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VOL X. NO. 283.
LEGISLATURE
OPENS ra
FACTIONAL
BATTLE
Senator Sheppard Reopens Re
jection of Governor Smith’s
Appointments Last Year.
PACT ON TIPPINS BILL
UNTIL AFTER JULY 4TH
Ault Committee Presents Bills
to Reorganize Agricultural
Department.
The Georgia legislature got down to
work and politics on the first day of its
session, defeating' a resolution to ad
journ to July 8 and launching right
into the vexed question of appoint
ments made by Governor Hoke formth
and never affirmed by the senate. The
Hudson investigation, which stirred up
so much politics in the winter, was fol
lowed up today by a set of bills intro
duced in both houses which would com
pletely reorganize the agricultural de
partment.
The governor’s appointments fight
took the form of a resolution by Sena
tor Sheppard, calling upon Governor
Brown to return to the senate the ap
pointments made by Governor Smith
last year, and which had been sent
back unconfirmed. The resolution will
be acted upon tomorrow.
V resolution by Representative Gar
lington. of Richmond, that the house
adjourn to July S. sent, to the ta
ble. several members declaring they
. ame to work and were ready to do it.
No Filibuster On
The Tippins Bill.
Th? newsiest thing which stirred up
conversation around the Smokers club
was the fact that the friends and foes
of the Tippins bill had got together and
agreed not to filibuster. This was good
news to members who had bills to pass
this session and who remembered the
long-drawn-out fight on the prohibition
law when the filibuster lasted 40 days
and 40 nights, or thereabouts, to the
general disgust of all concerned except
the fllibusterers themselves. It means
that the bill will be passed or defeated
early in the session without blocking
the way of other legislation.
Beaders representing the prohibition
ists who desire to stop the sale of the
near-beer now sold in Georgia, and
those who would make it even a little
neater, have agreed to let it' go to a
vote. It is the first bill on the house
calendar, has been read twice and is
ready for passage. Tt will be taken up
on the Monday after the Fourth of
July. Two days will be permitted for
debate, speeches will be limited, the
time divided between opposing sides,
and the previous question will be called
at a fixed hour.
Three new house members were
sworn in today to take the places of
absentees. C. M. Clark, of Dougherty,
has been elected to the place held by
E. R. Jones, resigned. John T. Du-
Pree. of Wilkinson, has been elected to
succeed J. L. Byington, deceased. H.
Drew Roberts, of Miller, has been
ejected to succeed Representative B. F.
Harrell, who died since last sessio'n.
No Time to Waste
No Times to Waste
After Chief Justice Fish had swore, in
the three new members of the house
and the body was formally organized,
a committee composed of Representa
tives Hall of Bibb. Pope of Dade, and
Williams of Bulloch, was appointed *0
notify the governor that the assembly
was ready for business.
A resolution by Mr. Garlington. of
Richmond, that the house adjourn to
July 8 was tabled by almost a unani
mous vote. Representatives Alexander
of DeKalb. Slade of Musi ogee and Nix
of Gwinnett, saying the house had too
much work ahead to afford this waste
of lime.
Mr. Vinson, of Baldwin, introduced a
bill to appropriate $25,000 a year for
the Cniversity of Georgia, to copduct
a soil survey and prepare maps and
bulletins on soil types. It went to the
?ppropriations committee.
Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, brought in
a icsclution to appropriate S7,ofto to
ward rebuilding the recently burned
buildings of the Seventh District Ag
ricultural school at Powder Springs,
t obb county.
Mr. McCarthy, of Chatham, introduc
ed a bill to establish a kindergarten
system for children not less than four
years, as part of the common school
system.
Dr. George Brown, of Fulton, intro
duced a resolution providing that com
mittees from house and senate be ap
pointed to investigate the state board
of health. It grew out of charge: rc-
Contmued on Page Three.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Ute For Reeulti
•••••••••••••••••••••••■•a
: Clark High Man, But:
• It*s Like Card Game:
• : •
• BALTIMORE, June 26.—The •
• presidential situation is best 'ex- •
• pressed by Delegate John Fletch- •
• er, of Tennessee, who said: •
• "The Clark movemint stands •
• out most prominently, which is •
• both an evidence of its strength •
• and of its weakness. On the one •
• hand, it shows the Missouri man •
• as the strongest man in the field •
• —now. On the other hand, it •
• places him like the high man in a •
• seven-up game where all of the •
• other players throw the game to •
• the low man in order to keep lhe •
• high man from going out. That is •
• the best possible explanation of •
• the Clark status.” •
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SOCIETY GIRL
ELOPESiWON
INK WEEK
October Date Set for Marriage,
But They Decide Not to
Wait—All Happy.
Wooed and won in a week—wed in
six. That's the pretty surprise un
folded to Mrs. Clarence Angier, of 267
West Peachtree street, today when her
daughter. Martha, and Harry Willis
Stotesbury-Cutter, whom she first saw
hardly more than a month »go, walked
in the front door and announced: “We
are married.”
The wedding was set to take place
October 7 on the bridegroom's birth
day. and Mr. and Mrs. Angier had is
sued wedding invitations for that date
and were making preparations for a
church wedding at which the friends of
the bride and bridegroom were to be
present in large numbers.
Won in a Week;
Decide Not To Wait.
Instead, the wedding took place be
fore only two witnesses today at St.
Dukes Episcopal church, where it was
performed by Rev. C. B. Wilmer.
Mr. Stotesbury-Cutter came to At
lanta two years ago to represent a
wholesale drug firm. Six weeks ago
he passed Miss Angier on the street.
His first glance was merely such as
any young man might give to an at
tractive looking young woman, but the
first glance so Impressed him that he
looked the second time, and then some
more.
Tm going to meet that girl and mar-,
ry her," he said to himself, and he soon
found a mutual friend who introduced
him. One week to a day after he had
bowed over the formal "I am very glad
to meet you. Miss Angier," the young
woman had promised to become his
wife. The consent of her parents was
obtained and three weeks after the
meeting invitations were issued for the
wedding in October. Sunday evening,
sitting on the porch at the Angier
home, the decision was reached by the
couple that it was foolish to wait un
til October, and they planned the sur
prise of today.
34th Anniversary of
Mother’s Wedding.
■ “The only reason we wailed until to
day, after deciding to get married at
once.” said Mrs. Stoesbury-Cutter. “is
that tod%y is the thirty-fourth anni
versary of mother's marriage, and we
thought we would see if the day would
not be as lucky for us as it has been
for her.
"No: there's nothing particularly
startling about our marriage." she add
ed. "and I just hate any notoriety.
"It was just a plain case of love at
first sight, and that's all there is to it."
And the bridegroom echoed her re
mark.
Mr. and Mrs. Stotesbury-Cutter are at
home witli Mr. and Mrs. Angier for the
present and are receiving congratula
tions from many friends who are just a
bit disappointed at not getting a chance
to see the pretty Miss Angier in bridal
attire at the altar. •
FOUR ASPIRANTS FOR
THREE LEGISLATIVE
OFFICES IN FULTON
Four men for three offices is Ihe pro
gram for the race for the legislature in
Fulton county. Two of the present
members of the lower bouse. George
Westmoreland and Walter MeElreath,
have announced for re-plection, but Dr.
George Biown. who is an avowed can
didate for mayor, will not run for the
legislature.
John V. Smith. Atlanta attorney, said
his announcement as a candidate could
be expected within a week. Ralph O.
Cochran, realty operator and president
of the Atlanta Real Estate Men’s as
sociation. has been in the running' lor
some time.
Clayton county is tn order for the
senatorship in the Thirty-fifth sena
torial district this year and Atlanta
will put forward no candidal' ftu thia
contest.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912.
DEMOCRATS UNITE IN
MOVE; BRYAN WINS
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liam Jennings Bryan, wf Nebraska, and United States Senator-elect -lames K. Vardanian, of
Mississippi, as they appeared al the Democratic convention.
SOLDIER FLEES CITY
CHAIN GANG; TAKEN
AT FORT M’PHERSON
Eugene Ross, a private in the Seven
teenth United States infantry, is in the
guard house at Fort McPherson today
following a spectacular escape from a
gang of city convicts
The gang was at work on the East
Point road directly in front of. the army
post when the soldier made a break,
vaulted the fence, and dashed across the
reservation.
The eity guards notified the army au
thorities of the escape, and Ross was
taken into military custody. The police
station was notified that he is being held.
It is expected he will be turned back to
the stockade.
Ross was serving a term of 30 days and
also faces a slate charge of carrying a
concealed pistol.
SLAYER OF FELLOW
PEN GUARD INDICTED;
“I’M SORRY,” HE SAYS
lames T. Vance, the Federal prison
guard charged with the murder of M. 1..
Connors, another guard, near the prison
Monday, was Indicted by the county grand
jury today.
Vance is confined in the Tower, where
he was placed late Monday on testimony
of nye-witnesses to the shooting. Ills
only statement Is, "I am sorry 1 had to
do It."
Connors, who died at the prison hos
pital several hours after being shot, was
buried yesterday.
TWELVE DRIVERS OF
SLOW RIGS AND TWO
SPEEDERS ARE FINED
The police war against violators of the
traffic laws brought fourteen more cases
to police court today.
'Twelve of the cases were made by Po
liceman Haslett against drivers of slow
movlr.g vehicles, h’ach offender was fined
11.75.
The other two cases were mad* by Po
liceman Childs again,i auto speeders
Fines $5.75 were imposed in these
caees.
WREN. ACCUSED IN
$30,000 GEM THEFT,
I IS INDICTED AGAIN
* George Wren, alleged to have been a
5 party to the $30,000 jewel robbery at the
Piedmont hotel several weeks ago, was
1 re-indicted by the grand jury today. The
prosecutor found a discrepancy in the
L former legal proceedings and the testi
mony was re-submitted to the jury.
The case will he called before Judge
k I Roan in the criminal division of superior
court today, and Wren’s fate will be
placed with the jury.
The defendant learned of the new in
-5 diet mem shortly after it occurred when
‘ he called the solicitor general -office to
learn the hour his triyl would begin.
•
1 Georgia Legisflators,
ATTENTION’
You are on the lookout for
J nice, comfortable homes, board
ing and rooming places while
you are in session here, arm t
i you
1 Then don "1 fa il to read Ihe
‘ Ilegislators' Aecoinmodat ions '
column on the Want Ad pages
' of The Georgian each day.
Every desirable eating,
i boarding and rooming place in
the eity will be advertised in
the “ Legislators' Accommo
dations" column of The Geor-
J gian. for your own convenience.
You will find just the place
' you were looking for under
this heading, thus saving your
self many unnecessary steps
1 and precious time in walking
around in Ih«« hot sun and rain
looking lor the right place.
RECENT HEAVY RAINS
DAMAGE ATLANTA’S
STREETS SERIOUSLY
Fifty-eight seritjus washouts of At
, ianta streets from the two recent rains
were reported to the city engineer’s office
1 today. Three score of men in the city
1 employ were sent to repair the damage
• which ranges from the undermining foun
dation of the Zachariah homestead at 530
Washington street to the washing away
of tons of earth and the clogging of sew
, ers on streets in nearly every other sec
tion of the eity. The reports show no in
juries to persons nor houses really
swamped by flood waters, but the damage
to streets amounts to hundreds of dol-
,
VOTE FOR TAFT FROM
T. R. MAN NETS FIGHT
ON HIS RETURN HOME
RALEIGH. N. June 26.—Charles
I>. Wildes, a Roosevelt delegate, who
cast a Taft vote in the Chicago con
vention, received serious Injury for his
i action when t-x-Bheriff Hampton Jones,
unseated delegate in the late conven
tion, struck him with a glass of wa
ter and closed an eye here yesterday.
Jones charged Wildes with bad faith.
Wildes applied the lie and Jones asked
him to retract. Flailing to receive an
apology. Jones threw the glass of wa
ter. It is hoped to save the sight of
Wildes’ eye. •
LOUISVILLE MAN TO BE
SOLICITOR GENERAL
I < H'ISVILLE, KY . June 26. It is
reported here that President Taft will
probably appoint Marshall Bullitt.* of
Louisville, solicitor general to succeed
Frederick Lehmann, of St. Louis, who
has resigned.
MOTHER OF ATLANTAN DIES.
JACKSON. GA.. June 26. Mrs. Martha
Moore. Xt years of age. died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. W O’Neal, near
Jackson, after u very brief illness, having
been stricken with acute indigestion Mon
day night She is survived by six chil
dren, G W Moore, of Atlants. being a
.--on The funeral was held this after
noon at stark Methodist church
PROGRESSIVE
FIRST VICTORY
j Senator-Elect Ollie Janies, of Kentucky
Progressive, Is Choice of the Rules
Committee for Permanent Chairman
of Democratic National Convention.
Resolutions and Rules Committees, on Motion
of Bryan, Agree to Delay Platform Until Nom
inations Are Made---Nebraskan Refuses to
Head Committee-—Waiting Delegates Revel.
BALTIMORE, June 26.—The Democrats of the nation united
today in a progressive program. The. most significant move toward
such a program was the unanimous selection by the rules commit
tee of Senator ; elect Ollie James, of Kentucky, a progressive, to be
permanent chairman of the convention. Mr. James ba* th** com
bined support of the dark, Wilson and Bryan forces, and has a
large following among the other factions.
While Mr. James was being named for permanent chairman,
William Jennings Bryan won his first victory in his present battle
between reactionaries and progressives before the resolutions com
mittee. By a vote of 41 to 11 a motion to withhold the drafting of
the platform until after the convention chooses its nominee was
passed. The matter then went to the committee on rules, which
accepted the rule by a decisive vote.
Mr. Bryan first declined to ac
cept the chairmanship of the plat
form committee. He explained
that he did not wish to become so
connected with the committee that
he could not present a minority re
port on the platform to the con
vention. A committee had been
sent to request him to take the
place, but he declined. His own
selection. John W. Kern, of In
diana. was unanimously elected to
the place.
The national convention today treat
ed itself to a quarter of an hour of
noise, confusion and cheering. The
demonstration "Started after the cre
dentials committee had reported that it
was not ready to report. Oratory was
supplied in lieu of business.
After listening to a number of short
addresses the convention adjourned a.'
2:16 p. m. until 8 o'clock tonight
Kx-Governor Folk, of Missouri, was
the first speaker. He got through with
out interruption except cheers. The
convention listened to Senator Isidor
Rayner.
Then Representative Henry D. Clay
ton took up the task. He made an in
direct reference to Oscar Underwood
and the Alabaman's supporters began
to cheer. It spread to other candidates
and soon the cheers covered all the
booms that have appeared before the
convention. The cheering was fre
quently interrupted. Finally the noise
subsided enough to permit Clayton to
go on. He was Interrupted with fre
quent cheers.
Chairman Late
In Calling Order.
The second day’s session of the Dem
ocratic national convention was called
to order at 12:21 o’clock this afternoon
by Alton B. Parker, temporary chair
man.
Rev. John Gardner Mui ray. bishop of
Maryland, pronounced the invocation at
12:26 p. m.
As Chairman Parker called the con
vention to order J. Sergeant Crain, of
New York, who had been conferring
with Judge Parker, left the side of the
chairman and returned to his plat e
with the New York delegation
Tn the course of the bishop's prayer
he said:
"We stand face to face with the most
momentous crisis in the history of the
greatest government on earth among
men. In our weakness we come unto
Thee for strength.
And upon whosoever the mantle of
this nomination shall fall may he be a
God-fearing man of public and per
sonal virtue.” *
Governot Blanchard, of Louisiana,
repeating for the credentials commit
tee. said that body had not completed
its labors and said it would not do so
until 8 p. m.
"I am directed by thf committee on
credentials to report to this convention
that it has not yet completed its labors
and that it will be 8 o'clock tonight be
fore it is ready to report,” said Govern
or Blanchard. “I know that the con
vention wishes to hear some oratory
and I do not wish to cut It off. but I
move that when the convention ad
journs it be until 8 o'clock tonight.’’
Former Governot Joseph W. Folk, of
Missouri, was called upon to start the
oration-. He was applauded when he
took the stand. He said:
"Mr. Chairman and fellow Demo
crats. the nominee of this convention
will be the next president of the United
Slate- In 1908 in Denver we nomi
nated a ticket that was defeated. I
believe I can safely say that the man
who did most to defeat Mr. Bryan in
IDITJON
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE fc A o Y RE N 0
that campaign will admit that he made
a mistake.
"You may not agree with Mr. Bryan
in all his ideas, but no one can deny he
has been the greatest moral teacher of
this generation.
"The ticket was not elected, but in
1910 the people elected a Democratic
lower house of congress and the lower
house was able to carry out every
plank of the Denver platform.
"That platform declared for the elec
tion of United States senators by the
direct vote of the people, and a Demo
cratic congress has submitted an
amendment for the election of senators
by the people. That platform declared
for an income tax. and congress has
passed and submitted an amendment
for an Income tax.
"Let us in this convention nominal' 1
a progressive Democrat for president.
(Cheers.) Lot us adopt a progressive
Democratic platform.
"Let us declare that we are not op
posed to wealth honestly acquired, but
that we propose to wage war on taint
ed riches on the one side and poverty
on the other.
"Let us announce that we will pro
tect the property rights, but let us rec
ognize the fact that property rights
ought not to be inconsistent with hu
man rights.
“Let us not array class against class,
but let us preserve the rights of al! by
causing equal opportunity for all.
“Let us—”
Parker interrupted to ask for better
order.
"Let us not ask any one to join us
because we can give him a privilege
enabling him to make money at the
expense of some other man.
“Let us make it plain to the people
of this nation that the Democratic par
ty stands nol only for government of
and by the people, but a government
for the people. I thank you.”
“We Must Progress, ’’
Says Senator Rayner.
Senator Isidor Rayner, of Maryland,
was thus introduced by Chairman
Parker and he got an ovation as he
came to the stand:
"We have just listened to the dis
tinguished ex-governor. We now hav
the pleasure of listening to one of the
leaders of Democracy. Senator Isidor
Rayner."
"We will have before us three differ
ent parties." said Senator Rayner. ’’Th.--
Republican party has nominated Jit.
Taft. The motto of that party will be.
'We will react and retrograde.'
"A new party will perhaps arise in a
month from now that has already an
nounced its motto, and that motto is,
'Thou shalt not steal.'
"My friends, there is but one motto
for us, and that motto is, ‘We must
progress.’
"Under that motto this inspiring
scene here today foreshadows our com
ing victory In November. Our force
are In the field. We arc read) forth
battle.
"Now. around what shall the confl; •
rage? First and foremost on out ban
ner is that this is a government by th<
people.
"There is no subterfuge upon our
banners. We are not ashamed of ou r
record and we are proud of the colo••
we hope to plant upon the citadel be
fore us.
"The Republican party is the party
of the classes and upon its banner in
blazing characters is the legend. Pro
tection for monopolies.'
“The Democratic party is in favor of
a constitutional tariff for revenue. The
Republican party is in favor of an un
constitutional tariff for protection.
"A man can not be a Democrat ani
be protectionist. If he is for protec
tion he is against his party."
"W< must oppose with every lawful
means within our power these unlawful
