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THE CONSTITUTION
CLARK HOWELL Editor '
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Ail Indicative Southern View.
One of the most conservative and j
r presentative south" journals of ;
Dixie is The Nev Orleans Picayune.
Speaking- of the Panama transforma
tion act. it says:
wno has cfi. lishcl the firo-- ..f hiig ;n. !
Ameri.-a a iii. snip .-.iii.it
'e.l .1 1,1. J . m-- -i. i.tiiun. ilia- 1
The Constitution has endeav I to
show, without passion or partisanship,
that what has been done dots not rise,
.pon prc.-eiii -id', ice.*-, to the dignity
<>i "a most bigh-ktindt d ami wholly un
authorized proceeding " As to its
high-handedness it was a prompt re-,
;>!y to an urgent appeal by Hie repre
sentatives of a people vJm had re-,
tolled < n ma, e and proclaimed that '
they’ had si'v ‘,’ed ihe political bands
which had tini’e ( them to another"
puwer. they ■'<!(! ■■ I lip ;i dp facto
government, ait -r the Latin-American
t.i.-hion, under .•>. provisional junta, just
as th south tup a provisional gov
ernment jn Montgomery before any
election by tim p- ople could have been ,
held. Was it highhanded to recog
mze the a< t.i.. . -t of rhe . xi:-T ace of '
that condition?
At the time the recognition was
Hide there wet, i, , Colombian t.ft’i
• la’s, soldiers or symbols of authority
anyvvh, r< oh ; ie is: hmm;. It Colombia
had lost ■ mir y completely it:
fact. was •;■ im nml-. m io treat with
her on th, basis of r paper title to
it. which was all that remained to
Tiles- are -''ither fine or coarse
points ot iliuioma' y. as you choose to
toe’; at rii-.-m. hut the g’-aver and de-,
termini ng .nan r v a.- the existence on
H:e isthmu- ro our light to guard and
; c.-n inttie; aceably the transit
across the isthmus. and. more imporl
ant s’i't, our interest in our priority
:'g'i , as to t!:•' intcroc'-anic canal.
ays that, with them' interests in mind,
"it is doubtful it tie o' I a man in the
democratic south * that will
I 1 is a rev.' -s -m io the axiom. "Vox
poppli. vox ;. Iho dog in Hip tv.ur-
ger i- always in jeopardy of being
I’.ieked throng.': ; he hay window Co
’ombia's lime to go through the trajec
tory of th-- £;•<;■:<> bourne had come.
Site was doubly warned and only stif
■.‘l'd >■ Diplomacy gate her a
ami Panama : \ on her
r ■ t.’ - m;o ' u ' . ■ ■ ■ on of it
Now th;o I’miama is Imlepfiident,
that Colm, si.< is suing io be let into
th itesii'Ht .nisiti amt canal can
h, , r-e on ' <-tti>r terms
tm-om'd I-, bei'o'.-e The Picayune has
, 1,. on the head when
It str.'s ’ho ; ■ -tple of the south, even
mote an li— of any other section,
will r< ; - i ’he situation and say to
A Pi-i s Bstral Mail Catriers.
Ne.essariiy the inaugurtoion of the
• • ji *!• <• :i\'» i'V iiiu.il service? v.us
tp,o ; >-j ■ and Hie pos':il department'
- justfii I in establishing regtila- 1
■ ~! f •>,: • -ihi not make the experi-
tinaniii o 1 r ichhovo i iiseo’ to t'ne
nc.-ds ami ; ,<Hsoi :cm of the poop’ -.
a;i d u.,p.!i i:v-m is avalanch deep
.:i I- from every part of
;■ men:. the postal authorities and
• p- I’tcr ■ ~rs: e r ,sio!ial committees
rfect th
.(eat public sow . > as promptly and
\ foremost fact to b > deait with is
sation of the men
- im brave all th- . loments and suffer
many hardships in p. rformitig this par
ticular serve They a;'e m.w com
polled to form thm: own horses,
’ con th. tn it' strong ard well-shodden
, .ndition. rblo or drive from twenty
-i fori v iirb’s n." day. and all for a
..age that is out of al! proportion to
•pe pav given to city carriers. Cer
linlv th> )a'!''r an- not overpaid and
;.n actuary of 'ml.’-ur valuations would ,
i 'tt their wages by a. farthing. Uy the ,
same rules, the consulting actuary
would advise a sham advance in rural
t, e delivery salaries, certainly to ai
sis of equity with the salaries paid
•o city carriers.
The rural free delivery service is one
• s' the h< st t onveniences ami civilizing ;
so, . Ho::- op-eraled by 'lm govern- :
f-mnt fi s efficiency ami popularity
depend upon the fidelity, promptness j
intelligence of i’.-' carriers. The j
■ a no of such men is worthy to be fair-
, elven to ti:em and it is very desira- '
the pc st al and congressional I
rnilhoritl 1 ciuichly realize the tact and
. lie justice the case demands.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Since The Constitution sounded a strong, clear note of insistence that
jn next year's national democratic convention the platform should have
paramount precedence over men, it has been demanded by newspapers of
the east, west and south to give some specific indications of the kind of
platform we would favor in advance of finding men who could stand upon
it before the American people with full personal guaranty that, they would
represent it and do consistently all in their power to execute it.
The Constitution values the strong indorsements that have been
given to its suggestion in the direction indicated. It is an encouraging sign
of the times among democrats that they so promptly approve the idea
of determining first, what the party will stand for and then nominating
the men most, representative of the policies adopted. In urging this log
ical plan f l'he Constitution has been governed by th? same sentiment that
was expressed by that eminent loyalist. Kentucky democrat, Hon. John
W. Leathers, who, in 1864, wrote from bis military prison cell in Louis
ville to the democratic convention at Chicago, to which he had been
named as a delegate, that ' the platform must secure everything—individ
uals secure nothing!"
The Constitution firmly believes that in the light of the recent past of
American politics and the future that now is opening to the democracy
that same rule of action is demanded by plain common sense and the
manifest spirit, of the people
Jr becomes us to say that The Constitution prefers no claim of being
an expert party shipbuilder and is not over-confident of its ability to
point out with unerring judgment the sound and sufficient planks of its
platform. We can say that we do not like platforms that argue and
harangue. Platforms that reaffirm cardinal principles of democracy as
distinguished from other political cults and, as to imminent and unsel
tled questions, declare withoul the weakness of many words the demo
cratic position concerning them, suit ns best of all. Our pleasure in the
national demo, ratio platform would be complete if it could be shortened to
the length of the Tea Commandments with the one “'Thou shall not steal
printed in warning black letters.
Hut iuce The Constitution has been so generally asked to saj what
Hunks the platform of 1904 might, properly contain, we do not shrink
.' ■ uni a presumption Hint Is apparent only—certainly, not real —when we
••)> .. ibai our suggestions to the eminent men who will make the pl»t
u>r:i! woti’ i follow along these lines, in ideas, if not in the exact verbi
age. viz:
li Hu. .' s , -i( l:i eonM’Uti'Ui a ss.'inclfd, de l« • e
. ;•!• .igv .i.twlV'S .itit A to the constitutional doctrines and traditions
■ ■ ".uiy Au ■r.i.ied tin? t-icbiny? and exampie of a long
s .it--inc'ij and patriots who beloved In a government of the people.
. tn- -,i 'pli> ..nd : u the peopi. guaranteeing equal rights to all men and spe
ia: privileges io none.
2. <•• -pc-a ion to - "inializalion and tha dangerous spirit, of en< roac'.iment
• ■ l;niitati"ii9 the national constitution which tends to consolidate the
■ ■Weis u; all the departments of the government in some one of its three
;>and tlius to ■ reate anywhere under American authority a form of
< • mr.i'nt i. s'-'iibling a real despotism.
3 N-.i oppressive national sumptuary laws; separation of church and stale
■ go -1 ■ -.i s omniou schools f<- ail the people fostered and «n-
4 Home j- .. Mate-, t ;Hto: ie.s and depi.-ndencies; Segregation of the
..s i trib’ J . ditio . of reservations, alliztrnenf of homesteads, mid the
release of the Indians from control as wards of the nation to the control ot
the stales and territories they inhabit.
5. Tlonest money, consisting of gold and silver, and paper currency a.uthor-
i t'. ( , g"',i ■ ■iier;t. and convertible into coin on demand. We oppose all
rep .bii-an b gi-lation, in operation or proposed for enactment, which aims to
- r.-i the wvr“i?-i right of the n ational government to issue all money,
wl.’t - r coir, or paju-r. .a I we demand the retirement of the national bank
i-olf's as rnyidlv as government l-gal lenil&r notes and coin certificates van
be substituted for them,
6. \V<* favor a thorough and non-partisan reform of the civil service, on
; : o -Jpi'.-s favoring nermanein y of tenure to faithful public employees.
' Tiie : _ ijof s lYrage i- a right preservative of all rights of a. ilemoc-
. , ..'.-I rn -t and shall maintained in every part of the United State*,
state regulations that do not violate t.-.e terms of the constitution of the
8. Free ships iii.ih ■■■ j natiaation laws, unsubsldized from Hie national
• and full » \ -ctitiV' pow.-rs to the iutet state commerce commission to
,-.te -t the pu F- .'"oui n.i.i'ivi transportation rates and the destruction of rail
way trirlYic competition
9 Wc favor the strict "iiforcemeni of the Chinese exclusion law. except
ir ita I. i-iiucation and foreign commerce, and that even carefully guarded,
.■.nd fI- law ma<l ! t-> apply to the immigrant or contract labor (lasses of ail
it'. Tl.i v-e "f ■'.tic mir.oy and pubhe 'icdit for public purposes solely;
’ ~ -c rlct in.- )ii>.-'.: .in of pool; lands to actual settlers
11 -■ demo-: .itL : arty Is the friend of labor and the Laboring man and
Ictig. < as.-If to j.rote, t him against the • ormorants of this country and the ini-
; rl'-d skilled or I'liup'i labor of other lands.
12 . favor liberal pensions to invalid soldiers and sailors of our national
. . a; d lin-ir dcp'-iul'. t.i-: that Hie fact of enlistment and service shall ba
l:-:ve rcid-.ui.e ag.l ust, prior disease and disability; and that the pension
y hr- m idt? i separate and non -partisan agency of the government, ad
iii-i • !<-:•> d by thr ;•> commlsslouvrs, appointed to serve during good behavior,
of w- !in tHvili i'r- i rep'jblivan, one a demixrat and one proposed bi the
Craud Army of the Republic.
13. We insist on the strict mainleuaii'e of me Muni .>e doctrine in all its
..■-grity r , tt-n j’d -pit it., a, i.x ■■ -ssar.v prevent the extension of Etiru
; -.i ! authority on this continent and to affirm mir national mtpi*m.acy m
xtri' ii an affairs.
14. We 'ondemn the Diugu-y taritY law .- a 1- i t and monopol’. breeding
. i--.,'- used to give to a. A-w extraordinary favors which they do not justly
ds -'-rve and to place upon tin many burdens wlji-.-h they should not bear. We
• -.in:..-.-..1 a • 'i - : -if H " -liedales o'- the tariff which create and shelter
irv- ie and monopolies, and the enforcement of proper laws to detect and pun
i amuiiiuti'ins tn limit production, destroy competition in trade and transpor
tation. o> '.'xact extortion from home co nsumers.
15. We lavor ilns policy of re. iprocity treaties with all countries wherein en
uc'-d market.-’ for Am-;ieaii products may be obtained in exchange for nec-
.--..iri' -of raw material products of the soil and manufactures not adequately
m-iidt: -a ■ our own .'intry: and especially do we u.'gv JibenU reciprocity
••at: - with. (■' ada a -I Cub:’. We s.ami committed to the policy of Jeffer
who a.d: ' I‘eaee, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; en
.mgling aidinces with mine.' At the same time we declare in favor of free
i.onni'r ■< n-.-twe'.-ri tiie home country and all our dependent possessions.
16. VV. f -r s:: a legislation as* will secure the election of I'nited States
< ■ -t'.oi- li ir' - vote of the people of the several states.
17. We ii-he'. ' , .-tier requires tne immediate admission o' the territories
.■ \ N'-w Mexiac, Oklahoma and Indian Territory as states in the
18 We ' and Impartial extension of i-.e rura- free delivery
. . . - -i . -. and : ' si; practicable the red iction of half-ounce letter
I■ image to I cent per letter.
10 \\ ,- ... " ;u favor of an a mend inent t° i-hft constitution permitting fha
yi-a<lun.ted taxation of incomes and inheritances; and the reduction and re
i„ c.l of th' taxes increased, nr created by the Cuban war. so as to restore
the rates previously existing j
20 W ci.-noui e the extta.t -.gan.-ies of recent republican administrations,
,< , >n ,v ”t i xaii-m of great surplus colli ctlous of money fipm the pen
-1,., , ( |.'| th" temptations to such bare-faced frauds and conspiracies for plunder
. . e un irili-- I i-i tiic postal, interior and war departments, and whose
-■ re's ue yet enjoying immunity from punishment. W» believe in ofTl
-. c.ii'oi: to the commandment; ' Thon shn.lt not steal."
i'm above propositions may not include all the issues that could be
made with Hu republican administration, but they seem to us to cover
la irelj the matters of most vital interest to the voters of the nation. We
pi. s'-iii them without extravagance of expression or adornment of red
light ti'-.iHin< iation. They embody a compact policy which we think will
t-verywhere meet deniociatic approval, bar none who are genuine rlemo
-rais from their support and would attract many independent voters
who believ. the country will lie benefited by the return of a loyal and
uiithful democratic control of the general government.
It is our earnest desire to see harmony reign in the party ranks.
)mi desirable harmony and faultless cooperation will be possible when
we (. use to contest over dead or somnolent issues and lace the living
present and the emergent Issues of Hie approaching future.
Nearly every proposition we have advanced above is a vibrant and
li.'iiatable issue between the democratic and republican parties. They in
■-.i e thought and compel a decisive opinion from every reasoning voter.
They thrcateti no legitimate interest of the national honor. They prom
ise no crusade against the legal rights of individuals or corporations.
They promise reforms which have won approval by men of all partiesand
there is no reason why in 1904 patriotic democrats should not support
them as one man and disappointed independent and republican voters
give them the indorsement of their ballots.
THE WEEKLY <X)NSTITUTIOK» ATLANTA, GA-. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1903.
THE CONSTITUTION’S COLOMBIAN-ISTHMIAN COMMISSIONER.
The Constitution j s always ready Io do whatever ,'s necessary to give
its readers first and reliable information on themes of great national ot
international interest. The gravity of the subject to be handled, and not
the expense of dealing with it, determines our action.
Saturday The Constitution dispatched its own special representative
to the isthmus of Panama and Colombia for the purpose of giving to out
readers full, fair and quick information concerning conditions in that
disturbed district, especially as to all matters relating Io the Panama
canal.
Mr. Clifford Smyiig who is sent on this mission, was for nearly five
years the United States consul at Cartagena, the principal port of Co
lombia, was correspondent of The Constitution for some years and since
his return and residence in Atlanta has been a regular contributor to the
columns of this paper.
Mr. Smyth speaks the Spanish language is thoroughly ac
quainted with public men and affairs in Colombia and Panama, and will
carry with him strong letters of commendation to the government at Bo
gota and the authorities of the provisional government in Panama.
Being thus admirably equipped, and wielding a facile pen, backed by
excellent judgment, he will give to the readers of The Constitution as
accurate and valuable information as will be sent from the isthmus to i
any newspaper in America.
He is not sent, as a. partisan, but as a newsgatherer, io give the •
esis ol! present conditions and to keep track of the movement yet to be
made. He will hold an impartial balance as to the contentions both of
Colombia and the isthmian people, and determine on the ground the
reasons and results of any actions taken by them and by the United
States government He sails from New York on Saturday and will be
board from by our !• .iders as soon as he can reach Cartagena.
In all this 'rhe « (institution is following its past policy.
Our readers will recall that when the Chinese-Japanese war began
The ('(institution promptly sent its then Washington correspondent, Mr.
Edward W. Barrett, r<> the scene of war and that he wasr the first of the
war correspondents r. get on the ground and give the American people
an understanding ot Hie whole affair as an American only could view it
and explain it.
In our war with Spain The Constitution had several of its correspoud
ents in service whe; ver the active operations were in progress and
many newspapers, an well as a hundred thousand people, relied upon
thr-ir reports to The institution for the earliest news.
When our rela'Ans with the insurgents in The Philippine Islands
were at their worst '! He Constitution sent its able Washington correspond
ent. Mr. Jos: K. Ohl to Manila and the disturbed provinces to give
to our readers and Hie people at large the fine and accurate letters be
sent from that far and turbulent field.
In like manner i• cognizing the tremendous importance, now and here
after, of passing events in Colombia and the isthmus of Panama, the 1
eagerness of the i.'pie for a reliable review of the things doing and to
lie accomplished. Th Constitution is sending a bright, ably equipped and
experienced Atlanta newspaper man to supply the needs in that respect.
We know ir. advance that our readers will be glad of the announce
ment and will look eagerly for the reports.
The Recurrence o Jiminez.
The republic of San Domingo is just
now taking anothei her annual
baths of blood.
We have had no fan in the endur
ance of President Wo Gil, even for
one presidential term cause we long
ago gave up hope th San Domingo
will ever enjoy a ni< ■ -rate term of
peace until Genere] .11 in-z is given a
permanent seat in celestial case
among the angels
ft must have been over fifty years
now since utian Isidro Jin- nez got. ft.
into bis headpiece th-’ he was born to
lie the whole tiling n the Dominican
republic. Several times h has push
ed Hi' 1 ' president de facto otf his perch
ami proceeded to o< - upy H position
hinmeir. By a sleight art • arranging
the suffrage to his notion he has ob
tained quasi eonstiti; Iona: lections to
A STRICTLY BUSINESS, AND NOTA POLITICAL, MATTER!
The right of revolittiou, in the American code, is an inalienable
right, of misgoverned hi inanity.
In our country it is tint right ot revolution by the ballots of a free
people- unfortunately, oi most or tin. South and Central American coun
tries it is the revoiiiiio’i of force.
By that right .v< a nation, tills day live and move and have our
being. To deny i to ethers situated now as we were then, is to take
away the justification. l < Ute framers of the Declaration of fudependoni e
and all that has i inn: ’o us from its signing to the present hour.
The people of Ban ma saw all their vital inn rests being sacrificed
by the parent go' run nt in the interests ot' a gang of legislative thieves
and politocastros. Th revolted and in four days had expelled the Co
lombian governmental >rees. established a provisional independent gov
ernment junta, shin n a drop of blood and set the standard of an inde
pendent people ft' n " to side of the isthmus.
Answering th’ ir appeal to our government as the guarantor of re
publican governm nt. on the western hemisphere. President Roosevelt
gave them reeognltio. Whaf else and whom else could he recognize?
Certainly not the (< ii bian government, that had not, lifter the departure
of its officials and ’roops, a symbol of authority Hying or a living
soul with whom any: o could treat.
The recession w complete; the people were rejoicing in It. accepta
ble men were ordering the creation of a free government for an accom- i
plished free repub, < The president recognizes the powers that lie iu
th* republic of Pat > He is commended by the acquiescence in his act
of the European proy ro who could assume an interest in the situation.
Whether, under Ire t ■ existing, he might have as properly acted other
wise than he has dm <■ :s a polemical and academic question only.
The United States has never bound herself by any treaty not to
give due and full recognition to any American republic succesfully estab
lished. If she has. now is the best time to declare any such treaty nuli
and stand by her original genius.
So far as wha in. been done affects the Isthmian canal question,
the effect is a fact, adjudicated.
I; determines the building of the canal by the Panama route.
To secure that wa the compelling reasoning for the creation of the
new nation. Our right to trade with, that new nation is absolute and be- ’
yond the control • right- of protest of any other nation.
The Constitm >i- only recently urged the president, to abandon dick
ering with Colon i.. and turn to the Nicaragua alternative nominated
In the Spooner a-1.
But now tiie mui ' of events brings the Panama route into easy’, eer
tain and conclusive roach.
We stand, tl -n, i-’V the prompt a< quirement from the republic, of
Panama ot the t ie.-sions we need and thereupon (lie immediate prose- i
( ution of the cat j construction.
The people of the country want the canal.
The people (>’' the south want it and want ii as quickly as it can lie ■
bnilt. A bundl'd industries and prosperities of the south wait upon its !
completion.
The canal matter is not a partisan issue Both parlies have pledged
that it. shall be i-nili. Republicans and democrats have divided both ways
as to routes. But now that the bourse of events gives ns th; approved
route under better conditions of control that we ever demanded, the time
is arrived when partisanship should keep hands off the proceedings.
Every patriot should stand by the status as it is and proceed to back
tip the government a one man. Especially are the southern people vitally
concerned in seeing tin' canal cause go through as it is now pointing.
Give us the canal-
After that there will be plenty of politics on hand to satisfy the most '
eager of its devotees.
I the office, but, we believe, in every --
case he has been compelled, sooner or
later, to chase himself off the island
' and find refuge in New York, Porto
; Rico or Cuba.
i To an American with cautions risi- i
; bits there is nothing more diverting
■ tha.n to sit opposite the voluble .Jimi
nez in los altos of the Hotel Inglaterra,
in San Juan. Porto Rico, or with him
at. a table in El Pasaje, in Havana, a
bottle bi:iwec;i, and listen to his stir
ring talcs of how often he has rescued, :
redeemed and regenerated "that dear
- ■ San Domingo.”
Now that he is once more on the top
I of the heap in el capital let us hope j
i ho will remain there, reform itis ras- ;
I calities and rule in peace until the holy
I tapers around his bier die in their
; sockets and his insurrecto frame is
; finally laid where the revolutionary
, rabies never do business.
“Songs of the Soil”
By FRANK L. STANTON
A Thanksgiving Song.
IL's .-.linin' on—Thanksgivin'. in th* ful
ness <>' the Fall:
If we're thankful w<='re a livin',- well,
that's jest a-sayin' all!
If that much we can say—
A-journeyin' on the. way,
It. means that Life's bad something like I
a glad Thanksgivin' Day:
|lt s cornin' on -Tlianksgiviii'.—or tlie i
time lev givin' thai ks
: \\ . i" somewbei" on tin snnnj . ide ol i
Jordan's stormy banks!
I If licit mm b we can say
Where Winter mourns th" M ' .
I' means that l/te s had s an-thing DA- a ,
glad Thanksgivin' Day: |
It's cornin’ on—Thanksgivin .- I.if* bad |
I sorrows—Life had sighs,
I Rut still we read our titles to them man- I
sions in the skies!
j If that much wo can say
I Neath bloomy skies or gray, ~.. I
; It means that Life's had sonnibi'-'g like j
ti glad Thanksgivin’ Day!
*** « •
The Wishful Brother.
i Dey ain't no uro in sighin' k.'iz* y<>-‘ went i
de way er sin,
■ A'it you wish it. hadn t been-
Oii, yon wish it hadn’t bee:;'
Dey wuz nuthin’ on dat highway da: w :z ,
wuth de work ter win
Oli, you wish it hadn't been -
Hadn't been!
/ .''ey .dn't no use in sighin' kaze ole ■’ l ,
1 took, you in,
I Yit you wisli it had i‘t been—
i Oh, you wish it hadn't been!
I Dey warii’t a prize he give you dat w :z j
w itii a chance t'-r win
j Oli, you wish it hadn't beet)--
Hadn't been!
■ But. brighten up yc' armor— ihougli yo |
Chance Is mighty thin!
S'-ne-- you wish it hadn't been—
Sente you wisli it. hadn't been,
li ini-l'b'- dat you'll make it, eji de 1
Dawd II take yon in,
j Senee you wish it hadn't Iro-n -
Hadn't ber-ri!
Nuggets from Georgia.
I We eiin't all be millionaires, bat we i
j can be happier than lots of ’em.
i If it wasn't for Sorrow w. wouldn't j
j know Joy when we ran against him.
j Don’t look too high for Happiness—it's |
: frequently a lowly violet in a dusty road
I Some bilks gather so much sunshine !
! in till? old vorld tl’.ut when night (Ornes i
i tli'-'. don’t haV'- tn light candles.
♦ ♦ ♦ • «
On the Way.
h ain «.i fur ter de br- akin *r d» da • |
lie winter time is dreamin’—des a-dream- ■
in' or de May!
F7n de good time cornin’ Is a-biazin.' er de |
Kopp up yo’ courage, believers!
i Oh, do road took rough, '-n de win'
a-blowin' col'.
But you all keeps warm wld de glory in
yo' sonl;
l It'll soon be tlm* for d* '-ailin' er de
r< .11—
ID ■■ .< MI- ' er.s!
The Hope of It. *
Way » n't a-lookii'.' 'I; brlghios:-
D-m't roe much light tn the ski- -.
, Bu I: - -1a long,
W" in whistle a song.
An' a feller can hope till he dies:
Life ain't a garden of ’oses:
, Burly miii-ii mix"d up with sigh-.
But--v.-iiatev.-r the-- give ]
i Wo’vo still got to live it.
An' a teller - an hope till he di'-s!
Morn and Night.
i Sa- : a li i tb.- iimo it is
; i-'.ir sowing and sot reaping!
' Hopes and fears in dying ye..!s
The laughter and the weeping!
V gl'-a.m of light, and then- <1 i •
night'- -
.... !
The Voice Mournful
It is not un echo
From tVinter's ro.do ’d.i- 1
The wind spirits moauing
Where dead leaves are '-asi . -
But the Thanksgivin Turke.v
A-giibiilin’ his last' j
The Li'l' One.
. No in i i'-r f'-r de trouble-
De sharp thorns in d-- v.s
i 1 I.a wd'li kei p you, li 1
You'll git P i joy some day '
Uk : storrn-Woweil birds, you 11 fin' -’ I
i n, ' st ' i
: Bn hear de win. sing' roi'g- er rest.
No matter fer d(
Eroiir,' dem eyes so brigi'.t;
i De I.awil II had you, ti l' one
Safe ter de Mawnin’ light!
Un den you’ll hear de Mawnir' st>y:
"V' .i rnakis i -.wecte.-'t time rr day" |
His View of It.
\V .-it trouble come on ever’ tian’, I
N’i> use ter stop far ruin' it;
It ain't so fur ter de happy Jan'
Es von knowed <b s whar ter fir:' i- ! !
De wori' keep luroiii’ roiir; 1 en roi'.n',
En de sunshim siop de rainin'; ,
Eu do Goodness knows dey ain't a ri-.-;-' !
In de. whole lan’ what's complaiuin !
So. w’en trouble come on ever’ han ,
Don't stop y.?' task ter min' tt;
It ain't so fur ter de happy lan'—
Es you knowed des whar ter fin’ it! ,
Not in the Prescription.
"What you want to do," said the. di .:g '
gist, .'is lie hnnded the old darkey the j
medii-iro, "is to take a dose of this aft' i !
each meal.
"Yes, sub. was the rpl "an' now.
wiil you plea.-e, sun, tell me oii.ir I'm i 1
gw ii>" t'-r git de m- -:. " '
The Experienced Singer.
T wind blows soft and sweet
As if blue violets did its kisses gr.
But still it luirnis not his experien.-ed i ,
111-- orders coal! * j
Surely the sunlight warm
Is trom no realms of i . a: I Ari tie i 1
storm?
Nay’ Nay! bill till it ■ annof quite eon- j
sole -
He orders coal!
• ” " »
A Dissatisfied Brother.
; 1
Wen de rain don’t fall.
De blizzard blow.
En he sling de sleet,
Eil pelt de snow;
En dey ain't no hope
On de airth below,
En 1 gwine home, tn de rnawnin’! c
i
Wen de blizzard done— q
Den de -big, roun’ sun.
He Shlno so hot
Dat. lie make me run, ’
En I won't find peace
Twel my day is dour. j I
En I gwine home in de niawnln’’ |a
Plunkett's Leiter
TI IE- sweetest words that were ever
write ai-; the sweet words, "my
motlier;" but the sweetest song i«
i b Ji-d to agree upon.
Anyhow, during of the war our regt
! ment was ordcied away trom Virginia,
and when it became known that we were
i Io come over and help the Tennessee
i army at Chi. i-mmatiga the boys raised r
I song, and a lliousnnd voices joined and
i a thousand hearts b'-at time to Hie time
land s irimenL That song went thu.-ly.
i "We n- Off to Georgia arly in the
I morning. , . ,
1 Off to (Ic'H'gi.: 'fore tic bre-ik of days
; Give my respe 1: to all "old Virginia
■ i--.,,- v%’ro' off io G "D > 'fot. the br. ak
of day.”
I Soldiers took sueli songs and suited
! tii-nn to the occasion, and I doubt if
! there was ever a swecror sung or a in"’*
I thrilling sentimen’ than this "< »IT to
I Georgia” to the men who hud been n
j Virginia for years.
I But it was not th* soldiers of t!i<- -on
I federacy or the days of ib*. war that
i started my mind in such a trend. ,1 '.ay*
I just read a letter from ;- Georgia boy in
j Canada, and in that letter and in y
| line von could i ad Hie f* : ic K of th*
; heart which as good as s-nid. "Oh, for old
i Georgia one* again!"
! I should never have w; Hen about this
’• "Georgia boy in Canada'' save t> r th*
| effect it ni.V' have upon boys who ar--
I vet In Georgia, and some of them smar -
ing under th* delusion that better places
I are far away and long to leave to -*•
s their f”’tunes there. I know the young
; man tha: writes from Canada. I know
1 th.-J ti* is far above the average in < a
. , ny II- ’ steel -!-arpen.-.r;" and
readily obtained t 2.50 per day here in
! DeKalb at the quaries; but he was re--’
’ ,<-ss, rod like many another boy !-*
: thought that opportunities lay In th*
j distance. There is no harm, 1 tliuk, ’*
’ < ’iving' th* ram* (-f this “Georgia, boy in
i Canada ” and, perhaps, ’ho story would
be mor," lmpressiv( when i’. is known th h
I this boy is non* other than Jo* R'' ' ■
’ or. to be. ni(>"* r-xpiicro Jos.ah Jona-t1... •
j Ititeh.
I Bui we know him .s simply 'Joe, ro <
lie has touched our Iv uiss b*re by wy a-
! ing. "(di, for old Georgia on** again.
iVrt in another sentence lie says. 1
snowing now, it hrs b"en snowing for
d-ivs mil snow is everywhere till it chilis
! my heart and makes me long for homo
i a lid for Georgia."
■ In another senten-• he say s. 'H 1 could
i only he at home and watch father as lie
I saunters up the road and see ‘ Jack
i frisking and romping along as he goes, it
i would be a pleasure that no travel can
I supply and no money could ever pm
! chase."
I "See father saunter tip the road and
i watch Jack frisk and frolic by his .-Ti*. "
) This is a sentiment that boys at home
| will fall to appreciate till they, to, !ik*
'this young mai, mi." wandered off ’
I far away "Jack" is nothing but a dog.
1 and an old man sauntering up the road or
I across the fields is nothing to the bo.
who is yet at home, but wait, boys, wait
till' you g'*t far away and then these
small things will be t'ne dearest things on
earth. When our mothers used to slip la
and tuck the cover to keep out the cold,
we hardly gave the thing a. thought, but
as ago comes In, when that mother is
. lost to us forever, then we remember
that g-’utlc toii-'h and would give all that
• hav*. whatever we ml?y be, to have
that touch again.
liver, one of us can remember these
; rsina.il -things- they are a part of every
lit'.-. In old flinc.-; we swung upon the
wagon coupling at corn gathering and the
delight -.I Being jolt'd remains with us
a sw t "memory Keeping the "gap
asi t to boa horror, but what would we
. give to keep that "gap" again? Gather
ing hickory nuts was a .-mall thing, but
’he best scholar, perhaps, of our coun
-1; . Mr Bill, has quit ev.-rytlZr.g am!
ip" s out gathering these nuts, sends
them ii'-rth and makes more than h*
■roiilii make raising cotton at even IC
cents a pound. V.T used to gather eliin
I, clicstnn’s. m i "jili. 4 and so h
u < thought nothii.g of it then, but w liat
would wo give to once again go with tin
girls, have them stick briars in their
I fingers .rod thi-n st.m i to have us pi k
| these briars out. Holding a girl s hand
; 'o pi 1; a briar from her finger is a. sm.Hl
thing and some might think it a painful
. icing, but what girl would not like o
hav* throe l.riai in L- r finger. ■? an
I more and what boy who would nor tak*
‘i'-light in holding her iiand and picking
Bu ’ these letters Iron' *-. i; bo - s i t a
-:i-'..'.C", til.Ll i tiie nu- Ii ,-,il ■ -
boys war from home could know just
t!:c f**ling that a leti*r cte.'it, ■ tbey
letter from this "Georgia boy in tainada.”
read it. aloud to the old nither. I
watched the changes of hi-- fa -e ,n I ~.-1
read. When the old an-1 snow w.,- n .
tioned t'ne oid man shivered i >
sure that he. tong- ; for !,is l>" ' *
back in Georgia. His oi l dim ’ i i
with tears and he stroked "Jack ' with a
tend*r stroke, while ’lie dog' st-enied o
b 'ir and understand. Tin re is something
sadly sweet Io old folks in every oia /
I.:-. - litter's. Tiby :•■"] them or a., ro
them r*.id over and over again. A|emer,e
will up and they live over again Hie da s
when the boy toddled by the .id' An
ol i man is sure to feel and remroiher
the days when it took persuad'-n; ro i
scolding to keep the boy from followin:',
to wheresoever the father went, it . <
one of the. sad things of life that faHii
Spend a good part of their life to 1; p
the . liildren -it li’itne and f rom trouldi.ic •
to long in after years to have the.-a
dren with them. We know t'c.i, i- ■
must go out in t'ne world, and .v,- a
that a great many of them u.iv . cii.-r
‘i.-ii to try than to spend too much the*
writing to old folks, but if they imdro
stood just the feeling that still remains
tor them in the home th".v left there
"oui-1 hav to he some mighty nressinr
business to keep .hem from writing.
Tilis "Geor-.ia boy in Canada" is oi.iv
"lie of .housar.iis of boys who bate left
<:torg-.< to better their conditions and
many another one of them have gone to
1-rods whore snow and cold abound --. < -ri
thi. November day the sun sliin< - li. e
-' day lit May down here m (R „■ .
Even now I see the father of tliL hov
in I'ati.rl.i strolling r. r , the fi ,1.-; , «
siiiit slee-v'.s. II- will return pretty - . ..
with a. s.i.-k of locust. He ha. aln-a . .
g'athered tile persimmons, -m,| n..-'v
put in the locust and a little boilo-i , >r,i
-nd in a : w days w. will drink ti; i
persimmon beer just as tins boy u.-e-l io
di ink. As We drink we will think of
•I" and may he lie spar.-d from the
snows ot <'.:n;id; t to return agußi t tro:
sunny skies o’ Georgia, wlv-r, 'simmons
-..ec-r and ginger ik. s and ’possums and
potatoes still remain and are his only lw
his coming.
_ SARGE PLUNKETT.
No Equal South.
11 01,1 'i’tie Griffin News.)
1 ii" Atlanta Constitution shows its ac
customed enterprise and liberality in send
ing a special correspondent to Panama
i id ( olombia to keen up with the d‘. ve ;
opments there. \\ hen jt comes to tlm
matter ol news, there is no newspaper
In the south that equals The Constitution.
It is this that has given It its prestiga,
and this it is always alert to maint’Ua.