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Martial Law in Georgia
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It Is To Be Hoped That the Day Is Ear Distant When It Will
Be Necessary to Call Out State Troops Again.
Citizens generally arc disposed Io think that the Georgia
state troops have given a very good account of themselves of
late, not only in the trial of certain criminals in Forsyth county,
but in the more prolonged Augusta strike situation.
Moreover, the governor’s attitude in both of these crises
seems to have been such as common sense and a due regard for
his nath of office imposes upon him.
Tt is to be hoped, nevertheless, that the day is far distant,
when it again will be deemed necessary TO CALL OCT THE
STATE TROOPS OF GEORGIA FOR A HOSTILE PURPOSE.
Martial law is disagreeable, distasteful and irksome, even
where it does not actually work a hardship. f
The people of Georgia arc a liberty loving people, and they
4n not relish unusual restraint, even when they admit its ne
o«Bsity.
It should be borne in mind that the state’s military is hold
in reserve as A LAST RESORT for the maintenance of peace aud
good order inside the commonwealth.
Tt is not to be called out before all civil efforts have been
oxhanirted and civil authority plainly is about to be paralyzed.
Martial law is the state’s ULTIMATE RIGHT OF SELF
DEFENSE. and the machinery for putting it in operation in
Georgia when it is deemed necessary, is righteously ample. But
martial law should be. invoked only in dire necessity.
The people of each county and town should understand that
the MAINTENANCE OF THE PEACE PRIMARILY IS THEIR
nm
There should he no county in Georgia so lacking in pride
and self-reapect as to call for state troops before all civil au- -
thority. including the right of the sheriffs to deputize, has been
exhausted honestly and fairly.
Troops have been called for m Georgia—in neither of th?
two instances hereinbefore cited, however—when the call was
puerile, AND PROCEEDED FROM SFIEER COWARDICE UPON
THE PART OF COUNTY OFFICIALS. And it makes no dis- '
ference that, such cowardice sometimes may have been political—
the fear of the mob’s vote, rather than its physical ability to do
harm—rather than personal. A county should be ASHAMED to
see its sheriff call for troops before that sheriff had done his best
to preserve and uphold the law and the peace!
The people of Georgia, in their greater majority, are LAW
ABIDING AND LAW-RESPECTING. They will back a man who
docs his duty fearlessly and honorably, without regard to political
factions or line-ups.
r Phe sheriff - who calls the moh’s hand will find himself A
MORE POPULAR SHERIFF THAN EVER HE WAS BEFORE,
if he chooses to figure it from that standpoint. Sonic sheriffs
may doubt that, but, generally speaking, it is true.
There is enough to entertain the most strenuous in the game
of polities, without anybody departing from that splendid com
mmnity of interest involved in the peaceful enforcement of the
law and the preservation of the rights of life and property to the
people.
The next county in Georgia that calls for state troops be
fore its every effort has been exhausted and its authority par
alyzed will be A DISGRACED COUNTY—a county that is lack
nag in self-respect and a decent regard for the majesty and sanc
tity of the law
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Safety of Crews in Subma
rines
'Hm credit of submarine torpedo boats as formidable fight
ing engines—and therefore grim compellers of peace—ought not
to be damaged by such accidents as that which took place the
other day in the English Channel.
The accident in question was a surface collision of a kind
that might have befallen a vessel of any pattern.
The toll of martinis to the new art of submarine navigation
is short, in comparison With the list of those who have died in
the cause of aviation—though the making of machines that swim
like a fish is nearly, if not quite, as difficult as the making of
machines that fly like a bird.
Admiral Dewey testified before a government commission, a
while ago. that if the Spaniards at Manila had possessed a cou
ple of submarine boats of the modern sort, he never could have
held bis place in front of that city, and that with two such ves
seis at Galveston or other American ports, he could heat ofl - the
“navies of the world.’’
Submarines of the Holland type, in the fourteen years of
their existence, have never lost a life or suffered a serious ac
cident of any kind.
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Not Bryan, But Wilson |
Governor Wilson goes to the limit of political amenities
when he explains his remarkable mat ion in Nebraska In Ihe
fact that Brian was with him.
The governor is mtsfaken. It was himself not Bryan—
his gifts, h's graces and rtis cause that drew the crowd and
evoked the enthusiasm. Nebraska has tod often and too recent
1) repudiated the Brvau leadership. It sat down hard on the
so-called Commoner in the presidential primaries. Nor is it like
li that Nebraska has so soon forgotten how insobmtli Brian
repudiated her instructions at Baltimore and arrogated to him
self a wisdom and virtue superior to the slate Nebraska evi
dences to Governor Wilson loyalli that she bears him no grudge
tot Brian s insolent iriasoti, hut ih governor must not confuse
iebraaka s hrarli and deserved tribute i<> him with servilili
f 11 no iiiori tin the pars of a brale and independent
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AN ANIMAL THAT BUILDS A NEST: A SQUIRREL li\ ITS NATIVE HAUNTS.
ri e squil : t‘ls i hat may be seen hopping about in the parks are very sophlaticated, and no doqbt thev enjoy
I thei semi-rural ■ nrronmlingr But what the stiuirrel' realty likes is a wood in the countrj. where ho can climb
> any number of trees to his heart's content, and feast on nuts, bark, buds and seeds, also ar .-occasional egg or a
i young- bird, to his stomach’s content. The squirrel hibernates in winter, as a rule, but if the weather is mild, often
! wakes up and ruts a dash. Ho provides for such occasions by laying by a store of provisions before he turn® in for
<! his winter sleep. Squirrels when mating build a nest, known as "drey.” The young ones usually appear in .June.
To Obey By Dorothy Dix
« FICW days ago a man. on the •
/-X very night before the wed
'ding, broke his engagement to
marry a girl because she refused to
promise to obey him. He said that
his first demand of his wife was
that she should implicitly obey his
every wish.
And this happened in New York,
not in Turkey with its harems,
nor darkest Africa w ith its female
slaves. but right in little old New
York that we ate accustomed to
think of as marching along toward
the head of the Progress Proces
sion. Ami it didn't take place in
mediaeval times, but in this year
of grace, and of suffragettes, of
1912.
Can you believe it? Can you
realize that-there is such a moss
grown man still living, with such
hoary, antiquated notions as has
this prospective bridegroom? To be
sure, he is an old bachelor, but
even old bachelors are seldom in
the Rip Van W inkle class nowa
days.
Our heaiiiest congra t ula lions .to
the voting lads who escaped getting
this sort of husband. Her guar
dian angel -eurely was working
overtime in het behalf to snatch
her. even at the eleventh hour,
from a life of misery. ami she should
be burning joss sticks to the great
god Lm k for her escape.
Marriage, even with a liberal
minded man. is not a. perpetuaLpic
nic, ami what it would be with a
grinding tyrant who would lake the
word "obi y ” in the marriage serv
ice in a literal instead of a Pick
wickian 'ire, one trembles to
think Certainly the worm of the
dust would have nothing on such
a wifi- when it came to being tram
pled upon
Ought To Be Help.”
As a m ittei of fact, the ditfaulty
about the obey ing business in mai
i imony should nevei occur, for
there should be a revision of the
ma’ring, rv ici that w ould sub
stitute help” for it Certainly
there is no justifiable if- mon lor
making a woman perjure herself nt
the altii* by swearing to obey tier
husband vhrn m knows she hr*n't
ili<- light'si intention of doing it.
imi n doe f-verylooh <■!•»•, the
tr.ish.fild Included
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1912.
Nor does the husband, if he is •
the right sort of a man desire his
wife to obey him. He recognizes
her rights as an individual; he re
spects her personal liberty of
thought and action. Moreover, he
hasn't picked out for a wife a child
who is to be dictated to at every
turn, nor a fool who must have
every act directed by a superior
intelligence.
The modern Idea of marriage is
equality of both parties, not the
subservience of the woman to the
man. lie are done with slavery,
even of the domestic brand, and
men don't wish their wives to kneel
at their feet, but to sit beside them.
An Why Should She?
If a woman should Promise, when
she takes the marriage vow. to help
her husband, it would mean some
thing, and .she could take it in good
faith, bm to obey—huh she would
just like«to see the man that she
would go toddling to. asking his
permission to go to a matinee, or
join a dub. or do anything else
she wanted to do and tiiat het own
goiYci sense and judgment told her ‘
it was proper for her to do.
And why should she obey, pray?
IVhy should some great big. strong,
intelligent woman obey some little
shrimp of a man. ju.yl because she
happens to be his wife? There are
plenty of women who are far bet
ter educated than their husbands,
better born, who have had greater
advantages. there are plenty of
women who are broader minded
and saner, anti who have better
judgment than their husbands;
there are plenty of women who are
better managers than their hus
bands. Will anybody contend that
those women should obey their hus
bands. and do foolish and unwise
things things that will perhaps
wreck the family fortune —because
their husbands tell them to. and
they mum mind? The very idea
is idiotic. *
Xi any rate, women don't obey,
and the man who is looking for a
perfectly obedient wife is about a
hundred and fifty years too late to
find her Women have mi tide- of
theft own now, and they use them,
and so well recognized is this
.mong the fre-masnniy of wh.-s
ilia: when one lady ask* .mother
ltd) tn do i certain thing, and ths
nr»t lady aver* >haf she cant rtn
v it until she asks her husband's
permission, the other lady smiles
wisely, and knows that the party
of the first part is simply using a
polite substitute to get out of dol
ing something that she doesn’t
want to do.
Why should.a man want his wife
to obey him? Is it his desire to hu
miliate her? For no matter how
much affection you may have for a
person there is a sting in obedi
ence because it is the outward trib
ute that we pay to our superiors.
This is so well recognized that oven
employers put their commands in
the form of requests, ft may soothe
a man's' vanity to have his wife
continually visualize her depend
ence on him, and her humility be
fore him. by asking his permission
to do things, but he may be very
sure that in her heart of hearts
she hates him. and recognizes him
t, for the petty household tyrant he
is.
There should be no obedience as
between husbands and wives. If a
woman hasn't enough gray matter
in her head to decide things for
herself, she isn't fit to be a man's
wife. And in matters affecting her
self surely a grown, mature, sensi
ble woman is more fitted to decide
them than even the most inspired
man could be. In household affairs
and things pertaining to the up
bringing of the children, the wom
ans technical knowledge of the sit
uation. her daily experience, her
devotion, and the mother love that
even in a dull woman is almost
the inspiration of genius, tit her
to be the one to sit in the judg
ment seat, and give orders, if
there art- to be any orders in the
family.
Men Recognize This.
To their credit the great major
ity of men recognize this and are
incapable of the meanness and
smallness of desiring the w ives who
are their companions and partners
1 to obey them. It is only the man
with a soul tile si*i of a pin point
that demands that his wife shall
be an obedient slave to him. There
<an be no bettei test of whether
i a man will make a good husband
than his position on the obedience
question, ami every girl should put
it up to her sweetheart. If he's
strong for wlfel obedience she
will du wall to let him many snmr
other woman.
'THE HOME PAPER
Hearst Makes Reply to Taft;
Suggests the True Policy
For the Democratic Partv
Special Cable to Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Oct. 14.—President Taft,
after the accepted manner of po
tentates, gave a third-person inter
view to the press some ten days
ago. If the interview had in reality
been given by a third person it
would probably hat e been contrived
more cleverly for the president’s
political advantage.
He advanced the most convincing
argument for the election of Mr.
Wilson that lias yet been contrib
uted to the campaign.
Mr. Taft declared first that the
tariff is responsible for the high
cost of living: second, that the tar
iff ought to be reduced: third, that
it ought to be reduced scientifically.
If President Taft’s conclusions are
coireet there is no alternative for a
philanthropic and patriotic citizen
but to vote for Mr. Wilson.
Obviously, if the American pro
tective tariff is responsible for the
high cost of living which at present
prevails all over the world, then
undoubtedly our voters owe to their
own country and to other friendly
rations the humanitarian duty of
relieving the oppressive burden of
the high cost of living in America
and elsewhere by promptly reduc
ing the American protective tariff.
Obviously again, if it is the duty
of our considerate and conscien
tious citizens to reduce the tariff,
it is their plain duty not to vote for
Mr. Taft, who had four years' op
portunity to reduce the tariff and
did not do It. nor to vote for Mr
Roosevelt, who had seven years’
opportunity to reduce the tariff and
did not do ft. but to vote for Mr.
Wilson, who wants to reduce die
tariff and positively will reduce the
tariff if given an opportunity to
do it.
Obviously, furthermore and final
ly, a scientific reduction of the tar
iff does not consist in doing nothing
at all to the tariff, as was done
throughout Mr. Roosevelt’s two
terms, nor yet in dishonestly in
creasing the tariff in spite of party
pledges, as was done with Mr.
Taft's coiwent and approval during
his term.
Scientific reduction of the tariff
consists lather in judiciously and
discriminatingly modifying the tar
iff in away carefully calculated to
benefit all the people of .the United
States, be they employers or labor
ers, producers or consumers.
To secure and insure such scien
tific modification of the American
tariff I beg most respectfully to
suggest to Governor Wilson the
following course: s
First, the abandonment of all
old stock free-trade arguments
based upon fallacies and upon ex
ploded theories and upon premises
which have been proven to be false
by the practical and unprofitable
experiences of free trade nations
like England.
Second, the recognition of she
principle of protection of Ameri
can industries and the wise and
just application of that principle
to those industries which require
and deseiwe protection.
Third, the modification of the
protective tariff on the one hand by
reciprocity, which will open the
markets of foreign nations to our
products in return for the opening
of our markets to their products,
and on the other hand by prefer
ential duties which will reduce the
tariff on goods imported into the
United States in American ships.
All of these policies are Demo
cratic and have the sanction of
Democratic precedent: but, more
essential than that, they are pa
triotic. They are policies which
will develop the manufactures of
the nation and the trade of the
nation and the merchant marine of
the nation and the general pros
perity of the nation. They are pol
icies which, through increased pro
duction and increased commerce
and transportation and increased
employment and payment, will ben
efit every individual in the nation.
It is useless to talk of a pro
tective tariff properly applied being
mainly responsible for the in
creased cost of living. It is worse
than useless. It is senseless.
The cost of living in England,
a free trade country, is quite as
great a-s the cost of living in the
United States, i protective coun
try. Indeed, to make an even
more convincing comparison, the
cost of living in England, a free
trade country, is notably greater
than the cost of living tn Ger
many. a protective country.
If. therefore, free trade or radi
cal tariff reduction ran reduce the
cost of living, why is not the cost
of living in free trade England
largely low er than tile cost of liv
ing iii protected United States or
at least’as low as in protected Ger
many?
1 a mutter of fact, even the
most radical tariff reduction does
not materially reduce the univer
sally increasing cost of living, but
it does materially reduce the
wherewithal to meet the increasing
cost of living.
Radical tariff reduction does
force manufacturers out of busi
ness and men out of employment,
and by throw ing*a superabundance
of labor upon the market does re
duce the price of labor, which is
w ages.
In England the wages paid In
most lines of labor are so low as
absolutely to shock the American
sense of jualict and of itgarii for
tin general welfare, in every in
dustry that I have had occasion to
investigate I have found wages 40
to .10 pei <ent lower lit England
than tn America.
It fh< tmiv of the ircent rall
«<■» strike in Gna' Britain, I in
iestimated the, wage o f th. engi-
fieevs and trainmen. I found ,
the highest salaries paid am i , .
way engineers in Great Bi t
were less than fifteen dollar 4
week, and that these so-called
wages were paid to only a
men who were the star engii .. »
on fast trains meeting the At 1 ,,; .
liners.
The average engineer rcr. ~,
less than nine dollars and a r.
week, firemen averaged hr
six dollars a week, and the average
guard, who corresponds to our ,ii
ductor, received six dollars
thirty-six cents a week.
There would be a revolution „
America, and a justifiable or if
such wages as these were pa .
our tompetent railway emplo
Yet with such wages working
in free trade England are eij ■ j
to meet a cost of living as hie t
or higher than ours.
No wonder there are indu.
disturbances in England and
and riots and men shot down by iHe
soldiery. No wonder there arc |,O
- and economical disconicnt
and an emigration so great that re
steamship lines can not carry a? nf
those who desire to leave England.
The false statement that living in
England is cheaper than in Ani.n -
ca has been made so often that ,
believed by those who have not
taken the trouble to learn tin f t
Giving is not cheaper in England
than in America. If anything, i: ■
dearer. Food is' much dearc. in
England than in America. Luxuries
like fruit and many vegetables are
entirely beyond the reach of Hr av
erage individual.
Rent is cheaper in England than
in many places in America, hut
taxes are immeasurably greater,
raising the actual cost of rent - from
30 to 35 per cent.
Custom-made clothing is clir.iiv
in England than in America, but
nowhere in the world is vijy
niado clothing as remarkable in
and quality and cheapness a 1 in i
United States. Shoes are !>. ..■
x and cheeper in the United State
than .in any other place in the
world.
Traveling and transportation in
the United States are about h '
what they are in England. Meat
though high 1n the United State.c
are higher in England, and a good
part of the beef in England Is im
ported from the United States and
Australia. Newspaper men whom
1 have sent to England as resident
. correspondents have often asked to
be allowed to return to the Cntted
States on account of the higher
cost of living in England.
These are the facts, and fa l ’!
should be the basis of every argu
ment.
Governor Wilson, like every othe:
good American citizen, is try ing t"
benefit his country, but we can nol
benefit our country by misleading
our countrymen.
Let all of us Democrats abandon
worn-out and worthless free tradi
arguments and frankly admit that a
certain amount of judicious protec
tion is a beneficial thing for our
country and our people. Then let ul
seek to apply protection discrimi
nately to develop and maintain val
uable industries which require pro
tection. and which through the ju-t
and proper conduct of their busi
ness dealings with the public de
serve protection.
Let us realize that the tariff
(even as unfair tariff) is not the
cause of special privilege, but mere
ly' a symptom ot special privilege—
a useful institution partly corrupt
ed by special privilege.
Special privilege has invaded our
tariff system as it has invaded mir
railway system and our public and
system, our judicial system and our
governmental system, but the rem
edy lies not in abolishing govern
ment or the proper functions of
government, but in taking the co'
ernment out of the hands of st"
privilege and placing the g ' ’’
ment and all its proper sum iion l
more directly in the control of the
whole people.
There should, therefore. b< n ”
governmental encouragement
oppressive trusts, no governments
fostering of special privilege. ■
through undue and ttndeservr
tcetion or otherwise, but sur an
important and essential sum ti'
an adequate and impartial c ' i
men! In this business ag
proper encouragement and i
tion of all legitimate indu i '
nusincss activity.
Let us then modify the
and purify the tariff, togotif
nil the acts and operations "i
ernment. to meet the reqtiu
of the times, but let us mod 1
tariff in away which will 1
our own nation at least as > u
■ it will benefit competing nar.
Let us adopt a general l 1 "
reciprocity which will coi
markets of other nations to l>
to our products w henever our
kets are open to their prodm
us repeat the old and ■
Democratic declaration in t
preferential duties which "
pel Importations to be
American ships, wuich will ’ ‘
the American hag to the .
which will revive the A
merchant marine to the ’ , 1
prosperity of our people in
peace and the better protei
our country in time of w-
These policies are both I
and patriotic. They will rim
Democratic party not only
1111-1 election against a di'
pubHcan party, but to w
elections against a united •
llcan party and to remain , I
nontly In power, bulwark
buttressed by the appr"'
Ei.Refill appreciation of
American people. _ ’
11 ILLIA.M RANDOLPH H*