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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1903
The Macon Telegraph;
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DAMN PRINCIPLE-ir8 RESULTS
WE WANT.
Til# American public want* re
sults. aiid admires ili<> nun who
achieve them. . .
Thor© ha* Just recently bran
drawn up un *"agre«m«:nt" or
• Iraatjr'* with Japan by the Hint**
Department This eettlre differ
ence* that have been truubloaome
of |.n*. Many well informed poo-
pla ©specially In tin* Weal, where
they como dlroctly In contMet with
the situation. feared war. Hut
granting tltat war w»a Improba*
ble. tho oommerct.il relatione be*
twc:n the two countries have been
disturbed. The agroemmt,'' or
"treaty.” nr call It what you will,
eetl ca these differences and I*
vali'.itole to the commerco of the
United State*.
But cometh certain members or
tli&t blithe little band, known as
Ihr United Staten Senate. They
feel that their dimity ha« bem
Injured by tho proceeding# and
denary flint Oryollatlone should
have hern tmneacted through
them They ondeavor to cant <11*.
credit on the proceed Inge, that are
ndt ew atticd In red tape of sena
torial manufacture.
We regret to learn that our own
Senator Bacon la one of tho mal
content*. We bellevo that if he
will confer with Ills conetltuanta,
•dally thoa© who hava to do
Ilk© a r©ntory*otd tree with 611
laid to It*, root*
But, under tho Oonetllutki
IT* Kldent haa no power, except "by
and with the sdvicf and conaast
the Senate to make (patIn" and
Senator A. o. Baron, with the obli<
gationa of bis oath of office before
him and a* a member of th* foreign
affairs committee of the Renats,
whoa© duty It la to deal with foreign
affaire, replies to a query propounded
to him on tha subject that da a treaty
ie document "la not worth the pa
*r It In written on." without the con
deration an4 concurrence of thi
mat A
For this Senator iBacon la con-
•nmed by our contemp»»rary, but he
Jinawerrtle to hla conscience If not
h!v conatIttiency, to preacrv# the
constitutional or marks Ilona
fi'ivernmcnt as far Si in him Ilea, and
doubtless the knowledge that he hie
don* and la prepared to do hla duty
will condole him for tho Trltuina-
H< raid's sapient dtapprobglloft.
However, with regard tn the gen-
• ml proposition Involved In the
Tribune* Heralds alleged popular
motto. "Result*—that's It," If thl*
r» presentation la correct then our con-
t<*inporary and the people share It In
common with the burglar, the smbex-
xb-r and the |*et«jr thief who also $r°ri»
In view of the ehd to be attained
without regard to the means. But
jm the "end" of the burglar, the em-
beixlar and tha thief is not altogether
na they pictured It, id tha last condi
tion of ft people who her# regard
merely to "reauita" and who wanton
ly dissipate and astride© tha princi
ples of their national life in pursuit
of material good will be wore© than
th© drat.
e*t chain of proof known to th© ocl-j|
mt-4 of I.ft4 cvldyiw.. Again w. my.
■Worn an u> think?
•<!nn Mich thl of, h»
And overcome ua like a summer cloud
without our special wonder?"
The latest revolution. In Haytl re- I
mind* a contemporary that In his in
troduction to "Hiytl, or tho Black
Republic," Blr BpOnoer 8L John eaya
that "whilst living in Port au Prince
Don Mariano Alvarez, my Spanish
colleague, remarked to me; *Mon
ami. If w# sou Id return to Haytl dfty
years hence, we should dnd the ne-
greases cooking their bananas on the |
site of the*© warehouses.*" Although j I
this prophtc^ of the Bpsniab minister,
was made nearly forty year* ago, |
them sr* still warehouses and other j
houses in Port au Prince. Also there!
are still the revolutions, the corrup* I
tlon, and the conditions threatening n (
reversion to Watt African barbarism I
which caused the prediction now r©- 1
sailed.
$23.00
$23.00
Skiddoo Sale ol
faiMring
line, of $27.50,
We offer for this week our
$30.00, $32.50
sc
foreign commerce, that he
ind they disagree with him.
Ucs la becomli
Politics Is becoming a matter of
business In the South. as If has
long been In the North. Tho peo
ple are leas ready to join In a hue
and cry over the "encroachments”
of one branch of tho Oovernmanl,
or tn oppose a measure just be
cause It ta fathered by the oppos
ing political party. Their motto
Is becoming. "Results, that's it.
—•Rome, Tribune.Herald.
Tha Tribune-Herald unquestionably
voices ft sentiment fast becoming all
too prevalent with unthinking people,
but which we^carcely expected ever
(n aea echoed and approved by a re-
©i-otulble member of the preaa, whooo
mission tt la to counsel and recall tho
T 'Optt to ft propar same of morality
in polltloi whan they are tempted *o
■In against tha tight—a mission Aft
encredlyj Incumbent on the newspaper
as la the duty of the pastor to adtnon-
l li hla dock when Satan show* them
tha kingdoms of tho world and all
"the results'* that will be added to
thtm If they will hut bow down and
worship him.
It is no new thing, as our content
porary appears to jLhtnk, for the poo
pie to ho Impatient of tha restraints
» i<t • <'•‘guards which the founders of
the Government threw around
young republic end to applaud for tha
pleasure of tha excitement and the
fur ‘•rewulta** any lawlesa violation
r ii.l euhv.ralon of thosa principles
end safeguards.
Tha McKinley-Roosevelt sdmlnHtrs
tlatte acquired thf Philippine Islands
by conquest In otfbversion of thi
fixed policy and princlpla of this Oov*
rrnmqnt against tha acqulaltloit ol
r .reign territory and the people aanc<
tirtoed the departure. ''Results:' 1
'w at© burdened over their protest
with the government of a hair civil
t*-d people on the other aide of the
earth and with a foreign establish
ment which has cost ua untold mil
lions and wlU cost us untold millions
more, and the American people are
sweating and stinting to pay the hill,
rum •'results'* these! Ar© they the
».Ht of "results** that our coutempv
rn ? v and foolish poople cry for like
the r.ew born boh* which, attracted
;>v tha flamea ttrlvaa to reach tha
nr. that\would destroy him?
Tha policy of Imperialism having
been ratablUhed, R neat followed that
«. *n i»t have ft big h«vy and a stand
inr army on ft footing of equftllty
\,ith the old monarch-ridden countries
, * Aurora wnbra each and every use
U and productive cittern la sold •>
iaw .t aVdler aft bU back. -Results:*
m taxes and more millions of tha
,.,op:.'e money to OQftftndtr. with tha
», ^.,lt that *e burgoon out Into
Mi!i<.n»doller Government with I
g,rater annuo! budget for pantlont
at y \ current war account after one
little century of gfttural Mfe than any
Of the old governments staggering un
thousands of jraart of militarism,
ware and conquest. Are theas "re*
Milta" that any reftponslM# people
vho could bo trusted to go about
vu.hout . iu*Nl:nn
Wrll tl:« prtUr „r lmp*rWl«» tw
in. Mt.tJI V - »••-> *■" w OP V. »
or own. it toiiomi tt»«t
»|M. .if. pHnolpU of
entangling
all lane
the bo,
great
TO BE REGRETTED.
The failure to convict the conceded
leader of the Rprlngfleldi III., mob
«n mean only that the whole effort
tn bring th* rioters to juitfce ha*
oome to nothing. Thera were Ilf in
dictment* by the grand Jury, but the
lender hkvlng escaped punishment,
the Immunity of the followers
matter of course.
Thla Is to hi regretted for several
reasons. Whatever the provocation In
the nrat piece, tha mob unquaatlona
hly killed unoffending negroes and
burnt their home#, and those known
to hava Joined tn such outrages merit
severe punishment. Moreover, the ra
suit Is disappointing because It wsa
announced that lbs courts of Hprlng
Held would aet those of the Rnulb
a good aaarhple. The "lawlesa Routh'
was called oti to take note of thosa
III Indlrtmenta In BprlttglMd nndeeo
what might ba done when there was
tht will to do. yet, although ftprlng-
Held's mob In burning out the negro
quarter want much further than tha
Routharn mob ta ftp! to go. there la A
similar lack of punishment In tha se
quel. As wo have said, this la to ba
regretted for more reasons than one.
VERITABLE CASE OF OR. JEKYLL
AND MR. HYDE.
The case of th* State against ty- II
Mitchell, which • has Just been con
cluded at Thomasvllle with a verdict
of assault and battery against .tha de
fendant. la perhaps tha moat rsmark-
able In the peculiarity Of Its fostprea
that baa evtr bwn antaroB on • the
criminal docket* of this stats. A man
of middle agt, and good raputh of
wide and respeettbla connections, who
bad for half a century moved In and
out among Mi' fellow elttsana with
correct life and deportment, was
gravely accused by a lady of squally
high standing and of untmpsachabla
veracity am! rectitude with having
deliberately in tha darkness of night
dk gutted himself with tha habllaments
and tha hue of a blackamoor and do*
ooyad T»*r away from bar home with
n false concocted story.
Hurh an accusation and statement
o' facta might well cause the poopls
of tha community concerned to dis
credit the evidence of tkelr own aanses
and. oa one familiar with the envi
ronments substantially expressed It.
to know tha man was to discredit the
charge, the truth of which In view
of tho testimony could not ha doubt-
The verdict of tha Jury dlspela all
d<uM. drawn ns It was from tha vi
cinity of tha rrlme—from tha repre
sentative poople of a county which
was divided by the conflict of doubt
and belief In equal proportion na Ua
people are divided In frtendahlpt and
relationships with tha parsons con
cerned. What, them are we to think?
Itow are we to ragsrd jshrh other—
those among whom wa move aiuj have
familiar relationship, when In the na
lure of one who was regarded ft* be
well known by Ms fellows Is
up undraamad of.
depths far evil By what aril spirit
or dark passion was ha so obsessed
to tulle all tht record and seimlng
a lifetime? On theea things w#
can only speculate.
When Robert lewis Stevenson ©fa
sted the dust character of Dr Jekyll.
the useful, benevolent and
thropie ph> stelan tn tha daylight
hours, who was transformed Into Mr.
Hyde, a Rood of malignity.
wled abroad and committed deeds
ferocious Inhumanity undqp the
shades of night tha world thudderad
would also go by I while It road the story and Bat It
•is of thosa whojdowa os a nightmare of the impgtna-
"We have,** say* the ^PhtUdaipfWa |
Record, "no criticism to.make of the;
Routharn Democrats who ask for
duty on long staple cotton. Bo tong'
Hie country |a maintaining
protective ayfttcm II might as Well!
protect cotton an anything ala*, and'it
ought to hastow upon the Month
mi|rh of It* benefit* And burdens
on the North, But tbe Democratic |
party la larger than any of It* inrm- |
bar*, hrtd th© country la greater than j
the party. The party ha* for « gfertt j
malty year* stoutly (nilatfd upon low |
duties, or a revenue tariff, or ftoma-1
filing equivalent thereto, always op
posing high and distinctively pro tec-.
tlv« duties. That Is the position of; 9
thg party even It acme of Its members
Imagine that a duty On sea Island
cotton would enable them to gat morn j f
money for It/* Rxactly#
Suits
EVERY
and
for
Overcoats
GARMENT TAILORED
TASTE
$23.00
TO
The Word "Sundae."
„— Jpn ralivsiy recent ■
effort to pppyal t# a toain^thst hss^boen .
The sundae is* a -
iffort to mmmmtmm
ntluted
lavors. It ta. is everybody K
small piste of oresm over wblCl
myii.-rr. but
irmtaii -
$23.00
SigB.Roser
Iiecn poured chocplata synip, the Juice of
fruits, or which has been sprinkled with
nuts lisrtially reduced to powdor. But
why Is It so called? Home time was
taken In an endeavor to penetrate tho
“ vain. Many entertaining • ^ .
■■ - r J Congressman Brantley
The Tailor
568 Mulberry Street
zmsmam&Mama
.. ism
watar fountain)
rn it n orlitlnsted In the colleges.
_lt originated at Atlantic Olty.^H
H U orlalnstad tn Wsahlnston.
■ was first called Friday, and than
le name was changed, to Sunday bc-
iuse Frldsy Is an unlucky day. and then
the .
cause Frldsy »■■«.■
th* spelling was changed to plsaas soma
Mrs. Oftindv.
irig
whan the
ll nrlglnstcd In some tpwi
ll«f wns down on the Rundky soda Water
business, and (he dealer nxed up a aub*
stltiitc which ha culled • Hundsy.
I.Ike Tnpav It Inst a rowed
It wsn «-slied Hundsy St Aral because
lee craStn la a popular Hundsy dessert.
One thing Is certain, and that Is thnt
in Wsahinglon. as long ago ta twenty
vesra, In ope of. the lending lr* rronm
places, a slmlbtr mixture of toothsome
edibles was nrrnnred and It was called
"fiorida/'- -tVflshlnftoit Htar. •
Little of Everything:
Mike—Poor Rally Is dead; half n
ton of Ifoft fell on hla cheat.
Pat—la that an? 1 always told him
to be careful of hla weak cheat.
In brief, Btev© Hikin'* ultimatum to
the* fluke was the old gambler's teraa
aentence. "Pay or play.”
unlike J. D. R., oHHH
is dlaoovsrail that mere la More
money In pen and ink than In oil.
They ran scold the kaiser If they
Wilt,
..Vs a law unto hlmaeif;
But no law library has Bill
Among the hooka upon Its shelf.
A single Dondon gas company lost
by leakage last yrar enough gas to
All BOO balloons such as Count Zen*
pdln used In hla recent record-break
ing flight.
Replies to Mr. Osborne
(By W. Q. BRANTLEY.)
ily appeal for southern democrats
tn abstain from criminations against
oath other and to cess* their schisms
fell on barren roll, Ao far as my Able
and always Interesting If not optimis
tic friend, Air. Osborne, or Savannah*
is concerned. He won't abstain from
the otisnor will ho cense the other Both
Mr. Bryan and the Denver piatrorm
were Impossible except for the *UP
port of southern democrats, and crlm
mat Iona now cannot add to that uni
ty and concert of action on the part
of southern democrats go much to be
desired, no matter In what direction
ouch unity may bo aimed.
Mr. Osborne’s eloquent and pictur
esque pen surpasses Itself in flaying
the "lAmi'' of the wild and untamed
West, and yet even that fruitful land
of extremists hn* never produced an
"Ism" that equojs or compares with
the "Ism” thnt he. first borrowing
from Mr. Lawrence, subsequently de
cided to keep amt now hugs to his
bosom with ul! the warmth of a pa-
nan* niha.m ternal affection. Hla "Ism,** that the
A Pittsburg min Baa invented a ma
chine by which ha claims from 1,00ft
pounds to a ton of coal can ba mined
and loaded Into a car In a minute. - 0
a now miuy or wuin-uvni ini ..ntii'J.l >
found Which proinlsca to to make tha mH 00 '
metal more valuable for motor con- i
.i.i.niu.. »» i. fliiiA.i mtMiiiiiiM ■ it.i wiiniirsw.il ”«
Itlxma of the fairest portion of the
American republic shall hereafter
aalflshly ba concerned only for thorn-
selves, censing to be American cltl-
neti*. la an novel an It la unpatriotic.
His proposal la for "it withdrawal by
the south from participation In future
national democratic conventions” and
"In national politics we nr© to main
tain strictly an attitude of non-par-
flaensMp." He nay* that thla pro
ndaai Is not for something "new am
but until he furnishes the
national political partle* and has
heretofore been entirely "non-parti
san" whan thare waa •• national elec
tion agitating the country. ! will with
doferenra and good will continue nev
ertheless to think hla proposition
bad
nff bar-1 tlon. Yet here art ktre a parallel
so# the pi Of rare mads icao* apparently, established on the
slept disclosed In ajpoallhra t**tlmsny of eradltftMa wit
agreement arrived fttjaeaaaa And corroborated by fire am
tcutlva at Washington jatoocae whkh. c«n not lie, tbe strong-
struct Ion. It Is called magnatlum and
ha a th* advantage over other alumi*
hum alloy* of being *1111 higher !b*n
S ure aluminum. In small .Mellons it
ns about the same tensile strength
as brass, but Ita chief defect la Its in
ability to withstand vibration.
A *i0N0 OF CMINA^BOOe.
though .... ... _ .
lava hrr e**s and favors ua la othar
IMIkl'Tli"'Vruln.. o» oW, iti- 1»w b«
young life down
give ua white-meat crisply fried frith
bread crumbs rich and brown.
... r*»e she t*e a rooatar. she alarms ua
with bar nrow. .
To f^art^uajjj^ojtr drowsy bads 'Ua stx
But°oh. bar tell \s purposeless—of com-
Th«a#i\ me s Vn stubborn hoprleuuaaa aha
slta on chins erg*.
Now peraeveranre la a trail by whtctf
But * ri-racvereaaa 'tn this line is highly
And though 'the wl«©*t of ua makes an
error new and tven.
yvw trecvicss repatRmo Just commend
me to the hen.
Kb© mounts bar nest of china ffga. and
though she never get* •
A seiltaryeblckaa for her patience, atilt
Koreanje^reaeh ua of Its wisdom
But never seams successful hi tha teach
tag of th* hen.
And y*t ah* hsa h*r cftuntsrpart that
gees an human Iras.
The wort^ is always full Of
"I deny thnt -the
> South frotr the
national Dcmoerstlo party will result
In sectionalism." He proposes a new
form of secession for the South, but
a recession that Is to have no sus
picion of sectionalism about tt be
cause. he says, he will decree to th*
contrary. We will say to those who
may doubt, black may look black to
you but we assure you It la white.
Th* aouth once acceded from the
union, and I wonder If the fate of
that venture ta the argument now In
support of trying It again? Does my
friend think that our success In keep
ing down sadlonsllsm In that other
secession wa* aufftelemly pronounced
is to encourage us to believe that we
ran again accede and keep It down
once more?
Th# propoaa! fta Inreractlcab’e of
operation because, tn the first place,
the south will never consent to try It.
It means for the south to withdraw
from and to abandon Its own political
parly, the party of Its creation, the
party of Jefferson, and the south la
not yet prepared to desert what hAa
- * uiw«rk
Th* ftllew frith a system that will beat
a asm* of chan re
The man who aruMtskre Failure- ■ he's
wt'lLriMiWBw... th.
way U sodden wealth, .
Th* nostrum-huela* Invalid who *©©kt
th* way te hrelth.
> Ms is sot tbs only seal that gats
upon two Ires
Aad moves tbe srerM te pity when U alt*
— m,
Tli* woman who would marry to reform
_ h*c hosbao4's_woyi
Th* man wh« slwsv* looks fee
_ thing aewr. ta on mayo,
Th# on* who biers the races with a tip
thirg
- one who bl
that's right, he knew*.
urchaser of ‘
war flows. _
Fuu halt the b'lrs urea th* stags who votes
AflCj
Th* hen
V a Iris I'*rt
or* than I »!f tic dsbhtore
mmlnm and art;
not the only soul that gees
.&UI
—J. Vr, rumu la I*
«n Mremains.
been the bulwark of Ml Its hope* and
osnlrstlona for so many year*. The
south could not be so f*|#© to ths
American proplo aa to dn’lbcnirty
aid In the overthrow of the great po-
1 It teal party of liberty and th* con
stitution. The rf^P®*** vnenn* for
th# south to abandon, not only the
Democratic party, but alt political
pnrtles. Has It been forgotten that
from th© administration of Washing
ton until now this govrrnment has
nlwava been conducted by some po
litical party? The aouth can never
accomplish anvthtnc for Itself ncr for
th* trod of the common country *x
cant through alignment with #om*
political party, and haring altravs
been ao allftoen. the south, whenever
It leave* the Democratic party, should
tt ever do so. witt untie ft* fortunes
with some other political party.
The ornnoret also mesne to perpet
uate tndeflntt*ty the Republican party
In power. How G*nr time* have we
SM.n tHis nsrfp •-retnmod to power
krtth the tit #lectorsl vote* of the
-r*i*h .••♦•t for an opposition partv**
When floe* mv friend think the d»v
wonM r©me when any opposition par-
could win over “ Mfl
If the Republican partv ta
y»y»»»e th- south alV the recogni
tion. aa*«#t«neo ~aad nartlctpktkHi tn
* v-remer* *h»t ma desire, whv not
let the south Join It and make th* t-ne
ire of Its relan permanent? TM-
"*©uM K> a sigmlee process and reach |
the roundabout process of secession
and Isolation.
One not knowing the stalwart dem
ocracy of both the putative and the
adopted father of this proposal Might
think thnt it should be labeled "Re
publicanism made easy lu th* south,
or how to become a republican with
out telling anybody." In explanation
of his proposal Mr. Osborne says:
"We will act on each proposition Im
partially.'* He Moans. 1 suppose, that
our non-lnstructed electors Will do
thl*. for the masses of th* people uf
the gouth ar© to have neither Vote
voice In tha matter. He says: M
will align ourselves always with those
who purpose th* best.” Again he Is
talking about those non-lnstructed
elector* In -whOM he pins ft faith
beautiful to behold. The south nor
oven Its non-lnstructed elector*, how
ever, abc to ''purpose" at all. The
south will cease to havo plan* or
Ideals or purposes -of Ita own relating
to our government, but must choose
the heat of these It can find from ths
Job lota offered by other section*.
Finally. It Is admitted that that*
non-lnstructed electors may "dicker
and trade.” but we aro gravoly oa-
aured that thl* "Ik no argument'
against the plan. Hut what Is thi
dlckorlng and trading to be over?
ta It a shortage of federal officeholder*
In the southern states that I* to be
overcome? If »o, ore tho won-in
structed elector* to divide Up th*
loaves and flsheft among themselves,
or will they pass them around? If
It is matters of legislation, whence
springs the hop* that such legislation
will ba forthcoming?
With the Democratic party shorn
of the south's electoral vote*, th*
republicans will be In "easy” before
the trading season opens and will
neither need nor want the good* our
traders laboriously lug to market. I"
It Is changes In the policies, the plat
form and th© purpose* of the Repub
lican party that our trader* will soak
to buy, aren't they liable to be humil
iated by the Information that the ar
gument On these matters ended eom*
months before when tho national con
vention was tn session, and that they
are too tats with their propositions?
To real, practical men, doesn't It seem
that there would be better chance*
for real good bargain*, for ever ao
many people, if the trading woa al
lowed to commence during tha "open
season, befor* the election Is hald.
end each southern voter be given a
license to trade? _ . ■ ..
Boms days sgo I had the tem*rlty,
th* full extent of which I am just
realising, to suggest * fc “* —«»*—•«
dem
detnberftcy ®UghY to tnak* th# effort rim to the manufacturer* of paper
to take charge of the national dem- shelter behind which they have or-
ocrscy And ie«d tt ftrtgbt. I amid that “
our party had been run by th* Clave-
landlim of the cast and th# Bryanlsm
of the west, but never since the civil
war bv the democracy of the south,
and that the time had come for the
aouth to take hold again. I re»d that
we should announce that the south
will r.o longer vote fer aftythfaT Just
because » Is labeled den*w*rnr p ut
will hercartor demand and must have
the reel thing.
Whv wouldn't this be a declaration
or Independence? «y some mental
process, the mysteries of which I am
still working on In the endeavor to
understand. Mr. Osborne say* that to
literally follow” my suggestion would
result thus: "Four years hence, with
Anger tips together. With uplifted
ere-, with a oa&ctlflad expression and
with a preacher’s praying whine, w«
Will approach Murphy et al."
Does he construe "announce” and
-demand" as meaning to "beg.” to
riicy, would constitute a fair-sized
stick* If not actually a "good atom
club?" Oan't he froni hi* own force
ful vocabulary supply tho missing
words In this demand, so that when
soft words arc exhausted It can bo
converted Into real, sure-enough
“hardsh” talk?
He says of this suggested
- .'-''nt and (Iwn-iml that
forty year* southern democrats have
been striving to do that very thing."
He aaya: “Have Ve not been beg
ging and demanding alternately for
more than forty years, and Is It not
conceded that w© are as bod aft flow
when wo began rt»'mftnfl!ng?'’ If-'
argue* from the premise thus laid
down and th* premise la unfounded,
for the south'hAs not been “demand
ing" for the period of forty years, nor
for any other period. It Is only now
th.it wo ;ir© trying to work ourselves
up to the point of making a demand.
X have before me the proceedings ‘
tho Denver convention of last July,
note therein that the Atele of Georgia
dost 20 voice for Grey. S t6r Johflion.
4 for Bryan, and that the state of
Maryland cast 9 votes for Johnson
and 7 for Bryan, and that ovary other
southern state cast Its vote solidly for
HD'sn, Does (hi* look like the south
Was demanding something that It
wasn't getting? As for the Denver
platform that grieves and offends my
friend so much and that he charges
up to the enemies of the south, the
Official report of the proceeding* of
the convention sftysi "Mr. Haskell:
I move the adoption of the report ol
the committee on platform and reso
lution*.” "The motion waa unani
mously ©greed Vt.”
Does this record support the charge
that my friend makes? The records
show that tho south was not coerced
In this convention and that no de
mands of the kouth were mode end
Ignored.
The declaration for free lumber In
tho Denver platform my friend con
strues as a direct blow at the south
and Imagines all kinds of sinister and
depraved political motives as prompt
ing it. It always pays to bo fair. If
n©t charitable In our Judgment*, and
while 1 have no more purpose"now of
defending the Denver platform than
X have of assailing It. I would point
out the possible Injustice and unfair
ness of the charge made against the
purpose of the lumber blank. Tho
Denver platform says: 1, XV’o favor
Immediate revision of the tariff by the
reduction of Import dutfe*. Articles
entering Into competition with trust-
controlled products should be placed
upon the free 1M and mnterlal reduc
tion should be made in th© tariff upon
the necesrarlea of life, eaptctally upon
articles competing with such Ameri
can manufacture* ns are sold abroad
more cheaply than at home, and
gradual reductions should be made in
such other schedule* a* may be nec
essary to restore the tariff to a reve-
basis.” "Existing duties have
"supplicate," and as meaning that we
should whlaper our wishes, not to the
whisper
national democracy but to a few lead
era? I suppose this It Ms Ides, nor
only from the ta-.ensg© quoted but
because later on he **vs the ssmtccs-
tlon means "utter -up!n©n#ss." rimal!
wonder tin* h© driln©* "ndw” to
moan "old." and “untried* to mean
"tried." wh<*n h# thu« with much d«-
liberation rives n ' literal'’ definition
of “s nr ounce" md "demand."
Of course If the demand Isn’t ms-l
it won't b© compUM with, but when*
does h# flad his Ju*<!flcatl
hat th© *
making It. In msrlv «
And
get th* autboritv to a*'
Do*i
d'd. honest drclart*
nth that It will no
longer vote foe "auvthlng" Just be-
. , c«use it Is rafted flomocroey. bat will
Ik. HI9. *M m«r» quick), tVa b,. h,r.,ft.r tot* only far rml dniwa-
ran I red combinations to rats* H
price of pulp and of paper, thus Im
posing a tax upon the spread of
knowledge. W* demand the Immedi
ate repeal of the tariff on wood pulp,
print paper, lumber, timber and logs,
nnd that those article# may b* placed
upon the free list."
With much of thla declaration I
suppose my friend agre*a. but with
tbe latter part—th© "lumber” part—
ho disagree*. With tbe soundness or
unsoundness of the declaration in
whole or In part I am not now con
cerned. t am only concerned at thl*
tlm© with th* charge that th* "lum
ber" declaration wa* aimed directly
at th* aouth—In other words, this
charge. “To catch a few doubtful
western states, a national democracy.
In supreme contempt of the south's
Interests and rights, aimed a Mew •*
on* of her chief lnduttrles."
Let us consider the charge tn the
light of the facts. According to the
last report of th© f«w©stry bureau th©
total value of the lumber cut In the
United States for 1907. Including laths |
and shingles, approached 1750.000.000. j
while the total valu# of tho yellow
pine cut waa but tffc.00d.000. Of the
total cut of lumb«r In the Unitec*
States last year yellow pm© consti
tuted but S2.f per cent. The far-off
state of Washington—the most west
ern of *11—led nil the Mate* In the
quantity of lumber cuL the earn*
reaching nearly four billion feet.
Georgia cut l©«* than one billion
board feet. California. West Virgin!*,
ih l*r t capable of! Oregon. Minnesota. Pennsylvania,
v straightforward Michigan and Wisconsin each cut
here does h# J more feet <•? lumber than Georg!*-
tit won't] Had these fact* b©©n hefore him
would nv friend have Imagined that
th© “lumber” plank In th© T>*nve»
platform was aimed solely at the
south end framed as an evfd©ne© of,
Ih© c«nt©mot In which national d©m
ocracy hold* the south? If aln»*4 a*'
any section, why net at th* northwest
as muoh os at th# south- Why not
aimed more at the state of Washing
ton than at te© state of Georgia? Is
It not fairer to assume that the pur-
poso of this plonk wfts tha putposa
stated?
If my friend Is really Interested In
this question he might Investigate the
matter of “reforestation" about which
he speaks, and also forests generally.
Including the matter of stream flow
as affected by forests and the effect
denuding forests has.on agriculture,
climate, floods, droughts, etc. Having
done this he might then Inquire as to
whether our forest* can best be pre
served by putting an artlflOliU -price
on lumber. He can then answer the ques
tlon: "Can We bfcst conserve our nat
ural resources by stimulating an In
centive to destroy them?" If not In
terested In these lthes he might care
fully investigate the question as to
whether repealing th© present Dlngley
tariff on lumber would affect the price
or yellow pm© lumber, and If so, how
much?
All this Inquiry is suggested, not foi
the purpose Of determining whether
tliero should be a high or a low tariff
on lumber or none at all, but for the
purpose of being able to form a more
just and charitable opinion and to
take a larger view of the Denver
platform. So far as the official rec
ord before me discloses, the south
mode no fight on the Denver platform
and th© same, as we have seen, was
"unanimously” adopted.
What Is true of this convention Is
true of Ita predecessor*. The south
has not tried to control any of them.
I stated the situation In a nutshell In
my first article when I said: "We
have to admit that wo have not tried
In many years to control It (democ
racy) In accordance with true south
ern democratic Ideals. Wo hn.ve to
Admit, too, that Its present condition
Is due In l&fg* part, If not to Our . di
rect efforts, at least to our willing ac
quiescence.”
We couldn't escape our responsibil
ity In this matter If w© tried to, and
there Is no reason for us to try to do
(Continued on Pag* Five.)
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