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T. R. IS NEARING
TRAIL TO DIXIE
Early Next Week the Colonel
Starts South —Georgia on
Itinerary.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 21.—After his
t in through Nebraska. Colonel Roose
velt today began a stumping tour
through the Sunflower state. A change
in the colonel’s itinerary last night cut
out stops he was scheduled to make in
Nebraska. Instead he will devote the
entire day to campaigning in Kansas.
Roosevelt put in four hours at Ot
tawa during the day’s run. He winds
up tonight at Topeka, after which he
will go to Emporia to spend Sunday
with William Allen White, the Kansas
editor and one of the Bull Moose lead
ers in the state. The ex-president’s
voice was a trifle husky at last night's
meeting at Omaha and his physician
advised him to make as few speeches
; <s possible in his Kansas jaunt. The
colonel looked at the- stuffed itinerary
and observed:
"That's good enough advice, but look
at what those Kansans have done.”
After leaving Emporia on Monday
the colonel goes through Missouri for a
day of speech making, incidentally
touching a couple of towns in Illinois.
After that he goes south, striking
through Arkansas, Tennessee, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Georgia. Louisiana and
North Carolina.
The colonel is immensely pleased
with the great meetings ha has had in
his Western trip. He is confident the
Progressives will carry the majority of
the states he has visited.
Say Taft Men Call
Fake Moose Meetings
CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—Charges that
Taft men have been advertising Roose
velt meetings in places where the colo.
nel could not possibly be were made
here today by Chauncey Dewey, state
chairman of the Progressive party
Dewey alleges that the trick has been
tried in a number of states and that the
meetings were advertised to disappoint
people and disgust them with the Pro
grer-sive party.
T. R. Loses “Vote”
On Own Train
.\IAIiA, NEBR., Sept. 21.—Theo
< Ron.-t-veit was unable to carry his
" " t;: 1c on a straw vote. Before
leaching Omaha the train to which the
two Hroseveit private cars were at
til.d was polled, but none of the
Ri'ojfve party voted. Tile count
gave: Wi! >on. 63: Roosevelt, 59: Taft,
•''■J ttering. 13. More than the or
dinary number of Progressives were
.'’board the train, as many were coming
to Omaha to hear Roosevelt speak.
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In view of the satisfactory sendee which Mr.
Thomas Evans has always given the city in his car
pacity as City Warden we hope that the voters will
return him to office. As officials of local charities
coming in contact with the work of the City Warden,
we are in position to testify to Mr. Evans’ fitness, and
to his faithfulness to his duties.
We publish this statement because we feel that
the efforts of our various institutions on behalf of the
poor will be hampered by putting an inexperienced
man in the position of City Warden. We are confi
dent the city’s relief work would also suffer.
Therefore, p’ease vote for Mr. Thomas Evans for
City Warden.
L. C. Hopkins, president Associated Charities.
Mrs. F. M. Robinson, president Florence Critten
den Home.
Steve R. Johnston, president Anti-Tuberculosis as
sociation.
Mrs. Bulow Campbell, president Home of the
Friendless.'
Leon Eplan, president Montifiore Relief Associa
tion.
V. H. Kriegshaber, president Jewish Educational
Alliance.
Mrs. Gilbert Fraser, president Sheltering Arms.
Mrs. S. J. Purtell, president Old Women’s Home.
Mrs. J. N. McEachern, president Wesley Settle
ment House.
T. C. Hamilton, president St. Vincent Society.
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ON GEORGIA POLITICS
Governor Joseph M. Brown is method
personified.
He is system run riot!
L /Ja
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He can go any -
where about the
executive offices,
at any hour of the
‘lay or night, with
or without a light,
and place his hand
instantly and pre.
cisely upon such
document or thing
as he may be
seeking.
The governor
believes in having
a place for every -
thing, and in hav
ing everything in
its place.
He makes most
*>f his official
notes, outlines his
public utterances, orders, and so forth,
on the back of envelopes from which
the mail has been withdrawn.
He can get more words on the back
of one envelope than anybody else in
the world.
They say he once put seventeen hun
dred words on one ordinary postal card,
and he wasn’t trying, particularly, at
that!
Having outlined a message to the leg
islature, an executive order, or some
thing of the sort, on the back of an en
velope, he dictates it to a stenographer
in such exact form as he wishes it to go
out to the public, and then he care
fully stores away the original docu
ment.
It is a fact that t lie governor can. by
retelling to his file of envelope-backs,
inform himself instantly of the sum and
substance of each and every promulga
tion during either of his administra
tions.
It is all there—nothing whatever is
missing!
The governor is a student—a stu
dent in the broadest and most compre
hensive sense of the word. He digs for
things until, he gets them —sometimes
the digging is easy, sometimes it is
hard. It makes no difference to the
governor. He keeps right on digging
until he uncovers the thing he is after.
The governor has quitp a literary
turn of mind, and his state papers—
even as his campaign cards—are mod
els of English, and unquestionably car
ry the “punch!”
To see him walking along the street—
he always hurries—one never would
suspect him of having concealed some
where about his person an executive
document of some thousand or two
words. And yet he may have just that
—in his vest pocket, on the back of an
envelope!
Clayton Robson, of Milledgeville, is
weighted down once more with grave
responsibilities of state!
He has been re-elected chairman of
the senatorial executive committee for
the Twentieth district!
Robson undertook to duck this honor
I arid distinction, and begged that he be
I permitted to retire, and rest upon his
I already well earned laurels. There was
nothing doing, however, in the begging
off business.
There was an uprising of the people
in Baldwin (composed of Carl Vinson,
Joe Pottle and two other persons) and
Robson had to take that job again,
■ whether he would or no.
‘ It is going to rest heavy on Robson's
mind for the next-two years—that job—
but he finally agreed to accept again,
anyway!
! The Macon Telegraph, keeping a
..I LANTA GEORGIAN AXI) NEWS.SATI’.RDA V. SEPTEMBER 21. 1912.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
clear head in the conning tower always, I
warns Democrats that, while Wilson I
likely will be elected, they will make
a possibly fatal mistake by indulging I
in overconfidence.
The Teli graph quotes Mr. Jacob Col
lins, a prominent Savannah man, Just
returned from a trip North, to the
effect that Roosevelt is making rapid
gains in the North, and that he is the
m,»n Wilson must defeat for the presi
dency—and Collins things that under
taking is destined to be no sort of May
picnic.
The Telegraph particularly laments
the woeful lack of interest in the as
sembling of Wilson’s campaign fund,
and evidently thinks that a sign of
danger to the party in November.
Seeing in Roosevelt’s prospective vote
a grave menace io Wilson, The Tele
graph discusses that vote more or less
disgustedly, but none the less pointed
ly, saying:
Roosevelt is drawing heavily
from the "progressives” in both
old parties. He gets them, bag and
baggage. from the Republican
ranks —that goes without the say
ing. In addition, he gets the Re
publican “outs,” the disappointed
and disgruntled. He gets such a
proportion of the rich as will make
his campaign fund all-sufficient. He
gets the hero worshipers, the men,
who are many, that like to follow
the brass band and the man on
horseback with spurs and lariat.
He gets the men who are habitual
ly led by a wlll-o’-tfye-wisp into a
forbidding marsh, falling to see the
pole star of fixedness. He gets the
men who are trapped by the “di
vine call" profanation
And, whatever one may think of it,
if he gets all those elements into the
ballot box in his favor, he may—likely
will—win the presidency!
In the meantime, Georgia Bull
Mooses are preparing to give Colonel
Roosevelt the reception of his life in
this city next Saturday!
The former president is sure to have
a fetching word to say in "my mother's
state.”
He knows how to play on that par
ticular string most engagingly—and
those who doubt it will change their
minds if they come to Atlanta to hear
him speak.
When it comes to taking the audience
up into the mountain tops and showing
it the kingdoms of earth. T. Roosevelt
is the most successful little taker-up
that ever played the game of politics!
The safest way to keep right along
viewing Mr. Roosevelt with alarm and
rejecting his brand of gospel Is to keep
your distance from him!
The man has "away with him” —no
mistake about that!
MADERO DENIES U. S.
MILLIONAIRES AIDED
• FIGHT AGAINST DIAZ
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 21.—Following an
official denial by the Mexican govern
ment that several rich Americans, in
cluding C. P. Taft, financed the Madero
revolution, issued through Ernesto Made
ro, minister of finance, it was intimated
today that the I’nited States authori
ties would be asked to arrest Juan P.
Diddap, author of the story, and hold him
for extradition to Mexico.
Diddap. who is the revolutionary emis- I
sa,ry in the I’nited States, has made the '
charge several times that Henry Clay ;
Pierce, the million, ).re oil man, and ;
Charles P. Taft, who is a brother of I
President Taft, and agents of the Har- <
riman railroad system, furnished 55,000,-
000 to Francisco Madero.
"That is an unqualified He," was the
emphatic statement of Ernesto Madero.
"It is absurd, as well as malicious and
untrue. This is not the first
Diddap has circulated that slander, and
it is a slander upon the patriotic men
who fought for the country, as well as
upon my brother. There is ground for a
libel suit against Diddap by either Mr.
Taft or Mr. Pierce, for both are innocent
of furnishing any money or influence to
the revolutionary cause."
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W. C. T. 11. TO PAY
PIONEERS HONOR
Memorial to Early Dry Leaders
Feature of State Meeting at
Cartersville.
The thirtieth annual convention of
the Georgia Woman’s Christian Tem
perance union will be held in Carters
ville next week, the sessions begitftiing
Tuesday evening and continuing
through Friday evening. The programs
which have b?en sent out bear the
names of a number of prominent wom
en of the state, and the convention will
be unusually 7 interesting.
The most striking feature will be the
memo: ial meeting, which, will be held
Wednesday afternoon in honor of the
late Sam P. Jones. W. H. Felton. W. J.
Neel and John Aikin, pioneers in the
Georgia temperance movement, who
are buried in the Cartersville cemetery
The graves will be decorated with
wreaths and flowers and a suitable
service will be held.
Mis. T. E. Patterson, of Griffin, will
open the convention Tuesday’ evening,
which will be "Welcome Night.” A. W.
Young, mayor of Cartersville; Rev W.
T, Hunnicutt, representing the
churches; Mrs. Sam P. Jones, from the
missionary societies; Mrs. A. D. Gran
ger, of the Woman's club; Mrs. W. J.
Neel, of the local W. C. T. U., and
others wilf make brief addresses.
Seaborn Wright to Talk.
Wednesday’ morning the convention
proper will begin' with a meeting of
the executive committee, following
which there will be conferences.and re
ports.
Wednesday afternoon will be held
the memorial service and a few confer
ences.
The president will deliver her annual
address Wednesday evening, and on
Thursday there will be educational
talks, conferences and addresses by
Miss Georgia Fleming, of Bainbridge;
Mrs. F. C. Manson, of Irwinton; Mrs.
R. L. Furse, of Monticello; Mrs. H. E.
Martin, of Athens; Mrs. G. L Gullette,
of Atlanta; Mrs. Henry Lynch, of
Lumpkin; Mrs. A. J. Shearhouse, of
Savannah; Mrs. M. C. Rowe, of Bruns
wick; Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley, of
Union Point, and Mrs. W. H. Preston,
of Atlanta.
Seaborn Wright will speak Thursday
evening. He will be introduced by
Judge A. W. Fite, of Cartersville.
Officers will be elected Friday morn
ing and there will be additional con
ferences and reports.
The state prizes will be presented
Friday evening, which will be “Demon
stration Night.”
FRENCH WRECK KILLS FOUR.
PARIS, Sept. 21. —Four parsons were
killed outright and five wfcre seriously
injured today at Carmaux by the col
lapse of a scaffold.
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ness in the apparent guesswork of
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. her pockethook had been stolen, and,
i pointing directly to the man who stood
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Iler son feared a scene, as he claimed
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the guilty party.
In the past experts in compiling
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Robbed, But Not Defeated
The American people conversant with
Odd Fellow affairs in this country, in
common with the members of the or
der, confidently’ expected me to be elect
ed Grand Master of the G. U. O. O. F..
in America, at the Atlanta meeting.
The public had a right to rely’ upon
this result, for the reason that the dele,
gates elected to the 16th B. M. C. were
instructed from nine-tenths of the
states to so east their votes. The pub
lic understood that there would be no
opposition, and the public, in common
with the craft, is entitled to an expla
nation. The members of the order, too,
are entitled to know the real truth.
They ought to know whether their rep
resentatives, instructed, disregarded
their Instructions or not, and 1 shall
endeavor to tell the whole truth, to
give the story as it was written by
the conduct of those who brought about,
contrary results. The public well un
derstands that among the conditions
which no human thought can provide
against is a liar and a thief.
There was some disregard for in
structions among delegates, but this
disregard was not serious enough to in
any way’ affect the result the people
had a l ight to expect. And, to be frank
and fail’ with 80 per cent of the dele
gates to the 16th B. M. ('., 1 must con
fess I have no complaint They did not
expect any opposition to me, any’ more
than 1 expected it, for the reason that
a gentleman's agreement existed be
tween the Grand Master, myself and
every member of the committee, and
we had a right to rely upon every mem
ber of the agreement as a gentleman
and brother. We had no right to sup
pose there was a Judas or traitor in
our camp, and for that reason no pro
vision or caution was taken against
the result recorded.
The Agreement.
We were misled because of our con
fidence and faith in the integrity of
our Grand Master, who had begged his
way into the mastership by a solemn
promise and vow as a gentleman and
brother. In 1910 he made known to his
brothers in July that he wanted to sail
around the world, and, while enroute,
he wanted to set up several lodges in
foreign countries, and desired to be
the head of the order at that time, as
it would insure him attention that he
could not otherwise obtain.
At that time 1 was the choice of the
brethren tor Grand Master, but, being a
young man, I acquiesced and yielded to
the wishes of my senior and master.
Meanwhile, he had Introduced, through
Dawson Lodge No. 2456. the pro|a>sition
to establish the supreme court, .with
the understanding that if the proposi
tion were adopted and the court estab
lished. he would not be a candidate for
Grand Ma-ter in 1912. and would seek
a place on the supreme court bench, as
that was his highest ambition. He
said he had no desire to be Grand Mas
ter for but a single term; felt that I
deserved the place and ought to have
it, and would stand loyally’ by me for
his successor in 1912. I was not a
candidate for the bench, and only ac
cepted the place after insistence from
him and the S. <'. .VI. My friends final
ly agreed that 1 should wait two years,
relying absolutely upon his honor and
integrity.
At Baltimore there was tremendous
opposition to his election The older
split as a result, and several lodges
followed Asbury. There I was impor
tuned begged and insisted upon to
break my promise to the Grand Master
and accept election myself. I had from
my own state more than half of the
votes. Os the 630 votes cast for Grand
Master, Georgia alone cast 349. So it
is absolutely true that J could have
been elected with the vote of my slate
alone but every vote in Georgia was
delivered to Morris. Half of the dele
gation from Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Delaware. Washington, the entire dele
gation from Mississippi, Missouri and,
in fact, 75 per cent of the delegates,
through their leaders, and personally,
urged me to throw Morris overboard
and accept the election, but my word
wa,« my bond, and my honor my se
curity, and 1 refused to be a party to
the betrayal of a brother or the vio
lation of a vow. So the 15th B. M. C.
ended in the election of Morris as
Grand Master and the establishment of
the supreme court proposition, all
through the loyalty of Georgia, based
upon the good faith and integrity of
the Grand Master.
After the adjournment, before we left
Baltimore, Morris again renewed his
vow and promise of support at Atlanta,
at which time 1 reminded him that if
he desired a second term In spite of his
promise, to advise me in time, as I was
a young.ntan and we would try to reach
an agreement, but he assured me that
under no conditions would he stand for
re-election, and that 1 might go ahead
corned the first visit of the stork to his
home. A half dozen Hungarian women
sat before him with the babies on their
laps, unaware that the little bundles
they had were responsible for a rather
odd situation.
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THE DINNER THAT MADE ATLANTA FAMOUS
confident that he would support me as
loyally, as sincerely and as industrious
ly as I had supported him at Baltimore.
And so far as his word of mouth is con
cerned, he kept his promise to me and
my friends by repeatedly renewing it
until 3 o’clock Friday evening, Septem
ber 13. 1912, the day set for the elec
tion at the sixteenth B. M. C,
My friends had heard rumors of dis
loyalty and treachery on the part of
Morris from the various parts of the
country, but believing absolutely in his
honor and Integrity, he was permitted
to explain away these rumors. Every
time It reached our ears that he was
untrue and unfaithful, and he was ad
vised of our Information, he would raise
his hand to God, In whom he does not
believe, and renew his vow and loyalty,
hOnesty and faithfulness. All of this
was done for the purpose of keeping us
quiet and putting us off the track un
til he could consummate the conspiracy
that he had planned against the integ
rity of the order and the will of the
people expressed by their ballot. In or
der to satisfy himself beyond a reason
able doubt that he had us so completely
deceived, he directed me, against whom
the shaft of his deceptive plot was di
rected. to call the members of the S.
C. M. and the prospective members into
conference at my office at 3 o’clock.
Each member answered promptly to
the Grand Master's call. In this meet
ing he explained that as time was get
ting short It was his purpose to agree
on a policy of getting through with the
business by 12 o’clock Friday night so
the delegates could leave early Satur
day morning for Tuskegee or elsew here.
He first explained that he was grieved
and very much regretted, because of
floating rumors, that his associates had
doubted his loyalty to Brother Davis,
had doubted his sincerity, and that he
took that method and occasion of re
assuring us of his faithfulness, integrity
and honor; that a gentleman’s pledge
existed between himself, Brother Davis
and the members of the- S. (’. M. and
he was Incapable of violating this
agreement either by letter or spirit, that
we might confidently rely upon him to
second Brother Davis' nomination in the
event he was nominated, and that this
would be done in short order, for under
no circumstance could he be less loyal
to Brother Davis' cause in Atlanta than
Brother Davis was to hi.« cause In Bal
timore.
Our suspicions had not been aroused
by rumors afloat, but by continued di
rect onslaughts, encouraged and in
vited by the grand master's rulings
In the B. M. C. against the Georgia
delegation. But his word generally
satisfied us. While many of us doubt
ed him and said his conduct was in
consistent with his word, we believed
him, for we could not understand how
any Odd Fellow’ or any man posing as
a gentleman could deliberately, will
fully. designingly and premeditatlvely
practice and consummate a deception
upon the people who created him. But
we were deceived in the man, misled
and betrayed. Because of arbitrary
rulings and disregard of the law on the
part of the grand master, we had many
reasons to doubt his loyalty, hut we al
lowed his word to stand, and did not
provide against what no human eye
could foresee, and Friday night, after
lie had, with his hands to God, pledged
us loyalty and support and had suc
cessfully disabused our minds of dis
loyalty on his part, the B. M. (’. voted
to go into eleclion and the roll was or
dered called, the grand master presid
ing. He was nominated by one W. H.
Mixon. 1 asked the grand master that
since he was in the race, contrary to
his promise, to retire from the chair
and permit me to have a teller to count
the votes, that 1 might have some show
of Justice, but he said he was grand
master and was not going to run, and
it would not be necessary; that when he
made a speech or two more he was go
ing to cany our his promise and de
cline. 1 told him no; 1 did not believe
it: that was not the thing to do. and all
I asked for was a square deal: for him
to get out of the chair and let us agree
on tellers and then hold the election.
He said: “No, 1 am grand master, and
by the authority vested in me I shall
order the secretary to call the roll and
count the votes myself. 1 shall not per
mit you or anybody else to call it.” The
roll proceeded under these conditions
for a few moments. Then he called the
deputy grand master to the chair, gave
him one jjuvel and told him he could
have one gavel and order the roll called,
but he would do the counting himself.
He said: “I will not yield the chair, and
you may stand right here by tne. I am
grand master and will not abdicate my
right to preside. It may be Indecent,
it may be unfair, but I am a rose born
unknown to blush." The roll proceeded
until it got to Georgia, she having pres
ent, by actual count of our chairman,
756 votes, a majority of more than 200
of all the votes present in the conven
tion at that time. Morris had taken the
vote until it reached Georgia by the
method of having them stand. All In
favor of his name first —that Is, all in
fa)or of Morris stand; all in favor of
Davis stand. When he reached Geor
gia, he himself challenged Georgia’s
vote when the chairman cast it. ami
said he would count them as he did the
others. I yielded and insisted upon his
counting our vote. Then he dillydal
lied for an hour and said too many peo-
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pie had come in. and ass everybody tn
the house was standing up, he could
not count Georgia’s vote, and that he
would not call the roll. We demanded
and insisted that he call the roll, name
for name. Then he said he would no!
do so. saying: "1 rule that Georgia’s
vote shall not be recorded. There can
be no election in this confusion." It
was then about 12 b’clock. I asked him
what he would do about it. He said:
"I will hold over. The title I secured
at Baltimore is better than any I can
secure here. There is no question on
that title of its legality. I shall hold
the session a few hours longer and ad
journ without a date, and by the au
thority in me vested, I declare that the
present S. C. M. shall hold over two
years." I said then that there was no
need of our insisting upon a square
deal. He said: “No square deal or
anything else appeals to me. I am go
ing to be grand master. I am grand
master, and by the authority in me
vested I so declare myself.”
Then the Georgia delegation gathered
together in the middle of the house,
more than five hundred strong, and for
an hour made the welkin ring—"Roll
call: call the roll! Roll call; call the
roll! Roll call; call the roll!”—but our
appeals fell upon deaf ears. His mind
had been made up. The conspiracy was
complete. Headed by a few’ mercena
ries, he was determined to perpetuate
the greatest outrage ever perpetrated
against the order and the honor of a
man. This, too, was done in the teeth
of a gentleman’s agreement entered
Into two years ago and repeated and
confirmed just a few hours before the
election occurred.
In addition to pledging his loyalty
and support, he had the pledge of every
member of the incoming S. C. M. tc
vote for him for chief justice next Jan
uary. He pledged me to nominate him,
as it was his ambition, and he wanted
to serve out my unexpired term of two
years as his final bit of service to the
order, and pledged, namely, E.’ H. Mc-
Kissaek, G. A. Sheehy, W. David
Brown, J. S. Noel. W. L. Houston, G,
W. Hayes and C. A. Howze to vote for
his election w hen I nominated him next
January for chief justice.
This is the story of how it all hap
pened. Then there was no chance fol
us to provide against this catastrophe.
We had a right to rely upon the grand
master’s word. He was at the head of
the order and we had a right to think
him incapable of lying or practicing a
deception. All this rot about Georgia's
roll being padded is untrue and with
out foundation, for the reason we did
not feel the necessity, as I expected no
opposition, was agreed uupn as the ad.
ministration's candidate, and the grand
master himself was to nominate me,
and there would be no earthly reason
why we should cheat.
1 am neither dismayed nor discour
aged. I am a man. and will fight for
my rights inside of the order. Theia
w ill be no split or. revolt led against;
the constituted authority. 1 shall again
submit my claims to the brethren and
abide by their decision. I have tendered
the order the best years of my life in
the shape of services. I think I mav
say with pardonable pride that I have
more character, more prog
ress and more material to the order in
one year of my life than Morris has
during bls 35 years. 1 have not been
defeated. I have been robbed. I have
been held up ami my pockets jfone
through. I have been deceived. I have
been misled. 1 have been betrayed and
murdered in the house of my friends. I
made Morris master. At Baltimore
there was an uprising against him. The
order split because I made him master
and yet 1 carry no maltce, no ill will, t
have not been hurt personally, because
I was the choice of my brethren, but
the Integrity of the order has been as
saulted, and the expressed will of the
people has been defeated and a man
has arrogantly and arbitrarily declared
himself to be master for two years. It
stands to reason If he can declare him
self master one time and the people
fail to rebuke him, he can declare him
self Grand Master a second time, and if
he can declare himself Grand Master
for two years, why can he not declare
himself Grand Master for five, twenty
or for a lifetime? That’s the proposi
tion that the order is up against. It is
not my fight: It Is not my personal am
bition that I should seek vindication,
but the honor and integrity of the or
der I wanted to render the order a
service. I had no desire to be Grand
Master. Georgia is big enough, good
enough .and great enough for me. But 1
was confident that I could render the
order a service that no man in America
could render; that I could build up an
order In America worth millions, just as
I had built up one In Georgia worth
one-half* million. No, there is nothing
selfish on my part, but simply a desire
to serve my brother, and through my
order as an instrumentality, serve the
race with a view of raising it in char
acter and resjiectability in the eyes of
the American people.
I have not been defeated. 1 have
been robbed, and in God’s own way and
in His own time. I WILL serve the peo
ple. The order's disappointment wilt
only be temporary, 'and they will rise
up in their might and rebuke the tyrant
v. ho arrogated to himself authority de
nied him by their votes.
(Signed) B. J. DAVIS.
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