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TRIBUTE TO GRANT
By Bon. Clark Howell at a Ban
quet In New York City.
“GEN. GRANT AS PEACE FACTOR”
Occasion Was Annual Birthday
Dinner of Grant Memorial
Association.
The Grant Monument Association
of New York, which built the impos
ing million -dollar mausoleum to Gen*
ml Grant at Riverside Park, on the
batiks of the Hudson, held its annual
birthday dinner in the banquet room
of ike Waldorf-Astoria hotel Saturday
night, April 27th. About three hun
dred guests were present, and the af
fair wan a brilliant one.
General Greenville M. Dodge, one
of the vioe presidents of the associa
tion, presided ss toast master. The
first speaker of the evening was Con
gieasßiun C. H. Landis, of Indiana,
who responded to the toast “Grant.”
Mr. liandis wi.h followed by Hon.
Clark Howell, of Atlanta, Oa., editor
of the Atlanta Constitution, on
“Grant's Life as a Peace Lesson."
Ki United States Senator William
K. Chandler, o' New Hampshire, spoke
on “National Qopfulneas" and Gen
eral Joe Wheeler on the “Progress of
Our National Domain During the
Last Third of a Century."
The speech of lfon. Clark Howell
was a feature of the occasion. He
as id:
“I am nol unmindful, Mr. Chairman,
thwt In payliw tribute t «> the man In lv>nor
ms wh'imi memory went'* assembled hers
(anight I Ain onvlroncd by circumstunces
thiit. uiuiei Hoim conditions. would em
karras* tho frank utterance* of rny own
fx-nUinciitM and ulothu my word* with
Import not their own
“I come to apeak with you of the lessons
from the Use of a leader and I
*im of tho ueoii.e against whom his le
srion* wore l»*d to victory and riround
whom the wlhborlii* embrace of his Iron
• r«n wee cloh«*<l in the grip of war. There
1h nearco it vjeU*-> in the southern states
f hut Uu'-* wot aheliur In its bruised bosom
riflueiant monuments to tin* triumph of
(bat greet soldier -General Grunt.
"But l h<yt* not oome to speak of the
si«'«uuipfi diimuil* of wnr, which have
righiVv placed hi* name Among those of
til* giant warriors of the world. lam not
to paint a picture of the mighty
(bie that hw«*pt on him) on under bis mas
terfu) iiirm-.tion until all who opposed
w<e>e ov» rw)i**lim«J in tin* culmJLniitiug
fl«Mul at It would 111 be’ome
m* to exult In the memory of his triutn-
Sibant Icadorsliiu of victorious hosts as
they roturn<«i to Joyous homes under the
atreetniua banners of victory.
“It til natural and proper. Mr. Chair
man. thst those who shared his synipo
tbtes and dunxois. that thorn' and the sons
of thom* who followed his famous h v ad
In well fought battles, should keep for
evi r bright tiio luster of his military
fame, and should keep forever living tho
meiikerUsi and incidents of his war re
new n.
‘Tlwie who offered their bullet-ridden
feottU)* ah bulwark* In the vain effort to
stem the conquering tide of his cohorts
bore testimony to hi* genius and his
ccAirag* There Is not today In the frag
mentary ranks of the beaten heroes
who once wore tho gray a single soldier
who would raise hi* arm to still the
clivers those victories have won. But
above the din of successful units, be
!i«iiHi the garlands of glorious victories, i
lieyoud the glad .ojzzms of a preserved
rmtU'U w«UcomtuK its martial heroes
home, the dirge of those homeless heroes
who. after surrender, burled their nban
<l* iuhl hopes with a cause forever lost.
Id«ta mo turn from, this phase of that
momentous life to another that is not
trtiiiMK'h'd by the raucous blast of war.
but which l* sou luted In the sweet and
•nothin# song* of peace. There is no
one familiar w ith the history of our coun
try who Is not aware of the mighty part
i»la\«Hl by GcuertU Grant In the epoch
of the olvll war; but there arc few even
rnuem his own • eoplo who realize the
Intense Influence hi* life exerted In the
epoch of peace. There l» not a school
boy In knee-breeches v. ho cannot tell you
what General Grant did to prevent the
•iM'i'Cssful dissolution of the union: there
are few statesmen who can tell you how
much ho did to procure It* peaceful
restoration
“No service this groat chieftain over
remtered our common country In his
moat brilliant military achievements can
equal the great good uceonutllihgi by
him In his consistent campaigns for rac-
Mtal peace. If there was genius In the
pen that wrote the terms of uncondi
tional surrender to the failing garrison
at Kert Done’»on fliers was greater ge«
ntu* still exemplified In the letter that
nisiW possible the peace conference at
tluuiptou Roads If there whs grandeur
tn ibe scorching a word that sweat Vir
ginia as n sea of flame. \ct grander still
the huud too generous to take the strlck
riM* sword of a great hut vanquished
!»'*• If there was glory In the thunder
• f sh* voice that threw the columns
•f a mighty army Into th« shock of war.
far greater was the glory of the tongue
(hot {famed the message, horn of love.
to a dUtaevared people, let us
hay a inww’
• fc* tin* living reality of practical i%e
utifeun and of porfeel pence. no man can
the mighty power thst fra
irrsai massage wrought In shaping the
tU **Qi.y of a country then emerging from
•he chaos and confusion of a civil war.
U npok* th« patriot spirit of \merl> an
uiit-m Without It n union of states
wekdkmt In the forge of war ind held to
gethor only bv the sword’ An empty
imtokifv of union In all save name 1 A
liWkM. without sympathy of sentiment;
wUU at unity of heart, without a com
iseit Inspiration The north a Ru* fa
and the south her Boland England In
Ihe northern heart and Ireland In ourt*
’•fc those w bo are familiar with the
i« opic of the •'outh and with the *. v.di
itou* leading to the four vonrs’ wa** It
Is cm necessary to protest that the van
mibd.' d south coaid never have plavod
I'arth.tge to a * nattering Home Her
pftvlc had breathed the inspiration of in
dependence fr « the hi ls that cradled
Washington «* d J* fTvrson and Bstt.-k
Henry Jealous lu the preservation of
whul they believed constttutior.al ar.d
hereditary rigid*, they were prodigal In
all that was required to maintain thess
rights
'Tltwc southern ancestors of mine had
nah rs w
northern enterprise and thrift. Finding
then the genial climate of the southern
»lcpe wws b tier rultovl to the successful
adaptation of negro s'sverv- an Institu
tion Inaugurated by thei- northern boeth
rvn—iius dal not hesitate to adept the
U a flic, nor to uflllae an southern planta
tion* t.he slavoa who had proved unprofit
able property In northern fields.
•‘Nor were the statesmen of the* south
leas slow to profit bv tho uoUtkeai ex
isrm/.*: est6tbli»?lio*l bv their contcmi>orArje«
of the northern atatra. They
with obueevant eve the birth of the doc
trine of soccoalofi ns It sprung from the
pro* of Now England and first claimed
tffc- in Hartford, the Charleston of the
first secession. They listened with grave
Attention wii< n Quincy of Maana*hu>.ett*.
In the tails c#f cortgreoa fifty vears prior
to the southern sec« i.a.on. made the fust
formed declaration of the right of seces
sion In opooKitleu to the admission of
fiOulHiarwi and w<*st l l 'lor id a :tf mate*,
that ‘if this bill it is virtualiv a
dissolution of this imori; It will free the
ktat«*rt from their moral obligations and
au it will Ik* the right of all so it will be
the duty of Homo definitely to ur*njKtro for
a secession— amicably, if they can. vio-
UjAtly. Jf they must.’
*‘J mention these went*. Mr. Chairman.
In no sprit of pride that the south had no
c< rrw-.r on Hu* secesal i market, and in no
.‘plrlt of for tho failure of the prin
ciples once advocated bv the round-head*
who were rockod in the ‘crtidle of the
revolution.' and which iwlridples were
manv years afttg*wards axJoptwl by the
cavalier conv**ntlon of Charleston I cite
them merely xls lmdderitn that p!a.v< d
their part In »ha.p iur the conviction.- of
the southern t* on e ooncornlm: ?*txite
rights arid the right of secession—lssue*
th*n off ring ample room for honest dif
ference. but which have isa-n settled for
ail tirnei to come bv tlu* covenant of the
cannon, sealed bv the nation’s blood.
•'lt wax the spirit of fraternity, em
bodied in Uie Immortal message of Grant
that conse rated that covenant and
tvt iblished It* sar*r«xl arbitrament beyond
a.r TK*<il. It was tlds spirit that (jonqmwed
for* ver the doctrine of absolute state
rights: this spirit that conquered forever
the restless ghost of secession; thi* spirit
that converted the invincible followers of
lah and Stonewall Jackson into loval
citizen* of a reim ted republic. Respon
sive to the spirit of that message and
stirred bv Its generous impulse, they
soiKht the broad slvlter of the flag they
once a salt lied, and Its sacred folds have
healed the bitter wound* of war.
“At Versailles, after Sedan. Germany
stcod In the glittering paraphernalia of
ar artnie.-d giant, with one hand on the
tl.rjet »f Pari* and the other pointing to
the hungry document demanding the
most rr*« v llginus indemnity exultant vic
tor ever cxa< t« d <tf prostrate vh’tlm.
' Not so at Appomattox! Instead of ox
net lon»- libera IP v! Instead of Siberia—
aic'iln the tranquil fields of home: again
the music of familiar waters: again the
chirp of the cricket on the hearthstone
ar.d the melody of childrens’ prattle
around the mother's knee! Instead of Rt-
Helena Washington! Not Washington as
the s* rung hold <»f an «rrn<*<l foe. but ks
tlvA enrmon capital of a reunited corji
trv. where victor and vanqalshed met on
tmwil tonnj! of fellowship. Washington
the cvupllAl ftxwn which, a few years
later, a federal major, as preshtetit of the
I'nited State*, wroto one «kty tho order
Mfe'ikirur i.rlgndUv* scnerals ot the n«u*hew
of Robert K. and tlie son of Ulysses
H Grunt!
"Inevitable Appomattox! Bettor that It
had come sooner, slnco It had to come;
but better for the greatness of our coun
try that coming lute its bloody Held of
battle was consecrated by the covenant
of the republic’s peace!
"It was singularly significant of the love
of peace Inherent in the mini that its
first public manifestation appeared when
the fortunes <»f war had almost crowned
lit* urnu with the laurels of success. The
Hampton Hoads conference afforded the
first formal expression of any effort to
harmonise Ga warring sections. For four
long years the best blood of both sections
hud drenched the fair fields of the south
when that conference was called to put
an end to further fruitless sacrifice. The
unfortunate failure in tho purpose of the
conference between I’resident Lincoln, of
the federal government, and Vice Presi
dent Alexander Stephens, of the confed
eracy, 1* familiar history to all; hut few
know that to General Grant Is due the
fact that the actual conference was made
possible.
"The official records of the war have
but recently established the Important
part played by General Grant in prevent
ing an untimely abandonment of negotia
tions and in paying the way for the ac
complishment of an official conference.
Seward had been to Fortress Monroe
early in February, 1866, to meet Stephens
and Hunter and Campbell, tho confed
erate commissioners, under well-defined
limitations from President Lincoln to con
fine negotiations to what he termed the
three Indispensable*.’ Major Thomas T.
Eckert had preceded Seward on the same
mission and under similar restrictions.
"At tin* preliminary conference the con
federate commissioners requested a con
ference with President Lincoln at Wash
ington. and Major Eckert replied that the
conference could not proceed except un
der the terms outlined in his instruction.
The confederate commissioners, unwilling
to negotiate for peace under prescribed
llmttat ons, declined to proceed with the
conference.
"President Lincoln in submitting the
correspondence to congress said that at
this *tag«-
•• l was about t » recall Seward and
Eckert. when the following telegram from
General Grant to the secretary of wa*
was shown me.'
"The telegram read:
1 am convinced upon conversation
with Messrs. Stephens and Hunter that
their Intentions arc good and their desire
sincere to restore peace and union. I
have not felt myself at liberty to express
I'Vrii vii*ws of my own or to account for
my reticence This has placed me In an
awkward position, which l would have
avoided by not seeing them In the first
instance l fear now their going hack
without am expression from any one In
authority will have a bad influence. I am
sorry that Mr. Lincoln cannot have the
interview
"Os this President Lincoln said to con
gi o* a.
" ’The dlsnati h of General Grant
of argtxl my purpone. aml accordingly 1
telegraphed him foi.ows “Say to th«
kvi tlemsn l will meat tlvem personally
.it Fortress Momve as soon us I can get
there
"And he did *rt there, and at once, and
the whole story of that i*‘iifervnoe in th»*
rolling waters of Hampton Hoads, within
hulling distance of scene where tron
chvAs firat met in battle In the encounter
of the Monitor and the Merrtmae, affords
tho most Intervstlng recital of our un
written history.
"I have hoard from Mr Stephens's own
Ups how the southern commoner, a dwarf
lr. stature, but a giant In intellect, upon
MNiehlivr the cabin of the boat stopped to
unwind the coverings which protected his
frail Ikhlv from the bl**ak .sea winds, and
I lew. after ir.oves and comforters and
i ; ,rf*s and greatcoats were removed, he
was titt bv Prvadent Lincoln wUh the
J aracte:i>: c greeting: "Wxll, Siei bens.
J tint’s the Ilttbst nubl»in 1 ever saw froxn
such a quantity of shucks.*
• 1 have ston the half rtgretful patlios
;r. his wiuiderful eves as hr told how I4n
evfin. animated by h:s strong love of
ccuntrv. bai aaid to the cammUstomrs:
Let me write tho one word, “union. * at
the head > f ou- agreement and you may
supply the rest.’
"The conference wc»a fruitless of p acti
j cal r suits cn account of arisitonr lins-ta
ti ns of i*'*w* r in prescribing the condi
tu.ns of peact* But Mr Stephens bc
t licvisi to the day of I.U death tlK*t had
j the cominis -‘*n Uvn clothed with p.ca.uT
‘ > \o r. psc« wou.d have been accom
• ulishcd vti a basis of union and of mu
on.-*s*h>ns m-other details of dU
j feretwe.
"Perhaps so; ikxluis not! P«rhxos ,t
1 wus bos: that the war should drujc its
crpei length along to its tragic culmina
tion. Pcrba-Ds it wa* best that an issue
born almost with the republic itaeif. and
ti4.t had bapt its devote** In the blood
of brother*, should only find its fitting
death on th? bloody battle field. But long
after the echoes of war have died away
ar.d the efforts of th»- conference aj"e for
gotten. the world of peace will do rever
ence to the memory of the great soldier
who. almost on the eve of final victory,
sheathod his dread sword and stretched
out iiu sword-arm with open hand to
R*r peace! Jn the midst of the mad
lust of war. leaving for Q time the Fader
shin of exultant cohorts drttnk with vie
trrv. himself to all by prolonging:
the conflJf t for pronounced conquest, his
voice, attuned to the roar of t>att!e, was
rai?ed for peace.
"And so. Mr. Chairman, while the iy*t
t'e-scacred bosoma of our Houthrrn val
leys bear unwilling testimony to the. deeds
of this great soldur-r a* he marched be
neath the flog of Mars, every hill that
tremtfded to the thunder of his guns give*
back the welcome echoes of his greeting:
*i>t us have peace.’
"The lnortu of her people have caught
and held the inspiration of the clarion
call of fellowship and union. which,
growing In strmgUi and volume as the
vfnus go bv Is now the grand pcan of a
nation’s peace.
"When th** recent call to arm* brought
wluntcr-rs to offer their lives in the com
mon c ause of the un on against
the patriotism of our people found quick
expression in *ne response they made to
the drum-heat *>f the republic, and the j
sons of federal* and confederates alike
tgiured out their heart’s blood in the com
mon cause. None questioned loyalty
ar.d patriotism of his comrade in arms,
and northern boys and southern boys
uiarrlied shoulder to shoulder under the
Star* and Stripes to the mingled strains
of ‘Dixie’ ar.d ‘Y ankee D<K>dle.’ Under the
tn pical sun of Uu4»i and the I*h:li'>p;nes.
they have borne between them the sacred
ark of tho nation’s covenant, brave and
trie and patriots alike, moved by the
(emmon impulse of their country’s love
and the eternal glory of its mission!
"The peace that General Grant com- ;
manded has come at last, and it is an
abiding peace.
"It Is the peace whose sacred benedic
tion cast the halo of Its glory across the
continent, when from amid the solemn
forest sentinels of Mt. Gregor, the angel
of death gently touched the summons of
the Divine Commander. But it did not
com© until the music of a reunited na
tion's voice, attuned to the melody of
sorrow, had fallen upon the eager ears of
the stricken hero.
"Picture him as he sat, wan and hag
gard, surrounded by silent nature, arrayed
In all the glories of summer splendor,
waiting—waiting the inevitably The
winds that had swept the historic battle
field* of the south were laden with mes
sage* of peace and sympathy from those
who but a few years before had been en
emies.
"What visions must have come to him
then! There, trooping up from the mists
of the valley came the blue legions which
had followed him across the Potomac;
and here, down the hillsides, like an ava
lanche, swept the grey. There was Sher
idan and Thomas, and Meade and Mc-
Clellan, and yonder—Lee and Jackson,
and Gordon and Longstreet. The peal of
musketry and tho roar of cannon rever
berate in the valleys and the mountain
brook* become torrents of blood. The J
clash of arms and the fierce fire of the t
conflict shakes the world!
"But now the smoke of battle lifts, and
the scane changes! There are green val
leys ami happy homes where peace and
contentment reigns. High above all floats
the stars and strip»«—the emblem of a
united country—stronger now than ever,
and more deeply rooted in the affections
of her people.
"The peace he would have has come,
and resting n* quietly as a babe on its
mother’s broast, the listless eyes of a hero
In war and a patriot in peaoe are closed
and his soul takes flight to the great
hereafter to Join the united band of other
horoos of both sides as comrades in ever
lasting glory and eternal companionship.
"Ami when, u few days later, he wn«
lowered to his last rest by hands which
had been raised against him in war; when
veterans who wore the grey stood in tears
beside L.ose who wore the blue, it proved,
indeed, that past issue* were but ghosts
of dreams and that—
" 'Brave minds, howe’er at war, are secret
friends:
Their generous discord with the battle
ends;
In peace they wonder whence dissension
rose
And ask how souls so like could e'er be
foes.’
"The peace of u prosperous people per
meates the land and lights all sections of
the nation in its holy glow. Mason and
Dixon’s line marks no mure trace in tHe
geography of our common country than
does the equator mark the silvery sur
face of our southern seas.
" ‘Let us have peace!’ A happy and
contented people repeat the benediction
and cry back to the great heart that
now is stid in the peace that passeth all
understanding. Thy peace is come!’ “
HANY WORKMEN KILLED.
Powder Woi ks In Germany Demolish
ed snd Hundreds Are .Mangled.
One of the most disastrous explo
sion on record occmred Thursday at
the Electro-Chemical works near
Greisheim, Germany, where smokeless
powder is manufactured. Most of the
boilers exploded. The noise was so
tremendous that it was heard at great
distances, including Frankfort aud
Mayence.
the factory immediately became a
mass of ilame* and a northeast wind
carried tho sparks to neighboring vil
lages, where several houses were also
set on tire.
Eighteen cylinders, each containing
about oue hundred-weight of smoke
less powder, were iu the room where
the explosion occurred.
Fifty persons are reported to have
beeu killed outright aud 140 injured.
The exact number of dead and injured
cauuot be determined uutil the list of
employes of the chemical works can
be compared with the sutviTors.
baby was buried alive.
Italian Man and Wife Bound Over on
Heinous Charge.
Tuesday, Girio Buttacavalo aud
Francesca* Spinella. who were arrest
ed in Yonkers, N. Y., charged with
| burying a baby alive in a lonesome
! spot near the New York Central tracks
at Hastings, were held for the N\ est
chester grand jury, which meets on
May sth. The prisoners refused to
discuss the case, declaring they were
not the parents of the child.
Lumb?r-Laden Schooner Lost.
The three masted schooner Emma
C\ Kuowles, from Charleston, April
14, for Fall River, loaded with lumber,
1 capsized Thursday five miles off At
-1 lantio City, N. J.
CHARTER IS ASKED
FOR NEW RAILWAY
Project to Connect Atlanta
and Birmingham.
FIRST MOVE HAS BEEN MADE
The Proposed Road Will Traverse
Five Georgia Counties—Capital
Stock of $500,000 Assured.
Application bas been made to tbe
secretary of state of Georgia for a
charter for tbe Atlanta and Birming
ham Air Line railway, to run from
Atlanta to tbe Alabama state line, a
distance of about sixty miles.
Advertisement of tbe notice of ap
plication for a charter is published in
The Atlanta Constitution. Tbe road
i« to run from Atlanta westward, with
Birmingham, for tbe immediate future,
as its western terminus. It is pro
jected to go through tbe counties of
Fulton, Campbell, Douglass, Carroll
and Heard.
Tbe application for charter was pre
pared Wednesday by Messrs. King &
Spalding, and the charter will be
granted by Secretary of State Phil j
Cook after the lapse of thirty days.
Mr. J. J. Spalding was asked about
the new road.
“I am not at liberty now to state
just who is backing tbe new line,” bo
said. “We are actiug in good faith,
however, as you will see from our ad
vertisement, and I can assure you that
the road is going to be built. The
construction of tbe road is a certainty,
and it will not be long before work is
begun upon it.”
It is understood that some one or
more of tbe railroads entering Atlanta
is back of the movement, but Mr.
Spalding would give no confirmation
of this report, except to say that he
was at liberty to make no statement.
While the petition for charter in
Georgia gives tbe length of the pro
posed railroad as only sixty miles, tbe
object is to run through to Birming
ham, and application for charter will
be made in Alabama to that end.
The amount of the capital stock of
the new company will bo 8500,000,
with the privilege of increasing it to
any amouut necessary by a two-thirds
vote of the stockholders at any meet
ing at which a majority of the stock
shall be repieseuted. The stock to
be issued shall all lie common stock
but the application for charter asks
the right by a two-thirds vote of the
stockholders present at any meeting
to issue preferred stock, in such shape
as may he directed by resolution.
The charter will incorporate the
company for 101 years and will locate
its principal office in Atlanta. It states
that the incorporators intend in good
faith to go forward without delay to
secure subscriptions to the capital
stock of the company slid o construct,
equip, maintain and operate the road
as stated in the application.
MANIAC RUNS AGUCK.
Shoots Down In Cold Blood hour Fel
low Workmen.
One of the bloodiest tragedies in the
history of Portland, Me., in recent
years occurred Wednesday afternoon
on the fourth floor of the building oc
cupied by tbe New Eugland Telephone
Company.
The principal actor in the affair was
George H. Brainerd, a foreman elec
trician, who has been employed for
the company for almost twenty years.
For some unknown reason and with
out the slightest provocation, while
chatting with his fellow workmen he
whipped out a revolver aud opened
tiro on tbe party around him. He was
evidently an expert marksman, for in
a brief space of time he killed one
man outright, fatally wounded another
man aud probably fatally wounded
two others. Then he made an attempt
to kill Deputy Marshal W. A. Frith
when the officer tried to place him un
der arrest.
Fortunes For fcxchange Seats.
It is announced that four New York
stock exchange seats have been sold
for $65,000 each. One of the sellers
was George T. Bonner. The names
of the others have not been made pub
lic.
COURT MOUSE LYNCHING.
Sheriff at Springfield, Tenn., Outwit
ted By a Gob.
Tuesday night a mob of 100 men
forcibly entered the courthouse at
Springfield, Tenn..took Watt Mollory,
a negro, from the officers guarding
him and hanged him from the court
house veranda. As the rope grew taut
with the weight of the negro’s body,
each member of the mob fired a shot
into the swinging body.
Mallory bad fatally wounded .T. 11.
Farmer, a white man. The sheriff
heard that a mob was forming and se
cretly moved the negro from the jail
to the courthouse for safety.
AFTER I XPR ESS ROBBERS.
Alleged Highwayman Arrested and
Jailed By Gacon Police.
The police of Macon, Ga., think
they have definite clues that will en
able them to Cud the men who robbed
the local express safe between Macon
anil Gordon Thursday night. One
muu is now ia custody. He has giveu
two different names.
The authorities say the ehaiu of rir
cnmstauces ngamst him is very strong.
The other man is being searched for.
“PARKHURST CRANK”
Jov. Candler of Georgia Scores
Well Known New York Preach
er In harsh Terms.
A special from Savannah, Ga., says:
Governor Candler does not believe in
yaukec money for the education of the
negro. Before leaving the city Tues
day night he expressed himself quite
freely on tbe subject, referring to the
visit of the party of northern educators
and millionaires.
“I don’t think much of it,” said the
governor, referring to the visit of the
party in question. “This man Park
hurst is a crauk, ns every one knoA’s
who has followed his course. Booker
Washington was the best man in that
party. Washington is a good negro,
aud is doing pretty good work. It is
to his interest to get these northerners
interested in his schools. He gets
money out of them and I don’t blame
him for that at all.
“Dr. Curry, the Peabody agent,
is a good man, but I don’t know much
about the others. The negro colleges
of the south do not need the aid of
these northern people very much. Do
you know that you can stand on the
dome of the capitol of Georgia and
see more negro colleges with endow
ments than you can white schools ?
That is the fact. We can attend to
tbe education of the darky in tbe
south without the aid of those yankees
and give them the education they need
most, too.
“I do not believe in the higher edu
cation of the darky. He should be
taught the trades, but when he is
taught the fine arts he gets educated
above his caste and it makes him un
happy. lam opposed to putting ne
groes in factories and offices. WheD
you do tliat, you will cause dissatis
faction between the two races, and
snch things might lead to a race war.
The field of agriculture is the proper
one for the negro. That is a broad
calling and there is room enough for
both races in it.
“These yankees who die and leave
their money to negro colleges do not
understand the local situation. It may
be right, however, for some of them
to send their money back to the south
in this manner, for in some cases the
foundations of the fortunes that now
exist in the north and the east were
laid by the carpetbaggers of the south
and the money should be coming
back by this time. I recall but one
instance where a northern white man
has giveu to white colleges in Geor
gia. That was Mr. George I. Seney,
and I think he was inspired to do this
because there was some southern
blood in him, his grandparents having
come from the south, if my memory is
correct.
“I am not surprised at Atlanta lion
izing these people. They will lionize
anybody in Atlanta. All comers are
heroes in their eyes. You know they
made a hero out of Sherman when he
came there. Savannah, lam glad to
say, is more conservative. It does
not go wild over everybody that passes
through.”
GOOD FOR COLUMBUS.
First Southern Town to Benefit By
Tour of Philanthropists.
The first fruit, of the visit made
through the south by the party of ed
ucators and philanthropists led by Mr.
Robert C. Ogden fell to Columbus,
Ga., when Mr. George Foster Peabody,
of New York, a member of the party,
gave practically §60,000 for the ben
efit of philanthropic purposes.
Through the superintendent of the
public schools he gave §35,000 for
building a Young Men’s Christian
Association building, provided another
515.000 was rnised, aud a lot was se
cured and sufficient money guaranteed
to insure the reasonable running ex
penses.
Twenty thousand to a similar negro
institution was given under like limi
tations.
Two thonsaud toward buying a lot
not to cost over 810,000 necessary for
the acceptance of the offer of Mr.
Carnegie to erect a 850,000 public
library.
A 81,000 gift toward the industrial
school of the Columbus public schools.
Women’s Clubs Convene.
The convention of Women’s Clubs
of the South Carolina Federation was
called to order at Greenville Wednes
day morning by Miss Lonisa Poppen
heim, president of the federation
Oyer one hundred delegates reported,
representing various clubs in tbe state.
ELEPHA.NI KILLS TRAINER.
While Beast Is Taking River Bath Me
Drowns His Keeper.
At Peru, Ind., Thnrsdav Henry
Huffman, animal trainer with the
Wallace circus, was killed by the
elephant, “Big Charley.” The ele
phant, while bathing in the Mississin
ewa river, east of Peru, wound his
trunk about Keeper Huff.uau and
hurled him far into the stream. The
keeper, nniujured, spoke to the great
beast, saying,“Why, Charley, I didu’t
think that of yon. Aren’t yon ashamed
of yourself?” The next instant he was
grabbed, thrown again into the river
and held down until drowned by the
forefeet of “Big Charley.”
iGANY CATTLE FROZEN.
Cold Sp.-ll In East Tennessee Causes
Heavy Loss to Stockmen.
A Knoxville special says: As a re
sult of the present cold weather prom
inent cattlemen estimate that 1 000
head of cattle have been frozen to
: death in the East Tennessee mountains
in the past week. Twenty-two inches
of snow is said to have fallen. This
freeze may affee*: the local beef supply
in the fall.
PARKURST REVIEWS
SOUTHERN TOUR
Gives Vent to Impressions
From His Pulpit.
H!S TALK SEMI-SENSATIONAL
Refers In His Discourse to Criti
cism of Him si If By Governor
Candler of Georgia.
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurot
preached Sunday at the Madison
Square Presbyterian church, New
York city, on topics connected with
his recent trip south. He also made
an incidental reply to Governor Can
dler, who was reported as having de
nounced those northerners who took
an interest in educational matters in
the south.
Dr. Parkhnrst a lid that the {.'arty of
northern people who recently made
the trip referred to did it not- dccause
they had any special interest in the
south as a distinct section, but be
cause they were conscious of the uuity
which makes the north aud south mem
bers of each other. The conference
held at Winston-Salem, in North Car
olina, he said, was characterized by
the utmost frankness on both sides,
and yet from first to last not an em
bittering word was spoken. Referring
to Governor Candler’s criticsm, Dr.
Parkhnrst said they would not have
been made “had the governor of Geor
gia, as did the governor of North Car
olina, come into direct touch with the
personnel of the conference, or for
five minutes respired the atmosphere
which the conference exhaled.”
Deferring to the estimation in which
the people of the south and those of
the north hold the negro, Dr. Park
hnrst said:
“The southerner does not like the
negro any better than the average
northerner does, aud the two carry
themselves toward the negro with
just about the same amount of Chris
tian consideration—only of the two
the southern white man has perhaps
this advantage, that he does not make
quite so flamboyant a pretense of lov
ing the negro as his northern confrere
does. The southern white man dis
likes the negro, and owns up to it.
The white man in the north dislikes
the negro and lies about it.”
The preacher said further :
“The indiscriminating act by which
the negroes bad conferred upon them
the right to vote was one of those
blunders that it is not easy to escape
from after it is once committed, but
which it would seem we ought to have
had northern statesmanship sufficient
ly intelligent to prevent.
“The counsel that both the north
ern aud southern friends of the negro
are now giving him is to keep quiet
upon the whole suffrage matter, tc*
keep out of politics, not. to talk about
the constitution, not to insist upon his
rights, but to attend industriously to
the work of getting himself well
ready—which he is not now ready
for what God and the country and the
future may have iti store for him.”
Dr. Parkburst closed by the follow
ing general reference to present condi
tions among southern people:
“The south does not altogether love
us, but no one there hates us nearly
as much as it would be perfectly nat
ural for them to hate us. They arw
all glad that slavery is done, they are
all glad that they are in the union.
They all glory in tho Hag. even while
in tender bereavement they lay flow
ers upon the graves of tho confederate
dead. We beloug to them and they
belong to us, and every deed of kind
ness wisely rendered, every word of
sympathetic interest prudently spoken,
every new commercial rclatton and
every interchange of hospitalities dis
creetly arranged will be so much con
tribution to that perfect readjustment
of relations which shall make for the
enrichment of our common history.”
New Railroad For Texas.
The contract for the building of the
Denison, Bonham and New Orleans
road was let at Dennison, Tex., Friday,
the contractors agreeing to build the
twenty-five miles of road complete by
August Ist.
LUDLOW SERIOUSLY ILL.
Brigadier General Has Tuberculosis
and Will Come llcme.
A special from Manila says: Owing
to his illness tbe appointment of Brig
adier General Ludlow to be military
governor of the department of Vis
caya bas been revoked. A board of
surgeons bas made an examination
and reports that General Ludlow suf
fered from an attack of grip and lo
calized consumption, which has de
veloped into a dangerous case of tn
berenlosis.
Geuernl Ludlow will return to the
United States by the first transport.
NEW MISISSL>FPI RAILWAY.
A Line to Connect Columbus and Jack
son Is Assured.
- It now seems assured tha* the pro
posed new railroad from .Tac«r,ou to
C dnmbns, Miss., a distance of IGO
miles, will scon bo built by eastern
capitalists. An inspection of the
route was commenced Sunday by Gen
eral S. S. Bullis, the builder of the
Gulf and Ship Island road, aud who
is accompanied on the trip by Presi
dent Enochs.