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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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SCENE OF DISORDER
MARKS NIGHT SESSION
Continued from Pago One.
labored through a Ion*, weary day. far
Into In lniufferably hot night, to enact
Into law a measure dear to the hearts
of the people of Georgia. The minority,
composed of young men. hard of mus
cle, live with vitality and keen for the
frav, had fenced successfully, repulsed
every effort of the majority to carry
out the will of ths people. And the
people sat above It all, tense end quiet,
praying, hoping, longing for some pow
er to force the Issue.
Majority 1a Blooksd.
Mr. Wright, leader of the prohlbl
tlonlsta, had maneuvered for an op
portunity to put the measure on Its
passage, bringing Into play every ef
fort that suggested Itself under parlia
mentary law. He had the support of
Sir. Covington, of Mr. Alexander, of
Mr. Wise, of a hundred and thirty
members of the house. Mr. Dunbar, of
Richmond, countered. He had the sup
port of Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton; of
Sir. Adams, of Chatham: of forty-four
members of the house, barely more
than the one-flfth necessary to call
the aye and nay vote.
Floods of Oratory,
Flowers, music, mountains, vallays,
birds, tadpoles, gophers, sunrises, wom
en, men, humble cottages, babes In
cradles. Illustrious ancestors, Inter
spersed with Irrelevant quotations,
were some of the subjects dealt In by
the minority In explaining their votes
on Irrelevant questions—Irrelevont ex
cept that the explanations end ques
tions killed time, and the hands of the
clock ticked off the seconds, minutes
and hours which led to the fateful
midnight, when the house would stand
adjourned and leave the question of
ohlbltlon no nearer to a settlement
prohibition no nearer to a seuiomeni
than In the morning when the members
of the assembly were fresh for work,
and the audience was exuberant In Its
singing of hymns and near approach to
victory Just without their grasp.
It was at 10:30 o'clock at night that
the storm which" had been brewing all
day broke. It came at the end of an
eloquent and Impaasloned appeal by
Hon. Seaborn Wright to his prohibition
fpltowera. . It could not have been
helped. Speaker Slaton could not have
prevented It—the entire military forces
of the state could not have stopped
long-patient men and women from
giving vent to their pent-up feelings.
The roll was being called for the
ninth time, and the anti element of the
bouse was continuing Its filibustering
tactics to kill time under the pre
text of explaining votea It had been
going on all day and It was getting
tiresome.
Seaborn Wright's Address.
The climax came when the name of
Wright, of F/oyd, was called. He was
entitled to three minutes to explain his
vote. He took the three minutes and
Ip that short space of tlmo he In
jected more eloquence nnd feeling than
had been done ut any time during tho
day.
He spoke to his followers—not to the
galleries. It wns an Impassioned ap
peal to the prohibition members to
stand fast nnd not participate or coun
tenance the tlme-kllllng methods em
ployed by the antl-prohlbltlonlsts.
But the galleries heard, even though
the remarks were addressed to the
house.
"As a representative of the sovereign
state of Georgia, I can but express my
deep sense of humiliation at the scenes
witnessed on the floor of this house to.
day," said Mr. Wright. "We are the
representatives of a great people—peo
ple who believe In law and the orderly
enforcement of It. This great law-mak
ing body has witnessed an utter disre
gard of all decorum and ardor un
equaled In any.I««l»lhtlve body.
Appeals to Followers.
"1 desire to appeal to the great ma
Jorlty of this house—that majority who
are with me for state prohibition—to
continue to do as they have done
throughout this trying ordeal. 8tand
unchanged and Immovable not only
for the bill, but for Its orderly enact
ment Into law.
/•Whatever shame may come to the
■tats, let us go back to our people with
conscience clean of offepse, and let us
C t the responsibility on those who
ve Incurred It.”
There was an Instant’s hush as ths
eloquent Roman finished. Then there
was a hiss or two from some antis In
the gallery. Those hisses acted as a
match to a magaslne of powder. A few
pair of hands clapped. Then came the
wave of applause. The np-
plause was followed by cheers, utid
these were accompanied by the crush
of the speaker’s gavel and the rushing
of members of the house to the speak
er's desk.
"Clear the Galleries.”
"The sergeant-at-arms will clear the
galleries,” roared Speaker Slaton.
Seaborn Wright arose amid tho din
and waving his arms high above his
head, admonished the people In the
galleries to go out.
•The time has come to clear the gal
leries," he declared.
His voice was lost In the roar of an
other mighty cheer, still accompanied
by the crash of the speaker's gavel.
A dosen members added to the din
by frantically shouting;
"Mr. Speaker."
But the crash, crash of the gavel
continued.
Hines of Baldwin rushed to the
house. The sergeant-at-arms was em
barrassed and told the ladles In ths
galleries so. He asked, them to with
draw. They did slowly, but he could
not keep them from waving handker
chiefs nnd Joining In ths cheers.
Finally the crowd was ejected, but
the cheers continued In the corridors
so that It was hardly possible to speak
Inside the house. Tho hasty response
of the police reserves to the capitol
brought another huge crowd and the
oheering and calls for "8eub Wright'
continued.
When order was finally restored
dosen members hsked to be recognized.
But It was Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, who
got the floor.
"Mr. Speaker,” he said, os he ad
conved to the central aisle, 'we
are In the midst of anarchy. It sur-
« rises me that these people who have
lied this gallery all day long, and who
came her* representing religion, tem-
perance and the home, should enact a
scene such as was never enacted In tbls
house before., Listen to them,” roared
the sound of catcalls, hlssds
question
us pause and consider
thoroughly?"
"Every prohibition man In this houje
resents the remarks of the gentleman
from Bibb,” declared Beab Wright, his
voice shaking with emotion.
"And we resent the remarks of the
gentleman from Floyd,” shouted Hines,
of Baldwin, across the gap to Beab
Wright's desk.
"The gentler
not condone such.conduct os we have
, ust witnessed," roared bock Joe HIU
Hall.. '
"I do, so help me God, I do," dra
matically exclaimed Mr. Wright.
Insult to Wright.
Theft the gentleman from Floyd Is
no longer worthy of holding a seat on
the floor of this house," retorted Joe
Hill Hall.
The gentleman from Bibb Is a liar,”
was the passionate response of 8eab
Wright.
The big form of Joe Hill Hall rushed
toward the prohibition leader. There
was a rush of members, but not soon
enough. Joe Hill Hall reached a point
where 8cab Wright had advanced to
meat him. And as he reached there,
Beab Wright's arm shot out and Joe
Hill Hall caught the blow on the
face.
Mundy, of Polk, former Mercer foot
ball and baseball player, grnbbed Hall,
of Bibb, while Dean, of Floyd, put his
arms around his colleague. Dozens of
others rushed .In between. Judge Rob
ert Hodges, of the city court of Ma
con, and I. B. English, Jr., deputy eftrk
of that court, who were witnesses on
the side lines, led Joe HIU Hall off
with others.
"Come on, Joe,” they cried.
"But ho hit mo, he hit ine," kept
repeating tho big member from Bibb.
Move to Adjourn.
Soon there was the silence of t!
tomb In ths house. Not a sound could
be heard. Mr. Candler, from DeKatb,
secured tho floor and In a quiet and
serious tone addressed the house.
Mr. Speaker," he said, "I am sure
the members of this house regret what
has occurred here tonight. 1 know
do. Speaking aa a man who haa for
twenty years consistently voted In fa
vor of the measure now pending, I can
speak for calmness and temperance.
We are In no condition tonight to leg
islate. I think the best Interests of
the state will be subserved by adjourn-
Ing until tomorrow morning at
o'clock. I ask unanimous consent to
the motion that we adjourn."
There wns an abjection, but the rep
resentative making It was prevailed
upon by those near him to withdraw
It. The next tlmo the matter was stated
by Speaker Slaton there wns not
sound, and the house was adjourned.
Then the members broke Into applause.
Crowd Around Leaders.
Friends of each of the participants
In ths light crowded around them. Not
only dhl antl-prohlbltlonlsts crowd
around Joe Hill Hall. There are many
prohibitionists who are hla friend* and
who regretted the occurrence. But
theirs was more of a mission of peace
—an effort to amooth over difficulties.
Others there were who crowded
around him, whose speech was Intem
perate.
Mr. Hall, accompanied by some
friends, went out of a sldo door while
the crowds In the corridors kept calling
for Scab Wright and Hall.
Mr. Wright remained In the hall, al
though he Inflated that he would go
quietly out as If nothing had happened,
llo said ho feared nothing or anybody.
While he waa standing In the center
of a group, Mrs. Delbert Bradley, of the
W. C. T. U.. entered the hall with n
glass of lemonade nnd asked If she
might tnke It to him. She walked down
tho aisle nnd there was applause from
those present ns she handed the glass
to tho leader from Floyd.
Finally, Mr. Wright went through a
side door Into the corridor to escape
the crowd, but he was spotted. In-
stnntly there were loud shouts and
cheers and calls for "Heab Wright."
There was a rush to follow him, but
the police reserves held the crowd back.
He went out of the south door of the
capltot and crossed Capitol square to
his boarding house, with Henator
Knight and other*, and retired.
Mr. Hall went to the Kimball House,
where he was compelled to recite over
and over again the cause of the dls
turbance.
Marching crowds tilled the streets
nnd the pollro were kept busy moving
them on.
Afterward Mr. Wright talked calmly
of the occurrence and explained hi*
position.
"The gentleman from Bibb said I was
not worthy of occupying a seat In this
house. I called him a liar and would
call any other man a Her who made
the same remark," he said.
In hitting Mr. Hall, Mr. Wright hurt
his right thumb, and as a result he'had
difficulty In shaking hands with his
friends and admirers on Thursday
the capitol.
Speaker Slston's Remarks.
The action of the crowds In the gal
tertes greatly Incensed Speaker Slaton.
After the galleries were cleared, he ad
dressed the house with Intent* feeling
and declared the proceeding to have
been outrageous.
“This conduct has been outrageous,'
he said, "and no gentleman with any
manhood would condone It. As long
os I am speaker of this house, order
shell be preserved, and I will not per
mit this body to be overawed by any
demonstration In the gallery. I think
It calls for the closing of ths gallery
the public tomorrow, and unless-I hear
something on the subject, this course
will be pursued.”
Speaker Slaton came In for many
roasts frem the gallery. Cat-calls and
hlsaes greeted hla attempts to restore
order after the first demonstration.
‘Come up herel” shouted some one
In the crowd, “and we'll throw you 6ver
the rail.'
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tlsman from Floyd,
"You're responsible for this, Beab
. Wright. It's an outrage."
"I told them to go out and obey the
speaker," retorted Mr. Wright.
Cheers for Wright.
When quiet would partially come a
voice would call for Beab Wright and
| nothing could stop the cheers that fol
lowed.
"Attaches of the house and members
rushed frantically about. Hasty con
sulfations ware held. Antl-prohlbltton
lets denounced the people In the gallery.
“May I assist you to clear the gal
leries?" asked Beab Wright of Blatnn.
‘The chair needs no assistance,'
curtly replied the speaker.
An old man—a representative from
a country county—waved hi* fan high
' above hi* head towards the galleries
and, encouraged, th* crowd, cheered
Several representatives caught the
spirit that moved that mighty throng
In the galleries and cheered, too.
From 10:10 o'clock until 10:45 the
cheering continued with short Inter
missions and then Speaker Slaton an
nounced that he had aent for the po
lice reserves to clear the galleries.
Crowd Is Ejsctsd.
The sergeant-at-anns had, been ord
ered to arrest all who refused to leave _ , _ ... , _
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Boms of those had managed to hear
Beab Wright's plea to obey the speaker.
"Let’* go out," shouted another.
"We'll do anything Mr. Wright says.
And this was followed by cheers and
hisses.
The scene was regretted, but the en
tire conatabulary of Georgia could not
have stopped that outburst of feeling,
pent up for nearly fourteen hours.
Why Dlsordsr Occurred.
That Mr. Wright was not talking to
the gallery when he made his Imps*
stoned appeal Wednesday night to hla
fellow prohibitionists, and that the ter.
rifle outburst which followed his speech
was the action of a new audience, Is
the opinion of those who were In the
gallery at the time.
One of those who had been there all
day long was A. J. McKetway, of <04
Century building. He was there during
the day when tho seats were held
largely by women and men who were
prohibitionist*. He was also there at
night, when the demonstration took
place.
'Tho character of the crowd,” said
Mr. McKclway, "wa* greatly changed
nt night. Many of those who had been
there during the day.had been tired out
and others who had come from work
took their places. Many of these were
young men. At tho time Mr. Wright
made his speech I think the crowd was
about equally divided between prop!
bltlonlets and antl-prohlbltlonlsts.
‘Those who had beep there all day
hod heard the caution of Speaker Sla
ton about applause, and they had re
membered hi* caution. There were
many others, hpwsver, who had not ar
rived until night and who knew nothing
of this.
Audlancs Wa* Innocent
The speech of Mr. Wright wa* the
first eloquent and impassioned appeal
they bad heard. At Its conclusion some
of the new-comers, not knowing of the
speaker's orders, started applauding.
It 'was only a email demonstration and
those making It were probably not
aware It wae against the rules.
But aa soon as It was started, It
spread with a rapidity that would keep
the entire police force of Atlanta from
stopping It. It was a mighty cheer
from persons under a strain.
"Thrn. when Speaker Slaton ordered
the gallcriea cleared, many of the
young men In the crowd went the limit.
They knew then that, the galleries
would be cleared and they took ad
vantage of the time remaining for as
big a demonstration ns possible. There
were nntl-prnhlbltlonlst* there who
aided In the demonstration. If the ap
plause had not been started by-those
n Ignorance of the speaker’s ruling,
there would have been no demonstra
tion, In my opinion. But after that
nothing could have stopped It.”
There are other who believe the
demonstration wns started by anti
prohibitionists for the purpose of get
ting the galleries cleared. One of those
who was In the throng that made the
demonstration was Wllllnm D. Upshaw
and he observed closely the occurrences
that followed.
W. D. Upshaw's Statement.
‘I was In the gallery when the cheer.
Ing broke out last night," said Mr.
Upshaw Thursday morning, "and the
feeling of the moment can not be de
scribed. At first 1 was stunned by th*
outbreak, and I tried at first to stop
It, but I might as well have tried to
hurl Nlngnra bark In Its course.
"I was sitting near Mrs. Jennie Hart
Blbley, so long president of the Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union of
Georgln, and Mrs. Armor, the present
president, both of whom have done
such vnllnnt work for years against sa.
loons In Georgia. Of course, neither of
us took part In the demonstration, and
the ladles ought not to be held respon
sible for any disorder.
"These good women talked to me
about It after wo left the cnpttol, ex-
f iresalng the deepest feeling, but dr 4 -far.
ng that, after all, It was the right of
revolution. All day long and far Into
the night hundred* In the galleries had
kept weary and sleepless vigil. Irrele
vant speeches had been killing time all
day and holding back the will of the
overwhelming majority of the wl|>#j
people of Georgia. Seaborn Wright
hnd made a partite, manly speech to
his colleagues, urging on their part
hat followed li
the very opposite of w
the galleries. Patience had been out
done. The people of Georgia, whom
the watching galleries represented, had
a rlrht to be Interested In nnd out
raged by the abuses of the useless fili
buster. and while the conservative pro.
hlbltlon forces deprecate the abuses of
enthusiasm, the filibustering law-mak
ers might as well understand that that
blending of enthusiasm and Indigna
tion la only the beginning of what will
be heard from the mountains to the
sen It this prohibition bill l* much
longer delayed. As Pitt said about
American Independence, 'You might as
well try to dam up the Nile with bul
rushes' as to atop this rising tti?> of
feeling against the domination o? sa
loons. I have been over Georgia. I
know something of the temper of the
people, and there will be a mild storm
ing of the Bastlle If the will of the
people be longer thwarted.'
Friday and Saturday, July
26-27, will be your last op
portunity to get a 40c box
of Wiley’s Chocolates and
Bon Bons free with your lit
tle 30c want ads. This offer
will not be repeated after
these dates. Bring or phone
you ad to The Georgian of
fice. Phones: Bell 4929, At
lanta 4401.
A Word About Knit Undergarments
And TkesS Hot Days
Every wsman knows tke advantage of Knitted Underwear; it is coslsr; nothing
bulky about it. It adjusts itself to the figurs without a wrinkle to hurt or destroy
ths fit of outsr garments. Nothing can take its place fer the tourist for comfort and
coolness.
And fer Friday and Saturday we accent our underwear advice with some gar
ments under regular prices.
Richelieu Ribbed
Ladies low neck no slee ve
Vest, price,
10c
Ladies’ low neck no sleeve coll summer Vests,
tape neck and arms, price,
Two fer 25c
Ladies’ low neck, no sle eve lu’e V...i, tape neck
and arm, price, this sale,
Ladies’ low neck no sleeve Vests, Irish crochet
ed yoke, price,
50c
Ladies' pure silk ribbed .Vests, low neck, no 4
sleeve, price,
1.00
21
Ladies’ silk lisle low nock
neck and arm, price,
sleeve Vest, tape
Ladies’ low neck, no sleeve Union Suit, tight-
fitting, knee or lace trimmed pants, value 1.00,
price, this sale.
And
Three for 1.00
Ladiss
83c
Hosisry—More Friday and
Saturday Specials
lislo
Ladies’ fast black Hermsdorf dye gauze
Hose, double heel, too and sole, price,
25c
Ladies’fast black Hermsdorf dye gauze lisle
Hose, double heel, toe and sole, double splicing
up the back, price,
. ’ 3 Pair for 1.00
Ladies’ fast fclack Hermsdorf dye, medium
weight lisle Hose, white tip heel and toe, price,
3 Pair for 1.00
Ladies’ fast black lace foot lisle Hose, price,
3 Pair fer 1.00
Ladies’ very thin black gauze lisle Hose, dou
ble lieel, toe, sole and garter top, price,
Ladies’ embroidered or lace white lisle Hose,
price,
50c
Ladies’ blacu lace all over or lace foot, pretty
lacey patterns, pome embroidered, some not,
both kinds at
50c
Ladies’ fine gauzey, plain or laco black lisle
Hose, embroidered in dainty neat effects, value
75c, this 6ale,
49c
BABIES’ SOX SALE.
And now for the babies with their chubby little
legs. We offer cool little Sox in white, black,
tan, red, pink, plain or lace, all sizes at
23c
50c
One small lot of white and black lace Sox, small
sizes, price,
Ladies* thin white gauze lisle Hose, double heel,
toe and sole, price,
15c
50c
Misses’black lace Hose, sizes 6, 61-2, 7 and
71-2. Value 35c, this sale,
23c
One small lot of ladies’
rucking, white and a few
pieces of colored rueliings.
25c Ruchings at
15c
Ladies’ embroidered mull
Stocks in dainty, nnc pat
terns, 50c Stocks at
39c
Jap Fans
50c Fans at 35c
35c Fans at 25c
25c Fans at 15c
And right when you need
a fan the most in the past
twenty years, the weather
man says.
Folding Jap Fans in all
sizes and colors.
Ruffles for down the shirt
waist front, some 50c ruffle*!
some 1.00 and few at 1.50, all
in one lot at
39c
Lace Veils in black, brown
and other colors. These lace
veil values run from 2.o0 to
5.00, all in one lot at
1.49
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