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SATURDAY, NOV. 1(1 11101.
Turkey bus yielded to all the domamlB
of France.
Alabama la voting on her now consti
tution today.
Orober explains It hy saying that the
people wanted a change.
Politically speaking, Philadelphia has
doolded to continue to bo rotten.
Now tlint he is dead, China has* no
honor too groat tor LI Hnug Chang.
Tho Georgia legislature scorns to have
atood Savannah artillery panoh all right.
The or awds are oornlng to the Hay
Pay Pair and Elks' Carnival next week.
THE ATLANTA DEPOT QUESTION IN
THE LEGISLATURE AGAIN.
The‘Atlanta Constitution of yester
day published the fali;text of a new
depot bill whloh hoe been prepared by
the special depot oommlttee of the legis
lature, and stated that the bill would be
Introduced in the honse of representa
tive* today.
There ore seventeen sections In the
hill, and, owing to tts length, we give
only a synopsis of it, as there are per
haps few Of onr readers who wonld read
the measure through if we were to print
It In Its entirety.
The bill provides for a commission to
take charge of the work of building a
new union passenger station on the
■tate'e property In Atlanta. The
oommiiBlon Is to be a joint commission
composed of two members of the senate
and fonr members of |the honse end the
governor, who Bhell preside over all
meetings. The members of the commis
sion arc to receiro (4 a day for their ser
vices on the days on whloh they ore
actually engaged on thlB work, except
the governor, who shall reoelve no com
pensation therefor, and the total amount
pntd to any member of the commission
shall not exceed $500 in any one year.
After providing that the members of
tho commission shall not bo interested
in any contracts In connection with tho
now dopot, tho hill doolaros that within
thirty days aftcrltspassngo tho governor
shall enter into a contract for tho rental
of tho now dopot to tho various railroads
onterlng Into the city, looking to the
Wostcrn and Atlantic railroad alone for
tho payment of the rental. The louse of
the now station is not to extend boyoud
tho present louso of tho stato road nnd
the ninonnt to ho paid shall not be less
oent, on tho cost of tho porntions arc doing this as a ucoeseary
Dlok Oroker says that he is not only
not going to qnlt Now York, bnt that
he is not ont of polidos.
It seems that all the "independents"
voted tho Repnblloan ticket In lost Taos
day’s elections.
Uaoon's manlol] al primary ooonrs on
the 12th. And the thing seems to be
getting pretty warm.
None of tho other powers seem to
oare what Pranoe does to Turkey to
make her pay her debts.
The state fair at Savannah must be
all right, sinoe the governor and the
legislature have seen It and said so.
Fusion worked tjio defeat of Tam
many in New York, bnt It didn’t even
phase the oorrnpt Republican machine
in Philadelphia.
The legislature was highly pleased
with its trip to the State Petr at Savun
nab. Tho general verdlot is that the
fair Is a big success.
It Is said that Colonel Wattorson draws
a auhuy of (25,000 a year aa editor of
the Lontsvlllo Conrler-Jonrnal.
Tbore has been no decline In theprlca
of monnfaotnred oottou goods. What
is It that Is keeping the price of cotton
down, anyhow?
Tho Columbus Lodger insists that the
Georgia legislatnre should be held to Its
promise not to make any more junket
ing trips at tho present session.
Senator Platt declares that Dick
Oroker is responsible for Deraoorntlo de
feat In Now York. Prom this it is to
be inferred tlmt 1’latt [s claiming none
of thooredit for himself.
Mrs. Schley is said to have declared
that she does not esrc what the verdict
of the court of luquiry is. She is evi
dently satisfied with the verdict of
the American people.
The house of representatives passed
yesterday, by a vote of 95 to 44, the bill
of Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd,
whloh allows all comities In the Btate to
establish dispensaries therein If the peo
ple of thoee counties 6o vote. The bill,
M we understand It, amends the preienl
Joool option law by giving the oonntlM
the right to vote for dispensaries, total
n, or barrooms.
than (i per
structure.
Tho joint commission is dirootod as
soon as possible after the passage of tho
act to secure plans in snob manner as
tlioy may deem best, and in this con
nection it ib provided that the cost of the
new dedot shall In no ovent go boyoud
(500,000, This amount is to be pntd ont
of tho rental of the Western and At
lantia railroad, (100,000 being paid the
first yoar and (200,000 a year in eaoh of
tho two years following. It is provldod
that tho now station shall ‘bo completed
by January 1, 1005.
Subsequent sections prescribe the
duties of tho commission in having the
station erooted, ami provide that it shall
bo built of granite, steol aud Iron, aud
that tho matorlals whloh oan bo secured
from Georgia must oome from this
stnto.
Seotlou 14 gives the commission tho
right to oloso Pryor street at the railroad
crossing to the passago of vehioles for
tho pnrpose of bnildlng the dopot, nnd
to construct a subwny underneath the
street for the use of foot passengers.
This seolion Is an important one in that
it provides that any olnlniB for damages
shall be Bottled by the governor and the
joint commission, payment to be made
ont of the fond provided for bnildlng
the depot and the deolslon of this com
mission shall be dual. The present
an'on passenger station Is to be sold by
the commission for whatever it oan got
for it.
THE ARSY OF RAILROADERS.
There are nearly 200,000 miles of rail
way In the United States and the army
of railroaders is necessarily lmmenso.
Prof. Lindsay, of the University of
Pennsylvania, hoe prepared some facte In
regard to It whloh will be printed in the
forthcoming report of the United States
Industrial Commission. Prof. Lindsay
has given the snbjeet of railway em
ployes mnoh study and estimates that
they number about 1,000,000 In this
ooantryand probably 5,000,000 persons
are dependent on the earnings of roll,
way employment. The engineers, fire
men end eondnotors alone .oonstltate an
indastriel army of 116,000 men Includ
ing other trainmen, station agents,
switchmen, telegraph operators end
train dispatchers. One-tbird of the
1,000,000 employes are engaged dlreotly
in the operating of trains. Over a qnsr-
ter of a million are needed to keep the
traoks In repair and another quarter of
a million are required In shops and else,
where to maintain the plant. What
may be termed the meohenlsm of the
American rail way system Is directed by
less than 10,000 ofileers having 80,000
clerks.
In relation to the condition of tho
railway employes Prof. Lindsay de
scribes the pension features of the Penn-
sylvania railroad and Illinois Central as
a model in tho direction of the private
industrial system. "Railroad corpora
tions," he said, aro stimulating their
employes to save monoy and to invest it
in railroad securities. They have, by
reason of the peouliar character of their
business, every econo'mlo iuduoemeut to
deal fairly with their men, to promote
their welfare io order to scourc greater
elTioieuoy, aud the larger and wiBor cor-
1 element in the severe competition for
An esteemed contemporary writes a
oolumn in explanation of "Why the
South is Poor.” Well, the South is not
as rich as tho North, for reasons that
need not ho enumerated to Intelligent
people, bnt those of ns who are inclined
to take n liopefnl view of things and
make the best of our opportunities nnd
the conditions that surround us have
abundant rensou to feel enconragcd.
Tho South Is doing very well—as well
os conld bo oxpeoted under tho circum-
stnuoes, nnd far better than many have
predicted—and her people are more
independent, financially and other
wise, tlinu tlioy have been since the civil
war of tho "Sixties." The Sonth is not
so poor as it has been, and yet not half so
rich as it will bo within the next twenty
years. Lot ns not worry, bnt move on
ward and upward. The South Is all
right and is now beginning to share the
general growth and prosperity of the
country-
bnslness, and not from the inotivo of
making their labor force dependent and
servile, nor the objoots of benevolence.’ 1
Among the points urged by the pro
fessor was a more efficient system of re
crulting railway employes by testing
their qualifications. So-called blaok-
listiug Is their greatest grievance, bnt
the professor finds there are a very few
indications of any present tendency In
the direction of blacklisting, nnd many
moro proofs that practices of this sort
are things of tho past. The majority of
the men approvo of stricter disciplinary
measures intended to improve the ser
vice. The railway corporations are do
ing ranch tn oement the ties that bind
tlioni to their employes by providing
easy methods for their men to sccnre sick
and aooident insurances through relief
departments established by the oompa
uies, to providelor their families throngh
death benefits, and finally, to provide
for old ago and incapacity throngh pen
sions, largely paid out of the funds of
the companies, as a reward for long and
offloient servioe and not as a charity.
The Philadelphia Reoord says: "Only
in the event of glaring administrative
ineflloteuoy on the part of the reform
officials of New York or beoonse of their
subservience to Sonator Platt will the
Democrats who voted the reform ticket
permit Tammany to rise again to Infln-
enoo. There are enough of these Dem
ocrats to form an honest Democratic or
ganization In plnco of the society of
plunderers which lms misrepresented
tho party. It Is many years since the
Democracy lias had fairly representa
tive orcani/.ation in the city, and the
conditions are now favorablo for a
change. A Democratic organization
whieli shall appose all partisanship in
municipal affairs will bo able to restore
the stato to the Democratic column by
winning back the thousands whose dis
gust over the rule of Tnmmnny and tho
recognition of the Tammany delegation
in the state conventions caused them to
abandon their party.”
WHAT SOUTH GEORGIA CAN DO.
From the Savannah Press.
Dr. John A. Harris, the representa
tive and director of the British end
Southern States Cattle and Abattoir
Company, spent considerable time yes
terday at the Brooks oonnty exhibit et
the state fair. Dr. Harris is very much
Interested In this display, and he might
well be. It is one of the finest exhibits
of the natural prodnote and resources of
a county we have ever seen. We single
ont Brooks because the display seems to
have been promptly in piece and was
finished yesterday ready for inspection.
Brooks is one of the best counties in the
Wlregraas, of oonne. There is every,
thing on hand. There are two spool-
mens of ootton, long staple and upland,
for Brooks raises sea island and mid
dling cotton equally well. Many peo
ple believe that there Is nothing bnt pine
barrens tn Sooth Georgia, and yet
Brooks makes proffert of 84 different
kinds of woods, all highly pol
ished and ready for the planing mill or
the gig saw. Some people think that
there la nothing bnt wlregrasB there,
bnt yet here are samples of sage, clover,
peavine hay, and Bermuda. There is
corn and all the Bmnll grains. There
are specimens of okra aud cotton stalks
as high as the building. There Ik oace
and cassava, and every kind of jelly,
preserves, and pickles pnt up by the
thrifty housewives of tho couuty
Whole tiers of homo-made hams aro
suspended from the oeliing, aud thou
thoro nro saoks of plnders, goobors, and
ground-nuts, the material out of which
the hnms are mane.
Dr. Harris represents the industry
which seeks to develop South 'Georgia
aud whloh desires to stimulate tho
growth of cattlo, ponltry, fruit anil veg
etables, fresh aud enuued. In this busi
ness some of Sir Thomas Liptou's peo
ple are interested. Tho geueraljassem-
bly of Georgia has encouraged Dr.
Harris’ work by resolutions and appro
prlato recognition. He asks no monoy,
only that the work be given enconragc-
meut and publicity. Dr. Harris yester
day took samples of everything in the
Brooks county exhibit and arranged
for photographs in every department.
It is very evident that Brooks is to be
an objeot lesson to the people in show
ing what South Georgia can do.
Mrs. Myrlok, of the Amerlons Times-
Recorder, was with the editors at Sa
vannah on Friday anil was one of the
speakers at the banquet given by Col.
Estill. Tho others, us wo infer from
the newspaper reports that we haVe
seen, all spoke in favor of their host for
tho governorship, and Mr. Cabaniss, of
The Atlanta Journal, toasted Col Estill,
"onr next Governor;’’ but Mrs. Myriok
snoke for Col. Pope Brown. It would
have been difficult, under the circum
stances, for the average man or politi
cian to (have done what Mrs. Myrlok
did, bnt a woman of Mrs. Myrlok’s tact
and good sense can do a lot of things
that the average man oannot do.
We are told
A story is told of a young subaltern,
under Lord Kttohener, who had oharge
of some construction work in Upper
Egypt and loet ten laborers tntheaooi-
dental exploalon of several oaaea of
dynamite. Ho telegraphed to his supe
rior officer: "Regret to report killing
■borers by dynamite aooident.’
fear he awaited the reproof of
the stern Kitohener. In a few boars
the dispatch came: “Do yon need any.
more dynamite?” - ,
The priuciplo of local option or local
self-government is preserved in the disr
pensory bill of Mr. Wright, of Floyd,
which passed the house the other day,
and local optiouists cannot, therefore,
consistently oppose it. If the bill be
comes a law the people of each county
in the state can deoide by vote whether
they want prohibition, dispensaries or.
saloons.
that in his speech at
Eatonton the other duy “Mr. Guerry
pitched into the railroads and dwelt at
length upon the fact that because of the
failure of the railroads to return their
property at a reasonable valuation, the
state lost every year anywhere from
$600,000 to $1,000,000 in taxes. He cited
the Georgia Son them and Florid•», the
Central of Georgia and the Savannah,
Florida and Western railroads, and by
figures taken from th^ir ottl. ial reports
aud Poor’s Manual, he pointed out the
great difference in the value of the prop
erty of said roads as rendered to the
comptroller general and to Poor’s Man
ual.”
TURNIXO TO THE SOUTH.
The Philadelphia Reoord, the leading
Democratic paper of Pennsylvania, evi
dently feels like a man is apt to feel
when he has fallen over a wheelbarrow
or been run over by a cow. The Reoord
led the fight that the fnsionists made to
beat the oorrnpt Republican machine in
Philadelphia in last Tuesday’s election.
We all know the result. Not one of the
fnsionist candidates got any nearer to
the olfioial pie counter than straighont
Democrats have been in former elections
in recent years. But the Record made
a good fight and in the hour of its de
feat is not without hope for the future,
and in giving expression to the abiding
hope it seeks oonsolation in turning with
almost tender pathos to the South. Here
is its wail:
Today or tomorrow ooght to see
everything in better shape. The fiir-
came about as near being ready as any
we have yet attended, but it was a long
way from completion when the gover-
norand general assembly saw it. Let
us give the facts and hurry up the
work.
Democrats can always turn their
eyes southward the day after the
election with undisturbed serenity.
The South ib still solid, and it will
furnish a firm and reliable basis on
which to rebuild the Democratic
supremacy in the United States
whenever the party shall get tired
of wandering in the fog and the
wilderness it. pursuit of the ghosts
of dead issues.
This, coining as it does, from one of
the leading Democratic papers of the
North, is significant
The Detroit Free Press has decided
views on appendicitis, or rather, upon
the ’variableness of the prevalence of
the disease. It savs: “Wo have al
ways believed that the number of case*
of appendicitis in a given community
varied directly with the 1. umber of
surgeons willing to perform the opera
tion. This hypnthr-i* seems to hold
good in the n ra sen* • , **«ft. In the far west
there are oon'fMftUmdy few doctors and
hence there ur« few eases of appendi
citis. It is u a..cognized principle in t he
modern practice of medicine,we believe,
that when it is imprs-iible tn merc^-i
the average number of patients to each
doctor, the next bust thing to do is to
increaso the number of ailments from
the effects of which the patients are
likely to suffer.”
The Church of the Convent, In Syra-
case, N.Y., does not allow its members
to vote or take the oath of - allegiance to
the United States. This is beoause “the
constitution contains no recognition of
the Lord Jesus Christ as the nation’s
king nor of the authority of His Laws,
and it does contain provisions that are
hostile to His royal prerogative.” If this
isn’t disloyalty, what is it? A church
organization or any j other organization
of men in the Southjpromulgating sueh
sentiments would be accused of treason.
A statement recently published by the
treasury department shows that the
money in circulation now is $3,240,800,-
642, or nearly $28.72 per capita The
report is 6ilent as to whether newspaper
men are included In the “per capita,”
but if they are we want to say to Mr.
Rockefeller, Mr. Carnegie or whomso
ever it may be that has our $28.78 that
we are willing to take silver, and if he
will send us 28 round dollars before
Christmas he can keep the 78 cents.
Tho Baltimore Snn, although a Demo
cratic papor, did uot make a fight fir
, the Domooiatic ticket in Baltimoro. Tt
| didn’t antagonize the ticket, but znnir-
! tinned tt silence and withheld its sup
port from it. This was due, it is said,
to the Sun’s opposition to Raisin, tl:c
leader of tho Democratic organization
iu Baltimore.
In planning a federal capital for its
new commonwealth tho government of
Australia lias picked out Washington,
D. U.,asa model. This lends interest
to a comparison betwoen the municipal
rules of Washington aud other Ameri
can cities. In Washington tho citizens
have no votes : they are taxed without
representation : they are ruled throng h
three commissioners appointed by the
president. Iu spito of the absence of
representative government, Washing
ton is free from municipal scandals,
partisan # quarrels aud misuse of city
funds—which are among the common
objections to the governments of many
of onr oities.
Senators Pettus and Morgan are tie
oldest members of the upper house if
Congress. The former is eighty and the
latter seventy-seven. Senator Bailey,
of Texas, who is thirty-eight, is tho
youngest.
Iowa and Colorado have restored the
death penalty for murder. It was de
monstrated that the abolishment of oap-
ital punishment resulted in the increase
of homioides. Wisconsin, Michigan,
Maine and Rhode Island are the only
states in which the death penalty is not
inflicted.
The election of Hon. Hoke Smith, of
Atlanta, to he a member of tho board of
trustees of the Peabody fund, as an-
nonneed in our telegraphic dispatches
yesterday, was an honor worthily be
stowed. Mr. Smith has been a leader
in edncatioiial work in Atlanta for sev
eral years past, contributing both time
and mouey to this cause, and he will
carry into the board of trustees of the
Peabody fund not only an educated and
well trained mind, bnt' as much en
thusiasm in the cause of edneation as
any man who could have been fonnd in
the South.
Congressman Livingston was asked
by a reporter of the Atlanta Constitu
tion for an expression of opinion with
reference to the diniug of Booker Wash-
iugton by President Roosevelt at the
White Honse, and wo are told that the
shifty and foxy congressman who pulls
more government plums for his con
stituents than perhaps any man on the
Georgia delegation “merely smiled and
remarked that he had nothing to say
relative to it.” We have seen it stated
somewhere that when the uow Presi
dent arrived at the White House from
the funeinl of the Into President Mc
Kinley, the Congressman from the Fifth
Georgia district was sitting on the steps
waiting for him.
According to an Atlanta special to
the Macon Telegraph, a strong effort is
being made to indaoe ex-Governor
Northen to make tho raco for stato
sohool commissioner. A delegation
called upon him Wednesday and
another yesterday urging him to becomo
a cancidate. A member of one of the
delegations is quoted as saying that 60
per cent of the oonnty sohool commis
sioners of Georgia, aud a large number
of prominent Methodist and Baptist
ministers in the stato had personally
importuned Governor Northen to make
thef raoe. This authority says that
Governor Northen promised his delega
tion to give it a definite answer by
Tuesday next, and wfiioh answer he be-
ieves would be favorable.
Tho Savannah Press tells the trntl
about the State Fair being “ready” at
follows: “The state fair was no
ready yesterday. It wonld De follj
to pretend that it was. There waf
a lot of sweeping and hammering
and unboxing going on. But no
fair is ever ready when it opens
Representative Joe Hall, of Bibb, dii
not go to Savannah with tho legislatnre
and the Savannah Press declares tha
“the Bibb statesman missed the time c
his life.”
According to tho New York papers,
Tammany had 20,000 paid workers at
the polls, with $250,000 distributed
among its district leaders. Aud yet
Tamvyauy lost.
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The Saltan has signed an irade for
the execution of his engagements with
the Frenoh government, and the
Franco-Tnrkish dispute may now be
considered at an end. Instructions
have been sent to Admiral Call lard to
withdraw hia marines from the island
of Mitylene.
I w e have the hand-
|i somest line of Bedroom 1
I Suites in the city. 1
I We are makers of hap-1
I py homes. h
The Cook Fnrnitnre Co.
UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE.
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