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©bit MUwfen Swfwl VOL. XI. WILSON S KEYNOTE SPEECH ECHOES immutiii Opening of Presidential Cam paign at Seagirt-Ceremo niefc Were Epoch-Making in History of Democracy BY RALPH SMITH SEAGIRT, N. J.. Au«. B.—Seagirt has resumed the even tenor of its way, after the most eventful day of Its existence yesterday, the same marking the notifi cation of and acceptance by Woodrow Wilson of the Democratic nomination for president. Great as was the occasion for Seagirt, it was a greater one for Democ racy. Senator-elect Jama's nomination speech. Governed Wilson's acceptance,the crowd, the enthusiasm, the character of the crowd, all combined to make the oc casion one grand success A number of presons who heard the speech has been variously estimated. Some place the figures at 6,000, others calculate that 10.000 stood in the hot sun to hear Wilson, while General Saddler. In charge of the affair, places the num ber at 12.060 But the crowd did not make the occasion. The notification and acceptance would have been epoch-mak ing had the formality been witnessed by only a score of people. JAMES STIRRED CROWD. The speeches of James and Wilson would have made the occasion a success if there had been nothing else. Olllie James, physical giant that he ia, with his magnificent stage presence and great voice, was never in better shape. He established himself as a stump orator with few equals, and his speech of noti ecation stirred the crowd as few utter ances would have done. Governor Wilson, slender, clean-cut in Appee nt nee, and concise in statement, was at his best, which is saying a good leal. His speech of aceptance justified the time and pains he has expended in its preparation. It was analytical; It plain, and it made a lasting impres sion on the multitude < Gbvornor Wilson plainly labored under a great handleap in that he spoke from g manuscript. Several times he had side remarks, bright quips and thrusts, which caught the crowd. Indeed, he ad mitted tn the midst of his speech that he could make it more interesting if he threw his manuscript aside, but he dare not do thia Too much depended on that spwsch of acceptance for the governor to discard for a moment He had to follow «py, and he did it in every particu lar. WILBON GOES TO NEW YORK. Governor Wilson left here this morning tor New York, where he will remain for two days Ho went at the request of the national committee to pose for a drawing that is to be used tn the cam ' paign. Seymour Thomas, one of the well known artists, has agreed to contribute in original drawing of the governor and the campaign committee thinks that Its use will be valuable. Governor WUs<m will sit thia afternoon and tomorrow He will probably also confer with members of the aatiqnal committee while tn New York. ’ The governor’s unexpected departure added to the solitude of Seagirt the morning -Her. completing the picture The little township had never enter tained d 6 many dtstingntahad visitors In a single day. There were governors U. S. senators and represents rives, mayors, sheriffs, county officers New York politicians, millionaires and thous ands of others in the crowd that flocked to Seagirt to hear the notifica tion and acceptance speeches. GOVERNORS PRESENT. Governors Mann, of Virginia. O'Neal, of Alabama. Dix. of New York. Mar shall. of Indiana nomi nee. Plafsted. of Maine. Wes, of Mas sachuesettes, Baldwin, of Connecticut’., and Donaghey. of Arkafisas were among those present Practically all of the democratic national committee men and m<fet of the campaign commit teemen were on hand. Judson Clements of the Interstate Commerce commis sion was prominent in the crowd, as were several senators and a number of congressmen. Besides Governor Dix, the state of New York was represented by many prominent Tammany politicians and hundred of plain ordinary citizens, many of them republican, who intend to support Wilson in this campaign. Thomas F. Smith secretary of Tam many came as the personal representa tive of Chas F. Murphy. Thomas F. McAvoy, chairman of the Tammany executive committee was on deck smiling and predicting a landslide for Wilson tn New York in November. State Senator Wagner the democratic floor leader of the New York. Senator James leader of the New York Senator James W. Foley Tammany's sweet singer, as semblyman Al Smith democratic floor leader in the New York house. John Mc- Cooey the Brooklyn boss and Justice Thomas F. Donnelly president of the National Democratic club, were among the prominent New York politicians on v the scene. Representative J. J. Fitz gerald of Brooklyn, and Sheriff Pat Quinn of Kings county were in the crowd also. GREETS MILL HANISs. When Governor Wilson rose yester day morning it was his desire and pur pose to go over the morning correspon dence. He did not Intend that the noti fication shall interfere with his regular routine any more than was absolutely necessary. His plan worked all right for an hour or so but when a delega tion of fifty mill hands from Smith ville. N. J., carrying their dinner pails tn their hand halted in front of the little white house the governor decided to discard his program. He went out side to meet them. Few of them had enjoyed a vacation tn years but they succeeded rn getting a day off to pay their respects to the next president, the laboring man's frlena In New Jersey. Governor Wilson shook hands with each of them, ana from that time was sb busy meeting people that he could not get back in the house. There was one marching club after another lined up awaiting their turn, and the governor met theta al! That Governor Wilson's speech made a deep and lasting Impression was the verdict of all who heard it. The fol lowing expressions were gathered from among the prominent persons gathered here yesterday. BULL MOOSE RANGES WEST WHILE MATE CULLS TO THE EAST Western Governor Will Appeal to Eastern Voters and Roosevelt Will Speak to Westerners (By Amo »t»i Brew) CHICAGO, Aug. B.—Theodore Roose velt, presidential nominee of the Pro gressive party and active managers of the campaign remained in Chicago*-for a while today, although moat of the delegates to the third party’s first na tional convention had started for their homes. Members of the notification committee appointed by the various state delegations also remained in the city, together with the members of tne Progressive national committee. Members of the national committee planned to have an important meeting today, although they had been in con ference last night, when United States i Senator Dixon, of Montana, was select ed as chairman and O. K. Davis, of Washington, was named secretary. Mr. Davis was in charge of the Progres sive publicity bureau during the pre convention campaign. JOHNSON GOMES EAST. Colonel Roosevelt, who repeatedly ex pressed his satisfaction at the out come of the convention, leaves for New York this afternoon. He will rest et his Oyster Bay home until the begin ning of the campaign. His tour will take him to all of the western states. Governor Johnson, of California, the vice presidential nominee, will visit the eastern states. The Progressive leaders launched into their campaign plans with a vim. Some of the delegates did not wait until they had to their home to begin the wbrk of organising their states. The Wisconsin delegation and others met immediately after adjourn ment of the convention and selected a state chairman and state secretary and a state executive committee. In sev eral instances state leaders telegraph ed orders before departing from Chi cago for the beginining of active cam paign work. ADEQUATE FINANCIAL AID. The national chiefs today planned to go into all th« details of organization for the campaign. George W. Perkins, of New York, and others, declared that there would be no trouble in arranging for adequate financial support. The spirit and enthusiasm generated during the last three days at the con vention hall were dominant In the con ferences today. Everywhere were heard expressions of confidence in the new party’s chances. J FORMALLY NOTIFIED. If. in the tumult and shouting yester ■ day at the national Progressive eon wanti on. Theodore Roosevelt had any doubt that he was effectively noml | nated for the presidency, he was re assured when a committee of notifica tion met him early today at his hotel. Though the colonel had been “in formally” notified yesterday, when he went to the convention and delivered his speech of acceptance, the delegates who had been selected from the states and territories as a formal committee «fnotification wished to cafry out their part of the scheduled program. . POSED FOR PICTURES. Mr. Roosevelt was the center of a lively group in the main .lobby of the hotel when the committee arMved. He. with Governor Hiram W. Johnson, of California, the nominee for vice presi dent, and Albert J. Beveridge, the Progressive candidate for governor of Indiana, and permanent chairmen of the convention, had just come from a pho tograph gallery, where they had pic- I tures taken to be used in the campaign, i In one picture the presidential nominee posed with a group of cowboys. BIG BULL MET OLD WOLF. While in the lobby of the hotel. Colonel Roosevelt espied an old friend I in the crowd, and he added to his po | litical menagerie by designating his I friend "an old wolf.” "Come here, you big wolf,*' the colo nel added, as he grasped his t friend. Albert B. Burton, of Wyoming*. by the hand. BOY, RIDING ON WHEEL, IS KILLED BY WAGON (By Aaiociated Free*.) SAVANNAH, Ga_, Aug. t—While rid ing his bicycle, J. William Lang, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Lang, was run over and instantly killed today by a loaded wagon tn front of his home. Mrs. Lang witnessed the accident and carried the lifeless body into the house. The child was knocked down by one wagon and killed by one following. ONE-DAY TOURISTS GATHERED AT MOUNT GILEAD CAMPGROUND ■ ■■ ’ L’x-.'. ’ ■. ■ n - z • I J — A . 7 J * I ; \ ' Staff Photo by Winn. This photograph shows the Pulton county ona-day tourists, happy and smiling, after their barbecue on Mount Gilead camp ground, near Ben Bail, where the hospitable people of Bryant’s district mot them and feasted them Wednesday. Bov. P. A. XeUet, pastor at Mount Gilead and member of the party in the Caso oar, No. Id, stand, at the extreme loft. Capt. Tom Donaldson, the who has been building Fulton county's roads for 30 years past, stands in the exact middle, with his hat off. Sheriff Mangum is seated on the ground a little to the right of Captain Donaldson U the picture. County Commissioner* Shelby Smith and Tull Waters and Coir.mls*iouer-eie c t Tom Winn show near the left of the picture. WILSON TO DISCUSS W PROGRAM WHEN CONGRESSES ACTED The Democratic Presidential Candidate Is Saving His Ammunition for the Cam paign BY RALPH SMTITK. NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Gov. Woodrow Wilson is saving his ammunition for the campaign. That is the reason he omitted reference in his speech of ac ceptance to a number of planks in the Democratic platform. “As the campaign progresses I will discuss every detail of the platform," said the governor this morning. "In my speech of acceptance I tried to cover the heart of the platform po litical situation. I am saving ammuni tion for the campaign.” It is known that Governor Wilson failed to refer to the "adequate navy” plank because It is not his desire or purpose to take a hand in the flht that is now raging in congress over the bat tleship program. After this has been settled, the governor may be relied up on to express himself with reference to the navy. Governor Wilson reached New York this noon. He was met by Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, and motored to the Martinique hotel for lunch. He will return to Seagirt Saturday. CATTLE QUARANTINE RAISED FRQM KANSAS (By AsMcizted Pr»s*.l WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—The secre tary of agriculture has issued an order effective August 15 by which the quar antine to prevent the spread of scab ies in cattle is lifted from the entire state of Kansas and certain counties in South Dakota. Nebraska and Texas. PBDBE OF GRAND Jllfll ~ FRIGHTENS 0.1. POLICE Several Officials Expected to Be Indicted for Black mail , (By Associated Preu.) NEW YORK, Aug. . -Cumulative ,Hkg‘*up before Ytfe grand Jury investigation of police blackmail is said today to involve four or five high police officials. Drawing of indictments is said to be Imminent. Witnesses examined by District At torney Whitman have furnished much corroboration to the crfnfessicn of “Bald Jack" Rose, who gave a list of names of gamblers upon whom, he charged. Police Lieutenant Becker levied blackmail. Several gamblers who were before the public prosecutor unwillingly admit***, that they had paid blackmail to cert&JM police inspectors. One informer told Mr. Whitman that he Fad been threat ened with death if he went before the grand jury and gave information about the police. These witnesses said that the Inspectors dealt directly, with the big gambling houses, leaving Lieutenant Becker to attend to the small places. FORCED GAMBLER TO PAT. District Attorney Whitman said today that evidence would be presented to the grand Jury against several police in- One of the inspectors is said to have kept such close watch on the gambling houses that he even examined their books and made them pay black mail according to their profits. “Bridgie" Webber now admits that he also collected toll from a certain uptown gambling house for a police inspector. Webber's life has been threatened and District Attorney Whitman has provided him with a special guard. Rose has sent word to the public prosecutor that he is prepared to Identify the four mur derers of Herman RosenthaL Until now Rose was not ready to say that he could positively Identify the gunmen. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1912. _ Zdeeughtep) n gives me ) \! ! HMM Co NS/g.N’V’OM J. K. OHO IS NAMED PRESIDENT OF MEfIGHRNTS —— The 'Three-Days’ - Convention Comes to Close-Freight Col lector or Prosecutor Favored The Retail Merchants' association on Thursday morning concluded its thrt»e ’6afs’ eorfk’entjdn W electing offied/s and by adojttftig resolutions that con tained a paragraph urging the legisla ture to authgrize the appointment of a freight collector who shall investigate excessive freight and express rates. J. K. Orr wad elected president of the association; J. H. Couch, of Griffin, vice president, and Harry T. Moore, pf the Atlanta Freight bureau, secretary. The assbciatlon left the time of the next meeting to the Atlanta Merchants and Manufacturers* association. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. Following are the resolutions that were adopted: **We recommend that the present plan of organization be continued and that a committee of three be appoint ed to co-operate with the president in forming local associations. ‘‘That we heartily commend the At lanta Manufacturers* exposition and that we cbmmend such enterprises to every city and town in the south. "That we recommend that the gen eral assembly of Georgia do provide for a freight collector or prosecutor whose duties shall be to investigate and prosecute excessive or discrimina tory rates and express rates. "That we extend by a rising vote of thanks our appreciation to all our hosts, the speakers and the citizens of Atlanta for their hospitality. COLLECTING DEBTS. "That, whereas, the present laws cf Georgia regarding the collection of hon est debts are notoriously lax and of no effect; and whereas, the Retail Mer chants* association of Georgia have from year to year urged the amending of these laws; and, whereas, the Retail Merchants* association, at the 1911 ses sion of the Georgia legislature intro duced a bill rectifying this bill; be it resolved, that this body unequivocally indorse this bill.” EUGENE 0. GRACE HERE; X-RAY PICTURES MADE Another Operation May Be Performed-He Is Carried to Piedmont Sanitarium Eugene Grace will probgbly be oper ated oti a ireconffTltme "Is foifhd that spine. 'e x -* ’-* '#■ He was brought to Atlanta* Thui morning from his mother*® home ifi Newnan, and an X r ray examination was made of him by Dr. John S. Derr, In the Annex. Afterward he was taken to the Piedmont sanitariutp. ' • ~ . S. L. Hill, Grace's stepfather, is'al most positive that a second operation will be performed. In case doctors da cide against a second incision, however, Grace will be treated for paralysis at the Piedmont sanitarium. Dr. Derr gave out this written state ment: "The X-ray examination of Mr. Grace's spine showed the following: “Antero posterior views Shadow of bullet opposite body of ninth dorsal vertebra, near upper border and slightly to the left of center. ’•Lateral view: Every precaution taken for accuracy by the use of mark ers and spirit level. Bullet shadow in extreme posterior pagLF f body of ver tebra on the edge of the spinal canal. "JOHN S. DERR ,M. D.” NAT KAISER BREAKS ARM IN BAD FALL While playing with his little stepson Tuesday afternoon., Nat aKiser, of 767 West Peachtree street, fell from the front piazza of his home, sustaining a broken arm and sprained ankle. In his attentions to the child. Mr. Kaiser forgot his position on the porch and stepping too near the edge, lost his balance. From the fall be received a fractured left arm .the sprained an kle and a general shaking up. He is still confined to his bed and will probably be kept in the house for several days to come. BANKING BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE I Vote Was 30 to 3-Afternoon Sessions Start Thursday to End of Session • WRh only three dissenting votas the Joint house and senate bank bill, approv ed by* the Georgia Bankers’ association, was passed in the state senate Thurs day* morning. The voluminous manuscript has occu pied the time of the upper house since Tuesday at noon, when the third read ing was commenced. Despite the fact that the amendments were allowed to be pro posed and tacked on as the reading pro gressed. instead of waiting for the en tire bill to be read and tfien gone over for such changes as were deemed neces sary* it was not possible to have the bill ready for its passage Wednesday as was expected. 1 The mass of amendments that were offered by nearly every senator in the chamber were as a general rule unani roensly adopted with as little interrup tion to the reading as possible. "Among the leaders there seemed to be a -desire to get the thing over with, thereby accomplishing a reform that has been agitated for nearly four years with Httle or no real progress until now, and ajl minor changes in the bill were ac cepted without argument. In only a few instances was there any fight on certain phases of the bill, and the arguments were friendly and in co-operation with the authors of enactment By unanimous consent the bill was transmitted immediately to the house. POWER OF SUPERINTENDENT. What'is considered the most important phase of the bill is the power vested in the superintedent to order at any time on examination of any bank in the state where he deems such examination nec essary. The authors of the bill have, in this section, provided for the protection of stockholders and depositors alike in all cases where a bank Is considered un safe. HOOPER ALEXANDER TELLS WHYHE ASKS PEOPLrSJUFFRAGE He Issues Formal Statement of Platform on Which His Candidacy for Governor Is Based r ♦ KOOFBB ALEXANDER'S e- PLATFORM IN bRXRP. ♦ Some of the more important ♦ planks in the gubernatorial plat- ♦ ♦ form of Hon. Hooper Alexander, -e-j ♦ issued Thursday, fodows: ♦ Condemnation of "still hunt” -f ♦ methods and expenditure of large ♦ ♦ sums of money by gubernatorial ♦ -»■ candidatea M ♦ ♦ Extension of the Western and ♦ ♦ Atlantic railroad to the sea as a ♦ ♦ remedy for excessive transporta- ♦ ♦ tion rates. ♦ ♦ Laws allowing the condemnation ♦ ♦ of water powers by private capital ♦ ♦ should be repealed. + a- A permanent registration law re- ♦ ♦ quiring that no man should be al- -a ♦ lowed to register for a general ♦ ♦ election who had not paid his taxes ♦ ♦ six months before such election. <• ♦ A law limiting the election ex- -a ♦ penses of a candidate to one-half a ♦ the first year’s salary of the office -a ♦ he seeks. a a- A law requiring all political ad- a-< a- vertising to be plainly marked ♦ a- showing that it is paid for and by a ia- whom. a- a- Laws which will eliminate the a a- use of foreign money in Georgia a a- elections. w ♦’ a- Remedy for extravagant appro- a a- priations is a law providing sepa- a a- rate tax levies for the public insti- a a tutions of the ptate and the limlta- a a tion of tRa appropriations to the a a- tax levies. a a- A strict enforcement of the prehl- -a a- bition law and the abolition of aD a a- locker clubs. v ♦ a- Mr. Alexander selects for bls a /a slogan: "One law for rich and poor a a- alike.” a- a- a- Hon. Hooper Alexander Thursday morning issued the formal platform up on which he is making his race for gov» ernor. The two principal planks are a more rigid enforcement of the prohibi tion laws with the abolition of all locker clubs and the extension of the Western and Atlantic rallorad to the sea. Mr. Aexander also advocates a per manent registration law and laws limit ing the amount of money a candidate shall spend In his campaign. The platforri follow, tn full: 7 To the People of Georgia: An as pirant for the governorship should can didly tell the people his views, and the policy he will pursue if chosen. CONDEMNS STILL HUNTING. He ought not to seek the office by mere personal solidtatibn and what are called "still-hunt” methods, and he ought not to expend large sums of ipon ey in his campaign. Such expenditures are morally wrong and politically dan gerous. Any man should be free to discuss . and criticise the candidate's position and platform and his public and official record, upon the sole condition that he be fair and respectful, and no candidate should shrink from such discussion. The best way to conduct this inquiry is face to face before the voters; though sometimes candidates abuse this right and seek to degrade the discussion into mere personalism. In such cases the wrong doer will suffer most if the other man preserves his own dignity and properly regards and respects his audi ence. The proper way for the voters to do is to assume that the man who is not willing to make a prompt public declar ation of his own principles has not con fidence in their correctness, and refuse to vote for him. HITS AT MONEY IN POLITICS. Where the candidate seeks office on such inordhate expenditure of money as would preclude the average man .from entering the contest, his position amounts simply to claiming that none but the very rich are eligible to the office, and average men should refuse to vote against a candidate who uses ft and certainly correct the acute evil-of the inordinate use of money in politics as the knowledge that the people will vote against ia candidate who uses it that way. Circumstances fully understood by the state impelled me to the conviction on August 1 that I should be a candi date for governor, and I now present you my views as promptly as has been consistent with due regard to private business engaging my attention and which had to be disposed of, and to my public duties which still demand my time. EXCESSIVE TRANSPORTATION* RATES. The greatest economic evil that trour bles this state lies in excessive and dis criminating freight charges. The gen eral public has little knowledge of the character and extent of this evil, and even the shippers who suffer from it at the point of collection are generally aware of their own particular griev ances only. To illustrate: It costs more to carry freight by rail from Savannah to Griffin than it dees to carry it on under exact ly the same conditions from Savan nah to Atlanta. It costs more to carry it from Savannah to Macon, 200 miles, than to carry it in the same train from Savannah through Macon, nearly 600 miles, to Nashville. It costs more to bring it from the Ohio river crossings to Valdosta, Thomasville and Quitman than to take it through these points to Jacksonville. Flour goes from St. Louis to Glasgow, in Scotland for less than it costs to Atlanta. The instances given are not excep* tionaL Like abuses apply to every town in Georgia and to every article of freight, and the evil is two-fold. The aggregate of thK excess in those charge es against the people of this state, and which in its last analysis is merely a tax levied by the carriers on the peo ple, can not be accurately stated, nut in my judgment it is two or three times as much as the total cost of running the state government. That is the ab solute wrong of the freight rate ques tion. The relative wrong is even mor* disastrous, for the unfavorable condi tions imposed on Georgia merchants, manufacturers and shippers by these discriminations, not only exact an un (Oontinned on Pag* «, CoL M NO. 93.
