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CLARK HOWELL Editor
ROBY RCgiNSON Business Manager
Entered at theAtlßßta Peer office «• Secend
(. Ines .Heil Matter, Mer. 11, 1573.
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The Florida Ship Canal.
A wonder of the last quarter of a
century has been the apathy of the
people of the Wantic and gulf coasts
over the once very liVv and largely
discuss'd qu-.ation of a Florida ship
canal.
The Conp;itutio“. took the matter
tip again a tew days ago and is aston
i'-uf'd .id how many men in pub
lic and commercial life have entirely
forgotten, if they ever knew of, the
tnijjortai’t project.
Our Washington correspondent,
M.. Oiih .- mis us today the informa
tion ol what the government did in
IS,> < tii:u>L-h its corps oi engineers
■<» exploit . : <1 locale a tentative route
for one of the most important com
mon';- incri, meats of the century, iar
more vitally important to tiie gulf
ports of today than could have been
imagined twenty years ago.
Th- building of a ship canal across
the northern part of Florida and
southeastern Georgia was Hist seri
asly c.eiia'. - ; alter the • ivil war by
the chamber of commerce in New Or
leans and in iS7b an appropriation of
was given lor the preliminary
survey to ieten in« the feasibility ot
such a re G.neral Q. A. Gillmore,
... the engineer corps ot the army,
• as given charge oi the work and his
report, e- < n from the limited data
that tl.e appropriation made available,
was to th-' effci.i. that the ship canal
from St. Mark:-, in Florida, to St.
Marys, in Georgia, is not only a perfect
ly feasible pr-j’.ositi-.>n, but one that
<an be i-nilt for a stun insignificant
compared villi the advantages it
would con 'T upon European and
American coast'.'.,:-' commerce.
It would save 41’7 miles of travel
I etwceii New Orica:. ' and New York
and Id hours in time of delivery of
■<| • -. • the dangers of a
wror-kag- In tiie Florida straits of
mon- than • ‘Jv per y.-ai
It w '..d save ..populously in rates
of insi.ram ■■ interest on time drafts
agains' and l in cost of oper- 1
aiing I tv et n ports, averag
ing i’ ' tr-P O"m 1"'»” to
it would avoid entirely the element
<>f iocs !rom tb<? Io aiing of cargoes of
imlk eruin be: ween gulf, Atlantic and
European pints.
inde* 1 • e advantages u. this
• a; present day multiply
no er-at public work, second to the
I’a;. i.. . .nil. ’li.u 'alls tor earlier
am, ;, i. att niio . thau this.
'1 he H i.. -- ■ me;; of the entire
s ;U!:1 tliH' : on Ur.- gulf am! the
south Aria: ■'•' seaboard should at
\ re-, ap- roprmiion of say $50,0 ‘0 is
m-idi-d to allow new surveys and esti
ma:< s made of this great cut-off
« ■ erway, ami wh. a th,- exactly it as i
(,'• sr. .-a should be easily
<■:>■ on< ! from congress.
<■,.; • tin I<.m proposes to make
• so plain that evety
man 'in n.v s ’ <n will recognize its
im'-orian-” ami to field for it until it
’- lie Florida sliip canal is one of
ih ■ chief factors in our future south-
—. «
General Reyes and His Mission.
Generai iby-'s could have
o:,---i- i president of Colombia had lie
not l ‘ n ■ -I by the boodle-bee
and coucluded that with Marroquin as
presid< nt r-nd himself as general of
■he Colombian orct-.s, he could shake
down the American people for any
sum Colombian cupidity could de
mand.
But General Reyes. v hilc honestly
i.u ravor i the canal, has been fooled
Into supporting rhe worse than fool
demands of the- Bogota grafters. He
• nay come to the United States and
say what he will, but he will not
change the situation.
The Ci "i Stares has taken its
position with reference to Panama
and the canal, and that position will
net. bo chatigi d.
Wo do not owe Colombia one scin
lill'i ot r ’. i gallon n rdicg the canal,
if Panama feels that she owes Co
lombia any obligation on account of
•he canal qin . -ion. it is all right for
them to s ttle that between them
selves. [f German, Holland and Brit
ish bondholders have ary claims on
'olc’i: :a on account of the Panama
rp.nal question, those questions must
• .-I between those countries
and Colombia.
"I he Inl ed States is dealing now
with a sovereign slate. She is bound
»v no i riciple of international law
;<> Income the guarantor of Panaman
yr---'--.nsF iiri -s Panama, as a free
ata’ c n debate and settle these
Amesti- with Colombia, but they
Trust be settled on the face of the
-f-,. < millions between Panama and
: io I r.i I d States.
ottgh, then, for (leneral
I- i- to I’ie United Stat-s
a-..l ■ ,c • ■ '• 'l:'--nod as to
• . . . . : i • i> Panama
~m’ U : 1. ■ ' ’l' ran then
■ :> : ; . the Colombian govern
;>r as ir> rh. probabilities of their
rai.ing a military demonstration
against the situation. As a military
authority he can easily say ‘'don’t”
and be heeded.
No Immediate Rush to Panama.
Casual thinkers are freely predict
ing that as soon as the United States
is granted absolute sovereignty over
that little canal strip across the isth
mus of Panama there will be a whole
sale irruption of enterprising Ameri
cans, in quest of the fortunes, advent
ures and homes to grow out of this
latest enterprise of Uncle Sam’s. They
are counting on the typically Ameri
can passion for new latitudes, and the
well-known tendency of certain classes
of our citizenry to regard emigration
as the salve for all individual fail
ures—as if the qualities of aggression
which were lacking in the non-success
in the temperate zone would be sup
plied by nature in the torrid.
Persons of responsibility who have
spent some time on the isthmus and
who are thoroughly familiar with its
climatic peculiarities, advance very
different views. According to their
level-headed statements the new re
public, as it is at present conducted, is
a breeding place for malignant yellow
fever and the most sinister form of
malaria. Outside ot a few isolated
spots the isthmus is virgin jungle, un
touched by the hand of man. much less
civilization. What the isthmians do
not know about the ordinary laws of
sanitation and hygiene is only equaled
by their indifference toward healthier
conditions. They have lived and
thrived in their oun fond fashion for
a great many years, and while they
vaguely realize that life might be pro
longed and made more endurable dur
ing its tenure they plead the charac
teristic, drawling "rnanana, seuor. ma
nana!”
It is reported on reliable authority
that the United States government
will not permit any considerable inva
sion of Panama for a year following
its acceptance of dominion. At least
this length of time will be required
for cleaning out the infected and loath
some districts of the little neck of
land, the introduction of American,
methods of sanitation, and the thor
ough acclimatization of policing squad
rons, finished in drill and emergency
peace work after the sterling Ameri
can fashion. It is openly asserted that
should these commonson.se precau
tions not be taken, the bones of the
first few thousand American hustlers
would enrich the soil of the isthmus
as a testimony to their reckless enter
prise.
So the hotheads will be indebted to
a thoughtful government for saving
them from their own folly. Whether
the prospective army of sutlers and
prospectors of ail degrees will be
properly thankful is another matter.
There is no doubt, though, that the
stay-at honn s will view the alfair from
a broad, sane standpoint.
Those, too, who contemplate rush
ing pellmell to the isthmus as soon as
tins government will give them the
privilege had best bear in mind the
woeful analogy which the like inva
sion ot' Cuba furnishes. Th-- priva
tions. the disappoint meins, the disillu
sionments and the crippling of the
thousands of young men who blithely
stepp 'd across the gull to Havana, in
the iaiuous bcliei that the land was a
ir.-w El Derauo, are too severely p al
amt too re; ent to require a recomutal.
There is little reason for (he statement
that divers.- conditions are present in
Panama. While it is even less mod
ernly de\ doped than was Cuba, it will
be all the more a place for the man
without money io shun until he has
conscientiously investigated the en
vironment he will encounter.
The Con.,tilution has uu desire to
pull a long lace over ihe matter.
There is no disguising the fact that
tlu- canal will be the biggest tiling of
this century, trom a commercial and
industrial perspective. But the man
who expects to make a fortune on the i
isthmus, without preparation or iufor- i
matioii. will do well io look carefully '
b'dore he makes the ra deal leap.
There wiil be an abunda'.ce of work
lor many classes of laborers-—but the
time will not be ripe ior many months ,
Try Wood on the Truth.
It is a very wise and proper tiling
that the senate military committee
proposes in resolving to send a sub- i
committee to Cuba to take testimony
on the spot as to General Wood's ca
reer in that island.
The Cuban, as a rule, is one of the
greatest scandal mongers of the globe. :
He can supply any sort of information
needed so long as it is by word of
mouth, but when it comes to swearing
io what he has said he is the flyest
chicken in the coop. It is a great sav
ing of time and a. quick trip to the
truth to put the Cuban on his oath.
There are in Cuba any number of
valuable witness' s who can tell of the
actings and doings of General Wood
while he was in charge of the affairs
of the island. These men will not lie
when put under oath and their hon
est testimony will throw a Hood of
light upon the situation there between
January 1,19 CT. and .May 2-t, 1902.
All that General Wood needs is the
truth. 11' that does not sustain him,
then he should fail and fall. He is not
entitle! to be a major general unless
the facts in his case warrant that high
promotion. Those who know his char
acter and his career believe his title
to the high honor will be supported by
the proof.
Let the truth and the lies meet In
the same forum and no one need fear
for Wood.
The Tiusts Are Very Much Alive.
It is stated that since January 1 last
forty-four trusts incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey have been
thrown into the hands of receivers. Os
these defunct corporations, the “au
thorized” capital was $811,340,000; the
amount of stock actually subscribed
for? 17,272,333 51, and the “estimated”
ass ts $7,5(14,(>84.28. A fair sample of
these over-watered trusts is the salt
trust, the capital stock of which pur
nort.t d to be ?12.0 : 0,0 0, but which, on
the receiver’s cooling board, could not
scrape up assets of over $37,500.
In connection with the moribund
condition oi' these wildcat corporations
we observe a note of exultation in
n.avy republican papers over the su
perficial idea that, since the trusts are
going io pieces oi' their owe, rotten
ness, the democratic occupation of
' trust-busting” is gone. Our jubilant
contemporaries seem Io have wholly
overlooked the very pat< nt. fact that
the real trusts- file really monopolis-
TIIE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1903.
tic and, therefore, oppressive trusts —
are not touching the bottom of this
watery sea, nor are they in the least
danger of touching it.
The public Is not deceived by the
foolish cry that the trusts are com
mitting suicide, and it has not lost a
particle of its motive for holding In
store a day of reckoning.
Where Congress Can Help the People.
Each session of congress for the
past several years has had under con
sideration measures intended to offer
increased facilities in the matter of
furnishing a more convenient system
for mail remittance than is now of
fered.
At each session the strength of this
movement grows and it is confiden
tially believed that the present con
gress will authorize Un- establish
ment oi a system of mail remittance
that will possess many points of ma
terial advantage over the present
money order plan.
Several devices have been pro
posed, among them being the post
check system and the stamp certifi
cate system. By the latter a resident
of one place can buy a stamp certifi
cate exchangeable at any other place
either for stamp, at par, or for cash
at 1 per cent discount. The. post
check system proposes a govern
ment. issue of the same relative value
as the greenback, so controlled that
it can be used safely in the mails for
the payment of small accounts and
payable only to the person to whom
it may be indorsed.
Instead of conflicting one with the
oilier the t./o systems, as thus sug
gested, are really supplementary,
There is no reason why both of them
should not be operated in thorough
accord. The adoption of either, or
both, would greatly improve the pres
ent system oi mail remittance with
out impairing in the slightest degree
the service of the money order de
partment, which seems to resent any
effort to secure additional facilities
to those now offered by that depart
ment.
Foremost, in the commendable ef
fort to secure notion from congress
that will give the people and the
business interests of the country
what they want is .Mr. C. W Dost, a
millionaire business man oi Michi
gan. who is giving much ot his time
and money in the direction oi the
movement to get the legislation from
congress.
.Mi. Post is a business man and not
a politician and iie has approached
this subject purely from the stand
point ol meeting the commercial de
mand wliich must be granted .sooner
or later: and whenever it comes no
man will be more entitled to the
credit than .Mr. Post Ho has shown
a remarkable knowledge of the needs
of the people and of the demands ot
business houses throughout the
country and his interest and activity
in the effort to have the government
create a more satisfactory system of
mail remittance lias brought him in
such intimate touch with the purpose
of the postoffice department as to al
ready call for the suggestion that it
will not he many years before either
he, or a man of his kind, is asked to
take the portfolio of the postoii'ice
depart inent.
The selection of such a num as
postmaster general would be a long
step toward placing that department
on a strictly business basis.
Senator Bacon and the Canal.
Our esteemed contemporary. The
Savannah Press, takes issue with Sen
ator Paeon o.i his wi-i-ly expriss. d de
termniation to vote for the Panama
'■•anal tn ary in order that work may
proceed, without further unnecessary
d' liy, toward the construction of an
isthmian canal.
Commentinr upon Peimtor Bacon's
statement as prepared by him ami
published recently in The Constitution,
The Press -ays:
S', nut. .r H.i .-mi w,ml, to ...... the ■ I
built .ind pi"]:.) les to go along with lb"
' >■. t:... World anil help bull.l it. tie
believes tli.it the methods :.n.j means by
wlii.-h it was built m iy have l.e.m "r.-v..-
lutionary, jib gal and .-.t : .pi." but ■
long as Panama b a r. ,'Ogmz. d nation
he prop. ..- to r. vgnize c. too. Right
here we or --! take i.-. i. with nator
H 11. is uatoi (~ ;; I n,ted
Sat s. II- Is prut el’ the o-eoy mak
ing. dipartm at ■■ ui 1:
”»• • lii • .; :■.■ ■■>gmtioii .... 1 '.m.i-
n. i v.. ■ "r. ■ dot •.. iry. jlh-L’a! and
' .ipt.' he .‘■■houlil tight it to lite last ditch.
J tstice to his . wo conviciloiis and to his
own st ition demands that be should do
tlii- A ready the republican journals are
taunting Senator Huron with approving
or' results obtained by censui'alde m-•
Dis position is rather fin> ly draw: for :or
■ i'l i'. qiiest'oii. Senator I: icon is a man
i f legal l.'.irning and power and regard
less of the decision of ids party's earn
li- should stand up mid denounce this
Panama bu-iness. it does mu mean op
position to th' . anal. It means opposi
tion to tl:e doubtful diplomacy which h is
separated Hie stale ol' i’anama from its
parent government. It means pro'., t
against a policy of policing a foreign
shore with cur war ship; t" prevent the
icote le u of its integrity by a friim.!:y
neighbor, it means a stout, manly crit
icism tin- ml'ielilef-ni il fng wie. ii Sen
ator Bacon believes has been going on in
Hits country and in France to abet the
s.-eession of Pinania, it appears to us
that Senator It icon S"es this question
very plainly. He Is one of the first to
prote.-t; w trust lie will not 1.0 one of
tin- first to temporize. The democrats
who will stand up for clean ta.-tics and
lair dealing need n >t fear of b. ing "drive i
into .i p .-ition of apparent opposition to
too const in at i.m oi the I'anam.i canal.”
We all want tJie canal open. Senator lia
con. but we want this done right. V,'..
iieiivvc tliat the honest., intelligent and
conservative sentiment of the Unito,l
States v. ill simtain the Georgia scnam
if lie stands up and acts out his convic
tions.
As to tip. issue between Senator Ba
con and The I'ress the people of Geor
gia are overwhelmingly with Senator
Bacon, and no single act. of his, as
senator, could, meet with more uni
versal approval than his vote to put
an end to canal preliminaries by rati
fying the only proposition that means
tiie beginning of the work of immedi
ate construction.
The battledore and shuttlecock
game which has been going on for
more than fifty years over the isth
mian canal has long since reached a
point, where the public is fatigued.
What the people—and especially the
people of the south —want is a canal,
and the surest, safest, and quickest
way to get it is by taking prompt ad
vantage of the opportunity presented
in the separation of Panama from Co
lombia and 'he establishment of a safe
and secure government of its own—-a
government which has been recogniz
ed not only by the United Slates, but.
by practically all the leading nations
of the world.
Whatever may be Senator Bacon’s
opinion as to how the Panama revolu
tion was brought about, he has an-
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THE ATLANTA CONSBTUTiON.
nounced himself in favor of accepting
the situation as it exists, fully recog- |
nlzing the danger of prolonging canal I
negotiations and of taking up the mat- '
ter de novo with either Colombia or
Nicaragua. Such a, course would re
sult in indefinite and disastrous dfda.v
and, as Mr. 3. M. Inman recently said
to The Constitution, it would perhaps
mean tliat no man of today would live
to see the completion of an isthmian
canal.
Senator Bacon’s position in advoca
cy of the ratification of the canal
treaty with Panama—in which Sena
tor Clay fully concurs—has the over
whelming approval of the. people of
this stale!
The Graves of Oui Soldier Dead.
Tin? Confederate .Memorial Board
created by act of the last Georgia, leg
islature to search mil and properly
mark the neglected graves of confed
erate soldiers who sleep in Georgia
soil has enter' d upon its patriotic du
ties in a. way that premises the entire
success of the prais.-vorthy undertak
ing.
Through The Constitution, Colonel
W. 1). Ellis, chairman of the board, i
desires to enlist the help of Georgians I
generally along tiie line of iiiinishing i
tiie board specific information as to i
the location of tic snialli r confederate I
burial places throughout the state, ;
some of whii It are in isolated communi- ;
ties and officially unknown. It is the
purpose of the boa i d to collect all ■
available information of the kind for !
ii - embodiment in the report to be'
made lo the governor not later than
.■iay 31 next, as required by tiie act.
i ..i' purpose ol tn" state is to pay
proper honor and re pect to her sol- i
dier dead, lying in . nine instances in
ttnmarlicd and unknown graves. ■
Where'.' r po- Hide ii is desired to ac
quire title to the lam! d''vm."d to such
cenieic.y use;-, and :t is. thought that
where it is li dd m private property,
tiie owners wiii be '.'.iiliti.g lodeedit to
the sta.e through ile meniorial boat'd.
The boat'll is also authorized to accept
all gilts an i beqm dial patriotic
citizens may see 1 'o make lor the
improvement, protection and care of :
these sta'e confedi : ate cemeteries.
Tiie respoji.-c should be worth}' ot
Georgia'.- loyally ‘o ike lost cairne.
All graves taken m (harm- by the
state tinder the act ■iH be marked
with perimineni hem' ones and kept
is as good order as ar those in the na
tional ceinel'Ties. '•• specific in
tornialion want'd lo ihe board will i
be found to be embi. red in the fol- '
lowing list of quo:-limts, wliich any
one who can furni: li ilie desiied in
formation will vl‘ e iill o’ l ' ,s di- :
reeled.
1. 1...••.•■ ltoil of .■•••nt’■ ■rn :ni at ■
dive j'.irt! i;kii d'-tail:- whetii- i
ci- c..me-Wilil t'c-r burial . i d.
2. I’les.-m ■■■.mdi::. . v.'liet!'.'r '.'.taler co
1 j' '' A'rnm.. i- \.l ' . lev. rale J. ad bur- ■
| . herein and ... • :u ■ edition of
y:..V(’lo>v. many ; ...i(--'. m'e marked.
' .i,' llu'-v man" i nm— tie.- known; how
in-mv hmidsioiies ar- i im: ..
5 What will !.■■: :1c prob hie • osl of
durable Inadstonv-s, giving m'dinam per :
:d: mile.
6. What, if any. auditional . nc'." :re :s
n.■-.!••(); and wlm'. aid pt 'b.i '!■•
. ....i 11>.
7. in whom is tiie t.i t ' tm- veniet'-'-J
'. l t.'i’' , |hL‘ lx.' ■ •!.
S. m it the d le ■■ i .'I- urn' la .A--
ta tak -. z . 01
. <■■■: rnd.■:.,(■• C- ,:d m-.i : ill.- pruv-s- .
ions .1 tji-- act o :r. d i
Plea eg" full;., mm Um tads and
Uie subjl-. l. whether , im tiie lore-
gmip; reque.-it:-. or m>;.
A.liir.-. your i. ,■ I_■ to i <'mlrrn oi,
W I>. I. cI.IS. <. ,i..im
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t’ertaiuly Georgian ; at ."lime who
know of the existence o> these hall- ;
forgotten coiiiedera.• grate,', '-.ill oe
only too glad to ilm memorial
board whatever inlot tnalion they cam
Georgia has been t cdy in taking this
laudable Step, and her pom- will gladly
cooperate ip. si'.’ing that t, .s faithfully ,
i xccuii d. ('oi:. viim .' caiims and in ■
morial associations all over the state
—anti particularly .>ur ver-faithnil ,
Georgia women '. roi aid greatly in ■
the manner indicated
We owe this to th" memory of our!
fallen heroes and to the fair fame of
old Georgia.
Trials of a Wicked Oi l Lady.
/ik r blinding radiant ' . Tzi An of ■
China, is a most stat ding lype of the.
woman risen from mimi. nothing to:
the summit of tempm-al power, per die ;
1 myself route. Her vice.-, according i
to civilized standards, de!y a census.
Yet, for a few has reliei quaiidos we ;
must admire this terribly assailed old;
party.
Just now she ma. .s a c able claim
on our sympathy, ior the reason tin.',
she is again in serious trouble and ■
that she has only .mently given evi
dence of being emphatically human.
It must not be forgotten that Tzi An,
who is the dowager empress, is also
the real ruler of that vast dominion
inhabited by the men with tiie almond
eyes. She has a nephew, an anaemic
specimen, they say. who is nominally
the emperor. Unfortunately for him- i
self, he has become inoculated witli ;
modern ideas of reform —social, eco- ;
comic and industrial. His imperial |
aunt, on theol hr r hand, is a rabid con-,
servative, because .he r“ali:'"S that !
the teeming millions of the empire ■
want to continue living as their fath- |
ers (iid several thousand yea’, before
them, and she has no l ompelllßS de i
sire to vacate the Chinese band- ;
wagon. With a will of ternpei od s'eel ,
and the lash of tradition in her hand,
she has so far experienced no diiti
cnlty in cowing all those whom she
could not lead. The quasi-emperor is
practically a prisoner in his own pal-
! ace, and the complaints he utters in
cultured accents fall, bootless, on the
- ears of old seers in their dotage or
i those of men too young and fearsome
or mercenary to be stirred to action.
The old lady, though., is sore beset.
Tiie Russians have invaded ..Manchu
ria and are looking with greedy eye
on Korea. Little Japan is bristling
angrily and while hi r relations with
China are temporarily amicable, Tzi
An has no guarantee of their prolonga
' tion. Russian spurs are pricking the
Chinese flank, also, and the distracted
old dowager is looking for the hornets
to emerge from the nest without a
moment's warning. The Kuang Si
crisis adds terror to her nightmares,
and she realizes with ail these pitfalls
before her in fantail array that she is
in as precarious a strait as ever befell
one somewhat elderly woman.
Enter now the human phase.
Driven frantic by this accumulation
of woe, she has appealed, woman-wise,
to her gods— a frank confession that
she considers herself past human reiu
tum saucioruin of the great Buddha,
invoking his intervention in most ser
vile accents. If hi- is gracious, she
has pledged herself to devote eight
million dollars, the sum raised io cele
■ brate her seventieth anniversary, to
the adorning of his temples. And
i what more can she or any other wo
man do than that? If Buddha is as sa
! gaeious as we credit him with being,
i tin re will be but one answer to her
: prayer
An has not been a woman whom the
Sunday school teacher could hold up
■ as a moral exemplar. She was born
in little better than bondage and her
povt rty-strickcn parents sold her for
bread to a. Chinese nobleman. The
agents of the old emperor, attracted
! by her beauty and wit, purchased her
and she was added to his harem.
. Right h.-re did tiie force of the old
woman's chatacier begin to manifest
itself. From absolute illiteracy, she
educated herself Into a woman of cul
ture un.' jmakab!" ior China. Gaining
access to the ruler, she blended phys
ical charm with mental prowess, until
she so completely wound herself about
hi: nature that he placed her ahead
' of < ven his consort, and consulted her
, wisdom in all matter.-: of state.
To curtail her biography, she pur
' U"d the .'tine course with reference
io oiler notables. She used a two
edged weapon—with one side she
hewed her way by a subtle call to the
animal passions: the oilier wav purely
mental and dominated those not sus
ceptible to baser appeals. 18-r path
-1 way is lined with intrigue, and the
dagger and poison slud it liberally.
For this we may condemn her. though
. we cannot toll if she has not some
• i soterie sophistry by which she rests
I'. r conscience. But for this she is to
tie praised - that with all her egotistic
ambition, she has bad al heart the
integrity of China. Site knows well
the avarice which prompts the Cau
casian nations to wedge their way in
.mt! then partition the empire. Who
can censure Inr if she takes those
steps wliich. according to her inferior
lights, will make for the preservation
of her country?
We confess to a whimsical interest,
in coming tievelopinenfs. Il Buddha,
’ike Baal, is not deal, and is not slipp
ing or gone foi a walk, perhaps lie
will incline an ear to 'he old lady.
BUILDING THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Tl: ■ .1 uk Viliv. Fl- Time<-
I'nion.)
' It is a wvil-reeogniz.i-d fae: ;...at Ihe
Xii.inta < '"nsti' ut inn is lire of U'"' "'O u ‘
pot: nt f. cii.r' in th- nii':m.iing nt sonUi
.i n t »>.<".’glit -'l.l’l srut itn-'nt. Tills is yj..’-
ifC-riliy true of Georgia, where d.'mo
i rats li:i'.'..“ safely passed ov.-r Uie d’'idlv
. '-..(m of factional condi'.'l. aided male-
1 li’tlly tlii- a.■. ompllsiin' ‘"i >■>' Uie
'creative lead'-i-THp and able advice ot
The Atlanta Constitution.
Advice from each a sour;' 1 is W"l!
worth heeding by nioci tis of the na
tion at large; therefore, when The Con
stitution, in r< yponse tn numerous urgent
reques’s, gives- us suggesll.ins for a plat
form for adoption al the next n.T.ional
: convention of tiie df rnoci atlc parts - .
m anarx w ight Tito platform suggest
'd by The Consti’ution Is quoted hi full
• 1-ewhere on this page, so that our read
ers may study and digest it.
The var’oas planks of Ute proposed
platform ar. sound 1 conservativ?
They shun tiie ‘.uncombe tliat some
southern democrats dehylit to indulge in
in order Co fool tiie masses and blind
them to Ui' true tm'aninir of their move
ments—empty words mi ant to aid in
feathering tiie nc.st of some particular
group of ami'Cßons otfieeseekers. There
is nothing of tills sort tn the platform
suggested by The Consi: till ion. Ils si>.i;-
gesiions earelullj- cover ail tiie impor
tant questions which democrats must
deal witli in tfie coming fight with re
publicans. livery plank is based upon
iso fundamental principles upon which
party rests, and each Ims such a
cleat eandfd and honest tone tliat f::ir
thinkers among those imfetl.red by pat
ty bonds, as well as earnest democrats,
will be convinced of tiie sincerity of the
utterances.
The Constitution does not like plat-
that argue ami Imrangu... but
rather those which reaffirm the sound
and historic principles of democracy. Jt
takes the ground tliat, after all. it is the
platform, not tiie man. that must win
the Text limit, ami it quotes that perti
neilt'Tiiessage ot" lion. John \V. Leathers
iri 1864, "Tiie platform must secure
everything -mdividuals secure nothing."
it is needless here to comment sepa
rately upon tiie several planks of tiie
suggested platform, a:- they are quoted
in full elsewhere, and are forceful and
clear enough to be seif-expiana'ory.
They embody a compact policy, which
should, aii.T no doubt will, meet with |
hearty democratic approval. 'The beauty !
of this x'laif.'t'm is that it is broad i
enough to bar none who are genuine !
democrats. Willi very few minor I
changes it should be adopted by the
party representatives when they assem
ble in national convention.
“Songs of the Soil”
Ey FRANK L. STANTON
The Bad Little Boys.
Three bad little boys kept wide awake
; Once, on a Christmas eve,
: Though their mothers tuck' d them up in
bed
| And kissed and covered each curly head,
They just played inake-beli v e.
‘We’ll wait and watch for Santy Claus,
■ An’ we won t make any noise;
An' we’ll see him drop
: From the chimney-top,"
I Said these wicked little boys.
; And the snow that pelted the wind >w-
: pane
Made faces at them a!!.
And the clock on the mantel H.’ked "Oh.
ho!
I know—l know—l knc'-'' -1 know:"
i And Ui:.- shadows’danced on ’!"■ wail.
And then down the chimney came Santa
; Claus
■ Fresh from his snowy sleigh;
But they thought ’twas a ghost from the
; goblin crowd.
■ And iltogether they screatned s > loud
'1 ir y frightened him away!
To a Little One.
’TH., way js long Ft thee, dear one,
But ’Us the same wav i have trod:
; 1 cannot s.iy: "This evil shun,
Or take that way—that bads to God. ’
' Find thou the way with thy frail feet,
; Even as 1 have found it, sweet!
I I cannot say: "Beware the thorn,
Because above It climbs the rose."
Nor wliisper; • Sight will follow morn."
■ For stars will s'nlne at daylight s close.
| .Find thou tb° light and darkness flee'.
i'l’.-n as 1 have found thisn, sweet!
' And yet, for only thy dear sake,
: The t nilerest prayer that thrills my
| breast
! Is tliat. the kind, ;?ood God shall make
A world of roses for thy rest,
It'll thou must find, wlt’j th.v dear Pet,
; The thorn or rose, as 1 have, sweet!
* • ♦ ♦ ♦
No Time for Trouble.
Ain’t got no time f< i trouble fer Billy s
j at the gat<-.
| An’ the gal.s'll p.o straw ridit:'. an' the
dancin’ will be late;
! An' wi ll all cry "1 f.tllc’.ula" as the
room's u-reeiii ’ roun’,
t An’ you hear the rafters ringin' as the
shingle ■ tuinb!'? down!
The Welcome.
I VVh'-n twilight bells are ringing sweet
And evening echoes greet me.
My happy h. art seems singing sweet
Os some one who will meet. me.
Os blue eyes ’neath a golden crown—
Dear eyes that watch and wait.
And little footsteps pattering down
The pathway to trie gate.
Though sad the toil—in barren soil.
Though Fortune has not found me;
1 know that night will bring me light
And twine two arms around me.
And let the day be gold or gray.
What tie'ght .'■•■> sw et as this:
It drifts and dreatns my darling's wuy
V. ho keeps for me a kiss.
i Oh. love of life, and strength in strife!
And joy to sorrow given:
Oh. dear child-eyes that make fife's, skies
Ami earth as sweet as heaven!
1 shall not know yon any more
Until that perfect day
Whin ships shall teach that !;nt:.e:'
■hoi e
i When Winter is as May!
Annie.
Arm's the gentle lass foi vou—
Ann's true bine!
Be it rose, or be. it rue—
Anil's true blue!
When the o*re s of Life ‘’urrmm.l vou -
When the chains of grb f have bound
yon
The”, her do-v arms are mound yo'.i-
Ann's true blue!
Arm's the lovin’ lass for yon--
Ann’s true him-!
Love llk > lier’s is n h-it v. ill do—
Ann’s true bine!
If you kiss her and .a." - her
If your finnings sad distress In r.
Still s i’ clings t.. you—G’.’.t bless he: ’
\nn’s true blue!
At the Gate.
■ sir.- ■ >m s t<> me- t me winn Us soft <v.
light
Darkens the roses at my aai'den-g..’.e,
! And witv’ ully ihe dv.vy blue eye.= wv,
Twin. tend.'", .'tar.-'. Grit glorify my night.
And .(S my steps draw near I rend
' aright
'The meaning in her eyes—di\in.- mid
grr .'.t.
1 Love thm • ..in. - early mid yet I'iigereth
I late-
: In Gods own garment <f .elestial
white
! Up to my rums slo- climbs -my little one,
. Close to my bosom nestles like a dove;
Wit soft <it sses of her gentle hand;
I Ah. God! if some day when my toil is
T nil - her clinging arms—her kiss Qf
, And or.l" see her footprints in the sand!
Recompense.
S'o many sorrows had beset my way
I 1 thanked God for the dying of C ne day.
, The -uailows gloomed above mv hopo-
■ less path.
; And even Life's roses veiled red thorns
of wrath;
' /And so 1 Tied al Fortune—r>- at Fate;
! When little fe. t came pattering to the
I And lips that leaned to kiss me sweetly
smiled,
And Life seemed lovelier for a little child!
“Some of These Days.”
"Some o' these days"—that’s the way
that we sing ft—
" Some o’ these days"-so the merry b !!s
ring it;
In the dark o ’the ways
All the stars are ablaze
O'er the dreams that are leading to some
o' these days’
"Soine o' these days! —that's the old
song forever!
Life will reach heights crowning every
endeavor;
And pray, r will be praise
Where anthems we ll raise
In the beautiful sunrise of some o’ those
days!
“Some o' tin se days—that's the way for
the singin’!
"Some o' these days" —let the bells keep
a-rlngin’;
Though sorrow betrays
And the thorns choke the ways.
God'r roses will bloom for us some o'
these days'.
Lost in the Snow.
Po- li 1' feller, lost in de snow.
En nowhar s ter go—en n< whar’s ter g.o
En yit. he de one what de Master call
W’en dp day wtiz gone, on de shaiiders
fall;
Callin' sof'. ter de lambs dat roam:
"Come home, JiT chillun, come home!”
PlUnkeltsLetter
Reaching out for opportunities to
develop, capture and appropriate
seems to be the spirit that possesses
the world.
With all this restless desire to discover
new opportunities the humand mind of the
day seems bent upon the idejt that ad
that is good lies ahead. There seems to
be too little thought given to discover
what is right at our d00r.% in our very
midst, and especially does this apply to
the people of the south and to th.j op
portunities that lie consealed here. There
are no conditions in Georgia that should
excuse our people for a restlessness to go
' w< •' or east or anywhere in search ot
I 1 elter lands or more promising opporlunl
-1 ti. s. My greatest hope for the future
' of th. south lies In her agriculture, and
the neo:<■ d road to reach that prosperity
’its in having men of money and brains
to turn their attention in this direction.
The soil of the south used to produce In
•; <ch abundance UH It was a seeming land
i of "milk ami honey’’—anyhow, all old
people know that it was a land of won
-1 derful abundance. To get back to this
I wonderful abundance I would say to those'
| men capable of great enterprises to cease
; trielr strain on experimental and uncer
■! tain lines;
' Come join your brains with our hardy
I sons of toil,
I And watch the generous yield of south
-1 ern sod.
It only irav:s from laggard sons a touch.
l'o vivid the same today and just as
much.
If men of brains and capital wiil turn
tb'ir attention to agriculture In the south
we will soon have a satisfied people and_
a land of such abundance that there
I would be no more restless search for
! new fields of endeavor. Give up the
planning of great enterprises at least till
you have brought agriculture in the south
to where it should be. It is now time to
■ plan the making of next year’s crops. It
i s not sufficient that men almost beggars
■ drift into the country seeking work. We
I want p opt" capable of forming great
st ndi ates in Um interest of farming, just
' as such syndicates are formed for other
pursuits and ©th'r developments.
Farmers are now sowing wheat, and
! the great majority of them are bouncing
' and skimming it in with little old
i “schoolers” that bounce at every rock
I and clogs and slyirns at every bunch of
I i rau grass. Th" need is for men capable
; and with capital to harness up teams
1 witit something more than a pair of
I traces and a I ack band, and to provide
implements suflieient to put In the grain
I as It is in other countries. If the people
out In the states so much bragged on
were to try to farm as the average
; Georgian tries, they would starve
to dea’.l: without a doubt. The imple
I ments on a farm in the western states
t 'X’l T: l.lll'i,
improvements, stock and everything here
n th« south There must be an Vnprove
m..at i . . m ads !. :• of farming,
t •
ii
I »
ui ait-iuiD co n r.i <>i ’
: . . : It W.ll ’fe
• ho
. .m, . , e l Uunt it w.
i .’'. it a gr-at
amour.’, anil a different handling "f
■-1 ’j,
•
,s a Ldlloadmg. 1 know It might be
unpopular for a while with some, but L
lie! . V.. 'til l. grt’Jt C'.mbfn'S in farming,
mil i-piWi i> combined in other pur
: Milts ■ t:i souta’s gr. at need. It Is now
, ... ... i. ; .';,jration?, that will,
ii iii’.i U ; ' '"P of 1904. and itV
’ ui - ' t• ■> t ill <r f’ i ilrtt •. •;Ji* t onts
i and th*- J-oulh.
Many iv-opie are disposed to vanelade
' t!...t i::.- g. it abundance that existed
• in the south before the war was
ofthig t.) slaw. ry. Tiie truth is that pov-
•ty is : ~■< ry at I capital is master . t
.Ll'lands and all the time, just as mum
. .. Um ry "f Die south and the
.. Slavery tl: n was a coneentration
<>l ’.”ipi> il and 1; meant intelligent dlrect
xlth power of discipline. Capitalists
. ;.|. ti!.. right ability could direct and dis
cipline agriculture now just as it was in
■ ■ < . f s!a\.-ry and then there would
;1. tame gr -at abundan but. a man
without means iitnnot dl.. 't the labor
’•l.it must now b ■ depended upon. Tho
average fanner of today has to pet ills
1 labi"' into remaining on the farm and
■' •! ”..■ niiuhtv lliil? '".'(.lit in <i m;"i
who !>:■-: to'be’pelted to work. In this
day and tinn the q o-siiou of a pay-day
, plays a very important part. It is not
; on'.- farm-, in ten that e.>n meet the <l.-
maud.-' of these weekly or even monthly
ya;.-dais ond so the farm hands hie awa v
:o t.io public work; If '.v - coul I get a
few s;’ch mm as lot nt syndicates in
other pursuits to turn their attention to
■ i;> rm ing tiny c.'iild so systematize the
C-’ng and dir. et the labor that then’
v.’.-.dii b” found such dividends that in a
1.-w ? . .its tn.’i v. .mid be a grand rui 'n
: for agrh idtur. . '•'!:• negro cost just
■ ihoiit as much in -iav-iy as the hired
man ib-es now. li.it he was directed in-
‘ teliig.'i.Uj' ami so came l:" fbandnn «
i of the old south.
The (ruth is tliat it is wonder how
' 1 ■ mill Ims s' 1 as w- !l as it has.
The 01. l masters g ive way after tile war
. .. . r ! a general denioralix.u imi took pos
.’<>;< n. Some poor w!d .v.. and broken
, Jown >"ldi:-:s remain.-.! and fought a
- t. .■ !i::iit tor th. ... :■■■ of agricul
ture :lm:i t. had fought under L n c,
but wiUi .1; that a.-ectr.plfshed and
: with al! Ui-' praise they deserve the
■ ■■. ls of deinora!.;. , labor and the want
: of capital has been with us and it will
' still i -i.niin until ts- brains and money of
' the ].-iuG coneentrate on farming just as
it docs nt.aio in oilier pursuits.
I do .. ••:) ' st .:1! the people of the
' south ould si e the need of Ulis great
mmbinatmn m capital in the interest of
:>gt ieult'ii'.. A 'onsiderable prejudice
> i'i i tiiiai: agaiu.a such a combination,
■ii I n e ' n no sis h m : dt.-e
would re.aain whin the work of combin
ing had on e shown its advantage. As
for these nv n of capital, they, 1 think,
would find sweet relief i n their work of
i farming. T’.iere v.i'l 0.. no need fur
slaying aw.:!■;;■ at night uneasy .bout how
"iiii i': or .stocks or anything will be
■>t li;? n'-xt lick of the telegraph. As
; v.m sle"p your crops will grow, your
■ docks in- reuse and the r.’!”'-- 'I.,- land
Hie 'in j'j.;.. t i.' ji.s.p’.e S o may it be,
is my wish for the future.
SARGE BLUNKETT.
Nine Murders Charged to Robbers.
t-hivago, November 27.—Chained wriit
‘ f o wrist, their htn matt< 1 wi(. i dri.
blood, their clothing eov red with d. st
land dirt, two I arm..as boys. Peer N<id
ietmeier trad Harvey Vanalne sat tonight
l in the presence of Mayor Harrison ami
< hiet of .Police O’Neil calmly confess
, ing to their share in a three months'
I 1 ol i rime, which has included nine
I murders, the wounding of five other m . n,
.ni.l a long series of robberies.
I The two young- Joan..lts. neither cf
; whom is over twenty-v::e years of age,
together with their companion Emil
i Doeskie, who is no oid er , wcr e eaqturoi
| near Liverpool. Ind., today, after a fight
* n w hfch they battled against policemen,
railroad deleetives, railroad laborers and
J”? , nian w ' ,s killed, another
fib.lls wound, j aU three of thi
seHously; itldltS WCVe " ouad< -' d . hut not