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THE ATLANTA GEORGI AN AND NEWS.
iTEDXESDAY, MARCH ». 1191
TIE ATLANTA SBOKSIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELT, President.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AND ADVERTISERS.
Ota February -2 Tha Gstrglan pur-
ohaaad tha nama, good will, franchises,
advortlalng contracts and aubacrlptlon
Hat of Tha Atlanta Now* and Tha Nawa
-la now publlahad aa a part of Tha Soar.
■Ian. All advortlalng undar contract to
appaar in Tha Nawa will ba prlntad In
Tha Qaarglan and Nawa, without Inter,
ruptlan, axeopt aueh aa la dabarrad by
Tha Oaorglan’a aatabllahad polity to
axtluda all abjaetlonablo advortlalng.
I hill America Only Furnish Ms-
tsrisl for English Spinners?
The New York Commercial aaya
that “while It la etUI true that ‘cotton
it kins' her* In the United State*, the
cotton manufacturing Induatry la a
tons. Ions way from the throne and la
not approehlng It at an encouraging
In all things except the manufacture
of goods from cotton, the only com
modity on which the United Btatei ha*
an absolute monopoly, the American
business man la holdlife Ms own, and
Is aucceasfully competing with Eng
land In the markets of the world.
la It a fact that the apinnera of the
United States are aattalled If they can
only aupply a greater portion of the
home demand for cotton good*, or are
they willing to admit that they are
leas shrewd than the English spin
ners T
Whatever the cause It begins to
look aa If they have given up the field,
aad the Lancashire aptnner Is reaping
• rich barveat aa a result. The Lan
castrians apparently do not, fear the
American spinner, and are preparing
for even a much greater business, as
is shown by the enormous amount of
•spite) they are putting Into new mill*
and adding to the old one*. ' They
study the wants of the people both
at home and abroad and push their
Bonds. Our mill men. on the other
hand, teem content If they know the
wants of the people at home and ap
pear Indifferent to the dais of goods
that can and should be manufactured
for other countries than America.
Consequently they are distanced In
the race for business even in Cuba and
the Philippines.
England exports more cotton menu-
tact urea than the total output of the
American mills, aa shown by the fol
lowing table, recently Issued by the
eensus bureau (or 1*05:,
Tarda
•j*WiMo>
i.WP.SIS.fcw
Orsy noth
(Userbed rloth
Prilled doth..
Dyad cloth....
Value.
lins.Ma.3H
DM *40
ti.iM.rai
u.tc.:in
War. maasfactoraa.
I344.iai.s3a
10.14a, in
3LS34.R0
noted total 34tr.in.iar
The total output of the American
asllls during ISOS was valued at |4&0,.
4(7,703. “only $3,704,317 In excess of
tha total vain* of the Rritlsh exports
of cotton manufactures for that year—
a most humiliating showing for the
JjMriaan milts." adds The Commcr
*1*1.
Tbs Increase la the value of cotton
goods exported In 1*00 was $33,000,-
000 over the total output of the Amer
ican mills In 1905.
America furnishes the world with
the bulk of the raw material while
England furnishes tha bulk of manu
factured goods, paying the coat to and
from har mills, and tha spinning Indus
try It reported as being In a most
Boa risking condition.
The American mills are paying sat-
teafetory dividend* on their horn* bus
iness and that they ar* not "money
IMP la Rwes by tha- IndIVer*nee
and neglect shown by our spinners In
M earn paring with England In the
foreign markets for the tale of Amer
These tacts point the way to tome
a wholesome aad necessary enterprise
liar tha tutor*
“MISTAKE NUMBER SEVEN.”
Our esteemed contemporary of The Journal being human Is also fal
lible. and measured by Its fallibility w* ara willing to coaead* that It Is
essentially human.
Our contemporary baa made many mistake* aloe* It amerced from
the recent state campaign In the presUga of Its own rigorous advocacy,
and In the greater and reflected glory of the all-conquering candidate for
whom it stood.
ft Is not our design to go backward over the pathway of the months
to revive errors which bav* perhaps bean forgotten and which It la cer
tainly none of our business to recall. ,
We rise now meekly In our place to suggest that our eontemporsry
has made a very serious and lamentable mistake In Its assault of Tuesday
evening upon the Integrity and loyalty of the Chamber of Commerce.
Not to speak of tha very apparent discourtesy to some distinguish
ed gentlemen who. however much we may differ with them, war* for
the time being the guests of the city and at least men of reputable stand
ing In the world. It appears a most serious and unwarranted reflection
upon that eminently conservative and honorable body, the Chamber of
Commerce, to assert or even to Infer that Its political morals bad been cor
rupted and that It had surrendered to the- railroads aad compromised Its
consistency In political economics.
The'nature and terms of this assault are calculated to cripple the
usefulness of the Chamber, and to Injure permanently and deeply the *f-
foctlveneas of the most useful and representative body of our municipal
life.
In the opinion of The Georgian, the Chamber of Commerce, which
does ao many things, baa rarely don* a batter or wiser thing than In
lorillng the moat Important railway magnate of the South to discuss with
the business men of Atlanta tha most Imminent and transcendent problem
of our times.
Thera was not the slightest basis for the Inference that In extend
ing this Invitation the Chamber of Commerce was committed cither for
ward or backward to an Indorsement of Ur. /Inlay's views any more than
It would be a legitimate Inference to credit the Chamber of Commerce
with Republican politics If it should Inrite Senator Beveridge or Secretary
Shaw to addreas one of Ita annual meetings.
The railroad question Is the all-absorbing topic of the economic
hour. There ara some things that era know about It and there are many
things that we do not know, and there Is no batter way to know aod to
understand any question than to bear both sides of it discussed by those
who are beat able to furnish Information and to It vs alike both the facte
which surround It and the policies which move IL
Measured by this practical proposition, this annual entertainment of
the Chamber of Commerce was as timely and aa educative as any which
that great and honorable body haa celebrated In recent years.
The great curse of our Bouthern politics has been the one-sided dis
cussions upon which our Intelligent and patriotic electorate have been
forced to make up their opinions and to cast their ballots. The Georgian
has always argued that In periods of personal or economic crise* a great
public which Is at last a mighty jury was entitled to hear both the argu
ment for the proaecutlon and the argument for the defense—the plea of
the state and the plea of the accused—before a verdict could be tendered
that was In accordance with justice and with wisdom. It was npon this
basis that In the lest campaign The Georgian urged that President Spen
cer and President Hanson and Counselor Baxter should give the railroad
side of the question In the great centers of Georgia, while our distinguished
governor was prosecuting his magnificent campaign In opposition to
their policies throughout the state.
The Journal had not the slightest foundation for Impeaching or Im
pugning the Integrity aod fairnesa of the Chamber of Commerce upon
the Incident of President Finley's Invitation to address that body. Our es
teemed contemporary seems to have reached the point of frensy upon this
question, that It actually “sees things at nights,” and bnUds up a bugaboo
which Is purely a figment of the Imagination. If The Journal would con
fide tp the public the name of the Informant upon whose authority It Inti
mated that the Chamber of Commerce had been captured by tie rail
roads and that resolutions would be Introduced Indorsing Mr. Finlay and
his policies, there would be a better and larger foundation for the very
ungracious attack of Tuesday afternoon. 8o far as we have been able
to discover It was not In the mind or In the purpose of a single Individual
or that chamber to latrodnoe such resolutions or to esprass In any way
any opinion on the part of the chamber touching Mr. Finley and the poll-
dee of the Southern railway. It was from first to last an educative con
ference between a great and offlolal representative of the mighty trans
portation Interests of the South, aad tha great body of strong, dear-headed
business men whose Interests and prosperity were touched by this great
Interest And this conference came at a Urns when the problem was In
such acute stage and when oertaln great change* were In process between
the transportation lines and tha publlo, that perhaps In all America at this
particular, jime the Chamber of Commerce could hare presented no topic
so thoroughly and ritelly Interesting and no speaker so prominent and offi
cially representative.
The Chamber of Commerce heard Mr. Finley gladly; It heard him
with perfect respect and with tha perfect courtesy due from a courteous
people to a distinguished gentleman and official. There waa no single In
cident which committed the Chamber of Commerce In any way to an In
dorsement of Mr. Finley'* policies. Although for our oem part we do not
hesitate to say that tha nature and spirit of bis message must have com
mended Itself at least to the respect and consideration of the eminently In
telligent and representative men who listened to him.
We credit The Atlanta Journal with honesty and Integrity of opinion
In Its attitude toward tha railroads. W* have no desire to reflect In any
degree npon Its motives or sincerity, but ere cannot fall to regret that so
able and ao representative a newspaper ahonld ao tar forget Itself at to
have levied without provocation, and at hat been demonstrated, without
auy foundation, a wholesale and Injurious reflection upon the political and
commercial loyalty of the whole representative business body of Atlan
ta's Ilf*.
We do not know the attitude of our esteemed contemporary upon the
general question of apologies, hut we take the liberty to suggest that If
It believes In verbal reparation, there was never a time In Ita history when
an apology would be more appropriate than In this Instance.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Everybody In Georgia la glad that The Augusta Chronic!* will rise
I'hoenlx-llke from Its ashes.
The Chronicle Is the nestor of journalism In Georgia. Its history
of service Is a part of the history of the state. Its files ar* eloquent vrith
the tones which have helped to build public opinion for n hundred year*.
Its roster of editors Includes names that are never-to-be-forgotten In
Georgia. It haa always been a good paper—never better than now under
Its brilliant and forceful editor.
COLLIER'S AND GENERAL LEE.
Colllcr'a Weekly In alternate Interval! of catholic patriotism and of
speculative provincialism, pleas** and Irritates the South.
We think In the main that Mr. Hapgood means to b* fair, hut Ilka
too many of his contemporaries of Immediate environment he projects
his philanthropy upon the basis of a thousand mile* of prospective, and
gets our Southern problems and our Bouthern motives all awry.
Rut upon things which Collier's Weekly understands. It Is nearly al
ways sane and wholesome and strong, and we have to thank It In this
conneetlon for a very teree but effectlvtetribute to Robert K. Lee in answer
to tome very narrow and foolish criticisms mad* by lb* “Department Pa
triotic Instructor of the Grand Army of the Republic,” who lives In Oaks-
looaa, lows, and thinks that Collier's did wrong to prala* tha Confederate
hero.
And. with fine spirit Colliers' declares that Lee acted always from ths
noble** of motives, snd that It Is too 1st* tor any part of our country to
attempt to undervalue him.
While we always feel kindly to ths public voices which speak for ths
best beloved of all our Southern men, wa scarcely feel that General Lee
any longer needa defense or eulogy. He Is securely fixed In the common
judgment of the whole country aa one of the first Americans, tad In the
enduring Judgment of the South aa the finest and moat perfect man that
has lived within these nineteen hundred years.
Time will only deepen Ibis Just snd righteous estimate and no “de
partment Instructor'' of any organisation, martial or civic, will find It In
his power to pluck one leaf from hte fadeless laurels or to dim oa* ater la
his radiant crow*
WHAT OF THE RAILROAD FUTURE?
The speech of President Finley before tbe Chamber of Commerce on
Tuesday evening was vary much In lin* with tb* pacific and conciliatory
utterances which b* has made In other cities at othej times since be as
sumed the executive direction of ibe great railway system of the South.
Wa have from time to time commended the spirit and temper of these
remarks, and wa taka great pleasure In renewing the commendation at this
time. ,
It Is a little late perhaps, but It te very proper that the railroads
should awaken to the necessity of due consideration for the shipper and
the traveler and the public generally, and we believe that Mr. Finley,
whose executive responsibility does not go back to the period of Indiffer
ence and neglect, te thoroughly sincere In the outline of a policy which
)« at least promising for tbe future. We are thoroughly convinced that
the president of the Southern te doing good In the main by tbe aplrit and
temper of hte utterances, and that (be very rude asperities between
the railroads and tb* public are being softened by the speeches he has
W* realise folly that tbe disadvantage under which Mr. Finley labors
. te In tha fact that tha American public te very fully and very decidedly
aroused over the past Indifference and Injustice of the railroads, that they
have learned to be suspicions of railroad deliverances,' and that perhaps
they carry to tbe point of Injustice the apprehension that railroad official*
are not always sincere In their professions that they make. This senti
ment atlll exists aa a barrier to the complete acceptance of Mr. Finley’s
wise and sincere tssurances which will doubtless never be taken at tbalr
full vain* until the railroads have given some practical and commercial
evidence of their change of heart.
The two points auound which Mr. Finley’s speech revolves was the
plea Implied and expressed for greater consideration, patience and en
couragement for the railroads, and the protest against any legal reduc
tion of tha rates, either of travel or'of freight
Both of these pleas may perhaps be met In tha general statement
that the public Is neither unjust nor unreasonable. Tbe people realise the
vast service which tb* railroads have done for the country In the past
and the Indispensable necessity of railroads to their prosperity and devel
opment In the future. The people In general we believe to be thorough
ly willing that the railroads should prosper, that they should make a liv
ing, and that they should pay a dividend upon their Investments. But the
people are not now and never again will be willing that the railroads
should earn large dividends upon a valuation which te unjust and Inac
curate In Ita estimate of the amount of money which their owners and
stockholders have Invested In these properties. In-other words, -the peo
ple, however Just or unjust, are not willing that the railroads should pay
dividends upon heavily watered stock.
Mr. Finley stated on last evening that the values of the railroad prop
erties In thly country were In the neighborhood of sixteen thousand mil
lion dollar*, and If this be true neither Mr. Finley nor other experts In
these lines will for a moment deny that at least eight and perhaps nine
thousand million dollars of thla estimate represent watered stock.
Here, then, Is the point of difference between the railroads and the
people, a difference whlob we are sorry that Mr. Finley did not touch
upon and for which wc regret be offence between the railroads and the
future. 1
If the railroads themselves cannot make a proper estimate of the
real valuation of their atock or the real amount of money that has been
Invested In the properties, then the government through Hi commission
should promptly make this valuation upon fair and equitable lines and the
people should understand In exact figures Just upon wbat sum the railroad
te antitied to earn dividends, and by regulation restrict Its earnings to
thst bssls.
The Florida supreme court his recently decided that the railroads
have no right to earn dividends of any kind until they have equipped
their lines of transportation with the facilities to meet tbe public demand
In transportation and In freight capacity, and this poaltlon seems to be
sound even If It appear to the railroads to be harsh and unjust.
The one thing that te too often forgotten 1a that In all these esti
mates of ownership, the people are unjustly left out. For tho people tn
themselves by reason of their magnificent and lavish gift of the franchises
upon which the railroads are run are. In every sense of tho word, partners
In the enterprise and are to be respected and considered accordingly.
In the matter of reducing the rates of transportation, we are con
fronted with two facts. First, that the reduction of transportation has
always been fought by the railway lines upon the basis that they could
not live upon a smaller rate of fares. This was notably true when the
passenger rate eras legally reduced to 3 cents a mile. It was claimed
then by tha railroads that they would be run Into bankruptcy by this en
actment, yet we have seen since then that railroad patronage has In
creased and railroad earning* have been multiplied to a fabulous degree.
Tbe railroads are fighting now tho reduction of the passenger rate un
der the same plea, and even while we pause to remember ths (vindication of
the popular will In that first Instance, we recall thst at tbls particular
time the volume of freight and of transportation te multiplied a thou
sand fold and ought to furnish an even better and more plausible answer
to tbe railroad apprehension than it did when their fares were first
brought down to 3 cents.
Fortunately for this question there are some ten or eleven slates
which have already reduced the passenger rate on railroads, and we shall
have an opportunity at an early date to observe the effect of this reduction
upon the revenues of the transportation lines and can better see whether
It works an ln^usl'pe amounting to serious Injury.
Behind the whole question looms tbe fact that we see no Immediate
remedy for the situation and no promise of an early amergtng from the
dlstreasful and appalling condltloni of Irregularity and Inadequacy which
envelops tho railroad situation at the present time.
To The Ocorglan the moat significant thing In the ipeech of Mr. Fin
ley was the fact that so great and so practical a railroad man as he Is.
and speaking with such evident sincerity aa he did, that ho failed to show
us Just where we were to come out of this situation with what the peoplo
demanded both In equipment and In treatment from toe roads.
In this view of the question and In the outlook which te before us.
thoughtful men everywhere are beginning with much greater Interest to
as* themselves the question whether the railroads under the present man
agement are capable of remedying tho extraordinary tangle Into which
they Jtave wound themselves, it 1s a question whether anything lets than
the atrong hand of the government cat unwind this tangled skein of present
conditions, and certainly the railroads themselves have done more to pop
ularise and practlcallze the theory of government ownership than any
evangel who has yet spoken upon that question.
The people are no longer alarmed by the bugbear of “graft" and the
threat of a great "political machine" growing out of government owner
ahlp. Certainly the government whose other departments have been so
honestly conducted could not Indulge any greater graft than that which
has been written In watered stocks, and the absence of great political ma
chines In other departments of the government In this enlightened day
goes far toward giving a negative to this other apprehension.
Under ordinary circumstances things move slowly and great theories
grow by slow degrees.' But things are moving with amatlng rapidity at
this time. Conditions and situations which were more than we could
have forecasted or hoped for six months ago are changing most mightily
the aspect of affair* both In the railroad question and In the race question.
And this much at least may be laid: That never before has the prop
osition of government ownership of railroads loomed so probable or ap
peared so desirable aa It 1s at the present time.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Army Ordart.
Wathtaftna. March K*Ha ialltarlBg 5F
tfrra hav# brea laaard:
RRemit rbarlea flrhaffaer. Infantry re-
rmlt depot. Fort Riorum. transferred m
prlvaU to foaftpan) t\ bnapltal r«rj»*; m
•ml ImcpItaU Washington Harrarka
Prlrat* Frederick R. powers.
Naval Ordara.
gunner A. C. tUrlnlmnner, to naval yard,
* Warrant Maehlnlat O. A. Currie, placed
on retired Hat.
Movements of Vassals.
ARItlVKir-Marrh 1*. I^ul.i.ua at llamp
'"5 Jtf&S! NsreklS.Oilvv.lTO. at Tlcetsta.
i.WUJi.esiiSSaLk. •""I'klq. from Ha
van* Tt>r Guantanamo.
of tbe railed Btatea.
Private William Bmwcr. CotBt>niir K.
Fourth Infantry. Fart Thnmaa, tranafrrreNt
vlre. Infantry, to Port
w.ittn
• ate (laylTO 3\ William.. I-i«iii>iih
rorrtlt roswil. rvrroH Avpol. J.ffvlvuu
barracks, durhsrged frost Urn tray.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
The worn* thing about honeaty la tbe
way yon can t get rich by It
It nover tuakra a girl tim| to dance till
lt*t fo grt np th** nett day.
Tbe mean* iV* men Tivc run advice on
bn* to do It la*lMt aura* It Isn't tbe real
W Vkv. a
* really r«.l dlspori
In these days of rapidly fluctuating values of
many stocks and bonds, is it not wiser and more
conservative to have your money drawing Pour
Per Cent Interest Compounded, in the
MADD0X RU0KER BANKING COMPANY,
with a Capital and Surplus of more than
$700,000.00, where you can draw it any day if
you need the cash?
EX-GOV. N0RTHEN DEFENDS
HIMSELF AND HIS WORK
FROM AN UNFAIR ASSAULT
To the Editor of The Georgian:
My attention haa Juki been called to
an editorial In Sunday'* Issue of Ths
Atlanta Journal. I spoke boro this
morning In the court bout* to a mag
nificent audience of eplendld men on
“Criminal AoaaulU" upon women, and
the savagery of murderous mobs, as
ths danger element* In our civilisa
tion. ' The audience unanimously in
dorsed, to a man, every word I said.
Half my speech hers and at every
place I speak. Is given to asking the
people to tell me how we ran heap out
rage and Infamy from the fair woman
of the state, aa perpetrated by brutish
negroes and ths other half denounces,
with all th* (rawer I can command, tbe
member* of moba, aa aavag*s destroy
ing'the civilisation for which our fa
thom died. This Is all and nothing
more.
After I had finished my epeech. Mr.
Cobb, evidently a roost excellent young
man, resident here and the correspond
ent for The Atlanta Journal, came to
me to aek If I had seen an editorial In
The Journal attacking the work 1 am
doing. 1 told him I had not. He said
he would go for a copy, that I might
read It.
I read tpe editorial aloud In the pret
ence of a company of gentlemen who
were standing around me and when I
finished, In hoi wrath and righteous In
dignation 1 pronounced certain state
ment! therein absolutely and slander
ously false. Now, In my cooler mo
ments I repeat the statement, “they are
absolutely and slanderously false.'
I asked Mr. Cobb If he had heard my
speech. He said he went out specially
to hear It and he heard every word I
said. 1 asked him If I said anything
thst could subject me to the criticism
made upon me In the editorial I bad
just read In the presence of the gentle;
men about me. He replied. “Ton
hu did
not say any such words.” H* then ex
pressed-surprise that the editor of The
Journal and I did not understand each
other. 1 told him the editor of The
Journal and I fully underatood each
other. I said to him I had written two
personal letters to the editor of The
Journal, without his solicitation, that I
might have him fully understand what
I waa doing. He seemed not to under
stand, because he would not publish
any matter In his paper that I sent to
him for publication. To neither of
these letters haa he ever made reply. I
explained In the edjlor what I was do
ing and what I was not doing. He has
copies of all the literature I distribute.
If he now says he did not understand,
hit statement will be meanly falee.
Air. Cobb asked me If I would reply
to the criticism. I told him I certainly
would. 11s asked me It I would not re
ply through The Journal, as,-In that
way. the people who read the critlclem
would read my answer. I said poet
lively, “No.” I will not humiliate my
self again, by writing any more com-
celved a letter from Governor Northon
In which he aaya he te discussing noth-
Ing upon earth but assaults upon wom.
en by negro brutes and the burning
and lynching of negroes by brute
white men. I am asking the people to
study the question and tall us how wa
can prevent both.”
These word* ar* embodied In the el.
Itorlal In question, and, yet, he rites
up. In the presence of th* fair women
of our state and In the presence of our
decadent clvllliatlon. to say that 1 must
quit this great work because I am
about to give back to the negro hie
vote.
Can the people of Georgia, brave and
chivalrous men as they are, look thla
condition of things squarely In the face
and not grow hot with Indignation and
wrath at such an expression?
He knows, and all my friends know,
that 1 am wearing tha end of my life
away, and that It Is speedily going,
while I stand out In the open and con
spicuous for the protection of our
women against villainous assadlts.
while this man writes a two-column
editorial calling me oft so that a ne
gro may not have tha chance to vote.
Away! away! away! with such miser
able rot and such contemptible utter-
ancea
“Upon what meat hatji this our Cae.
sar fed that he has grown so great r'
Is It possible that no man In Georgia
can open hte mouth In denunciation of
matters that threaten us with Infamy
and outrage, except by hte consent anil
under hte order?
Now, hear the Infamous attack hs
has openly made against me person
ally.
After a struggle, a hard struggle of
more than seventy yean, to make my
life, by the grace of God. pure and sim
ple and good, he haa the Impudence is
present me to the public aa a villain,
nigh akin to the devil himself. Hear
him: “It th* governor making a can
vass In Oeergla *> hit own stikuwhi .
using hit own private meads-far tear
munlcatlons to the editor-of The Jour
nal. I asked him If he was going to re
port my speech to The Journal. He
said that was hla purpose. 1 said,
course you will report me correctly.”
He replied, "Moot certainly." t then
said to Mr. Cobb: 'The Journal
not publish your report. Thla I know,
because other correspondents at other
places have made such reports and
these reports have not appeared In The
Journal."
So much for thla Interview.
I have a letter from ex-Oovemor Mc
Daniel. It reads aa fallows: "It Is un
necessary for me to assure you of my
thorough sympathy In your effort to
nrnuae the people lo the dangers of all
forms of lawlessness, particularly the
excesses of mobs and to direct their
attention to the better enforcement of
the criminal laws of the state, by or
derly procedure of the courts. You
are engaged In a great work and I wish
you abundant aucceee; Indeed, t am
sure you will accomplish much good.”
1 have a similar let»»r from Major
. C. C. Black, of Augusta I have a
mom beautiful letter from'Dr. Theron
H. Rice, one of the bast men that ever
walked the earth. I have tetters from
people outside of our mate, and, better
then all there letters, I have the spoken
bleeetngs and the pmyers of the women
of Georgia.
1 A splendid woman who keeps the
beautiful hotel at Prestpn, rut my bill
more than half because she said, as 1
paid It. you are doing good work for the
women of the state.
Mrs. Lovett, the splendid little wom
an who keeps the hotel st Wrtghtevllle,
did everything ehe knew to make me
comfortable and got up before day her
self to cook my breakfast, so that' 1
could slnrt, In the rain, a long Journey
of twenty-elghl mile* across the coun
try from Wrtghtevllle tn Bwalneboro. to
speak for the women of the elate, and
when I naked her for my bill, ehe said
you do not owe me one cent. Oh, men
of Georgia, listen to the appeal of the
women of the state, while you despise,
absolutely despise, the effort of the edi
tor of The Journal tn call me down. In
their magnificent presence, to that he
can keep a negro from voting. 1 might
tell you much more on this line, but I
Mrbenr, In gratitude on the one tide
and imsltlve disgust on the other.
Now. let me say :n the public: Hoke
Smith and t'lark Howell fully under
stand my position In the recent state
campaign. They know thnt no living
man has ever heard me express myself
on the questions at Issue then. Hoke
Smith and ('lark Howell, for many
years, have both been my strong per
sonal aqd political friends. 1 honor
and love, them both. Let It be dis
tinctly understood 1 did not tak* posi
tion on any question discussed in the
rnmpslgn. 1 was out of tha state tho
day of voiing. I would not have voted
If I had been In Georgia Th# truth Is
I was Indifferent to this special Issue.
I wrote letters to Mr. Smith and
Mr. Howell after th* campaign. There
gentlemen-both know esactly-where I
aland am! so does the editor of The
Atlanta Journal. He ran see nothing
in the purity of the women of the state
bigger than a negro’s vote. I have no
concern whatever os lo the result of
ths Issues of that cumpaign on the lln*
the editor of The Journal Is now dis
cussing. I do not cars a fig one wgy or
the other
The editor of The Journal haa ac
tually quoted ine In lie editorial III
question, distinctly defining whet I am
doing.
Jit quotes as follows* “W* have re
purpose. or Is It a fund furnished by
somebody who would reverse the will -4-
the people by defeating disfranchise
ment?"
Tbla contemptible Insinuation I de
spise with all th* strength of my soul,
as I despite the spirit and the man
who made It.
When did It ever become thebusl-
ness or the right of this man to Inquire
where I get my money, unless he think*
I steal It? How dare he openly and
Impudently present me to the people a*
the hired tool of "somebody” to do
dirty work, a* he thinks, for p*y! Now
let me answer him. I have not charged
one cent «f my expenses to the commit
tee I have the honor to represent. Thle
they know. I have not asked any man
to give me one dollar to pay my trav
eling expenses or my hotel bills. On*
man, who lives outside th* state, and
who Is Interested In suppressing os-
saults and suppressing mob, offered to
give me money to help In tb* work I
am doing. This I declined. Later on
he eent me 3100 and naked to bn al
lowed to help. This I then allowed him
to do. Yea you man of The Journal.
I am paying my own expenses. Hoke
Smith can tell you about what such *
campaign coats.
I have now gone as far, on my own
account, aa I ought to go, In Juttlre to
my family. I am ready to rerelve money
from any man who want* to help, whits
man or negro, except the editor of Ths
Atlanta Journal, to carry, throughout
the state, the work that 1 have under
taken. and to which I have contemned
my life, my service, and, If necessary,
my blood. _ . „
If no man Will help me. then I shall
lean upon God and go again umll I
have traversed th* otet*. at my own
expense, speaking for the women ot
Georgia and for our civilisation that I*
fast going Into decay.
Now, let me say once more to the
editor of The Journal and, through you,
to the people of the state, while 1 do
not care the flip of my Anger as to
what th# legislature wlU do about the
disfranchisement of the negro. If tno
editor of The Journal wants to make
the Issue between the disfranchisement
of the negro and the protection ot
women from outrage and criminal as
sault and treeing the elate from ih*
savagery of moba, let him say sr
lit 11) • BIIU A Will Hh!* 1 , . . t
...at part of the state through which I
have now traveled and complete the
state In other poiflon* and blast w"
and hla paper with Infamy blacker
than night. Now, let him come nut
and say so. and an outraged peoplo
will rise up and crush The Journal
Into eternal forgetfulness.
I am not at all Interfering with his
Issue, and he must hot lt-erferr sli»
mine. This great etate ha* not >«
been subjected to one man power, ana
God forbid It-should ever be subjected
to the editor of The Atlanta Journal.
Let me again Impress It. I have got
nothing to do with his disfranchise
ment, nor htv* I had. I challenge hit
statement and bring for proof the
ecore* and hundred* of men who ha«s
heard me at th* different places si
which I have spoken.
Thle matter Is now "a closed Issue
between me and The Journal.
1 have written by thle mall. a»ki"*
that tbe paper be stopped and kept oa>
of my home. t __
No paper ehall be read by the w-nnw"
of my family which makes the sirtjj
of a pure woman subject to any l- “
that engages the attention of an am
bltlous politician, who hopes some a»y
to ride Into power over those psople
Georgia who engaga In and favor m-h_-
No paper shall coma Into my home inti
would rather see our civilisation dr‘*J
than murderous mob* denounced ana
the editor loe* votes thereby. ,
1 know The Journal te a gr*»< »"?
powerful paper. With all the muliuud*
of Its subscribers shouting hu,ta ' „„
Its editor, h* can crush me !o u '“ n .
and grind me to powder, but. God hem
Ing me. I will go down under W* gm*
and powerful - influence .before 1 £ _
kl* and band a knee to his i”“ ,r
truck!
to destroy.
Now bring out you? doge or " ■
and hi* tham on. I don't car# what
think nor what you nay, while »
upon God aad hear th# peopl"
unanimously, aa He moves them i; -
trrance. I am speaking n rtehj'" f
effort to recover the rtvlllna**" n
which our patriotic dead so glad!) *
iheir live*, tbslr treasure-A" ' ;"
blood. Why *«•!<“ no* jjjj*
Malax boro. Ga, March 13.