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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907
IHt WACOM lElEfigtfH
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING
AND TWICt A WEEK BY THE
MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLI8H-
mo COMPANY. 563 MULBERRY
6TREET, MACON. GA.
0. R. PENDLETON, President
THE PROHIBITION BILL.
Until within recent years the na
tional Democratic plaftorm uniformlj
declared against "sumptuary laws,
which vex the citizen."
In Georgia our Democratic platforms
have, for some years, declared for local
option in dealing with the question of
the liquor traffic. Thero 'has heen no
repeal of that position by any primary
election test in this State.
But It seems that in the whirlwind
of loudly proclaimed "reform Ideas’
some of our Democratic Ideas, our
Domocratic principles, and Democratic
party lines, have been, or are about to
be, (thrown to the winds.
As suggested by a contemporary, the
sedge grass was fired last year, and
some of those who were busy with the
torch are now apparently powerless to
stem the onward sweep of the flames.
In a time of glorious peace, and a more
glorious prosperity—when the average
citizen was enjoying the protecting
shade and shelter of his own vine and
fig tree—certain ones went forth and
stnrted up quiescent snake heads In
every brush.
They will answer that they are going
to kill a few snakes, but with every
bruise upon the serpent’s 'head they
are striking two blows at the rights
and liberties of the people.
The sweoplng prohibition law that
Is proposed, and now being rushed for
ward In the Legislature, is undemo
cratic. unjust and destructive of cer
tain inalienable rights guaranteed to
the citizen by the 'builders of our sys
tem of Government. The question of
substituting untamed blind tigers for
the restricted sale of intoxicants—for
high lloenso and regulation of the sale
In the populous centers—is a proposi
tion so serious that the Legislature
ought to pause and think before It
rushes to such an extreme.
It la a serious suggestion to confis
cate millions of property invested in a
traffic -which has been recognized by
law since the time when Noah took a
little too much; a traffic wCilch has
been reoognlzed by ecclesiastical as
well as civil law—by tho Mosaic "stat
utes and Judgmonts,” and was not con
demned by the newer dispensation
which came not to overthrow hut to
fulfill the older regime.
One new commandment was added—
"love ono another!”
But the abuse of liquor Is condemned
from Genesis to 'Revelations, and reg
ulation Is preached on nearly every
pnge; prohibition of the traffic Is writ
ten on no single page.
Our laws are based on the Mosaic
“statutes and Judgments,” reinforced by
the law of love which pervades the
teachings of the Christian dispensation.
If ’tho world lives forever man will
never improve on the laws made by
God’s command, and amplified In His
written Word.
If Prohibition Is not written in that
Word, and Regulation Is, the Georgia
Legislature will soon arrive at a sense
of its duty if it will sit down and ex
amine the written Law, and follow
.whero It leads.
Do that and it will make no mistake.
Mahomet taught prohibition, and also
the murder of Christiana—no Regula
tion nor Love.
Two thousand years before Christ
the Chinese adopted Prohibition, and
substituted opium smoking. They led
the world in civilization then. They
are the physical and mental dwarfs of
<£ie world, and murder Christians now.
There Is a whole lot In this Prohi
bition question above and beyond the
scope and vision of one’s emotions,
which are too often invoked In undue
proportion to one’s reason.
But -.vhat did they do instead?
In Manila, with a civilized popula
tion Of al-ut: rtlp'.o Of', only 7.3>J'i
voter- registered, and 800 of them
were Americans. Fiiijrino leaJors
had estimate 1 that at least 19.009
would register. The actual regis
tration. 6.500, was only a trifle
more than a third of that number.
There were no obstacles to regis
tration and there was no lack of
Information as to what was being
done and its necessity and signifi
cance. The people simply did not
care to vote, or would not take the
trouble to do so. And so only about
one person in. thirty-odd will, be
able to vote at this month's cl«c-
tion. Returns from all the islands
are not yet at hand, but it Is re
ported that oven greater apathy
prevailed elsewhere than In Manila,
so that the total registration for
the archipelago Is not probably
more than 54,000, In a civilized
population of nearly 7,000,000—
say about one in 130.
This shows one of two things—
either the great bulk of the Fili
pinos are indifferent to self-gov- i
ernment, and therefore an lgnor- |
ant people, or they are not in sym- j
pathy with American rule and are |
unwilling to accord It the recognl- j
tlon which participation in an i
election for a limited legislative j
body would amount to. The small j
registration is naturally cause for*
keen disappointment to the advo
cates of the retention of the
Philippines, but it should be an
additional Incentive to the oppo
nents of Imperialism to get rid of
the islands as speedily as -possible. |
It will, on the contrary,' prove an i
additional Incentive to the imperialists
considerate American administration of
their affairs.
This does not imply that they are
fairly well atisfled with present con
ditions. All the evidence goes to show
the contrary. No reader of Judge
Biount's articles in the Xorth Ameri
can Review can reasonably entertain
any doubt as to this.
SOME PLAIN WORDS
FROM AN.OL'D MAN.
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
The Telegraph has under all its ad-
' That Proposed Extension.
To the Editor of The Telegraph: The
"general public” referred to bv the At
lanta Journal In its editorial on "State
Road Extension Endorsed” in Friday’s
ministrations had very decided opin- i issue, simply means the “general pub-
ions. but it has been fair enough to | Iic .. of AtIanta . The journal Is like the
allow Others ,0 hold them too, and i+iants, <?havnher nf Cnmmfircf 1 —“en
girt- them voice through its columns.
Will it give an old man who has been
closely connected with Macon for
. fifty years, who has himself passed
An intelligent: beyond his seventieth year, to say
Filipino preference for American! few very plain things to the people of
.. T . , -his community? They are no more
rather than Japanese rule, blundering applicab , e to thcm than to those of
though the former has been, would • every other city in Georgia, but just
tend to support Judge Blount’s con- j as much so. .... ,
. We have had two startling and ca-
tention that a competent Filipino Gov- lamitous eve nts In the last few years,
ernment could be established In a short which have brought great suffering to
, , .... - ; many innocent people in bank suspen-
time. under the auspices of able and, g{on ' The last has just occurred f It
I trusted natives, If only there were
(■given a definite promise of independ
ence at a fixed date.
| However this may be, loyalty to the
I United States in the great crisis of a
| war with Japan would not only be a
I most welcome spectacle from the
American point of view, but would fur
nish evidence of the presence among
[the Filipinos of a highly enlightened
I self-interest. Loyalty to their present
over-lords would not only 4 hasten the
day of their independence -but aid in
saving them from the despotic grasp
(of imperial Japan. .
D N EVERYBODY!
Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield County, has
to hang on to the islands for expipit- I Introduced a bill in the House to put
atlon purposes. The trouble with lm- a franchise tax on newspapers print-
perialism Is that a taste of it only
whets the appetite, and. the United
States having once embarked on it, the
politicians -will see to it that she will
never turn back In her course.
THE PHILIPPINE DANGER,
The Philippines are not only a costly
charge on the people of the United
States but they have very quickly de
veloped tiheir perilous character to us
«s a tender point of our physical do
mains under International complica
tions. The wrath of the Japanese on
DOLLS AND “TEDDY BEARS.”
A thought that has found lodgment
in many reflecting minds was given
public expression by Rev. M. G. Esper
from his pulpit in St. Joseph, Mich., ton
Sunday, when be described the “Teddy
Bear” fad as harmful in its influence,
especially in the case of little girls.
The priest took the ground that the
toy beasts in tho hands of the female
child were “destroying all instincts of
motherhood, and in the future would be
realized as one of the most powerful
factors in the race suicide danger.” In
urging the parents in his congregation
to discard the "Teddy Bear” and re
place the doll, he said:
“There is something natural in
the care of a doll by a little girl.
It is the first manifestation of the
feeling of motherhood. In the de
velopment of these motherly In
stincts is the hope of all nations.
It is a monstrous' crime to do any
thing that will tend to destroy
these Instincts.”
The warning is tho more impressive
when taken In connection with recent
intelligence to the effect thtfi the dbll
trade Is In a condition of stagnation
and that the “Teddy Hear” threatens
to drive the human mannikin out of
the market altogether.
Another scandalous abuse of the
motherly instinct is the preference so
often given by many women for the
lapdog over the baby.
the other side of the world would af
fect us very little If we did not have j fore be determinedly resisted by the
THE REAL ISSUE.
Foreign observers are probably very-
close to the mark when tfcey assert
that the troubles in California-, are a
mere pretext and that the.? Japanese
will fight—if they do fight—the United
States for the mastery of the Pacific.
This is the opinion among diplomats
and military men, according to the
dispatches. In both Germany and
France.
According to the Paris "Solell,” the
San Francisco Incidents are a mere
cloak to the real Issue, which, it thinks,
may be traced to the determination of
Japan to enforce her commercial su
premacy in China and the Pacific.
"For Japan now or never,” It adds.
“In ten years, when the American
fleets’ predominancy is unchallenged
and the Panama canal has been com
pleted, it will be too late.”
This is, or would be. perhaps, the
main object, but the race or color
question is also Involved. The Jap
anese would like to force our Govern
ment to treat them in every particular
precisely as white Europeans are
treated, and It may be that they do
not realize that to demand this is to
demand the impossible. American dis
crimination against off-colored races
dates as far back as 1S02, and the
policy with one exception has been
constantly maintained. Partisan poli
tics and violent sectional animosity
caused an exception to be made of the
emancipated negroes, but popular sen
timent in ihis country now undoubtedly
is represented by the recent remark of
a Northern man of intelligence: “One
mistake In that direction is enough.”
Both the aims of Japan will there-
thnt excrescence, so to speak, on our j united State
hod.v politic over there for them to |
take their spite out on in the event
their bad feelings co far get the better
of them. As the New Orleans Pica
yune says:
The recent misunderstanding
with Japan would never have given
us any occasion nt all for uneasi
ness were It not for the Philip
pines. Japan would be no match
for us If it were merely a question
of defending our own coasts and
boundaries, but when it comes to
keeping her out of the Philippines
the situation is entirely different.
It can thus be readily seen that
the Philippines may become a
source of humiliation to us at any
time.
Continuing, tho -Picayune sayg:
There has heen much talk ef the
benevolent character of American
rule In the Islands and the con
tentment of the natives under that
Tule. In pursuance of that idee
our Government has determined io
give the FUipInpe a certain amount
of control ovsr their own affairs
by permitting them to choose dele
gates to a legislative body. Ac
cordingly elections wers eallsd and
the Plllplnoa were Invited to reg
ister as a preliminary to voting
It was, of course, expected that
they would flock to the registration
offices, as there wae practically -no
restriction on flU suffrage.
-whatever the outcome.
FILIPINO LOYALTY.
According to a Manila dispatch, there
is much excitement in the Philippines
and “leading Filipino Independence or
gans have announced that they side
with the Americans against the Jap
anese." This is the most gratifying
news that has arrived from that part
of the world since the islands were
ceded to the United States by Spain.
The Philippines have been regarded
as the weak point is our armor not
merely because they are far away and
difficult to defend, but because Filipino
revolt—in case of war with Japan or
any other nation—has been regarded as
practically certain. If the sentiment In
the Islands is really such as the dis-
patoh describes. It is plain that, while
the Filipinos desire Independence, they
do not welcome the prospect of a
change of masters. From what they
have beard of Japanese doings in Ko-
ing press dispatches, and proposes to
put them "in the same class with
lfailroads and other corporations."
We suppose some one will rise up
and kick about this proposed ban
upon “the freedom of the press,” and
so forth: but since public sentiment,
as represented in the Legislature at
this time, makes no discrimination as
to the sin of being a corporation—
great or small, good or bad—and
since It is a crime to -be anything but
a petty politician, we see no good rea
son why this blow aimed at the press
should not bo delivered t good and hard.
One other member of the House
proposes to make a law compelling all
circuses showing in this Stute to pro
vide two tents, and a double perform
ance, for whites and negroes. Still
another would make It a crime to
smoke cigarettes, and would prohibit
the selling in this State of any to
bacco out of which a cigarette could
be made. And there are several
others
These “reformers” should, shorten
the work by uniting on one general
resolution about to this effect:
“D n everybody except ourselves.”
IS “THE BRYAN SHADOW”
LIFTING?
A correspondent of the New York
Sun, who Is studying the political
condition In the South, writes that
“the enlightened and the thoughtful
are taking kindly to the Idea of
Southern candidate.” This idea “ap
peals to their pride, to their senti
ment and especially to the suddenly
awakened conviction that the South
has too long accepted the humiliating
part of the poor relation in .the Dem
ocratic family.” Moreover, “they real
ize the significance of the fact that
the South furnishes all the party votes
in the electoral college, nine-tenths of
the votes in Congress and ninety
nine-hundredths of the substance, the
character and the force of the organ
ization at large.”
There Is nothing new in all this, hut
It Is less well known that, as this
correspondent says, "the tendency is
toward Culberson In visibly Increas
ing measure.” We are assured that
“there Is hardly a city of any conse
quence, from Nashville southward,
without former acquaintances and col
lege mates of the Texas Senator, and
these as It happens are almost inva
riably men of high social standing and
wide personal Influence. One encoun
ters such men in Nashville, Birming
ham, New Orleans, Mobile and Mont
gomery.” The correspondent adds:
‘One hears animated discussion not
only of Culberson but of the Hon. E.
D. White, of Louisiana, now a mem
ber of the Supreme Court of the
United States; of Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia; of Senator Bacon,
of the same State; of Senator Isldor
Rayner, of Maryland; of Judge George
Gray, of Delaware; of Senator John
W. Daniel, of Virginia; of ex-Senator
E. W. Carmack, of Tennessee; of
John -B. Knox, of Alabama; of others
equally prominent and distinguished
in North Carolina and elsewhere.”
The writer quoted interprets all
this to mean that “the Bryan shadow”
is lifting and that there is an end of
that "despairing apathy which once
possessed the South under the incu
bus of Bryan and robbed It equally of
energy and hope.” A11 of which is
highly Interesting and important—If
true.
The origin of a recent "race riot” in
New York is thus amusingly traced by
the New York Sun: "A negress who
lives on the third floor of 247 West
Sixty-first street, in the heart of the
San Juan district, threw a 'bucket of
water out of the window last evening
on the head of an Italian boy who was
on the sidewalk. The boy, sputtering
with rage, jumped on a colored lad
playing In the street and took revenge
on him. The colored boy yelled for
help, colored men and boys ran up and
the Italian boy sprinted toward West
End avenue, shouting: *De dinges is
try in' ter kill me.’ ”
came like a thunderclap. No man who
knows Capt. Cabaniss ’believes that
he has been guilty of neglect or in-
oompeteney, much less of intentional
dishonesty. He may have been vic
timized. but it is Certain he was up
right in his Intentions. He has never
been a high roller, never Inattentive,
and never engaged in wild schemes of
speculation. No man feels more
keenly the loss to the stockholders or
the embarrassment of the depo=itors.
What caused the collapse of the
Gate City Bank in Atlanta? A gam
bling cashier.
What caused the closing of the Cap
ital City Bank In Atlanta? A. high
rolling club man.
What caused the loss of $160,000 to
the Georgia Railroad Bank in Au
gusta? A high polling warehouseman
who forged securities.
What caused the cashier of a bank
in Savannah to loot the bank and
shoot himself? Extravagance and
gambling in stocks.
Banks fail -because those who bor
row their money do not pay it back,
but why not? It is not a deliberate
intention to defraud, in most cases.
The men who fail to pay are not able
to pay, but why not?
Why are these uniooked-for re
verses which force men to allow their
notes to go to protest and which in
jure men who have trusted them? I
cannot speak positively, but I can con
jecture, and these conjectures I give.
If I am mistaken in them, if there are
none guilty, then ho one is harmed. I
attribute the present condition of
things in this city and to that in all
other cities in this land first to the
gambling mania. The good women
who are now to.be the chief sufferers
have encouraged their husbands and
sons to play cards by their widely
published card . parties. They play
whist in the parlors for a prize, and
their sons buck the tiger and their
husbands play poker In the club
rooms. The negro throws his dice
box and is arrested and sent to the
chaingang. but the gambler who has
not been caught In the act is dis
charged honorably.
Gambling in cotton futures is worse
than gambling at cards. It is the
only kind of gambling good church
members can engage in. Men not sat
isfied to gamble at Macon buy mar
gins in Chicago and New York and go
into the pit and Stock Exchange to
buy anything from a railroad to a pig
when there Is a chance to make a
penny. They don’t want the railroad
or the pig, but they bet on fluctua
tions. When they win they are apt
to give something in charity to the
church, which does not condemn them
for their speculations.
Fast living Is another cause. Men
keep automobiles, fast horses; women
send to New York and Paris for ele
gant gowns. The old home is still
sound and comfortable, but It must
give way to a palace and a mort
gage. Great house parties where
there is to be wild revelry among the
young folks are given by those who
can’t pay the last month’s grocery
bill. Young men pay more for a suit
of clothes than their whole month’s
salary. Money must come from some
where to meet these extravagant ex
penditures and to “take a fly” or
“buck the tiger” and to "take the pot”
is the resource.
The society columns are my sources
of information for the story of the
dissipations of the women, and the
report of tho courts and common ru
mor and appearances for the charges
against the men.
When I see a bucket shop opened
and a crowd of men in It intently
looking on the board. I certainly have
a right to conclude they are not theca
for nothing.
Trace back many of the bankrupt
cles and you will find their source In
the wild extravagance of the women
and the gambling of the men.
The tales of Rome and Paris- and
Venice might warn, but our society
people are pitifully Ignorant. Litera
ture is turned over to a few dry as
dust, and they do not see that they
are rapidly hurrying to the precipice
of ruin.
Above all, the source of these ca
lamities is in Godlessness. If the
people were truly religious these
things would not be. The women are
churchy enough. The father gets his
Sunday morning Constitution. The
children read the funny paper and go
to Sunday school. The good wife, ar
rayed In her new gown, goes to the
church for an hour’s stay. The son
saunters to the Lanier -or the Plaza,
and all are satisfied; but the day of
reckoning comes.
America must call a halt. We can
not go on at this pace much longer.
The rumblings of the storm are qgt
loud now, but I am old enough *lo re
member IS.". 1861. 1S73 and 1891. It
is almost vain to' warn, and the voice
of an old man from a quiet home will
be heard with d sneer, but the fact
is as certain as God’s decree, and the
only hope of escape is in repenftmee.
"The tower of Slloam fell but not
because its victims were sinners above
all.
Now let me say to the righteous
people who have shared in these ’coni'
mon calamities, that God is not dead,
and He will care for His own. and not
to lose faith or heart.
GEORGE G. SMITH.
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce—“en
thuslnstic” on the subject of extending
the State Road by the people of the
State for the benefit of Atlanta. There
is. of course, the usual stock argu
ment of the great benefit to the people
of the State. Between the lines the
"general public’’ can readily discern
the "cat in the meal tub” and that Is,
a new road for Atlanta at the expense
of the “general public.”
Does the Journal show that the
"general public” also enthusiastically
endorses the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce in its appeal to the Legislature
tot keep hands off a general prohibi
tion bill?.
That bill, in the minds of the "gen
eral public.” Is for the benefit of the
"general public" of the whole State,
but the Chamber of Commerce says
don’t include Atlanta In that -bill. Pro
hibition will hurt Atlanta’s trade (At
lanta’s morals are not to be considered
by the “general public”).
It’s only a matter of Atlanta and 'her
commercial welfare and at the cost of
the general public In money or morals.
Are the representatives of the people
so easily influenced by selfish motives,
concealed under the guise of sophisti
cal arguments?
Has not Atlanta profited largely at
the hands of special legislation and for
which the "general public” has footed
the bill?
Do the Atlanta dailies stress the
point that there are between seventeen
and eighteen years yet before the pres
ent property of the State in the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad can return to
the control of the State?
The North Carolina and St. Louis
Railway hold a lease that has seventeen
or eighteen years yet to run. .Has that
company shown a disposition to va
cate its control of the Western and At
lantic Railroad?
Is it a part of “the Atlanta spirit” to
have the State construct the proposed
extension and turn the new property
over to the North Carolina and St.
Louis Railway?
If not. do these wise dallies inform
the "general public” how the compli
cated problem is to 'be solved?
Some of the "general public” can’t
see how they or it are to be so splen
didly benefited by saddling on the State
a burden these wise dailies admit to be
about $14,000,000.
There seems to be enough involved
for the Legislature to go slow before
Involving the State in so tremendous
an indebtedness.
There are grave constitutional as
well as business points involved in so
huge an issue, that the "general pub
lic” must take the spacious arguments
cum grano sails, for there seems to be
a cullud gem’man hid somewhere In the
fuel 'heap.
BIG OIL WAREHOUSE
MAY GOME TO MACON
Parties are in the city looking
around for a location to open an oil
warehouse. Having found one, they
heard of a city ordinance which pro
hibits the storing of more than
small quantity of gasolene, naptha and
such oils within the city limits.
This ordinance was passed in 1901,
and was intended, so it is said, to ap
ply only to such dealers as kept and
sold such oils for automobiles, etc.
The parties looking around, however,
will carry thousands of gallons of
kerosine and gasoline, and they are up
against this ordinance.
As it was probably not Intended to
prevent wholesale dealers In oil from
carrying large quanties, but to regu
late the amount of the inflammable
oils in the fire limits or business see
tion, it is probable that the
ordinance will be amended at the next
meeting of Council.
It is said that the oil to be sold will
come from the independent producers.
YAMAMOTO AND EVANS
SETTLE THE WAR TALK
NEW YORK, July 11,—"I think the j discussed the rumors of war between
friendly relations of longstanding bo- I ^'j^..,^ ountrieS with the Ja P aneae a
tween the United States and Japan , ml . AV ‘ e set tied the whole question our-
should be preserved, and the passing: selves,” said Admiral Evans, "and tho
storm disappear from the waters of | photographers. The admiral and I are
the Pacific ocean. I firmly Relieve ^ j apap whS? ^astoresome
that this one incident cannot be: years ago. and he has visited this
thrown In the way of the present re-(country twice before,
lations between the two countries: “He'thinks as I do, that there is
which began at the time of my birth." nothing to this talk about war. Lead-
Thus spoke Admiral Baron Gombelji^j. nl( 7 n c f Japan and the two govern-
Yamamoto, Japanese Minister of Ma- Intents understand each other perfectly
rine during the Japanese-Russian war, th<> governments will prevent any
as a greeting to tho American people
on his arrival here with his suite
on board the Cunard steamship Car-
mania. Admiral Yamamoto has been
inspecting the gun shops and ship
yards of Europe, and while here he
will visit our navy yards and ship
building plants. He was met at quar
antine by Lieut. R. W. Henderson, rep
resenting Rear Admiral Goodrich,
commander of the New York navy
yard.
Admiral Yamamoto made the occa
sion of his arrival an opportunity to
deny the reports from Tokio that lead
ership of the Progressive party would
fall upon him on his return home and
that efforts would be made to over
throw the Saionji ministry. He de
clined to express an opinion on the in
tention of the United States to send a
large fleet of war vessels from the At
lantic to the Pacific coast.
The admiral will take luncheon with
President Roosevelt Friday at Oyster
Bay. When asked what he thought of
the intention of the United States Gov
ernment to send practically all of our
battleships to the Pacific coast. Ad
miral Yamamoto, smiling broadly,
said:
“I myself have no bad feeling against
the United States, but It is a ques
tion for this country to answer and not
for us to express an opinion.
"America is a country which has
been friendly to us for years: a treaty
between this country and Japan was
made at the time I was born. It is an
old feeling of friendship which I do
not think a passing storm can inter
fere with, but it depends upon the
pens of the press to smooth the
storm.”
Rear Admiral Evans, after a visit to
Admiral Yamamoto said that he had
trouble.”
WASHINGTON. July 10.—Viscount
Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador, ac
companied by Secretary Hahihara, ot
the Embassy, left Washington tonight
for New York, where they are to mee.
Admiral Yamamoto, the distinguished
Japanese naval officer, who arrived in
New York today. According to a ten
tative program, the admiral will not
come to Washington or be able to visit
the Jamestown Exposition. Genuine
regret is expressed among the naval
officials because of the inability of the
admiral to so arrange his Itinerary as
to make a visit to both places.
From the State Department and
from the Japanese Embassy here came
swift and conclusive denial today of
the accuracy of the statement cabled
first and last shots were fired by the
from The Hague to the London Daily
Telegraph, and reprinted in this coun
try, to the effect that Japan has made
categorical demands upon the United
States government for satisfaction in
connection with the treatment of Jap
anese in San Francisco and has serv
ed notice of her intention to deal with
the Californians herself If the national
government fails to do so.
At the State Department it Is said
that the American public is fully
aware of the nature of al’ the ex
changes that have taken place on this
subject; that there has been corre
spondence of recent date and there
are no negotiations in progress be
tween the two countries. This state
ment is fully confirmed at the Japan
ese Embassy, where, moreover, it is
positively stated that Ambassador
Aoki is not going to Japan next fall,
as was reported in a Japanese news
paper.
CHAS. H. MOYER
FOR HAYWOOD
TESTIFI
AND SELF
The worm has turned. Public
Printer Stillings has adopted a system
of imposing fines on the proofreaders
in the Government printing office for
rea, they probably fear that the Mikado I their errors, and they are indignant
would rule them with a pod of iron and thereat. Surely the Iron must have
Raised His Own Truck.
A negro boy named Centennial Cor
nelius, and who peddles vegetables,
was reported to be running a peddling
they would have cause to look back! entered the Government Printer’s soul; wagon without license. He proved
... „ , I „ , . . | that he raised hi? own vegetables and
with regret to the more liberal and j to goad him to such audacity. _ j the ciLse wa3 dismissed.
THE WEATHER.
From the New Y-ork American.
When stone-age lovers wandered out
At dusk together.
It’s safe to say they talked about
The weather.
He said, “It sure is awful hot ' 1 '
This evening, Mary.”
She answered, “Seems to me it's not
So very.”
When Adam prophesied a rain ” ’
"Beside his table
It caused that falling out of Cain
And A'bel. .
"Rain! Fudge!” quoth Cain and raised
a roar
Of scornful ire.
While Abel took up cudgels for '
His sire.
And latterly among the old and young,
When thoughts aren't flowing,
One subject’s sure to start a tongue
To going.
One subject all can talk upon
With inspiration:
One theme is sure to start a con-
— Versation.
I do not like the weather much;
It makes me weary;
Mere meteorology as such
Is dreary. ,
It may perhaps appeal to you, —
Although I doubt It; ;
But what would talking people do
Around the Police
Court and Station
L. —
Adam Was Committed.
Adam Seastrong is the boy who saw
Mittie Stokes drop her. pocketbook
while walking near the Ballard Saloon
and picked it up for his own use. The
pocketbook contained $10.25. Hi
bought a watermelon and some ice
with the twenty-five cents and the
ten dollar was recovered when arrest
ed. He was bound over in the sum of
one hundred dollars. A white man
who interfered with the officer in mak
ing the arrest was fined five dollars.
Pulled His Wife on the Street.
A white man giving his name as
John J. Smith was found by Officer
Stewart pulling his wife over the
streets, apparently dragging her about
against her will, to the annoyance of
the public. He was fined twenty dol
lars for disorderly conduct and ten
dollars for loitering, and, strange to
say, he was able to pay the line.
Dropped Sixty Dollars.
J. H. Ward lost a roll of money,
said to be sixty dollars, somewhere
between Poplar street and the Ex
change Bank. He was told that a man
named Glascock had picked it up. That
was Wednesday morning. That night
he met Glascock and asked him about
it. Glascock denied finding the money,
and one word brought on another until
they had a fight. The case was dis
missed.
Went For Him With a Hatchet.
Anna Bell Hart was said to be be
hind with her instalment. She passed
the paying limit and a bailiff went to
her house to collect or get the stuff.
She tried ’to keep back a spread and
finding the 'bailiff too much for her she
went at him with a hatchet. It look
ed as though she was within her
rights and the case was dismissed.
OPPORTUNITY.
From the Baltimore American.
At every man’s door I knock once ot
twice,
And sometimes three times three:
No men I pass by in his utmost need.
Though humble and poor be he.
Some see my chances and seize them
quick.
For I linger not on the way.
But the most of mankind are deaf and
blind.
When I point them out the way.
I force on no man my gifts of fate.
’Tis seldom I return:
If they do not know me when first I
come.
’Tis too late when they learn,
am the messenger of destiny.
That would wait on man’s will;
But finding that sloth, In its own way
doth
Scatter its largess still.
Bitterly ’tis that men do rail ~
Against the decrees of fate:
And yet It is on the human will
That life doth often wait.
For what men call luck is often naught
But ability in store.
To know the sound, when with sudden
pound.
— rtunity knocks at the door,
BOISE, Idaho, July 11.—President C.
H. Moyer, of the Western Federation of
Miners, went on the stand Wednesday
as a witness for Secretary Wm. D.
Haywood, charged with murdering
Frank Steunenberg, as is also Moyer,
and besides making pasitive denial of
all the crimes attributed to him and
other federation leaders by Harry Or
chard, Mover offered an explanation of
the unsolicited appearance of the
Western Federation of Miners as the
defender of Harry Orchard immedi
ately after Orchard’s arrest at Cald
well for the murder of Steunenberg.
Simpkins Engaged Miller.
Moyer said that it was Jack Simpkins
who engaged Attorney Fieri. Miller at
Spokane to go to Caldwell to represent
Orchard, then known as Thomas Hogan,
and that it was at the request of Simp
kins that Moyer and Haywood subse
quently advanced $1,500 from the funds
of the Federation to meet the expense of
defending Orchard. At various stages of
the recital, the defense offered in evi
dence a number of documents, Including
a heretofore undisclosed cipher tele
gram which Simpkins sent to Federation
headquarters arid the union at Silver City,
covering the motives to protect the Fed
eration which was charged with the as
sassination of Steunenberg within a few
days after the former Governor was
slain.
In Federations’ Cipher.
Moyer began by saying that he got his
first knowledge of the crime from *he
Denver newspapers, and that on the even
ing of January 4. five days after the
crime, a telegram in the Federation’s ci
pher came to Haywood from Spokane.
It was long and the translation was diffi
cult and uncertain, but he and Haywood
figured the next day that It was signed
by Simpkins and read:
“Cannot get a lawyer to defend Hor-
gan. Answer.”
Moyer testified that he was suspicious
a conspiracy on the part of the mine
owners and the Pinkertons and man
aged to show that Moyer had been
denied permission to communicate
with counsel; that Bulkeley Wells, of
the mine owners association, was in
charge of the arresting and extradit
ing party; that Wells had charge of
the train, and that Wells had the keys
to Moyer’s handcuffs, and twice un
locked them on the journey to Idaho.
The attempt to show that the three
prisoners had been Illegally taken to
the Idaho penitentiary failed under ad
verse rulings of the court.
Moyer made a self-possessed wit
ness. and at the end of the long day
the defense expressed satisfaction over
his testimony and the probable impres
sion he made on the jurors. He will
resume the stand at 9:30 o’clock to
morrow morning for his cross-exam
ination.
ORR DEEDS PROPERTY
IE
Warranty deeds signed by C. M. Orr
and Mrs. Minnie Orr conveying real
estate and personalty to the Exchange
Bank, aggregating a. total value of
$45,300, were yesterday recorded in
the Superior Court clerk’s office. Fol
lowing is a list of the properties con
veyed and their values as stipulated
in the deeds:
Three hundred and thirty-three and
__ L half acres of land In the Thirteenth
about the message, the newspapers bav- . district. Bibb County. $2,750; part of
L r X„ a, rr ady ._ c , h ?, , :?? < llot l, -block 22, Macon, $300; lot 16.
Federation, and that he decided to consult
John Murphy, general counsel of the Fed
eration, before he took any steps.
Haywo.od Took Up Case.
Moyer said he left for Chicago that aft
ernoon, but that Haywood took up the
case and opened communication with the
union at Silver City and made arrange
ments to engage Attorney John Nugent
to look after the interest of the Federa
tion and defend Orchard. If necessary.
The defense produced copies of this cor
respondence and all of It was. read into
the record.
running from College to Orange
streets, Macon, $2,000; 174.4 acres in
Howard district, $2,000; 130 acres on
line of Monroe and Bibb counties, also
113% acres in the Thirteenth district
of Monroe and Bibb counties, $3,000;
ast half of lot 213, known as Lochet
Thompson place, containing 101%
acres, $6,000; 20 acres of lot 152, Vino-
ville district, $1,250; 303 8-10 acres,
comprising the Wingfield plantation.
Bibb County, $15,000; 113 7-10 acres
Continuing^ Moyer said that Miller 1 0 f jot 246 in the Thirteenth district,
came to Denver about the first of Feb- j (Howard) also one half undivided in-
ruary. bringing 'wUh him the record of j terest ln ]ot 2 46, in Thirteenth district.
went ar m Denve^ a^the su^^Hon 1 of: $3,500; lot fronting 165 feet on Orange
Simpkins, so the witness testified, and 1 street, on which Willis Brown now re
brought a request from Simpkins that the j sides, $3,000; 110 acres of lot 229, also
Federation furnish the large amount of 125 acres of lot 248, in Thirteenth dis-
money that would be needed to defend
Orchard. Moyer said that he and Hay
wood conferred with Attorneys Murphy
and Miller, and subsequently gave Miller
$1,500.
Denied Criminal Act.
Moyer denied that he had ever dis
cussed any kind of criminal act with Or
chard or am- one else, or that lie had
ever given Orchard a cent except for
expenses on the trip Orchard made to
Ouray as a body guard for Moyer.
Moyer denied that he participated In
a conference in Pettibone’s back yard.
trict, also bill
mules, $5,000.
of s ale for twenty
DAZED, SHE CLUNG
TO BURNING HOUSE
Officer Brannan had a singular and
thrilling experience at the fire at 659
Spring street Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Long, an old lady, was in the
, . .. 'house at the time of the fire, and had
where Orchard said Moyer. Haywood , heon quIte sick . she did not v , atn to
and_ Pettibone^had^ discussed \ ithJMm j eave the house and Dr. Gewinner
various acts of violence, denied knowl
edge of the subsequent meeting at
Federation headquarters, where Or
chard swore that the killing of Steun
enberg and Neville were planned and
denied in detail every material state
ment in all of Orchard’s testimony.
Moyer explained that Orchard ac
companied him to Ouray because Or
chard was going to Silverton and they
made the journey together for com
pany. There were reports that
en3o r ^ e d r hv h t a h d e mine I Bunch rushed into the house and
robbed by "thugs employed by the t fo „ nr i tbe i adv , vbo no *lHveiv
who was attending her tried to per
suade her to leave, telling her it was
dangerous to remain in the burning
building. She started out in obedience
to the doctor's commands, but sudden
ly turned and walked back into the
house. She seemed dazed for the
moment.
Dr. Gewinner not knowing the ex
tent of the fire or if it was under con
trol, saw the danger and hurried to
the officer. Officers Brannan and
owners and the witness and Orchard
took along short shotguns for protec
tion. Moyer swore that his gun was
subsequently used to kill Lyte Greg
ory, hut that Orchard returned it to
Moyer after they got back to Denver
and the weapon had never been dis
charged up to the time Moyer waa
arrested.
Moyer was under direct examination
from shortly after 10 o’clock in the
morning until a few minutes before 4
o'clock and most of this time was
taken up with a recital of the witness’
connection with the federation of min
ers.
Clash Between Counsel,
Only one Important clash marked
the relations of counsel during the
day. The defense wanted to prove all
the circumstances under whioh Moyer
and his associates were secretly ar
rested In Denver, denied communica
tion with counsel and taken to Idaho.
But the State opposed it. The court
ruled that the circumstances of the
transaction were not properly a part
of the defense, but Attorneys ©arrow
and Richardson continued toe plea
that It was most.important as showing again.
found the lady who positively refused
to. leave. Seeing that persuasion was
useless, they picked her up and carried
her out to a place of safety.
To be met with a woman who. In
her dazen condition, seemed to want to
be burned to death, was experience
the officers say was not a pleasant one.
HIS WIFE TOOK OUT
A WRIT OF LUNACY
J. C. M organ, an engineer of the
Central Railroad, was committed to
the county jail yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriffs Jones, Wilson and An
drews on a writ of lunacy taken out
by his wife before Ordinary Wiley.
Morgan was asleep in bed when tho
officers arrived at his house, in South .
Macon. He got up and made no re- *
sistance when told what he was want
ed for.
Deputy Andrews says the patient
has been drinking a little too much
lately and as soon as the effects of the
alcohol wear out he will be him—j
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