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Recorder g £orG^ W. Is. GLESSNEB, Official Orcan of Sumter County. Official Orcan of Wcbctar County. SUNDAY. • NOVEMBER 30. iqpO. Tbc amkbicus Bkcokdek la pnblUowl Dally and Weekly, during tbe year. Tbe Daily Rboohdcb la leaned every morning except Mondaya, during tbe year, at GOo per montb, or td.00 per year. Tbe WkkKLT RkOOBDKRla leaned every Friday mornlag, at 91 U> per year payable tn advance. Ithaa the largeat circulation any paper In Soutbweat 0eorgln,circula ting largely tn tbe countlea of Suniter, Lee, Terrell, Stewart, Webater, Schley. Marlon’ Macon, Dooly and Wilcox. Entered at Amerlona Pout-Officeaa accond e aea matter. Allcomrannlcattonaabonldbe addreaaed to AMERICUH PUBLISHING CO. Will the legislature take up the betterments claim at this session? The new lessees will take charge of tbe Western A Atlantic road on Dec. 27th. D'd the members of the legisla ture pay their way to Milledgevllle and return? Harrison's administration has been the most successful one ever known—in emptying the treasury. The members of the legislature who visited Milledgevllle can now see what their end will be if they persist in politics. Mr. Livingston has shaken the dust of Atlanta from his feet and is on his way to Ocala, Fla., where he will rejuvenate his Alliance principles. The’Richmond Terminal Com pany has elected five Gould di rectors. It is now the proper time for certain papers in Georgia to raise a howl. A paper In Rowell’s district, in Illinois, says over 8,000 Republi cans failed to vote in the last elec tion, which caused Rowell’s defeat. There Is now no doubt but that the McKinley bill had nothing to do with It—it was a lack of votes. Maj. W. L. (Ressner, o* this city, has been appointed one of the four delegates nt large to the Asheville Immigration convention from tills state by Gov. Northern Maj. Glessner, as is well known, is an enthusiastic advocate of immlgra' tlou, GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR SOME INTERESTING IDEAS GITES On the Great Educational Question— Some Lumtnou* Points on tbe State School Oiiiiminelnnerehip Two Pom mleiloners Needed. A plato concern now turns out editorials made to order, and sev eral Georgia editors have nvailed themselves of this opportunity to discard the scissors. Rome who still use the scissors would improve their papers by adopting the plate editorials. The Brunswick Times wauts The Recorder to send its never- falling political prophet to the Greas Zoo. We very much regret it, but the gentleman has a short engagement to All Id Amerlcus be fore he cau be spared. You know the city eleotlou Is now on. , If the present legislature should allow the betterments claim, any part of it, It will most effectu- ally silence some of the cranky anti-r&lltoad sheets. The present legislature has a large majority of farmers, and firmers are supposed to be opposed to railroads, you know. THE CITY PRIMARY. The sentimeut stems to be pretty general that the old style go-as-you please race for Mayor aud Alder men should go. Home few are In. dined to look with suspicion on a Democratic primary to nominate city officers, because of the fact that mass meetings cau be packed and restrictions thrown around prl marles that will effectually drown the voice of the majority, The only way to remove such a prejudice Is for every voter to at tend every mass meeting und vote in every primary. Then there can be no collusion or fraud. The Recorder has no pet can didate to elect, or any particular aoheme to work In the coming election, and desires ouly to see the men elected whom the |>eople want, and who will beat serve the people. Tbe mats meeting called for to-morrow should select men to frame the rules for the primary who have only the good of the city at heart; men who are not;predis posed to any candidate or to any movement. If thli Is not done, all the good that waa hoped to be ac complished by a primary will be defeated. Many of our best citizens advance Bound uiguments against a prima ry, And they ttre men who have no' interest to serve by so doing; they oppose It solely from principle. Let tbs meeting to-morrow be well attended, and the proceedings de liberate, or otherwise tbe very ob ject It to hoped to aooompllsh will Md **■ ■ Said be: “I conelder that office more lm portant than my own. The Stete School Commissioner formulates •plans. I simply execute tbe plsns of other officers. If the education of children is of paramount Impor tance, the office of State School Commissioner is of paramount lm portance. I am really startled by considering the meagre education al facilities that we have in com parlsou to tbe great work to bs done. Why, we have a tromen dous superstructure with a little bit of a base—and the thing won’t move. It is like trying to raise a mountain with a hand lever. Tbe result Is that ignorant children all over the state are staring us In tbe face with vacant looks that ought to melt us into educational generosity. SOME POINTED COMPARISONS. 'It seems that less attention has been paid to this than to any of the States’ great guardian duties. We have one State School Com mlssloner and a little clerk. We have a principal keeper of the pen iteutiary and an assistant keeper of the penitentiary. Is it indeed more important to look after tbe State's, criminals than to educate the State’s sons? We have a Commissioner of Ag rtculture,an Assistant Commission' er aud numerous clerks. Does It require more effort, more money and more men to raise a pumpkin than to raise a boy? I do not objeet to the number of officers lu these other departments, but I do think that there is prime necessity for an enlargement of our school facilities and of ’lie powers of tbe commlssionerahip so that this office may arouse the Slate to its educational needs." THE MAN THAT IS NEEDED. “Now, this is my idea," the gov ernor continued: We should have a slate school commissioner und an assistant commissioner, with the importance of the one ubout as great as the im portance of tho other. "That office needs a mail of prac tical experience, marked origlual- lly, superior planning ability—a man who thoroughly understands the details of school work und knows how to Impress his informa tion upon other teachers—a perfect office man to study systems and methods and mako his office a sort of headquarters for education. . “It needs also a mail who can go out and set the woods allre with edueatloual talk; a muu who could go, lor instance, to a county fair aud tell the people he was going to make a speech on education during the noon intermission—tell them In such a way that they would feel that he wns goiug to have some thing to say and wish for dinner time to come so they could hear him. Then he would so make his speech that when he gets through Jones would say to Hmlth: “I,ook here, Hmlth, there’s no use talking, we must have a school hcniift over the creek. I’ll give $25. How much will you give?" Aud Hmlth will give $15 more, and the school house will be full of chil dren lu two weeks, “I tell you we want a man that can so put the question to the peo ple that everybody will want to be educated before night. “Now the question Is: Cau a man be gotten that can do both this office work and tho ouluide work? Iu the first place, no one man would have time to do It all. Besides, I doubt whether the man lives who combines all the necessa ry qualities. CONTEMPLATES A SPECIAL MES SAGE. “I have looked the state over In search of a man. I think we should by all means have two school commlsslouers, aud I am se riously contemplating a special message to the legislature setting forth my views.” I suggested to the’ governor that life appoint himself stale school commissioner and. carry out excel lent Ideos. Aud he smiled as if he intended to consider the suggest ion. HONOR ToThM HONOR 1$ DUE. Amerlcus was never more pros perous than she now Is, and It be hooves us to continue with united efforts to, press forward In the marce of progress. From a strag gling and oppressed village our town has become a great city, with • grand future and splendid po-al- blllties. If I was asked to point out the one man who baa done most to contribute to the growth, pro gress and prosperity of Amercus, I should answer that while many have done much, our present wor thy Mayor has done more. Upon him, for tbe lest dozen years or more, great responsibili ties have devolved, and manfully has he met them. Contrast Amer lcus when he was first elected with tbe Amerlcus of to-day, and see the result. Wheu the great 8. A. A M. R. R. was projected, no one worked harder to promote It than he. Day In and day out he tolled unceasingly. 'He was foremost In the system of waterworks and sew erage, and he is tbe projector o( the street railroad, electric plant and gas works. He has ever been a true friend and promoter of tho public school system. He has ever devoied his time and bis talents assiduously to Amerlcus. Personally it has uot profited him. He is a poorer mau to-day than wheu be assumed his office. His work has been unselfish and patriotic. , Why should he he turned out now wheu his services are so much ueeded. It would seem that a grateful people with one accord would say, "‘Well done, gcod and faithful servant;’ we will keep you yet another term.” We are doing well enough—let well enough alone. Old Citizen TAT,IT OF THE PROPHETS. WHO WILL BE SPEAKER OF tHE FIFTY-SECOND HOUSE T Seme ot tbe rrti-no.Ueatlon. That Axe Already Betas Made Despite the Fact That the Meeting of tbe Next Coesxeu II a Fall Tear Off. [Special Omreepcndeaca.1 Washington, Nov. 27.—Wo are to have a new speaker a year hence—a new king upon the legislative throne—and already the prophets are trying to guess bis name. It is not surprising that so much interest should this early be taken in the contest, for the speaker of the boose of representatives is without THE REAPPORTIONMENT. If the reported official count of population iu each county in this state be correct, then in re-appor tioning the representatives under the constitution, Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Burke and Floyd will each be entitled to three rep resentatives, aud Muscogee, Thom as, Washington, Coweta, Cobb, Carroll, Mumter, Houston, Merri- wetber, Bartow, Troup, Decatur, Gwinnett, Jackson, Monroe, Wilkes, Dooly, Hall, Walton, Jef ferson, DeKalb, Hancock, Greene, Oglethorpe, Harris aud Pulaski will each be entitled to two repre sentatives. The remaluiug 105 counties will each have oue repre sentative. The counties are named according to population, commenc ing wlrb tho one having the lar- gest. Dooly and Pulaski gain aud Put nam aud Pike lose each oue repre sentative. Pulaski wins over Pike by only 210. THE NEWS IN WESTON. Weston, Nov. 27—Mrs. W. H. Mercer, who has been iu Atlauta for some little time, returned home to-day much Improved In health. Messrs. C. J. Handers and W. H. King spent last Sabbath sway from home. Where were they? Echo answers where? Mr. Tate, ageut for Carter Bros.’s nursery, Montgomery, Ala., has been 111 town severul days In the interest of his firm. Messrs. W. H and O. Hinis went hunting last Tuesday aud came back with their game bag full of- alr. M!s» Belle Grifflu, of Dawson, visited relatives iu Weston this week. Mr. John H. Burch, of Leary, speut lust Hutidiiy afternoon in the city. Mr. G. K. Deunard had his leg btuLuu just above the aukle lasl Friday moimug ut the Allien •« warehouse, lie was rolling cottou aiul u bale fell ou Ilia leg. Hou. J. P. Walker visited his famny iu Ibis city last week. Dr. It. E. L. Barnum, of Richland, attended church iu Weston last Mo»dav. Messrs. Brown and Johnson, of Richland, were In the burg last week. Mr. Alien Kenyon, of Lumpkin, visited his brother, Dr. O. T. Ken yon, of this plane, this week. KILLS AT SOLITAIRE, doubt next to tho president of the United States in power and inflnenco in this government Mnch depends, of course, upon the man, but in the speak er’s office a man of active brain and tree qualities of leadership need novgr fear that any one, the president alone ex cepted, will overshadow him. This is distinctively a government by congress. Some one has said that it was a govern ment by bureaus, but that is not trhe. The executive departments not ouly derive their authority from congress, but tho scope of their powers, their func tions, are from day to day regulated by congress to shit its own fancies. This applies to details as woll os to funda mentals. What will congress think, what will congress say, what will con gress do? are tho questions tho chief men of tho departments are always ask- ing. In congress the majority body, the more important branch, is pretty well under the thumb of the speaker and the men who made and sustain him. Tho houso is more powerful than the senate, not only for constitutional reasoift, but because it is nearer the people, because it is composed of the men who are the real leaders of public opinion in this country. See the power tho presiding officer of tho houso has within his grasp, in the very nod of his head. • Two members are on their feet beg ging recognition. Oue, more eager than tho other, has walked down the aisle till ho is within a few feet of the speaker’s dais. There ho lifts np his voice and waves his arms, crying: “Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!” But the speaker does not soo him, is apparently oblivions of his presence. What the speaker does see is a gentleman away off in tho corner of tbe hall, who is not making so mnch noise, bnt who gets the recognition which ho wonts, just the same. Tho speaker’s failure to see and recognize the somewhat frantic person directly in hunt of him may forever bury in tho great legislative tomb the bill which that gentleman had in charge; may affect favorably or unfavorably the fortunes, tho happiness, of many indi viduals or large communities. The speaker’s eye is a son which falls not upon all alike, bnt here blights and there canses blossoms to spront and flourish. Tbe president of the United States may veto legislation with his pen. Tho speaker of tho house prevents legis lation by looking over, under, around, through a man, and seeing him not “ No wonder, therefore, that a largo number of prominent members of the majority party in the noxt house are ambitions to be speqker. Already there is a plentitude of candidates, open or covert The list of possibilities includes Mills of Texas, Springer of Illinois, Crisp and Blount of Georgia, McMillin of Tennessee, Breckinridge of Ken tucky, Bynum of Indiana, Hatch of Missouri, Ontbwaito of Ohio, Wilson of West Virginia, and Lockwood of New York. Tho prophets are saying the next naturally aind by opznmGn_coiisent reo- cgntoed as the commanding officer. Tho long IDpees and then the death or Mr. Bendsll, and'tie promotion of Mr. Car lisle to tho senate, left Mr. Mills In actual as well aa in nominal leadership. Mr. Mills is a very able man. Sin cerity and earnestness are his predom inating characteristics. He is incapable of indirection, of deceit, of falsehood. He is even too honest to be diplomatic. Frankness is one of his faults or one of his virthes, as you please. No man in this country is more devoted than he to tho cause of tariff reform. It is his ambition, his dream, to soo tho nation, relioved of what he conceives to be tbe burdens of a false system. There are throe other men in this congress as well informed as he on the philosophy and the details of the revenue reform cult: Mr. Carlisle, Mr. Wilson of West Vir ginia, a*l Mr. Brcckinridgo of Arkan sas. But none of these displays tho en thusiasm nor tbe depth of feeling which are characteristic of the great Texan. When tariff reform is np Mr. Mills is as happy as tho parent of a boy who has won first honors at college: when tariff reform is down ho gloomily but cour ageously takes refuge in his faith in its ultimate trimnph. No man in this coun try has done more than ho to keep the followers of this principlo strong and faithful. If, as tho wise men say, tho result of the recent elections- was a victory for that principlo which Mr. Mills has so long and so valiantly contended, surely his reward should bo the speakership. But it may not 1» so. Some of tho members of his party say Mr. Mills is too radical to bo speaker. Others say ho has too hasty a temper. Bnt whether speaker or leader ou tho floor, Mills is sure to be one' of tho great commoners of the next congress ns ho is one of tho most admirable men in public life. Mills is a comparatively poor man. He has his salary as congressman, a farm in Texas, and in Washington lives in ono half of a rented bonso, tho other half be ing occupied by Jndgo PayBon, of Illi nois. Mr. Mills has a fine private char acter, looks like a bluff and ugly cus tomer, but has ono of the kindest of hearts, and is inordinately fend of spend ing his evenings alone at homo surround ed by books on tho tariff, and occasional ly amusing himself at solitaire. Crisp of Georgia is a stalwart. Ho has a largo irame, a Webstcrian bead, which, however, is very bald. He was a fighter m tho war and is a fighter in congress. His coarago, stability and forco are undoubted. A great lawyer and a deep thinker, he has a habit of considering well in advance the ground ho is to hike. Ho therefore makes few mistakes, and lias tho right to bo stnb- IS YOUR WIFE WELL? THE WOMEN OF AMERICA ARETHELARQE8T ■■ CONSUMERS OF 8. 8. 9. IT NEVER FAILS TO RESTORE BROKEN DOWN HEALTH WHEN CAUSED BY •> IMPOVERISHED BLOOD ORTHE CARES OF THE HOUSEHOLD. OVER TEN THOUSAND OF THE BEST WOMEN OF THE COUNTRY TESTIFY TO THIS. Don’t f»u to send for our book OB blood disease*. Mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Qa GLOVER’S OPERA HOUSE ONE NIGHT ONLY, Tuesday, December 2nd: enragement extraordinary. When a newspaper champions a tnan It should be sure lliui be Is worthy of the respect of his fellow citizens. Does The Amerlcus Re corder see the point?—Brunswick Times. Tiik Recorder will have to con fess It does not. That is, where the point is applicable to The Re corder. Will the Times please point out tbe point? Notwithstanding tbe fight made on him, the election of Gordon to the Senate seems to have given general satisfaction. To the Buffering. Over one hundred columns of voluntary eertifleaies have been printed In the Atlauta Journal from such people as Rev. J, B. Haw thorne, Rov. Sain P. Jones, Hou. H. yy. Gradv, Maj Chaa. W. Hub* ner, late of the “Christian Index,” Gen. James Longstreet, Col. VV. Avery, l»t« editor Atlanta “Constl* tlou,” and hundreds of prominent divines, editors, doctors, specialists and others, certifying to rcmakable cures performed by Dr. King’s Rov- al Germatut r, after eminent ph/ei- WILSON, THE STUDENT, born, as he is. II q has a full, melodious voice, the voice of a leader, and he wonld make a good speaker. Springer of Springfield is a remarka ble man. Activity in mind anil body nre his sterling characteristics. Ho is one of the men who seem to see every thing. to think of everything, to say everything. Though apparently nerv ous, restless, scattered, nothing escapes him, and at every crisis lie is really cool, thoughtful, vigilant. It is only his man ner that causes observers to doubt his calmness. As a parliamentarian he is ono of the greatest men in the house. During tho last session lie gave Mr. Reed more trouble than all the other Democrats together. Wheu the speaker was educating tho house in use of his new rules Mr. Springer was on his feet about half the time, It used to lie a say ing in the gallery: “Springer is np again. Sick him! Sick liiui, Springer!" Tho Illinoisian with tho snapping black ___ __ eyes and grizzled mustache and beard speaker wiifbo Mr. Muis",°Mr!”crispi j l 1 " 0 ' 1 , 0 ' 1 no such encouragement. It was Mr. Springer or Xlr. Wilson. Tile first 1 * or With a dozen books of named is, undoubtedly, tho leader of his ■ ra’fi-rt-uci: spread out before him, and one party in the present house, and accord- 1 “8 volume in his hand, ho cited the law ing to tradition succeeds to the speak- i ilm " u -‘ authorities and lienined over his oisliip. It was Mr. Mills who first sug- ! B P” ctjlc ‘es J 1 ** onlookers shook their gee ted Carlisle for tho speakership, nnd ! B1 _ wlt " laughter. Springer is a fight- the remarkable friendship between these 1 cr ’ *°o, and last spring had the courage two men I have already noted in theso . Btan , up and defy Reed. For a tinio letters. When Col. Morrison, of Illinois, 1 he an ’> tho "Ppaher were on very bad the former chairman of the committee I J® 1 ’®* personally, but near the close of on ways and means, was defeated for ' , ® session they sat down together one day iu the rear of the ball and talked things over for an hour. They parted good friends. No two men in the pres ent congress have fought each other more fiercely than Reed and Springer. The latter lias been often irTThe chair. If he were three inches taller, weighod forty pounds more and had a louder voice Wilson, of We*t Virginia, would make almost on ideal speaker. He U a atrdent, a judicially —-•*, a born judge. It has been said of Mn Carlisle that ho has a mind so constituted it is impossible for him to make a wrong de cision. Perhaps this is a strong state ment, hut Carlisle nover yet had a de cision overruled. Wilson is mnch like Carlisle. 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