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6 THE GOHSTITOTIOK CLARK HOWELL Editor ROBY RCgiNSON Business Manager Entered at theAtlßßta Peer office «• Secend (. Ines .Heil Matter, Mer. 11, 1573. THE WESKLT CONSTITUTION, only SI per annum. Clubs of five, $1 each; clubs of ten, SI each end a copy te getter-up of club. XVF WANT YOU—The Constitution wants an e sent at every postoffice in America.. Agent’s outrtt free and good termn. Jf you are not In a chib. we want you to act as agent at your office. Write ue. CHANGE OF ADDRESS-When ordeHng ad dress of your rap«r changed alwavs give the old as well es the new address. Always give tostrffice, county ard state. If your paper 'a not received regularly, notify us and we will straighten the matter. IF YOU SEND US AN ORDER for new sub tcrlbers, please allow* us a week to get the names on the list and paper s.arted before you write a complaint, as we are very much crowded now. DO NOT FORGET to make your renewals In time Watch your direction ag and see when youz rlptlon expires. The next six month w! 1 be lull of interest, and jou » ould not n. >s a single cupj of The Con st i;ui ion. Mend your orders a: least a week In ad't.nce u» make sure. It may not take a week in -.•ry instance, cs we use the greatest diligence to get them on our mall l:et. 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- LOOK AT YOUR DATE! Opposite name on the address tag of your papef you will find the date to which your subscription is paid. Don’t let it run out I Better send your remittance, a week or two ahead so you will net miss any papers. December is here now, you have let all the contest get by you except this last month, let us have your renewal at once. 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 .1 G M ■ 1 1;I' 1.-' 'i > u in.i n. V,' S Slilll'li RD .1 O. \V ADI 'I a ,L, s -i ■i. 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