About The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1900)
6 THE CONSTITUTION CLARK HOWELLEd tof W. A. HEMPHILLPres, and Bus. M g r I Bterrd at the Atlanta Fantafflee »• *<*caaJ (!a«a .Hail Matter, Mar. I 1, 1873. IFF U FEKI.T <V>N''TITCTtOX. anly fl per an r*nra. < tuUot Are. »l tack: riata of ten. |1 tach an.; a«>W 1“ artl’ r-up ot Hub. S>- F W A XT YOV-The <'«•-«rit<l ttoa wan la an scant »1 »v« n r» «• m<a tn A rneras. A »rn**» outfit fr**e rt ■ -c. terms. If «oa an* not In ■> eluh we want j»u to act ae agent at jour office. Write ua < lUSt’F nF JIPI'RFXS- When or**er*n« a***-r<—• at jour paper ebarvd *Jwav*i rive the ©l*l an well r» ire n*w afi trr'K Alm»v*rive p-«t**ff-e,©manty ar***eta*e. If ycur taper » not rwred regularly a* lliy uaan.i we will etnvxbleu the matter. II Tor srxn FS» AX orpfh for new wfeTlrn I > aw a:! *«r u» a wrek to get the Mtua on th- IM rr£ pai-r* -terwsi bet.-re joti w rile a complaint, a a we are rare much crowded now, I • • NOT FORiiFT to mate vo*ir renewals In ttm*. W••< h J owr .tlrartton tar xn l See when row •n’v mljttca eiplrea. Tin* nett all an- ntbe will I* ft’! • I Irterrat. ar*l row abn'iM not mlaa a *tugtar*>pr a! Tie CBa-tltutton. Send your cr.lera at iemat a **'*L *~ advance to train esire. It rear i>* t take a week In every laMnnoe. a« «ve uee tbs »re;u-.*.l <1 «*n> v le got tkrtu OU our mailins '.i-L They Are AH Lining Up. The fitatem-nt that Mr. J. J. Coo pan. of New Yorn, has contributed fltit.ooii to the democratic fund, con ditional upon Mr. Bryan being ths nominee. has be©n so lowed by a de claration from Mr. R.chard Croker, which indicate* that the democrats of the whole country will line up to the party’s standard. There Is a peculiar vein of common sense running through the remarks of Mr. Croker, as they are given tlinmeh the columns of The New York Journal. Meeting the question bluntly, Mr. Croker seen no reason, even from an east* m man a stand point. for a covering np of tho free silver issue. He reasons that upon this issue Mr. Bryan has won the car of th • country, that .n its behalf there have be* u enlisted men fuliy as conservative as those who have de clared for a ruld standard, that the j>-ople want Mr. Bryan fur what ho really la. a man of strong views; th it a weakening of these views woo d i»j a W’.ak- nlng of the man blmself. and such an act would be a public calam ity. While io some there arc other i~®.ius mere important. Mr. Bryan can represent them better with his con sistent record than if he retreat* d from hirns* f. Character counts for nioro in a pol ti* ai cam; aien than f.-tri Lor; -sighted men are willing to a*k:>iw!<>.t*, and this ch.»r.v*i*r Mr. Bryan has just as he stands to- t?t?*'*r cn stlon*' there nr**, and most lm*M»rtant ones, some of them emer* g«*nt. Tr >ts and itnporinhs ;.r© full of .. thrc'.teaiug di> ar to our i.V/ZL’fll' J Already we have the p ” ■ .fa trust forcing a pre.-Ment v*r*d?va the words of his me.— ??•*«• >t lri.r<. the nk was dry. At the demand of this insolent ag gregith.n cf wealth the president was coiE’"*rrii to enter the lobby to se cure th* defeat of a policy stn •-<•<•©.! by hi ms "If. 1 h.* constitution of the country was torn to shreds in order to allow congress to exercise powers in Porto Rico «i«*n - I »o it tn Alaska. The pock- ts of -he • * ..of this < oun try have I **n r !' * »n ord'r to keep up the dividends of . - sugar trust. Th.-- control o* !• I n, so bcilviy undertaken, hav .• • th ;.re«-e«ient, so that in case o’ 1-. an succrt., a:’.? sem* «• would become th,, m* r e «li of in. c * t,jg institutions. : . . ' dopr.i. nfs In C .ba indicate ‘ Mr Burr ’u -- would keep even r. *. -it lbw urneatp riv.veloper. Salaries l. ih. t - j*;-. :i.nt . i trebled, irn •t* I-V fund to 111. •' , m. : 4 be main- M - ». : ■. f Mt *. i.. . • J ' • ' - I »rtn ni had b * i t *.<..,! upon and ,nd jraS I hr h t rd * f naval officer* 1.. Mr Daniel, of Vhxtafo. offend aa am* r.ire nt .*••;- ; r thur f„ r pin* !: r • r i ■ ».-rk • f :h«- | j u ... ext. n-lii e fr rn lhe naval rv »tory tai Mr •’art.-r. ..f M .n'.in.c Mr. Hawley, of f’oi. Il l* Mr. li .ir. -f M . . an*! Mr. A -n. f bo*.-.. t - I. whih* M- M. M w. .f Mi. • j . Mr . Mar . tin. «*f Vircir!.! i• k* in -’[ ■ ..rt of th,*' a” n in, n. shl h wa ■ th> adopt.,!. 11 then reported t ■ . - ‘. ( e and ’ th* .nn.ndm.r-?- «.r ngr-.d Io «sh the' <v PH ?. of t it - ;.:ilne f. Ixiul-lana pur* sa.— • »j„ ,n ■ • !- hi ;.| In St. lxnii« in 13M3. Mr. !*an..l. f Vlrpir.la. then offered the oris; - in ,t. .or. > Ini- -• r.* >« tine I the .- *. hi. t f th* .*:.,.„f l-.-nns*;-i var -« ti •! r;’ .ir.-i it wa; i Mr A !:i-~h -.ff*-■ I twv *tn<*?idmont< to ll.* ir j- t! n pnivldlnp that appr.pr:.. Hbmild he .K-'.-ir*. ; under “enmlliioji ht-r. after t*» n** prescrib ed by •*.*t.?rr. -.■• and T-ipdrinK ’that all vkj-i..ii*ur* .- tl.-r f. .pt for Ils own buildlnrs and .*xh!b!t.« an.l th. Ir car- sh ill t>> d« i-ic:».| from any F<i * ra! approrrii tiou made f. r said exjwxsktou.” Th. «e am. ndm- ntr u. r a.- ■.*p:.*d and agreed t-> bv the n lie. Mr. Montan, of Alabama, moved to r< luce the amount to b»* appropriated by congr.ss from to H-. Jecu.L Th.* committee am,win.nt was then agreed to. »nd a* -ini. nd- I the biii I. Al-er it hid bull aKreed Io m.et at 11 o'clock tomorrow anti Saturday, the sen ate. at 7 o'clo* k. adjourned. No man can work well with a torpid llv, ror constipati d Isiwvls A few do-, s of ITickiy Ash ftitters will .pilvkly re move this condition and mak- work a measure. SHOT TO DEATH ON A TRAIN. Bob Smith, of Fannin County, Given a Mortal Wound. Cant’.n. <la.. Mny 31. <Special.>—"Hob" Smith. s«n of Hen. Dan Smith, of Fannin county, was shot aid killed last night on th- north-bound train north of V."o>l rt* k. In this c-ainty. I.- J ha Hays, of Murphy. N. c . a fellow pa.-'sen-ter. Sn*ith lived only a short while after Kdr-j shot. )| *. « left the train -il> »ut 'iv- mil*** above where tha thootlug o**> urr- *l. nnd thus far has evaded arrest, a reward of $-••• has bi.«n of» *ied for him by the relative* ot th- dead traa. A n- CTY. it i- said, was 4 i S o kitleil. an ! f.-ll off th« train, sh.le another report is to the effect that one Wan wa~ tnrown off the train while at full sreed. ■. -» 11 ' 11 it art les CTv-am Separators- rrcfitable Datrytnr onytnous from now on, which will flirht for the Fafety of the country and th© reversal ot a wickedly supine policy. The Republican Trust Bluff. Tho lower house of congress is to have three days of trust talk brought out primarily by tho republican joint resolution propusing an amendment to th© constitution of the United States conferring power on congress to define, regulate, prohibit and dissolve trusts. This resolution is the cheapest kind of political play. It Is shoved to the front in the closing hours of congress by the republicans, who realise that th© trust question is to be one of the great, issues of th© presidential cam paign and who see that their party must mak? .some sort of a bluff at op position to the trusts in order to divert the :u ention of the* peopie from their own/faiiiiro to enact even tho anti trust laws which now stand upon the statute books. There is nothing practical to this | proposed amendment to the constitu tion. emanating, as it does’, from the republican party, unless it is practical politics. While this comes ostensibly , through the judiciary committee of the hotist*. it was really prepared by the re- | publicans of that committee in consul tation with other republican leaders, and the committee report, instead of being submitted to the minority as ts tho usual co:irs » of procedure, was bur- ■ ried into the house with th© ev dent ld**a that the republicans in this way might secure an advantage before the { country by claiming they wer« th© first ■ t i advocate the abolition or tho control i of tho trusts. Os course no republican who advo- : ! cates the resolution proposing an 1 amendment to th© constitution has any t thought of such an amendment being , i grafted upon that document. As it Is pointed out In tho mitority report sub mitted by the democratic members of tho judiciary committee, it is quite i sy to propos,* amendments to the constitution, but it is worth while to remember that for nearly a century that instrument has remained unchang ed except for three amendments, all of whk h came out of the throes of the awlul war between the states. The re publicans know that there is absolutely ! n> chance for the legislation they are p-oposing and for that reason they feel safe in advocating it. Their other proposition to increase the jwnaltiea for non-observance of the ‘ laws which they and their courts have consistently refused to enforce in the sp rit. is equally lamo ami inadequate. Ti e only people who have ever been punished under the existing law which h<« republicans claim to have put upon the statute book? have been laboring ! n*en. !ii<l the furtlwr enforc-unctit of , ib.» law with this increased penalty would only mean increased immunity for the real trusts m l immense comld na'ions < f capital whi<*t ar© injurious ’o the interests of the people. Republican orators may l <> expect'd to do a lot of talking again; t the trusts during th© re©days they are engaged in putting campaign mat n rl:'l into the Congressional Record in order to se cure its free transmission through the m*i I*, but noNdy Is going to be fooled by h..-* port < f >tnff. Th© trusts know In v Lich party is their reliance, and all of the f’l'mlnations c.f the republican politicians for campaign effect ar* not going to beep trust dollars out of the republican campaign fund. Then* might In * © l»e<*n a day when tile people could have I* n fooled, but that day 1: :s piss ed They know H is the republican party that is the friend of trusts Just as the trusts know it. The Temporary Chairmanship. Western democrats are discussing th.. advisab’lUy of making Governor ' I'l’.nrles R. Thomas, of Colorado, tem porary chairman of th© Kansas City convent on when it meets on the 4th of July. Gov< rner Thoma-*? Is now opposing Mr. Wolcott for the United Stat* s sen ate. The latter gentleman has been pr. ctlcally dcei*'ed upon as th*» tempo rary ch.iirm’n of the republican con vention ’n Phll.idelphln. As ther<» is a f n.itorsldp at stake, b*”l'l» s < ;b*r re - -ns, it would b« wo’i for tire 'bm* C’riits to play a strong ciri, which r.v id be d >ne by giving Governor ‘ Thomas the same y-om nonce which h’s opponent will enjoy. He stood by Mr. Bryen in his western campaign focr years ago. ?n<! has ever since hold his state firmly in line, which > gives bi:n a ripht to consideration on own account. unti l re 1? n snecln! interest in Gov • Thomas’s career in tho south. *1 In this state. .Ho carried Estimate, to Colorado the sturdy s,oCK.'hich a man b**rn in Geor- Anwri Ufi. G*' posses. H© Is in every wheat crop In t 'or any trust, end In v. t«*i. o.<! Is »h*> *h« temporary chair ii. ,-stlin >’•■*! y'.ek a Hnn would h nor ! ,n \ h *. the west. av.-r: -*. ' ' l' 1 , ino'rely hopev rxt ■ . . | B t Black m. ■ c?is. wa brought in y<*fit< ‘ Kansas C-ty equal to that from any w :!«■ Its purity made It the I . N ar:v . very farmer in i year. >m.* of Ih. nt bavin: a* » nin , r . is pta ■. 1 b::. at worn in the level wheat Held*. OREGON H?.S ELECTION TODA Three Tickets Are in the Field a: the Fight Is Warm. tl.» Portland. <»r« .. Jan. 3. The cnmpfi’ th» i ! > i.i;-’i*. : *,.; -, t Hi :ir*-*ir.' ; li:iv.* I*** n busy t***lay ii. >,«. f. Ung arrangement* for th< ole ; n , cn ulii*h occurs tomorrow. Th* re Wi <n | )A . c-h cted one justice of th** cupr< me < a stat,* dairy and food comnitssionfit 1 c<>i:gr< : n.*-n. members of th, 1.-gtr ° r who will Choose a suec ssor to 8 nment M< Bride, and various district and ••**lv 3 ty officers No unusual lnt<*rest liarto as d<-velo|wd In the campaign. Ther ;ir i n _ thru* tickets in the field, the r* pu' , th. fusionist icompos.*! of detn r 1 puiists and tree silver r* pubis.-at ly nat , th, prohibition. The republican. n ]i made . x|.....-ion a I-a*iltiK issue a pat forth the claim that lh<* <x ” na <*i>Jojitig unusual pr*»sp< rlty, ci©r. they the enactment of a law by ,-ongn j)., a ~n . gold as the standard of value creativo ••ago platform of IMtC. an.l fm r a t>vo an 1 th, • .urse of tie nutlon U nrec, .'c.j tritfon on the I'orto Rican , l" , '« 'dticod a served h* a basis of fusion a Am •is ti.» an n nta to the * . , ', l granting the right of suffrage to v Th s FEVER FLAGUE AMONG TL -its but Five Cases Found in the ProT'u’xm n Santa Clara. taught Havana. Mav —Five cases <,? r ’*l was fever have broken out at Santnd the among the men of the Sec 'nd bttf rs who are married to Cuban won rrf> -n wh*> live vu’ of tho barracks T only two case* In the province of e In i.n and there is not one in the city. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1900. ematlcal precision which surpasses all work of the human hand. The spheres move in obedience to a fixed law. which is intensified by every now discovery. There is no escaping the conclusion that this immense handiwork is the act of som© overrul ing mind which had a purpose In uh.it it d'd. Not a planet but has its use, and keeps its place in the motion which has been set up. Not a thing of life on earth but fills a specific pur pose. All obey tho unseen hand, which never errs. nn<l which is math ematical exactitude itself. Quibblo over it. debate it. ren<| it to pieces if jtosslbie. but when the combatants shall have resolved back into the clay whence they came, the mighty hand still controls th© scene. Yet. in th© face of all this, finite men will set themselves up against the infinite; doubt will contest the way with th© only certttud© in exlst°nro, and human tongues will talk glibly about the works upon which tho seal of God is stnmjted. Little by little the Almighty lifts th© veil, and allows of a peep Into the infinite. Just enough to dsc lose Ills own great ness and to show to man how small Tho early morning prayer which th world has offered to the on© who ordains and controls,- should not soon bo forgotten. There is a God, the touch of whose finger has been laid upon every man, and whoso existence cinnot lip disturlted by scoffers who feel that above them is no power greater than their own. Not an End to Hannaism. Mr. Hanna’s announcement that he docs not propose to h© at the head of tho republican national committee dur ing the tooling campaign must lie tak en with some grains of allowance. It Is possible that for the reasons h c has state*!, tli© condition of his health and others, the Ohio senator may cease to be th© nom'nal head of th© party or ganization. but this does not by any mean i insure a republican escape from Ilanntlsm. Wit. Mr. I Janna undoubtedly means In ids announcement Is that much of tb« detail work which fell upon him four years ago will be shifted to other shoulders Whether it© is or is not th*, nominal head of th© committee, h© is ns certain to bo th© inspiring genius ot th© republican campaign as h© wts in tile two contests which land, 1 Mr. McKinley, first as the republican nomi ne** and afterwards in tho white house. Thor© is nobody In the republican party who has demonstrated the pos session of anything ilk© th© Ohio sena tor’s ability n th© Un© of holding up th© great protected interests of this country for cimpaign fund cont’lbii tions». Beyond all question it was tit© Hanna <*ampaicit fund which brought about republican victory in I'*?';, and it is equally beyond question that tit© only chance th© republicans have of re electing Iter president is through re sort to the means and methods used four years aw. Th© indiertiens nr© that it will net be as easy a matter to secure these great contributions ns !' was when th© r publican I >w!©rs we-e t-e'ng around th© lard crying out that ’“Bryanism” m* ;:it atiTe' y and that with the elec tion of Bryan no nan’s dollar would b© saf". hi the three years and more which have follow..) that campaign, th© people of the United States have lc*trned tli- t there is no anarchy In ♦he demcerntic pintform nnd no danger in <i* n'.ncrat!c principle?. More than that, th.* national !■: nks, which fur nished so largo n proportion of the fund of four years i*go. have be. n gi7- en their pout'd «'f flesh in tho shape of the Gn;.* eurivncy bill ami any ordina ry campnicn collector apnroaehfng thos© Interests thi; year will probably I>© m-.' w'*h tin* suggestion that th© b nks ’ iv© nothing further to ask it'd that tlicv cannot i o , xpeet* d t*> do anything like as well as they did in 18SM5. Th.* most rrollfic soure© of repub lican camp'.itiii contributions will, of course, be tho trust . but it will tales no cwd’nary man to so, nr.? from them the large sums which th© republican party believes it shou’d r <*ivc. Mr. I Innna tcpres' nllny as he does lhe v* rj* ■ • • - ■ ‘ ' * ......... derrtand’rg hat it takes f ir* © to n»ike them dl t ".* , rgo tbri? ,i’."*’*'tt*n t/t-ias. can pct results where ot iters would fail; nnd there '* every reason to be ll* v’e. therefor**, that however much ho m\v proclaim h msolf out of it. Sena tor Hanna will s-i'l retain his position, as colloctor-in-chief for th© republi cans. Republican leaders, realizing that th© tide has set in against th*ir party, are crying out that air immoth campaign fund mu?’ b© rn -’d, and tin y <lO not pr<<p*»so to 1*” S’, nator Hanna shift this particular responsibility onto the shoul ders of Major General Pick. -First As sistant Postmaster G-neral Heath, or even that shining light, in th© Hanna need Hanna himself, and will hiv him. The Live Stock Industry. Th© south should be especially inter ested in th o gathering of figures relat ing to c ' • .'l'-.nld he- roin© a live stock section. The live stock intere ts of the Uni t**d States ar© to b© given special at tention in th© twelfth census. In pre vious ©numerations th© I vo stock on farms and ranges hav© l>ern enumcr •*ted on th.* farm schedule, but all oth er live stock have been disregarded. Tl'is limitation interfered with th© cor rectness of the census figures and re sulted in misrepresent it *>n of an ini vo’tant <■!< m< nt in national wealth. To n-mov© tho difficulty congress has F-sed a law, approved February 1, 13, *> which allow the d rector cf thj ■ . f or n - nd ot • .t • I. not farms.’’ 1 or tills purpt»«« a special s* - hcdnl<j hajj prewired by th® census oflle*'. on whV.h all liv© stock not on farms or ran S' \ ar© to be reiwrted by the barns or enclosures in which they are kept. By ♦sombining tho results of this schedule thoso on th© farm sched ule. th© * lib-. should obtain a full and accurate plctur * of the live-stock con d tiens of th© United States. June 1, 1900. Th s improver, nt will b© of value net merely for it If. but because th© <1 partuu nt of a* , (culture each year mak* ? an enunmrati 'n or ©stimat© of th© num *r ot lhe *’ek in tli© coun try. by correspond©!! with Its thou ,*••!■ ds of .* '.e< i' ac *it scattered over tli.* United States. N *.v in January, th’ r© ar© few young : mmals and prices of live stock ar© high. For both rea sons th© average valuafoii per head olnained by th© d« partment of agricul ture enumeration tends to exceed th© truth. On th© other hand that depart- ment confines its attention to farms and ranges, omitting live stock in birns and inclosures. The latter class ar© worth rather mor© on the average per head than th© former. These two sources of error thus tend to counter balance. The animals ar© to be classified by age. somewhat as the people of the United States, but of course with much I<*. a detail. The special schedule classi fies tho neat cattle into those under one year and those over one. The sec ond class is divided into steers, bulla and cows, the steers being subdivide*! into those on© and under two, two and under three, ami over three; th© cows being classified into those one and un der two. and thus© over two, the latter being subdivided into those kept for milk and those not kept for milk. Horses and mules are classified as those under one. those on© and under two and thos© over two. Sheep are classified into those under one and over one. with the distinction in the latter clasa into ©wes and rams and wethers. Th© other classes of live gtock. namely, asses and burros, swln© and goats, ar© not classified by age. The object of this grouping of llv© stock is to furnish som? basis for esti mating th© probable increase of horses, mules, cattle or sheep in th© near fu ture. Th© widening of tbn inquiry to Include liv© stock not on farms or 1 ranges has tho same ©nd in view, namely, to afford a survey of the whole live stock interests of the country, since animals ar© constantly passing I from tlio farms or ranges to the barns or inclosures and back. This would boa good occasion for the south to “take stock.” and with the knowledge of h©r present strength, i plans could be perfected for Its devei ' npmen*. Every farmer should lend h's aid toward the making up of a good report in tho coming concns. For Scrapbook Use. Tn Nov mlwr next, when The Phila delphia Press wl i brio resumed its seri 1 editorial on election methods in tho south, it would do well to have th© following In e for reb r- 'once: I All the people of the dty n«t Jc.’OW* but m.u.j <l., 'hat tie* attempt at ©' ‘ I ..u kin.ul math by Director of I Ull ‘ t . In 11 effort t<> muzzle tli * ... ’.t mi n . rnvated ea. "t » n going on it he P "°< 1 . an.l I eniil*onia tor some time* it is the u-” of official power to peopl., to bow to the purpose of personal li.’.* ’ ■ l ■ In I'i'lH b . There are too many business men m I'hila.lelplila who liave been eoerced into subtiii -’ion t<> wrong b* < avse tb* y me*, be*-n thr< ateue.l wltli various annoyances, nmi understood It was in th© ’’ tlios - making the threats to s*■© that th* > V .-re , xe. uteri Private contractors en- s. I in building operations have b< en subjected to ) *rsr cut 101 l where they i.nh *.l to !-*’o<l r rvb oto certain politician?. . It won', i not b" difficult t<> find more loan . om- Instance where councils have b. ett us.. lin th* pi r: ■ -cutton . refusing nece. - . i\- I* -irlatloii to important local im provements b< * aU: ■ such refusal would ' embarrass some one with manhood 1 . iiou.rli to ref'is * to be bl.nckmallid and ! mail© sut sTvient to th petty ami charao* I terless political bosses'. r \ h. v* la-on r uff* rers from this rli ’- system and citizens who b.<v ’ inter*”-at stake me rendered timid In tiie xpression of hot.**st convictions atid j in tli* ir action upon questions of public I b.-nofit because they fenr the retail.atlon *■ hth knot have b«• t «mployed. i Ji tiie police and detective service of th* ' . tv cat! l>e use*: In one case it ran be ii: 1 i.*: !,-r tt * some manner ment Jn anv case, anil mt - r menus of terrorism ■ with Sin h us lack tie cmtragr? to r*-i. t , tile outr.gc. K.i* h infamous methoos I liave g.-o'.vn bv qn!*-l toleration on the ' part <l. ti *.-■• who v<-> - not strong enough or oils enout- hto r Ist and expos, i tl * ai. I' .t while min*- .'ir** lacking in the or *lit. «ry * ruray.r . it tv.* marl,* plain by the l r .’eat o\. ii meeting on Friday night that , 111 a-..- . .... It la, been a nmnstrat* d th.it i th * * i wh* luting sentiment «»f this cotn- tni.nl:, will not tolerate **iii*'i ”.l blackmail i a-’.d i tt'crl'in. v.hether attempted upon I th !.i*;n <*r tli low, nt. n Individual right.* j or u'.on business <nt,erprtses. The peopl® I of 1 'ui'.i*! 101,, , c innot be made to pay I: Voliiutai, tribute to the bnsPst ami 1 ■■ *st rllsreputable syst.rn of tiolltlc.s pns sfi.l • to eoliceivi-. I'npl Inclplr-d end de praved n-n in office, a bus.ng their brief i aui' ority. iniinot tio .oqn be made to ; ui.ut r '.’inil this. The i* >p!e have soft' red long because I tl.* y have Irsn too |.i'lr*iit and inactive. Th* li.famoi.s i>?-<h•* i ibnrs of Director I.: '.i,i s * brought ot. th*’ climax. Th*-re w li; be expo-tire and **’;*d! itjon of the whole system of terrorism, which has made the politics of tl * city a crime, and intolerable to every c'tfr.en with a parti ' < . of m tnhood In ills nature. Th.B is n etato whosa vote, ©ver 'neo Simon CnuiFrou reduced it. to vest pocket eize, lias been carried ;> ut us personal property. ‘‘Th© t. of olilcl d jiower to compel people t > i'o.v t<> lhe purpose of jersonnl in terests in pol tics” was Just as much in i\i 'enc© ia tli presidential election of ISbd and in the congressional elec tion of 181'8. as it is today. The fact that I)!-' fish were lhe beneficiaries t- ■ u, while th? present is a municipal tn ’>l*ll©, do*s not ©hang© the ques ti »n in tit.* least. The conditions ot today in Philadelphia will still exist in November r* xt; th© “e’ghty thou sand fraudulent” v lof today will tip i become tho suffrages of "free anti enlightened” cltlz*'ns; and the larg© per capita vdlo of that state, - pa ’< e l by 2'»'',oort b* gits votes, will be it- id up iti contrast with the small pt reenti'io in some southern stat© wlier© tit ■ I‘hiJ dolphin method of pad fling Is unknown. 1 --4® - ' A Repetition of History. From time to thn© tho newspapers ar© filled with accounts of oppression, cr’.i dty and spoliation on th© part of some • f the American officials in Cuba and th© Philippines. It is only the stun© old story—Just such a repetition of history as might have been expected. All conquering na t’i” ,t • emmit acts of injustice and op pression in tlio lands which they take possession of and plunder. When an army invades a country it is nonsense to say that it carries th© Bild© and the sword. Henry Watterson to th© contrary notwithstanding. "War is bell,” * aid General Sherman, and lie gave us a firming illustration of it. Tlie old soldier told th© truth. There never was a gentle, peaceful, thoroughly honest war. and ther© nev er will bo one. Protests are raised in cc.ngress and in public meetings against the c.onduet of certain officials in the count:! s which have recently com© umb r our flag, but nothing of a sur -1 ri’ing nature ’has developed. It Is our duty t.« punish the guilty, and clear our skirt as for as possible, at th© sam© time upholding our government, under th© adminlstratiou of any party. To tike any other position would be (V* loyal and it would finally result iu th© defiance of lawful authority, when i ever partes* communities and individ uals objected to a policy or a law. W© must not drift into such a stat© of insubordination. If th© present ad min stratlon proiioses to shield and en courage tho wrong-dcors sent out by us to Cuba and th© Philipp nes. the proper course of action is to ’’turn the rascals out.” and elect men who will take ©ar© ot our interests and vindi- I cate tho reputation of our country. | Th sis a conservative, a just and a patriotic view, but before wo are through with the troubles now on hand w© may expect to hear of more than on© Neely, and wo shall be foj tunat© indeed, if th© Philippine scan dals cease. Wo cannot escap© th© consequences of heredity. Tn the main our people ar© of Anglo-Saxon origin, ami when w© go to war ther© will always b© sol diers and civil officials on our Bid© who will repeat th© mistakes and crimes of our forefathers. During tho coming generation there will b© mor© than on© Hastings and Cline, and mor© than on© plundering carpet-bagger who wTll havo to stand trial, but ther© will be no Burk© or Sheridan to make those occasions his toric . Cline’s only excuse for his spoliation in India was tho statement, that, when be thought of his opportunities, h© was astonished at his moderation. Tn the next few years it is quite likely that smaller men from our new possessions will rnako substantially tho sum© de fense, but it is saf© to predict that they will lio put in convict stripes. Cuba’s Census. Ordinarily statistics ar© dry enough but when they bear directly upon ex isting problems to which every thoughtful person is awak© they cease to be repellant and become luminous with interest. This general observa tion applies with special fore© to the census which has recently been taken in Cuba under the direction of th© United States government. in the first place it is curious to note that the census is full of sur prises. Most of us in this country hav© labored under tho impression that, the population of Cuba was largely made up of negroes and mixed breeds; but from the figures presented in tlio offi cial returns it appears that this popu lar notion is wholly erroneous. Out of 1.572,797 persons inhabiting the island in 1599. the official returns show that 1.052.497 wer© whites and 520.31'0 ne ,groes and mixed breeds. This propor tion instead of causing alarm should rather call forth feelings of relief on the part of those who ar© looking un on Cuba with reference to the possi bilities of future statehood in the American union. If w© will inquire into th© character of the population of our southern states wo will find that the pre ponderance of males over females is much less than it is in Cuba. In fact thro? of our southern states, viz. Mis sissippi, T.ou siana and South Carolina, contain considerable more bla* ks than whites; and whatever may b© the feel ing of uneasiness which this fact oc casions there is certainly much less cans© of ar.xiety over th© conditions which exist in Cuba. In order that, no doubt may be en tertained on this pttint, w* submit the following table showing th,, proportion which exists between tho races in each of th© south Atlantic and gulf states; Whites. Ci.lor.d, Alabama m7ts C7't.299 ' jvis'rlct of Columbia. . . I*l.*Z'.» 7*.C". !-i©r',Pi 12! "I t W.J73 ' Grorgla W Ix.ttls'ana ,"e.r,2.7 .‘.mlio M ' «•! ‘44*74? North C ir*>!!nnl.o.".3S2 . South Caroli nt *'.‘."*is j-11 Virginial 020.122 fi3.7.<*S An examination of the above tab]© will show that tho proportion which ex'sts between tho races in Cuba is substantially th© faitn© as th© propor tion which exists in North Carolina; while in each of th© other states the ratio of blacks to whites is relatively much greater than it is in Cuba. But th© census makes other inter esting disclosures, out of 1.572,795 in habitants of th© island in 1899. th© of ficial returns show that 811,011 were males and 728.78 G females. This pre ponderance of males over females is accounted for l.y the fact that tlio for eigners on the island ar© almost ex clusively males. Among tho natives it was found that th© males wer© less numerous than the females. In each province on the island it appears th© number of foreigners is comparatively small so that wh. n tit© foreign clement and th© negroes and mixed breeds are subtracted front the that the balance of power is left not simply in tho bands of th*’ whiles, but In th© hands of th© native whites. In th© province of Puerto I’rincip© lhe jiercentage of foreigner? is least, while in tire jrrovinco of Havana It is great est. duo to th© large number of for eigners residing in th© city of Ha vana. Sine© th© war witli Spain most of the Spaniards hav© left the island. Several years ago th© number of Chi nese on tho island was quite large, but of late years on account of r* peated disturbances tho number of Chinese has been steadily d minishlng. From the official returns it appears that th© percentage of illiteracy in Cu ba is nearly 50 per cent, due to the policy of tho Spanish government ex tending over many years of keeping the natives In ignorance in order to prevent them from rising up in insur rection, and to hold them more easily in subjection. Great changes ;ave been wrought in th island since the United States government took possession several months ago and in the course of time tlio percentage of illiteracy will bo comi'.iratively insignificant. Hastily glancing at other features of tho census it appears that th© rate of mortality tn Cuba is much greater than it is In this country, but this dif ference is duo to th© habitual disre gard of sanitary precautions so char acteristic of th© inhabitants of the is land prior to th© time when tho Uni ted States government took possession. Llkewiso social conditions on th© Is land are not what they ought to be. Out. of th© total population of the is land in 1599 it appears from th© offi cial returns that ther© were only 246,- 357 persons marr’ed nnder th© laws of tho church while 131 787 persons were living together as husband and wife without th© sanction of the church, which was deemed too expensive, and 1.108.709 were single. Although the census makes many shocking disclosures It also reveals many startling possibilities; and much additional light is thrown upon the problem which is now agitating the minds of th© American people. Colonel Hemphill at Reunion. Courier Journal: Colonel W. A. Hemphill, of Th© Atlanta Constitution, with his wife and daughter, of Atlanta, will b<* the guests of th« Galt house during the eonjlnir confederate re union. They will reach Louisville Tuesday morning. Mr. Hemphill is one of tho best known newspaper men of the south, and to hts great ability Is larg. ty due the high place thnt Th,* Constitution h* bls among the jour nals ot the country. His kindness to nil visiting eonfe leratn vet erans during the Atlanta reunion an.i his un ' censing efforts for their every comfort an*! for tho success of tho gathering, have not been i forgott* n by Louisville confederates, and he j and his family will be extensively entertained i while here. “Songs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON Marching to Reunion. They’re marching to reunion—not strong as when, with I-.ee, They stayed the march of Sherman on the highway to the sea; For Time hns thinned the ranks of them, and grayed each wrinkled brow*. And when the band plays "Dixie tneir steps are slower now! They’re marching to reunion— yet a glori ous band they seem, With, maybe, backward glances where their fallen comrades dream; The light of all the glorious past above their foreheads shed. From the brave and fallen legions where the bivouac fires are dead. They’re marching to reunion, and hand clasps hand today: The men in blue are brothers to the men who wore the gray; Though Time has. thinned the ranks of them and w hitened every brow. Their hearts can thrill to “Dixie,” when the bands are playing now! The Meeting of the Worlds. What does It mean—this meeting ot the worlds. Leaving a ghostly twilight on earth’s sod? That man draws near— In strength, and without fear. The greatness and the majesty of God! He knows the ways of all the stars—He knows The coming of al! seasons; nnd the dew That tails on lips of lily and of r se. Reads all God’s litanies of love for you! ***** Reunited. Noise o’ tho drums and the trumpets; and the toys arc still marchng away: But this time the blue will be blended with “the old faded Jackets of gray.” Noise o’ the drums and the trumpets; and the boys that once fared to the fray. Know ail that is true of the boys in the blue, nnd the boys in the Jackets of gray. For the strife, one© dividing, is ended, nnd this, after all. they can say: The green o’ the country shines splendid, and we're marching together to day! Wc’ro marching together through Georgia —over bill, over valley .and plain. And one flag Is waving in glory whose stripes ripple red after Spain. Noise o’ the drums nnd tho trumpets:— lot the ban Is o’er the hills and the glades Tiny their best for the boys who are marching to the bright and the gal lant brigades! And honor 1. day for the Jackets o gray—worn by the boys that were And the'boys who arc marching I*®*™ them under the red, white and blue. The Bright. Bright World. It’s a bright, bright world, with Its roses and its rest, . And. till we reach the other. Its the sweetest and the best; An*! hand in band together We'll face the stormy weather. For a rainbow rounds the heavens front the rosy east to west. It's a bright, bright world, with Its love and with Its light— Its blessings and carcssings, its song, its wrong, its right; And sinning and forgiven. It’s rolling nearer heaven; The bells—the bells are ringing, and the harbor is in sight. June Time in Georgia. June time in Georgia—that's the sweetest time: Life targets its reason and frolics on in rhyme! All the blooms are swingin’ on every vine an’ tree — All th* birds are slngln’ their best to you an’ me. Jun© time In Georgia—comln right along;— Mav had lots o’ blossoms— May was sweet with song; All th*- w*>rl’ was smilin’ sweet as sweet could be; But June time In Georgia’s the time f«K you an’ ine! Souls in Tune. Good times good people, an' set yer souls in tune! Wo'ro driftin’ from the May-time to the melodies of June! We’re driftin’ to the season where all th*. World Is bright. Where brighter suns will light the morn, an’ goden stars the night! Good tinu s. good people, an’ let the great worP roll! We hear her music floating in wild waves o’er the soul! There's life an' love abiding, an' all the world is bright. So, kiss your hand to Joy now, an' kiss to grief good night! The Old and the New. Talkin’ 'bout the old times—what's the matter with the new? Ain't the grass beneath as beautiful —tho sky above as blue? Talkin’ 'bout the old times—What's ailin' o’ the new? Talkin' 'bout the old times—the world today's as bright As ever since the kind God said —In love “I.et there be light!" The green o' all the hills, and still the roses red nnd white! On the River Bank. I'm mighty fond o’ fishin' In a river cool an' deep; But the trouble is—the April winds Jest sing my soul to sleep! They blow so sweet acrost the banks Os violets, that I say,— “Jest let the river creep along. An’ sing my soul away!” I know* Jest what they’re sayin’— These -wcet south winds; I know They've heard the mockln’bfrds, an' been In fields whar’ daisies grow. They’ve beard the songs o’ toilers— In the shadder—in the heat; The rustle of tho corn blades. The ripple of tho wheat! An’ ’attic bells, fur-rtngln’ Through all the drowsy day. An’ they're slngln'—oh, they're slngln’ My sleepy soul away! These Birds That Sing So. These birds that sing so where the blooms In Georgia sunlight shine— That make tne minutes musical. They'll break their hearts and mine, my dear— They'll break their hearts and mine! For. singing of depart, d years— Os withered flower and vine, Their songs are but Love's sighs and tears: They'll break their hearts and mine, my dear— They'll break their hearts and mine! ***** Song and Sunshine. Song and the sunshine! and life Is still sweet — Sure, there was never a sorrow, my dear; See how the rod blooms are rained at your feet! They are wreaths you shall wear! Song and the sunshine! And life is com plete; Hope is too radiant now for a fear To blight any blossom that falls at your feet: Love has kissed back the tear! Plunkett’sLetter (Written for The Weekly Constitution.) There are a plenty of “advisers" with out us. but Brown has a story in verse which we give in the hope that it may be of profit: “Would you mind, old man” and rust ling of skirts Told that a woman was near. “To tell me,” she said, “the secret of •flirts’ In making themselves so dear “Yea, yea, my young woman, seek out no plan Save plain honor and duty: 'Tls this will make you the dearest to man And long outlive all b.auty!'' She cave me a look intense, but mild. And left with the innocent faith of a child. “Would you mind, old man, to tell me Ip truth The prettiest girl you know? Camo from a man In the strong bloom of youth . , Who had not tasted of woe. “Yea. y< a. my young man, full soon you will learn Beautv is only skin deep. And never for this should a young map yearn Lest he learns too soon to weep!" He gave me a slow mysterious smfle And left like one of .a sudden run wild. They soon came again—this self-same pair Stood hand In hand before me. Rut before their story they could de clare Their acts were quick to show me That she was his wife—his own loving pet. His Idea! nnd bls beauty: She held him last and smiled that hornet Had been—“honor and duty!” And there's glory enough for this “old man” To think it was he who gave her the plan. I am never to be made believe that love Is only a passion of youthfulness, when there is love —not a fad. I know that It was not so in the case of old-time people, for I am sure that my good wife l.s dearer, sweeter and prettier In my eyes every day we live. Sometimes I almost conclude that this will rot be so with the young generation. I have said this much in order that I might sugg* st to thl« progressive age a most important lino In which they have been neglor;ful. Th*re Is all sort? of cul ture now in vogue—in fact, culture is i fad of fads—but If there has ever been a s’i.-g< stlon to establish a school wherein the young are taught tho art *>f gaining and retaining the affections, I have not heard about It. There are plenty of schools to teach th** young idea the art of making themselves elegant, grace ful. charm’ng in convrrs.* and even in the - ■ : ■ ■ ine they have tutorag '■ ■ - > th. in the art of housekeeping, etc., but the art of knowing the weak point to ■attack or the strong front to present in catching and holding the human affec tions is left to come of itself, an*l this in an age when all the tendency Is to depend upon the Institutions of culture— from the kindergarten t*» the diploma of the professions—to shape the style and standard of living. It is :ny notion that the thing c*f affection should flow spontaneous, but culture has taken such a hold that noth ing can be left to nature. We must walk, talk, eat, sleep an 1 drink as culture dic tates or we are ..Id fogies, coarse and so on. Now the thing to do is to hustle c. little in the field of affection development. We are getting behind in this special mat ter and there should at once start a movement to make it a subject of special effort in tho culture of th© times. Every old p«*rsoii knows that the thing called affection is not what it used to be. There may be a broader, a more universal feel ing of brotherhood, but there is less ut the personal affection from one to an other. The good women of the olden t.mes who lugged their children with them to their work and spread a quilt on tile ground for them io play upon while she performed her duty, knew noth ing of the. great science of culture as taught now from the kindergarten .o tho college, but she buildcd a love that was personal to her. Intense and lasting. The kindergarten and the college may smeer the whole world with a brotherhood idea, but affection is lost In its generality. A personal riffyctlon, a p»*rs.->na! God, a per sonal mother, a personal father and broth ers and sisters who waited in hunger togeth* r for the good parent to come to the little home with the day's earning-, there d. velojtd the best type of humanitv the world has ever known and a love that was next to godliness. There is no such affection nor any st* *h reverence compre hended in the culture of these times, from the kindergarten to the college. Ther-; :>>ay be an abundance of politeness, but th© brotherhood idea spreads over t»> much territory to give any taste ot tho genuine oil-fashion love as It n d to be concentrated. The trend is to raise th , wholo mass to a machine level a: d le vo personal affections to take care of them selves. Perhaps I have sai l too much upon this line unless 1 could have said it stronger an.l made it plainer. What me and Brown wants is for them to get up some techni cal schools to cultivate the g!ris in art of “making themselves dearer.” It • would like to teach a girl class on soma specialty and this is about the only va cant field we know. Until we do get this opportunity we shall rest upon the advica that “honor and duty” will bring better results than anything we know that can be named in three words. Rut there are ail sorts of ways of man aging folks. 1 would like to give you a hint of the way Mrs. Brown has maneu vered to manage my old friend. In order to do this I must ask you to remember that a short while back I told about a ties falling and mashing the scat that Brown had just vacated, and of how he considered himself as killed by the inci dent, so narrow was his escape. He re mained dead, dead as a doornail so far as doing aay work or making any effort was concerned, of course under these circum stances his wife had to take tho reins and has had to do everything, even tho peddling to town. 1 mention tills that readers may know that my old friend has returned to life an.i all from the management of a good old woman. On day before yesterday, I noticed ;hat my wife and Browns wife had their heads close together more than common, and 1 noticed that they laughed under their bonnets yesterday morning wh*n Mrs. Brown mounted the spring wagon and drove off to town with tho marketing. Brown moped around ail day, listless and dead. Once and awhile ho managed to sidle up to the safe and get himself a lunch, out mostly he was a corpse, especially if anything was to do. At last the usual hour for the market wagon's return came, but Mrs. Brown did not appear. Brown still lay a corpse, but ho had moved to where he could ST*lir*t his eye up the road whenever he found that no one was watching him. and I knew that he was getting mlghtly r*••->©- less over 1:1s wife's absence, exceedingly restless for a dead man, and as dark camo and still no Mrs. Brown he could stand it no longer and appealed to my wife for some comfort. “What in the world Is the matter with my wife?” said he, as he sadled up to Mis. Plunkett. “Guess she's just lagging along with th© gang like you used to do—no accounting for these widows.” "What gang?” said he. “Oh, Ben Cook. Tom Webb, Henry Tug gle and some others; they all went to town today.” "What the mischief is she lagging along with them for?" and my old friend show d more life than he had ever shown since the falling of the tree. "Oh," said Mrs. Plunkett, carelessly, “she has fun with the gang along the road now just like you used to have before you died.” "Dead the devil!” snorted Brown. "I will show them a mighty live corpse In a few minutes," as ho grabbed h!s hit and put out up the road to Atlanta. Th*- truth is that Mrs. Brown hid been at home for some time, but she slipped In the back way an.l hid herself, according to the plan agreed upon the dav before. Brown swears now that he intends to just work his fool self to death, and I'm watching. S.WCGE PLUNKETT.
