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tfHE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY 20, 1897. THE MACOX TELEGRAPH. J saaed tntr atomtaf nnil miiV\rhr th. IACON TKI.F.GIlAlTt I-UIII.ISIIING CO., j w (03 Mulberry Street, It woo. <•»- ' The nail/ Telegraph It furnished to anl»- t-rll.rri at co rent* per moolhj II."5 tor Itirrt raontut; (3.30 for tit month!; IT for cut year, payable to advance. The Weekly Telegraph la laaoed There- Dtyt aad mailed lo tobterlben nt II a year, or to ceuta Tor ala* mouth*, payable lu ad- ranee. ' Advertisements will t>« Inserted In elllier Hit Daily or Weekly Telegraph at |1 per Inch Tor tha tint Inaertlon ami (0 cent* per Inch Tor subsequent consecutive lutertlona. Advertisements In Want Column* under the beada of Wanted, For Sale, For H*nt, Lott, Found. Mlaeallaneoua, etc., 1 cant a word each Inaertlon, but no notice will ha counted lent than fifteen word*. I/Ocal notlera IS cent* per line for each Insertion. Haven word* make a line. All communication* ahoold bo addrtattd, and all money order*, ebteka, etc., made payable to T|IB TELEGRAPH, Uarop, Oi. ftacratary Herbert'* Patriotic. Speech The nddreaa of Mr. Herbert, eerre. Ury of the navy. In Charleston wa* In all renpoct* an admirable utterance. HJa reference to the fact that the American fleet of warahlpa now In Cbarleeton harbor, had been rent there by a secretary of tbo navy who had once been a Confederate aoldler nerved lo give point to hie assertion that the laaura of Iho war had been aettl«l. that there In now no eauae of quarrel be tween the auction*, a 1st that there wan complete allegiance lo th* Union everywhere. The Charleston Newa and tfourler. In the courao of gome kindly f-xpretsinns of welcome to the city'* (llHtlngulahcd gueat, tmya: Thirty tls year* ago a young wan. who had removed lo Alabama from Laqrona emialy. H. r., offered bla service* to hi* it,!,■pri.l .rare and collated for the war. Ho terror! bit country faithfully and sealed hta devotl.111 to the rau*e which he e«- pouted with Ida blood. There wa* noil* snore gsllntit lhau he In the armlre which wore the grey, none who endured the Hard- ah Ip* of ihe romp and Ilia peril* hi (Ita Held with greater fortitude and daring, and after ttin unavailing stnizale wa* ended none who accepted more alueerely Ihe Judg ment of the aworrl. . . T-'althful alwoya to the tradition* and tea- titueula or lilt iieople, Irua alway* to the ideal. Upon will, ti tin. Union was founded, aaerldetng nothing of faith dlttl eolivlelhoi, and aollcllou# only for ilia welfare and honor ami glory of the wbola country, liy I ieraonal endeavor and public performance te baa aonglii lo lirlttg about under Ihe rhanaed euttuliloua, and to aueli an eatent oa theae eundltluna will permit, ntt Indlvia- tide union of Imlcatrmdibl* atatea. Aud to II hat cotoe to paaa that tula Lau ren* roomy hoy eomea hark to Ihe chief city of hi* native male t.uloy. not at the colonel of an Alabama regiment of i unfed, crate Not,Her*. Iilll a* Hie aeeretary Of tile navy of the United male*. Tblrlr-.li year* Ago the ndtiilr.il of the Norlu Atlantic e.iuadroti. now Ittm-kadlng th* port of rliarleNton, w.mld Itave tired a broadside i.r tioNtlle ibot ui Hie advrimiroiia eoloueli toilay he will lire a aalolo hi hit honor. Itoih of ihem have made lilalory alnce lb* la*l blockade of Chttrlealou; bulb of thria are making lilalory inday. In our waleome lo Hacreiary Herbert and Admiral Umov, aud In our felicitations at Hie h«|ipy event* of ihla ineniuralile oeeaa- Ion. we inuat not forget tbo Irne, atrong hnnd which In* made Ihe evcul poMlIile-; the wl*e, broad minded. stalwart patriot ItresMeal, Omver nrrelaod-the only prea- Idem of ihe United Stale* In thlcly-alx year* who wa* hlg enough to rmtognlxe the bomb, a* we know the ttouih. In Ine dlairl- button of high .ifflelal h.oiora; the only president who ha** Unratl lo lake an exl'on- redeiaie eoliuiel ami Democrat Into hi* cab- Inal: ihr only yiwddent who waa patriotic enough lo break down Ibe aeetlonal line of dlrlaloit and "restore the Union." While eonaralulailug ounielvra.upnn tha presence of Secretary Herbert and Admiral Buoce, we ahouhl be upgrnteful If We forgo! In enr rejoicing ihe great man at Wnablagtqn, wltoae equal devotion lo all part* of ilia eouniry lei* made It. possible for a "Rebel* aoldler In direct rbe mnvctutnla of a "Yarn kea" aallor. II la no wonder that the Cradle of flecea. aloti la rocking merrily today, heeauae th* onion nt the eonelltulloti. which Ita child ren atrntaknl to nave, with noma change* In Ita alyle »f iipnan-l and lit theories of ealatenre anil li* llmllttlooa of movement, baa been vealorrd. And yet Ihe nrhrr day a member of the legislature of Hceretary 'Herbert’* own atata of Alabama. declared, when he cant lilt vote fnr Ihe antl-trtiat hill, that hp did no In apltc of the fact that tlrover Cleveland favored atich me*' ail re. He deemed II nnccaaary to apoln- glao for agreeing with Mr. Cleveland In anything. To auch men an he,we would, if It we|g> worth the while, com mend tho tmtriotlc wonle of Ihe Charleston Nowa ant! Courier. Preal- dent Cleveland may not ho honored to day by polillcal fly-by-night* who have lurched In the hall* of Southern legla- lalure*. and whu seek to attract atten tion to thrmaelvea by squawking 1st. the president of the United Staten, hut he In Aged forever In Hie veapcct and gratitude of thnae who represent the true character and the auhatanee of the Southern people. It required tt patriot, with the highest moral cour age, lo open all Ihe door* of prefer ment To Southern men. In the eight yrara of hla admlnittrallon hr haa chosen eminent cx-Confrderatea from every one of the acceding atatea for titgli poaltona of public trust, lie haa not been afraid to defy the preju- dicta and the apleen of Northern rudl cal*, and K waa Mr atrong arm that broke down the' bar* of political oatra- Usm. Ho la going out nt office now. 11,* pollclra have not pleated tome Southern politicians and It It quite the fashion among them to throw mud at hi in. 'But They do not aland for (he chivalry of the South, and her people will not forget that It wa* because of Cleveland’s determination that aer- ttonallam should Tp utterly obliterated that he placed, as tho Now*, and Cou rier says, a ' Hebei" soldier In \nink above a "Yankee" admiral. Mr. Her bert, during hi* term as aeeretary of the navy, hot hlmoelt joined heartily In doing hla part to awaken In the hroaata of all Iho people tho spirit of pride In Ihe glory of tha American flag by conducting h)» office upon llnei of tki toMkat statesmanship. An evl- doace «f this I* seen In. the n*w naval r oatnclfituras the great ahlpa being named for great atatea and the smaller veaat Is for dtlea, both North and South. The virtues nnd the blessing* of the Cleveland administration will live In blttory long after the names of hla uttKCpetaus nnd mnlovolent dc- orlerz have been Torgctten ever. In their own neighborhoods. At last the deadlock In the South Dakota leglalnture hat been broken and Senator Kyta hat been re-elected da- apltt the opposition of tit* llluatriput Goody kootrtx. Though Mr. Kyle haa always been elaaied at a Populist, hla ccurve In the United State* senate haa been marked by conservatism. Last "Inter ha pleased the Democrat* by 'lining to enter Into a combination t • disturb the fitjuc* organization wttrr Mr. Frye h.rt supplanted Mr. 11.-11v a> pmMwt pro temporal Aa ."’.'V*’ . , l T RepuhU- douMUaa fnvtr that ■ ■n elo*- point*. He roman, an.) .. tU1 uck min. Th. *,-r.. !d during th* winter of the have not determined in advance of Ihe assembling of the new cnngreaa whether or nut the Itepublleana will have a majority sufficient to eruble them to organize the senate and to carry through all their proposed megs- urea of legislation. Hotter Sherman end Hamilton. Something bus been aald about the decadence of the United Stales aenatfc In fact, a great deal ha* been slid about It. More than one hundred year*, ago Roger Sherman gave hla estimate of the senate of that day. In ]783 he wrote: Tha aenalort will doulitleaa he. In gin eral, a.ipio of the meat tvaje-vtalile eltlzeiit la the Ktalee fur wlsd.nu and |irnb!ty, ail- perlur to mean and unworthy conduct, and luafeud of iimllte tnlturnre to procure ap- Itolntiuenia for thrnraelvv* or their friend*, they win consider that n fair aud iliirlglit conduct will have the best tendency to Jiri-Kerve the .'-.rifl.htt.-u of the peojile. They "■III In- dUltoNCd to he diffident In recnni- metiillug their friehds and kindred, lest they Hlionld lie suspected of .j.nrtlallty; qnd the other im-hllierM will fee I the a.iuie kind „f relticlanre, |,-*t they Mhoni.l Ire thounbt unduly to favor n |*.r*on hecautte relaied to a to,-inlier of their body. How different now! H lu the common game for aenator* to hold up the preal •lent of the United ritatea when that official full* to comply with the aena- lortnl desire In regard lu Utc disposition of the fot plarea In she government service. In those good day* blather skites, mercenaries and fanatics were unknown to the senate chamber. Hut Hamilton found -them on the outside, in Ms intercourse with men he discovered that class of pestiferous statesmen who now clog rhe senate and annoy tip. country. The lazness of modern pplitlcad morals lias transferred them to » greater Held of action. He described them ns follows: Men often iumhisc u thing merely heenuse they have litlil ho agency lit planning it. or Inn-oitae II tuny have liceu jtlnttncd by tlioso whom they dislike, lint If they have 1.....n coiiHlill.'il. nnd have tmppened to disap prove. opposition tln-n 1»r,-nines In Ihelr i-srltiiatloti un liMlIapenaalde duty' of *olf- Inve. They scorn lo think Ihemaelve* Hound In honor uml hy all the motive* of perxitial Infallibility to defeat Uic am-eea* of was* ha* In-eii retolyed upon -enutrory lo Ihelr sentiment*. Men of upright uml he- iier.ilent Hutt|ter* have too many opnnrtnnl- tie* of remarking with horror to wlintdea- p.-rnti* li-ngtli* this dls|*>slilon la some- lime* niiTle.l. and how often the great In terests ef society ere aacrlllrcd to the van- lly, to tho roll,-ell, anil to tho obstinacy of Indlrldiml*. who share credit enough in mnke Ihelr fidsslon* and their euprU-es It)- terestlng to mankind. One can Imagine that, with the fore sight of a prophet, ho was discussing tho Anglo-American -peace -treaty, now hanging In the balance, when he ad (led to the above that “perhaps the question now before 1he public may, In ita consequences, afford melancholy proofs of Ihe effects of this desplcaiile frailly, or rather vice, In the human character." Aa a distinguished journalist haa re cently anld', tho hatred of Cleveland by certain senatora passes nil under standing. II Is known of all men, and confessed by some of the opponents to the treaty, that hte opposition Js Ibased Almost exclusively upon a ‘desire to ’gaff" the president.. . It Is n sad commentary on .the Amcrl. ran senaic, but the record must stand. What la writ la writ. As shameful aa It la, 11 must be' confessed. And what Is more, It will remain as It Is until the public conscience Is aroused and asserted. Mr. Watson Is Off Ills lleso. In th* currant number of ihe Pee- pi*’* Party Paper, Hon. Thomaa E. Wat son aaya: The scheme Is to get tths agricultural claatca lied to nor infernal tariff system, and made parlies to Ibe crime of eliiat- legislation. What do we ear* for Iho ling- tarly Hnit-ln.nl of Kgypttan cotton which the proiectlonlata have hern fetching over her# for Ih# hot few years! The irsi.wlo sacks of Kcyptlan cotton haa no tuoi do wlrii tun price of nur P,t**i,o-*t rropa, than ihe Wandering dew had to do with Iho nradlcy Martin Call. The trouble with Mr. Watson is that he baa not taken the pain* to Inform himself on this question. If he had rend Ihe Telegraph closely he would hare learned thnt the prk-e of the !>,000,000 bnlrw of U|dand cotton hi* ho more lo do with the ten Uand cotton grower" agita tion for protection than Out Bradley- Marlin lull had lo do with the Wander ing Jew. it* would hare learned that tea Island, nr long staple, ia a distinct spe cies of cot Ion, used for purpose* differ ent from the upland or abort triple ont- |on. He -would bare learned that .the Egyptian rollon la a similar cotton to and compete* with our long staple. He •would have learned that Ihe tea Island cotton product of this countin' 1* not equal to the demand at our own thread mills and other factories, where the king ataple Is nted. He would have learned that the importation into this country of Egyptian cotton, made by Uhor coating 10 ceul* a day. ottereded last (ear by aoyeral tlioiteand bales our own total product. He would {live learned that a duly on Egyptian cotton would give the domestic market to Ihe sea Island cotton plantees. at tho Liver pool price of Egyptian cotton, plus the amonnt ef the duty, because the total crop grown In Ueorgia, florid* and Car olina could be twice consumed In this country. If Mr. Watson had read th* Telegraph closely he would hate learned further that this country 1* committed for four years at least to u protection policy; that our prevent system of revenue raising I* by a tax on imports; that' If our own pro. duction of sea Island cotton (aka to (up- ply the domestic demand for a long ata- pte. the Egyptian cotton must come In to 4>ik* up the daflett, and tint, therefore, a email Import duty on that cotton would bring rerraue to the government and Incidental protection, to tho farmera who make the sen island cotton. The Telegraph uudentauda, however,- quite clearly that an import duty on Egyptian cotton would net affect the price of upland cotton. But It would af fect the price ef tea Island cotton. If those thlngii he true, aud they are true, why should the growvn of sea isl and cotton not Insist that a Republican principle under a Republican administra tion shall be consistently applied and enforced by a Republican roagreaa? Instead of going to the expense of tending a commission of Missouri leg islator* to Nevada to report upon th* desirability of allowing prise lights In the state of Jesac James, why should not the legislature consent to holding the next championship milt In the hall of the Missouri house of representa tive*, to that every member might have an opportunity to see and Judge for himself. The affair would not be In derogation of the dignity of that body. It would be just about Us size. Rad luck clings Uke a barnacle to the warship Texas, now stuck In the mud of rtalvoston harbor. But thlnk •X the magnificent achievement of her ffk-era and crew Iq running her all tv- way tram Hampton Hoads to the r. xa* cow without lotting h. r sink n a deep place! Crn«a Against Crcaeent, It would aeem that somebody on Jhc face of the earlh had an Inalienable light to chastls.- Die aultar, of Turkey. There fa no good reason 1 'why he should he i-erraUted to massacre whomaover he may choose and evrybedy debarred from taking up arma against him. But It I* Juiit because the mutually Jealous European powers have consented to thl* very condition that the Turkish em pire exists at all. They are respon sible directly for th* slaughter of Christiana In Armenia, Crete and wherever they have been lodged within the reach of the sultan’s aword. It is, therefore, a bleated thin* for civilian- Hon that little Qreece haa proceeded to rescue Crete from the clutches of the Moslem wolf, and it will be an un speakable disgrace If she is prevented by the "power*" from driving the Turk* off Ihe Island and maintaining it for a“ time aa a Grecian province. Now that King George haa taken the field in behalf of Cretan Independence it fa difficult to believe that Great Britain or Russia win permit him t» be Interfered with. All the world wishes him well. If bit act should re sult In a general European war the event would be moat deplorable, of course, but If It should bring about the dismemberment of Turkey. Ihe compensation would bo considerable. Rut la there really much danger that the "powera" will ever get to fighting one another over the Turkey bone of contention? Wo doubt it, because It -would be so much wiser for the pow era aforesaid to put up the aultan'a do minions at sheriff's sale. Hla elimina tion should be effected in that way. aa being more In accordance with latter- day civilisation. And as It can be done, the power* will probably, In Ihe end, prefer to do It In thnt way than to Hhcd one another's blood In a bloody battle for footholds. Should the Gre cian king become hard-pressed for sol diers and supplies to wage this new crusade against the Crescent, he will, for the asking, obtain .assistance In acme shape from every Christian na tion on tho globe. Meantime, nothing can be more Interesting than to read the news as It comes from day to day and to note the movements of the powers. As the news does not come through Turkish channels, credence may be given the reports. What is the matter with J. It. Sover eign of tho Knights of Labor, and Bryan elector at large of Arkansas? lie la talking about blood and revolu tion, and ways that he has been Invited to Join a revolutionary society which is organizing nnd arming for a civil war. He should not take Bryan's de feat so much to heart. This country ha* had enough of war, and the people will quickly put down any attempt In that direction. Portmaater-lleneral Wilson, In order to Ml the post of president of tho Wash ington and lute University In Virginia will have to give up bis residence In West Virginia. Thin Indicates hla re tirement from palltlclal life, though It mutt bo borne In mind that he la only fifty-three year* of age and statesmen am scarcer In the Old Dominion than formerly. The Telegraph Is not alone ,n H» amazement at the Old Mils at Big Place and certain Southern statesmen In their recent resolution to stand not In the road of the McKinley proces sion. Hon. Thomaa E. Watson think* It "la awfully queer," and he sees all kinds of snakes crawling about in It. Tom Is quite aa queer aa Old Miss. The dispatches from Havana yester day reported Gomez aa having been cor nered by Weyler. while those from Jacksonville had It that Gomex had slipped past the Spaniard, played smash with the troeha and'had Weyler in his rear and Havana In hla front. The reader Is at liberty to flgure out the truth on his own scccounl. Dr. Zertuchs, who was accused of ■betraying Maceo to the Spaniards, Is reported to have been assassinated. It waa a mortal certainty tint such would he his fate. Frqm the moment he sought the protection'* of the Spanish flag no Insurance company would have accepted a risk upon his life for even a day. Senator Tillman says he hopes- his tombstone will bear the following In scription'. -"He was the author of the dispensary law." He should not wish thus to rob Larry Gantt of the honor. But In view of a recent expression from him. Larry will be willing to escape the responsibility. The would-be ' lynchers of DeKalb county should realise that. In making their threats and menaces, th«y aro playing directly Into the hands of the defense In the Flanagan ease and In suring Its prolongation In the courts of the state. Southern competition Is now so se riously felt at-Northern railroad ter minals that an effort la being made to readjust rales. Every day brings newa proof that the South la to be reckoned with In the world's commerce, A'general arbitration treaty would go far toward* smoothing the way to an international monetary conference. It ia strange the freo silver representa tives da not see this. Grtmany tell* Senator Wolcott that she will Join In an International mone tary conference If France and Great Britain will do so. An Touchstone once remarked. "Much virtue In 'if!'” Ju.t a* ho wiTabhut to attain the giddy heights, Goodykoonts'a foot S!!o5y d * nU KyIe d#rted in - Goody, b*gln*»to teem that Gomes mutt *»noot, Luke, or give up the gun." Waa Call loat In the !a»t shuttle? Men for Duty. According to reports received by th* adjutant general of the army tha total number of men unorganized and avail able for military duty tn the United Stated, exclusive of the territories U lO.MLSM. It I* shown that th* m!ut“ country t* Ilj,?js, of which by far the great majority are attached to the infantry branch or th, .erne*, Theta militiamen are divided among the various stales as follow*: au- California, S.TT0; Colorado, l.SW; Connecticut, "s'l: Delaware. «57; Florid*, j.tw; Georgia. Idaho, (II; Illinois,».?»!; Indiana! *,N»; lows. !JR«; Kansas, i.«S3; Ken tucky, 1.6(;: Louisiana, :.lMaine. LMi Maryland. 1.S83; Mlasouri. Montana, 153; Nebraska, 1,330; Nevada, ri; New Hampshire. LWJ: New Jer sey, (.IB; New York. 1J,40«; North Carolina . 1,M*; North Dakota, 13; Ohio, (JO: Oregon, 1,504; Pennaylva- ~|a. S.663; Rhode Island. I.XIJ; South aroltna. 3.13), Ekarth Dakota, i ->; Ten- eaaee, LBl; Tixaw S.«t3; Utah. 3SS; Vermont, 72>: Virginia, 5,137; Washing ton, S6f: West Virginia. 881: Wisconsin. 2-822; Wyoming, 4U; Artsona. 488; New Mexico, 433; Oklahoma, (13; Massachu setts. 6.047; Michigan. 2.8(4; Minnesota, 2.009: Mississippi. 1.817. The report shows that New York state ha-s a total number of men available for military duty (unorganised! of 800.000. In Penn sylvania It Is 839.528. and In Ohio 650.- ooo. California has 205.000 available men, while Masnchifsetta has 419,000. Conneetlcut ha* 105.000; Maine 104,000, New Hampshire 34.000 and Vermont 44.000. The militia force for the terri tories of Arizona^ New Mexico und Ok lahoma. which Is 1.584. it not Included in the total of atatea given above, nor are their number of men available for military duty (82.600) Included in the grand total for the states. GEORGIA PRESS COMMENT. The Macon Telegraph Is now one of the very beat papers in the South, I? is ably edited and always full .of nows. —Barnesvllle Gazette. . The Democratic party will be on deck In 1900. And it won't be on the Chicago platform cither. Molnd that, will fez.—Thomasville Timet. Newspapers are folded, wrapped and addressed.by a machine recently pat ented by a man In California. Now. If he had added a subscription collection attachment he would have had the in vention down pat.—Marlon- County Pal riot. This ta a good one: Jerusalem, Ind., I* tn a quandary. Until last week no body had died there for going on seven year*, and when It was time for the funeral tl]e town discovered It didn't have any graveyard. Since then Iwenty-two life Insurance companies ■rave established agencies there.—En quirer-Sun. A good deal of rot 1a appearing In the newspaper* about the extrava gance of the present congress, and com parisons of the present with former appropriation blits are being made to show that the present Is larger In the aggregate than those passed by former congresses. This is a thing the country has to stand every year, and there seems to be no escape from It. We are constrained to remark, however, that Georgia papers aro making no kick against that portion of the appropria tions that will come to Georgia.—Al bany Herald. Joel Chandler tHurrls, Jr., the baby of the household, grew tired of toya aud f tets all on a eutmunr day when he was u dresses, and devised a unique method of passing the time. Ho Instructed his nurse to make him a pen of chairs on the wide hack porch. Then ahe must bring him a pail of water and her apron full of grass to put in the pen. All this being -arranged, the pretty blonde baby went iuto the pen—closed, the entrance and dismissed the dusky atteiMant, de claring he was tired of being a hoy aud Intended to be a calf awhile.—Augusta Herald. Mrs. H. -W. Reed of Brunswick, with her husband, the Populist ex-banker, haa been apemiVig some time in Mexico, and ban written to the Waycrcs* Herald that they ore charmed with the country. Mrs. Reed speaks at the great thrift of Mexico as a result of her monetary sys tem, and draws a parallel between the boom there and the slow-moving ways In America. They -arc so charmed, she says, with the atmoapherg and life of the country that -they do not notice the beg gars who swarm along the streets of tho cities. Everybody know* that the free aiiver policy gave Mexico her mild cli mate: will some member of tho party tell where so many beggars came from?— Valdosta Times. Significant of th* fact tliat the war la truly over la the blockade of Charles ton harbor by the fleet of tho United States navy. It was & happy thought of the navy department to thus fur- nlalh this object lesson to -the coun try. Charleston was a point of attack of tho Federal navy during the en tire, four year* of the clvtl war, and so ably waa It defended that the city did not fall until the approach of Bherman from the rear compelled ita evacuation. The difference In the pow er of ordnanco notv and thirty years ngo la strikingly exhibited by the fact that while the walla of Fort Sumter stood against rhe bombardment of that day by vessels within range of the guna of that fori, now the present rquadron could stand off twice the dis tance which the guns In the fort could reach and reduce It to debris.—Rome Commercial. Bam Jones, the great revivalist, ia In Georgia again in the rural domes ticity of his home 4n Cartersvllle. He la Ihe same quaint, wttty and compan ionable Samuel, aa imperturbable aa ever, but hla externals demonstrate that he has been paying a strict atten tion to tho social code which Ip' effects and assumes to condemn eo unsparing ly. A few years ago Evangelist Jones had severely plain Democratic ways and views. He had no noticeable par tiality for fashionable garments* nor had he ever evinced a disposition to depart from th* severe clerical cut of clolh characteristic of a clergyman. But then he hadn't been In Boatou, the land of creed und lams, of spectacled literary women who bow down to Em erson and Browning, and of stylishly- bedecked young men who attitudinise In Delsartcan poses and quote lan guage In pollysyllablo and emtrlcal ways. Brother Jone*' vialt to the Hub was prolific of sensations. He ap palled the Bostonians on his arrival by hla sharp applications, his pungent wit and homely similes, and. he equally paralysed hla neighbor* upon hla return from the intellectual centre by the gorgeoutnesa of his array. When he went away he had plain garments of unmistakable J3arlovr cut, and now his admirers claim that he sporta an elegant silk tile, patent leather shoes, maroon necktie and creased trousers. They say he also affects the Eastern llap and the stately stride nf the bean- eater, but derpltc all that he la the same powerful, masterful preacber who acknowledges no proscriptive dog mas or tenets, but who expounds the Scriptures in a quasi religious-militant spirit that earrle* conviction Irresist ibly with It. Georgians are glad to welcome him home from auch a geo graphical proximity to shcol, a discov ery he made upon hla recent visit to Boston.—Savannah Press. J. R. Sovereign of the Knights of La bor U one of those agitator* who And it ueceaaary to get their name* Into the papem In eouueetion with sensational statements quite often. Without notorie ty through the papers they would a ulekly relapse iuto obscurity; hence rey. are always tn the way of an lnter- \lover, and when an obliging reporter doc* not ahow bp quickly enough, they write letter* to the newspapers. Sover eign I* out lu n letter to a Colorado pa lter, in which he talk* expectantly and wishfully of a war; not with Great Brit ain or Spalu. hut n war among the peo ple of the United State*. He works in a lot of rot about th* millions of “en forced unemployed" in Hie Uaitnl States, of their wrongs, of the fatuity of hoping to right wrongs at the ballot-mix. of the "plnloeracy planted upon th* ruins of the republic." and other Muff of the kind..He tell* of revolutionary societies being formed '(a aU section! of this country." of their Importunities to him to become a member of one of them, and of offors of arm* and money with which to proeecnfe a revolution. In conclusion he mti'iiatri) that be la quite ready to *c» a revolution, ami to take part in R. If Sovereign were not at the head of n somewhat Important labor organization, hla silly croaking woabl l-e unworthy of attention. But he haa borne Influence over a ntimher of iqduatrlotw and well- lot- tttiotted persona, who might poaatbiv l- led Into excesses If bt* wild talk were pjere-d by. It la worthy of notice, juat here, that the Kntgh'.s of Labor under Sovereign aeein'a to be a gradually de clining organization. Under Potvderiy, In 1893, tin order claimed a ntcrohcrahip of about 309,000, and was a power. In 189S, under Sovereign, it could claim a mem bership of only 200.000. The iii-eonaid- ered utterance* of Sovereign may be re sponsible for a great part of this loa* of popularity and strength by the order. But whom does Sovereign propore that the people—“the populace." aa be says—thall tight? Shall they rend themaelrea Id their madnesa? The whole syttem of govern ment la in the hands or the people, and their right -to control ia hedged about with so many safeguards that it would be Impossible for a plutocracy to get poe- scMilon of the government without the consent of a majority of the governed. That content could never be secured by a plutocracy. There cannot be a reason able doubt that the forth coning admin istration will go Into power with the consent of a majority of th* people. If tt were not *>, the election would .long ago have been upset. Some of the bright est minds In the'country are always to be found in the party of the seeming minority, on the afert to Uke advanUge of any flaw (n the correctness of the election return*. Our system of government may not be perfect. There are details that might be much better, proirablA But It is the beat known system of government upon the face at the earth. And the majority—Ihe wist majority—of the people are aware of the fact, and would defend their gov ernment with their tives. They are not going to take any-stock in Sovereign’s calamity howling and war talk, and 'at ihe same time would not put up with auy nonsensical action on tjle part of Sovereign or any of hla alleged revolu tionary aocletlee. The sooner all parties concerned • realize and appreciate tbia ■fact, the better It will be for them.-Ba- vanrab News. LIVE TOPICS DISCUSSED, It Is extremely dlaappolntlng to'learn that a bin baa been introduced Into the Idaho legtfiaturc to legalise prize light! wlch.it the borders of that slate. This bill la servilely Imitative, palpably begotten of a Jealous spasm over the, transient boom which Idaho'* great rival, Nevada, la en joying through ita .prospec-tlvo'prlze light. D Jt possible that Idaho cau originate nothing? In order to nnderstuod fully the pitiful character of this move ou the part of Idaho one must know something of Ibe long und fierce struggle for social and com mercial supremacy that has been waged between tho two great commonwealths. Idaho and Nevada are sovereign atatea, each having several hundred lubobitums und a vast wealth of arid surface, punc tured at fur Hitcrvuls with deserted pros pect hole*. Their territories ore contigu ous uud for u long time the competition botween them was of a peculiar negative kind. That Is, ir Idaho nnuouuced w,tli a llourlsh of trumpet* chat seveu fatuities had raised etionga money to get out of the state the NeVauoii* were convulsed witU envious wratll stver the more blissful stilto of the Idahoan*. Then if lu -lime Nevada ■vero ublo to retaliate lu kind by proclaim- lug (but tbreo citlacua bad been released from t'Ue patua of residence wlthlu ber bor ders by me kindly ministration of dcurtt It was Idaho's turn to fall prey to con suming Jealousy. Ja the course of yeArs the number or persons who might bettunt by either course aqemed to nave become exhausted ouil the undying rivalry turned, K rforce, to other chauuelu. lu lbOO Idaho d. rather -the 4>eat of It, a new settler having moved In and three Indians return ing from a season with a wild West anow having appreciably Increased the circulat ing medium iter capita. But 1807 begins with Nevada way auead oil account of the supreme stroke of the prlxe fight. Idaho would make a puerile mistake, however. In trying to Imitato Nevada'* coup. Let bef Invent a real oounter-ultractlon—souio- thlbx like a divorce car ghat can bo bltcbed to through trains at uue border of the state and grant a deeiee before tbo other border la reached.—Obleogu News. The declalou.of the supreme court of Louisiana against the Stuyveaant docks will bo hailed with, delight In Galveatoi), which Is s rival of New, Orleans for the grain trado of the West, but tt will cause gloom und discouragement to the people here who hud every hope of a bright aud prosperous future for their city. The re- K ris of the treasury department at Wash- gton ahou- Lo.it for the year 189U Galves ton fell short of New Orleans In the mat ter of exports a trlde less titan |5,HOO,UOO, but lu the event that our termluut facili ties are crippled -the grain trade, which la how coming here, wilt go either to Galves ton or some jiort oa our south Atlantic coast.—.Yen- Oilcans HM.es. A fen* day* ago we noted the mtJodqc- tlou of a reaolntlou In the Texaa legislature providing for au amendment to rbe consti tution extending the term of members of the legislature from two years to four, and Its Indorsement by Ihe press. Now we ob serve another movement toward ilonger terms of office In Kansas. The low- er branch of Ihe legislature baa pasted wl-.lt lltllo opposition o' measure for un umcndiuent uH the constitution providing that rite governor and other state officials shall be chosen for four years, lastead of two, uud shall not be eligible to election for two consecutive term*. The concur rence of the senate Is expected, und lu that event the ratification of the proposition by tho iieople seems probable. In thla'cass Kansas will make tue twi-uiy-ilrat of the forty-lira state* lu which the exeuutlre Is elected for as long a genu at Iho president ‘ ' .—New ft ' of rhe natlou.- fork Post. It Ir to be hoped that the legislatures of the various atatea will contribute some thing ihla year toward the promotion of uniform legislation throughout .the coun try. Many atatea have op pointed commis sioner a to bring our conflicting state laws Into something like harmony with reaped lo certain subjects. The Pennsylvania com missioners were appointed In 18111, and tome of tho legislation advised by them baa been paaaed by our legislature; aud when all the suggestions or the commit* sinners have become Imbedded ta state legislation the great incouveuleuct of busi ness Intents;* arising from differing stole laws, and which haa been eudured with more or leas protest alnce the nett-m began, will have ceased. Commercial law might bo readily made more uniform. There should be uniformity In the acknowledg er the Union are exasperating to lawyers said layiaen. Such coudlct* uf laws ua to ordinary business matters Impede rite set tlement of transaction*, add to the risks of mistake aud sometimes lutro.lu.-e ele ments of uncertainty in land titles. Several states have enaereu that the ackuowledg* ment of a married woman to a deed may be taken without examination apart from her husband, and this will ultimately be come the law In all the states which still cling to the archaic distinctions between husband and w-lte lu ihelr relation to the law. The variances In Insolvent laws, In those exempting property from levy and sale by the sherin, tu statutes of -limita tion*. in those fixing the time for the re demption of property after a tale for taxes, and In those giving preference* tu certain creditor*, arc marten of uncertainty to merchants who trade In distant commnnl- tlre and which do not hamper internal trade to mneb la nations where there are not to many local law*.—l’hilade'.pbla Ledger. Experience A an excellent teacher; but it but not yet tanght the prohibitionists that a law that la not supported by pabllo acutlment cannot be enforced. In this and some of the other atatea they Insist upon a prohibitory liquor law, although such a Uw bat never been satisfactorily enforced In any atato ia whleh it baa been enacted. Two yuan ago the prohibitionists of Kan sas, finding that tha prohibitory law waa not being entorced. railed upon the leg!su ture of rfiat sute to maho tho law more atriunav. • The legislature did what Ore prohiWllonbrte desired done. The attorney general of the state wa* authorised to *p- polnt assistants la each of the counties to help him prosecute violators of the law. At the opening of this aesstou of the leg:-;*- tare ne reported that bo bad uaed all hla power to enforce the law, but without sue- ee<«. He as Id thatln tome counties h* could not Bud) anybody wise wins willing to asahrt him to enforce the law, to strong area public sentiment against It. B* di- Clarad that ■*- a number of can ties the saloons nude no effort lo ousreal ihelr con- tempt for the taw-that they sold liquor openly—and that he waa usable te eoavtet any of them, la his report he aald: "Th* priVrijde of local aelf gSferaW.it ha* been to tWehMy fixed la the minds sad heart* of'b* American ocpl, that ~, t ml . 1°ri*y «f them rebelI against the Idea #r In terference hy outsiders." It woold natur ally hf tappoaeil that If prohibition eoul-1 he enforced la any tuts It eoald he lu Kansas, and yet Kansas la about to aban don the attempt to enforce it. Yet there are a good many well mranlng people In this state who are clamoring for a prohlbl. tlon llqnur law. Why U It uiat they re fute to learn anything from 1he evperlcnco of other states} If a prohibitive Jlquor law cannot be enforoed wnat folly It would ba to enact auch « law. Why repeat th* ex perience of Massachusetts and Kansan and other atatea? The experience la not desira ble. because It introduces Into a community a ireat deal of ill-feeling and draws the attention of the people away from things which are ueeesaary to their profperity.- ■tavuunah Newt. The hatred of the silver levators for this administration paste* understanding. There It sot one of them from the South who haa not been favored In every department It ia the finest exhibition of faction the coun try hat ever teen, not excepting the'Ume of Jackson. There are Indications, bowev- er, that It will be eclipsed tho next, four years ou the other aide of the chamber. Foraken I* not the man 4o forgive McKin ley for being a greater man than be la. John Sherman Mu* farewell to politic* tin duy he goes Into the state department, and there you arc, .with uone leit In Ohio tu make Fowker‘afraid, and ranker will have coadjutor*—plenty of them. There are Chaudler and Cullom nnd Quay, all lu open revolt, and Lodge Is aunt to gravitate to them, bo will a score and a half othec Republican senator* Jolu them aa toon u* the patronage Is distributed. There Is going to be a heap ef politics In the senate be fore dog dnjrs, and w hen congress meets la regular aesstou In December Air. McKinley will 4» fortunate If he cau muster enough forces in either bouse to demand tho yen* nnd nays. Mew and brothers, there la going to be a new shuffle, cut -aud deal, and ail the little oue* who can't stand It—whj-, let 'em hide out.—Savoyard iu tho Courier Journal. The city of Lanrena la accountable for the Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, aeeretary of the navy, who will drop In upon the city of Charleston this week. Col. Herbert waa born In tho town of Laurens, In what was kuowu us rite "boarding houw," a plain wooden building which stood on the site now occupied by the Laurens Presbyterian church. He went to school in Laurens until be was 10 years old, long enough ta Inhale sufficient of the Laurens atmos'- phere to insure his development Into a great matt, when hi* rather uud mother moved to Alabama. If this unfortuuato error had not bccu made by the secretary’s family. Col. Herbert would now be president of tbo United State* instead of u mere aeeretary In the cabinet. Laurens 1* full of tho kin dred of Herbert, and they are a staunch, brave race who have furnished the county 1th many good men and handsome women SPECIAL NOTICES. BIDS FOB BIUCK. Sealed bids will be received up to noon of Tuesday, February 23, 1807, for furnishing the city of Macon with 100,- 000 brick, to be delivered at Rose Hill cemetery In such quantities as may be designated by the city. The city re serves thq right to reject any or ull bide. Address bids to C.. D. PEARSON, ' Chairman Com. on Cemeterlea. Encroachment Notice. Notice In hereby given that thirty days from date hereof, application will be rnado to the mayor und council of the city cf ilavoti /or deed to encroachment of 20 feet on Hue Htrect, lot 4, squuro 57, granted by that body Jnu. 10. 182)7. Hat of said en croachment row on file In office of city REAL. ESTATE LOANS On city or farm property, straighl Interest. Borrowers and investors will And our facilities unequaled. Security Loan and Abstract Co., J. J. Cobb, President; T. B. West, Secretary and Attorney. HOWARD M. SMITH* No. 314 Second Street. Loans negotiated upon improved real estate. Improved middle Georgia farms for sale cheap. Telephone No. 144. v MONEY ON BEXl ESTATE. Long loans—two, three and five years. Ajuounta 82uO aud upward quickly pro- For" Sale-Farms la all parts of Georgia on terms to suit any.bona fido purchaser. Alto a tow houses In Macon and Vlnevllle. Tbe Georgia Loan and Trust Co., O. A. Coleman. Gen. Mgr., fins Second at., Macon, Ga. DR. J. J. SUBERS. Permanently located. In the speela ties venereal. Lost energy restore Female Irregularities and poison oa Cure guaranteed. Address in coi fldence, with stamp, 510 Fourth st.. M; con. Ga. DR. BENTON STRANGE, SPECIALIST. ■ fr ec t - Diseases of wotm In l;2s^i tttr r, u ’ nerv °us- rectal, prlvt si d ail chronic disease*. Rest medical cl. SK t, JSftjaW|S» wltl1 medicines. cure permanently by removing the cm without pain, abock, etc. Consultation fri professional cards.. ENQLNKEItlS’Q. ^ienl ^X£lii HT, nf[5”(F ,ect ^ cal Qnd mecl engineer, 354 Second st. ATTORNEYS ~at~ law, Walter O. Smith. Ulanton Wins! Smith ft Win ship, 353 Third «t. Macon, ERIC GAMBRELL,~L»w>er, Macon, G COOPER-Offlco Exchange building, Macon, Ga. P. W. QLOXfill—Office 552V4 Mnlberi uacon, un. •fOTriNOHAM A LUNDY, Attorn*) Law, 200 Second st. *J* A. THOMAS—Office 318 Second it. L’HAMBKUS & JOIU)AN-^355~ThlrU si "T. J. COC Li It AN—Office 85^ Third it., con,Go. 1 HO^^OLmiX-Cfflee 353 Third at J Xoi—.'• FLYNN-Commerclnl practice __collection*, 80S Mulberry at., ilaeoo, i PRESTON & Al'ER-dffice.ioO - © are. TriangularJdoek. Macon, Ga. A. 8. FLORENCE A SON, Montlreno saw, real estate andjcollectloaa. c. li BALKCOM.'n. p. and ExToffT 464 Mulberry st. Hour* H a, m. to 8 | PHYSlCUNg AND.SURGEONS dr. Augustes l. taylor^qsok ci street. Macon, Go. ‘Phone 603. HUCKAaf! Kt Second at Bit. 6 cTgibson—onciT of tat* d VtSte! IO «a. 0mc * *»■ 1! «»1 DR. J. H. 8HORTER—Specialist. Dls A'*' *t r i ■'»» aad Throat. Office Betsy and Second ata. TeL fiO. Macor DU. STAPLER—gpecutiat. Disease* ** r - note and throat. Over Eads, & Co. MaanuJPhone 476. DENTISTS. !+• TOOLE—Operative work t clalty. Office 473 Second st., Macor Office 318 Second it,! Go. Wood work at reasonable prices ARCHITECTS AMP BUILDERS WILLIS F. DENNY—Architect, 508 AtiSSTb® ’ Original houae puna a tp- Correspondence aodetted. Macon, (ta. ACCOUNTANTS. tV. McKAY—Accountant aad esnTri Second street, Macon, Ca. 1