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Newspaper Page Text6 IMHSTITtITIOH <UK K HUWEI.I. Editor W . A. HEMPIIII.I. Bii«ine»« Manager Entered at the Atlanta postoflico as aecond-claes mail matter November 11,1873 The Weekly Constitution SI.OO Per Annum. Clubs of five, ,1.00 each; clubs of ten ,1.00 each and a copy to getter-up of club M E WANT YOU. Tus Constitution wants an agent ft* every postotllce tn America. Agent’s outfit free and good terms. If you are not lu a club we want you to act as agent at your office. Write us. ' l>nn»e of Address. When ordering address of your paper changed a. ravs give thu old ns well as the new address. Always give county and state. If your paper Is not received regularly, notify us. jfj i send us an order f r new subscribers please al’ow us a we< k to f t the names on the list and paper Started before you write a complaint, as we are very much crowded now. Do not forget to make your renewals In time. Wetch your direction tog and sec when your subscription expires. Thenexteix months will b? full of Interest, and you should not miss a single copy of The I’nn atitution. Hen-1 your orders at least a week In ad vance to make sure. It may not hike a week In every Instance; will g;< 1 them on ae soon as possible. Considering National Quarantine. 'l’iu- agitation lor the establishment of a national quarantine, like every other nmvemenJ, find.-; opponents in strange localities. t he Constitution bus had occasion to draw attention to the overwhelming damage who a has been done to the non ensical local quaran tine, tv -!i spring up every time a ease of y< How t- \- - reported. Through ation the idea has g-m< io; h that yellow fever is as p< stib a a., ii.c l/Hionic plague, and tiiat th- tain- to do is not to come with in i tiiousiimi mi”of it. I inis wiien a little - i:nt: y -n : e<lg<' of the Mexican gal' i'- , hops a case of yellow w. <■. iv Hit • intendant for in g < in hand, to < . iablisn a quarantine, thus . and the pablli Ims large. I’eople fiy away f -i:n comfortable homes to meet wnii all disc.tnirorts of rel'iigemiig, mid the word goes forth t.iat mi entire em pire of territory is stri<-k-'‘ii, wiien such :> not the case. Wo find t it< lit tie vil lages quarantining against 1 in; large towns, and Memphis. Birmingham, Chat tanooga, Galveston. all are bunched to gether ami made to siilT--r from a sense h ss fri'-tat which could be witnessed no vi acre else in the world. lur.ing the last fe-v niouMis we have I ad tin example of this in Mississippi and Louisiana. At no time was there a IK-cessiiy for the scare which existed and at no time did the people who fled from their homes bcm tit themselves. M the agent of 10--.il quarantine was lord of all he surtcyeil. What mattered it to him if business perished, if lives were lost, if stales were demoralized, ue. was for tin- moment, tile owner of the .a, tgttti and ti ■ c><. ■ - ■ot communal It is Very plain that there is only one : . ■ . ! --. ■.i .i Ci of these annual exhibitions, and that is through the .-- at' islnuent of a national quarantine-. The Com-aitut ion iias urged tiiis action, because ii would assu’e a. sensible and a uniform treatment of the question. It. would pi< vent the miscel laneous quarantines ia conflict wilt emit other, and without aim and pur pose, and su - h< m a . ystem- at <• and mifle handling of the •whole problem. I nder a national quarantine, if a case of yellow fever develops, say, in Galveston, t in-re would be no more occasion for quarantining the whole state tain there would be. for quaran tining l.hc s: tie of New York because in th<' m« *ropol one case of this di.scasc has just ended fatally. tratigi to say, among :ho oppo nents of tiiis national quarantine is 'I ho Coinmercial-Appeal of Memphis, pub lic a a • ity which, ticx' to Xew Or leans, h;.s the t’leaicst interest in the ng o it of tiiese interminable annual s< ar< . . As au example of the impres s --n . <a cd abroad by the pell-mell quarantine and imprudent publications of soiitucrn nev, .-'papers. The Constitu tion :.s just in re- ’-ipt of a letter from om of tin. mo.- distinguished magazine ; ■ . . tsking if At- . int icd, and whether he con'd I’-- lien . The question would have been laughable were it not for flic seri>>us < ondition which it indicates, that even in.' lligent men in the north are under the impression that because a case of yellow fever is in existence in any particular town in the south, that, therefore, it must lie in existence till over the entire section. If ilm Commercial-Appeal will but join The (onstitution in a demand for national quarantine, one wiiich will pre vent the spread of disease, which will take < urge of it wherever found and isolating the disease assure the peo ple of the rest of the country of their safety, it will join in it work which will do more for the people of the south than anything it can a< < omplish otherwise. Bonds and Expansion. The suggestion thrown out by the ad ministration that in return for the I‘hil q ulm-s this government will relieve Spain of a certain portion of its bonded •Tdebtednec.- pr< iinnabiy a paltry $lO,- 000,006 -is highly interesting, to say the least of it. T hat before the end of the negotiations was reached the trail • e *Le bond-serpent would make itself manifest has from the first been con t< ided by many close observers, aud it c.- uinly looks as if these persons are now in a. position to call attention to their prophecies. The question whether the Philippines n.<- worth tiie price will naturally force it. elf to the front and it is not unlikely that many of those who have been wav ering a:- to what is tiie be, t policy for this government to pursue in the dispo sition of the Philippine problem, will take a stand against an expansion which »a:ric.s with it a forty million expend iture as a primary outlay. So much for the question of the sum involved. But as tiie proposition comes to us, there are other and more serious phases to be considered —phases which are likely to make vastly greater im pression upon public sentiment than the amount of money which it seems to be proposed to pay. Is it to be, or is it not, the payment or the assumption of the so-called Phil ippine bonds of 1896? The proposition that has been sent out as the administra tion plan involves just that. Perhaps it is true, as suggested, that it is a ten tative proposition made for tiie purpose of testing tiie sentiment of the people of the country, and the administration plan has not been definitely determined. If tiiis is the situation. President. McKin ley need waste little time in making up his mind against the bond idea. There can be no possible doubt about the sentiment of the American people. However much they may favor expan sion in tiie abstract, however little for ty millions of dollars may seem In com parison with the benefits to be attained through the annexation of the Philip pines. it is certain that, they will pro test. against any scheme to put forty millions, or any part of it, in tiie pock ets of a lot. of follows who may or may not. have got their Philippine, tip from Washington. That is exactly what the bond end of this proposition moans. Spain would not bo benefited at. all by any such schemes. In the multitude of her in debtedness this forty millions is not worth considering. If tho purpose of the administration is, as has been said, to help Spain, there Is but one honest way to do it. That, is by tiie pay ment into the Spanish treasury of any money that is to be paid. No purchase, payment or assumption of bonds. —— • In North Carolina. There seems to be a. disposition on the part of the country without regard to politics to view the North Carolina situ ation in the light, of common sense ami fairness. Here and there tiiere is an exception to tiie rule; a few intensely partisan papers pretend, for political ef fect doubtless, to have no appreciation of the effort.; of the white people of tiiat state to throw off the negro domina tion that has been fastened on the peo ple, but for the most part, the fair pa pers of the north are open in their sym pathy for those efforts. The facts are certainly such as to war rant. such sympathy. 1; is well not to lose sight of them. They have at dif ferent times been admirably presented by The Constitution's special correspon dents, and are thoroughly understood by the people of the south, but it. is worth noting how thoroughly they are verified by representatives of leading nori hern papers who have b< on sent to the scene. The Washington I'osl has a. highly Interesting presentation of the facts from the pen of one of its loading staff correspondents, who pictures the condi tions in this way: As a matter of fact, the point has linen t; ached where polities no longer <-nts any ■.a . I itgn h millmoks < ver issued are the r 1 solutions adopted by the chamber of coir,mere.-, and slgnci |, v ii s president, v. :•> ' i prominent republic an, ami by ill t'e- b riding bn. aii m men of the city, de clarin;: tint t i,. political siuiation hero Is *’ menace :■, peace and order, and r ailing most inlluence ami personal effort O, ,fi, , t results which will restore orvler. moi -■t. pro • rty and give urlty to our I v -s .and homes.” i\b-n who have never been in pol ities ,trout the head and front of r'ai.s nmveni.'it, ami 'ley are acting w;t.i <’o n • rmo determlmition. The Post quotes this statement from Mr. T. M. Emerson, whien is also vvori.i presenting and preserving: Mr. T. M. Emerson, the goner. I r :•■. < n g< r agent of too Atlantic Co.iiit Lite-, is UllO . .■ . who, v.1i.1,- la- is count'd here a.s .-mong the conservatives, talks with empha ic earnestness. ‘'Every cent 1 have in the world,” ae s lid today, "is Invesi-'d in ind around Wilmington, but 1 would sactilico a)| and leave tin locality rather tiiun en dure another two yi-ni’s of What we t.ave patiently suffered here since I'-itC. The slt mtlion has b< -n simply terrible. We lave ■ ti zed now for the pro egtion of the property-holding, tax-paying class. Tiiere !.- no polities in tin- inovctnent. We bay-- long sin-" gone beyond tho question of re .. ■ or di-nioeracy. It is ' 1 • whit against the negroes, ami we do not disguise the fa< t. vir city government is beyond description. Our magistrates, who arc our police court judges, ami have pOW'-r to tine and imprison, are nearly all negroes. VV hi n mv family and rayself v. r" ’ e Ji tiiis summer the negro, s broke into my j house, took possession and gat tered there >v tw night, wantonly' destroying my per sonal est" : .'<■■ elb was cv.-r captur' d or putiish'il. This i not an '. olat. d case, I >,-> you wonder that w< uro determined to put an end to negro nil' ' The republican anti populist politicians who are responsible for tho condition of affairs that, exists in North Carolina may protest, from one end of the mate to tiie ot h< r, but they cannot wipe out the facts. Nor can they, where known, hope to have anything they may say eoiinroraet. such plain, straightforward staleic'-nts as that of Mr. Emerson. The conifiination now in control of tiiat slate is the result of an unholy alliance whose only purpo.-e. was to cap ture- oflices for politicians posing as ro publieatt.s an<l populists. It. iris brought to the surface a lot of small fry “states men,” and its only other result has l;< ■ n misrule and negro domination. Tho peo ple of the state have sickened of it all, and naturally. The result, of the elec tion will show t-his. —.—• The New York Campaign. 'Piie New York Sun, after looking care fully over the ground, is able to declare authoritatively that none, of the demo cratic state conventions tliis year has repudiated the Chicago platform, and tiiat. therefore, tho party continues to stand upon it. This trite discovery could have been made months ago by any e<litor with half an eye. Tho Sun says tiiat some of tiie con ventions have "dodged” it, but this term is not at all descriptive. 'Take, for in stance, the < ase of New York stsite, where all the leading democratic candi dates are committed to tile Chicago plat form. There was a very good reason why tiie democrats of that state desired to suppress national Lssuea for a time. The .silver question, for instance, is an overpowering issue. To have made It. one of the. issues of the state cam paign would have been very gratifying to The Constitution, and very gratifying to democrats all over the country; but it is plain to be seen that that issue would have overshadowed other issues tiiat are just tis important, to the citizens and taxpayers of New York, it would have overshadowed the republican ca nal steal, which is one of the most mon umental of modern frauds: it would have overshadowed the Raines liquor law, wiiich has been tho means of so much crime and injustice; and it would have overshadowed the vicious meas ure by which the republicans have tak en. or have prepared to take, from the citizens of New York city the right to govern themselves. Now these are state issues; they are proper t.o a state campaign; and they are of far more importance in such a campaign than a national issue could possibly be. The developments in New THE AVEEKIjY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA., GA., MONT/n . NOVEMBER", IS9-S. York are sufficient in themselves to convince democrats everywhere tiiat tho party in that state acted with real wisdom wiien it refused to give the re publican gang, led by Platt, an oppor tunity to cover up their canal .steal and their vicious attacks on the rights and liberties of the citizen. By postponing national issues to the time and occasion proper to their dis cussion, the democrats of New Y'ork have compelled tiie republicans to face their own corrupt record. It i.s true tiiat they are trying to screen themselves behind Roosevelt’s fierce war record, and have compelled their candidate to go about with a wild west show as a. part of his campaign baggage. And It. is equally true that he gives nroad intima tions that hostilities will) Spain will lie renewed if he is defeat'd for governor. But all the symptoms thus far devel oped go to show that the democrats were wise in devoting their campaign to state Issues, especially at a moment wiien those issues were of paramount importance to the people. A democratic victory under these cir cumstances will, of course, be claimed as another defeat for silver. V>'e have the crank of the mugwump stripe al ways with us, and his porients are as voluminous one year as they are an other, and equally as trustworthy, for tunately, we have few democratic cranks who will be willing to say that the d”- feat of the democrats in New York will be a victory for tiie Chicago platform. Meanwhile, it. seems to be cerfain that the vigorous campaign which the dem ocrats have been able to make, while holding the republicans to their rotten record, is bearing fruit. There is every indication that the party will win; there i.s every reason to believe that tiie vot ers and tax payors will give the I’latt gang a taste of (heir indignation. \s a soldier Roosevelt was n very picturesque figure. As a stool-pigeon for Platt, he must take his place among tiie ordinary roustabouts employed by th it remarkable min to further his end. Georgia’s Agricultural Strength. In discussing the success with which Georgia entered into competition with the great agricultural states of tho northwest in tiie. Omaha exposition, Tho Constitution has nlready pointed out that, this is by no means a .single crop slate. In tho days of tho great”st cotton area, when prices ruled so high as to command the speculative attention ot tho people, scarce more than half tho slate was ever devoted to its giilture. During the ante-war period, when the. state achieved its great agricultural successes, it bore the character not of a cotton .'.tale, but of a general food producing state. That tiiis was pre eminently the fact i.s attested by the lo cation on the part of the confederate gov ernment of tho great prison camp at. Anderson' ille. That point was selected because it was in the center of a re gion where corn grew which would have sham»>d even the. famed fields of tiie west, and whore the meat products wore also in abundance. The farmers of southwest Georgia, while raising cotton, at the sanio tinm raised all their home supplies. AH through wiregrass Georgia thousands upon thousands of cattle and sheep had the right of way, while up in middle Georgia ami to the northern part of th'.- state, corn and wheat were the r \ ;il crops. Tiie cxci .isivc coltoii arc*» was confined to localities here, and tlie.e, where it could be carried on on an extensive plan. Ali this being so. it may be asked wiiy ;■ was that a state, admittedly tiie home of general agriculture, should have come to bo regarded as among those which wore devoted to a single staple. Briefly, it may bo answered, that wi 1 n the people return' d to their fields upon the close of the war, they found con ditions so demoralized that, tiiere was only one crop with which they could trust their tenants, and which would bring the ready money which would purchase needful articles at that time. Then the four years’ famine of cotton, which the world at large had ex perienced, s; nt the price up so extrava gantly that, the people, one and all. from the cotton buyer in New 't’ork, almost, to the cotton picker in tho field, were swept away by the .specula! ive spir it. Eor years this policy ruled over tho fairest, part of the state, and under its impetus the cotton area was pushed up to tho higher points of middle Geor gia, until at last it reached the Chatta hoochee and went even beyond that limit. But even in the period of tiie wildest speculative spirit Georgia newr did, as a matter of fact, become a. sin gle crop state. There never was a year in which there were- not made, im mense. crops of wheat, corn, oats and other products which are necessary to the sustenance of life. It is to this latter fact that the state of Georgia owes her escape from a condition which would have been la mentable had it succumbed to tiie ail cotton policy. There always was a largo number of farmers in < 1 ery coun ty in tiie state who raised their own supplies and never wont, to town for marker. The success of these men con stituted an object lesson, so that ton years ago, when the change which point ed to the low cotton pric,, of the future began, there were those who were able to point the way to frcc-doin from ex action and to prosperity in other linos. It was in pursuit of tins great awaken ing that the late Mr. Grady, in his articles on “(lorn Versus i lotton,” ral lied the people to the standard of the new king -a king which would not be dethroned and in whose wake would follow the true success of the home. In the years wiiich came after, cotton continued in its downward march, but tho number of those who rallied under the banner of general agricultural work increased, until a reverse Invasion be gan, and instead of cotton pushing everything out as it marched northward, hog and hominy began pushing out cot ton as it wended its way into the south. The success which has been obtained by the farmers who have enlisted in this now crusade of tiie home and the fire side has been well emphasized by Hon. Henry Mclntosh, tho editor of The Al bany Herald, published in the heart of that old Egypt of Georgia, which was for years the granary of the southern states. It was in southwest Georgia that the wildest craze existed for the cultivation of cotton under the high prices already alluded to, but the success which the corn and grass farmers of that section hail achieved did not come into public notice until Mr. Mclntosh undertook the work. Two years ago be inaugurated a hay festival in Albany. There were gathered upon that occasion scores ol farmers who had thrown off tho power of King Cotton, and who could point to their bank deposits as a proof that they had made money and that the field which bad proved so successful to them, would prove equally successful for others. Tho marked success of this 1\ siival k-d Tiie (’onstitution into an c-mmin ttion of the question as lo the real condition of agriculiurc :n Georgia. Tl:.”.: investi gation dev< loped the fa t tiiat all thio i i southwe.-t Georgia, in the great<■.'pa rt of southeastern Georgia, in lii.it section of middie Georgia from Greene ihrongii Hancock, across Spalding, anil then !■> Talbot county, witli Meriwether and Coweta lo the north, with Elbert and Hart on the Carolina line, were filled with farmers who were successful and who lived al home, with corn in the crib, witii hogs in the pen, with fruit on their treesand witii everything which enters into the comfort, of the home and the pleasures of tiie table. When, therefore, the. pre tent, cotton season opened and tho staple was quot ed at prices ranging between 1 am! > cents, it. was fortunate for Georgia that sho had ceased years ago to be an all cotton state. While t here is still ralsi d about 1,200,000 bales of cotton in Georgia, there can be no doubt thac the amount is more than balanced by products of oilier kinds which have not been so am bitions to seek record upon the financial tables of the state. To the extent that the price of cotton has been low, it i.s n misfortune for those holding it, but when it is recol lected that an immense proportion of these farmers have hedged against ad versity by hogs and corn, if will be seen that Georgia is able to take care of her self, and that she will find herself out on the highway which leads to agricul tural independence. One has but. to look at the grain fields of Eloyd, to take a view of the corn along the Etowah valley, to measure the importance of the great poach Helds of Houston and Berrien counties, ami everywhere, from the truck fields of Chatham into the watermelon district, and on up to the Tennessee lino, and ho will see bow Geor gians live, and tho eapnciiy wlr- h their soil has 10 met 1 <'very requirement. The variety of soil and climate in Georgia makes the cultivation of almost any crop a possibility. We have rice, sirup, tobacco, vegetables, fruits, melons and truck products, being marketed at al most every mouth in the year. The provision crops for t o borne market in clude al! tho cereal:, the leguminous crops, peas, beans, root crops, vegeta bles and fruits, embracing everything for food of mar, and beast not. tropical. It is unfortunate for the state Hint. It has taken no means to keep a census of its agricultural products, so that w<* are forced to look to the I’nited States census reports for an ap proximation nt figures, but which does not. fully suit the present purpose, be cause taken nine years ago. The an nual product, of cotion at. that time ranged from 800,000 to 1.100,000 bales, while there were .20,000.000 bushels of corn, 5,000.000 of oats, 2,000,000 of wheat. 5,000,000 of sweet potato* i, 2.500.00 h of Irish potatoes ami 35,000,000 pounds of rice. As the great change in Georgia's agricultural preduci.-; lias taken place since the period of tie-re estimate.', it will be seen that, ail of those non-cotton products must, have increased largely. \Ve think Hint. it. would bo quite con servative to double the estimate of these products, making the ">rn 60,000,- 000 bushels, oats, 10,000.000, wheat. 5,000,- 000, swe*'t potato,-:; 10.000.000, irisii pota toes 5.000,000, with i i, a probably main t..‘,-,'g . ■ ol i Ii- ; Nov it must I to all those who ■ tiii!.'.' out domestic economy that a state with such a diversity of agri cultural interests is no!- to be judged by tho depressed condition of any one of them. While wo would make no at t-nipt, to undorestima'e the fact that the price of cotton is too low, and that it has straitened many of those en gaged in it, yet wo mt;, t keep in vi'wv those producers tiie result of whoso work i.s told in the figure's above quoted. Georgia is an all-around state, agri culturally consider, d, with ability to fend herself ns well as to clothe her self. and challenging the scrutiny of those who would dispute the facts. > A Malignant Partisan. The Chicago Inter-Ocean seems to lie v< ry much wrought u;> over democratic pro.-pceis in the I'cngressiona.l elections. In a rejent issu< it undertakes to fright en the ignorant, but in doing.so it makes statenmiits ealeulated lo offend the in telligent. The editor .says: A vote fm- ,-i ~l> bi,’ -r.i t 't the c"ii.trr<'. :'fon al election;; of November Sth v ill be pri tho v. r, lo 'I .'■.'’■■ill v, .ii id 'll ..:M work ot tii.' army ami ill. n.ivy. Il will bi- a. voo i > r* b ike the nu n who fought for Manila and S.mliago. [I will be a vot way the < 'u- bnns who are looking forward to Amerl- Oar readers will agree with us that partisanship has never been tarried to more vicious rnd malignant icngihs. In tho actual conduct of the war in the field and on the high t.eas the democrats have been as prominent and as respon sible tis the republicans. At a very critical moment in the Santiago cam paign -at the very cri:-: ; s of the adven ture. indeed the weak and wavering counsels of the commanding officer were met. ami overcome by General Wheeler, an American democrat. But for General Wheeler retreat would probaldy have been made, the siege would have been prolonged for more than a fortnight, and by that time the American army would have been in no condition to engage an enemy. But'above and beyond this episode, what lias been the position of the demo cratic party? By taking advanced ground with re t < < t to tiie rights and liberties of the Cuban revolutionists, the party in its platform and the democratic leaders in congress compelled Hie re publicans to r> cognize the responsibili ties ami interests of this government in the matter. No one familiar with pub lic. events is likely to forget the real attitude of tiie republican.-; inward Cuba and the Cubans. A resolution, intro duced by a democrat, and carried through the. senate by democratic and anti-re publican votes, recognizing th*; inde pendence of Cuba, was suffocated in the republican house of representatives. Tiie responsible leaders of tiiat party would not permit it to be voted on, or even discussed. It was buried. Afterwards, when democratic orators and democratic newspapers had aroused ami consolidated public sentiment on tiie Cuban question, the republican leaders stin rerused to act; and leading republi can newspapers, one of them edited by au Intimate friend and adviser of the president, bitterly denounced the demo cratic. attitude, ami declar'd that, that party was trying to involve th*' country la a war for tho purpose of driving gold tn a premium ami renewing the era of cheap money. It was an attempt, in short, to depreciate tho currency, accord ing to the republicans, and they implored the president to maintain peaceful re- lations witii Spain, no matter whai hap pened in Cuba. Not even tiie (icstfin tion of tiie .Maine moved them to take a mole advanced position. \Vi::'t. did move them W' :o l ie d' v mands of public sentiim nt, ba ed on i reports from t'ul a found in demce-atic. 1 i -wsi apors. I: was a democratic nev.s j'.ip- r that organized a i-oiigressional commit on to investigate the condition of ti:,-. Cabans, and it was the report of tiiis commission, made on the floor of congress hj Redfield Proctor in the samite and Amos Cummings in th'.* hous t hat at last brought the r< p tbli can leaders to entertain a lively sens'* of their duties and responsibilities. Ihe people demanded intervention in the nam,' of humanity, and it was not until the demand became absolutely irresist ible iliat tiie republicans assented to it. And finally, when an ultimatum was scut to Spain, the democrats announced that they would support with ardor any measure which the administration deem ed necessary to inaugurate tiie war and carry it to a prompt and successful con clusion. They have been as good as their word. Thc-y have supported and upheld tlm administration in all matters pertaining to tho conduct of the war; and if the politics of the volunteers who enlisted for the war could be ascertain ed, it would bo found that there are more democrats in the ranks than re publicans. It is a fortunate thing for the country that such false, malignant intimations as those to which The Inter-ttcean gives currency, have a tendency to react on those who employ them. They are so bold and stupid, conceived in such ig norant sple*‘n, ilia 1 intelligent voters are inclined to shrink from a party which depends upon them for tiie success of its candidates. Whenever the moment arrives that the. deniocratic party in any section of tho country or in any campaign is com pelled to depend on such methods as those developed by Tho Chicago Inter- Ocean, The Constitution will advise all honest anil intelligent men to join the opposition, or, if they cannot stomach such a course, to remain at home aud allow the election to go by default. 'Vo have quoted the malignant and false, .statements of Th*; Inter-Ocean, not to enter any serious protest, but to call attention io tho desperate straits in which a party must find itself when Its Icadir’”; organs resort, t > .such reckless a.nd malicious methods. The democrats are as proud of tile "’results of the war as the republicans, perhaps more so. They brought, it. out and they will see that the pledges of the people to the Cubans are faithfully carried out. and they will support any policy which has for its object the increase and enlarge ment of American prestige; and the spre.’d of dcrnoeratic. ideas. To this the democratic, party committed tho coun try before tiie republican party was ever dreamed of. Diversified Industries. We print in another column a letter from Air. W. -I. Kincaid, of Griffin, to wiiich wo d< sire to call the attention of our readers. It i.s a most inspiring letter, and th ' man who does not. keenly relish its viyoroii.-; statements, its hope ful tone and its watiei-of-fact style may li<- very sure that his day is passed or will never come. Air. Kincaid has tile right to speak dogmatically on tiie sub jc’ i witli vhk- '. his letter deals. He is at the head ol two of tiie most suc cessful manufav uiung industries in Georgia, and im is not writing blindly and in the dark. He speaks from experience. When ho ventured into the business of manu facturing some years ago, his knowl edge of it was confined to a familiarity with the various grades of goods that is acquired in a dry goods store. But his success in the new venture was im mediate. It. is his own experience which gives him so much confidence in the ability of a. fairly equipped business man to engage successfully in almost, any line of productive industry. The note of optimism which Mr. Kin caid strikes i.s of very great importance at this time. It is the key to success in every department, of life and busi ne..;. The limes are hard. Very well; go to work and help to make them easier. Money is scarce. It is, indeed; out it. will bo stiil scarcer if we do not get to work and produce something that, will make money more plentiful. \Ve can ti* ver have a plentiful supply of money at home if we have to go abroad to spend it. When Mr. Hemphill went, to Providence recently lie found rents high and real estate bringing good pr'ee.;. Now rerJs cannot, be. high If people arc not. able and willing to pay them, and real estate will not fetch void prices unless there i.s an active and insistent, deman*! for it. These are mark.-; of prosperity. Ar. such a time as this, there must bo some substantial r<>:ison for pros p rity, even in ih<> town of Providence. Mr. Hemphill saw at om-‘ that it was caii.-ed b_v diversified Industries. Those industries, by the sale of their products, we.e bringing more money into Provi dence than the people spend abroad. Tho money in circulation was not only kept at. home, hut the volume was con .slant ly added to by the sale of tin' prod ucts of Hm various industries. This is the secret, of a town’s prosperity, pleniy of money to work upon, and the rapid * xchange of it from hand to hand. Diversified industries, by selling their products abroad, are constantly bringing liesh supplies of money into the com munity and putting it in cin nlaiion; and a city tiiat has these industries Is bound to i'< prosperous and progres sive. It would not. be overshooting the mark if wo were to say that the future of Atkina depend:-: on the in crease of these industries in numbers and import im-'. This I cing so, the whole subject is of vital consequence to (ho property owners and business men of the town: and we shall m-l'o no apology for discussing the matter now, and of returning io if at every opportun ity. There sr- 'ns to bo an Idea in some people's minds that tho cotton mill bn -i --ness has been overdone in Georgia and in the south. It is an idea born of that spirit of pessimism which Mr. Kincaid treats with such deserved contempt. The business of cotton manufacturing in the south will never be overdone in the south while then' is a successful cotton mill in operation elsewhere in the world. Mr. Kincaid says that your real pessimst is the devil's representative, and the state ment is not. too strong. Pessimism is the trademark of the lazy man, the no account, the good-for-nothing. Om- cor respondent is far removed from that un desirable trib' 1 . He prophesies that within the next twenty years (he Pied mont region of the south will become the leading cotton milling section in the United States. We say “he prophe sies” —but. that makes the matter too ’ vague. Let us say rather that Mr. Kin caid looks into the near future with too keen and trained vision of an alert bus iness man. Tho change is taking plain before our eye.--. . _ .Mo,,- rapidly that wo co: Id couoa-' ten years ago, tim busin- 's of c.»;om ~ uring in com ■■ ol tran lei cnee to the c< tto:i fields; am! the time will come wh< n the farmers in largo sections of tlm country will be able to dispense with bagging and ties and save the cost of packing and pressing. < -m --tignitv of tiie factories to ike eoHon ti. hl ;’ wiii enable the growers to carry the lint cotton to the mills just as it comes from the gin. T.es will r<-p.< - sent, an immense saving a.H arair.i''. How full of tine vigor and confid'-iic” :he qualit les t hat win is Mr. Kinca:d s declaration that "there is nothin-, o:i earth made or sold wiihom a legitim.' 1 average profit!” And what, n not.” o' invitation i.s to bo found in th- 1 pm maxims “Average skill will ciie average profits: sup't'i'f :• !•'lll will vi.e superior profits!” "On.’ ‘'an alwaj cn.iiH on average management for compel tiiin; consequently it docs not. take ex traordinary skill and ability to obi.t.n a fair success'” Mr. Kincaid’s letter is brief, but it is full of pith. It is a call to the timid ami tho dejected. —♦ ”” The Dreyfus Case. Tho Dreyfus affair, which has been atti’acting the attention of the civilized world for many months, is no longer the mystery that it was. The friends of justice in France, and out of it, have pulled to pieces Hie screen behind which the facts were hid, and tliej’ have ex posed to view the most, cruel, the most corrupt, the most cold-blooded conspira cy against justice and humanity that the world has ever seen. The case began, in the first instance, with the knowledge of the French au thorities that some official, having the confidence of the army, was selling im portant. military secrets to the Gorman, the Italian and tho Austrian govern ments. The November Forum has an illuminating article on the subject fram the pen of Yves Guyot, editor o f Ihe Paris Siecle; but it is not more, illumi nating than recent articles by Mr. Maxse, editor of Tiie Jxmdon National Review, and his correspondents. Com bining the facts set forth in all these contributions, the matter may bo pre sented in all its depravity. First, then, tiiere is the knowledge that military secrets have been pedd'od out. to foreign governments. Who is the guilty party? Ho must bo found and punished. This was made the- duty ol Colonel ricquart. a very accomplished officer of tho army. Tie. had no trouble whatever. The guilty party had neg lected to cover his tracks. Tiie facts collected by Colonel Picquart showed that Esterliazv, an officer in the army, bad been selling secrets to the foreign military attaches in. Paris. The proof was complete then; since that time it has piled mountain high. As a result, Colonel Piequart was not only exiled to Tunis, but was sent on an expedition which would have result ed In his assassination but for a. provi dential warning. Meanwhile, Dreyfus, witii not one scintilla of proof again.-.t him —indeed, with the fact of his inno cence as clear as day—-was secretly tried and condemned to exile; condemned con trary t.o French law. even supposing he had been guilty. He was not allowed to see the accusation against him and his counsel was not permitted to examine tho documents on wiiich the charge was based. He was arrested in 189-1, “de graded" In 1895, and sent to Devil’s island, where ho is to this day immured as a prisoner, being allowed to speak to no one but his keeper. It i.s not necessary to follow chrono logically all the events that have taken place. It. is sufficient to say that in the early part of the present year Esterimzy was subjected to a mock trial and promptly acquitted. At. this moment Colonel Picquart, wiio discovered Est.cr hazy’s guilt, is in prison. The only crime he has committed was in tracing the traitorous disclosures to Esterhazy, a rake and corruptionist of the lowest grade. AVliy did the French government, through the army officers, seek to shield Esterhazy? The only conclusion at which an intelligent man can arrive is tiiat some of the highest and most in fluential of these officers wore concerned in the man’s crime and were profiling by his treachery. This conclusion ha’s boon confirmed by E rcrliazy s admis sions in London, whither he has been as a refugee since tho recent turn of affairs in Frame. As the Esterhazy trial was a mockery, so was that, of Zola. The court inform ed all concerned tiiat no revelations, no now facts pertinent to the Dreyfus af fair would bo permitted. Consequently Zola, was condemned. Since tiie Zola trial Colonel Henri, of the army staff, i has confessed that one of the documems I on which the most stress was laid was forged by him under the direction of a superior officer. He was arrested ami piaccil in jail, where Im committed sui cide. As there was a. direct charge that Dreyfus had been, in communication witii tiie Gt’rman military attache, to whom he. had peddled military secrets, th ( > Emperor William demanded to know the exact truth. Tiie German stuff, after investigating the matter, assured him that Dreyfus had never been in com- ’ munieation with any German agent <ii- i rectly or indirectly. This fact was com- j municated to the French government. | A .similar disclaimer was made by Italy ; and by Austria.. They had no n -ison ’ for shielding Dreyfus beyond tho fact that lie was innocent. It is perfectly i well known to the French officials that ; the moment they demand the name of ; the guilty party fr<>m German.v ii will ! bo forthcoming. The. German agent has j declared nn. t solemnly th t he never had any dealings witli Dr*-y.uu. Os Es terhazy, lie says that the man "is capable of anything.” The do'-umeu'.-. oti whit . Dreyfus \\a ; first convicted are known not to be in hts handwriting. Tiie famous bordeiean i is in tiie handwriting of Esterlmzj. Yli 1 these statements tire capable of proof, ami are perfectly well known i , t : , ( . i officers of the French staff. But to eon- i vi'it Estcrlia.'.y wouM bring ruiu iq in 1 the staff itself. Tho “honor of the j army” mu.it. bo preserved. It must, be i preserved by shielding Il.sie'.hazy ;■ <1 | has co-parcenors in treachery. But. it may be asked, why was Dreyfus I selected as a victim? I’or one, ami only ! one, reason. He was a Jew, and against I him could be raised the race cry, “Down ! with the Jews!” Ho was selected for ! ruin because ho was a. Jew, and beeat’se, | even thougii his innoe<-n»<- might be j proved, the crime against jii.-ti.-,. would be excused by the Anti-Semite Asso ciation, which is powerful in that once glorious but now wretched and corrupt nation. “Songs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON, Little Boolz. Little book, whos? Hongs arc sweet Only that her heart did boat O’er your pages, passing Since 1t..-.- -.vi s Itawe n-t-d there! Dcari-t- now to Love J'-’i s' -m Than itis '!■ arc i, I 'in dtcam;-- t.,0- that on . ■■ m « sail look. Thankful for this mH'- book. 11. Litt] ■ 1" ok. w't.h tcnni-rnc-'s ol I-.. you 1-ovo shall bless- ' \song w ' .w-■ t, I know, Till hi t- d- ir Ups made It so! Till .-a, at -out she wrought lu that > iim h. f flui r thought, TUI hi ri ’ ■i" • -glad as sormg. Mui.- imdri-um- d-of mornings sing. HI. Litt I- book, whoso wayward notes Now --m .songs from thrilling throats Os delighted mockingbirds! Siu- to music, set your words; And <i singer, all unknown. Kneeling in the dark alone, Saith: "No song -was sweet, I know. Till her dear lips in id it. t o!" •r * -f * Good Times! Good times, belio-vers —steady on the way. The sun is tixin’ for to tihino jest every blessed day! An’ you'll hear tho rivets slngln’—an’ you’ll teap tho corn an’ hay,— Good times, believers—steady on the way! Good times, b'lieveis— steady on tho way! You’re shore to nap in fall time the seed you sowed in May! An’ all the world is singin’ of a happy holiday— Good times, believers—steady on the way! A Great Old. World. It’s a great old world! The winter are cold, but tho Messed spring tomes round, And the warm sun whispers secrets tfhe seed that sleeps In tho ground; And though the winters are weary, thcre’3 Lope v!;' a the storms dbe past; And we’ll enter a. fairer country, and rest in the fight at list! A Little Son?. So that yon love me, dear. Even in tho darkness shall the llglit seem near. And life shall face tho darkness without fear, So tiiat you lovo me, dear? So that you love me, dear— So that your cheeks shall feel no trick ling tear Lovo shall kt.i el down—tho darkest cron to bear, So that, you love me, dear? The Light of Her Eyas. Th- light of your eyes Is the light in tho sl<l*s The stars that are shining above hlm,- The beams and tho gleams Os all beautiful dreams In the smile of just one who will leva Oiim! And the world will be sweet If, on- day at j-ur feet, — I For all the storms breaking above itim, Ho can find In lil'. 's ; kl-s Just the light of your eyes, And Ii- ir your lip-, whisper: *'l love him!” What Billville ‘Wants. - '-** A bill to bring nil taxes down— To brln ■ iim “Moon.-due” nearer town. A bill of dollars and of dimes To buil 1 a brl'lue aero a hard tlme«| To rmik" ail cloudy weather sunny, Atal mak- i■ o wh-l . ' rte ring with mo-neyl * iii ♦ * • A Song. The dark of tin- Night is riven— And st: rs • tm im bright from above: A face th it is fair as heaven: — Tliy face, and thy love! In the wintry woodlands singing, A bltd breaths sweet o’ the May. Bells of tiho Morning ringing! Love, 'tis thy way. Welcome of bells, and never A note of grief for tiie gloom. Sorrow is dead forever: Joy is in bloom 1 And the earth !s bright -with glory; Tito earth ami tho heaven above Echo this sweet, sweet story: “Thy lace and thy lovo!” The Song- of the Hing. I. Dear little Ring! T loved It eo. And th- lia.r.d that wore it, some d*y 1 know, W ill be lying under tho wintry snow, Far from earth's beauty and lost to earth's bliss— Hidden away from my clasp and my kiss— The b ind that was fairer than hands could be, — Tho hand that reached through the dark to me! Dear little ring! 1 loved It co, I hate tho dream of tho wintry snowl 11. Dear little Tfi’.g! I loved It so! It circled my heart in Its golden glow; It bound nw -wove round me the love that las; found mo. And sought with the roses of Ixtve to smx round me! It shall iievir bo hidden away from my With Its glad gro'-n of earth and Its sap plllre of skies! But. th" dear b'ind that wore It—the eyes th ': dreamed o’er it — Leave life through tho desolate years to deplore it! Dear little ILi’g! I loved It so, 1 hate the dreatn of the wintry snow! 111. Dear tittle Bing! On my heart it shall stay Till God sends His angel to take It away! Till ouo day the darkness shall chadoW life’s skies And li. r hi-, is tin lust on my lips and my eyes! When I feel that the loneh and desolata yerir.s Ato inciting away with their fears and their tears,- With their heartaches and lot tgs I a iis w erless jn ayers! And if lu Gon's 'n . or grL ving below, Hl- shall kno" r that i loved her: her dear h< irt shall know! But drearily, w- iril.v, still tho years go. And my It. art hates tho dream of the. win- The Home Coining. lu my heart I in tilw. ys ■ g: “If tin* toil no I'ortune's Inin: ug. There tire two w'l.ita arms s'ill < hnging Round my neck tit tiiglit—at night! ’! her, s tit least, one heart v. ill miss me-. Whose love longs to i-are.ss me - And two red lips to kiss inc At ni,ht a- night -at night!” So. toll's tl SW.'t I udeavor, Alai Sorrow stays nu- never; Eor life is sweet forever For tills little gl. h i of ii -.h,: And what cure I ;'or splendor Eor all that earth . an render - If still those arms so tender Shall necklace me at night?

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, November 07, 1898, Page 6, Image 6