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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: THURSDA5T MORNING, JULY 18, 1901
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
Published
Every Morning and Twlcc-a-Wtek by
hr Mason Tclr«rn|,li l'ulillsliln|[ Co.
Ki Mulberry Street. Macon. Ga,
C. IL l’cndlpton.
President and Manager.
f. II. I',
l.outa ]
ndleton»•
endleton.
Jill VAX DEMOCRATS HOLT—A BIT OK
history.
The Bryan democrata, so called, of
Ohio are Illogical. But what do they
care about logic?
Moat people bolt, If they bolt at all.
because of the things distasteful and
repugnant written In the party plat
form. These people bolt because of
thing* not written In the platform.
They do not object to I he platform as
far as It goe* but they are In a ••hull”
because The Peerless leader of two
disastrous campaigns Is not personal
ly eztoled and magnified for his gen
eralship In two Waterloo* Besides they
point out that the Ohio convention re
fused to rqafflfm the Chicago and the
Kansas City platform* and this they
say la tantamount to a repudiation of
those platforms—.|h* vote having been
Ptt against anil 0 for reaffirmation. In
this statement of fact and deduction
they are correct; but what of It?
Are democratic plntforms like the
Jaws of the Medea and Persians, never
to he altered or amended? If so, was
this rule In force In. 1N4 and In 1M0?
Where did tho revolution begin
which overturned all preceding plat
form* nml whlcti resulted'lit it ting up
the platforms of im« and 1M0? Did
1t not begin with tho stale conventions
to the sliver mining states and the pop
ulist states of the northwest, then
opread Into the south? Georgia, Ala-
l.ema. Tex*** -Illinois, Missouri, and
enough of the reet to make a ma
jority of the national convention, re
pudiated the old platforms In advance
of the meeting of the national conven
tion. It Is true that Nebraska and
Michigan, with others, refused to ro-
( ]>ui)l*te, and thus the reformers wero
short of a two-thlrda majority; but
by the force of numbers and without
tho ahadotv of justice the old-line
democrat! who came to the convention
duly commissioned from those two
, elates were ejected, and thus a two-
thirds vote was obtained, nnd thus Tho
Peerless got a wat In tho convention;
nnd then he captured tha convention
nnd become candidate, leader and dtc-
lutur. They secured the advance ac
tion of u majority of Hates, and then
b> .1 majority votg two more nutps
VN, ‘" j.tpt i in open u»y. Thu K*va
them nil the power they mailed. Plat
forms ore iv i -pted, be it remembered,
l.y a majority vote, but the candidate
by a two-thlrda vote. They had the
Platform secure. They wanted a can
didate to fit u. They got both. The
ilrvt by fair means. Tha second by
i-'ul. llut If the Ohio democrata arc
I'uht now tho first was also foul—at
, '" M *' v * r >' wrong as to have Justl-
11- I the Palmer and Buckner bolters.
■iKnlnst whom, a petty fsw, so many
nhafls of bitterness and contempt have
btvii hurled.
T l.- I*’ Th* forget these thing*. Tho
lir>»n <h m<HTAta of Ohio have #vl-
»! ntiy forgotten them, llut a few re*
n a n with gi *j memories to write the
a hay or non:.
According to a Washington di
the opinion Is gaining ground th
Republican patry Is preparing to
don Its old-time pension policy
lightened public opinion all ov_
counthy revolts more and more against
the pension swindle, and the adminis
tration at Washington, which always
has its ear to the ground, is making
ready to act accordingly. A Republi
can leader Is quoted as saying In part:
“Ten years ago you would have been
Just as moreduIutiH had anybody told you
that the Republican party would ever
abandon tho cause of the negro. The
signs that It would do so were already
apparent in the second Ilarrhon cam
paign. and now we see that It has pne-
tlenlly put Itself m accord with tho once
obnoxious 'Mississippi plan" of disfran
chisement, or .at all events, has eeased
to worry over tho suppression of the
black man's vote. . . . Twenty-live
years ago it was treason to hint that ths
policy fit the party toward the old sol
diers whs an extravagant and wasteful
nrn». or that there was any such thing as
pension sharks or pension frauds. The
country could not do too much for the
boys who had saved the Union. How Is
it now? There is a very different tons
regarding the pension question. The
enormous aggregate payments to the old
soldier a arc being viewed with misgivings
by many staunch —“
while others arc open., ..........
criminate pensions. . . . Pretty *oon
,r » the cam* of Indian*, all the good sol
Hue hist
No !,i| t only t a cin com .
I 1 ""' frca * review of this, thin**
t ' r * hi"- probably few people In
<!■ ntta toilay who knutv that Mr.
lhysn ■ out hi* seat In the Chicago
ronventlun by a strictly partisan vote
"hl.h turned out Mecau-a regularly
"mimUMoBvtl by ||„. re*,,),,,. u „ ln ,.
££ COn ’ r, *“* from ,hp "Me of
Mr * Mryan got his
hy ..many Haunch Republican partisans.
ily criticisms India-
. . Pretty soon,
ii» in uni i'll*>' m ininann. all the good sol-
iltcr* will In- dead ones. The Itfpuhlii-an
pension policy him censed lo be a drawing
card, nnd It will .vcntunlly so. Just an
Inn alrcnunun ftcpuhllcan policy toward
tha_frr.itman hn« gone.
“The old soldier* arc dead or dying rap
idly. They have cessed to be a potent
airmen l In I bn Republican parly. Those
•hit remain have nn friend* In Haiti for
ihtm The new comers nre Jralon* of
lilToS*?* who , draw annually n»nrly 117).-
om,vn from tho nallonnl trnsiury. In a
J£W years the ncpuhllcan cry will be
'Pash with lb* pension net.'
The Republican party wants the pen
stun money for their nrmv. for the army
retired lint. Every army officer is a dead
ly hater of the pension-list." , ,
For the good of the country let ue
hope that there la a solid hauls for
these Vlewe. If we are to Judge the
future by the past, tho Republicans will
have to react against this enormity
before real reform can begin. The
Democrata of late have dared to do no
more than promise to outdo the Re
publicans In •'liberality.” The promla*
of reform given In this Washington
dlapoich scams almost too good to be
true, Yet tha predicted movement la
characteristic of tho Republican party.
Its leaders ars devoid of sentiment
nnd teneclous of no oplnlone that allow
n decline In popularity. They know
when a policy hna been worked for nil
It la Worth and are ready to drop It as
-onn IIS discretion dictate* Would that
Mr. Rryan had n little of their worldly
wisdom and clenr-alghteilnrss In ad
dltlnn to hla honesty nnd enthunlnam.
It Is well to rail to mind here that
the only political platform that really
challenged th* pension thieves and
sharks wan that adopted by the Dem
ocrats In lsuj, upon which Cleveland
w-a* nominated. It said:
n.lTl’iL‘- C0 ? v - n,lnn hereby renews the ex.
pre-slon appreciation of the patriotism
Mll0 . r .* « r i h* Union In
.i '* preservation, ami we fsvor
llhloa iilaoTJ? .CP."!2H for *'! disabled
J 5 "'”", "O'dlcr*. their widow* nnd depend-
* ,ul *l«’inntnl that tho work of ths
*!“!' b - do"-. Industriously,
Impartially and honeitly, We denounce
the present ndmlnlslrelltm of thsi office
d'slwn'ilr' 10 '' 1, corru P*- disgraceful apd
Upon this Cleveland was orrrwhelm-
Ittgly elected, It may be alao recalled
that It was upon tha platform of which
this wad a part that Mr. Rryan refused
to vote for the Democratic candidate.
We have recently demonstrated that
the Nebraskan Is not a pension re
former.
pathetic an wmi,i, as iiLiinitors.
According to Ihs New York Evening
Post, the following mlrth-provoklng an
swers were written out by pupils at re-
cent achnol examinations: ,,
wltWe'^p.”* * “ dy who had* trouble
“Thi* Autocrat of the Rrtakfaat Table"
rtiicra' nt'il'e it . ‘-'nurson, and Its
d'jHt. at’ table" ' n pr0duc * P ”* H ‘ * tu
LfVTTKT:!’.* 4; th i «»M»ss of the gaits
JlnlLl * ald have "men
* {. .. —lib a mantle gored with blond
Putitani wnrrw a da** of peonla that
cauic Into oxiitsnrr nml wntttvri th«
«"btirrh n swspplnt t!on«* mors rapidly,
rnT,mLt7 La r i P ’ " f cpdifftuitti'iitlon ths
rninnlst. ns a was on_ horschabh. and In
i?“
* % 7 r r p L np w n»cM,
*. Onon.hu*as. Mohawka and Tom-
THR CHCltC II AMI TIIR ST V
Mr* James Brown Poucr, the well
known American m-tri.s, recently re
cited two poems during a religious eerv
Ice in Gorleaton church near Yarmotub,
England, at tho invitation of tho vicar,
the Rev. Foric , Phillips, who la said
to write plays under a nom de plume.
A great crowjl attended and Wh Mrs.
Potter and the vicar were highly
pleased at the result of the experiment.
The former declared that there
"something Indescribably exalting" In
the experience and asked what differ
ence there was In speaking Instead of
singing Pope's "Dying Christian to Ills
tfoul.” The latter assured hi* erltlc-,
Including tho Bl*hop of Norwich, who
forbade a repetition of tho perform
ance, that he had "rarely seen a con
gregation so enrnpt In pious content
platlon during tho moat moving ser.
nion,”
From time to time a good deal of crlt
Iclsm has been heard of extraordinary
methods adopted In order to attract
people to American churches. The In
cident described above haa brought out
fact* tending to show that equally It
not more radical departures from
established custom have been witnessed
In some quarters of conservative Eng
land. For example, the Rev. William
Carlisle, of Bt. Mary's-at-HIII, East*
cheap, Dondon, sends out a brass hand
'parade the streets and gather the
people for service.'* Ho also serves
brand and tea to all who wish, Illus
trates his sermon with stereoptlcon
views, has the hymns nnd prayers
thrown on the etreet, and la rewarded
with a crowded house. Moreover, ac
cording to tho collector of facts on this
subject, ‘There have been evening dress
services, services at which tea was
served, churches where the pastors gnve
boxing leasone. In cne case the -vicar
gave each member of the congregation
n penny for attending nnd finally the
principal topic of serious discussion at
annual church congresses has become
how to attract the greatest crowds In
a legitimate way."
Tho explanation of all this would
seem to be either that public Interest
In religion has declined or that the
preachers no longer have the seal and
ability enabling them to enlist atten
tion In tho ordinary and time-honored
way.
In Justifying the Gorleaton church
experiment It hae been raid that there
la nothing now In the association of
the church nnd the stage; that "a«
early ns tho nfth century mystery playn
came Into being, nnd the devil waa
quite i the most popular and amusing
character on the ecclesiastical ttago
of medlaevallun." llut there u;us a
striking difference between these mys
tery plays and tho appearance of Mrs.
l’otter In the chancel of a modern
church. The mystery play of mediae
val times was constructed by eccle
siastics In order to convoy religious In
struction, not to attract crowds that
tiate our position, we will take those
trained In th*.- blue-hack speller and let
them come in competition In the spel-
llng beta with the brightest scholars,,
fresh from thslr studies, and they not
only hold their own, but In some In-
atances to my knowledge they have
outstrip;-!! them and the teachers also.
And It should be remembered that
those entering the contest are advanced
In years, and probably have not looked
Into or studied the book since their
youthful days. No better advertise
ment could be given to the old system,
and It speaks for Itself. It was the dis
cipline of that book that made correct
•h-llers, and comparing tha present
with the past, we think that the ad
vantage la with the latter. The *ya-
tem that has produced upon the whole
the best spellers of the day should not
he Ignored and set aside. It ts always
better to hold on to something good,
until we can get something better.
However zealous modern educator#
may be In the Introduction and advo
cacy of new books, yet the public can
not see th» good results claimed. On
the other hand, there arises a com
plaint on every side of the growing evil
of Incorrect spelling. Parents notice It
In the children, older people detect It
In those attending the higher institu
tion* of learning, business men recog
nise it on the part of those in their
employ, and professors In colleges have
called attention to the Ignorance of
orthography In those applying for ad
mission and seeking the higher educa
tion. Some time ago the humiliating
truth was discovered that the Fresh
men In Columbia University did not
know how to spell correctly words of
.1” or more hyllkblea. The professor
of English composition and hi* assist
ants consulted with the faculty, and It
was decided that for a few weeks at
least the Freshmen would have to study
spelling for three hours a week. The
p rS£ ,nt of the Fir,t National Bank
°: cblc ago adds his testimony to thnt
or other leading Chicagoans In regard
to th* neglect of tho ground work of
('duration In our public schools. In an
address before the graduates of a cer
tain university, he called attention to
the Importance of writing legibly, of
calculating accurately, of expressing
oneself clearly and grammatically, and
or spelling words correctly. He stated
that lie had tnken many youths Into
business, yet he sayk that “he can re
member scarcely one who could be re
lied upon to do the simple things enu-
tnerated. Many of them were gradu
ate* of high schools, yet they could not
always write legibly, figure accurately
or epell correctly.”
Our atsertlon that poor spelling pre-
valla to a great extent at the present
day does not lack confirmation. The
trouble ll*>a junt where we placed It.
e need an educational reformation,
commencing at the bottom. People do
Pi? 1 A B , ay much * nubmlttlng quietly for
the time to thing* they do not sane*
tlon. Rut they are getting to become
more and more outspoken In their ex
pressions of disapproval. They are not
aatlafied with the present syjitem.
Mark our prediction, the time Is com-
th ®y b* heard from, and
the demand will be made for a change
In our educational machinery. A. K.
Amerlcua, Ga., July 17.
“J t* III CIA L IIK FORM/'
To tho Kdltor of Tho Telogrnph:
a court may render •
out ;i Jury, in :i ,- as
than *20, it wa.-i nec^
preme court should ns
tions, In review of ih
lower courts, and’oth
jndement with- TO B*LARGIYfi THE CITY HAI.I,.
involving nvre To tho Editor of The Telegraph: Tho
ary that the su- main reason given for the building of
s on these ques- nn auditorium was that the people
decisions of the wanted It; that a large petition had
might li -n presented asking for It.
«h? *| ;iV0 fiU(, h d* Cleons. The con*] It now appears that council has
?» t *<. on t * 1 ‘‘ United States provides ! ceded from this proposition, after nsk-
tnat no person shall”' . . . -'be de-;ing for bids for an auditorium, conced-
0f IIfe * ,iber ty or property wlth- lng, I Understand, that it was Illegal,
ooe Droce.-u of law.” The atate ] At last night's meeting of council a
,J ‘ ls ^ ltu V"V, of ls77 prescribes .that "no' resolution was passed to mane addl-
pergon ahull bo deprived of life, liberty i ti«*ns to the qlty hall and repealing tho
y ' OX! l'* by due proceps of ] ord nance to build an engine house on
JJJJ* the difference In the pe- j Mulberry street.
Phraseology, “without” and “ex-) Now. if council Is or will be governed 1
C Th ny rtue P 1,00 **” i by petitions. I dare say th*y have not
./J®, same constitution also prescribe* nor could they get a very large bona
*?° per80n «hall be deprived of the fide petition to make additions to the
Prosecute or defend his own J city hall- My observations have been
ln any of the co urts of this | that the city hall was already too large
Vrtu/’ h per80n ' b y attorney, or both.” i for Macon’s requirements, and I have
fjjr, how a law be made or en- 1 heard It said that there were a great
thI e l 1 .« a * ccor<3,ns t0, or consistent with,! many more officers around the city
I?, c6np ^-Itution. under which law j hall than were necessary. In fact. I
vvlri w,th a casf * ° f 5500 and up-i believe it Is the most extravagantly-
u y haV0 th0 r, * ht t0 carry his run city government (for a town the
nth*- At e * u P rem e court, while an- size of Macon) In the United States,
uner citizen, whose.^atsD may be based Mrw it la nrnnA«n.t rn« n nrofo»u
un • legal principles, but
•;iint of ftt&.t# or any
on exactly the
for *n anwuini or .raa.IM-Or any
:» ,' un ». "Ill bo barred out from the
anmne court, and bo deprive,! of the
2,. r5. r05 .: eule " r 'FTend hi? own
tk2 S u' ,9 h ' t,ie power of a penny, or
wie gnlty . of a dolUr i I" the scales of
that ■ a 5 tt ntt a P° 01 ' -min. It seems
•ftft.CS* », law of Ilmllatlon or re-
tho SI. 0f InFedlctlon by dollara. In
ohnni o P , en ". ltl0 ? ot ^ U3!,c<? - would be
th* m! 0 ?* to the plaln Pfovlsions of
rlehif ‘t. con » l 'l>riion, In the bill of
*■ J. 1 6eem * that such a law, to
wrtidd “hi 01 t * tlon by maI >y (lnllars,
10M«ln b o«i ffrantlng of special prlvi
ui .uttbuiu in me niaieH.
Now It Is proposed (os a pretext) to
make more commodious quarters for
this array of office-holders. I suggest
that a good way to do this would be to
get rid of about half of them.
My reasons for opposing the bulldlns
of an auditorium, or any substitute
therefor, by ths city 1b that it Is ille
gal. arid If not Illegal, therd afo a great-
many better ways to spend the city's
money. ,
The streets of the city of Macon, wdth
the exception of the paved district, are
not half aa good as the country roads.
We have been told by the Southeast
ern Tariff Association that If another
engine house was built at the foot of
.•Toe). , — 01 would have
rhe'ee' l p : lyll? * l? to Re «k Justice In
nm .t U J* 11 resort, and the lltt-
fh» °/ ' El "' would not have
c»u.* P if i e *.i° f t0 h»ve his
re-exemlncrl in the
hi*^i c ' ,urt - 11 »eems that It would
c *’" ot class legislation, or
whoS* fl i*S,. priV **l d c ' a8! ' migants,
numb** If 5 ,’, rmy , ba declIle,1 by ‘ho
"xSlSfr of dol,ar » In them.
with reference to the necond Item
to r eoomm «' n datlon. it does not »eem
mav hi ?Y : P r lal mfrlt - unless It
^ lnte ndefi to deprive county
£?“/'• ° f *ny Jurisdiction In mlede-
ff' ,m What can be the objection?
refin 1 * n,at< ’ r o L lesal dlrtlnctlon or dlf-
,here 1,0 between county
and ol*y courts, as to the gon-
An tn iL apP " c ? b ' e 10 mlfdomeanOrs?
h«... i hl0 "uperlor courts they already
. hav * '* e ] u ^va Jurlsdlciton "In crun-
}??,' ?'where the offender Is eub-
ln'riie 'f, 0 **? a '\ af **.{*• 0I ' confinement
niai h Af , 22 ,Ma ° r " *° ,hat ,hP pur
pose of the recommendatlonn aa to fel-
not apparent nor appro-
S*' " d ,™h>s to be without any
8 wt.f° n l tor a Praotlcnl purpose.
ii2r i b reference to the third sugges
tion or recommendation "that no case.
Evolving less than moo, oo‘ldbe.m
S?emx in , >he ioHiet courts," this
Jnu!?’?»?he •'•n'lar way, obnox
ious to the objections to the first! Item
h. f tra.tnn me f n ' a i 1 '? 1 ' f h 2 l I* the admin-
tlin ‘if raL, Ja **l rlsht " or dlspensa-
”®“ M °f Justice by n re-cxamlnatlon.
* * c .u.r»p„ ; In ber of d''olu'il“i2° ''’'Prnd on the num-
nn Atlanta paper of July 3 I observed itimuoi! iiiw £, a ca,e - A * the con-
a report of the proceedings of the Qeor- larahSin^?. hundred dol-
Bln Bar Afsoclatlon. Among the va- in (uri if lho Jurisdiction
rluus mailers of Intercn and Import- L mil ” Judgments rendered
•nee before that dlstingulnhed afsem- thst if V*. l b <> final. 30
blagc of lawyers, 1 noticed a reference ‘adopted h ft » n T,M m<nd 2 tlo , n "7 rc tf> be
to the report of Judge Hamilton Me-1 iui^**tl l 2, la Justice court
Whnrtrr on the subject of “Judicial'li,?!”*. 1 ., i?*,f nd ,he •*«•." In a
.... , ^ . ““‘cm great port of the litigation In com-
merclal nnd real crtnlc traaiaetlom,
Reform." I have not seen tho full rc-
port, but %e may suppose that the sub-
Jcct was discussed In nn able manner mnke rae w‘1^ ln th, ' , * UW> —
or Style. In the reference to which I ,„ h , h 2 *2Y c , ou r l •yriem of
nlluds a bare statement of some of the .„,,i5i a | t „ h ^. nn, ! nna 'ysl« of right nnd
points was made by the newspaper £2*2? In , lf * al Procedure, would be,
dent; and from that sTatc- c ut off V a rmm y ef° n „e^Jurisprudence.
Mt S ','ne right of nppeol. nnd
corri'fpondcnl, and from that state
ment I beg leave to present a short
review, which may appear ao dle.icnt-
lent fr,im some of the remarks as-
erlhed ns the report of Judge Hamilton
" n erinen ns the report of Judge Hamilton
would otherwise not appear. It was MrWhorter. The Item In tho Atlanta
-1— —-—-- — paper was ns follow*-
also presented by or under the coach
Ing of ecclesiastics, not by nctora nnd
actrcHHeo who devoted the bulk o( their
time to the production of plays too
often of * doubtful character from a
moral point of view.
New York Is belnc agitated over the
abuse of advertising by signs and post
er*. In France such advertising meth
ods nre licensed and yield a handsome
revenue. In England the ”8capa" (So
ciety for Checking the Abuses of Bub-
Me Advertising) is moving toward the
snme end. Tho eigne of these times
point to more taxation and mors reve
nue,
I'ltee I" act in Europe.
in* blve Nation* were the Benscs,
Jdfswk,' 0nni "'" , ‘ , ‘- Mohawks snil Toni-
- —. th. „cond
• r third d.» „ f th , cgnventing. IIJ lil.p^lri^. 1 * ” rpM ln °” ur ' !,b ®“ w a
p »*, ir«| by bann^ra and « brast #*«^ the UUnd
marvblnt *t lh«* h»a i .x# »• Sn
..Um.gi ^ ,n n#a '' Of hlj» I v. n In *s Ronv* Uird to be.
* !• nation. The event Has himiU nn. * limHSPW* ? nams«l nfter Pe-
•cular. Th# » mart# *P»C- I Great, who founded It.
bout the rroL The** answers are vsry funny, but
lot Of history , h ik J 0 "?*' 01 " :u ! ,bt,T l« « ••rtous aide lo alt Ihl* .mat-
arty la going 1, 1 * ' democratic 1 tertng of knowledge and confusion of
way front u " fcpudlnt* amt get Ideas on many subject* The public
'■»rk started off *Rw** '* t * n ' Th- ] « :hool teaches the child, not Individual
>hlu. The w * ' h ,UJd ' n *P««d In eWIdrwil they must all put on the
Idled their hr 1 “‘Y! * hw * * nl ,,,m * ,n, s"« lu *' «MH. whether too big
“ “ 8 ‘olng ft loo little. Tha dull child and the
■ bright child are ■luffed wlib menial
lut no
*t In
ck the
tlon which hxs
ipulism In the party,
P«t«y lender foisted
ulum Identical in quality and quan
I tlty. No wonder the result In too many
I cases la aa pathetic as It la humorous.
I The fact that there seems to be no way
°f realty solving th* problem of teach
ing the youth of tha land In Job tola,
aa It wen. does not laasen one's feeling
of regret In the presence ot the Inade-
quat*
At the banquet given In honor of
Governor JHk* In Birmingham Mon
day night, In reply to a toast, the
governor announced that he would ho
a candidate for the next Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. It la not
believed he will hava any opposition
for the nomination, aa It hna long been
Democratic usage to give the governor
a second term.
^BSIJp* McWhorter's report on 'Ju
dicial Reform' was next rend, and It
recommended thnt no case for leas thnn rc* ...
♦WO should be taken Into the supreme mf-iMlM* 2. the "i 1 , or Imaginary
court; alao that no criminal case, not declalon. in the
a rclony, should be trie-1 In any but »nchli*.™l'. r *' “ n ,, bey ' voul<1 resort
. y ,?.r d /.“ p £ r, . o 2 r ”“r**i thR yJK SE'SSSi& apd j!*?*
ana we
R b0 “ ld have •HU In our mldat many
luiLoUi or detendanta.
^ultfiod with Judgments rendered
Mhlili'f!*, m thl! - P '‘ ncl? ' ,ind notiriei
public, ex-offlrlo Juatlce of the peace.
“•'»* deprived of the common law
right of appeal, tho dlxsatlalV'd litl-
aR r n '* *? u ' r| »Urt|y seek some method
,f_°r._f»bsf from the real or Imaginary
City and superior courla; that no ante shnfiMwm 1 ’ Pr° c,ei5 lngs, nnd soma wo
Involving Ices than 1100. could be tep- Sd and b ?rawKi W| l?i rl ° r C0UI '" , flo:>d -
pealed from the Juatlce courts. 1 more petitions
. "*U* ,b .* fftnrrat eonsonaus of opin
ion thnt If the report were adopted It
would mean n grc.it saving for tho
Thera Is some talk In Missouri ot ex-
Oovemor Francis being a candidate to
succeed United States Benntnr Veet.
Francis la a gold Democrat and was
secretary of the Interior la President
Cleveland's cabinet.
wetiUeih Cl
attend the
The yellow journals are already nam
ing boards of arbitration to settle the
great steel strike. But who shall de
ride which Journal's board to accept?
The Pennsylvania legislature haa ad
journed and gone home. They left the
itpllol—that'a til.
IIIMIKH n> „,. r| , |Vji
To the Kdltor of Th* Telegraph; We
b fJ' v * •" "*• substantial improve-
iiienl. The soomtng, superficial kind
cannot bear tha U*.t, amt am
hot stow m discovering that Ithaa
new ' things,* b^u^'thV^ara Jew"
S| , h.r t |hfnA PP !i? 10 • du<- »'l"n aa to
IHAttla for new books
to ih* 25JL5?? 4 ***** drawback
l“ h •«<r^wwf u I workings of our
•chool* The demand an frequently
SSVa P S" , , h f,. P * ,ran * ,<,r • fr '*b sup
ply of school literature haa called forth
Vxt!r ly - «5,m«8mSf
1 heram Ha"Bpcrlally when
a rlua,e.° t*»»nabl* ground to Justify
,ak t •dvanlage of
^ fo ««t out of the way
VX^h,i n ord t r , o mtrodu” their
ih I 8oma b ** tnentlonM es-Oovernor
ln 1 I r * utaon °f Pennsylvania for th* Dent-
preeldenllal nomination In l*M. S’t,"* ord,r »® fntrodue* their
"* a but the Philadelphia Times says: At j'vnj b t u,r - If »e giwd.
•Bd thi. time, when ih. Democratic party ^n *£T SSSOS*? «• Iwokcd
1,a T ,n * «• "• a »am and find KTw tea
ig lhe courage to cut looa, from Bryan »ho 1not a*e It InTtat
Hd nryanUm and move forward In wM11 < l ,ld l ! wm ©PPowit to anything that
riwrr who mr Wuhihn** i jp P° rt sound D«mocrAtlc nrlncl— 1 coromw lallsm in ths edu-
a fa J with Northern duhi^** h,> *** I ^ »x*Oov#rnor p*ttison Wh t n * choo, » to
a."g«=s3S few-ttasw §&p3SS&*
msrd the exceptlora who do receive ‘ h f*. •"•»» »ho are di'
■titto "* nrt for every eoun, F of tiie
Let us examine theio points of sug-
gestlon for Juitletal reform. Wo may
find some conetltutlonal Inhibition ea to
these several recommendations. If they
may he subject to the criticism of be
ing unconstitutional, If such recom
mendation* should be adopted by leg.
Illative acte, then we could not be mak
ing any progress In Judicial reform
nor In the matter of "grent saving for
slate'"* * nd tor ev,ry c °unty In the
First, aa to limiting, or restricting,
the Jurisdiction of the supreme court to
cesca of not leas than Jjud. or, aa It
fig*, orhtrwim put, limiting the
riKnta of citizens to prosecute or de-
fend, to obtain Justice in law, by the
amount that may happen to be In-
suits " * ny Mrlaln c,t> * of law-
A litigant whose rights might he lim
ited to amount or IlIMt would be
Darred from tb* supreme court, while
perhaps another whose right to legal
Ju* llc * *bouM be fixed by the sum of
fi”l>, or * 501 “" l1 upwards, could go on
to the supreme court, and perhaps ob-
a ".;frbb”"u» Judg.
ment, which mxy have been renderad *.I h n V,:, ,b r* «•«»•
In a cats based on exactly the .ame m?'!*' ,0 . auc ”" s
“ ' My °.wn experience is that It la bet-
, , """"w won mori
for restraining orders than wc have
2?2' r ,i n oppoals, and we might soon
KffJS ''pectacle of "government by
Injunction In n more serious fence,
JJiJJl law * dolay” In a more mls-
cnlevous way. than haa ever yet been
described or decried by any dema
gogue, or platitudes of a political plat-
i? r U’;« Pr .° , ?i P ! ,! ? by cartlsan prejudice.
If any Judicial reform In this matter
of Justlcea court* should be made at
I 1 ' 1, Perhaps It would bo the better wny
to abolish such courts entirely rather
than to Invest an Inferior Judiciary or
rj°. r .. ma '".V ra ' y *“•> extraordinary
and autocratic powers, acting aa courts
oflast resort and final Judgment.
I respectfully prerant the foregoing
comments for consideration.
Yours truly.
ROBERT L. RODGERS.
Atlanta. Ga., July 6, 1901.
attotviKo tvnntnk ’
tlme'to' eow'furiflp 1 seed, 1 * * ,m * ' a * h »
talWng e fr'om'fo^;,n. m * 1 haV * b ‘ en
Jjff' A thorough preparation ot the
fertiliser*** hand ' d UM of •ultahl*
cuVtfvatlon oAt^ra'p"* pa,n ' ,aWn *
2sBi l firt.!!S* ata ar * ab<olu ‘* ly
•» *»*» vsvsic u wuuiu uc ui muienai Den-
eflt to ovary man, woman and child In
the town.
It seems to me that the most finished
as well as the best officered (numeri
cally speaking) Institution ever built
or maintained by the city of Macon,
Is the■ completeness of the city hall,
and to make additions thereto would
simply be preposterous. Respectfully,
BEN L. JONES.
I Topics of the Times |
Valdosta Times: When Mr. Bryan
helped to vote down a resolution at
Chicago several years ago Indors ng the
Integrity of.Grover Cleveland, he prob
ably did not dream that he would be
‘hoisted upon his own pitchfork" sj
soon.
Dawson News: if the right man Is
presented south Georgia will get to
gether In the gubernatorial campaign,
ir not, she won’t. There are a whole
passle of people who will not vote fot
a candidate simply because he lives In
south Georgia.
Richmond Hmes; The South now
practically hap* a monopoly of tho cot
ton-growing Industry, and if she can
continue to grow and sell cotton cheaper
thaii any other country in the world
nnd supply the domana ror the raw fab
ric, she will wield a power in the In
dustrial world second to that of no
other section. The South's grent hope
is in producing an abundance of cheap
f«hr1* ■ an , d : h, ; n , ln turnln t tho raw
fabric Into finished products. Let us
make all tho cheap cotton we can and
rmi”ra1£ tur n, a £ much of 11 115 ' va can
wl11 be no question ns to the
South a prosperity.
A PURELY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
v«k la . d ifi P . hla i Record Dcm.): Gov.
Nash, the republican candidate for tho
governorship of Ohio, and Col. James
Wh OU * nP i, h 8 ‘'cnocratle opponent,
both of whom reside In Columbus, pro-i
.Pese to set nn example worthy of Im
itation, by candidates for public offic.o
UH*e7i Wh y*', F ach " m belabor tho po.
Htlcal principles of the other In tho
ulhf^ia , £f m8 ' but nd'her will
say aught reflecting upon tho person-
al character of the other. The coming
0. h ’° campaign will, therefore, be pure-
Thu K U 2fc. and not a personal one.
™uld be ° VCry * ,aCtlon canya »' 8
If candidates for office be public
sllch'*'.‘ hty 'b° u! '' bo denounced as
such, for public reasons only; but
^ben candidate, are of good personal
h. ! ha 11 p '. r,8n * 1 clement should
bo entirely eliminated from the con-
vars, except In so far ns one candl-
d f ,a J5K be better equipped In point
a f h •hJJtY snd experience thnn tho
m b ed f ,he dul ** ot thc offlce t0 b0
i new •( I he asm*
i that other ntgrwMi
•hkli they v a ft hot
Ufiniini
Francis
do rtctlve
lot re|>re»entAthr* of
1 1501 to be wondered
*hown suite**a the
toiesome r*,tv prfdo.
B Thurber
k rchant. is mU4 to
* only • abort Him
unosj aa being At th* 1
li •» •*. ^ tru
■* York
a bankrupt.
» be «u de
pendent
Ohio Myi
All the \i
and that
divide be
DerrvK'rAU
a Hj
the Promoters of ths inde-
or free silver movement In
i the new ticket will m
"plaloeratls" voters will
the Republican and
lldatra. Another atorp
■<«. Dick. I. narking
“• 'ba> • IVpuIlst
* of lb* campaign
xf'bZZSFJSSi d ,
tl.e r start in It. and »h», U, o iw
at* : if . und of lettera
,ayllahtflcatl.'R. they ar. tadeSSflU^R
|f" r euih k, • Ig* Ma3; r r.o.V, r .
Bryan polled t»«t v»«* r— ■- _ —
I .» r f b?e* OP®” it. »nd whit good
or concurrent principles ha the on*
whose case was for the *.p-»,09 or less
I* the line of legal Justice to be run
through on* dollar, or a fraction of n
aoiiar?
The constitution of the United Btate.
ra.r * m ' ndm »'". preecrtbes
that In aulta at common law, wher*
15? « ua controverey .halt exceed
*10. the light of trial by Jury shall bo
no ftiCt by a Jury
shall bo othorwl:** ro-oxamlmM in any
court of the United tft.itu*. than ir!
nrt}» of the common
r u,4a of . the common Iaw”
ml* r t'"" K r " lna,l °n °f cases tried by
appext, or new trial
*" the same court, or by writ
or error to a higher court. I suppose
„"l» y ^ * ,ld that this amendment ap
plies only to carat In the United State*
crorts. and not to state courts, a, de
cided In IT Oa. SOg. but It may be aSkc I
by way Of rejnlnder. can the state or
citlsens of a state, be required to limit
the lines of legal Justice, or to abide
°f, be roi> B "' d within narrower
L'Sf?*ff loHfPfU'tcnc*. than the United
State* or cltlxens of th* United state,
having react In United State* court*?
In this connection I may also remark
«« » «•; and
tnerein elteit. does and dor not decide
the question aa to limit of JurUllctlon
by the writ of error to tb* supreme
court, by the amount Involved, but
simply aa to the question of the rlaht
ot the trial court to render Judgmfnt
without a verdict by a Jury.
The right to have a writ of error mil
exists, even tn esses of omsii
t .r;„ k-i.L'17" ,n "‘ u is bet-
i!L i b « around with * Farm-
rak.^i 72: ,h * n wltb * Potato rako.
1 ,h ! * ra ”' rubbish, etc.; then
rtW^T 0 ?! ftnd cr °f»*barrow until every
w?m Th i': don *' *bc sou
* b« ‘n fine condition—a perfect
h»roM d ' t I i- bave ,rltd * num ber of
■iTIT’i?* 1 . ha 'c not found one which
7!°" thoroughly or more
satisfactorily than the disk harrow
^ d *kM»i b 5 S . l .?5 d *£ 1 Manufacturing
t-O- * nn *n ns "the Tiger line."
o J5T.s Blooms d ale Swede has lm-
fieiTnn 4 S*.Y p * r excellence, the per
fection of the ruta baga turnip, it
j* • .putTltj lap, yellow turnip. P R Is
Iiel5? n t? 7 ar ** a ? d 'roc from blttcr-
7. r * p,d a rower and highly
"eahd veiio2 ,U . , ‘x a " lb * "«rap1
lnd *mb^r turnips Ars
go^xl for tha table, as arc a Inn the
•trap-leafed white globe* To get the
m* hr^R*- ,her * ,hould br applied
above J5, •, P f* P *T' d »■ suggested
5mlnd. TS'.Tf ^ ,b,n Bv, ‘ hundred
52“ nd * u °.f * b’ah grade fertlllaer per
fftM to .h5L'5' -b" w * **° and <t half
fertilises in*7N fa V apar ' tUMrlfiulg the
toMoI ro .l h 5 fyrrowp, stir with bull
SSrMth 7LJ,7™ t rpor * t * ,h * f*rtl-
3KVf ?TC ** wu ^'f-
t» is IkHB rath* from that
l.^l t . I:» It la not to be txmvt#
they nhnuli mm# up fra th f SSf
But It may bn *a14 that «?r
is i t prevuinnt.
be, ar-1 that thc prctwnt ait IH5
l|a». r.tbly with tli-
th thc dl#nity of a court
J5** 125 Os. 1X2.
iwlty may «ntcr-
imly may bo
a court of com-
•"* T f*th*e"^r ! ^ , D ?' 1 ' d '
■** and
“Y d ""- >wa ago In Urg,
i m [, * *ry f#sr f ar _
2 ra.'i 1 ' ,u bJ*ct a
■ a * T Ptu ^no to
SCARCITY OF LAnOR.
.Rumbus Ledger: The high price
talnl1? d ne t ?L7?j7i* rlala , und th '* unc ’ r
!w' n,y °f ffjttlnff work done, owing t
.57 freat demand for mechanic! an-
aron2f5 rC ly 0f 2 ab °r. ha* complotel-
fj5P7f d a number of Improvcmgnt
! v . h, i cb *?r* ••rx recently contemplat
™ *“ Columbua- Beoplc who contem
plate building or Improvlr.c ray tha
contractorn- prices are so high then
Is no chance to build with any bnpi
f r«alizln«r a profit or sccurlnor an)
amount of Interest that would pay to
*5,0 i“ v V tnient nilJ *° ‘bey are Jioldlm
"J* /° r lowfr , pr.ces. There never wai
,dcb » scarcity Of labor In this Immo
J®* 1 •_ “Ction as now nnd labor car
eve^he^-J'^N for b * ,, * r Prices that
'‘if before, hence the contractor h
*Mt f°P higher prices foi
building. Colored laborers arc so muel
In demand that they arc leaving thi
farms and flocking to the cities* an.
nrlc5* r, «il :3r ' n 5 t h " e th ' m at a '»
price soriiM have pal ! as high as 11
P?f d, Y wl *h their meal* thrown In
and <»vcn at that could not aet ai
much labor as they needed. Labor is
ui7/^d* rc f n forritory surround-
ns Columbu.- apd farmer, are behind
h7l.. b -i,? C 77 U ' 3 ’ many ”f ‘ho crop,
bring atill very much "In the grasi."
MAKING A STATE OP HAWAII.
M«w Orleans Picayune (Dem.)
.lL. n r m .7, V '71'7' ma,l,! Hawaii r
; a '0f‘b. Union doe. not atrlke aonn
55 *55 " Hvonaln Republlcani very fa
vorably. ra this connection, the Mil
waukec Free Press says:
■ ' The ailmlnilon of Hawaii a« x stxn
simif' 5 ’"t* 1 ? 10 ho accomplished. Anj
auch mov-ement la likely to result ir
accomplishment. Reason and cautlor
52J* no «gur* In It. Experience tha
m.7 l7.5 ,ve Uu *ht valuable lessons t<
w f ririssmen wi l be forgotten. Ha‘
wail has a population barely larcr
enough to entitle It to statehood. If 1 ?
STvLSSISZ w,,Mn hSrtfii dl
i. a i_ U .2 tad B,a,w - and the population
nve K5n.u?. P0 7 tIOn of about twenty-
n>e Kanakas, Japanese, Chines and
undesirables to one white man
*• nm enough ?c
SSSfW* BUch as Waukesha*And
«>'•* *-h..,*a,eo
nral t |«» r 7fc ,tat 5L ar * ““nioleatedly cor-
33S5SS5S»^S
Hun n *o h f IP H:l V L n ^ t $* 0 ,™{S ,p ^“ fa:
SRWssas&fig” 6
JS2* **52 ‘hat »me of tho
Icana recognlxe the outraxe on
that wmae^Cn^edm th“. 1,e ?, 8 “ ,f 7
frican xatlon P f'Vy BonnLf ■ t *? pl * l>
lie act forced urim *?i Uth 5 r,> ■ ute ’*
t thou# ititt* th , Whlt •
uifi.. —* of r#con-
^ntrol of their
did: but
•*. f,f force an t
rva»onAble to
usta. - M-HTtK T, rALVl.v.
“* July 1*. D$L
thAl the AAOk
r*r****t to Hsh a|) PraratA R
thr PhUipDlneu i*‘L P ' , R
“"5 hurt the
■j .*ern white# m<
♦tan tho** of th* jgaeth. 1