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A Voice from North Carolina.
A lady of North Carolina sends us a
very interesting letter. She says she
doesn’t write as well as she could wish
to, but. she writes well enough to de
pict with some power the situation in
that state under negro and populist rule.
For reasons that are obvious she asks
us to suppress her name and postoffice
address; and, for reaons of our own,
we shall present a synopsis and para
phrase of her letter.
The lady is a widow, wi.h nine chil
dren, four of whom are able to help
her to some extent in the management
of a small farm which is in a country
region inhabited mainly by negroes,
among whom area, few populists, includ
ing a populist magistrate. Her experi
ence among these coalitionists may b<-
imagined when she declares that it is
the duty of the women of Georgia,
especially the wives and daughters of
the farmers, to use all the i'lflticnee they
possess to defeat any and all such coa
litions of the white men responsible for
such movements. She says: “If they
are not negro lovers now they will be;
they will do anything and everything
for the sake of office."
The indictment is a. trenchant one,
and vet it if true as to North Carolina.
Why may not it turn out to be true
in Georgia' Remarking upon tiie ar
ticles which we have recently printed
on t in-condition of affairs in North Car
olina, our lady eori '. pondent says that
the half has not been told. She inti
mates, indeed, that, our informants must
have covered up a good many hideous
facts in order not to give the state a
bad name abroad. As to this, we are
perfectly willing to take our correspon
ds nt's word for it. A v >man is u
keener observer than a man, and she is
more sensitive to her surroundings.
“Could you but come and live here
awhile,” says our correspondent, “you
would discover for yourself that the
half has not been told."
She has been compelled to submit to
all sorts of indignities and insults nt
the hands of tin white coalitionists ami
their negro coadjutors, ami when, in
one instance, she would have gone to
the courts for redress, her lawyer plain
ly told her that it would be impossible
to obtain justice so long as the popu
lists and negroes 'nave control of the ma
chim -y. Tile upshot of it. is that she
is going to dispose of her property, if
she < in, even at a sacrifice, and move
with her children away from the stale,
fb r daughter could help her by teach
ing in the public schools, but she says
she will go without such help rather
than that the young woman should sub
mit to an examination before such men
as those who make up the school board.
She declares, with increasing empha
sis, that if the women of Georgia knew
what, was in store for them under such
rule, they would work night and day
against those who propose to repeat here
the experiment of corruption and degra
dation whicti North Carolina is today
the victim of We are also of the opin
ion thm the wives and daughters of the
farmers and tenant farmers .should warn
the- husbands and brothers and sons
ngr-.in.-t affiliation with or support of
those men who are trying to fasten on
them tlie unhappy results of a negro
coalition. The element known as "poor
whites" in North Carolina are having
a terrible experience with the coalition
and partnership which they have fast
ened upon themselves; and their wives
amt their daughters have had occasion
to rue the hour when the coalition suc
ceeded.
If there is any such element in Geor
gia as the “poor whites” the term
has a meaning distinct from the ordi
nary purport of tiie words it. is not
large enough to be politically signifi
cant. There are large numbers of poor
nmn in Georgia, and many of them are
populists, but they have a spirit, an in
dependence and a patriotism that, are
unknown to the class known as “poor
whites;” and we think we can assure
our North Carolina correspondent that
they will resent in the most significant
way the effort of the populist leaders to
force upon them, their wives and their
daughters, the degradation implied by a
negro coalition.
Nevertheless, the warning of the
.North Carolina lady possesses impor
tance. ft comes from one of the vic
tims of negro and populist rule. It is
a voice of a woman crying out in the
political wilderness, and it should be
heeded by the honest and self-respect
ing populist voters of Georgia.
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What the Great Powers Own.
The United States of America ranks
fifth among the world's great powers in
point of territory. This observation is
pertinent at this time, when our flag is
waving over remote islands which are
destined soon to be included within the
domain of the republic.
With Hawaii added, the territory of
the United States embraces 3,609,630
square miles.
Os the four powers which rank ahead
of the United States Great Britain comes
first, with 11,371,391 square miles, Russia
next with 8,660,394 sqtfcire miles, China
next with 4,218,401 square miles and
France next with 3,821,419 square miles.
Immediately after the United States
comes Brazil with 3,209,878 square miles,
Argentina with 1,778,195 square miles,
Turkey 1,576,700 square miles and Ger
many 1,228,200 square miles.
Even with Porto Rico and the Philip
pines included the territory of the United
Staes will fall short of that of France
and consequently the annexation of the
islands will not affect, the order in which
the United States comes in the list of
tho great powers. In conjunction, the
great powers which we have named own
three-fourths of the territory of the
globe.
The State Campaign.
Though tho democrats are certain to
be victorious in the Georgia state elec
tion, it is gratifying to know that the
fact has robbed neither the candidates
nor the voters of the enthusiasm that
should go to the support of every good
cause. All the machinery of the party
organization has been put in prime
working order, and the chairman of
the executive committee, Hon. Fleming
dußignon, who has charge of the cam
paign, is as vigorously at work us if
there were some doubts of a party suc
cess; and Colonel Candler, the candi
date for governor, is making an ener
getic canvass of the state.
As the result of this policy, hundreds
of voters who have for some years held
aloof from the party, or wtio have acted
with another organization, are falling
into line, none the worse, so far as their
democracy is concerned, for their truant
experience. Colonel Candler is largely
responsible for this change of attitude
on the part of many voters who have
heretofore acted with the populists. To
see him and to hear him speak is suffi
cient to create confidence in him. Integ
rity, candor and simplicity glow in his
face, in his words and in his gestures.
Voters who see and hear him for the
first time—especially those plain, honest
voters wiio constitute the strength and
safety of the state-say to themselves,
“Why, here is a man as simple, as plain,
ns unpretentious as we are; here is a
man whose character sticks out in
every feature, in every motion and in
every word. We know we can trust
him because he is one of us. He puts
on no flourishes; he is one of the old
fashioned kind; he is just tiie sort of
man that will make us a good governor.”
And it is a fact, that Allen D. Cand
ler is just that kind of a man. That is
why all opposition to him is futile; that
is why those who opposed his nomina
tion could never bring a charge against
him that could live an hour after it was
brought, to his attention; that is why
the people made his nomination a sort,
of political ovation; and that is why
they will give him such a majority at
tho polls on tiie sth of October. He
stands for the whole people, and that is
the reason the populist leaders in Geor
gia today find themselves practically
without a following- find themselves
compelled to commit themselves to a
most infamous coalition with the negro
party.
The fact, however, that these leaders
ft <4 that they are compelled to entei
into an alliance at once disgraceful and
dangerous should not excuse them in
the eyes of t heir followers. Their scheme
is an insult, to every populist voter in
the state, and if there are any who are
blind to the danger of such a programme
they should consult with their neigh
bors and friends. The effort of these
leaders to build up their political for
tunes on such a basis should leave them
stranded and exposed to the public con
tempt.
But we do not believe that any self
respecting populist voter will follow
them on so dangerous an adventure.
The democrat!* party will be the refuge
of these insulted and disgusted voters.
The action of their leaders gives them
an excuse for leaving the populist or
ganization, and if any further excuse
were needed, it is to be found in the
fact that the democrats have for their
candidate for governor a man in whose
integrity and purity of purpose the
whole people, without regard to party,
may repose perfect confidence.
As there is no doubt of a democratic
victory, so there is no reason why all
who believe in good government and an
honest administration of the state’s af
fairs should not go to the polls and vote
for Allen I). Candler for governor and
for the full democratic, ticket. We do
not speak by hearsay when we declare
that hundreds of populist voters have
expressed t heir determination to support
the democratic candidates; we speak
with knowledge of their intentions. It
need not bo said that, they are taking a
wise step. Titey are. in fact, taking the
only step that'is left to a consistent man
who does not desire to become a partner
in the newly amalgamated conglomera
tion and mixture which is to appear
when the populist coalition with the ne
gro party is in working order.
The Populists Coming Back.
As the state campaign progresses, the
collapse of the populist programme be
comes more and more evident. Men who
have heretofore been prominent, in that
party have either returned to the demo
cratic party or retired to the seclusion
of private life.
This result has been hastened by an
ill-timed effort of the populist leaders to
load tho voters of their party with the
dangerous responsibilities and infamous
results of a coalition with the negro
party. In fact this attempted coalition
is itself the result of a knowledge on the
part, of the loaders that they can no
longer control the white voters who
have heretofore given their party its
strength and respectability. They know
that the democratic platform, free from
evasions and subterfuges, commends it
self to the indorsement and support, of
honest and patriotic men everywhere;
and they know also that tho democratic
TIIE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - : ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 19, 1898.
candidate for governor presents in his
character and career the very essence of
the democracy that the people love.
Consequently, to save themselves from
utter political annihilation, they have
played the dangerous card of negro coa
lition. Like all cards held up the sleeve,
it represents a swindling scheme. The
victims of it will be the white farmers
in the remote settlements, as the result
of a like coalition in North Carolina has
shown. In the blick counties, should
the coalition be successful, the negroes
will have the whip hand, and, as in
North Carolina, they will take charge of
the county offices and proceed with the
work of corruption.
But, from all indications, the populist
voters do not propose to bo led into
any such trap; they do not propose
to sacrifice themselves in behalf of the
unworthy men who have hatched the
coalition scheme.
—
Mr. Billybynum Retires.
It is authoritatively announced from
Chicago that Mr. Billbynum, the author,
editor, compiler and general manager of
the justly celebrated Billbynum party,
has retired from his exalted position as
chairman of the executive committee or
the National Gold Barty—*God save the
mark.
Our readers will remember that prior
to 1896, Mr. Billbynum made himself
conspicuous by howling for free silver.
He didn’t care whether it was coined ot
not so long as it was free, and he whoop
ed it up on that line until the Cleveland
rainbow appeared in the political sky.
This rainbow was a very practical af
fair. It was made in a tin shop not far
from Wall street, and painted gorgeous
ly without regard to cost. It was a thing
vou could handle; Mr. Billbynum han
dled it. One end rested in Wail street
and Hie other in the treasury; by those
signs Mr. Billbynum knew that the old
nursery tale had been verified; there
were bags of gold at both ends of the
Cleveland rainbow.
Yes, bags of gold! Mr. Billbynum
placed an index finger on his marble
brow and pondered. Gold! Could there
be anything in it for Bill? He went to
tiie proper parties with this inquiry
shining in his lustrous eyes, faltering on
his trembling and eager lips, and writ
ten in his itching palms. W’e all know
what. Hie answer was. Mr. Hanna was
blandness itself; no doubt he was gen
erous, too; at any rate, in the twinkling
of an eye, Mr. Billbynum changed from
a howling free silverite into a ranting
•■hampion of gold—into a violent har
ranguer for “sound” money.
lie organized the justly celebrated
billbynum party, nominated Granny
Balmer and Uncle Bolivar Buckner, and
drew his salary every chance he got.
When the campaign was over, it was
thought the the result would put a defi
nite end to the billbynum party, but,
for good and sufficient reasons, this was
not. to be. Mr. Biltbynnin looked into
the treasury and found there thirty-odd
thousand dollars in extremely sound
money. He consulted with him..< i’,
and probably with Josiah Bat terson, and
decided to keep up the campaign, lie
carried his headquarters to V w York,
put Josiah on the road as lecturer, and
prove-<led to tat up s\26o of tiie thirty
odd thousand dollars. < uher expenses
were incurred and. in view of the empty
treasury, Mr. Billbynum has handed in
bis resignation al t bicago.
'i’his resignation was received with
surprise- by tiie other leaders of the bill
bynum party, and one of them suggested
that he bp investigated. This idea of
investigating a sound money saint is
enough to horrify the whole country. At
the worst, Mr. Billbynum is only guilty
of a desire to make a living in the easi
est way possible. Why should he be in
vestigated? All the sound money lead
ers are in politics for the "dough,” the
“scads,” the “sluff;” why should Bill be
selected to make an example of?
The funny part about it is. that when
Bill was going about the country earn
ing his wages as a lecturer for the Han
na syndicate, he deeply resented the
statement that lie was a “sound money”
man for the money there was in it for
him. In Allam i, he denounced The Con
stitution for suggesting such a thing.
Josiah Batteison was a. sound money
lecturer for the same reason; but noth
ing more clearly exposes the whole sor
did and shallow scheme than the resig
nation of Mr. Billbynum because there
is no money in the treasury.
Ijet us be glad that obscurity is about
to pull the cover over These so-called
leaders.
One of the War Prub'ems.
In some quarters the republican breth
ren are beginning to discuss the treas
ury surplus which tiie over-issue of
bonds and the increasing revenue from
the new war taxes is piling up. 'The
war, coming to an end sooner than was
anticipated, has left some problems be
hind it, and among them is this ques
tion of a surplus which is partly the re
sult of this sudden return to a state of
peace.
It is comforting to patriotism to know
that the national strong-box is adequate
to all demands, and it. is probable that
events will justify the expectations of
those who predict that some of the new
taxes will be retained, at least tor
some years to come. But there expec
tations have nothing to do with he fact
of a surplus in the treasury—a surplus
which will go on growing until some
definite step in taken to provide for its
dispersion into the ordinary cnan u-ls
of business, and to prevent it from ac
cumulating.
We are not sounding any note of
alarm, nor are we seizing the question
by its political ears, but simply calling
attention to a matter which, in the
course of a year or t wo, will have more
importance than now attaches to it. We
do not propose to discuss seriously the
proposition made by some of the saints
of sound money that the surplus be dis
persed by redeeming and retiring the
greenbacks. The Washington Bost
thinks that such a proposition will npt
be hospitably entertained, and we agree
with it.
Nevertheless, the surplus itself will,
in tiie course of a few months, begin to
attract attention. It will attract the at
tention of business men because
every dollar of it conies right out of
the channels of trade and investment.
Just at present it seems to be effective
in attracting gold imports by hardening
the money market in New York. While
this process continues, the growing sur
plus will not be troubles im?, nut after
awhile it will begin to make its nfliteiice
felt. It is, in short, one of the prob
lems entailed by the war, and, like the
Philippine question, must be settled by
friendly and free discussion, not neces
sarily along the linos of partisanship.
A Significant Cart lid.
The cartoon appearing in Tho New
York Herald, of Saturday last, labeled
“Are there not some tilings worse than
the bad dollar?” suggests a significant
trend of thought.
The Now York Herald has always
been extremely conservative on the side
of the moneyed interests, and has tak
en but very little stock in tho popular
agrarian movements occurring within
tho United States. During the rise and
continuance of the silver discussion. The
Herald has done its part in standing by
those who upheld the gold interest. In
doing so, however, The Herald is not
to be accused of any wrong meaning,
but simply of a mistake in policy and
of having chosen bad bed follows. It
has always been well known that, the
origin of the gold movement came from
tho shoddy bond holders of 1565, who,
having fleeced their government in the
name of patriotism, still used that con
juring word to fleece the people at large
out of their hard earnings and to double
tho value of bonds which they had pur
chased at a heavy discount. They were
willing to trade upon the necessities of
the government in time of war, and
equally ready to prostitute tho name ot
patriotism in time of peace. From
their efforts to double the value of
bonds, they were load on to that other
effort to displace all the remaining forms
of money by the sole use of the gold
standard. In this way, the shylock in
terests of Europe and tiie shoddy inter
ests of the I nited Sta.-s became com
bined, and it is this doable conspiracy
against the welfare of the nat'on which
has throttled its legisla'ion over since.
What, was mine natural, therefore,
than when another war began, those
people should be in tiie midst of the
plan* where contracts were to lie let,
and where money was to be coined out
of tho blood and suffering ot’ the mon
at the front?
The Herald, therefore, in acknowl
edging that there are some things
“wor.-e than Bryanism,” snap .v lifi.s the
com r off tho condition of things which
have existed ever sine, the late civil
war between the states. The men who
make money out of the suffering of our
soldiers at the front are the same peo
ple who have made money out of the
suffering of the people during the last
thirty years; and it is out of their op
pressions that the - sty for “Bryan
isrn” has grown.
Tiie Constitution welcomes this lit
tle ray of light which has been let in
upon tiie leading journal of tiie United
States, and hopes th t as it is beginning
to see things dimly, even as though
through a glass, it should continue in
the work until it shall ally itself with
the cause of the people, whelm r that
be known by the name of “Bryanism
or any other designation.
Senator Foraker and the Cubans.
Those newspapers amt people who
are leading in tiie movement that has
as its purpose tile build! ig tip of pal.'lie
opinion ag.iin.s. tiie Cuha.ts, have resort
ed to many devices in m-ir endeavors
to carry theii point, even going so far as
to openly misrepresent the attitude of
public, men on what has become a most
ui] ortam question.
It is important particularly because it
will devolve upon « . e.-s to provide
a temporary govt-ri::t;< for Cuba and
to say how Jong th t (.eminent shall
be permanent; wh<” -. the Cubans who
have struggled so gallantly for their
freedom are to have it. or are to be de
prived of that freedo n through the ma
chinations of those who would have this
government step in and take Cuba unto
itself.
That the ultimate fab of Cuba should
bo annexation to t is country all true
friends of the isle and of Hie inhabi
tants thereof will agree. But that
this country having gone to war with
Spain to free Cuba from the yoke licit
has for so many yea s galled her so
heavily—having entered upon this war
through the highest fe< lings of human
ity—should turn around and gobble up
the island, putting . sc- f in tho attitude
of .simply lighting Spain in order to be
able to stop into her shoes, must be ab
horrent to every man in whose heart
there is justice and b>vo for liberty.
When, then ■■ ■ ■■. they : e what can
scarcely be called anyth a else than a
conspiracy whose object is to belittle
the Cubans in the eyes of the world for
tho evident purpose of giving color to
the scheme to gobble up the island
it is natural for those who love right
and justice io rebel. It is not only
natural that, their sense of justice should
be shocked, but it. is natural that, they
shou’d. with all their might, resent such
a movement to put a stigma upon the
good reputation of th : s nation.
In their effort to give strength to thei
contention that tho Cubans have been
proven unfit for self-government, those
anti-Cuban.s have endeavored to create
the impression that most, if not al! of
those who favored recognition of the
Cuban republic in congress, have been
converted to a contrary way of thinking.
It is true that there may be a few men
who, taking their opinions at second
hand, have allowed themselves to bo
fooled by the showing made by those
conspirators in the press and out of it;
but no man whose advocacy of recogni
tion was the result of a study of the
subject has changed. This clamor
against tho Cubans ought to fool no
body. and lias fooled very few.
It. was announced with a blare of
trumpets a few- days ago that Senator
Foraker, of Ohio, had declared that ho
was wrong in advocating recognition,
and that he, too, had been converted to
the anti-Cuban way o f thinking. 'l'his
would have boon important, if true, for
the senator from Ohio had mad'' a close
study of t'm conditions in Cuba and had
been, in consequence. one of the strong
est supporters of recognition upon the
I
floor of the senate. But this announce
ment, like others, turns out to have
been absolutely untrue. In a talk
with The Constitution’s Washington cor
respondent, Senator Foraker shows that
not only has he not had occasion to
change his mind, but that he is more
strongly convinced than ever that the
proper solution of the Cuban complica
tions is the recognition of the Cuban
republic, this government giving it as
long as necessary a strong sustaining
hand.
'l’his does not mean that wo should
rob the Cabans of tho liberty for which
they have fought through all these
years. It does mean our help and our
sympathy: and it would result beyond
question in the success of that infant
government, and in the building up of
such relations of friendship as would
in tho end lead to the joining of our
common interests.
Senator Foraker has given his views
nt some length. 11° has traced the
growth of the anti-Cuban talk from the
time when 14. was first heard. Curiously
enough, that was just the time when
the heat of the Cuban sun, combined
with the intensity of Cuban fever and
crossed with the good American malady
of gout, had conspired to molt the back
bone of the three-hundred-andMen
pound American fighter who was the
nominal head of the American forces.
As that backbone melted, telegrams talk
ing of retreat began pouring in upon
'Washington. One reason for such re
treat kept prominent in those dispatches
was the failure of Garcia ami his men
to head off Bando, who had, according to
these advices from the front, got into
Santiago with several thousand Spanish
The American commander complained
of the dereliction of the Cuban general
and his men, and then and there they
were branded as cowards. It turned
out, of course, that Bando never did get.
into Santiago; that, indeed, he was not
near there; but the dispatches hurled at
the head of Garcia were never recalled,
and on every possible occasion they have
been repeated.
The men who came in actual contact
with the Cuban soldiers bear testimony
to their bravery and good conduct. Even
those who sneer loudest at the poor ap
parel of those soldiers have borne wit
ness to the strength of the men at the
head of their movement —Gomez and
Maceo, Garcia, ami the rest. As Sena
tor Foraker points out, these are men
<>f high class, men of ability, men of
patriotism. We have no more right, to
charge them with incompetency to pro
vide a stable government that have the
Unbans to charge President McKinley
and the generals of the army with the
a< t.s of ghouls among the volunteers
who robbed graves in Virginia, or of
the hoodlums who were sent to Santiago
to do guard duty and who wore guilty of
about all tho crimes that can be charged
up against man.
The anti-Cuban howlers have howled
themselves out of court. They have
been so loud in their claims and so gen
eral in their misrepresentations that the
trati. oarency of their case has revealed
Itself to the world. There will doubt
less boa strong effort on the part of
these people to make congress outer
upon a scheme of wholesale robbery
with regard to Cuba, but although it is
’ vident. th,at this conspira* v is strong in
administration circles and has many sup
porters among tho republican leaders of
congress, we do not believe they can
succeed. Theirs is too unholy a cause
for even the republican majority to
father.
Comment from New England.
We find the following remarks in The
Springfield Republican:
A letter from Atlanta. Ga.. to Tho New
V ■ rk Evening Post, says that the south
still falls to ilc;iw desired immigration
from Europe, but it. is gaining some from
l o north .vest. S’ncc IX9? It Is said that
ll.UOi.i persons have settled in Georgia from
tho central western states, and the Illinois
(’ennal railroad, through its colonization
schi men, has ,-ettled a still larger number
of western farmers on lands in Mississippi
.m,I Louisiana. But it is rather surprising
to h"it that the south wants immigrants
from .my quaver. Judging from tile call
lor territorial expansion into the tropics,
which is made by such southern organs as
Tim Atlanta Constitution and The Colum
bia, ri. C., Stale, me south is already so
congested won population and capital that
it must have relief or burst.
'Ute Constitution is of the opinion
that its esteemed contemporary would
do well to discuss this Philippine ques
tion on large; and more important lines.
It is io be presumed that those who have
favored the annexation of the group, or
tuose who have leaned that way, or
i nose who have resented tiie impossible
idea of restoring the islands to Spanish
misrule, have not been governed by any
thought that it is necessary to provide
an outlet lor our own population.
Speaking for our-selVes, we may say
that we have discussed the question in
a purely tentative way, our purpose be
ing to resist tiie claim made in some
quarters that annexation cuts across tiie
Monroe doelrineor democratic doctrine,
in any shape or form. We have sought
to show that the democratic party can
not afi’ord to oppose annexation on doc
trinal grounds. Annexation may be im
practicable or undesirable; that is all
ot nor matter entirely. We have tried
simply to abolish the idea that terri
torial expansion is undemocratic.
In the course of Hie discussion, as far
as the matter has been treated in these
columns, we have suggested that if
there is any promise whatever in the in
stitutions which wo have inherited, it.
might lie a part of our destiny to sow
the seeds of liberty and self-government
among peoples less fortunately situated,
this sowing to take place in the fullness
of time and opportunity.
We think that some of the troubles of
New England today are to be traced di
rectly to the fact that her business men
and her editors—especially her editors —
have fallen away from that largeness of
mind and breadth of view that may be
found in Emerson and Hawthorne, and.
in a. less degree, in I he south
may never have had any great intellec
tual guides of her own production, but
to have had and to have lost, s surely a
mark of decay. New England’s intel
lectual guides have stumbled and fallen
into tho pits of trade and speculation;
and the result is that even the great
question of human liberty, and the very
idea of disseminating abroad tiie spirit
of freedom, are viewed in their commer
cial aspect.
Will it pay? Do we got any returns?
These are the questions that press more
heavily on the New England conscience
than any other. They are the lest. It
was not so in the past, and we hope it
will not be so in the dim future; but it
is so now, and New England is paying
heavily for it. in some material ways. It
ought to be pointed out to her that ex-
pansion of territory eastward toward
the great channels of demand means an
expansion of trade; but still the test
questions would arise, and New Eng
land’s guides would fall back stiffly on
the state of the market and the price of
securities.
So be it. If New’England’s great cru
sade against slavery exhausted the vi
tality of her conscience and burnt out
the resources that gave a keen eagerness
to her spirit, the result will be an invit
ing theme for the pen of some historian
with the equipment of John Fiske.
•The Result in Maine.
Maine tells the same story that Ver
mont did. The “legitimate results of
the war” seem to be very surely slippn*;’
from the grasp of the republican poli
ticians. Their hope of profiting by it
to the extent of electing tiie next house
of representatives looks, now very bar
ren. Even the republican leaders who
have been most certain of victory are
now disposed to question their chances.
As Vermont went in the early election,
so has Maine gone; and no better indi
cation of the trend of public sentiment
could be asked.
The tide has set in toward democrat
ic victory. A little while ago the re
publicans—Hanna, Grosvenor and the
rest —were going about proclaiming that
they were going to fight this campaign
with the war as an issue, basing every
thing upon the glory which the admin
istration was sure to get out of its con
duct of things. The news they got
from Vermont made them change theii
tune considerably, for they knew that
the republican slump there ‘was signifi
cant; now that Maine lias emphasized
the impression made on them by Ver
mont, they are in something very like
a state of panic.
They have been laying great store
by these early elections in New Eng
land. Those states are overwhelming
ly republican, and the campaign man
agers have been boasting of the certain
ty of getting large republican majori
ties there, feeling sure that in Maine
and Vermont, if anywhere, their plan
of claiming all the credit for the war
belonged to Hie administration, would
evoke enthusiasm and bring out a heavy
vote. 'They have kept, up those claims
even after it became evident that the
war scandals would be held up against
the administration in some other parts
of the country, for they were confident,
this sentiment against the administra
tion had no foothold in New England.
At the republican congressional commit
tee headquarters all arrangements to
make a great spread on the results in
these states had been made. Now chair
man Babcock and his assistants are busy
trying to invest excuses for what may
fairly bo regarded as their defeat.
For although the democrats in these
states will not enjoy the offices as the
result, of these elections, they have in
virtuality gained a decided victory.
The elections in Maine and Vermont,
occurring as they do earlier in the year
than those in most of the other states,
have always been taken as significant
of the trend of sentiment throughout the
rest of the country. When the repub
licans have carried these states by a
particularly large vote, it has turned
out to be a republican year generally.
When, on the contrary, the democrats
have made gains, it has been found
that the chances favored democratic vic
tories generally.
Even more significant than usual are
the elections of this year, showing as
they do distinct, republican losses in
the face of the expectation of the re
publican leaders to turn the war to their
own account.. These results show that
the people do not propose to let the re
publican politicians take credit for that
which they have no claim whalever -tiie
splendid victories on land and sea—but
do propose to hold the republican ad
minstration responsible for the scandal
ous treatment of the brave soldiers by
the department presided over by the
republican secretary of war.
Significant at all times, these early
elections are, therefore, more significant
this year than usual; amt they mean
that the tide is running strong against
the republicans. With the certainty
of this, the hope of democratic leaders
naturally revives, and the campaign is
being pushed with all the vigor possi
ble. It is too early to talk in any but
general terms, for in most of the dis
tricts the campaign is just opening
up, but the outlook is certainly far
brighter than it was some weeks ago:
and if the signs count for anything, dem
ocratic victory all along the line is
among the political probabilities.
.«.
Splendid War History.
From The Augusta, Ga.. Herald.
The lighting is over, but Robert Cramer
is still riding The Constitution’s "war
horse” and giving the public a splendid
unofficial history of things as they hap
pened down in Cuba.
A North Carolina Freak.
From Tiie Lexington. N. C.. Dispateh.
Mr. J. H. Michael showed u- s-omctlilng
of a curiosity Monday, 't was a yc-ung
kitten having eight legs, two . i(.s, two
separate bodies, but only me head, ' be cu
riosity attracted a great dial of attei tion.
Deer Hunting’ in Southeast Georgia.
From 'Brio Woodline S. if. Georgian.
Mr. George Mott, of Harriett’s Bluff, has
been to Satilla Bluff and reports th it. they
have killed five deer in his comm in.ty.
The “king of Camden” says he is going
out tomorrow and expects to have venison
on his table Sunday. He is responsible
for the foilowing: He says Mr. Jo- Mott
went out yesterday and, as us ril. •vi rdid
line thing. He saw tWo deer in the bushes,
shot one <tnd went after 'he o'iier; he failed
to get it and when he went back the first
was gone.
The Mocking Bird.
When the shadows of the evening
Creep across the grassy wold.
Blithely singing near my dwelling
Comes a saucy songster bird.
Gay and plaintive are the carols
That he sings in matchless si rains,
While perforce my smile enkindles,
For he sings my own refrains.
Listen to his moekings aril. :»s,
Deeply is this lesson taught:
By our every act an impress
On some other life is wrought.
—EILLIAN FINNELL,.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
“Sonos of the Soil”
By FRANK L. STANTON.
The Going and the Coming.
1.
That. <la--
Tiutt day.
When we heard tlhe bugles play
And the boys
It ent mardhlng—
Went marching to the fray,
There were while hands kissed in farewell-.
There were lips that seemed to pray,
That day—
That day
When we heard the bugles piay.
IT.
That day—
That day.
When tho, red flags drooped away,
And the boys
Came silent—
Came silent from the fray.
There were white hands wrung In angulsh
'Bhei’e were lips that could not pray,
That day—
That day
When the red flags drooped away!
The Cool Fall Time.
Ole times in Dixie ain’t fergotten
Co’n erap short, en de rain kid cotton,
But hooray,
1 say,
Fe- de cool fall time in Dlxlat
We sweat en sweat in de summer season,
En ’pears des lak Mister Rain los' reason;
So hooray,
I say,
Fer do cool fall time in Dixie!
G >od!>y ter snakes en* alllgatots,
Walk in 'Bossurn en’ Georgy ’latent.
I n hooray,
I say,
Fer de cool fall time,ln Dixie.!
♦ * ♦ ♦ *
When the Crap’s Laid By.
When the crap’s laid by. then we’re think
in’ of the days
An’ tlhe nights we’ll meet toffeti’ner round
the cabin’s cheerful blaze;
We never care for weather then-for snow
flakes in the sky.
It’s a. balleluia season when tho craps
laid by!
Whin the crap’s laid by, then tho cabin’,
sandy floor
is creakin’ to the music that we're glad to
hear once more.
The fiddle then sounds sweeter, as It
echoes to tlhe skies.
An’ time’s more of love an’ inugthter In
your sweetheart's smilin’ eyes.
When the crap’s laid by. then you’re hap
py as kin be;
An’ It’s How’s your health. Miss Mary?
An’ you’ll dance tills danco with mo?
An’ though every rose Is fadin’, an' the
gray is in the sky,
Life mows along in music when th* craps
laid by! .....
Something to Growl At.
When the rain is gone an’ tiie sun comes
out
Tn the beautiful garden plot
An’ the rose Is friskin’ her buds about.
It’s then-Too hot! too hot!
(N' ver know what we want. I say
Sun an stars, or a rainy day!) (
When the cyclone comes, an’ tlhe mills
goes lame
An' the sheriff swoops on the lot.
It’s heaven, you know, that is most to
blame: —
Could a-spared us, well as not!
(Never know what we want. I say—
Sun an’ stars, or a rainy day!)
The Welcome.
When twilight bolls are ringing swset
And evening echoes greet vie
My happy heart seems singing sweet
Os some one who will meet me.
Os blue eyes ’neath a golden crown—
Dear eyes! tlhat watch and wait—
And little footsteps pattering down
The pathway to the gate.
Though sad t'he toil, in barren soil—
Though Fortune has not found me,
1 know that night will bring me light
And twine two arms around me.
And let the day be gold or gray—
What thought so sweet as this:
"It drifts and dreams my darling’s way,
Who keeps for me a kiss!"
O love of lite, and strcng'.h in strife—
O joy to sorrow given!
O dear child eyes Uhat make life’s ski s
And' earth as sweet as heaven,
1 still can bear with grief and care.
And face the storms to be.
If Lot., the comforter, will share
Tiie crust, ti’." crumbs, with me!
A Philosopher.
In winter time lie’s sappy
Wi en he's pelt, d uy th- snows;
In summer time he's ting g
If lit- gathers one sweet rose;
And earth sc ms ever bett r
For tiie happy way lie goes.
If dark the tempest’s frowning
And no stars are in the night,
He thanks God for a shelter,
And sleeps, and dreams of light.
And somehow, eartli is brighter,
For lie ever makes it bright.
And so, in joy and sorrow
He walks liis earthly way.
And thanks God for tomorrow,
'Anil does liis will today.
And somehow. Earth is brighter
For that les. on.—love—obey!
A Foor Unxortunate.
1.
His hoss went dead an' his mule wel
lame;
He lost six cows in a poker game:
A hurricane came on a summers day,
An' carried the house whar ho lived away;
Then a earthquake come when that wuz
gone.
An’ swallowed the land that the house
stood on!
An’ tiie tax collector, he come roun’
An’ charged him up fer the hole in th?
groun' 1
An’ tiie city marshal—he come in view
An’ said lie wanted liis street tax, toi*.
IL
Did ho moan an' sigh? Did he set an’
An' .wtiss the hurricane sweepin’ by?
Did he grieve that liis ole friends failed
to call
W.hi n tho earthquake come an' swallowed
all?
Nover a word of blame he said.
With all them troubles on top his head!
Not him! * * * He climbed to the top o’
tho hill—
Whar standin’ room wtlz left him still.
An’, barin’ his head, here’s what he said:
“I reckon it’s time to git up an' git;
But. Lord, I hain’t had the measels ylt!’*
