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VOL. XXII. NO. 49.
REPUBUMHS PUN
TO RSTIFY TREATY
BYHEWRESQLUTIOW
Senator Lodge Introduces
New Resolution to Article
Ten —Many Democrats to
Support It
WASHINGTON, March 12.—A sub-i
stitute for the Republican Article X |
reservation to the peace treaty was ■
introduced in the senate today by >
tire Republican leader. Senator Lodge, i
of Massachusetts. In general, it fol-;
lows the form of the drafts agreed i
on several days ago in bi-partisan ■
compromise negotiations.
When the reservation was offered i
it was declared among the Republi
cans that the negotiations had lined
up almost enough votes to ratify the
treaty on that basis, but that final
agreement had not yet been reached.
The Republican leaders planned to
obtain a vote late today.
The compromise is a modification
of the Watson-Simmons proposal
which itself was a modification of the i
original Lodge reservation. I
Text of Compromise
The compromise reads:
“The United States assumes no ob- j
ligation to preserve the territorial in- I
tegrity or political independence ot I
any other nation, by the employment
of its military or naval forces, its re
sources or any form of economic
discrimination, or to interferein any
way in controversies between na
tions, whether members of the league
or not. under the provisions of Ar
ticle X, or to employ its military or
naval forces under any article of the
treaty for any purpose unless in any
particular case the congress, which
under the constitution has the sole
power to declare war or to authorize ;
the use of military and naval forces, |
shall in the exercise of full liberty I
of action by act or joint resolution so I
provide.”
In offering the proposal, Senator
Lodge said:
“I do this in consonance with what
1 have many times repeated to the
senate—that I didn’t feel justified in
insisting on the defeat of the treaty
on a mere question of wording, ft' 1
thought what I have offered affected
in any way the principle or sub
stance of the original reservation, 1
not only would not have offered it,
but I would v6te against the ratifi
cation of the treaty.”
The original com
promise provided that the United
States “assumes no obligation to em
ploy” military, naval and economic
forces or its resources in preserving
other nations against aggression.
The amended form provides that
the United States “assumes no ob
ligation to preserve” the territory
and independence of other nations
.against aggression..'- .. ..
/ The first draft, some Republicans
thought, left the obligation "to pre
serve” which was the very thing tney
object to. It implied only refusal or
an obligation “to employ” certain
means in fulfilling the obligation "to
preserve.” they said.
The amende draft leaves no doubt,
these senators think, about the in
tent of the United States to Keep
from pledging itself beforehand to
engage in European wars.
But while this change .may have
gained some Republican votes, it may
lose some Democratic ones. Hence
the situation is still clouded and un
certain.
Immediately after Senator Lodge
offered the compromise, Senator Fre
linghuysen, New Jersey, began a
speech opposing it. He is one ot
those who told Senator Lodge some
days ago he would not accept any
modification of the original reserva
tion.
Senator Frelinghuysen offered a
substitute for the modified Lodge
reservation on Article X. The reser
vation declares that the United
States assumes no one obligation to
protect the territorial integrity or
political independence of any other
country, interfere in controversies
between foreign countries or employ
its military or naval forces for “any
purpose” under “any article” of’ the
treaty.
Senator McCormick, another Re
publican “bitter-ender,” declared the
Lodge compromise was a Republican,
surrender*
Senator Simmons, in charge of the
compromise efforts on the Demo
cratic side, said he could not give
any promise of a definite number
of votes on the proposal.
Senator Simmons said he would
have to make a new canvass anpng
Democrats to see how many would
support Senator Lodge’s proposal.
Thirty were willing to support the
original Watson-Simmons reserva
tion, he said.
Senators Hitchcock, Underwood
and Swanson, administration leaders,
have united against the Lodge pro
posal. They said today they could
muster enough* votes to block it.
■They have twelve Deiroc’'*- on rec
ord against it, in addition to the
Fiye Democratic irreconcsilables this
# would leave a maximum of thirty
Democratic votes for it.
With seventeen Democrats against
it, and at least sixteen Republican’
this reservation would not get the
necessarv two-thirds on the final
roll can. /
Says Prohibition Is
Helping Emmigration
NEW YORK. March. 12. —Prohibi-
tion is causing so many foreign-born
to reave t:.e united States mat emi
gration is exceeding immigration,
Recording to Congressman isaac Sie
gel, a member of the house immigra
tion committee.
Ellis Island records today showed
that immigration since January 1 to
talled 53,00 V, while 61,000 persons left
the country. Most of the latter have
gone back to Poland and Czecho
slovakia to stay.
While a desire to live in rejuvenat
’d home lands is a factor in emigra
tion, Mr. Siegel believes that prohibi
tion is the principal reason. Inabil
ity to buy beer or wine, he says, has
created considerable ill-feeling among
foreign-born residents, particularly
in mining districts.
May Vote on Suffrage in
Mississippi Next Week
JACKSON, Miss., March 12.—The
‘ lipper house of the state assembly to
day took up consideration ot the
woman suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution, with the pros-
of a vote early next week.
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Washington. Senora Dona Ana de
Diaz, wife of the charge d’affaires
of the Honduran legation, . has
gone into the movies. She is now
in New York, taking a prominent
role in a big production.
CENSUS GIVES
MACON 52,52.5
POPULATION
WASHINGTON. March 12.—Popu
lation statistics for 1920 announced
today by the census bureau included:
Chattanooga, Tenn., 57,895, an in
crease of 13<291, or 29.8 per cent.
Macon, Ga., 52,525, an increase or
11,860, or 22. T per cent over 1910.
Coatesville, Fa.. 14,515. an increase
of 3,431, or 31.0 per cent.
Macon showed mare rapid growth
than did Chattanooga in the ten
years from 1900 to 1910. Macons
increase was 17,393 inhabitants, or
74.7 per cent, while Chattanooga’s in-;
crease in the same period was 14,459 ■
or 47.9 per cent.
In the previous decade, from 1890 |
to 1900, Chattanooga’s increase was
inhabitants increased 1.054, or 3 6
per cent, while Macon’s increase was
526, or 2.3 per cent.
Palmer’s Supporters
Called, to Meet Here
By Hollins Randolph |
Supporters of Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer for president
have been called to meet at the
Kimball house in Atlanta at 11
o’clock Saturday morning. Letters
to Democrats all over the state, In
viting them to attend a meeting far
the purpose of forming a preliminary
organization ir. Mr. Palmer’s behalf
have been sent out by Hollins N.
Randolph, of Atlanta; Judge Mosssj
"Wright, of Rome, and John W. Ben
nett, of Waycross. It is understood
that letters have been sent to pros
pective supporters of Mr. Palmer it.-
every count yin Georgia.
Following is a copy of the letter
calling the meeting:
Atlanta, Ga., March 9, 1920.
Dear Sir: There will be a confer
ence of the Georgia friends of Hon.
Mitchell Palmer at the Kimball
House, Atlanta, at 11 o’clock Satur
day morning, the 13th inst. This
conference is arranged at the sug
gestion of Mr. Palmer, who has made [
formal announcement of his candi- j
dacy for the Democratic presidential |
nomination and has accordingly had |
his name filed with the secretary of |
the state committee. Mr. Palmer I
has been furnished with a list of !
names of representative citizens I
whose .support he hopes to enlist in
his behalf. He has furnished us
with this list, yours among them.
Acting for him, we write. We urge
you to atteiid this conference, which I
is to be held for the purpose of.ef !
fecting a preliminary organization of
his campaign in Georgia,
Please send immediate reply to
Hollins Randolph, Healey building
Atlanta, and oblige
Yours very truly,
JOHN W. BENNETT,
HOLLINS RANDOLPH,
MOSES WRIGHT.
Editor George Long,
Os Telegraph, Buried
MACON, Ga.. March 12.—Attended
by many prominent persons from
all parts of the state, the funeral of
George H. Long, managing editor and
chief editorial writer of the Macon
Telegraph, was held at Vinevillc
Methodist church here this after
noon. Mr. Long died Wednesday
night of pneumonia. The interment
was in Rose Hill cemetery. The Rev.
Bascom Anthony, pastor of the
Vineville church, conducted the serv
ices. I ,
Sells All-Wool Suit for $25.
A handsomely illustrated Spring
and Summer Style Book showing all
the latest New York and Chicago
styles in men’s suits and containing
52 beautiful cloth samples of the
very finest, high-grade fabrics, is
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made-to-measure tailored suits direct
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the coming season are simply amaz
ing. For instance: They offer a
very fine all-wool, high-grade suit,
made to individual measure, at only
$25. The measureme t system used
is so simple any member of your
family can take your measure and
the Bell Tailors guarantee to fit you
perfectly or there is no charge. Send
for their Style Book and price list
today and save big money on your
clothes. —(Advt.)
WILSON HOPES TO
FIX DIFFERENCES IN
COIL CONTROVERSY
Increase of 50 to 60 Cents
Per Ton iw Fuel Prices Is
Forecast Minority Re
port Filed
WASHINGTON, March 12.—An ef
fort to compose the differences be
tween the majority and minority of
• the bituminous coal strike commis
sion will be made by President Wil
son. it was said today at the White
House.
Officials said that neither the ma
jority ncr minority report would be
made public if there was a proba
"b:';ty of bringing the members of
the commission to an agreement on
then principal differences the
amount of the wage advance and the
hour;, of work.
Tim miners’ representatives or the
commission refused to discuss his
recommendations, but it was under
stood he had held out for an increase
in wages of Spnroximately 35 per
cent, and for a seven-hour day. The
majority, Henry Al. Robinson, re )■
resenting the public, and Rembrandt
Beale, the operators’ representative,
recommended a wage advance of ap
proximately 25 per cent and no
change in hours and conditions of
work.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
who hurried here last night from
New York, where he has been at
tending the anthracite wage confer
ence, conferred today with Mr.
White and William Greer., secretary
of the miners’ union, familiarizing
himself with the facts. He still de
clined to make any statement, but it
was expected the full executive com
mittee of the miners would be sum
moned to consider the future action
of the workers. ■
Secretary Green said the majority
and Mr. White were not far apart or.
the matter of wages and he was
hopeful that the differences cculd be
smoothed out in direct conferences.
The failure of the majority to rec
ommend improved working condi
tions proved a efisappointment to the
miners, it was said, as this had been
one of the chief demands of the
men.
50,000 U A Dead
To Be Brought Home
From the Battlefields
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The
bo4lU>s- of-ahwrt MW J eMftr Amer
ican dead in France will be returned
to the United States, while between
20.000 and 25,000 will remain perma
nently interred overseas, Secretary
Baker today informed Chairman
Wadsworth, of the senate military
committee.
Masked Men Kill
Alabama Negro
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. March 12.
Wilbur Smith, negro, former soldier,
was Shot to death by six masked
men rear Le Grand, Montgomery
county, at dusk Thursday afternoon,
after he had been arrested by Frank
Robinson. white, farmer, charged
with attacking a six-year-old daugh
ter of a white farmer of that com
munity.
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920.
Judge Cobb Declares Committee
Has Set Dangerous Precedent
Fair Play Is Demanded
For Southeastern Ports
At Greensboro Conference
HE’S WHAT WE CALL
“GOOD REPUBLICAN”
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TO
m/pA77O S EA/pLE
DETROIT. —Launching his cam
paign for governor with a kind of
“elect-me-if-you-dare” defi to Michi
gan voters, “Good Roads” (Horatio
S.) Earle is making old line poli
ticians take notice.
“Good Roads,” always a fight&r
for better highways, makes no
speeches, no promises.
His announcement reads:
“This is to notify you that Lani
a candidate for governor. I have
not the consummate galL to tell .-th.e
Hep iblicjn party that I know' it
all, so I will have no platform
until the Republican state conven
tion meets and makes one. That will
be my platform whether I am a
nominee or not.”
He invites delegations to visit
him, eat doughnuts and drink cider.
Atlanta Street Car
Strike Called Off
The street car strikers, in session
at the Red Men’s Wigwam, voted
unanimously at 1:30 o’clock to return
to work at 5 o’clock Friday after
noon. The vote was on a straight
out proposition to return to work,
and it is understood that the proposi
tion carried no conditions.
GREENSBORO, N. C., March 12.
SWith leading business men, rate and
traffic experts and foreign commerce
specialists present from practically
every section of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida,
Matthew Hale, of Washington, at 11
o’clock this morning opened the big
foreign trade conference in the
O’Henry hotel, this city. Confer
ences immediately set to work to
translate into actual accomplishment
long-cherished dreams of advance
ment of the commercial interests of
the southeast.
Soon after the conference opened,
it was manifest that today’s session
would witness formation of a south
Atlantic states foreign trade asso
ciation, composed of chambers of
commerce in four states, together
with other laymen and experts and
resolved to put an early end to dis
crimination against Wilmington,
Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick,
Jacksonville and the entire south
eastern territory, with respect to
transportation problems.
Delegates, representing about thir
ty cities, were welcomed by R. D.
Douglas, of the Greensboro Cham
ber of Commerce, and Matthew Hale
responded. Air. Hale then outlined
the purposes of the conference,
stressing particularly the acute need
of organization to combat efforts of
the northeastern ports and the great
railway trunk lines of that section
to continue to force the southeast
to accept a beggar’s share of foreign
trade. He pictured the vast possi
bilities of development .of trade be
tween the southeast and Latin Amer
ica, referred to existing land and in
land rates which are unjustly dis
criminatory against this section and
unduly preferential to the northeast.
Air. Hale also vigorously opposed
the plan to sell the merchant ships
of the government, arguing that this
step should at least be postponed
until definite ocean trade routes may
be established.
If is virtually certain that before
adjournment the conference will
adopt resolutions vigorously oppos
ing the sale of government merchant
ships.
Speakers following Air. Hale on to
day’s program included Senator Ed
Smith, of South Carolina; Governor
T. TV. Bickett, North Carolina; Hugh
Alcßay, Wilmington; George McLeod.’
Washington, federal bureau foreign
and domestic commerce; A. V. Snell,
manager Charleston Chamber of Com
merce, and E. P. Wharton, Greens
boro.
William A. Wimbish, Atlanta,
wired he could not come to deliver
a scheduled address. Governors Dor
sey, Georgia; Catts, Florida, and
Cooper, South Carolina, were invited,
but couldn’t come, nor could sena
tors from this state, Georgia and
Florida be present.
Senator Ed Smith Speaks
Senator Smith made one of the
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Oldest Congressmen Were Generals
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WASHINGTON. —The two oldest members of the House of
Representatives are former generals in the United States and Con
federate armies. Photo shows, left, General Isaac R. Sherwood,
Democrat, of Ohio, 85 years old. who enlisted in the U. S. A. in
1861 as a private. He fought in 43 battles and was mentioned
ten times in general orders for gallant conduct and mustered out
a brigadier general. General Charles Manley Stedman, right, Dem
ocrat of North Carolina, 79 years old, enlisted in the Confederate
army at the beginning of the war and was three times wounded
and held the rank of brigadier general at the close of the war.
California T Twenty-Six
Democratic Delegates
Will Fote for Hoover
Far West Follows Far East.
Rocky Mountain States
Are Ready to Fall in
Line
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, March 12.—De
spite the declination of Herbert
Hoover to permit his name to go on
the Democratic primary ballot in
California, Senator James D. Phelan,
Democrat, of that state, said today
that the 26 Democratic delegates from
Califorrtia to the national convention
would, all be for Hoover. That
Hoover’s name did not go on the bal
lot was solely in deference to his
wishes, Senator Phelan said.
A number of senators from the
Rocky Mountain t and Pacific coas
states report a strong Hoover sen
timent in their sections. In conver
sations with one another in the sen
ate chdmber and cloakrooms, these
senators are said, to admit that if
Mr. Hoover would actively enter the
Democratic contest, he could get
most, if not all, of the states west
of the Rocky Mountains.
Herbert Hoover, however, is pur
suing a consistent course. From
Georgia across the country to Ore
gon have come demands upon him
that he enter the Democratic pri
maries or conventions. In each in
stance Mr. Hoover has said that he
was not a candidate for the presi
dency, that he was more interested
in great national issues than in the
political fortunes of an. man, him
self included, and that he saw no
reason why at such a juncture he
should make a partisan alliance with
any organization. If he were a can
didate, Air. Hoover suggested, it
would be another matter, but Air.
Hoover is eschewing politics, al
though he cannot help but be aware
that friends in all sections of the
country are clamoring to present him
as the strongest man the party may
put forward.
New Hampshire’s Choice
Senator Phelan’s statement that
the California delegation will be for
Mr. Hoover at the convention makes
more significant the result in an
other faraway corner of the United
States. New Hampshire is going to
send a Hoover delegation to San
Francisco. Mr. Hoover was no more
a candidate in New Hampshi: than
in California or Georgia, but he ran
away with the Democratic primary
and the New Hampshire delegation
tc San Francisco will go there to
bring about if possible the nomina
tion of the man the Democrats Os
New Hampshire want.
Up to this hour, Mr. Hoover’s pos’-
ticn has been quite consistent. He
has repeatedly declared that he was
rot a party man and not in presi
dential politics. But he has never
said he would refuse the Democratic
nomination. Air. Hoover ha*s frienis
in both parties and in dealing with
them under circumstances that are
personally embarrassing to him, sim
ply because he is not a candidate
Mr. Hbdyer has never said that he
would reject a nomination from
c- her party.
There are few, if ar.y. men who
would reject a presidential nomina
tion, and in his position in this re
spect, Air. Hoover is quite human.
Politicians here are rather amazed
at the California and New Hamp
shire developments. It is unusual*
that a man not seeking delegates and
bearing no party label should have
delegates virtually forced upon hire
by Democratic voters of two sov
ereign states. This is what ’ v; hap
pened. nevertheless, in the extreme
southwestern part of the country
and in the extreme northeastern
part of the country.
Had Air. Hoover allowed the use
of his name in either California or
New Hampshire, he would have be
come a candidate for the nomina
tion—which he doesn’t propose to
do. It would have beer.- impossible
to regard Mr. Hoover as not a can
didate bad be .gone ahead, and told
voters of these two states that they
were authorized to use his name.
Irvin Cobb Picks
Composite Candidate
For the Presidency
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 12.
Irvin Cobb, the humorist, passed
through Savannah today en route
to Florida and he was asked
whom he intended to support for
pi;esident.
“I am really in favorite of a
composite candidate,” he said.
“Aly ideal w r ould have Wood’s
chest, Lansing’s gall, Hoover’s
head, Governor Edw'ards’ appe
tite and Bryan’s legs, still being
a Democrat. I hope Hoover will
run on the Democratic ticket. 1
am going to support him no mat
ter what ticket he runs on. If
Idwards is nominated by the Dem
ocrats and Hoover doesn’t run, I
will vote for Edwards. He will
sweep the county on an anti-pro
hibition platform. The Demo
crats can win with Edwards on
this plank alone.”
Irvin Cobb is a Kentuckian by
birth, a life-long Democrat and
the son of a gallant Confederate
soldier. «
Manifestly, also, if Air. Hoover
should authorize the use of his name
by the Republican party he would
immediately make himself a Repub
lican candidate, whereas Mr. Hoover
has been steadily trying to convince
both parties that he is not a party
mar., but intends to support the
party whose platform shows the
greatest grasp of national issues in
the forthcoming campaign.
Politicians Troubled
What troubles the professional
politicians in Washington is the
steady sweep of Hoover sentiment
among the rank and file—a senti
ment that grows despite Mr. Hoov
er’s reticence and his lack, so far, of
partisan affiliation. Democratic pol
iticians ask if Mr. Hoover was a
good enough Democrat for California
and New Hampshire (and Califor
nia elected Woodrow Wilson in
1916 f), why is he not a good enough
Democrat for Georgia, New York,
Alabama or any other state?
And coupled with this query is the
Penrose edict saying that Mr. Hoov
er is not a Republican, that he had
"insulted” the party by asking elec
tion of a Democratic congress in
1918. If Senator Penrose, a Repub
lican “boss,” asserts that Mr. Hoover
is not a Republican, and California
and New Hampshire say he is a
Democrat worthy of their suffrage,
the splitting of hairs reveals once
more merely the old tricks of the
professional politcians.
“Layer on of Hands”
Works All Night on
New Orleans People
NEW ORLEANS, Alarch 12.—John
Cudney, aged Canadian boatman,
known as “Brother Isaiah,” retired
at 6 o’clock this morning after work
ing all night in his “treatments” of
persons who braved rain, river fog
and cold to await their turn before
the lowly houseboat whereby “laying
on of hands” the boatman is alleged
to have “cured” many ailments.
At dawn many persons unable to
meet “Brother Isaiah” were return
ing to their homes while hundreds
of others were gathered on the levee
at Calhoun street waiting for the
boatman to appear again.
Dr. Oscar F. Dowling, president ot
the state board of health, stated to
day he powerless to take legal
action against the boatman because
he was “accepting no money, pre
scribing no medicines and violating
none of the rules of religious prac
tice.”
The Orleans Parish Aledical so
ciety asked Superintendent of Po
lice Mooney to investigate the acts
of the boatman. Names and ad
dresses of persons who claimed to
have been “healed” of more or less
serious ailments already are in the
hands of tse police.
Scents a copy,
11.50 A YEAR.
LIFELONG DEMOCRAT
ADVOCATES HOOVER
IS PIHIY NOMINEE
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Subcommittee Has the Row-'
er but Not the Right or
Authority to Rule Out Can
didates, Says Jurist
BY ROGERS WINTER
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)
ATHENS, Ga., March 12.—That
the action of the subcommittee on
rules of the Democratic state execu
tive committee in refusing to allow
the Democrats of Georgia to. vote
for Herbert Hoover in the presi- “
dential primary is the most danger- \
ous precedent established or attempt
ed to be established in the Demo- .>
cratic party in Georgia in recent
years, was the opinion expressed here
today to The Journal correspondent
by Judge Andrew J. Cobb.
As stated in yesterday’s Journal
in a dispatch from this city, Judge
Cobb is one of the most vigorous
protestants in Georgia against the
subcommittee's action. He is a Dem
ocrat of lifelong tradition and un
broken record. His father was the
famous Howell Cobb, Democratic
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives in the days of illustrious
statesmanship before the Civil war.
He has served with eminent dis
tinction as a judge- of the supreme
court of Georgia. For the past sev
eral years he has presided over the
superior courts of the western cir
cuit. He is one of the leading
yers and jurists of Georgia. Durirtg
the war he took an active and promi
nent part in all of the patriotic en
terprises. making-many speeches for
the loans, the Red Cross and other
campaigns, fighting disloyalty and
slackerism wherever they showed
themselves.
Judge Cobb would like to see Her
bert Hoover nominated by the Demo
cratic party because he believes Air.
Hoover would be the party’s strong
est candidate in the presidential elec
tion. He would like to vote for Mr
Hoover in the Democratic prefer
ential primary to be held in Georgia
the twentieth of April. He protests
the action of the subcommittee m
depriving him of his sovereign ria
of a free choice. But if the su ■
committee persists in its positio ,
he will bow gracefully and vote
second choice, which will be
Alitchell Palmer if the choice i
rows down to Palmer and Reed.
His First Ballot
“The first ballot I cast on coming
of age," said Judge Cobb, discussing
the primary with The Journal coi
respondent, “was in the congressional
election in the old Ninth district of
Georgia in 1878. The late Judge Em
ory Speer, then a young man, was an
independent candidate for congress
against Joel A. Billups. Judge Speer
was a man of hypnotic personality
and marvelous eloquence. He was
sweeping people before him. The
young men, especially, were flocking
to him.» He was raised here in Ath
ens and I knew him and liked him.
Naturally I was tempted to vote tor
him/ . , .
“But I had always been taught r
that two great parties were essential
to sound government in this republic.
that the Democratic party was the
party to which I must cling stead
lastly because of our peculiar racial
situation in the south; that 1 must
stay inside of the party and never
leave it; that its mistakes and evils,
if any there be. must be fought with
in the party by it loyal adherents
and not without the party by leaving
it and attacking it from the outside.
That was my teaching and training,
so when I came of age and cast my
first ballot 1 stayed inside of the
party and voted for Billups against
Speer, although the temptation to
follow Speer, my brilliant young
friend, was very strong indeed.
“The next election came in the
presidential year, and I cast my vote
for Hancock, the nominee of the Dem
ocratic party, and again cast my vote
against Emory Speer, who was again
running as an independent and was
opposed by the late Colonel Hiram r.
Bell. The vote tor Bell was 187,
and I was one of those. .
“Thus I made my political debut,
so to speak, as an ‘organized Demo
crat,’ as we called it then, in other
words, I had to make up my mind at
the threshold of my career as a citi
zen whether I would stay in the par
ty or go outside, and I decided to
stay inside and support the organiza
tion.
Has Voted Regularly
“Since that first election in 1878,
when ‘indenpendentism’ was running
rampant in this community under
the leadership of the brilliant and
magnetic Emory Speer, I have ai-.
ways voted in every election when I
was at home and not sick. I have
voted in every election from presi
dential elections down to elections for
city council members. I consider it
my sacred duty to vote when I can
get to the polls. I have always vot
ed a straight Democratic ticket, and
never for a bolter or an independent.
“So much for my record as a
Democrat, though in conclusion I
might remark that I have voted three
times for. William Jennings Bryan
as the Democratic nominee for presi
dent. If any higher evidence of my
party regularity is wanted, I cannot
furnish it. I may be obliged to vote
for Mr. Bryan again, though God
forbid.
“Now getting down to the particu
lar issue with which we are con
fronted in our presidential primary.
The sovereignty of the party rests
in the mass of its members. AH au
thority exercised by the party organ
ization is derived from the mass. Os
course, it is impossible for, the mass
to come together and. express itself
except In a primary, which makes it
indispensable to have a convention,
meeting from time to time to express
the will of the mass. The convention ,
cannot be constantly in session, so •
we have the executive committee,
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