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4 THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLANTA, GA., 5 NORTH FX)RSYTH ST. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Daily, Sunday, Tri-Weekly SUBSCRIPTION TRICE TRI-WEEKLY Twelve months $1.50 , Eight months SI.OO Six months 75c Four months 50c Subscription Prices Daily and Sunday (By Mail—Payable Strictly in Advance) 1 Wk.l Mo. 3 Mob. 6 Mos. 1 Yr. Daily and Sunday 20c 90c $2.50 $5.00 $9.50 Daily 10c 70c 2.00 4.00 7.50 Sunday 7c 30c .90 1.75 3.25 The Tri-Weekly -Journal is published on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday and is mailed by the shortest routes for early* delivery. -*<: Xi, contains news front all over the world, brought by special leased wires into our office. It has a staff of distinguished con tributors, with strong departments of spe cial value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every postoffice. Lib eral commission allowed. Outfit free. Write R. R. BRADLEY, Circulation Man ager. The only travelog representatives we have are B. F. Boltem, C. C. 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The Foolish Calumnies O] a\Defeated Clique THE public can hardly have failed to observe witbi amusement that the gentlemen who are leading the gas attack against Georgia’s senior Senator have grown strangely silent upon the issue with which they launched their campaign, and on which, indeed, theytprofessed to be waging the entire contest. :A fortnight ago it was the Senator’s attitude toward the League of Nations that stirred their ire and called forth their volleys of That his war record was above reproach-and that his services to business, agriculture and education were ex ceptionally substantial, they could not gain say. But, they would vehemently cry, he is against the League covenant without reservations! He insists upon modifying i Article Ten! He has voted with the Re publican majority against “the President’s wishes! (That he voted with the Democratic majority also and that it was the union of unbending anti-reservhtionjsts and “bitter enders” which finally kept the Treaty from passing, the Senator’s enemies failed to Itate.) As to the merits of that decisive vote they themselves had nothing to say; for as a matter of fact they knew ; and cared as little about Article Ten as a Cobb county lalf cares about Halley’s-comet. Neverthe ess they induced Attorney General Palmer io come down and _plead their case, and Jven to offer up himself as their candidate. Well, the Attorney General came, saw, and collapsed. He had expected, of course, to find a great issue to, argue and a genuine cause to champion. ' But scarcely had he alighted amongst hig_ unhappy clients when he found that the issue in their minds was an old bitter, local fetid utterly irrelevant to national questions off the hour, and that the cause dear to their hearts was the political loaves and fishes on which they dreamed of leasting if haply they might push their little ichemes to success. The situation was enough to daunt and disgust a far less Quakerish spirit than Mr. Palmer’s. He discovered, moreover, that the people of Georgia are not so fervidly enthusiastic over the League cov enant, in precisely the form in which it came from Pa»is. as he hid-been led to Believe. Indeed, as he faced audiences here and there he would detect a chilliness toward the idea that reservations are all iniquitous ind that the Treaty sffould be ratified just as the Executive Department desires, regardless of what the Senate Relieves. “Chilliness,” we'gay. If he had tattled a while longer and looked a bit further h£ would have found out right and far-reachii^. -hostility. He would have found it, not only amongst those who regard the League plaa without reservations as unjust and dangerous to American insti tutions, but also amongst those who are so heartily for the largeir;principle and purpose of the League that tßey-consider it indefen sibly wrong not to s£cept certain modifica tions in order to sav® the great ideal from utter rejection. ’ § It is on this ground that The Journal has stood from the day it~became evident months ago (long before the present contest in Geor gia was dreamed of)£hat there could be no treaty and no covenant without substantial reservations. It is Upon this same ground that the rank and filesof the League’s firmest friends have taken ffceitiatand. It was to this end that twentj-thrge Democratic Sen ators, among thftnj; Senator Hoke Smith, voted for the Treaty’s adoption along with the reservations. Ittwas against this end that the other Democratic Senators joined with irreconcilables like Borah and Reed and prevented the adoption. And it was that very policy, thatTTnbg’nding, illogical, ir rcconcilableoattitude, that the Georgia ene mies of Senator Smith undertook to defend when they launched’their campaign. But wheiteas at the outset they were voluble and violent on the League-of-Nations issue, they have groWh aS silent thereon as a Hindenburg battery .on the afternoon of the armistice. Something has shut up their Big Bertha?. Something-', has persuaded them to leafih in their yelping “convictions” on Arti cle Ten. The fact is, of course, they care no less for the League covenant. now than at the beginning, because they never cared at all. They have simply discovered that Hoke Smith cannot be worsted before his fellow Georgians upon that question. . He has left his enemies without an inch of rallying ground on their great original issue. Wherefore they have drunk deep of. the “moonshine” liquor of wrath and plunged in to a veritable spree of slander. Though the senior Senator supported every war measure from first to last, including the Selective Service act on which some of the loudest of his present traducers stdod in sheepish neu trality, they call him disloyal. Though he voted, even prior to our entrance into the war. for the resolution to arm American merchant ships that they might shoot U-boats at sight, and argued for this resolution with such warmth that he came near a personal difficulty with LaFollette, they shut their eyes, choke down their conscience and call him “pro German.’’ They attribute to him statements touching the Lusitania, which he never made, and thoa. proceed to denounce him for those statements., notwithstanding that they themselvessgave utterance at the time to precisely the sentiment which they now condemn as “pgo Prussian.” Senator Smith never declared ' that “the United States should not go., to war with Germany because of her having sunk the good ship Lusitania.” But one -Gt Senator Smith’s bit terest assailants in the present campaign did declare in cold print, just twenty-four hours THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. after news of the dread crime and disaster reached our shores: “After all is said, we must still go slow-, except as to making clear our protest and the fact that reparation will be demanded.” And two days later: “In a month or two we will be able to view in the same (sane?) light the present German inci dent. We will be able to see clearly that the most unfortunate step that could have been taken would be a declaration of war.” Yet the very pen from which these cool coun sels fell when sentiment against the Hunnish deed was hottest, now pours denunciation upon Georgia’s senior Senator because for sooth he gave expression (as they allege, but as he denies) to that same opinion. In riddling this flimsy canard the Senator remarked that “Germany did not notify Americans to stay off the high seas until February 1, 1917.” That, as anyone who glances at the official record of events can verify, was the date upon which the cam paign of indiscriminate U-boat warfare was announced to begin—the date, It may truly be said, which predestined America’s en trance into the world conflict. So well authen ticated a fact, one might assume, would go unchallenged by intelligent observers. But not so with Senator Smith’s detainers. They will not accept history because history is on his side. Instead, they go back to a German advertisement which von Bernstorff caused to be inserted in a few newspapers in this country in the spring of 1915, some two weeks before the sinking of the Lusitania, in which travelers were vaguely warned against taking passage on Allied vessels. Now, it is well remembered that the Ger man Government contended that this obscure and casual advertisement constituted a due notice against Americans’ traveling the high seas, and upon that ground sought to ex tenuate the Lusitania crime. But no one in this country, outside of a few hpyhenates, ever concurred in that claim except Senator Smith’s precipitate foes of today. They swal low the German contention whole, and de nounce him as a falsifier because he sticks to thß American record. But surely the public is prepared for any emanations from those quarters since it was solemnly informed a few days ago that the Lusitania was sunk on her homeward voy age, laden with wounded American soldiers. If something is not done to relieve the brain tempests of the Senator’s enemies, they will soon be telling us that Christopher Columbus sank the Lusitania and that Hoke Smith is being aided and abetted by the man in the moon. It is a sad fate, we grant, to fare doughtily forth with the League of Nations for an issue, only to be driven back in pell mell confusion. But that misfortune does not justify a political clique in flinging all scruples to the wind and dashing headlong into preposterous libels against as able and as devoted a public servant as Georgia or the South ever knew. The South Atlantic District. Arguing cogently for the request that the Federal Shipping Board, in its reorganization plans, make a single operating district of the States of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, the Florida Metropolis points out that in this South Atlantic region are some of the most important ports of the entire country and that their foreign commerce is now being de veloped to an unprecedented extent. Further: Scores of shipping board ships will be oper ated out of them, and it seems on the surface that there is no logical reason why the ship ping board cannot create its districts so that these states might be in one district. The norts of the four states have already organ ized vigorous campaigns for the development of their business jointly. They have displayed a most unselfish spirit. They are working together for the common good of all and this spirit should count heavily with the govern ment in its consideration of the petition for the South Atlantic district.” Not merely in the interest of this district but for the common country’s well-being, ev ery rightful means for the development of the ports of Savannah, Brunswick, Jackson ville, Charleston and Wilmington should be adopted. For upon the larger utilization of these valuable outlets for our overseas com merce, the efficiency of American transporta tion and the prosperity of American business are notably dependent. IF YOU DESPAIR By H. Addington Bruce SUDDENLY* out of a clear sky, bad news has come to you. You have perhaps received notice of dismissal from a position you have ’ been holding for years. Perhaps a financial panic has swept away your savings of a lifetime. Or perhaps the doctor has warned you that you are afflicted with a serious disease. In any of these events the tendency is strong to yield to despair. Resist this ten dency with all the will-power at your com mand. For, deplorable as your condition may seem, it is certain to become infinitely worse if you despair. Then, indeed, all possibility of working away out of the disaster that has befallen will be swept away from you. Whereas, by courageously clinging to hope you may unexpectedly find yourself drawing on reserves of energy sufficient to retrieve your fallen fortunes, it may be sufficient even to conquer disease itself and win for you many more years of life. Despair, understand this well, is some thing more than a. state of mental misery. It is an active agent of evil, whose mischiev ous effects extend to every part of the hu man organism. Like fear and worry—of which it is an exaggerated compound—it generates poi sons which, sweeping through the blood, reach the brain to cloud the judgment, par alyze initiative, numb every mental faculty. The heart, the arteries, the stomach, ev ery organ is harmfully affected by the toxin of despair. So. potent is it that, as expe dience numerously testifies, it may turn the hair gray in a single night. Consider, therefore, what this must mean to one whose financial rebuilding, whose very life itself, may be dependent on a heightening of personal energy. Instead of a heightening there is bound to be, under the influence of despair, a steady and profound decline. But hope energizes as surely as despair devitalizes. Hope is not a mere soporific, not a mere nyodyne in time of trouble. It is a positive, dynamic generator of new strength. With reason the poet Young affirmed: “Hope of all passions most befriends us here.” With equal reason, and more specifically, the modern psychologists explain: “Experience shows that all the bodily processes are quickened by pleasant emotion al attitudes. These influence favorably ev ery organ and function, from the beating of the heart to the working of the brain. “Hope is distinctly a pleasant emotional attitude. It. is one of the pleasantest. In pro portion, then, as it is spontaneously develop ed or sedulously cultivated it exercises on the organism a beneficial influence reflect ed in increased bodily vigor and increased power to achieve.” Often it is hard indeed to hope. Often despair seems the inevitable thing. But since despair and perish may almost be written interchangeably, he is indeed foolish who lets despair possess his soul. I am reminded, and would remind you, of the old Chinese query: “To what purpose would a person throw himself into the water before the bark is go ing to be cast away?” (Copyright, 1920, by the Associated News papers.) JFhy a Friend oj the Farmer Supports Senator Smith AMONG the steady streams of indorse ments that pour in for Senator Hoke Smith’s candidacy from agricultural and business leaders none is more cordial or more significant than that of Mr. James D. Weaver, vice president of the Georgia Farm-' ers’ Union. Speaking as a watchful advocate of the interests of the man behind the plow, Mr. Weaver declares: I am supporting Senator Hoke Smith in this campaign because I regard him as the ablest representative the agricul tural interests have ever had in Wash ington. either from Georgia or any other state; because I think the time has come, when the Democratic South, which fur nishes the votes to elect Democratic presidents, should begin to furnish the presidential nominees; because Senator Smith is qualified in every respect, by ability and experience, to serve as presi dent, and in that office, as in the senate, would be a conspicuous champion of the interests of the farmers, upon whose prosperity the nation depends. This, be it observed, is not the tribute of a politician; it is the tribute of a keen and seasoned student of agricultural legislation. It is the tribute of one who invariably ap plies to public men and measures what is aptly called “the orchard test” —“By their fruits ye shall know them.” Year after year he has watched the record of Georgia’s senior Senator in its making; has seen him go into battle after battle where the rights and interests of agriculture were at stake; has seen him come forth again and again with victory for that cause; has found him ever diligent, ever fearless, ever effective. “What Georgia farmer,” Mr. Weaver con cludes, “knowing Senator Smith’s record can be against him? What Georgia farmer, in dorsing that record, can fail to go to the polls and vote for him on the 20th of April?” That question is of utmost importance to the cause of agriculture and to the cause of De mocracy. It will be answered, we doubt not, with an intelligent, a patriotic and an over whelmingly decisive vote for Senator Smith in the approaching primary. RED TAPE By Dr. Frank Crane Our vices, said a witty Frenchman, are our virtues, carried to excess. System is a virtue; when it is carried to excess it becomes red tape, which is a vice. WhaY you want is efficiency. It is for that you adopt system. But when you think more of your system than of the thing for which system is the means, you are lassoing yourself instead of the steer. Everybody loves a neat room, but there is such a thing as having it so orderly that no body wants to live in it. The most important thing to know about rules is when to break them. All discipline ought to bend a little and it will be broken less. Even in the army, where discipline is of prime importance, that soldier is rarest and most valuable who knows how and when to disobey in order to bring victory. And every commander’s word ought to be sharp enough to cut Gordian knots. The very thing that makes government 'ef ficient renders it inefficient. Employes are given their orders and must observe them; they must do exactly as they are told; they are not to think, but to obey. The result is a very smoothly running machine. And the further result is that most of the effort expended is toward making the machihe operate nicely, with little thought as to what is to be produced. 1 It is necessary over every perfect organiza tion to have some man who can and may set the whole system aside, upon occasion, in order to get things done promptly. Over every democracy there must be an autocratic head, who may, with certain limita tions, do as he pleases. Behind the school teacher must be the hu man being, ready when necessary to brush aside all rules and regulations and grasp a soul. There must be certain customs and de cencies in every household, but there should be some lawless love in every father and mother that can swoop down when hearts cry. For after all system and obedience and red tape are only substitutes for devotion and in telligence. If we all loved perfectly and knew perfectly we should need no rules. And red tape is a human device. Sometimes it is wrong. Nature is exact, and all her whirling worlds, her cells and microbes go along marked paths, and she suffers no exceptions; but then behind nature is an all-wise mind, and an all-loving heart, that makes no mistakes. Even above the Ten Commandments is Al mighty God. (Copyright, 1920, by Frank Crane.) TRAVELETTE NASSAU INN ’ There is standing today an ancient hotel that marks the half-way point between New York and Philadelphia. It bears the name of Nassau Inn and is in the village of Prince ton, N. J. Automobilists sometimes hesitate here as they speed along the Lincoln high way—may even pause for lunch where Adams and Monroe, Hamilton and Aaron Burr were wont to stay overnight on their journeys between their homes in New York and the capital at Philadelphia and later at Washington. A hundred years ago this half-way house was at the zenith of its activities. There each night were put up the passengers and the horses from thirty coaches—fifteen bound in each direction. A hundred horses were stabled to relay this fastest of the trans portation of the day. Clamorous was the scene early in the morning, when swarms of hostlers were preparing the teams, when drowsy guests were being hustled into their seats, when hundreds of attendants looked to the welfare and baggage of the guests in this, one of the busiest traffic points in the nation. Today a great languor has settled over the place. The whistle of railway trains that do not stop may be heard in the distance. An occasional traveling salesman signs the reg ister and sleeps where once lay the head of Washington or LaFayette. Modern plaster covers the bricks which came over from Hol land in 1757. The atmosphere which in spired James K- Spaulding and Washington Irving in 1813 to place a scene from the “Lay of the Scottish Fiddler,” in “Joline’s high, stately hall” no longer exists. Nassau Inn, however, is one of the most ancient hostelries in America, still doing busi ness on the site which it occupied in the days of British kings when the United States had not yet been conceived. 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The campaign to raise $250,000 for the restoration of President Roosevelt’s birth place, at 28 East Twentieth street, begins shortly and will la-st ten days. This home is in New York. When restored Roosevelt House will be the third shrine for the attrac tion of patriotic pilgrims. Washington’s home and Lincoln’s log cabin being the oth ers. It will contain much of the original furniture, and the room will be restored to an appearance as nearly like the original as possible. A large room will be devoted to the preservation of letters, manuscripts and other personal mementos of Colonel Roose velt, together with a library of all the books he wrote. • The possibility of a cabinet crisis in Italy is suggested by the Giornale d’ltalia newspa per of Rome. It says Premier Nitte himself admits that he may be unable to obtain a vote of confidence in the chamber. In this case, says the newspaper, either Professor Luigi Luzzati, the minister of the treasury, or Signor Benomi, the minister of war, would succeed Signor Nitti as premier, or Premier Nitti would be intrusted with the task of forming another ministry.