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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, MAY 31. 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A New Negro Leader. -
Jqba.o. Daniel*, of Bj-upgwlcjc, I*
another negro who la making a strong
and manly bid for the famo that la
founded atpon usefulness to bis race
and to his times. '
Daniels has-steered ol.ar of the line
made ploln by Hooker Washington at
Tuskegee, and leaving Brunswick he
hsa gone on a - mission' to the no-
grophlllsts of the North to secure
funds for* the establishment of a
negro school* of navigation at Bruns
wick.
He believes that the colored man’s
withdrawal from the farms of tho
South Indicates that ho Is tired of ag
riculture. and the new educator hopes
to Iead*hlm In this new path In which
bis race will bo Instructed In the gen
eral occupation of seafaring on the
ships and iteamera plowing the Atlan
tic and tho Oulf.
Daniels has the Indorsement of such
standard names In Brunswick as Con
gressman Brantley, Mayor Symons,
Judge Gallo. ex-Mayor Hopklna and
pther men of repute In Brunswick,
His experiment will be watched with
Interest, and, In the main, with ap
proval.
Champ Clark at Savannah express
ed the faith that the Democratic [jar
ty might win In 1908. "But in order
to do so," said tho old war horse of
Missouri, “we must bavo genuine
Democratic candidates. We don’t
want any more pigs In pokes, such as
we have bad!” This allusion to Judge
Parker Is affectionately commended to
the consideration of The Houston
Post.
The debntante conditions of the cot
ton plant seem to justify the belief
that the staple will bo a belle In the
commercial gayetlea of 1907.
"On to Jameatown!” should be s
shibboleth to the Fifth Regiment as
well as to othsr elements In the state.
WILL ERECT MONUMENT
TO HEROES OF CALHOUN.
Cpevlil «® The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., May *1.—The General
John H. Forney chapter, U, D. C.. of
Jacksonville, having succeeded in plac
ing a monument over the grave of ths
famous Confederate artilleryman, John
Ptlham, has now turned attention to
the erection of a monument to the
Confederate soldiers of Calhoun county.
As far aa possible the names of every
confederate soldier from the county
who loet hi* life In the service will be
Placed on thle monument, as well as
the nsmaa of other* who have Ul*d
Since the close of the great war.
Reopening Ore Mine*.
Spent) to The Oforfiao.
Anniston. Ala., May SI.—The Wood,
stock Iron and Steel Corporation has
put a large force of hands at work at
Rendalia, where they will open up the
Rendalia ore min* that was aban
doned some years ago. The corpora
tion win rebuild the large or* washer
Plant and supply the mines with the
latest equipment
Injured by Fall.
•porltl to The Georgian.
Newberry, S. C., May IL—While
tight mg from a street ear In Atlanta.
c McR. Holme*, of this city, was
thrown violently to tho asphalt street
by the sudden starting of the car, sue-
talalug painful brul.ra, In addition to
an Injury to his back.
THE FIFTH REGIMENT MUST ANSWER THE PRESI
DENT’S CALL ON GEORGIA DAY.
The pride and'public spir|t of Atlanta have rarely been face
to face with a stronger appeal than that which concerns the I-ifth
Regiment and the Jamestown Exposition.
Here iu Atlanta’s crack regiment—the very flower and chiv
alry of Georgia soldiery—net for the post of honor on the one
great day of. an international esyiosition-r-named as the guard
and escort on Georgia day of the illustrious president pt the Uni
ted States—named in The program to march in the forefront of a
long lino of the state guards of Virginia, Maryland; Pennsylva
nia, New York and the Carolina*—with all the glittering honors
of a great military pageant waiting to crown its gallant ranks
—and yet halted and held at home by the sheer claim of poverty,
tightening in the face of the greatest and most general prosper
ity that the city or the state have ever known!
It is enough to make Georgia and Atlanta blush.
What shall Georgia say to the president and his cabinet, ex
pecting the orthodox amenities in an escort of Georgia troops?
What shall Georgnv say to the exposition *cxpecting that of all
states Georgia will lead (he list in numbers and equipment on
Georgia day? And what shall Georgia say to the general pub
lic when in the reports the only absentee in the great roster of
the military on that eventful day will be the state that gave to
the president his mother and is giving to the exposition its
greatest and most popular occasion?
We niaV be sure that Governor Terrell and his staff, and the
thousands of Georgians present to do honor to Georgia’s pre
eminent celebration, will be mortified at the vacant place at the
head of the marching columns.
The whole thing is a breach of the amenities among pro
gressive commonwealths. It it a social lapse that reflects upon
thj good manners of the state. More than that or equal to that
it is a confession of state and municipal poverty which does not
speak well for Georgia’s prosperity vaunted in her pamphlets
and in her display.
The multitudes will say Georgia, claims to be prosperous and
rich. Yet she is too poor to illustrate the good-manners of send
ing a regiment or a battalion as the escort of honor to the pres
ident of the United States when he comes to do honor to Georgia
on her opening day. * ,
Wo just cannot afford to permit the Fifth Regiment to stay
at home I
The culture and grace of the capital city cannot suffer the re
flection. The progress and prosperity of tho city and state can
not endure the reflection upon its means and its liberality.
Tho Fifth Regiment must'go to Juine'stown!
Beyond the reasons of courtesy, of ethics aud of business,
lies the appeal of gratitude. The Fifth Regiment doservea-all
this and more at the hands of Atlunta.
If every citizen of Atlanta who felt himself safe and his
family- secure behind tho guns of the Fifth during tho riots of
last September, would give $25 or $10, or even $5, these gallant
soldiers would take their ploeo with ringing cheers at the head
of the great parade of the 10th of June.
If every man whose person was saved or whose property
was protected by the bayonets of tho Fifth, would do his grate
ful pocket duty the fund would be raised before noon on Satur
day.
The appealirurgent, personal and direct, to the pride, to the
gratitude und to tho social dignity anil repute of all Atlanta.
The fund is already started and is well on the way.
Now, gentlcjuen of Peachtree and Whitehall, of Alabama
aud of Broad, and of our stately homes on Peachtree Road and
Ansicy Park, put your hands into your comfortable pockets and
oomo up to the soeial honor of Atlanta. Givo yourself, and then
give an hour with a list to tills cause on Friday evening and on
Saturday morning,,and see if the output on Saturday noon does
not relievo {the embarrassment of this mortifying lapse, and
call the-Fifth Regiment at “Order Arms” to be ready for the
presidon*. and Georgia day at tho greet Virginia fair.
Atlanta lias rarely, if ever, had a social crisis so imminent
as this.
Wo appeal to the social to join the business element of At
lanta in meeting it with promptness and dignity at once.
Tho Fifth Regiment must answer roll*call at Jamestown on
the 10th of June 1 *
A SHORT COTTON CROP SEEMS SURE.
Every condition and promise Justifies the assertion that the cotton
crop of 1907 will be a short one.
Every atmospheric condition of the year baa been against the cotton
crop. The warm weather of February and March began the life of the
plant prematurely. And that life was nipped. In the bud or in the early
plant by the untimely froste of April and of May.
8ince that time the crop has been replanted several times and the
plant which survived the frosts has had a somewhat stunted growth. The
abnormal recurrence of rain and cold weather during the entire spring
up to the present time has been prejudicial to a healthful prosperity for
the cotton plant, and by all the precedents of our seasoud. the boll will be
so late In maturing that Its full fruition Is likely to be affected by the
early frosts.
Under,these conditions It seems a logical deduction that the cotton
crop of the present year will he a short one.
Moreover, the country Is prepared more than ever before In Its histo
ry to consume an abundant crop. An increased and ever Increasing de
mand for cotton would make 12,000,000 bales scarcely sufficient for the
world's requirements during the coming year.
Of course, under the economic law of supply and demand the Infer
ence Is reasonable that we shall have a better price for cotton than we
have bad In previous years, and those planters who are fortunate enough
to have a full crop, or whose sklli and attention -can make the best of the
crop which'has progressed so far under unfavorable conditions, will
doubtless reap a satisfying harvest of profit from the cotton transactions
of the present year.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY FOR ATLANTA.
Saturday Is the first day of June, and therefore the first day of the
summer of 1997.
The abundance .of sickness of a mild typo during the past winter
and the superabundant evidence furnished by the nature of our minor
epidemics of the existence of germs In these diseases, carries with It
an admonition to forecasting prudence and discretion In sanitary meas
ures for the coming summer.
Atlanta Ib, generally speaking, a cleanly city, and its sanitary af
fairs In the main are w-ell kept up. There come to us, however, from ob
servation and from reliable report, statements of carelessness In certain
prlvato and public lines -of sanitation In the city. Carelessness In the
keeping of private premises, untidiness about the streets which are hotb
the side and central thoroughfares, and the general appearance of over
confidence In the cllnmto are ovldent In greater or lesser degree in dif
ferent pacts of the town.
These conditions should be remedied, not when It is too late, but In
advance as a precaution In time which may save trouble for the future.
Moreover, this Is the time of year when not only hea!tl\, but beauty
should have a place In the publto spirit and in public comfort. The
grass was never greener than during, tho present year. Tho flowers nev
er bloomed more beautifully nor the hedges never looked more allur|ng
than they do today—all provided that there Is care iti their keeping and
tasto In Jbelr regulation.
A little prudent energy on the part of house owners and store
keepers could make and keep Atlanta tho "City Beautiful" as it always
has been.
Let Tho Georgian write a series of prescriptions which represent
public spirit and public safety during tho coming summer/
We claim no credit for originality, because they have been spoken in
othor words and In this and in other cities. Here,' then, is our prescrip
tion In short sentences for happiness and health during tho summer of
1907:
Cut your grass.
Clean your attic.
Clean your front yard.
Clean your back yard.
Pick up all loose paper on your premises.
Dump your cut grass with the trash, not In the gutter. .
/ Give your front walk a hose bath every day, unless It rains.
' Dump your trash In one box, your gnrbago In another. Don’t mix.
Contractors—Movo your own dobrls and don't leave this for the
city to do. i
Pull tho grass from your front pavement and salt the cracks. This
prevents second growth. s
Call the dead animal man at Main 9S6. He Is paid a large salary
to remove carcasses and to do It quick,
Everybody—Have your front sidewalks swept on Saturday afternoon.
This will mnko Sunday a Joy and not a series of brainstorms for wear
ers of skirts.
Throw everything but this in the waste basket.
Your money will bo refunded if thlB prescription fails to euro the
"blues” 'and to ward off most of the diseases of tho summer season.
MONDAY, June3, 1907 (Jeff Davit’ Birthday),
Being a legal holiday in the state of Georgia, this bank, a member
of the Atlanta Clearing House Association, will be closed.
Our customers will please bear this In mind In requesting trans
fer oi funds, remittances, pay rollB, or attention to other business
matters.
Notes and acceptances maturing Monday are payable Saturday.
Notes and acceptances maturing Sunday are payabla Tuesday.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
EDITOR OF GOLDEN AGE POINTS
OUT A CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLE
OF NEWSPAPER INCONSISTENCY
THE PARAGRAPHER AND
THE KINGDOM OF HEA PEN
GORDON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Abbeville, S. C„ May 28, 1907.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta. Gn.
Dear 8!r: In an editorial of this date In The Georgian you
ssy on "Gordon and His Place:’’
"Let us not forget that It was Gordon who saved South Caro
lina from the rule of tho carpet-bagger and seated Wade Hampton
tn the statehouso In Columbia.” /
Since making this statement, you will do your readers In
South Carolina tho kindness of saying how, when and where this
great, service was rendered South Carolina and Wade Hampton.
I would not for anything do the memory of General Gordon
an Injury, but at lame time, you certainly do Wado Hampton and
South Carolina an Injustice In this itatemrnt It I am correctly In
formed from rending State history. Understand, I do not dispar
age the greatness of Gordon. Very truly,
R. B. CHEATHAM.
Our friend from South Carolina la fully entitled to an explanation.
The Georgian's atatament waa perhaps too broad and sweeping In Its
ascription of credit to our gallant Gordon In the redomptloi^ of South
Carolina.
There are few people, however, living In either state who will not re
call that In those troubled tlmea when Wade Hampton led the
great atate campaign for Carolina’s redemption that It was Gor
don who stood side by side with him on the. stump and In
the council chamber through the stormy phases of that campaign—that It
waa Gordon'* eloquence and Gordon's tact that did as much or more than
anything else could do to arouse enthusiasm and the fiery purpose of
South Carolinians to be free—that It was Gordon’s Judgment and Gordon’s
wisdom which tn the council chamber- planned the wisest policies far suc
cess.
And finally when the battle waa over there are few In Georgia or
South Carolina who will fall to realise that Gordon's wise counsel, hts firm
Insistence and hit skillful policies did as much or more than any other
man's to bring about the compromise by which South Carolina and Louis
iana conceded a doubtful and uncertain national election In order to se
cure the Imperative and Indispensable redemption of their atate govern
ments from the rule of the scalawag and the carpet-bagger.
And If there be any dqubt In any man’e mind cf Gordon's part tn this
great and desirable achievement, the confirmation will be found In the
telegram which Wade Hampton sent to Gordon In Atlanta on the night
that the Federal troops withdrew from Columbia. Hla telegram, express
ed In one brief and eloquent sentence, carried the whole story of a
statesman’s service end a state's high gratitude. Hampton’s telegram
read:
"To John B. Gordon, Atlanta, The troops are withdrawn and the
state la redeemed. 8outh Carolina thanks yon.”
It is not In our hearts, and we are sure that it la not Id Mr. Cheat
ham's heart, to draw any envious comparisons between Gordon and
Hampton in this great campaign. They both behaved like* heroes and
statesmen. Hampton Uke a true 8outh Carolinian led the fight. Gordon
■hared bit dangers, his labors, his responsibilities, and we arc sure that
Ham: '• i. :i-■• llniii|,i<vi dead wmild he abundantly willing that he
should .lia:u In Hampton's glory and hts (am*. .
"There are neither *trawbcrry-col.
ored shad nor rabbit-fattened has* In
the hereafter of the paragrapher*."
says The Atlanta Georgian. This opin
ion, while highly Interesting, Is far
from conclusive.—Washington Herald.
John Temple Graves Insists that
parngraphers won't get to heaven. He
surely hasn’t much desire for that
blessed country, as he I* turning out
more .squibs lately than usual.—Fltx-
gerald Leader.
The Atlanta Georgian declares that
It Is caster for a camel to go through
the eyo of a needle than for a para
grapher to go to heaven. The Bible
declares that It It easier for a camel
to go through tho eye of a needle than
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven. We are broke and standing
pat on the Bible theory.—Houston Post.
If, as The Atlanta Georgian opines,
newspaper parngraphers can't go to
heaven, they will doubtless greatly en
hance the discomfort of certain dlstln-
'Con a newspaper paragrapher enter
heaven?" asks The Atlanta Georgian.
It h« can not H la tlia first thing the
average newspaper paragrapher can
not connect with.—Th4 Commoner.
The esteemed Atlanta Georgian Is
authorised to announce that dtl para-
grtt|.liars who g"t shut out ot both
places In the hereafter aro cordially
Invited to come to Texet.—Houston
Post.
The New York Mall paragrapher
calls attention to the fact that n promi
nent Oothamlte recently demanded to
know ."Who Is John Temple Graves?"
No wonder Mr. Grave* tees no happy
hereafter for the paragrapher*.—
Washington Htrald.
The Atlanta Georgian's query, "Can
newspaper paragrapher expect to
enter Minsr is stilt gang tbs
rounds, and the consensus of opinion
Is that he needn't expect to go there
on hts merit*.—Birmingham Age-Her-
The Atlanta Georgian le asking,
“Can newspaper paragrSphera expect
to enter heaven?" Why not—don't
they get the other thing often enough
on earth?—Cleveland Leader.
If the paragraphers get shut out of
both places, there Is still a destination
awaiting them. It was a Wisconsin
man. w* believe, whqr declared that
Unde* was only a pocket edition of
Chicago, anyway.—Richmond Times-
Dispatch.
Colonel John Temple Graves wants
to know If a paragrapher can go to
heaven- Give him full swing and good
itsv and than auk him Pfllnnal' — Ww.
The Atlanta Georgian doesn't think
a newspaper paragrapher will get to
heaven. If he should he would doubt
less be surprised to nnd present eome
of those who furnished him with tar
gets here on earth.—Birmingham News.
The Atlanta Georgian declare* that
“ths pungent paragrapher and the
kingdom of heaven have not yet ee-
tabltshed any relations for the future."
Anyway, whatever condemnation may
be visited upon him can be at most a
brief sentence.—Houston Post.
GRAVE8 AND HI8 CRITICS.
From The Golden Age, i
The effort of some papers to Impute
selfish motives to 'John Temple Graves
In his Chattanooga speech, dselaring
that he was on a quest for data* on ths
Iscture platform, Is little—it it shame
ful—-It it meant Mr. Graves dellber-
ately gavo up tho platform os a pro
fession ttvoral years ago In favor of
thq editorial chair, and wo happen to
personally know that h* rsosntly de
clined several series of dates that
would have paid him handsomely. Ths
publio would rejoice to see him lecture
oftener than hit editorial duties on Tho
Georgian will allow. John Temple
Grave* has a master mind, a gallant
heart, a fttrltsa soul and a golden
tengue. He hat always been an Inde
pendent thinker, but he never dipt hit
tengue or pen in guilt. Ho It chival
rous enough and groat enough to argue
without maligning and to differ with
out eitternei* of heart or words.
W* never know him to do a little
thing. Hie editorial page in The Gear,
gian it Ilk* a gulf stream of cryetal
warmth and beauty, flowing through
dally journalism—fructifying whsrsvsr
it goes and blessing, whsrsvsr it
touches.
New Cross-Tls Company,
Specie) to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Oa., May SI.—The estab
lishment of another big cross-ye ex
port company It the latest Industrial
move In Brunswick. The new concern
Is called the National Tie Company.
McKinnon Campbell le Southern man
ager and Hansell Baljcr has charge of
the force at the Brunswick office. The
main offices of the now company are in
New York.
Commtndtry Organized.
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Oa., May 81.—Wednesday
night at Masonic Hall 8t. Elmo Corns
mandery. Knights Templars, was duly-
instituted. W. B. Rockwell and George
M. Williams, of Savannah, were pres-
ent as representatives of the state
commander. The rank of the com
mand ery was conferred on forty-one
men. Officers were elected as follows:
Eminent commander. N. H. Ballard;
generalissimo^ W. G. Brantley.
(Wm. D. Upshaw, In The Golden Age.)
We have somewhere heard of a Jewel
bearing the fair name. Consistency—
but that “gem of purest ray serene”
has been sadly, and, we fear, hopeless
ly lost by a great newspaper In Geor
gia.
The Atlanta Journal, which "covers
Dixie like the dew," Is everywhere
recognized as a great paper, viewed
from every standpoint of newspaper
enterprise, and the vigorous advocacy
of legislative reform.
But good men sometimes make mis
takes—end great pajwrs as well—and
simple fairness nnd “even-handed Jus
tice'’ demand that wc call The Jour
nal's attention to Its great mistake—
Its inconsistent attitude In criticising
Chancellor David C. Barrow, of the
University "f Georgia, for Inviting Mr.
Alfred Thom, of Washington, general
counsel for the Southern Railway Com-
pany. to be commencement orator.
And why this belabored criticism,
pray? ’
-For nothing on earth except the sim
ple fact that this distinguished Ameri
can lawyer has been employed as chief
counsel for a great agency In our coun
try's commercial development. What
are wo coming to when ostracism like
this Is advocated by a great nowspaper
of commanding Influence?
Why,. The Journal actually takes
special pains to say that the personality
of Mr. Thom and the beauty of elo
quence In bjs commencement message,
"though he speak with the tongue of
an angel," should not be considered In
tho matter. It boldly, baldly, almost
blatantly, declares that the one crime
for which Mr. Thom should bo barred
from a college platform and almost
ostracised from decent society. Is the
fact that he Is chief counsel for a rail
road. And the unpardonable and Inde
fensible blunder of Chancellor Barrow
(who bravely takes all the responsibil
ity on himself) comes out of the fact
that hednvlted to make a commence
ment address a man whose talents have
been recognised, and whose legal wis
dom has been crowned In his eleva
tion to the high and honorable position
of attorney for a great railroad sys
tem.
Ladles and gentlemen, we submit,
that that Is going too far—just about
a thousand miles too far.
Such a spirit has about It a complex
ion of ages that Were dark, and the
star chambers where stars, In fact,
were never known to shine.
We would wish that that unfortu
nato editorial., on “That Unfortunate
Invitation" might be Imputed to the
Impulse of the moment, but It, alas,
has all the ear marks of due delibera
tion! Indeed, It Is the second or third
editorial of tho kind. And we who
are grateful friends of The Journal
because of personal kindnesses, nnd
also because of its signal service In
building up nur state and section, are
forced to tho unwelcome conclusion
that nur own mighty Atlanta Journal
takes the strange, narrow, 'unthinka
ble position, that being a railroad at
torney unfits a man for the duties of
speaking at a school commencement,
and puts him ever more under the ban
of public suspicion.
Let not The Journal complain that
.our construction Is extreme. For, on
general principles, Mr. Thom ‘ '
other railroad attorneys—and a
attorneys, as for that—employed to
represent his client to the best of his
ability. Then shut out all such men—
hundreds of our honest, able fellow-
cltlxens, and muzzle their mouths on
all public occasions! Yes. and write
abovs nvery college platform that
ought to be a forum for enlightenment
on all public questions—write far the
eyes and hearts of these—our fetlow-
clttzens—this horrible ultimatum:
"Get out—you are not welcome! Be
gone—you are not wanted! You have
been contaminated by the unholy touch
of greed! You are an alien front the
commonwealth of which you are a
part. You are a covert and designing
enemy of all that ts best tn our gov-
ernmental plans. You must not stand
before our American youth, even
though your lips the while be dumb,
lest your very presence sow Dragons’
Teeth In their plastic minds and
hearts!” v
Ladle* and gentlemen, that Is the In
evitable conclusion of The Journal's
logic, and, to use common parlance,
"ThBt Is the limit!"
And yet, If the railroads are a men
ace to law. order and morals—If'the
railroad* arc an unmlxed evil. The
Journal la right In Its sweeping pro
scription and Its merciless ostracism!
And now, "In conclusion." as the
preachers say. and on The Journal’s
own premise of contamination and ex
clusion, one last civil question, which,
after all, has been the acknowledged
"method In our madness:"
Which does the greater harm to
American society, the railroad system
with all of Its developing Influence, or
the saloon system, with all of Its de
bauching Influence?
We rejoice to know what your an
swer will be, for not many, mapy
months ago you were discoursing obout
the evils of the saloon, and warning
barkeepers that they were In grave
danger of having them “voted out alto-
gether."
Then, dear contemporary, what be
come*. of your argument of contami
nation and exclusion?
Our railroad system Is a great bless
ing. with some flagrant evils that need
correction. BiU the Saloon system Is an
unmlxed evil, with horror, sorrow, des
olation and death In Its wake, and not
one redeeming star to pierce lta cloud
of shame!
Your fateful argument of contamina
tion and exclusion would make every
ma* who, for the consideration of
money, abets or connives at the liquor
traffic In any form, a moral degenerate
and a social outlaw. You are In the
corner. Brother Editor. You can not
escape the dilemma. Which way you fli
ts condemnation. You yourself are con
demned. The Journal editor, then,
would be an unfit person to' make a
commencement address, because he Is
openly connected with an Iniquitous
and murderous system. ,
For the sake of money Mr. Thom
helps on the Sonthern railway by the
application of hts talents to tho work
and plans of the railroad, and—how
sorry we are It's true—for the sake of
on the horrible liquor traffic by adver
tising It In his columns, thus sowing
the Dragon’s Teenth of the organized
liquor power into the minds nnd hearts
and appetites of our sacred homes and
our plastic, defenseless children!
The editor of The Journal was, until
recently, a prominent lawyer In At
lanta. Suppose he had been offered »t
that time, the high and honorable pos|.
tlon of chief counsel for the Southern
railway, with headquarters at the na
tion's‘capital! Would his acceptance
of such an arduous honor have ren
dered him unlit to return to his old
home stato at the Invitation of the
chancellor of our university?
Many men In Georgia, with name as
spotless as a woman’s virtue, have
been employed to defend men guilty ot
murder—yes, and of .the "unmention
able crime,” Does this faithful per
formance of professional duties bar
them from the classic and historic ro«.
trum at Athens?- The very suggestion
Is pitiful In the poverty of Its narrow,
ness,
"But." answers The Journal, -'Mr.
Thom Is the paid leader of a system
that plans to evade tho law, and which
Is guilty of crime almost as flagrant as
murder."
Well, we are not fighting the battle
of the i-allroads, further than to sug
gest that men and not steel rails and
engines make the system. Still, we
can .not accept without modification
that extreme statement. But If every
word of It were painfully true, we have
a statement more true and more pain
ful than that:
The liquor power of this country Is
organized to perpetuate and enlarge
Itself. law or no law. And at Its door
countless crimes of actual murder are
laid every day.
Some railroads do wrong, but ths
system Is a blessing.
Some liquor men are misguided, but
kind-hearted gentlemen, but the sa
loon system Is a horrible Iniquity.
The railroad system sometimes hurls
body and pocket-book (and sometimes
the railroad's purse Is plundered with
out conscience In turn); but the saloon
system destroys purae, body, mind and
soul!
And yet The Journal and many other
papers help it on by dedicating their
sacred space for the sake of the gold
that Is stained by human blood and
haunted by the cry of souls thus lured
to hell!
The Journal's own argument of ex
clusion because of contamination from >
contact or sympathy with a mighty
evil, mokes every man and woman an
onemy to society who advertlaes liquor,
who rents his property .to It, or who al
lows it In his club or hotel—whether on
Peachtree or Decqtur streets. Pleas*
tell the difference. Answer and oblige.
Finally, this Is written, not for the
sake of argument, or the profitless
bandying of words. It comes from
tho very heart blood of the writer, with
the desperate, definite wish to do gen
uine good.
Let The Journal light a candle and
look through the corridors of lta soul
for tho lost Jewel.
You will find It hidden under a huge
heap of gold. Polish that Jewel when
you find tt, Brother Editor, and let lta
gleams light up the way for the legions
you could ao grandly lead "for God
and Home and Native Land.’
80UTHERN OPION OF ROOSEVELT
(From Tho Washington Herald.)
Our eloquent Georgia friends John Tempi*
Graves, has contributed to the New \ork
World n concise restatement of the reasons
which mored him to advocate the nomina
tion of President Roosevelt for the presl*
dency by both parties, or by the element*
In both partle* favorable to what are com
monly regarded a§ Rooseveltlnn policies.
Perhnpa the most remarkable portion of Mr.
Grave*' istestr explanation of hi* position 1«
his assertion that he ha* received thousand*
of letters nnd many thousands of personal
expressions nssuriug hint that his concep
tion of public opinion was not unfounded
nnd that ho had given utterance at Chatta
nooga to the 'Teal voice of the people of
Georgia, nnd the real opinion of the fre«
nnd Intelligent masses of the Smith.
Assuming Mr. Graves to represent a con
siderable proportion of Southern political
opinion, the inquiry suggests Itself whether
Mr. Roosevelt dogp not more nearly per
sonify Southern Democratic opinion on vital
problems of the day than Mr. Bryan,
example. This query Is not so paradoxic**
ns It seems. In splto of such things as jne
Booker T. Washington dinner nnd the Br.
Cram appointment, nnd of the obvious dir-
ferenrps between Mr. Hooccvelt's attitude
on various public questions, nnd that or
leading Southern statesmen. Mr. Brys»
has expressed views on several soUi^”
that have met with opposition from ««
Sonthern people, and In the matter of <fn
trnllzntlon of power In the federal
meat. ns a means of dealing with the trust
question, ho has gone murh farther *w
Mr. Roosevelt. The president's
policies have ho fur had the unreserved »«£
port of the Southern senators «n<l repr*
sontafives in congress, which can not
said for proposals coming from the «*‘ u *
mind of the Nebraska, statesmen. * nT ?
so far ns some of them may have been
nroprlnted” by the administration. *
though from a certain point of ‘i*
Roosevelt may be looked upon a#
yet. ns compared with the »ort sdvsn .
position taken by Mr. Bryan on rtjjwjj *Za
corporation problems and the Initiative
referendum, he may be placed In toe
sorvntlvc class. In other wonts. toe r n
cism we observe in the Southern P r °,V’ (id
posedljK reflecting popular opinion, (art *
toward certain of Mr. Brysn s prone«»
meats on economic questions, does f
ply to Mr. Roosevelt')* attitude oa the •
Questions. Mr. Graves may be wen wo .
the limits of accuracy, therefore, wnrn .
tells ua that the real opinion of the » » ,
prefers the policies of Kooierflt to tho.• .
Bryan, broadly speaking, or tne le** r4 '*
to. the more radical. _ . ..
It Ik a curious fact that both
nnd Bryan encounter strong opposlton .
in the ranks of their own-parties. 1 »»d .
both seen? likely to be able to
that opposition Both parlies, at Mr. Grnrej
says, nr.» ••filled with wssms of protestajij
against half the creeds which they P r ••
and half the platforms which they foi •
Those protestonts constitute the •’tPPyfljJ
of the moderate radicalism of Roosevelt
the stronger radicalism of Brysn
accept the Georgia editor»
«»i me Kmithern situation, the
p rot extant* In thSt^regloiMBr* thf»-
DV, “> 1 »*• iruc-~ior me aune or thofah^h/v' f would Viot" object to tr*veUo|
money, the editor of The Journal helps part of the way with Roosevelt. 4