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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1891.
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Amoricus, Ga., July 17, 1891,
When the legislature gets through
with the railroads it will be hard to tell
who the real owners hie.
Americas will entertain the largest
crowd to-day that ever assembled in
a southwest Georgia town.
It is said to he a foregone conclusion
that Savannah and Brunswick are going
to be in separate congressional districts.
New York Republicans want to soo
Chaunccy M. Depew run for governor.
They believe in having fun if not in win
ning votes.
Col. IIenhy Wattkilson, of the es
teemed Courier-Journal, announces that
Gov. Hill is “not in it” as a presidential
possibility. %
Tiie Rome Tribune prescribes a lot of
pretty girls as the best means of keeping
the boys at home at night. This does
not mean the boys’ sisters.
Senator Caiilisle, of Kentucky, has
declared against the new state constitu
tion. The new instrument is having a
a hard time becoming a law.
Athens is preparing for a grand dem
onstration at the Alliance rally in that
city. The Ledger estimates that there
will bo twenty or twouty-llvo thousand
farmers at tho meeting.
Congressman Oates, of Alabama,
denies the interviews which make him
say that the line must be drawn between
tho democratic party and tho alliance,
and pronounces them as bogus.
Mil J. Monroe IIkihkklj, writes to
the New Y’ork Sun denying tho state
ment that the graves of Presidents Mon
roe and Tyler, in Hollywood cemetery,
Richmond, are unearod for.
Dc.n’s agency chronicles Georgia’s
business failures for the six months/>f
1S91 with $o,07*1,300 against $:>02,9:>O in
1890 and $089,070 in 1879. One concern
seems to have run up tho ligures for
this year.
Thirty-eight members of tho next
legislature of Mississippi have been nom
inated to date. Of this numbor tho best
estimate gi v es Senator Goorgo tho votes
of 01, leaving tho 7 remaining for Maj
Barksdale.
Ohio Democrats are working the Brit
ish plan of placarding the state with cam
paign posters. They aro pasting up
Blaine’s statement that tho McKinley
bill did not open a market for another
bushel of wheat nor anothor barrel of
pork.
Judge Gorkr in Atlanta asks Ryan,
the merchant who rulmed his business
and himself by fast living, to give the
names of the parties to whom he made
his gambling losses in New York. Tho
public may now prepare itself for some
startling disclosures if Ryan wishes to
give everything away.
Rates of freight aro classified with
some referoncejto tho value, or risk of
transporting the goods. This Is not true
of coal however, the freight being whol
ly disproportionate to the cost. There
is ample room for a revision of rates by
tho commission, with ample justice done
to both railroads and consumers.
A bill has been introduced In the leg
islature to authorize the city of Atlanta
to charge a license of $2,500 a year for
the sale of cigarettes or to prohibit it
altogether. The hill is a swooping one,
and includes all cigarette materials, pa
pers, etc., and if passed the cigarette
will bo practically excluded from the
Gate City.
Harrison's administration has offered
up the hoad of Bank Examiner Drew as
a scape-goat for the sins of Wanamakcr
and Lacy in the Key Stone hank atlair,
hut they will lind that the public de
mands more than Bank Examiner Drew.
He w as the smallest iisli in the kettle,
and will not he accepted as a sufficient
atonement for Postmaster General Wan
amakcr, Assistant secretary Ncttleton,
Attorney General Miller and Comptroller
of the Currency Lacy, all of whom have
had to make explanations of their con
nections with this bank, and none of
whose explanations explained anything,
Tue increase of the consumption of
aldohol in France is exciting the alarm
of French public meu anxious for the fu
ture of their country. The tax returns
show that year by year a greater proper
tlon of the liquors which contain a large
per centage of alcohol are consumed.
They are deserting the light wines
which they have always consumed in
large quantities, but which left them
the soberest people of Europe, for the
heavy alcoholic drinks which have
proved such a curse to Teutonic and
Scandinavian peoples. The change is
Ascribed In large part to the improve
ments in the processes of distilling,
which have nude alcohol far cheaper
In France than ever before.
A COMING MAN/
Six years ago a young lawyer of twen
ty eight, no better known than most
lawyers of his age, except by the pres
tige of a noble name, without money,
friends or influence, started out to revo
lutionize the railroad situation of the
fTnited States.
He raised live million dollars in Wall
street, where he was utterly unknown,
bought the Central railroad of Georgia,
reorganized its entire methods, and
doubled the market value of its s;ock.
He combined the railways of the South
into the Richmond Terminal system, and
formed an alliance with Jay Gould, to
throw the immense grain freights of the
northwest over the Terminal lines to the
south Atlantic ports and the coastwise
steamers to New Y’ork and the east for
foreign export, these freights having
formerly gone by northern trunk lines to
the northern ports.
He went to Loudon, and in spite of
British prejudice against American se
curities, and in face of the rules of the
London Stock Exchange, he accom
plished inside ten days the feat of hav
ing tho Terminal stock listed on the
London hoards, an achievement that Jay
Gould had never been able to match,
after years of trouble and expense, for
the Western Union Telegraph stock.
Adhering unswervingly to the purpose
of developing and building up the South,
and Georgia in particular, his last move
upon the chess-board of railway strategy
has just been developed, and that is the
making of Atlanta the great head cen
tre of the Terminal system of railways
that now covers a half dozen Southern
CRISP AND NEW YOKK.
New Y’ork has been for years the piv
otal state of the Union in presidential
contests, for, “as goes New York, so
goes the election.” And in such con
tests it is the city of New York that car
ries the state, and Tammany Hall carries
the city.
When, therefore, it was announced
that Judge Crisp had been chosen to
make the “big talk” before the “Tam
many braves” on July 4, his friends
felt that a crisis in the speakership con
test had been reached; for upon the irn
A QUESTIONABLE POLICY.
The wisdom of the policy which the
legislature has been pursuing for several
years in dealing with tho railroads of
the state is questionable. Much of the
legislation which has been proposed,and
some of that which has been enacted,
has been of a character to suggest the
idea that they are regarded as inimical
and even dangerous to the interests of
the public. The Central railroad, which
was built by Georgia money, and, until
a few years ago, owned by people living
in the state, passed into the control of A
states.
With a fund of technical railroad
knowledge and information little short
of the miraculous, with tho self-confi
dence horn of genius, with the power of
controlling men aud events like a Nnpo-
loon, bo has hut just begun a career,
the brilliancy of which, though largely
obscured heretofore by tho public prej
udice existing against railroad monopo
lies, is just now beginning to dawn upon
the people of the .South in all its
strength.
Above anil beyond all thoughts of
personal power or gain, there is deep
seated in the breast of Pat Calhoun the
determination to make the railroad sys-
tom of the South the ageucy of its ma
terial development to a degreo that
shall astonish the civilized world, and
shall enable the South, by virtue of its
prosperity, wealth and power, to reas-
Humc the controlling position it held in
antebellum days in the affairs of this
government.
To the all-grasping mind of Pat Cal
houn, the combination of all those rail
ways into one is a necessity, because
thus alone cau he control them as one
combined thunderbolt to Shatter the
competition of the north and west, with
which lie designs to contend.
He will marshal tho powers of tho con
solidated railways of tho South, and
wield thorn with a power and force
that will astonish all who witness his
achievements.
Those who know lira, know that
nothing is too vast for him to under
take, and fow.things are to him impos
sihle of accomplishment.
Assuming as he now does at Atlanta
the second place in this great system,
under the nominal leadership of his
strongest friend and most ardent ad
mlrer, John H. Inman, he becomos in
fact, as he has heretofore been largely
in effect, the autocratic wielder of a
power that has in It greater possibilities
for the good of the South, than all other
agencies combined.
There is in this concentration of power
also great possibilities of evil; and those
who do not know Pat Calhoun, and who
judge him by tho company ho is in,
Gould, Thomas, Brice, Wilson, Norton,
fear that he may not be ahlo to control
at all, or may be led away from his pur
poses by the influence of Mammon, or
the superior genius of his loss scrupu
lous compeers. But those who possess
a proper insight into his true character,
who know that his integrity is superior
only to his genius and determination,
are confident that ho will sustain fully
the high ideal of practical statesmanship
he lias laid out for himself, and will
make a record in the material develop
ment of the South in his chosen Held,
that will surpass that of even his illus
trious grandfather in the arena of
politics.
Those who know the wonderful
capacity of this young man, will be
wofully disappointed if he does not be
come inside the next live years, one of
tho most noted ligures iu American
affairs.
The Ways and Means committee of
the next house of representatives will
find it difficult to form a tariff hill mak
ing tho reforms that the democrats have
promised, and at the same time provid
ing a sufficiency of revenue to meet the
increased expenditures of the govern
ment. The republicans havo, in fact,
“lixed things” so that it will bo nc easy
undertaking to bring the tariff to a Dem
ocratic basis should the democrats come
into entire coutrol of the country in
189J.
Tiie total subscriptions to the Pana
ma Canal scheme aggregate $200,000,-
000 and all France is enraged at so much
money having been spent in the last ten
years with nothing to show for it,
whereas it should thank heaven it didn't
have a republican congress to spend four
times that amount for it in two years.
pression made by him on that occasion j syndicate of rich New Y’orkers.
might largely hang his chances of sue- There is no doubt that in some re
cess. spects it would have been better for the
Whatever doubt there might have j people had the control of It remained
residents of the state. As a purely
state institution tho people were proud
of it. Those who directed its affairs
aimed to make it a great factor in the
development of the resources of the state
and they had the hearty support of the
stockholders. And tho Central is not
the only one of the roads of the state
which has felt the effects of the hurtful
policy of the legislature. All of them
have been discouraged to a greater or
less extent by it. They have been
forced to ahandou projected improve
ments, to reduce their expenditures to
the narrowest limits and to stand on the
defensive. The feeling between them
and the people has become strained,
and. being treated as enemies, they are
beginning to act as enemies.
The legislature has been in session
only three or four days, and yet a num
ber of resolutions and hills, hostile to
tho railroads, have been introduced.
Tho indications aro that much of the
time of the session will he taken up with
measures intended to restrict the rail
roads in various ways. Some legislation
of this kind is undoubtedly needed, be
cause the roads, feeling that they are
not being dealt with fairly and justly,
have been evading the regulations adopt
ed for their control. And perhaps they
have been encroaching upon the rights
of the people in a way that is*irritating
and exasperating, but is not some excuse
for their doing so to bo found in the
illihoral policy of tho state with regard
to them? If the legislature should be
guided by a spirit of fairness and justice
n legislating upon matters pertaining to
them, would not the people he tho
gainers in the long run?
What the roads complain of is that the
legislature, inlluenced by all sorts of
complaints, enacts restrictive laws with
out knowing tho full cffoct of such laws.
The roads aro virtually refused a hear
ing, because little credit is given to
what they say. Tho members of the
legislature, anxious to be popular with
their constituents, favor what their con
stituents demand without careful in
quiry as to whether tho demands in all
eases aro just or not. Naturally tho
roads, in self-defense, aro driven into a
position of hostility.
Would it not ho tho part of wisdom for
tho legislature to deal with the railroads
as if thoy wore friends rather than as if
they wero enemies ? They should he
granted nothing except what they should
have, but they should bo given all they
aro entitled to. And the effort to find
out what they are entitled to should he a
careful and conscientious one. They
should have strict justice, nothing more
and nothing less, hut they are entitled
to justice.—-Savannah News.
been in the minds of some less sang
than The Times-Recorder, tho events
connected with Judge Crisp’s presence
among the New York Democracy on that
day and since, should satisfy the most
skeptical that tho Speakership question
is now practically settled; and as The
Times-Recorder has always tenaciously
believed, history will record Charles F.
Crisp as the Speaker of the Fifty-second
Congress,
The votes of over twenty of N
York’s delegation, in addition to tlu
of the South and New England aud
numerous scattering ones from tho West,
would seem to so thoroughly place a
majority with Judge Crisp, that the
weaker candidates will drop out; and
The Times-Recorder predicts a
stampede in the next thirty days to the
banner of Georgia’s candidate, for the
Speaker’s power and patronage is large
enough to make it very desirable for
Congressmen to wish to he known among
the supporters of tho successful candi
date.
Under these circumstances, It can now
be safoly predicted chat even a combina
tion of all the elements of opposition
upon one candidate cannot overcomo
the solid rauks of those who have al
ready pledged themselves, and who will
now join Judge Crisp’s supporters.
The question of the speakership is
therefore about as well settled as any
event can ho, some months ahead of the
actual occurrence.
The same power that has pushed Judge
Crisp to tho front, not only among the
Georgia and the Southern Congressmen
hut among tho very foremost statesmen
of both parties in the nation, marks
him as tho man who will ho called upon
by the State of Georgia in duo time to go
up higher.
The record that Speaker Crisp will
make in tho chair will not bo second to
that of Carlisle or Randall, or Blaine;
and ore he shall have served out his
coming term in tho House, conditions
will be ripe for his advancement to tho
chair in tho Senate that has been filled
by Ben Hill, Joseph E. Brown, Gordou
and Colquitt in years past.
The Times-Recorder believes that
upon the expiration of Senator Colquitt’s
term, when tho time shall havo arrived
for him to retire to private life, laden
with tho fullest meed of Senatorial hon
or that Georgia has over hostowed upon
any of her illustrious sons, Judge Crisp
will, at tho voice of command from the
peoplo of Georgia, stop, without serious
contest, from the speaker’s chair to the
Senate chamber.
Mark well this prediction, for it is In
keeping with the eternal fitness of
things that it should be so.
AN UNPREJUDICED TRIBUTE.
The Boston Herald, the loading jour
nal of New England, and a newspaper
that rises above narrow-minded parti
sanship and sectional hatrod, pays the
following worthy tribute to the South.
Speaking of the proposed monument to
Jefferson Davis, the Herald takes occa
sion to say:
<( There is a noble liberality about tho
Southern people that commands general
admiration. When they do a thing tlielr
ambition is to do it well, and they seo.n
to have, in common with all races of the
warm countries, an instinctive percep
tion of and respect for art. Their lately
expressed determination to raise a monu
ment to Jefferson Davis is accompanied
by their intention of fixing the cost at
$1,000,000. Such an expenditure seems
large, hut it will he found that placing
tho outlay on a generous basis is the
only way to secure tho highest artistic
results, aud a result that is alone com
patible with work of a unique character
and enduring naturo. There is another
lesson that these ardent Southerners
also teach us, and that is the loyalty to
the memory of those men whom they
deemed to have served thorn. What a
reproof to the North if a monument to
Jefferson Davis should he in place before
the memory of Grant is befittingly com
memorated. But already these earnest
peoplo have put up live statutes to Leo,
Johnston and Jackson. What secret
have they of stirring laggard natures or
quickening somnolent gratitude? wo
might ask.”
Every day the able Constitution en
gages in the undertaking of nominating
and electing Governor-Senator Hill of
New Y’ork to the presidency, while the
balance of tho press of the south con
tinue with equal unanimity to do the
same turn for Grover Cleveland. The
result may he that both these eminent
New Y’orkers will kill each other off,
leaving the plum to some western man
who isn’t now being boomed at all.
A man out in Colorado has just been
awarded $100,000 for the alienation of
his wife’s affections. The jurors in the
case must have all been happily married
men.
THE COTTON OUTLOOK.
Returns for the month of June to the
department of agriculture, show a slight
improvement on the eondition of the
cotton crop.
Favorable weather during tho month
throughout the whole cotton belt has
made the general average for the whole
belt advance three points, standing
at 88.0
The crop Is universally late and is
somewhat grassy, but the farmers are
getting a move on things now. In Tex
as the outlook is brighter than in any
other southern state, and it is further
advanced than in any other section.
The worms have not gotten in any of
their work except in two counties, both
of which are in Texas.
The crop will he a very late one, and
will depend largely upon good weather
stretched over a long season.
It can hardly be expected that as
large a crop of cotton will he marketed
this year as last year. There will be a
large decrease in the number of bales
put upon the market.
This will bo more to the benefit of the
farmer, howover, as It will in all proba
bility keep prices at a higher mark than
they were during the last season.
The farmers had bad weather during
the early part of the season, but they
are making up for lost time now.
Those who believe that New Y’ork
Democrats are all worshipers of the
golden calf, read these words from that
eminent Democratic organ, tho Albany
Times: “Government should receive all
bullion offered for coiuge, both gold and
silver, and should coin all equally, with
no charge against one more than the
other. Theu there would he money
enough for business, aud the rate of in
terest would ho reasonable.”
JUDGE FOKT*S RESIGNATION.
The announcement of Judge Fort’s
resignation which was made in Atlanta
Saturday, was not unexpected, although
he does not assume the duties of his new
office for two months yet. This is done
so that the Legislature may settle the
question of his successor as early as
practicable; and the election of the new
judgejis expected to take place this
week.
It is now believed that Col. Fish of
Oglethorpe will have no opposition for
the place
Owing to Judge Fort's prominent con
nection with the legislation that created
the Railroad Commission, aud the large
acquaintance with transportation ques
tions brought about by his preparation
of tho hills that substantially became
the commission law, tho people of Geor
gia will have their expectations raised
quite high as to the rank that]Judge Fort
will occupy upon the Board, for though
his special branch is the law, he has
spent much time since his appointment
last December in a most thorough study
of railroad questions in general; and it is
not too much to say that, while he will
not suffer in comparison with his eminent
legal predecessors in the special field
where his functions will chiefly lie, he
will rank along with the very best hien
who have tilled seats on that Board in
the fields of technical railroad knowl
edge and general affairs.
Judge Fort will recognize that the peo
ple by common consent regard him as
the Moses that led them out of the Egypt
of railroad bondage, and that therefore
more will be expected of him than a
man of less conspicuous antecedents
and he has made up his mind that the
people shall not he disappointed in the
work he will do upon teh bord.
It is tiue that at present the powers of
our commission are limited, owing to
the extension of most of our railways
into several states where the Georgia
commissioners have no jurisdiction; hut
as there seems to he little doubt that the
present legislature will increase their
powers, the field for good work in be
half of both the railroads and the people
may he well worthy the attention of our
most distinguished statesmen, lawyers
and men of affairs.
Judge Fort’s appointment was due not
only to his eminent fitness for the place
but also to the fact that Southwest Geor
gia, the cradle of the commission, was
entitled to a gre.ater share of recognition
in the management of the affairs of State
than had been heretofore accorded.
The Southwestern circuit has lost
good Judge; and the Railroad Commis
sion has gained a capable member.
Tiie railroads did not rush blindly
into the jaws of destruction when they
raised the coal rate; for it seems that
they did so strictly in conformity with
the tariffs laid down by the commission
ers. It is now in order for the kicking
public to jump upon the commission
and see that they revise their tariff pre
liminary to any further demands upon
the transportation lines.
FAIR PLAY FOlt EVERYBODY.
The position for a newspaper to
occupy in its community, and this is
especially truo where there is only one,
is that its columns be open to everybody
upon all sides of all questions Of public
concern, so that people can air their
views, attack one thing or defend
other with all the freedom consistent
with good manners, and the amenities of
journalism. If a paper advocates edito
rially a certain view (and a paper advo
cates any question in no other way), that
doos not close the door to a reply from
any one of different views; on the con
trary, a properly conducted journal
should invite argument and discussion
from its opponents.
For example, The Times-Recorder
is not the organ of certain people who
may express in its columns their own
opinions on finance, politics or religion;
its columns are open to all; and the ed
itor will advocato or opposo tho theories
advanced just as he may think best.
The expression of editorial opinion by
this paper, and the publication of the
opinions of other people, with or with
out comment, must not bo construed as
excluding views to tho contrary, if pre
sented in proper language; for the news
paper of a community should be tho
vehicle for the expression of the views
of all classes of its people, who feel dis
posed to come before the public.
The Times-Recorder is moved to
state this fact, that should he under
stood by everybody, for the reason that
some peoplo who differ with The Times-
Re< order upon some public issues
claim that thoy have no “organ,” and
cannot have their side properly present
ed, or get a “square deal.”
To all such The Times-Recorder
would say that whether they ‘write in
advocacy of, or in opposition to views
expressed by the editor or by corres
pondents, shall reach the public through
these columns, with tho utmost impar
tiality and fairness of treatment.
If you have a theory to advocate, or a
humbug to oppose, come along up to the
sanctum, with your manuscript; and
don’t sulk and kick around the street
corners behind the back of the great and
good organ, when the portals are wide
open to you at all times to come up to
the front and be heard of all men.
Another fallacy lias been exploded,
an<l gone to take its place along with
William Tell and the apple, and Geoige
Washington and the cherry tree. The
Times-Recorder is, from personal in
vestigation, able to state that the Hon.
Jeremiah Simpson, of Kansas, does
wear socks.
On Thursday, Tiie Times-Recobdeb
predicted that Mr. D. C. N. Burkhalter
would be the next state senator from
this district. Tns Times-Recorder
firmly believes that this prediction will
be verified.
TOE ALLIANCE CAMPAIGN
The big Alliance rally has come and
gone, and the impression left up 0n 0 u r
people Is a most favorable one.
There was little third party doctrine
except by implication; and none of the
speakers were extreme, except Cong re8s>
man Simpson on railway • monopolies
and he qualified his remarks by sayin^
that he spoke of Kansas affairs more
especially.
The notable feature of the speakin^
ami of Col. Livingston’s speech i n par.
ticular, was the conservative spirit that
pervaded his utterances. While he spoke
in no uncertain strain, In advocacy of
the sub-treasury bill, the Ocala platform
and other Alliance measures', lie reasoned
rather to convince, than threatened, in
order to control; and his invitation for
everybody to help the Alliance briny
about, the trial of the merits of the sub-
treasury bill or something better, is cer
tainly fair and open.
He is not wedded to any particular
theory; he is willing to help the people
of the country, regardless of section or
party, do something for the public re
lief.
It is very gratifying to note that Col.
Livingston indulged in little of that
demagoguic species of oratory so com
mon on such occasions among politi
cians; and if the campaign of the Al-
lianc will he conducted elsewhere and
by other leaders as conservatively and
sensibly as was done by Colonel Living,
ston in Americus yesterday, the enemies
of the Alliance movement will be de
prived of much of their thunder.
Col. Livingston evidently recognizes
the responsibility that rests on him by
virtue of his leadership, and under the
conditions of the unguided attempts to
legislate in new fields where no land
marks indicate the safer course; and is
willing to take counsel with the leaders
of other elements, to the end that the
combined wisdom of all may evolve
some good out of the present chao9 of
evils with which the country is afflicted.
Much good will no doubt be accom
plished by the speeches of yesterday, if
in no other way at least in the matter of
letting the general outside public know
what the true doctrines and purposes
of the Alliance are, as given forth by its
recognized leaders.
THE TWITTY BILL PASSED.
The Twltty bill, about which so much
discussion arose last session, has passed
the senate by a vote of 29 to 12, and now
only needs the signature of the governor
to become a law. Strong pressure will
he brought to bear to have him veto it:
while an equal pressure will he exerted
in its favor.
The Times-Rkcorreu predicts that
he will sign it; and unless it is clearly
unconstitutional, he should do so, in
view of the strength of tho sentimeut
and vote in its favor; for while Thk
Times-Recorder regards it an i
law, tho best way to demonstrate its |
viciousness is to enforce it, and then it
can he repealed, to the complete satis
faction of everybody, after a practical
test of its workings.
The Times and tho Recorder opposed
its passage last year, because they be
lieved it would harm the very class
whom it was expected to benellt, the |
farmers of Georgia.
By general consent it has been under- I
stood that the hill was designed to
whack capitalists and lawyers over the
hoad; hut its provisions will ho inopera- [
tive so far as concerns these two classes,
who have always been shown to be |
abundantly able to take care of them
selves; for the capitalists can keep their I
money in their pockets, or lond it out-1
side of Georgia, to the serious injury of I
farming and industrial enterprises; while |
the eute lawyers can simply charge a
cash retainer equal to ten per cent, of
the claim to he sued, and snap their [
fingers in the face of the Twltty Kll»
Bill Twltty, as the case may he.
As The Times-Recorder has before
said, this bill puts a premium upon col
laterals that can be sold to pay a loan
without a suit; while the farmers’ only
security, land, is placed at a discount
because a defaulted debt secured by
land can only he collected by suit, that I
will cost the holder ten per cent, or |
more than the whole interest charged, f
The Times-Recorder predicts that
*he next legislature composed of farmers i
will repeal this law by a large majority.
In his recent address to the students |
of the University of Virginia, Mr. Wat-
terson was reported as saying that “the |
tariff question has lost much of its I° r '
mer importance.” Mr. Wattcrson saiJj
nothing of the kind. In correcting the I
report through the Courier-Journal, he I
says: “The reform of tho robber tariff is I
now, has been for years, and must w i
until it is reduced to a revenue basis, r
the one chief, engrossing interest iu f
American politics, and he is no detiio-1
crat who entertains any other opinion, I
If the views of Mr. Watterson are o I
concern to anybody, they should be I
sought in these columns, and not taken I
at heresay or second-hand, as seems just I
now to ho the preference of some of our |
esteemed contemporaries.”
The Richmond Terminaf cornr^l
does not seem to fear the Georgia lops-1
lature. The Atlanta Constitution
nounces that tho general offices of 1 * I
company will he moved from Richmon |
to Atlanta.
The Secret of HU Wealth.
A millionaire said “the secret of I
wealth” is in the word, S-A-V*G , I
the secret of my wealth is in the » ' I
S-A-G-E. By this last ho meant ^ I
Sage, whose Catarrh Remedy cured &
of one of the wort cases of Catarrn, . I
and thereby saved him from ® uc **. ,. Bi I
feringand premature death, e . n * li / e l
him to make his millions, and enjoy I
The cures made by this medicine |
simply wonderful-