Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, July 10, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER. Shower* Friday night or Satur day- warmer Saturday. Friday'* temperature*: 7 a. m., 68 degrees; t a m., 69 degrees; 10 a. m„ 74 degrees; 12 noon, 77 degree*; 2 p m.. 79 degree*. The Atlanta Georgian and news SPOT COTTON. Atlanta. »te»dy; HU. Liverpool, firm: 0.84. Sew Orleans, *te»dy; 11c. New York, quiet; 11.29. Savannah, dull; 1074. Auguitn. en«y: 1114. Galveston. steady; lie. Mobile, (lull: lie. Charleston, quiet; Uc. ITIImlngton, quiet; lie. VOL. VI. NO. 291. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 10,1908. PPTPI7. ir Atlanta. .TWO CENTO rJutC/t Oo Trntus..KIVB CENTS WITH BRYAN IN THE SADDLE, AND HIS GUIDON IN BREEZE, SOUND OF TRUMPET CALLS ON REUNITED DEMOCRACY FOR CHARGE IN THE BATTLE FOR THE COMMON WEAL THE CZAR AND HIS REIGN “There Is No Power Higher Than the Com mission”--Chairman Turner. Go under the dome over at the capitol and at the door of a suite of rest, ful offices looking out on a beautiful residence street and you will find a well- built negro, almost white, watching down the corridors. "Is Judge Turner In?" “No, sir.” "Is General Evans In?" "No, sir. He ain’t in today." •Is Mr. Eason In?" "No, sir. He Is out Jes' now.” "Well, Is Captain Yancey In?” "No. sir. He Is out, too." Or perhaps you try It over the 'phone. "Hello Is that the prison commission?" "Ye*, sir." "Who Is this at the 'phone?" "Harris, the porter." "Well, could I speak to Judge Turner?" "He ain't got back yet. ‘Ain t *ot back from where 7' "Eatonton.” * "Oh. he doesn't live In Atlanta then?" "No. .sir. He live at Eatonton. "Well when do you expect him back?" "Don't know; he mout come back on dat 4:15 train, but I reckon he come Tuesday on dat 'leven-flf- teen." “Well, when did he go away?" "Oh. he went away lact week, 'bout Frld "Doesn’t Judge Tunier stay In his office regularly?" 1 “Well, no, sir; h '""Let h me Upeak'to'Mr. Eason then." "Well, he ain't got back neither." ••Hasn't gotten back from where?” “Why. his home.” “Oh. well, can I speak to General Evans?” "Boss, he aln t come hack sense dinner." ’ _ , . „ “Is he coming back? I don know. •‘Is Captain Yancey there?" "Nosser; he ain’t here, but lemme see kl^i I And him. Who want him?" . . . These dialogues are from real experiences—as nearly word for word as thsy can a b n * y B ^* n j er that even a poor convict In one of Georgia's convict bells said he had rather have "Harris, the porter, on his side than the whole prison commission? After succeeding In getting a meeting, one of the first questions that was asked of the czar who granted an audience was: Judge Turner, does the prison commission have regular ofllce hour*? 1 „ durlnsr the first week’ of each month Its hours are 8 till l. Julv’bexnn on Wednesday, so »he commission must have given part or . J omlwEat o"f three day. 'to ihe capitol of “>«t the only .week thew are office hours. We don’t know how busy Harris, the Porter. Is during tne other three weeks when there are no ofllce hours, but one could not help hut understand why the real work of handling thousands of convicts was drlecated to convict brokers to the tune of some flvo millions of dollars. Georglti'a prison*commission 1. the most supreme bod, that rules over any "There Is no authoHty ‘ iXTV.nd say plSl?"for Tvhat*he want. And ofill unh&Sd ft.slS Sr her *eyes' while" she' £& ^o In ZTtoX "rffe" V<tUlt nn<1 Ruf who* e*'o*ed her eyes for her? There has never been but one com- dsre'not’teil*what is appoint F bm°we iMv/that"}"? nn "nvesTgatlon com- " "S- jmsst £FEU°mSX js.™ general’s ofllce, keeper of public building. other departments are vey, railroad commission, board of health and all other nepann^n^ ^ SSSSSw-a «.* « lature has declared “smells to neaven. tm. v convict hire, but a so to receive and dlsourse v«-t sum. o^tSlT grain. Mv. and transac- halfYdozen*head■*fn*its annual report to the legislature and lets It go ot that. DO NOT BESIDE HERE TWO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION W am « FROM THE AND THEIR FREQUENT AND CONTINUED At!sec. REGARD OFFICE HAS CREATED THE IMPRESSION Thai THEIR OFFICES AS MERE SIDE ISSI ES „ nI nI v a THE AND IT IS IN THIS OFFICE THAT ^JJ^^TURY WAS^UHARG- OFFICE OF CHIEF WARDEN OF I2^ f ,vin ! g MONEY FROM CON ED BY THE GOVERNOR ''Unwro BY THE MEMBERS OF THE VIi'T LESSEES AND WAS ALLOW ED BY [ THE • TTEMpT or ANY COMMISSION TO MERELY RESIGN WITH ^.O AA, N AJf AT . KIND AT ANY SORT OFAN INI ■THE LESSEES WHO GAVE HIM TEMPT TO DISCOVER WHO ''S„ t . T pn MONEY. WE WILL TELL OF THIS LATER. stalled re. So far from requiring thl* department of t e ^ ^ ac( wh j ch requires ports rff Its expendltures the^slngular pa^ag phri^^ ' comm | lelon: ether department* to do *o ***„. the prison department, the sum ef onrhundred tt nnd e nft n y C thous.nd dollars, ot m Thl? the prison farm and reformatory for youthful criminals. th# kn T JSiK lU h ;nT 1 ^arr r .'e , ^^re ,1 h.s b rt*m n . n d rt e ‘.Snatlon o P f ,h. hook, for The comp y “”.r furnished M” 0 ' the prison commission and the total revenue oeriveu »ro« Total sum turned Into state from contlct hlre^i!! .. j«o.709.42 Total reported spent by prison commission, ism - $163,759.76 ' Total profit • •• ''',,r' h i v ' 'those who share In Its • Is there a cltuen of Q eol 7 l “' a x ^ e|? , t , n L „f affair*? Is there a law- benefits. who ever dreamed of juah a state an bot tom of this sys- maker ht the capitol who can now refuse to go to me tem? .. , ,t „ut first In our endeavor to But all this Is only the money side °L'', P bifore human blond, nowa- get the attention of the penple.Dollars come ®« h>t haJ GeorB j a received •levs—gold before God.. But 'Ahat do g . an< j ru lers of her prls. on r commUslon h have e Bat by"and seen go to convict brokers who were their '"That have we got •" -turn for the benefits,.ha, have been possible under the open treasury privileges above set fort . n Graves* of'whlte^nuttT '« h * PI u!!hes on*V white* numTback by* the^rage^of a ln depu??*who no d d"bt n wa. In*the bribing pay cnmpa ny who Sworn admission by a Oeorgla ‘J , [L u, a . h w J n(1 "h.pt up a herd of forty worked the convict, paid him 350 am “ I |d h h * wouldn't tell the court why hogs and forty goats for him—tho he saia ne cm™. The vice president of the ® urb *[J), n of* G *or*U»— "he fa*mous*Jake Moore stand that he had told the chief I? far a , he knew the prison -that he was paying the stata'. men. and that an f»r ^" 0 f the ^ r |, on Commission knew It. but not to hi* knowledge naa a m comml.slo^eve^v.sRedhthelr^mp^ evarywhtrt of men whipped to deajh? SILL CUTTING OUT IHE CONVICT BROKER Holder Substitute Recom mended For Passage in Both Houses. A proposed solution of Georgia’s con vict problem was agreed upon Thurs day afternoon when the Joint commit tee fr6m the house and senate adopted the bill framed by the sub-committee appointed for that purpose. This bill Is a substitute for that Introduced J>y Mr. Holder, of Jackson, in the houso last year, and will take its place on the cal endar. While it provides for a betterment of the disgraceful conditions which have existed for years, there are many fea tures needlng*remedlal legislation which are not touched upon. One thing, how ever, the bill provides for Is the elimi nation of the convict broker. This bill provides that first of all felony convicts shall be worked on the roads by counties desiring convicts and that counties desiring more than their pro rata share shall have precedence over contractors. Then, too, all women shall be re moved from misdemeanor convict camps to the state farm. In the discre tion of the trial Judges. The leasing of misdemeanor convicts by counties to private persons and corporations Is prohibited except when done thru the prison commission and the money turned over to the counties furnishing the convicts. ,, , _ itl Text of the Holder Bill. The bill In full is as follows: A bill to be entitled an act to pro-; vide for the future employment of fel ony and misdemeanor male conyicts unon the public roads of the several counties of the state, except certain classes, and to provide for the employ ment of those not used upon such roads and to amend section 1080 of the code os far as the same relates to females, and to prevent the hiring of misde meanor cohvicts to private persons, ex cept thru the prison commission and for other purposes. Section 1. That section 10S9, volume Continued on Pago Five. White Dove Perches On Picture of Bryan In Heat of Nomination DENVER, July 10.—Bird* of omen *eem to be a feature of the Democratic party, particularly as to Its most emi nent relations with William Jennings Bryan. During the llrat big Bryan dent, onstrstlon one of the state banners Im paled one of the big stuffed eagles hanging about the convention hall. This was regarded as symbolical of what was to happen to the Republicans In November. Then last night while the second Bryan demonstration was at Its height one of several white doves which had been released In the convention hall flew up and perched on top of a large picture of Mr. Bryan, which had been suspended from the rafters. The pretty bird sat for quits a while calmly surveying the mass of shouting, singing, perspiring men on the floor and In the galleries, appearing to be as deeply interested and impressed as any of the others and much less noisy than most of them. HE MAY WIN Continued on Pago Three. L SELECT ROCKET Naming Running Mate Is All Left For Con vention To Do. DENVER, Colo., July 10.—The con vention was called to order at 2:44 o'clock this afternoon. Ollle James took the chair. Ex-Governor Vardaman of Mississip pi moved that the convention proceed with the nomination of vice president. Folk moved that speeches of nomina tion be limited to ten minutes, and the motion was adopted. Alabama was called and yielded to Indiana. Wild applause followed. Thomas R. Marshall, af Indiana, placed Kern In nomination. JUDGE WILLIAM J. GAYNOR. uf patriotic *e*l. By RALPH M. WHITEHEAD. DENVER, July 10.—Who I* to be Bryan’s running mate? That Is the one question to be decided before the Dem ocratic national convention of 1908 has gone Into political history. At this writing this Is not to be anawerqd, unless Ihe leaders have de cided on a man In whose favor the word will be passed along to vote when the time comes. One thing I* certain, no man will be chosen who la not per fectly satisfactory to Mr. Bryan. This Is not to be taken that Mr. Bryan will dictate a man or that he will *J'* n press any decided choice, but the to be chosen will have the approval of the presidential nominee. It would not be at all surprising If the prize would go to Congressman Ollle James, of Kentucky. Mr. James Is pop ular with every Bryan delegate here and they ore the only ones that count. John Mitchell, the miner, Is also mighty well known. I understand that Mr. Mitchell Is In the frame of mind of the Immortal Barkis—he Is wlljlblj. Among the politicians Mitchell I* re garded a* one of the «trongest men mentioned for the place. With In® ontl-lnjunetlon plank In the Pj» ,for ™'i Is believed the famous labor leader would bring to the ticket thousands of votes In states where they are needed. John W. Kern also Is spoken of with considerable favor and his friends are booming him hard. With DavIdR. Francis out, there Is a good deal of talk about Governor Folk, of Missouri. If Folk had a solid Missouri state dele gation behind him he would have a good chance to knock down the plum, but he ha* not. and he ha* not much more than a gambler 1 * chance. The*e men are the group of middle Westerner* who hove been under con sideration for the vice presidential nomination. In the East Archibald Mc Neill seems to have the most following, but he Is not generally regarded a* having much, If any. chance for the prise. Governor Douglas*, of Massachusetts, has many friend* here and a good fight by the Massachusetts crowd would put him well toward the front. Of New York'* big bunch of candi date* little can be said until Charle* Murphy has said It. The Tammany boss could, If he liked, select a man who, backed by New York, would have a good show of being selected. He has not done It yet. so far as a publicly known. It Is the general be ef If Mur phy does pick a man It will be Con gressman Harrison. This Is a surmise, however. ... . The South will present no candidate solidly and may present none at all. Well. It will have to be decided soon. If sentiment crystallizes on some one man the convention should be thru with Its labor by 2 to 8 o'clock this afternoon. If It develops Into a fres-for-all light another night session may be the result. Gallant Georgians, Cols. Cox and Black, Thank Mrs. Longworth The presence of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth at the Democratic national convention has greatly pleased the dele gates and a general desire to pay ap propriate tribute to her Is being mani fested. As a result. Albert H. Cox. of Geor gia, has submitted to the committee the i following resolution, prepated by WII- ' Tam Harmon Black, one of the original Bryan men of New York, which be ask ed them to report later: ‘■•Whereas. Thl* convention ba, been hon ored during It* deliberation l>y the pretence of Mr*. Nteholn* longworth. the dsnehter of the president of the United Store*; there fore Ire It "Reeotved. That we extend to her onr heerrr greeting*. *nd to commend to Ihe women of Ihe United State* Ibis t THE PEERLESS LEADER WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. REUNITED DEMOCRACY IS GOING INTO BATTLE WITH A SOUP FRONT By J. C. WELLOVER. DENVER, July 10.—It I* done. The i away In 1900 and have not gone over to Democratic party I* going Into the I tho Republican party, are repreaehted campaign reunited, with William Jen- In the harmony program ( '» r Ued'mt nlngs Bryan os It* candidate and with by thl* conventlou. Perhapa many nf a platform that comes nearer satisfying them would havc ehosen onother enn- every one In the party than any since dldate If they could have hod their wa>, jgg2. ' but they relllxed that they could not It la Interesting to contemplate that | dominate. They came here willing to the man over whom the party split In | meet their enemies ^..LTtn^ Chicago twelve years ago this year was and that la about where the meeting ...... .. -* — took place. Unless all sign* fall,- they are going away from the convention determined to lend an honest hand In the election of the nominee. This means that the Republican par. ,ty will have to meet a foe next fall such ns It hn* not met since It went down to defeat In 1892. If will not be worth while for the Republican* to deceive themselves a* to the strength of the nominee of thl* convention. He I* not the Bryan of 1890 or 1900. It will be a surprise If he does npt direct his campaign with wisdom. i example STATE I FORA YEAR Placed in Hands of Cbmmission To Be • Investigated. theMomlnatlnff spirit In th? work of re uniting It. Reunited” must be used In Its broad est sense. There still are In the party men of high standing and acute politi cal sense, who were sincerely opposed to the nomination of Mr. Bryan, and still believe the party has made a mis take. There are sores to be treated. The work of making peace all along the line has not been finished, but In a broad sense the party* to all appear ances, *• reunlteil. The gold Democrats, who pulled away from the party In 1896, remained UNFERMENTED GRAPE IS DRUNK BY NOMINEE WHEN NEWS IS BROUGHT LINCOLN, Nobr., July 10.—Bryan re ceived the news of his nomination on Ihe first ballot at the Denver conven tion shortly after daybreak. It was an odd vigil. Shortly before midnight he Joined the group of correspondents on the porch of hla Falrvlew home. Not until 4:84 o'clock did the telegraph In strument tick off the story of his noml- natlon. .... When the word came, he sent for a big sliver loving cup. Ailed with un fermented grape Juice. Asked to take the first drink himself, he did so. and then passed It round. Before jnldnlght he remained with Mrs. Brynn and other members of his family. The telephone was put In operation about 10 o'clock, thru which he could hear the cheering and the tumult In the convention hall. Hla daughter. Grace, stood at the telephone almost an hour. When Bryan and others of the party Joined the correspondents on the veran da at midnight he looked tired He seated himself In an easy chair and then entertained his guests with,a score of stories. Comment* on the planks of the platform, os It was adopted were full of almost boyish Interest. He re peatedly clapped hie hands end tvhis- . tied, as the ticker began to tell of the | adoption of the vnrloue planks, and ns, they were adopted he kept up a run ning fire of comment. "Fine! I'm glad It got It), wa» the oft-repeated statement. "Plank on guarantee bank deooiita adopted," read the operator. "Good!" commented Bryar.. "Now my money '"wtien It was finally announced that the § latform wa* complete and adopted, iryan applauded and others Joined. OOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOO O GAYNOR 8AID TO BE O FAVORED BY BRYAN O O NEW YORK, July 10.—A Den- O O ver dispatch to The New York O O Preax xaya In part: O "Justice William J. Gaynor, of O O Br«ioklyn. Is Bryan’s last choice O O for the vice presidency and it Is O O practically settled that the dlstln- O O gulshed Jurist will be nominated O O on Friday. Judge Gray, of DeJa- O O wore, was Bryan’s first choice, for O O he wanted on the ticket with him O O n man who Is a recognlxed Dem- O O ocrat. It Is understood here that O O on Wednesday night Judge Gray O O personally telegraphed Mr. Bryan O O that If he were nominated he O O would not accept, and this led Mr. O O Bryan to select Justice Gaynor." O <?ooocooooof>oooot>ooi>ooooooo During the evening he paid tributes to Congressman James, of Kentucky, and Senator Gore, of Oklahoma. FIREMAN IS HURT; STEPS ON A NAIL Fireman Charlie Hightower, of com pany No. 7, was badly hurt Wednesday night during the progre** of the Rhode*-*t. fire by accidentally itepplng on a nail. The nail penetrated hi* foot for a considerable distance and mad* a bad wound. As a result Mr Hightower !• confined to hi* home. fireman McFall, of this same com pany. is still laid up with a mashed foot, having been hurt on the way to the same fire. Debate on the bill of Mr. Alexander, of DcKalb, providing for the extension of the stats road, was cut short In the house Friday morning when Mr. Wright, of Richmond, Introduced a res olution providing that the preposition be referred to a special committee composed of nine responsible men who shall make a report of their Investiga tions to the next general assembly. The substitute was adopted by a vote of 132 to 1. Mr. Tyeon, of Eman uel wa* the member voting against the substitute. When the house met at 9 o'clock Frl. day morning It was again resolved Into a committee of the whole with Mr. Wise, of Fayette, In the chair for the purpose of resuming consideration of the bill providing for the extension of the Western and Atlantic railroad. An amendment wa*.j)ffered by. Mr- Rope, -of Brooks', providing that the board of trustees created by the bill to manage the road be elected by the people. -ij, ' i Mr. Wrl$fii. of‘Floyd, who had the floor when the houee adjourupd Thurs day, resumed his argument In support c* the measure. He referred to Mr. Hall's statement that the magnificent terminals at Chat, tonooga will suffer If the state takes a hand In the management of the road, and he declared that the terminals there have already suffered because the leading roads entering that city have been moved away from the point where the W. & A. terminals are. “And the terminals have suffered here.” declared Mr. Wright. "The great majority of the leading railroads which enter this city have been moved Into your new terminal station and silence! silence! silence! reigns where the terminals of your state roade now are.” Is Now Bottled Up. Mr.'Wright declared the state road la now bottled up. rertlng for a third of what It should rent, controlled by corporations and with the state "get ting It In the neck" nil the time. He said that If the state road had been extended years ngo, as the bill which was "throned In the senate,” provided for. the state of Georgia would now be better off by million* of dollars and the "priceless heritage left to us by our forefathers would have been saved to our people and to pos terity." "Shameful Influences were brought to bear to defeat that bill then.” said Mr. Wright. "They told us that government ownership meant socialism and said the devil would be to pay. "And the devil has been to pay, my brethren. "In all sincerity, I declare this house should not adjourn until tome provision Is made for extending the state road to the sea. "You say It won't pay. It has al ready paid, and te|l me why this mag nificent piece of property extended down thru the state by Macon and oth er flourishing cities, and backed by the patriotic support of the people of Geor gia will not pay? "With the closing of this session of the legislature my term of service will expire, but I Intend to go on record so that posterity will see It that I stood In my place and cast my vote to save to the people of Georgia this mag nificent piece of property which Is their rightful herltaee." Mr. Nowell Speaks. Mr. Nowell of Walton, followed Mr. Wright. In a speech opposing the passage of the bill. Mr. Nowell attacked the bill, declar ing It was loaded down with details, while It makes no specific provisions and does not say where the new ter minal of the roa.l should be located. "We have eleven more year* of this lease,” said he. “and yet they want us to rush this thing thru, build this road now and have the trains rushing hither and thither to God knowe where. Have Continued on Pape Thro*. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i WnAT LEGISLATURE 1 | DID ON FRIDAY | Ooooeooooooooooooooooooooa The eenate convened at 10 o'clock. Defeated Whaley new county bill. Passed local city court bill. Received report penitentiary commit, tee. Adjourned to 10 a. m. Monday. The house mat at 9 o'clock. Passed Western and Atlantic exten sion bill by substitute, providing for a special committee to Investigate the proposition. Discussed Foster pension bill. Adjourned at 1 o'clock until 9 o’clock Saturday.

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Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, July 10, 1908, Image 1