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ruesd&y, July 2, 1907 3 'HE T17ICE-A-77EEK TELEGRAPF [inaugural Address of Governor Hoke Smith ATLANTA. June •III? IS till- (111! text address of Governor Gentlemen of the FVUow-Cl!I office with th< purl p.nd riiiv-pllng me, duty th< • !>• rn.i of the masses • •f r.:e ■Put there tie eer: have tteen specifically They have * vof( *.t the bull 29.—The follow- , • if e lnatiRur.il n account or* race or Jeer ice iunt of the fact ispess the nualillcat sally fix •> Geor: qualifications l rlthout teferenci eing re- >lor. box. dec: the • r* cntatlvt been . The proposed c j ment is along th-: law. It provides Ister and vote mu fi cat ions now reqa chedules . The com hlppers re: ient servic i progress. I ask you to consider the j unorganized condition of the educa- ; tional work of Georgia. University and Branches. The Constitution of the State of ifter r-iof freight, to Democratic convei office under solemn d people to carrv out pledges. We must n it be led tasks until our special people have been perfoi A Governmen* falls t est sphe;-,- if 't does righ' of property, and a constantly broaden op menial, moral and finn th* less fortunate A Government by t nishes the only '.ope fo To make It sure, ballot box< pure, and legislative hulls m from the Influences of wealth. ■ * loti by the ie platform j and also be classes following: war of the Unite crate States or t ■ O 3 'lg to other •s ; . ■ le ch It> portunities fot nclal growth tr If the views of a commissioner are Increase Power of Commission. so hostile to tie work of the majority The commission should require for ] that he is not in a position to help sus- tssengers reas nable rates and proper tain the action of the commission, his pot accommodations. {presence upon the commission would ■ should require for be a hindrance to effective service, le rates, and an . ffi- and it would be the duty of the Gov- Georgia limits rue right of taxation for control extending to ernor to suspend him. educational purposes to the University ■vhich cars must le Western and Atlantic Extension. of Georgia, and to elementary branches iplication. to delivery The platform adopted at Macon calls of an English education. As a result construction and use attention to the fact that the act under of this provision, the School of Tech- r side tracks, to shifting i.nd which the Western and Atlant'-c Rail- nologv. the State College of Agricul- inging cars In railroad yards road was built contemplated its ulti- . ture. the State Normal College, the '.•ne one of the six and terminals, to freedom from par- mate extension to the sea. It also de-i Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- Itiailty in all service, and to the pay-j Clares that the time has now arrived ' lege at Milledgeville, the North Georgia who served in any meet of overcharges and shortages. It for the General Assembly to seriously Agricultural and Mechanical College at 'at s. the Confed- should supervise the pay and hours of consider jhe -question of making the i Dahlonega, the eleven district agricul- State of Georgia; service of telegraph operators and extension. i tural schools and the Georgia Indus- 1 train dispatchers. It should direct the I commend this suggestion to your trial School for negroes are elapsed a's ms lawfully de-: f "tm of keeping accounts By the;; to- careful consideration. I believe the branches of the university. The uni- such si.Idiers; or ; positions. It should cover every err,- ownership of the State Road to be a versity proper is the classical college who can read cor- dition where the officers and agents of thing of great value to the people of (at Athens. This college has a board of write correctly (he public carrier may fail in duty to Georgia, not only on account of its ca- j trustees, called the trustees of the uni- pacity to produce an income, but on ; versity. The branche prepared for the highest development: State should train the teachers for the but I do not mean by this rhat th»y rural schools. will necessarily obtain it through lit- Into the rural schools must be intro- erary and classical studies. duced nature study and primary agrl- For them it 15 at this time moat {cult >• ■ is work to be successfully important to improve the manual conducted must receive aid from the training and agricultural schools. State, 'as . by adding agricultural do- | and the rural schools. With a view to partreents to every normal school in 1 JAPS MAKE APPEAL TO Six Classes o* Voters. tuiional amend- of the Alabama a per ve all the quaii- ]of spur for that purpose which the future teacher [ may be taught how to teach primary 1 agriculture, end then directions in the shape of lea dots and pamphlets must' issue from tire State College of Agri- i culture, and be distributed! among the j rural school teachers, from time to I time, to aid and guid work. Train the White Children to Meet Life's Responsibilities. I long to see manual training intro duced into the schools of the cities and towns in the State. The great educa tional work which Georgia should do for her children is not that they may be able to read and loaf, but that they may be able to think and act. We must train the boys and girls of Geor gia so that they can meet the respon- sioilitles of life so that they can use the resources which God has given have each a | us. so that they can surround them selves with comfort and build the State for themselves and their children. I Vvould have the boys and girls of jple fur- suen mu«t itory Second—All pers, scended from any o] Third—all persons rectly and who <m: when read to them in the English lan- | the public. gunge any paragraph of the Constitu- , Power must he given trie commission account of the influence it may have I separate board of trustees, but are alt ' ion of the United States or tee Stafp to protect the issue of watered stocks ; upon the future regulation and trans- i placed under the trustees of the uni* uf Georgia; or land bonds, and to require the money j portation questions. versity. who are trustees primarily exf , Fifth—Any person who Is the owner ] obtained from stock and bond issues If it can be extended to the sea at ! the classical college at Athens, one of : Georgia furnished an opportunity to f forty acres of land on which he I invested in the propertiees of the cor-; one or more points. I have no doubt the | the divisions of the university. make useful men and women. Nearly lives; or Iporations issuing them. investment would be profitable, and its' Ought not these seprarate institutions I every white child of the tenant farmer Sixth—Any person who owns five! The commission must be given power value to the people as a whole greatly : to be freed from the control of the and nearly every white child of the hundred ($500) dollars worth of prop--to protect the public in every relation i increased. I trust that you may be ‘ trustees who are especially charged j poorest day laborer carries in his veips e.-ty in the State of Georgia as shown I where they should be serve 1 by trans- able to present a satisfactory plan fori with the responsibility Tor the classical j the blood of a Revolutionary hero. He by t'.io :.ix digest. , portation companies. I the completion of the road. 1 college at Athens? Cate way to ac- Tho right to qualify under the third j While the- rates charged for freight Railroad Employes. 1 complisli this result would be by provision expires January J. 1D10. The j and passenger transportation should be The State owes a duty to the faith- j constitutional amendment, giving the ful men who discharge the labor for Legislature the right to tax directly Every frank man admits that In na tional and State legislation more power has been exercised bv the great cor porations than has been consistent Hght to qualify under the flrst and sec- controlled, the character of service with the full protection of popular ! on<1 provisions expires January 1, 1915. | given is of the utmost importance. popul rights. The time has come w’hen it Is neces sary to determine whether certain fa vored Interests or the State shall rule. Suppress Lobbyists. What has been told of hired political agents Infesttng legislative halls is no Idle story. They have been the curse Of national legislation; their Influence for evil has been felt in nearly every State, and Georgia 'nas been no excep tion to the rule. ‘'The great body of the people inter ested in legislative matters are busy • t home with their daily labors. The hired political agent has been permitted to press has master's Inter est, not only by using his own personal Influence, but by bringing from differ ent parts of the State his Mttle strikers to sit around hotels, and present In the presence of members of tile Leg islature, with professed Impartiality, what he terms the wishes of the peo ple. while at the same time, secretly, he la hired to defeat their interests. T believe that yon will pass legisla tion to make It a crime for any attor ney or agent, hired to support or op pose legislation, to discuss his client’s Interest in the presence of those who are to vote upon It, except where that discussion is at a public hearing, or with members of the Legislature offi cially named for conference. The proposed legislation also re quires that any one employed to sup port or oppose a legislative measure must promptly enter an appearance with the Secretary of State In a book to be kept open to the public, describ ing the nature of his employment. To require the entry of such an ap pearance Is not a hardship. It Is no reflection upon the honorable attorney. If his work is simply by argument to present the merits of his side, there can be no more objection to his doing sc than for him to make an argument before the Supreme Court of the StWe. and he should welcome the publicity of his employment. If he seeks to Influ ence legislation by political pull, he should be suppressed. Stop Free Passes. I urge also the passage of a bill •which will put an end to the free pass .system between local points In Georgia. Thin practice began, and was fol lowed for a long time, with but few i harmful results. It has grown to be a crying evil. It has 'become a means A man who h i- registered under; Control Over Rates, either the first, second or third of these The great problem of local freight provisions is qualified to vote for life, [and passenger rates is one for regula- unless he fails to pay his taxes, com- i :ion by the State. It is for the State mits a crime, or does some act sub- through its duly constituted authori- sequent to his registration which pre- termining what percentages of prof- vents his voting. I its are to be earned by transportation The attack which may be made upon I and public service companies, this proposed amendment is largely] The authority of the State has no limited to the first and second propo- limit as to local rates, except that sitlons for suffrage which I have men- j which Is found in the Constitution of tloned. the United States, providing that prop- Milltary service has been so goner- | erty shall not be taken without due ally recognized as a basis for the glee- I process of law. tlve franchise that no argument with The Railroad Commission, using the reference to It Is really required. j facilities given to it by law. investi- It Is the second provision alone gates the facts with reference to which has been the subject of adverse freight and passenger rates. The mem- criticism. This qualification provides hers well understand that .the property that for a term of years any one de- j of the railroads (s not to be confiscated, soended from one who has participated j Far from taking the property of the In war as a soldier of the United j railroads without due process of law. States, the Confederate States or the 1 they determine that the rates which State of Georgia can register and vote, j they fix are reasonable and just, hav The criticism is without merit. This provision does not deny or abridge the right of any one to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It gives to all who have the qualifications the right to register and vote. It Is, therefore, free from any constitutional objection. Hereditary Right of Franchise. If an attack is made upon the'wis dom of recognizing the right of suf frage upon the theory of heredity, I would have you remember that hered ity Is no novel ground for participation in government. It has been recognized by the States north of the Potomac as well as those south of It ns a proper reason for granting the right of suf frage. and if we cross the ocean and go to nine-tenths of the countries of the world, we find not alone the right to participate in an election granted as a hereditary* right, but we see the rulers of nations the legislators of .the great est countries in the world. Ing In view the investments of stock holders in railroad properties, the pol icy of the State to encourage railroad building, and the rigrits of the public to be protected against excessive and improper charges. The action of the Railroad Commis sion takes the place of an act of the legislature of the State of Georgia and becomes the solemn decision of the State, through Its duly constituted au thority. It is a serious proposition for a judge to assume the province of set ting up his judgment against such a finding. Judicial Interference. Trie time must come when the courts will cease to grant temporary restrain ing orders interfering with the author ity of the State in these matters. There is no broad question of law upon which the courts could rest their Interfer ence with the action of a Railroad Commission. The cases must turn extent, occupying their positions rulers and legislators by right of Cie- redlty. I would not have you think that T believe in the right of rule by heredity as it is recognized abroad, but I do in sist that precedent is too ample and too conclusive to justify an attack upon the right of suffrage based in part at least upon heredity. While the proposed constitutional amendment meets every requirement f I of the Constitution of the United States, it. will permanently preserve large upon questions of fact, and surely the petty political bribery. Cur common carriers have no right j j^ e ^JsctlYe_franchise to all of our cit- to charge for transportation more than ~ ’ ’ a sum reasonably sufficient to pay them for their services. If some ridP free, those who pay must be charged sufficient rates to cover the legitimate cool of fbeir transportation and the passage of the free pass holders. The time has come when all should pay and all should pay less for trans port ition. The hired political agent and the free pass system are twin evils. With in a few days you can make their ex istence Impossible In Georgia. Tf these Jaws are promptly passed, we may expect from throughout the ^t*te words of confidence and praise. Inspiring 11s to further action In be half of better government. Money in Politic* and Clean Elections. The best results from popular gov ernment can orrlybe had where the in dividual voter approaches the ballot box influenced alone by a patriotic purpose to serve his country, his State and his nation. One of the evils which, has polluted elections and debauched voters his been political contributions by the great corporations and special In tecs ts. Their money has been given not to ad vance principles, but to debauch char acter and defeat popular rights. First, the voters are to be bought for the candidate, and then the izens who have borne the burdens of the commonwealth in war and peace, and upon whom the burdens now rest. It will also exclude, by fair and con stitutional tests, the great bulk of that class who are incompetent to govern others or even themselves. It will protect us from dangers that would otherwise attend the political di visions of the future. It will insure the permanent control of the State, and of every county, municipality and division thereof, by its citizens of most intelligence and character. We hold commission from the peo ple. Loyalty and fair dealing to them, as well as prudence and foresight for the future unite to require the passage without delay of the bill submitting the proposed constitutional amendment to the people for ratification. Regulate Primaries By Law. Popular Government can only exist as a substantial reality where the voters are'given a full opportunity to express their convictions at the ballot box. In our State it is especially import ant that this opportunity should b| given in our primaries. By common consent, an overwhelming majority of the people accept the verdict of the primary as conclusive? If machine politicians are allowed to office- • manipulate either the time or manner findings of a commission upon the facts deserves trie respect of a court until a final hearing satisfies the court that the commission has misunder stood the facts. The finding of a Railroad Commis sion should not be suspended by the ex parte affidavit of "a railroad officer. The actual trial of a proposed rate is the best way to determine its ef fect. If it should prove to be unjust to the railroad company, there should still be no occasion for tie court to inter'ere. The Railroad Commission should be relied upon, after a fair trial, to modify a rate, if the rate proved to be improper. railroad and public service companies. I agree with the view expressed by President Roosevelt that it is unjust when an employe loses limb or life to place the entire loss upon him or his family, in the class of cases called mere accidents. Especially is it unjust to free the corporations from liability in those cases defended upon the ground biat the employe knew of the negligence of the company and as sumed the risk of such negligence. An employe may know of the existence of a defect, known also to his superior officer. He cannot afford to quit work nor can the public afford to have him quit. To deprive him in case of injury of the right to recover is a rule so harsh that it Is only defended upon the theory of precedent. In some States the courts are break ing away from this precedent. In some States the courts are being relieved of the precedent by* statute. This severe rule has received'approval in Section 2612 of the Code of 1895. I trust that by statute this wrong may be stopped, and that this section of the Code of Georgia may be repealed. Another rule has grown up in our State which requires the presiding judge to charge that an employe ti re cover must be “absolutely free from fault." and that if the employe is guilty of negligence, “however slight,” his re covery is defeated. This extreme rule is peculiar to Georgia. I recommend that it be changed, and that only negligence which amounts to lack of ordinary care be permitted to defeat recovery by an employe. Liquor Legislation. For a long time the ^tate of Georgia has adhered to the policy of local op tion applied to the sale of liquor. All restrictive liquor laws arouse intense feeling. As the enforcement of the laws depends largely upon the senti ment in the counties in which they are to be enforced, we have permitted the voters of each county to decide wh&t should be the policy of their county While my sympathies in without reference to the university, for the support of these various insti tutions. Another would be to make the trustees of the classical colle; Athens, termed the university trus tees, a local board for that institution just as each of the other boards is a local board for a particular institution. Then create a new board, termed re gents of the university, connected with no local institution, but having general supervision over all the ■branches of the university. The necessity for action upon one of these two lines is the greater, since the State College of Agriculture has been located in Athens. I am deeply interested in this college. College of Agriculture. For years there Caas been nominally a State College of Agriculture, but en tirely dwarfed by the university proper. I did not approve the location of the Agricultural College at Athens. I thought it should have been placed at Griffin with the Experiment Station but the location has been* made. The grounds purchased, through the liber ality of Mr. Peabody, are ample, and splendidly suited for the work, and the contract has been let for buildings which wlH cost over $30,000. I am convinced that it is impractica ble to conduct this college successfully with a local board under the supervis ion of the trustees, whose work pri marily has connection with the univer sity proper, or the classical branch of the university. » There is much in the record of the university proper to inspire pride on the part of Georgians: many of our great men who made Georgia’s history, graduated there. I wish to see it grow, furnished with ample money, made the pride of every citizen of the State, but its management must be changed. It must be brought closer to the people to justify the hope of a fu ture so much to be desired. I cannot claim to have matured a When the courts realize the responsl- j use of liquors shipped from outside the bility which they assume by interfer- i State. ing through restraining orders with the I suggest also the propriety of mak- action of the State, the officers of rail- I ing the operation of a ‘blind tiger” a plan of reorganization to which I am entirely wedded, but a change will help , ... ... , local; the university and make the College of election are with those who oppose the Agriculture. sale of liquor, for the present local ; As the State College of Agriculture is option may furnish the best plan for . now permanently located in Athens, a C0 S tr - 0 th Jr lflUOr , tra ^ lc - question for serious consideration is. But after the people of a county “Should not the Experiment Station be vote liquor out.at is not fair to permit ! moved to it 0 the daily inpouring of liquors by jugj Experiment Station for South Georgia, trains. . ...... , The land of south Georgia is so dit- Our platform -demands that the dry ; ferent from that of north and middle’ counties of Georgia be kept dry. I Georgia that I urge the establishment cordially favor legislation to accom- c f a branch Experiment Station plish this result, and 1 believe it pos sible to restrain to a great extent the has the foundation on which to build a manhood unsurpassed in capacity and usefulness. We must not permit this germ of greatness to be smothered by lack of opportunity. But. you may ask. how is the money to be raised? I have no objection to gifts from outside the State, but fin ally we must depend upon ourselves. We must not oniy willingly but joy fully tax ourselves for this great work. The cities and municipalities levy a local tax for their schools. The rural districts, when they really see good schools can bo obtained, will readily follow the same course. The State, although it now- con tributes liberally to educational work, can largely increase its present appro priation. We must require the corporations in Georgia to pay their just taxes. We must equalize taxation among all the people of Georgia. Who will object to paying taxes when be realizes that the money is to be intelligently spent for the children of the State? Instead of a burden, it should be a great privilege to help in so noble a cause. The State now raises from direct and indirect taxation, from rent of the State Railroad, and from the lease of con victs $5,400,000 a year. Of this amount, last year. 51,000,000 went to pensions and to various contributions for the old soldiers: $400,000 to eleemosynary in stitutions; $400,000 to interest and principal of the State’s debt; $360,000 went back to the counties for the hire 1 of convicts; $340 000 to the general ' expenses of the State, and $2,000,000 to educational work in the State. T do not give exact but approximate figures. Georgia appropriates more money for her old soldiers than any State in the South. The money is freely contributed and is well spent. Our eleemosynary institutions ought not to require more money than they are now receiving. Our genera! ex penses need not be made larger. Prac tically all of our increase in the shape of State revenue can be devoted to the children of the State, Should Pay Teachers Promptly. TOKIO. June 30.—At a joint meet ing of seven chambers of commerce here, it was resolved to address the principal chambers of commerce in America as follows: “It has always been a matter of pro- them in ta eir| founc j satisfaction to the peopie of Ja pan to witness the constant growth of cordial relations between our two countries and of our community of in terests in the fields of trade and com merce. But since last year, the people In a section of your country have un fortunately acted in a manner ealeu-: lated to prejudice the legitimate rights of Japanese people, who have been frequently subjected to unjust and humiliating treatment- at the hands of a lawless element prevailing there. Tlie right of education has been de nied them; their houses have repeat edly been attacked, their property de stroyed without the least cause or provocation, with the Jesuit that not oniy have the treaty rights of the Jap anese been wantonly disregarded, but their persons and property also have been exposed to serious dangers. It is to be extremely regretted that such unfortunate incidents should be allow ed to occur so frequently and it is feared that unless they are speedily stopped, the ill feeling which our countrymen are now constrained to harbor against the people of a single section in America, may eventually have an unhappy effect upon the de velopment of the commercial relations between the two nations, for while the United States is a good customer for our natpral products. Japan is also increasing her demand for American goods, and promises to become one of the most important markets for your ever-expanding and prosperous indus tries. Should the progress of trade and commerce between the two na tions become obstructed as the result of the unwarrantable action of a small section of your population, the loss sustained by the two countries would bo incalculable. “We. therefore, venture to address you and express our views upon th:- situation, confident in the hope thn' they will be shared by you and thiit you will, considering the matter upon the right principles of national inter course and the' mutual advantages of trade relations, do your best to speed ily eliminate the present causes of dis cord and Insure our common prosperi ty for the future. The chambers of commerce have also addressed Presi dent Roosevelt, appealing to him to . exert his good offices toward the pres ervation of good feeling between the two countries.” IS SUMS AGAIN bolder is to be owned because the cor- j °f holding primaries the will of the poration bought the voters for him. j people can be defeated, and tile Even- time money is used to buv a j schemes of the machine may be sub vote, or to hire a striker at the polls. | stituted for popular Government. A true ideals of popular government are, common dodge is to call a primary overthrown, and somewhere the people 1 laug before an election when the issues themselves will suffer from it. are not before the people. No primary Make it a crime for a corporation or : should be permitted more than sixty special interest to contribute money j days hefore the election, to polities. Make it a crime to buy 1 have no desire to discuss the past, a voter or hire a striker at t'o polls. 1 but T would protect the future. Let us Place upon every candidat of showing, under oath. ; ; road companies will realize tfie respect due to the State, and will present their views to the Railroad Commission, and conferences will be followed by harmonioui relations. The Railroad commission should be reasonable and just to the railroads, but if the railroads persist in an atti tude of stubborn litigiousness, they can hardly expect a continuation of gifts from the State. If the railroads are injured by resisting the authority of the State, if they suffer in consequence, the fault will rest upon their mis guided officials and must not- be chargeable to the State of Georgia. Extent of State’s Power. By exercising the authority I have outlined, the State is still at but the threshold of its power. I cannot better indicate this than by quoting from a letter of Robert Toombs’, recently re published in Watson’s Weekly Jeffer sonian. “L We have the right of eminent domain; the right to take all railroads for public use when the public inter ests demand it, by paying just com pensation. “2. The right of legislative repeal of all charters created or renewed since January 1, 1863. "3. The right to forfeit by judicial judgment all charters in the State for violation of the same. These corpor ations move and live and have their being in daily violation of the Con stitution and laws of the land, many of 'which are legal grounds for for feiture. Tiis remedy ought now to be felony. Education. The chief object of government should be to prevent special privileges and to give all equal rights and oppor- Iments may at once be available to the tumties. To this the men and jwomen \ pe0 p] e in south Georgia alongside of one of our agricultural schools or else by a south Georgia normal school. The State College of Agriculture should not be limited in its work to students at Athens. It should conduct extension work all over the State by exhibits and meetings, at which may gather those already engaged in farm ing. that the results of the experi- of Georgia are entitled, and you are preparing legislation which insures it to them. The relation of the State to the children goes mt'di further. It is the duty of the. State to see that the child ren are given an opportunity for all preparation which their probable life work requires. Education fFom books alone is not al ways of much value. .It should be ac companied with practical training, •having in view the future of the child. Negro Children. Let me refer to the negro children in this connection. Any plan for the ne groes which fails to recognize the dif ference between the white and black races will fail. The honest student of history knows that the negro 'had full opportunity for generations to develop before the days of slavery: that the negro race was improved by slavery, and that the majority of the negroes in this State have ceased to improve J since slavery- Few have been helped I by learning from.books. All have been helped who have been taught or made to work. It is not the difference, of environ ment: it is the difference of race, deep seated, inherited for generations and generations through hundreds of years. From this college, coupled with the Experiment Station, more immediate returns can be obtained for the State than from any other institution. The problem of handling our' eduea- tional intereests would be easv. but for 1111 '-' m ca„o. the fact that the State is $1,250,000 be hind in paying its appropriations to the common schools. It is further behind now than ever before at this period of the year. But for this, I would with enthusiasm contemplate the imme diate progress of our educational insti tutions. I maintain that Georgia cannot afford to leave her teachers without prompt payment. I earnestly hope that we can find a' way to accomplish this prompt payment. * I wish to see the business affairs of the State brought to as accurate a standard as that of the best managed financial institution in Georgia, I regret to say that the most accu rate Information obtainable from the office of the State Treasurer indicates that after using all money collected be tween this and January 1. next, we will lack over $200,000 of meeting the ap propriations required to be paid this year, and besides this we will owe NEW TORK. June 30.—At the office of the Standard Oil Company no infor mation was obtainable Saturday re garding the course to be pursued by John- D. Rockefeller in the matter of the subpoena, directing him to appear before the United States Circuit Court John D. Rockefeller's counsel and chief adviser in the case is believed t.> be his son-in-law. E. Parmlee Prentice, of the law firm of Howland, Murray ,A- Prentice. At Mr. Prentice’s office it was said that he was spending the week end at his country place, Pitts field, Mass. Mr. Rockefeller is Mr. Prentice’s guest at Pittsfield. Head of Standard Oil Not in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, O., Juno 30.—At Forest Hill, the home of John D. Rockefeller here, it was stated to night that Mr. Rockefeller is not in this city, and those in charge of the Rockefeller home professed absolute ignorance as to his whereabouts. Mrs. Rockefeller, accompanied by her son. John D. Rockefeller. Jr., is at Forest Hill, having arrived there Tuesday, and at that time, it was understood that John D. Rockefeller would conic later, but the date of his arrival was indefinite. _ _ The large majority of negroes are the duty | bv legislative action fix the time for | applied.” [incapable of anything but manual la- detailed ! party primaries and surround them’ I do not urge that procedure be now I bor, and many taught from books • cred legislation to promote pure popu- j full share of responsibility for the work by book than by character examina- lir Government, and also legislation I of the commission. This was the plan ! ’ions. The negro school to he useful upon the great question of protecting j of the original bill, and it is tie plan ; needs less books and more work. I e.\rq ej passu* st sjjrjjr jo uoijjpuoo of the proposed law. favor a complete change in the exam- the rights of the people in their reia- If the railroads continue the policv ! ination of teachers for the negro j an<J now the tiling for us to ' 1 • - - -■ — n i an | osmizing the.dlfficultv that .•talement of what he spent, how he j with safeguards which will guarantee j begun to forfeit railroad charters, but (spurn labor and live in idleness. Eew spent it. and where the money came in future an opportunity for the voters j X warn the men in charge of these i negroes are willing to work beyond the frpm j to select thair officeholders, untram-I properties not to defy the conservative j procurement of the hardest necessities With these three provisions enacted I meled bj- cunning devices. | demands now being made upon them. of life. Into law. .a great step forward will be Regulate Railroads and Public Service Duty of Governor. The negro child should be taught made. Then let us make elections sol Companies. I I believe it the part of wisdom to | manual iabor and how to live. The clean in Georgia that other States, see-. Our pledges made to the people cov- j allow your chief executive to carry a I negro teacher should be selected less Ing our good works, may follow our example. Constitutional Amendment Fixing Franchise Standard. I realize how difficult it will he to reach the standard for which T plead ; tion when a great number of qualified voters are hopelessly ignorant and purchasable. The difficulty is greatly increased when a class of voters '.ms for generations inherited incapacity and must transmit the same incapacity for generations to come. . 1 favor an amendment to the Const!- corporations and public service cor- will be brought forward by the trans- life white and tv.e negro race ftition of the State which will fix a rotations are given special privileges i portation companies and public service ; kfTt in view, new standard for the elective franchise, i primarily that the people disconnected j companies when litigation is precipi- The proposed constitutional amend- with those companies may be bene- j tated. We must give the Attorney- men! will b<- before you. With an.fited. (Genera] and counsel associated with oath fresh upon my lips to support Lie i The stockholders rely upon the di- him every possible aid. Constitution of the United States. I fa- rectors and off : cers of the corporation We must, if necessary, employ ex- vor the amendment. ! to protect their interests. Tie rights perts to meet the railroad experts. I There is no restriction upon the i of the public must be guarded by the beiieVe it to be part of the duty of the right of a State to fix the qualifications i Slate in local matters, by the nation in I Governor to render all possible assist- of those who may vote, except the pro-j interstate matters. ,ance in supporting decisions vision of -he Constitution of the United! It is especially important at this commission. States, wiich declares that “the right (time when many are ready to trar.s- I shall extiect the Railroad Commis- of the citizens of the United States to . fer all control to the Narional Govern- sioners to give their time intelligently vote shall not be denied or abridged by j ment tliat the State show capacity to ] and unitedly to the work of meeting the United States, or any State, on ac-imeet its part of the responsibility. 1 any attack which may be brought by <• mnt of race, color or previous condi- j Amend Railroad Commission Law. -the railroad companies. I ask you to tion of servitude.” ! While the Legislature would be au-1 support the commission with anv I have no doubt that the amend- j thorized to act for the State by fixing (funds that may be required to conduct ment proposed is entirely free from : in deta'I the duties of transpojtation the side of the people as intelligently Agriculture is the chief source of our prosperity and wealth. A properly managed agricultural college working with the district schools, the rural schools, and thost now engaged in farming can revolutionize our present methods, and immensely increase the net profits from agriculture. This is no new subject. I pressed it upon the State Agricultural Society at Quitman eight years ago. When I think what the people of the State have lost by the way of agricul tural education has been neglected dur ing the past eight years at Athens while the -Morrell fund has been used for classical instruction. I almost lose pat’ence. The School of Technology is aireadv a great success, and must be supported. Normal Work. Good normal work is being done at Athens and at Milledgeville. You can not have common schools unless you have ample normal facilities. The nor mal school work of Georgia should be extended and improved. It might be well to make the school at Dahlonega and the schopl at Mil- iedgeville distinctively normal schools, and add also a fourth school in south Georgia District Agricultural Schools. The eleven district agricultural schools form a largo undertaking. Tt will be difficult to find suitable in structors prepared for the practical work to he done in these schools. It would have been easier to start with few, and increase the number . _ , , chools as we were prepared to handle mera ® a P'i -labor, , mnnrns in trie* $50,000 on the State College of Agri- culture, appropriated last year, but | Second Summons for Mr. Rockefeller, payable next year. ‘ CHICAGO, June 30.—In order to This $250,000 about represents tlie' make sure that John D. Rockefelier amount which the State has annually 1 will be served with a subpoena. Judge for several years failed to collect from I Landis has decided to issue a sec- corporations which can properly be j ond process for the oil magnate as the classed as tax dodgers, and which I j original summons cannot be served believe from this on they will he made : only in the State of New York, to pay. There are other subjects which I; would be pleased to discuss, but I de- j r ‘ire to raise no new unnesessarv ' issues at present. The reforms with which we are specially charged are en titled to first consideration. To them immediately we will give our best thought with the earnest purpose to serve those who placed us hero to rep resent them. Ours is a great State. The people make the State. To receive their con fidence is an inspiration. We will lay | aside all other plans, and. moved by a 1 great unselfish love, we will seek" to j serve the Georgians of today and the ! children who must make the Georgia of j the future. Mav God help us to meet the re- j sponsibilities which are upon us. with common carriers and public of appealing to the courts when the | schools, and for them a different plan rvlce corporations. j commission acts, the State must re- of management; T would have t'ne| u Railroad corporations and public j sist these suits with just as much force ; schools help the negro, not injure him. service companies are monopolistic inland power as the railroad companies I will not discuss the subject more their nature. It is impossible for the (bring to their support. fully at present, hut I wish to be dis- ordinary rule of competition to protect j It is utterly impossible for the Attor- tinctly understood. 1 seek the intel- tlie right-! of the public in their deal- ney-General to meet alone the swarm I Agent treatment of the negro, and to ings with such companies. Railroad of lawyers and 'hosts of witnesses that i that end the radical difference between Racial d'fferences cannot be over- (come by misguided philanthropists. may come . Thev should not be disrt I however much criticism j from any source upon us. Respect the Law. But no one should suppose that su- j periority justifies cruelty. While every them, but the eleven have been begun do is. rec- confronts manfully to struggle for their com plete success. I believe the money will be ready to meet their legitimate ex penses, and they will receive from me loyal anl zealous support. The Rural Schools. The common school system of Geor- must be j gia finds at its head a State School Commissioner with, a board of educa tion not composed of educators, and giving little direction to the work. I cordially commend the recommenda- ion of the teachers of Georgia that DUBLIN, Ga., June 30.—The farm ers of Laurens County are opposed to the foreign immigration movement and the local unions of the Farmers’ Co operative and Educational Union are passing resolutions in opposition to the foreign immigration scheme. The fol lowing resolution was passed by Fiat Rock Local No. 143; * “Whereas, the press of the South is clamoring for foreign immigration into the South, and especially the State of Georgia, and "Whereas, if successful the result -if such efforts would- be to put upon the people of our country a class of for eigners in no wise suited to the de mands of our American citizenship, unfriendly to our form of Government therefore be It “Resolved, first. That we. the mem bers of Flat Rock Local No. 143, do earnestly protest against the admis- I special agent of the departmen't'if com- i f‘“ n "If t and . a * aihst nr,a 1=w • th o efforts of those who are in anw way supporting such measures as PLANS AND METHODS OF COTTON BUSINESS WASHINGTON, June 30.—An ex- I haustive investigation into the cotton i goods export trade of England has just I been completed by Wm. Whittam. Jr., j who spent several I SyringHa'plan^-Wch 11 has been^ ™> uId fl!! ou f °, ld Stat * ^e great value In other countries. Major ' ery scum a °f ,he eastern country, who Jno. M. Carson, chief of the bureau of I °£?2, S . ed „.—7 °1 9_° Vern ? len ^ manufacturers, has arranged that ! Special Agent Whittam shall make tour covering the principal cotton man ufacturing centers of the countries to confer with manufaturers on the ques tion of export trade expansion. The special agent will take with him sam ples of cotton goods procured in Lan cashire that are in large demand in nearly every country in the world, and which will be exhibited and explained. The plan and methods of doing busi- and work against the best interests of our country. “Resolved, second, That we invoke the American spirit of our people to stamp out this effort to fill our South land with the papers of the east, and that we call upon our Representatives and Senator and all other public offi cials who have the interest of Georgia at heart, to use all honorable means to block this scheme of foreign immi gration which can benefit only the wealthy at the expense of the poor.” had constitutional objection, denies nor abridges the ri; citizen of the United Stat on account of race, color • erudition of servitude. It certain standards which reacted by every oitize States before he ran be in Georgia. If it happens ilia: t some particular 1 others th bility to i li flection neither t of any to vote or previous only fixes must be >!' the United ne an elector members of ; mee than s. th iir in:*.- impanies and public service campa-;and forcefully as the side of the rail- nies. these duties are so varied that : road is cinducted. years ago Georgia adopted the policy; A Railroad Commissioner who can- of placing the power and responsibility j not unite with his associates in a vig- of the State upon a Railroad Conimis- orous resistance to any afack made si a-. ,^.. r j> ; ,n r oad Commission law, i upon the commission’s findings owes passed more than twenty-five years it to ri-e State to retire from the posi- iigr-. bos in it si much of value which tiop. which he holds. The law author- h is b-'.-n sustained by the courts, h it izes th'* Governor to suspend a com-[ab I b--l!eve it to h* rite wise policy to rrfssioner. A suspension by the Gov- to ri ' ■ t by amendment our present j ernor in no sense involves the idea ! ex* co. p iss.in laws rather Lian to adapt i that the commissioner has committed pered wi the j caution sh -uld be crime, while the white men of rious localities of the State should ] them, know and apprehend any idle, uniden- | In the citi tified negro who appears in a localitv, punishment for crime belongs to the law. The man who l-waks the law to punish a criminal is himself a crimi nal. and I risk the peopie of the State to help me preserve law and order. T'ero Is n > place in Georgia for riots and ness abroad will be gone into and sug- , board of education should be created ] gostions from mill men looking to fur- j __ Anl .. _ llvl „ rvcDi-icrt __ at the head of our common school sys- ther investigations invited for consid- ( gkalmjai mu tAERCIbES OF tem for the State, eomptsod of men eratlon bv the department Special | l me u. s>. ARMY COLLEGE. trained as educators, men who under- ■ Agent Whittam left for the South to-. prevent' stand the wants va- ' schools, and who of will the help FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan, June common ; dav and will be in Atlanta from July ( graduating exercises of the improve 2 to July 6: Greenville July 8 and 9; J ;nAe ~ ® ta . tes coliege were held 1 Spartanburg. S. C., July 10 and II; ^ ere Saturday. Gen. Franklin Bell and and towns our common ! Charlotte. N. C., Julv 12 and 13 and j . Tlatl, commandant of the fort, schools are nearly - every where under • Greensboro, N. C. Julv 14. j delivered addresses. The graduates, the municipal government. Our rural ! \ Avbo included the infantry and cavalry schools are without this direction. j LABOR COMMISSIONER The rural schools of each countv in the State will depend large 5 " for their I success upon the work of the County | School Commissioner He should he a i trained teacher. Hr 1: uld be pre- ill become voiers is not “denied (an entirely new bill covering this sub-Ian impeachable offense. the duty of the Governor to ex- I pared tto train the teach»rc : haust the power of his office to prevent I He should give his w ■ - ti lynching, and I shell perform this duty.! work, and be paid enou-- h t< I go further in full knowledge of the j do so. superior"" of the white racy I ree- j I do not mean 'o >yrz- that ogniz“ 'hi* duty of tbr* white man to be ; County Schoo' Commies’.o'.-rs ■!y just. yes. "c should be kind 1 not trained tetichers sh-"-' ' negro. The white man should ' but I believ. c\Vtt a controlling direction tem- should be etete^ci? County Si h kindness over the negro. j missioners a3 J .rapidly as pos dropped, teachers >o! Com- ! j classes, numbered thirty-eight. There were five honor graduates. Second NEILL IN WASHINGTON. I Lieutenant George C. Marshal!. Thlr- j tieth infantry, leading the class with NEW YORK, June 30.—Labor Com- ' an average of 967.751 points out of a possible thousand. Lieutenant Mar shall, who leads the class. Is a grad uate of the Virginia military institute of t-he class of 1901. He has been in the service since February, 1902. Capt. Kerth Capt. Rhodes and Second Lieutenant Hodges, three more of the honor graduates, are graduates of the West Point, military-academy. Second to New York rider hjrjj - from Washington this morning, and Be to the this afternoon held a two hours’ con- afford to : ferenee with members of the executive •committee of the Telegraphers’ union, all of the After th* conference Deputy President ; who are Konerkamp stated that both national ioi situations were discussed • say to what length the * The white children of Georgia are! -It 1»-abeofiStely necessary-that the but refused t. „ „ matter had been gone into. This LietuanaTlT Beebe, another honor grad- evening the headquarters of the union i unte. is a graduate of the University ot were deserted. j Vermont t ait--1 7*-' ^DISTINCT print