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6 ft£WSTITOT!OII LAKH HOWELL - Editor W. A. HEMPHILL Business Manner Entered at the Atlanta postoffice as second-class mall matter November 11,1873 The Weekly Constitution SI.OO Per Annum. Clubs of five, §I.OO each; clubs of ten §I.OO each and a copy to getter-up of club U E WANT TOIL Thk Constitution wants nn agent a> every postoffice in America. Agent’s outfit free and good ‘ terms. If you are not in a club we w ant you to act as agent nt .your office. Write ns. of Address. When ordering address of your paper changed s.vnys give the old ns well us the new address. Alwayn give postoffice, county and state. If your paper is not received regularly, notify us. If von send us an order for new subscribers please allow us a week to get tin* names on the list and paper Ftarted before you write ft complaint, as we are very i i’’ch crowded now. Do not forget to make your renewals In time. Wut- h your direction lag and see when your subscription explr-’R. The next six months will b? full of interest, pn«l you should not miss a single copy of The Con niil;i!ii>n, Mend your orders at least h week in ad vance to innV o .sure. It may nd take a week in * very Instance; will get them on as soon ys possible. Tommyrot. Mr. Berner in his speech at I’ayette ville Monday tool-, exception to the action of the .cit'- di'in-icratic *x* cuti v*' * omniittce iu fixing .June 6th as 11)*' date for the uniform donioeratic primary tor governor and .-•tnlviiou-.-'r* officers. Os course, the tli read bare "snap judgment argument was exhibited to tit* multitude in very rnneh the same manner tiiat Antony exhibit*’*! the blood-:*'*! gar ments of the dead (’•• astir. 'l'nis Aits, no doubt, verv ip:■■ r. -li ng. as is also the e.anplaint oi a f*-.v supersensitive news papers which ha ve expressed ibe opinion that tiie denioerats of Georgia, cannot make up tli*-T mind whom they want for governor between now and t tie (it it of It is a pity to break up this lugubri ous .■■■■retmde: Inn lest it may deceive somebody, i< is well enough that the faci.:; bt explained, and th; l .’ the people may know I:::*.', in tin - present campaign, tlte lem-.ie: a-i* committee Ims given ; lie democrats of the .- tale MORE TIME IN AA’HICH TO i-!.o BESS THEIR I’hEEKRENCE l-'OR GOA'ERN Hl Ti IAX THEY HA A' E HAD I X A '<'■ O'l HER SIMIL AR <’ A.'.lt’AlGN AVHIt’H HAS TAKEN IT ACE IX TH!! HAST HVEAIY Ail AltS. At first glance this may seem to be a to<> s weeping a : se.i i ion. but The ('■ ms i tuticii makes it with tho full knowledge of 'tie fails, and v.e challenge any of rim bewailers to prove to the contrary. This is tiie first contested guberna torial campaign in Georgia in twenty years in which all tin- counties in the state will act on the same day. Hei.-**io fore iito counti-.s have a< :•■<! whenever directed by their respective county com mittees. ami with absolute disregard to uniform action. This was stopped by order of the state eon vention. in every contested campaign in i his st ate prior to this year’, most of tiie counties have ciiosrn their dele.”. ties between lite Ist of March and tiie ti: st week in June, ami aim-' . wiii-oiit exception every gnberna tori.-si ■ onte.-r which ims takta place in this .-.tat* for many years Im.-, been prac tically :-'*’t!l*-*l Ic-fort tiie first day of June One of the most memorable eointests ever vvitne: diu this state was that be tween G li'i al Evans ami tiie present ■x- t’iv' . lion. AA'. Y. Atkinson, in the id I H I'HAN HALE JTIES OE IT IE STATE B AD Ai FED PRIOR TO .'EXE i,ili 'he e.itt ha ing been p cti« cided in Mr Atkinson's favor, General Evans ’■.iTidrawing from the race very shortly afterwards. Mr. it i. tier complains th:;: .Tune 6t.il is too early tor m-tien this year; and yet, Mr. Berner's horn*' county, Monroe, act' ed in t.i iiotly-coniested campaign of 18” ton Ma; Ifi.ii. t; )( > Newnan Iler aid and Adv r;is< ,-. published in the gov ernor’s home couni.” ami edited by the state 1 n, en ers similar complaint of curly m-iion. coupling it with the in sidious m tgestion that “it is not known whedier or im the counties will abide tiie m-tioa of the state committee, but we I hey will not.” Ami yet, (to ■■. ■ f iacou-nty acted in tiie memorable cam paign of ’hl on .lime 2d. Richmond, El be i, Baldwin, Terrel], Meriwether and Coffeo acted on May 6th; Bartow, Tel f:vr. Lincoln, Cherokee, Oconee and (' m li on May liitli; Taliaferro on May isth; H: u. Butts, Monroe, Murray, G .-. itinet.t on May ISSI.h: Wilkeson May I.'. IToyd. L*-K::ib, AA’hitfield, .Mu.s<o ge. . T roup, I todge. MtDtifile, Carroll and Glascock on May 26th; Chirk on June 1.--; Chattahoochee, Lowndes, Cow- eta, Randolph, Echols, Eannin, Cul lom Dade, I’olk, Putmnn, Mcln- tosh. t'amden. Cimrlton, Giynn, toosa, Pierce and Ma con on .I line ?d; Tattnall on June -I'li; Campbell and AA’arren on June 9th; and by the middle of June, of tho 137 c-/unties in the state, almost one. bun dled ha sen t-hei ielegates to the state convention. Here are some figures that can be studied to advantage, while the state looks < i with interest at the effort, to create t special martyrdom for the ben efii. of those who would like to have a year or more in which to attempt to c<,n\ ince the people by spectacular cficet. Never before have the democrats of i, is . tale had ,-,m a a long time in which to make their choice for governor. Ii is rm that June 6th was fixed as tiie day for uniform primaries tw’o years ago; but itierc was no contest at that time, ror had tiie populists nominated a. full state ticlmt th:> > months earlier than usual. The democratic, executive corn mitt-e would have been fully justified in fixing a. very much earlier date than that mimed, but it acted upon the pre m mptiou that it would lie safe to follow ti e precedent, of two years ago. and that there was no-: a democrat in Georgia who was not abundantly able to make up his mind as to iiis choice for gover nor after eighty day.-;' consideration. i’he talk of -lune 6.1 t being too early a date for the state primary is confined to a .select circle of newspapers and gu bernatorial aspirants, who would prob ably prefer to put the whole matter off until June 6th, next year; but by the press and people of the state the com plaint is recognized as a piece of politi cal tommyrot.—and very justly so in the light of the figures above given. —_• The candidates for governor are now beginning to make the welkin ring. AA'hat’s the matter with a few barbe cues la-ter on? Democratic Purposes and Prospects. ?At the meeting of the democratic state centra! committee of Illinois resolutions were adopted indorsing and reaffirming without 'reservation the platform adopt ed bj- the Chicago convention in 1896. As if this were not enough, this repre sentative body of Illinois democrats went further ami emphasized ns “the para mount issue before I lie people in the campaign of 189 S that plank ol said plat form which demands the free and unlim ited coinage of both silver ami gold at the present existing ratio of 16 to I. without waiting for tiie aid on - consent of any other nation.” A resolution was also passed favoring the renomina tjoin of Bryan in 1900. It. Is tin* same wherever democrats come together to consult, over party matters. Tiie issue and the leaner wilt he the same iu 1900 that they we e in ISH6. Declarations similar to that made in Illinois are beard from demo era’s everywhere from conventions, committees and individual leaders. Both issue and leader are more popular now than in 1896, when the intelligent white people of Illis cmmt'iy voted for both by a. million majority. This fact was re cently stated by t'ougressman Otey, of Airg-inia, and it is worth r- membering. Take tiie ignorant negro vote out of the republican column, and its toia.t vote dwindles to 5.500.0U0. The deimx ratio vote remains lhe same, 6,">00,(M»<1. TTio-e, therefore, who talk about ”com pi':unises' and “pivotal states at** sim ply wasting tli’-ir breath. Tim issue is tiie same, tiie candidate will lie sip-same. A\ lien i In- democrats of Georgia meet in emi vi-ti t ion. tli“ I'iiicago platform will be tinri servedly indorsed, and tho paramount issue the free. unlimited ami indepondeni coinage of silver at 16 to I will lie duly emphasized. The par.y every who, <• is siowiy gathering itself together for tiie great struggle. The preliminary eoiie ■ essiomil campaign in which Hie democrats feel .sure of winning, will serve, to strengthen the organizati<jn, and jilact- its nia>-liim ir y in working order. We do not agree with t'hc.- *- who think that the possible intervention in Cuba by a republican administration is <-ai<-u luted to give that partv any remarkable advantage. On the Cuban question, the. democracy is not an opposition party. Tim matter of Amcrii-an intervention is not a party qm-stio-n. It belongs to the higher domain of Ammican human ity. More than that, tiie <!eim>crat!<- party has. from Hie first, insisted that intervention on Hie score of humanity and in tiie intere.s; of repuiilwan gov e.nmeiit. should he tie- American policy. 'l’iie fii-mocrati-' leaders and demoi-rat a newspapers have urged tiiis policy con stantly. They urged it on Clevelaml, and they have been urging it on Mc- Kinley ever since his inauguration. In fact, if is exclusively to demoi rat ic newspapers Hmt thi country owes ilm bulk of its information in regard to tiie condition of affairs in •'iiiia. The re publican party has nothing to gain by intervention at tiiis late day. tor in everv siep Mr. .McKinley Ims taken, or is sup posed to have taken in that direction, lie has had the enthusiastic aid and cn coiirag; ment of tiie democratic, party. On the other hand, what of the do mestic policy of tiie -■ epubli<-;in>? It has faik-d at •■very point ami in every particular. The tariff lias failed in the ihrt-e essentials that gave it reason for being. I. It has failed to cure the deficit. 2 II has failed io raise prices. it has failed to restore prosperity. But for the wheat, famine abroad, the coun try would be in a worse comlition to day than it was when Mr. McKinley took bis seat. AA’orst of all has been the failure of tho republicans io b‘-gin lhe work ot <■ ,irrein-y -reform. They have not even made a start on it. They have not even presented a. programme in tiie house, where they have a tremendous majority, in ali essentianls and particulars the productive interests of I lie vomit ry are in no better condition than they were when tiie republicans iss.ttmed control with such a flourish of tariff a.nd cur rency reform trumpets. If the leaders expect Cuba to pull them out of the hole they are in, they d > not know the people. —9— The ningwiimpian editors will please take notice that Senator Proctor vindi cates the newspaper con-respondents in Cuba. The truth is, these correspon dents have not. told till they saw for fear of discrediting themselves with their crfiployers. • Deserving of Perpetuation. It is creditable to the president that in the crisis in which lie now finds him self, he calls in for familiar consultation the senators of the democratic, as well as of the tepublican side of the senate. The visits of Senators Bacon, of Geor gia, and Gorman, of Maryland, not only gave an omen that tiie president was seeking Hie best opinions to lie obtained but in his recognition of the great party of the opposition, he gives an evidence of line Americanism which is worthy of com mendation. Eor awhile it was feared that congress was going to be perpetually “hi (lie way” of tiie white house. Not only were the senators of one whole party barred out., but even the senators who wcr*- sup posed io be in harmony with the admin istratiofi were net welcome gm t:; in the executive council chamber. Tho fact that a change has be-n made in this respect, augurs well for the coiratry. Tiie ex-eculive of the (liiited States is mil th-’ supreme authority which some people arrogantly claim. because under the terms of the federal constitution, the THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1898. senators are expressly made a consulta tive body with the president, and it is his duty, as it should be his pleasure, to call them in for consulta-tioiu, to take their views ami to weigh them for what they are worth, ami io be governed ac coirdingly. There can be no doubt that Pres ident McKinley was well repaid for this recognition of tlm legislative department of the government, by the excellent ad vice which he received from Senators Bacon and Gorman; and if he will now keep on and call in the other democratic senators, he will have established a prec edent which, it is to lie hoped, will be maintained. The seignorage from the silver bullion would just, about pay the $50,000,000 appropriation. -—• The Time Has Come. There <-an bi* no doubt, tiiat Hie time lias come for the settlement of the Cuban question 'l’he jiathetic speech of Senator- Thur ston, speaking at ilm command of “sealed lips,” referring to his wife who died in. Cuba witli her last, gaze resting upon Spanish atrocity, will ;ip]>eal ir resistibly to the American heart. Ever since. Hie brave Eubans arose against such odds ami bi-gtiu their gal lant fight against Spanish oppression, The -Constitution lias been constant hi the di-nmnd that American sympathy for those struggling for freedom should tain substantial shape. The Constitution protested against tiie indifference of President Cleveland, which allowed atrocities to lie perpet rated almost, wit a in hearing distance of <>ur shores sm-h as wore never <-qmiled in I lie previous history of tiie world. The same protest has been made against, the delay whu-h has marked the administration of Pres ident Me Ki üb*y towa rd the endingof the terrible st niggle which was going on in Cuba. When a nation )<is< : - the power and the ability to govern :i country for tiie benefit of the people nesiding there in, it iias lost all right and ciaim to lie considered as iiaving any further sov ereignty in such country. That point was reached by Spain almost three years ago, and since t hat tim-- hvf strug gle lias not been one to re e.-tabii.sh law and order, in. whe-h her opponents were but a. few lawless people, but. it lias been a wholesale starvation and mas-a cre of an entire people who, with a una nimity but seldom so-en, have refused to bend the knee to Spanish authority. AA'hen the Maine disaster, with u*-ii ter rible effect, awakened our government to a. sense of its previous blindne: s. The Constitution was gratified io see that President McKinley seemed to realize at last a. fact which should have lie a clear to him at first. That disaster has called forth the liigh*-.st patriotism of all our people, of all parlies, of al! sec tions. baring tiie pendem y of tiie wear}' investigation which it was necess-.ita to caiTy on in ord -.- t-i locate tiie blann. m-wspap'-rs, legislators and peopi<> have held their pence and trusted to the ad ministration to do its duty when th-- time came. Ti:e report of tli* Maim- eomm*.--: ti is now in the bands of President .Mc- Kinley. Tiie fact, that Spain i.. as care less of her honor with other i.uticns a. she was < uei i i thi* ti-eatmeut of iie: own subjects, is now a matter beyond dispute. Tiie terrible m ime which she permitted to lie committed against tin warshiti of a friendly power in one of her iiari-ors is histo' ieally adjmik ti ed. 'l’he t im<- has <-i.m ■ I in- ei'ore for action for tim: action wii'k ii shall iid ns of tiie Cuban question; which shall compel Spain to make repar,d:-'-’i for Iter riani' against civilization, and wniii stall, above* all, establish clearly ai d oa-.e for all, the* absolute supremacy of i’.h- Mon roe doe. rim* in tin- western h-mii.-phere. More tim.■) :Ins it is mil m-c,..-a: y to say. Brcs’id* i- Mi-Kinlev i.- on ti’.e* wateli tow- ', anel upon his slnmldi-rs must rest tiie. responsiliil 11y wbet h-'i' 'I be gkiity or elisiionor which tee future has in store* for the 1 *p iblie John She: man isn’t doing any loud talking, but he's on httnei wiien pay day rolls around. Advice to a Warrior. The following letter was re’ceivee, some time* ago. but by mistake*, was 'te ferred to the editor of the agricultural eleparini'-at of The Wc-'-kiy Constitution. Colonel Redeling returns the eleic umi nt with te re t liat be ie ferreel to the war editor, in whos? hands it now is: Coffer* Comity, M ii- h the Sth. Atlanta <'oust yt i;.-ion lak'n with eolik and di- d b'S - i eoo I erne him an i aint get nothin to elo now lint i seen wan tiv your pap.-rs in ni-'si etrlftine ‘tore in poai-on km S.it-'-’d;.- an sei-;-, our' guv iriinienf an the Spout ird governtent Is a coin to have* '- war every body el S<> : SO to all .' i><*fo S lid my mule is ded i wants to tender my self fui' a solely* ;• an git in the army, i a at afr.i-l-- of no Spinyard an will lit*- th** Sp inyards to a ill i >t ei IS 1> ir winchester so wont need no utlier gun an i will m- .' ch<ep ,-is anybody <-l*-e if yon kin git nu- the: job ecu me er tiket an i will cum to ai'.antur at on*-i yours truly Jim Battle 1 no s/-ver.il ntln-rs i kin git they a.at dtiin nullihi ne.itit- r pertickuter. Jim Hattie wr-.-e me v. a.it : her wages is It is worth while to note anew on what tirivia! events tne fate of individu als as well as nations hangs. A .man named Jenkins, who had his ears cut off in 1-Toiida, precipitated tiie conflict that. ( ha-nged the map of Europe iu the time of the first Napoleon. And now the death of a. Georgia mule of Hie colic has fii -d the warlike ardor of a citizen of Coffe** county to s'ek con.’olation ami support in a state of war. Mr. Battle, bm. for the untimely piro.stratiou of his mule, would never have realized that his very name stands for one of tim chief incidents of war. Since this is so, we advise him to buy another and a healthier mule on credit and remain at home. If bis credit is worn to a frazzle. !<‘t him lake hi.s ”T-- boar wiiichestoi: ” and kill squirrels for a living. <>r he may hire himself out to :-.;m<* neighboring farm*"'. tn tlm.se days of the gold st aml a rd, however, a mule dersn't repre.-ent mm h capital, little, indeed, that Mr. Battle should have no difficulty in securing another. AA'ar is woes* even than loafing. Al- ready 200,600 peaceful inhabitants of Cuba, who were not and are not paupers, have died in Cuba from starvation, or from diseases brought, on by an insiifli cient supply of food. It. has been sug gested that our government put an eml to this blot on hu manity by forcible means, if necessary. But foi;ce would cause Hie Spanish bonds to lose their value, timl this would hurt the interests of those great :nid patriotic citizentiie liond holders and I heir financial interests am much more important than the demands of humanity ci- even Cliristianity. Con sequently, tiiat noble-minded man. Ci-'.'l Schurz, and Editor Godkin (both oi them born abroad) declare we must have peace at any pri* e. AA’e, therefore, advise Mr. Jim Battle to wait until war is declared and then, in self-defense, take to the woods. If Editor Mcdill wears ins r-d flannel night cap when he goes Io war, lie's hi danger of being mistaken for a pirate of the main. The Cotton Crop. It is now certain that th-- p-esent crop of cotton is one of tiie largest, if not tiie largest, that lias ever been produced in the soulh. AA ith this fact as a basis, we shall presently luar expressions of surprise tiiat the farmers of tin* south should go to the trouble of raising such a large <v-op at or below cost, with Hi** prospect of still lower prices as one of the re sults; ami these expressions will lie coupled with a great deal of advice on the necessity of raising less of tiie sta ple. Tiiis advice would bo perfect if al’ th** conditions were favorable to its ac< eptanee. But they a-e not. W orse still, th*y cannot at present be made so. 'i’iie trouble with those who usually give advice to the -armeis, <.*-• who com plain of the folly of planting large crops of i-otton. is tiiat they reason from tin* point. < ; f vi'-w of business men. They neglect, to note tiiat the Im.-im-ss of farming in tiie south is entire]; ditlei ent from tiie busim-s.s of coniine-'*-. Ju the business of commerce, ;*m ami la bor ar*- readily ■ .xc'h.-H’g*'abl*- f<'.' money. In the business <;f cotton raising, time and It’lior are exchangeable for cash only when they ar*- < xpended in the cul tivation of cotton. Therefore, when it is said that Hie southern farmers are raising cm ion at. a lo. :u , tiie mind instinct iv c-.y assumes tli:>..' tin* lo'-'s ’s a money loss. But tiiis is not !->. It is at a loss of time and labm-. and these, thanks to Hie singl" :old standard, are even <-h<*ap**r on the farm than cotton, 'finis wlimi you hear son-e powerful editorial exlu rter cry out, “AA’hy do cur farmers persist, in growing cotton at a loss?" you may know at once that he is using the word “loss” as it is under.stoed i-n tiie count ing room, ami not as it is understood on Hie farm. As we have stated, wiien Hie farmers raise cotton at a. loss it is a loss of Gm.* ami labor, ami these elements count as < ash only when they arc devoted to the production of cotton. This is tiie explanatioin of the int-reas** iu cotton iirodu< t i->u in .spite of Hie constant de cline in price. But it is an explana tion that may be amplified. Eor instam-e, a certain amount of iready money ab:->lut<ly necessary to the farmers. They need it to pay taxes, which have im rm-.-a,* as prices :*n*l '.al ite-, nave fallt-u, un i for otiier purposes. Th*-y > not need so much a.s other in dividuals do; t’ney have their living at their command: Imt they need a cer tain amount 'if num- > every year. When their income from cotton is cut shcat. i-y falling prices, they l.;y to m::!<e it up th-' n**xt year l.*y planting more cotton. Tiiis proce-'s ha.s been going on ver; rapid ly dining the past tour years, ai d the result is that, the * ;-op which began to come to market last. September promises to rem li the unprecedented total of 1!,- 060,000 bales. ft is t rm- that t’he farmers could get better prices by planting b-ss cotton, but tli'-y are beyond the rem Ii of organiza tion. Tli*? facilities for it are lacking. (t:i.- farmer may km.-w what Ills immedi ate neighbci.s are doing in ' •• matter of planting cot-on, li.it b*-y<m<* i.hut lii.s in formation i.s based < i vague rumors and reports. We could wish ilia! conditions were oHu-rwi.-e. imt since they are not, it. is best to deal with facts as they stand. if tho farmers could be brought to know that, every bale of <*«>tt* a above. 5,500,060 involves a loss to all in profits, perhaps matters would iie diffe* **nt. Meanwhile, r is idle to judge (he m*-tii od,-t i.f farmers by tho ordinary stand ards of the business of commerce. These standm-d '. are available only wbmn large eaj’i:l is appli- *1 o ;.g. ie-altiym, < ; r win r - some persim of extraordinary talents and aptness turns Ills attention to farm ing. “It strikes us.” sThe Washington Post, “that thus- eminent mugwitmtis and cuckoos wlio are trying to make themselves believe that .Mr. Bryan is a, ml issue, will do well to take careful note cf lhe manner in which the people ’■•■‘coivo him everywhere along tho route of i’is pre.-ent journey.” If this is aimed at Edit* ' Merrick himself, it is a. dil’f below the bolt. • A Warm Number. Tiie Rev. Thoma.; Dixon, Jr., preached a set io* m in New '-•-I', city at tiie Peo ple's church the other day which an ad miring congregation has caused io be onvoiun’od and iircsei ved in a neat lit tle pamphlet. The chaim-ter of its con tents may bo gathered from the dedica tion, which is addressed ‘ to 'i’he Evening Post, and H .rpcr's Weekly, types of tiie ’vlugwump Viper Press, whose infamous effort in a great national crisis to betray American honor, disgrace cur flag, pros titute the mit.ion’s <-onscienee, and ex terminate an heroic people struggling for liberty at our- doors, is unique in American history.” In the course of his sermon, which is vigorous, earnest and eloquent. Mr. Dix on calls attention to tho fact that recent events have shown that our politicians are patriotic; tha’ wo can depend on our reign born eitizens; that every sect ion of country is loyal to th*? heart’s core: tiiat there tire no dangerous divisions; ami that wo are impregnable to a for eign foe. “in all this grand oratorio of patriotism and. humanity.” says Mr. Di.x --o:i, “tli-H-e is but one di-.u-c* d.” and lie shows whence it proceeds ! n the follow ing vigorous ami slashing style; 1; i-« the .n!,-,* of the smug, slir.v-tongm-.l I*■>,-nis. .-, t!:.- mugwump. I*'rc*m i!u- ln-gin niug <>:' tli" iTibnn .- t r-*g,;- for !!l> rty, through .--11 its Imrrors of btoo.l, as'-.--. and st-irvation down t.' th-- last riomeii- of ~ . ; . itioual ■ risis tills sulking i. litor has b. unpatriot I*-. apotogi-ti* , brutal, .-yn'c-it. He lias syst'-inntiear.v cu-.svd m<l reviled every maniiestatioit of A.m-rii-.m man hood ami .-m.i'e.l at every ex po- ; '**n of time ci sympathy for the weak and the suffering. He has shown himself an animal without a soul, a brute without a country. How true this is, only those who nave a daily opportunity to read the plutocrat ic organs can know. We have repro duced (lie extract, not for tiie purpose of pursuing the subject, for the theme needs no enlargement, Imt to suggest that the term “mugwump” hardly covers the class. The word “tory” likewise fails to give an adequate conception of the identity of those who have been urging the government to permit the Cuban horrors to go on indefinitely. it is true that “mugwump” describes a person who has no political convictions, tiie ab sence of these b’*ing due. in nine cases out of ten. to a lack of patriotism. But there ire some honorable exccpticiis. A.s tor th** lories, it is not to be denied tiiat some ci them, especially in tiie revolu tionary war, hud principles for which they were willing to make sacrifices. .Many, perhaps the majority, were sin cerely attached to the cause of tim king. In Hie colony of Georgia, to take ttu ii lustration at home, there was Rory Mc- Intosh. He was a tory, but in all Hie glimpses that tradition gives of him, lie cuts a superb figure. Therefore, it would be insulting to couple th** name of tory witli the class which insists tiiat the United States shall not iif: a. hand to put an end to the appalling Crimea that Spain is committing in Cuba. Il is curious, as well as significant, tiiat the editors of Hie public'll ions .so roundly scored by Mr. Dixon should both I;e foreigners. One is an Irishman, who is on- of sympathy with his own people, at home ami with those o: li's race who have become Americans. 'l’he other is a German, who misrepresents the views and feelings of German-Ameri* au eiti zens. I. i.s one of the fortunate things in life that one sermon sm-h as Mr. Dix on has deliver*’! is an antidote to tons and tons of poisonoti.-; stuff that exudes from tiie plutocratic, organs. I'-litor Medill will tti-ke a bottle of lioiled water to war with him. The Dingley Deficit. la spite of rumors of j;< :u-*- and war alarms, there’s mi*' thing tiiat moves like, eioekwcck, and tiiat. is the Dingley deli eit. It. creeps ami crawls, imt it is al ways getting bigger. All Mr. I tingle.-, s proiilu-'-if-s ami I”’’'- dicJon.s amount to nothing. He has racked hi.s 1.-rai.n to discover excuses, ami made himself hoarse in r.i-itiu -; them; but all to no purpose. 'l’he defi cit moves right along, ami is now in creasing more rapidly titan r ver. Tim tariff, w.tich was levied to cure hard times, has call.'" <1 them to spread to the treasury. Mr. tiTcKinley belore iie was safe in tiie white itouse used to try to help out witli his comforting max ims, but the big wheel ot ills maxim mill is now at a standstill, and Mr. Ding ley i.s obliged to sweat and bear it. atone. ir we take away the cash tiiat has been received in '.lie treasury from i-mtrces oilier than taxation, th<- deficit rem lies high figures. It is much bigger than it was win-ii Cleveland issued bonds. Aic.inwhiie, what is the matter with tlte tariff? Mr. Dingle.-- says it will produce a surplus if it is let alone; but nobody i.s bothering it in fact., every body seems to have forgotten it in the midst, of tli*.* tory claniur for peace at any price ami still it mounts up. it is impossible to say how Mr. Ding ley is affected. If lie has any anguish, he com-eals it beneath hi.s London-made hat. and moves among his fellow' beings as, though he had nothing but an ordin ary case of chronic indigestion. But lie <an hardly be a happy man. lie knows how to add and substrm-f, a.nd this knowledge i.s sufficient to give him trouble. J. Sterling 'Morton is now an editor. This is calculated to give a black eye to tin profession. Democratic Topics. The ('iiicago ('lirouicle to. ins no * x cepi.ioii to the general rule that tiie newspapers of tiiat city nr.indulge In unexpected contort ions in order to attract Hie attention of Hie public, 'i’iie following from T'he t’hronicle is so mil-1 as to lend itself readily to interpreta tion: T-’.I,- from t!> nia.l-ling *r.*-,-.<l in old Vt-.v* i;i'. AA itliom -1. Bryun ui-.-roii.-!-. • x pn-.-ttie l.**Tu-f tiiat tie honor of Hi * country w 11 i>“ nriintain-'.l by tlx* r>-mt*- nrin who w.is hi u*-* -stul -ry in IS’.if-. "I !i::ive < v.-ry faith i:> the pr-i*l* nt.” 1). says, “and belli ve that h-- will proceed in away that will be satisl'm-tery to tin* Anicricmi people.' ’ t’erhaps Mr. Hr;, an lias not heard tiiat If t >i.- pia Mdi-nt declare.-; war it will in- as an alternative, the other proposition w.ii*-:i v;.ar is to combat be.ing “lTe<- (Uilia an*! fr ■ silt' i'” as a shi'ab-m-th with which magnetic tor- tiimself, for in t nc it rally • x p-.ple caul, unclu-eked by :lu mastit'ly move i* commend -.1 by th- McKinley liil-. h en oi". ii. tak-- posses ion of the gov- rn. niem at Washington. It is *>*l*l under tiie <-i"* umst in--'-.-* l-o-v .’-’in the democracy, the magm-'.a orators included, are. T!i**y are ready to supp.nl t'.w administration in a war ill-. to be for their own destruction. I‘ :li. ps th.-y have an abiding idea that, war or no w; r. democra.-y w-ill sitw-oed, witii '- 1 -. * aixl gen < -a! approval, to mediocrity in the nation :1 <-a pitot. The Chronicle culls itself a demo cratic paper, imt we pre.-mme its dem c racy is of the same stripe as that oi S -cretary Gage, or ito bring tiie com parison nearer to lite naked truth) thi.t of the great originator ot the billbynum party. Evidently the editor thinks it astonishing that Mr. Bryan miould have more confidence in “his suc-e.'s t'ul adversary” than some of the Chicago republicans entertain; hut the truth of the matter i.s that Mr. Bryan is a broad er-mindi'd and more con.-- vat've man than tiny of the republicans. Hi.s faith in the people i.s as great, a.s 'Jefferson’s or Lincoln’s was. His sympathies are as wide as those of I.in-.-oin. He is no narrow-minded partisan scheming to influence delegates to con ver. lions, or seeking a popularity that will lie blown a.wi-.y by any whiff or change of circum stance. Tiie people have an intuitive knowl edge of his caliber, ami they know tiiat he is the leader, not of a collection of individuals, but of tha! great imblic body wlii-’lt stands' for democracy. This wa t show n c early and unmistakably by the vote polled in 18911. Os the intelli gent white voters of the country lie polled a. million more than Mr. McKinley. In oilier words, if the election of 1896 had been decided by the white voters of the country alone, Mr. Bryan’s popular ma -o i.v would have amounted to more than a million votes. This is a fact, to be borne in mind by the republicans and their assistants. So far as the Cuban question is con cerned, Mr. Bryan stands with the gieat body of voters that gave him suppoi t. He is in favor of intervention as an American and not as a partisan. He would not advocate war to Birther po litical schemes at home, nor would he oppose it because a political opponent charged with the administration of af fairs. AA’e feel sure that there are many editors in the west, as well as in the east, who have never climbed the high wall thad separates patriotism from hictp p<ir!Lsn.nsnip. On in.iny this is to lie r.-grelted, imt. regrets do not. alter facts. AA’e have recently had an exhibition of the difference between patriotism aid partisanship that should be at- open er even to the feeble minded. '! he dem ocrats laid aside all partisanship wiien they gave ’.inaniinous supf.**- t to ii-t resolution asking for tin appropriation of .$50,006,000. They laid aside partisan ship am! voted a.s rcpr*>senl.afives of I "- great body of tlte American peojil". H Jias been said that the event ha’s no prec edent in our history. So mm ii ih<i wor. e t lieu for oi;*:' history. In voting as tlmy did, tiie democrats w r *re merely carrying out. the spirit and purpose of democracy. AA "mitever opin ion they may have of Ur. McKinley in his character of i-’-publican pn- ti.san, their support, put. him on noli'i- tiiat im is now handling American ami not. par tv interests. 'l'!i**y -.'*:** also carrying on- the spirit and purpose of Hie <!*'- mocracy, which, by n-imon of the im mortal principles it standfor, is some thing more than a m -ie party. 'l’iie democrac; .stands for self-govei'iimciit by the people not in this country alone, but tiie wc-rid over. It stands for free dom and iiii.H’*-! of all forms of tyran.-.y ami oppression, ami it. is always reatiy to give sympatliy and nb tan!ial nup port to a. peopie sit iiggling to establ.-ii their independenci especially wimn tiiat .striif'.gto i.s i.-dnv on dir -'ily under tiie eyes of tli-' irepttblie. 'Hie democracy never had ami never will liavi* anything to lose by promoting with all its energy and influence tim *ue cc-.s of those who tire struggling to es tablish a free ami an imi- ia mtout gov ernment. o Mayb - we wouldn't hav-i any war t: Miles was to be made a ii»*ii'« m'-H gen eral at once. The Case of Cuba. AA’e <!o not criticise those who have advi.-ted ]ni;d--n' preparation aid who have urged com-'.ervativo methods in re gard to the Cuban question. There may lie a little 100 much pirud.mce, or an overdose of conservatism; imt war is a. .‘-'."lious matter. It i.s n tiling to be avoided at all times where avoidance iie possible. Every nation on <-::rtii ha.s. at one. time or another, pursued war as the result of greed. Tho hands of not one tire clean. The Arncirican ft - public lias offend'd less in tills •• •-;.-<■ tiii’ii any other power of tiie first --lass. AA’e may discuss the question of war from every possible point of view, ami it. will be found to lie justified in only two contingencies. It i.s justifiable when it is a. struggle for freedom and self-gov ernment; it is justifiable when carried on in self-defense. Tiiere will be no dispute in r -;-,ard to these points. Tiie case of <'nliii -it this moment i.s entirely unique. Tae Spaniards have demoi-stratod that they canne-t rcconqu'-r tiie territory held by tho Cubans; liiat they cannot give suc cor to tin- population which their brutal policy Ims committed to sta;;-.ation. On the other hand, tiie Cubans are not strong enough io drive tiie Spaniards out. of the fortified towns. So far as we know, tim situation has no parallel in history unless it iie compared witli the condition of our own .;-to a' tin* mo ment wiien Erance camo to our re.u-iie at Yo-.-l'town. If inti . vent ion was ever jiistifi- d un der any com-ci vabie eircumstanees, tm moment i.s ripe for it. The people are a unit for it. It is noces tary on grounds as high as can ev< r exist in hitman af fairs; it is ;io<-c--sary on behalf of human freedom and * <ll'- government. v.liich are the essence of humaiiiiy. Geographic:;ily and commcir< itilly, tiie struggle in Cuba i.s on Am''ricaii soil. AA’e do not need the island, and we do no- want it. AATri'o.o-r its best;ny be in (lie future, just at pr* sent there arc reasons why annexation would m i!her lie prudent nor desirable. The i'ons! it ut ion i-.tis so 'i ’ < -'T anne.sM.ton as a quarnutino measure, Imt only in tlte event of tho failt’ire of events to run the Spaniards off the island. l’-.i noitli-'-r gr* ■-1 tor gain has ant part iu -he de sire of the people of tiie United Slates, without'o.g-ird to n-'.' !v, t'mt the adnitn istrntion should intervene to put an end to the crime of Spatiisit < ■ citpaiion of 'l”ne democrats <-'Hitintte to keep Hao silver quo-'’ion to lite front. The Cattle Industry ot Georgia. A r-. markalile story is lop- d in The Constituti'om this mo ihrough its Albany <-.i;-respoudent. It -mis that, wil'hin tiie last eight months over Gs,t’Oo head of cattle have bee.* shinned from (imt sei Doti to tit- v- .-'i. i record has developed tho fact thatsoutli wc-'t Gemu-,l:'. witho it knowing it. Ims bC'-omo a. t’i-o ii live stock center, and that, what has I een ai-eornpli 'liod alr-ady is Imt. an irkiing of what m-i.-. lie look <1 for in the future. Blit ill** story '.'.mil'.’ lie . i.t'-.'H.'i 'le wore 'l ite Constitution to fa’c to poin' out the many advantages le.-t in ".ie shipping of mere raw material to ’ se-.-tiot.s for development. Sine*- smith west Georgia can raise cr.ttle cess fully, why should she not be able to *■ ir ry on the busino.'.-s <o its final com-in sion, and to b'.ivo ereat packing inc*-. - established in Albany, I’.- rib; i*!v.-. Thoma iville ' centei The cattle '.-in lie faticn-d and h'.mi'.'ht to nm ket from south'*’.-*-st Georgia jm;! as well as -lhe mime thing can iie m c*m. nlished in the great west. The:-*? is no reason why th*’* si-.'.i h should cling to the mere i-i'iiduction of raw mt:t* rial, leaving the immep.*-- ]ir<>' it of Easin-m-s development to other sec tions. That spirit which Ims moved our people from the making of cott.-m to go into its manufaeturo ami t;> wrest the market, from tiie north we. t should in spire our farmers to lake the .same step* in regard to cattle raising, and no-t to res' content until Georgia b cowo-; iion **;•* m'.ed with packing hon.-'es: ;,,-l the crntle king will be a. Gem..-.i-iti instead of a Texan or a. Kansan. 'l’he Springfield Republican has been converted to “jingoism.” Editor Godkin may fall into line next. “Sodjs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON. A:i Easter Patriot. Nover ketch me growlin' 'bout millin'Ty bills— I likost o r see, at Easter, the dear w‘fa put on frills; I.ike ter sc*- tier fixin’ of her dear ot' self tn style. E< r i lic'.s sweeter In a minute than the others in a mile' N’uthln' in the coimtry’s too good tor her; an’ I I lav- sot it down to new r pass the Easter ri'.ibi ns by ’ Es I half susp.-it s!:? wants ’em; es She iu ly t ints tiiat she AV.-iih.- somethin' in the winders, they amt I)!-'•' <’Ii()iI11 ftT Lit*’ Ji..U l ay th- store ■ ut tor h r! fp r it 'livens up y* r life To krn .v tiiis ilu ’g willed “money" is e 1.1- .-iu' ter j i-r if*-; An’ wben E.-wier bells air ringin’ an’ t’nu wort's on tin ss jiuratl". T.i- know that- . in't a woman that kin iinow iici- in tli*.- shade! 1' don’i take mu* h nr iii*'ss iii-f, Imt It’ii got ter b- the tics'l Ti ut' in the f 'shlon pup -rs—whar the puny om •- <lr*.-ss*-<l; Gov*- t*-r s- e her twin' of h*-r di •!*• ol’ se’f iu *. ’yt". I--,-i- ip ' . ,v‘ .:-r in a- mimite than th-, r. st air in a m'-ie! A Soi-.g in Time. Eli'.- i rowir*--. ;we- ter I:i ti-ii<|r-rer tmic; vii-.u to m- ter. And <lr* .imiim of .lune. Yt • ndt >v. ■ i i iniin «I <»v< r With d-iisi-’s in <!• v\ ; Carp* ts of *-l**v*-i- And (-.irl'tim- oC blue. Gleam time mil dream time— East is e.irtll’:' Strife; Sou-. ;ime and tr- ini time— j.ow- time and lit'--! The Campaign Mule. tie i.--, not regutar at ir* als— Ila rd-t i*ld. u day by 'l-’O’'• In many an -:il’. n burn lie reels. With small r'-ward of hay. lie knows *'i<h farmhouse tn the land— i:.,.-li ollie. - -■' !<* i-.. track: Hi- l.i-ars -i Georgia (-('lon* 1 and A mortgage on his bi.'.ek. Dis ’-loril from the war is good. And for our w-t**s is tendered; Ho livid on winnon halls and wood Amt kicked win ti Lee surrendered The oflico eaiio-d. be gets a brand New harness to adorn; Ills master takes rye Whi d;y, and Eor him ho o’ders—corn. But. still his lot ' life !-• dim 'Neuth sail mis'ortune s rule: ’l’lio mortgage anuiles up to him And ends the cmnpa.ign mule. Summer Peelin’3. Then w a sorter feel o' summer In tho lazy, daisy a!:'. An’ the huniinin’ birds air cornin' an’ the blooms air ever’wher* ; An’ a tidier feels like no*iditi' when th.ir « any vt ork. ter <io. Or 1* .'tin roim’ in ro dders whar the d.i'sy drinks I lie dew. It's whilin' time an’ tlshln’ time, an‘ tinw f* r "i lyin’ still VV liar ii- song-birds a the blossoms a.'.r a-singla’ lit ter I -11! Ter fe*l yer li-iir a-v.ivin’ In the vi'let- >r slip iwav t- i- dr* .inion’ in the dronin’ o’ the bees. It ain't, no time f*-r thinkin’; tt ain't no time ter stay- in tin- city, when *.!io coolin’ shades a r eallin’ yon a- ay; I-’er folk.-; up in the city jest git a glimpse o' bln* , When tli.'i's mills of It, unclouded, in thp inedders, over you! 1 like tiie lazy, daisy, springtime foehn— like i* !• be Whar tho blossoms air a-ralnin’ all their That’s the time you’ll tin’ me noddin' when thar’s any woik ter do, Or loafin’ roun’ in medders, wlwr the daisy drinks the dew! Good by. My Honey! If It Ptj.l',!'. if It. t’OIID '■■■, Witli a rattle of drum--. An’ cannon that roars to tli*- sk; . Trot out your cr-dentials Ami war-'.inn- essentials. And good by. my homy, gooilby! Just let ilia band play. As tin- be*, march .iwii; Let ’■lTxie" ,-ing out to tl>,- sky; And ev.-ry glad sinner AA ill tight for his dinm-i ; Ami its goudby my honey, goodoy! Speculating on It. I’ve alh rs been h* arln’ tho Lord ts a lover o' p. iee, Imt. I know Wlier. -w r i sir’s battles t*-r fight. Tlm-'e I* i.- or loud prayin' lielow! An' *■'• ■ red sojer struts roun’ in h n A-S.'i.'in’ S slier- that the I "'d's on hla side! 1 know, 'fore l!i ■ signal ’ial <-oino Th i: Twas tim- ter Jur.il* inter tho fuss. They'*! i*-l! us. tim preachers at homo Se-.it v.*>’-'i i !>*■;- wuz preyin' f* r us, An' :-’ter tin- enem; fearli-s.--. we'*l ride, 1 *-!:< \ in’ th-- Lord had took up with our Nov. I ilunno J-.-st how it t*-.-i; bo, imt | tli-myi'i, i--r-- I got my v't* "-■ o. That ilii-' tier - ritmimi, ■ alb-il “free.” * Tt -r be a r* ligi-in o' 1- n •'! An l tiiink. when it'.- v*ar. it i laid on 111 '. shots, * . |».-i .1 l-i. - icli side take lo’sr Sv.-'-et Enough for You. A little lit'*' 1 ill . C ' I'ite, Ami a little s*l'nil of blue, Ami ii Hie l-ms-.er l-onn.'t That is ; .w" - enough for you! A kiss bene ith tli 't bonnet is .-*■/ sw* ct as honey-dew. Ami tlx- ribbon him- upon it Tangles all the heart of you! A litt;-- dn-atn of white. An,| .' lilt’*- t-.-e im of blue— A- -I that'.- I’- E ister bonnet * m.- dear old sw* - tin irts knew! A l. ss b-ne.-'l'i t -at bonnet Mii-lo your i - i * lb>e wish for two. Am- c i-i's tiie Easter bonnrt -fl: ,s sw. • t (..'ougii for you! A Home Brigade Man. Ti-.** *\ ir : mgs they air chantin’ — They'll give ol’ Spain a rap; I’m; I’m liuyt-.-.’ seed fer plantin’. An’ .I’m goin’ ter make a crap. Tlio boys air all r*.*-ruit::f. Bm - spring i - In tlx* ski--s. Au’ while they do the shootin* I'il raise the home supplies. Tiif.-.T! neve.- ketch mo noddin' W! en I ain't sptlttin' i ails. T!m *-iiii:!i-j-11 want gun-waddln': I’il seii ’em cotton bales. Can’t, ail git in the fightin’: Jost let ’em pack their traps: JI; bus m.--s, at this writin', Is cultivatin' craps!
