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ALL RELIGIONS JUSTLY
TREATED BY PRESIDENT.
SAYS CHARLES D. HILLES
By CHARLES D, HILLES,
Chairman Republican National Com
mittee.
NEW YORK, Aug 27.—President
Taft is a I’nitarian and attends regu
larly All Souls Unitarian church in
•Washington. Mrs. Taft is and always
has been an Episcopalian. She is a
member and a reguar attendant of St.
Johns Episcopal church in Washing
ton. popularly known as "The Church
of the Presidents” because so many of
the nation's chief executives have at
tended it. It seems almost trite to
state such well known facts as these,
but it also seems necessary to do so
because of an underhanded campaign
against the president which is being
carried on in certain parts of the coun
try, some going so far in their perver
sion of the facts as to assert that Mrs.
Taft is a Roman Catholic.
In this same connection, 1 wish to
brand as absolutely false the state
ment being circulated in the same quar
ters that President Taft sent Major
Butt to the Vatican to procure from the
pope the support of the Catholics in
this country, the statement that Mr.
Taft has attended Catholic services for
political purposes, and the further
statement that the president has been
unduly favorable to Catholics. Every
one of these statements is not only
false, but wholly without foundation. It
is a sad reflection on the president's op
ponents that they should stoop to such
unworthy methods—although it indi
cates how seriously they fear that Pres
ident Taft will defeat them.
Just to All the Creeds.
President Taft is a just man. and,
being a just man. he has been perfect
ly just to Catholics, precisely as he has
been to every other denomination. He
Is Irrevocably opposed to any union of
church and state, and never hesitates to
say so. and nothing he has ever done
has tended in that direction. These
facts are well known to all who come
In close touch with the president, who
have an opportunity to learn his views
at first hand and to observe his acts at
close range. It is somewhat remark
able that in these of free and rap
id communication between all parts of
the country it should be possible to
mislead any one regarding such obvious
facts. But unfortunately it is, and
even Masons have been heard to assert
that the president is a Catholic, ap
parently ignorant of the fact that the
president, In addition to being a Unita
rian, is himself a Mason.
President Taft’s whole course in the
white house, in the cabinet and In the
Philippines has been guided by an in
tense desire to live up to his concep
tion of a just man and in the white
• house to be president of all the people,
North and South, East and West, Prot
estant and Catholic, religious and non
religious. In the Philippines he was
called upon to conduct many negotia
tions with the Catholic church, begin
ning with the time he was sent to Rome
NATIVE NURSES WILL
REPLACE AMERICANS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Filipino women will replace Ameri
can women as trained nurses in the
Philippine Islands, according to a bul
letin received in Atlanta today, issued
by the civil service commission in re
gard to the examination to be held Oc
tober 16 to secure trained nurses for the
government service.
The announcement |s made that the
examination for nurses in the Philip
pines has been canceled on account of
advice from the bureau of insular af
fairs, that in future native women will
be used as nurses in the islands. Amer,
lean women may take the examination
for nurses in the Indian service and the
canal service.
TEARS UP HER SKIRT
TO AID INJURED MAN
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—When at
tempting to alight from an Eighth ave
nue surface car. James Dickinson, 60
years old. slipped, and his right foot
was caught by the rear trucks of the
vehicle.
Women on the ear screamed and
were panic-stricken. One of them, who
refused to give her name, bent over the
aged man, and then tore her underskirt
in strips and, aided by two men, tied
them around the man’s leg.
A woman passing in an automobile
stopped and helped to lift the aged man
into the machine. At Fowler hospital
it was said that I>l< ktnson would prob
ably lose his right leg
AT THE THEATERS
POPULAR VAUDEVILLE AGAIN
MAKES HIT AT FORSYTH
A bill brimming over with surprises and
diversified em ug. to suit almost anx
taste is offered at the Forsyth this week
An unusual feutur. was the fact that
the closing number. Tt- x.dlo ,y Companf.
in a ventrlloqulal novelty, -cored one of
the greatest hits of the Momlax night
performances, though perhaps the most
popular and en. red was the feature
down on the program as Alfred... the
wizard of the x lolit ■; I i tgl : lb « ■
right on the heels of a similar number
In last week's hill this clever violinist
captured his audience from the start and
was encored repeatedly
The . lever inpersonation f a man |.x a
girl and vlci versa is the pt it,, ipal t.utiir.
of the surprise novelty duo. Armstr. : g
and Lawrence
la-uls London, the character singer, is
distinctly a headliner nn<l mak. •S good
from the start lb api>ears in several
characters and offers the n.'Veltx ..f
making his c.stunie .badges in plan 'view
of the audience, though bis v. : is g...-d
enough to score a hit without this fea
ture
I‘o.ng and saying the greatest number
of things in the shortest space of rn;.
seem- i, b< tin principal effort of Win
field Blake and Maud Amber, trax.sty
artists. Their act was roundlx applaud
ed
Judging i x tin- size of the audiences and
Kb ' •
p. mdar vao.'ovfPe at the Eorsyth is
by President McKinley to induce th<
- pope to compel the friars, or monks, in
the Philippines to part with their irn-
it mense land holdings at a reasonable
- price.
n Splendid Bargain Made,
s There are probably few Americans
a who realize the magnitude of the tin
l. dertaklng which President McKinley
- confided to .Mr Taft.
h But President Taft achieved it with
f such infinite tact that he mule no ene-
- mies in Rome and yet perfected a liar
r’ gain which, even from the standpoints
'• of Yankee shrewdness, must be pro
n nounced a good one. These lands ag
-1 gregated 400,000 acres of the best lands
t» in the Philippines. They were occu
pied by 60,000 people the heads of the
families being tenant farmers. The
lands were purchased with funds raised
by Philippine bonds, and every tenant
was given an opportunity to become a
land owner on lertns w hich would reim
burse the government, and yet so easy
r that all could avail themselves of the
! opportunity.
1 The purchase of these lands accom
plished even more. The friars were al
r
most entirely Spaniards. Their civil
( loyalty was all to Spain, and they were
not in sympathy with the United Slates
, or with American ideals of government,
t In 1898 there were 1,008 of these friars
in the islands. Immediately after the
! purchase of their lands 762 left the
Philippines, (if the remaining 216. 50
were aged and infirm and unable to do
any work, and 83, had re
nounced the right to go into any par
ishes, leaving only 113 active men, a
large percentage of whom were engaged
, in teaching in the Catholic schools and
. colleges. In the opinion of those com
> petent to judge, the friar lands nego
, tlations constituted a diplomatic
, triumph for the United States and for
, Mr. Taft which Has. rarely been sur
, passed Int heh (story of diplomacy.
, Exact Justice and No More.
President Taft has treated the Cath
olics with exact justice and no more.
He has done the same for every de
nomination with which he has come in
1 contact. If there is any sect for which
he has done exceptional favors it Is the
Jews, but even in their case he has done
only justice and he has done It for
them as a race, rather than as mem
bers of any religion He won their un
failing gratitude when he abrogated the
treaty with Russia because that coun
try persisted in its refusal to recognize
' the rights Os American Jews. He won
their admiration and respect when he
Interfered in behalf of Private Erank
• Hoorn and censured the army officer
who sought to prevent Bloom's being
admitted to examination for a commis
sion as an officer because of the young
man's race and social status. Through
President Taft's interference Bloom was
i examined, passed and Is now a commis
sioned officer of the army.
Hut in these cases, as in all others,
President Taft was merely living up tn
his determination to be just to all men
MOTION PICTURES
TAKEN OF BATHERS
AT PIEDMONT PARK
The water Sports of Atlantans at
1 iedmont lake will be seen throughout
America, via the moving picture route.
The scenes will be natural, too, ami
just as the pleasure* seekers appear at
the lake.
When more than 200 persons were in
the water yesterday, representatives of
one of the big companies quietly drove
up to one side of the lake ami started
the picture machine. For ten minutes
the lens were focused on the bathers,
then the operator stopped his machine,
re-entered the awaiting automobile, and
was driven back to town.
A party of three men came to At
lanta yesterday from New Orleans for
the purpose of taking a view of the
lake, to be used in u Weekly review.
FIRE TRUCK HITS CAR;
ONE DEAD. ONE DYING
COLUMBUS. OHIO, Aug. 27.—Chas.
Palmer, 36, was instantly killed and
Robert Harrington, 31, seriously injured
here today when the automobile lire
truck which they were testing dashed
Into a street car on West Broad street.
They attempted to pass tile car when
Hie truck in some manner swerved,
throwing the occupants out.
There were also several women in
the automobile truck preparing for the
suffragette parade today. None of
them was hurt.
A. BONAR LAW IS HURT
IN MOTOR CAR CRASH
.1 MARGATE. ENGLAND, Aug. 27.-
|A. llonar Law, leader of the opposition
in tiie house of commons, was injured
Jin an automobile accident mar here to
day when a motor car containing tw<
11 men and two women crashed into the
1I machine in which he was t iding Both
'automobiles were destroyed.
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PREACHER SEEKS DIVORCE.
CALHOUN, GA Aug 27 Rev. J B.
t DcFoore. a local Baptist preacher and
‘'farmer living near Resaca, is suing for
: I divorce in the p esent term of tile Gor
' don superior court, because his wife left
i | him five yeuts ago when he bought a
mowing machine.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
G.Q.P.ffiCM
TO DEMOCRATIC
ACHIEVEMENTS
Minority Leader Mann Says
This Congress Passed Very
Few Original Bills.
_
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-—Represen
tative James R. Mann, minority leader
of the house, today held a post mortem
over the session of congress just closed.
He concluded that there were several
t Kings* wrong w ith the activities of the
legislative bodies and declared that his
diagnosis made last December that this
session of congress would last longer
and do less than any other regular ses
sion of recent years, had been proved
correct.
The 400 laws which congress passed
this session, he asserts, are in the main
of little Importance, the Panama canal
hill which was the principal measure
passed, being a bill chiefly prepared in
a prior congress,
M_. Mann characterized the reforma
tion of the rules as a farce and furthet
charges that the house had been ineffi
cient in allowing more than 200 senate
bills to remain without action. Among
these bills he cites the immigration bill,
the bill providing compensation for per
sonal injuries to employees of Interstate
cat-tiers and others.
All Administration Measures.
It is a constant boast," he says, "that
the Democrats at this session passed a
law providing for publicity of campaign
contributions, but in reality they only
amended the law already passed by a
Republican house.
"Their eight-hour law, too. is 1n the
natute of an amendment to a previous
law."
Representative Mann takes front th'
Democratic house the credit of passing
the steamship laws, the bill to abolish a
children’s bureau and the white phos
phorus match laws, all of which, he de
clares, emanated from the department
of commerce and labor and were ad
ministration measures.
Practically all the laws of eny im
portance passed at this session,” he
continued, "were either bills prepared
in a previous congress, or else prepared
by officials of President Taft's adminis
tration.”
Economical Boast Fails.
"3 he boast of the Democrats that
they would be economical has fallen by
the wayside. Outside of money ex
pended for tin' Panama canal, which
can not be considered an ordinary ex- '
pense, the appropriations for this ses
sion of congress exceed those of the
last Republican session and in many
plat es the Democrats have appropriated
money where it was pure extravagance,
and they, on the other hand, have re
fused appropi iations where they were
absolutely essential.
r”.\ll in all, Mr. Clark has made'a very
good speaker of the house, but the
Democratic management of the house
has been inefficient, Inactive, unpro
grersive and disorganized. The main
working in the house on the Demo
cratic side has been a constant boast
ing of what they were going to do in
the next election."
THE ELECTRIC HOTEL
AT BONITA THEATER
SCORES A BIG SUCCESS
*
One of the largest crowds of the
season witnessed the initial perform
ance of 'The Electric Hotel” yesterday
at the Bonita. 32 Peachtree street.
The play is being presented by the
ever-popular King-Murray-Jones Mu
sical Comedy Company, ami the famous
"Beauty Chorus" received their usual
round of applause.
The music Is tuneful and catchy, and
the.plot of tile play is interesting and
exceedingly funny. Continuous per
formances with motion pictures every
afternoon and evening.
CAKE OF THE TEETH
IMPORTANT TO HEALTH
\\ ithout perfect teeth one can not
enjoy perfect health. Decayed or im
perfect teetlx are not only painful and
continuously annoying, but a positive
menace to health and even life.
Do not neglect your teeth. Upon the
first sign of decay have them treated
and save suffering. Or, if the teeth are
already in ba.’ condition, have them at.
tended to nt once.
Tile modern scientific painless meth
ods in use by the Atlanta Dental Par
lors rob dentistry of its former terrors,
and the most difficult operations are
performed quickly and without pain.
This handsome establishment is lo
cated at the corner of Peachtree and
Decatur streets, entrance at 19 1-2
Peachtree. ••• ;
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If you intend to move
September 1 call 'at our
Main or Ivy office at once
and sign contract for tele
phone service. Be sure and
give at least two weeks’ no
tice in advance and state
present location and address
to which you are moving.
With advance notice we will
move your telephone to new
location on date desired or
as soon thereafter as is pos
sible. Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Co.
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fur eczema It is a fragrant, soothing. I
healing antiseptic, which never fails. It I
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d Ask your druggist tor Tetterlne I
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"REGULARITY” IS DUE TO
BOSS SYSTEM,-ASSERTS
SENATOR JOS. M, DIXON
By U. S. SENATOR JOS. M. DIXON,
Chairman of Progressive National
Committee.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. —In his classic
■ "American Commonwealth," Mr. Bryce
I speaks of our subservience as a people
■ to party authority a,< greater than ex
ists in any ojher democratic country
and as altogether inexplicable. It has
been pointed out by other learned and
friendly students of our inatitutiuns
that this slavish obedience to party is
the root of many of our most persistent
national ills.
From it has grown the "boss" sys
tem and the w hole extra-constitutional
method of nominating candidates for
elective office. As a result, we. have
drifted far away from the constitution
in this regard and have substituted
methods and practices not contem
plated by the constitution and directly
contrary to its provisions.
The idea of party loyalty has become
a dogma preached with a fervor and
stupidity that amount to bigotry. The
party may steal a presidential nomina
tion from the people and bestow it upon
a candidate repudiated by the rank and
file of the party, but It is still "the
Grand Old Party.” Its leaders may be
shown in corrupt alliance with crooked
business, working in defense of abuses
and against the redress of crying evils;
but look at Its long record of honorable
achievement in the past and the great
names which adorn its history and get
into line.
Regularity a ‘'Consolation.”
Obedience,to party may involve sup
porting men and practices which you
detest, but you will have the consola
tion that you are "regular.”
This idea is as degrading as all su
perstitions, and until its hold upon the
members of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties is broken we can hardly
consider ourselves a self-governing peo
ple and worthy of free institutions.
The Progressive party submits its
program to the conscience and the pa
triotism of the independent voters. It
bids them step clear from the ancient
and rusty shackles of party, which, in
fact, are broken, and only intimidate
without being strong enough to bind or
hold.
It should no longer be true, as was
once said of tile American people, that
they fear the dead lions of secession
and slavery more than the live dogs of
political corruption.
Spoils System Bred "Regularity.”
Party regularity as a creed came into
our politics with that baleful doctrine
that to the victors belong the spoils of
office. Previously voters had divided
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pany respeutfully announce that hereafter that in
stitution will he known as ATLANTA TRUST CO.,
with capital instead of $250,000 as former-
ly. 'I he personnel of the bank will remain un
changed, and cordially solicits your patronage.
ATLANTA TRUST CO.
HENRY HILLYER, GEO. S. LOWNDES,
President. Vice President.
WM. HURD HILLYER. J. SCOTT TODD, JR.
Vice President and Treasurer, Secretary.
T. C. TRIPP,
Trust Officer.
TRUSTEES:
Dr. F Phinizy Calhoun, Henry Hillyer,
Jas. S -Floyd, Frederick J. Paxon,
R L. Foreman, George S. Lowndes,
John Morris, Wm. Hurd Hillyer,
Jack J. Spalding, Herbert L. Wiggs,
Dr. J. S Todd, Samuel N. Evins,
Mitchell C. King.
on politics and candidates readily and
freely, and when there were no grounds
for divisions there had been an “era of
good feeling.” pdrty lines for the time
being completely disappeared.
But when office-holding became a
profession, and public servants found
their chief Incentive in their pay. it was
soon recognized that solidarity among
the voters meant long tenure for the
officeholder and continuou.- pay. Then
to leave the party became a species of
apostasy. It was denounced as im
moral.
The two old parties rely today upon
the survival of this absurd and degrad
ing idea, and are daily appealing to it,
on behalf of candidates and measures
which can not stand upon their merits.
BIG FACTORY BURNED
BY INCENDIARY FIRE;
WORKERS ON STRIKE
PORTLAND, MAINE, Aug. 27.—A
fire thought to have been of incendiary
origin destroyed the largest factory
building in this city, occupied by the
Portland Stoneware Company, early to
day.
The fire was near the water front and
two large schooners were threatened.
The origin of the fire is being inves
tigated. The men of the company are
on strike.
BUILDER OF TEXTILE
MILLS KILLS HIMSELF
LAWRENCE, MASS., Aug. 27.—Er
nest Pitman, president and treasurer
of the Pitman Company, builders of
textile mills, was found dead today at
his home at Andover. The police say
Mr. Pitman committed suicide by shoot
ing himself. No cause is known yet for
his self-destruction.
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