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VOL. X. XO. 268.
TABERNACLE
ROW ENDED
BY PEACE
PACTS
Dr, MacArthur Tomorrow Will
Announce That He’ll Stay.
Deacons Return to Fold.
An,agreement made public today,
whereby all the differences in the Bap
tlst Tabernacle congregation are set
tled and Dr. MacArthur remains as
pastor, holds the important provision
ihat the concession of the minority to
the majority shall mean an equal dis
tribution of the church's financial bur
den. borne hitherto by a few.
The agreement further provides that
the institutional features of the church,
which include the hospital, shall in no
way be disturbed.
None of these provisions, however. Is
to ht construed as meaning that there
exists any further antagonism to Dr.
MacArthur, say the doctors. Dr. Mac-
Arthur will publicly announce tomor
row his intention to remain with the
church as long as his powers hold.
The letter to the board of deacons
containing the agreement reads tn part:
Dr. MacArthur, in the early part
of this year, accepted the work as
acting pastor of the Tabernacle,
and approved the appointment of a
pulpit committee with a view to
obtaining a permanent pastor.
The sub-committee of seven rec
ommended to the full pulpit com
mittee the name of Dr. AV. B. Riley
for pastor, which recommendation
was tabled upon the expressed de
sire of a majority of the commit
ter for Dr. MacArthur.
Dr. MacArthur recently has been
led to reconsider his decision to
decline the indefinite pastorate of
tiic i hutch, and submitted to the
board of deacons a paper outlining
the conditions upon which he would
accept the work.
The church, by a large mapority
vote, called Dr. MacArthur to the
pastorate of the church, with some
modifications of the conditions
stati d.
Resignation Rejected
By Large Majority.
T.ater at the same meeting Dr.
MacArthur's resignation was pre
sented to the church, which was
rejected by a large majority vote.
The minority felt that the action
of the church in calling Dr. Mac-
Arthur means the prospective
abandonment of the institutional
features of the Tabernacle work
and makes permanent revolution
ary innovations in the form of pub
lic worship, and a departure from
the pronounced emphasis given
heretofore by the church on doc
trines pertaining to the second
coming of Christ and to the Holy
Spirit.
In view of the above statement
of facts, as agreed upon by all
present, we suggest:
A recognition on the part of al!
present of the elementary truth
of the sovereignty of a New Testa
ment church and the equality of all
rhe brethren.
Such recognition involves the un
questioned right of the majority of
the members of the church to rule
in all matters, except those touch
ing fellowship
That the parties here present
pledge to one another their stead
fast adherence to the interests of
the Tabernacle, provided that the
present financial burdens now rest
ing upon a few' shall be equitably
distributed.
•That the concurrence of the
members of this committee in the
i all of Dr. MacArthur as pastor
shall not in any way be construed
to mean the abandonment of the
institutional features of the church
or the doctrines for which it
stands,
CHARLES W. DANIELS.
JOHN F. PURSER.
CALEB A. RIDLEY.
The letter from the compromise
'mninittee to Dr. MacArthur reads:
I pen invitation of the board of
deacons of the Tabernacle Baptist
church, we have entered into a
nfercr.ee w ith It relative to mat
i. rs giowing out of the recent ac
tion of the church in calling you to
ihe pastorate of the same.
We are advised that you contem
plate severing your relations with
ihe Tabernacle immediately. We
deplore the fact that anything has
arisen to give unpleasant publicity
to the action of the church.
We are of the opinion that there
is nothing sufficient in the present
situation to make It necessary for
coil to sever your relations witli
church at this time. On the
contrary, we very earnestly urge
upon you that you should remain
ind lead the church forward in its
great and growing work.
With highest personal regards
,nd gratitude for your long and
distinguished career in the service
Os Ilv Mater, "" ale.
Sin<oro|v yours.
' <ll MILES W. DANIEL,
,H>HX I PURSER.
CALEB A RIDLEY.
The Atlanta Georgian
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BOARD DROPS
DRAWING
MANUAL
BOURSE
But New System May Be De
vised—List of Teachers for
'1912 Made Public.
Following the annual election of
school teachers today the board of ed
ucation formally abolished drawing and
manual • training "as at present con
ducted" in the public schools. The vole
was 7 to 4. the same as taken in the
board when it acted as a committee of
the whole.
However. Mayor Winn. President W.
R. Daley and other members said the.'
believed that a revised system of draw
ing and manual training would be pro
vided before the beginning of the next
term.
Miss Nettie Sergeant, principal of the
Girls High school and who for some
time has been one of the moving spirits
in Atlanta's educational system, re
signed. Members of the board expressed
deep regret at her action, terming if
a distinct loss to the schools system.
Miss Muse New
Principal of High School.
Miss Jessie Muse, assistant principal,
was elected to her place. Miss Belle
Kennedy was elected assistant princi
pal. and Miss Alary Postell, principal of
the Fraser Street school, was chosen as
the head of the normal department of
the Girls High school, to succeed Miss
Kennedy.
Here are tiie teachers for 1912:
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL. »
W. F. Dykes, principal: 11. <>. Smith,
languages; J. V. Hodges, mathematics;
A. B. Gaffney, assistant languages and
mathematics: Pau! F. White, history
and civics: J. W. Farmer, assistant
mathematics and English; Thomas H.
Smoot, assistant mathematics: J. W.
Simmons, assistant science; Eugene
Ragland, science: L. P. Wilson, assist
ant English: J. H. Smith, bookkeeping
and penmanship; W. C. Lowe, stenog
raphy and typewriting: L. O. Kimberly,
assistant English.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL.
Miss Jessie Muse, principal: Miss
Belle Kennedy, assistant principal and.
head department of mathematics; Miss
M. W. Postell, head normal depart
ment; Miss Charlotte Dunn, head de
partment of Latin; Miss Mattie Slaton,
head department of French: Miss
Cleveland Zahner, head department of
science: Mrs. .1. D. Leitner, head de
partment of English; Miss Mary C.
Moore, mathematics: Miss Susie Battle,
English, history; Miss Louise Catch
ings, mathematics, history: Miss Allie
Mann, Latin; Miss Ida Melson. English,
mathematics; Miss Ethel Woolf. Latin,
English; Miss May Hill, Mathematics;
Miss Louise Printup, science, Latin;
Miss Elizabeth Ragan, history. Eng
lish: Miss Corrie B. Dawkins, history,
English: Miss Hazel Stevensop. Eng
lish. history: Miss Myrtis Jarrell. Eng
lish history; Miss, Agile Simpson, critic
teacher normal department; Miss Ag
nes Summer. French, Latin; Miss Eliz.
abeth Anderson, history. English: Miss
Sue Claflin, history, English: Miss Luie
M. Sergeant, librarian: Miss Madge
Weaver, secretary.
TECHNOLOGICAL HIGH SCHOOL.
C. S. Culver, * principal: Charles A.
Dean, drawing and shop: W, 0./'ho
ney, mathematics; G. Siler, associate
English and science; <'. D. Read, asso
ciate history and science: R. P. Mc-
Larty, associate English and-Jiistory:
F. W. Holt, Jr., associate mathematics
and shop; R. A. Armstrong, associate
drawing and shop.
ENGLISH-COMMERCIAL HIGH ,
SCHOOL. •
Mrs. A. T. Wise, principal: Miss M.
A. Burtschaell. head English and his
tory; Miss A. C. Dixon, commercial de
partment, history; Miss Annie Barn
well, mathematics, commercial depart
ment: Miss Marian Melson. English,
history: Miss D. i,. Prioleau, French,
commercial department: Miss Mildred
Converse, mathematics history: Miss
Lillian M. Pierce, commercial depart
ment, history; Miss Mildred Thompson.
English, commercial department.
IVY STREET SCHOOL.
Mrs. E. S. Whiteside, principal: Miss
Leila J. Garcia, assistant principal.
Miss Fanny Spahr, seventh grade: Aliss
Maude Daniel, sixth grade: Miss Mary
K. Crawford, fifth grade; Mrs. O. M.
Sparks, fourth grade; Miss Annabel
Adkins, third grade; Miss Mary Lee
Sloan, second grade: Mrs. V. E. Har
ris, first grade.
CREW STREET SCHOOL.
Mi.-s Ada Perrine, principal; Miss
Mar.' P. Robert, assistant principal:
Miss Martha !•'. Andrews, second as
sistant principal: Miss Mary Zachry,
seventh grade. Mrs. Osborne Douglas,
sixth grade: Miss Lota Pinneli, fifth
glade; Miss Nellie Hearne. fourth
gr;ol> Mrs. Snllie M Mallard, third
Continued on Page Five.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1912.
“BATTLING” FLYNN SAYS
“When we are through,
we’ll have the Taft forces
backed against the ropes and
begging us to let them up.
Roosevelt has sent out a per
sonal call to his friends. The
biggest men in the country
will be here in a few days.”
Artist's Idea of the G. O. P. Situation
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All Atlanta Awakes
A-Shivering; Drop of
15 Degrees Last Night
Mercury at 57 Early Today, and
Sunday Will Be Bright
and Cool.
That chilly feeling that .Atlantans
had early today and the awakening de
sire for last winter's suit of clothes was
real and tangible, according to official
weather records, for between 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon and 6 o'clock to
day the mercury fell 15 degrees. It
was just 57 degrees- above zero aj 6
o'clock this morning, and that was
quite a drop from the balmy tempera
ture of 72 degrees that existed yester
day afternoon.
F<f tomorrow the skies will be clear
and the weather will be cool, not as
chilly as today, but delightfully cool
and lacking all the usual uncomfort
able humidity that has brought beady
drops to the brow of loafer as well as
toiler.
NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS
CHOSEN BY THE BOARD
AT MEETING SATURDAY
New teachers elected by the Atlanta
Board of Education today are:
Boys High School. R. C. Little, J. W.
Farmer; Girls High school. Miss Eliza
beth Anderson. Miss Ethel Woolf, Miss
Agnes Summer. Miss Sue Claflin: Eng
lish-Commercial High school. Miss
Mattie Burtchael (assistant principal).
Miss Lillian Pierce. Miss Mildred
Thompson.
Grammar Schools—Principals, Mrs.
Jennie Bloodworth, Miss Rusha Wes
ley, Miss Lula Johnson; assistant prin
cipals. Miss Cecile Landauer, Miss Al
line Clayton, Miss Zoudie Leake; grade
teacher;-. Miss Willie Clement. Miss
Gertrude Reiley, Miss Blossom Tucker,
Miss Maggie Moore, Miss Elizabeth
Dudley. Miss Edith Watts. Miss Bertha
Jones, Miss Lucile Estes, Miss Fay
Watterson. Miss Mamie Milner, Miss
Maine Wilt. Miss Pearl Haley, Miss
Ella Dickson, Mrs. Osborne Douglas,
Miss Catherine Greer. Mrs. W. W.
Bankston. Mrs. E. S. Howell, Miss
Clayton Crumley, Miss Rose Sugarman,
Miss Laura Graham, Miss Alline Well
born, Miss Belle VandeVander, Miss
Nora Fleming, Miss Nellie Camp, Miss
Annie Belle Dye. Miss Lillian Jackson,
Miss Ajaggie Soloman, Miss Edna
Papat, Miss Zolina Smith, Miss May
Belle Harralson. Miss Fanny Mayson,
Miss Anna Klein" aehter, Miss Jane
Borough, Miss Leila Haddock, Miss
Maude S. George.
MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS
AWARDED 11 SENIORS
AT THE M’KEON SCHOOL
An inspiring lecture on the "Regard
for Little Things" was delivered last
night by Hon. John M. Slaton at the
closing exercises of the McKeon Night
school, at 14 West Linden street.
Fifty-six boys heard the address, to
gether with a number of visitors Fol
lowing ills speech. Mr. Slaton distrib
uted eleven gold medals for scholar
ship.
The Mi Koon school "ns founded four
years ago by Edward McKeon. It then
had ten pupils. Since then Mr. McKeon
has a number of boys to leading
universities. Ben Rosenthal was the
tir: t to < nd""’ the school with an an
nual medal, and he was followed b>
ten others.
TEDDY GOING TO CHICAGO
TO GIVE BATTLE TO BOSSES
POPHAMS SEEK
NEST IN PINES
Many unceasing ties of friendship
Bind our hearts together
Where we may eat the turkey—
All but the bone and feather.
—William Lee Popham.
Back to that dear old Central Lecture,
circuit, where there are none of those
meddlesome Atlanta police to hurl
rocks into the epitome of romantic hon
eymoon ; back where the dogwood blos
soms lure to live-long lyrics and there
are no more $11.41 surety bonds to
give—back there has gone the evan
gelist-poet laureate of Kentucky, love
singer of the ages, William Lee Pop
ham, with his pretty bride, Maude Mill
er Estes that was.
The young Narcissus arose in his
room at the Terminal hotel this morn
ing at 5 o’clock, dashed off the gemlet
quoted above and thirteen other verses,
and demanded that the hotel manage
ment pay him $25 for the slights it put
upon his respectability when it caused
his arrest as an eloper two days ago.
The hotel refused.
Whereupon Mr. Popham went over to
the mayor’s office to make a last plea
that the may or refund him that $11.41
the city retained because he did not
appear at the police court at the spe
cific time to prove that he had really
married Miss Estes nearly a month be
fore he first’appeared in Atlanta.
At the mayor's told the
poet-evangelist they couldn’t pay
him back the money because that was
UP to the recorder.
Thence straightway to Acting Re
corder Preston went Popham and re
iterated his appeal. Again hi- met re
fusal.
A Nest 'Mid
The Sighing Pines.
The recorder told Mr. Popham
that it was now too late for a trial,
because the charges had been quashed.
Down in southern Georgia, where the
pines sigh languourous lullabies of love
and the nightingales sing—oh, so soul
fully. there's the little town of Arabi
nestling on the dunes. And Poet Lau
reate Popham checked his baggage to
Arabi, for Arabi possesses not only' all
the scenario that poets love, but it is
also on the line of the Central Bureau
lecture circuit. Mr. Ponham said he
would go there with his bride to love
and lecture for a day, and that then
they probably would come back to At
lanta once more to see if the law
couldn't find away to return to him
that. $11.41.
Before departure, however, Mr. Pop
ham consented to give a reading of a
few of his choicest epics to a reporter
for The Georgian. Here is one he re
cited from treasured memory:
When the summer's ended
With hat vest gathered In.
The farmer sits at evening’
With a happy grin.
And while he plays the fiddle
And takes a. sip of wine,
That's the time I think
(If that sweetheart of mine.
Mr. Popham bowed the entranced re
porter from the Popham suite with his
final gem selected from the precious
store of 2'05 separate epics which he
found necessary to run the gamut of
"Truth, Love and Power.' Its title is
"Love." Here goes:
1 dwell in mansions of pleasure,
I am wild, I am tame, I am coy.
1 am here. I am there, 1 atn gone
I am horn of a flame; I ant coy
I'm the same in sorrow or gloom;
I'm fairest of all. I am prince,
I can n"t he <ha incd in by iron bands
Nor hedger! in l>y any fence.
101 -Year-Old Augustan
Rides on Special Train
To Visit Son in Macon
Jonathan Miller Joins Gymnasi
um to Keep Young—Remem
bers Days of Indians.
MACON. GA.. June B.—So careful are
his relatives of his welfare and safety
that when lonathan Miller, of Augusta.
101 years of age. decided to visit his
son. Judge A. L. Millej, in Macon, no
chances were taken with regular trains,
but a special train was engaged for
him. He arrived yesterday afternoon
on this special, which required twice
the usual time to make the distance, be
cause of the. low speed maintained by it.
In Mr. Miller Augusta has probably
the oldest citizen of Georgia. At his
remarkable age he still has almost all
of his faculties. Recently he joined
the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. He lives
with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Robertson, on lower
Broad street. Augusta, and has lived
in that place or in Augusta practically
all of his life. He remembers distinct
ly the building of the first railroad from
Augusta to Charleston, in the early 30s
When he was a young man, Indians
were roaming through that section of
the country. Wjld game was abun
dant. and deer, bear and wild turkey
could be bagged within a few miles of
Augusta.
Mr. Miller recalls distinctly some of
the first duels ever fought at Sand Bar
Ferry, the famous duelling ground of
the Augusta section. Mr. Miller has
had a remarkable life, and, with the ex
ception of his eyesight, still retains
the greater portion of his faculties. He
converses well, eats heartily, and is
calmly and peacefully resting in the
evening of life.
PORCH SWING FALLS;
WIFE HURT, ATLANTAN
SUES FIRM FOR SIO,OOO
M. E. Tucker, 48 Kelly street, thinks
he should have SIO,OOO in damages from
the Niall-Herin Company’ because a
porch swing, bought from the latter,
collapsed with his wife, baby and a
neighbor woman. His wife's ankle was
fractured.
Tucker told the city court he had
purchased the swing “to be used as
porch swings are usually used.” It was
installed, he said, by a sixteen-year-old
boy sent out by the Niall-Herin Com
pany and the screws were set in the
"ceiling" and not in the Joists as they
should have been.
He said that on the afternoon the
swing collapsed his wife, who weighs
125 pounds; his baby, weighing 20
pounds, and a neighbor woman, who
hardly tipped the beam at 115 pounds,
were in the swing. With this total
weight of 260 pounds there was no ex
cuse, he maintains, for the swing to
fall, if the circulars he read regarding
the "roughhousing" porch swings could
mean anything.
RAILROADS CRIPPLED BY
FLOODS RESUME TRAFFIC
Floods in the .Mississippi valley have
reached to a point where the railloads
washed out by the high waters are en
abled to resume traffic, according to
telegrams received in Atlanta today
Campbell Wooldridge. Southeastern
passenger agent of the Texas and Pa
cific, announced today’ that the Shrevh
po t gateway was again "pen. and th"
fast route to Louisiana and Texas
point- resumed. For more than a
month all shipments have been routed
by Memphis or New Orleans.
Big Men of Nation Supporting Colonel
Called to Windy City for Pow Wow
Early Next Week to Lay Plans for
Capture of the Taft Citadel.
Steam Roller Going Well on Second Day’s Run,
Arkansas' Taft Delegates All Seated: “Bat
tling” Flynn, T. R. Aide, Says: “We’ll Have
‘Em Backed Against the Ropes Next Week.”
CHICAGO, June B.—Six Taft delegates at large from Flor
ida were seated by unanimous vote in the national committee this
afternoon. There were two sets of contesting Roosevelt dele
gates.
CHICAGO, .lune B.—William Flynn, of Pittsburg—feelingly
referred to by Taft men assembled here as “strong-arm Bill”
Flynn—chief of the wrecking crew sent out to throw a monkey
wrench into the machinery of the steam roller, arrived today just
as the roller whistled to its engineers to come to their day’s task.
Flynn immediately set about his job. He tried out the monkey
wrench by hitting Congressman William B. McKinley over his
metaphorical head.
The national committee assembled at the Coliseum shortly
after 10 o'clock for its second day’s contest hearing. The remain
ing Arkansas cases were taken up. While the committee was in
session. Flynn gave out a statement. He said:
“There will he a big pow-wow of Roosevelt men here early
next week. When we are through we’ll have the Taft forces
backed against the ropes and begging ns to let them up. Roose
velt has sent, out a personal call to his friends. The biggest men
in the country will be here within a day or two. Roosevelt may
come himself.”
The Taft delegates in the Seventh Arkansas district—H. G.
Friedheim and T. S. Grayson, were seated on roll call. Taft’s total
vote on this contest was 32. This finished the Arkansas contest,
giving Taft a clean sweep of that state.
Roosevelt men generally admitted to
day that the colonel will be here next
week. This admission came after a
long distance telephone conversation
with Oyster Bay.
Asked if he was going to tamper with
the steam roller machinery. Flynn made
some remarks about McKinley.
"Ah, that sounds just like McKin
ley » talk," he said. "He talks nothing
but blather. If he keeps it up, Taft
may get the Utah delegation, but that's
about all.”
Flynn Keeps Shy
Os New Police.
Asked if he intended to visit the
Coliseum. Flynn remarked:
“I don’t want to get pinched. They
tell me the minute 1 got into town Mc-
Kinley began yelling for the police.
They've got a guard of detectives down
there now. I don’t want to go to jail
my first few hours in Chicago, so may
be 111 stay away today. Also maybe
I won’t”
Flynn denied that he had been sent
to supersede Dixon. "McKinley prob
ably started that also," he said. While
Flynn was talking the whistle of the
steam roller tooted again. It had just
run over two more Roosevelt delegates.
The Taft men in the Third Arkansas
district were seated.
The steam roller kept on its way. The
Taft delegates from the Fifth Arkansas
district followed those of the First.
Second, Third and Fourth on the tem
porary roll of the convention. Taft at
this time had been given 28 delegates
by the national committee. Roosevelt
had received none.
In the Third district of Arkansas the
contest was between R. S. Granger and
J. F. Meyers for Taft and Tom Wil
liams and B. F. McAllister for Roose
velt. The Roosevelt side was presented
by James A. Comer. After the two
sides had been presented Frank B. Kel
logg, of Minnesota, Roosevelt man,
moved that Granger and Meyers be
seated. The vote was unanimous.
In the Fifth Arkansas district the
first attempt of the Roosevelt men to
secure a compromise was made. A
motion that delegates from both sides
be seated with the votes divided be
tween them was made and was voted
down. 10 to 41. The Taft men were
then seated.
Admit Merit in T. R.
Indiana Contest.
Indiana has a peculiar place in the
delegate squabble. It is the first case
on the list in which Taft men are will
ing to admit that the Rooseveltians
have any merit behind their conten
tions. Its coming has been eagerly’
awaited by the men watching the
crushing advance of the steam roller.
Indiana has 30 delegates. The seats of
twelve are contested. Among these are
the four delegates-at-large. On the
Taft delegation are New. Fairbanks,
former Congressman James E. Watson,
who was whip of the house in the hey
day’ of the glory of Uncle Joe Cannon,
and .Joseph D. Oliver, of South Bend,
who has diligently manufactured plows
until his industry netted him a couple
of score of millions then he became
politician. On the Roosevelt state <)el
rgalion the names of ex-Senator Bev
•eridge. ex-Congressman Frederick Lan-
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tJMTION
PRICE TWO CENTS
dis, ex-lndiana Republican Chairman
Edwin M. Lee and Charles H. Camp
bell appear. .
In spite of the fact that moat of these
men beaf “ex” before their former pay
roll designations, they are the biggest
Republican politicians in the state. In
diana has gone Democratic in three
elections; the control of the “machine"
has switched from the Fairbanks crowd
to the Beveridge crowd and back again.
When the contest over delegates to th»
Republican national convention came
up some of the leaders on both sides
thought it would be a good time to car
ry on a war of extermination. The final
fight was to be made in Chicago over
the seating of the Indiana delegates.
♦The Roosevelt hurry conference was
called after that of Indiana. George
W. Perkins, Walter Brown. state
chairman of Ohio; William Flynn, of
Pennsylvania; Governor Stubbs, of
Kansas, and Governor Hadley, of Mis
souri, are some of those to whom
“cards” were issued.
Dealing With Bunch of
Crooks, Says Dixon.
"Mr. Flynn is a man who has brains
and the nerve. And he was sent here
to help us deal with the bunch of
crooks assembled here,” said Senator
Dixon today.
“We got two delegates from Ala
bama, leaving the total 22 to 2.” he
continued. 'There is no question but
what we should have had the Ninth
and Fifth.
"Some men on the national commit
tee are deliberately trying to murder
the Republican party and to elect a
Democratic president. The tactics are
too raw, even for some of their own
men. Although Murray Crane denies
that he said it, we have statements
from three persons who heard him say.
The country will never stand for
this.’ ”
Congressman William B. McKinley,
director of the Taft campaign and the
man .who issues orders to the chauffeur
of the steam roller, In a statement to
day likened Colonel Roosevelt to Ajax
defying the lightning. He said:
McKinley Likens
T. R. to Ajax.
"While the Republican national com
mittee yesterday was deciding against
the Roosevelt contests in Alabama by a
unanimous vote in every instance save
one. Mr. Roosevelt was quoted as say
ing at Oyster Bay that the Republican
national committee was engaged in
'robbing' him of his rights. Fifteen
members of the Republican national
committee who voted for Mr. Roose
velt's contest in the Ninth Alabama
district decided otherwise in every
other Alabama contest.
"Theodore Roosevelt, if he performs
in his customary way at this juncture,
would like to make a. most dramatic
entrance into Chicago. He would like
to enter the doors of the convention
hall amid acclaim of his followers,
which would be music to his egotistical
ears. Alone at Oyster Bay he is a
brave man, and. like Ajax defying
lightning, de defies even the unanimous
verdiets of the Republican national
committee, including his own friendr.
lb needs the stimulation of thousands
behind hi- b.u k to arouse his fighting
blood, whii h is at its lowest ebb when
alone.”