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THE ATLANTA GEOKUIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY. A PR 11. 1* W>7.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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NOW. •
An Indorsement From the Pocket
Nerve.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Let me most heartily Indorse the
editorial In last night's paper on
the work of the Young Woman’s
, Christian Association.
It will be a deplorable calamity
to the city of Atlanta If the excel
lent work that the. association la
doing should cease, on account of
non-support It la truly a too [to-
tent factor In our community to
allow to languish and dlo because
enough women and men do not
give It tbo llnnncl.il aid It rightly
deserves.
Aro there not fitly men and wo
men In this city who would under
write the work to tbo extent of
promising $100 per year for n pe
riod of five years?
I will gladly be one of thla num
ber.
Investigation has proven to mo
without the question of a doubt
that the organisation does stretch
forth n protecting hand. Many n
womnn comes to the city of At
lanta with no friends, no homo nml
no one to think anything at all
about her. While we are looking
after tho men and young boys,
surely, surely we should consider
tho women, who must necessarily
bo as great a factor In our city's
history ns the men themselves.
This Is a personal letter to you,
but If you can use It In any wise
to stimulate tho effort to re-estab
lish tho work, you can use It ns
you see fit. I do not consider tho
work of the Young Woman's
Christian Association a charity,
but a vital necessity to tho uplift
ing morally and spiritually of our
civic life. Yours sincerely,
FREDERIC J. PAXON.
Atlanta, Oa., April It..
The name signed to this letter car
ries tho guarantee not only of personal
liberality In Its practical contribution
but Is also a fair sponsor for the state
ment that the writer knows exactly
what he Is talking about In connection
with the Young Woman's Christian As
sociation.
Mr. Paxon la one of tha'strongest
business factors of Atlanta. Ai one of
tho heads of a great department store,
having under Its charge and direction
a multitude of young women, who are
the friends and comradea of other mul
titudes of young women In other great
department atorea and offices,, he
speaks not from theory, but by the
card of experience, when he Indorsee
the profound beneficence of this
Christian Institution for the care and
protection of the young women of the
city and the state.,
As The Georgian has pointed out be
fore. this* Is the day when our young
women mean to us even In commerce
not only as much as men, but when we
must recognise their danger as fully
as great, and the necessity for their
protection every whit as urgent as tt la
for the young men In contact with the
world.
A glance at the managing list of the
Young Women’s Christian Association
shows that tt doea not Include nearly
the number of names which are Its due
among the good, noble atM helpful
women of Atlanta. Those who are
there are among the beet end most
useful of their useful sex, but the Hit
ought to be twice aa large and the In
come of the association double In ev
ery way.
What nobler thing can the good wo
men of Atlanta do than to take care
ot their own young and needy slaters
struggling In the great world of trade?
What nobler line of beneficence for
women than the care of women? What
higher appeal to a woman's heart and
life than the consideration for her lit
tle sister not so happy and comforta-
b.i- n- l.cisell?
Surely the spirit which moves Mr.
Paxon's generous contribution should
find an answer first among the women
and (ben among the men who make
Atlanta.
Surely there should be found fifty
women and men whe will give $100
every year for five years to solidify
the standing and pdrporuate the
noble and\protectlng influence of the
Young Women’s Christian Association,
And If not fifty women alone, then
surely fifty women and men combined.
THE “MILK IN THE PENDLETON COCOANUT.”
Is It possible that our old friend of The Macon Telegraph Is also tn
the ranks of those who speak maliciously of their contemporaries who
have dared to give some good advice to Mr. Bryan and the Democratic
party?
And la this new eruption of Pendletonla all on account of The. Tele
graph's consuming devotion to Bryan?
Since when has the Pendleton pen begun to leak Its lachrymal tender,
ness for the Nebraskan? Yea, since when?
Listen: Not three years ago and Just about tho time the Pendleton
pen, was unllmbering its most sepulchral advocacy behind the funeral pro
cession of Alton B. Parker to one dark November evening of 1904, there
appeared on the editorial sheet of The Telegraph, first column, head of
page, the meanest, most malignant, most unjustifiable and most untruthful
denunciation of William J. Bryan that has appeared In any paper. Demo
cratic or Republican, North'or South, black or white, alnce the Nebraska
statesman came Into the public world. It bolds the record today among
all public prints for unwarranted abuse of the great and stainless states
man whom every real Democrat now and always delights- to honor.
And yet, before the years have rounded a quadrangle, comes the
ssme Pendleton profuse In his crocodile tears over the selfsame Bryan
while he makes haste to reestablish his allegiance by reflecting upon an
honest contemporary who defended Bryan then from the scarcely reputa
ble assault of The Telegraph and has always defended and eulogized the
one great leader of the Democratic host.
And since when has the Pendleton record for Democracy been so good
that It can presume to aaperie the loyalty and sincerity of men who have
always stood for real Democracy? If The Telegraph has been anything
saYe a railroad organ for these ten years no man tn Georgia has ever dis
covered It. We have not Joined In the charge of some of Its contempo
raries that the railroads own the paper.
They really do not need to buy It. They own It without the expendi
ture of a dollar, for nothing that they own or ever owned la more unchang
ingly loyal to the railroad aide of every question than the organ of the
Pendletons.
And here, whon the railroad regulation Issue Is the great transcendent
question of the times, comes our gallant and consistent Pharisee, swallow-
Ing the venom which he spat at Bryan In 1904, and hoping to hold one
aide of his journalistic anatomy on the Bryan government-ownership side
of the fence, while be swinge the other Into the smiling corporation mead
owa aa of old, and fights the only man who endangers the freight and
passenger magnates with whom he trains.
Charming Instrument thla Pendleton pen! So radiant In Its consis
tency!
Do you know what's the matter with The Telegraph?
Take this: Rooievelt Is fighting the railroads as they have never
been fought before.
The milk In the Pendleton cocoanut Is there.
OHIO’S FATEFUL FIOHT.
There Is nothing more Interesting In American politics than the cam
paign In Ohio.
It Is a big struggle between big men with largo Interests In the bal
ance. If Taft and Roosevelt win it seems to make definite the orthodox
view that Taft will be tho nominee of the Republican party with the
president behind him.
If Dick and Foraker win then the chances are very strong thnt the
success of Foraker will force Roosevelt once more Into the race to dofeat
the Foraker (notion and nil that It represents.
Ohio Is always a doubtful state—rarely doubtful on tbo question as to
whether It will go Democratic or Republican, hut always doubtful as to
which Republican faction will win In any given campaign.
The external advantages of the campaign nt this time seem to bo in
Foraker's favor. Tho old machine on which Mark linnna rode for. so
tnany triumphant years was the Joint structure of himself and tho present
Senator Dick. Foraker was In opposition and so a now machine built of
the old Hanna-Dlck faction with Foraker, once tn rebellion, and now tn full
co-operation, would aeom to tnako up a very formidable political following.
On tho other hand stand the Federal office-holders, the personal pop
ularity of Secretary Teft who, however, has not been a personally active
figure In Ohio politics for a number of years, and over nil the Federal
office-holders and tho enormous personal prestige of the president.
This ought to make a good ripping battle between the heavy weights
of tne Republican camp. Unfortunately, however, there aro nearly 80,000
negroes tn Ohio and with a close vote between tho factions thoy might be
able to make tho balance of power. (This Is one reason why the negro Is
so dearly hated and so servilely courted In the Buckeye State.) It remains
to be seen whether In tbo coming faction they will fight for Foraker who
championed their murderous festivities at Brownsville, or whether they
will cut the whole Republican party aa they have sworn to do and vote
for Bryan.
Foraker la a magnificent campaigner and Dlek la a magnificent organ
izer. Foraker la an eloquent, aggressive and winning factor on the political
stump. Secretary Tatt It one of the most popular men In the country,
but an Indifferent speaker and without great experience In state cam-
palgna. He Is also handicapped by the apprehension that It Is beneath
the dignity of a cabinet officer to ongage lit a personal scramble upon the
hustings.
It it Impossible from this estimate to reach any other conclusion than
that the balance of probability seems to be lit Foraker's favor.
But Foraker In this case Is between the "Devil and the Deep Blue See."
If he loses to Taft he Is likely to lose his seat In the senate. If he defeats
Taft he le likely to succeed In renominating Roosevelt, which Is the thing
of all others tflat he would moat vitally object to doing.
And ao In this fight among our friends, the enemy, we can afford to
wish them a joyous joust at arms "and may the best man win.”
. CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE TRUE?
"The significance of such adeclaratlon by Mr. Graves, who ar
dently and ably supports, both editorially and on the platform, re
forms that Mr. Rryan has stood for and which Mr. Roosevelt has
l>een putting Into practical effect, may well be taken Into all calcu
lations. It shows that Southern Democrats have been thinking Jt
Northern men have not. In conjunction with tho recent warning
of Mr. Clark Howell In The Atlanta Constitution, it means a
great deal. The editor of The Constitution, In discussing the situ
ation the Democracy must face, warned his party that conditions
might make it necessary for both parties to renominate the presi
dent next year.
It la truly a novel situation when Democrats and Republicans
alike find In the able and aggressive man In the White House the
Ideal champion of popular rights against insolent speculative in-
tercets. Mr. Bryan and hts special representatives at Chattanoo
ga thought It Inadvisable to let such a plea go before an audience
gathered In Mr. Bryan's honor, but the gag they applied has given
It a wider circulation and it la being discussed throughout the
country as the most significant Indication of the trend of thought
among patriotic Americans of all parties.—Buffalo Evening News,
Saturday ISth.—(Black letters our own.)
The editor of The News ts Mr. E. H. Butler, so recently Entertained
In Atlanta, and ao cloaely associated while here with the editor of The
Constitution. ,
Is it possible that The Constitution warned the Democratic party that
"It might be necessary for both parties to nominate the president next
year."
Mr. Butler says ao, and Mr. Butler la a very able and experienced ed
itor and very close to the editor In Atlanta for year*. Did The Constitu
tion really do this "vaudeville stunt.” this “opera bouffe In politics?” And
If ao, was The Constitution "merely joking,” and did'Mr. Butler "humor
Mr. Howell” while Mr. Howell told him so?
Alas! and have we merely followed In the wake of our contemporary?
Aud la It now our duty to applaud, or shall we depreciate? 8hall we send
over across the street such unflattering notices aa come to us through the
malls? And shall we alyly publish the editorials of The Washington Star?
And are we not alone In "vaudeville?"
And must Mr. Bryan "humor” yet another?
Can these thing* be and overcome us like a summer cloud?
Alas! that thla discovery should have come to vex us!
DR. BROUGHTON'S FRIENDS IN NEED.
There Is always pathos In the spectacle of a strong man stricken
down.
Today Dr. Lea G. Broughton Is writhing In pain upon his bed at the
hospital. He.Is Just out of the most strenuous period of his active ca
reer. He.has fought with all his ransomed powers through a great Bible
Conference which was mingled withhlB heroic effort for the completion of
the great auditorium which he had planned. The dauntless courage and
the tireless patience of these efforts combined have extorted the admira
tion even of the few who are not his friends.
And today one who came direct from Dr. Broughton's bedside of phys
ical and mental pain for his own bodily sufferings and of anxious anguish
for hla suffering and sorely injured wife, say that out of the Joint agony
of this depression, there came from his clear eyes a tear and from his
strong lips a groan which was expressed In the query, "Are all my trou
bles coming to me In a flood?"
If there are those In Atlanta who have been moved to admiration by
Dr. Broughton's heroic struggle In the spiritual and material world, and
who havo Intended at some time to help him In the great work which he
hears upon his shoulders and In his heart, let us suggest that this Is the
day ot days to do It
A ring upon that telephone bell with a cheering message, a heart throb
of sympathy with an assurance of regard, and better still, with a substan
tial check for the tabernacle auditorium, will outweigh the surgeons and
the anodynes in bringing peace and comfort to a brave and suffering
man in need.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS
CommenLon the Bryan-Graves Discussion
The letters are so many and ao full, and the editorials ao numerous
and so lengthy, that It is only possible to give the brief aalient extracts
from lettara and. editorials.
From a Strong Man of Tennessee.
Nashville. Tenn., April 12.
Hon. .John Temple Graves.
My Dear Sir:—While I do not go as
far us you do, I am greatly pleased with
the boldness of your outspoken words.
Had I aeen your paper before I wrote
for tho Chattanooga Times, I might
have been braver.
Bryan Is severely criticised by the
XRshvllle Banner for saying ho would
act If he came to the conclusion It was
his duty.
Thla la a party paper's estimate of
honesty.
Very truly youra,
A. S. COLYAR.
Secretary of Jamaatown Exposition.
Norfolk. Va„ April 13. 1907.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.
I read very carefully your speech nt
Chattanooga. I thoroughly agree with
you In all that you said. If you will
permit me, I would like to tell you how
much I admired It It was indeed a
very powerful speech In evry respect.
Cordially youre,
G. T. Sheppard.
A Great-Grandson of John C. Calhoun,
I’nlatkn, Kin., April It, 1907.
Mr. John Temple Graves, Editor The
Georgian:
I am heartily In favor of your es
pousal of the renomlnatlon of Roose
velt. an I believe that he la a man with
strong purity of purpose, who will
stand firmly up for tho public weal. I
am glnd that you delivered your speech,
as you did. Your Florida friends have
paid you many well deserved compli
ments.
Yours, affectionately,
EDWARD NOBLE CALHOUN.
From a Democratio Louisiana Lumber
Man.
Shreveport. La., April 11, 1907.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Oa.
: Pair mn—l dm to aasuro you of
my relish of your Chattanooga speech.
It nm:i. In like II j-ri-Bcnt dny rx-mpll-
ficatlon of tho patriotic masterpieces
memorised by tha writer from the pars
selections contained In the old readere.
Anv prmtlcal nilii-l.it first thought will
not comprehend the meaning or be
willing to acquiesce to your views, but
tho slow process of time will commit
to you followers the samo ns In the case
ot Governor Folk of Missouri. Mr.
Brian Is too able a purist to be presi
dent. The practical, plutocrats would
tie him hand and foot In the house and
aonate. Roosevelt Is the man: he was
reared among them and Is practical
enough to beat them by keeping close
tab on their mundane games which he
learned S* police commletloner. Roose
velt le the wartime prretdent; that le,
with reference to eoclal war, which by
the wey te the most dangerous kind of
war, and when he has conquered and
restored peace, which le bound to come
In our great prosperous commonwealth,
then le the time for William J. Bryan,
that great lover of peace and purity
and equity to step Into the saddle and
perfect those Ideals for which he has
ao nobly, strenuously and consistently
fought.
I heartily commend your speech, as
do a majority of tho people here en
gaged In that great and ascending pow.
tr In the commercial world, the lumber
Interests, pungent with purity and the
smell of sawdust and turpentine.
Very respectfully youre,
SAM M. FULKERSON.
A Great Georgia Cotton Grower.
Hon. John Temple Graves. Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Friend—I have read with great
pleasure your novel and brilliant speech
before the Democratic Club at Chatta
nooga and I want to add a word of
commendation and praise for the man
ly. outspoken statesmanship therein ex
pressed.
1 know among the multitude of com
mendatory letters you will receive from
ell over the state mine will only be a
drop In the bucket.
I have taken special palne to read
your liberal editorials In praise of the
present administration to some of the
"rocked-ribbed" "ultra Democrats" of
this community to see If they would
oppose or denounce them or the con
trary. They universally praised them
with the expressions. "That’* right."
Them's my views," "That's what we
want.”
The people of the South are reading
the newspapers aa acattered by the K.
F. Die all over the state ae never before
and are discussing national Issue* at
every country store. The farmer*' or
ganizations are discussing economic
problems of national Importance at
every country school house.
An "exaggerated egotism" of the
politician prevent* him from bowing
• _ _. . _ ii.sam a etia t'/xl oa a Vela
such an unprecedented turn In tho tide
of politics would compel the president
to accept such a practical .demonstra
tion of universal popularity and con
tinue In office for another four years.
under Fnrnker nnd
rallroat Influence would poll about as
mnny votes In opposition as the So
cialists and Prohibitionists.
Such a nomination and election would
be of special advantage to the South,
as this section specially needs railroad
legislation, for as a whole the people
of tho South are patrons of the rail
roads and not owners of railroad stocks.
It believes In an Income tax, as no
very lat’ge fortunes are here to be
taxed.
It believes In the speedy completion
of the Panama Canal, as Its territory
Is In close proximity to the benefits to
be derived therefrom.
It believes In the development of our
merchant marine, as satin as the peo
ple can ba educated to the extension
of our muskets.
The nomination and election of Presi
dent Rooievelt by the aid of Democrat
ic votes would obviate the necessity
of referees In this and other Southern
states for the control and appointment
of Federal patronage; the Democrats
representing the best citizenship here
In the South would control Federal ap
pointments.
And what other man save Roosevelt
can help the South to solve her great
racial problems with honor to the whits
man and Justice to the black.
I sincerely thank you for the ad
vanced step you have taken In South
ern statesmanship.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES L. WHITE.
Buckhead, Ga., April 12.
, An Alabama Democrat.
Hon, John Temple Graves, Atlanta,Ga.
Sir—As a native Alabaman and life
long Democrat, I am thoroughly In oc
cord with your Idea thnt Theodore
Roosevelt should bo nominated by ac
t-lsrimtlnn fm- prcsldi-nt by the South
ern Democrats at our next presidential
convention. Yours truly.
, JOE R. COOK.
Panama Coal Company.
The Mayor~of Vidalia.
Hon. John Temple Grave*. Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Sir—Allow me to congratu
late you for your patriotic and manly
boldness In speaking your mind at the
Bryan banquet In Chattanooga.
You voiced the sentiments of thou
sands of Georgians.
You say that party loyalty Is good
that Is true, but you reach the climax
when you say that the cause of the
people Is greater. What else can your
argument he but the upholding of the
true principles of Democracy, the
bursting of tho bands of a narrow con
fine that allows room for moans and
pleadings for tha enactment ot laws
thnt will strengthen the people's foun
dations? But because they do not
come through the efforts of a particu
lar party, reject them aa tainted and
polluted by the mere name of the party
enacting them? Whoy should ths Dem
ocratic party be discouraged? The
principles are Just as good for tho Re
publican party to reast upon as any
other party. Yours truly.
8. B. MEADOWS, Mayor.
Vldallo, Oa., April 13.
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admired your manly attitude toward
the needs of our republic, and yourself
as the true exponent of the things
which must surely come about before
we can have a free people—a people
with Democracy upon Its crest. The
people are learning.
But the thing which prompted me
to write this letter was the reading of
extracts from the speech which you
had delivered at the Bryan reception
dinner at Chattanooga. I consider It
Jhe most timely utterance I have seen,
and Its patriotic sentiment Is, to my
mind, of the very highest type.
Allow me with pleasure to subscribe
myself as. very slncerly yours.
FORD LEWIS.
Cetlna, Ohio, April 12.
WHAT 18 aTdEMOCRAT?
The New York World (Ind. Dem.)
New York Is to have three Jefferso
nian banquets this year. Tickets for
the National Democratic Club dinner
are $10 each. Judge Parker and Sena*
tor Rayner will be the principal speak
er*. The Judge Is safe nnd sane nnd
the senator has been accused of being
a Roosevelt Democrat. Tile Independ
ence League is to havo a (5-a-plate
Jeffersonian dinner at which Mr.
Hearst will re-elucldate the principles
of that corporation, which he holds to
)••• .l<-ft"r->iil.inly I >-mi Hieratic and Lln-
colnly Republican. Tho Brooklyn Dem
ocratlc Club will have Mr. Bryan ns Its
chief attraction. Tickets are $3 each,
and Mr. Charles F. Murphy, Mr.
Hearst's representative In Tammany
Hall, I* to be one of the guests of hon
or. Mr. Bryan Is against plutocracy,
bosslsm, corruption and all allied po
litical evils.
Mr. Hearst wa* Invited to Mr. Bry
an's dinner and declined. Mr. Bryan
wa* Invited to Judge Parker’* dinner
and declined. Judge Parke^, was not
invited to Mr. Hearst'* dinner or Mr.
Bryan's dinner and so had no opportu
nity to decline. Neither was Mr. Bo
nn Invited to Mr. Hearat's dinner, nor
Sir. Hearst invited to Judge Parker's
dinner
And now John Tsmple Grave*, of
Georgia, would have all Democrats get
together and have Mr. Bryan, speak
Ing for a pure Democracy, nominate
Theodore Roosevelt for president In
190& and so make It unanimous.
Pending the opening of the festivi
ties The World again ventures to ralae
the question: 'What le a Democrat?"
FROM MR. BRYAN’S HOME TOWN.
:h* ear to listen to the voices of his
constituent*. The move le on, and
you have voiced the eenttment of the
mesees. The politician* will oppose for
fear you are knocking out tome or the
rounds from the party ladder on which
they have so often climbed to their
own eelfiah aggrandizement.
Democratic senator* and representa.
live* In Washington have loudly pro
claimed that President Roosevelt stands
squarely on the Democratic platform.
"He ha* swallowed our platform." they
have said. The most rabid Democrat
In the South advocated In the senate
the president's railroad bill and pro
nounced It true Democracy.
It Is conceded by all that no man In
this country ran defeat Roosevelt, but
he declines the nomination by the Re
publican party for what he considers
the third term. Should the Democratic
national convention be called eerly and
nominate him. the Republican party
would be compelled tu Indorse him and
Roosevelt and Wataon.
Hon. John Tempta Graves, Atlanta,Oa.
I have Juat rend your Chattanooga
speech. Please let me congratulate
you. You have said Just what I have
wanted to be said for the last twelve
months.
Roosevelt Is the most Democratic
president I have ever seen. Please
lave Tom Watson for vice president on
the Roosevelt ticket. Yours truly,
W. G. HIGHTOWER.
Helena, Ga, April 13.
The Biggeet Thing Yet Said.
Temple Graves, Atlanta,Ga.r
Hon. John , ........
My Dear Sir—Allow me to congratu
late you on the expressions you so
magnanimously put before that Chat
tanooga audience. Your proposition
doubtless will not suit many, but nine
out of ten of-the rebuffs you meet with
will come from those who have axes
to grind, and are standing candidates
for office—met, who put personal pre
ferment above'party principle!.
I am glad that we have one more
man In Georgia besides Hoke Smith
who has honest convictions and the
courage to express them.
You have done the biggeet thing that
any American citlsen has ever done,
and bigger things await you In the fu
ture. I am with you heart and soul tn
the stand you Have taken to preserve
for sit time to eome the salvation and
business Interests of title American re
public.
With kindest regards and sentiments
ot highest appreciation, I am, yours
very truly,
F. 8. HALE.
Smithvllle, Ga., April 13.
P. 8.—You can publish If you see fit.
A Noted Louisians Lawyer.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.:
It was a brave, manly and a most
timely thing to do—that speech of
f ours at Chattanooga. It required, as
know, a courage of the highest order
for Its deliverance. *
And you are most unquestionably
right. Roosevelt bids fair to go down
in history as perhaps the greatest man
thla country haa yet produced. It cer
tainly has so far produced no truer or
bolder exponent of real Democracy.
’ I bid you God speed. Cordially
yours, D. M. SHOLARS.
Leesvllle, La.. April It.
Staunch Ohio Democrat.
Hnn. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.:
From The Newbraska State Journal,
Lincoln, Kebr.
John Temple Graves I* not the only
Democrat of prominence who believes
In the nomination of Theodore Roose
velt by the Democratic national con
vention. but he Is the only one who has
had the temerity to suggest such a
thing to Mr. Bryan's face. This Inci
dent In Chattanooga must be looked
upon ns the answer of tho South to
the Harrlman assault. It will be the
answer of the whole country to any
attempt among Mr. Harrlman'e friends
to buy the presidency away from the
Influence of the present administration.
Mr. Graves may have Imped liv this
show of Democratic favor to embarrass
'the president with hie own party. But
that Is hardly a credible assumption.
Some people hoped that Democratic'
support of the president’s railroad pol.
Icy would hurt him with hts own party,
but It did not. The public does not
seem to be walking Into such traps
nowadays. Mr. Graves may have had
in mind to establish n claim on the
Roosevelt Republicans for Rooievelt
votes for a Democratic candidate tn
case Rooievelt policies were not In
dorsed by the nomination of a Roose
velt Republican next year. That would
be taking long chances, however, for
this outcome Is an exceedingly remote
contingency. The most remarkable as
well as the most likely view of the
matter Is that he means Just what he
Implies, that there Is no uss In the
Democrats nominating a candidate
against a Republican who embodies
the Roosevelt policies. Mr. Bryan, re
plying to Mr. Graves, suggested that
Senator LaFoMette would be the best
Republican for the Democrats to nom
Inate. Senator LaFollette was at that
moment 2.900 miles away saying: "We
must have Roosevelt again.”
THE COUNTRY "DID iT
WITH JAME8 MONROE.
Army-Navy Orders
■—and—
MOVEMENT OF VES8EL3.
Washington. April 17.—The following
orders have been-Issued:
Army Orders. .
Colonel Thomas F. Davis, to Elgh-
teenth Infantry; retirement of Major
Geneyal James F. Wade announced.
Second Lieutenants Edward Thoma
son. Twenty-sixth Infantry; R. i„
Weeks, Thirtieth Infantry, and Albert
G. Goodwyn. Twenty-ninth Infantry,
before the board at Fort Leavenworth
for examination for promotion.
Captain Horace D. Bloombergh. as.
slstant surgeon, detailed member exam.
Inlng board at Fort Riley, vice Captain
Elmer Dean, assistant surgeon.
Private (first class) Dltmus B. Bra-
zelton, hospital corps, from Fort Me.
Pherson to depot of recruits and cas-
uals. Fort McDowell, thence to Philip-
pines, June 5.
Naval Orders.
Assistant Navnl Constructor H. Wll.
Hams, from Newport News to bureau
of construction and repair, navy de
partment. Chief Junior J. L. G. Kuhl-
weln, to naval hospital, New York.
Paymaster Clerk J. A. Kelly, appoint
ed for dttty In connection with settle,
ment accounts of Kearsarge.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—April 14, Washington
nnd Tennessee, at Lynnhaven Bay; Ve.
suvlus, at Port Royal; Ajax and Mar-
cellus, at Baltimore. April 15, Maine,
Louisiana, Missouri. Virginia. Georgia,
New Jersey. Alabama, Illinois, Kear-
aarge, Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana and
Iowa, at Hampton Roads.
SAILED—April 14, Washington anil
Tennessee, from Hampton Roads for
Lynnhaven Bay. April 15. Arkansas,
from Norfolk tor Annapolis: Caesar,
from Mayport. Fla., for Norfolk; Eagle,
from Guantanamo for survey grounds.
April 13. Chattanooga, from Shanghai
for Chlanung.
Building New Home,
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnsvllle, Ga., April 17.—Hon. J.
Pope Brown Is having erected a ten-
room colonial residence on Progress
avenue. When completed he will oc
cupy It with hie family.
ROOSEVELT WILL
From The Boston Globe.
John Temple Graves, of Georgia, is a
poet and an orator, and doubtless be
lieves himself to be a politician. Cer
tainly he makes a unique bid for public
interest In his power of political pre
science when he suggests, as he did
at the dinner to Mr. Bryan In Chat
tanooga, that the gentleman who twice
has been the Democratic candidate for
president should nominate President
Roosevelt as the Democratic candidate
this year.
Mr. Graves may be said only to have
anticipated the expression In other
S irs of the Idea of President
velt as the logical candidate ot
a non-partisan union of the great bulk
ot the membership of both parties.
It Is a fact that Rooseveltfsm today Is
largely n non-partisan sentiment.
There Is little partisan feeling toward
President Roosevelt. He has enemies
and loyal adherents in both parties.
The only Instance of a non-partisan
support of a president was In the cele
tinned "era of good feelings" when
James Monroe was the choice of alt
parties.
SAW NO USE IN LIVING.
80 MAN ENDED LIFE.
Norfolk. Va.. April 17.—With the re
mark that he could see no use In longer
living, Russell B. Ward, a merchant
and horse and cattle dealer of this
city, killed himself tn Princes Anne
county. He had gone to the county to
buy cattle. A negro attendant was
the only witness of the tragedy.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL
OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga, April 17.—Yesterday
was the forty-second anniversary of
the rapture of Columbus by Wilson
and his raider*. In April. 18(5. The
Federal troops appeared on the Ala
bama side of the river at 2 o'clock In
the afternoon on Easter Sunday, and
at 3 o'clock at night assaulted the
works on the hills opposite this city,
getting In the rear of the Confederate
troops and surrounding them. Over
82.000,000 worth of property, both pub
lic nml private, was destroyed before
DAMAN DEALS
It Is Likely Department of
Justice Will Be Direct
ed to Act.
Washington, April 17.—It le said that
President Roosevelt proposes to take
Into his own hands tho dStermlnatkin
as to whether an attempt ehall be made
to 'break up the Harrlman railroad
combination, and haa come to the con
clusion that It le his duty to study the
case from beginning to end.
The president proposes t<f read alt
the testimony taken by the Interstate
commerce commission on this subject
and acquaint himself with the exact
altuatlon. This will be followed by a
conference with Attorney General Bon
aparte and will ask the head of the de
partment of Justice tq apply to the fsets
the president submit to him, the gen
eral law tn the cose, and particularly
that laid down by the United States su
preme court In the Northern Securities
case.
Indiana Official Will Go Be
fore Judge and Ask Right
to Apply Torch,
Chicago, April 17.—Following their
raid upon the gambling stockade at
Dearborn Park, the Indiana state offi
cials today prepared to go before a
Lake county Judge, secure a writ that
would give them the right to apply the
torch to the stockade and alt the build
ings.
Attorney General Bingham, ot In
diana, will file this writ with Judge
McMahon as soon as It is finished. It
the attorney general la successful. Chief
of the Metropolitan Police Rtnebach
and a dozen deputies will swoop down
upon the stockade, compel the gum'
biers to flee, then surround tt and *PPJr
the torch. Every gambling device "la
be fed to the flames.
Terrified by the developments In the
w'ar against them, the gamblers today
have ceased any attempt to do bu.«lne?J.
Stonewall Jackson Camp.
Members of Stonewall Jackson Camp
1851, U. C. V„ are called to meet at «»
Stonewall street to attend the funeral
of Comrade W. M. Flynn on Thursday
at 9 a. ro. J. B. M'FADDE.V
Commander.
My Dear Mr. Graves—I have tong Wilson and his men left for Macon.
Western Heights Revival.
At the Western Heights Bapn®
church Captain J. D. Taylor, the “Ball'd
Evangelist.'' Is leading a revival eW"
grows In Interest with every meetlmc
The revival begun last Sunday and
continue for some time.