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VOL. XXII. NO. 61.
OT B STRIKE
TUKMSEtt
U.S.PttSfflS
Transportation Centers From
■ Coast to Coast Are Tied
• ' Up—25,437 Men Arc Re
ported Idle
CHICAGO. April 9.—Switchmen
who have been on. strike here so:
nine days began returning to work
this morning.
brotherhood officials, who have
fighting the •'illegal” walkout of
their men. do not claim that the
strike is broken, but were much en
couraged by reports from several
roads that the men, in small groups,
were reporting for work.
Reports today, showed railroad cen
ters from coast to coast either par
tially or completely tied up by the
spreading strikers. Cities which had
reported this morning estimated a
total of 25,437 railroad men to be
idle. To this number must be lidded
hundreds of thousands of mem and
women forced out of cmploym?nt?in
directly. by the railroad walkout.
Factories in many cities are clos
ing down because of lack of coal or
raw materials. In Chicago 50.000
packing house workers r.ie idle.
Many railroads who have part in
the strike have likewise been locked
cut because of the tie-up in the
freight yards.
Yardmen in Cleveland, Hornell. ".
Y.. and Denver. Colo., are to vote
today on the strike question. In
several cities where meetings- were
held yesterday, the men voted to
stick to the old brotherhoods, and
have nothing to do with the “outlaw”
organizations behind the present
walkout.
In Kansas. Governor Allen has in
voked the new industrial court law
against the strikers in the Rosedal:
yards at Kansas City.
John Grunau, president of the in
surgent union, the Chicago yardmas
ters' association, declared today that
the question of wages and hours had
become of secondary importance and
that the real fight Was for supre
macy over the cider brotherhoods.
“We railroad men are tired of re
reiving nothing but promises from
our leaders. We demand results,"
be said.
j. “Brotherhood officials spend their
time riding around fn automobiles,
hobnobbing with politicians in Wash
ington, and drawing good salaries.
The men won’t stand lor any more of
that stuff. The way they are join
ing the new unions shows they are
determined to get some officials in
Washington who see the workers get
their demands.”
U. S. SENATE ORDERS
PROBE OF WALKOUT
WASHINGTON", April de
partment of justice has begun an
investigation of the railroad strikes
in Chicago and other cities to de
termine whether action can be taken
under the Lever Yaw, it was an
nounced today at the office of At
torney General Palmer.
The senate today ordered an in
vestigation of the railroad strike.
Without debate it adopted the Mc-
Cormick resolution directing the sen
ate interstate commerce committee,
through a subcommittee, to investi
gate and report immediately on
causes and purposes of the strike.
Palmer Not Given
Minnesota Delegation,
Evening journal Wires
Senator Smith’s headquarters in
the Piedmont hoqel. Thursday after
noon, gave out the following tele
gram received by Mayor Murray
Stewart, of Savannah, from the Min
neapolis Evening Journal:
“Savannah, Ga.. April 8, 1920.
“Hon. Hoke Smith. United States
Senator, Atlanta, Ga.
"At 2 p. m. today Minneapolis
Evening Journal wired me as
follows:
“•Minnesota delegates not in
structed ahd not bound by unit
rule; were elected in state con
vention Tuesday without any ex
pression on presidential- candi
date. Outside of Fred Lynch,
none has declared publicly for
Palmer, and twenty-three (23)
have expressed themselves as
opposed to Palmer. National
Committeeman Lynch has left.f'
but his brother, E. J. Lynch,
denies that he sent any telegram
' claiming the delegation for
’ Palmer, as announced in Wash
ington.’
(Signed)
“MURRAY STEWART, Mayor.”
This telegram., says the Smith
headquarters, disposes of the claim
made by Palmer’s supporters that
Palmer will get the Minnesota dele
gation.
Somebody Won’t Claim
360 Quarts of Booze
NEW ORLEANS, La.. April 9.
Federal and local authorities are
anxioWs to find the owners of 360
quarts of bottled in bond whisky dis
covered in the coal bunkers of the S.
S. Quimistan here Thursday. In
making " their rounds of the vessel
which had just arrived in port, gov
ernment officers noticed a suspicious
bulging in one of the coal piles.
Scraping away the few pieces of coa,
in array Os bottle necks were visi
ble.
All members of the crew, denied
knowledge of the ownership of the
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Senator to Janitor
Some jump—He Did It
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WASHINGTON Wallace F.
Handy is the senator-janitor. He
was elected to the Delaware state
senate in 19 IS and his term ex
pires in 1922. His health failed
him and he left Dover, Del., his
home, and came to this city. A
farmer by vocation, he decided
the broom was the second cousin
of the rake and the mop an uncle
to the cultivator. Hence he be
came chief janitor at the capitol
building. He’s going to get a
leave of absence from the janitor
job to “work” at the senator job
and cast his vote against the
suffrage amendment.
HEADQUARTERS OF
SMITH AGAIN
PALMER
Hoke Smith headquarters in the
Piedmont hotel Friday issued the
following statement in further com
ment on Mr. Palmer’s crushing de
feat in the Michigan Democratic
primaries and the unsupported
claims of his campaign leaders to
the delegates from Minnesota and
Maine: •
“An investigation /of the wild
claims about Minnesota and Maine
merely confirms our statement of
yesterday that Attorney General
Palmer is now a candidate nowhere
in America except in Georgia.
“It confirms the statement of the
New York World of April 7th as fel
lows: “Democratic leaders in New
York, Washington and other centers
regarded the Michigan results as
practically eliminating from the
presidential contest Attorney General
Palmer, who was supported by the
state Democratic machine.”
"Let us briefly state the situation: I
"Michigan: In Michigan, 51,940
Democrats voted against Palmer,
and 9,833 voted for him. He was
beaten by Hoover, Edwards, McAdoo
and Bryan, who were the only other
names on the ticket an\j all of whom
had tried to -withdraw. Palmer went
to Michigan and made the speeches.
"Pennsylvania: Judge Eugene C.
Ecnniwell, the most distinguished
Democratic leader in Pennsylvania,
has wired Senator Hoke Smith that
candidates for delegate who are
committed to Palmer will be defeat
ed by at least 40,000 votes. His tele
gram is as follows: “Pennsylvania
primary laws permits delegate to
pledge himself to popular choice. If
he so pledges the victor in the presi
dential preferential primary receives
votes so pledged. Delegates who do
not sign pledge are not bound by
preference of law. Complete set of
delegates of highest class comprising
judges, county officials, leaders in
business and politics have filed op
positions to Palmer. Not necessary
to present candidate in opposition to
Palmer in Pennsylvania to insure his
overwhelming repudiation. Pennsyl
vania Democrats will defeat his en
tire ticket by at least forty thousand
votes. He Is not a Democrat, he bolt
ed Democrat for governor in 1918 Tn
past foui- years has opposed and
sought defeat Congressman Arthur
G. Dewait, Democrat; Congressman
Henry J. Steel, of his own district, a
Democrat; Congressman John J.
Casey, twelfth district. Democrat,
and Judges S. E. Shull, of his own
county; Judge Charles D. Copeland.
Westmoreland county; John M. Gas
man, Luzerne county, all leading
Democrats.”
“The attorney general tries to be
cloud the issue in Pennsylvania by
saying that no Democrat can carry
the state. Os course this is true,
and this is one of the reasons why
no Pennsylvanian should be chosen
as the nominee of the party. But
the situation in Pennsylvania goes
further than this: the attorney gen
eral has. no hope of getting the
Democratic delegation from Penn
sylvania in the national convention.
“Minnesota: The claim of the Pal
mer leaders that the uninstructed
delegation from Minnesota is com
mitted to Palmer has been exploded
by the telegram of the Minneapolis
Evening Journal to Mayor Murray
Stewart of Savannah, as follows:
“Minnesota delegates not instructed
and not bound by unit rules were
elected in state convention Tuesday
without any expression on presiden
tial candidate. Outside of Fred
Lynch, none has declared publicity
for Palmer and twenty-three have
expressed themselves as opposed to
Palmer. National Committeeman
Lynch has left but Siis brother, E.
J. Lynch, denies that he sent any
telegram claiming the delegation for
Palmer as announced in Washing
ton.”
“In other words, one delegate is
for Palmer and twenty-three are
against him. Getting one delegate,
however, out of twenty-four has
pleased the Palmer leaders so great
ly that they have claimed the whole
delegation.
“Maine: That their claim in Maine,
is wholly without foundation, is
shown by the telegram from the
Eastern Argus, the leading paper of
1 ortliind, Ale., as follows: *Delcg , ates
to San Francisco convention were
elected at state convention held at
Bangor March 30. The delegates go
to convention uninstructed, and
pledged to no candidate.’
“We therefore* repeat the question
we have heretofore addressed to the
people Georgia: Why should the
Pennsylvanian be a candidate in
Georgia and in no other state in
America?
“No man can win anywhere who
blindly indorses the League without
American reservations. It would be
suicidal for the party to nominate a
man on this platform."
NUB. TAKEN 111
INMACON.UNABLE
TDGOTWCBDSS
Will Speak in Savannah
Saturday Night—Declares
in Macon Speech That G.
0. P. Money Beat Treaty
MACON, Ga., April 9.—Attorney-
General A. Mitchell Palmer did not
leave Macon at noon today for Way
cross as intended on account of a
return attack of acute indigestion
similar to that which he suffered
in Gainesville last Monday. His sec
retary stated that his illness was
not serious and that he would leave
Macon tonight for Savannah where
he has an engagement to speak Sat
urday night.
Three-quarters of a million dollars
killed the treaty of peace and the
League of Nations covenant,” Attor
ney General Palmer charged here
last night in an address in behalf of
his own candidacy for the presi
dential nomination in Georgia.
“With the majority vote purchas
ed In Michigan," he continued, “Sen
ator Lodge organized the foreign re
lations committee and refused to re
port the treaty. If the Democrats
had carrried Michigan—if the Re
publican party had spent, say only a
couple of hundred thousand dollars—
the Democrats would have organized
the senate and the foreign relations
committee would have reported the
treaty and it would have been pass-t
ed. It took months of struggle to
get these Democrats to desert the
party.”
The atotrney general defended the
administration of President Wilson.
He read a letter from Senator Hoke
Smith, who a few nights ago criti
cized the attorney general from the
same platform. The letter was dated
November 14, 1919, being written aft
er the deportation of the "reds,” as
follows.
“I am just sending this one of
many appreciative editorials appear
ing in Georgia papers. May I add
my own sincere congratulations to
you and the country. If at any
time I can be of assistance to you
in the senate, be assured I will ap
preciate yop calling on me.”
He declared that the purpose of
Senator Smith and Senator Reed and
others was to repudiate President
Wilson and embarrass the present
administration and to change the
Democratic policies.
"They say I cannot carry Pennsyl
vania, said the attorney general. “If
the party will nominate some man
who can carry Pennsylvania, I'll be
for him, but he must bft a "better
Democrat than has yet announced.”
Mr. Palmer referred to criticism of
his Quakerism and statements that
he had refused the post of secretary
of war in 1916 and could not, there
fore, be the commander of the army
and navy as president.
“Far be it from me to deny the faith
of my fathers,” said Mr. Palmer. "I
couldn’t accept a post in the piping
■days of peace where I should have
to spend four of the best years of
my life in preparation for war that I
believed impossible,” declared the
speaker.
“But I was for this world war.
Every boy in my family and every
boy in my wife’s family, all Quak
ers, were in the war from the first to
the last.
"If you want references as to my
fighting ability, I refer you to several
battle-scarred Republicans.”
"When I saw him attacked and
vilified and no one willing to defend
him, I determined to carry the flag
of Woodrow Wilson to the people,”
Mr. Palmer declared.
Mr. Palmer will speak in Waycross
this afternoon and in Savannah Sat
urday night.
PALMER TO REACH
SAVANNAH SATURDAY
SAVANNAH. Ga., April 9.—-A
Mitchell Palmer. candidate for
president of the United States will
reach Savannah tomorrow morning
He is to come from Macon. John
W. Bennett, the United States Dis
trict attorney for the southern dis
trict of Georgia, is expected to come
to Savannah with him. The visitor
will be met by a local committee
headed by J. Randolph Anderson and
Pleasant A. Stovall, and will be car
ried to the Hotel Savannah. Here
he will meet many of his Savannah
supporters.
He will hold a reception later in
the day and at night he will deliver
an address at the municipal audi
torium. Mr. Palmer will leave Sa
•■ imivih at midnight via the. Seaboard
Air Line railway for Washington. He
will reach Washington Sunday after
noon.
Fred Shelton to Be
Hanged April 30
CARTERSVILLE. April 9.—Fr«d
Shelton. Hie negro convicted of the
murder of Mr. Albert Brown Hughes
on the night of August 19. 1919, was
re-sentenced by Judge Malcolm C.
Tower last Wednesday and will be
hanged Friday, April 30. The crime
was one of the most dastardly in the
annals of Bartow county. Shelton
was apprehended by the police after
weeks of unremitting labor on the
part of the county officials and de
tectives.
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, PRIL 10, 1920.
AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS BABIES
GONE IN LESS THAN YEAR
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LN LESS THAN a year two of the three most famous babies in
America have died and one has disappeared. Morrison Marshall
(above), adopted son of Vice President Marshall, died February 2G.
Vinson McLean (right), the “hundred-million-dollar son” of Ed
ward B. McLean, was killed by an automobile May 19. 1919. And
Billie Dansey (left), picked as the prize 100 per cent baby of the
country, disappeared October 8, 1919, from his home in Hammon
ton, N. J.
WAR DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER PLAN
POLICY ON RETURN FOR MILITARY
OF SOLDIER DEAD TRAINING ASKED
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Kiggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, April 9.—The war
department has amplified, its recent
statement rfegardffVgf TITF rSUu'rn of
the soldier dead from overseas and
explained that the government will
bear all expense of the return of
these bodies, as well as expense of
reinterment in permanent cemeteries
in France in cases where the rela
tives desire that the bodies remain
in French soil. Further, the depart
ment says, no expense will attach to
American relatives except when they
insist that the bodies remain where
they fell instead of being transfer
red to the permanent cemeteries. Up
keep of the isolated graves, under
these circumstances, will be borne by
the family here. .
“It is the policy of the war depart
ment to return the bodies of our sol
dier dead to their homes in this
country when relatives so request,
and this will be entirely at govern
ment expense,” says the statement.
“In cases where the relatives have
so desired,.the bodies of the deceas
ed soldiers will be permanently in
terred-in Europe in the Surenes
cemetery, hear Paris, or in other
cemeteries not yet established.
“The war department will reinter i
also the bodies of all deceased' sol
diers, concerning whose disposition
no specific request is made, in per
manent cemeteries in France. The
expenses incurred in burying the
bodies in these permanent cemeteries,
and expense for future maintenance
will be borne altogether by the gov
ernment. Relatives of soldiers bur
ied in these permanent cemeteries
will have no expenses whatever in
relation to transfer or upkeep of the i
graves.
“Some relatives insist upon having I
the bodies of their dead remain where |
first buried. Necessarily, the deci- !
sion adopteS by the war department
places responsibility of the conces
sion and future maintenance of the
graves thus remaining scattered
through England and France upon
the relatives of the deceased.
“The better plan would be for the i
relatives of the deceased to permit >
the war department to place these ■
bodies at its expense in our perma- j
nent cemeteries in France, where •
they will be under government con- '
frol and maintenance without there I
being any expense whatever attach- J
ing to the relatives of the soldier ;
dead.”
Fruit Crops Hurt
In Stephens County
TOCCOA, Ga.. April 9. —A. careful |
survey revals the fruit crop pretty
badly damaged in some sections of
this county . In the New Switzer
land community, the crop is report
ed a total loss. They have shipeJ
ait average of seventy-five cars from
that place with normal crop. It is
estimated they will ship about three
or four. Below Cornelia and Bald
win, the crop is better. In some sec
tions it is unharmed, while in the
lower sections, it is badly hurt. They I
estimate about seventy-five cars I
whereas they ship about four hun-1
dred from normal crop.
It is reported the apple crop isi
safe. It was too early for the ap
pie trees to bloom. If no more cold 1
should come, it is estimated that this!
■section will produce the largest ap
ple crop in the last three years. It I
was not more than half last year, due !
to the late cold in May.
The Truth About Gall Stones
A new booklet written by Dr. E.
E. Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City.
Mo., tells of an improved method oi
treating the Catarrhal inflammation
of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts
associated with Gall Stones from
whibh remarkable results are being
reported. Write for booklet and;
free trial plan.— (Advt.)
WASHINGTON. April 9.—With
compulsory universal military train
ing virtually discarded in the senate,
supporters of th<f plan renewed their
efforts today for the. adoption of a
volunteer plan of training as a part
of the army reorganization 6111. In
dications were that the vote on the
now plan under which all volunteers
of eighteen to twenty-two years of
age might be trained for four months
in a year, would be reached before
adjournment tonight.
The senate situation again sent the
compulsory training question back to
the house, where Representative
Kahn, Republican, California, chair
man of the military committee, an
nounced he would press adoption of
a separate bill, but probably not un
til thj? next session of congress.
Meanwhile, he said, hearings would
be held by a sub-committee.
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LEGISLATION
Republican Leaders Prophe
sy Defeat of’ Motion.
Adoption of Peace Resolu
tion Conceded by Parties
WASHINGTON, April 9.—When
the house resumed debate today on
the Republican peace resolution, rep
resentative Flood, of Vlrigina, rank
ing Democratic member of the for
eign affairs committee, announced
that the motion to recommit allowed
under the rule ‘adopted yesterday
would propose straight-out repeal of
all war legislation.
The motion will direct the foreign
afairs committe, he said, to report
cut a resolution repealing the war
time acts. Republican leaders said
il e motion would be defeated and the
resolution adopted soon after debate
closed automatically at 5 o’clock.
Democratic leaders conceded that the
Republicans had the votes to carry
cut their program.
The six hours debate today was
opened with Representative Clark of
Missouri, the Democratic leader and
former speaker, opposing the meas
ure and Reprsenetaive Madden, Re
publican. Illinois, speaking in its
support.
Mr. Madden opposed the view that
•he measure would be an invasion of
the constitutional rowers of the
resident. He said that since the
president had “refused to com
promise” on the peace treaty, it was
time for “the voice of the people to
le hear' 1 ” adding that the resolution
“presumes to express their voice.”
Representative Clark declared that
the title given the resolution was ‘a
palpable misnomer,” that the meas
ure would bring "confusion twice
confounded” and that it would lead
to “all sort sos international quag
mires."
Five features of the resolution de
claring peace which is expected to
pass the house late today are:
A declaration that the state of war
against Germany is at an end. This
follows a preamble which claims that
President Wilson has so stated.
Repeal of many war laws.
A requirement that Germany must
accept the terms of the resolution
within forty-five days or a commer
cial embargo is to be ordered by the
president. Germany must agree to
give the United States all advan
tages it would have received under
the treaty.
A provision penalizing all viola
tions of the resolution.
A declaration that the United
States reserves all rights and bene
fits it received under the armistice.
Inspector Indicted in
New York Vice Drive
NEW YORK, April 9.—Police In
spector Dominick Henry, command
ing the tenderloin district, a central
figure in New York’s vice war, was
indicted late Thursday by the regular
grand jury on a charge of neglect
of duty.
John J. Gunson and Joseph Mo-
Iqney, plain clothesmen on the staff
of Inspector Henry, also were in
dicted. They are charged with per
jury in connection with testimony
given concerning the arrest of a
broker’s wife, whose home they raid
ed. Gunson already is under indict
ment on charges of bribery and ex
tortion.
These Little Pigs
Did Go to Market
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NEW YORK —These little pigs
went to market. Their owner,
Miss Evelyn Young, of a circus
troupe, took them shopping with
her in Fifth avenue.
TEUTON REGULARS
WITHDRAW FROM
SOUTH OF RUHR
BERLIN, April 9. —The German
regular troops which had crossed the
river Ruhr were withdrawn yester
day to the northern bank of that
stream, it is announced here. (The
Ruhr passes just to the south of
Essen in the nothern central part
of the industrial district.)
The burgomasters of the cities of
Barmen and Elberfeld, it is stated,
requested the minister of defense not
to allow the troops to enter those
towns.
Great excitement prevails in Dus
seldorf in view of the threatened
entry of the regulars.
The majority Socialist newspaper,
Vorwaerts, has advices from Dussel
dorf, which declares that a general
strike is impending in which all
parties will unite. The town coun
cil has sent a petition to the minis
ter of defense asking that the regu
lar troops be kept out of Dusseldorf.
Their entry would be inexpedient, the
petition declares.
The number of persons who have
crossed the line ffom the Ruhr reg
ion into occupied territory is in ex
cess of a thousand, according to the
British authorities.
French reinforcements have been
sent to Frankfort according to tlie
Tageblatt.
Tho newspaper said three regi
ments of infantry and many tanks
crossed the Rhine yesterday from
Strassburg, for various destinations
in German territory.
Ban on Chicago Freight
Placed in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, April 9.—An em
bargo on all freight for lines con
necting with Chicago was placed in
effect here late today by the Illinois
Central and other lines, as a result
SCEXTS A COTY.
$1.50 A YEAR.
HOKE SMITH SWS
GREAT AUDIENCE IN
HISATLANTASPEECH
. T ".-; i \
Introduced by William Schley
Howard, Senator Gives
Masterly Presentation of
His Position
BY ROGERS WINTER
Senator Hoke Smith scored one nf
the greatest triumphs of his public
career at the Atlanta Auuditorium
Thursday night. His magnificent ad
dress on the League of Nations and
other issues In the campaign for the
Democratic presidential nomination
was heard by an audience probably
larger than any in Atlanta since the
memorable throng that heard him
speak from the same rostrum In his
campaign for governor in 1910. Esti
mates of the number ranged from
4,000 to 5,000. In spite of the un
comfortable coldness of the audito
rium, which cannot be heated while
the stage is being rebuilt, almost the
whole audience stayed throughout
his speech. It was tl»e best he has
yet delivered In his campaign and
one of the best he ever delivered be
fore any audience. Its complete suc
cess was a repetition on a larger
scale of the other successes he has
scored everywhere he has spoken
since he launched his campaign ten
days ago.
Colonel Walter P. Andrews, presi
dent of the Young Men’s Democratic
League of Fulton County, and one of
the senator's warmest supporters,
presided over the meeting. William
Schley Howard, former congressman
from the Fifth district, who was
thrown in direct personal contaci
with Senator Smith in their respec
tive lines of work in Washington
for several years, delivered the
speech of Introduction, winning high
praise for his eloquent tribute /to
Senator Smith’s record in public life
for more than a quarter, of a cen
tury. Senator Smith spoke for near
ly two hours and covered the whole
range of issues in the present cam
paign.
Splendid Attention
The audience gave him splendi I
attention all the way through and h?
held their interest completely. Spunk
ing in the auditorium is always dif
ficult for any speaker, owing to th?
great size of the building and i. > ?
noisy (loot's, which magnify tn
slightest shuffling of feet. Sen .'.-i-
Smith not only Rfeld the attention ■ ’
his audience but x made himself rm.'r’l
on the farthest rows of seats. r t'
remarkable ‘ carrying power of ivn
voice was*never, better. He s)ioz
with a cold draft of wind blow nJ
on his back through the open st:"
but warme/d to his subject in a fv.v
minutes after starting, and did tie
seem to be conscious of the discom
fort.
Some members of the au.lienc?
were less forutnate, and the coll
drove them out, but none seemed t >
be leaving for the purpose of em
barrassing the speaker, as some
times men do at a political meetiu r.
They left at appropriate pauses i
the senator’s speech, where he had
completed one point and -was start
ing another. Out of the total au
dience of 4,000 to 5,000 people, there
were probably 300, who took their
departure, and all of them did not
stay out, but returned to the hall
At the close of the senator’s speech
the audience seemed as large, Hiking
it over from a good vantage point
near the stagb, as it was when be
started.
I Numerous friendly interruptions
punctuated the speech. All of them
could not be heard distinctly by Sen
ator Smith or by the audience. A
man on a seat in the dress circle
would yell out something byway of
emphasizing his approval of a point
the senator was making. He would
stop and ask the man to repeat the
remark. Sometimes it would be re
peated, and the audience would laugh
and the senator would smile. Some
times the man on the faraway »eai
would not attempt to make the sen
ator hear him distinctly, but would
answer by telling him "to go ahead
and pour it in ’em,” or something to
that effect, and the audience would
laugh and the senator would proceed.
The Rival Attractioni
Numerous rival attractions kept
hundreds away who wished to hear
the senator’s speech. The Shriners
gave a circus at Ponce de Leon park
that took away many. Several re
vival meetings were in progress in
various churches and kept away
many. Among the late arrivals at
the auditorium were observed nu
merous Shriners wearing the red fez,
and citizens who had been detained
with other engagements were drop
ping into the auditorium all the way
through the speech, almost up to the
last.
At 8 o’clock, which, was the hour
announced for the meeting to begin,
several thousand people were In ’.he
auditorium, and a stream was flow
ing through the doors. About 8:15
Senator Smith appeared at the main
entrance, accompanied by ?udge
George Hillyer, H. H. Cabaniss, J. R.
Smith, Carlos H. Mason, James B.
Nevin, Colonel Walter P. Andrews,
William Schley Howard and Jac>
Patterson, editor of the
News. His appearance was the
nal for an outburst of applause which
continued as the party walked down
the aisle. Senator Smith waved a
greeting to many ft lends in the au
dience and stopped to shake hands
with many who were seated near
the aisle.
A small rostrum erected in front
of the regular stage, which is being
rebuilt with a fire wall in prepara
tion for opera, seated the senator
and the party. Colonel Andrews
waited a few minutes for the lat
arrivals to get seats. Then he open-
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