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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. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Daoday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 25 West Alabama Bt.. Atlanta, Os* Subscription Rates: One Tear |4.M £Ix Month* 2 M Thieo Month* 1.25 By Carrier. Per Week .10 Entered at the Atlanta PoatoTtlca as second-class mall matter. TcfrpbnnAR rrnnorflnr nil depart ments. Long distance terminal*. Smith A Thompson, advertising rep* resentatlres for all territory outside of Chicago office.........Ttibane Building New York office Potter Building If yon hare any trouble setting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telephonefi Bell 4927 main, Atlanta 4401. It le desirable that all communion- ffon* Intended for publication In TUB nroiniiw ivn viricu iimHiwi tn TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS print* no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither docs ft print whisky or any liquor ad*. end News stand* for Atlanta’!. . Its own gas and electric light plant*, as It now owns its water works. Other Cities do this and got gas ae low as 60 cents, with a profit to the dtf. This ways can be operated euccessfully by European cities, ns they ere, there Is no good reason why they oan not be so operated hero. But we do not believe this can bo done now, and It may be oocae year* before we are ready for so big so undertaking. - Still- Atlanta Persons leaving tho city can have The - Georgian and Nows mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to Tho Georgian ofiice. Changes of address will be made "a* often' as dealred. 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