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Georgia Delegation Turns Deaf Ear to Appeals of Wilson Men—Bryan Turns Against Speaker 'CLARK AND UNDERWOOD CANDIDACIES IN ASCENDENCY AT BALTIMORE Delegates Instructed for Alabaman Will Turn to Missourian in Pref erance to Any of the Other Candidates. By JAMES B. NEVIN. BALTIMORE. MD„ June 26.—For the first time since the Underwood people reached Baltimore —not particularly the Georgia Underwood delegation, but all Underwood delegations—they are be ginning to speculate upon a possible second choice for the presidential nom ination. Mr. Bryan’s comments upon yester day'.. proceedings in the convention hall, published in several New York newspapers today, have brought the Underwood people squarely face to face with the idea that eventually they may have to go to some candidate than Underwood, and today it looks as if the man they will go to unquestion ably will be Champ Clark, who Is loom ing bigger and bigger every minute as the probable nominee of this conven tion. Mr. Bryan has aligned himself with Woodtow Wilson. He says the conven tion probably will nominate either a reactionary or some so-called progres sive satisfactory to the reactionaries. He goes out of his way to put the ban of his disapproval specifically upon the Underwood delegations, upon Harmon and upon Senator Stone, former Sen ator Dußoise and other Clark leaders. Underwood Delegations Look Kindly Upon Clark. If Bryan has turned his back on ’’lark, it likely will mean in all proba bility that the Underwood delegations, in the event they brtak from Under wood at any time, will go to Clark. The Georgia delegation is beginning to look kindly upon Clark—far more kindly since Bryan has apparently put the seal of his disapproval upon him than before. Thp Georgia delegation feels that the speaker is all right, and, in the event Underwood's nomination is found to be impossible it more than likely will go to him. While no mem ber of the delegation is willing to be quoted publicly as expressing any thought that might be construed into a hint that the delegation is not com pletely and thoroughly for Underwood, first, last and all the time, still some of them say that if a break from Un derwood should be found impossible to ' avoid the delegation would land in the Clark column. Wilson Men Attempt To Win Georgians. Attempts to interest the Georgia del egation in Woodrow Wilson’s behalf were renewed today, but without suc cess. One of the leading Georgia dele gates-at-large was sent for by a Wilson leader and invited into a conference. Every inducement was offered the Georgians to swing into the Wilson column for secqnd choice. The Georgia delegate said to the Wil son representative frankly that the Georgia delegation certainly would consider no proposition to put Under wood. with his long experience in statesmanship, second to Wilson, with his two scant years. The Wilson lead er said the Wilson people would agree to frame it ejther way—Wilson or Un derwood at the head. After an hour’s talk with some of the Georgia delegates, the Underwood lead er informed the Wilson representative ’ that Georgia would consider no line up with Wilson on anything; that if the Wilson people wanted to join Georgia in making Underwood the nominee for president or Champ Clark the nominee, they would be welcome into camp, but that beyond that there was nothing do ing. The Georgians share she prevail ing opinion that Wilson has been elim inated from the fight for the nomina tion. Near-Heroes of Late Primary at Work. All the familiar Wilson leaders of Georgia, near-heroes of the late presi dential primary fight, are on hand, mix ing It with the delegates and undertak ing to squeeze their man Into the run ning somewhere. One Georgia Wllsonlte of wide repute went to Chairman G. R. Hutchens last night and proposed that a combination be. framed up between Underwood and Wilson, with Underwood for the presi dency and Wilson for the vice presi dency. Os course that impressed Mr. Hutchens as entirety too generous to be true, particularly coming from the Wilsonite of wide repute, as aforesaid, and he said he would have to talk the matter around a bit and see how the . boys took»to it. When he began talk ing it around he found that others be sides the Wilsonite of wide repute, as aforesaid, had been talking it around among the boys, and that what he (Hutchens) had to communicate, as a sort of curious piece of gossip, was not news to the delegation at all. Trying to Line Out Georgia For Wilson. The idea presumably was to line out the Georgia delegation for the New Jersey man somewhere. After two days' hard work, nothing had been ac complished in the second choice mat ter, so surely Georgia would fall for the suggestion of Wilson for the vice presidency, if it carried with it Under wood for the big Job Not one single member of the delegation could see anything in that pipe dream, however, and not one delegate agreed to consider the proposal, even, half way seriously. The Wilson people, including the Wi -unite of wide repute as aforesaid, have succeeded in getting nothing but * sh, coldest of comfort from the Geo.- glans so fa i i . ~p,.| f’liarle.s It. Pendleton, ehair nu,i> of the Georgia delegation, is one LEADING CANDIDATES IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR /my jBK StM W MH MHHBM ; lillll Mill? \ IMII Jack Slaton, at. the top,•ami -Jot: Hill Hall, of Bibb county, two fore most candidates for governor and leaders in the legislature which convened today. of the happiest men tn Baltimore to day. He is proud of the stand the Georgia delegation Is taking and pleased with the way it is sticking to gether. Pendleton Says Don't Believe Hostile Press. On behalf of the Georgia delegation, Colonel Pendleton wishes it made as plain as it may be that Georgia has considered no second choice for the presidential nomination and will con sider none so long, at least, as Under wood has the slightest chance of a nomination. And today the Georgians believe that Underwood is looming de cidedly larger than he ever has before. Georgia already has acquired a con vention reputation as the delegation that sits tighter and sticks closer to gether than any of them. All sorts of appeals have been made to it; all sorts of stories have been sent out about it: all sorts of attempts have been made to disrupt and shake it. but no eff rt has rattled it or caused it one moment of uneasiness about itself. Discussing the Georgia delegation today, Chairman Pendleton said: "It Is a fine delegation of level-head ed men. It came to Baltimore to serve a high and patriotic purpose to the Democracy. Nothing can shake that determination. All sorts of misrepre sentations have been sent out and may be sent out by a press hostile to Its candidate for the presidency. People should believe the things they read in the papers friendly to Underwood, and reject the things said in a hostile press. I am not going to bother my head to deny the fakes and untruths that a hostile press may send out or an enemy give utterance to. All the Georgia dele gation asks is that the people of Geor gia watch what it does—that will tell its story. The people may judge Geor gia by the acts of its delegation, not by what somebody unfriendly to it may say or hint that it will or will not do.” Georgia Delegation Not For Gaynor. An effort has been made to place Colonel Pendleton and the Georgia del egation in an attitude of favoring Gay nor, of New York. The Georgia dele gation is not for Gaynor for second choice, and Colonel Pendleton has never said he was. The truth of the matter is, that while the New York delegation and the Georgia delegation are very friendly and have stood together thus far, particularly in the Parker-Bryan fight, New Y-ork is far more apt to come to Underwood than Georgia is to go to Gaynor’. The New Yorkers are not Instructed; the Georgians are. The Gaynor boom has very little of the substantial about it; it is more of a favorite son game than anything else. The Georgia delegation has it unoffi cial, but semi-autohoritative, today that the New York delegation is se riously considering the idea of voting for Underwood on the first ballot for the presidential nomination, and likely will do so. The Underwood marching club, of Alabama, is parading the city today, headed by a brass band, and all hands singing 'Underwood. My Underwood " i song composed by died Gill, a Ma con, Ga., boy, and set to the tune o f THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26. 1912. •HWK yHKSPVj i gun "Maryland. My Maryland.” The song is a big hit in Baltimore. The Georgia delegation has been ask ed how it would feel about a motion to make the temporary organization permanent. The delegation will con sider such a motion with favor, if it is made. Dean Heads Committee On Permanent Organization. H. H. Dean, one of Georgia's dele gates-at-large, was elected chairman of the committee on permanent or ganization. In that roll he will play a prominent part in the convention hereafter. It may be said that Mr. Dean’s election to that high position of great and abiding responsibility was brought about more by reason of Geor gia’s firm and uncompromising stand against Mr. Bryan in the Parker con test than for any other reason. The delegates generally are persuaded that whatever else may happen in Baltimore, the Georgia delegation will never con sent to take any sort of dictation from the Nebraskan. It is a fact that the Georgians went into the convention hall very much fgainst Bryan. They came out eter nally and uncompromisingly against him. If the commoner elects to get back in his place, he can do business with Georgia, but as ringmaster of the whole show, he can not transact a little bit. The truth of the business is that there is more than one Geor gia delegate who believes that Mr. Bryan is headed straight for Theodore Roosevelt’s third party, and that he will land there before this convention Is long a cold and dead thing of the past. Whether this suspicion is entirely jus tified by the facts In the ease is a question, but that many delegales- be- Hevi Bryan is going to quit if he ran not boss the performance i.s a fact. ASSEMBLY OPENS WITH OLD SCRAP _— Rejection of Smith Appoint ments Last Summer Bobs Up on First Day. Continued From Page One, » eently made against Secretary H. F. Harris by Dr. Willis Westmoreland, former president, in which the secretary was bitterly attacked. The board it self ’rendered a report defending Dr. Harris, but Dr. Brown will insist on a full and open probe of the board. His resolution was referred to the commit tee on sanitation and health. Mr. York, of Cobb, introduced a bill to put all county officers on salaries instead of fees In counties of 20,00(1 population or more. Another bill puts solicitors general of circuits having' 20.- 000 population on a salary basis. Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, sent in a resolution to amend the act of the last session which put Putnam county in the Seventh district, far away from its location, to put it in the Eighth, where it naturally belongs It was a clerical error whtcu caused the trou ble. Electrocution Condemned Felons. Mr. Adams, of Hall, introduced a bill providing an electric chair at the state prison farm at Milledgeville where the death penalty shall be imposed upon all convicted of capital crimes, and changing the inode of death from hang ing to electrocution. < The bill provides $2,000 for installing the electric apparatus and prohibits newspapers publishing any details of executions beyond the mere fact that the criminal was executed. Mr, Adams also introduced a bill to place a $2,000 tax on fraternal organ izations having lockers for liquor, instead of the present SSOO tax. Several bills to raise tile salaries of state officials were Introduced, Among them were: Ry Burwell, of Hancock: To rai.-e the salary of the state treasurer to $4,000 a year, and to raise the salary of the chief clerk of the commissioner of agriculture from SIAOO to $2,500 per year. Ault Committee Propenes Changes. Representative Ault, of Polk, and as sociates of Hie special committee whicn investigated the agricultural depart ment, introduced two bills embodying the findings and recommendations of the committee. One prescribes an im proved system for handling money re ceived and paid out by the department. The other limits the number of fer tilizer inspectors to be employed and io->vii|cs ih.t they must devot their entire time to the official dutlis, it provides for six general inspectors at $1,200 a year and such additional in spectors as may be needed during the busy season, not to exceed 40, at $83,113 a month. To Honor Stephens’ Memory. Crawfordville, Ga., will have the most distinguished list of guests in its midst next Fourth of July that any one town of its size ever entertained, for the whole Georgia legislature accepted to day the invitation from Crawfordville to come down, eat barbecue and bruns wick stew and celebrate the 100th anni versary of Alexander H. Stephens, only vice president of the Confederacy and governor of Georgia at the time of his death. The invitation came by telegram to Speaker Holder of the house and Presi dent Slaton of the senate from Mayor W. H. Holden of Crawfordville, and both houses rose to their respective feet and accepted. A special train will be engaged to take the legislators to Crawfordville and return. Banking Bill Introduced, The most voluminous bill which reached the house today was that pro viding for a separate department of banking, relieving the insurance com missioner from this brand of his work, and regulating the conduct of state banks generally. It was an outgrowth of the special commission which held a week’s session at the capitol a few weeks ago and was introduced by Chairman Turner, of Jones county, and his associates on the commission. Chairman Turner, who is also chair man of the bank committee of the house, announces that a public hearing will be held on this bill tomorrow after noon at 3 o’clock in one of the commit tee rooms, and all interested are re quested to attend. The essential fea tures of the bill have already been published. Another Income Tax Bill. Another bill to provide a tax on In comes was introduced today, this time by Representative Tarver of Whitfield. The income tax bill has been intro duced every year, as far as the memory of man runneth into ancient history, nd it was greeted as an old’friend to day. Mr. Tarver's bill proposes an amend ment to the constitution, to be submit ted to a vote of the people, giving the legislature the right to fix a graduated tax on incomes. No specific figure is given, that being Jest to the legisla ture. Six New Senate Pages. Sorrow and sadness was distributed at the capitol today when six pages were appointed by Flynn Hargett, mes senger of the senate, and 60 applicants turned down. Mr. Hargett has been be sieged by fond fathers, fond mothers and also the sisters and the cousins and the aunts of small boys desiring a chance to run errands in the senate chamber and play marbles in the cor ridors. until he couldn't sleep o’ nights, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the appointments were signed and sealed today. Here are the lucky ap pointees: Robert Foreman, Atlanta; Wilmot Littlejohn, Americus; Mack C. Duggan. Sandersville; St. John Meach am. Williamson: Tully Cornwell. Mon ticello, and D. F. Mcdatchey, Jr., Ma rietta. The six appointees will serve for the first 25 days of the session and then another half-dozen will be named for the other half of the term. / X WWrril| *'*Wl ■lj I n Breakfast H.jJ Is Served Good breakfasts start the day right; and it’s the part of wisdom to se lect food for nourishment, that can be easily digested. A dish of Grape-Nuts and Cream with some fruit, a slice of crisp toast and a cup of Postum, contains ample nourishment —easily digested—to carry one, well fed, through the morning’s work. The exhilaration of bounding health is well worth the trial of such a breakfast. “There’s a.Reason’’ Postum Cereal Co,, Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich, GO SLOW ON LIQUOR LAW, IS WARNING OF GOVERNOR BROWN Adhering to his campaign pledges of 1911, Governor Joseph M. Brown today urged the general assembly to go slow with prohibition legislation and under no circumstances to change the pres ent prohibition law without a refeten dum. In his annual message delivered to both houses at noon, the chief execu tive entered into an exhaustive discus sion of the present prohibition statutes, deploring the fact that Georgia had acquired the habit of letting prohibition legislation and rumor of prohibition legislation overshadow other and more Important laws. He said: Must Be Submitted To People, "Regarding prohibition legislation, it is proper that 1 should state that this was made a distinct issue in the last gubernatorial campaign, and naught can he more than the statement that the people of Georgia have given us a special mandate on this subject; in other words, they have definitely de cided that If any change be made in the present statutes governing the manu facture and sale of alcoholic liquors in this state, such change shall not be effective until after it has been sub mitted to them and has received their approval at the ballot box. “A perusal of the present law shows that it will be difficult, by the use of v ords, to make it stronger; but the effectiveness, as it stands or ae it may be amended, necessarily is a matter of local enforcement.” In urging general legislation the gov ernor followed closely the trend already Indicated by the legislators. He urged a scaling of appropriations to prepare for the. deficit the treasury department is facing. He recommended the crea tion of the office of state auditor, a revision of the banking laws, an in crease in the number of state bank ex aminers and a complete revision of Georgia’s insurance laws. In insisting upon the absolute neces sity of a general policy of retrench ment, the governor said: Retrenchment Necessary, "It Is with regret that I report to you that we have had sufficient funds to meet only 10 per cent of the cur rent common school appropriation, though 50 per cent of it is now due. This is the lowest on record. In 1911, at this date, only 18 per cent had been paid. The next lowest was In 1910 when 20 per cent bad been paid; and that total payment, doubling the one for this year, was only half the pro portionate amount paid by June, 1904. on the school appropriation of that year. "I believe it to the public interest that you devote more serious attention to the scaling of expenditures than to the question of levying additional taxes.” In no unmistakable terms. Governor Brown pronounced the Hoke Smith amendments passed to Insure flexibility to the state finances of little value. One amendment, increasing the governor’s borrowing power, Governor Brown branded a makeshift. For the registration law of 1908, the governor s pet aversion, he again urged a repeal, calling attention of the gen eral assembly to the fact that he had urged Its appeal in 1910 and 1911. 100,000 White Voters Victims. By Its provision, the governor said, fully 100,000 white voters of Georgia were being disfranchised annually. Its provision he pronounced the most drastic In the Union. In Fulton county alone, where the Federal census shows the number of whites at voting age to be 35,861, the total registration for 1912 was but 14,701. He recommended a big change in She manner of handling state convicts*on the public roads. He said: "The building of good roads ia un doubtedly one of the main factors in the marked progress the state ha*made in material development during the past three years. Yet, as this prog ress is mostly due to the use of the state’s convicts, the state has the right to require such handling of the con victs as will generally benefit all the people, while increasing the facilities-of the several oounties. "Therefore, it should be required by law that, at least, a stipulated propor tion of the convicts be worked upon, the main roads in each county leading from Its county site to the county sites of adjoining counties, or that all of the convicts be worked upon such main roads a stipulated preportion of their total time until said road* are com pleted. Urges Pardon Secretary. "Furthermore, that the main roads be laid off and worked in accord with the demands of public neoesslty and mod ern science. I recommend that the office of commissioner of public high ways be established, and that it be filled with an experienced civil engineer, at a. salary and traveling expenses, etc., to be fixed by law.” Upon the subject of pardons the gov ernor recommended that a pardon sec retary or assistant attorney general be appointed to examine all applications for pardons which now go before the prison board. The distribution of the state's convicts over 180 counties, he said, has made it impossible for the prison board to cope with the situation. The rapid growth of Georgia rail roads has made double tracking a ne cessity in many Instances, Upon this subject the governor urged that the transportation committee* of both houses and the railroad commission hold « conference as to the advisability of forcing several lines to double track. ”W. & A. Should Me Released.” Again, the governor urged that the railroad comrniselon be <.ecreased in membership from five to three, main i tallnng that there was no reason why this body should have more members than the other state commissions. Exactly as he ad urged on June 28, 1911, the governor said a second time that the releasing of the Western and Atlantic railroad should be given at tention at once. He said that no legis lature should contemplate the leasing of the state road for a longer period of time than 30 years—the life of a single generation. Special appropriations for the state schools and state departments were recommended as follows: Increase of $5,000 in the maintenance appropriation for Georgia Tech. Special appropriation for Georgia Tech of $20,000 for a new heating and lighting plant. Increase 1n the appropriation of $5,000 annually for the Georgia Normal and Industrial school. 3