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THE MACON TELEGRAPH : SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER n, 1904.
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WITH
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WATSONI
The true Inwardness of the Wat eon
performance In the presidential cam
paign la, In some circles, the political
conundrum of the hour.
If we are to accept Watzon’a ojrn
explanation It Is because the r>emo
ors! |c ’party, at BL Louis, repudiated
IU past record, threw overboard the
principles of Jefferson, Ignored Bryen-
Ism and sacrificed William Randolph
llearst In favor of a representative of
Wall street money barons and trust
magnate*.
That none of thoee thing* are true
la apparent to every right thinking
man In the Democratic party.
Instead of the party having repudi
ated the fundamental Ideal* of Ita paat
record. It haa swung hack to them and
la now once more firmly planted upon
their unchanging Integrity. It atanda
tor th* atrlct Interpretation of the con-
Mllutlon. executive, leglalatlva and Judi
cial loyalty to it, and for a government
of equal rlghta and privilege#, leaving
no opportunity for apeclal privilege*
iind mono police. With reference to the
great aaaentlal precept a of Je/Zcreonlan
Democracy the preaent platform la ab-
aolutaly Invulnerable to crltlclam from
even to Boawelllan a devotee of the
great maater Democrat aa Mr. WaUon
clnltnn to be,
Wataon utterly felled. In hit large
and Inaty Atlanta speech, to preaent
any Jeffereonlan doctrine not covered
by the preaent attitude of the national
Democracy, or not exemplified In tlie
character* and career* of it* candi
date*, Parker and l>uvl*. It la. one
thing to beat the deak and fret the ulr
>vlth charge* of apoetacy, but quite an
other thing to Identify and pillory the
heretic. And Wataon, while adept In
the flr*t performance, faked the latter
Important act from etart to finish.
Ho far a* Mr. Bryan t* concerned we
have not heard of the lawful proceeding
that made Wataon his political guar
dian. Mr. Bryan, at least, doe* not
recognize any *uch function a* belong-
lug to tho lurid candidate, for ho hna
frunkly yielded hi* support to the
platform and ticket and la blllottod to
spook for both In whatever field the
national Democratic committee may
uNsIgn him. Realty, It 1* difficult to
Imagine why Watson should volunta
rily go about the country weeping and
gnashing hi* teeth over "the desertion
from Bryonlam” thnt Mr. Bryan ac
cepts *o complnlmntty. Wataon, there
fore. n* a vlcarlou* mourner over the
hurt* done to ltryanlsm I* certainly an
ttrmndng opera bouffe actor!
In thn Hearat cuao It la of eaay re
membrance that Mr. Hearat seasona
bly congratulated Judge Parker upou
Ida nomination and promised him cor
dial aupport. Whatever lack of enthu-
■lastn 1* discoverable In the support
given the party by the Hearat ttewspa
yers la a matter between Mr. Hearat
nnd the party at large. Certainly It I*
not a thing for Wataon to grlera over.
He haa not been act forth to vindicate
the auperlor practicability of a Hears!
over a Parker candidacy. And
Wataon does not say that he would
have supported Hearat had the latter
bean nominated on the BL Louis plat
posed limit. Look at some of them.
If the state capltot should be con
sumed by Are the legislature could not,
under the five mills limitation, provide
for lta replacement until another con
stitutional amendment repealing the
limitation or authorizing a* apodal tag
could be ' enacted, submitted and
adopted.
In like manner, should any of the
state's Institutions—th# university, the
state sanitarium or the agricultural
college building*—be destroyed, tho
same hamper would be on the general
assembly and the same process of con
stitution tinkering be undertaken.
Should the boll weevil, or some
other visitation, threaten the necessary
crops and harvests of our people gen
erally, demanding state aid cr relief,
there would be neither power nor
money to afford them.
These are considerations that ought
to be wall considered by the careful,
patriotic cltlsen before ha cast* his
ballot for or against this momentous
change of the state constitution.
THE MEN WHO WORK.
It Is stated In a recent volume Issued
by the census bureau that the number
of persons engaged In gainful occupa
tions was 29,071,tit. It has been four
years since the census takers gathered
the Information and therefore the
number must be much larger. But
according to the compilation 10.111,000
were In 1900 engaged In agricultural
pursuits. A comparison with previous
jdeOadat censed reports show* that In
1110 44 t>er cent of the worker* were
engaged on the farm; In 1890, 89 per
cent, and* In -1900 ib* percentage had
dropped to about 80. Yet the number*
of those employed In agricultural pur
suits have Increased, Nit more have
gone Into other vocations, thus with
the growth of population th# percent
age has varied aa regards the rural
and the urban populations. In the
groups of the compilation the follow
ing Is shown: Professional, 1,318.581;
domestic and personal. 6.610,657; trade
and transportation. 4,766,964; manu
facturing and mechanical, 7,086,809. It
will be seen from the** figures that
nearly 13.000.000 # of those In “gainful
occupations" nro Included In the trade,
transportation. manufacturing and
mechanical pursuits, more In numbor
than those engaged In agriculture. The
Federation of Labor places Its mem
bershlp at about 8,000,000. To this
must be added from 1,800,000 to 1,100,
000 of the membership of Independent
bodies enlisted under the labor flag.
It th* total be, a* Indicated, 8,600,000,
It will be noted that there are very
many millions of those employed In
"gainful occupations" who are not or
ganized. The difference between 3.-
500,000 and 39,078.788 la very great.
It would be a matter of public In
formation of great value If the na
tlonal lnJ»or unions should submit
statistical report. Indicating how many
printers, carpenters, masons, black
smiths, miners, eta, were unionised
and how many were not. Mr. Gom-
pers, the head of the American Peder
atlon of Labor, could doubtless fur*
th It
Ing
Th- plain truth Is that Wutso
•nrwx-tl because the Democratic party
inn broken Its fateful alliance
1 In • .t .!••«! . 1 1 In.
!>•**r through which he might have en-
rred and becom-a factor In Democrat’
lc affairs. Because of that he felt i
u«un| that drove him to *«*• k revangi
and that revenge he hope# to accoin
pltah by depleting the Democratic voti
)i. critical places and bo compa*t«li-i
the defeat of the perty. And to thl
common and there seem* to be a capt
1*1 understanding between his man
agers a:.d thoee of the Roosevelt Re
pubifc&n outfit. It lc r.ot necessary to
imagine a passage of tnostf bet
t • n ;t la vn*—g*t to know that to
w •* - r 11 ‘ i. -
bk of tho Democracy wtQ be
balnt from
LIMITING THE STATE TAX.
lie fore tho people of Georgia adopt
r proposed constitutional amend
tent to limit the etata tax levy to
w mill* on the dollar annually
n<>uld sertouely canvass the advtsa<
i s action.
It is always allowable for th# eltl
ens of o commonwealth to control and
ven to limit the taxing power of the;
overumenL The natural disposition
aet-troi
to*a po'
ha burdens
:o the toe
that, stod^
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The Republican spell-binders are do
great deal of lying about the
Cleveland administrations. The reason
they do It Is that the truth would hurt
their enuse. Mr. J. Frank Hasty, the
publican candidate for governor of
Indiana, la an expert flgure-Juggfer
and la trying to prove that Republican
administrations have been far more
economical than were those of Clave
land. 11* endeavors to show that the
»publlcans have scaled the publlo
ibt about 119.000,000 In eevtn yearn,
ut aaya nothing of the treinendoua
Increase of the tax levies. At the teat
Ion of congress Bonator Culberson
of Texan showed by reference to trass
ury reports that In the first full fiscal
of the McKinley administration
(1698) the expenditure# exceeded thoaa
of the first full fiscal year of th* sec
ond Cleveland term by 8*9.776,443. He
further showed that In the last full fis
cal year of McKinley the expenditures
led those of tho last full fiscal
of Cleveland by 8181,991.691. Mr.
Culberson went far deeper Into tho
atter than thte and by making com-
trlsun of the authoritative reports
ia able to ehow that the McKl. 'ey
(ministration of four years cost the
untry 1671.000.000 more than that of
Cleveland's last four years, and that
the combined eight year* of McKInt
and Roosevelt exceeded In expenditure
at tho Cleveland four years
tortuous aggregate of 31.6:1.641.976,
nd he also brings It out that tho
ooeevelt expenditures have exceeded
am of McKinley by over SI60.606.606,
Thus la Hanly*e claim of a small re
ictkm of the public debt made lncoo
sequential. It la manifestly a bit of
pettifogging sharp practice—the tell
ing of a half truth In order to conceal
bigger halt. All this money to j
spend could not have boon obtained
cept by tapping the pockets of the
people by Indirect taxation. What have
the people gained from the Increased
expenditure? If they have gained any
thing. It te In no wise commensurate
with the amount drawn from them
through tariff laws, pension conces
sions and army and navy appropria-
IMPUDENT MEDDLERS.
“Methods of Penal Administrations
In the United States" 1* the title of a
little booklet, «4 pages, which has
found Ita way to our desk “for favour
of review." It Is publifhod by tho
"Howard Association" of London. Its
author Is Rev. I'M ward ofubb. M. A.,
being the "notes of personal enquiry,
February and March, 1904."
During the two months' stay in this
country. In search of data for this
Uttls work, Mr. Grubb visited Macon
and called on the editor of The Tele
graph. An earnest effort was made
to give the vleltor a true Insight to
race complication! In Georgia and the
Bouth. . Particular stress was laid on
the causes which led to *tho leasing
system. It was pointed out that at
the close of the war 9,000,000 semi-
savages, unfit for the duties of citizen
ship, were turned loose upon their own
responsibility; that they abandoned
work, and rushed Into all manner of
vices and crimes; that until this day
courts and grand Juries shut their
eyes to many petty offenses for which
white men would be Imprisoned In
England i that there were not prison
houses enough to keep those .who
were convicted of the more serious
offenses; that an Impoverished and
bankrupt people. could not stand a
taxation which would house, feed and
clothe in Idleness an army of con
victs; that therefore the leasing sys
tem became a necessity, and that upon
the whole It had proven .to be more
humane than the dark and ipeetllentlal
dungeons of England.
But this speech to .Mr. Grubb was
like pouring water on a duck's.back.
made no impression nt all. The ed
itor of The Telegraph saw It and felt
It nt the time. The visiting English
man was Impressed deeply with the
feeling that he was a man with »
mission—a missionary to a semi
sathen land—and he showed Impn
tieno* with the attempt to give him
Information, although he professedly
sought for It. At every period almost
he put In parts of this lecture—giving
advice, scolding, Insisting oil his Ideas
of the Southern men's duty to negro
crlmlnele—all doubtless prepared be
fore he left home. When the In
terview was finally at an end
he dumped out of his handbag the In
evitable handful of tracts, personally
enjoining a careful reading and medi
tation thereon.
He went away, and afterward# ad
dressed communications to the editor
of this paper, but no further attention
was paid to him, because It was seen
that he cam* with a closed mind de
termined to give and not receive In
formation and Instruction on subjects
about which he knew almost nothing.
To show that we sized him up ex
actly, when he came In hie little book
to discuss the lease system In the
8outh on page 86 he said: "Thla teas
ing system was the outcome of the
difficult situation which followed the
emancipation of the slaves In 1865,
when largo numbers of them left their
employment. I Thu* far he followed
Information given, but listen!] And
white* felt it necessary to reaort to
in* by which they should be com
polled to workl" That Is, the arrests,
convictions and sentences of the courts
were wicked devices resorted to to
compel the negroes to work! This
the way h* wrote down the In
formation ho sought, and obtained. In
thla office, and elsewhere! But h*
added: "It," this enforced and unjuit
slavery, " Is vory strongly rooted
among Southern Institutions, both be
cause It la apparently cheap to the
state and because of the powerful pri
vate Interests which it creates,'
another place he refers to the lease
system as a schema "to make the •nig
ger’ work."
A rather careful examination of hta
report to the Howard Association
•hows that he relies mainly on “Mr.
Booker Washington." who "moat
kindly entertained" him “at Tusk*<
gee," and on several Northern men
to sustain hie preconceived opinions.
When he quotes a Southern man
whose views do not meet his own he
puts against that man Mr. Upton, of
Chicago, whoa* alleged statistics on
lynching* and murder have more than
once been proven by The Telegraph to
partisan and Incorrect, and also
a Mr. Leeds, of Philadelphia, and oth-
Although they were not at Rose-
mount on Tnuraday we would like
Judge Parker to know that the whole
Kit and Kaboodle of Georgia editors
are for him from hat-crowns to heel
taps.
Junt because he Is going to get mar
ried that young kid of Emperor Wil
liam I* costing American newspapers
enough money to set him up In house
keeping.
The Alabama prohlbs can get off a
pun, even If they do not dare get off I such carrier of lts^property without due
the water-wagon. Their ballot emblem |
ii crossed hatchets and the words
"Carry a nation"!
Commission because the interstate
rates are not satisfactory. This was
decided as far back as 1898 In the
great Smythe vs. Ames case In which
Mr. Bryan appeared for the people
against the railroads. The United
State* supreme court after a full dis-
cuv-Jon, without a dissent, declared
that state enactments, or regulations
made under the authority of a state
enactment, »*tabllshlng rates for the
transportation of. persons or property
by railroads that will not admit of the
carrier earning such compensation as
under all the circumstances is Just
to It and to the public, would deprive
J. Plerp. Morgan denies that he
has been visiting at Sagamore Hill.
The old man Is careful about his as-
soclatlons these days.
Billy Sulzer has been to RosemounL I termination of any legislature, or trlbu-
That should convince Judge Parker nal appointed under legislative enact-
that all th, Mb thing. In th, country |
are coming hie way this year.
process of law, and deny to it the equal
protection of the laws, and would
therefore be repugnant to the Four
teenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States.
The court further held In the same
decision that the Issue whether or not
a rate fell within the provision of the
Constitution aforesaid was for the de
cision of the courts, and not for the de-
TREND OF REPUBLICAN PARTY.
In that case It was further declared
that a state law which failed to allow
an appeal to the courts for the Anal
RTK-. (s mostlv from a PP« ,aj in * court* ror me nnai
The Georgia ir#de is mostly from deoI „ Ion a8 to whether ft rate Wflfl juat
Missouri and has to be showed | an<1 rea#ona i,j e waa itself unconatitu
until It comes time to kick, and then, | tlonal.
it is the whole show itself.
We would Inform Brer Teddy that J down the rule upon which calculations
there Is no nice suicide in Georgia. *0 reasonable rates are to be made.
<?.„■« Guild -u enough In our ^oo, |
ent Improvements, the amount In mar
house* to accommodate all the kids.
It looks ominous. Jeems Whit
comb Riley has written no poem and
Mark Twain contributed no Joke to
help along the Republican campaign.
ket value of bonds and stocks, the
probable earning capacity of the prop
erty under particular rates prescribed
by statute, the sum required to meet
operating expenses, must all enter Into
the question, and be given due weight
Roosevelt's latest photo, . In broad I In order to reach a conclusion whether
brim, belly-band and high boots, makes th * r « a * onab1 ®-
him look Mke the bouncer for a bug-
Julce Joint In the p’ild and woolly!
Boh, don't go to-Panama. If there Is
any good thing down that way.John
Barrett will have Jt cinched before you
can secure your passage ticket.
These principles have never been
questioned, but on the contrary have
been reaffirmed and re-applled by the
supreme court of the United States in
several subsequent cases, as the writer
Is Informed.
The anomalous situation presented Is
then, that the people of Atlanta are
seeking to force the rnllroad commis
sion to lower the rates for freight In
If Senator .Fairbanks lovee ua he
will not come Bouth during the cam- * he ***** what ** J°f* rea "
paign. An early frost would be ter
rible on our crops.
sonable, because these railroads will
not or cannot, of their own account,
reduce the Interstate rates over which
the local commission has no power.
Watson's efforts to draw Wall street j The only possible result of such 111 ad-
lnto the campaign seem to be as futile I vised proceedings would be to force the
Cortelyou'a attempts to make It railroads into the courts for protection.
produce the coin!
Congressman Charley Adamson sees
Parker victory in the air. Good!
Now let’s yank It down Into the ballot-
boxes!
eome way for Cap Joyner’s Billy Goat
to butt In at the World's Fair.
The public Indisposition to gamble
on Roosevelt is becoming moro pro
nounced every (Utf.
Whether to suve congress and lose
Teddy, or vice versa. Is now worrying
the Republican campaign committee.
The Republican press found out on
Thursday that Judge Parker can talk |
—but It wasn't a happy And for them.
Panama hats ar,f } costing this coun
try almost as much money aa the Pun- I
etna cam!.
Lucky dogs! The Japs have enught
) with Kuropatkln's corntnlssury
wagons.
In Atlanta the courts are making
the gamblers cough up large green
wads.
Rev. Edward Grubb rather com
plains with a somewhat smitten heart
that he found “even a preacher" who
talked not to suit him—perhaps rather
everely about negro crlmlnele; but
we have no doubt that the preacher,
tike most Southern men of Intelll
genes, Is weary of these conceited and
officious missionaries who Journey
the Bouth. not to seek Information,
but to promulgate thalr own light as
they see It In their own righteous and
luminous souls.
Mr. Grubb concludes that "the con
science of the Southern communities
must ba awakened." and wa presume
that the Howard Association, limited,
will begin soon a crusade.
Nevertheless, It may ba said in full
fairness, that our English visitor Ind
dentally discovered that aa
newspapers, a few of tho people, and
Judge, who, at strange as it may
seem, "was an ex-Confederate,'
opposed to lynching and peonage. Thla
arded aa an encouraging sign,
but it pains him to know that South
ern gentlemen carry guns concealed
ke appropriations for oth
rtated purposes In that ti
Even that limitation h
May be there was some dark design
the Connecticut govertxw's act of
ruling that negro company to the
a nesses maneuvers. Who knows?
Is the Republican candidate for gov-
ndlane pledged to maintain
» “*• IhTuurbir
The Injustice of such a position will
be apparent when It Is remembered
thnt many of the railroads are not en
gaged In Interstate commerce, and
therefore could not have any control
or power over the rates beyond the
borders of the state.
This is ospcclnlly true of the Georgia
Atlanta ought certainly to arrange I Railroad. th£ Macon, Dublin & Savan
nah railroad and. In a large measure,
of the Central railroad.
The writer proposes In a subsequent
article to take up this claim and show
Its utter lack of merl/ln law of fact.
It la said that Atlanta wants the
earth, but It Is hard to think thnt she
would be willing to destroy all the rest
of tho earth In order to keep her slice.
JUSTICE.
P0INT8 ABOUT PEOPLE.
Wilton Lackaye, the actor, told
friend some time ago thnt he had
made a dramatisation of Hugo'e “Les
Mlsernbles." The friend congratulated
him. but doubted whether any New
York manager would produce
piece. "Produce It,” sneered Lackaye.
"Why, my boy, I doubt if any New
York manager could pronounce !L'
On one occasion tho late O. F. Watts,
feeling that he waa getting old and
fearing that his powers might bo de-
Mrs, Btevn Elkins 1* ^nothing If not | dining, asked the selection and hnng<
neutral" In her preaent political | ing committees of the Royal Academy
dilemma.
to “Judge his work severely, as he did
I not wish to disgrace the academy nor
I, th, Newport gang r,rorwlB*t| WmMJt had wwn io much d*
That re«irt ha* hjjjn cjultfe untcnntlal-
oua thl* summer.
A negro In th, cotton patch la worth
ten In a town alley .hooting crap*.
Ily th, way. how many vote, did the
WaUon ticket get In Vermont?
plorabln work of eye and hand thnt
he did not wl,h to be added to the
number.'
Mix, Kate Carl, an Bngllsh artist
who hax been commlmloned to paint
portrait nt T,l An, empresa ot
Chinn, deecrlbex her a, M a ehrewd,
tempextuoua old Indy, with the eoul
a tlgrexH In the ekln of a woman.” She
up every morning before 1 o'clock
and receive, report, from her mini,
ter, an hour later. By S o'clock ,he
I, ready to give the nrtlit a alttlng.
Her mnjexty. now 70 year, old, I, quite
vain of her hand,, which are realty
very pretty.
Wu Chno Chu. »on of former Chi
Wu Ting-fang.
The Jape to the Russian,:
,t,rt«d thl, ruruA »nyhow?"
Th, C»lvln ,ct ahould gel active!
AtlenU’e War on Railroad,.
To th, Kdltor of The Telegraph.—
The Atlanta paper, have recently been I new Minister
going Into hysteric, over the demand changed hi* plan, of entering the Uni
of the Atlanta Hoard of Trade to have veralty of Pennsylvania and I, hurry
the Railroad Commlwlon of the xtate I ing preparation, to return to his native
reduce the rales on certnln eommodl- land upon order, of hi, father, who
tie, coming Into Atlanta. I vice-president of the foreign board
It seem, that the Commission after Pekin. The young man ha, no Idea
a careful and painstaking examination I of any government office walling occu-
of ,11 the facta came to the conclualon I patton at the other side of the world
that no Injustice had been done to At- I and the letter wa, a complete ,ur-
l»nta by the local rate,! that the prl,c. aa he had matriculated in the
only Ju,t cause ot complaint was the I university and expected to begin hlx
Interstate rate which are beyond th, I course In the falL
Jurisdiction of th. Commission. Be- I “Economy,” said Oovernor Chatter’
cauw the Commission reached tnie lon 0 f Wyoming, “l« always admlra-
conclusion there ha, been a perfect I blt> A Cheyenne hatter, though, w„
hell elotm of erttlcUm hurled at the I dliruited the other day with the eco-
Cnmmlraton. Denunclitlon, have own I n omlcat spirit of a visitor to hi, ehop.
plentiful the leave. In summer time. Th( „ v! .i,„ r- a ten man with gray hair.
One would think on reading th. At- . nUrrt wlth a felt hlt wnip [*4
lanta paper, that the whole future of |n paper , n hla h:u)<1 » How m uch
Atlanta hung on the matter, and that „ |u „ coat . ha Mi< i, no dye thla
there wa, nothing but a that my „ alrr . About
i™” *•'*— ,n, ° **"*• 'dollar.' tho hatter answered. The Ull
Young Tenant cn Cong-«*»mtn Adfm
eon's Farm Meets Death
In Mill Pond.
CARROLLTON. On- Sept. 10.—,
tad misfortune la reported from the
farrp of Congressman W. C. Adamson
near here. An eleven year old son of
Mr. Claud Adams, a tenant of Judge
Adamson, took a rabbit he had caught
and with hts dog went to a nearby mill
pond to see the rabbit etvlm.
After an absence of three hours his
family mede search for him and hav
Ing traced him in the direction he dls
appeared his hat was at last found
floating on the mill pond. The spot
was dragged and his lifeless body was
brought ashore, life having apparently
been extinct for eome time. He had
« »— — —r— I v»* Ynrir I ventured Into swimming alone and not
of Atlanta. Tbe>* aven inclu<la th* In- I *£»ous New York photo- | UIn|f ablc t0 awlm ^ ^ Jown
my
quar
kept Atlanta from going Into bank
ruptcyor falling Into Irytrlerabteroto.. m , n wrappe< , tha hat up
It spewly relief Is not adm "'•'»«£ won t pay If he said. I can get
The thro# papers, great M M * I hair dyed to match tha hat for a
papers, with unanimous voices, have \ ,
denounced the State Commission In ’ . - ~ .. «...
fleece and most unmeasured term,: m> | A.nthocy J. Dwawt BMdl,. th, Phil
Here* were their denunciation, that ^ V**,”**
th . they have probably ,lre„ly driven on, •* *“ **“ **
' of the commissioner, to rwlgn. and L. . t l”V
they Hand ready to guillotine th, rest I one call* him “Tony niddle and he
If they should fall to heed the demand, xnnu toJIUJt. One day an over
Democratic Managers are Putting the
Knife to the Bone.
NEW YORK CITY. Srpt. 10.—One
example of the high character of the
arguments the Democratic party will
make to the electorate In this cam
paign. was a document Issued today
by the national committee entitled
•The Trend of the Republican Party."
It waa prepared by Hon. John R. Dos
Passos, one of the leaders of the New teryliuic trouble. Etj
York bar and author of an authorita
tive treatise on "The Law of Stock
Brokers and Stock Exchanges."
Mr. Dos Passos’ contribution to the
Democratic campaign Is a careful brief
dealing exclusively with specific In
stances of transgression by. the Re
publican party, of the constitution of
the United States. The argument is
lifted above a mere consideration of
acta of President Roosevelt and con
siders the “trend” of the party as a
whole. This Is how Mr. Dos Passos
summarizes hh case:
The first act which I have In
vestigated—th© reconstruction laws—
showed how openly and wantonly the
Republican party disregarded the
rights of the states by keeping them
of the Union when the whole scope
and purpose of the war was to keep
them in.
T have shown how the Republican
party attacked the power of the ex
ecutive In the Impeachment of Andrew
Johnson.
I have shown how the Republican
party packed the supreme court of the
United States by Increasing the num
ber of Judges to nine, for the purpose
reversing the previous decision of
that tribunal.
"I have shown you how this party
stole the presidency from Samuel J.
Tllden, who was elected by a large
number of votes—both popular and
electoral.
Then I turned from domestic his
tory and opened to your view the acts
President Roosevelt In his dealings
with a foreign power—the Republic of
Colombia—and I showed you thnt out
thin grew not only gross violations
International law, but In connec
tion therewith, of the constitution of
the United States; the president being
most grievously wrong In his treat
ment of the republic of Colombia, and
having no right under the Spooner act
deal with the so-called republic of
Panama at all. I can safely aver,
therefore. In summing up. that the Re
publican party has run tho whole
gamut of constitutional infringement.”
The campaign has thus already
largely resolved Itself Into one of edu
cation. The literary bureau which
comes in closest contact with the press
the country. In distributing a great
-olume of literature to the various
Democratic headquarters In the several
Staten, besides the Interchange of Ideas
ith the hundreds of Democratic pa
pers which are espousing tho dause of
Democracy.
Tho people generally aro still talk
Ing of tho now celebrated gathering of
the Democratic editors at New York
end Enopus this week and the brilliant
speeches made around tho board in the
Waldorf hotel were not only enjoyed
by those who had tho privilege of lis
tening to them, but were read with
great Interest throughout tho countryl
Tho New York World In commenting
on this gathering of editors said edito-
rlslly
In the presence In this city in con
ference of COO Democratic editors from
every part of the country there la both
proof and promise of the widest Inter
est In the campaign and of hearty ac
cord In Its prosecution.
'Not often In American politics has
th*-r»* l-'-n ;i nsnvMiiirnt whirh miiM
Make Your Own
Ice Cream.
There ba* Joet b-en placed In *11 the grocery
■tore*. * new preparation ga '.ed
Jell-O
Ice Cream
POWDER
which ia faceting with great fa ror, a* It
o make Icecream In th<
— —w - home with
thhiginthepacktge for mak-
Icecresm. If your grocer
‘ yjDAlJ. »OD-
architectb.
Architeit
Willis F. Denny
Curran K. Ellis
Offises 6 A 7i Amn. Nat. Bank Bldg,
P. E. DENNIS, Architect.
568 Cnerry st., Macon, Ga.
Twenty years experience and suc
cessful- practice.
OCULIST AND AURIST.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER,
Oculist and AuriaL
OfTlce. 656 Cherry Street,
Day 'Phone. 2271. Night 'Phone 3053.
DR. J. H. 8HORTER.
Eye, Ear. Nose, Throat
Cherry and Second Streets.
'Phone 972, office. Residence, 3073.
Alexander Blair
& Kern ....
Architects,
673 CHERRY ST MACON. GA.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
MISS ANNA SMITH. Teacher.
Studios, 602 Forsyth at., and 374 Orange.
For Information, ’Phone 2167.
GABRIEL R. SOLOMON,
Civil Engineer,
Plans, Estimates, Surveys,
For Water Power Development, Sew
ers. and Water Works. Deed Lines Re
established. Land Divided. Maps.
568 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga.
Office Phono 962—Residence Phone 169
Wm. B. Birch. BenJ. J. Dasher.
BIRCH & DASHER,
Attorneys at Law.
Special attention to deeds and ab
stracts. American Nat'l. Bank Bldg.
MATT n. FREEMAN. Attorney.
2< * Washington Block; resident*
123 Second street.
„ SPECIAL ATTENTION.
Commcrclni Law. Municipal Law.
Real Bruits Investments, local and for-
ffffB. Correspondent Wood, Harmon dr
Co., New York City.
with such confidence appeal to argu
ment, to Illustration, to publicity, as
may this great campaign of 1904 for
the constitution ond the government
that the fathers of the republic be
queathed to us,”
POLITICS IN DUBLIN.
W. Rowland Cannot Be Voted for in
Race for City Court Sheriff.
QDBUN, Qa.. Sept. 10.—By a voto
of nix to two, the chairman not voting
and five member* not being present,
the Democratic exeutlve committee of
Laurens county baa deride! tbit Mr
J. W. Rowland cannot be voted for In
the Democratic primary next Wednea
day for city court sheriff.
\ Rowland announced hla tnten
tlon of making the* race for city court
sheriff, hut did not pay his assessment
within the time limit. When the mon
ey was tendered to Chairman Hilton
accepted It on condition thnt the
execulva committee would allow him
to make the race. Thla the committee
has declined to do. and so Messrs. J.
Peacock and Thoa. J, Watson will
be the only candldatea for sheriff In
the coming primary. R Is said that Mr.
Rowland and friends are dissatisfied
with the action of the committee and
may become a candidate for sheriff as
an Independent.
Messrs. L. Q. Stubba and Walter B
Jones are the only candidates for clerk
of the city court.
Is thought that not more than
1,000 votes will be polled.
BOY DROWNED.
Classified advertisements undsr
head are intended strictly for
professions.
OSTEOPATHY
834 8econd st Macon. Phones 920-33811
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
Bank Building.
DRS. J. M. & R. HOLMES MASON,
* Dentists.
154 Second st Phone 724.
DrTaDdTEL M. JACKSON, Dentist
Office on second floor Commercial
Bank Building, Triangular Block. Tel
ephone 636.
PHYSICIAN8 AND 8URQE0N3.
DR. J. J. SUBER8.
Permanently located. In the special
ties venereal. Lost energy restored.
Female irregularities and poison gak;
cure guaranteed. Address in confi
dence. with stamp, 610 Fourth street,
Macon. Go.
Dr. Chas. H. Ha! 1. Dr. Thos. H. Hall
Office. 610 Mulberry sL
Residence. 507 College st.
Telephones: Office, 922; residence. 69.
Office hours: 8:30 to 9; 12 to 1:30; S to 6.
EYES TESTED FREE.
„ G. G. COFFY,
Graduate Optician. 653 Cherry eL
ABSTRACTS.
GEORGIA TITLE 4 GUARANTY CO.
J. B. ENGLISH. Pres. J. J. COBB. See.
T. a WEST. Ally.
M & B. RY.
Local and Through Schedules.
Effective Beptembor 1L 1904.
Depot Fifth and Pin* atre«ia.
Read down.
Read up.
85 1 81 | STATIONS.
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A M|P MlLv.
11 iE:
1 l ITl.!... Moran, |i
6 23 .... Thoms*ton ....
6 43 Crest
0 Thunder
1 a£.: , Kssar
about their persona, and too frequently
on alight provocation, pull • them I no * operation aro m
...it .hoot proplr .trod In Ih.lr track, •* **•«»
, ; .... .. ™ h. ... k. cr.tlon slno nil, and nobody h„
» .nd not »l» •»«» Im.r.1 them .wept th. railroad.
state Cummin Ion In th. mop* ot | * r *p** r ***** *
thrlr denunciation, nnd In .dranc
declare It only a u«e1e*s fraud.
Now what I. II all nbotttT ,
The Railroad Commlnlon of th. ,l»te I A. the millionaire I. well known to
ton, »tnce declared that the local rates | ^ "eery handy with the xlnvra,” the
Tha enllltonalra yelled: -Cut
that out. younx fallow, or rtl hand you
one that you won't forxet In a hurry.'
boose of refuge f o
Uvo Kentucky murderers?
September and the R. R. R. outfit
ought to mako Oyster Bay a vary ac
tive bailiwick.
the groat crime of tho Hooth.
scarcely worth tho while to discuss
these abound statement*. He probe-
My got on to this Information In the
city of brotherly loro, and some other
Ilka community In Cite North.
Wo hovo to odd one thought now
only: U theoe meddlroome people
would keep out of tho Bouth It would
be better for oil concerned. It would
be boat for tho negroes, whoso beet
(•ft tend* aro tho hoot peoplo Ot tho
They t hal|en(e<l them and the court*
decided that the rate* were reasonable
and Jti»L %
But now It seems * new Investiga
tion must be had. because after fully
looking into the matter the Board of
Trade of Atlanta has coroe to th# con
clusion that the Interstate rates must
he lowered or changed; and If theoe
rates ore not lowered the power# oT
the local Railroad Commission must
ba Invoked to cut dhwn the local fttia
Can such a demand be Just?
If tho local rate# aro Juot and roa-
mehlo they cannot- bo loworod by tho
photographer obeyed and hastily de
parted. Mr. Biddle Insists that he can
have a much better time In Atlantic
City than In Newport or In any of th*
European seaside resorts.
Will Improve Laurent* Jail.
DUBLIN. Oa, 8epL ie. Plans for
the Improvement of the Jail have been
drawn and sometime In the early port
of October tho contract will bo lot. It
Is thought tha he Improvement con
templated will coat eome whore In tho
neighborhood of 910,006. Laurens* Jan
la now to a very dilapidated condition
and the commissioners realize that
something must bo done at tha earliest
possible moment to Improve tho condi
tion of thingx
helpless.
NOTICE TO VETERAN8
Attending State Reunion, Rome, Ga.,
SepL 14-15, 1S04.
A rate of one cent per mile from all
points tn Georgia to Rome and return
has been authorized on account of
above occasion. Tickets on sal* Sep
tember 11th. 13th and 14th. good to
return until Beptember 19th. 1904.
Call on your nearest ticket agent
and request that he secure you round
trip ticket routed ever the Western
and Atlantic railroad, th© "Old Bat
tlefields Lino" between Atlanta and
Rome.
Double dally trains each way. Write
to the undersigned for beautiful illus
trated Rgttit-Fleld Booklet, fre*
C. E. HARMAN.
G. P. A, W. A A R n.
Atlanta, Ga.
IP Ml
Nos 31 sr.d >2 dafiy.
a Addition*! Train Service.'
I»«v*s Macon at 4:43
wedne * ““
Macon ,
and Saturday*.
.—Train No. 81
No. 62 *"r d r1vS
p. m., Tuesdays. Thursdays
Warm gprlny* and ^Columbue Via
» Ml
4 16'Lv... Macon .
7 66 Ar. Wood bon*
7 H!A,.W. Sprint.
8 St.Ar.. Coiuiphua
bl# m
•:rf|
o.Xvf 7 3o|
Intcrrhnngeable mileage tickets of At-
Maeou and Birmingham Railway ed]
rornJr’piii.^jmJ PKtb <l 3ra2u!Tt"tUm".
I-'«W roailtad quick lint*. Krvtcc.
C shaw. \1cr-IY.j: !'-t.
O. m. grady. Superintendent.
C. B RHODES, Gen. Pass. r-nt.
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