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4 THE MACON TELEGEAPH: FRIDAY MOENING, FEBRUABY 19, 1897. THE MACON TELEGRAPH. UVJ llntbgrry Btrsot,. Macon, Go. Ths Dally Telegraph Is furnished t* Mb* »< rllwrs et cents per month; fUft for Hirt* months; S3.S0 for ill months; *7 for ouo yrar, payable lu advance. Ths Wcekly Telegraph Is Issaed ^hora- flays ao<l .moiled to subscribers stfl o year, M,r BO cent* for six months, payable In ad* /*acc*. Advertisements will be Inserted In either 1b* Drily or Weekly Telegraph at $1 per Inch for the first Insertion and 60 cent* per Inch for *ab*e«iaeut consecutive Insertion.?. Advertisements In Want Columns coder tbe beads of Wanted. For Sale, For Heat. I/osU Konnd, Mlscellaneons, etc., 1 * word earh Insertion, but no notice will be counted less than fifteen words, I/oenl notice* If. rents per tlna for each lncertlon. Seven words maka a line. All communications should be addressed, and all money orders, checks, etc., mada p»)T«W. to T11E TELEGRAM!. Macon, us. Aa Keen hy tho News nnd Courier. The ■Charlenton New* end Courier, rommeirrlng on The Telegraph's work In the internet of *ea Island cotton f'rows’iw, InalatM that the V*ldosta von* venllon to l»o held on the 24th Inat. should 'be largely attended, nnd by rep. I oriental 1v«*h from all rhe? cotton ntaUM. After quoting from The Telegraph, our contemporary vciys: We need not add much to wtat I* here fitd. but th*> case U even stronger thon The Tdcsniph *e«* It. If n Jfeneral and uniform reduction of the tariff schedule* svere mn»"*ed. Instead of su lni restc, the «o|ion grower* could not accept tneir part o* It.** r,»»on t int I hey In., no part or pine, hi III. e , 'h«tol«|. Th**y sr»* not protected t»y nny ** r lff dti ll «•* and never have been, while Northern ««nd Western wgrlcoltiiralbiU have had id I she profet ilon trial could b« given to Jbein. The moffhient Is not to “increase the protection of the Ion* alspl* cotton grow er*. in common with that of Ibe farmers of rho New Knglund and Lake states, but 10 give them s measure of protection ror she first time. About the «»f protection In the Republican tsrrns «* .Put given to Itio line tobacco grower* of Now England, Now York nnit J onii*,lt*nlii. iiB*ln»t the ■omBotllloti of ibr foreign til.inior* and panpor laborer, of Sumatra, rfg. Soul horn flno ooflou grower* h* to not one rent of protection -ngMtn.t ibo nlsnlers nml poofiorH of Kgyiit. wliooo coitou bn* been .dialled frre of duly for year* and until, a* the Georgia paper aaya, more duo .olton wo a Imported than w »* grown , in o:il* country, and the pi4--e of Ibo nallf. product wua forced f,y such couipclltion Jiclmv the coat of production. There lu no reason for Mila condition of thlllga except III the dolHwnllo piirpoac of Republican congroasca In iHarrunliiato uadnat Houibern grower. iff line cottou for lb. profit of Northern manufacturer, of fine cotton, it bna not boon duo to over* eight. They have ovcibckcd no Ulugh' In- torcat In lh.* Northern aoctlon ,if Ibo isiun* fry. If (lie loog .laplo col ion warn grown In New England or odirr Nnrlhefn auioa, II would have been pwlcellul by high do- iIhi long ago, aa every agricultural Inter- rat In those atatoa baa lioen prwtwtod, and x bo nuly question now wonld bo aa to bow much Ibo .Inflow aliould 1w Incrifiaod. 1 bo doinaml of the collon grower. that Ibojr alia II 1m prelected now la .Imply a demand that fhb. Ilcpiibllcan principle and po lie. of pro foot Ion ahall lie consistently applied wild enforced by lh. ItrnnMIosn par / and Repnbllnin mngroaa. 'Itbcy hav,'a right to donMiid protection for their ladu.try, In- .toad of petitioning for It. It la an out- rage that llicy ahould bo subject to tbo free ruin petition of foreign cotton growera ol Ibe same lime that they are taxed lirav- Hr to protect Nortbarn manufacture™ or Girl, .cotton from tb. competition of for eign manufacturer*. A llepubllcan con. groMlonal ounmilttee I* now engaged In railing tbe dotlea for the prolfjtl.m of the*e manufacturer.. Tbe demand -should be made,plain and eaqSiatlo tor aom, uieaa- tire of tirotecitioi for ibe farmer., amt It ehnuld be enforced by tb* repre#.nt*tl»e» of the agrlcoliural Interoer In coogrea., by whatever to.an. wro neceaury. ft ahould not b. pof.lblo for nny tariff Mil to |>a»i tbe nenate whleh doe* not do full JnMIcd to till* ImiKirtant but *o Ian* contented In- tereHt. The Heptildleana In and out ox con* grew, do,taro that "more revenue" l« need- cd. Here I* a how anil aintoiudieil waurce of revenue. They declare that Hbtiubllcan prntrcilun I* ucre*aary to tbo maldt.nanc. pud development «f Amerlcau lndustrl.1. Mere I* an American Induatry which lu not ptwevned. They declare Ibat tbo agrirub turlal I* tbe eaneelal care of the Republb can parly and that protection la eap*clally for hi* beneffi: Dial the home market nitwt be preferred for him. Her. wro agflpullur- I.I., tb.,o»and* of Ibrm, who ora being driven In tbe mil tvy helug late,I for Ibo eupiuirl of all usher Industrie* while they ■n left exposed year after year to tbo r impetltlou lu tbe heme market of tb* caeapevt labor on earth. Tb. demand far a change of their condition should ba mad. without bill when Ihe ilopublloan congreaa take, up the subject of protecting dutl.a again, and s}p,ul,f lu* tnado In a way to prevent Itn evasion. The la*n,. xbonhl be msde «o Ibat It must be met. The Valdaat* Convention, aa Tbo Telegraph say*, should !„• called at oiieo, and It abnuld be altended by rfpraacuta. tlvea from every isillan growing atat». Nothing will b„ accomplished, uotbljig la etor to ba rtprctril, from waiting on tbo Hopubllosn tariff uiakera to da Justice In Ibis mailer, of Ibelr uwn motlnn. Happily, Kiev d,» not ceuirol the »en*U\ Thu con- tenHen tfinuhl address Its argum.nta to that body. The Newa and Courier repreaenti • rondtlturiKy of aea Inland cotton, trow* era, an,l lbs Intercut In thla quewtlon la natural and timely an Ita ipawlllon la atroiiff and convincing. With the pretes and people In the aea Island (i),-It In tine, and with the a cor gi a congreaamen helping, there aecma to ho irod roaaon to hop. that aome- thlng will Ihu accompllahed. The pro* motera of the Valdoata convention •houM "atlr their atumpu. Thera ahould the no delay, tut the now tariff bill la now heluB put In ahapt. The 1 tu iU,0« ltatlu. Japan la about to play Jhe tnlachlef with the advocates of the 1» to l theory of governmental flnaneo for the tnlnlwtcra of,hit majesty are arranging lo put that progrosalve country on a gold basis by adopting the ratio of 1 to 3I.M aa between gold nnd silver, such being' the- ratio of the bullion value of the respective metal*. If Japan shall do this, it will hot be long before China will follow, and that will be the end of the It to 1 propaganda. With tha Orient refusing to adhere to the princi ple that one-half of one 1a one, and re quiring that there shall be a dollar’s worth of silver In every dollar, tho world may be then conatdered aa being t and entirely on the gold basis. _ e wlU be no objection to the frre nnd unlimited coinage of atlver when the commercial ratio Is regarded and there la no “flat" alloy In It. The heathen In hla blindness may bow down to wood and atone, according to the old hymn, and may continue to do ao for eome years, but he I* not bowing down to tho U to 1 theory of finance. The influence* of civUliatlon have made rnough Impression upon hi* mind to enable him to realise when he I* given a rotn that prntvv«e»<« value which It dots not have in .act, and be la align-, eng himself with those who believe that flat values are not euatalaable by any decrees of legislature* or kings. If all neiloca ahall now agree to double the amount of atlver in a dollar, and to tboaa kind of dollars, silver would be quickly revived and Montana and other atlver t outex receive great benefit ***«■*• the' bl i tbe free and unlimited coinage of i gold and Oliver, without danger the country and at the same lime as suring their* concurrent circulation. And that l» the 'only wajt. It would relievo the people of any fear that tho money of the country could over be cornered. Aa Japan has followed the United States to a gvdd basis, so must wo follow Japn If wc would throw open our minis to the white metal. It may be said that a silver dollar doubled In wclght'wptdd be an Incon venient coin on that account- Not at all. Certificates esn b« Issued Instead of the coin, and when It la necessary to ship Ihe coin ttsclf, the trains and ships are strong enough to transport It In whatever quantity. Nobody need feel chagrined because It la Japan that leads the way to "a restoration of sil ver to Its proper place In the currency," because It Is not the first time since the world began that the Orient has contributed Ideaa that the peoples of other parts of the earth have found to be exceedingly valuable In their busi ness. | Mr. McKinley’s Illness. The strain lo which Major McKinley ha* been subjected because of the Im portunities of office-seekers has over taxed his physical .endurance, nnd he is now under the care of a physician. The moridug lie took to hla Inal, he hid fifty callers bnlhre breakfast. He bad asked none of thrai to noun*. The spectacle Is a disgraceful one In all respects. In farmer lime* it was cousldered a violation of Ibe proprieties for persons to solicit cabi net appointments, for the reason that such places were regard,d lu the presi dential household, Into which men ahould only enter upon irwlrallon. Tho honor ol sluing at tlie cabinet hoard was not con sidered a privilege which anybody had the right to demand any more than to claim • seat at the table of a private elMieo. Hut' llmea hare changed, eti quette has been thrust aside, and for three months Mr, -McKinley has been be sieged by clamorous committees and del egations begging that be take tbe Hon. Tom, (Jen. Diek and Professor Harry Into the circle of the presidential fire side, though he may never have had the slightest personal aci|ualuranee with any one of them. The whole business Js the grossest abuse of the hospitality ot the .McKinley home, and thorouifiily die- creditable to the American .people. It is worse In aome of ils phases than ever before. Mr. MoKItHey. after his election, ohonhl have heen toft alofte l» prepare himself for the tremendous responsibil ities that await him, ami jiermlttcd to consult only with those whom he might summon. Aa It Is, tho man has become wearied and worn before taking up. his official duties, and there Is actual dan ger that he may not be able to partici pate In the Inaugural ceremonies, and that he will hare to lie content with fak ing the oath 1n a slok-ronm. No man who has just received honor dt the hands of the people likes to make him self Inaccessible. He Is Ttther disposed lo allow bU.uppro-laMon by throwing all Ihe doors open;, hut ,tho office-seekers should be estopped in some way from harrying a man Into an lHncre by taking advantage of hla good nature. Mr. Mc Kinley will find some relief' ot course, tvTieii he is duly lodged In the White House, for there he can regulate hli houra auU the piucesalpn of tl|e appli cants. He will also 1>e able to refer many of Ihous to tho heads of department.. In Cantoa be is helpless. He cannot’ tin- loom the family bulldog, or cordon h!s yard tilth policemen, or prorldo his premises with a moat and draw-bridge, or hang out a small sign. He must stand at his door until exhausted, and given over to hla physician. In view ol this demonstration of the greed for office, erery patriotic citizen, Jt seems to ua, should regard with favor the extension of tho rtvll, service rules to all places In the government service except those whleh naturally nud properly should he held by persons In aympsthy with the imCttlcal nud administrative purposes of the executive. In Ihe mean time, public sentiment should i» aroused against tho badgering and bullying and brutality geuerally to whleh a president-elect is subjected during the period between bis election and his Inauguration, and when he ahull flunlly lie installed in ihe White House be should not feel required to hold nny more public receptions than he may desire. The interests of the country demand tint the prealdeut shall com mand libs own time, do mere heavy thinking than hand-shaklug. "ThTcommlllee of the Atlanta Clear ing House Association, appointed investigate the condition of the Bute Havings Hank, found that Ihe man who made the application for a receivership wn* a mere dummy or. ngurehead, and held that he ought not to have had any standing In court at alt. The com mittee calls upon the business men of the state to unite In an effort to have the legislature rectify Ihe evils of the receivership system. Before the legis lature next convenes, every commer cial body In Georgia ahould memo rialise It for relief from the wreckers who now prowl among our business In solutions seeking that which they may devour. Wc do not think our legislature If urged will hesitate to enaot the nee- canary protective laws. The matter Is vital, for there can be no development of Orargla'a business Interests so long as the present condition ot things •xlsts. Weakness and Jealousy. Jones. Morgan, Tillman and the rest of them aay they will not offer any obstructive opposition to the policy ot the Kepubllcan administration. Since these very men offered every possible obstruction to tht attempts of the Dem ocratic administration to carry out tha policies upon which It was elected and to which It ni pledged, It would seem that a peculiar change had come over the spirit of their dreams. After fie- straying the fruits of an overwhelming Democratic victory—yea. more, after dismembering the party itself, hy ob struction and destruction of Demo cratic policies and party principles, these alleged Democrats, when tbe op posing party comes to power, discover that it would be quite wrong, it not absolutely sinful, to oppose the carry' Ing out of the enemy's programme! This may be the sincerity born ot a new conviction, but time will tell. There is a suspicion that it Is one ot tbe several schemes born of tenatorlal Jealousy and spite tor the purpose of putting more hot ashes on ths hack of one who has stood unawed and un moved against senatorial aggression upon the constitutional prerogatives of the presidential office. Jealousy is an evidence ot weakness. It always attends degeneracy. It grows space with decay. The sen ate is not tbo strong body of former days. It to w.akef than the house. It aeuux to be drifting in the direction of that imbecility which characterises the degenerate house of lords. The painful consclousnc.-s of Its Increasing debility produces a disposition 'to grasp for power, nnd do lust for dominion over co-ordinst* branches of the govern ment. This probably accounts In part for the assault upon the supreme court by a national convention hut year which was dominated by ,thl» very senatorial junto, and It rgplajns their attitude toward the president. While the Morgans, tbe Tillmans and the Joneses are, seeking affronts and are pouting and scolding at every body and everything, the world to rush ing on by them. Like lame ducks they squawk and dive and flutter while the flock noiselessly cuts the wind. But It may be a solacing thought that Old Miss of Big Place, ably as sisted by the Biloxi Whsngdoodlc, ap preciates senatorial dignity and lax-ea Ita sore spots. Th# physicians, who have examined the brain of Dr. Duestrow, hanged for the murder of his wife and child, are •aid to have found evidences of the man's Insanity. It Is quite probable that ho was net In sound mental condi tion when executed. Almost any man, held In tho close confinement of a county Jail for three years, enduring an agony of suspense because of the tcdlounnoss of criminal court procedure, would become daft. If there Is any thing qulto right In the American method of dealing with criminals wc do -not know what It Is. Out 1n Oregon one branch of the legislature has passed a bill for the ■tibmlBSlon to the people of a constitu tional amendment providing for the initiative and referendum system of legislation. It Is only In Populist as semblies that exploded theories of government ore given consideration. The people do not want more elections. they are not acmpetent to select honest and Intelligent men to make their laws, It to doubtful If they are themselves able to make them. Judge Candler, presldng In tho Flan agan case, ssys that he will protect the accused against the lynchers with his own life, if necessary. The spirit which animates Judge Candler should be shown by every Judge In Georgia, and each should, like ho has done, de clare against tho jurisdiction of Judge Lynch In this state. Mr. Manna announces once more that lie has never entertained any desire to be a member of the McKinley cabi net. Aa to the* Ohio senatorshlp he is silent. What nils Call? He has not been heard from since the Cretan outbreak. And Morgan; can't he scold the pow ers, or the sultan, or some one? What is to prevent the senatorial mind from turning to Crete? Why not rceolro to recognise her Independence also? Is Call asleep? Cameron should ehy another resolu tion Into the senatorial ring. Shall Crete not bo gathered under senatorial wings? Hon. Ooodykoontx Is on gaining ground. He may add to' the senatorial seasoning yet. LIVE TOPICS DISCUSSED, Js it 'the sir or the "llmate or the wealth of free space or the glorious ex ample of Tcfbe Scrutclrtns and Cyclone Davis that makes .Texas a elate as fer tile In orators as in more common crops? Scarcely sdsy paares without bringing forth rtome Texas oration which neither history nor literature can afford to let die. Only last weok tho Hon. iFcrlolm iNapolcon Harris of Gal veston .pricked 'these flaming Jewels from the sphvre ol fire: , "An nVntcrtosm cltisen asks who to Mr. Polk? Ho to A colon of one of tho noblest families that ever reflected credit upon (ho American nation* Ev ery drop of blood In his veins has been handed down to him from revolutionary •Ires, from men who wore great In the colonial daye of our country, who re belled against the tyranny of King George. From North Carolina, througn Franklin, down to Tenneesre, where ho was born, amid the blue ethreil hills of that land made classic In song and story hy Its mountains and Its pure air, where la crystal waters leap from rock to rock ad own Ita mountain aides like a cataract of diamonds reflecting bock with redoubled splendor the (lories of the noonday sun, • comes Mr. Polk; where (he women are as fair aa the water they drink, and aa pure ax the air they Ibreathe; where the’men are es brave as their own mountain lions, ex true to (heir instincts and as stern In their Integrity as the native adamant. From such a family, such a country, and such surroundings comes tbe man whom Tcnncwsec has presented to Tvxos, Lucius J. Polk, now general manager of the Bants Fe railroad, who tenders you ths courtesies of his road.” No leaping crystal waters *fc half so clear, no blue ethereal hills she one- third to beautiful, no cataracts ot dia monds are one-sixteenth eo splendid ax are the words of the Hon. Pericles Na poleon Harris of Galveston. Hence forth no American cltlien will need or dare *Xk. Who to Mr. Polk? Mr. Polk to the man who has been dipped in crystal waters and ducked tn cttaracto of diamonds reflecting back with re doubled . splendor the glerlee of the noonday eun. and hurled from rock to rock adoa-n the mountain aides, nnd relied over the blue ethereal hills by the Hen. Pericles N. Harris of delves- ter. Hereto and Polk are now become two great twin brethren in fame.—New York- Sun. The Atlantic coaat of the United States, from the Bay of Fundy. on (he extreme northeast, to the mouth of the Rio Grande, In the Gulf of Mexico, la shout 3,000 rollrt. The Pacino ctfsst, from the northernmost limit of the Mate ot Washington, In Puget’s Sound, to Bsn Diego, at the aouihrrnmoet point of the etete of California, la near 3.000 miles. The coaat line ot the United States bordering on that group of In- ,Und seas known as the Great Lakes Is quite another thousand mUra In length. Here are 0,000 miles of coaat tine. In dented with almost Innumerable bays and Inlets, and cut by the mouths of navigable rivers,,furnishing vast num bers of secure and convenient harbors for shipping, while the country which to bordered by these seas and oceans, and which to Intersected by numerous deep and navigable rivers, comprises 3,000*000 square miles of territory, em bracing the riche.-: farming lands, the moat extensive timber forests and mine*, practically Inexhaustible, of every mctsl and mineral which to In- vUent nvsibJe or useful to man. Hero la «x country provided by nature with a most lavish endowment of every product which is made the auhject of the world'* Industrie, and commerce, and tt I* able to supply every country on the globe with every matcrtil for food, clothing and for conatruetlon that c*n be required. Already the suppli.-.* of these thins* produced.by the Ameri can people are 'natty greater than they can consume, and, when the home de mand has been supplied, there remains an enormous surplus whleh must find a market In foreign countries; or bs left upon the hands of Its producers to operate In forcing down the price, or, In the case of perishable products, to rot on the hands of their owners. Under such conditions, the sound 'senv and worldly wisdom which are necessary to all statesmanship'and to the handling of all questions ot politi cal economy would dictate that the chief need of the people of the United States Is to find as many end as ex tensive foreign markets as possible for the sale of their overflowing products, nnd to utilise as much as possible the extraordinary shipping facilities which nature has bestowed on their country. But. unfortunately, the control of the public affairs of the American people, so far from being Intrusted to the wisest statesmanship and tbe most en lightened philanthropy, la. commonly placed In the power of a lot of uncon scionable political demagogues and im practicable theorists, or else in the bands of men so saturated In Ignorance and narrow prejudice as that they have constantly sacrificed the great Inter ests of 4h« country and often atruck heavy blows to its prosperity in order to carry out aome personal or partisan scheme, or to gratify a malignant and foolish prejudice—New Orleans Pica- une. t The more la learned of ths purposes of the pending mandatory railroad com mission (bill, the more to to studied and examined, the greater will appear 11s defects, the more Incongruous Its ele ments, tho more grotesque Ita provis ions, the more wildly communistic Its Intent and the more obvious its uneon- r.tltutlonallty. The commission created by this Iblll are to 1»e clothed with man datory powers. They are to represent aihsoluttem In Its most vicious form. From Its findings there to to ibe no ap peal, against its vengeance no escape, against Its tyranny no 'Protection. It Is to be the sovereign state Incarnate. It will fix rates for freight and passen gers; It will demand free passes for it- uelf. and the railroad that refuses to Issue them Is to 0>* fined tl.OOO.^n other words, three polltlcel soldlens of for- i!!2*V. nel t htr whom could tell a freight rate from <a page of the Koran, *• auth °rtoed to confiscate the Mllroad property of the state, usurp the ftmedoMrf-woUeM railroad men and conduct tho business toeult themselves. The propwitlon Is violently preposter- ous. It ta communism run mad. Any legislator who will calmly reflect on the HUcjocl will see the unwisdom and In justice of such a law. No decent court would hesitate a moment to declare It "'.constitutional. —Cilrrrxphla Commer- ctol/Appeal. In the states that have taken a cen sus of their own since the last na- tlonal enumeration, Including New Jer sey, Massachusetts, Kansas nnd Iowa, the rate of growth of population In the Last Is shown to be considerably larger than in tho West. A change of the same kind la observable In the drift - n* *° " Ie different states. Of 343,000 immigrants who landed dur ing the last fiscal year. 137,000 intended to remain In Now York. 11.000 In Penn sylvania and 36,000 In Masachusettx. Thes three Eastern states absorbed two-thirds of the whole Immigration. Twice as many German and Scandlna- vlan farmers went to Connecticut aa to Minnesota. The number finding hemes In Maryland wns over 3,400, or. mure than all who settled in Nebraska. Kan sas and the two Dakotas. There is also a notable movement of our citizens from the Northwest to Missouri nnd to Georgia and other Southern states.---St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Wc do not admire trusts. We be lieve a society whose wants were sup plied by small dealers would probably be a healthier one. and we are well aware of the unscrupulouaness devel oped by the possesion of great com mand of capital. But wo cannot get over the fact that large conglomerations of capital have In almost every case low ered prices for the benefit of the con sumer. and, therefore, have had public opinion openly or secretly at their back. They have now begun to take charge of the work ot distribution all over the world, apparently with popu lar consent or approbatlon—that to, to compete with each other Instead of the small dealers anti many a harrasaed mother privately blesses them. The real objection to them In this state Is their effect on the legislators. Such leg. Islstors as we now have never see a conglomeration of capital, either In a corporation or trust, without longing to get a chance at It In some way— that Is, to get some money out af It by threats of legislation or annoyance— New York Post. By a vote of 33 to 31 the senate ot the United State* on Monday *et aside the treaty of arbitration, put Itself un der the leadership ot Mr. Morgan of Alabama and voted to consider his reso lution In favor of "abrogating" the Clnyton-Bulwer treaty.-It, Is not neces sary to treat this as a final vote on any ot the questions Involved. It shows, nevertheless, but too clearly whither the sehats to drifting—drifting because there to nobody at the helm with a firm hand or a clear knowledge of the course he wishes token. The Tnrpie amendment, withdrawing from arbitra tion all subjects not expressly submit ted to the tribunal by president and senate, may or may not be adopted. It would make the treaty foolish enough to please the most foolish Jingo, but he present disposition In the senate to to shelve the whole subject. The Jingoes, with Mr. Morgan at their head, are In control. And they think the treaty of arbitration so dead that they ean turn to tbe equally’ conghnla) business ot destroying another treaty. They would like to have no treaties at all—nothing to prevent them blustering every day of their live* to tholr hearts' content. But to “abrogate" a treaty to rather a serious business. How do they pro pose to do It? Where does the senate find any warrant for such an exercise ot senatorial authority? Not In the con stitution. There to nothing in the con stitution about abrogating a treaty. It Is a matter ot diplomacy and nego tiation. A treaty to a compact between two powers. It to often broken, no doubt. It may expire by Its own limi tation. It may become of no effect by force of circumstances or by what the lawyer* call non-user. It may be "de nounced.’’ It may be declared null and void by consent .of tbe parties to it. But how does Senator Morgan propose to "abrogats"‘a treaty which to still altoe? He will ttnd-lt much less easy than to wreck a treaty which still awaits ratification.—New York Herald. T%« bounty jumpers and the bounty Jumpers' attorneys who did so profitable a business daring the last year of the Writ wsr are naturally opposed to ths Anglo-American arbitration treaty— Philadelphia Record. The excitable Sovereign, who holds the title of general master workman of tbe Knights of Labor, bs* written a letter which appears In w "labor organ" tn Denver sbont the revelntionsry societies, the "Iron Brotherhood" and tbe "Im- dualrial Army." He says that they' an spreading 4n all parts of the country, and have given up all hope of remedy ing the existing evil* by the ballot, and he Implies that the Teal purpose of thla scent movement to * violent insurrec tion against the "platocracy " Then U. a gleam of .raw In Sover eign** protest against Instigations of for eign wsr as a mean* of diverting atten tion from our own "social nud economic disorders." He says, truly enough, that the unrest of our people to not caused by a hatred of foreign nations, add to provoke a foreign war would not prove ‘ permanent remedy for domestic wrougs." We do not beliere that the working people of the country bate any desire for war, or that Jingoism appeals to them. They know well enough that the burden und disaster would toll mainly upon them, and If it Is ln,.tbe interest of any class to have reace un disturbed and international trouble set tled by arbitration, it Is those whp are engaged in the prcaluctire. industry of the country—New York Tbnoy A'new financial cloud, no larger than a hand, appears upon the domestic hori- son and 1* gradually aaanmlng the shape of an Easter bonnet.—Chicago Timts- Herald. The steamer Three friends, alleged fflibnster, la occasioning much concern to Spain's three friend*—President Cleve land, Secretary Olney and Attorney-Gen eral Harmon. They are petident from Ihe horns of a dilemma, much to the 'Amuse ment and satisfaction of the friends ol Cuba. The lower court, before which the case of the Three Friends was brought, decided that aa belligerency was not recognised by the United States government, the Three Friends could not have violated the neutrality laws. The laws In question forbid giving old aud comfort to one of two bcillsl'rents. Ao the Cubans are not belligerents, It fol lows that the Three Friends has not vio lated neutrality, but only a local regula tion of the Cuban customs. v The attorney-general, however, w not satisfied with the decision of the lower, court, nnd is moving lo take the case to the court of appeals. To secure the much- wlshed-for conviction, however, the at torney-general nuuat contend that the government h-aa recognized the belliger ent rights of the Cubans. This conten tion, however, is confronted with the toot that white congress passed a reso lution with apbatantlal unanimity, re questing the president to issue a procla mation recognizing belligerent rights, that gentleman declined to do anything of the Lind, treated the resolution with open contempt, and went off duck hunt ing. ThU has placed the attorney-general In a position where he'Is making a spec tacle of himself. To make good hit con tention he must secure a decision from the higher court that belligerent righto have been recognised, that war exists be tween Cuba -and Spain, and that tbe friends of the forener, especially the Three Friends, Irive violated the stat utes of neutrality, notwithstanding that the other three friends qre working in the interests of Spain. To get out of Ills dilemma the attorney-genera! to obliged to contend that, tvbllo the government has not formally recognized belligerent rights, and no proclamation has been Is sued by tbe president, yet the president's message to congress and Secretary Ol ney'* special report to tho president are tantamount to such a recognition. The situation is one wbloh glvcu much satisfaction to the friends of Cuba. If the higher court affirms the decision of the lower, then there will be no further danger to filibustering vessels carrying a'ltis to Cuba, so far a* the United States Is concerned. If it decides, on the other hand, that belligerent rights have been recogulzcd and neutrality laws vll>- lated, then filibustering expeditions may be fitted out In United States ports without danger of Interference from United States vessels.—Chicago Tribune. GEORGIA PRESS COMMENT. may ’sound chimerical to the average read er. But It must be remembered that won derful results along various lines of sclen. tide endeavor have been arrived at lately, and that It Is not safe to doabrprematnrely the claims of scientist* In ■ these days of X-rays, animated pictures and talking ma chines.—BavsnnahNcws. MARCO llOZEARlS. Fltz-Greeno llplleck. Marco Boxzarls, the Epamlnondas of modern Greece, fell In a night attack upon the Turkish camp at uispt, ths site of thu ancient l'tataea, Aug. SO, 1423. and ezplrcd In the moment of victory. Hli last, words were: -To die for liberty Is a pleasure sod not a pain." c At midnight, In his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of th. hour. When Gra.ee, her knee In snppllance bent, .Should tremble at his power; lh dreams through camp and court be bora The trophies of a conqueror; lu dreams, his song of triumph heard; Then wore his monarch'* *lgnet ring: Then pressed that monarch's throne—• As wHd S hts thought*, end gay of wing. As Edea's garden bird. And now there breathed that haunted air Tho sons of sires who conquered, there, With arm to strlko and soul to dare, As quick, as far, as they. • An hour passed on: Tbs Turk awoke; That bright dream wat his last; Bn awoke to hear the sentries shriek, ■To arm.: they come; the Greek; tht Greek;" He woke to die midst flame nnd smoke, And Xbout. ami Kroau. aud nabru stroke, .And death shot* fulling thick and ftut As lightnings from the mountain cloud; And heard, with voice na trumpet loud, Ilo*wrl» cheer hla hand; ■Strike—till tbe laet armed foe expire^ Strlko—for your altars and four Urea; Htrlke—for the green grave* of your alres, God, and your native land." . They fought like brove men, long and well; They piled chat ground with Moslem They conquered-'hot Rozxarls fell, Bleeding at every vein. ^ Bossaris; wlttr tho storied brave Greece nurtured In her gtory’e time, Beat thee; there is no prouder grave, Hveu in lier own proud clime. Wo tell thy doom without a algfa; For thou art freedom’* now. And fame'; One of the few. the Immortal name*, That were not bom y> die. jmpbovkd schedules Vin Control of Georgia Railway Company Passenger* can r.ow leave Macon for Mil* led^evllle at a. m. and 7;d0 p, ui. Arrive Mlllcdgeville at 1:45 p. m. and 8:40 p. in., except on Suuday. which leave* Ma con at 11:35 a. m., arrive* Mllledgevlllo at it:43 p. in. Returning, leavo MIlTedgovilla at 0:35 .a. m. and 1:43 p. tn., arrive* Ma con at 7:45 a. in. nnd 3:45 n. ni. On Hun- days, leave Mlllcdcevllle at 11:35 a, ra., ar rive Macon nt 3:45 p. in. Thc«o Hchcdule* nl*o extend tq Baton- ton. ra**engera for Eatonton can al*u leave Macon via Mnchen at 8:10 nr ui., ar rive Eatonton nt 11:04 a. in. Returning, ran leave Eatonton at 4:13 p. m.. arrive Macon 7:40 p. in. Thl* give* double dally Hchedule via Gordon to Mllledgevllle nml Eatonton aud one via Machen to Eatontou. X*a Grippe, Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonle cures cold and la grippe in one day—24 houra. Editor Fcrham has been in Charleston to Inspect Bunco’s nova! squadron. He will probaly charter one of tne big war ships, take command In peraon, sail straight to Cuba, blow up Moro castle, capture H vans, bang Weyler and free Cuba * what *■ 3 Ha* This Is Just what be would do. If he bad bis way about It. Perharo la a staunch friend and advocate of Cuba, and "there are oth ers," but none more loyal to tbe cause of human freedom than tbs genial editor of tbe Waycrots Herald.—Thomaavllle Times. In the Constitution’s correspondence from Washington the statement wvi tuatle that Mr. Turner was tho only man In the Geor gia delegation at the national capital who voted againHt tbe appropriation of fllXMKX) for un alleged "fast mall” service to the f loutb. Tbe Constitution’* correspondent, a line with the policy of that papeiUbought that to show that Mr. Turner was alone lu hi* stand would convict him at once s* being Indifferent to tbo Interests cf tuc people. I/«t us sec who was light, Mr. Turner, or thu twelve Georgia congress men who voted for tbf appropriation. Con gress was called upou to glva 11UO.OOO to a system of railroads, c« a subsidy, for .car rying tbs malls from New York to New Orleans. Tbe government paid the rail road the regular rate for postal service and the train, instead of being a regular mall train, carried four or five pa*seag»rco:ichc* and sleepers. It was shown also that In stead of being a "fast” mall train, the schedule was slower than any passenger train on tbo Hue. and that mall from NVw York was delayed ten hour* more than was necrisary waiting for thl* "fast" mall train to get ready to come Mouth. It wa* shown clearly that the train was run be cause tho railroads made money out of It. nml not a* a special accommodation for tbe mall service. Congress was asked to msko this railroad system a present qf HMJ.000, and twelve Georgia cougrcMunen voted "aye." while only on* of them voted “nny/ The prrseirt congress has al ready eclipsed the ‘'billion dollar congress" In Its extravagant appropriations. Most of these twelve Georgia -congressmen were "cussing" Cleveland all over Georgia last year for every 111 that afflicts the countryi —Valdosta T‘mes. It bat not been a great many yeari fine* cotton seed was regarded a* a waste prod uct. Now It Is a very profitable part of tbe crop, nnd brings millions of dollars a year Into the cotton bolt. It appear* al together likely that tha cornstalk, which la even now virtually a waste product, will shortly vie with cotton seed as a money producer. The Morning News has already told of the value of cornstalk cel- plant In Illinois for tbo* conversion cornstalk Into cellulose. It stemt, ever, that this packing l« only one of the many po*«ibllitlr« of the cornstalk. There are more than half a dozen other* already In sight, ami the chemist* are still experi menting. They m*jr evolve half d doxen more. Mr. Prater of fit. Ron Is, who I* con nected wirh a cornstalk enterprise nt Ow ensboro, Ky., and has given the product careful, scientific study, was la New Or leans the other day and talked entertain Ingly to a Picayune reporter with regard to tne possibilities of the cornstalk. It la hi* <**nuid opinion that within a few years the farmer* of the country will be receiv ing from $15 to $23 per acre for their corn stalks. Mills will be established In tht fiouth and other parts of the country, b* says, nnd pretty nearly the whole crop of eom»taIks-at any rate, that part of th* crop which Is grown on farm* contiguous to railway lines—will be used In the mill*. The market for tbe manufactured products Is ready made, ss the product* will be staple articles. In constant demand. Of the products that may be evolved from tha matured cornstalk—the stalk which has borne Its grain—Mr. Prater enumerates cellulose, celluloid, smokeless gunpowder, % cattle feed, roofing material, and a purposa of lays, are lacquer, cattle feed, roofing material that will answer every pur panler mschs. Green stalks, lie m. . rich In glucose, and will yield a better quality ssd a finer sugar with lets expense than can bo made from the caQt of l/oul- sUna. Th# Picayune** representative wsa Inclined to think Mr. Prater was not la earnest; but he declared that be was deep ly la earnest. Said he: "They make sugar now from beets and from toar|* and leaves and potato vines. Why not cornsulksT If g a have ever tasted a green eorMtalk. or * pith, rather, you know well enough that . glucose la one of tho pronounced chemical properties. Glucose exists In.*11 vegetation to a greater or lees extent, bat sugar can# and the cornstalk, being both of kindred vegetable families, possess the greater amount of glucose.'* The demand for smokeless gunpowder Is wlmost unlim ited. At present ft costs more thaw $1 a pound to manufacture It from the ordinary material*. Mr. Prater asserts dhat It can he msde from the pith of the osywatwlk fer 15 cents a pound. The lscqoer from tht cornstslh Js said to bo bountiful In appear ance, perfectly waterproof tad suffldeatly hard for any use to which lacqwtr to put. 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