Georgia Historic Newspapers

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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.