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The Democratic Nominee
and the Progressive Creeds
Woodrow Wilson, governor of Now Jersey, is the nominee of
the national Democratic convention for president of the United
States
The Georgian will support the Democratic nominee.
The Georgian, as a progressive Democratic newspaper, would
have supported any progressive Democrat nominated at Baltimore.
The Georgian has not only been a progressive Democratic
newspaper always, hut it has been a progressive Democratic news
paper in advance of the Democratic party, and it will continue to
he a progressive newspaper in advance of the party.
Whatever is progressive in the nominee of this convention, and
in the platform of this convention, this newspaper will indorse.
For anything less than progressive in the nominee or in the plat
form The Georgian will feel and express its regret, and will en
deavor to strengthen and amend the weakness in platform or in
candidate as the campaign progresses.
Because The Georgian and its kindred newspapers are con
vinced that the only true Democracy is progressive Democracy.
The Georgian does not hesitate to say, and has already earnest
ly said, that there w< re many things in the Baltimore convention
far from progressive and far from democratic. The spirit of the
convention and its methods are made open to attack upon many
lines, and. most of all. in the overriding by demagogy and other
influences of the will of the majority, which is the will of the people
and the essence of Democracy.
We have made, and shall continue to make, the improper meth
ods and the undemocratic spirit of this Democratic national con
vention and of the Republican national convention a eon
tinuous and double-barreled argument for the abolition of
national conventions in both parties and the substitution
everywhere of direct nominations preferential presidential pri
maries, which will do away with conventions and allow the people
to choose all officers, from president down, directly by their own
will and their own ballots.
This is the essential lesson learned arjd the essential reform
made necessary by tIA errors and iniquities of both national con
ventions.
The circumstances and conditions surrounding the nomination
of Governor k Wilson furnish the amplest vindication of Champ
Clark from the assaults and misrepresentations of Governor Wil
son’s friend. Bryan. Because the very influences about which Bry
an made his demagogic assault upon Champ Clark were identically
the same influences which at the appointed time brought about
the nomination of Woodrow Wilson.
There is only tine thing that is rankling in the hearts of Clark
men. and that is the false accusations, or insinuations, that have
been made against Mr. Clark.
It was said by Ms. Clark's opponents that Mr. Clark's man
agers had made deals with the interests. Those insinuations were
not only false, but they were not made in good faith.
A simple analysis of the vote will show that it was the states
which the interests controlled that prevented Mr. Clark from get
ting the nomination, and that it. always has been the determination
of the interests to interfere at any cost with the nomination of Mr.
Clark.
The states which Thomas Fortune Ryan controlled were the
states instructed lor Mr. Underwood. Those states were withheld
at the time when their votes could have given Mr. Clark the nom
ination. and they were released at the time when their votes could
and did give Mr. Wilson the nomination.
Both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Underwood have had abundant
money at their command, and it is well known that Mr. Clark made
his campaign throughout the country and won the greatest number
of delegates m the presidential primaries with a pitiful fund of a
tew thousand dollars contributed by personal friends.
To say that a man conducted such a campaign was or could be
the candidate <>t the interests is not only an unjust and unworthy
reflection upon a stainless public man. but is also a reflection upon
the common sense and intelligence of the American people.
And to say that the nomination of Governor Wilson was finally
made possible by the support of Taggart in Indiana and of Ryan
in Virginia and Sullivan in Illinois and Tammany in New York is
not a reflection upon Governor Wilson, but is an all sufl'ieient vin
dication of the slandered speaker of the Democratic house.
I he one man upon whom the final support of the interests for
Governor Wilson does reflect most directly and seriously and per
manently is William .1, Bryan
Bryan, just at the moment when the transfer of the Xew York
delegates from Harmon to Champ Clark gave Champ Clark the
majority of the convention s votes and fully entitled him to the
nomination —that moment William .1 Bryan set out to defeat his
noble, loyal friend. Champ Chirk.
'*ryan orazenly declared that he would support no man voted
for by New York or whose nomination was made possible by New
York's vote; broke his pledged instructions from Nebraska, turned
his votes to Wilson and halted Champ Clark's march to victory
Mark the hypocrisy of Bryan.
The next day Tom Taggart, the most corrupt of al) bosses,
swung Indiana's vote to Wilson and turned the tide that finally
made Wilson possible.
And Bryan, sullen, inconsistent and insincere, sat silent and
unprotest ing in his seat
It was the action of the New York delegation, led by Congress
roan Fitzgerald, of Tammany, which made Wilson's nomination
certain
And Bryan, who had betrayed ami defeated Champ Clark.
Continued in Lest Column.
The Atlanta Georgian
The Story of Ahab and Jezebel By Garrett P. Serviss
How the Modern Science of Archaeology Confirms the Narrative of Hebrew Scriptures
The Remains of the Jewish Gate at Samaria.
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The 80-foot Wide Staircase in Ahab’s “Ivory House’’
WE all like to see the stories
of the Bible, which in out
youth, at least, we read
with wonder and veneration, con
firmed. in some of their most in
teresting details, by the results of
modern exploration, which seeks
only for hard facts, and often ob
tains them in unexpected and sur
prising ways. Most of us, no
doubt, have been better pleased
with the thrilling stories of the
earliest adventurers around the
Dead Sea. who thought that they
had seen the very pillar of salt into
which Lot’s wife was changed, and
had caught sight, deep beneath the
tremulous water, of the walls of
Sodom.
* * * old palaces and towers
Quivering within the waves’ in
tenser day,"
than with the mote scientific rela
tions of later travelers, who find
only indications of a great geologi
cal catastrophe there. Yet even
these, in a manner, confirm the
Scriptures, for they show how the
legend of the destruction of Sodom
inay have originated.
But lately there has been made a
discovery w hich offers a more di
rect. if only partial, confirmation
of one of the most fascinating of
the Bible narratives, that which
tells of the wickedness and woes of
King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, and
the adventures of the Prophet Eli
jah.
Explorers, digging on the site of
the ancient royal city of Samaria,
have uncovered what are believed
* J"he Artistic Temperament *
Bv WINIFRED BLACK.
SHE wants to be an artist's
model, and she has written to
me asking me how to get to
work at being one
"I have an exquisitely molded
form." she says in the letter, "and
an artistic temperament. I am
very talented and have done artis
tic work My work has been ac
cepted and highly praised in va
rious stores, and 1 would like to
go on with it. but they offer me
such ridiculous prices that 1 can not
do it How shall I get into my
proper st»heie?"
My dear, sweet, foolish little girl,
your proper sphere is right at home
with your good, sensible mother
"who worries about you." you say.
I don't blame her
If a daughter of mine ever got
tile idea into her little head that
•she had "an exquisitely molded
form" I'd never give her rest or
peace, night or day. til! 1 got that
notion out of her brain, if I had to
dischatgc the laundress and give
daughter the family washing to do
to make her realize that there is
only one thing on earth worth hav
ing, and that is rest,
\ ti-tie temperament! It 1 e\ -t
caught atty girl of mine thinking
herself "temperamental" I’d shut
her up in a convent with a wall six
teet high all around the place, and
I’d keep her there til] she came tn
Iter senses.
FRIDAY, JULY J. 1912.
to be foundations of Ahab's palace,
or "ivory house,” containing He
brew inscriptions, with familiar
Hebrew names, and, what -seems
especially significant, references to
a "vineyard.” This, it is thought,
can be nothing other than the
vineyard of Naboth, which the Bi
ble says lie near Ahab’s' palace,
and the coveting of which by the
king, who wished to turn it into a
royal park or garden, brought
about a terrible example of the
wrath of God.
The owner of the palace, some
of whose walls are shown in the
photographs, and which occupied
about two acres of ground, witfi its
many chambers grouped around
inner courts, "<jid more,” says the
Bible itself, "to provoke the Lord
God of Israel to anger than all the
kings of Israel that were before
him."
His fundamental offense was in
marrying Jezebel, the daughter of
an idolatrous king, and herself a
worshipper of Baal, who steam
rollered the enemies of her religion
with a cold nerve that would have
made even a national committee
man’s teeth chatter. It is true
that the other side had set her
some examples, for Elijah took her
prophets, and "brought them down
to the brook Kishon, and slew
them there.” When Jezebel heard
of this she sent to Elijah a mes
sage. which, from the point of
view of literary effectiveness of ex
pression, must be regarded as one
of the most blood-curdling threats
Artistic temperament! Yes, there
is such a thing, but the people who
have it never know it themselves.
The one sure sign that a girl is ab
solutely without what yve call tem
perament for want of a better
name, is when she starts talking
about it.
And lour work, poor little girl,
ha; "artistic" work you do so de
lightfully. what is it. tatting or wool
work? Perhaps Voti make doilies
with marguerites on them, or tray
cloths with pond lillies all over the
part where the unoffending cups
ought to -it. or maybe you print
panels or decorate china, all nice
work; but how can you think that
there is anything serious about it'.'
They puaise you at home and tell
vou you are "so artistic." Well,
so you are. no doubt, within the
limits. Why don’t you stay in the
limits and be happy’.'
Some day some nice young man
will see you sitting on the porch
embroidering a bureau scarf and
he’ll think. "There, she is the right
kind of a girl. No tennis for her.
no golf, no running around al!
hours of the twenty-four, but just
a nice, quiet, neat, gentle. little soul
who'll love to darn socks and ' ark
pleasant while she’s doing it." And
he’ll speak to you with a new note
in his voice, and all at once you'll
see what trice eyes he has and how
broad his shoulders are. and you’ll
forget all about the "artistic tem-
ever uttered: "So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make
not thy life as- the life of one of
them by tomorrow, about this
time.” * <*
Elijah, who had just performed a
marvelous meteorological feat by
putting an end to a three-year
drouth, quailed at that threat, and.
In the language of the scriptural
writer, "when he saw that (the
queen’s message), he arose and
went for his life.”
But the ful anger of the Lord
was not excited against Ahab and
Jezebel until the incident of the
vineyard occurred. When Ahab
told his relentless wife that Na
both refused absolutely to sell his
inheritance to suit the royal pleas
ure, Jezebel took charge of the
affair herself. She trumped up false
charges against Naboth, got some
rascals to swear to them and then
had the unfortunate man stoned to
death, by due process of law.
Then back came Elijah with a
message to Ahab from the Lord
God of Israel: “In the place where
the dogs licked the blood of Na
both shall dogs lick thy blood, even
thine!" •
It all came out according to the
words of Elijah’s message, but the
wicked queen, strangely enough,
long survived the husband she had
ruined, although she, too. finally
felt the vengeance of Jehovah, for
she was thrown from her palace
window, and when the dogs were
through those who went to bury
her found only bones.
perament" and the things that go
with it.
You'll find yourself walking up
the aisle of a quiet little church
some day to the old. old sopg the
organ sings, and your little head
will be w hirling around and around
with happiness, and you will have
found your vocation and the best
vocation it is on earth, too.
Don't envy the girl with the real
artistic temperament, pity her.
She’ll fiy farther than you. but oh.
how her wings will acfie some
times!
She'll see the world, she’ll be
part of it. and half the time she'll
be envying you. just simple, con
tented. little wholesome you. with
all her poor, hungry heart.
Oh. yes. they’re »all right, the
studio teas, and the Bohemian din
ners. and the "Art for Art’s sake"
jargon, for a while, but any one
who really grows up. grows away
front all that sort of thing some
day. and then what?
You don’t belong there, little girl,
at al). Be content In your "com
fy" home, with your mother, the
best and dearest friend you'll ever
have.
And remember that HE is com
ing down the toad some time, may
be today, perhaps next week, to
round out and fill in your life.
“Artistic temperament." “exquis
itely molded form." forget these
foolish words, my deat little girl,
and some day you'll be quite, quite
happy.
TME HOME PAPER
The Education of the
Voter
PROSPERITY—GOVERNMENT
Prosperity Is Not Dependent Upon
the Election of a President
A GOOD many ea rnest people
try to convince us that Pros
perity depends entirely on
who happens to be president of the
United States.
When Populism was rioting
through Kansas in 1896." like a
cyclone, William Alien White wrote
an editorial on the movement, in
which he begged to suggest to the
Kansan that he "raise more crops
and less hell."
When citizens get down to busi
ness and raise crops, Prosperity
takes care of itself; when they’
begin to raise the other thing, it is
impossible even for the president of
the United States to take care of
Prosperity.
The Crop is the thing. Any man
who devotes his days to industry
is a crop raiser. If he cares for his
money, manages himself and his
household on a wise and economic
basis, he will be prosperous. When,
by careful management, he has
been able to set aside a ten-dollar
bill for deposit in the savings bank,
the name of the president of the
United States is not likely to enter
his mind while he Is waiting for
the return of his bank book. He
is probably pleased to know that
he has so ordered his affairs as to
have the money for deposit. And
if he thinks further, he may real
ize that while Prosperity in gen
eral is talked of a great deal and
freely argued, it does him no good
• until he finds the perspiration of
hard work and careful manage
ment streaming down his own face.
Devotion to Work
Gives Best Results.
Considerable attention has re
cently been given to the point of
view of Mrs. John H. Flagler, In
reference to labor problems in the
household. Mrs. Flagler points out
that when the mistress of a house
begins to recognize a difference be
tween her servants and the furni
ture of the kitchen, there will be
less domestic friction. This ail
means careful study of household
management. Politics has nothing
to do with that.
As a man intent on securing the
benefits of prosperity, you will real
ize that loud talk and argument
put no money in the bank. Pros
perity and Politics have a rela
tion, but you w’ill never know muefi
about it until you fix the mind on
getting all the prosperity you can
OUT OF YOUR OWN INDUS
TRY.
There are countless voters in the
United States who feel that they
could run the government, but who,
very apparently, can not run them
selves. The great value of learn
ing that government means guid-
The Democratic Nominee
and the Progressive Creeds
Continued from First Column.
as he said, simply because New York had voted for him. sat silent,
sullen and insincere—without a protest—in his seat!
And when Roger Sullivan, whom Bryan had denounced as a
traitoi and a train robber, swung the 58 votes ol Illinois and mad?
Wilson s election sure, Bryan still sat without protest at a change
of vote —sullen, silent and insincere to the end.
Whoever else may rise or fall in the fortunes of the last con
vention of the Democratic party. William J. Bryan comes out of it
stained forever, and stamped by his hypocrisy and his hates a- a
fraud and a demagogue, false in language, false in profession and
false in friendship as to party.
Die real reason for Champ Clark 's defeat was the reality and
genuineness of his progressive Democracy.
While others theorized. Speaker Champ Clark struck, with
force and deadly directness, at the roof of the evil.
so the preachers of progressive Democracy he gave practical
illustration of what he meant when he stayed at his post, and
from his seat of authority as speaker started the investigation of
the Steel I rust and the Money Trust, representing not hundreds
of millions, but thousands of millions of dollars—an inconceivable
power of money.
The investigation of the Steel Trust and the Money Trust sent
•I. Pierpont Morgan and W. E. Corey to Europe, where they have
found it convenient to stay, and the vast forces which Morgan and
( orey controlled, with the kindred interests which surround them,
made up their minds that whoever else was nominated at Balti
more must not be. ami should not he. the great, practical progres
sive in the speaker's chair at Washington.
It does not follow and we do not believe that Governor Wilson
made any deal or had any understanding with the interests which
finally secured his nomination.
1 pon this belief in Governor Wilson's innocence of any con
nection with these evil forces, we are going to support him in
this election.
But while we do this, we need not forget to honor and to
eulogize that great Missouri Democrat who was by these interest
made the martyr for his real progressive Democracy.
Bv THOMAS TAPPER.
ance, management and control liej
in settling down to the busint
of guiding, managing and controll
ing one’s self.
You have your crofis to raise ar 1
your money to spend. You tai-«
crops by being busy and turning
out as much good work as lies In
you. Most men, tike you. think
they know how to spend monev.
But they do not. There never was
a harder thing to learn than ho v
to distribute the income, doing it
with justice to yourself «nd all
others.
Urges Setting Aside Fund
For Needs of the Future.
Government and organizations of
men become very powerful, but let
every acre of ground in America
produce its maximum of crops, and
you will see all the rulers of the
people standing in amazement at
the vastness of prosperity.
Likewise, let every workingman
work with all his energy, let him
learn how to govern himself, to ad
minister his family affairs, to begin
to set aside some of his earnings as
a fund for the future, and he will
tell you without hesitation that
while it may pay to argue about
Politics and Prosperity, he, in the
meantime, is taking care of his own
Prosperity, BY PRODUCING IT.
The gentleman ivho meanders
through life looking for a windfall
or a pension is apt to get shabby
and to lose connection with three
meals a day. Until he comes back,
he is a stray dog without a master.
What he needs is to examine the
power of the Initiative IN HIS
OWN BEHALF. He must set
things going again. The wise advice
of all philosophers, once expressed
in these words, "First be sure
you are right, then go ahead," is
the Initiative in its highest form.
The Successful Man
Is One Who Does Things.
If you are fond of trout, it will
give you only a second-hand form
of satisfaction to sit on the bank
of the stream and see another
man catch them. If you want
them in your own frying pan. you
know what to do.
Prosperity is the same. If you
want it, go out and get it. The
fact that another man across the
street is making good will not
cheer up your family.
There is a very direct connect
ion between Prosperity and Gov
ernment, but the connection is
first with self-government. Most
men are prone to wish that a.ll
things be done for them. But
the man who wins out sees the
joke in that platform and begins
to do all things for himself
