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THE TIMES RECORCERj
DAILY and WEEKLY
The Amerlcui Recorder, Established
1879.
The Americus Times, Established 1890
Consolidated April, 1891.
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Americus, Ga.. June -Atii. 1908.
Poor Taft. Jus*, think of the num
ber of photographers who will beseige
him for special sittings.
The New York Sun says Sherman
is principally useful in warning
Taft to take care of his health.
Col. Bryan says Republicanism is
on the retreat. AVe hope this will be
so on election day in November.
Officers of the battleship Georgia
claim that their ship is the fastest of
the fleet. Its hard to get ahead of
Georgia.
The latest figures are to the effect
that Bryan will have 778 votes or 116
more than enough to give him the
nomination.
Anna Gould aud her bogus Prince
are to have a quiet wedding in Paris
shortly. This will give the public
quiet also.
According to the Rome Tribune-
Herald the Brunswick News is clam
oring for that Joe Brown bread. That
is very ill-bread this early in the
game.
The original spelling of Taft's name,
it has been ascertained, was “Taffee.”
This looks suspicious. Is the Repub
lican party giving the public a dose
of it?
Physiological facts are constantly
being discovered. The Indianapolis
News has learned that the bald headed
man is no cooler in summer than the
\ man with a thick thatch.
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Sffhe Kaiser likes a fountain pen.
sa\ a cable from Berlin. But nothing
like V) much as he does a cemera. It
is an Wn question as to who has
been posed the most, William or
Teddy. \
They call Taft the man with a
smile. But BiYjy B. can smile clean
across his face and half way around
his neck. Taft cannot rob Democracy
of the credit of having the world's
champion sntiler.
One suggestion [s. tnade by the
Rome Tribune-Herald anent the pro
r-
reorganization of the Railroad
Commission, and that is that Joe
Brown might appoint Hoke Smith
a member of the new commission.
Gov. Hughes lays emphasis on the
fact that the law. if pursued as a
trade, is one of the poorest on earth.
The average lawyer either almost
starves or gets out of the profession.
Many of them are better suited for
the farm than the rostrum.
The anti-Bryan papers in the North
are clamoring for a Democratic House
of Representatives. Without it , as
they well put it, tariff revision is im
|K)ssiblo. With it it is not unlikely
there would be a deadlock with the
Senate unless public opinion is much
stronger a year hence than now.
The genealogists are had at work
on the Taft family. They have made
the candidate come of a race of fight
ers. patriots and statesmen clean
hack to the time of Nimrod. The
American people dearly love a pedi
gree and a presidential candidate must
have one to suit the exigencies of the
situation.
No other American girl has ever had
royalty at her wedding or been mar
ried in the royal chapel at Windsor.
These especial honors have been re
served for Jean Reid, who was mar
ried Tuesday to John Hubert Ward.
After such a sunshiny start it is to be
hoped tlie matrimonial path will es
cape the tangles of the divorce
court.
By taking a balloon trip, a Massa
chusetts man expects to win SIO,OOO
and a girl expects to secure a hus
band by going with him, at least it
is so reported. The money offer was
maye by the man’s uncle, and the
nephew advertised for a woman to
accompany him. As the proposed as
cension is to he made at a fair, this
may be a press agent story,
Hitchcock's feathers are ruffled. Af
ter swinging ail the southern dele
gations into line for Taft he naturally
expected the national chairmanship to
be presented to him on a golden plat
ter. The opposition to his appoint
ment seems to have ruffled his feel
ings considerably. The general opin
ion seems to he that in the end he will
be found holding down the arduous
job and receive his reward, if Taft
is elected, in the postmaster-general
ship.
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GEORGIA ACTED TOO LATE
Georgia acted too late. It has selected a strong delegation to Denver,
headed by the brilliant Meldrim, and sent its representatives to the national
• onvention unhampered in the slightest by instructions. All they are charged
to do is to seek to advance the interests of the party.
But, as we stated in the beginning, this commendable action has probably
come too late. If Georgia's state convention had met sixty, or even thirty
lays ago, its influence on national affairs would have been tremendous. The
mere fact that the Empire State of the South had deliberately set its face
..gainst instructed delegations and sent a picked body of men to Denver
.o work solely' for the interests of Democracy and not for the interests of
my one special individual would have infused new hope and new' courage
and a new spirit of independence into Democracy throughout the South and
lie nation at large. Other Southern states would undoubtedly have follow
d its example. Northern States would have taken on new interest in the
national situation, and the complexion at Denver would have been entirely
Efferent from what it now appears to be.
There is, of course, no use in crying over spilled milk, over lost oppor
unities. but when we think how Georgia might have turned the party into
new channels, how it might have put it on the highway to a glorious victory
in November, h6w it might have been the agent for altering the political
history of the land, we cannot repress the feeling of deep regret that this
state could not have acted some time ago and let the great weight of its
influence stand for a virile, strenuous, jubilant, and triumphant democracy
instead of a party that seems hound to the chariot of one man, and as
he best judges now view it, doomed to another inglorious defeat.
But it is well, even as it is, that Georgia has spoken in no uncertain
tones. It is barely possible yet that it may he able to wield an influence at
Denver that will result in a platform that will appeal to the business saga
city. the irresistible common sense, of the people. There seems to be no
lossibility of a fresh candidate being put before the voters of the country,
of a man being nominated for president who will appeal to the calm, think
ng. conservative elements of the North and East, but it is not impossible
.or Georgia to so assert itself in committee deliberations and on the floor
c.f the convention that it will win new fame as the home of pure Democracy
is well as the abode of sane and safe statesmen and of a people whose slo
gan is “Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
SIHMVED TRI E PARTY LOYALTY
The resignation of John Sharp
Williams from the Democratic lead
ership in the House, while probably
unexpected by all, or nearly all, of
lis colleagues, and undoubtedly so
>y the country-at-large, was evident
ly a wise move. It showed not only
Williams' devotion to the party in
terests but his political sagacity.
With his removal in the near fu
ure from the House to the Senate
Williams realized that his usefulness
is a party leader in the lower body
.vas rapidly drawing to an end. The
little additional time that he might
•ontinue to serve in that capacity
a 1 oil Id hardly add any new laurels to
hose he has already mon, and on
lis exit tiie party would be forced to
place the reins in the hands of a
man not having had the benefit of
actual experience in that important,
wearisome and difficult position. His
letermination to stand aside in order
that some one else might be given
lie benefit of the work of leadership
it the next session, and equipped in
some measure for the great battles
before the next Congress, showed
plainly that John Sharp Williams has
he true patriotic spirit. He is wili
ng to lay aside party honor when
the party good will be advanced. By
surrendering the position of floor
leader he voluntarily retires from the
limelight, from the conspicuous posi
tion he has held before the entire
country, and returns to that of a
soldier in the ranks. His whole let
er breathes a spirit of party devo
ion that is refreshing and commend
ible. The incident proves the high
’alibre of the man and raises Wil
liams still higher in the estimation
if all Democrats.
BAX ON RACE TRACK GAMBLING
Louisiana has banished the ‘race
track, following the lead of New
York. Another striking feature of the
similarity is that the result in Ixsuis
iana was achieved by bringing in a
sick Senator to give the necessary
vote. This leads to the further re
flection that the forces of the race
track are remarkable for their good
health, while the reformers managed
to have somebody on the sick list
each time.
If the laws are sustained in the
two states, which do the bulk of the
racing, the bookmakers will be large
ly put out ot business, as well as the
pool rooms.
Upon the point of thd effect of the
outlawing of betting ujion racing in
general, there is a difference of opin
ion. The bettors and their friends
of course declare that racing and the
day of fine horse-flesjf will be past.
Others are more cdpservative, and
take the position tint there will
still be thousands wMo will come out
to see the races even though there
are no bookmakers.
In addition to these two, there is
yet a third class of persons who are
not worried over the possible closing
of the race tracks, and these latter
constitute the great majority of the
people. So whatever happens as a
result of these laws, the common peo
ple will not be disturbed, anil quite a
number of enthusiasts will have to.
look for other ways of throwing their
own, —and oftimes other people’s—
money at the birds, otherwise known
on occasions as mud larks.
EMIGRATION VS. IMMIGRATION
Foreign emigration may cause more
worry than foreign immigration, if
1 ihe exodus keeps up as it has for the
past few months. A few days ago a
steamer sailed from New York for Eu
ropean ports leaving on the docks
1,000 steerage passengers who had al
ready bought tickets for that particu
lar vessel. Trains troni the West are
reported loaded with foreigners re
turning home.
Only a few years ago the great
subject for school debate was relative
to the exclusion of foreign immigra
tion. At this time it looked as if the
foreigners were coming as long as
there was room, but apparently the
evil found its antidote.
Commenting on the exodus, the
Washington Post says:
Emigration from this country con
tinues at an astonishing rate. De
partures for the month of May num
bered 75,345. The total emigration for
the first five months of the calendar
year amounted to 318,368, and for the
first eleven days of June there was an
addition of 29,283.
immigration was very much small
er, the total for the five months being
but 166,513, and this strange condi
tion of affairs comes soon after the
fiscal year that gave us the largest
immigration in our history. In the
one month of May, 1907, the immigra
tion was considerably greater than the
returns for the five months of this
year. The immigration for May,
1906, was 150,907.
There is always emigration as well
as immigration, but for the first five
months of 1907 it was not 114,137, or
204,231 less than the figures for this
year. In contrast with this year’s in
crease there is a decrease in immi
gration for the same period of more
than 400,000.
The cause of the change is, of
course, the depression in business, fol
lowing upon a time of extraordinary
prosperity, but this general explana
tion leaves much to be desired. While
we agree with those who say that
what has happened is a remarkable
exhibition of automatic regulation, it
would be interesting to know the rea
sons that are effective in many indi
vidual cases.
It is said that the steamship com
panies believe that the emigration
will continue in a large stream, and
also that owing to the changed condi
tions the immigration officials have
found it necessary to reduce the num
ber of their employes.
The self-made man usually hurries
and neglects to add the finishing
touches.—Chicago News.
Convention Alobs.
(New York Times.)
Some of the prominent Republicans
who had to do with the Chicago Con
tention of this (year are seriously
thinking of plans to limit the size
of the hall in which such meetings
are to be held hereafter in order to
get rid of the nuisance and the peril
of the immense crowds amid which
the delegates have to conduct their
public proceedings.
The nuisance every one who has
even read of such an assembly can
understand. It is very hard at any
time to keep decent order among
10,000 or 12,000 persons packed in
one vast room, and anything like de
liberate discussion, or even dignified
transaction of business, is impossi
ble when the crowd yields to an
impulse to make a “demonstration.”
Last week what should have been
the most serious vusiness of the Con
vention, the taking of a formal bal
lot, had' proceeded through the call
of half a dozen States before the
crowd, or even the majority of the
delegates, knew what was going on,
the galleries were in such a state
of wild noise and confusion. The
peril is scarcely less obvious than
the nuisance, it is of two sorts. In
the first place, there is real danger of
a panic, with incalculable loss of life,
in consequence of any one of a score
of accidents which might occur. In
the second place, there is the risk
of the Convention being “stampeded”
as was the clear purpose of a large
number of the demonstrators last
week.
It happened in this case that the
delegates kept their heads, having
been prepared for precisely this em
ergency. But, had they been un
prepared, or had there been among
them a considerable minority willing
to co-operate with the plans of the
stampeders, the effect on the action of
the Convention might have been ser
ious. The real will of the majority
of the party as represented in the
Convention might have been overrid
den in the mad confusion caused by
the continued uproar. In thiA, in
stance it is a reasonable inference
that the firmness of Mr. Roosevelt
would have been equal to the refusal
of a nomination forced uppn him in
such circumstances, but a painful and
unfortunate situation would have been
created and the country would have
had to go through a period of in
tense excitement, followed possibly
by a longer one of depression and
uncertainty.
In any case it is unseemly that
party rule under representative in
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stitutions should be subjected i
the conditions of mob rule. Tj?fi e
is at present a strong tendency'tow
ard the perversion of the representa
tive principle in the management of
public affairs. Its greatest power for
mischief lies in the opportunity and
temptation it affords for the use of
mob methods, as was undertaken in
Chicago, manipulated by cool heads,
and carried out by trained agitators
Any plans that will help to prevent
such conditions as those of last week
at the Republican Convention would
be for the public good.
INTERESTING CUSTOMS THAT
PREVAIL IN ASIA MINOR
(New York Tribune.)
“In the interior of Asia Minor wo
men do not even buy their own pur
chases for them. Mothers of families
have told me that they had never in
their lives purchased a single arti
cle of wear for themselves or their
children, and that if they wanted so
much as a spool of thread they had
to wait till their husbands got around
to buy it.”
So spoke Mrs. R. G. McNaughton on
her return to the United States for
the second time in twenty-three
years.
“Smyrna has every appearance of
a European city when one first en
ters it,” said she. “The European
quarters are on the shore and many
merchants of wealth live there. Back
in the Turkish quarters there is the
bazaar and the city takes on the
appearance of an Oriental town. Still
life is a good deal more cosmopoli
tan than in the interior cities, where
one can scarcely tell the Turkish
and Armenian women apart, and
where' the Turkish influence is so
strong socially that the Christian
women, like the Moslem, do no shop
ping or marketing for the family. •
“The early marriage of the women
is the strongest influence against their
acquiring an education, even when
they go to school. An Armenian girl
who is unmarried at the age of six
teen years is no longer marriageable
under ordinary circumstances. She
may marry a widower or a man who
has a defect of some kind, so that he
cannot expect a good parti, but not
otherwise, dflie Turks can have four
wives, but very few' of them have
more than one, for the simple reason
that they cannot support more.”
"A Turk may divorce his wife for
any reason at all—if she doesn't cook
to suit, him; if his. buttons aren't
sewed on right. He simply says; “I
wdll divorce you,’ and she is divorced.
And yet there is an..economc check on
that, too. for if a man divorces his
wife he has so pay back her dowry,
and that is so often inconvenient that
it forms a protection for her. If a
Turk wants to take back a wife whom
eh has divorced, she has to be mar
ried to' another man first. The sec
ond man then divorces her, after
which the first husband may marry
her again.”
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man more than not to take advice
from him, except to give it to him.—
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