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TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, APRIL 13. 1^17.
!XHE4TLANTA GEORGIAN
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. OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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OUlT”PLATFORM: The Georgian
and New* stands for Atlanta’s ownlug
Its own gas and electric light plant*,
as it now owns Its water works. Other
cities do this and get gnu as low a* 60
rent*, with n profit to the city. This
should be done at once. The Georgian
nod News bellere* tlist If street rail
ways ran 1m* operated successfully by
European cJUst. as they are, there Is
no good reason why they ran not he ao
operated here. Rul vrm do not bellsva
this can he done now, and It may bo
some yearn l*efore we are readjr for no
Idg an undertaking. HUM Atlanta
should set Us fact la (bat direction
NOW.
The Y. M. C. A.—Shall It Halt in
Its Well-Doings?
In the spiritual development and
temporal aid of women no orffanlxatlon
has been ao potent a factor a* the
Young Women - * Christian Association.
t In every city of civilised countries. In
the schools and colleges of the world,
and even In the desert dices of heath
en lands—wherever exists a woman's
need—there alao doea the organisation
stretch forth a friendly and protecting
hand.
In Atlanta. It* boarding home and
the opportunities of recreation, study
and phyalcal culture offered by Its
lunch room, library’ and gymnasium
have become Indispensable to the great
number of bualneaa women to whom
the door of these opportunities wouM
be otherwise closed. At the lunch
rooms each day may be seen over one
hundred and fifty women, who obtain
lunch or dinner here at k nominal price
and who apend thalr one pr two noon
hours reading, retting or talking with
their friends Instead of walking the
streets or remaining In their offices. At
the close nr the dinner period these'
women return to their work, refreshed
mentally, bodily and apiritually.
It la amall wonder, therefore, that
when H becaml known last week that
the T. W. C. A. headquarters In Atlanta
must close this summer for lack *>f
funds, there was consternation among
tha hundreds of women who patronise
the organisation. Now, the work of the
Y. M. C. A. Is not a charily, but Is a
co-operative movement supported by
the .patronage of tbo business woman
and by tbs community. Tha working
women of Atlanta have given their
patronage to the organisation. They
have lived In lls home, they hsveteken
their meals at lit lunch room, have
aubacrlbed to Ita courses of study.
Shall It be raid then that the work
must be suspended throughout thy
summer for tack of co-operation from
the Atlanta public?
This la literally true. The city ut
Athens some years ago launched Its
T. W. C. A. with a subscription list of
one hundred cltlsens paying five dollars
annually. The city of Atlanta boasts
today an annuel subscription list of
thirty citizens, paying five dollars!
Will you permit the V. W. C. A. ;*>
dose this summei '.’ Shall the women
and girls apend their noon hour on the
sireei*? Or will you contribute to thy
funds?
HumanitailanUni Is simply putting
yourself In the other person's place.
This requires some Imagination, but it
1* worth while. The Xasarene said:
"Whatsoever ye do unto ths least cf
these ye do also unto Me.” And ceu-
turtes later a poet Bounded tha uni,
keynote of brotherhood when he wrote.
"If you want an Inacrtptlon to read at
dawn and at night ttme. and for pleas
ure or for pain, write upon the n alls
of your house, in letters for the nun to
gild and the moon to allver, ‘Whatever
happens to another, happens to one-
►elf.’ ”
Whatever happens to these girls an j
women happens to you ami to me.
Khali vi take from them this summer
their lunch room* thalr recreation and
Ihrir rest?
AN OVERLOADED NATION.
One of our large public enterprise*- 1 -# charity to a certain extent—
the Tabernacle auditorium project. It wav announced Sunday. Is very near
the necessity of abandonment. The cause assigned for this state of
affairs -Is that ao many similar enterprise# are on foot—hospitals and the
. like—tlmt the* Tabernacle auditorium movement has been to a degree
crowded out.
This Is significant. No matter where we turn, we see the overloading,
over-borrowing evil Indulged to an alarming degree. Churches, colleges,
schools, hospital*, business enterprise* of every kind nnd cities and na
tions. all are so far abend of themselves financially that If they had to
pay their debts they would be ruined. University projects, financed with
notes, given by Individuals, with no security, churches with mortgages
running Into thousands of dollars, medical colleges struggling to keep
their Intereet paid, and business men and railroads living In fear of their
financial obligations are some of the factors In this growing practice.
It Is wrong, all wrong—this overloading habit, and leads to a weak,
frothy, honey-combed business existence. Overloading- and overreaching
have become a habit with us. Young men order clothing before the
money Is In sight. Stocks are bought on margtne with nothing - left to
cover a fall In prices. Men borrow money to the tull limit of their securi
ties, with nothing left for a rainy day’s depression. New churches or
ganise from out already Impoverished churches and rush Into an effort to
build expensive houses of -worship, only to struggle along an Impoverished
existence, with their half-paid pastors preaching debt-raising Sunday
after Sunday to tha exclusion of the gospel.
We need churches, we need hospitals, and we need enterprise, but
we need a more conservative and sane manner of handling them. If our
people desire church privileges, then we can hardly see the consistency
In a West End cltlxen traveling a mile or two to a favorite church, while
Jie passes many unfilled Ones on his way: nor In a Brookwood family
going three or four miles through town, while a half-dozen churchei need
them nearer home.
If there could be more unity of purpose, the combined resources of
two or three churches, minus the expense of maintaining separate con
gregations, would give one big healthy congregation that could do things,
Just as the Tabernacle has done for years.
Dr. Broughton jitui Ills enemies—a few of us do have one or two—but
no one can discount the fact that the Tabernacle has used Its money for
hospital and other work of njercy, while the old building has taken care
of Itself.
The Tabernacle deserves a building If any Institution or any body In
Atlanta does, and white we Implore all good people as a general thing to
do without rather than 'plunge headlong Into a sea of debt such as Is now
all but overwhelming so many similar enterprises, yet the Tabernacle
auditorium la too great and worthy an enterprise; the scope of Its pur
poses are too broad and too humane, and It has progressed too nearly to
ii decision of Its successful establishment to permit It now to fall for want
of a few more thousands of dollars.
A successful man In Cincinnati, who started with a few hundred dol
lars years ago, now employs 250 machinists, doea nearly a million a year
business and always keeps enough real cash locked up-ln a vault to pay
his men for eeveral months, If trouble should come, says banks might
fall and business cease, but he will have enough to keep running and take
cars of his men.
Let's have enterprise, let's |wv* new buildings, let's have churches
and hospitals, but let's learn a lesson from the railroad* and similarly
overloaded, over-capitalized and over-borrowed enterprises, and not eat
our cake until we get It.
The lesson The Georgian would point Is that of the necessity of con
serving all resources to be drawn upon In the promotion and upbuilding
of such enterprises as these. Concentrate what time and energies you
have to expend nnd money you have to give upon the worthiest and most
far-reaching undertaking at hand. In the present situation there can be
little doubt that the Tabernacle auditorium meets these specifications. So
we say, keep at It until it is built.
A NATIONAL ISSUE AT ALBANY.
LTidsr’thls title Mr. Frederick Palmer discusses at length In Collier's
for April 20 Governor Hughes' public utilities bill, which he Insists is the
most complete and systematic, measure for the control of corporate abuses,
nnd may prove a model for other states and for the nation. He sums up
what the public utilities bill means as follows:
New York state Is divided Into two districts wltb a commission In each
wfilch has unprecedented power.
Either can order devices, changes In equipment or In regulations of
employees considered necessary for the passengers' safety, examine all
papers, records and books of any person or company engaged In public ser
vice.
Its consent Is necessary to all franchises, capitalizations. Issues of
stocks and bonds, leases or transfers, and mergers.
It controls train schedules, fixes new rates for transportation of
freight or passengers or for gas or electric light when the old are found
unjust; sets the standard of electric voltage and gas purity. '
Its offices are open from 9 a. m. to 11 p. in. for the hearing and In
vestigation of public complaints. Whsu number of cars and the amount
of motive power are Inadequate It can order an adequate Increase ax
well as repairs aud Improvements nnd exlrs sidings where the demand
warrants them.
. Impartiality to shippers Is assured. Freight bulks shall not be broken
eu route. No matter how many roads It passes over, a consignment
must go continuously to Its destination. No .Dad shall have an advan
tage ovpr another on any road In the tranafer of through freight.
Any action brought In (lie courts by the commission against a corpo
ration uinit have precedence over all civil caaes except those concerning
elections. This puts an end to legal delay.
For every failure to comply with the luw or the rulings of the com
mission the limit of fine for railroads and streat-car lines la $5,000. for gas
and electric companies $1,000. Each succeeding day of non-compliance
-■ball count as a separate offense. Thus disobedience would not pay. It
might cost $150,000 a month.
THE NEW YORK MORNING TELEGRAPH SECONDS THE
MOTION.
The New York Morning Telegraph stoutly seconds the suggestion
mads by th* editor of The Georgian at the Bryan banquet In Chatta
nooga. The Telegraph says:
Many good tilings come nut of the South. That section of the coun
try emotional at tlmta, but almost Invariably sane and safe In the last
analysis. I* Initiative, and now It has made a sans suggestion to all the
people. Let Mr. Bryan put Mr. Roosevelt in nomination at the next Dem
ocratic national convention. euggeatH John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, and
to this The Morning Telegraph, a Democratic newspaper of the conserva
tive school; says “Amen" and "Amen.” Theodore Roosevelt may not be
the greatest Democrat alive, but he Is without doubt the greatest Demo
crat In the public.eye.
He la everything that the Democratic party stands for: everything
that the traditions of tha party love and esteem.
That he would accept a nomination coming from tha Democratic party
goes without saying, for the reason that hla own political associates, with
whom he has little In common, would not dare to name another man.
once before In the history of this country—under Monro*—there was an
"area of good feeling.”
The fact cannot be blinked that Theodore Roosevelt Is the most popu
lar man in America today. If he should come up for office he would receive
more than 75 per cent of the popular vote. Why not make hint the presi
dent of the whole people, and for four years live under the administration
of a man who holds his commission from all of us'.'
Th* Morning Telegraph Is a conservative newspaper. -Jt has taken es
pecial pride heretofore In the fact Hint It does not fly off at a tangent, and
ytt It feels thut It Is doing a public service when Jt calls upon all par
ties and all party leaders lo offer President Roosevelt another term.
POLICE OF ATLANTA
AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
llvorsid
it the Editor of The Georgian
WIU you grant me ■poi-e lo
groaus of thousands who live
and out aide of Atlanta?
The readlur public la. lit s uietiau-e. de
pendant on the Atlanta papera fur news
t recent Inane of Thu Journal, there
woa 430 Ilnra over 3,501 worda- about tho
police dcpartuieut of Atlatnn Nov, coin,
paratlvel; few people In Atlanta ttiid fewer
nut of Atlttnta cere to hear snylhtug aleiul
title HI smelling matter, which butt been
etirred tip. rukctl over, fumigated, dtslufcqt-
ed. reorganised, dlaorgaliinetl, disintegrated,
dinsectrd, illalaterred. ctnintlmed. notII few
care or know who la chief, outrun, rptinrtl.
Itoard. |Milieu commute*- or auythlug die
about It. All the; waut la a rear. If no
newa la available. tor pity's sake. have
mere; on the public oml leave a blank
apace Aa one old member of the Atlanta
force told me recently, the whole place
was like a den of old inside, each one
Jealous of the oilier, all afraid to apeak
ten Into into from the peue or Intwer;
luthlttice. The ptililli- will stand lunch, lint
there abollhl tie Mich n thing aa cleanlt-
neen in Koiuhern neweiutpcra tor while
people to read, and not try mid cmldaxou
every nasty notice trial, alitoug llle police
nnd among the prteonet-g. upon llm pages
bf decent papers. There la no ne***l to lav
le-fore onr 1m»;s and girls the Inner work
Inga nnd lives of every visitor lu Judge
Broyles’ dock, nor to take the rakluge
tif vlctonanean and prostitution nnd gather
them like gold nnd attempt tu atlrnct the
reading public bv display* of such.
X. K. SMITH.
Month-el lo. tin.. April 8. I So;.
The architect of the new .Singer
building in New York, forty Morten in
height, and exceeded In altitude by only
nne building In the world. Is Krneat
It Is estimated that $10,00*,tnio I* In
vested In the outfit of golf clubs in
England and that 2(1,000 people were
converted to the game In 190S. There
ate 2,00*) clubs and about 30.000. play
ers. and their total annual expendi
ture Im estimated at over 127.000,0*10.
an average of JSO for each player. At
the iwtr of a ball n golfer each week
_ _ li.noo.ooa balls are uned every y«ar by
irk'l aud i<Mths**mc mailer*aa rould i»c got- golfers on British links.
the editor* have let a lot *»f umrl*t*l t*oll*-e
reporters *lanl* Ilie pages «»f Atlanta dallies
with sa much vlte amclllsg, disgusting, pu
EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL
OF THE CHATTANOOGA SPEECH
OF JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
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BRYAN ANNIVERSARY CLUB. O
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O to Mr. Graves from Hon. R A. O
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0 of the Bryan Anniversary Club, O
0 under the auspices of which the O
O Bryan banquet was given, and O
0 who presided as toastmaster, O
0 should set at rest any false Im- O
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0 lion. John Temple Graves, Allan- O
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0 Dear Mr. Graves: O
0 Yoqr editorial In The Geor- 0
O glan of today paying tribute to 0
0 Mr. Bryan stamps you as a man O
0 that has a heart as large as the 0
0 whole country. I am sorry that 0
0 I did not get to see more of you O
0 while here. I hope I may have O
0 the pleasure of seeing you again. O
0 Very truly yours, O
O F. A. HOOD. O
0 President Bryan Anniversary 0
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0 Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11. O
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Commendation from St, Louis
Mr. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Sir:—Allow me to say that
you have sounded the sentiment of
every patriotic Democrat. Alight
(money) rules for a time, but right will
triumph In the end If our party mana
gers will but put their ear to the
ground. I heartily thank you fdr your
timely advice. I am,
» Y’oura truly,
E. M. BOSLEY.
St. Louis, Mo., April 11.
Bryan for Vice President.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta. Ga.
Dear Sir:—Your speech at the Bryan
meeting as per our morning papers,
Is favored by scores of Northern Re
publicans and Democrats, too, and as
one of the former, I would like to see
William J. Bryan aa vice president on
the same ticket. Tho South needs Just
such a ticket, and the North, too, for
that matter, with results which will
point In the right direction. 1 admire
your step, and It will bring good re
sults.
Most respectfully,
C. P. PACE, SR.
Chicago, III., April 11.
Wisest in Years.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta.Os.:
Gentlemen—Hurrah lor Colonel
Graves!
That Chattanooga speech Is the
wisest thing that has come this year
from a political banquet.
Roosevelt la as much a Democrat as
a Republican. He Is ns progressive as
Bryan. Bryan can't be elected as long
as Roosevelt guides the Republican
party. Both eland for the same prln-
Iples. It has been proven In glorious
achievements that Roosevelt can car
ry out hla policies. Who else has the
executive ability, the courage and In
fiuence combined to stand between th#
common people and theltrusta? There
Is no question but that Roosevelt can
finish enacting Into laws the rest, of
the main demands ol th* people In
both parties.
- There has been no time In the his
tory of the country when greater wis
dom. courage nnd experience were
needed In the president. We are pass
ing n crucial point, a time when old
pollcisa are superseded by new obliga
tions. The money domination Is the
only real Issue. It Is generally con
ceded that Roosevelt Is tha largest
man of the times—a man prngreaatve,
vet not radical, who can give justice
to both sides and get results, regardless
of obstacles. When we are satisfied
that he Is the best man tor the place,
why not continue hint while this Icru-
clal ttme needs a big man?
There Is only one question before the
country—the protection' of the people
from th* ravages of the money pow
ers. There should be a union or the
mass** In one party to support.Roose
velt and leave the corporations to run
the other opposition. It Is criminal
gnorance for the masses to. be di
vided now. They must join hands from
both sides of the old parly lines or
continue to be ruled from Wall street
Roosevelt Is curing the kings of greed
as no othdr American has done. Let
hint continue It.
Bryan Is a great awakener and ad
vocate, a great educator. That la his
field more than executive politics. He
can do more good ns he is doing than
as president, and will go down in his
tory as a greater man. Roosevelt It
air executive man. who can get any
thing done In the quickest time possi
ble. Bonn can't unify the Demo
cratic party now. not before It comes
out for government ownership of rail
roads. and that Is uot quite ripe enough
* . ...Im 1I.vI.-a Mmllti *x »• li'nllr ana tax
Cleveland Democrats and Harley Dem
ocrats and also Roosevelt Democrats,
but they were and are all of that office-
holding breetf of Democrats whose De
mocracy Is emasculated for tho sake
of holding a non or bt-partlaan office
with a salary attachment. Are you
certain that this Democratic Republi
can hybrid which you have named
Roosevelt will consent to be saddled
and ridden by a Democratic Jockey?
Won't he balk? Are you nlso sure
tliat the country could be saved with
out nominating Mr. Roosevelt? Sup
pose he should die! Have you a sub
stitute or on under-study? It strikes
me that Air. Bryan went you one better
when he aptly filled! this contingency
by suggesting LaFollette. Your speech
and letter remind me of the attitude In!
which the Republicans squarely placed
themselves In 1896 and 1900. They
declared that one man and only
one could save the county., from going
to the “demnltlon bow-wows,” and that
man was .McKinley. But how was It
after the president was shot? Do you
know who was one of the most fear
less, tireless and persistent abusers »f
Mr. Bryan? Nobody but Air. Roosi-
velt. Do you suppose that Teddy lias
saved this country? if so. from what
abyss of destruction has he safely
snatched you and I and about T9,999,998
other dear people nnd placed us upon
the pinnacle of prosperity, peace, jov
and happiness? It Is apparent that
you have never compared the situation
you have erected for yourself with that
of 1896. Atore than twenty states have
declared for Air. Bryan. None fyr
Roosevelt: not'even a Republican state.
Now, will you please point out In what
Important particular, giving names,
dates, places, circumstance or the poli
cies of Air. Roosevelt have afforded tho
people any relief whatsoever? Can
you suggest any one particular thing
which has been done by his profession
al Republican office-holders which ha*
redounded to the Interest of the entire
people? What particular tenet of Dem
ocratic principle has Theodore Imbibed
that justifies you In naming him as the
hybrid Democratic Republican whom
Air. Bryan shall nominate? Was It the
anti-ship subsidy principle or the re
vision and reduction of the tariff? What
use have you ever discovered Theo
dore put any Democrat to unless It was
an ardent, selfish purpose to have that
Democrat by his conduct and his words
and his work further the - stand-pat
doctrine of the Roosevelt Republican
party. He picks up a beaten Demo
crat from Kentucky and puts him on
the canal commission. What for? Sim
ply to create a division In the ranks of
the Kentucky Democracy. He osten
tatiously rides In the cab with a loco
motive engineer to catch the labor vote
of the Brotherhood, and denounces
Atoyer, Haywood and Harriman with
the same broad grin of elusive sinuosi
ty. He Ignores Foraker because the
senator Is working to show the Injus
tice of the president toward the negro
troops charged and discharged for al
leged complicity in the Jjrownsvllie
shooting and appoints a colored politi
cian from Columbus, Ohio, to a $4,000
position as auditor of the navy depart
ment. when the negro don’t know the
difference between the starboard side of
a ship and the forecastle. Hhe drives
respectable women out of th* While
House and appoints the sure thing,
gambler, murderer and desperado, Bat
Whether Bryan Nominates Roosevelt,
or Boosevelt nominates Bryan, will not affect you so ma
terially as whether or not you save a part of your income
for the future.
President Boosevelt once said: “I should think ill of any
man who did not wish to leave his children a little better
off materially than himself.”
Your first step toward accomplishing that should be to
open an account in our Savings Department, where we pay
4 per cent interest compounded semi-annually, and make
deposits regularly.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
For the wise man there are no yes
terdays!
There may be plenty of tomorrows
and he hopes there are! But yester
day Is past and gone forever. •
The wise man knows that there msy
not be a tomorrow for him, and ao he
lives wisely and welt today.
In more senses than one that great
writer of Ihe apostolic era was right
when he said: "Now I* the accepted
time!"
Yesterday Is gone out of our grasp,
tomorrow may not be for us, the pres
ent Is ours, ami today is the greatest
day In our lives, and this moment the
solemn Inheritance to which we are
born heir. ’
People who live In the past are apt
to be gloomy, pessimistic, dissatisfied,
unhappy!
People who live In the future are apt
to be dreamy, vacuous, yearning, but
never attain.
He - Is ths wise man who uses today
and Its opportunities to the utmost of
his ability. Whatsoever he has to do
he does with hts might and puts his
best Into whatsoever he may be doing.
The wise man knows that If he
makes a mistake today he, or some one
else, will be compelled to rectify It In
the tomorrow of life.
Alistakes may endure for a season,
but they do not, they can nJt, abide
forever!
SERIOUS SIDE OP
A KING’S LAUOII
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Edward VII, king of Great Brhaln
and Ireland and emperor of India, net
pushing his automobile through one of
the London streets at n speed that <* iU
much faster than the law allowed.
A policeman, seeing the car »p.
preaching at such unlawful gait, plant,
ed himself In the middle of the way
and raised his hand. The machine
stopped. The fat-faced, polly looking
gentleman in the rear seat gave Ills
name as Wernher. called the police,
man's attention to the number on the
car and stated that hla address vas
Bath House, Piccadilly.
Somewhat awed by the character of
the neighborhood from which the fat
gentleman hailed, but still true to Ills
duty as an officer, the policeman per
mitted the auto to go on, but not with
out imparting the Information that the
transgression would have to be settled
before the magistrate, little dreaming
that the culprit was “his majesty.”
The machine had scarcely resumed
Its way when the king threw himself
back and laughed until his sides fair);
shook.
There was a whole lot of tragedy in
that laugh. To him who knows how to
look at It there Is In that laughter *>f
the king pretty nearly the whole histo
ry of the long past of man’s mlserv nnd
wretchedness, degradation and shame
The king can do no wrong.” It '
x-«**a uu uu II l)«S
„„ «I to the tune of that Infamously false
I slogan that poor humanity marched, or
^vft.ro"?' 1 , D ,!r K..,, „nH ncT l .l a rot «■»!'«>• <\t-aw*>d. for thousands of years.
Ataaterson, to a Federal position In New
York. What hag he ever done for you
or your friends.* Air. Graves, that
pitches you Into the limelight of public
opinion as the sponsor of a new breed
of the genus politician? Or are you
honestly of the opinion that Theodore Is
the Moses placed Jipon 8,nal for our
salvation until translated?
Democratically thine.
JAMES D. ERAISTON.
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 11.
Sentiments of Many Democrats.
Hon. John Temple Grave*. Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Mr. Grave*—You have never
made a greater public utterance than
you did In your speech at Chattanooga
yesterday, nor performed a service
which will have a further reaching
effect.
Even should your suggestion not b*
acted upon, It will place the whole
question upon th* public forum for
discussion and reveal, In tny opinion,
the aoundnesa of your views.
The time and occasion were precisely
timed and your deductions were and
are the unvoiced expressions of ths
better part of all Southern Democrats
Yours very truly,
O. C. STONE.
New Orleans, !*a„ April It.
to win. Hoke Smith or Folk seem
next available, bnt they. too. stand
for the Roosevelt doctrines.
Colonel Graves has made n great
suggestion at a most opportune hour.
I bad thought daya ago of writing on
the need of both parties uniting upon
Roosevelt. It Is better that a Demo
crat and a brave man of his national
influence ha# given the Idea a wide
hearing. It I* good to have men big
ger than parties. The - age of blind
party •'^VR^M.CONN^L:
Birmingham. Ala.. April 11.
Many Obstacles in ths Way,
Hon. John Temple Graves. Atlanta,Uu.:
Aly Dear Sir—Without doubt, you
are genuinely honest In your conclusion
that Ihe absolute salvation of our coun
try depend* entirely upon one Theodore
Roosevelt; that It is therefore neces
sary for Air. Bryan tc arise In a Demo
cratic national convention and after .in
Inimitable nominating speech the Dem
ocratic delegates shall deliver the goods
Theodore: that TheiMure with his
usual ability to “catch the coona-gwlne
an' a-romln‘,” and In spite of his oft-
epeated declaration that he would not
be a candidate for re-nomination
should accept the unheard-of nomina
tion of a Republican president by t
national Democratic convention of 900
delegates anil be triumphantly elected.
But there are some obstacles In the
way of the fruition of your very fond
hopes and desires. First, there Is Theo
dore! Are you sure that he Is a Demo
cratic Republican? For my part.il have
been In politics for twenty-five years
ami never heard of that hybrid until
It was bred out of the fertile brain *f
the good Democrat to whom I am vvrlt-
I have heard of anil knew At
lag.
Says It Required Courage.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta. Ga.;
Dear. Sir—I want to oongratulate you
on the stand you took at Chattanooga,
and while every man. North or South,
who hat the proper amount of gray
matter, knows that Theodore Roose
velt Is the best exponent of real De
mocracy In the United States, It
takes courage to state this to a Demo
cratic assemblage.
I am as tired of Bryan as I am of the
Thaw trial. Again let me congratulate
you. Yours truly;
of history have been, and are being,
rectified, sometimes at tremendous cost
and at a fearful price.
The mistake King George made with
the American colonies was not recti
fied until there had been two great
wars—the Revolutionary nnd that of
1812—and then people speaking the
same language woke up to the fact
that they were brothers, bunched In
the same bundle of life.
Slavery was a mistake, and at what
tremendous cost did both North and
South pay for the mistake of the first
slave traders, who In 1620 brought cap
tive black men to American shores.
At what cost has capital discovered
that laboring men are men, and at what
cost labor has discovered that capital
has rights that must be respected?
Some day, out of the mistakes of each,
there will come a Just recognition of
the claims of all, and there will dawn
the era of social democracy, when cap
ital nnd labor, the two strong arms of
trade, will work harmoniously for the
good of the heart and the brain and the
pocket-book of commerce.
It's the easiest thing In life to make
a mistake. Afen are apt to think that
"this once” won't count. But there
is not a moment that Is not big with
value for the days that are to come.
The wild son of the desert, Esau,
made the mistake of hts life In a mo
ment 1 * time when he sold his birth
right for a mess of pottage.
The Impulsive Simon Peter slept for
a' short thirty minutes and loat a
splendid opportunity.
Over the name of a rescued woman
hang* the perfume of the beautiful
words: “She hath dons what she
could.” Seeing, seizing, fulfilling an
opportunity made her name circulate
through all literature In a way that
honors and glorifies womankind ev
erywhere.
A Jewish queen, alien In a* foreign
land, accepted the opportunity and en
dured the obligation of a single day,
and thereby saved Iter people and gave
a new significance to the sweet word
and name, thither!
Today la your day!
Into today put your best work. And
there will be no regrets!
Your work may be simple, humble,
apparently Insignificant. It Is never
Ignoble, mean or small. If Into It you
put your best! Even drudgery Is di
vine when done In the spirit of a king.
You may do your common work
commonly and be common. If you
do it uncommonly well and perse
vere, the uncommon reward and en
comium will be your*.
Put your best Into your work, and
the beat will be yours—best oppor
tunities, best wages, best masters, beat
character.
It always pays to do work well! It
never pay* to do work In any other
way.
The king—the "anointed of God,” ....
representative of heaven’s order on
earth—Is above the law, and whatever
he does Is perfectly right anil tnuat
be accepted as such by the poor devils
who a.-c Ills "subjects.”
From the dawn of human lilstor.-,
right down to the Red Terror known
as the French Revolution, that old lie
bestrode men's thoughts like » Co
lossus, and kept the world in a con
dition of political servitude and moral
chaos.
Of course. King Edward, as com
pared with the kings of old, is a moat
tt-actable. mild-mannered, reasonable
and law-abiding gentleman—but in Ed
ward's laugh we may. without muilt
difficulty, see reflected the horrible past
Just referred to, with its almost Incon
ceivable story of Ignorance and shame,
brutality and oppression.
Even Edward VII, in this opening
decade of the twentieth century, knew
that lie was perfectly safe In rushing
his car as fast as he pleased. He wav
the "king,” and. his "majesty" once
revealed, no "subject” would dare lo
bring him before the court.
Indisputable Is the old saying that
the law Is a net that catches the little
files, while the big ones break through
and go on as though the net did not
exist at all.
History Is the ugly, dispiriting thing
that It Is slntply because the great one«
of the earth were permitted to laugh
at the acts for which the poor and the
humble were made bitterly to suffer.
The “upper" classes—the king nnd
his favorites—could do what they
pleased and there was none to call them
to account, while If the "lower” classes
violated the law they were Imprisoned,
branded, whipped at the cart-tall, de
prived of their ears and oftentimes ol
their lives.
But It Is encouraging to know that
at last things are taking a turn for the
better. With all of Its faults, and faults
It still has a-plenty, the grand new
century In which we find ourselves Is
waking up to the Important fact that
Right Is Une, and that by Right's One
law alt men are bound, rich and poor,
the strong and the weak, the illustrious
and the humble—all bound alike to ren
der obedience .to the rules of civil or
der, upon which all true progress de
pends.
It Is the perception of this great truth
that Is nowadays, almost for the first
time in history, bringing the big crimi
nals to the bar of Justice along with the
little ones, punishing the powerful and
{ iromlnent offenders as well as those of
esser note 111 th* world.
It Is a most hopeful sign. It means
that the long, night of moral apathy Is
passing away, and that we are nearing
the morning of a new day In world-
ethic*.
ANOTHER VICTIM
IN KENTUCKY FEUD I
EDWARD H. ALLEN.
Charlotte, N. C.
j Beattyvllle/ Ky„ April 13.—Clay
i Thomas was arrested In Uwsley coun-
j ty yesterday and lodged In Jail for the
President Deserve. It. Abner * ‘ n tOUn,y '
“sjasszzstjiszsx ! a iirrrr bner *r k r r
commend >our courage and heartily , V olver and shot him. Tile killing Is the
Indorse your suggestion. While the | result of the Hargls-Uockrell feud. In
president was In Atlanta 1 heard a i which John Abner, a relative. Is a cen-
number of old veterans eay they would j 1,1,1 figure.
like to vote for him on the Democratic j i
ticket. Flnce that time lie has done a
number of things that, I think with
you. entitle linn to be placet! there.
Wishing you success, I am. yours
tiaily.
HENRY It. FLACK.
LaG range. Ga.. April 12.
TWO STRONG SERMONS
BY EPISCOPALIANS
Dr. A. A. Butler preached a Htronf
nermon at Ht. Phillip* Cathedral Hun-
morning on the responsibility rest-
ins on Christian people fit the United
State* In view of the world power of
this country.
.Rev. H. R. Huise. rector of 8t. Marys
hmvh. New York, addressed a I a rye
congregation at St. Dukes Sunday aft
ernoon in the inletest of the missionary
thank-offering that is being raised by
the Episcopal church to commemorate
the three huitfJredth anniversary of tile
_ jfm . R9HM. founding of DttglUh Christianity on the
Kitiley Democrat*. Foraker Democrat*, American continent.
SINCLAIR JACOBS
RETURNS TO CITY
Sinclair Jacobs, a son of Dr. Joseph
Jacobs, returned Sunday from Phila
delphia. after an absence of nine
j months spent In the study of pliirmacy
lat one of the oldest Institutions of th*
i kind in America. Although It was his
! first year In attendance upon the In
stitution ftom which his father and his
grandfather secured their 'diplomas,
the younger Jacobs acquitted himself
with honor and kept abreast of his
classmen. He will graduate from the
Institution two years lieme and will
finish hts education in pharmacy at
Heldelburg. .Germany.
Four hundred and alxty-two new na
tional banks were created In lbO(. For
the last seven years the average has
been within a fraction of forty a month
We now have 6.343 national banks, with
I8T7.II9I.275 capital and 3396.$45,022cir
culation. Seven years ago the banks
numbered 3.617, with 3616.308,093 cap
ital and $254,264,730 circulation.—New
York Sun.
Army •Navy Orders
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washington, April 15.—The follow
ing orders hare been issued:
Captain G. M. Grimes, Thirtieth in
fantry, from army and navy generil
hospital! Hot Springs, to proper ela
tion: Private Frank Clark, Troop l>.
Fourth cavalry, now at Fort WIIII*' 1 '
Henry Harrison, transferred to Com
pany C, Sixth infantry, stationed at
that post: Contract Surgeon Leonard
P. Bell, from Philippines to Fort Rllo •
Captain John D. L. Hartman, First
cavalry, detailed member examining
board at Fort Rltey, vice Captain Gee.
H. Cameron, Fourth cavalry.
Naval Orders.
Warrant Machinist W. T. Robinson
fo Arkansas: Chief Boatswain A. R-
Nickerson detached Piscataqua lo tia.-
veston; Boatswain Ad. Warwick, de
tached Chattanooga to Plscataqui.
Boatswain N. R. King detached Gahr-
ton to Chattanooga.
* Movements of Vessels,
ARRIVED—April It, Choctaw -t
Washington; April 12, Washington 't
Hampton Rondr: Tacoma at Bantus’
da Cuba. Hercules iat Charleston.
SAILED—April 11. Boston from Aca-
Jutla for Amalpa: April 12, Tenne.*—'
from l.eugue Island for Hampton
Knud*. Potomac from Charleston
Norfolk. Tacoma from Guantanamo t ,r
Santiago" de Cuba. Whipple. Worden.
Truxton, MacDonougli. Hull and Hoi 1 '
kins from Key West for Norfolk. Kan
sas turned over to government
builders Bth Instant at navy >' ar '*'
League Island.
tine-seventh of Great Britain's •"'**
foreign commerce passes through tns
Suez canal.