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\ ' -T ~ , III IJPJ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1907. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN J.I (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except HumJn j) By THE CEOHGIAN COMPANY. At g West Alabama St. Atlanta. Oft. Subscription Rates: Ft* Months t.M Thrco Months t.ff By Carrier. Per Week M Telephones connecting all depart ments. Long distance terminals. Smith ft Thompson. odrertUlna rep resentatives for all territory outside of (teorjfla. Chicago office Trlbnne Bnltdlnk fork office Potter Building If yon bar* any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department and have B,.P <J ,l,ph ° D,,: It Is deelrable that all commnntca- tfona Intended for publication In THB GEORGIAN AND NEW8 be limited to tOO trords la length. It (• Imperntlre that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuscrlpta will THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS OUR PLATFORM: The Georgian and News stands for Atlanta’s owning Its own gss and electric light plants, as It now own* Its water works. Other European cities, as they are, there oo good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and It may be some years before we are reedy for so big an undertaking.- Still* Atlant* should set Its face In tbst direction NOW. Persons leaving the city can have The Georgian and Nows mailed to them regularly by send ing thoir order to Tho Georgian office. Changes of address will be made; fl^-often as desired. A New Negro Leader. John O.-Daniel., of Brunswick. Is another negro Who Is making a strong and manly bid (or the fame that la founded upon usefulness to hla race and to hla times. Daniels has steered olear of the line made plain by Booker Washington at Tuakegee, and leaving Brunswick he has gone on f mission' to' the ne grophlllsts of the North to secure funds for the establishment of a negro school of navigation at Bruns wjek. - ..... ■lie believes that tho colored man's withdrawal from the forms of the South Indicates tlint he Is tired of ag riculture, and the new educator hopes to lead him In this new path In which hla race will be Instructed In tho gen eral occupation of seafaring on the ships and steamers plowing the Atlan tic and the Gulf. Daniels has the Indorsement of such standard names In Brunswick as Con gressman Brantley, Mayor Symons, Judge Gallo, ex-Mayor Hopkins and other 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 par ty might win In 1908. “But In order to do so," said the old war horse of Missouri, "we must have genuine Democratic candidates. We don't want any more pigs In pokes, such as we have had!” This allusion to Judge Parker Is affectionately commended to the consideration of The Houston Post The debutante conditions of the cot ton plant seem to justify the belief that the staple will be a belle In the commercial gayetlea of 1907. “On to Jamestown!” should be a shibboleth to the Fifth Regiment aa well as to other elements In the state. WILL ERECT MONUMENT TO HEROES OF CALHOUN. Special to The Georgina. Anniston, Ala. May 31.—The General John H. Forney Chapter. ,U. D. C, of Jacksonville, having succeeded In plac ing a monument over the grave of the fttnous Confederate artilleryman, John Pglham, has now turned attention to the erection ot a monument to the confederate soldiers of Calhoun county. AS far a. possible the nantee of every Confederate eoldler from the county w ho lost his life In the service will be Placed on this monument, as well an the name, of other, who have died since the clou of th. great war. Reopening Or. Mines. Speclsl to The Gcorflaa. Anniston, Ala., May 31.—The Wood- stock iron and Bteel Corporation has put a large force of hand, at work at Rendalla, where they will op«n up the old Rendalla ore mine that wu aban doned some year. ago. The corpora tion will rebuild the large ore washer plant and supply the mines with the latest equipment Injured by Fall. Special to The Georgian. Newberry, S. C., May 31.—While alighting from a strut car In Atlanta O McR. Holmes, of thl. city, was thrown violently to the asphalt struct by the sudden starting of t£* car, sus taining painful bruises. In addition to an Injury to hi* back. THE FIFTH REGIMENT MUST ANSWER THE PRESI DENT’S CALL ON GEORGIA DAY. The jtridfe and public spirit of Atlanta have rarely been face to face With a stronger appeal than that which concerns the Fifth Regiment and the Jamestown Exposition. Jlere is Atlanta’s crack regiment—the very flower and chiv airy of Georgia soldiery—set for the post of honor on the one great day of an international exposition—named aa the guard and escort on Georgia day of the' illustrious president of 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 Carolines—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 troopsf What shall Georgta say to the exposition expecting that of all states Georgia will lead the 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 t We may 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 is 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 aud 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. We just cannot afford to permit the Fifth Regiment to stay at home 1 The culture and graccof the capital city cannot suffer the re flection. The progress and prosperity of the city and state can not endure the reflection upon its means and its liberality. The Fifth Regiment must go to Jamestown! Beyond the reasons t of courtesy, of ethics and of business, lies the appeal of . gratitude. The Fifth Regiment deserves all this and more at the hands of Atlanta. If every citizen pf Atlanta who felt hiptself safe and his family secure behind the guns of the Fifth during the riots of last September, Would give $25 or $10, or even $5, these gallant soldiers would take their place with ringing cheers at the head of the .great parade of the 10th of June. If every man whoso person was saved or whose property was protected by the bayonets of the Fifth, would do his grate ful pocket duty the fund would be raised before noon on Satur- day. _ The appeal is urgent, personal and direct, to the pride, to the gratitude and to the social dignity and repute of all Atlanta. .Tlto-fuud is already started and is well on the way. N’ow, gentlemen of Peachtree and Whitehall, of Alabama and of Broad, and of our stately homes on Peachtreo Road and Ansley Park, put your hands into your comfortable pockets and come up to the social honor of Atlanta. Give yourself, and then give an hour with n list to this cause on Friday evening and on Saturday morning, and see if the output on Saturday noon does not relieve' the embarrassment of this mortifying lapse, and call tho Fifth Regiment at “Order Arms” to be ready for the president and Georgia day at the great Virginia fair. Atlanta has rarely, if ever, had a social crisis so imminent ns this. We appeal to the social to join the business element of At lanta in meeting it with promptness and dignity at once. The Fifth Regiment must answer roll call at Jamestown on the 10th of June I GORDON IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Abbeville, S. C., May 28, 1907. Hon. John Temple Grav.s, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir: In an editorial of this date In The Georgian you any on “Gordon and His Place:" “Let us not torget that It was Gordon who saved .8outh Caro lina from the rule of the carpet-bagger and seated Wade Hampton In the atatehouse In Columbia." Since making this statemenL you will do your readers in South Carolina the kindness of saying how, when and where this great aorvlce was rendered 8outh Carolina and Wade Hampton. I would not for anything do tho memory of General Gordon an Injury, but at same time, you certainly do Wade Hampton end South Carolina an Injuitlce In this statement tf I am correctly In formed from reading state history. Understand, I do not dispar age the greatness of Gordon. Very truly, , R. B. CHEATHAM. Our friend from South Carolina Is fully entitled to nn explanation. The Georgian's statement was perhaps too broad and sweeping In its ascription of credit to our gallant Gordon In the redemption of South Carolina. There are few people, however, living In cither state who will not re call that In those troubled times when Wade Hampton led the great state campaign for Carolina'* redemption that It was Gor don who stood side by aide with him on the stump and In the council chamber through the stormy phases of thst campaign—tbst It was Gordon's eloquence and Gordon's tact that did as much or more than anything else could do to arouse enthusiasm and the fiery purpose of 8outh Carolinians to be free—that it waa Gordon's judgment and Gordon's wisdom which In the council chamber ptanned the wlieat policies for 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, his firm Insistence and hts 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 tbelr state govern ments from the rule of the scalawtg and the carpet-bagger. And if there be any doubt In any man's mind of Gordon's part In 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 troop* withdrew from Columbia. Hla telegram, expreaa- ed In one brief and eloquent sentence, carried the whole story of a statesman's service and a state's high gratitude. Hampton's telegram read: ‘To John B. Gordon. Atlanta, The troops are withdrawn and the state is redeemed. Sonth Carolina thank* you." It Is not In our hearts, and we are aura that It Is not In Mr. Cheat ham's hesrt. to draw any envlons comparison* between Gordon and Hampton In this great campaign. They both behaved like heroes and statesmen. Hampton like a true South Carolinian led the fight. Gordon shared his dangers, his labors, bis responsibilities, and we are sure that Hatipton living or Hampton dead would be abundantly willing that ba should share In Hampton's glory and his fam*. k. IL_ 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 has been against the cotton crop. The warm weather of February and March began the llfo of the plant prematurely. And that life was nipped In the bud or In the early plant by the untimely frosts of April and of May. Since 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 planL and by all the precedents of our seasons, 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 tfiat the cotton crop of the present year will be 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 lay of supply and demand the Infer ence Is reasonable that we shall have a better price for cotton than we have had in previous years, and those planters who are fortunate enough to have a full crop, or whose skill aud 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 thereforo the first day of the summer ot 1907. The abundance of sickness of a mild type during the past winter and the superabundant evidence turnlebed 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 Is, generally speaking, a cleanly city, and Its sanitary af fairs In the-main are well kept up. There come to us, however, from ob servation and from reliable report, statements of carelessness In certain private and public lines of sanitation In the city. Carelessness In the keeping of private premises, untidiness about the streets which are both the side and central thoroughfares, and the general appearance of over confidence In the climate are evident in greater or leaser degree in dif ferent parts of the town. These conditions should be remedied, not when It Is too late, but In advance as n precaution In time which may save trouble for the future. Moreover, thla Is tho time of year when not only health, 6qt beauty should have a place In the public spirit and In public comfort. The grass was never greener than during the present year. The flowers nev er bloomed more beautifully nor the hedges never looked more alluring than they do today—all provided that there Is care In their keeping ancj taste in their regulation. A little prudent energy on the part of house owners and store keepers could make and keep Atlanta the “City Beautiful" as it always has been. • ... 1 Let The Georgian write a scries of prescriptions which represent public spirit aud public safety during the coming summer. We claim no credit for originality, because they have been spoken In other words and In this and Jn other cities. Here, then, Is our prescrip tion In short sentences for happiness and health during the 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 garbage in nnother. Don't mix. Contractors—Move your own debris and don't leave this for the city to do. Pull the grass from your front pavement and salt the cracks. This prevents second growth. . Call the dead animal man at Main 958. 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 make Sunday a joy and not a series ot brainstorms for wear ers of skirts. Throw everything but this In the waste basket. Your money will be refunded If this prescription fails to cure the “blues” and to ward off most of tho diseases of the summer season. MON DA Y, June 3,1907 \Jeff Davis’ 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 of funds, remittances, pay rolls, or attention to other business matters. Notes and acceptances ^maturing Monday are payable Saturday. Notes and acceptances maturing Sunday are payable Tuesday. EDITOR OF GOLDEN AGE POINTS OUT A CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLE OF NEWSPAPER INCONSISTENCY THE PARACRAPHER AND THE KINGDOM OF HE A VEN “There are neither strawberry-col ored shad nor rabbit-fattened bass In the hereafter of the paragraphers," lays The Atlanta Georgian. This opin ion, while highly Interesting, Is far from conclusive.—Washington Herald. John Temple Graves insists that paragraphers won't get to heaven. He ■urely hasn't much desire for that blessed country, as he ts turning out more squibs lately than usual.—Fitz gerald Leader. The Atlanta Georgian declares that t Is easier for s camel to go through th* ey. of a needle than for a pnra- grapher to go to heaven. The Bible declares that It Is easier for a camel to go through the 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 paragraphers can't go to heaven, they will doubtless greatly en hance the discomfort of certain dlatln- R fished persons In the other place.— Ichmond Times. "Can a newspaper paragrapher enter heaven?” aska The Atlanta Georgian. If he can not tt Is the first thing the average newspaper paragrapher can not connoct with.—Tba Commoner. The esteemed Atlanta Georgian la authorized to announce that all ,para- graphsrs who get shut out of both daces tn the hereafter are cordially nvlted to come to Texas.—Houston Post. The New York Mall paragrapher calle attention to the fact that a promi nent Gothamite recently demanded to know “Who ts John Temple Gravea?" No wonder Mr. Graves sees no happy hereafter for the paragraphers.— Washington Herald. The Atlanta Georgian’s query, “Can newspaper paragrapher expect to enter heaven?" la atilt going the rounds, and the coneenaua of opinion Is that ha needn't expect to go there on hie meritz.—Birmingham Age-IIer- s newspaper paragrapher will get to heaven. If he should ho would doubt- leas be aurprlsed to find present some of thoze who furnished him with tar gets here on earth.—Birmingham News. The Atlanta Goorglan declares that "the pungent paragrapher and the kingdom of heaven have not yet es tablished any relations for the future." Anyway, whatever condemnation may be visited upon him can be at moat a brief sentence.—Houston Post. GRAVES AND HIS CRITICS. From The Golden Age. The effort of some capers to Impute selfish motives to John Tampla Graves In his Chattanooga speech, declaring that hs was on a quest for dateo on tho lacture platform, la little—it la shame ful—It Is mean! Mr. Graves deliber ately gave up the platform aa a pro fession several years ago In favor of tho editorial chair, and wo happen to personally know that ha recently de clined several eerie* of date* that would havo paid him handsomely. The publio would rojoloo to too him fsetur# oftsner than hla editorial duties on Th* Georgian will allow. John Tempi* Graves hss t master mind, a gallant heart, a fearless soul end a golden tongue. Ho hao always bean an inde tongue or pen in guile. He ie *1 roua enough and great enough to argue without maligning and to differ with out bitterneae of heart or words. W* never knew Him to do e little thing. Hie editorial pegs in Th* Geor gian I* like a gulf atraam of crystal warmth and beauty, flowing through dally Journalism—fructifying wherever It goes and blotting wherever it touches. The Atlanta Georgian Is asking, “Can newspaper paragraphers 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 atilt s destination swatting them. It waa s Wisconsin man. we believe, who declared that Hades was only a pocket edition of Chicago, anyway.—Richmond Times- Dispatch. Colonel John Temple Gravea want* to know If a paragrapher can go to heaven. Give him full swing and good pay and then ask him. Colonel!—New ark Star. ' New Crott-TIa Company. Special to The GeorgOs. Brunswick. Ga., May 31.—The estab lishment of another big croee-tle ex port company It the latest Industrial move In Brunswick. The new concern Is called the National Tie Company. McKinnon Campbell la Southern man ager and Hanscll Baker has charge of the force at the Brunswick office. The main offices of the new company are In New York. ’ Commandery Organized. Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., -May 31.—Wednesday night at Masonic Hall St. Elmo Com mandery, Knights Templars, was duly Instituted. W. 6. Rockwell and George M. Williams, of Savannah, were' pre«- ent as representatives of the state commanded. The rank of the com mandery was conferred on forty-one men. Officers were elected as follows: Eminent commander. N. H. Ballard; The Atlanta Georgian doesn't think 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 tn Geor gla. The Atlanta Journal, which "covers Dixie like tho dew,” Is everywhere recognized as a great paper, viewed from ever/ standpoint of newspaper enterprise, and the vigorous advocacy of legislative reform. But good men sometimes make mis takes—and great papers nB well—and simple fairness and "even-handed Jus tice" demand that we call The Jour nal's attention to Its great mistake—• Its Inconsistent attltnde In- criticising Chancellor David C, Barrow, of the University of Georgia, for Inviting Mr. Alfred Thom, of Washington, general counsel forthe Southern Railway Com pany, to bo commencement orator. And why this belabored criticism, P For nothing on earth except the.sim ple fact that this distinguished Ameri can lawyer haa been employed as chief counM! for a great agency In oar coun try's commercial development. What are wo coming to when ostracism like this Is advocated by a great newspaper 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 k)s 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 he 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 he Invited to make a commence ment address a man whose talents have been recognized, and whose legal wis dom has been crowned In hla 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, ton of agea that were dark, and the star chambers where atari, tn fact, were never known to shine. We would wish that that unfortu nate editorial on "That Unfortunate invitation" might be Imputed to the on the horrible liquor traffic by adver- ttatng tt tn hts columns, thus sowing tho Dragon's Teenth of the organised liquor power Into the minds and hearts and appetites of our sacred homes and our plastic, defenseless children! The editor of The Journal was. until recently, n prominent lawyer In At lanta. Suppose he had been offered, at that time, the high and honorable posi tion of chief counsel for the Southern railway, wllh headquarters at the na tion’s capital! Would his acceptance of such an arduous honor have ren dered him unfit to return to his old home state at the invitation of tha chancellor of our university? Many men In Georgia, with name aa spotless as a woman's virtue, have been employed to defend men guilty of murder—yes, and of the “unmention able crime.” Does this faithful per formance of professional duties bar them from the classic and historic ros trum at Athens,? Tho very suggestion Is pitiful In the poverty of Its narrow ness. “But," answers The Journal, “Mr. Thom Is tho paid leader of a system that plans to evade the law, and which is guilty of crime almost as flagrant as murder." Well, we are not fighting the battle of the railroads, further than to sug gest that men and not steel rails and engines make the system. Still, wo can not accept without modification that extreme' statement. But if every the ear marks of due dellbcra tton! Indeed, It Is the second or third editorial of tho kind. And we who ore grateful friends of The Journal because of personal 'kindnesses, and also because of Its signal service In building up our state and section, are forced to tile unwelcome conclusion that our own mighty Atlanta Journal takes tho strange, narrow, unthinka ble position, that being a railroad at torney unfits a man for the duties of speaking nt a school commencement, and puts him ever more under the ban ,if public suspicion. Let not The Journal complain that our construction Is extreme. For, on general principles, Mr. Thom la like other railroad attorneys—and all other attorneys, os for that—employed to represent hts client to the best of hta ability. Then ehut out all such men— hundreds of our honest, able fellow- cittzens, and muzzle their mouths on all pubile occasions! Yes, and write above every collegb platform that ought to be a forum for enlightenment on all public questions—write for the eyes and hearts of these—our fellow- citizens—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 from the commonwealth of which you are a part. You are a covert and designing 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 organised to perpetuate and enlarge Itself, law or no law. And at Its door ycountiess crimes of actual murder are laid every day. Some railroads do wrong, but tha 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 sometluaes hurts body and pocket-book (and sometimes the railroad's purse ts plundered with out conscience In turn) i but the saloon system destroys purse, 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 • a a Sh.e si-11 Vs a mlirhfv contact or sympathy with a mighty evil, makes every man and woman an enemy to society who advertise/! liquor, who rents hts property to IL or who al lows it In hla club or hotel—whether on Peachtree or Decatur streets. Flease tell the difference. Answer and oblige. Finally, this la written, not -for the sake of argument, or tho profitless bandying of words. It comes from the 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 Its soul for the lost Jewel. - You will find It hidden under a hugs heap of gold. Polish that Jewel when you find IL Brother Editor, and let Its gleams light up the way forth* leglona you could ao grandly lead "for God and Home and Native Land." 80UTHERN OPION OF ROOSEVELT enemy of all that la best In our gov. ernmental plans. You must not stand before our American youth, even though your lips the while be dumb, lest your very presence aow Dragons' Teeth In their plastic minds and hearts!" Ladles and gentlemen, that Is the In evitable conclusion of The Journal's logic, and, to use common parlance. That Is the llmttl" And yet. If the railroads are a men- ore to law. order and morals—If the railroads are an unmlxed evil, The Journal is right In Its sweeping pro scription and Its merciless ostracism! And now, "In Conclusion.” aa 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, many months ago you were dlacourslng about 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 comes of your argument of contami nation and exclusion? Our railroad system ta a great blees- Ing, with some flagrant evils that need correction. But the saloon syatem ts an unmlxed evil, with horror, sorrow, des olation and death In Iti wake, and not one redeeming etar to ptercs Its cloud of shame! Your fateful argument of contamina tion and exclusion would make every man who, for the consideration of money, abets or connive* 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 Oy ts condemnation. You yourseir 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 murderoua syatem. For the sake of money Mr. Thom helps on the Southern railway by the application of hta talents to the work anil plana of the railroad, and—how (From Tho Washington Herald.) Our eloquent Georgta friend, John Temple Graves, hss contributed to tho New York World a concise restatement of tho reasons which moved him to advocate the nomina tion of President Roosevelt for the presi dency by both parties, or by the olementa In both parties favorable to what are com monly regarded ns Itooseveiynn policies. Perhaps the most remarkable portion of Mr. Graves' latest explanation of hie position Is his assertion that he has received thousands of letters and many thousands of personal expressions assuring him that his concep tion of public opinion was not unfounded and that he hud given utterance at Chatta nooga to the “rest voice of tho people of Georgia, and the real opinion ot the frea anil Intelligent manes of the South." Assuming Mr. Grave* to represent a css- sldenble proportion of Southern political opinion, the Inquiry suggest! Itself whether Mr. Rooeevelt does not more nearly per sonify Southern Democratic opinion on vital prohleme of the day than Sir. Brynn. for example. This query Is not so paradoxical aa It seems. In spite of such things ns the Booker T. Washington dinner and th* Dr. Crum appointment, end hf the obvtona dif ferences between Mr. Rooeevott'i attitude on various public questions, and that of leading Southern statesmen. Mr. Bryan haa expressed views on several subjects that have met with opposition from tho op pea Southern people, and.In.the ^matter of cen trallxatlon of power In the federal govern ment. a* a means of dealing with the trust farther then i _ Roosevelt. The president's corporation policies have so far had the unreserved sup port of the Souther* senators and repre sentatives In congress, which esn not be •aid for proposals coming from the fertile mind nt the Nebraska statesman, ear* In so fir •• some of them rose hare been “tn- prnpriated" by the administration. At- though from s certain point of view, Mr. Roosevelt may he looked upon as radical, yet. as compared with the more advanced position taken liy Mr. Bryan on railroad and corporation problems and the Initiative and referendum, he may lie placed in the con serve tire else*. In other word*, the criti cism we observe In the Southern press, >ap- M Bryan's pronounce ments on economic questions, does not ap ply to Mr. Roosevelt's attitude on the same tells ns that the real opinion of the South B refers the policies of Roosevelt to those of ■rynn. broadly speaking, or the less radical to the more radical. It Is a curious fact that both Roosevelt and Brvnn encounter strong oppoelton with. sorry we are It's true—for the sake of tmmgb th»y would'not object to tnvWlug money, the editor of The Journal helps part of the wny with ltooeevelL In the ranhs of their own parties, and yst both seem likely to he able to heat down that opposition. Both parties, as Mr. Graves says, are "filled with masses ef promt taste •gainst half the creeds whleh they profess and half the platforms which they follow.'' These protesteeti eeostttnte the apm rteri of the moderate radicalism of Roosevelt and the stronger radicalism of Brynn. If w* .J I may accept the Oeovgla editor's illagnoele * of the heathen situation, the Democratic prntestant* In Hut region are not prepared In go as fir am Rryan would lead them. I *$ d 3H!ft*-siWil i ■ r«' - - .