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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1904.
TIE MACON TELEGRAPH
fEBUSHED EVERY WORKING AND
TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON
TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING GOMPANY
563 MULBERRY STREET, flACON, GA.
C. 8. PENDLETON,
Prcsiatnl and Manager.
convinced that the lime hae about ar
rived when the conservative South
should aeparate Itsell from entangling
nlllancea, and itand boldly for all that
la beat In a representative govern
ment—the government of our fathers:
not for a auctions! party, but for a
sound party measured by Washing
tonian nnd Jeffersonian Ideals. Let
those Join who may of whatever sec
tion. ,
Mr. Watson has lost, we fear, hie
C. R. PENDLETON
LOUIS
ENDLETON . «J £a\on I opportunity. He hae committed him-
PENDLETON. ...... I pelf to a radicalism which the Mouth
THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
The Telegraph will bo found on eale
at the Kimball House and the Pied
mont Hotel In Atlanta.
WATSON AND THE TELEGRAPH—
A MAN WANTED.
We print etoewhere on this page an
unsigned article contributed to th*
Augusta Tribune, which we shell ss-
etime wee written by Mr. Thomas
Watson.
That portion of the article which
refere to a certain negro editor of New
York need not be dtsrueaed hero now,
or eleewbere at any time. The cam
paign of 1904 to ended, and no ono
believes at thto time, or ever believed,
that The Telegraph quoted tha negro
for the purpooc of personally offending
or humiliating Mr. Wataon. Another
and a legitimate purpose was manifest
an Its face, sq we haVe aeveral tiroes
alnce pointed out In theee columns.
So much for that.
The contention In the article under
review which, as we have said, we
shall assume was written hy Mr. Wat
son, to that after all there are oAly mi
nor differences between The Telegraph
and the leader of the Populist party
thst we agree as to essentials, and that
we ought to be able to get together
on the common ground of Georgia and
the South.
The Telegraph hellavea In a repro-
nentatlva government—* government
by representatives—as created by
Washington and Jsfferson. It does not
bellava In tha absolutism of Roossvelt
on «hs ons hand, or the ultra Initiative
and referendum democracy of Watson
on tho other. The Telegraph etande
between Iheee two extremes where
stood Washington. Jefftrson, Jackson,
Tllden, Cleveland anil Parker. We be
lieve that the one extreme gives life
and being to the other by the rule of
opposites; but that the teal savior
of hie oountry—the statesman who
does the most with perhaps the least
reward—Is the men who mounts t^s
dividing line end leys one hand on the
one extreme, and tha other on the
other extreme, and holda both In re-
atraint. Men era fickle. The pendu
lum ewung dangerously forward to
ward abaolullam this year. Under the
lead of Parker the Democratic party
made the effort to stay the sweep, and
pin down to tfe renter of gravity. It
did not succeed tn the prime object
hot It prevented the ItmlL Mtk end a
half millions of men fell on the break*
If It had gone all the way, and
not lodged there permanently, the re
turning sweep In 1404 would probably
reach the other HmtL And thin ta the
reason why thousands of radicals of
both extremes got together this year,
and pushed In the same direction. Thto
accounts for Watson's campaign. H
accounts for Hearst's defection, and
.’or Bryan'* dally apology for hie bait'
hearted support of Parker. Theee tot
ter gentlemen, atl three of them, view
with eattefartlnn the Impetus which
the extreme of thto year will give the
rebound. They proved It by their
prompt springing forward to noise the
leading strings and direct the return
ing movement
The Telegraph hellavea that one ex
treme to as dangerous as th* other.
We have on the on* hand th* perils
of absolutism, and on the other th*
pit of anarchy, w* would avoid as a
peat Hence either deed-hole. It* publi
cs atom aa exemplified hy Roosevelt
reaches out to th* on* end ultra-
democracy aa preached by Watson
rushes towards th* other. Th* com
promise between the two extremes
to the bed rock of that Democracy—
that representative form of govern
ment—upou which Washington and
Jefferson built thto republic. Th* real
Democratic party to struggling to pre
serve to ourselves and to our children
this happy mean between two dan
gerous extreme*
The Telegraph to nearly convinced
that the Northern wing of the Dem
ocratic party la going to fell Into tha
hands of the Socialist* Deb* got more
vote* tn the North than did Wataon.
Th# Rooanvaltinn sweep In the North
ern state* wm most likely produce Its
1 evil. It to n pretty generally
truism that
sett If It were not *t
vlrtae would pariah In th* plL
The Telegraph to also nearly con'
elnced that the conservatism of th*
old Raratuttonory slock In tk* South
• where them to n greater per cent of
the saving salt of th* earth than etoe-
far tha fore* of th* future which shall
preserve kh* principles and tradition*
of the MU' !*.
The Telegraph to further nearly
will never embrace. He I* more In
sympathy with ono of Ih* extremes
of the North and West than he Is with
the traditional conservatism of hi*
Southern neighbors. If he hod held
pn to tho Democratic organisation—
If. holding on, ho had smotl for the
conservative, rational, middle ground
where stands the written constitution,
nnd where stood Wnshlngton, Jeffer
son, Jackson, Tllden nnd Parker—he
would hnve been In position now to
lend a host to hattlo for his oountry
and fight the extremes. Mr Wntson
has all the elements of a leader ex
cept the one vital requisite: he Is not
broad. He lacks the breadth of con
servatism. He Is a radical. A nar
row grasp of things moans sn sxtrsm*
estimate of them. Hie splendid fo
rensic power Is tainted with the Jaun
diced view. Hie couragq Is handi
capped by a kind of craftiness to which
he seems himself to he blind. Honest7
Of course. Bo are most misguided re
formers who run amuck.
A great Houlhern leader la now due.
He to needed. The Boulh walla for
him. Th* ‘country will bless him
when he comes. He will be four
square nnd wide between the dyes.
Two-by-fours will not All the measure.
He who appeals to sectionalism, to
ctss* to issues among tn* deadwood
of a forgotten past, will fall below tha
•tatura of the man that to to come.
He may hall from Texaa. He may
come from Missouri. HI* foretop dooa
not yet appear In Georgia.
And yet he may come from the Tenth
Georgia district, but not likely from
Thomson.
As wo hare said, there are “If*"
about our friend nt Thomson which
cannot be now relsgited. If he was
broader—It he hed kept out of hta re
cent political fiasco—If, nnd If, and tfl
God send us a mnnl
employers, hut there Is very little evi
dence tending to convince the observer
that they would yield to persuasion
looking toward that end. Tills Is the
day nt Individual Independence and of
reaction ngalnnt all authority except
that which la Inevitable In the way of
business. Improved conditions are de
manded for the good of all concerned,
in fact they ceem to be absolutely Im
perative. hut Mr. Phillips suggests a
remedy that appears to be altogether
beyond reach.
A CAMPAIGN BARD AT NINE.
What hope was there for the Demo
cratic nomlneo when even women and
children look the stump and lipped
their fingers In Ink In order to elect
Mr. Roosevelt? We have already
noted several extraordinary specimens
of campaign poetry, hut perhaps there
has been nothing quite so remarkable
ns the effort of Rosalie O'Brien, the
nlno-year-old daughter of a New York
policeman. It seems that Rosalie's lit
tle epic, which has Jurt come lo our
notice, brought forth a letter of thnnka
from the hero-candidate whose prnlses
It suhg. A nufftetently complete Idea
of Its ehnracter will he obtuined from
the following excerpts:
While the Cnnnnn'n roared and the Vul
tures scared
O'er the ItattlencM that morning In May
In n distant clime with courage sublime
Blood our sons In bnttle array.
They were there to nvenrs our noble dead
Who lay bleeding on Havana's Ocean bed,
Murdered by the Tyrant’s cruel might
When our battleship Maine was blown
up nt night.
n halt to our patriots, both living and
PLEASING IP NOT CONVINCING.
Pleasing, If not oonvlnelng, la aq ar
tide In the Sewanae Review proposing
a return to ntd-tlme plantation moth
oda. with slavery only omitted, as a
means of ending race troubles and solv
ing th* Houth's Industrial problem.
Mr. Ulrich B. Phillips, who writes
the article, la of lha opinion that fram
every point of view the plantation nys-
tem offer* th# prospect of a more ef
ficient employment of negro labor end
Is highly conducive to the mental, mor
el and Industrial development of the
negroes. Their concentration In cities
has, he thinks, the opposite afreet, lie
reviews th* history of etavery, Rne
growth of th* old plantation system
before th* war, the breaking up of th*
ptentatlons Into small farm* after Ih*
war, the present widely prevalent sys
tem of tefnint farming, and concludes
that the great necessity of the hour to
Ih* development of n nioro sympathet
ic relationship between the races. Nn
system for this purpose has yet been
developed, he declare*, which com'
paras In good result* with thsl of th*
old patriarchal plantation. II* say*,
for example:
The average negro hae many of th*
characteristics of e child, and must be
culded and severned. and often auarded
saslmu himself, by a sympathetic hand
Non-resident ownership end control of
plantations will not do. The absentee
■ysleai he* no redeeming virtue for the
intrpoe* at hand. With hired, voluntary
labor Instead of fared labor. It Is Ih*
n and not that
presence of Sa planter'end mss
children nn«l tile neighbor* |» required
for cumpV nnd preoct among thn nr*
grora. Factory methods and purely bus
iness relation* wilt not rerve; the tlr nt
ffPMl sympathy and aRretlon la *m»n
llal tn ihr auccraafol working of tin
system. Tha avrraga hrgm long* for
thla parwutar tin. Rmp^t. afTretlon. and
obndlrnre for tho*« who aarn nnd «
r °aVI* , K « i ^miration are arcond nat,._
with him Tim nrgnva are dtspooefl to
do thatr MM for areurln* th* g*n*rnl wri
ter* when tha proper opportunity la
«Jva»U tfcrm. What ”thry moat nred la
friendly gnldanra and control for them-
will always work to their discouragement
nnd Injury, and sectional and racial trrt
fatten muat tn ovary rare check theii
progrer-
In many mptcU tho picture thua
brought before tho mind, to a planting
nna. It relit up recollections of nil that
waa b«tt In American tlnvtry. But It
•uggretlnn of part poaalbttttte*
rethor than of present. Wo lire in an
ag* when every man la aduentod to bo
his own guldt and councilor.and when
no man Is disposed voluntarily to oc*
rupy tho pooltton of an Interior, hum-
Not forgoitlnK
patriot Teddy thin
M«k« lila scurrilous slanderers turn their
fart* to (ho wall;
Then elect him our president, th#* highest
honor we #rin give.
He will protect the Constitution nn long
n» he live.
Ttlough we can not entirely share
Rosalie's confidence In "Toddy" ns a
life-long snd Invincible bulwark of tho
Constitution, we like her enthusiasm
and ndmlre tha patriotic spirit she re
veals. She rails to mind little Marjorie
Fleming whoa* varies were the wonder
of her time And whoso recitations from
Shakespeare at the age of seven af
fected Sir Walter Scott to tears. Mar
jorie waa too wonderful for this world
nnd of course she promptly left It for
another. But happily Rosalia O'JJricn'a
verses are not of n character to cause
any predictions of her enrly death. It
ts safe to assume that she enn com
fortably survive them, nnd write more
four, eight, twelve and perhaps forty-
eight years hence. And If she develops
a level head she may even be found
singing the prnlses of a Democratic
candidate In the course of time,
any event we are glad that her verses
are not good enough to kill her.
A GEORGIA NEGRO IN PENN8YL
VANIA.
A private letter from a suburb of
Phlladclptiln rends ns follows:
"Ten years ago a negro was rarely
j«n In this community. Now tney are
the only domaatlo servants that can be
had. t There Is aulte a colony of them here
now. 1 teem this morning .that a negro
dupe* within a mile of ns broke up In a
row, last night, two were shot dead, nnd
the murderer escaped. Negro men are
shle to find little beside menial employ
ment here, because the Inbor unions re-
fiwe to ndmlt them. It will internet you
to hnnw that a Georgia negro, namrd
Allen, whs glad to get the Job of denning
my apartments recently, w© said that
Waycro** was hta homo, and thst he wsa
a bricklayer by trade, but thnt the un
ions oreventod him from getting such
work hors. Ho said ho was n fool to come
here, where ho 'got to scrub up flo’s’ for
a living sfter making good wages at bis
trado In Georgia. 1 asked him whv he did
not go hack and he said he expect*! to
ss noon aa ho could save the necessary
money.*'
Wo do not print this In order to pre-
vant negroes from emigrating to Penn
sylvania. We believe that tn the long
run a more or leas equal distribution
of tho race throughout the states of
this union will be best for all concern
ed, and we doslro to forward rather
than check the present drift Into tho
Northern states.
Rpaco Is given to the above extract
because It la further confirmation of
tho Intolerance of negro labor on tho
part of Northern labor unions. It Is
remarkabls that this intolerance should
not attract the notice and stir up tho
wroth of those Northern editors who
are so solicitous ss to the welfare of
negroes In the South. Here la an op
portunity for Mr. Row**veil to prove
hts friendship for tho race. It would
have boon risky, like playing with dy
namite. before the election, for ha
planned to secure the labor vote and
succeeded. Rut now he can afford to
do aa ho pleases, particularly at ho
refuses to he a candidate In 190*. If
reives,"and peer* and prosperity" for'7he bo will contrive to prise open tho doors
.V** 8 "!** d—re—tew of the Northern labor unions, and for
bid any more drawing of tho color line
A Card From Judge Nottingham.
To the Editor o! The Telegraph;—
Tha remarkable interview given to
your reporter by the Judge of the
United States] District Court, for the
Southern District of Georgia, and pub
lished in your Issue of Thursday .last,
violative at it Is of all Judicial pro
prieties, demands a reply from me.
This duty devolves upon me simply
because t am the presiding officer of
the recorder'* court of the City of Ma
con, and, om such, have Imposed the
nentence* which have tfven this fed
eral judge such deep offense.
The recorder'* court of this city has
been created by a valid law duly en
acted by the general assembly of this
state, and the rules for its government
are clearly set forth therein. By that
law my duties as recorder are defined,
and thnt lav; I have conscientiously
carried out. Th** United States dis
trict court has no appellate jurisdic
tion over the recorder** court, and the
district Judge Is not a keeper of *ny
conscience. Any person dissatisfied
with the sentence imposed .by the re
corder can have that sentence review
ed by the superior court of Bibb county,
then. If need he. by the supreme court
of Georgia: and then in proper case
made, by the supreme court of the
United State*.
I alone, as presiding officer of the
recorder's court am responsible for its
action: acting as a Judicial officer,
sworn to honestly nnd faithfully carrv
out the law, without fear, favor or
partiality, as required by. my oath of
office. No governing body dictates or
even attempts to influence my official
action. Neither the mayor, the city
council or any member thereof Is In
the remotest degree responsible for
any official act of mine. Nor can any
citizen or tax payor be rendered liable
by reason of my Judicial action, for
they have no pan therein. So there
can be no conspiracy In this matter,
for one man alone cannot conspire.
Therefore, the ill concealed threat .of
this federal Judge, while also, aimed at
others, can apply to me alone. If car
ried Into effect* by him, the threatened
“misery und suffering" must he mine.
He Informs tne that the present ad
ministration is little liable tp condone
so grave an offense. This awful pros
poet somehow does not affright me.
Even thnt terrible ‘ big stick" now cast
ing Its ominous shadow upon a waiting
world has no terrors for me. Bo, I must
decline with thanks to follow the
kindly (?) advice of the district Judge,
when he suggests that I can readily
avoid mil threatened difficulties by
ceasing to discharge my official duties
aa a sworn officer of the law.
shall simply pursue my present
course, relying with sorencst confidence
on the law of the land, both for my
guidance and protection. And
agree with the Honorable Emory Speer,
that "It Is not well to Intimidate the
Judge." therefore no "misguided" fed
eral Judge shall Intimidate m*.
The recorders court is especially de
signed to deni In u prompt nnd sum
mary manner with the violators of the
pence and good order of the city; and
while so doing to keep In check the
vicious element found here as well as
In every other city. This Is the ele
ment that loafs or hides hy day while
It disturbs the pence or burglarizes the
houses of good citizens by night. To
this vicious and disorderly element, tho
offort of tho district Judge to paralyze
the arm of tho court especially de
signed to control them, must bring un
alloyed happiness. The Judicial notice
given to tho vicious nnd lnwless nnd
criminal element of the community,
thst the federal court stands ready to
release them from the’sentence of the
recorder’s court whenever they violate
the law. Is a-menace not only to tho
peace nnd good order of the community,
hut also to th© safety of the property
nnd of the Jives of our citizens.
It Is my sworn duty In the proper
exercise of the powers of the recorder’s
court ns they have been conferred upon
It hy th© stnt© of Georgia, to protect
this community against this vicious,
lawless nnd dangerous class. This
shall continue to do In spite of the ef
forts of the district Judge to defeat
this beneficent purpose of the law, and
regardless of the menace nnd threats
contained In Ms Interview.
CtTSTIS NOTTINGHAM.
set apart for the maintenance of a
charity hospital during the fiscal year,
while $2,000 is set aalde for beautify
ing the parks and esplanades—the
play-grounds of the people. The report
of the city treasurer shows at the close
of business last month there was $332,-
C46.25 cash In hand, and $500,000 In
bonded depositories paying the city 2
P«r cent. Interest until it is needed in
the grade-raising work.
"‘Such is Galveston. But a little
more than three years ago she waa
stricken almost to death. Her credit
became nil, her public buildings were
demolished, and her streets were
strewn with the wreckage of homes.
Today, under the wise administration
of an able commission of five of the
leading citizens, who disregarded the
clamor of the political spolllsm, and
who work from patriotic motives, Gal
veston has a credit at least unsurpass
ed by any city In the South. She is
doing more public work In proportion
to population than any city In the
South. And she has the money to pay
for this work. Galveston’s example In
municipal thrift is a lesson which all
cities should learn. It demonstrates
what strictly business methods will
accomplish, and is a powerful appeal
for driving politics out of municipal
affairs/ "
Guns Turned on South.
Hon. C. R, Pendleton, Macon, Qa.
Dear Mr. Pendleton: The article en
titled "Guns Turned on the South'
one of tho best, and did me more good
than anything that I have read In a
long time. I read all your editorials
every day, and I enjoy them all, but
this was a feast to my soul and had
the ring to suit me. I sometimes wish
that I was a newspaper man, but
guess I would "burst,” If I had charge
of a paper.
agree with you fully In all the
positions which you have taken since
the election. I write In haste, and
would have written sooner, but left
the city next day aft^r the article ap
peared. With best wishes.
B. H.. C.
THE TELEGRAPH AND TOM WATSON I
by them, he will perform a service to
tho negroes of this country of far
greater value to them than a hun
dred Crum appointments In the South
ern states.
A convention will be assembled De
cember 12 at Shreveport, Louisiana io
devise the beat possible means of meet
ing the menace of the boll weevil. The
convention wlU be attended by Secre
tary Wilson, of the agricultural de-
ply and affectionately looking up to a D>rtn -"*' b Y B0 ‘» 4 entenvrtogtats. and
superior. Is not this writer dreaming by ol:u ’ r
of th* neiro of arty y«r» 0,0 miner \ «•*•«'>*• <* P b ‘ nUr * * b “ * ia
then orient incwlly study Inc the negro ' < ‘ xoh '* r '*’ ! vlbw * * nJ experience, nr ' l! | idrct ,ho»r who were to manner nnd
To win In the contest with this Mexi-
( can bug la of more importance to the
Southern states than even a Demo-
! riAtlc triumph In tha date election
i would have been.
of todny who to * product of chanced ! *"* lo brin « » bont * ro-operMSee «t-
conditions? tack on Ihe most detractive Insect
Doe. the everses n.cro Ion, for .
respectfully effectlonatc reUtlun with |
• superior whit* men. end t> he roger
lo eubmlt himself te the friendly end
-to* guidance of Ihe letter? \v, doubt
it Tbs average negro of one rtnsa
long* for th* Irresponsible life of * I “Ceuttonl*
sbirtlena nomad. The average negro of I Hon. C R. Pendleton, Editor Macon
another clem longs to own snd ron-1 Telegraph. Macon, tin. My dear sir:
duel hi* own term or hi* own shop. ‘ tnu *< ,h * nk W ln hehalt of Mrs. P—
negro o, rtlU.no,her c,... h£73£
him*.ir In some ttonl" of Thursday, the 14th. I here
"• clipped It for my scrap book. I wish
If Ihe bulk of the nagroea In lb* ru-! every newspaper in Ibe country, of
ml districts could be induced to enter! IMm—esth' tendencies, particularly th*
upon such plantation Ilf* eg to suggest- 0,1 **• wu * hl copir *
ed. many desirable results might be ob- I
talaed belli fur themselves
WUh congratulation* and beet wish*
Truly your friend.
LR.P.
Galveston at a Model.
Mr, C. U. Pendleton, Editor Tele
graph, Macon, da.—Dear Rlr: The sec
retary of the National Municipal
League. Mr. Clfnton Rogers- Woodruff,
haa made such an admirable review of
the progress of municipal reform In the
United States during the laat year that
II la to he regretted that this review,
which haa been published hy the Na
tional Municipal League under the
oaption, "A Year’s Disclosure and De
velopment.” can not be put In the
handa of every municipal voter.
The remarkable achievement of Gal
veston, Texaa, ns quoted from an ed
itorial appearing In the San Antonio
Express of March 12, 1904, Is ouch nn
Inspiring and Instructive object lesson
for all of our cltlea, especially our
Southern cities, that I am Mending It to
you with the hope that you will ahnre
It with all of the renders of The Tele
graph. Vary sincerely yours.
J. R MOSLEY
Macon. Ga.. Nov. 2«, 1904.
The following U the article referred
to:
"Only a little more than three years
ago the city of Galveston was laid
waste hy ono of the most disastrous
storms tn the history of the country.
Thousands of live* were lost and hun
dred* of families rendered homeless.
With the t*>rrlble destruction of prop
erty nnd diminishing of property val
ue*. with o heavy bonded Indebtedness
and no funds with which to meet ac
crued and accruing Interest, the city’s
credit was -le ntroved and th# outlook
was most dl-couraging.
“In her dire extremity Galveston
abolished the old order of government
and Instituted in lieu e system which
eotnprfacff a mayor and four commis
sioner*, and these were selected with
reforenc#* jo their business and admin
istrative capAhtlltlea* Jurt a* any busi
er industrial corporation* would
direct its properties. The result aa at
tested by the splendid record of the
municipal government of Galveston, ns
ehown In the official report*, forcibly
Illustrates nh-»t can be done In the
management of the affairs of a city.
The floating debt of the city on Janu
ary L 1901. as p«r city auditor's report,
was $2ni t KL54. Thla aum has been
reduced by the present administration.
** per the recently adopted city bud
get, to $2tooo. without the issuance of
a bond or one cent of additional taxa
tion. T
Mt Is also noted by the Houston Pont
that since the great storm, lees than
four year* ago. $?M0* be* been ex
pended for street paring, and In the
budget ailcpted by the city commis
sion a tew days ago. the sum of $W,-
••• Is aet aside for new paving, and
there Is another fund pf $23.eco for
street Improvement* during tha pres*
ent fiscal year. The aum of $*U* te
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
ooocooooooooooooooooooodoo
Does anybody suppose that May Ir
win would think of having "Dave” Hill
now?—Kansas City Star.
Ruxxia has gotten to a point where
the loss of a battleship Is regarded as
merely an Incidental expense.—Wash
ington Star.
Filipino bonk cashier has absconded,
thus giving indubitable evidence thnt
our wards are ready, or nearly ready,
for Independence.—New York Herald.
The Hon. Alton B. Pr.Tker, in getting
to work so soon ns a Now York lawyer,
shows thnt he has all the versatility of
real American.—New York Evening
8un.
West Virginia hod a man hunt the
other day, but Mr. Davis rested easy,
as he was assured that the hunt was
not hy a committee looking for a vlce-
presldentlal candidate.—Chicago News.
Another man will have to wear last
winters* overcoat. John D. Rockefeller's
Standard Oil dividend* this year were
only fourteen and a half millions, three
million less than last year. Pity the
poor!—Boston Herald.
The New York real estate man who
completed a business transaction In
volving several millions as he lay In
bed Isn't such a prodigy, after all.
Thnt's where moit of us deal ln mill
ions—New York World.
Some people are guided hy taste,
others by etiquette nnd still others hy
policy. Taste Ih relative, etiquette ge
ographical or a matter of temperament,
and policy a disposition to compromise
consclenco for a consideration.—Bir
mingham New*.
James Curley has been arrested at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, chnrged with
stealing the rails and ties from several
miles of railroad. Aa he could not
show that lie was Incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey, he was thrown
Into JnII.--Washington Post.
Somebody says the south ought to
nominate a candidate for president. If
the rest of the country smashes the
South because It seconded the nomina
tion of a Nov, Yorker, what would It
do to the South jf a Southerner were
nominated.—Memphis commercial Ap
peal.
The resignation of Mr. Ware
pears to confirm the correctne** of
Wnshlngton observer* who have held
that any commissioner of pensions
with a mind of his own nnd hnckbone
corresponding was hound to find his
official years few nnd very full of trou
ble . -Boston Tmnxcrlpt.
When you hear a Southerner sneer
ing nt commercialism and declaring
ugnlnst materialism, you can set it
down that he is a professional politi
cian who lives by politics or holding
office, or els* 1* a failure In life too In
dolent to work or having no buMnrcs
to keep him employed—Nashville
American.
The following unsigned article ap
peared in the Augusta Tribune of
Thursday. Whether or not the signa
ture was dropped by mistake in the
make-up one cannot say, but It can be
seen, at least In the closing para
graphs. that Mr. Wataon is its author:
"Tonight I want to put these ques
tions to him (Parker) through the
pens of these reporters. I want to
smoke him out. The first question Is;
'Judge Parker, would you refuse to
eat at the same table with Booker
Washington? Answer It; yes or no.
Are you asking the Southern people
to vote for you because you are dif
ferent from Roosevelt on that ques
tion? If you are, then say It. Be a
man about It. Isn’t that right?
(voices: "that Is right/')’
“The next question is: 'Would you
receive at the White House on terms
of equality such negroes as Booker
Washington. Bishop Turner and T.
Thomas Fortune? Answer; yes or
no/—Watson’s speech In Atlanta, Sep
tember 1.
"Judge Parker did not answer these
questions. He took no notice of them
though this was the chief difference
nlleged between him and Roosevelt In
the South, and the issue upon which
Southern men were being begged and
lashed to the support of Parker. But
though Parker did not dare to notice
these pertinent and fair questions, T.
Thomas Fortune, one of the negroes
mentioned, who Is the editor of a pa
per In New York, did, and from him
The Macon Telegraph quoted as fol
lows:
" ‘We don't know Judge Parker, but
we venture the statement that If put
to the teat, whether he would invite
the editor of this paper or the Popu
list candidate for president to take
lunch with him, he would Invite the
editor, because he knows thnt the ed
itor Is a metropolitan gentleman,
used to the amenities of high society,
while the candidate Is a country hay
seed. who has had no opportunity to
learn what would be proper on such
an occasion, having lived among com
monplace people all his life/—Macon
Telegraph, October 26.
"Here ore. you rabble. *He wouldn't
know the taste of champagne from
bay rum, nnd would mlstako Ipe cream
for froxen soup.' And The Macon Tel
egraph published thnt thing on the
first column of Its editorial page, and
while It did say that T. Thomas For
tune was a contemptible fellow, It tried
to put me ln a still more contemptible
plnce than It did the negro.—Watson's
speech, Thomson, November 19/"
Mr. Thomas E. Watson has written
a novel called "Bethany.” Mr. Wat
aon Is always doing something novel,
thus contributing to the gayety of
nations. According to some “ad
vance proofs which Mr. Wataon's pub
lishers have sent to The Telegraph,
the following paragraph appears: 'It
has happened to me several times In
my life to be arrested, convicted nnd
sentenced to dine with other well
dressed convicts, male and female, nt
swell dinners—one of those formal func
tlons where solemn flunkeys bring you
one thing only to eat nt a time. When
you have pecked n while at that one
thing, whatever It may be, solemn
flunkeys take It away nnd bring you
another plate nnd some other thing
t^ peck nt o while. Some times It hap
pens that this one thing Is n big de-
flinnt-looking tomato. To sit In one's
chair, gazing at the last course which
the flunkey has Just put on; to realize
that this entire course consists of a
roocoooooccoccooocoooooooo
^ POINT8 ABOUT PEOPLE.
COOOCOCOCCCCCCGOOOCOOOOOOO
Professor William B. Trent box Just
finished a volume which will furnish a
oclrct antholoxy of the writing of
Southern nuthora from the earliest
times to the present day.
Ritlph Houghton of Randolph. Mass.,
the eldest undertaker In the country,
ho* th* gruesome record of having
hurled 5,000 people—more then the en
tire living population of the town.
Henry Gatewway Davio. Ute candi
date of the Democratic party for vlce-
president, him gone to Washington,
where he will opend the winter «t the
home of hto daughter, Mr*. Arthur
Lee.
It to reported that Governor-elect
Douglas Pf Ma-.Mchu.ctt, hae asked
Oen. NVtoon A. Miles to accept the
portfolio of udjutnnl-general of the
Miesachu-olte volunteer militia, to
succeed Adjt.-Gen. Samuel Dalton.
Sir Wilfrid Leurier’e victory at the
poll* this yar in Canada, sweeping aa
It to. I* not a record-breaker. Sir John
Macdonuld won a greater In IS7I, Hto
majority In the dominion house of
commons elected that year wee 90.
Dr. Andrew Sleia, formerly of Vir
ginia. and a graduate of both Harvard
nnd Yale, his been called to the prea-
Idency of the Vnlvcrelty of Florida,
located at Lake City. H waa formerly
known na the Bute Agricultural Col
lege.
Daron De Serorakerken, Ihe Danish
ambassador to thu country, travels
with enough impedtmenu for an opera
singer. On hu arrival In New York
the other day he brought with him
half a down servant! and aeventy-
three pieces of basguge.
Mtos Mabel Carter, daughter of
George M. Carter of Colorado Springs.
Col., n wealthy mining man. will deny
herself the pleasure of n social career
to practice law, for which she always
has had a liking. She will receive her
diploma from Ihe law department of
Denver University next spring.
M. Rerteaux. the new French min
later of war. is a civilian, the first to
hold that pasltlcn for years. Tho se
lection was not In any way forced
upon Premier Combes and la tnken to
mean thnt ^France has no fear of war
In the immediate future., otherwise a
military man doubtless would have
been chosen. France having generals
galore from whom fo choose:
ITEM* OF INTEREST. W
At fichenbrunn, the Austrian emoer-
oif. palace. Is the finest codcrtlcn of nr-
plants " lh * wo,W ' numbering 11.000
According to one of the ofilchtls at the
Parts Museum of Natural History thrro
ora shout 400 coo species of nnltnsls on
sad and in tho ocean: MO.OOO of these ars
Insects.
Lnshig hto new tut out of a window uf
a o-J"* express, ao American passenger
nulled tha alarm cord and th# train was
Mopped. He recovered the hat and cheer
fully paid a 410 fine.
The first Japanese newspaper was pub.
Ished In 1493. end contained news trans
lated from Dutch newspapers. Today
Japan has over LLM papers.and several
of them are In English.
Erjlnnd has more doctors proportion,
stely speaking, than any countrv In Lu
rope. For cvcrr PM one perrons England
hs» 150 medical men; Germany. 44: Salt-
serland, 4?, and Russia, 15.
solitary tomato, looking fiercely re<
nnd raw; to glance along the tabli
and to realize thnt all the convlcti
male and female have one to
mato apiece, and are trying to look
cheerfully at the convict bnes—th*
host—haa overwhelmed me every tlm,
it got the chance. The scene Ib heart
rending.'
"As coming from Mr. Watson th*
foregoing Is most Interesting. Thai
he ha* been conspicuous In politic*
and in bookmaking and In law and In -
trade, we all know. But that he should
have now assumed to be the nrbltei
and possibly the autocrat of the dlnnn
table Is somewhat a surprise even tr
those who have learned to regard him
as a man of surprises. It Is Mr. Wet-
son's Idea, from the foregoing excerpt
that everything should be heaped upoe
the table' at once, and that a dlnei
should be able to see everything th*
host had to set before him at the first
glance, so that he with hlo hungry
fork, might be able, regardless of th*
orderliness of a course dinner, to speai
tho biscuit If he did not want th<
pone; awlpe the tomato If ho did nol
like the turnip; order the butter to b*
passed by his neighbor a few seat*
removed, and so on. It Is evident thai
he objects to folks being well-dressed
nt dinner and we must Infer that hi
prefers to go right to table ns hi
comes from his toll and assuage hi!
hunger regardless of all convention-
llty.—Macon Telegraph. Kovembei
20.
"The Macon Telegraph delicately In
timates'. that T. rThomas Fortune 1:
right when he classes Mr. Watson at
an ill bred boor. The Telegraph main,
tains that a course dinner Is the es
sence of common sense. What abou
the horsedlnner which some socle'.}
fool recently gave in New York? I'
went ahend even of the raw tomato ab
surdity.—Augusta Tribune, Nov. 21.
"The Macon Telegraph delicately In
timates that T. Thomas Fortune ii
right when he classes Mr. Watson ai
nn 111 bred boor.—Augusta Tribune
"The Telegraph did not (Intimate;
ariythlng of the kind. Mr. Watson hai
our personal respect and admiration
We do not like his politics, nnd thai
Is nil. So far aa Fortune Is concernef
he Is contemptible, and ought not t<
be named In tho same breath will
Watson or The Telegraph.—Macoi
Telegraph, Nov. 23.
"T. Thomas Fortune said, ns quolei
by the Telegraph, that he (Fortune.
"metropolitan gentleman," whlli
Mr. Watson was a "country hayseed,'
unused to the amenities of high society
and "who has had no opportunity ti
lenm whnt would be proper on such nt
occasion." Unless the Telegraph In
tended to Intimate the snmc thing, wh}
did It print the extract from Mr. Wat.
son's book, in which with hla Inlmltnbli
snrenem he made a hit nt one of so
ciety’s absurd customs? When thi
Telegraph after quoting the paragraph
seriously goes on to Justify this ab.
aurdlty. Is not tho conclusion warrant,
ed.ls It not Inevitable,that the Telcgrapt
desired to Impress that Mr. Watsnt
was off as to the usages of high society
was, In fact, a hayseed, and an III brer
boor, as T. Thomas Fortune asserted
as quoted by the Telegraph? If T
Thomas Fortune to eontemtlble. “nnt
ought not to be named In Ihe sami
breath with Wntson or the Telegraph.'
why dirt the Telegraph quote from T
Thomas Fortune's paper,on Its odjtorla!
page. In which the two were not onlj
named In the same breath, but name-
to belittle and Insult the Southcrr
whlt^mnn?
But The Telegraph says It did nol
mean to Intimate anything of the kind
It certainly known beat what It did
mean, and Ita word must be accepted,
since The Telegraph Is on* of those
papers which have the courage of theii
conviction, and It never healtntes tc
my whnt It means. In this case lit
seal to help Parker nnd Injure hii
Southern opponent politically has Jusl
caused It to be a little careleas, and
so made Itself misunderstood.
. A be« that works only at night Is found
In the lucg.es of India. It to an unusually
large Insect, the combs being often six
feet tonx- four feel wide and from *
Inches to six Inches thick.
An English farmer has been fined for
tying firecrackers 10 pigeons, lie rx
plained to the court that letting off pig
eons with live crackers attached to theii
legs was s common way of training them
for shooting purposes.
All efforts to establish the fislvatlon
Army In Rusrts have so fur been of no
svep. said Gen. Booth at Guilford, as the
Russian government had Issued rtlct In
junctions against the general or his fol
lowers crossing the frontier.
Owing to the exceptions) rains th* laat
season the Colorado peach crop Is larger
than erer. Th# Ashenfriwr ranch, near
Montroec. alone has shipped over 3S.MS
boxes this season. L«50 boxes having been
packed on the ranch In on* day.
At Versailles Is a pomegrantte tree
which Is said to be the oldest In France.
It Is In an old orangery and was planted
in 1455. In exceptionally warm seasons
the tree still puts foub a few fie were,
but It has borne no frutt for many y<
There te a large promontory In
Aegean se» known as Hnvon Hi
which extends 3.SOS feet above the level
of the water. As the sun swings sronnd
the shadow of this mountain touches one
by one a ctrclt of blends separated by
r--gu!ar Intervals, which act es hour
marks. It to th* largest sun dial In Ute
world*
Text, life to much In vogue at the
International Printers' Home at Colorado
Springs. Cole. There an ten steam-
heated canvas bouses, equipped with Mac.
trie light end having electrlc-beU connec
tion with the drug room of the hospital.
These probably era the only at sun-hooted
tents la th* world, end they ere occupied
th* year through.
The Telegraph declares thnt Mr.
Watson has Ita respect and admira
tion. Only “we do not like his politics,
that to all." That to a very small mat.
ter. and certainly no cause for etern
ally nagging one whom we "respect
and admire.” None of us agree on all
mutters political, and none of us differ
on nil points. Tho Telegraph and Mr.
Watson agree moet thoroughly tn thou
devotion to the South, and to this dear
old state. Both of them would give
their best service, and do It freely and
gladly, to promote Its Interest. Thai
make* them stand together on the
main Issue. They disagree a Utile as
to details, but that Is of less Import
ance. They differ also on a few other
questions, but not more than The
Telegraph differ* from some member*
of Its own pnrty. All this The Tele
graph would doubtless forgive. Mr.
Watson's great sin. In Ihe eye* of
The Telegraph la that he doe* not be
lieve th* Democratic pnrty as at pres
ent constituted to th# mesne through
which the country can be beet lervert.
Th* Telegraph believes that the only
way to salvation to through the den.-
old party, whoso headquarters at
present are In n notorious gambling
hell. It may he right, and then again.
It may be wrong, and Mr. Watson may
be right In his contention that salva
tion la possible only through Independ
ent political action which shall lead
a union between the South and
West.
Time and future events atone can
decide thto. In the meantime, if wo
respect and admire each other, can wo
not each present our aides as best we
may. to get the people help to mnko
the right decision, without trying to
belittle each other, or doing or aaylng
what can reasonably be construed no
other way?
Where Colds are Unknown.
From the New York Pres*.
In the extremely cold climate at
northern Russia all rlasses of people
wear linen underclothes Instead of
woolens, and such a malady as a cold
to unknown. The Russian of those
latitudes does not understand the
meaning of rheumatism, bronchitis,
catarrh or consumption. Japan to a
country essentially humid and rainy.
There are from 110 to 200 rainy day*
In she year. The change* of tempera
ture are midden. The winter to cold.
The booses are exposed to every wind.
The dress ot the natives leaves tha
chest naked, winter ai.d summer, and
the togs uncovered. The ordinary folk
do not wear hats. Th* country people
pass half their lives with their lege In
the water of the rice fields. This war
haa shown that the Japanese are tha
hardiest nation on earth.