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FRIDAY, JUNE SI, 110?,
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH V>-
FACTS REGARDING
ed by railroads, who un;il the end of make a pledge in advance as to what I . resolution was introduced by a Re- from Alabama. The story runs that
their lives will be largely dependent may or may not do as their Represen- ' publican Senator to re-seat the ne- j Pugh did not look with special favor
. ta ., ve j, p C3 pi e whose suffrages groes.^ That sterling Democrat. Sena-| on Pettus for the place, and told him
I seek have not. from their knowledge tor " - T. Winn, thus commenced his ; that he was too old to be a judge,
of my general character, sufficient • speech against the proposition: j Pettus replied to the effect that if sucli
confidence to bel'eve that I will hon- "Mr. President: The Senator, since i was Pugh's idea he would run for the
estly and faithfully represent their ■, the expulsion of the negro, looks like j Senate, and beat him. Pettus was
wishes and interests, then vote against Patience on a monument smiling at j elected, and has continued to hold the
me: hut if they have such confidence. . grief. He wants that delicious aroma position. Pettus had been frequently
upon the public, cither throug.u indi
viduals or institutions for the support
of the indigent. Few railroads main
tain a system of railroad policing. The
Pennsylvania is probably as w< -II po
liced as any American road, but never-
; the less, is able to arrest only a small
number of the trespassers that at ai!
times are illegally using the Pennsyl
vania tracks. The Chicago. Burling
ton and Quincy has no organized force.
The Chicago and Northwestern main
tains special officers and watchmen in
At the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections at Minneap
olis. Mr. O. F. Lewis, of New York,
said on Friday June 14. that more va-
g-ants nre killed every yea-* on Amer
ican railroads than the combined to- large cities and at terminals,
tals of passengers and trainmen kill- The Chicago. Rock Island and Pad- ,
ed. Nor do the«e sfrlking figures fle has a regular police force and;
show signs of decreasing from year to special officers and watchmen at the j
•year. Thousands of vagrants use j larger stations. One special agent,
American railroads as an easy means does all the police work on the road ,
of t-ansportation from city to city or for the Wisconsin Central. On the
mate to State. American vagrants ! Lake Shore Railroad it is found im-
ire not pedestrians. In five years possible to even undertake to regulate!
from l?di to HiOS. 24.000 trespassers trespassing.
on American rail-cads in Tn.- railroads make varied suggestion
w'th 16 0.1 employes and ; looking to the reduction of th
use of railroads by vagrants
i Muntifr/te T*’ H \tAlr*hfT rtf *h
I should be extremely hapnv for them,' 0 needful to his comfort,
to manifest it at the ballot box on j ‘Like the vase in which roses have
Monday next ” This declaration had : once been distilled
the true ring and the people apnre- ! You may hreak. you may ruin the vase
ciated the candor and frankness of the’ if )' ou will.
man. Mr. Warner was re-elected by ; But the scent of the roses will hang
a large majority. ; round it still.’"
Objection being raised to the re-
Here is another characteristic story
concerning this eminent Georgian.
Judge Warner was then presiding over
the Coweta circuit, some time prior to
3S40. A feud existed in Murrnv Coun
tv between the B'shop and the anti-
Risbop factions. There was great ex
citement among the neonle. The Bish-
4-nrn If 1' T P f I OH AITf rjCUJl ir.ll'-iua HI l 1 i:»* rililiu.n if* urnivr •■u.'.u jh j...- i . .... _ . .
* with 16 0.1 employes and I looking to the reduction of the illegal K>P forces were unwilling for the judge
comparison ivlthi 16.00 empio> ,s nnu . by vagrantP . General | of them circuit, the Cherokee, to Irv a'
niy -• ! , Monoirpr V n \TMohrr r>f *hp Ghlcaso Imsp in rohlrh fhpv n'Prp
marks, the President declared them
• personal and they were ruled out of
i order.
When the Legislature met In XS70. a
military court-martial, acting under
the revolutionary arid despotic recon
struction laws, ousted Senator Winn.
I He was declared ineligible to his seat
because he had let some Confederate
soldiers have a supply'of beef.
or Injured er rh year. They pot
3 ff fairs while in motion, and
suffer In life or limb. Othe-s fail off
w hen asleep. Tt would he difficult to
cafhi-r reliable statlctics on this point,
because a large percentage of the
fr-i-nns reported ps killed on the rail
roads are reallv murdood. Men re-
-urnine from the harvest fields with
■ ciei- wages are killed ftheir money
by their more virions and criminal fel
lows. the body is flung from the fain
whip* motion mid the reported death
by railroad casualty Is actually a case
..f homielde.” Prfs'de
the Pennsylvania railron
•he 900 vaamnta arrested for t-es-
paselng ip lfiPS Is only a small propor
tion of the total number of vagrants
rors’antiv ’traveling over* lhat road.
Op the Pere JTarouette vagrants steal
rld-s to a considr-able extent, and
many injuries and some deaths re
sult annually. On the C. B. & Q.
vagrants ride trains. s*op trains. pilTer
<nd burn ties and car floors. This
railroad is troubled bv vagrants, t e-
.-ulia-Iy on the main lines at certain
times of the year.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pa-
-ifis la m-'re or less troubled as i=
e.’so the Iowa Central. Th- tpi-M,
Central finds it hard to determine
accurately »he number who sual rides,
loiter around stations and tramp
along the tracks. On the Michigan
Cent'nl tramps open cars, steal rides
and also s'eal goods from the oars,
rhe Nr .o -n Po'-lfio is (im-h or l°ss
t-oub!eri. The Wisconsin Central re
ports less trouble than formerly, when
several years ago during t.he harvest
season there were migrations of
tramps. On • the Chicago & North
(Ve.Vem vagrants arc a very con-id-
ereble nuisance. The tracks are lined
with vagrants who refuse to leave the
ears; they assault train crews and
»ten] considerable from cars at cta-
:ions. The expenses attendant upon
their arrest are considerable
The principal reason for the large
number of vagrants is a lack of co
ape ration between the rallfoads and
the towns and cities along the rail
roads. in proseou'lng and convicting
trespassing vagrants. Ttr.i 1 roads wish
to put the vagrants off at lien.- sta
tions. while towns are generally un
willing to stand the expense of pro«-e-
coMon and maintenance of vagrants,
who have no claim upon thit town.
The Chicago & Northwestern has
practically no co-orerpt'on vvlth town
police or other railroad companies.
The Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Ins co-onerafion only exceptionally.
This is also the case with the Illinois
Central.
P-evident Hill of the Great Northern
reports that "with few exceptions the
local communities do nor. assist the
railroad companies hi checking the
tramp nuisance. In not h few cages
actual encouragement is given to those
who p-ey on railroad property. In
eases where tram ns have broken Into
cars and were caught In the net of
stealing, the local ruthorlMes have de
clined to take action. They declare
jthat it is not their bu-tpe-q to pros
ecute suits for the railroad company,
and the thief eseanes.
An effective remedy must bogin with
m-operation between the railroad
and the authorities of every communi
ty through which it passes. There
should he as prompt prosecution of
the offender f'-'ii.^t a railroad as
against nn individual. There should
lie no more sus-ended sentences on
account of leaving town. There
should be confinement at hard labor
for a fixed term far every tramp.
It Is now th" almost universal cus-
Itom for the officers /before whom va-
Jgrants are brought in pettv cases to
korder them to leave town within twen-
fty-four hours. This rule merelv passes
n-pn on to the npxt village or town.
;whieh ■repeats *he command. When
nil its neighbors are doing the same
.thing the community receives exactly
as much refuse as it gets rid of. Most
of those orde-ed to movp on take the
ra'Iroad. which is made the chief suf
ferer by this policy.
Along the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincv the town officers In small cities
sometime' even put vagrants on
passing freight trains. On the Big
Four line some town authorities warn
vagrants not to get off trains, but to i
keep moving.
The cost to railroads of vagrants
JnluTed or . rion'ed varies very much.
The gen era i claim agent of the Chi- j
cago and Northwestern reports that
per e-nt of people kill
In this country are tresna
claim agent of anv erne
of railroad
record of th*
States soldiers. The judge was shm
ing when a communication was hand-
on or j utes really encourage the
some tracks — -- --
Chica-o. Rock Island and Pacific In kill- ; ed to him from Captain Buffington, of
ing and injuring passenger* is only an! the army, stationed in Tennessee. He
r - " "of this country
I t**e railroa
President Hill, of the Great Northern
sayi the only penalty that can wipe out
nr sensibly reduce vagrancy is enforced
labor as work is more dreaded than ai*
the other terrors of the law. If every
tramn were sentenced, under penalty of
a diet of bread and water, to wdrfc hard
before he passed along, the end would
be in sight."
General Manager F- B. Harriman. of
the Illinois Central, recommends the
TcCrea of! prompt enforcement of statutes author-
ports that I izing the arrest and punishment of va
grants and persons Improperly upon
trains. The railroads cannot compel th"
enforcement of laws without incurring
much expense. The Iowa Central believes
that there is already amply law regard
ing vagrancy and trespass; but greater
co-operation from country and munic
ipal authorities in enforcin ’ present laws
would be of benefit to all concerned. The
Chicago and Northwestern believes that
trespass laws should' be enforced for the
b-nefit of corporations ns strictly as for
the benefit of individuals.
The Delaware and Hudson makes the
valuable suggestion that the cost of pros
ecution and maintenance of vagrant-
should be State charge instead of a town
charge. Many of the railroads reeom-
many funny things happen-
that remarka-
sword rule
tism—when tyranny
seat of De-
gions of car-
State. Here
introduced in
the House by Representative Phillips,
of Echols:
"Resolved. That the publication
which appears in the New Era of this
morning that the Hon. was
drunk on yesterday, is infamously
false, and it is due to the country and
to this House that it be so branded,
and should meet with the prompt con-
had repaired to Spring Place for the
purpose of enabling the judge of the
Superior Court to execute the laws of
Georgia, and tendering him hts own
services and that of his command
The judge, immediateiv calling fo-
writ’ng material, renlled to Capt. Buf
fington’s letter, assuring him, that
however highlv- he might annreclatp
the motives which induced Col. Lind
sey to order Capt. Buffington and ’his
command to that place, to enable the
lodge of the Superior Court to execute
there existed any necessity for his ser
vices. or that of his- soldiers: that
Georgia was abundantly able to
execute her own laws: and that so far i . _
as that duty devolved upon hjm on me tel1 Y°u regarding one who figured
importuned to be a candidate for the
Senate, hut would never consent to of
fer for this, or anv other political po
sition. saving he did not care to hold
political office, as soliciting the suf
frages of the people was repugnant to
him. If Senator Pugh, had been dis
posed to help Pettus for the judgeship
Pettus would never have aspired to
the Senatorship. Senator Pettus is S6
years old. Senator Morgan would
have b^en S3 on the 20th day of this
month.
rious officials, with the exception of; to understand that It would have a
the pages, are each paid four dollars j fight on its hands if it interfered with
per day. The pages receive a per j the South. The snake was represented
diem of two dollars. For the past (generally with thirteen rattles; some-
fourteen years the position of post- i times it was coiled, and sometimes de
master of the House has been filled j plcted stretched on a ting of thirteen
by a lady. Prior to that time the j alternate red and white or red and blue
office was held by a man. The stripes On, ,f the most Interesting
change was made by the late Gover- j speeches X ever read was delivered by
nor W. Y. Atkinson, in 1392. when he the great Massachusetts Senator. Chas.
was elected Speaker. There was a Sumner, In New York. In 1S67. entitled
very deserving but poor young lady
who was endeavoring to work her
way. es a student, through the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial college, nt
Milledgevllle. . Speaker Atkinson
sought to help her in this noble pur-
"Are We a Nation?" In the course of
his remarks on the history of the
American flag, lie said:
“There i- a curious episode of the
national Hag. whiih is not wi' -out its
nose by rt£>pointing her postmaster of j value. As far hack as 17.74. iBenjamin
Fifty years ago. while Senators
Morgan and Pettus were riding in a
coach the vehicle overturned, and the
tendons in the bottom of one of his feet
were broken. Later, the same foot
sustained a severe hurt., and in ronse-
ouence of this double Injury Senator
Morgan was unable to take exercise.
Senator Pettus remarked a day or sc
ago that if Senator Morgan could have
taken exercise he .would have lived to
an old age. He regarded the Senator's
death at four score and three years as
premature. That two men of the ex
treme age of Senators Morgan and
Pettus should have represented the
same State, and have hailed from the
same town, is exceedingly remarkable
Senator Morgan's remains renose by
the side of thos e *of William R. King,
who wajs the first Senator from Ala
bama being elected ih 1S19. and serv
demnation- of all lovers of good whisky until 1S44. Mr. King was again
in the -present Genera] Assembly." e.ected ’n .! 4S and served to 1S52 His
A published account says the reso
lution provoked a lively discussion,
and was then withdrawn. The name
of the alleged intoxicated member
was incorporated in the resolution, but
I have left it blank.
X have been writing about the ne
groes of the reconstruction era. Let
that occasion he expected to have no
difficulty in doing it without his as
sistance.
The account goes on to say that in
'••sk than thirty minutes after th"
-eceipt of the communication the sol-
i'ers. under the command of Captain
Buffington, were- on their march t'-
*beir quarters in Tennessee. Severs'
mend that vagrants be put in chalngutg? j*’ anti-Bishop party implored th
on the public roads. The M.-h'glil Cen
tral. believes there should be more ade
quate trespass laws.
The facts presented by Mr. Lewi
which lie has gathered by correspondenc
from leading officials of the different rail
roads show conclusively that the va
grancy question is a serious one, not
alone to the railroads, but to society. Be
cause the cost to society Is so indirect
end not generally observed by the public,
neople in genera! have been Indifferent
to the fact that vagrancy Is a -rea
financial drain upon towns, counties an
States. During the coming year effort
will he made throughout the country to
-niist the co-operation of railroads. State
Boards of Chnrilies. local charitable
cieties and individuals in obtaining more
adequate trespass laws and more
quate enforcement of these laws. Th
number of unnecessary vagrants is not
known, but It is probably very large
There seems to be. in general, some kind
of work for every able-bodied man will
Ing to work. Even in England, where the
nuestion of tile unemployed is so pressing
it Is estimated by competent authorities
t;-i t net ovtr 3 pe- cent of the wayfare-.*
are 1 pueat unemployed workmen se being
work.
ismiigiM ®nn
Hike Wnimg!
By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
Of late we have been hearing much
about the Bull'och ancestry of President
Roosevelt. Governor Archibald Bulloch
was the first man who read the Dec-
'aration of Independence to an audi
ence in' Georgia. When Mr. Bulloch
was elected to the Executive chair In
this Slate, in 177$. the commander of
the Continental troops posted a senti
nel at his dcor as a protection. Thi
was not pleasing to the Governor, and
he requested that the guard be' re
moved, saving: “I act for a free people,
in whom I have the most entire con
fidence. and I wish to avoid, on all
occasions, the appearance of ostenta
tion."
The first tJnlted States Senator from
Georgia became the Mayor of New
York city. William Few was the gen
tleman. He entered the Senate in 1789.
serving four years. Later, he was ap
pointed a judge. His health falling him
'n 1799 he removed with his family to
New Y.irk. and In time was chosen
Mayor, and held other Important offices
in the Metropolis. He was also a mem
ber of the Legislature of the State of
New York. He represented Georgia in
the convention that met in PhiladeL
xhia. in May. 1787. for forming the
Constitution of the United States.
It. is generally known that old Fort
Hawkins, which stood so long In East
Macon, was named after Colonel Ben
iamin Hawkins, but perhaps some per
sons may not know that the renowed
French General Moreau when an exile
In America, visited Colonel Hawkins
eit'.ier at Fort Hawkins or at the Creek
agency in Crawford County, and afte
nidge not to send the soldiers away
*'oe women cried, and said they woui"
all be. killed, the court could not b-
held. etc. When the time arrived fo-
opening the court, the sheriff ms re-
'uctant to go to the court house say-
’’vr. that he was co-taln he would he
protected, took him by the arm. walk
ed to the house, opened court, and
during the term tr'ed Bishop and oth
er important criminal cases, growing
out of the Murray countv difficulties
without the least disturbance.
This question was asked me yes
terday: "What caused the organiza
tion of 'The Methodist Episcopal
church. South?’ I will admit frankly
that I am not well informed on the
subject, and may not give the correct
reply, but in my opinion slavery was
the impelling force. Delegates- from
the. annual conferences in the slave-
holding states met in convention at
Louisville. Ky., on May 1, 1S45, and
formed the Southern organization -of
the Methodist church. This was the
outcome, as I understand it, of the
treatment of Bishop James Osgood
Andrew, of Georgia, by the general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, at its session In New York, lr
1844. Twelve years before this great
and good man had been elected and
ordained bishop by the general confer
ence. The conference became very
much excited, and shocked, -when it
heard that Bishop Andrew was
slaveholder, and accordingly passed:
resolutions - deposing him from the
bishopric unless he repented of his
'sinful ways" and dispose of hi
•slaves. The vote on this question was
110 yeas to 68 nays. The minority
declared the action of the majority to
be illegal and intended to degrade
Bishop Andrew. The Louisville con
vention followed. “The Methodist
Episcopal church. South," was formed
and James Osgood Andrew was chose;
a bishop. I have read the folio-wing
statement of the facts of Bishop An
drew’s connection with slavery: An
old lady of Augusta. Ga„- had* be
queathed to the bishop a mulatto gir!
in trust, that he should take care Of
her until she should be nineteen years
of age; that provided she was willing,
she should then be sent to Liberia, and
that otherwise he should keen her. and
make her as free as the laws of Geor-
ia would permit. When the time
irrived the girl Tefused to go to*
Liberia, and of her own choice re-
lained legally his slave, although he
derived no pecuniary benefit from her
She continued to live in her own
house, and was at liberty to go to a
free Siiate whenever sh° thought
proper. The mother of Bishop An
drews’ first wife left to her a negro
boy. and she dying without a will, h-
became. by the laws of Georgia, th-
bishop’s -property. Tn .Tanuarv. 1844
Bishop Andrew married a lady pos
sessed of slaves, but secured them to
her by a deed of trust.
the War of the Revolution. H!
name was Austin Dabney. He was a
mulatto boy in the beginning of the
Revolutionary conflict. Gov. Gilmer,
of Georgia, related the following:
Dabney proved himself a good sold
ier. In manv a skirmish with the
British and Tories he acted a conspic
uous part. He was with Colonel Elijah
C'arke in the battle at Kettle Creek
and was severely wounded bv a rifle
'ats.ll -pa-sing through his thigh, by
which he wa- made a crinole for life.
He was unable to do further military
duty, and was wi’hout means to pro
cure due attention to his wounds
which threatened his life. In this suf
fering condition he was taken Into the
house of a Mr. Harris, where he was
kindly cared for until he recovered
He afterwards labored for Harris and
hts family more faithfully than any
'lave could have been made to do.
Dabney was a free man. After the
close of toe Revolution, when pros
nerous times came, Dafiney acquired
Property. He removed from Wilke
County to Madison County, carrying
with him bis benefactor and family.
Here he -became noted for his gren
fondness for horses and the turf. H'
attended all the races in the. neighbor
ing counties, andyb'ettod to the extent
of his means. His courteous behavior
and good temper .alwax’s secu'.nd him
gentlemen backer's. His means weire
aided by a pension which fie received
from the United States.
term of service was about the same as
Senator Morgan’s—thirty years. Vice-
Bresident Fairbanks came all the way
from Indiana to Sein’a to attend the
funeral services of Senator Morgan,
and I am informed that he made a
fine impression on the people of Ala
bama.
Senator King, alh’d-d to just a he-—.
only did he represent Alabama about
thirty years in the Senate, but in 1S52
he was elected Vice-President of the
the House, and with the money thus
obtained the nmbitious young lady
was enabled to finish her course at
college. From then until now the va
rious Speakers have appointed ladies
as postmaster, and I suppose the cus
tom will continue until the end of I
Franklin, while attempting to bring
eh out a union of the colonies, pictured
them in a. wocd-cut. under the device
of an elognated snake out into thirteen
parts, with the initials of a colony on
each part, and under the disjointed
whole the admonitory motto. 'Join or
time. The regular' session of the ■ Die.’—:'ms indicating the paramount
Legislature is fifty days, hut the post- i necessity of union. Afterward, in the
mgster is required to remain at the heats of the Revolutionary discussion,
capitol five days after adjournment, this representation was adopted us the
in order to forward the mail of the j head-piece of newspapers, and was
members to tli"ir respective homes ; painted on banners: but when tho
After organization is perf-eted the [union was accomplished, the divisions
members draw for seats. This is
big job in the House, as there are one
hundred and eixhtv-three men to be
seated. Occasionally, by special res
olution. a few members, because of
advanced age. or some physical in-
"irmity or as a special mark ot' o*-
*eem by virtue pf long and distin
guished Legislative servieea. are per
mitted to select their seats, without
m.o fo-mnl'fv of drawing for them. In
1905 the House ndop'ed a resolution
allowing Hon. .T. H. Hall, of niWi. an* 1
Hon. Martin V. Calvin, of Richmond
*he seats of their choice in reeogni-
Mon of th"ir “seniority In legislation.”
Hon. R. Y. Rudicil, of Chattooga, on
account of .ace and se-viee. was
granted a similar favor. It is prob
able there will be no prolonged con-
•ost in th- Hon-- over the eleption o'
any of the officials, therefore. th ! -
bodv will, no doubt, proceed promptly
to business.
As there are five candidates for the
nresidency of the Senate many per
sons are expecting a warm contest
over this office. As is generally
United States, at the time Franklin: ’j n "' V V :he , aspirants for thejilooenre
and initials were dropped and the
snake was exhibited whole, coiled In
conscious power, with thirteen rattles,
and under it another admonitory motto,
'Don't tread on me.' h-ing a warning to
the mother country. This flag was yel
low. and it became the earlv standard
of the Revolutionary navy, being hoist
ed for the first time by Paul Jones
with his own hands. Tt had a further
lessen. A half-formed additional rattla
was said bv Franklin to represent ‘the
Pr-vince of Canada.’ and the wise man
added, that 'the rattles were united to
gether so as never to be separated but
by breaking to pieces.’ Thus the. snake
»t one time pictured the necessity of
union, and at another time its indisso
luble bond. But these symbols were
all in harmony with the national flag,
which, from its first appearance, in all
its forms, pictured the common cause.’’
I read in a newspaper yesterday that
two Georgia ladles have fallen heir to
the Tumlin estate in Bartow County,
as the result of a court decision ren-
leaving Colonel Hawkins pronounced b ht t0 reco „ ec t|on the part plav-
tum the most remarkable man he had; ed „ Hon w M. Tumlin in the Leg-
met m this country, colonel Hawkins | , eco „„ _
T r - .v ai ' was buried in Crawford County, but II, . , '
on railroads | am ihtormed th „ no st one or n*mu-
.-=er.. E^Jment of anv kind marks his grave. At . npzrn
encore wil» fhe close of Hawkins’ term in the 1155™ ®f nat °
In the distribution of the public lands
by lottery among the people of Georgio
the Legislature gave to Dabney a lot of
'and in the county of Walton. Reore-
--ntntive Upson. from Oglethorpe
County, moved the on-sage of the bill,
giving Drl'mey fhq. land. At the elec
tion for members gf the Legislature the
-■•-nr after, the countv of Madison was
distracted by the animosity and strife
of a Dabnev and an anti-Dabnev party.
Many of the people were highly in-
-ensed that a mulatto should receive a
gift of the la'nd which belonged, jo the
'reemen of Georgia, Dabney soon aft°r
removed to the land given him by the
State, and carried^wPh him the family
of Harris and continued to labor for
‘hem, and appropriated whatever he
made for- their suonert. except wha‘
was ne-es-an- for his coar«e clothing
nd food. The qTdf'St son of his -bene-
eartor he sent to Fnnkiin College (th-
University of Georgia), and af’er.wardr
imported him whilst he studied law
yi th Mr. Upson in Lexington. When
Harris was undergoing his examina-
!nn. Dabney was'standing outside of
the bar. exhibiting great anxiety In hi-
-ountenance: and when his young
protege was sworn In, ho burst into a
flood of tears. He understood his sit
uation very well, and never was guiltv
of impertinence. He win one of the
best chroniclers of the events of th
Revolutionary War. in Georgia. Judge
Dooly thought much of -him. for he had
bed served under his father. Colonel
Dooly thought much of him. for he
at the public .house in Madison, where
the judge stopped during court, and
he took much pains in seeing his hone
well attended to.
Ho drew his pension in Savannah
where he went once a year for this
impose. On one occasion he went to
=avannah in company with bis neigh
bor. Colonev Wviev Pope. They trav
eled together until thev arrived in the
treets of the town. Then the colone T
observed to Dabney, that he was a man
f sen-e. and knew that it was not
uitahle for him to -be seen riding side
side with a colored man through
rhe streets of Savanriah; to which Da>b-
nev replied that he und-rstood that
matter very well. Accordingly, when
they came to the principal street. Dab-
r>ey checked his horse and fell behind.
Thev had not gone very far before Col-
Pierce was chosen President. In 18
he went to Cuba for the benefit of his
health and by a special act of Con-
-ess the oath of office as Vice-Pres
ident was administered to him bv tho
American consul general at Havana.
Tn April he returned horn-, and on the
th of that month he died in Dallas
County. Alabama, of which countv
Felma is the county seat. Before his
e’ectlon a- Senator from Alabama he
bnd held numerous offices in hi- na
tive Slate of North Carolina. While
member of Congress from North
Carolina he voted for the declaration
of war in 1312. He resigned his seat
In 1816 to become secretary of lega
tion'to Naples under William Picknev.
whom he accompanied in the same
capacity to St. Petersburg. In 1818
he returned home, and removed to
Selma. Ala., where he continued to re
side until his death. In 1819 he was
e’ected to the convention to form a
constitution and State Government for
Alabama and was chosen the first
United States Senator from that State.
He served continuously in the Senate
until 1844. when he was appointed by
President Tyler minister to France.
While in that country he successfully
prevented a joint protest of France
and England against the annexation ot
Texas. He returned to America in
1S46. and in 1848 was again elected
to represent Alabama in the Senate.
Mr. King was unanimously elected
Pr-sident of the Senate in 1850. on
the accession of Vice-President Millard
Billmore to the Fr—idency after the
death of President Taylor. Two years
later he was elected Vice-President,
as I have already stated.
say that .generally the inluries are of j ignited State
a serious nature, o-.d result In the In
jured person hecon^-ir a char-e either
on his friends, or on the public. In
marry Instances unfortunately, these
trespasser- are children.
On the Chle.aco Rock island and
Pacific in 19 ft 6. 134 trc-rn«sers were! -
killed and 24? Injur-d. Most of the ; The first justice of the peace in Hous-
trespassers were killed and iriured , on County became Speaker of Con-
while on :-flck-. Gen Manager Hnrri- ; g r e-s. Governor of Georgia. Secretary-
man of the Tlrinnis Centre 1 reported | 0 f t bp Treasury and president of the
killed )T4 r-rsor- and inbtred
while they were walking
the t-.acVs or loitering. Along th
Ill'neis Geptrrl countv .and municipal
authorities almost invariably refuse to
care for the injured and crippled un
less the same be a resident of the
county or municipality. A number of
suits h»ve been successfully prosecu
ted against the Illinois
trespassers who claim
slature of 1868. He was a leading
the expulsion of
Representatives and
nators from that bodv. i one! Pope -passed by the house of Gen-
Senate from Nor’h Car-|“i‘“ t'lV “*?*F n * °* f” 6 same number oral .Tame- Jackson, who was then
olina. Washington appointed him su-lCj , te Democrats in their places. ; Governor of Georgia.- Upon looklnr
-erintondent of Indian affairs East of I Here . IS ,. an ^ xtract , from °" e of Rep-; ka C k he saw the Governor run out of
'be Mississippi, with heardauarters at r f sen t at ve Tumlin s speeches during ! »be house. se*ze Dabnev’s hand, shake
Fort" Hawkins, in which position he ; d'seussion on the subject: j if as if he had been his long absent
served from December. 1796. until he ! ' Common sense, common reason, the . brother, draw him off his horse, and
died, on June 6. 1816. .welfare of the black race and of the j carry him into his house, whe-e Ke
white race, reqriire every thinking -taved whilst In town. Governor Gilmer
man to turn them out. The Constitu- mv s that Colonel Pone u-ed to tell
tion of the State of Georgia says turn ! this anecdote with much glee, adding
them out. The Constitution of the that he felt chagrined when he as-
^ United States, with all its damnable contained that whilst he passed hij
fiftv i Gonfeder.ate Congress at Montgomery, i jinaendments. says turn them out.
on | n 5661. I refer to Howell Cobb. This ! Therefore, sir if we fail to comply
list in gu I.-bed man was only thirtv-four j s °lemn oath we have sub-
"cars ' id when he was elected Speak- j f c, ' lb ed to. when this House is ihe
thirtv-six whpn chosen Governor j the Qualification of its. mem -
and forty-two at the time of his an-i ^ ers - b)" retaining men here who are
"Ointment to President Buchanan's ! olearlv ineligible, we will he held to
cabinet He was aged but twenty- [account for it by our constituency and
when he commenced hisi our God.'
eight
time at a tavern, unknown and un
cared for. Da-bney was the honored
guest of the Governor.
It is said that Dabney died at Zebu-
Ion. Pike County, and was iburied near
the remains of his friend Harris, who
was his benefactor when he was strlck-
j «n down with the wound received at
I the battle of Kettle Creek.
I see that Representative Perry, of
Hall, will introduce a bill at the next
session of the Legislature to prohibit
♦he use of free railroad passes in this
State. Representative Hall, of Bibb
will also be the author of a similar
measure. It will be observed that the
name Hall fi—ires in both bills—Hall,
of Bibb, and Perry, of Hall. I wonder
which of the two bills will get on the
way first? In the House of 19P5 Mr.
Hall’s anti-free pass hill just did mis-
passing. It required 8.3 votes to pass
the bill, and the measure received
votes: There were 72 votes cast
against it. Seventeen members did
not vote. Had the bill obtained Just
one more vote Speaker Slaton would
have cast his vote for the measure, as
he would have had the right to d<>
under the rules, and thus the hill
would have passed the House. This
was the nearest that an anti-free pa —
hill has ever come to passing the
House. The proposed bill of Mr. Per
ry’s is auite sweeping. I do not know
where Mr. Hall’s bill will differ from
Mr. Perm's. The Impression is very
general that the coming Legislature
will ring the death knell of free rail
road passes, and franks generally
such as telephone, express and tele
graph.
I have been asked whom did the
great Georgian, tVilliam H. Crawford,
kill in a duel. The gentleman's name
was Peter Van Allen, who. at the time
of his death on the- field of honor,
was solicitor-general cf the Westerr,
ircuit. I have heard that Van Allen
was a very able lawyer and quite elo
quent. In answer to another nuery I
will say that Alexander H. Stephens
and W. L. Yancey did not meet under
the code duello. Thev had a very
serious misunderstanding, growing nut
of their remarks in the debate on the
Mexican War. I understand that Boh
Toombs was Instrumental in getting
the matter amicably adjusted. I be-
llevfe that the difficulty happened in
the same year that Mr. Stephens chal
lenged Herschel V. Johnson to fight a
duel.
T ohn W. Akin, of P’rtnw: T. S. Fol
der. of Bibb: J. J. Flvnt of Spalding:
L. G. Hardman, of Jackson: J. D
Howard, of Baldwin. The Senate will
follow the same procedure in organ
izing as is observed in the House. The
only candidate I know of for president
nro tern Is Hon. E. T. Steed, of Car-
rolL He was a member of the last
House. There are forty-four Sena
tors. Of course twenty-three is a
majority, of forty-four, ard twentv-
three is therefore a quorum. It will
not he necessorv for a candidate for
"resident, or for any other office in
the Senate, to receive twentv-three
votes to be elected In all elections
a. matnritv of the Senators present,
"rovided they constitute a quorum
shall be necessary to a choice. As the
"resident apnnlnts all committees
there is no predicting who will he the
hairmen of the leading committees
'or it is not known who will be the
"resident. In the House, the speake-
"ames the committees, and as Mr
S'aton has no opposition for th"
sneakership there is more or less
guessing as to the possihle chairmen
af the chief committees of tho House
T have- heard of the following guess'
Committee on anprop'riations. C. M.
rinndler of DeKalb. chairman: wavs
a'nd mean*. J. W. Wise, of Favetto
"'•airman; gene-nl judiciary, Bovkin
Wright, of Richmond chairman:
mendments to tho constitution. H. H
•opr— of Hall, chairman; general agri-
ci.il* w*. L. H. O. Martin, of Fihert.
-hairman: penitentiary. J. N. Holder
af Jackson, chairman: Western am'
Atlanta railroad. Hooner Alexander of
DeKalb. chairman. It is generallv he-
"eved that Hon. J. H. Hall, of Bibb
does not desire a chairmanship, bu*
"refers to be the ranking member of
♦he committee on rules, or vice-chair
man. as this position is known. The
speaker is ex-officio chairman of the
-ommittee on rules. On the floor o f
the House the vice-chairman repre
sents the speaker and the committee
Mr. J- T al!’s ability and long legislative
experience makes him an invaluable
man for this place. He is a skilled
arliamentarian' and admir.ablv nunli-
°cd in every wax* for the discharge of
‘be duties of this very important and
-espnnsible position. Mr. Slaton wil’
he the only member of the next House
—ho will have had a longer term of
continuous service than Mr. Hall. M-
Slaton first entered the Legislature a--
a Representative from Fulfon. in 1896
and Mr. Ha'l became a Representa
tive from Bibb in 1898. The two gen
tlemen have always had a high opin
ion of each other's character and
ability.
In connection with the above It is
appropriate to say that yesterday was
mown as Flag Day in this country,
ecause Qotieres* resolved on June 14,
1777, "that the flag of the 13 United
States he 13 stripes alternate red and
vhite: that the union be 13 stars, white
'n a blue field, representing a new con
stellation.” This is the first recorde-d
legislative action for tie adoption of a
national flag. The first flag was made
bv Mrs. Bettie Ross, at her house. No.
■’39 Arch streeet Philadelphia. This
historic building is standing intact to
day. His’ory tells us that the flag
‘bus adorned remained unchanged till
1794. when on motion of Senator Brad-
’°y. of Vermont, which State, with
Kentucky, had been admitted Into tha
♦Inion. It was resolved that from and
after May 1. 1795. “the flag of the Uni-
‘ed States he 15 stripes alternate red
and white, that the union ze 15 stars,
white in a blue field.” This was the
lag used in the war of 1S12. Some
“ears later. Cantain Samuel G. Reid,
-Mstinguls’hed for his defence of the
Brig. Gen. Armstrong against a suoe-
-ior British force in 1814. recommend
'd the reduction of the strlnet to tha
original 13. and the adoption of stars
aqunl to the number of the States, and
a now star to be added on the 4th of
Tuly next succeeding the admission of
-ach new State. In ISIS Gc.ngrcss pass
'd a bill embodving Reid's suggestions,
and thus was formed the flag of the
"resent dav. Permit me aga’n to quoto
*rcm Senator Sumner’s address, re
ferred to just now:
Centra! hv [ brilliant Congressional career,
have been 1
One of the brilliant Democrats who
took the place of an ousted negro was | Since the death of Senator John T.
pushed ot kicked off trains while in! Georgia has always been patriotic! 11011 - J - R- Saussy, of Savannah. Mr. : Morgan, of Alabama. I believe that to
motion. and intensely Southern. In 1861 it was [Saussy, in behalf of the gentlemen ! Senator John TV. Daniel, of Virginia.
The direct cost to railroads is !n her proud boast that she was the j w ho had been substituted for the ne- j belongs the distinction of the longest
etop-ning trains when vagrants ar» in- | -nlv Sta*e that adopted the Confeder- I vroes. presented to Representative j t»rm of continuous service in the Sen-
Jur*d. ronvevlng them to the nearest - ate Constitution by a unanimous vote, j Tumlin an elegant gold watch and!»te held bv any Senator from the
hospital, where hospital expenses are | — chain, as a token of their appreciation ! South. And as well as I can figure it
frequently paid bv the railroads, be-1 In the golden long ago the late Chief . °f h,s services in the interest of De- out from the data before me. Senator
Justice Hi-am Warner represented i mocracy and white supermacy. Daniel will be the only Southern mem-
Crawford County in the Legislature, i her of the next Senate who will have
Tn one of his contests for this office j While the proposition was pending had a longer tenure of continuous Sen-
cause of the unwillingness of the
towns to meet the bills, and burial ex
penses when necessary. The Chicago
nnd Northwestern spends several
thnu?a"d dollars a year in this man
ner. The Great No-thern kips and in
jures a large number of trespp*=ers > and whom th
annually Tn five years the Lake Sh -c : ore-ed for th
One of the most interesting special
editions issued by any newspaper
Georgia this season Is the Educa
tional Number of that splendid weekly
the Barnesville News-Gazette. It i:
an elaborate review of the school in
terests of this State. A perusal of its
pages should make any Georgian proud
of the educational institutions of his
State. Barnesville should be pleased
that her progress and development are
such as to sustain in her midst so ex
cellent and enterprising a newspaper
as the News-Gazette.
Fifty-two members of the last Leg
islature will he in the coming House
and there will be several who served
in the General Assembly previous to
the last one. The membership of the
House will number one hundred and
‘ighty-three, eight more than form-
—lv. by reason of the addition of the
right new counties. The ninth new
•ountv. Ben Hill will not have a Rep-
esentative in the annroach'ng House
as It was not created in time to elect
member. The new counties did not
'ncrease the number of Senators. The
‘otal membership of the General As-
-emblv which convenes on June 26 wil’
he two hundred and twenty-seven. In
‘his number will be one colored Rep-
-esentatfve. -W. H. Rogers, of Mcln-
*"sh. He was in the last two Houses.
Ten members of the last House will
he in the new Senate, and there will be
about ten or eleven others who have
seen service in former Legislature
“The flag’s stripes of alternate red
and white proclaim the original union
"f thriteen States to maintain the
Declaration of Independence. Its Stars
of white on a field c-f blue proclaim
hat union of States constituting our
national constellation, which receives a
new star with every new Slate The
two together signify union, past and
present. The very colors 'have a lan
guage, which was officially recognized
by our fathers White is for purity:
red for valor; blue for justice. And all
together, bunting, stripes, stars, and
colors, blazing in the sky. make the
"eg of our country, to he cherished by
all our hearts, to bn upheld by r.H our
hands. Not at once did this ensign
ceme into bring. I*s beginning was In
the camp before Boston, and it was an
nounced by Washington in t'oeso
word- 1 : ‘The day which gave being to
the new army we hoisted the Union
aae. in compliment fo the United Colo-
ics.’ The rational forces and the na
tional flag began together. Shortly aft
erward, a fleet of five sail left Phila
delphia amid the acclimations of the
ooople. according to the language of tho
time, ‘under the display of a Union
flag of thirteen stripes.’ This was
probably the same flag not yet ma’’.fr-
ed into its present form. In its corner,
where are now the stars, were the
crosses of St. George and St. Andrew,
-“d and white originally representing
England and Scotland, and when con
joined. after the union of those two
countries, known as t e Union To
these were added the thirteen stripes,
alternate, red and wh'te. and the whole
was hailed at the time as ^the Great
Unim Flag. The States represented
s v the rtr : ues were here in subordina
tion to the National Unity, renresente-i
by the two crosses. But this form did
"of continue long.” Senator Sumner
then gave a history of Cong-esslonal
action in fhe creation of the flag, as X
have already outlined.
the
Historical records tell us that a
iety of flags were displayed in
colonies at the -commencement of the
Revolution. The "union flag” referred
to so often in the newspapers of 1774
were the ordinpry English red ensigns
hearing the union jack. These bora
some . patriotic motto' like. “Liberty.'*
“T.ihertv and ?r..nertv.” Liberty and
| Union.” etc. Tn the beginning the regi-
»tinguis u ed bv
for the 7th blue.
an opponent had promised the voters
to vote for a certain man who was to
he elected by the Genera: Assemble.
people of Crawford fav-
position. The matter
auite
Issue in the
-ined effort was
and M’ch'gan Southern has k-l’ed 313 w - as ma
trespassers, and irtured 133ft. On :he [ na i en
of-er b-nd the JVisccrtsln Central kills i to for -e Candidate TYsrner
onlv ten or fifteen trespassers an- ; himself to cast his ballot for the p»r-
nu«!ly. of whom hn’f are vagrants. sen o n the Saturday pre-edlng th"
The cost to society of injured va- election of a legislator "there was f big
grants Is In the end enormous, because meeting in Crawford. While Mr. War-
varrants frequently are rende-ed inen- per was speakinr. he was asked
able of doing any further work and in whether he was willing to pledge him-
conspouenee go to tramping or beg- sel' if elected a? the other candidate
Ing. spending their time berv.e-n had done. His reply was: “I tn.v,- or
»d. almshouse and the Jail Every I way net vote for -hot office-, bu: I
pitabie society knows of m-ny n- ric; ri-grari' nivsrif so -mob nor
e* of persons permanently maim- , those whose suffrages I seek, as to
The Legislature of Georgia will
conven? today week, at 10 o’clock,
the ho jr fixed by law. The House
will be called to order by the clerk of
the last House, and the Secretary of
the Senate will perform a similar ser
vice in the Senate. After prayer and
the swearing in of the members, the
two bodies will proceed to organize
by the election of officers for the en
suing term of two years. Hon. Johr
M. Slaton, of Fulton, will be re-elected
Speaker without opposition. There
are two candidates for Sneaker pro
tern., namely. Representative J. B
•Tackson. of Jones, and Representative
E. H. Michael of Marion. These gen
tlemen were members of the ore-
edlng House. As th? present Clerk
r t is. a mistaken idea some persons | ments
have that the incoming Senate will be j „
1 body composed almost entirely of j f or the Sth orange e tc
men without any legislative exper-! It somethin- of a coinci lenee that
ence. _ I have had the honor of serv- yesterday was the anniversary of tho
ing with twenty of the Senators-elect. j adoption of the national flag of f v .o
and with sixtv-one of the Representa- T :r>fw states the emblem of American
tives-elect. Among these legislators 1 freedom and today is tbe anniversary
are seven prospective candidates for |of the granting; bv King John -f Fng-
Gongress in the not ver-
far distant |land, of Magna. Char’s, the “Chsrta
t |k P r*ios," which guarantee^ to tho
English people in premetuitv th? en
joyment of certain rights and privi
leges. "Want a writer calls “the o*-
and v'orv” of Magna Charia.
future, and three possibile aspirants
for Governor. There are some ex
ceedingly ambitious spirits in the Gen
eral Assembly which meets one week
from today. It may be remarked in
passing that several of the gentlemen J reads as follows: “No freeman
have their eye on the speakership of ( he taken, or imprisoned, or disse-Verl.
the House of 1909. Two of them view nr outlawed, or banished, or anyways
it as a stepping-stone to higher po- I iniured. ror will we mss ut- n him.
litlcal place. It is not improbable that nor send upon him unless hv the legal
he presidency of the Senate of 1909 uidement of h>'s peers or hv rh? law
will be conferred upon a member of' of the land.” In other words. “It ---•-
the House of 1907. [ teqtefi everv freeman from loss of 1'fe,
. j liberty, or "roperfv, exce"t bv the ludg-
Reeently, by request I wrote for this I merl of his peers or th? law of the
olumn an article on the State flags j’and; s"d b-It the King promised that
"f Georgia.. I am In receipt of a letter, *ave will sell to no m-n. we w'll rot
'rom Judge John A. Cobb, the ’popula- I ao nv to anv man. riuht' o- "lus-iee ' ”
ordinary of Sumter County, in which j ’’’he on'.v time T ever heard Fob
to expel the negroes Romulus More, atorial service than Senator A. O. Ba-
a negro Representative, referring to ; con. of Georgia. Daniel entered the
the fourteenth amendment to the Con-, Senate nn Ms-ch 4 1337. and Bacon
stinitlon of th? United States, said: ; on March 4. 1S95. Daniel's present
“If God is pleased with the Constitu- term will expire on March 4. 1911. and
tional amendment, you can’t change if the term for which Senator Bacon will
made : —>' ou can't change it unless you can be re-elected in a few days, will not j has one hundred and seventytwo pos-
pledge : overcome the armies of the United ! expire until March 4, 1913. j'itive pledges of support, and it re
states.” G. H. Cl»“.'er. another negro I quires only ninety-two votes of the
Representative, thus expressed him- Senator Edmund Winston Pettus. of I whole membership to elect, it is rea-
A! a baron, was over 75 years old when ponable to suppose that he will be re-
he was firs: elected t" the United j elected. I understand there is some
Senate. Kis election to the j centos* for the positions of messenger
Senatorship was brought about tn an and doorkeeper of the House. The
interesting manner. 7 r . I- that! Kpoak-*r has the appointment of the
if- Ee*t'js had an rn-.nl'leq tc its a' assistant doorkeepers and pages 0 f
lee r- of :'.i" United S ?trs Court in: the House. He also appoints the
»'.abp.mn ,-,nd -Amesied T *ne support of - postOftK-ter of th— House agd d‘-rir;-
Hon Jair.es l. Pugh, then a Senator' nates the Chaplain. All of these va-
self: "Whenever you cast your voter
.against us. dis nigger will take his hat be ws
and walk right straight out. but. like States
Christ I shall come again. r go ■
prepare a pla.-- for them. Stop. D-i
orrats: stop, white folks draw de re-
oiution off de table, and i-t’s go j
work.”
When the Legislature met in 1569
ie says: "There was a "-anner < n a
-ope stretched across Mulberrv street.
Macon, from fhe Lnnicr Hou=e tv
‘‘ie McEvov building, just after Geor-
ia seceded in 1*61. which wa« said at
'hat time to he the Georgia State flag
with the device of. a rattlesnake, and
'he motto ‘Noli me tanvere.' " I do
-ot think this was a Georgia State flag
r gue=s it was one of the flags of th?
Vnierican Revolution. A flag of 1776
was a yel'ow eu-ign bearing the d°vic“ ;
of a rattlesnake in the attitude of !
striking, with the motto "Don't tread
on me"—which Is eo id valent to the i
Latin motto quoted in Judge Cobb's let- 1
ter. “Noli m? tanvere" meaning “Don’t]
touch me." The Revolutionary pst-j
intended the admonitory artto "Don't!
t.-ead on me." us . 1 warning to J v 1 viand. '
and I' suppose that the Confederate
patriots who stre'ched the ban"-r
aer.-ss Mulbe-rv street, with the motto
"D m’t touch me." wanted the NortS,
,: *'e-ed In M-e-n -ome
eloso of th- Civil War.
was his theme.
Magna Charra
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