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BRYAN IN LEAD OF
FIGHT ON PARKER
Nebraskan Becomes Nominee
for Chairman When Senator
Kern Gives Way.
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heir higheM ambition to ’ransnnt thi.«
precious inheritance. uni tipaired. i*»
their « htluHen : n«.i tiuur ■ hildren - < hi! -
rircn. Max thn * on®- ioupnp«« of thi«
■ •ommunh.x of interest® banish from
their heart- all bitterru hatred and
ill-wiH and inspire them with senti
ments of genuine charity. benevolence
and mutual forbearance.
We re< omwmnd likewise in Thy un
bounded mercy all our brethren and
fellow • itizen® throughout the United
State.-, that thex may be blessed in the
knowledge and sanctified in the observ
ance of Thy moat holy law; that they
max be preserved in union and that
peace which the world can not give,
and. after enjoy ins the blessings of this
life, thex max he admitted tn those
o hic'i are eternal.” <‘ardinal Gibbons
concluded at 12:41 p. m. >
Calls for Bryan
Follow Invocation.
Vs Cardinal Gibbons left the stage
he was saluted with a round <>f ap
plause. Sergeant-at-Arms Martin en
deavored to bring the convention tn
order The calm and peaceful prayer
was the gentle prelude to a storm.
'Bryan. Bryan!" called scores of
voices.
"I am instructed by the national com
mittee to present the following names
fm temporary 01 ganlzat ion.” said
<'hairman Mack w hen order was re
spired "The secretary will read the
li«t.”
"Fur temporary chairman, Alton R.
Parker,” read the secretary .
y roar of applause shook the house.
The band had to b.> given the sign to
play a lively tune before the 'est of tile
list could be read
When comparative quiet had been re
-lA cd. the completi list was read, and
/hen there was an uproar when William
I. Bryan arose. Men stood on chairs,
waved handkerchiefs and sent hats into
the ait. Shouting themselves hoarse,
they acclaimed the man who came to
■start the fight.
The band, outclassed as a noise-mak
ing institution, stopped ami allowed the
delegates to get their enthusiasm out of
their systems.
With lip" firmly set and leaning over
the tailing which he clasped tightly.
Bryan waited for the clamor to subside.
“Convention Higher
Than Its Committee."
Then he began:
"Mr Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention. I rise to place it* nomina
tion for the office of temporary chair
man of the convention the name of
Hon. John W Kern, of Indiana."
Hi van was intel ' upted by cheering.
It lasted but a short time He said
furthei
"And in thus dissenting from the
judgment of our national committee as
expiessed In 1 rec
ognize that tlie burden of proof is on
me to overthrow the assumption that
the committee says that it represents
the wishes of the convenflon and of the
party and of the nation
"t call attention to the fact that the
rules provided and recommended to
this convention arc not findl."
Cries of "No" followed.
"I remind you of this fact, that this
convention has the right to accept or
reject, is conclusive proof that the pre
sumption of tlie convention is higher
than the presumption of the national
committee.
If any of you ask so my credentials,
if any of you inquire why I am a mere
delegate to this convention from one of
the states and ask you to accept this
name in face of the name they pre
sented, I bi g to led y ou. if it need be
told, that in three conventions I have
been the champion of the Democratic
party's principles and that I have re
ceived the vote.- of K.iitin fiiiu Democrats.
If that Is not proof of a i irty's confi
denit I shall not attempt to furnish
proof
I would no; he wn’tiiy of the <onii
<blll eof the 1 len'.ci ’• of this nation
if 1 was not wiping I" risk humiliation
in their defenS'
Bryan Says He
Tried for Peace
"I recognize that a man <an not boa
leader In public affair- without mak
ing enemies and -inc. tin day I was
•first nominated at t'ltiiago 'bey have
fought me at every turn
"The fact that 1 liv pro d that 1
have not deserted the poop . If I • i '
they would remember now
"I take as my text tha. w hi. h tin
ronintittee has placed upon th. w.i. ■
'Hr nevet sold the :utli m seiv :
■hour. - That is the language ■•’' ■ .
of Monticello
"I am still worthy of yout soppoii
"We are told by those who ,-uppo.t
the committee’s revommendat .mi
•it is disturbing harmony to oppo-.
•their suggestion
"bet me free myself from m.y suiii
eha'ge that may be made now In •
after.
"Let me free myself from any • rfif
cism that any one may have made I." -
•fore or may attempt hereafter. Is the.
any delegate here who tried .aril'
than I to secure harmony in this con
vention'.' I might have asked without
•presumption, at the end of sixteen
■years Os battle when 1 find the thing- I
•have fought for triumphant not only in
my own partv. but in the Repuhli. an
party, the modest honor "f . tnr.uiitg
before this convention and '.oh ina my
re jot' mg
"i was more interis'ed in haimony
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A group of delegates at the Democratic National Convention —Erom left to right are Tom Brown, of Vermont; E. -I. biddings, of Oklahoma; H. A. Daly, of
Alaska, ami Mrs. Dal\ ; Perry Belmont, of Nett York, ami -I. Ham Dewis, of Illinois.
•than in any chance to speak to this i
convention. Not only that, I advised i
the committee to consult the two lead
ing candidates who between them hate •
•more than two-thirds of the delegates |
in this convention. ,
"I aske I the committee tr> consult I
'these men anti gel their approval in s
advance in order that there might b< I
tio confusion. i
"Before the sub-eommfttee tile
'friends of Mt Clark and Mr. Wilson ,
were unable to agree, one .-upported ,
•M 1 James and the othf"- Mr. Henri.'
"Hui in tlie. full committee list, the
Hi-nds of Mr. \\'ii-on joined with the ,
friends of Mr t'latk and supported Mt. ,
James, and yet the committee turned ,
down tlie joint request.
Kern a Man With
Heart in the Fight,
“I submit to you that the plan that
1 presented, the plan that I followed,
xxas the plan <»f securing harmony, and
the plan th* committee followed xxas
not the plan designed to assure har
monex.
“Now let me f»>r a moment pHscnt
the qualification of one tilted for this
position. This Is no ordinary occa
sion.
“This is an « poch-making conven
tion W e have made such a struggle a
was never seen in politics before. I
have been in the c«-nt»‘r of thi- fight
and I kn<»w something of the courage
it has brought forth ami the sacrifice
it has required.
“I know of men xvoiking upon the
railroad for small wages xxith what lit
tle the> haxr laid up for future years,
who have d- nied the railroad managers
who fight with us at the risk of thei
all.
“1 have seen risking their
fortunes alienatinr men of large busi I
mss in order to he (he champions of
the poor.
“I have known non engaged in busi
ness ami carrying loans in banks who
have been threatened with bankrupt* \
if thex did not sell their < itizenship
xxalk up to the polls and v*»te on the
k id* of the tomtaon people against pre
datory wealth.
“It seems to me that n»»\x xvhen tlie
hour of victory arrives the song of v i* -
torx should be suggested bx th*» one
xx hose heart has been in the tight. (Ap
plause. »
“John W K* rn has hren taithfu! * \
erx dax of that sixteen years. h ha.-
* *»st him lime, it has cost him monex
and It has *<»st him vxrar ami tear of
his b**d\- and mind. He has been in
the fire alx\;*x< with all that he had.
and font years ago when the founda
tion \x as laid for the present victor
it xx'as John \\ i<* in who stood by mx '
side when w* took the last strong- j
hold.
it was John Kei nw ho >»ooq with I '
me on that Ih-nxer platform that d*
mamh'd th.- * lection of Unit* *! States !
senatots bx *1 re t vote of the pe*»ph
wlt u the Ropuhlhan conxention turn
ed it doxxtl b\ * \n(p of seven to oqp ’
Xmi now he i- in the senato w her* '
h* • *n mak* a • natoi look .is big as '
* senator ought to look to th* \mei-
can people. F
“And now he is leading i fight in tm '
United States s.nat» to putg. that ! r
bt*dx of Senator L"rimcr i xvho txpitles 1
th*’ supremacy of the old regirm
He helped tight for that ame*>dtm nt
for the income tax. and he has lix**l|*
to the pri sidcnt. who opposed ,
tu us take that plank on and "till see 1
.'•4 members of th* h<>U K ' to ratifx it.“
He was interrupted hx a * hr» t in 1
which < rt* -of 'Parke;. Parker.” min
gled i
Speech Drowned in
Calls for Parker.
: it iwte tlt ut I "tIUI ll •' |.|Vr Io I
upi it tbi- vonx entl<m•
I ■ t■nt mu l>u • • • nto .tn up
"I ' 'in Mi Pnrlvi - n.t'nr,
Mi Bi x nit - xnlct wtts liro.xned iind
he pH"s< 'l ii full il't -ci "ttiis.
Thointt I' tt\ tn it tint in t In- Xit i
ginia . tti'ii • Ic.f il hitn-vlt' tie- I
nouncetl b> Brian t
"Thfil C l: ' < "" "II lofß| I Hlll litns ip I
thl.- conntl.i . .It ti l la-t i 'll ■
tiop and 1 '■ o' ihiiibteit nt"-' I
of liv tn wefi ■ n of ....o<j i hat <i lei | I
and high intent, nut would iirx.tjl
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANDNEWS. TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1912.
Invite one of them to open this con
vention." Bryan finally proceeded.
“We have ;< great many Democrats
who are not in sympathy with the j
purposes of the party. I not only voted]
tile ticket but I also made speeches for
the candidate when 1 wtt- not at all
satisfied witlt the candidate or the in
fluences that nominated him and di
rected the campaign in 1914."
Again the speaker was interrupted
with shouts for Parker The chairman
rapped for order.
"And I assume that no friend of
Judge Parker's will contend that he was
satisfied in IHOS with either the can
didate or the purpose of the party, i
remind you that this is not a question
where personal ambition or personal
compliments are uppermost. \Vf are
making history today and the conven
tion is to announce to the country
whether we take up the thallenge
thrown down tn Chicago by a conven
tion ruled by great wealth, or answer
them by not giving our {tarty over to
l Im same control.
"We need not deceive ourselves that
tltat which is done in a national con
vention is done in secret. If every
member of this convention entered into
tin agiicment of secricx, we still ait
under the eyes of the pri-.-s, who not
only know what we do but why we do
it.
"The delegates nf this convention
must not presume mi the ignorance of
those people who did not come be
cause they did not have enough money
to be delegates tn this convention.
"And the people now know of the in
fluence that dominated in Chicago and
made conclusive there a farce, and they
know that the same Influences arc at
work here and more brazenly than they
were al Chicago.”
Kerns Efforts for
Compromise Fail.
Then tame John \V. Kern xxith the
'‘lixe branch of peace. He asked a
hearing when Mr. Brxan closed, and
then said :
J believe that by 10 years of service
to mx party. I have earned (he right
to such i healing at the hands of tlie
Democratic part' I haxe been f*>r
many yeais a personal friend lo the
gentleman vxln* has been named bx the
n.it ional * omrnittf e “
Hr recited his friendship for Judge
Park* i. his c ampaigns in his behalf,
and addl’d
' I am going i*» appeal lime for that
kind «»f harrmmy that xvill bring vic
tory .
Mx friends, Judge Paiktr sits be
fore this tonventhm. he representing
the national com’mitte*- and I. Ihank
God. not any faction, hut • potion of
th*' party.
If mx friends will join xxith me noxx
ami hire m the ■••lecti<»ii *»f a fetnpo
rai x < h iii man if he xx ill join me in
sugg* sting that girat i cpresentatix *• of
Nexx York. Srnatoi James ( ‘’Gorman ■
(’barb's »’ulbei son. of Texas, H D :
(Jayton, Luke Lea. James H. (’ampbell,
of (>hio. Joseph I oik *»r Ben F, Bh’ix* -
ly. all of tills di"* <»rd will cease.
“Will Judge Parker inert me »»n this
m oind xx hi* h means x ietorx or drat h
It xxas !•{• died that Stnaloi *»(;<>! ;
man xxas a tail*’ at the Belvedere thi
morning jm<l aftm the Brxan fa* lion
heiii it.< loiifetcme ami < onferr* *i xx ith
the p» i sons most prominent in th*'
* onfah.
Then was no Parkei repl\ and Mr.
Kern went *m
“You will not aid in attaining vic
tor* by deriding tlie man xx ho led xop
in thirt *amt»iigns. You may put!
him to th*’ w heel and you only grieve
the six million men who xxould gladly
dir lot him. You max kill him. but
y*»u do not *ommit homie id* . you coin,
mit sui< id*
“Bryan Must Lead if
It s People vs. Powers.'
“If (h*'i»‘ i to l*« no r* spouse then
let tie- t * spm.sibi’dt * i«"t xx here it b*»-
long> If Alton B Parker will »*nti<
h»ie ;<nd jolt* tn*' in this tequest to’
harmony h’s name xxill bt among tit'
most iiMini• *1 of An*”, an lJeni<**iats
If the is to h»- a contest between I
th» people and the powers if it is to
b* a conic i filled with sliit* a *?n
U. ( x\ hk h 1 p» ay may net take place
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: Fighting Rooster ;
• Is Urged to Oust ;
• The Ornery Mule I
• a
• BALTIMORE. MD.. June 25. «
• There i- a really serious move- «
• ment among Democratic politi- «
• clans to change the Democratic •
• mascot from a donkey to a roost- *
• er. «
• "I believe we ought to return •
• to the animal of our lathers," re- a
• marked a delegate, " ito was ar- «
• suing for the change. "The roost- «
• era real tine fighting cock -was «
• our original choice. The creature «
• could fight and it was symbolical «
• of victory. Rut the donkey was «
• imposed upon us bv Tom Nast •
• and we have become- sq used to a
• having him around that we havi «
• almost fo,gotten that w,j over had- a
• another pet. AU the donkey cau <
> do is to hee-haw. and kick.‘and lie a
• stubborn •
• I don't say that we have not *
• qualified to be personified, if tnai's a
• Hie word by tlie ornery beast in «
• tin past, but we are just about to •
• start, in on a new road, and I. fm *
• one. am heartily in favor of dis- «
• posing of our donkey and setting »
• ,:o a rooster farm. Anyhow, I «
• think I could name a man . who *
• needs that donkey of ours in his «
• business.'* •
• «
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it will be a contest too great for me t<
lead. If this deplorable battle must g.
on there is only one man fit to lead i
that is the man who has been at Hit
forefront for sixteen years.
"Tlie leader must lie worthy of th<
cause and that leader must be Willian
Jennings Bi yan."
Mi. Bryan at once cone forward. Hi
clutched a palm leaf and began again:
"I went to Senator O'Gorman ant
urged him to acet pt this nominatio
and lie appealed to S'ltatm Kern H
accept it." he said. 1 have tried tt
get tile committee to agree upon t
progressive and w lien it did not agret
upon a progressive I went to Hie mar
Who receiyi'd tile second largest num •
ini of votes, hut he ' ould not decide (■
accept the leadership.
"And I appealed to Mi. Kirn to ac
cept it. I stand ready to support any
progressive But if no oilier progres
sive appears I shall iccept tin lead. i -
slti{i and le.t you express thtougb mi
voltr advoia.ey of or opposition to w-bn:
yy i have fought for sot sixteen years.'
I'hcotlore Hell, of ''alifornfih next
spoke.
Bell Says He Must
Vote for Parker.
He inferred Io- II:, fail that a' th<
Denver <onientlon he was permiftei
tlie privilege of presiding as temporary
ehairma n
"Ami I tnt here today.' he sail, "i,
siand foi the same kind of Demm racy
that ! .'i.inl fm a: I lent •
I would not have been scFated fm
that position unless my IlcmoiTai y lia.l
received the of approval of Hu
gentleman from Nebraska.
"It is a mute; of keen i egret to mt
today that 1 can not find, myself it
accord with either of my Iwo fiiend--'
There came a strong series of Bryar
calls. Again and again tlie Bryan wor
shipiHi- . bnejvi into the attempts o!
tlie speaker to lie fieard.
"1. Shall, as mui'h. as 1 regret to dis
fer from my old friends, east my vote
for Alton H. I’.trkcr." he said at ia-t.
Bell < oneiudetl at 2:05 and Senaloi
Shively of Indiana moved that t ie roll
t>< called and that all nomination- he
closed, ili-order followed, and at 2:21
tip -crgeanl-at - im- ai:mmn.<d 'hat
his deputies were instructed to cleat
tin galleries unles- the speaker- could
be beard Most of the noise, Imweter
was coming from the deli gates
.1.1 I'ltZEeruld. of \. w York. <aiiu
to aid v. ith i spei . a tor '_ ■■ I’ irk. i
euu-c, hut the convention was in ar
uproar. Ehzgelaid s words were hard-
ly audible ten feet from the speaker's
stand.
Shively's motion was not put and
Eitzgerald tried to float his voice over
the storm's sway. Einally the sergeant.
I at-arms announced that unless the
noise stopped the convention would ad
journ and tile visitors would not be al
lowed to return.
"Judge Parker has earnestly support
! cd the Democratic party," shouted Eitz
gerald.
"And the Cannon rules." shouted the
ilelegates in derision, because Eitzger
ald had been one of tlie Democrats who
, had helped "Uncle Joe" once in a pinch.
Eitzgcrald still tried to speak. He
never had a chance. Tlie delegates
sent -.oar after roar and shout after
, shout over the hall. Threats were made
, to clear the house. Tlie galleries.
, against which the threats yvele directed,
yy ere not making the noise.
, "I have an important announcement
to make." called the sergeant-at-arms.
"Unless order is restored tlie conven
tion will adjourn and those people in
the gpHeites will, not, be permitted to
. come back."
. A 'arge force of policemen with
r dFiwn clubs entered the hall and
, marched down the center aisle to pre
( serve order. Some one had sent a
, hurry call for them.
, Senator Shively's motion to bring a
, roll call was put and carried amid so
, much confusion that the delegates and
, even many of those on the stage did
, not know what was going on.
, Bryan came to still the tumult.
Crowds Assemble
Slowly; Delayed by Rain.
An hour before the Democratic eon-
| vention met in the vast Baltimore
meeting hall delegates and visitors yvere
filing In. Tlie great building filled
slowly, a Steady shower of an hour
having held the croyvds back. The
front of the building was lined with
1 thousands forming in line to enter. The
street was thronged with vehicles of
every description, taking the visitors
and di legates to the scene of action.
1 Tlie general color scheme yvithin the
1 Eifth regiment armory was yellow ami
’ black, crowned with tlie national trl
' color. ■
'in the east wall of the armory there
hung a portrait of Andrew Jackson,
draped with American flags and over
hung witli bunting About the picture
' of olil Hickory was inscribed the le
gend :
"Who nevei -old the truth to serve
the hour."
Eor vis-a-vis to the west the portrait
of George Washington hung, with the
same setting of colored flags and wavy
bunting. Em » text there was painted,
about this portrait the inscription:
"May tlie virtues and happiness of
the people be pieserved and the gov
ernment whicli they have instituted for
the protection of their liberties be per
petual." •
The delegates were massed before
tin speakers' stand in solid blocks. The
lia nd w as moved up to a very short dis
i lance from the stand. The blne-voateu
band, most of the members of which
were lulled to sleep in infancy on
"Dixie" and ''Maryland, .My .Maryland."
was in tine fettle It ivent rapidly ov r
a number of popular aits for Hie de
lectation of the. early i iowds.
Texas First to
Arrive, Applauded.
| Imine.llatelv back of the speaker's
• <l uni bung the portrait of Thomas Jef
i ferson. father of the party . Draped
I flags surrounded tlie picture and a field
of gold mid black -of the ensemble "ff
with catchy effect. Over tile piitlli''
was printed "May the infinite poyver
which rules tlie destinies of the uni
jyerse lead our counsels to what is best
’and give them a. favorable issue for
| your peace and prosperity .”
T< x:i.-. mart hlng in behind a white
i silk banner, go; tlie first round nf ap
plause. "Grand old Tex, -for ty vote
| for W ood!".' Wils m. the people's
I choice." wa. tli» banne- in-i ription
and the galleries ehfeyed it lustily
At 11; 15 tlierc came rlppb of hand
[•lapping and a shout from the crowd: 1
. net'r 11n iloot s,
I'aidinal Gibbons "Im had been ask
led to open tlie y• my ention. arrived With
LYNCHERS FREED
FROM ILL BLAME
Continued From Page One.
left Pinehurst, the crowd was in pur
suit. A half dozen of the residents
who kneyv of the crime brought forth
their automobiles. They were instantly
filled yvith angry men armed with guns
and pistols and they started full speed
in chase of the negress. When the
road swerves off to Cordele the leading
chauffeur saw the tracks of the sher
iff's automobile, and turned to follory'
them.
Just a few minutes after the Bark
dale woman had been put into the Cor
dele jail the pursuers rushed up In a
great cloud of dust. They demanded
•he woman of the sheriff and were
about to storm the jail yvhen they learn
ed that the negress had ben spirited
arvay 'to an empty house about 500
yards array. Upon this house they de
scended more tnan 50 strong and
though the sheriff and his few deputies
resisted stoutly for a moment, they
were too greatly outnumbered to hold
the negress against the mob.
Mob Takes Negress
To Scene of Crime.
Some of the mob would have lynch
ed her then and there, but others who
had known Mrs. Jordan, planned a more
graphic vengeance. They put the cring
ing woman aboard one of the six auto
mobiles and began the sixteen-mile
run back to the scene of the crime. The
other automobiles, yvith the rest of the
crowd, followed swiftly and silently
straight through Vienna and on to
Pinehurst. When they reached Pine
hurst. tiiey drove direct to the negro
quarters of the tow*n. They stopped
the automobiles, lifted tlie negress from
the leading machine and carried her
beneath a tree at the roadside. One
of the crowd threw the free end of a
rope over a limb, a dozen hands grasp
ed it and a second later the slayer yvas
dangling ten feet above the ground.
Hardly a word was spoken. Then pis
tols were drayvn. two volleys rang out
and the negress' body was riddled yvith
bullets.
Th" crowd dispersed quietly, leaving
th" body of the Barkdale woman swing
ing from the tree.
Mis. Jordan will he buried this aft
ernoon Eriends from all tins section
of Georgia are coming to Pinehurst to
attend her funeral, for she was one of
the best-loved yvornen of the neigh
borho' d. Before marriage she was Miss
Jennie Bartow, o; Americus. Her hus
band is at the point of collapse from
grief and shock.
him.< anm Mil liaol Jenkins. Rev. Thom
as J. Kenny, Rev. W. A. Fletcher and
Robert Crain, chairman of the local
arrangements committee,
Colonel James Hamilton I>ew is, who
gm 27 votes for vice president at the
Kans is City convention, was an early
{jrrival. He said that he was "striving
most strenuously to promote peace and
harmony in the Illinois delegation, and
that lie expected some result before the
setting of the roseate evening sun.
' 'onneeticut sent her banner of blue
and gold around the hall before it rest
ed at the delegation's post "Our choice
for president. Simeon A. Baldwin" ran
its gold lettered legend.
California got a happy reception
when she mar'bed in behind the firs'
Clark banner. Its great white field,
topped wlili blue and fringed with gold
told the crowd that her candidate was
• 'hamp Clark and on the reverse side.
"Equal rights to all, special privileges
to none." wa- her word i" her neighbor
delegates.
Ollie James, of Kentucky, large and
imprcs.-iy'' a- to size, and important in
yjew of th' big fight l" corn, ip which
he had quite a seriou. pkn e. attracted
much attention.
I. H.’S FINANCIAL
BACKERS DESERT
Convinced He Can Not Win,
Geo. W. Perkins and Others
Refuse to Spend More.
CHIC AGO, June 25—Theodore Roose
velt and his progressive party have lost
their biggest financial backers, according
to admissions made by a prominent sup
porter of the new cause.
George W. Perkins is said to have
frankly tolil the Roosevelt leaders that,
convinced that the colonel can not win in
his new venture, they would spend no
more money in furthering his candidacy .
Believing that Roosevelt would gain the
Republican nomination, defeating Taft,
who had instituted dissolution suits
against the Steel and Harvester yusts,
these corporations and others sffffilarly
threatened contributed liberally to Roose
velt's campaign More than a million
dollars, by Mr. Perkins' influence, was
; raised and spent in an effort to put
I Roosevelt hack In the white house
Now. although still professing the
warmest personal interest in the colonel,
; but believing that he has no chance what
! ever of election. Perkins and bis asso
ciate financiers, as a cold business prop
osition, have declined to throw good
money after bad.
Mr. Perkins when seen today would not
discuss the announcement.
"I have made no statement, " was his
only reply.
It is expected he will leave for New
York today.
Negro Author Urges
Race to Support T.R.
CHICAGO. June 25. —Sutton R.
Gt iggs, negro author and educator of
Nashville. Tenn., in an address la t
night before the Baptist Young Peo
ple's Union congress at Provident c
Baptist church, urged the people of hi’
race to support Theodore Roosevelt In
his fight for progressive principles.
"If the young neg oes of this country
should believe in anything. " tlie speak
er said, "it should be in the square
deal. Theodore Roosevelt typifies the
square deal in the political affairs of
this country.
"The negroes arc free American cltl
i zens today as the result or product of a
change in polifical affairs. At the be
ginning of the Civil war neither the
Democratic party nor the Whig parly
was ideal in Its attitude toward slavery
and, the Republican party, with Abra
ham Lincoln as president, proved the
salvation of the race. The negroes of
today, therefore, shoulel be the last to
oppose the breaking away from estab
lished customs or to say that they
should stick to the old Republican par
ty merely because of Its name.
"The battle that was before the coun
try in Civil war times is before the
people of this country now in a new
guise. The negroes were held in bond
age then by masters, but the great
mass of the American people, yvhihe
and black, are now under the bondage
of political masters and seekers after
special privilege."
violinTvalued at
$1,500, IS PAWNED BY
NEGRO THIEF FOR $2
If the negro yvho pawned a violin
in the Crescent loan office. IS2 Deca
tur street, had had an idea of its real
value he might not have been satisfied
with the $2 loan advanced on it by Joe
Jacobs, the pawnbroker. Jacobs didn't
know the value either, but he consid
ered $2 a good risk.
Jacobs was startled today to find
that the violin is 150 years old and
Is valued al $1,500. It was stolen on
June 10 from R. G. Young. 20 East
Ashland avenue, since which time a
systematic search has been made sot
it by detectives. As it was not pawner!
until Saturday night, no trace of it
had been found. It was recovered to
day by Detective Coker and Identifier,
by the owner. Mr. Young gladly pale
the pawn fee of $2.
The bow, which was pawned with
the violin, cost S3O,
JURY GETS"CASEOF
R. L. CLAY, ACCUSED
OF KILLING HIS WIFE
Robert L. Clay, charged with slaying
b.is wife. Mrs. Katie '.'lay, at the home
of her sister. Mrs. W. W. Hughes, on
Lee street, several weeks ago, probably
will learn his fate in the criminal court
today.
Hollowing testimony by experts ap
pointed by the court that Clay is not
insane as is stated in the pica of his
attorneys, the case was given to tlie
Jury.
lite alienists who made the exami
nation were Drs. J M, Ellis. James
Baird and S. H Green. Throughout
the trial Clay has sat with head bowed,
expressionless, and has rarely spoken
a word.
FEUD OF PAULDING
FAMILIES LEADS TO
SERIOUS SHOOTING
DALLAS, GA., June 25. —Oscar Dur-
Ir .n. a well known young man of this
place, is in tlie Paulding county. jail,
while Snowden Jones, equqally as
prominent, is at the point of death with
a bullet in his head, as the result of a
shooting affray on the principal strei t
of Dallas. The .-hooting was the result
of a long-standing -eud between the
Durham and Jones families, both well
known throughout this section. Jones
was shot in the face, the bullet ranging
toward the back of his head. There
were a number of eye witnesses to the
shooting.
STRENGTHEN THE NERVES
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate
A teaspoonful in a g'ass of cold water
makes an invigorating, refreshing bever
age. •••
