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Let the Popular Will
Prevail
IN nearly every '•tale in which the Republican par
tv ha? held direct primaries Mr. Roosevelt has
received a majority of the votes at those prima
ries and a majority of the delegates from those states.
In ever' case where the Republican party, there
fore, has appealed to the people, which constitute the
of the party, and lias referred the matter of the
■nomination of the Republican candidate to them, the
;■people have rejected Mr. Tait and Mr. I alt's poli
■ eies. and have expressed their preference for Mr.
■ Roosevelt ami for the progressive policies which he
■ promises to represent.
Tn view of this very definite expression of popn-
opinion. Mr. Taft should retire from the contest as
|Bgraeefully as may be. ami should permit the nomina
■ tion of Mr. Roosevelt at ('hicago without dissent or
j| dissension.
■ Ts Mr. Taft should not be willing to retire, t lie
“ ■elegates assembled at I'hicago should, regardless ol
■■r. Tass, proceed to nominate Mr. Roosevelt as the
Hnosen candidate of the Republican part}.
||||® Mr. Taft will go before the < hicago coii'enrfoti
limit popular support. Ills delegates have but in
■Lirerf authority.
Mr. Roosevelt's indorsement comes direct from
Iff the people. And whatever we may think of Mr.
■|Rnosevelt. of his worthiness or trustworthiness, of his
■mlness or genuineness, the expressed will of the peo-
should he accepted and the decision of the people
■should he regarded a- final.
■ To repudiate tin <learl\ expressed prcleremc
■n£the ma sos flic Republican part} for Mr. Roose
■■ell is not merely to deny the nomination to Mr.
■Roosevelt it is to deny to the people the right Io
■ make the Domination.
/ WILLI AM RANDOLPH HEARST.
European Nations Must
i PAY AND FEED
I Their Workmen
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Q That Is the Fact Underlying the Great Strikes in Europe.
Great meetings in London and elsewhere in Europe, strikes and
threats of strikes, emphasize the fact that working men must he
paid enough to live, enough to clothe their wives and their chil
dren.
■ln England and in other parts of Europe they are not paid
They can not live. And being aide to read and to think, and hav
ing the right to speak, they will continue their agitation until under
kh-wfee leadership or by disastrous violence the necessary results are
. obtained.
The English working men are not paid enough tn make life pos
sible and comfortable with the existing prices of food
I To the credit of English statesmen, it must be said that great
L intelligence, thought .uni earnest cooperation have been given to
I the workers in the great Strikes of miners and others
K But the results are not satisfactory, and they can not be satis
s factory as long as a man is unable to earn as much as it costs to buy
food and clothes and pay rent for himself and his children.
In America, fortunately, while conditions in some trades are
bad enough, it can not he said that there is a general condition of
wage payments barely equal to cost of food and the poorest clothes
We have not in this country men doing hard labor in the mines
for less than a dollar a day. and young women by the thousands
working for so little money that they can buy only bread and tea
and jam to eat. and occasionally a little gin to bring forgetfulness
through drunkennis-
We have our problems here, and many, and we shall have many
more.
But. at least, the people ol America as a whole ARE FED. AND
THEY ARE CLOTHED
England ami the other European countries must do as much for
the working man ami the working woman that is the problem
No arbitration, no eoneiiiatton. no earnest effort of parliament
ami statesm 'll Io sol I > problems can ey.-r take the place of Ft»«> | >
E.NOI t-H AND < l.t'l IH I \oi (111
The Atlanta Georgian
workTand play
By HAL COFFMAN.
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HOT WEATHER PHILOSOPHY
Keep Cool. Keep Sober, Keep Your Temper and Keep Out of Draughts
MAT ha - proved Itself a
very hot month The
weather p-ophets are pre
dicting highet and more trying
temperatures for the month lust
getting unde’ way It is a good time
n»»w, when summer is giving us a
warm foretaste of its quality, to
study some of the very simple
rules by which most of the flange’s
and many of the discomforts of
hot weather mav he avoided.
'Chose rules are based on com
mon sense, and common sense is
based on experience 'At forty."
says an old proverb, "••v ci y man
is oithet a fool <»t a physician.**
There would he n<» fools if every
body studied what is good and
what is bad for him. and followed
up his self-teaching with self-prac
tice. and there would be little need'
for physicians.
When the thermometpt begins
to mark eighty m ninety degrees
In the shade, and the sun is tike
an open furnace overhead, imitate
the inhabitants of regions where
the wrath- ' is alway ? hot.
They do not suffet from sun •
st rokes
Thev know better.
They neither heat th* blood
from within with fiery drinks, nor
the flesh from without with bur
densome garments
Single Covering of
Cotton Is Enough.
They cover their head* with tur
batu which look h-avy but which
pre. in fart, light and airy For
a person In good, vigorous health
a single covering of cotton, or
linen, or thin flannel is enough in
hot weather, during the da ’.time.
In the chill of night something
more is needed, but it should not
be burdensome
The occupation and the place
where on** works determine the
kind c.f garments that should be
w -rn If you! <»» < uj-h i ion pe- -
mils it. carry a light umbrella
w lu-m-v-'i you go out in the «i.m
shin* In hot - -uintvh-s ul* Spain,
i (i-rt u i’l > • almost (man h-dv
MONDAY. JI NK T 1912
Bv GARRETT' P. SERVLSS
carrying a sunshade, or wearing
a tool, light head-covering. ami
you w ill see nobody falling from a
sunstroke.
Put <»n your straw hat as soon
as the weather gets hot. and pay
no attention to wnat fashion may
say. (’house a hat that is so
woven that the air can circulate
freely through it. Some of the
hot-weather helmets are excel
lent to wear in such weather. At
any cost keep your head eo<»l
Wea i garments that are not
only light in weight but also light
in eoloi. Black ->r daik colored
objects absorb the solar rays;
white or light-colored ones reflect
them. Wear white linen garments,
if you can The cost of washing
will b* saved from th- doctoi's
bill, nr gained by your increased
ability to wn’k.
Chills Must Be Kept.
Away From the Abdomen.
Person?' of a delicate constitu
tion. or those subject to rheumatic
complaints, s Iwu Id wear a thin
hand of flannel round the abdomen
and the small of the hack (’hills
must be kept away from those
parts of the body.
W hen you are hot and perspiring,
drink little water, and No ICE
W ATEII. for if you do you will not
merely in< lease y*»ui discomfort,
but you will invite danger. Ikm’t
run into the first soda water es
tablishment you see and pour iced
drinks down your throat. If you
must drink, it would be better to
tak- something moderately warm,
or tepid.
Above all. don’t go to a bar and
drink fiery liquors AVOID WHIS
KY AND ALL ITS COMPANY as
you would your deadliest enemy.
Aaohol. m any form, taken as a
drink is doubly dangerous in hot
w ea t her.
Drink just enough water to keep
the skin moderately moist; then,
if your garments air of an open
weave, and loose-fitting the « in il
lation of the air will gently evapo
rate the moisture, and thereby pro
dure a i»i* r.ini . on’n* 1.. ■ jnao
evaporation, or the turning of wa
ter into invisible vapor, coolst the
surroundings, a consumption of
In at being required tn turn water
into vapor. This heat, which comes
partly from your body, is used up
in driving the molecules of liquid
apart so that they can form vapor.
A very important thing is to
avoid draughts of air. It makes a
great different e In the effect upon
the body whether it is cooled uni
formly. as -n the open air. or only
in certain exposed parts, as when
a coql breeze blow? through an
open w indow on your hack or you’r
neck. The majority of serious
< olds contracted in hot weather
arise from exposure to insidious
draughts. If your work is done
indoors. keep the window s open,
but don't throw the lower -ash up
tn its ful height, leaving the upper
one closed. Open each of them a
foot or so, for thus you will pro
mote a proper circulation of rhe
air in the room. Hot air rises and
cold air sinks. The former will
pass out at the top of the windows
as the latter enters below. Com
mon sense will tell you how much
circulation to have, hut avoid ex
tremes. AND RE SITE T< > KEEF’
OCT OC STRONG DRAI’GHTS.
Never Get Angry, and
Don't Worry.
You can promote bodily comfort
by keeping a firm hand '»n your
temper. .Never suffer yourself tn
get angry, and esperially not in fiot
weather. If you have a quarrel on
hand, let it stand over until next
winter by that time, perhaps, it
will no longer seem necessary, and
so you will have kept enol both
physically and mentally Don't
worry, and don’t swear at the
weaflhf r, no matter b-»w hot it gets.
Keep your temper, keep your
head - 001, give your body a chance
to perform its functions without
hindrance from heavy, unseasona
ble clothing. EAT MODERATELY,
avoiding meats and highly sea
soned food*?, drink .c* little as poss
ible. and the "dog Ja - <’ need have
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THE HOME PAPER
Dr. Parkhurst’s Article
on
The Reason That Phy- f
sicians Practice foNTS
—and—
-1 he Execution of Rev.
C. V. T. Richeson
Written For The Georgian
Bv the Rev. Dr. C. H. Parkhurst
THE following question has re
cently intruded itself three
times upon my attention: Do
physicians exist for the purpose of
curing the sick or for the purpose
of maintaining the doctrine of the
particular medical school to whtch
they have attached themselves?
In order to indicate that this
question does not proceed from
any malice toward the profession
ii might have been broadened out
io include also some members, at
least, of the school of theology, and
then the inquiry would have been.
Do theologians exist for the sake
of saving souls or for the purpose
of maintaining and perpetuating
the distinctive tenets of their own
theological school?
Our thought just now. however,
is limited to the medical profes
sion. for I have recently had the
■ pleasure of being approached by 1
three regularly graduated physi
cians, belonging to different
si hools. but each of them had ar
rived at certain conclusions and
made what he considered valuable
discoveries in the matter of treat
ment, but discoveries that were off
from the line of traditional thought
pursued by his school, and discov
eries which his colleagues resented,
although he was able to cite dell
nite facts and results in corrobo
ration of his theory.
Doctors Take Treatment.
But Don't Recommend It.
Among these three is one partic
ular practitioner who has heretical
lx strayed awa? from the field of q
ordinary treatment, the efficacy of
whose methods I have been able for
a number of years to experience
and to testify to. a physician whose
treatment a few other physicians
come to his office to avail of, but
who scrupulously refrain from rec
ommending the treatment to lheir
own patients.
Os course, a physician that can
do what other physicians can not
do moans loss of revenue to the
other ph? sicians.
No one. however, would like to
suppose that a homeopathist for
tlie sake of the fee would rather
have one of bis own patients die
under homeopathy than live un
der allopathy, and vice versa; but
whatever construction is put upon
it, medical bigotry is an easy sec
ond to theological bigotry, even if
not fully up with it- not to say a
hit in the. ar neither of
the two lin*s of service Is the world
being profited as much as it would
be if we thought more of doing the
world good than of making a pet of
our own particular way of doing il.
• • •
lisI is not out of any morbid sym
pathy with the man who has
been put to death for the
murder of Avis Unnell that some
who had noi previously given so
much thought to methods of of
ficially killing criminals have been
led to inquire whether the ends of
A Government Railroad
By ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright. 1912. International News
Scrvlte.
IT is a new proposition for the
United States of America to
construct, equip, own and man
age a railroad. Rut a bill is now
in the United States senate provid
ing that Uncle Sam shall become
railway builder.
The plan and purpose is to build
a thousand miles of railroad in
Alaska at government expense. The
bill -perns to have the approval of
the best men in congress. Public
sentiment favors it. and when pub
lic sentiment is with you everything
succeeds, and without it everything
fails—so said Abraham Lincoln.
Public sentiment is opposed to
conservation that conserves for
generations yet unborn and makes
the generations that now exist suf
fer.
A conservation that does not take •
care of the present wants and needs
of the people now on earth is silly
and absurd. We have a deal of
this conservation which was
prompted by the law of inertia.
It Is easier to do nothing then to
do something. It is very much eas
ier to set apart a great tract of
land and dedicate it to the prairie
dogs the owls, the coyotes and the
rattlesnakes, than to plat it. plant
it. irrigate it. and thus make the
waste places green.
It one wants a little object les
son. unforgettable, of the folly of
conservation without intelligent
purpose, let him view the military
reservation at the city of Salt Lake.
There will be found a thousand
acres, right at the foot of the
mountains, beautiful in situation
beyond description: behind are the
snow-< apped bids ami to the west
the horizon js bounded by the great
inland Salt Sea
And here is this thousand aci«
of l>< dutiful. gently undulating land,
surrounded np three sides by a
.. . Ut. m o ilfstrtrl Whore hsi.ix »nd
justice can not be met writhou*
quite as large an accumulation of
horrors as are now attendant upon
the final scene of the tragedy.
It s Brutal for State to
Slaughter a Human.
Without reasserting in this ar
ticle our claim that for govern
ment deliberately and cold-blood
edly to slaughter a human being
is brutal, there still remains th*
question whether even a brutal
act may not be so performed as
to show a tinge of respect for the
humanness of the victim.
Paint as black a picture as we
pleased of the monstrosity of Rich
eson’s act. he was still a man
and not a dog. and as such de
. served. ev(*n in bis dying, a treat
ment as considerate at any rate
as would, by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
be accorded io any one of the.
stray cats that wander homeless
about the city, not one of whom is
tied up and pounded to death by
blows of a inailet or repeated
shocks of electricity.
It would seem as though if we
study to make the death of a
worthless little quadruped as
painless as possible by adminis
tering to it a sleeping potion that
shall free from all horrors its
passage out of life, we can hardly
be human and not influence our
treatment of a human creature bv
like consideration of mercy.
it is going an awfully long way
even to kill a criminal, but even
l though a criminal, he has not
forfeited all hi' rights and among
them the right to be launched into
enternity without needless distress
of mind or body.
If Richeson was to be executed,
why could not the deed be done
without delay as he requested, that
he might be saved the unspeak
able agony of suspense?
If he was to die. why could he
nor have been spared the torture
of thj,>«e four suspicious spying
eyes of the death-watch and be al
lowed to diejiv his own hand if he
preferred it?
What have public morals gained
by having had the beating of his
heart stayed by act of the state
rathei than by his own act?
Better to Let Criminals
Commit Suicide.
Why can not Christian Massa
chusetts deal with the men that
it wants to get rid of in as con
siderate away as pagan Athens
dealt with Socrates when it had be
come tired of him and wanted him
out of the way and courteously ad
ministered to him a soporific
draught of hemlock?
If It is necessary for a criminal
to die. would not the interests of
the community and the ends of
both justice and mercy be quite,
as well served -by a little dose of
cyanide quietly administered by his
own hand in the secrecy of his
cell?
prosperous people live. The homes
come right up to the line, and be
yond this Uncle Sam has said,
"Thus far and no farther."
People who own these homes
plant trees, flowers and vegetables.
I hey water their lawns, they have
sidewalks, electric lights, pave
ments and every good and beautiful
ininjr that nature can auppjv or
man invent.
Rut what has Uncle Sam done on
hts thousand acres? Absolutely
nothing. A few trees have been
planted and then forgotten, and
their dead branches creak and jib
ber in the winds that blow the
sands across the empty, vacant
space.
The buildings in this military
reservation were built 30 or 40
y ears ago. They represent pioneer
architecture, and the. whole tract
and all of the buildings seem a
sort of appenda vermiformis to this
progressive, growing, advancing
municipality. It is an object les
son in t-he greatest futility that has
ever cursed the world.
Here one finds soldiering carried
to its logical limit, and we behold
exactly what occurred during the
Dark Ages—that night of a thou
sand years when the warrior was
supreme.
The government ones it to the
people to allow his children to util
ize the earth, or as much of it a,
Uncle Sam has title to.
The products of the earth, agri
cultural and mineral, have no value
without transportation. So this
move on the part of the govern
ment to open up the wealth of
Alaska with the aid of efficient
transportation is a great stride tn
tin front.
l-’ood separated from human
bodies is valueless, and coal hope
h ssly out of reach of stoves is ml.
Conservation must Ih» sensible
«rid sane; othpruis* it is a huU
dop in mange’" und tyiannv.
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