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CONSTITUTION JUNIOR©
Conducted by—
Mrs Wiiliam Kin£
THE BOYLESS TOWN.
A cross old woman of long ago
Declared that, she hated noise;
“The town would be so pleasant, you know,
If only there were no boys."
She scolded and fretted about it till
-lor eyes grew heavy as lead,
no tnen, of a sudden, tne town grew still,
For all the boys had fled.
Anil all through the long and dusty street
There wasn’t a boy tn view;
Thb baseball lot. where nhey used to meet,
Was a sight to make one blue.
The grass was growing on every base.
Ami the paths that the runners made.
i or there wasn't a soul in till that place
Who knew how Uhe game was played.
The dogs were sleeping the livelong day
For why should they bark or leap?
There wasn’t a whistle or call to play,
Vnd so they eould only sleep.
The pony neighed from 'his lonely stall
And longed for saddle and rein;
.’.mi even the birds on the garden wall
Chirped only a dull refrain.
The cherries rotted and went to waste
Tin r« w is no one to elimb the trees;
ml nobody had a single taste.
Save only Ihe birds and bees.
•J a, re v. isn’t a messenger boy—not one
To speed as sueih messengers can;
If ;■■■ opb- wanted their errands done.
They si nt for the messenger man.
There w.is litle, I ween. <f frolic and
noise.
Then was less of cheer and mirth,
Ta, sad old town, since it la. ked Its boys,
W is the dreariest place on earth.
T "<ir old worn in l> gan to W'ep.
I hen w.d;.- wit'll a sudden scream;
•■!>■ ir me: ’ she eried. “I’ve been asleep;
Ati lt'l . v. bat a .01 rid dream!"
—St. Nicholas.
.J.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
D-mr i’ll.'.lren I visited a school the
< li< r day where the children were .asked
■ , ~ for tne. and one little
boy .shed it l< might tell the story of
t'(dunibus. Tie t* a.her gave her consent
.-. ~) th little f How began just like be
w.e- tilling a story, th:.- wav:
■ •■•■ w iv acros< the ocean a. small
I iv silting on a wharf looking out upon
.' waiters, lb -..•in- to b. thinking .and
. . at the ■ hips that, sail way
~,f j. ■ . distal) •* Im notices they seem
, e., ami tin n after a while d iwn,
, ■ , tin ■ 'I r..pp*ar from sight, and so
. ~. bov -. iid the wold must be round,
~, v ., (!1 , r , . very day and sit and
, ,| , ..] :'mm ' t am! w ondered where
~ ...CIS wmt and i tiler, was not an
,.'her 1..ml w-IV across that big water."
began his story and
e w.-nt on and t*dd it all very nicely;
’tev, t’oiumbus grew to he a man and
w-nt fo’ c tie king ami queen and they
~ |p,.q him to sail on his voyage of dis
, . , r ~ , s t Imw he discovered
you al kn >w I i< story, but
In ~ ~•■ x,..| do not know what I am
~.,,,e 1,, tell you and what I told tlm
,;ri n md interested th ‘tn so
i •.■■lilt, on died ■ v. r three hundred vears
■.! v - ■■ ■!'.• 1 in tne island of Santo
b| elonged to Spain
l, at • ■ wards Spain ■■•■ did this
emnd o ev.;.. Then she took up the
. . , ~/ .nb ls and had them movi *1
F’ani ’■ < üba and on January ll*.
i v . i • i. I -i Ica t hedral at
, litt’o ~ . med that Cuba would
. r belong " another country, and she
could now
■ ,( ill pc.l • but alas: they must be
m. imifp ,ml it was of this ceremony
I •.. i t.d to tell yon.
On the 2Gt’.i of September, it 9 o’clock In
■ .* moraine, in l "m presence of General
. the vil go vert
■ p ull d d< in of the ('athedral and
w others, this ceremony took place,
livri v iiod.v was ordered out of the building
. : s o’clock :ml no one but. those moil
ed w t all iw< 1 inside after that hour.
The entrance to tiie cathedral was gi.tad-
. , police to k< ep back
crowd :iial gathered around. Tile tomb
,* ;. , i and all that was left of the
.■ ~\, i rof Amer c i 4.is dust, ami ashes.
was all g.iuicred up ami deposited in
,-e md placed :n a room to bo
g . did bi.th diy and night bj a guard
<i. .-b anish «• ,Idlers until they eould bt>
ken . , th, vi.-scl that would carry them
’■ S; .in When they arrive in that country
h '.ami.-ome monument and tomb will iv
. ■ .vo them ami tie. Spanish nation will
■ok up a tin m us one of tiieir greatest
’masuri.'. and let Us hope from now until
wel l I comes to in end the ashes of
t’.dumbus may “rest in peace."
“AUNT SUSIE."’
Il NIOR CORRESPONDENCE
W;.;i in . )<• ithvllli*. 1,a.~ Dear
J u- W*' I ■ l imit twenty miles sout’.i
--v. t s i.i-.vn or Shreveport, which is
• x: i , : irge.t town In Louisiana. I
Hdiik • ■■■■ . .. real pretty country. N early
knids of true grow here, such ns pears.
I i grapes and plums. There
are ' its '.f wild grapes and museadines and
v. do ci vi -sm.ii a nice time gathering
"••■in Won'i] like corre.spondents my age,
Albert Lofti.-. Ashland, Ga Dear Junior:
■ eight ears old. I live
f-iurte n mi.• < from Harmony Grove anil go
t;iere with papa soim t urn l .- 1 love to ride
hor-' I i water, feed the pigs and see
'a. rn . > . I ii ivi to pick cotton and peas.
; am it . -nine io milk and think J will
Madgie Mc<T< -k y. I’atilo, 'i • x Dear Ju
r "• : i enjoj n ading th • Junior page very
much. havt . sidesaddle and like horse
I i-k riding wry muc:, I enjoy picking
1.1 ion m'eti.nis; I can pick one
..'in 1 : d and fifty pounds in a day.
'
An Elgin Watch
owes its perfection in time telling to
the pauis-taki!:/,' earn exerci cd in lb” pro
<L,rtion of every part, and to its accurate
adjustment before it leaves (he factory.
Full Ruby Jeweled Hlgins
have genuine ruby # bearings, which with
the ” -pecially hardened pivotal points
render them as near wear-proof as
mechanism can bn made —they will last a
generat ion.
Iliirh grade, hut not. high price.
Sent f*T<*e. our handsome illustrated book
let about watclu .
An Elgin Wnteh always has
the word • Elgin’’ e igraved on
tho works fully guarantee'!.
Elgin National Watch Co., Elgin, 111.
Will some of tim cousins send me the song ■
“The Boys Won't Do to Trust?" I will
send in return "The- Broken Vow.” Inclosed
find 5 cints for the Grady hospital.
Willio Weldon. Weldon. Ala.—Dear J i- !
nior; I am quite a. small boy, although 1
enjoy reading the cousins’ letters very |
much. I want to tell the cousins about, my i
uncle Wash Culbertson’s visiting us. He is ,
my only grcatuni’le. Ho would sing the i
Indian songs io us children anil It was very ;
amusing to us ail. lie is .seventy years o,d,
but just as lively as any young people. His
home is in South Carolina. Inclosed lind 1
cent for the Grady hospital.
Ruliy- Dove Andrews, Society Hill, Ala. —
Dear Junior: The Constitution’has been a
welcome visitor in our homo for several
years. 1 enjoy’ reading Aunt Susie’s and
the cousins’ letters so much. 1 will ex
change the songs "Doris.” “Father" and I
■'Ringlets" for "Roses or Diamonds." “Ala
bama Coon" and “Don't Stay- After Ten.”
Correspondence solicited.
Nannie I'otei t, Salado, Tex.. Dear Junior:
Autumn, the "golden age” of all l ie yea:,
ihas come. She lifts upon the distant hills
her banner of purple mist, and trails across
the woodland her gorgeous role of crlm oit
and russet. She touches with her magic
wand lii lds of green, and transmutes them
into the golden glory of a bounteous har
vest. She spread:' upon tin brilliant land
scape Hie soft haze of Indian summer. She
speaks to us of peace .and rest a Iler the
toil of the year, and bids us drink tlio win"
of her sweet content. No other season cf ;
all the year gives us move plea-urc . nd i
enjoyment than autumn. 'Ti.- during this
time, whi'n the tree'- ar. clothed i't I t title
and gold, that we cell brale our gri tl yearl" I
feast. Thanltsgli ing day. W hen ' . led |
around the table, and as we look from cue j
to another and see the happy nJ < t 1
pleasant faces, and best of all !:: • nic I (
tin-key. we have reasons whv we should j
make that om- the most thankful <Tay in tl.- |
year.
<»itr hearts arc full of thanksgiving and i
gratitude to God when we sec the sil\-r |
lining of the clouds <ome down upon the :
at :umii sun. and with a s< l»'’r gladness I'.u
old year takes up his bright inherit,in.-e j
of t.'oidcn fruits.
What «. I'l.v doe; tills obi w lid put on 1
for him who goes forth under th- brigiit |
and golden sky and looks on duties w It
performed and days well spent. For him '
lie wind and even the yellow leav-- .-hail '
) ,ive a voice. Bitt sum • day the voie must j
cease, and file "golden ,’ig< " w ill soon iaw
;as.-ed a.vay. Tl .n we can exclaim with |
I '.ryant:
■ < th. Autumn, why so soon
Depart tlie hues that make thy forests ,
glad :
Thy gentle winds are golden fruits,
And leave me wild and. id"'
To all those w ho are inter, sled in mu ic.
1 would like to exi hatigi "T ' Ship That ‘
Never Returned" and "Three I.enV'S of
Shamrock" for "Only Tired" and the words j
to "Down on Ihe Farm.'
Zadie Ray, Maitland, Ala Dear Junior:
1 will not take a. subject ibis time. I wi. '>
some of tin- cousins were here to go eiiest
nut hunting w th me. W w nii l siav.
nice time. 1 went to hear a Jew preach' r
Saturday night and Sunday. I Ik- to
heir him. I will answer Addie Weldon's
question. The middle verse in the Bib e
is tlie eighth verse of ■ ninety eventh
Psalm; the longest verse is the uinlii ve.se
of the eighth chapter of Esther. Ihe short
est is the tliirtv-fifth v.-rse in Hie eleven!!
chapter of John.
If any one will semi me t«ie words to
“Dixie" and "Doti’J. Stay \fter Ten." I
will send in return tin words of "If I I.ive
.md Don’t Get Killed. D.iling, l ing in
closed 5 cents for the Grady hospital.
Glystura Surles. Snr!' \ A1.,. I>. ir Ju
nior: I agree with M. Is. W., of Gleiinlyn,
Miss in regard to liho ki s M' Arnold
f'.ive Lieutenant Hobson in New York li
may le considered an act of romance,
though it was not an act of moilcsty. 1 am
not so 1. m illtie as she. though I -up: :
people differ in ncu.o as well ... p, oiler
things. 1 am not guying Miss Arnobl for
the deed, but only say that I would not
have sliow'ii my appreciation of tin- brave
'heroes in like m.inner. I am >■•> c.l.td that
peace has been deelircd and all tin fortu
nate ones 'lave returned to their native
homes and dear otn s, for I h.iV' truly sym
pathized with the poor soldiers and my
sympathy lingers not at home with lie
Americans, 'tis ihs.i exi n,i.,i to llic per
Spaniards who fought as vaiianlly a did
tlio Americans, but xveri less succi
Let us not be too exultant over the victo
ries so nobly won, but think oi’ them who
loft their homos and dear ones and return
ed haggard and def-ale,!. 'Tis reason;:bly
supposed that they have th- up to\a -•
their natlvi couniry and pe pl a., w ; He n
let US tilink. w.r We ill tl’.i'ir pl.le. s, ;
would .be I ven harder for us tl'. in it is fol
liieni. I send 10 i-ents for the Gru Is In
Paul G i. . . New Kei . D r J
nior: I have bion at work thi ' ill. a.- ail
I farmers’ boys are. picking co:ton ami gatli
j ering corn. It lias rained mi.st of Hu time
and cotton picking 1 s been low l:mt vvhili
' tne cotton is wet 1 gather eh-itnuts. I
i have sold some and I send cents to the
Grady llOSi i'.al. I wenl to a ■ - ili'-t’ ;f' ::
ral last Sunday, lie was a. son one of
our neighbors and belong'd to the Second
Tei nessee regiment. He died . camp .• m
where in Pennsvlva ilia. Ills mi.tl" : wam-
■ e.| his n mains brought hone' and m was
i sent, with I lie stars and stripes wiapp. d
i .'llOllll.l li:m. His death was a great shock
i to his friends and relatives. A gr at many
: people wer- ;u the church to s. • him. tor
i everybody loved him.
i Jessie Turner. Rands Mill, N. Dear
■ Junior: I am a larnicr’s d.iug'iiti t and
; ihope 1 will never have to live in town. 1
i think it is so much nicer to live in tin
■ . -,i ■ V l) el r
1 fruit and plenty of fr-h air. I "ujoy.'.l
' reading Mr. 1.-.-'s stories. 1 wish Aunt
Susie would wiit- a. story on the Juua"-
' page every w -ek <'orrespohdent s soliei d
! Set h i Bri ars, Stockton, Ah' U' r J
1 nior: The t 'onstitution is a w* klv v...-■ I: ■ »
I to our home. I don’t think any of the
cousins are more eager to r> id it than I
; am, <•.<;,i eiaily the Junior l obinni Some
I of the cousins sc tn to !"■ admirers of pet-;,
I am fond of pots myself, but haven t any
I particular pet a Hie pr sent I am going
Ito school. After 1 pi ep.i r my l"s- : -u'-
1 'ftcruoon and nielit for text day 1 have
little time to think of pets. My papa has
bought rp‘- a piano. 1 iin • r. for ;■ p<
Mv papa -is a. farmer I help m inima .<!;
I ea.n to cook aml v.. n dishes.
I.i-ira <’’rutehfleld. Wazey. Ga. -D'-ar Ju
l niu -: As most of Hi. consiti- write ot
I subjects. I shall I' ll about out annmii
| picnic we -. ve ev< ry East ci Monda.’ <
i th. Flat Roek. Tie r.' is a. larg. m k ime
| mil< wide three miles Hom her- Ku ry
Hasler .Monday pi op!" from al! pa''ts of
l t'he county go there lo picnic. Tin people
'. walk around nntii dinner time. Th :•
I vera! large hills near tile roc); . ailed
’ tie- Glen. .'.Her dinner wo all go t.>
Glen, which Is a most beautiful place, n'ld
He re they -pend Hi- rest of the afternoon
until time to go hom*’. I ride a bicycle. I
enjoy it viry mm h. I like music ■ . mm h.
1 ' in play several pieces. I don’t go to
i .■ -I ,oi now. We haven't had seliool sim-
I Mu' . I io 1 ." to study Latiu and French. I
i shall ask a. few questions. What was th"
iir-.l Scott decision? Who killed f.aS.iH. "
What is the difference between a rebellion
i and a revolution" What were General
I Wolf-'s last words"
Jiflie Lee King, Troy. Miss. Dear Jn
| nior: We live about twelve miles from
' Tray. H is a very pretty pi.nee. I had
i much rather live in the country than In
| town.
Has any of the cousins been chestnut
hunting? I won- yesterday and gathered
35i). I think thn f I did well.
I would like to exchange songs with some
ot' tin cousins—" Boys Won’t Do to Trust."
"Sweet Mario.i'll' Dying Num” “I
Have No Sweetheart Now."
Martlia J. C'aples. Tyner, An].—Dear
Junior: 1 enjoy reading The Constitution
very much. I am fourteen years old. 1
live In the country. 1 will scud all of the
Juniors moon flower seed if they w ill s< nd
me a stamped envelope. They make such
THE WEEKIT CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1898.
Our Young Folks’
a beautiful flower and vine. I will also
semi the Juniors the song, "Oh. Bury Me
Not on Hie Loti- Fraltle," and “(irp'hau
iiirl" sent a stamped envelope. I inc.ose
.’> cents for hospital.
Lillian Mae Baeot, Dry Grove, Miss.
Dear Junior: I attended a d"'l wedding
J.ist week and it was quite a nice affair.
Tit" bride was dressed in white organdie
ami Hu- groom was dressed ill a velvet
suit. We had ice cream and eake for re
freshments. The boys cut. boles in a pump
kin as eyes, nose and mouth, after cover
ing it with oil cloth put ligiats inside ex
pecting Io frighten us girls, but c.i"y
miss <! it for we were up to tliir game.
I read in lasi <’onsti tut ion about Hie nice
chair tile Junior bought lor the little ”,
pliaa:-. I know Hwy enjoy it. As 1 failed
10 get In my liitle mile in time for the
chair, brother end I send 10" to tie tirady
ii. is,dial liit”!. 1 hope Jack .''lost will soon
kill yellow i'l ver. but we wiil miss our
little friends who gave the doll wedding
for tlwir 'uom- is in New Orleans, where
they w'.ll mi when all danger of contract
Ing the disease is past.
81-iwlie D. Bates, 707 St. Charles Street,
Haughton, La. Dear Junior: I will take
lor my subje- t "Fifteen Minutes to Spar-'.”
J: is almost incredible how much can be
don- in a little While and wnat rap d prog
ress any one can make in a particular
sludy. even though it be only fifteen mhi
u'r . to spare for it each day. If We only,
knew how to rightly improve the time. If
we would stop and think of how many
pr. eious moments we all w asted, even
wiion wo tliink we are remarkably busy
aiul industriou.-, w ■ w ould make use ot the
spar n oiii' tits iti. t ".i.l of w hiling them
away in idl w Were we good judges of
time, hov ev< r, we would always have
something to till up these spaces, which are
well worth tin saving. Tim small stones
wlm i lid up tin crevi' .s li.iv.- as mm i to
wo with inal'iing Hie lii'm walls as t n- great
ks, I. i min .m I w:.-e use of our
snare time wi.l contribute, not a little to
our iitial acconi|>lishments. “Where there
is a will there is i way." W" should not
I-: am: im iroved nite pass; let us
t hereiot spend every span til teen minutes
iu .-'eking knowledge, the "pearl 01. great
pr:. . . t 'ous.ns. I ii 11 - . "iigs ot ei’ery d •-
I'crlption t- e\el l.liia,■ lor equal value. .1
wi.l < xehange tor good boons lo r-.ld.
Alice Thompson. Ap.-h y, Al i. Dear Ju
ni i 1 live in a little vHI tge situated on
the Vl.ib-imu Al dl.ind railroad, forty miles
from Montgomery, which is Hie capital of
this stale. We ii.ne be n taking Tile t'on
sl.tution fur several years. I’ap.i is tile
agent and g- Is a gouil many sub '.erihers lor
Tile Constitution. 1 read something about
file orphans every week and ii makes me
toil sorry to tilink that so many little
• ■iiildreu are di’prived *u a good home, and
no one to take, e.irc of them. I will ex
c|i i . ■ "Swi't Bumii of Daisies." for the
words to tile "B iggagy: < oaen Ahead. I
; end 10 o lil.i lor Hie Grady hospital.
F. F. Tait. Ruck West, Ai.l.—De.,V Junior:
■My lather has been a . übs< Tiber to The
i'on Him on for a number of years. I am
glad to .--e that the cousins h ive dropped
that eontroveisy com-, ruing tin- relative
merits of buys and i.rls. i’oys liave their
part in tin- world to perform mid girls
have theirs, ami tiny ate so Ve y differ
ent lti.it I don't h'iw we e.io well com
par them • m going to s-liool now. but
an .-ott.g to Ir. to go to college next year.
I t. ; you. boy., the li.ippi'-st time of ,i
boy . lit' is wli.ie lie is going to school
and having ids father* and mother to look
out lor him. After a few years he lias to
, o om ill t ie wan'd and look out for llim-
• elf. 1 don't I, - \. Wiiy. but .limosl all
boys w in! Liat time I- come very soon.
I m i ci' it !■ übr .nd wish I could live
where there was a publl.i iibrarv. but as
I do i I have to I" d any tiling I ein
P'.’t. 1 have ri m all of John Esl.'U < coke's
works .:..•! think them just splendid. I no
tice in The Jin or n iters lb it almost ill
o: th'm ar< writ < n from Hie < ount.y. Let
■: ip •a r i e ell j -
~:i 1 v.valii like lo c oTespond wuii some
of 1:1 -ola .11-, Ig. sixteen. I would
ligc to exeh.'ingc "1..>::o Walls" for Hie
"Till'. M lal.'te. r- ' or "Monte Cristo's
I.' ... la.i, Hrowtiville, Tenri —Dear Ju
lian-: V- I am only tiii' years old you will
f'low tn- to o laic th'.-. I try hard enough
to re d your I'"' mid succeed by heart
p-ei.y well, , nioHi-r says. I tliink the boy
who w' >t. 1.0 isl fully of having kill*'.l 73G
pool lilt I, birds .u his mean life ought to
b. i-nani' lo led It .ami have a good whlp-
N">v, I i. at to le’,l the children, espe
cially (lie g.ii '. m i wonderful doll mother
nd I friend the
oi ier aHeiiioon. She was a plain rag doll
.-I mf'd i uii eotlcii and would w-igh about
• ’ ■ : ■ by .i . means.
I : is lei'. She is lifty-sev’en y . ars old!
The v. i y lir-t doll of the grandmother of
t . Jitlo girl ,O own and toasures lur
now. ! .-end cents for Hie Grady hospital.
Chari* Barber, Li be nor, Mb Dear Ju
nie.; I like the .Imiior page best of all. for
if nut only contains the b. st thougihcs of
many bright writer:, of our lair, sunny
soutliland, but also Aunt Susie's letters,
which .i ■ . full 1 of good advice ami en
i'i liragi tm m for the young folks. I only
partly ,i:, -e wi:!i Mar .nil Rutledge, for
when ..u obsiacl. is - great that it ean
iioi !.■ . mt:: ■ tiied. tlu ii i: i- certainly a
hindram i Just fi w word on "Temper
...: ■ .. .■ - pi ■ ' ■ doet rine <d
~ ■ : lings.’ While to he temper-
■ many dig. is right. I don’t
mid in for t ha<
in-! id. l‘"ili ' vil and good. You cannot
I*. t mpei'.ue in anything wil'iout in
j; i«i• >lilltin r. iii. <‘orri■ m.indents wanted,
11 cm Vrk..V' is •■•‘ ■ei l.y I , end 5 cents
for the Gr ply ii ispita .
Grady Hospital List.
! ■ I G Le .vis. N' V.- Kern, T, mi.. sc: L* s-
Rivi r, N. i’ . 10c; Laura
liel.l. Vi-azey. Ga., .■ ■ W. S. Morgan,
la. Gal* ■ . ’ : '
10, :’m ' ■ ' ■:
V: M < lam Gi will. S. < . ■’* •; Lillian
Miss.. se; T. G.
Dry G ' >wl>i’t Brooks.
: . ~ Ric Brooks. sc; Mint - y
Ra d ■- md, Ala., ~.c,
Ai H ill,. J Capies. Tyi .r. Via., 5. .
The Whereabouts of Fashoda.
F, a* ... the Ai'ri :. storm e nt< rof the
pl -silt Europ an situal ioii, Is about 370
i - KI . ' m. Tim ■ l . pof terri
tory of whi I i: is t e o itlot and chi' f
a wa is --m i.'i'O mil' length by :’■<«»
ill Width. The town is th*' capital of tile
Sai.i- 'k ' ' omi;i'. from which a large part,
t m in,* mt.v, > B* -i les Engl.md ai d
;<■ *■. th* Coiiipa state and Abyssinl t aro
ji,:.: :."' in Hi legi 'n. wh> c- possession
i impel mice to Eng -
1,1.1 a- e-mpl' ting ■■ r mastery of Ihe Nile
ci !to Frame .is v.iiiig iter an outlet ei.st-
IV: I ■■ :: I iv. r of * :'. Pern Africa.
S 'litn o'- Fas..**•: ■ !;> Equmorl i, •>:’ which
IP,'; . I’ wa governor, ami southwest
j. ip l’a!'r-<'l-<limzal | rovin , part of
which. It ’lias b* en intimated. England
Would bl- v* i■;ill- !•’r:•• 11'•• • .-hould occupy in
11-u ot v. '.'il",, r rights it may have or
« luirn *.i i*’. ! - >d:t .-inn! ■t' l“
1i,,-. ~’s.. ( >n liio N’t’er. hut it will in-
sist to iL<’ < xtent of :i' tunl war is scarcely
i>. < >ba bb ■
Linene
Most economical and convenient. Made
ne c l°th in fash
ionable styles, and cx
actly resemble linen
W... ’• ’ cfcg oods. Turn do ,vn
styles are reversible.
When soiled discard.
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WIIiSOH BEFORE
THE LEGISLATURE
He Delivered a Strong Address
on “Territorial Expansion” to
Large Audience.
OPPOSES PRESENT ,POLICY'
Mr. Wilson Wns Greeted with Much
Applause and His Able Argument
Was Attentively Listened To.
HON. AVILI.IAAf I*. WILSON, DRESl
dent of the Washington ami Lee Univer
sity, of Virginia, delivered a strong ad
dress before the joint session of the general
assembled, last Thursday night, on “Terri
torial Expansion." An invitation had been
extended Air. Wilson and he complied in an
argument against foreign acquisitions to
our preent territory
There was loud applause as Mr. Wilson
rose to address tne audience. He began:
“Mr President ami gentlemen of the
general assembly of Gi orgla:
“I leel gratciui for the invitation that
you have extended me to address you, hut.
i have an equal regret that tor lack of
time I am unprepared for t.he dignity of
this occasion. When 1 received your invita
tion and Mr. Glum telegraphed an accept
ance of the Invitation to speak before you
I began to realize what Georgia hospitality
was 1 tola Air. Glenn f could not. In a few
hours, rise to the dignity of this occasion,
and lie miormed me that it was equal to a
law for rm Invitation to be extended by
your body.
“I came to Georgia two days ago and saw
th.' beautiful state in Its grandeur and all
its activity. I have studied tlm educationa
al systems of Georgia. I nave studied Hie
Inundation of the e. I mat ion. 11 systems of
tills country." Air Wilson continued, say
ing that tin: founders of the country knew
im, influence which the education of the
growing maiiaoixl would have on Hie gov
ernment ot' tlie nation. "W*- med ah Hie
enlightening influence we can get, that we
may oe guided safely through. We have
beard the men behind the guns praised m
the last few days, but tlie men who made
-he guns and developed their mechanism
are the men we need more than those in
tlie battle line.
"1 nave not come here to speak of tne
needs of education to the intelligent rep
resentatives of a. great commonwealth. W
hive com*', t-o look to tms commonwealth
as h model of all that is good in govern
ment. amt I know Georgia will take ,m ad
vanced stand in the so.ullon of educational
problems.
"There is another department of govern
ment greater than thoso of legislative, exe
cutive ami judicial, and that is administra
tive. There i.i little which is good if not
property administer* d.
"W*- have soil'd some, of the intricate,
are now "Hied upon to deal with more im
portant questions. Heretofore we b.m
been aeeusiomed to consider the two oe. ans
as the boundaties and Lh< extent oi thl .
great . ountry. but now we navi- over-leaped
tn*, bounds ol th Atlantic on tlie . ist."
Air. Wilson said there were those w.io
claimed that the American common weal 111
had always been expanding H:= territory
ami that tiie pre..ent expansion was »ut
tlm march of gr-gress and Hie carrying
out of aw" 11 defined policy.
"I beg to differ with those." be said.
Air. Wilson then proceeded to review the
history of Hie V r tori.il exp ulsion of the
Fnited States. H .qmke successively of tne
; additions, one i* He told iu a t* w
! words of the gr* t territories as they were
added and said tb it in Ulis way th* coun
tii rapidly and gradually expanded.
"There was no square mi*.' lie said,
“taken from uni people by subjugation or
oppression. Even Mexico was not but Just
ly treated in the adoption of Texas; for
O*ur people had overrun the territory and it
was our people we were protecting and
receiving for the benefits ot our govern
ment.
“As the countries grew the established
territorial governments for them, and as
further development came tlie states were
admitted will) the same power as tlie old
est state in tiie union. By all these con
quests there was not a particle of di->honor
to tlie nation, and throughout the. entire
expansion of this country there v.as noth
ing but tho vigorous, healthy growth of a
nation.
“In tlie present Instance it Is not the ad
dition of lands for settlement, but rather
of peoples for government."
Air. W ilson spoke of tiie warning spoken
by Washington when ho told the people of
the Fnited St ites not to become entangled
with Hie nations of Europe. He spoke of
Hi.' different warnings that have been ut
tered by the statesmen of the country
against territorial expansion.
"So," he said. "w. break company with
these statesmen of the past and break tiie
continuity of the country's policy
Air. Wilson said the war with Spain was
declared to b* one of humanity, but the
! government Is not following that, doctrine.
"While following a war of dui.i," he said,
I “the country has managed to come home
I with a good .imount of spoil in its pockets.
I thought tiie wat would be proper, but did
not tliink il would eventually br ng Cuba
to Im: a. part of our territory, which will
sooner or later be attached to us in some
manner; not to say anything of Hawaii,
Forto Rico .>n*l th- Philippines.”
He said Ha- country was now called upon
to incorporate H.eiXI.UOO of people of an In
ferior race, d*-.-'endants of none of the
great races of the world, into tho citizen
ship of our country
“Now, I want to ask you, gentlemen of
the general assembly, iiow are we to govern
these people? It may be for awhile a mili
tary government, but when war or quasi
war is ended every citizen is entitled to
be governed by the constitution of this
country. The supreme court has said that
when a slave has been emancipated, he be
comes a citizen and his right is the same
as tlie right of every other citizen."
Air. Wilson said there must be some form
of government fur th.--.se people In distant
countries, but there could be no imperiai-
I Ism. as th< constitution does not provide
for it.
“Tlie provisions of tlie constitution give
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the.se people local self-government ami
Without that there cun be no freedom. If
we govern them from Washington there
must be some form of imperiali.-m. and
i her. w* engraft upon tlie constitution a
dangerous pr* cedent.
“Let us see some of tiie effects of tins
expansion: To have and to hold them wo
must, have .* l.irger nnvy and army."
Mr. Wilson sai l there could be no free
government with i large standing army.
He said England would not have one.
"Think you, gentlemen of the general
assembly, that your slate would stand an
additional tax of $500.0*10 cacii year? Yon
aro already burdened with enough taxis.
■Yi l to maintain an army that would bo
ne« **.-sary to govern these foreign countries
would be little less tiian $500,000."
Mr. Wilson then took up som* of the ar
guments advanced by supporters oi
territorial expansion ami sold that
Hie principal one was “manifest destiny."
ll*' said it was not a m-w cry. ll*' said
that it’ h>- might be pardoned for using So
trivial an illustration in Hie diseussTon of
so gre it ii question ho would say that a
Geor ta negro never in the dark of th**
nu’i'n came upon .1 wa 1 erme!**n pat*'b that
he did not think it was "manifest destiny."
Mr. Wilson used as an example the civi
lizing and edneating of Iho Indians of this
country, tn Iv a few thousand, h<* said,
1,a.• th com ry lieen .* * - : 1
th.' l ivillzat on' of Al l I I was n-.nil l ie
same. He said Hie qm tioii of civilizing Hie
savage and alien races is far easier ■ 1 Ik
about than to iiccomplisih.
“I .all upon the p-ople of the south to
bear me out that race relations are tlm
hardest so manage. If there is any truth
in history, the race antagonisms and differ
ences are harder to deal with than the
forces of nature itself."
Mr Wilson spoke of the racial differences
in Europe wHiicit, he said, have always ex
isted. He said another argument for ex
pansion was that trad*’ and eomni'T* e de
manded territori.l expansion. He said tills
country had 11* ier r* achd that stag*'
ipment wh re it could tl it
did not need more ilevi lopment. 'l b*- peo
ple ar. told to go to Hawaii and t ie Phil
ippines and develop those countiiei'.
"We cannot: say we want more regions
to develop and more ■ hen we
have 3JX'H.*i*l , .l square miles in this country
vet undeveloped.”
Mr. Wilson said that, the ImTCas. d tra'.e
would be sm.'ll and that this country by
expansion could not monopolize th* eotn-
Tiieree of foreign countries. He revert"*! to
tin* nccssity of large armies and navi'-s I"
ludd foreign l>ossslons He sp k •
of Great Britain and France on
or their possi sslons in Africa, at d
said it was one of the Incidents of these
eoui th list. ■ v time: '
ar.' warned against the policy of England.
"Hngl'ind," . * said. ’ >. 11 *t a g.*v. rumen:
of a written .-otistitulion. The last law of
hi ''a ment *’ * il lll ion. I het e
Is n*. str.ireme court t<> annul it and none
to sustain it. England is not rent from
. to ci ■ ' 1 '
lions. S'.le is strolls where w arc weak
She can stand political contests because
li, r patrenag. do* s not depend on them
So she Is strong in just the points to earry
on this Inperiali m ■■■ is follow ing. w lile
we ar*- weak, ami no man can sa 1 wii'-n w.-
will be strong. Site may ’ tav rub *1 India
and Australia, blit she has not sm-ee.
in subduing li* r neighbors, til** Irish.
Mr Wilson c! jseil with a li' iiuliful per
oration, in which the said that territorial
expansion was coming, and what t! " pe.q>*e
of this country eould do v.as to sustain . ie
Am* -ii an institutions as 1 "'.v f. haml. .1
down by our forefathers and leave them as
a heritage to g. nerations to eom*-.
The following resolution was ottered bj
the senator from the eighth uislri* t:
I',, il resolved. That the thanks of t 1
e.-m ri! assemble I*.' ami are hereby ten
dered i.l th" H.'i., w. L. Wilson fol hi- ad-
■
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Petition for Pardon.
F-.i'ii The Cincinnati 1 ’,>nim* i’i oil 1 ribum-
Governor Taylor, of Tenn. -' . tell ot n
Interesting int. rviey with a pardon-seeking
woman. He had tied to his sumrnct horn*-
to . scape the crowds of pardon seek- is,
when the woman, who «iad sought him :u
v/in .it the capital, was. ushered into his
presence.
"Well, madam, w!iat can I do lot 10.1.
•q want to see tile governor, str."
“Well 1 am the governor; what is it.
“All, sir. my man lie's been put in prison,
sir, and 1 want to ask if yon won t let
him out
The gox-ernor’s face hardened. He bail
n,, :) * 1. r all. e—* i;>.-.i tiie pardon -• ''*■ * •-■
Ihii !i’’ did not turn licit? * >5
••Wh.il was he nciit up for?” he askcu.
“You ’■'<•. sir. b*’ v-’in hungry, and lie
J jst.Hiule a ham to keep us from staruiig
"Well, I’m sorry, but 1 c.iu't do anything
for i**u. Tour man must s*rv* the sen
tence. There'S too much stealing going on.
"(ill, gov’nor. pleas*-, please let him out.
üb'iul* .1 Hie woman. tJ>«- t'-.irs flowing down
li* r « beeks. The tears had their effect. Ibe
governor softened. Stealing a bam was not
p.ich i terrible . rime, and ibis poor woman
Ho doubt led her husband, lb- decided to
question her a little.
"But why." h*- asked, "should I give your
man «iis freedom?”
“Because, sir. we are hungry again, and
we ain’t got no more ham."
ARMOUR BADLY SQUEEZED.
BIG PORK PACKEK CAUGHT BY A
NEW COMBINE.
Short Ribs Were a Drag' Saturday at |
$5.30, but Yesterday They Wen j
Up to $6.75.
Chicago. October *l.—P. D. Armour gave ■
up a snug sum today as the result of a
little sque.'ze in October short ribs, if the
gossips on ’change know whereof they
speak. It was the last day of tlm October
delivery ami ribs, whii li could have been
bought with comparative ease on Saturday
at. $5.30 a
as low as s''.2l'-. were apparently scarce
with Hie price soaring up toward $7. Ihe
pr!*'** was only stopped at $*,.75 by priiato j
.settlement of about 3,000,000 pounds. There
is no telling where tlm deal would have
gone hail tlie people running It pushed It
to extremes. Th* y demonstrated their ab
solute control of the situation.
It was tlm culmination of a deal by a
syndicate *'f what, is known as the “Eng
lish" paek'-rs.
Fp to Saturday night all of tlm members
of th*' syndmit*' hail ribs to sell for Octo
ber delivery at $5.30. This morning there
w* re practically no offers and on tlie buy
ing of not to excei-il 225,Wi0 pounds by !<*>-
p.i.i, Lnrnson an<l other C‘*mniiss;i»n con
cerns, the price was put from a nominal
opening at $.. s7'- to about $6.f12 ,/ z. A H.
Farnum toward tlm latter part oi th" ses-_
slon was credited with buying 100.000
pounds at si>.7s and a. few inliiut.'s 1-ter It
was practically cotilirrned that a private
settb ment iia*l be ’ll made on 2J 50,000 point i ■■
at. $0.75. Met'lean, who acted for tlm people ;
running tlm <l*'.'il, confirmed a private set- I
lenient on this quantity, but refused to I
say with whom tlm se* t lem.nt had been ■
mail*'.
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pit. believed that Mr. Armour h id finally
come in after stubbornly standing out on
a big shot ! liir .
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Iz and found that his d*aith wa
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