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SLATON SAYS HIS
VIEWS OF ISSUES
MEM
Candidate Sees No Need to
Take Stump— His Managers
Attack Campaign System.
Aft?! a service of sixteen years in
active politics in Georgia, John M Sla
ton thinks that his position on all ques
tions non before the people of the state
in the gubernatorial race is too well
knojt n for him to take up the time of
the voters by reiterating them from the
stump
That is the trend of a lengthy state
ment given out at Slaton headquarters
today reply ing to charges made by ills
opposition by suggestion that he feats
to meet the issues and is content to
conduct a "still hunt" for votes.
in addition. Mr. Slaton's managers
take occasion to attack a system, which
they say exists In Georgia, of candi
dates paying |>oiitical henchmen in each
county to conduct their fights. He de
clares that by appealing to lite indi
vidua) voter, he has avoided paying
this, tribute and Is thus able to finance
his own campaign leaving him fr«e of
pledges to any political ling when lie
enters office, should he be elected.
System Attacked.
His statement in part follows:
John M. Slaton's campaign for
governor. In which he has, largely,
gone direct to the individual vot r.
ignoring the politicians as such,
and the vast horde of political
workers has proven such a sur
prise, particularly to his political
opponents, that, at a loss for a plan
of attack, they have finally charged
him with making a "still hunt."
Six or seven years ago there be
gan to be built up in Georgia a vast
horde of political workers In the
counties of the state, and men were
even known to seek remuneration
for their services in carrying militia
districts. These Mr Slaton has ig
nored. preferring to conduct his
campaign upon merit, and he has
carried it to the Individual upon
that basis.
His opponent" could not there
fore charge him yvith "ring" alli
ances; they could not criticise him
for employing political workers in
the various counties, so it had to be
the "still hunt."
It is somewhat doubtful, how
ever. if the voters of the state will
be able to discover anything sinis
ter in a square and straightfor
ward appeal for their individual
support, ami that Is all Mr Slaton
has made
He’s Paying Own Expenses.
Mi. Slaton is paying the expenses
of his own campaign. Many con
tributions have been tendered him.
but be lia.s uniformly turned them
all down with the exception of one
or two small ones offered by close
personal friends, where absolutely
no political consideration was in
volved and which could not. on ac
count of such friendship, have been
rejected.
Tlie result is that Mr. Slaton Is
under no sort of obligation to any
politician or clique of politicians,
his sole obligation is incurred in
the appeal made to the individual
x oter.
As a member of the legislature
for more than sixteen years, Mr.
Slaton s views on all public ques
tions which have come before the
state within that period have been
exploited in the press and are well
known to all readers of the news
papers. There is not before the
people today a single public ques
tion upon which he has not. within
that period of legislative service,
taken open and public stand
It Is well known that he has
taken firm position for the adequate
and effective regulation of public
utility corporations in the interest
<>f the whole state. His attitude to
ward the Western and Atlantic
railload is an open book, lie fought
for its preservation against those In
i the legislature who sought to crip
ple it: he insists that tile state shall
retain it and get full value from its
rental or operation
Financial Problem to Solve.
Five years before the convicts of
the state were put on the publu
roads he advocated that policy in
a speech which he wrote out in ad
vance. He lias taken an open stand
for permanent registration of vot
ers: it was his own suggestion
which others have adopted
Under the next administration
big financial questions will confront
the state, it is already apparent
that something must be d<>nt to
restore the balance between income
and appropriations Mote than
half of Georgia's outstanding bond
ed indebtedness or some $3.70(1.000
due in 191,5. must be refunded.
These bonds must be placed at the
lowest possible interest rate and to
the best advantage of the state in
view of the expiration of the lea-e
in 1919. the question of the disposi
tion of the Western and \tlantic
railroad must be dealt with.
These are some of the big ques
tions that will confront Georgia's
next governor, and in dcaiinc. with
them then' is need not of a theorist
and a dreamer, but of a b.oad
vlsioned and practical business
man, such a man as Mr. Slaton.
E. C. James.
The funeral of E. C. James. ;:s y. -
o;d. who died late yesterday, was li Id
al Bloomfield's chape! this afternoon s:
2 o'clock. Interment was in Westvie ■
cemetery. .Mr Jami -t« survived b.»
his mother. Mr- Marga: t A James,
and a si.-', , M ■ W. B M> K nr* ■.
Seagirt Mecca for Democrats When Party Nominee Was Notified
WILSON DELIVERING SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE
isfe 1 jmS
\<>. 1. Governor Woodrow Wilson, snapped while delivering- his acceptance
speech; ,\'o. 2, Ollie James, senator-elect from Kentucky, who made the notifica
tion speech; No. 3, Miss Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the governor; No. I. Mrs.
PEUGHTHEEST.I
PLANS ADVANCED
Millions in Improvements for
City. According to Big
Property Owners.
Tu insure the u ideninx of I‘<;uht i ♦ e
str* el from Ellis to Eifteenlh streets,
council's finance committee today
adopted a resolution requesting nex;
yeai's (Odii' i! to provide for an appro
priation of $5,000 to pa \ Albert Howell
for a st; in of ten feet of land at the
corner of Peachtree street and Ponce
DeLeon avenue.
Work has air-ad\ been begun on a
$500,000 apart m»*nt house at this cor
ner and it was stated to the committee
that unless th*‘ strip of land was se
cured before the building was **reeted
the street could nev* i bo w idened. Th?
recommendation will be considered a*
the n< Kt meeting of council.
It was stated at the meeting that
Mayer Winn would veto any more
pledges of appropriations from n»*xt
year’s revenue. The resolution as
adopted doos not pledge any specific
date at which the money is to be paid.
Alderman James E. Warren declared
tiiat the time ha\l come to call a halt on
expendituies by the city for north side
improvements Ho said that the en
terprise of th< citizens there would re
quire all of tin* city’s income if all
their requests were granted, w hile I
many plans for development on i lie
south side w ore paralyzed for lack >f I
money. He said Ihe propertx owneis
should bear the cost of obtaining this
property for the widening of Peachtree
street.
SEABOARD WILL NOT
MAKE A VOLUNTARY
INCREASE IN TAXES
The Seaboard Air Line railroad has
informed Comptroller General Wright
that it will not voluntarily increase Its
tax returns for 1912. The returns made
bx the Seaboard tor 1912 show a de
crease of $990,010 over the same rail
road's returns for 1911 and exhibit a
decrease of more than $1,000,000 over
the figures fixed by the comptroller,
$13,140,349.
This means that the Seaboard re
turns will go to arbitration, in 1911
the Seaboard failed to increase its re
turns .mu an arbitration board reached
an ag:e, ment giving the state a large
Ineieise This xear the railroad re
torted $1.3.000 moie taxable property
than ill 1911, but decreased the returns
million, despite the fact that
the 'omptrollei had fixed an increase
on all Georgia railroads based upon net
earnings.
ALEXANDER WOULD
CAMPAIGN BY NIGHT.
MAKE: LAWS BY DAY
Hoop! : Alexander plans to stump as
mm h as possible during the remaining
<i.t\s ol the campaign for governor.
Though he declares he can not Iqave |
Atlanta while the legislature is in ses- i
Sion, he v.iys h, would like to make;
night engagement- for meetings when]
h< ■ ould return to the capital in time
to fill his litties as a lawmaker.
He ha- ai ejdv arranged the follow
ing speaking dates:
Gritfin Spa ng county. August 12. i
LaGrange. Troup county. August 13; |
lto\. man Hoort county. August 15;,
Dublin. I.iureT’ . cutty. August It>. an.l
Vienna, 1>o<»ly county, August U, |
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANDREWS. SATURDAY. AUGUST lA. 1912.
HOUSE, MERHILV,
GOES TO WORK
Three Moot Bills Slaughtered
at First Saturday Session
of the Year.
The house was extremely busy today,
even though there barely vs as a quo
rum on hand. The session was the
first anil only Saturday session of the
year.
Speaker I’m Tem Vinson, of Baldwin,
put tile lid on tight early in the ses
sion and warned everybody that no
member could leave the hall upon any
pretext whatsoever, without first ob
taining permission of Hie ltou.se.
The acting speaker notified the door
keepers that they would be held per
sonally responsible for the escape of
any member or members, under penalty
of the loss of their jobs.
Then the house got right down to
business ami resolved Itself into a leg
islative slaughter house, much to the
delight of some of its many friends and
to the disgust of others.
Prison Reformers Bill Killed.
The first bill to go to the block was
the bill of Mr. McElreath. of Fulton,
introduced at the request of the Geor
j gia Prison Reform association, and
| which sought to el ithe judg< s of courts
I of original jurisdiction in criminal busi
in< ss to suspend sentences in certain
eases, ami to. mold their opinions and
judgments on lines of probation.
This bill was backed by numerous
reform societies in the state, and its
failure to pass will cause widespread
disappointment it went to the junk
heap for lack of i constitutional major
ity—the vote standing SO to 33.
I The bill of Mr. Hobbs, of Houston,
prohibiting drug store attaches other
than regularly licensed pharmacists
from filling prescriptions was lost under
adverse citeumstanees similar to those
under which the pt Ison reform bill met
its death. The Hobbs bill got 84 favor
ably cotes to 20 unfavorable, but the
SO were not sufficient to pass it under
the constitution.
Mr Sl.tde. of Muscogee, shared the
common fate with his bill to regulate
the signaling of trains at grade cross
ings. The vote on that stood 74 to 26.
Librarian's Pay Raised.
It becoming apparent that nothing to
which there teas opposition could hope
to pass today s small house, the house
tried its hand at passing a few bills to
which there was no opposition.
I'nder this head, a bill raising the
salary of the assistant state librarian
from $750 to SI,OOO per annum, a bill
regulating the future appointment of
fertilizer Inspectors and dit.eting the
disposition of fertilizer fees, and a reso-
I lution recotisidering the house's r> fusal
to grant a SIO,OOO appropriation to tile
Georgia School for tile Deaf all were
passed.
As tlie house droned away, numerous
members sought, upon one pretext and
another, to get out of the hall. At no
time was there anything doing in that
line Mr. Hollis, of Taylor, seeking
: unsuccessfully early in tlie game to get
excused for a few moments got his
fighting elotlies on and objected to
ever) subsequent request for unani
mous consent. He even objected to a
request for unanimous consent that he
i hints. If lie excused for a time, although
! nobod) else objected.
It is estimated that Hie house will be
i ke| pieti) Uusy Monday reconsidering
|,i numbet things it kill 'd tocia.'.
Woodrow Wilson; No. ■>. Alton B. Parker, who was temporary chairman of the
Baltimore convention, and member of the notification committee: No. 6. Governor
I homas R. .Marshall, of Indiana, Democratic nominee for vice president.
I
Cxhran Serves "Cue
For Legislators, But
They're Hard at Work
1 Fine Special Train Goes to Hub of
Bleckley County With Four
I Passengers.
There was a large and delicious bar
becue served in the Georgia legisla
ture's honor in Cochran today—but the
legislature wasn't there to partake of it.
There also was a fine special train
run from Atlanta to Coeiiran this
morning, leaving here at 7 o’clock, fixed ’
up with all sorts of fixings for the 1
* legislature's accommodation and com
fort —but the legislature wasn't on it.
It carried as guests one lone mem- *
ber of the house, a couple of senators
and a newspaper man. In the baggage
’ coach ahead were refreshments-, solid '
' and liquid, of divers and sundr) per- '
. suasions.
The good people of Cochran had 1
framed up a big day’s doings in that
burg today, and all for the benefit of
the legislature. The people of Cochran 1
f feel grateful to Hie legislature for mak. >'
* ing a new county recently, of which
Cochran is to be the proud county seat.
, Cochran is to be the huh of tlie grand
young county of Bleckley.
’ The legislature tried to get to Coch- '
■ ran today—the Lord knows! It gave •
I itself permission to go. and then it for- '
bid itself to avail itself of its own per- ’
mission. It wanted to go, but it could.
? not exactly find out how to do it. with- '
out going on record under an aye and 1
nay roll call, so it passed the jaunt up.
I Nevertheless, there was a tine old '
. barbecue pulled off in Cochran today, ;
and from reports there the Cochranites
( didn't miss tlie legislature much, any-
1 Way!
MONUMENT TO CLAY
TO BE UNVEILED AT
‘ MARIETTA MONDAY
MARIETTA. GA., Aug. 10. The 1
monument erected in the city park here ‘
■ to the memory of the late United States: !
Senator A. S Clay will be unveiled ,
on Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock by '
Miss Evelyn Clay, only daughter of '
Senator Clay. Congressman W. G.
1 Brantley and Bishop Warren A. Can- j
" dler will be tlie chief speakers. Mem- i
bets of the Georgia house and senate i
will attend the exercises, and all state
house officers have been invited.
‘ The monument is a very handsome '
* one, built of Georgia marble, and con- i
■ sists of a large bottom base, second
base and die, and is surmounted by a
life-size bronze statue of the late sena-
> tor. The bottom base Is about sixteen!]
, feet square and was constructed so that 1
> It could be used for a speaking stand, i
, On eithei side of the base there is a|J
sanitary drinking fountain, and just I .
, above the fountains are electric lights. |
j The money for the monument was ! i
i raised almost entirely by private sub- <
p scriptions, and there were no very large p
, individual contributions. The county!'
and city, however, donated $250 each.]',
I Tile committee that raised the money | <
was Colonel Fred Morris, Colonel D. W. I i
Biair and George H. Keeler, all of Ma- !'
rietta. >
DENIES HE KNEW WIFE
WAS DEAF AND DUMB;
SUES FOR ANNULMENT
NEW YORK. Aug. 10—Denial that ,
1 he knew before tlie wedding that his I
' wife was deaf and dumb, was made by
Chiel M. Orowitz. who is suing for an j
annulment of marriage.
' i Orowitz says lie had no chance to talk ,
to his wife until their wedding day
Justice Lehman refused the wife's ap- *
■ plication for alimony pending his de- '
cision of the <uit. bat granted lie i ,
for counse 1 fees, ,
CANAL SB 10
DEFREETOU.S.
Senate Passes Panama Biil.
House and Taft Expected to
Approve It.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.—The Pan
ama canal administration bill, which
passed in the senate late yesterday by
a non-partisan vote of 47 to 15, is ex
pected to pass the house without dan
gerous opposition, despite the fact that
the original bill had one of its most
drastic features modified. As the orig
inal bill came from the house it con
tained a Hat prohibition against the
ownership or control by any railroad
line of a steamship line. This was
toned down to prohibit the passige of
railroad owned ships through the ca
nal. Sponsors of the bill declare they
expect President Taft to sign the docu
ment. •
As the bill stands now it provides
free passage to American ships, prohib
its the passage of ships owned by rail
road systems through the waterway
and authorizes the establishment of a
one-man government for the zone. It
is expected that railroad systems own
ing steamship lines may assault the
constitutionality of the bill in the
courts if it becomes a law. However,
if the attack is not made and the bill
stands in its present form, it will prove
a powerful instrument in the hands of
the government in anti-trust warfare.
The interstate commerce commission,
under the senate amendments to the
bill, w’ill become a powerful force.
’rhe amendments endow the commis
sion to <■; la’ge extent with the enforce
ment of the anti-trust law.
It had been expected that the pas
sage of the bill in face of opposition
fiom th*? British government to the
clause granting free tolls to American
ships might be used for campaign ma
terial. However, the senate vote was
so divided that party lines were split
up. A similar condition is expected
when the bill comes to a vote in the
house
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today decided to
request a conference w ith the .senate on
the bill providing for the regulation and
management of the Panama canal zone.
The bill a- it passed the senate is ac
ceptable to the Democratic members of
the committee and most of the changes
urged in conference will be of a purely
technical nature.
In the June issue of The Month
ly Cyclopedia and Medical Bulle
tin of Philadelphia, edited by-
Charles E. de M. Sajous, M.D.,
L.L.D., appears the following—
" Many physicians have come to real
ize that caffeine, as daily consumed in
coffee and tea, lias much to do with the
lau.-ation of man)- annoying ailments
that formerly were obscurely diagnosed
and vaguely treated. It stands to rea
son that this alkaloid, when taken in
dally doses of six or more grains, must
exert a harmful action on the nervous
cit culatory and digestive sx stems. Its
action must also modify the action of
other drugs prescribed by the phvsi
eians."
Continuing, this article says:
"Postum, the well known cereal bev
erage. made of clean, hard wheat and
a small percentage ot molasses, has
been the means of effecting an easy
change from coffee and Its harmful
stimulant—caffeine —to a v. holesome,
harmless, nourishing beverage."
Eminent analysts, such as Prof. J. \v.
Mallet, of the University of Virginia,
have proven that a cup of coffee (only
three-fifths coffee and the rest milk)
contains about 2 1-2 grains of caffeine.
A Government report issuing April
4th. thi- year, from 'he Bureau of
Chemistry. show s that the deadly co;T?-
drug, caffeine, administered in small
<:<is -s. caused the death ■ r c its. dogs,
rabbits and git’m-a pigs in a few hours.
iTEffiMlLira
miMELS
. Governor Colquitt’s Appeal to
U. S. to Send Cavalry to the
Border Unanswered.
AUSTIN. TEXAS. Aug. 10.—Govern
' or Colquitt today, following his ulti
matum wired to Washington yester
dtty. declared if the Federal authorities
maintained silence this afternoon he
would order four troops of cavalry to
entrain for the bolder to quell Mexi
cans. The troops are now held in readi
■ J ness at New Braunfels. The entire
I state ranger force also will be called
s ; into service.
f j George Vinnedge. former Rough
. Rider with Roosevelt .today began or
; ganizing a second x.ough Rider band
Ito repel the Mexicans. He has offered
Governor Colquitt his service. Many
j cowboys of western ranches here with
cattle shipments already, have enlisted.
Colquitt last night telegraphed Pres
• ident Taft and the war department, de
t manding that the United States act
t quickly in repelling an invasion of
. Mexican rebels at Sierra Blanca, Texas.
> He said that if no relief came “within a
. reasonable hour" he would order every
, Texas ranger and the entire cavalry
I | force of the militia to the border.
> j In his telegram, after quoting from
f ' Sheriff Edwards' message from El
I Paso concerning the raids on Texas
| ranches, the governor said:
, | "Please advise me if the United
i States government will give protection
. land repel invasion. If it does not do so
' promptly. I shall repel the Invaders
! with state troops. Answer quick and
! | definitely."
j 17 WORKMEN BURNED IN
COKE OVEN EXPLOSION
i ,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Aug. 10.—An ex
plosion of gas at the by-product coke
> ovens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
> i Railroad Company at Corey, near here to
i ! day. while a change was being made in
I ■ one of the big mains, resulted in seven
. I teen workmen, including assistant super
. , intends nts and foremen being seriously
fi burned. Dr. H. It. Deholl. assistant su-
' perintendent. and one of the best known
Masons of Birmingham district. Is burned
about the face and arms.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1912, of the condition of
The Prudential insurance Company of America
OF NEWARK,
| Organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey, made so the governor
of the state of Georgia, in pursuance to the laws of said state.
. ; Principal offices, 755 to 769 Broad street. Newark, N J
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
LI Amount of capital stocks2,ooo,ooo.oo
I Amount of capital stock paid up in rash
11. ASSETS.
| Total admitted assets s’’74 134 415 ' '
111. LIABILITIES. - ■ » ,
, Total liabilities s2'4 134 41 "'’
IV. INCOME DURING THE FiRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1912.’
I otal income 443 "so oos n -
V. DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1912.
Total disbursements s’7 727 89180
Greatest amount insured in any one risk ... $ 112,886.00
Total amount of insurance outstanding 2.136,682^924.00
A copy of the act of incorpoiatlon. duly certified, is of file in the office
oi the insurance Commissioner.
| STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton
Personally appeared before the undersigned. J. M. Skinner, who, being
dul\ sworn, deposes and .-ays that he is the manager of the Prudential In
su. ance < ornpany of America, and that the foiegoing statement is correct
j M SKINNER
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 10th dav of August. 1912
.1 T. KIRKPATRICK. JR
Notary Public.
AKERS & SKINNER, Managers
W9-W GRANT BUILDING. ATLANTA, GA.
T. £ TELLS OF NIS
FIGHT ON MO
y OULSTION
Admits New Party Was in
Peril —‘"But Now We Have
Started Right.” He Says.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Aug. in.—Some
inside history of the Progressive con
vention in Chicago was revealed today
by Colonel Roosevelt. He disclose 1
that the Bull Moose party tame dan
gerously near splitting over the negro
problem.
"I had great difficulty in bringing
some of my supporters around to my
idea of how the negro question in oil "
party ought to be handled.” said the
colonel. "Some of them believed that
it was an outrageous discrimination
against the negro to say that any of
them must be excluded I maintained
that the third party had to take a dis
tinctive stand on it; that the negro
problem, so far as the party’s future
was concerned, must be handled firmly
at the start.
“It looked for a time as though we
would break on the negro issue. I
don't mean that our party rvas in
danger of going to smash, but that it
seemed as if some of our supporters
could not be reconciled. But they saw
the force of what 1 maintained. They
came to realize that to keep out the
venal type of negro and let the South
ern end of our party handle the prob
lem there as a local affair vas the only
way out of it.
Took Bold Stand.
"We took a bold stand, but we start
ed right. Now we are going to organ
ize a party in the South that will em
brace- the decent element of the negro
race exactly as the negro shows him
self fit to come in with us. We will
help the negro to become more useful
to himself and to the community.”
The ex-president laughed over the
comment of W. J. Bryan that the colo
nel in his Chicago speech had stolen
the Democratic party's ideas.
"We have stolen all the Democratic
ideas excepting those fit for the in
mates of a lunatic asylum," said the
colonel.
Roosevelt was immensely please I
over a telegram from the crew of the
battleship Oregon at Bremerton. Wash ,
saying: "We join in congratulating you
on your nomination for the presidency."
"The enlisted men of the army and
navy are with me.” said the colonel,
"They know I understand them.”
UNIQUE FIGURE QUITS
TOOMBS_COUNTY RACE
5 IDALIA, GA., Aug. 10. —"Uncle
Johnnie' Clifton, a unique figure in
county politics in the state, has quit
the race for representative from
Toombs county. Mr. Clifton originated
the plan whereby the rival candidates
visited the farmers in pairs, using the
same horse and buggy, one of them
talking politics with the farmer while
the other plotved for him, and vice
versa, so that the farmer would lose no
time from his work.
Mr. Clifton gives as his reason for
retiring from the race his feeble health
and his age.
MAXWELL QUITS ELBERT RACE
ELBERTON, GA., Aug. 10.—M, e’
Maxwell, candidate for the legislature,
has announced his withdrawal from the
race, stating that he cannot spare the
time from his business. He is one of
the leading merchants of this section.
There are seven other candidates in the
field for legislative honors from Elbert
county.
ALLEGED SLAYER HELD.
ANNISTON. ALA., Aug. 10.—After a
long Investigation by Probate Judge
Arnold, Walter Johnson, accused of
killing Tom Snow on the night of July
21 near Catnp Pettus, was held with
out bail to await action by the grand
jury.
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