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THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA.
The T*lep«ph can be found en eele
at the Kimball House and the Pied
mont Hotel In Atlanta.
"BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION.”
Mr. Henry Watterson Is not so sure
now aa be was some time ago that the
Democrat! ought <o nominate Bryan.
T'lrst. Mr. Bryan continues to read out
•f the party those who opposed free
coinage In 1191; and eecond, there la
a break between Bryan and HearsL
The reason for bis continuing to cast
out those who did not agree with him
In IBM Is well understood it not en
tirely appreciated by everybody. Tha
reason tor the split with Heexat la
stated as follow*:
“William R. Hearst'a friend* say
that the basis of his hostility to
William J. Bryan was Mr. 'Bryan’s
attitude In tile last Democratic na
tional convention. For eight years,
beginning In 18116. Mr. Hearst'*
friends point out, ho loyally sup
ported Bryan, but when In the con-
venilon of 1904 Bryan was not a
candidate tor the nomination and
Hearst was, Bryan. Instead of
helping Hearst, gave hie support
to former United State* Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri, who by no
possibility could have carried off
the nomination.”
During a recent visit to Washington
MERE NOISE.
Both Bryan and Hearst advocates
have found it expedient to tell the
Southern Democrats that they were
misled and betrayed by Northern ad
visers three years ago. That Is why
the Houston DsKj’ Post has felt moved
to recall the fact that the belief In
Judge Alton B. Parker’s availability
and the movement for his nomination
"started In the South." Says the
Post:
"As early as 1903 representatives
of Southern newspapers went to
Esopus to visit Judge Parker, and
they persistently exploited his
availability. It was shown that he
was a Democrat of unflagging loy
alty: that he had supported Mr.
Bryan faithfu-lly in 1S96 and 1900
when so many other Northern
Democrats of prominence had
sulked in their tents: that he was
elected to the New York Court of
Appeals in the year that the State
went Republican. The only form
idable candidate In the field
against Judge Parker was Mr.
HearsL and Hearst’-? methods
could not be tolerated by the
Southern Democracy. The Immod
esty of the Hearst campaign, the
vulgar and lavish u?e of money In
the scramble for delegates, the evi
dences of corruption which crept
out in the activity of certain men
of questionable character, were all
offensive to the Southern delegates,
• nd were almost a unit for Judge
Parker. It was felt that Judge
Parker’s nomination would at least
lift the Democratic campaign
above the level of scandal, and so
It did.”
Whether Judge Parker was the best
particular choice that a conservative
Democracy could have made 13 a mat
ter of opinion and Is not now the
question. Whether he was or was not,
his choice was a free and carefully
considered one, and the taik of "be
trayal” Is mere noise Industriously
manufactured for political effecL
The Philadelphia Ledger thinks
! Senator Tillman's enthusiasm for
| Bryan is of the subdued type a
j man feels fi.'r his dentist. But
Senator Tillman's type is never
1 eubdued.—Savannah Press.
I It is not In the nature of Senator
i Tillman to be subdued except in the
■ sense of stooping to conquer. Time
- has been when he would have ripped
j '3ryan up the back on some of his ven
tures Into unknown political territory
LOOK FOR A "ROOSEVELT
VERDICT.”
If President Roosevelt's name and
Mr. Bryan Is credited as saying that he | opinions are to enter Into that trial at
wanted the party to nominate "a good
organisation Democrat, and that no
deserter when the battle was pending
In 1896 need apply."
"What," a*k« Mr. Watterson, "can
Mr. Bryan mean by ‘a good organiza
tion Democrat?’ Was not Judge Par
ker ‘a good organization Democrat?’
Yet Mr. Bryan, himself, in advance
of the national Democratic convention
of 1904, went over the country sowing
dragon's teeth across the pathway of
one who, in spite of some differences
of opinion, had loyally supported him
In 1896. Just where 1* the line to be
drawn If we are to split hairs over an
dent history? Why not go back to
1860 and revive the Issues of that fate
ful year? Free silver la at least as
dead as African eiavery.”
Continuing, Mr. Watterson says:
"We want to see yet another na
tional Democratic triumph. To that
end we discounted all bygone dis
agreements and accepted Mr.
Bryan for our leader a year ago.
We meant it. We mean It still.
Does not Mr. Bryan owe something
to the cauee of a leadership of
which the unification of Democ
racy la the first essential? Does
he not owe something especially
to the Democrats of the South, who
9iavo stood by him ao loyally?
"With one voice the South say*
’no’ to the proposed Government
ownership of the railways. With
one voice It tmys ‘no’ to the Ini
tiative and referendum. And with
one voice It says. ■'Back to the Con
stitution.’ Would Mr. Bryan turn
sway from the South and all
or,ar.ee of a Democratic victory
short of a national cataclysm?”
Discussing the report that Mr. Bryan
has said that he did not particularly
tcare for the Damocratlo nomination
aext year, Mr. Watterson concludes:
he does not crave the kingship,
owever, ho may not be averse to play-
Bg the role of Warwick," and, in that
•vent, we can tell him. of a Democrat
who, without entangling alliances with
any of the money powers, yet without
any antecedents which could drive
away conservative Democrats, fills the
specification made In Mr. Stealey’s
Washington letter exactly: 'a good or
ganization Democrat who supported
the ticket In 1896;’ who, in oi • Judg
ment, could still the discords and re
store the harmonies, yea, fill the loose
•alls of the Old Ship of Zion with
hopeful gales, and perhaps prove an
Abraham Lincoln to the lost sheep of
the house of Jefferson and Jackson and
Tllden. He does not live east of the
Alleghanies, either, dor south of the
Fntomao and the Ohio.”
Some of the newspapers have been
calling on Mr. Watterson to name hts
man, but so far he has not done so.
Meanwhile It has been announced by
Mr. Hearst's faithful Ihmsen that he
[Hearst] will run for President as the
candidate of the Independence League
of his creation, independent of any ac
tion the Democratic party may take.
If Henry Watterson will run. or any
other Southern Democrat, The Tele
graph will support him Independent of
Bryan, Hearst or any Northern organ
isation calling Itself by the name of
Democracy, or any other name.
Boise, Idaho, as often as they have
been brought forward In the contest
over the selection of a Jury, he, rather
than the accused, will be' the star per
former. Witness this passage from
tha dispatches of May 15, relating to
the examination of the eleventh tales
man:
Clarence S. Darrow, for the de
fense, objected to the question, and
Senator Borah sharply replied.
“After the Immense latitude that
tho defense has taken In regard to
McPartland. Taft and Roosevelt.
I did not think that they would
stick on any technicality at this
late day.”
"We d'd not ask as to the effect
of McPartland's testimony,” said
Darrow and Richardson together.
"If Roosevelt is to be brought
here to testify we might have
something more to say,” went on
Richardson.
"Roosevelt can take care of him
self wherever he Is,” retortod
Borah.
"Well, I don’t know about that,”
said Darrow.
Judge Wood directed counsel to
proceed with the case, but Darrow,
who was standing, took format
exception to the remarks of Borah.
"I will be glad to eliminate
Rooseve’t It you will,” replied Bo
rah. "He was brought into the
case by the defense.”
"He camp In himself,” said Rich
ardson. "Ho Is 2 009 miles away
and he Writes letters.”
“He was brongbtjn by his own
butting in.” added Darrow.
The judge overruled the objec
tion to the question, the talesman
saving that he did not have any
Mas or opinion in the matter, the
defense noting an exception, and
the Incident dosed.
I'-bH-H-t-i -1 i i-i -i -i -i-ri-H-H-i-H"
| Caught on
| the Wing i
I 't 'H-H t: 11 i-i-i t -i H-i-i-i-H-;-:-i -h
By JOHN T. BOIFEU1LLET.
The custom exists at Mercer Uni
versity of having a reunion at com
mencement of a certain number of the
but Tillman is Just now whooping up 1 classes every five years. Of the
a race war that will not come to a j classes for wlheh arrangements have
head, and possibly he needs Bryan’s
Government ownership or railways
with its negro conductors and other
things to stir up the people to the war
pitch.
Senator Tillman says that the
Democratic party will renominate
Mr. Bryan for the Presidency be
cause he is the "logical candidate.”
But when did the Democratic party
ever have have, a speaking ac
quaintance -with ‘Mogic” In poli
tics?”—New York Tribune.
Well, good Mr. Tribune, doesn’t your
question sustain the Senator’s propo
sition?
Governor-elect Hoke Smith appears
to have failed to carry the farmers on
the Immigration plank in his platform.
This suggests an Improvised para
phrase:
You may hlL andi disfranchise tihe
negro if you will.
The farmers of the State will cling to
him still.
"What is the difference between a
mollycoddle and a tenderfoot, any
way?” asks the Savannah Press. The
former sometimes ventures among the
rough boys. The other never wanders
from his mother's side.
been made this year for a reunion are
those of 1856 and 1876. Each of these
classes has a livlne alumnus who is an
ex-Governor, to-wit: Henry D. Mc
Daniel, of the class of 1858. formerly
Governor of Georgia, and William D’.
Jelks, of the class of 1878. who has
just retired from the Gubernatorial
chair of Alabama. At the class tree
exorcises in 1876 the class prophet pre
dated that Jelks would be Governor of
Alabama. It la a coincidence that
both McDaniel and Jelks succeeded to
he Governorship on the death of in
cumbents of the office. Gov. Alexan
der H. Stephens died in. 1883, and Mc
Daniel was chosen to fill the unexpired
term, and at Its expiration was elect
ed for a full term of two years. Jelks
was President of the Alabama Senate
(the only political office he had held
up to that time) when the Governor of
his State died, and Jelks became the
executive, filling the unexplred term,
and then was elected for a regular
term. By profession Jelks Is a Journa
list. Of Gov. McDaniel's class of 1S56
at Mercer, there are eight living mem
bers. Of these eight. four live In
Georgia, namely: Mlrabeau Bonaparte
Lafayette Binlon. preacher; James G.
Cain, lawyer: Thomas A. Seals,
preacher: Henry D. McDaniel, law
yer. Mr. Cain has been a member of
both branches of the Legislature, and
was In the constitutional convention of
1877. He was also judge of the Coun
ty Court of Jefferson.
cy triumphed. I don't thing Qov. Jenk-
+ Ins ever saw It. He may have carried
J off the State's money with him for pro-
tection.but not the great seal of State.”
There seems to be a little confusion in
the minds of many people about this
seal question. As I understand IL
there were two seals—one ot the ex
ecutive office (the Governor's office),
and the great seal of State of which
the Secretary of State Is the custodian,
and which stave in his office. When
Gov. Jenkins was depased.he left Geor
gia. carrying the seal of the executive
department, and about four hundred
thousand dollars of money, and sundry
Important papers, all of which he safe
ly protected for the true people of
Georgia, and in time the seal and ex
ecutive documents were returned to
the custody of the Democratic Govern
or, James M. Smith. The money - had
been properly used In the payment of
the public debt. In August. 1872. Hon.
J. B. Cumming Introduced a resolution
in the Legislature, which was passed,
authorizing Governor Smith to have
made a gold fac-simlle of the State
seal which ex-Gov. Jenkins had taken
away and protected, and to bear this
Inscription: "Presented to Charles J.
Jenkins by the State of Georgia. In
Arduls Fldelis. “The presentation was
duly made. It was a fitting testimon
ial of the State's gratitude. Gov. Jenk
ins wrote a patriotic reply. In 1843
EMPLOYER K
THE_EF#LOYE
The Legal Right* of Both Are De
fined V7ith Clearness—Historical
Summary of Legislation on Subject
—Early English Laws Were Against
Workingmen—Fendu'em of Legisla
tion Swung Backward Till Employes
Had New Rights.
aay, by I
awful
nent for
him-
hat he mn
v le-
7 combine
with
other han<
d 'an
The American Law Book Company,
of New York, has made public a care
ful review and analysis of the laws
bearing on the relations between em- . t)uri ,„. t . s ,,,, lllc -
ploves and employed and the effect of ; They must proceed only by lawful and
the Injunction writ has become a pow-
erful weapon in the hands of capital^
in holding organized labor within t:ie‘
limitations of ihe law.
It Is now well settled In this country
and England that “a person has the
right to work for and with whom he
pleares, and that he
means secure emploj
self or another and v
gaily do alone he tnt
others to do." on the
employer has equal right to employ or
continue in or discharge from his em
ployment whom he pleases and to
manage, control and use his property
and conduct his business in any man
ner satisfactory to himself.” 24 Cyc.
S1S-S19 .
■While the rule Is nnlform that wage-
earners have the right to organize, for
the purpose of promoting their wel
fare. elevating their standard of skill,
advancing and maintaining wages, fix
ing the hours of labor and the rate of
wages, the limitations ret unon their
actions in the accomplishment of these
purposes vary In the different Sint*'
latest decisions Of courts of final ju- peaceful means Thev may reffise tc
risdiction construing those laws and j worl£ ' f or nn y particular employer
applying their principles to given I , vhoso terms are not satisfactory or
cases of difficulties between employer 1 v-hore actions with respect to nppren-
and employe. As the general subject i tices or the employment of nan-unlot
Is of vital interest all over the coun- ( j a bor are objectionable. This right
. try and as both sides to all controver- , however, does not carry with it a li
Nathan C. Barnett was first elected : sles between employers and employed I ceme to’rrake war on non-union labor
Secretary of State^and ^held that of- should be Informed as to the merits of j or-.- or ll’egai
•a . ■?-- ‘ * the whole matter, the findings of th
The name of John C. Calhoun, the
purest type of American statesmen of
the elder -day, appears in -danger of
being ranged on the wrong side of the j the same time, most unique civil ser-
llne by some bearing It who figure in v,ce examination he knew of occurred
the San Francisco news stories.
Several gentlemen were watching
the raising of a large piece of stone by
the use of a derrick at the new Gov
ernment building. An official said
that the lifting of the heavy weight re
minded him of a story told by Civil
Service Examiner T. C. DeLand, who
stated that the most successful and at
"Don’t give up the ship," cays Fora-
ker. In view of the most recent testi
mony in the Brownsville "shoot-up,”
he wKl make no mistake If he lets go
of that little affair as gracefully as
possible.
Governor Hughes has achieved the
great victory of having his Public
Utllties Bill passed, and they do say
that the “Big Stick” was not with him
at the critical moment.
NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD,
The executive board of the Brick
layers’ International Union has decided
to have the question of affiliation with
the American Federation of Labor sub
mitted to subordinate unions for a ref
erendum vote about the latter part of
June.
An appeal for higher pay for the pat
tern makers on the Isthmus of Pana
ma and those employed in the navy
yards of the United States, has been
made to President Roosevelt by James
L. Gernon of Brooklyn, vice-president
of the Pattern Makers' League of North
America.
The sliding scale proposition, pro
viding for a wage advance of about 10
per cenL has been accepted by the
unions representing the 30,000 textile
workers In the- Fall River mills. The
Increase will go into effect May 27.
A general conference between repre
sentatives of the Stove Founders’ Na
tional Defense Association and the
Stove Mounters and Steel Range
Workers' International Union will be
held In Chicago May 2S.
The ninth annual convention of the
Illinois State Association of the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers
The defense mav well complain of i wlu held at Q^ncy May 27. The
«... j -i .,. . ninth annua! convention of the New
the Roosex elt undesirable cldzen let- ; jersey association will be held at Mont-
ter, for It will -be difficult to undo I clair May 30.
during the Civil War. "The Confeder
acy was very much In need of a rail
way locomotive In order to operate its
supply system. It was In 1SC4. and It
had not the means to buy an engine, so
the alternative arose, steal one. A
band of one hundred men were select
ed from Lee’s army and placed under
the command of a big six-foot-four
Georgian, who had been foreman of a
stone quarry, and was more or le>-'s
skilled In the use of derricks, eto. He
took his men up into Maryland and
thev tore up a section of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway tracks, flagged the
next train, and with nothing on earth
save plenty of rope, those hundred
m°n carried the locomotive fifty-two
miles over hills, across streams,
through boes and woods, until they
flee under eleven Governors. He was
serving in this position when Gov.
Jenkins was deposed and Gen. Thom
as H. Ruger.of the United States army
was apolnted to act as Governor. The
Cyclopedia of Georgia says. "Ruger
requested Colonel Barnett to remain
as Secretary of State, to which he con
sented. with the provise that he be not
required to affix his official signature
to any document, nor to attach the
Impression of the great seal of State.
Notwithstanding this provise Ruger
shortly afterward ordered him to
stamp a Certain document with the
eal. This Barnett refused to do and.
though compel’e-d to resign, he turned
over the great seal to his wife for safe
keeping.’ Tradition Soys Mrs. Barnett
hid the seal under her pig pen.
law book company’s experts are given
In full, as follows:
The growth of organized labor In
England and America and the transi
tion of trade unions from outlawed
criminal conspiracies to powerful law
ful organizations present an Important
chapter In the world’s history, and It
Is Interesting to compare the legal
status of organized labor today with
the successive stages which have
interfere with thei
rights and privileges, although thej
may prohibit their members fvort
working In places where hcn-unlor
labor Is employed and "where they art
not under contract to render services
for a specified time. The members of
the labor union may unite In refusing
to work for an employer who. after no-
tire, continues In his employment one
who Is not a member of the'r society
or whom Is a member of a rival ogranl-
zation.” 24 Cyc. S21. But it is un-
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.
Some men are guided and some are
gueved.
Everybody knows what to do with
the things they haven't gnL
If a man could d'seover whv a wo
men Is a mystery she wouldn’t be.
Keep your eye on a friend after his
first attempt to make a touch.
Almost any pretty girl can bring
out the silliness of a man’s nature.
Fools give away good advice: wise
men keep theirs for home consump
tion.
Haven’t you often .wished your-run
ning expenses would slow down to a
wa’v?
Words never fail a smooth hypocrite.
A funny story never gets more ap
plause than sensible talk.
There’s always room for a few more
—at the bottom.
It’s a woman’s p’aln duty to be as
handsome as she can.
Jonah was the first man on record
struck a line.the Confederacy had i to cot inside Information,
built. Then thev ran the engine down Popularity Is an article that Isn’t dls-
to Virginia. When Robert Garrett i pieced on bargain counters.
then president of the Baltimore and j
Ohio, heard of the feat he couldn't be
lieve It. He went out and personally
It’s up to a married man to be a hus
band—not mererly an ex-bachelor.
A man's tendency to give advice I
Its effect on the popular mind and thus
indirectly upon the most carefully se
lected jury. It will be no surprise to
hear at the end of the trial that a
"Roosevelt verdict” has been rendered
That would be no more absurd than
some of the absurdities which ithe
country ha? already witnessed since
the era of "unbounded” Roosevelt pop
ularity began.
The new State of Oklahoma went
Democratic at th* first ejection. and
now they aay Teddy will not admit It
Into the Union because Its Constitution
is not constitutional One phase of this
proposition is hopeful. It indicates
that tha President can on occasions
recognize the existence of Constitu
tion*.
"Price of wheat Id soaring,” says
the Savannah Press. Thai Is not the
only thing the price of Which la soar
ing. Beet steaks which were sold for
15 cents a week ago are now quoted In
this town at 15 eeAts a pound. And
yet we once upon a time heard that
Teddy Roosevelt had tamed or “butted"
the "Beef Trust.”
Abe Ruef 1* convinced that ha «am-
Btltted his crimes for the public’s good.
tUi
IMMIGRATION.
Discussing the tide of Immigration
flowing .from Europe to the United
States at the rate of about a million
a year, the Washington Post says:
Our growth has been wonderful
and rapid. It might have been
more healthy. The next census will
show more than 100.000.000 under
our flag In North America. Much
of It we could weil spare. The
oak is of slow growth; but we have
grown like the vine. The tradl-
t'onal conservatitsm of the Anglo-
Saxon has given place to the mad
progress of what they call
"Americanism.” Would It not have
been better had we saved our
farms for our own sons and
daughters? Would It not have
been better If Pittsburg had made
money less readily? If Chicago
had been buKded more substan
tially?
There have been worse evils than
too rapid development connected with
the great Inflow of Europeans.
! Secretary Morrison of the American
I Federation of Labor reports that for
j the five months slnoe the close of the
I federation’s fiscal year an increase Is
! shown of more than 50,000 members
as compared with tho .corresponding
. five months of last year.
There will be no International oon-
I vention of the Bartenders' International
I Union this year. The recent referen-
j dum vote was decidedly against hold-
I ing a convention, but the 1903 gather
ing. if one Is held, will be at Toledo,
Ohio.
The Iowa State Federation of Labor
has just entered upon a most Interest
ing and gigantic work, that of com
piling a directory giving the name, oc
cupation and residence of every labor
ing man in the State.
The General Federation of Labor of
France has now assigned June 1 as
the date upon which all organized
workmen of that country will cease
work and remain out until a general
eight-hour workday Is conceded.
After a struggle of some years’ du
ration. the printers of Norway have
established a minimum wage schedule
and secured the eight-hour day. Prac-
tlcallj' all employes of printing houses
in Norway are now thoroughly organ
ized.
The Eight-Hour League of America,
the object cf which is to bring the
eight-hour question into political cam
paigns by Incorporating that principle
In the platforms of parties and candi
dates. 19 reported making good prog
ress. and will be In full working order
before the next Presidential campaign.
There Is a movement on foot in the
labor organizations of Chicago to es-
j tablisrh a thoroughly union hotel in
The I that city. It Is proposed that the hotel
hall be built by union men exclusively,
that all Its furniture and &pr»o'ntment
inspected the scene: went over the j in Inverse ratio to his ability to mind
route and declared It the most won- j hi? own business.
derful feat of engineering ever accom- Most photographers wou’d have to
plished. After the war he delegated ' chut up shoo if peorle could see them-
a man to find the leader of the hand, j salve.? as others see thorn.
He was located In Georgia. Garrett 1
sent for him and' on the strength of I
that single feat made him roadmaster
of his entire system of railroads.”
Garrett thus expressed himself: "Anyl
A grass widew Imag’nes that she Is
flirting when she thanks a man for
; giving her a seat In a crowded street
! car.
_ _ L An envaved couple look at each
man "that can pick up an engine with ! other’s faults with their eyes cln-ed:
fishing lines and carry it over a moun
tain has passed his examination with
me.”
A noble Georgia woman has sent to
me for publication in this column an
extract from the C'vil War diary of
■her kinsman. Matthew Talbot, who
was a lieutentant in the company of
Captain Lloyd Car'.eton Belt, of the
9th Georgia regiment, and afterwards
colonel on the staff of Gen. Wm. H. T.
Walker. The extract from the diary
refers to the first battle of Manassas,
and says: “At an early hour this
morning I went again to the battle
field. It was almost covered with the
dead, and most of the slain I noticed
were shot through the head. They were
lying In every conceivable position;
some had crawled under bushes, by
old logs and in the Jams of fence cor
ners. I went to that part of the field
where the Georgia regiments had
fought. It was the most desperately
contested point. Hundreds of the ene
my covered the ground. The grass and
shrubs are torn and riddled with bul
lets and cannon balls. Biartow’s reg-
after marriage they use a magnifying
glass.
And now we are told that the tele
phone breeds disease. For v°ars it has
been recognized as a breeder of pro
fanity.
BACHELOR REFLECTIONS.
From the New York Press.
A splendid way not to become purse
proud Is to have a large fam’lv.
Generally a woman will forgive you
un’es? you deserve to be forgiven.
A man Is slwavg too busy to go to a
funeral unless it’s a horss race.
A' woman can’t help being suspicious
of her husband unless he pretends he
wants to wear some of her hair in a
watch chain locket.
An excit'ng thing about a girl Is how
she can keep you guessing about how
m?nv ways she will tell you you musn't
kiss her when you are.
Some pe"nle are proud to get run
over- by a rich man's automobile.
"When you are on a swear-off and
vonr wife goes away on a v's't you
iment "held^'tbat ^roMtlon one ” hour I fepI as If you had been swindled in a ; labor and hire In the said art mvs-
KXL*iPJSL & blforl i horse trade. | terv. etc..’’ and "that the defendants
Engaged couples don’t seem‘to other * had conspired not to work for nov ma
peon'e half as foolish ns other people
seem to engaged couples to be In the
most serious, to our mind, has been the !
semi-Europeanization—If we may em- | shall be union made and that every
ploy such a term—of American sent!- I person employed therein, from bell
. .. .. , 1 boys to manager, shall be a member of
ment In the North and Northwest. But A labor uniom
for the vast flood of foreigners settling ; At a conference between the execu-
in those sections during the past fifty I !! ve c Z un T c, L ot th ! American Federa-
* ^ J tion of Lobor and representatives of
years, most of them Instinctively lean- j rhe several rai T ^'ay brotherhoods It was
Ing toward European ideals 1>f central- I de^ed that a bill shou'd be Introduced
ized Government, It is not likely that
the majority in this country would so
soon have been disposed to look with
favor or indifference on the present
tendency toward the expansion of the
Federal power at the expense of the
States and the encroachments of the
Executive on the co-ordinate branches
of the Government. j
But the mischief H done, and It can !
in the next Congress depriving Federal
courts Inferior to the United States
Supreme Court of the power to declare
unconstitutional any act passed by
Congress.
WALL STREET.
PYom th? New York Sun.
Three hundred years ago today
Coir vr-'i! street was a farm, thev say;
M".:h little cots and por'-lms Dutch.
Where dames spun little, gossiped
much.
And the’-- the farmer tll’ed the ?irth.
not be undone now by checking Immi- j And mi’kmaids gang with milkmaids’
gration. The South needs immigra- j
tion and It mu-»t be encouraged, al
though the experience of the rest of
the country shows the necessity of re
strictions and of careful selection. In
immigration of th* right kind and in
mirth.
1 A“d whist’lng bevs with faces red
Watered the cattle In the shed.
Now t v focs hovs ch»n"8 a bit:
Tha Trilkma'd’s song—Oh. where 1* It?
N n worn p’ow-vsn in » street
w'dth Is -half a dcr?n feet
_ , ... i TVov’re von° eway. th* rv-flc grace,
a indent quantity lies the only soln- | wb e rnral nmdes. t>? mddv fae<
•Ion of our Kcuthorn industrial prob- j®ut Ornigh these things have quit the
1 block. 1
ll«n etiH are watering tire stock.
against six times their number before
they retreated. The retreat was made
in the morning. At that time all seem
ed lost. Col. Bartow seized the colors
and waved them above him. calling
on Georgians 'to rally and follow their
colonel to victory or death.’ Brave
Bartow fell, banner In ’hnnd. and
pierced with several bolls? His dying
words were: ‘I am killed, but never
give up the fie’d.’ His regiment was
badly cut to piece? and scattered. They
were almost surrounded by a Maine
regiment, which held up our banner
ard by tins deceit nearly cut them off.
They retreated over one mile when
reinforcements came to their relief.
Our regiments began to come up from
tha right, end by two o’clock we had
formed a line of battle and awaited
the enemy’s approach. The ball open
ed anew in a few minutes and for
awhile 't wa? a race to keep from be
ing outflanked. -The Yankees fired wel 1
when two or three hundred yards off
without doing much damage, hut when
ch»reed on by our men would wheel
and run. Later In the day, after fight
ing for seven hours, our whole line
charged on them and put them to
flight. They were convnletely routed
and fled In every direction, leaving all
their cannon and a great many of
their guns, and nearlv nil their dead
and wounded on the fi“’d. Thev were
nur'ued and slaughtered for miles. Our
force, actually engaged in battle. Is
estimated at twenty-five thousand: a
great manv of our regiments did not
get In at all. The number of the ene-
ipv on the field and in the vicinity is
estimated nt s“ventv-flve thousand.
Gen. Beauregard. nn?«ing theVYghth
Georgia on the field after the battle,
saluted them as fallow?: ’Georgia T
am proud to greet vou.’ His staff
-eve three cheers for my dear old
Georgia."
Recently I referred in the?e column?
to the circumstance of Gov. Char'ee J.
Jenkins taking off with him the State
•eal for its safety, when he was d"-
no«ed from off'c* hv Gen. George H.
ar» 9 de. 0 f t»,p TTnifed Stntes army.dur-
fng the recoh?truotton era. In a letter
-ccojved veste-dav from a patriotic
l-dv of GenrHa save: "T knew e-?-
pjovernor .Tenk'ns well. He was the
guerdlsn cf mv husband from the time
bo wo? eight months CM tin*!] he went
to Virginia In the Cl''! 1 TVar, where
he wa« ki'l»d wh’le flghMne for h'?
country. As the car was movhr off
fmm mv h~me mv boobnnd called to
me and sv’d: 'Good-hvel T ie a v» re-'
Iv the of (god p"d Coue'a
fhar'e.?’ (Gev. .TenkircJ. Those were
»bo ls«t word* he ever S wta to mo
’ r bink of it. mure t'-op fortv-fire re-T--
-«m. end T pm e*ui he*-e. Put T t v t"’.-
'* von w’U Inquire you wt-’l find tho'
’trs. C. N. mir« nf
cToe-efpy-v nf gtate. hid th? hfg scot o f
emto v"de— her n'g «en. end retro-no* 5
1* to Got, Jarre? M. P-’I'li w'-en r-«n--
gia had been redeemed and Democra- i
WPV.
The man who think? he can make a
private garden pay is ful'er -of more
thoughts and le?s brains than the fel
low who Imagines -he understands
women.
When you give a woman a bunch of
flowers there Is never anv tel'Ing
whether she ts go'ng to smile because
she doesn’t like that kind nr cry be
cause she does.
Jewels Is a high-toned word for
trinkets.
The nicest thing about a woman Is
that she isn't a man.
Financier Is an honorable title of a
man who would go to Jail for doing
the same thing? without It.
A woman guesses at a thing where
a m?n reasons It out. and in the long
run she's wrong onlv every other time,
while he can miss It nine times out of
ten.
Politics and Politicians.
marked its progress for almost two ! lawful when such action is designed tf
coerce a non-union man to become r
member of Its soci"ty and come under
Its rules and condiHon or to deprive
him of an opportunity of laher.
Another D'fference in States.
To what extent labor organlri*l«ns
may proceed In the protect ion of their
member? by preventing other? from en
tering the employment of their ahnn-
dooed employers n1"o vnr'es In the dif
ferent States, hut the genera! ru’e nn-
nenr? to be that while thev mav nor-
.'undo others not to take their n’acps,
they cannot re?ort to force intimida
tion or throats for the purpose of gain
ing this erd.
One of the mo?t common ( ,k '”"tr
o-nt’e against striking trad? unionists i;
that of intimidation and whnt consti
tutes intimidation Is an unsettled ques
tion which must he determined in each
ea?o from all the circumstances attend
ing It. Ptrikers ha?-? the right to d's-
eu?s with new emnleves the ouastion
wh“ther the new emn'ove? shou’d take
the'r places—thev have the r'ght to
persuade them If thev can. hut they
have no right to use force or viole-mo
to intimidate the new emn'ovps. “The
new employes have the right to come
and go a? thev plea?? without fear of
molestation, and w'thout being corn-
relied to discuss th’s or anv other
nimcMon and without being guarded or
picketed: pnd persistent and continued
objootlovpblp perspoalnn hv niimhom is
nf Itself InMm’datlrg and not a:iow-
nhle.” Union Pnc. R. Co. v Ruef. l’O
Fed. 102 (24 Cvo 831). Pn., aim. the
us? of actual violence, such as assault
and batterv, or the assembling In 'argo
numbers at or near the- work? of the
employer, accompanied hv je"rfng .and
hooting nrd the uro of vile epithets Is
Illegal.” 24 -Cvc. 832.
Thorn rr-y «-»n bo a mo-a) InMmldatlon
wbtob !? lllafrpl. ft is net neocacorv t'ml
there ho ary dime? tb-o-jt or anv net ot
vto f enee Tt I? t? tb„ me-p at
titude of ft,., c.-n.p-g } S ; n .f-,,tanting. This
fo—o of intimidation in *om»tlm«a aoao*u-
nlfshed by what i? term-*i "oinketing ”
and v-bjlp |t ha? bn„n held by the courts
that th? more stationing of person? noar
the promise? Of another for thn ournnsp o|
observing and obtainin'- Info—"Man or
for tht oumns? of "?!ng ord?-’v ant
nnoceful ncrs'in'inn with tbon? willing to
1l«f?n. do-? oof In Itself con-'l+"te fat'ni
IcaMon. if dene in a n“nn»*nl mminr.'
Tt ba? h?-n repeatedly dee|d?d that the
keening of patrol? In front of or neap br
th- premises of the emo!o'-pr to n-nv-nt
others from en + pr|p— bte g?-vlre fg ip-g-i
Th- dopfrine that thare may he a moral
intlmIda*lon r.-h|ph 1? Ill — ' annonp-p,
by the Supreme Court o* ?sa S ?qpbu«etis
In Vegetable vs CS"-t»* 167 Ma?s aa p-n..
among th- first iudlelaf ot-n.? |n this own
try toward overt"—'Ing tbp r-qp pp—nit
ting peaceful piakPtlrfj n 'd wag fh- fom
runn?” of a later nil? that 'he-- pan b» "
no S"Ph thing ns "p-j’-af"! at-’-ot|nv •
end consequently that all picketing is Il
legal.
Noted CHcaeo Case.
Tn the case of the Chicago Typoth-tee
v?. V-ank’In T'nlon No. 4. affirmed i- n-r)
ri. 373 (2* Cyp. -6). Justice T T a-d said:
"Th- citron, when pn—a"-d | n in,vfu|
m"?* b? amerM-d tb- -'—ht to
walk the public strp.o*? nf on- p|t|o? an.]
our public highway? in absolute security
and to go to and return from H? homo
and plarp of hus'upc? o? em-dow-nt
without being luter'er-d with. Ta foil-w
him. to snv .after him to slop him and
threaten him. to put him in fear, to in
timidate n r coere? him --a alike un’aw?u|.
Intimidation and enereion pro relative
tp-ms. ' Whet would put In fear -> timid
edri n- weak woman or man might not
t—rnrlze the strong and reso'nte. A ’|
alike are entitled to the oroteetion nf the
law.” and even stronger longuegn w-ng
p?ed bv Judge oTcTahe-sno fn ifchtson
eto.. R.' Co vs. (Joe. ISO Fed. SSS. 594. in
which he declared: “The-e *',1 r-1 n v>,
no such thing as pene-fu! p'-kp.ip-. lr . v
more fhpn there be chas'e — i!-ori*v.
or peaceful mobbing, or lawful lynch
ing.”
Tf the nreepd-nt here ?"t .should be fol
lowed gpnemUy it V.-o"ld be a sever— blew
to unionism, and labor 'i-.in-tinn?
should r'mo-.-e (he wh|eh prompted
fh-se unnsualH- s t—ng dpelB-atipp K of the
“loomed” j"dg- s t-'o-p f-p rl-Tht of pi-v.
etlng is universally dertp-l them. ov.p
trade Unionist I? as n rule a fa!n-m!nd-d
In'eljlge-,t member of soelefv who
nlre? pnd rpspee's the law ppd while df?-
eoptented in many way? with i'“v>nt pnp-
dit’a-s. he looV s fn„ n snipM-w of tho
urohi-ni throu-h loa-lslaftv- refor—s. nr _
bifratlon ponferoripps and eonepiote-y
ipr'hod.s rift— than hv menu- nf e*-i’—g
Pfeps should ther-f—e h- to’-pn b>- 'a.
bor lende-s to ppotcet the jei|>-p.t o» eho"( .
three millions of or-wnized wo-vmen In
this eountw' by pla-ing a cheek op tho
ail m'nor|tv of m’s-^-ided morph--? h--
th-Ir rpyol.'iMnnacy to-fl-s result m
centuries.
Since the recognition of the right of
laborers to organize for mutual pro
tection. by the adoption of the Ens-
l'?h statute of 1S24 (St. 5 Geo. IV c.
95) there has been a continuous strug
gle for supremaoy between empim-er
and employe, and while legislative
bodies in the United States and the
other civilized countries have made
commendable efforts In recent year.?
to establish an equitahie relationship
between them, the lack of uniformity
of the statutes and deoislons on the
sublect nenders it one of the most un
spoiled branches of the law.
For much valuable Information in
th's connection we are indebted to
Judge Alton B. Parker'? treatise on
"Labor Union.?.” published In the
Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure
which not onlv trace.? the legal his
tory of organized labor from its in
ception, but also clearly analyzes the
law of this subject as it i? now rec
ognized by tie courts throughout the
country.
It appears that the prosecution of
united laborers dates hack to 1721 (24
Cyc. 817) when the "Journeyman Tail
ors” of Cambridge were found guilty
of conspiracy among themselves to
raise, their wages, and upon which
occasion tho court held that while it
was the privilege of an Individual to
demand that his wages be increased.
If several met for fhe same purpose, it
was illegal nnd tho m-mhers of the
union who had organized to raise
wages were guilty of conspiracy.
From that time this harsh rule was
recognized as the law'of England un
til the act of 1*24 above referred to.
was passed, which, as amended in 1S25
bv 6 Geo. IV. c. 129. repoaled all prior
statutes so far as they prohibited tho
organization of laborers for their mu
tual advantage.
Enplieh Rule Followed Here. -
The old English rule was followed In
the United States during the early part
of the nineteenth century, and the com
bination of workmen to raise their
wages and prevent the employment of
non-union men was held In several
cases to constitute a criminal conspir
acy. New York, Philadelphia and
PIttshurg were at that period the hot
beds of trade unionism and a number
of bitterly contested eases are report
ed which resulted unfavorably tn the
cause of unionism. Notable among
these was the ca?e of the Journeyman
Gardwainers, Y.ates Sel Cas. (N. Y.)
114. tried In 1S09 at New York ettv.
when it was held that a bndv of enrd-
wsiners were guilty of forming them
selves into an “unlawful club and com
bination” and of adopting "unlnwful
bv’aws. rules and order? among them
selves and thereby governing them
selves and other workmen In their art.”
and “not being content to wo?k at the
usual rate and prices for which they
and other workmen and Journeymen
were wont and accustomed to work,
falsely and fraudulently conspired un-
jurtly and onnrpssively to augment the
waves of themse’ves and the other
workmen, and unju?tly to exact and
extort groat sums of mon-v for t^oir
Judge TV. M. Kavqnaueh. of Little
Rock, who for .«e'--ral vears has h—n
rre stiTent of th- Southern Assnc'atlon
Of Baseball P'uhs, Is mentioned a? a
rosslhlp candidate for the gubernato
rial nomination in Arkansas.
Gen. Charles TV. Bartlett will con
test with Henrv M. Whitney for the
Remaerntle nomination for Governor
of Massachusetts this fall. In 1905
G-n. Bartlett l p d the t'cket and Mr.
TVhitnev was the nominee for Lieu
tenant-Governor.
■\VaRb|ru-tan gn=s*n has It that Sena
tor Overman, of North Carn’lna. mav
be chosen as the leader of the TVmo-
ctMc caucu? In the unner hranoh of
Cone--.?? next winter to su-ceed Sena
tor rnaokbu-n. of Kentucky, whose
term exn'red March 4.
J. Edward Addick?. who Is renuted
to have snent a m'l'ion do'Iar? In a
futile effort to become United State? j ers
«:»notor from Delaware, has announced
that he mav b-come a csnd’daf- for
*h« nomination for mayor of Wilmlng- | snonding Check was placed upon
ton.
Samuel Douglas McEnery. L<aul«l-
ana.’f ,s-nio- Senator. Is ve-r'nr hi?
7cth birthday and. excent for defective
Hearing, he ’* hale and hearty. He
was -ducat-q f-r the navy, hut nre-
the life of a planner instead.
Gen. Leon Jaefremsfci. of Baton
Rouge, one nf the candidate? for the
Gove--n"rshin in Louisiana, was born - .
in Prance, the ?nn of Dr. Vincent Ta?- 1 all parties at Interest—organized la
ter or person who should empiov anv
workmen who should break any of th-lr j
bylaws unless such workmen shou'd
pay to the club such ?um as should he |
agreed upon as a penalty for the breach j
of such unlawful rules, and that they
did In pursuance of such conspiracy
refu?e to work for James 'Orwin and
Charles Aim-' because they did employ
ope Edward TVhitess. a cordwalner who
had broken one of such rule.? nnd re
fused to ray to ns a nevlty:’’ they
a’so "attemn»pd to deprive and hinder
the said Whites? from fol'owlng h’s
said art and did greatly Impoverish
him.” While a conviction for consnlr-
acv wag secured in thl? cose the nom
inal fine was Imposed (31.09 end costs),
and the remarks made hx* M"vnr Clin
ton in pa??|ng Judgment characto?|r-
ing tha offense as one comml'tefl
through Ignorance of the law rather
tbnn with anv unlawful Intent, fore
shadowed the turn In nubllr sentiment
toward union labor which came shortly
thereafter.
Subsequent to the enactment of the
English statute? nf 1824 and 13’5 the
courts and leviginture? of the United
Ftates who had therpfo-q been dispos
ed to follow the law of the mother
country, broke away from ancient
precedent. no.?sed numerous laws
legalizing lahor unions and extended
the power thereof to such an extent
that the situation reached the other
extreme, and giant labor finding It.se'f
free, set about by ex'erv possible
means to make Its strength fplt
threughout the country. Its political
power became trrmendcus nnd wa? re
flected In the acts of the v.irinus Leg
islature.? which seemed determined to
extend hoxmnd all reasonable bounds
the lihp-tie? pf united tabor.
Capital’s Combinations lllenal.
As a consenuenee strikes, boycotts,
picketing, persuasion and modero'e
Intimidation were commended ns legi
timate means of enforcing the de
mands of organized labor, and emplov-
f non-union workmen we-e ’°ft
to shift for themselves Tn extending
the rights of wave-earners a corre-
_ th
emnlox-er? thereof.
Comhlra-ions of capital for Its hot
ter protection against the powerful
O'ganizatlon of workmen were declar
ed Illegal by legislatures ard the
courts and for s time the pendulum of
the law swung far toward the s’d" of
labor unions, and It Is of cemnaratlve-
lv recent date that It started Inward
|b* point wher» lies equal ln?tice to
fore
legislative nnd tl'dloM 3 ettnn "nfa'-ariMe
to the large badv of pcT'afut
v'bn form the backbone of our Industrial
system.
AS SLOW OUR SHIP,
By Thomas Moore.
As s’ew our shin her foaming *rack
Aga'nst the wind was eleavlrg.
Her trembling pennant still looked
back
To that dear Isle ’twas leax'ing.
So loath we part from nil we love.
From all the links that hind us;
So turn our heatrs. as on we rove.
To those we've left behind u?!
When round the howl of vanished
years
We talk with joyous seeming—
With smiles that might as well be
t^nrs,
faint, no Fnd fhefr b^a^nfrigr:
Wb’lo memory brfnsr^ us hnok n^ain
Krch <v»rly tie that tw|n«1 ns.
O the cud that then
To those we’ve left hehinld us!
‘-ptrvefci. rrho H 11 ’**
* - k i ” g part in the
fed fo the Un'ted
In TfOui-s'ana after
■Dniisb revolution of
'"•Sion G?n. Jas-
‘rewski is a 1-vma’ist. H? has served
■ever-: terms as ma.vor of Baton Rmire
and for four year* be was United
States consul at Callao. Peru.
bor. non-union labor Rod emnlover
Probably the first baokward movement
respecting lahor unions wag taken
when In the famous Debs case the
T*r'ted State? Court granted an in
junction aralnst trespass end tb? us«
of force, wh'ch was quickly followed
And when. In other c'imo? xve meet
S-me !='.e or vale enchanting.
Where all looks flowery, wild ai
sweet.
And naught but lox-e i? wanting.
We think how great had been 01
bliss
Tf Heax’en had hut as?i"m"d us
To ’i ,- e and die 'n senes ’ike thl«.
With some we’ve left behind us!
■>k hack at ex'e
As travelers oft h
When eastward da-Vy eajng.
To c-ze noon that llvht the" leave
Still faint behind tho-n g'n-viog—
So when the cios? of rioa?,"-? - ? ^ a y
To doom hath ne*r co-s'-ned us,*
We turn to catch one facing ray
iy other court*, end since that date 1 Of Joy that’s left behind us.
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