of the convention to follow the primary?
The regular Democratic: faction claims !
that its state committee recommends
the temporary officers. The independent
leaders claim this duty devolves upon
the primary beard.
Greatest in erest centers about the I
course of former G< v. M. R. Patterson. !
who lias been mentioned as a probable '
candidate against Robert- -L. Taylor for
the United State*-senatorial nomination
and former Gov. Bentqn McMillin, men
tioned for both the United States sena
torial and gubernatorial races,
CULBERSON FAVORS
WOOD BOW WILSON;
CHOICEOFTEXANS
Democratic Senatorial Leader,
Himself Mentioned for Presi
dency, Comes Out Strong for
Wilson
BY BALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.—The Dem
ocrats of Texas spoke last night upon
the availability of Governor Woodrow
Wilson as the Democratic candidate for
president. The expression was made
through her two senators, Culberson
and Bailey, but the views were widely
divergent.
Senatot Culberson declared unequivo
cally in favor of Governor Wilson, while
Senator Bailey declared that if nominat
ed the Jersey governor would certainly
be defeated. Senator Bailey did not
express his choice, but it is well known
that he prefers Governor Harmon, of
Ohio, over all other candidates that
have been suggested.
Senator Bailey, who is soon to retire
from the senate, stated that if he could
do so without neglecting his duty he
would leave Washington and go home
within 30 days to assist in organizing
a campaign against Governor Wilson,
because he does not, in his judgment<
“Fitly represent Democratic principles.”
Senator Culberson Is one of the rec
ognized leaders of his party in the sen
ate, and until recently, when he vol
mntarily resigned on account of ill
health, he was the minority leader, hav
ing been unanimously elected by his
Democratic colleagues. He has been
frequently mentioned fcr the nomination
himself.
WHAT CULBERSON SAYS.
He says:
“I have no hesitancy in saying, in
reply to recent inquiries from Texas
Democrats, that I believe we K should
nominate Governor Wilson of New Jer
sey, for president.
"Very much could be said in support
of this choice, but I will content myself
now with a brief statement. If the time
has come, aa is often asserted north
and south, when southerners are not
proscribed in a contest for the chief
magistracy, because of their birth and
lineage, the feet that Governor Wilson,
is a Virginian, worthy to rank with
the foremost of his native state In char
acter; scholarship and intellect should
not be i.rged against him Indeed, after
47. yearn of peace during which time the
. south nas pq'gefved I k,s „ TBWfTfi w 1 par-
ty from destruction though its own sons
were exiled f;-om the presidency, north
ern Democrats would honor themealves
by sbpportlngr, such a man for the nom
ination.'
A BORN DEMOCRAT.
“While all may not agree with him as
to some details, Governor Wilson is by
birth, education and conviction, a Dem
ocrat, apd a Democrat in the very best
type. In the present emergency he would
apply the fundamental principles of De
mocracy to existing deplorable conditions
in such manner as to restore to the
people their government, divorce the gov
ernment from a privileged class, and
seek prosperity of the whole country
rather than a favored few. He would
limit the tariff taxes to governmental
purposes, he would regulate justly but
effectively railway and other corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce;
and while he would deal liberally and
generously with the pension list, he
would make it in truth a roll of honor
and not a mere medium for coarse and
wholesome assault upon the treasury.
AS TO RECENT ATTACKS.
"Recent attacks which have been made
upon him because of his stand for pop
ular government, and because he let It
be known that he did not desirte the sup
port of special Interests, giving them
to understand that they need expect no
favor from him after election, have not
Injured him In public estimation nor
swerved him from his high purpose to
serve the whole and not simply a part
of the people. The latest criticism of
him is that as governor of New Jersey
he has made no effort to modify or re
peal the laws of that state under which
most of the great trusts have been or
ganized. This charge is entirely base
less, for In his very first message to the
legislature. Governor Wilson 'denounced
the existing incorporation laws of the
state as having brought discredit upon
it, and urged such changes In them as
would effectually prevent the abuse of
the privilege of Incorporation. He also
recommended that such scrutiny and
regulation should not be confined to cor
porations seeking charters, but should
be extended to those already in exist
ence. ,
USES SOLOMON’S RULE
|N DIVORCE COURT
(By Associated Press.)
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 15.—Solomon’s rule
of reason was invoked tn divorce court
here yesterday in unraveling a knot of
conflicting evidence, when John and
j Margaret Wetzelberger, who had lived to-
I gether 35 years and reared a dozen chil-
I dren, both applied for a decree.
All the girls in the family aligned
I themselves on the side of their mother;
the boys were divided. In granting a de
cree to Mrs. Wetzelberger the court said
it is his opinion that "dalighters as a
rule have better opportunity to know
i the condition in a family,” and he deem-
■ ed it inconsistent with the woman’s long
I years of faithrumess in rearing the
large family to needlessly abandon her
husband as. charged or falsely accuse
l him. of cruelty.
AKERMAN TO ENTER
RACE FOR CONGRSS?
(By Associated Press.)
' DALTON, Ga., Feb. 15.—One ok’ the sea-
■ tures of the Republican state convention,
just held, was the large white delegation
I from the Sevent'i congressional district.
I which was almost entirely white, and of
(first rate business men.
i The aelegation was headed by Hon.
I Walter Akerman, of Cartersville. Ga..
who will probably be a candilate for
congress this fall.
The be.'enth district is stron;lv Re-j
publican, having been carried by 1,3001
majority.
AINSWORTH BOOTED ’
DOT OF OFFICE FOR s
SASSING SUPERIORS '
United States Adjutant Gener
al Fred C. Ainsworth Has
Been Dismissed Will Be
Court-Martialed
(By Associated Press.) »
WASHINGTON. Feb 15.—Adjt.JBeh. Jfl
Fred ('. Ainsworth, of the army, has
been relieved from duty at the war «6-
partment and soon will be ordered be**
fore a court martial.
While the charges have not been *
framed, it is understood they will be
based on conduct to the prejudice of
good order and discipline and perhaps
insubordination.
Serious friction long has existed be
tween the adjutant general’s office nnd
the general staff, and the crlsi* caune
when Secretary Stimson sided with the’
latter. Matters were brought to issue
by a report made last week by
Ainsworth to the secretary of war; InkJ
regard to the muster and pay roll and’
Secretary Stimson felt that the. adju
tant genral had used language that Im
pugned his own integrity and fairness
as well as that of other officers of the ■
department.
The record shows that General Ains
worth remarked that it would be dtffl-*
cult, if not impossible, to t formnlata
any statement that would carry o<m- i
vlction to any one unmindful of 'conse
quence or so unformed as to the needs
of the government and the public. \lt
was assumed that he referred either
to the secretary or to tire officers of ths
general staff. Again the adjutant
general characterized the staff propo
sal "as a mere subterfuge of the kind
that would be scorned by honorable
men.” and that the proponents
c-trayed a lamentable lack
edge.”
He also spoke cf the "eool
anc.e” of other officers and remarked
that "it will be worse than useless to
present further facts or argdtnents
here." It also is.charged that General
Ainsworth insinuated improper motives ‘
on the part of the chi if of staff in
relieving certain recruiting officers.
Secretary Stimson, in a note to Gen-1
eral Ainsworth, said that rudeness an! .■
ill temper had become habitual otr the
part of the latter.
He also declared the Ainsworth
to he the culmination of a series or
outbreaks evidencing "such readings
to impugn the motives and the intetfl-(..■:’
gence of those with whom It la your
duty to work in association as, if tin- \ j
corrected, to destroy your usefulness H» Jg
your present office.”
Regarding the attack upon himself
Secretary Stimson said that he referrwy ;■
the matter to the president, wh(>.direct
ed General Ainsworth's release pending
disciplinary measures. ( ,
Gen. Leonard Wood, chief Os staff. ’
has had many clashes with General
Ainsworth.
i Col. H. .F. McCain
efßF ATnsworth.
FARMERS MUST LEARIV
HOW TO MANAGE AFFAIRS
President Barrett Declares
That They Must Work Out
Salvation
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
UNION CITY. Ga., Feb. 15.—‘Work
out your salvation,” Is the theme of a
statement issued today by President C.
L. Barrett, of the National Farmers’
union. His statement follows:
To the Officers and Member* of the
Farmers’ Union:
Did you ever hear the good old ex
horters and revivalists tell you that you
must work out your own salvation?
Well, the same principle applies to suc
cessful farming, and to the success of
farmers’ organizations in securing the
reforms for which they are contending
by legislation, and with their own ranks.
There's no such thing as enlisting Id |
the battle of life and then paying a sub
stitute. If you do, you’ll either have to
be satisfied with short rations, or wake
up some morning and find that the sub
stitute has walked off with the bacon,
the Carnegie medal and the laurel
wreath. It would be Just like you, then,
to growl that the world had given you a
a “cold deal.”
I lay it down as a broad, first prin- *
ciple, that we’ve got to learn to'manage
our own affairs, whether on the farm or
within the organization, before tht
world takes us with the degree of seri
ousness our numbers and our importance
to the world really justifies.
If you demand of your representative,
for instance, that he vote for the recall,
or trimming the New York Cotton Ex
change, and he passes your place and
sees the chimney tumbling down, weeds j
In your fields, and just a few razor
backs rooting around, he Isn’t apt to
get busy and obey your orders.
If you elect as your Farmers’ union
officials, or the president of some union
enterprise, some oily, smiling, hand
shaking. baby-kissing brother, just be
cause he is these things, rather than
for the fact that he has proved himself
a good farmer, a good business man anc b
a good leader of men, you are evading
your share of personal responsibility,
and you have no right to comrjlain if
things hit the ceiling. Or if you get Intc
the hallelujah-lk-k at a meeting and
promise to support almost any old enter- s
prise suggested, and then go horr.2 and
forget all about it, you needn’t comt J
around with the hypocritical criticisiT . j
that there "isn’t anything in a farmers
organization." and that you’re not get js
ting your money's worth.
These are just a few instances of the <.
need of exerting personal responsibility,
if you succeed in your own affairs, and if
you would have this organization achieve
the ends for which it was founded. It !»
well to remember them at the beginning
of the new year.
CHARLES S. BARRETT.
THESE YEGGMEN USED * T ,
TOO MUCH DYNAMITE
'By Associated Preu.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 15.—Cracksmen /J
attempting to loot the private bank of
Giovanni Maccarone in Elizatreth street
early today overenarged the holes the*
ha<. drilled in rhe big safe so that tliv.
explosion blew <tie massive steel doore
from their hinges and shattered the , ; *
inside pane! doors. The front of the
building was partly wrecked and th*
noise of the explosion was so great
thut the safe blowers bad to run U d|
avoid capture. A package containing z'S
$2,000 was found untouched in the safa.
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