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Xtua ATLANTA GEORGIAN. B1TUBDAX JUHB- 9, The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Edllor. F. L. SEELY, President. ■ ■ ■ 1 . — /'■ ■■ , j their blngles, and tbelr bungles. and root' n»l' root'lto the personal dlttruseion of Hoke Smith Called againjtheory of debate with fearlesaneaa and skill. His per- The sublime idea Is to root! Sink the foolish Ego In I by undivided requests front the audience. Mr Howell gavoj sonalltles were marshaled ably and he put • h,> ™ ee ” 5 your bosoms—"forget It"—be a boy attain—Just once six mlntites by the watch to the strong assertion, without and brilliantly. If they had been new and fres n e GEORGIANS IN GOTII Telephone Connections. r* -1 Published Every Afternoon | Subscription Rates: One Year $+.50 Except Sunday by Siv MonthJ 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO, I Three Months 1.25 el 25 W. Alebama Street, I By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Gs. Catered as second class matter April B. ISOS, it the PeeteVle* at Atlanta. Oa.. under set of congress of March J. X«T». Unleaa thou find occasion, hold thy tongue; Thyself or othera eartlest talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. Saturday Evening. Mme. de Sevtgnc has recorded tbe opinion that "the world It neither foolish nor unjust.” A business Institution In New York has started out on the theory that the world la likewise honest, as a rule. ' In a more or less retired section of tbe city an en terprising man has opened up a restaurant where a \ trlely of food la set out after the fashion of the free l met counter. There are no waltera whatever, and thus an Important Item of expense Is saved. Customers are expected to walk In and help them- > nlrrs to whatever they want. They are left to their own honor to say what they have eaten and how much they A « e. It Is the theory of this unique business man that tery few people, thus placed on their honor, will tell a lie or attempt In any way to beat the house, and that whatever may he lost In Isolated instance* where he Is swindled will be more than made np by the amount he saves on tbe oott of waiters. At Intervals a watch has. In point of fact, been kept on customer* fo see If there was any effort “to beat tbe house.” The detective who did thle work recently gave his i xperience* to one of the New York papers. He says that most people are “on the level," to use l.ls own language, and that the men who try to "do" a i-lsce of that kind are not frequent. He relates that one mnn was noticed to come there for his meats for about a week; and created the Impression that he was not square. He was watched. On on* day he ato 10 cents worth .] ud when he went to the counter be paid 10 cents. Th* next day he ate 25 cent* worth and paid 5 cents. The third day he did th* same thing. On the fourth day, which was Saturday, the detective made up his mind that If the customer did the same thing again he would call him down. Trne to the clock he came, and ato 30 centa worth. The detective followed him to the counter, and great was his surprise when the man took out a two-dollar bill nnd said: "A dollar five out of that, pleat*. I have been beating the place this week, becauso I was broke, and to day la pay day, ao I want to aettle." Thus the confidence! that the eatabllshment repoaed In mankind, at a general propoaltlon, was vindicated, and ihey^ probably started Into work on Sunday morning with n firmer confidence In the ayatom on which they were doing bualneii. We aro entirely prepared to believe this atory and to nreept the moral It teaches. The trouble Is that the fine sense of honesty become* atrophied by the frequency and extent of the appeals made to tbe cupidity and avarice of mankind. No better Illustration could be given of this than the subtle bribes offered the employees of the Pennsylvania railroad In the shape of stock and cash contribution from alleged anony mous sources. Of courso these men knew all the time where theao bonuses were coming from and what they were expected to do for them. But they deluded themaelves Into believ ing that tbay were given out of personal regard or as a part of a general business system. They probably did not confess even to themselves that It was strictly dis honest. By the time they had advanced ao far In their sense of right and wrong they were of course a long way from the simple little truth of their childhood that "It la a aln To steal a pin." We prefer to believe that tbe natural predilection of mankind Is to be honest. They will not swindle a lunch counter. But It seems ao different when It cornea to tak- I- ( money from a great corporation. The upheaval which has come within the past few months along the line of reform has done much to bring the public conscience to a realisation of the difference l- tween right and wrong and It would be made yet more effective If some of the offenders are mad* to suffer per- really Instead ot being allowed to turn state's evidence r: go free after the payment of a nominal fine. more. Take our word for It, you’ll have a bettor diges tion. clearer eye, llvp longer, have a cheerier heart, and n hand more open. A Home Run. , r You fellows with liver trouble; you pessimists who s,through things, and darkly; lo, all you who are sad snd lonely—we have the remedy. Place, the ball park—time, + p. m. Go a bit earlier tle-agh and see the huskies warm up. Know the players. The Joint Debate. The people of Georgia expect from The Georgian nothing lens nor more than the truth about tbe Howell- flmlth debate. And this the people shall have In unvarnished and undiluted form both In the local columns and upon the editorial page. Expressed In a sentence, th* debate ended In a definite and decisive triumph for Hoko Smith. After the first hour the laurel* of the evening were all at hla feet. Let ua note the conditions; The audience was In all probability tbe largest and most .representative ever addressed under abettor by political speakers In Georgia. It was an audience gathered upon equal terms. The occasion waa heralded widely as a Joint discussion between the two prominent candidate* for governor. Both sides had equal oppor tunity for filling the ball. So far aa all reports have gone there was no effort on either side to pack the auditorium lu tbe Interest of either candidate. The per sonnel of the assembly was exceptionally fine and In vlaw of the Crowding numbers, the order and decorum was far above the average of political assemblies. Before this most magnificent Bnd representative au dience of their home people these two political antagonists appeared to fight out their differences and measure their merits In the arena of debate. In the first five minutes after the entrance of tbe candidates the volume of applause seemed to be In favor of Clark Howell. Whether the voices of hla clans men were heavier, or whether they found their throats sooner, or whether tbe followers of Hoke Smith were slower In limbering up their enthusiasm, the Impression was distinctly left upon the mind of tbe writer that the primary balance of sound was on Howell’s side. The basis of applause on both sides was In tbe ser ried ranks of followers who were ranged behind each candidate on the stage and in the nearby adjoining galleries. In front sat the vast body of the audience, th* quiet thoughtful people, eeemlogly neutral. Impassive and watching developments—apparently the balance of power In the debate and In the election. Up to the close of Hoke Smith’s first speech they made little dem onstration and gave no tangible sign ot their preference and sympathy Hoke Smith’s opening speech was a strong, clear, bold argument upon the Issue* ot the campaign. It was In no sense a remarkable speech. Neither In eloquence nor In logic was It out of the ordinary run of political effort. -Its powtr was In It* directness, Its definiteness, and Its un mistakable commitment to positive reforms. Mr. Smith spoke forty-five of bis sixty minutes ably and exclusively upon the Issues. He devoted by tbe watch only fifteen minutes to a discussion of Mr. Howell and bis record. The Impression made by hla speech waa that a’ great political campaign was pending In Georgia, that Issues vital to the people were at stake, and that he htd fixed and dear cut views upon these Issues and powerful rea sons for (he faith that was In him. It was meat for voters to feed upon. It suggested statesmanship. It implied a grasp of affairs. It promised a reformer In the Georgia capital, capable toaeonceive and powerful to ex ecute the people’s will. He not only asserted principles and proclaimed attitudes, but ho argued, reasonod and plead In effective advocacy for bis convlcltlone. If not a great speech It was a strong speech, a vote-winning speech. It was received with strong approval and ap plauded wildly by bis cohorts In tbe rear and on the sides, and moderately by the audlonce In front But tho mighty waiting mats In the center sat coin- parcntly reserving Its decision until It had heard the parently reserving their decision until they hid heard the other man. Tho mass had not yet committed Itself. Mr. Howell was received wllth an applause from bis own Immediate ranks, fully equaling the reception given to Mr. Smith by hit rear guard. Ho fronted a groat op portunity. He had much to gain and little to lose In a contest In which public opinion had already credited his experienced antagonist with superiority In debate. If Sir. Howell had made a strong, clear presentation of defi nite views upon the great and pressing Issues before the people In this campaign. If he had Illustrated convictions and the courage of them upon the things that were moving as realities In the public mind—even If these con victions had been counter to their own—the people would have applauded his definiteness and respected his hoaest opinions. Mr. Howell mado here the samo fatal mistake which he has made all through hla canvass of pitching hla cam paign purely nnd simply upon the Idea ot proving Hoke Smith to be unworthy ot the place. Tho editor of The Georgian has warned him of this error a doxen tlmea. Mr. 8mlth made hla bid for suffrage upon the advocacy of certain pressing and necessary changes In the con duct and personnel of the state government Mr. Howell made hla plea upon the Idea of personal depreciation of Hoke Smith’s sincerity and consistency. Mr. Howell spoke by the watch sixty-one minutes without touching an Issue—except the Issue of ftoke Smith’s political In tegrity. hla temperance, hla consistency. When the au dience finally demanded by calls some comment upon pending Issues, Mr. Howell spoke by the watch seven minutes upon freight rates without argument and confin ing himself to the assertion that he had always been ou the aide of cheaper freight rate*. Then he drifted back argument, that Mr. Smith’* disfranchisement plan would | audience they disfranchise thousands of white men. Then he returned to Hoke Smith’s record and stayed there until his pero ration. This Is accurate statement carefully and Judicially measured, watch In hand, and absolutely without preju dice. These are the two plana of political campaign, set side by side for trial and experiment One man debating strong ly the economic and racial lames of tbe hour, the other man discussing chiefly the personal unfitness of hla antagonist We have never had any doubt for a moment that the debater of Issues was on stronger and more.hopeful ground, and we have said so. If Mr. Howell Is not In accord with Mr. Smith’s views on railroads he has powerful ground for argument on that aide. Charles Pendleton, of the Macon Tele graph has made that fact dangerously clear to tbe Atlanta Journal In these later days. But we lay down here the proposition' as a fact and a philosophy that It a man gets on tbe people’s side of a public question and advocates It powerfully and con sistently you may abuse him till doomsday and convict him of a dozen Inconsistencies, but you can’t shake tbe faith of tbe people In Uie fact that he is right now, and they are going to stand by him. If there Is any winning strength In Hoke Smith's campaign It la due to the fact that he has convinced the people that they need negro disfranchisement and a home regulation of freight rates, and that he Is the man to get It for them. Jf there Is any weakness In Mr. Howell's campaign It Is dun to the fact that he has devoted more time to discrediting Hoke Smith than he has to making clear his own convictions and Intentions on these great questions. The two plans'of campaign—tbe two theories of can didacy had at least a fair experiment last night. At tho conclusion of Mr. Howell’s speech his partisan rear guard rose at him In a volume of sound that was equal to anything that had gone betare.jw But the great central audience were yet unrespon sive. They gave small external evidence of their Impress ions. That mighty mass had heard Hoke Smith In com paratively unresponsive silence. They had now heard Clark Howell In the same unmoved temper of attention. They ha(l listened to both men now and were ready at last to express an opinion. The great body which bad preserved almost judicial calm waa now ready to return a Judicial decision. % It came with a whirlwind of approval when Hoke Smith rose for hla concluding speech. A* he rose the whole center of the house seemed to rise with him. It was an ovation of swinging hands and waving hand kerchiefs and ringing cheers—a wonderful and Inspiring scene. - • Retard this tribunal at least, and upon this presenta tion tho campaign of Issues had triumphed over the cam paign of personal objection. The decision waa clear, unmistakable and emphatic. Hoke Smith’s concluding speech waa a total departure from hla first It was personal, masterful and thrilling. It rang with confidence, It sparkled with satire. It pulsed with dramatic defiance. He towered In his superb per sonality and swept Into further and fuller enthusiasm an audience which had already committed Itself to his cause. The conditions were unequal for Clark Howell. The editor and the trained debater wore separated by temper amental differences as vast aa the disparity In their physical proportions. Physical differences are of amall account Aleck Stephens made that plain with Toombs and Hill. It-waa the temperament that told. The mili tant, Intense and forceful mind of' conviction against the light lovable.and forceful spirit of concession and peace. Mr. Howell’i vole* In It* range and compass placed him also at great disadvantage with hit robust and sonorous rival. It cannot be denied that Mr. Howell executed his ould have made nsation and might have turned the scale In his favor. Hut the fact that they had all been rehashed In the prints and replied to In kind made them stale, flat and unprofitable In a skirmish so near to the end of the war. Summed up In a nutshell here are the equations: A robust personality, a strong temperament, a forceful conviction, against a likeable personality, a lighter temperament and Indefinite convictions. Issues against assertions. Policies against personalities. Is It any wonder that In a political pitched battle tho victory went to the stronger temper, the Impressive con viction and the definite Issue? * 3 rate Lease,I Wire. York. June 9.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today- r J - °' Karn " , ’ a ' Orps. IN PARIS. Special to The Georgian. Paris. June 9.—A. Sandheimee ..s Mr. and Mrs. t Epstein, or Savanna!? registered nt the nrtlee of th. «e..r" nah - regljuered at thi office of the Euro,^ edition of The .New York Herald tods " The Joys of Summer. All the delights of summer do not consist merely in sitting upon the sunlit sands, swept by ocean breezes and allowing the complexion to assume a nut-brown Out, Nor yet do they consist wholly In sltUng under the In fluence of the big round 'moon-ami allowing the soul to grow full of syllabub ana sentiment. These have their Joys, but there Is a certain pleas ure In the marvelous stories which come to light at this seductive season of the year, and the present year ap pears to have been particularly fruitful. Iu our own column* the other day It was related that- a Certain Nimrod, one of the mightiest hunters In our midst, testified that he had a gun which would shoot so far that be had to put salt on his bullets to keep the game from spoiling before he could get to' It Thl* waz , a truly remarkable gun—or rifle, as the case may have been—and must have delighted the spirit of that veracious chronicler, Baron Munchausen. ' But the Incoming steamers* which are arriving at the various porta of the country are bringing In some stories —not all of them on the log book—which are even more astounding. These Jolly skippers would be under suspi cion of avenging themselves tar not seeing the sea ser pent thus far this year It. It were not for the fact that we. all know the iren of that walk—or roll—of life to be above exaggeration, not to say misrepresentation. The other day, when the Carpathla came Into port, there were numbers of people on board who were ready to swear that the ship ran Into a school, or seminary, of whales; that one of these leviathans of the deep swam directly In the 'pathway of the onruahlng steamer which.-, cut him In two. A storm waa raging at the time, but ao soon as the catastrophe occurred the whale oil'diffused Itself over the spumy, splashing waves to such an exterft that Imme diately thoy became aa calm as the aea of Galilee and tbe vessel thenceforward rode on In tranquillity and ■afety. To our mind this seemed quite a remarkable occur rence and was worthy of.tbe prominence given It by the leading paper* of the country. But Glamls and thane of Cawdor! tbe greatest Is be hind! On tbe same day the American ship John Briggs put In at Seattle after a voyage of 167 day* In the south seas. The crew declared, between the staves of their dlpsy chanty, that during their passage through the Pacific the vessel began to steer wildly, and on Investigation It wab found that the green plno planking which had been put on astern, had sprouted pine branches, sonic ot them ten feet long, and these had thrown the lumber ship off her course. “All hands went overside and sawed off the growth,” said the oldest sailor. "Then the old hooker found her course.” Marvelous almost past belief! And yot the sailors were there and they ought to know. What with blackberries and watermelons ripe and the annual crop of sea stories keeping somewhat above the average, there Is every Indication that we will have a very pleasant summer. Tins DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 9. 1626—MInde.i luk’n by Tilly 1660—Marriage of Louts XIV with ths Infaiitn. 1792—John Howard Payrc. author . t "Hon-* HWt-.-I Homy born D',1 April 10, 1151, 1600—ltatti- of Moatihoil-v ii a i v 1821—Prrn iHlon-U government In Orocci*. 1825—Pauline Ponaptirt* died IMS—Eugene Hale, flitted Stake ator front Maine, bori " 1851—Vigilance committee ertarl/ed In .v-.i l'-aii-itoi. * n,i * - ->f Afglmnlt'an 11c3—Dost M;n.;ir.ti Med 1870—Charles Dickens, novella, a le4 Horn February 7, 1812. 1883—Tim Ke|ly, Phenlx Park murl derer, hanged In Dublin .... d61P1 '' 1,an ned In Dnblln US—President Consoles, of Paraguay deposed and banished. B T ‘ 1904—Levi Z. Letter died. Born No. vember 2, 1U4. WILL D. UPSHAW AT BLUE MOUNTAIN. Confidence In Judge Hines. Augusta, Re, June I. 1908. To the Editor of The Georgian: I am convinced that Judge Hlnee le a man of loo much common sense and purity to allow hlmaelf to be used by a set of political knaves I have read with some surprise the sinister cir cular to tlw Populists to nominate Judge Hines for governor, promising the support of the Republican and de generated Democrats. This scheme must have been hatched either by a fool or knave, for It la perfectly plain It waa done to defeat Hoke Smith, and to emulate the negro In politics; but it will fait. Yours truly, • JAMES BARRETT. From Rev. C. B. Wilmer. To tho Editor of The Georgian: I ant compelled to be out of tbe city on 8unday next, June 10, and the Rev. Mr. J. J. Lanier, of Mllledgevllle. Ga., will fill the pulpit of St. Luke's, both morning nnd evening. Mr. I .aider le not only a valued per sonal friend of mine, but one of the most thoughtful men In the Episcopal church. He Is the author of a three- volume book which Is not as welt known ns It ought to be. "Kinship of. Uod and Man." In the Introduction, which is supplied by Judge Logan E. Bleckley, that distinguished Jurist pays the author the following tribute: “Of nil the religious discourses I ever listened to. they made the deepest Im pression upon me. I am not theologian enough to. pronounce upon their con formity to scientific theology, but they seem to harmonise, certainly tn moat mon sense and sound logic. They ap pear calculated to afford very strong assistance In solving some of the grave difficulties that beset the close and candid thinker In hla speculation on religious toplca.” I trust that Mr. Lanier will forgive me for writing thus of him tn the pa pers and I ask my Atlanta friends, whether Episcopalian or non-Eptaco- paltan, to take advantage of th* oppor tunity afforded by Mr. Lanier's visit to our city. C. B. WILMER. Atlanta, Oa., June 7, 1*96. “Why Eat Msat at All?” To the Editor of The Georgtai,. Since one la not certain of obtaining untainted meat, the question arises— why eat meat at all? la It neces- rary? Man Is not naturally carnivorous, and his animal ffesh-entlng habit Is a beast Inheritance from the lower orders of creation. But, says the meat enter, I must have beef, mutton or ham to keep up my strength. Fudge! Meat Is but a stimulant, my friend, nnd you mistake stimulation for nutrition. Beans and peas contain -twice as much nutrlclous sustenance as beefsteak, nnd there Is more carbonaceous and nitrogenous nutrition In barley, corn and rye meal, coarse-ground wheat, bananas, al monds, chestnuts and walnuts than there Is In nny kind of meats. Grains and fruits in season, together with eggs nnd milk, supply all that man’s nature needs, and lime Is coming when the meat eater will be looked upon oa a sort of uncivilised cannibal. There la no doubt about that. In the hot weather, meat overheat-1 the system, and la positively Injurious. Cases of sunstroke nnd heat apoplexy 'are far more numerous. among flesh- eater* than vegetarians. Other conditions equal, the vegeta rian has greater powers or endurance than the meat-eater. This has been frequently demonstrated during the last few years, and I am at all times willing to demonstrate It personally to any skeptic. A simple vegetarian diet Induces habits of sobriety, economy and self- control; In fact, the vegetarian is a more wholesome, cleaner nnd sweeter K rson altogether than the meat-eater, sides being healthier and a atrongr to tape worm. By A. H. Ellett. '"pm greatert good a hero does man- kind Is Just to have lived a hero ” I think Christopher Columbus was a great man. Not for salting seventy days toward the sunset. • He was a great man for fighting eighteen years of Ignorance, envy and superstition to the end of getting ready to sail. Huber Is n great naturalist by rea son of the work he has done. But Francois Huber Is a great man by reason of the odds against which he achieved this work. I was swept by the deluge of a mighty symphony, and gladly paid homage to the marvelous musician who wrote It. But when I saw them take him by the arm and turn his eyei to the applauding multitude, end realised that tho hand of Silence had smitten hla hearing dead, I bowed my head ejid paid obeisance to the great ness of a man. v Do you bid me name the greatest speech that Alexander H. Stephens ever mnde? This is It: Forty years of silent endurance under the merciless rod of bodily pain. The other day. Will D. Upshaw came to Blue Mountain and drew an other bow of promise across life's sky —the promise that no deluge of diffi culty need engulf a hurfian soul. He re wrote for us across the sky of Ilfs this mighty truth: The Immortal spir it is superior to Its crumbling tene ment. Do you think he did It In a long faced, lonesome, lugubrious way? Ho did not. Did you think there was In his manner or words or tones a bid for your pity? There was not. Do you know what men and women and boys and girls and little children need? It Is Inspiration. That Is what It le—Inspiration. You give us inspira tion, and we will do the rest. You set before us the ladders, and we will climb until our heartstrings snap. That is what Will D. Upshaw does— gives us Inspiration. The boy who leaves the hall at the dose of one of his lectures believes he can do greater things than he- thought «o coming In. The girl goes away with s higher and a holler purpose In her heart. We are glad "Brother Willie” cams here. We are glad to have In us ths abiding knowledge that while away from here he Is blessing other lives. For the sunshine he brought us, For the courage he taught us, For the manifold measure of plsasure he wrought us. We love Brother Willie. And cordially call him—we maidens and men— To come with hla sunshine and see us again. TO THE GLOOM8TER8. doom, gloom, gloom! (live as th* tales of the tomb: Rio n# the stories of tumor nud mneer. Tales of the problems with never su so ewer: Tales of the vandal. (loeetp nnd eeandal. Tales of diseases nnd stories of Iml.l.le- flreodlng dlsnster nnd direful troubles From the mountain’s grassy side A guiltless feast 1 bring— A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied And water from the spring. Yours truly, BRUCE MACLEOD, Physlculturlst. School of Arms, 166 Peachtree Street. World-Weary. a servant. The steel Tell him Tell us tho tales of weak souls In damns- Tnl<»* mi Of folk on tho brink of starvation, (ilv* tM tb«» novel whom- motive I* ni*M. Mnnlor nml nrwon and rnthloM rapin'; Tell of dead bttblef nnd mother*. Sister* cone wrong nnd brothers. ... „ Giro n* the dram* of pnltHc corrupt! heart stricken Jail full «l Innocence grilled In votenslr■ erunilon. Tell ns the tale of Ikudsehuh » J 1 ". 1 Fill up your pages with frceh-mlnted rrlui*. Bunco nnd swindle*, ami coward sssaulwra Forgers, shoplifters nnd high-priced default Bilkers' anil welehers and libellers vile. Torn Into royalties nil of yonr lillo (live un oitr heroiuen nil meretricious. Down with the virtuous, up with virions! , DM ell your visions he rheumy amnirr^m 1'nragrnphM brimming with eat Sorrow, mlifortnne. i,l cark. Itnlu nml faithlessness everywhere-* Wherever ye go F.ro(lc neurotics will cry with » rn "' lie's brought twenty sorrows nh-o 'JOHN KENDRICK BASISS. SENATOQ ffoRMAN DEAD PICTORIAL ROUND-UP OF ANOTHER WEEK BY CARTOONIST BREWERTON 3 STATES DECLARE For. Bryan in |C)oq