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VOL XXXI.
JjJAJAIj f i<’<T A I TEST In L V HE i ii MHVEY hUil
CONSTITUTIONAL MONEY AH
DEFINED JUDICIALLY.
One I,i*Ri»l Tender Dollar .Is the Equal
of Every Other The Gold Honey
Sopers) ithm in a Supreme Court- 'Flu)
Needed Reforms.
The monetary fftates system established by
the United government is easily
understood. Tho money denomina¬
tions were made to conform to the
decimal system of notation, When
the law was passed making ten mills
equal to one cent, ten cents equal one
(lime, ten dimes equal ona dollar, no
provision was made to have these de¬
nominations stamped upon any partic¬
ular metal or material, or, if stamped
upon silver or gold, the commodity or
“Intrinsic value” of the metal should
be used as a “unit of value.'“
A “standard of value" is not even
mentioned for the very good reason
that there Is not, and cannot be, in
the nature of things, a standard or
measure for an intangible thing called
value. Wo “think” value, and thc-re
Is no way that n “standard of value"
can be applied to man’s capacity to
think or estimate value.
On this question the United States
Supreme Court has declared:
“It is hardly correct to speak of n
standard of value. The constitution
does not speak of it. it contemplates
n standard for that which has gravity
of extension; but value Is an Ideal
thing. The coinage act fits Its unit as
a dollar; but the gold or silver thing
we call a dollar is in no sense a stand¬
ard of a dollar. It is a representative
of it.”
There is not a word in the law,
creating the denominations of money,
declaring what metni or substance is
to be used upon which the money
stamp shall he piftced. The use of the
material to carry the legal-tender
money stamp is left entirely to con¬
gress to determine, as stated in the
words of the United States Supreme
Court:
"The constitution does not ordain
What metals may be coined. Nor docs
It prescribe that the legal value shall
correspond at all with the intrinsic
value In the nurket.” * * * “Coin
passes rot a an tntrinEic value, but
as a, legal value.”
Judge Tiffany, in his work on con¬
stitutional law, written before the war
to save the union, and before the
greenback government money was
adopted by Lincoln to carry on the
war, states what constitutes money
under our constitution:
“There is By no such thing as
gold or silver money, or paper money.
Money is the sovereign of authority
impressed on that which i< n pubic
of taking and retaining the impression.
That upon which the stamp is placed
is called coin; the coin may be metal,
parchment or paper. The value is in
the stamp, and not in the metal or ma
teriai.”
All of the legal tender acts of our
national legislature, and every de us
ion touching the legal tender question
by the United States Supreme Court,
and State Supreme courts, arc found¬
ed upon Judge Tiffany’s .exposition of
constitutional law relating to what
shall be a legal, tender for the pay¬
ment of debts.
Under the law, as expounded by our
highest, judicial tribunals, both state
and national, there is no legal stand¬
ing for the money metal advocates or
pet money regulators, railed the silver
or gold commodity "unit, of value," or
n gold or Giver “-standard of value.”
These terms arc a part of the decep¬
tive means used by the so-called
“honest money” advocates to deceive
the people. They form no part of a
true constitutional financial system.
and when the people refuse (a be long¬
er deceived by these false and me.un
ingless catch-words, then the day eau
not long he delayed that will deliver
H Pibduois oi wealth it ml the real
honest■ business interests of the cotter
try from the grasp of the money
I)0Wer '
In deciding a legal lender case in
L864 the Supreme Court of Iowa used
the following strong and persuasive
language relating to the effects of
gold idolatry:
“When the legal test is applied, each
dollar of each mode or form of cur
reney declared to be legal tender has
Die same value without: reference
to the material of which it is com
posed. And wc: cannot very well re
sist the remark, that the sooner this is
known, accepted, and acted upon the
better it will be for national, monetary
and political integrity as well as for
Individual and general morality, pros
pertly, and success,”
Let us alt take the advice of the Iowa
judges, and put away this gold m one. v
superstition, R la the “root of afl
evil" and as long ns It remains with
us It will continue to be ured to pre¬
vent the establishment of a true, sr-len
Dflc, ami equitable system of finance,
one that will make it impossible for
the “brigands and banditti of 0Ilr
ntonev marts” ' V ro ’ ° . „ 4 x * 1 GdMiror Spin
n«r referred do ttem In hi. report to
rongt. s.. n >> corner the money
am t tug ring untold hardships and
t-c. .-img upon the people. This can
a- acrompnrm-1 by establishing an
equitable fiimncin! system, with gov
rtnmen. bam.s of deposit and loans at
rort " !,i ° security. i n ^b-Js
waJ : u> mon<!> r,f Hie countrv
would be fairly distributed amor,?? ij 1H
ln ; ’ :,! r of ri !, c union.
nuer our present banking system,
lb« depositors iuroisfl the banks with
80 r r Cf ' U ! f '!"- ■* cni)ila '
government -•anking s;, stem the people
would receive the benefit of their own
“WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG/’
capital, instead of allowing a few hun
dml bankers to reap all the benefits,
and gain large fortunes by loaning
the money they owe their depositors.
With banks breaking on every hand,
no wonder that there is a lack of “con¬
fidence” among depositors. Stop the
depositing and ail the banks would
close up in twenty-four hours.
Along these lines reform is needed,
if we would preserve our liberties, and
an active educational continuous cam¬
paign should bo kept, up and let the
more practical question of “issues"
alone, to be "given that attention they
demand when the next national con
vent ion of the reform elements is held
in 1900. This Is not the time to quar¬
rel about “issues,” which will tend to
divide the reform forces. Wait until
the proper (hue comes to discuss party
issues. You can’t cross that bridge
before you get to it. True reformers
will keep up methods of education that
will prepare the way for unity of ac¬
tion in 1898 and 1900.......1. S. Barnum.
GOLDBUG GOOD TIMES.
0- E. Pettigrew, general store at
Flandraui, has made an assignment.
Aaron V. Joslin, dealer In dry goods
at Frankfort, has made an assign¬
ment.
Knowing & Poole, shoe manufactur¬
ers at Boston, have made an assign¬
ment.
The Big Sandy Lumber company of
Dig Sandy, has made an assignment.
The Bank of Mulhall, at Mulhall,
Oklahoma, has suspended.
The Phoenix Savings bank of Phoe¬
nix. R. I., has suspended payment.
George J. Knoth, dealer in shoes, at
No. 461 Ninth avenue, New York, has
made an assignment.
Oliarles D, Willard, coal dealer, at
Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street,
Brooklyn, has made an assignment.
J. L, Fished! & Son, dealers in provi¬
sions, at Boston, have filed a petition
iu insolvency.
Ghoistca & Bailey, dealers in dry
goods, at Dalton, have made an as¬
signment,
Leonard W. Giles, dealer In drug¬
gists’ sundries, at No, 121 Chambers
street. New York, has made an assign¬
ment.
Julias T. It ode, dealer in furniture
and carpets at Nos. 715 and 71? Ninth
avenue, New York, has made an as¬
signment.
Jacob Welker, manufacturer of sur¬
gical instruments at No. 213 East
Thirty-fourth street, New York, has
made an assignment,
A petition has been made for a re¬
ceiver for the 3Veils & French com¬
pany, manufacturers of harness and
.saddlery at Bridgeport, Conn.
J. D. Kurtz Crook and Aaron G.
Porham, composing the firm of Crook
& J'orham, wholesale dealers in coal,
at No. 1 Broadway, New York, have
made on assignment.
John C. Chamberlain bns been ap¬
pointed receiver for the Ives & Will¬
iams company, manufacturers of toys
and fireworks, at No. 682 Broadway,
corner of Great Jones street. New
York, with factory at Bridgeport,
Conn.
faiifror Stands Alone.
Carnegie has received orders for .100-.
000 tons of steel rails for export to Eng¬
land.
Better proof could riot be afforded of
tlio fact that our steel and iron industry
is able to. take care of itself under the
metal schedules In the Wilson tariff
Jaw, Mr. Carnegie has for some time
insisted that he wants no increase of
tariff duties He has given figures to
prove that American manufacturers
arc not only able to hold the home
market, but to compete for the foreign
market.
When Carnegie dictated the steel and
iron schedule in the McKinley law of
IH'JO, the increase iu duties was urged
ns necessary to protect labor. That dis¬
guise. is now thrown off, stere Carnegie
finds himself master of the situation,
| and it is announced Hint capital not
only needs no protection, but wants
j none. In other words, capital can get
j along better without a tariff than with
it.
In all the years of high tariff legisla¬
tion. culminating seven years ago in
the McKinley biil of abominations, the
partnership between labor and capital
was asserted us the highest interest to
be served by such legislation. Capital
now withdraws front the association,
Labor is left alone to assert the neoes
j sity of protection against foreign cow
petition! What will labor, standing
by itself, get from a McKinley adminis¬
tration?
Wait and see. St. Louis Post-Dis¬
patch.
Whiil't* tlto Cun (if It?
It a reform movement built upon
principles is to be caught by an old
party endorsing its least important
reform, what’s the use of having a re¬
form movement? Suppose five years
ago it hud been understood that the
People’s party was to be formed with
Die intention of surrendering to the
t)!fi P«*y which should first adopt the
silver plunk, would there have been
any People's party outside of the
states containing the silver mines? Th •'
idea of abandoning the Reform move
mnnt upon the mere promise by an
other party that it. would adopt our
mealiest, plank into law and that ' prom
tee made by a party Dun has very ro¬
ecnt.iy made a record for breaking
promises!--Missouri World
Canada threatens to prohibit tmmi
j gration fpom the United States to that
country. That would feh a blessing'to but
the honest people of this country
rather hard on the defaulting * bank
presidents and cashiers.
JESUP, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1897.
AT THEIR OLD TRICKS.
The Mnneuvnr» of the Xtonoy Power Are
Ton Apparent.
Times are not hard enough to satisfy
the Republican party. It is necessary
for them to Brake them harder and
harder until they have passed their tar¬
iff bill, so that they can let up tem¬
porarily and make times a tittle easier
and attribute the improvement to tile
new tariff. They have already com¬
menced to operate upon the lever which
regulates the prices of nil farm pro¬
ducts. They are again bearing down
the price of silver and will continue
to do so until after the tariff bill is
passed, As the price of silver goes
down the difference of exchange which
the silver standard countries enjoy in
competing • with the United States in
the sale of farm products in Europe
will be increased, and gbld prices in
Europe will be lower white silver
prices In the silver standard countries
will remain stationary. No one need
look for a rise in the price of silver
unfit after the passage of the tariff
Wit. They will then take the pressure
off of silver, and Its price will go up
five or ten per cent and perhaps a little
higher. This will advance the gold
price of farm products substantially to
the same extent that silver goes up.
The little improvement, or rather re¬
lief from extreme distress, which the
people will feel from this manipulation,
will be Used as an argument to claim
that the tariff bill has accomplished
great good. The Republicans expect
that they can keep times from grow¬
ing much worse, and can make them
a little better than they now arc, un¬
til after the next Congressional elec¬
tion, in order to hold their followers,
continue the gold standard, retire
greenbacks, treasury notes, and secure
legislation for the banks. We ask our
readers to observe what the scheme
of the Republican party is. and remem¬
ber that we predicted that silver would
go up after the passage of the tariff
bill, and that the Republicans would
claim that it was the tariff bill which
had given the relief, But no relief
from decline of prices which follows
the gold standard can be general or
permanent. If the money powers, that
hare cornered the gold and control the
governments of Europe, and compel
them to assist the Turks to murder
Christians, and compel the United
States to look on and witness the butch¬
ery of patriots in Cuba, can maintain
the single gold standard, the slavery
of the masses for the benefit of the
classes is inevitable. No permanent
relief can come unless the people can
recover their government, remonetize
silver, and break the corner on gold.—
Senator Stewart
The N.nl Trust.
Nails are as staple as Hour, and un¬
der present social conditions are al¬
most as much of a necessity The
trust which controls the, output, and
prices, therefore, takes upon itself not
only the odium which it attaches to
trusts and combines generally, but also
that which especially attaches to the
practice of extortion in the necessaries
of life. In Illinois, as we learn from
the Prairie Farmer, it offers merchants
who handle the product the alternative
of violating the laws of the state or
forfeiting the profits which arise from
the rebates it gives to customers. Nails
were offered originally with the provi¬
sion that a rebate of 15 per cent from
card prices would be given to whole¬
salers and Jobbers at the expiration of
six months. As this was a larger pro¬
fit than dealers were in the habit of
making on nails, the provision was
generally accepted by wholesalers
throughout the western states.
The object, of bolding rebates in the
hands of the trust until the expiration
of six months was to make the whole¬
salers interested in holding up trust
prices. The trust price is $2,80. About
a month ago a large wholesale bouse
in Chicago cut the price 30 cents a keg,
and other large jobbers in Chicago, in
order to hold their trade, met the cut.
Last week an additional cut of 25 oc»is
per keg was made which reduced the
price to $2.25. The trust has now no¬
tified the dealers that they must raise
the rate at once to the trust price,
namely. $2,80, or as a penalty, they will
lose their 15 per cent rebate. It is
stated that nails can be sold at a fair
profit from $1,30 to $1.50 per keg, and
it will be interesting to observe what
wilt be the result of the contest between
the nail truss and its Illinois customers,
the former insisting on maintaining
the trust price and the latter desiring
to sell in a competitive way. The ex¬
istence of the trust is a gross violation
of the laws of Illinois, and it remains
to be seen whether the trust is stronger
than these laws.
To Explain Their Votes.
J. C. Buchanan of the Pittsburg
Kansan thinks that the republican
members of the legislature who voted
against the initiative and referendum
could with propriety use the followim;
as an explanation of their votes: “We
are the servants of the people, hut wo
can’t trust our masters with the awful
responsibility of direct legislation.
Therefore on the pending initiative
and referendum amendment to the
-constitution, which would restore to
them Dm dangerous power now vested
in us, we vote no.”
li Always Is.
‘The will of the people,” remarked
the inexperienced youth, “is the high¬
est law."
“Yes.” answered the federal judge.
“but it is unconstitutional."—Twea
j Doth Century.
An aristocracy of wealth is worse if
anything than an aristocracy of blood.
It Is now Senator Hanna.
HOUSE IS SUBPBISE1).
MEMBER FROM NEBRASKA AT
TACKS THE MAJORITY.
Tariff Cannot Relieve the Distresses of
the People, nut a li< turn to Correct
Monetary l'rinciptes C»« - Uathuhiastl
rally Applauded.
A new character surprised the home
Monday while the tariff bill was under
discussion, in the person of Mr. Greene,
one of - the now populist members from
Nebraska, a free and easy speaker,
who ib'alt in scriptural quotations, and
attac-k.-d the Cleveland administration
fiercely. He was accusing the repub¬
licans with trying to befool the farm¬
■ ers through high tariffs on corn, wheat,
and other products which were not
imported, when several republicans
sought to overcome his argument by
question's, nays the Silver Knight
Wutehmau.
He was asked by Mr. Mitchell of
New York, “VYluu relief do the popu¬
lists propose for the farmers?’’
"To go back to the money of the
constitution you took away from
i1ic.ni,” was the answer. Mr, Greene
was describing the condition of the
farmers with the hands of the spoiler
in their pockets, when another in¬
quired, “Whose bands have been, in
their pockets?”
“The bands of the protected monop¬
olists and trusts- of the east,” shouted
Mr, Greene, whereupon Jerry Simp¬
son yelled, gleefully, “Ask him another
one!"
“Another one” was. asked by Judge
Rage- Morris, of Minnesota, who de¬
sired to know what harm, the repub¬
lican party had done the farmer.
“You seek' to make the things the
farmer and laborer have to buy higher
......that’s the object of this bill.” said
Mr. Greene, and Mr, Simpson declared
“Another soul made happy.”
The -speech was sprinkled with rep¬
artee. and was enthusiastically ap
plaudi'd by the democrats and popu¬
lists.
FOiNTS FROM THE PRESS.
If barriers were taken down, and
every able-bocltod man siren au oppor¬
tunity to earn a living, most jails
would be "to let.’’—San Francisco Star.
Yale, the college that insulted Bry¬
an, had a flag in Corbett’s corner. No
accounting for fame.—Denver New
Road.
Nothing is plainer in the present
condition of affairs in general than
that the infim uc< of tha tew men who
controi the financial policies of nations
dictate the most important legislation
of the world.—Topeka' Advocate.
Burl Schurz, it appears, is giving hi:-:
views somewhere on “The Delusions of
BtmcUiiiism." What hie views .on any
subject are worth, except.iu cash by the
line, can be . ummed up by saying.that
ho praises Grover Cleveland, and be¬
lieves in Cleveland's kind of civil scr
vice reform, for gold-hugs and cuckoos
only.- Hi!ver Knight-Watchman.
Debs remarks that “plenty of labor¬
ing men can be hired for 75 cents a day
to shoot their fellows.” Henry Ward
Bceefeor thought a workingman was
worth $1, hut then limes were better
in Henry Ward's day. --Journal K. of
L
Republican papers never have finish
ed and it is likely that they never will
Hnish talking of the ignorance of pco
pie In general and populists in partle
ular, It is true, however, that the first
legislator of Kansas to try the proxy
Idea in legislative work was a Ropub
Lean. Last week Gates (Rep.) of Jack
eon county was sirfk and s uit a friend
up to the house to vote in his stead on
;> measure which, was to come up. Of
course the proxy was not allowed to
vote.—Topeka Advocate.
Three important ameiulm mts tort he
state constitution will be voted on at
the next state election in South liako
ta: T'he initiative and referendum,
equal suffrage and the stale, dispensary
system of handling the liquor traffic.
All are measures that should carry and
become part of.'the. fundamental laws
of the Stale. The initiative and refer
end urn is purely a populistic proposi¬
tion and will have the bitter opposi¬
tion of professional politicians, but the
voters of all parties should hail with
delight thin first, opportunity ever of¬
fered in the United States for placing
a vote in the ballot box giving the vot¬
ers all their rights and the power to
enforce their will. States which have
adopted equal suffrage are satisfied
with it and the one state, South. Car¬
olina, in which the dispensary system
inis been adopted appears to be thor¬
oughly pleased with its working.^—Chi¬
cago Express.
If the courts .should be called upon
to pass upon the question of the quali¬
fication • of Garret A. Hobart fur the
Vice-Presidency they would say it was
regular and in due form; hut the lay
roan, unused to the intricacies and in¬
vent i bn s—ami, wc might say , the fic¬
tions- -of legal constructions, might
harbor a doubt ati to whether Mr. Ho¬
bart is legally in office. He was sworn
in by the retiring Vice-President, Mr.
Stevenson, thirty or forty minutes af¬
ter., that gentleman had ceased, by the
town clock, to be hi office. The rec¬
ord, however, will indicate that the
swearing in took place at the t*n<l of
the legislative day of March 3. which
expired at noon on the 4th, and will
give no hint that the hands of the clock
wore either turned back or disregard¬
ed......Cincinnati Enquirer.
A man, on being asked if he held any
share in the “Wealth of Nations” (a re¬
cently discovered gold claim), replied,
"No," but that “he bad an interest, in
-i notch bigger thing," “You astonish
me. What is it?” asked IDs friend.
“The poverty of individuals. There
In Milwaukee an electric line is try
ins to cross the track of the Nerth
western railway. Both sides ordered
out. big gangs of men. A free fight
took place and many were injured. If
strikers had done this it would be riot
and anarchy. But as it Is ft ranks
merely as an indication of energetic
business methods.— Milwaukee News.
J. Sterling Morton used to talk about
silver as “old junk,” An exchange tells
us that he is but in Nebraska now
contemplating a piece of old junk that
once resembled a Secretary of Agricui
ture.” But don't be hard on him. He
was the funniest gold hug that ever
lived, and he couldn't help being the
biggest fool,--Silver Knight-Watch
mau.
The people are not supreme so long
as there is a mortgage or interest-hear
ing debt of any kind in these United
States.--San Francisco Star.
The tond Bill to Date.
The Loud bill stands, to-day with
few friend- and u host of b@rd-wo.rk
ing enemies. It passed the lower
house of congress by a small majority
of 39. This, too. when it is considered
in the light of a party measure with
a republican majority of over 150 in
congress.
“The New York World” of a recent
issue threw some light on the work¬
ings of the postal department, From
an editorial, the following is clipped:
“There Is an annual deficiency of
$8,000,000 in the postal service. It is
caused solely by scandalous misman¬
agement arid shameful fraud. This is
clearly proved by facts and figures
given in The World's news columns
to-day.
"First of all, the government Is pay¬
ing to the great trunk linos of rail
way an outrageously excessive rate for
the transportation of mail matter. The
rate is ten times the average rate
cbarged for transporting ail other
freight—ten times what individuals
must pay for like services.
’ lbe New York Central main line,
for example, receives for mail trans
porturion a yearly sum sufficient to
pay the interest on the total cost of
a complete double track railroad from
New York to Buffalo! Surely nobod v
will contend that such a sum w
c.imwl. The other trunk lines are
paid by the government with equal ex
travagance.
“Secondly, the government pays
every year the sum of $3,400,000 rent
for postal cars, yet for that sum every
postal car in use could be bought out¬
right, with money to spare!
“in brief, The YVorlci's investiga¬
tion make it plain that hut for gross
fraud and phenomenal mismanagement
i the postoffiee business would now he
paying a handsome profit instead of
-mowing an annual deficiency of $8,
oqojioo.
“Now that the subject is up before
! congress, why should there not he a
1 reform placing this matter fair
on a
business basis?”—Appeal to Reason.
Telegraph Monopoly la Peril,
j Under a recent decision of the Unit
j ed States Supreme. Court the Union Pa
j rifle must operate its own lines, indc
: pendent of the Western Union. It his
; t a ken some sixteen years of litigation
1 to reach this point. The decision is
\ coupled with the provision that the
j work of transfer must he done -without
| j crippling or interfering with the road’s
operations, which the telegraph cons¬
j pany etaijas cannot be done in less than
» year, though if the interest of -that
company required expedition it would
probably be done in a week, This
may furnish an excellent basis for such
continued inaction as will require fur
Cher suits that, in the usual course of
such litigation, may Huger tea years
more.
The Union Pacific is now, and has
been for some time, operated by a
i- iM-r appointed by a federal judge.
The interest of the public, therefore,
lie ;s in the fact that, were the decision
carried out, there would (as we un¬
derstand it) lie-a virtual government
i telegraph iu operation for over 2,000
I ^itess. While this would be but a small
! benefit compared with a fuli-biooded
one, it would, if well conducted, be suf¬
ficient to open people’s eyes to- the un¬
questionable advantage of extending
operations to every pos toffice in the
United States. Thera are two suits
pending in the United States Circuit
Court to similarly break the leases to
the Western Union by the S. P. and C.
P, These, suits were commenced dur¬
ing the Harrison administration, and
will bo decided by Judge McKenna’s
successor-- when be gets ready. A
favorable decision therein, and the car¬
rying into effect of the others, would
be a blow between the eyes to the
Western Union.
Also Applied to OKI an«l New F a riles*
A Polecat, who was traveling for
pleasure, came upon an Insect who was
traveling for business.
“Ah, there, little one!” the Polecat
affably said, “can I be of any assist¬
ance to you?”
“No. thank you,” said the Insect, at
the eame time- reaching for his hand¬
kerchief, “1 am doing very well,
thanks.”
“But 1 should be able to help you.
You must observe that I am much
larger than you are.”
“Yes, ! know, I know,” responded the
Insect, anxiously looking for a means
of esc -ape, “but I smell so much the
better.
Moral: Me tro polite n n e wspapers
are much larger than those of the in¬
terior......-A, J. Waterhouse, in Fresno
Republican.
The people themselves are the best
judges of what they need.
Subscription $1.00 Per Year,
PATRIOTS ALL.
tVhy Millionaires Uphold the Various
lira netxes of Our Government.
Said Russell Sage: “It Seems to ma
that if any class of citizens truly Jovo
the government, we are that class.”
“Do you know,” remarked John I).
Uoeki-n u< r, that you have opened up
au em b>d.. new train of reflection in
u ‘- v It is manifest, that love
0l * l!e * orn> government under which
we live is a great virtue. Now I ioVe
t ticuiar ^ le government affection dearly. for the .!. treasury have a par
. <le
partment. 1 have Its draft for $5,000,
® w °* bounties in my safe at this
moment.”
“My heart,” chimed in John Jacob
Astor, “goes out to the Supreme Court
°f the United States. I did not hold
U in n very warm corner of my heart
until the income tax decision saved
me something like $100,000 a year.
Now I fairly worship the ground it
walks on.”
“That’s patriotism," commented Gen.
Horace Porter, deferentially,
"What 1 love,’' asserted Theodore 4
. Havemeyer, “is the senate If you
were in the sugar business you'd share
my feeling.”
“If you were in the railroad busi¬
ness," remarked Cornelius Vanderbilt,
"You’d love the president. Every time
i think of the president of the United
States, i feel such a gush of patriot¬
ism”—
“You forgot the pbstoffico depart¬
ment!" exclaimed the princely ,T. Pier
I*oat. Morgan. "A railroad man should
* ovo thal :i! ' ov * a’l things, i hlak of
: ,lU ' U8e - ou can l’ 11 *- *be mail cars to
!' fVPry timo a strik ” breaks out."
“That's a-fact," replied Mr. Vaiuler
blit.
“My friends,” interjected George M.
Pullman, “why discriminate among so
! many lovable institutions? As for me
j i love every department of the govern
I meat with equal ardor."
! “Happy country!*’ exclaimed Chanrj
j coy M. Depew, “where the rich and
j powerful set such an example of love
. of our native land. Wo are a pattern
j t0 our fellow citizens.”
’
j ,, v , ( ...... ‘'l,,'. 1 ® d ‘.;n.!agogufs,“ said
'
j ‘. n D ! U ° Ck f e,ler ’ den 0 l f c « the
I ! T*A ^ ‘ he as f cinWed pnem fatnotA-Twen- shudder agi
?l ' :1 , U!>
' '
NOTES BY THE WAY.
Japan has not yet adopted the single
gold standard, though the contrary has
been very generally asserted in .the
daily papers. Jt is a fact that a bill
has been proposed in the Japanese par¬
liament. to stop the free coinage of sil¬
ver. and that the hill has the support
of the present ministry. The western
system of banking having been intro
dimed in Japan a money power has
appeared in politics, and, as usual, it
controls the public officials; but the
advices arc that i he common people of
Japan intend to make a hard struggle
for the popular money.
Gov. Culberson, of Texas, pardoned
A. GoodWyn, of Waco, who had been
sent to jail for contempt of court, but
the Court of Civil Appeals has ruled
that, the governor has no pardoning
power in contempt cases. President
Jackson remarked as to a decision of
Chief Justice Marshall, “John Marshall
has made his decision, now let hint en¬
force It.” Gov. Culberson has the pow¬
er. if lie had the courage, to protect
the liberty the citizens' of Texas.
The Diugtey bill places steam and
railing pleasure yachts upon the free
list. The yacht, manufacturing trust
will no longer be able to oppress the
'farmer am! .the laborer who have here¬
tofore been compelled, to buy home¬
made yachts regardless of their price.
Hon. S. O. W. Benjamin, ex-min¬
ister to Persia, has returned to his na
liveVermont and has been shocking the
New England Brahmins by declaring
In a public lecture that there is as
much real liberty under Asiatic des¬
potisms as In free America. Mr, Ben¬
jamin, in a lecture in Burlington, Ver¬
said:
“The only known genuine democracy
is that of the people ruled by the abso¬
lute monarchies of Asia where all are
equal below the throne, and the low¬
est menial may Income prime minis¬
ter, and the humblest peasant- girl may
become the mother of princes, The
laws are administered on the whole
with as much substantial Justice in
Asia as in Europe and America, not¬
withstanding misstatements to the con¬
trary. Thorn are abuses here as well
as. -there, and Americans might better
be correcting their own national, sins
than visiting Asiatics with condemna¬
tion.”
If the laws in Persia are administered
with substantial justice it. is absolutely
certain that Persians have in that re¬
spect the advantage of Americans.
Let us watch Canada awhile. The
Canadian government has purchased
the. Baiedes Chaleurs railroad, and will
make it a part of the intercolonial sys¬
tem which the government has owned
for years. Those, with a new system
which the government has owned for
a long time, will give a good start
towards government ownership of rail
roads In Cunada.
Trust,
What shall we say of the men who
are trying against law to combine ev
cry business interest -so that they cen¬
ter in their own .selfish .souls, and But
world gets no fragrance from their
lives, - only the smell' of sulphur; It is
time that we' recognized that which
is the source of most of the evil in so¬
ciety........Rev. OortiitmR Myers.
NO. 13.
Ill HOLT H (.EGUUA.
The cotton receipts for Romo LaoU e
1> o year have been considerably ter
ger than was expected, and R m». \
reputation for being th, herd inland
market to its vize n ike .onth ! ,i been
upheld. It is estimated flute - she will
receive about 35,000 .bales, more, mak¬
ing. tt grand total, during the year of
64,SI ft bales
*
Titree more int< alums iu the I'a
glo and iTteuix: rase have p t b. <?u
hied i» the office of the iY-leral court.
Dr. J. T. IVavnoc-k,. of It’anla, a di¬
rector of the mills, buo. the (Tgapaiiy
for which he eJateag lie -loaned
the mil-e. A. ,f. jicthune, another .di¬
rector, rue-s ffcr':$5,4/R;40, M re. Ha. rah
M. Andrews intervenes for -~1 ,(£,’<),
Phe Medical Association of Georgia
has issued. t -vm* 3,(H)0 inwiutu •>. to its
forty-ninth annual sr-sriem, vriueji will
be hs hi at Macon <*., the i! f, J _.i anti
2”il of this month, A number of
famous doctors y HI real j ,>, n at th«
sessions, among Whom, am j >r. K.-ynne!
Loyd, of \i i link; t>j ,L ] h i n ,
Rhilmlcij hur, au(j Dr, Hunter McGuire,
of Richmond, .Hr, VV, 1:’, B. Davis,
e.f fBiniuagliiE.m.
The Providence Knit imp: M tils- bar
filed a ■ petition iu the Cu ’el Rmh
court asking ten- the appo! muscat of a
receiver for this OoHglusviife Hosiery
and Cotton Mill - Cousj'a’.y. The peti¬
tion looks very hmoei *it on n. surface,
but. it i- said that a -a all - Bod muimi
iiou is m>ki ,g behiul it. The Prow
'•lent >\ 1 1 1 i
CO! sip,any. and the dcfondant corpora¬
tion is located at Tbmpl.nn die. f.iu.
■ Mrs.. Tufbteft, i'hfl coHyicted mm-iler
ess of her huabantl, lias berm rescu
tcnccd tu hung on TT'Dicy, the. J-Jd buy
of April. The o|,l womau took the
-« duti-r < mdly sad 1 no t ua
tion wind o',-or. Gu.s Fambh’s, who is
Mrs. andcr Kordencfi of (len|h far rnbetiing
Nobb” in t i‘c»n’ ; - luitui bu
crimebus hoc a 11 spit ml u nil 1 tb <* 30ttr
day. of April, Pne week, afrsr Airs. No.
W:s will have paid the p< miliy. jf i«,
scaRmrts.ol the court .is not again de¬
ferred,.
AUhinufls the mji'vu -•<? court of the
stata ox Georgia iurt YieoIdetD agahtsD
them, t!i< a't mi y for He my White:
have not at ajlcgivem mp tiife fight.
When the itnuonuccu mt of tin* Sedit¬
ion of the pit a to supreme court tevau
made, it w&< lut-imirt"*! that the emo
would he appeal, i to the Unit*
StsjteM Hiij u ui i (lit It mm q y
however, that b-ten doin' th it it
is ever done, ihv xii-orti eys will majrh
mother effiu, t, > cut n j .-x (..rial for
ihcir i limit at the hands of tbo courw
of Georgia. :
'£1*8 : Georgia. Orate; ia! association
wsrorf i.iizc.! a day or two ayo-in At
hvahi The : variut:.:; cbltegcs of the
state were re; iteteHteil )>V delegates.
! he follow:Tty; officers were eterte-.l:
i” f "I'd fit, R. u, kl" I MW, , :
Ateorgift; first vice ptertflehL John E.
pirnttoii, SJ epeer Ui: i versify; cecoud
vh**' pi<‘« tl 3, Philips, (hiurry
college; Ia nsiirer, F, W, trtone, North
Gooigisi AgricnUnrut college', secreta¬
ry, J, A. Beijnmuu, Te<iu:ologi es i j u -
rtiteile.
Mr. Julius L. .Crown, son of (bo
Jade t \ 1 i, m Blown, in lixduii f
tliroiifih some of Isis L-lhet’s j j t j, rs
recently, fount! a printed. copy of the
TteiOrtsYbade by G eu»? wil tin - t.a.vns W.
Smith and General 'Henry <’ Way.ue,
u hjch were rent to the Georp'; b ,
la’ture in Fui'-vipiry, The original
pajicrs seem io hare t>eeu Ibsfc, huh
ii ’r. Brown found one ot the copies
Ti¬ hick was printed By authority. Be
iurtiug that these rep oids rise,ala i o
printed in the rebellion ior<n-d~u Mr.
Blown wrote to C’tdonel T j e> • iun to
see what could lie dpite in tins'mutter.
CoJonci Liviwgstert at once went to
the aeere'avy of war an4 suciuHteed in
.pettiitg au order to liftve ilverit prinfts.t.
A"
One of i(te amuriug. liAjpeniugf; of
this Baptist convention at Gainesville
cftme to light wkeu Bw committee <>u
time and l 111 * ( of nex! n«-artg was
dissolved hy n-qnert. Tile i-v'-inieiftoo
was Riiuic up of Lansing Burr-ovs.v,!..>
wanted’ the Convention for Augusta,;
John Eiit'ii, who wanted- it for Wort
Point, .It: E. Jlirir, w ho - an tod it '-or
Valdosta, and J. J. Whiifieid, win'*
wanted it for BavktesGUj-. Neither
rnemher would give away, ho. fhhy
asked to he reUevod f , i nt}w . i
ty. A new coaueittee coitsistiug of
i'. Ik U-irroll, John M- Gireen, is.
llataiiton, J. U. Tocwuli n-m! J,
Ihiggan was app.oi'Uted, They 1 earned
lhat Augusta had hot liad tiu: couvali
tiuii in thirty years. Ho < y . mi} ob
that place.
ATlnuts. xvall b- eaptai'cvl »ad taken
possession of by thq.-fijMvor-th' ierquors
ot the f-i t‘e i’toiu in 2nd to *m 1 th
of Dus month, at which time the firth
annual conference of (teorgra leaguers
will Iro held, iu ihe city, attend. Two tli<>us- They
and young people will
v.ilt <“• ■ e Iron; nil jft 1 1 oi 'he state to
the great meeting, •wi-fi and it is expecicd
that the c-eoasinn. i-»- one of the
biggeet religions gHt ficring- ever held
if. the uuuDi. V cortl.ft! invitation hr
hseii t-rtendo.! t<> js.jj; leiggrie tyorKers Co
hoprosgat, JiirS the raitrea-iis lutee gea
,*( el • 1 i> <>!e f e g !
remnd trip. Che p 1 rum'" .he con¬
ference is a gp lend i»l utuc The eon
forenee will be- held in iht- Nate Jongs
tah;'r:nftc!e. which wilt l-c clahqcntiuy
tlcGOrutirtl fov the cagriMos. Local K-];v
wortb. icaghorc sire wisr' ing hard to
make ' the - ec-nfereacc a £' «n.l -uc -s
sax! they iteenu to MK-crt -J Tlte ex~
eenfive committee. htiH been very fte-i -
ire adit everything will be in readmors
for the eon fere nee.