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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. RAINEY.
COSTS $9,000,000 TO ELECT PRESIDENT
Has Grown From Seven Hundred
Dollars to This Great Sum.
STARTED BY BUSINESS MEN
How the Expenses of Conducting a
vational Campaign Have Jumped
prom Hundreds to Millions of Dol
jars. The Question Is Whether
we Get the Money’s Worth.
it is claimed o good authority
that the total expense of Lincoln’s
first campaign for the presidency,
cost of headquarters, telegrams,
music, fares of delegates and inci
dentals, did not exceed $7OO. Today
it costs much more than that to con
duet a state canvass, in many in
stances; and the estimated cost to
the country in electing a president
this vear is placed at §5,000,000.
what a change in less than half a
century! That is a lot of money to
expend every four years in obtaining
a pew chief executive. The prudent
man would call it rank extravagance
and suggest trying the bargain coun
ter, possibly. In fact, when one
seriously compares the cost of a
president this great question at once
arises:. Do we get value received?
in commenting on the work done
during Lincoln's first campaign the
late Leonard Sweet said:: ‘‘That
committee spent a sum that would
now seem contemptible, but it did
its work as thoroughly and success
fully as any committee the party has
had since. In 1864, at the most
critical hour in the history of the
nation, the sum of $lOO,OOO was all
that was spent to secure the re-elec
tion of Lincoln.”
Started by Business Men.
In the slang of today, even that
was ‘‘going some,” a jump in ex
pense in four years of over $99,000.
Who was responsible? Strange as it
may seem this era of extravagance
in White ,House furnishings was
started by business men. Previous
to Lincoln's time politj cam
paigning was largely a T of
hurrah and sentiment, b n the
later '6o’s business men, alert,
shrewd and fond of system and order,
began to take the management of
politics into their hands and a won
derful change in methods and meas
ures was speedily effected.
To Samuel J. Tilden, more than
to any other man, is due the credit
of perfecting the system of cam
paigning now in vogue. He had a
gift for the management of men on
a large scale that amounted to ge
nins. He saw that great issues which
arouse the enthusiasm of the mass
es, though most essential, are not
in themselves sufficient to insure
success in a campaign, but that much
of the work to be effective must be
done in secret, and that it was of
the first importance that every voter
should be brought into direct per
sonal contact with the campaign
Management.
Time stamped Tilden's methods
with the seal of success, and they
have taken the place of those former-
Iy employed. In 1876 more than
3800,000 was collected and spent by
the campaign managers of the two
great parties. Four years later they
had at their disposal more than $l,-
00,000 and in 1884 the campaign
dishursements were halt as much
dgain. In 1888 the Harrison-Cleve
land campaign cost not less than
31;\.00.'}%: and in the campaign of
1852 the expenditures of the two
lational committees were quite $2,-
000,000, Finally, in 1896, more
than $4.000,000, and in 1900 an
fven larger amount passed through
the hands of Chairman Hanna and
Chairman Jones and their associates.
False and Silly Charge.
The charge that the greater part
of these vast sums is used to cor-
Tpt voters and purchase votes is
! false and silly one. Nearly, if not
all, of the moneys collected are an
ticipateq by the legitimate expenses
of the tampaign. These cover a wide
Tange, and theip volume swells with
E¥ery succeeding campaign.
The first work of a national com-
Mittee is to prepare campaign litera-
Wre. These documents not only in
form the beople, but give to orators
d writers a mass of facts and ar-
Suments, They are in the main the
“beeches of leading senators and con
gressmen, but often there are em-
Ployed wity, telling effect brief a.nd
renchant carqg and circulars, which
PETCe With a single shaft the armor
O the enemy,
In 1884 the famous “Rum, Ro-
Danism ang Rebellion” utterance of
Dr., Burchard wag printed on small
@rds and distributed before the
doors of all the Catholie churches the
Sinday before election. Its effect
¥as most disastrous, and as there
Vas little op no time in which to
COunteract thig it had much to do
}3 ‘ZOTV“rmining the result of the elec-
Hon. This year the two national
s iMittees will probably spend fully
Sufn,m’m in the preparation, publi
fation ang circulation of documents.
This "tDresents a mass of printed
tatter Jarge enough to fill a small
freight train, anq it is an open ques
-1o Whether op not too much money
I 8 spent in thg way. Still, no shrewd
a politician as ex-Senator Hill is of
the opinion that this plan of appeal
has more influence on the wavering
and doubtful than any other.
Newspapers Support Orators.
Campaign orators do not cut the
figure in politics that they did in
former years, newspapers being close
competitors in this field. Still, dur
ing a campaign hundreds of speak
ers of a national and local repute
are kept constantly employed by the
national and state committees, the
efforts of those under the direction
of the national organization being
as a rule confined to the close and
doubtful states. Most of these, how
ever, receive no pay other than ex
penses.
With the growing use of money in
politics it has been found more and
more desirable that the chairman of
a national committee should be a
man of large private fortune, with
a credit and business status which
inspire confidence and respect. When
subscriptions are slow in coming in
and he has as yet only promises in
lieu of cash he must become re
sponsible for or advance the funds
needed to meet current expenses,
and these advances often amount to
several hundred thousand dollars.
If there is a shortage after the cam
paign is ended he is the one who is
expected to make it good.
Some Indians Have Incomes as
Large as the President's.
BUNCHES OF THE LONG GREEN
Two Million Dollars Are Annually
Distributed Among Those of One
State Alone. $284,000 Is Now
Being Paid to the Choctaws and
Chickasaws in Oklahoma.
“Poor Lo’ doesn’t apply to the
Indians of Oklahoma. In addition
to all of their holdings in lands, pay
ments have within the past four
months been ordered to the members
of various tribes in that state ag
gregating $1,088,00v. This repre
sents about half of what is: dis
bursed annually through such chan
nels. As money goes through the
average Indian's pockets like water
through a sieve most of this $2,-
000,000 annually finds its way rapid
ly into the hands of the white citi
zens of the state. These vast dis
bursements of money are no small
factor in the prosperity of the com
munities adjacent to the Indian res
ervations.
One of the largest pavments of
the year is being made among the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes.
In this payment, which began July
20th., these tribes will receive al
together about $375,000, a part of
the funds received from the sale of
their lands in southwestern Okla
homa, which has been held in trust
for them by the government. The
payment will amount to about $lOO
per capita for each man, woman and
child.
Distributing Fortunes.
Dana’' H. Kelsey, Indian agent for
the Five Civilized Tribes, began
March 24th. payving $248,000 to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and
that disbursement is still going on.
The sum represents the value of the
improvements on the segregated
lands. The government purchased
all of the improvements upon the
surface of these lands.
The Kickapoos are receiving the
last payment that they will ever get
from the government. The once
powerful tribe has dwindled down
until there are only 157 left in Okla
homa. About an equal number mi
grated to Mexico several years ago,
but will share in the payment, which
amounts altogether to $215,000.
The Sac and Fox and lowa tribes
will receive $250,000, of which $50,-
000 goes to the Towas.
In addition to these large per cap
ita payments Indian Agent Kelsey
receives approximately $1,500,000
annually in royalties from oil and
gas leases on Indian allotments,
which is disbursed by him to the for
tunate allottees who are lucky
enough to own allotments valuable
for mineral purposes. Some of the
individual Indians enjoy an income
as large as that of tne president of
the United States simply from their
mineral royalties.
DOVE SEASON IS OPEN.
Legislature Changed Law So That
Season Opens July 15th.
Local sports have been greatly
concerned lately over the question
of the open season for shooting
doves. There seems to have been
considerable differenc of opinion as
to when the Beason opens. The old
law set September Ist as the date
for the beginning of the dove season,
but the legislature which has just
adjourned changed the date to July
15th. Therefore, those who want to
shoot doves many now do so without
tear of violating the state game law.
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1908.
HEAVY DAMAGE IN RANDOLPH.
Hot Weather Has Badly Injured Cot
ton in That County.
A Cuthbert dispatch says the ex
treme "warm weather has been ex
ceedingly hurtful to cotton in Ran
dolph county. In so.ne sections it
has been very dry, and the growth
and fruitage have bheen checked to
such an extent as will be hard to
recover.
In other sections where it has
rained and the stalk is sappy it has
had a damaging effect also. What
frtuit 18 on the stalks is being
opened up by the hot sun, and if the
warm dry spell continues for a few
days longer the cotton crop will con
sist of that already developed.
The farmers are not encouraged at
the outlook. What rains have
fallen in this section for the past
several weeks have been local show-
Blackroot in Dougherty.
An Albany - dispatch says that
while it is heard in some quarters
that cotton is suffering from the ef
fects of drought, quite a different
condition exists in Dougherty county.
There has been sufficient rain to
afflict many fields with a black root,
which is rapidly destroying all pros
pects of a top crop. The diseased
condition of the plants will not, it is
believed, seriously affect the bottom
crop, which is now well advanced.
Sl e o
RICHEST BABY MUST WAIT.
Mother's Illness Postpones Baptism
of $40,000,000 Boy.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says:
The baptism of Maitland Alexander,
Jr., a two-months-old infant, said to
be worth $40,000,000, perhaps the
richest youngster in the country, did
not take place as had been expected
by friends and intended by his par
ents. Mrs. Alexander has been taken
to York harbor with her husband
and son for the summer.
The baby is the son of the Rev.
Dr. Maitland Alexander, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Pitts
burg, and Mrs. Madeline Laughlin
Alexander, who was one of the rich
est girls in America before she mar
ried Alexander, who is himself a
man of great wealth, being one of
the famous insurance Alexanders of
New York.
So rich is the father of the $40,-
000,000 baby that he has never been
known to accept one cent of salary
for preaching, giving all of his $lO,-
000 annual s 'ary to the Allegheny
General Hos .1, with which he for
years has been connected.
THE GREAT OIL VOLCANO.
Great Quantities of Mud and Sand
Now Being Pumped Into Crater.
An effort is being made to stop
the flow of burning oil that is pour
ing from the miniature volcano in
the San Geronimo field, 75 miles
southwest of Tampico, Mexico, by
pumping enormous quantities of mud
and sand into the crater, but the fire
is still burning as fiercely as ever.
The flames mount more than 1,500
feet from a crater more than 300
feet in diameter.
It is estimated that more than 10 .-
000 barrels of oil are consumed
daily, and that since the fire started
on July 4th. more than 5,000,000
barrels, valued at $1 a barrel, have
been burned.
The spectacle is one of the grand
est ever witnessed,
HOKE SIGNED 'EM IN A HURRY.
Governor Kept Busy Keep'i:;:{;l*l-s- From Going By Default. Sev.
eral Failed to Receive His Sanction, Among Them
Being Three to Abolish City Courts.
Governor Hoke Smith completed
the work of passing on the bills en
acted at the recent regular session
of the legislature last Tuesday night,
winding it up only a few hours be
fore the legal expiration of the time
allowed for passing on bills.
A large number of bills remained
over for the last day, and for a time
it seemed that all of these had been
allowed to die. The law requires the
governor to approve or disapprove
all measures within five days after a
session ends; if no action is taken by
him in that time on any measure it
goes by default, the same as if ve
toed.
Tuesday was in reality the sixth
day after the closing of the session
of the general assembly. Attorney-
General Hart was called on to decide
whether or not the remaining bills
had any legal standing. He looked
into the law and found that prece
dent permitted the chief executive
to omit Sunday from the five-day
limit. While the law makes no such
omission it has been done by nearly
all governors in the past, and was
therefore held to be legal on the
basis of common usage.
While it was generally understood
that the bill requiring that pensions
be paid annually would be vetoed
the governor decided at the last mo
ment to approve the measure. He
takes the position that while he sees
no way under the present arrange
ment of the state’s finances tg carry
it out and do justice to the other
state creditors that no principal is
involved, and that he will be able to
meet the obligation before his term
Resuscitated Three Minutes After
Fluttering Soul Departed.
DOCTORS WERE QUICK TO ACT
3 e o
Sufferer Was Brought Back From
the Grave by Whiskey and Strich
nine. After an Hour's Work by
Physiclans the Resurrected Man
Opened His Eyes and Spoke.
For three minutes Oscar Culver was
dead in the Eastern District Hospital
last night, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
His pulse beat ceased and there was
not the slightest heart action or trace
of breath on a mirror held before
his lips. Mrs. Culver was at the
bedside, and, convinced her husband
was dead, she wept bitterly. Dr.
Henry Jaffer decided to attempt an
experiment. He administered six
drachms of whisky and ten grains
of strichnine, and resorted to arti
ficial respiration.
Gradually the heart resumed its
beating, the pulses fluttered and the
supposed dead man quivered back
to life. He spoke to his wife, and
for fifteen minutes she sat with him.
He was conscious at midnight.
“I feel like fighting,’”” said Culver
to the physicians after he came back
to life.
The man is too ill to understand
he was to all appearances dead for
three minutes and his restoration to
health is out of the question, as he
is dying from consumption and in
flammatory rheumatism. The mix
ture that was given to him to restore
the heart action was sufficient to
kill a healthy man, but its effect is
only temporary.
Five weeks ago Culver's condition
became so serious it was necessary
to remove him to the hospital. His
case presented a remarkable combi
nation that interested the doctors
deeply, and everything was done for
Culver that medical science could
suggest.
But his constitution had been
wrecked, and the patient gradually
grew worse. All hope was aban
doned, and Mrs. Culver was informed
her husband probably would not live
through the day.
She remained at the bedside until
he apparently died. The ‘“death”
was reported to Dr. Louis Wiegand,
superintendent of the hospital. Dr.
Wiegand held, with the other physi
cians in the hospital, that there was
no hope of prolonging the life of
Culver, and when the report of his
death was made to him he ordered
the body removed to the hospital
morgue.
Before that could be dane Dr.
Henry Jaffer, who had given careful
study to Culver's case, and who was
in the superintendent’s office when
the death was reported, asked for
time to make an experiment on the
body. Careful examination of the
heart failed to discover the slightest
spark of life. There was not even
“false”” pulsation, which sometimes
occurs after death. Dr. Jaffer re
quested the supposed widow to re
tire for a few minutes. Staggering
into another room she flung herself
weeping into a chair. Then Dr.
expires next June. Then it will be
up to another administration.
Two hundred and seventy-two bills
were passed at the recent session.
A large percentage of them were of
a local character, there being fewer
than thirty real general bills. Thir
ty-eight resolutions, mostly for the
payment of special pensions, were
adopted. The governor took no ac
tion on two pension resolutions, and
the sums cannot therefore be paid.
One was to give forty-five dollars to
Mrs. Tallulah Towns of Atlanta, and
another to give sixty dollars to Mrs.
Nancy Collier.
Bills Lost.
The governor vetoed the following
bills, or permitted them to die by
default, taking no action:
A Dbill to abolish the county court
of Clinch county.
A bill to create a new charter for
the town of Ellijay, the purpose be
ing to decrease the incorporated lim
its.
A bill to abolish the city court of
Barnesville.
A bill to extend the school text
book contract two years.
A Dbill to permit policemen and
firemen to accept free street car
transportation.
That portion of the bill for the
support of the state agricultural col
lege by which five thousand dollars
was appropriated to each of the ex
perimental stations at Griffin and
Waycross.
A bill to abolish the city court of
Henry county.
See our assortment of Granite,
Galvanized and Tin ware. Pickett
Furniture Co. g
[Jaffer administered the strychnine
and whisky hypodermically to the
seemingly dead man and at the same
time resorted to artificial respira
tion. The staff physicians and sur
geons gathered about the bed and
watched the result of the experi
ment.
Within fifteen minutes there was
a slight resumption of heart action.
It was only a flutter. Then the
mouth twitched slightly. A few min
utes more and there was evidence of
resumption of respiration and the
heart beat quickened. Dr. Jaffer,
thus encouraged, redoubled his ef
forts to restore life. The other doc
tors assisted, and a half hour after
he had been reported dead Culver
opened his eyes and sighed. He ap
parently became unconscious again,
but at th end of an hour's work by
the doctor his eyes opened again anu
he spoke.
The heart was beating evenly
though weakly. Sighing deeply, the
resurrected patient said: “I feel like
fighting.”” The doctors gave him
more stimulant and permitted his
wife to enter the room and talk
briefly with him. The patient’s voice
was scarcely more inan a whisper.
His wife was gratified to hear even
that, and she remained at the bed
yside as long as the doctors would per
mit her. That was fifteen minutes,
but she was not permitted to say
much to him. Weeping tears of joy
she left the hospital, with the prom
ise of the doctors that they would
keep her husband alive as long as
they could; but they added she must
not hope for his recovery.
MONUMENT T 0 JOHN D.
A Texas Farmer Pays Unique
Tribute to Rockefeller.
Believes the oOil King Is One of the
Greatest Public Benefactors the
World Ever Produced. The Tes
timonial Will Be at a Big Cost of
Money and Labor.
A. G. Lee, a wealthy farmer of
Denton county, Texas, is making sat
isfactory progress in his work of
erecting a monument to John D.
Rockefeller. He is now laying the
stones of the monument. It will be
a pyramidal structure of enormous
size. Mr. Lee will spend most of his
fortune in erecting this unique testi
monial to the man who he believes
is one of the greatest public bene
factors the world ever produced. Mr.
Lee is such an admirer of Mr. Rock
efeller that he calls his farm the
Rockefeller farm and his country
home ‘‘Philanthropy.” The site of
the monument is upon an eminence
a mile south of the town of Denton.
When finished the monument will be
several hundred feet high and can be
seen for many miles around. Mr.
Lee is well educated and keeps in
close touch with the current events
of the day. He has a high standing
in the community where he lives. In
speaking of the monument the other
day Mr Lee said:
‘“The work on the monument be
gan March 19, 1907, and has been
pushed as rapidly as possible ever
since, and is progressing very nicely
at present, as weather and other con
ditions are favorable to the work
just now.
‘“The reason I took the initiative
in the building of this monument at
so great cost of labor and money is
that 1 was deeply touched by the
great good that Mr. Rockefeller is
doing in the world. He is giving
good for evil—that is, going on in
his great work of philanthropy just
as though the world was appreciat
ing what he was doing, when, in
fact, he was being abused for the
good he was doing. He went deafly
and blindly on with his good work,
paying no attention to the hard
things that were being said about
him in the press, in the pulpit, in
the political field, on the street cor
ners and elsewhere. It struck me
that he must be an extraordinary
man, or he would have become dis
gusted with the people for being so
ungrateful; that he would have stop
ped his philanthropic work, and the
fact that he did not made me think
he dserved the greatest monument
that was ever erected, and I set out
to build it.
“It looks like fortune has favored
me so far in accomplishing my pur
pose. Just as Mr. Rockefeller’s un
just critics relegated oil from the
category of commercial commodities,
not subject to the fluctuation like
other commodities, such as meat,
flour, sugar and coffee, and if oil
should slightly advance at any time
accuse him of increasing the price to
recoup an amount of money he had
given to some worthy object, I have
been charged with a sinister or im
pure motive in erecting this monu
ment. But knowing that my object
is good, and hoping that my work
may influence people when I am
dead and gone and cause them to
look upon Mr. Rockefeller’s life and
worXk in the true light gives me cour
age and inspiration to go on.”
The monument is already one of
the greatest curiosities of that part
of Texas. It presents an imposing
sight as viewed from a distance of
several miles. Many men and teams
are constantly employed in its con
struction.
VOL. 26---NO 48
Hard Times Are Too Much for
The God of Love.
In All Sections of the Country There
Is a Remarkable Falling Off in the
Number of Licenses Issued. The
Merry Marriage Bells Are Not
Clanging Loudly Now.
The capitalist and the working
man were not the only ones hit by
the hard times. Cupid, too, got
treated shabbily, and all over the
country, with rare exceptions, a wail
‘is going up because of the greatly
reduced number of marriages. Ex
cept for a handful of localities, chief
ly in the south, marriages in the
large cities everywhere this summer
have fallen off from 5 per cent. to
33 per cent. Minneapolis reports a
decrease of flve per cent., while in
New York city the falling off is 33
per cent. In New York city alone
the number of marriages reported for
the month of June, this year, was
3,903. In 1907 the number was
5,754, and in 1906 5,733. During
the first six months of the year, up
to June 30th., the total number of
marriage licenses in the county of
New York was 15,500. Last year
during the same period the number
or marriages reported to the regis
trar was 18,108.
Boston ¥eels the Slump.
June, the month of roses and
brides, was a failure as regards to
the latter in Boston as well as in
New York. In June, 1907, there
were 1,022 marriage licenses issued;
this year the number was 934. Dur
ing the first six months of last year
the marriages recorded totaled 4,-
175, while the corresponding period
this year showed only 3,7o9—de
crease of 466.
Philadelphia also experienced a
slump. “Hard times," in the opinion
of Chief Goebel of the marriage
license bureau, ‘“seem to have put
June wedding bells on the dumb.
June last year started 1,826 couples
enjoying heaven and their honey
moons. June this year furnished
bliss for only 1,427. April dropped
350 behind the record and flowery
May quit 400 to the bad. They're
afraid to get married until business
has picked up and the money saved.
Sirloin steak at 28 and 30 cents lets
love down to bread and cheese and
kisses.”’
Chicago Affected.
Chicago’s county clerk in sending
in a report of Cupid's activities
mournfully submits: “Since this
office was established the number of
licenses ‘:sued during the month of
June has steadily increased from
vear to year until 1908, when 240
fewer were issued than in 1907.
We attribute the change to unsettled
business conditions and lack of em
ployment generally.”
It is pretty nearly the same celi
bate story everywhere. “Too many
men out of work,” remarked Jacob
Falk, the license clerk of good, old,
warm-hearted Cincinnati. “We had
661 marriages in June of last vear
and only 530 during June of this.”
In St. Louis there is a falling off of
121 per cent. in June of this vear
as opposed to the corresponding
month last year. Baltimore has the
same story to tell and so has Buffalo.
In Buffalo in 1906 the record was
637 for June; in 1907 it was 657,
and in this year only 481.
In Minneapolis the merry marriage
month of June drops from 462 to
436; and in fond old Louisville it
drops from 229 to 237, and the offi
cials of neither city will risk trying
to understand it.
Cupid’s Work in the South. g
But in Kansas City, with great
sums of hard cash in the bank vaults
throughout Missouri, the June wed
dings have gone up from 402 to 435.
In Milwaukee, where the Wisconsin
grain money kept the population
busy grinning at the rest of the coun
try last winter, the increase was from
522 to 539, a gain of 17 for this
June.
The farther south one goes the
more desperately determined Cupid
seems to have been upon maintain
ing his record. In Atlanta there
were only two fewer in 1908 than in
1907. And as for New Orleans, for
all the hard times and business de
pression and the rest there were 382
brides this June, 18 more than June
saw last year.
Even in Washington, where 800
many persons are happily intrenched
behind Uncle Sam’s payroll; where
it is “sure money,” in good times or
poor, there was a falling off in the
number of weddings. A small de
crease, to be sure—only five—yet a
decrease none the less.
M 3
LEPER WIDOW ESCAPES.
Mrs. Wardwell, the quarantined
leper widow of Brigadier-General D.
K. Wardwell, has escaped from her
quarters in Arizona, agd she is sup
posed to have boarded a Southern
Pacific train for California.
General Wardwell died last week,
after he had succeeded in stealing
his wife away from a Los Angeles
hospital, where she was confined as
a leper.