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t M w THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH Friday, July 5,1907 THE MACON TELEGRAPH | Georgia does need more railroads, ratn- jifylng her undeveloped sections, from PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING | AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE) STREET. MACON. QA. REDUNDANT DEMAGOGISM. overboard altogether, for the poor | in public questions of the hour, but Did you read the printed programme young man sometimes succeeds in put-j the governors of great universities are Possum Trot to Waybai k, and from for yesterday’s inaugural in Atlanta as ting money in '.is nur=e while the rich- scholars of a different class. Why Moccasin Slide to Gopher Hole, where i adopted after some debate by t::e Gen- ling too often squanders or loses his [should they npt And and point out in- : era! Assembly? If not, here are some ; possessions in a very few years, thus i structive lessons in the events of the however, by rare bits to put in your scrap book: confirming the old saw that the fool j present as well as in the events of the —That thereupon the commit- 'and his money are soon parted. More-!past? there are no railroads. They should be built private enterprise, and encouraged, j MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH* j sustained and protected by wise and | IMG COMPANY. MS MULBERRY) not repressive legislation. Now, men and brethren, hasn't this; anti-railroad agitation by vtlanta pa- i pers and politicians principally, gone! about to the limit? If Georgia follows them much further she will be ashamed of the insanitv after awhile. ; 0. R. PENDLETON, President OR RAPE THE CONSTITUTION, -TAKE THE CENTRAL?” There has been a great deal of news- REPUBLICAN PARTY LOYALTY. If It be true that President . . ,, i Roosevelt got his politics from Mr. paper talk In Atlanta about extending | Bryan and [h;U Senator Knox the State Road from Atlanta to the sea, [ voiced Clevelandlgm in his Yale the State already owning the Western) College address, where docs the me ssieio . Republican jrfirty come In?—Wash- and Atlantic from Chattanooga to At- | ington Post Janta. But they have found some dif- Acuities in the way. Of course, the tee shall bring forward the Gov ernor-elect from amidst of the as- sembled people and present him to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. • » • 9—That thereupon the President of the Senate shall in the presence and hearing of the people announce and declare the result of the can vass of votes for Governor and shall cal! upon the chief justice to administer to the Governor-elect the oath of office as prescribed by the Constitution, in the presence of the General Assembly and in the sight and hearing of the people, 11—The Governor shall thereupon address the General Assembly in the hearing of the people. Joe Hail stalled at some of this, and 'over, it is likely that such calculating At any rate, this is a free country, ; prudence will be found somewhat and clergymen surely ought to be wil- j chilling by even the men of our com-! ling to grant college professors .the vor to thus delay and be forced j into compliance with a law against which they can bring no just and reasonable objection. "The decision of the roads and i the outcome of their opposition will 'be awaited with considerable ! interest.” j Now this whole indictment is pred- i icated upon: “One can easily imag ine,” "the railroads appear" to be do- J ing so-and-so, "it seems,” and they | OLD NAMES AND NEW PARTIES. Present American politics con sists of two forces—conservative and radical. These are in both parties, and as antagonistic in the one as in the other. There can be but one outcome—the conservatives of both parties must occupy one side of the hedge and the radicals of both parties must congregate on the other. Surely, it will come to that. —Washington Post. j mercial age and that as a result J same liberty they insist on for them- | " ma y” adopt or do this, that or the. If so, then let the two new parties be scarcely a member of the society will! selves. There is no difference as to ot rier thing. called the Conservative and the Radi- i ever rival Penelope In the number of' the matter of right, but as regards! Is *°' v ’ It so happens that the Inter-) cal, for no Democrat would willingly I her suitors. {the matter of fitness it may be said I stat ® Comments Commission has Issued serve under the Republican name and I that discussion of current political an 89-page pamphlet on this very sub- | no Republican wishes to be called a ;questions js at least more appropriate and they have sent a copy to The 1 Democrat. During the anti-slateri from the professor’s chair than from' Telegraph. On page nine (9) of that j crusade the Republican party stood the pulpit. pamphlet is p. letter "to Carriers” for something distinct and positive, - : signed "Henry C. Adams" .(the 3ame| an d for nearly a century—until 1896— ONE NEVER KNOWS. j Adams the Constitution is talking the Democratic party represented > Mr. James R. Gordon, one of the about). "In charge of statistics and no. clearlv-detlned national Impulse and State could not build a railroad and equip It from Atlanta to Savannah or Brunswick without Issuing bonds for the purpose, and the Constitution of Georgia says that the bonded debt of the State “ahall never be increased ex cept to repel Invasion, suppress Insur rection or defend the State in time of war.” This is a right smart sna* In the way of the Atlanta programme, for it Is an Atlanta scheme to make Georgia cough up the dough and give Atlanta another railroad. But the Atlanta Journal la ready with a scheme to dodge and evade the plain and unmistakable letter and spirit of the law. It says: "The plan we desire te suggest ie this: Let a private corporation be organised to build the extension to the coast: let the State trans fer the title of the Western and Atlantlo Railroad to this corpora tion and receive In return all of the stock of the corporation; let the corporation Issue bonds on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, at a low rate of Interest, to the amount of ten, twelve or fifteen million dollars, as may be found desirable. With the proceeds of these bonds, let a sum equal to the present bond debt of the State be Invested In Interest-bearing securi ties. national or State, and let these securities bo deposited in the treasury of Georgia, to meet the bond indebtedness of the State. If possible to do so, outstanding bonds of the State should be bought in the open market, pro vided they can be bought advan tageously. If this cannot be done, other acceptable Interest-ibearing securities can be purchased and the State would thus have In her treas ury a sum sufficient to pay off the entire debt. "With the remaining funds de rived from the sale of securities, the extension of the State’s proper ly could be largely, If not entirely, built. The man who Invented that scheme to evade the law—a practice about which the Journal has many a time and oft fairly exploded with righteous Indignation—hag missed his calling, instead of doling out dally his column of editorial grind at so much per, he ought to get Into the game In Wall street, where fame and fortune doubt less awaits his coming. We feel quite sure that the Standard Oil people are already planning to secure his services. Biff the financial dope writer and railroad maker and tamer of the At lanta Constitution has a better plan. We say better plan, because it is a shorter cut and a more direct route to the coveted goal. It is the highway man’s plan—“take” what you want! Our morning contemporary, In the courss of Its spasm on this subject— the subject of railroads—says with rare directness and force: “Why should not the State take the Central of Georgia and make of It the extension of the Western and Atlantic, so much needed— an extension which must satisfy all sections and all claimants, since it would reach not only the Atlantic seaboard on the one hand, but the great and rapidly developing south western section from which it will ultimately extend on to the Gulf, catching, in time, its share of the Immense traffic which must go via the Panama canal?” There It la! Who says that is not a better plan than the Journal’s juggle? "Take the Central!" Imperial gentle men of the Georgia legislature, “take” It! That’s all! That’s it! The Journal must feel ashamed and chagrined that it had not thought of that! When the Imperial gentlemen who are urged to do this thing "take the Central” why not go on and "take" a few more things—a few more railroads, steamboats, canals, street car lines, hotels, dray lines—just any old thing that Atlanta may want In her business of absorbing the whole State! All easy enough. Old croakers may object and protest, and the rights of property may Ibe Involved, but the Constitution news paper will rise superior to the written Constitution and cry out, "take it But what are you going to do with this new State Road extension to the sea, however secured? Add It to the •Id section from Atlanta to Chatta •eoga which is under a long term lease, and thus turn It over to the Lou isville and Nashville? If that Is the plan It simply means that they are calling on the people of Georgia to foot the bill for a new line ter the loulevllle and Nashville from Atlanta to the sea—-if the Journal’s plan Is carried out. Or It means that the people of Georgia are called on to “take tbs Central” and give it to the Louisville and Nashville for a rental, U the Constitution’s plan prevails. There is no “nigger In this wood- 9lW‘ perhaps. No. Something more. There Is a snake or two in It. We hope and belieVe that the Geor gia Legislature has more common sense than either of these Atlanta pa pers gives It credit for. Georgia does not need a railroad ewnetl by the State from Chattanooga to the sea. We have two or three evidently thought that was rather It "comes in" for the offices and for the continuation of its power. After the slavery issue had served its turn ! an unusual amount of redundant dem- the Republican party became and has j agogism. continued to be a party of opportun- J Ists. Unlike the historic Democratic party, it had no fundamental political principles to stand for and its leaders could from time to time adopt any new policy or policies likely to please the public and aid in winning the election. Since Its anti-slavery crusade the Re- BEAUTIES OF A LONE HAND. Our engaging contemporary, the At lanta Evening Georgian, says that the editor of The Telegraph bought all of the stock of The Macon Telegraph Publishing Company so that he could go to the baseball games without ln- election—no matter what kind of bait is used to catch the voters, win the election. That Is why Roosevelt can now bor row freely from Bryanlsm and Knox from Clevelandism withftut 'being ac cused of heresy and without the least fear of being suspected of party dis loyalty. Republican party loyalty means simply devotion to the Interests of the external organization and a de sire to keep it In power: it is not a matter ot loyalty to any fixed princi ples, for they do not exist. publican party has had no funda- j eurrin S the displeasure of associate mental principle or policy except that | »tockholders, or words to that import, expressed in these words: Win the) There is probably this difference be tween the editor of The Telegraph and the editor of the Georgian: The edi tor of The Telegraph would rather see the show than to’be the show. The editor of the Georgian would rather be the show than to see the show. In other words, the editor of The Telegraph would rather be a modest man ’‘among the assembled people,” than a vain peacock strutting up and down the minstrel stage displaying his tail feathers and boasting of them to "the assembled people.” Another thing: The editor of The Telegraph has been his own boss since 1870 when, as a boy not yet attained to UNCONSCIOU8 HUMOR. According to the Norfolk Land mark, three distinguished citizens of Charleston, S. C., no less personages in fact than Mayor ‘R. Goodwin Rhett, Col. Thomas R. "Waring, of the Charleston Post, and Speaker Richard S. Whaley, of the South Carolina House of Representatives, met at the Jamestown Exposition on South Caro lina day and definitely decided that Maj. J. C. Hemphill, the veteran editor of the Charleston News and Courier, should be elected as Senator Tillman’s colleague to the United States Senate from South Carolina. This was cer tainly a laudable step on the part of the three distinguished Charlestonians, and a touching tribute to the distin guished editor of the News and Courier, but the remarkable feature of the incident is that the esteemed Landmark perpetrated a piece of hu mor equal to the "nine tailors of Too- ley street" in all seriousness and with out the slightes inclination or Inspira tion to persiflage. “THE JEFFERSON OF TODAY.” In the deliberations of the commlt- ! tee on resolutions of the Democratic ! convention ;n Pennsylvania the other ’ day, Mr. Seibert, a delegate from Pot ter County, offered this resolution: "We are heartily in* accord with • the beliefs and positions taken by i our peerless leader and statesman, j William Jennings Bryan, the Jef ferson and Jackson of the Demo cratic party of today, and indorse his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in 190S.” The committee considered and then expressed emphatic disapproval by laying the resolution on the table. No doubt the more Intelligent members were moved to take this course out of respect for Jefferson and his teachings. Jefferson believed, for example, that the people could best secure liberty and good Government In their organ ized capacity as States and he was solicitous that the ’F'ederal branch should be allowed to exercise no pow ers beyond those delegated through the Constitution which became. operative only after it received State ratification. But Bryan's leading policies all tend toward Federal encroachment upon State domain. Jefferson also preached “Government by the people, acting not person, but by representatives chosen by themselves.” But Bryan by his initiative and referendum would appeal from the deliberations of the representatives to the people direct. And so on. Let men believe in and applaud Bryan’s policies, even the most radical, talking! the Democratic party about), “In charge of statistics and ac- I clearly-defined national impulse leading and most patriotic citizens of j counts” for the Interstate Commission, purpose as to which there was never Richmond, Va.. has appealed from the sentence of a magistrate’s court fining him for violating the "Jim Crow" law in declining to change his seat at the request of a conductor. Mr. Gordon appeals on the ground that a’street car conductor has no authority to require a man to change his seat. It is well nigh inconceivable that a public man and citizen of Mr. Gordon's type would test and possibly overthrow a regulation fraught with so much consequence to the entire South from personal pique —but then one never knows. his majority, he began a modest news paper career on his own individual ac-jif they wish to, but let them not still count. When he came to buy The Tel- | tlfy themselves by proclaiming :him as egraph he wanted the whole outfit and j “the Jefferson of today.” he got it. No one has ever pushed him out as Graves was pushed out on more than one occasion, and may be again. AN UNSAFE LEADER. The Nashville American says It is opposed to the nomination of Mr. Bryan because it is firmly convinced that he can not be elected. “He has been twice nominated,” says the Amer ican, “and twice defeated, the second time overwhelmingly. Popular orators are never elected to the Presidency. Henry Clay and James G. Blaine were brilliant orators, but the American people refused to elect them to the Presidency. Mr. Bryan first came into prominence as the champion of a financial policy which was repudiated and the imue which for a single cam paign was so absorbing and exciting is now as dead as slavery. Instead of the predicted ruin of the country if Mr. Bryan's views were not enacted Into law, the country is noi^ more prosper ous than ever before in its history. As a prophet Mr. Bryan has been com pletely and thoroughly discounted. Added age, study, travel and experi ence should have made him wiser and more practical, but he Is as much of a dreamer and visionary as ever. Returning from his trip abroad he as- astonished his friends by declaring for Government ownership of railroads. From all over the country protests from Democrats were heard, and near ly every Southern Senator expressed disapproval. Mr. Bryan found that he had raised a storm and began to hedge and explain, but his explanation and reference to the ultimate ownership of railroads by the Government cannot be otherwise than unsatisfactory to the South, which is, or should be, unalter ably opposed to such a policy, for ob vious reasons." The American might well have added that Mr. Bryan has also proved himself) to be a radical and unsafe leader by! his advocacy of the initiative and ref- I erendum which would virtually destroy j our dual system of Government and substitute consolidation and centraliza- I tion (with all their dangers and cor- i rupptions) in its stead. The fathers of this republic rightly believed that, individual liberty and good Government, could be better secured by the people, in their organized capacity as States j than as members of one vast consoli j dated republic. The genuine Demo- | crat believes so still. THE YOUNG LADIES' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION. In the old-fashioned fiction dealing with the fortunes of a manly but im pecunious fellow, as In the well known “Romance of a Poor Young Man” by Octave Feullet, the hero, after receiv ing many hard knocks, always inher ited the title and vast estates of a dis tant relative, and then the people who had enjoyed themselves cuffing him around got down on their knees and kissed his feet—figuratively speaking. In modern romantic fiction the poor young hero either finds a Klondike mine, or makes a fortune speculating In Wall street, or receives incredible returns from the sale of a popular book. But in real life the worthy poor young man in nine cases out of ten does none of these things, and merely goes on to the end of his days drawing a comparatively modest salary or re ceiving the moderate returns from the profession he has chosen. Certain as tute young women In the State of In diana, looking out upon life with a discerning eye, have carefully noted this interesting fact in human expe rience, and have prepared to face It with intelligence and resolution. In order to defend themselves against the wiles and winning smiles of poor young men, they have organized the “Young Ladies’ Protective Associa tion,” which is said to be rapidly ex tending throughout the State. These world-wise virgins are consti tutionally opposed to lo”e in a cottage and the occasional fiishwashtng neces sary between the noisy departure of the last rooklady and the arrival of the next who, like her predecessor, will grow ugly in proportion to the number of the signs of a lack of wealth and of a desire to economize. In a word, j the young ladles of the association are! “out for the stuff” and wish It distinct- durinfr rush seasons they are wlIlin « to GOOD LIVING IN TEXAS. The Houston Post recently declared that in Texas a man who earns two dollars a day “may enjoy such luxu ries as melons, vegetables, chicken: and fish in abundance, and yet sal down $5 or $6 a week.” Being accused of romancing by several newspapers published on the Atlantic sea,board, the Post, replies as follows: Now, then. The farmers of the great cotton region of Texas are offering as much as $2 a day and board for men to chop cotton and it seems thtft the supply of labor is inadequate at that price. These farm laborers who accept this em ployment, assuming them to be white, live at the homes of these planters and eat at their tables, which are loaded down with such luxuries as the season affords, and no one doubts that Texas produces a greater range and abundance of farm luxuries than any State in the Union. What a man saves depends upon his common sense and thrift. But an industrious Ellis County cotton chopper may get up with’ the roost ers In ihe morning and sit down to a breakfast consisting of canta loupe, ham and eggs, mutton chops, buttermilk biscuits, fresh tomatoes, corn meal 'batter cakes and milk and coffee. He goes into the field and works until noon. Then he has a dinner composed of soup, roast lamb, baepn and boiled cab bage. radishes, roasting ears, greens, asparagus, tomatoes, corn bread, buttermilk, strawberry pie, and several forty-pound watermel ons. He returns to the field arid works until quitting time and then he has a supper composed of fried yellow-legged chickens, English peas, sliced tomatoes, hot hoecake with Jersey butter, peach pre serves, pie, bpttermilk, coffee and fifty-pound watermelons. About 9 o’clock, after listening to the sweetest music that wild mocking 'birds can possibly make, he is sup posed to rip Into another water melon as large as he likes and then retire. Such Is the routine of farm life in Texas where farmers are offer ing as much as $2 a day and board for cotton choppers. ’ The cotton chopper must furnish his own to bacco and that is all he needs to buy with his $2 a day. The Post has not exaggerated the situation. The facts presented by the Post show that Texas farmers live well, and that ly understood that no poor man need apply. Their tender affections are re served for the wealthy, and according ly their by-laws require that they be promptly informed of the financial rat ing of every’ young man who dares to come a-courting. At what precise mo ment he is to exhibit his title deeds and his bank balance, whether immediately after his introduction or only when he shows a desire to become a steady vis itor is not stated: but that he is to be dismissed as soon as he is found want ing in the only essential particular Is the resolute aim of the association. These knowing young women are ac quainted with the nonsense In the poets and romancers on the subject of ll"love.” They have heard that it makes . heroes of men and heroines of women, enabling them to bear and to suffer; i that it ennobles the commonplace, fills 1 the world with beauty, and begets a! Joy in the mere sunshine and rain and in a thousand other blessings which I money can not buy but which never- ' theless are new every morning. But! they dismiss such fancies with a su- ! perior smile, being convinced that love | It seems that the “tent trust” is about | is an aI i°*etrier practical matter, that to feel the heavy hand of the Govern- ! U is * Imply th * sale of a young woman ment, which is the chief purchaser BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. There can be no objection, so far as The Telegraph can see, to a fair, free and above board investigation by a competent legislative committee of the recent sale of the Central Road to Messrs. Thorne and Perry—if the in tention is to get at the truth about it for the sake of the truth. IBut the avowed purpose to force a forfeit of the Central’s charter without an in vestigation is the most radical, not to say reckless, piece of legislation ever proposed in Georgia. Should the Leg islature take that view, it would mean revolution, and the destruction of the greatest single piece of property in this State. At present Georgia is enjoying a great degree of prosperity, greater perhaps than any one State in the South, and relatively as great as any State in the Union. Our schools are gaining ground, our children are being educated in the modern acquirements of noble citizenship, and the land is flourishing under the high noon of modern progress. But a cloud of radi calism is looming up, and there is more or less danger ahead to Georgia’s ma terial Interests. Conservatism has always been one of the essentials of sound statesman ship, and any great lack of it in the administration dt pu'blic affairs will produce evil in the land. Corporations, like the individuals who compose them, and like individ uals who. do not compose them, have their faults, and must be amenable to wise and just laws, and the adminis trators of those laws are pre-supposed to be wise and just. If these are not axioms established by the experience of men then government is a failure, wisdom a mockery and anarchists are right. It is too easy to raise a clamor for the life of a corporation, which, like the life of an individual, interests others than the life sacrificed or snuffed out. A very large amount of the Central’s securities, for instance, are owned by widows, orphans, and charities, and are a part of many en dowment funds. The private fortunes of the salaried operators of the aver age large corporation, like the Central, are not always involved. A just criti cism is always healthful and in place, ljut an unjust assault, if it accom plishes anything, does untold injury to a large dependent part of our popula tion, to say nothing of injustice to other Investors. Here is a case in point: Several days ago—Monday it was—the Atlanta Constitution made some very serious charges against the railroads of the country, alleging that— In that, letter and over his signature these words appear: It is eminently appropriate that public acknowledgment should be made to the Association of Ameri can Railway Accounting Officers, and to the standing and special committees appointed by that as sociation, for their hearty co-op eration in working out the details of this classification. In no other way would it have been possible for the commission to avail itself of that special knowledge and ex port experience necessary for the successful accomplishment of the task undertaken. With one excep tion, the Classification of Operating Expenses herewith promulgated conforms to the recommendations of that association. This excep tion refers to the treatment of per diem and mileage payments be- ' tween carriers on Interchanged or loaned equipment, and. in view of i the great variety of opinions ex- } pressed by railway accounting officers, as well as by certified ac- | countantg and others, relative to | this point, it seems proper to sub mit an explanation of the reasons for the rules here promulgated. So that this uniform system of keep- any doubt or possibility of mistake. Now il is different. The Republican party is frankly opportunist, and, on the other hand, a bewildered public has good reason for asking what is Dem ocracy. If the disintegration of both is to come according to prediction. let the old titles go and new ones come. Let the Republican party pass into history and let the Democratic party—f.-.e up holder of the Constitution and the in stitutions of the fathers. »he parent of individualism and th" true freedom that made this country great., the de stroyer of the paternalism ami Gov ernment-stifled conditions that crept in from Europe under the Federalists -let. our illustrious and beneficeent .Id par ty rest In an honored grave. We did list pick out the Hon. Charles R. Pendleton in "the assembled multi tude" in Atlanta.—Savannah Press. No. In the first place, he occupies no ing accounts which "one can imagine" | official position which required his is causing the railroads to “appear” to presence, nor is he seeking nnv. In <ac resorting to all manner of schemes, the second p, ace j, e is n poor han( j at “it seems,” to defeat It. was the plan doing henv.v-standing-around on pub- proposed by the railroads themselves, ■ , ic occasions, showing off new clothes and Mr. Adams finds that "It is eml- m his M l ad days iie djd sucb , hingf; . nently appropriate that public ac-! sometimes, hut more serious things are knowledgment should be made to | tq done each day now. them for their work in assisting Mr. j Adams and the Commission to work out: Former Governor Pennypacker. un- a problem required by law. for "In no der whoso administration the grafters other way would It have been possible j robbed Pennsylvania of $9,000,000 in for the commission to avail itself of I connection with ihe new Capitol, con- that special knowledge and expert ex- ! gratulated his hearers from the wit- perience necessary for the successfulj ness stand that he had saved the State accomplishment of the task under taken.” On one detail only the railroad peo ple could not agree and this one the Commission had to decide for itself. This Is not particularly any of our affair, except so far as fairness and $80,000, double the amount of his entire salary for two terms, in beating down the contractors’ com missions f’’om 5 to 4 per cent. What a great thing it is to be able to, look on the 'bright side of n subject. Republicans generally express great justness is a matter of general public I con tempt Tor James Buchanan, the last concern, but we cite it to show how of the beforo tho war onal much recklessness characterizes some Presidents> but they w ,„ thlnk , ess , jf of the radicals of the present day. him tban ever slace a , atter wrltten It is a matter of general knowledge ; by hlm 1859 has coffie to light , n to those who keep informed that as soon as the new Interstate Commerce law- became a part of the law of the land the railroad interests appointed a committee of twenty-five competent men and experts to confer with the In terstate Commerce Commission with which he declined to accept a free rail road pass because he had conscientious scruples against it. . The school board of Nashville has decided not to give employment to any but Southern negro teachers in the the expressed desire to arrive at an! negro schools of the city, on the ground that those from the North “are not familiar with Southern traditions and sentiments.” That is a polite way of saying that the imported teachers are apt to stir up trouble. share their good things with satisfac tory laborers and pay them $2 a day besides. But the showing can hardly j be said to support the general asser tion that any man who earns $2 a day can live in the style described, for the average Texan must pay his own rent and buy his own food, fuel, clothes and a thousand other things. and. therefore, the chief sufferer. The ! average man isn't troubled about the 1 . of he promise of an unlimited amount luxurious ease and sensuous pleasure. We are still old-fashioned enough railroads bow covering that field. But | stick. , nuroM lb cost of tents. What bothers him is the j to hope that the “Young Ladies’ Pro- price of meat, coal, foodstuffs, clothing, 'tective Association" will not extend to etc. He could tell the Government i Georgia. We should hardly be ready w.hich trusts to go after with a big, to recommend It as a practical pm pe tition, even if we could cast sentiment THIS 18 A FREE COUNTRY. In an address at the oommencement exercises at the Boston University a few days ago Bishop Goodsell sharply criticized certain presidents of leading seats of learning for their discussion of public questions. Drs. Eliot, of Harvard. Hadley, of Yale, and Wilson, | of Princeton, were condemned by name i for their "pernicious activity” in this I particular. Bishop Goodsell said, in part: We cannot imagine one of these oldtime scholars blowing a blast from a trumpet on all great ques tions, as does the president of Harvard College: suggesting him self 'by political and .historical knowledge as a candidate for Pres ident of the United States, as does President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton: becoming an authorita tive source of economic knowledge like Hadley, of Yale; cheerfully ad vancing vigorous and commanding prejudices, like Day, of Syracuse. I doubt whether any graduate of that older school would not have | been stripped by that older edu cation of the joy in hitting well- selected heads, which at present exhilarates President Roosevelt. It is true enough that “oldtime" scholars devoted themselves to their specialties and did not have either time or inclination to interest themselves When the Interstate Commerce Commission notifies the roads that a uniform system, devised by Pro fessor Adams, for the keeping of railway accounts in a uniform way, must be put into effect in order that the public may know the law is being observed, there is a howl. One can easily imagine the accounting officers of the.roads, who will be held responsible for the correctness of the accounts, making faces and uttering fearsome anath emas. No open revolt among the rail roads has as yet developed, al though It is recognized that the putting into effect of the new law on July'l will establish a prece dent of tremendous consequence. The roads have represented to the commission that it is highly injudicious; that the changes are drastic and in some respects im practical. Railroad men say the continuance of railroad statistics will be seriously Interfered with and It will be impossible to make comparisons necessary to continued economical operation. The Constitution then says that the railroads “appear” to be very much displeased at “the prospect of keeping accounts that investors and stockhold ers and the public may comprehend, and therefore they are considering, it seems, three courses, in the event they can secure no modification of Profes sor Adams’ plan, which the commis sion has ordered into effect: “First, they may adopt the plan and hope for some future develop ment to furnish relief. "Second, they may apply to the Federal Court In the district in which any principal accounting office is located. “Third, they may entirely disre gard the commission’s order and await the action of the latter to enforce compliance with the Gov ernment's demands. "The roads, individually or col lectively, may decide to adopt one of the two i-^‘->r plans, but it will tn in the public fa- amicable plan by which the railroads would ibe able to comply with the new law. This committee brought about the co-operation between the Associa tion of Railway Accounting Officers and Mr. Adams, which resulted in the adoption of the plan which Mr. Adams j Ben Tillman use< ^ to make a point thanks them for suggesting, and which i of ,yin& c '°" n on t,le grass by the boys he and the Commission adopted. ! untiI the chairman announced that the It is to be hoped for the sake of the! United Statea Senator "’as next on the general good that the Georgia law pros ’ ram: tl,en ,;i0 woulcl K et up and makers will require these radicals to j thc sta nd an d deliver his address.’ “show" them before they adopt an> - says the Savannah Press. Yes, but the drastic suggestions made by those who| c ' lief interest ’ n trie show did not begin are radical from ignorance or by some| until Ben came on - design I * ’ Mr. E. H. Harriman claims he did POPULARITY I not rinow he was violating the laws of THE PRESIDENT’S IN EUROPE. the game when he was arrested in the I Yale-Harvard' boat race. The trouble Col. George Harvey, of Harper’s j wUh Mr .Harriman is that laws of any Weekly, who has Just returned from sort concern him so little he does not Europe, agrees with Thomas W. Law- j take ordinary trouble to familiarize son and other travelers as to the re-j himself with them. markable popularity of President Roosevelt on the other side. But as | “John Temrle Graves’ idea appears there is nothing “frenzied" or sentl-i to b e to keep at least one foot In every mental about Col. Harvey and he is band-wagon,” says the Richmond always inclined to look below the suf- |Timea-Dlspatch. Yes, but he has only- two feet and he band-wagons. sees at least three Sherlock Holmes shuffled off the mor tal coil in good time. If he had lived he would most likely nave wrecked his reputation trying to locate John D. Rockefeller when the courts are in ses sion. more Louis face, the reasons he finds for that popularity are different. Col. Harvey perceives that the elec tion of Mr, Roosevelt for a third term would encourage autocracy in Europe and that is why It Is “particularly de- I sirable” to the Emperor of Germany.) European rulers discover “a peculiarly; pleasing sign” in what they regard as i a reaction against democracy in Amer-1 « The lncreased ^ of j lving baa ica, a reaction revealed in the disposi- | niade our honpst goId cojn a 50 . cent tion to give Roosevelt a third and j dollar: sometimes it is not fourth term, to displace local self-gov- j tban 40 cents » morm i lM s the St eminent and bow to the decrees of a I Post-Dispatch. It Is fast coming to distant central power, and to aulbstl- j look Uke . thirty cent s" to us. tute the rule of a man for the reign of 1 ■ a ^- | The "Black Hole of Calcutta,” we So much for t>.o “upper” classes.! are told on authority, was a foul dun- But the President has also "the sup- : geon, eighteen feet square. In this port of commercialism In England, ! place were crammed 147 British, of France and Germany,” and Mr. Har- which number twenty-three were alive vey declares that “not even in our ’ the next morning. haunts of populism” is Mr. Roosevelt’s i — crusade against the great American ; We cannot W greatly admire the corporations so heartily applauded as vir B* nia type of manhood and honor among the commercial classes of the ; that sacrifices a daughter’s good name countries named. A keen desire for j an< ^ possible virtue to save a father the crippling of American rivals In the | from thft consequences of his deed, marts of the world is the obvious ex- j planation of this excessive enthusiasm. 1 They have now got the “unwritten I law” cinched to this extent, that one) man can kill another upon the suppo- | sition that the dead man committed an j offense against the living man s h >nor , J ; and the courts cannot inquire into the truth or falsity of the dead man’s al leged offense. The sanctity of the liv ing man’* honor denies equity or jus tice to the dead man's memory. President Roosevelt's naval aide is a bolder man than his superior—be ar rested Edward H. Harriman just as coolly as if he had been an ordinary offender. Maj. Goethals. the third chief en gineer to undertake the job of digging the Panama canal, Is reported to be in a humor to “chuck” it all. A Minneapolis physician says kissing must go. It does "go” in Georgia. INDISTINCT PRINT