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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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exists In proportion to wholesome
—Daniel Webster.
An Individual Defense of Savannah.
We publish today, at his own request, an open fetter
from Mr. O. P. Whatley, ot Savannah, protesting against
the recent criticisms of the Savannah municipal election,
and seeking to lay upon the shouldere of the Hon. Pleaa-
ant A.* Stovall and the Savannah Praia a large part of
the reaponslblllty for the published report! of the buying
Rnd aelllng of votes and the political acenea which
brought the cry of shame from the atate upon the Sa
vannah primary.
We publish Mr. Whatley'a article because, whenever
wo have felt celled upon In the Intereet of right and of
public morals to criticise, we hare never felt justified In
withholding a hearing to those whom we have assailed.
Mr. Whatley will bear In mind that the editorial com.
monts ot this paper had no reference whatever to the
sins of any particular club or faction In Savannah. We
did not know when we wrote, and wo do not know now
upon which aide the burden of this political Iniquity
should rest We spoke of It aa a general thing, and pro
tested it as a general thing, In the Interest of civic'Integ
rity and of representative government, without regard
to the source from which this wholesale bribery found
Us Inaplratlon.
* We note 4bat Mr. Whatley today concedes the exist
ence of this bartering of ballots In tho mart, but claims
some mitigation of the offense In the fact that- there
was lass of It than there had been In previous elections.
We are not dlspoeed to discuss this matter with
Mr. Whatley, because ho doubtless knows more of the
nature and magnitude of the offense than we do. nut, we
do feel and d6 repeat that this bartering of ballots in
open and shameless impudence and defiance of public law
and public morality in Savannah, and In one or two
otber cities of tbe atate, whether It be In larger or smaller
degree, ought to come under the prompt and fearless
ban of public opinion and public condemnation, and that
while the offense la fresh the condemnation should be
strong and general throughout the atate.
The Hon. Boykin Wright, of Augusta, moved perhaps
by some experiences nearer home to him than Savannah,
liaa prepared a bill which we alocerely trust will not only
pasx the deorgla legislature, but will moot vigorously
and fearlessly be enforced In every city In which the law
la mocked and public decency la defied by tbe shameless
iraffle of ballots In these primary and other elections.
With one phase of Mr. Whatley’s letter we have a
comment. It would be difficult to porsiiado the people of
Georgia, who have known and honored Pleasant Stovall
for so many years, that he would willingly lend himself
to any form of public or private corruption, or that any
consideration of personal spleen or venom would move
him to a reflection upon bla people that was not. In hla
honest opinion, justified by the fact:.
We can do no less than believe that Mr. Whatley Is
sincere In hla protest agnlnit the aspersions which have,
been left upon hie city. We have no other conclusion
than that he himself wae not responsible tor these mon
strous perversions of civic Integrity, and (hat ho was
himself a protestant against them, but we must protest
to Mr. Whatley Mir unwillingness to believe that any
thing less than clean, honorable, and patriotic can oome
from Pleasant Stovall in tbe public or the private func
tions of hla life.
We truat that both Mr. Whatley and Mr. Stovall will
join their united and potential voices with the chorus of
protest which U going up nil over the atate, and that
Savannah may have not only the restraining voice of It*
friends abroad, but tho strong and fearless protest ot
Ita sons at home against any repetition In tho future of
acenei, which, however justifiable In the mlude of par
tisans and however modified In degree by more conserva
tive statement* of tbe Incidents themselves, are far from
justified In public Integrity and. In pubjlc policy, and
should be unhesitatingly condemned.
A Measure of Consular Reform.
While the coneular reform bill, whleh has recently
been enacted Into law. Is not all that Ita moat devoted
advocates could desire. It la a long step forward, and Its
practical operation will cbntrlbuta In no small degree
to the Improvement of that Important branch of tbe pub
lic service.
Our consuls and commercial agents abroad arp not
placed strictly under the civil service, and tbe reform
wUl not be complete until they are, but a policy of pro
motion on the grounds of merit baa been tacitly es
tablished, and so long as a preildent remains In power
who favors this efficiency plan the ayetem will work
wall.
A few days ago President Roosevelt appointed 81
consuls. Fifty-nine of these were In reality promotions
from Me poet to another sod higher ooe, and In the two
Instances where this was not done the men who re
ceived the appointment bad been for a long Ume Identi
fied with work which peculiarly qualified them for the
poet to which they were assigned,
v It Is hoped that the good work will conUnue.
The nature of our consular system was for a long
Ume a serious reflection upon this great country. The
men assigned to fill these offices were pets and favor
ites ot tbe admlolstmtlM which happened to he In
office, and the personal character ot many ot theee
men made them proverbs of profligacy and incapacity.
Such men are gradually being weeded out and men
of a higher stamp ot manhood are being placed In office.
It really saems that the time Is coming when diplomacy
may become a recognised and desirable career open to
men of ability. Tbe very nature of diplomacy ha*
changed from tbe sinister days when a diplomat was de
scribed as a man "sent to It- abroad for hla country.”
Chicanery and deception are no longer a pert of the du
ties of the diplomat. He la expected to ta a man of cul
ture and education, with a working knowledge of com
merce and International law. There la no occasion (or
him to he nn
Ins*.
And be cannot discharge tbe high duties assigned to
him without experience. Tho system which made these
offices a part of the spoils of political war prevented any
man from becoming highly efficient, particularly in the
consular departments. He no sooner became familiar
wltb tbe language and manners and cuttoms ot the
country than he was brought home to give some other
man a job.
This, we are told, la to end, and men are to be pro
moted from ono grade to another on a system of .merit.
Tbe value In dollars and cents to this country will be
very great, but It Is no less Important that they will
occupy a stronger position In tho esteem of the country
to which they are accredited.
The Pennsylvania Situation
While prominent leaders of tho Republican party
have been In Philadelphia, celebrating tbe golden jubilee
of that organisation, the eyea of tbe country have been
turned upon the crystallisation of policies which will af
fect tbe future of tbe atate of Pennsylvania, and Inch
dentally of tbe entire country, to a greater extent than
anything that has happened In many a long day.
Comment was made In these columns some time
since upon the fact that the regular Republican party
had nominated a practically unknown man by the name
of Stuart for governor of the state, and that tbla was done
at the dictation of Senator Penrose, the creature and
disciple of the late "easy boss,” Matthew Stanley Quay.
That Penrose la an adept In the art of political manlpu-
latlon there can be' no doubt, at least on tbe part of
those who eay, like the lamented Josh Billings, “I naver
argue agin a success."
It was demonstrated that he had tbe regular ma
chine ns much under hla thumb at ever Quay had It.
Perhaps It was not the wise thing to make this fact
too manifest at a time when the entire people of Penn
sylvania bad become aroused against bosslsm in the
state and In tbe t clly of Philadelphia. Mayor Weaver'i
triumph over the ring wae too recent and the people
ere too strong In their determination to carry the crusade
against tho machine to the point of annihilation.
But the fact.remains that he did It.
The Independent, or Lincoln, Republicans of the
state refused to accept Stuart, and nominated Lewis
Emory tor governor. This faction ot tha Republican
party Id pledged to tho overthrow of the machine, and
tb'e rehabilitation of tbe party and tbe state. It has a
large following, and will be a power at tbe next election.
But now comes n proposition from the Lincoln Re
publicans to CoL J..M. Ouffey, the picturesque leader of
tho Democratic party In the atate, to Indorse their candi
date Instead of putting one of their own in tbe field.
Speculation Is rife aa to what Colonel Ouffey will do. He
has h|s enemies. Indeed, It has been said of him that
Ihoso who would flatter him, call him a fool." Just
what thoy woutd say If ftiey intended to apeak unkindly
of litm w<> are left to Imagine.
But there Is a Democrat by the name ot Berry whose
strength Injects a new clement Into tbe calculations
Last year ho turned tho Republican plurality of half a
million for Roosevelt % ln 1804 into a plurality for himself
of 80,1)00 when be ran for the office ot atate treasurer.
Thus, up there where the Dutch have been In possession
of Holland, ao to apeak, from the foundation ot the re
public, a Democrat was actually chosen by an over
whelming plurality. Tho Democrats tftok heart of grace
and have had their eye on Berry ever since.
Berry has already been nominated by the Prohibi
tionists, who poll a solid voto of 50,000, and If the
Democrats indorse his nomination there seems to be no
reason, according to the knowing ones, why be should
not also, poll his full party vote of 500,000.
In short, tho Indications 'are good that a Democratic
nominee will J>o elected governor of the great state of
Pennsylvania this year, whichever courso may be pur
sued. The state has always gone Republican In national
elections, and a Domocrat has been elected governor
Ot tbe state only twice since a period before the civil
war.
So it will bo a notablo evont Indeed if a Democratic
nominee—whether be be tcchlnnclly a Prohibitionist or a
Llncolnlte—should bo choson to the chair of tho chief ex
ecutive.
The Important consideration la that It would mean
tbe overthrow of the machine which Boss Quay built
up with so much labor nnd astuteness, and after that
there la no telling whnt tho Democrats may be able to
accomplish In Pcmisylveuu
Chancellor Barrow All Right.
There will be found 1 no man In Georgia to protest
the selection of David C. Barrow as chancellor ot the
State University, and there will be found thousands to
rejoice In it with unfeigned heartiness from the moun
tains to tbe sea.
The Georgian' (« one of those who had nothing tq do,
even by way ot ingestion, with the selection of Chan
cellor Barrow. We bare heard from tbe beginning that
be did not with the place, and we had only mentioned
him Incidentally among thosa whose names were held In
the balance of judgment b£ the trustees.
It aeema now In tbe light ot events, that It was sim
ply stupid not to have seen that Dean Barrow was
the logical man for tha position, and perhaps In all the
mentioned Hat, the very beat man that could have been
chosen. If there le nothing essentially dashing or ab
normally brilliant about the new chancellor, there Is
everything which Is absolutely .sound and perennially
aafe.
"rtie one transcendent quality wblcb tba new chan
cellor potiesaee, and there Is no better fact In executive
station of leaderehlp, la the possession of the absolute
love and confidence of the student body which surrounds
him. *
There are two things which The Georgian In all Ita
discussion of unlrerstty and college affairs, and of the
men who hold executive stations In thesa great Institu
tions, has claimed to be necessary.
We have always held that wherever It wae possible,
a teacher should be selected for promotion to tbe high
places In the echools of tbe state. We have Instated
upon this In every particular In which tha public voles
could participate In the 'deliberations of school affaire.
The reasons for this fact -do not need to be repeated
here. Encouragement to teachers. Inspiration to effort,
and training and equipment, all combine to make this
principle clear. Chancellor Barrow embodies In hlmaelf
this principle In the highest degree. He Ijaa been for
twenty-nine years a teacher or tutor In the university,
and hla promotion comes normally, naturally and qobly
from rank to rank ot usefulness to this high station In
bla alma mater now.
The other great requisite (or success In a chancellor
It to be able to command the unbounded confidence and
affection of tbe atudenta who are under hie authority. The
young republic of letters has Its own creeds and Its own
Infallible judgments of measures and of men, and no
maturer manhood Is ever quicker and more Infallible In
students who come In dully contact with him.
It Ih safe,to say that no. man In or out of Georgia
could command more perfectly- and more universally
the confidence and love of the student body of the uni
versity than the new chancellor, who for twenty years
has been endeared to the university graduates and un
dergraduates by' tho affectionate soubriquet of "Uncle
Dave.'* They believe In him to the uttermost, they would
trust him without questioning In any statement or In any
decision ho might make, and there Is not a man whose
name has been In touch with tbe university for two de
cades who would not deem It almost a sacrilege to ques
tion either tho sincerity or tbe justice of any ruling
which the beloved new chancellor would make. He Is
the embodiment of good character.
Upon tho broad basis then of these two essential qual
ifications, It may safely be aatd that the new chancellor
success which few men have ever carried to the pre
siding office of our state university. When to this Is
joined the amplest scholarship and the loftiest char
acter, the most thorough absorption of the traditions and
Ideals of tho university for more than a quarter of a
century, tbe close personal touch and affection with
the people of Athens, and of the state—with stalwart
health and comparative youth. It would seem very clear
that nil thoughtful friends of education are In a position
to most heartily felicitate tbe university upon the wise
and prudent choice which tbe trustees have made for
chancellor to preside over Ita future work.
And The Georgian, yielding nothing to any man In
the state In the matter of personal affection and admira
tion for tbe new chancellor, sends to Chancellor Bar-
row tbe assurnnee of Us rejoicing approval, and the
pledge ot its earnest cooperation with his official work.
WHATLEY RESENTS
REFLECTIONS CAST
A LETTER FROM JUNIUS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Mr. Bryan can't be elected president
of the United States two years hence.
The great fight—the earnest fight, the
fiercest political combat ever waged
In this or any country. In this or any
age—will be between capital and la
bor. Mr. Bryan la. not radical enough
for the labor party, and bla Integrity
and patriotism leave him entirely out
of the question as s candidate for the
syndicates, trusts and money power.
Corporate greed doesn't want him;
wouldn't have him; couldn't use Mm.
He Is not sufficiently "safe and sane"
for their purposes. He' wouldn't—he
couldn't—work In their harness. The
position he occupies makes It utterly
Impossible for him to be elected. The
trusts and money syndicates, from the
Standard Oil down to the leaat malo
dorous of these, all would oppose him
stronger. If not more violently, than In
the past. They know the difference
between Mr. Bryan and tbe Socialists
Is In dtgrer, not In kind. They know,
aa far as he goes with reference to
public ownership of the public services
and of nature's bounties, he Is parallel
with their principles. They know that
such a man Is as certain to advocate
the right of every man to the undi
vided fruit of his Industry as the star*
are to pursue their course. They know
that Mr. Bryan basn't become auffi
rlently advanced In political compre
henslon to object to that great pcilltl
cal "sermon on the mount," "the Dec
laratlon of Independence,” They know
that Marx and Debba and Bebel and
Upton St. Clair and B. O. Flower, of
"The Arena," and Bryan all hold this
superb expression of truth and courage
In equal esteem. They know that Mr.
Bryan would not come down to the
front of the stage at tbe beginning
of a contest between Right and Wrong
—between the robber and the* victim,
fire off his "hosa pistols" with a whoop
ot defiance that said to the people,
"Who but I?” and later, when the
whole fight had been won by another
In the Interest of the people, hide be
hind the Sm6ke and noise ot hts foot
light performance and snatch the mea
ger but hard earned vantage away, and
give It to corporate greed.
No, tbe respectable element, the con
trdlllng element, of the Democratic
parly, beginning with Mr. Belmont. In
Wall street, and ending with the great
subsidised press that fought him open
ly In 1896 or "damned him with faint
praise" and lack of help In 1900, bear
he same relation to their greed, to
their wealth, and to Mr. Bryan through
their lust for wealth and power, they
did then. These men. this Wall street
Democratcy at the head of the Demo
cratic party, with Ha organised wealth,
and the Republican party are one. One
in Interest, one In sympathy. In love,
In hate. In greed. In wealth, In being.
In everything except In name. Mr. Hill
used to say on every occasion, and as
nobody could understand how It could
be, there was always occasion for him
to say It; "I am a Democrat." And
the present Democratic party, organ
ised aa I hava stated It, and as It real
ly Is, ought to go Mr. Hill one bet
ter—"I ant two parties at once, either
at a time or tho whole thing," The la
boring man has begun to mix hla brain
with hi* brawn. He la waking from
the slumber of ages. He Is aroused to
life, to a consciousness of his power,
from the spell of years. The awe In
which he has been taught to hold
wealth has changed with Ms new vis
ion of things to a respect for the great.
a of things to a respect ror tne great.
,_tlent, tolling myriads who produce
It. He knows that while he holds the
Egyptian laborer In contempt for
building pyramids of stone for food
sufnclent one day to enable him to
serve his master the next, that he, here
In America, la building pyramids of
gold and furnishing the gold through
hts labor that he may eat food and
continue this profitless toll of heaping
pile upon pile of wealth through al
ils dreary, hopeless life.
Verily, .verily, this man of whom It
ever might have been said. "Vox pop-
ull, vox del,” haa learned Indeed whoee
voice I* meant and he Is a* sure to
raise that voice till It echoes around
this greed-cursed earth as the eternal
aun Is sure to pursue Ita wonted
course. The (oofrtphlc Une that made
this former beast-of burden a Demo
crat haa faded from his awakened
eyes. The local prejudice that made
him a Republican has vanished from
his enlightened mind. The universal
brotherhood of man, that he haa ever
been taught to hate and despise; and
Ms brothers beyond certain Imaginary
limits that he has been brained and
drilled In the most terrific enginery of
death-dealing destruction to destroy,
are'the cause for which his party has
Its being. No longer does he, or will
he consider killing or maiming the un
fortunate laborer of another dime, a
sign of patriotism. Terrific explosions,
combined with the hardest, harshest,
most unyielding materials of the earth,
hurled at other unfortunate laborers
hired or forced to be In their way
aa he Is—no longsr charm a savage In
stinct In his breast.
The bounties of nature—the fruit, the
substance of the tanlfc—yea. the .full
ness thereof with the means of pro
ducing and extracting these bounties
for all the sons and daughters of men
are Ms high and lofty purpose.
The Orientals have a tradition that
the shadow of a dog shall not fall upon
the surface of the great world beyond.
It will not ha long before the great
voice of the people shall declare that
the shadow of a slave, the shadow of
one man tolling that another may have,
sowing that another may reap, shall
not be cast upon the earth. Samson
has learned his strength. His hand la
reaching for the pillars of state. Strong
hands, kind and steady and true; his
eyes are as clear, aa calm, as unsullied
by temper as the stare ot heaven. Hla
mind Is as loyal to the right aa the
needle Is lo the pole. These pillars w ill
be torn asunder. They will be made
stepping-stones to better things. The
edifice will not fall and crush. There
Is naught but love, universal for hu
manity. In Its removal. It was built by
Samson the blind, at the behest of
greed. With eyes ot love and light he
will build on tha fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. and It shall be
broad enough to ahelter and protact
the human race. And the North and
the South, and the East and the West.
an<f Antipole and Pole may say, "It Is
mine, and It Is mine." and It shall be
theirs. All humanity’s—in Joy, in love.
In triumph. In peace. In brotherhood. In
ulsierhood, forever It shall be theirs.
JUNIUS,
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New York, June 20.—The woman suf
frage movement gets small comfort
from Pope Plus X. In an Interclew with
the noted Austrian suffragist and
writer, Mme. Camille Eslmer, his ho
liness Is quoted aa saying:
“Women ought not In any case to
mix themselves In public affaire. They
will be neither electors nor elected,
men have enough troubles already In
agreeing among themselves; they do
enough to bring disorder Into parlia
ments." ,
That this will bring down upon hla
head the anathema maranatha of the
women who believe there should be no
sex In the rights of citizenship Is cer
tain. and even though the pope ex
presses full Sympathy In the advance
ment of women In other line! than pol
itics. He says:
All that tends to raise the moral
and Intellectual level of humanity Is
worthy of our encouragement, always
provided that It does not violate Chris
tian laws. It Is welt that women are
freeing themselves from the heavy
yokes that society has Imposed on
them for centuries. It Is well that they
are able to master their own means ot
existence.
“For my part, I see nothing to pre
vent them from being lawyers, or doc
tors; doctors especially, so that they
can give'proper care to their children,
which In all times haa been their natu
ral avocatlonr
"Education Is also one of the pro
fessions which suits them best. Are
they not first teachers of their chil
dren, and thus of all humanity?"
Miss Helen and Mrs. Oeorge J. Gould
have been granted the privilege of an
audience with the pope. Archbishop
Farley presented the distinguished
American women.
William B. Leeds wlU be called upon
to ahow cause why he Should not pay
an additional duty of 2100,000 on a
magnificent pearl necklace he recently
bought for his wife In Parts, and for
which he Is said to have paid 1400,000.
On pearls the United States govern
ment levies a duty of only 10 per cent
of the value. But let those same pearls
be strung Into the length of a necklace,
or set, and the law, as Interpreted, en
titles the collector of the port to de
mand 60 per cent of the valuation.
But the pearls bought by Mr. Leeds
and brought to this country by M.
Cllroen. a member of the Cartier firm,
are said to be the most magnificent
string ever assembled.
The Justices of the court of special
cessions have decided. In a test case,
that the negro organisation of Elks, the
"Improved Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the World,” may le
gaily wear the badge inscribed "I. B. P.
O. E,” without Infringing on the white
order.
Miss Jane, daughter of Randall Mor
gan. traction magnate of Philadelphia.
Is now a New York bay pilot. She
already holds a license for navigating
oceans, obtained from the local board
of steam vessel Inspectors In this port.
Now she has a license for navigating
the waters of New York bay as far as
Fort Washington point. She passed
nearly perfect examination.
Miss Morgan holds a certificate as
master of her father’s yacht, which
once belonged to Emperor Frances Jo
seph. She also has a license for Phlla
dolphin waters.
Folly of Life Insurance Investigation.
To the Editor of The Georgian;' s
What a great calamity and hardship
to policy-holders does all this investi
gation entail!
Former presidents and officers of
these great Insurance companies have
stolen and grafted until they were
all rich men—had all they wanted. Now
new men are In who have little, who
are poor men, with only a million, and
need eight or ten. They will now start
In to work to graft and get It from the
poor policy-holder* and the whole mesa
to go over again In a decade. Why
not leave the old regime aa It was?
Policy-holders will be robbed more
than ever before, for the trail haa been
biased, legislatures, courts and all re
straint muxsled. Once upon a time,
long time ago, reads the fable; A rail
road superintendent called a conductor
of a passenger train Into his office and
said: "1 am going to discharge you,
for I find out you have been taking
cash fares. I am going to put & freight
conductor In your place.” The pas
senger conductor said; "Don’t do It,
for It will cost you more. I have
made now about all I’ll ever need out
of your road and this new man has
never had the chance, and now he will
have to get hi* pile out of you.” The
moral la obylous. There is now about
62 to $5 paid out to life insurance
companies In premiums to every 21
paid back In death claims. There la
no reason on earth why any man
should take out a life Insurance policy,
for If he can't, by provident mesas, In
vest or save during hla lifetime, can he
iroduc* a family who could save or
ceep a fortune left In life Insurance
after*his death? In other words, on
tho face of It, by their own figures,
life insurance companies condemn
themselves for they show that for every
dollar they get they rarely pay back
60c. Does that look good to a work
Ing man? N. K. SMITH.
Acworth, Os., June 17, 1696.
THIS DATJ3 IN HISTORY.
About Foreign Immigration.
To the Editor of.Th* Georgian:
In your Issue of Juno it there ap-
•eared two very forcible articles on
orelan labor coming Into the Bouth.
Uke very nearly every point of Issue,
there are two sides to It. There la
really no dearth ot labor In the South
at present It Is not a question of
quantity, but quality. The main reli
ance for manual labor, especially on
the farms, has been, and la now, the
negro. This has become very unrelia
ble and la getting more eo each year.
Thera la a great Inclination on tha
>art of many claasea of working people
o congregate In cities and towns and
congest the labor market.' It appears
now in Atlanta that there are enough
Idle negro men (and many poor whites)
to till every farm In Oeorgla. A negro
paper recently editorially commented
on the worthlessness of the average
negro laborer. And, aad to say, educa
tion seems to aggregate thla condi
tion. The foreman of an Industry In
your city recently atated In an Inter
view that he had ofteir employed 60
and 109 negroes to work and no more
than half would report for duty. Many
would quit work without notice, some
not evdn coming for their pay. What
the South needs la smalt colonies of
Norwegians, Swedea and Germans to
come over and be divided Into sections
and go out on the farms and tend the
crops. They are willing and able to
work; they know hard work and don't
shirk It. They are reliable, thrifty
end honest, and will make Ideal farm
laborers.
Very few Industries thrive without
competition and tha negro laborers
need competition, not to run them out
nor to eliminate them, but to awaken
them by went and poverty, to realise
their danger and, depart from their
shiftless way. They are getting en
tirely too Independent. They will work
two days end rest three, because they
know If they lose one Job they can get
another In an hour. This condition has
got to change or be changed. The
South la prosperous and Increasing In
population. Increasing In laborers, but
' the same shift leas, useless, unretla-
JUNE 20.
1542—Ferdinand DeSoto, explorer, died,
Born 1496.
1632,—Charter of Maryland received by
Lord Baltimore.
1719—Battle of VJJIafrenca, Sicily.
1781—Richmond, Va., evacuated by
Lord Cornwallis.
1791—Flight of Louis XVI from Paris.
1824—John T. Morgan, United States
senator from Alabama, born.
1837—King William IV of England
died; succeeded by Queen Vic
toria.
1862—City of Mexico surrendered by
the Jauriate.
1874—New conference currency bill Is
passed by both houses of con
grass.
1876—Santa Anna, president of Mexl
co, died; born February 21, 1795.
1888—Prince Lulppold made regent of
Bavaria.
1893— Llssle Borden acqutted of the
murder of her parents In Fall
River, Mass.
1894— Severe earthquake at Yokohoma,
Japan.
1895— Baltic ship canal opened.
1897— Queen Victoria began the cele-
brat Ion of her Jubilee.
1898— United States troops reached
SanUago da Cuba.
1903—Cardinal Vaughan died. Bom
April 15, 1612.
1905—Herbert W. Bowen, minister to
Venesuela, dismissed by Presi
dent Roosevelt,
ble kind, both white and colored.
This Is of no benefit, this kind of
Increase I* calamity.
Why on earth a white man or a ne
gro will go to a city to earn a living Is
a pussle. They are conetantly leaving
the healthy surroundings of the coun
try. where they have few expenses and
can raise their children morally, and
coming to the grinding life of the cities,
where labor 1s high, but the cost ot
living reduces their prospect of laying
a penny by to the minimum.
Recently a blacksmith left North
Georgia for Atlanta. He had In the
country plenty of work, a good home,
garden, cattle and was prosperous He
gets to town; gets, more wages, has
to live In a squalid den. taxes and
cost of living so Increased that Instead
of saving money he le In debt and
can't get back to his old home.
A merchant told me recently In a
■mailer town that he had several cus
tomers who had been farmers, whom
he sold on credit, as they made good
crops and were honest When they
came to town end they put thetr fam
ilies In a cotton mill, he kept on selling
them on account, but In a abort while
found out that he would lose every
penny he sold to them and that they
had become utterly unreliable and dis
honest. In the country today there
are two jobs for every laborer; In town
two laborers for every job.
In the country, are comfortable
homes, gardens, vegetables, a cow and
hogs for every family, few expenses,
health and happiness. And If the'con
gestion of the cities is not relieved and
the dearth of competent labor sup
plied In the rural districts, then foreign
labor Is hound to come and spread ell
over the South and take advantage of
the glorious opportunities now exist-
Ing for them. A great cry Is going up
all over the South now for labor-
help! help! comes the cry, and those
near by hear It and harken not; soon
this cry will be heard beyond the
ocean and men and women will come
and take lip these homes with com
forts end Joy* they have never known
end drew from the bosom, of Mother
Earth In this Southland untold riches
and powtr. and the shlftlesa Idlers, who
now spend their time loafing around
the saloons and corners of dark a]lets.
In i-ltle* and towns, will see too late
whet'opportunities they have lost for.
•r- N. K. SMITH.
Acworth. Go, June U, 1998.
Replies to “The Press”
in Open Letter to
the People.
SAYS CHARGES MADE
BY LOT OF SOREHEADS
Deplores Vote-Buying, But De-
dares There Was Less of It
Than for Many Years.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It seems The Savannah Prmq
through Its hired correspondents, lias
been very active In sending broadcaat
throughout Georgia, reports of whole-
sal* buyfng and selling of votes at our
late primary election here, and equally
as active in collecting together from
Ita exchanges adverse criticisms on thla
election, nnd placing the same in a
double-column header In The Preen of
Saturday last. No one deplores vote
buying and selling at the polls more
than the writer, or for that matter
than the average, upright, honorable
cltlxen of Savannah, and In view of
the fact that there was no necessity
for it In the contest referred to, it is
still more to be deplored, so far as the
members of the winning side were con
cerned, a* the victory was so decisive
and overwhelming, that the only possi-
ble excuse for It must be attributed to
the work of a few enthusiasts In their
seal to atlll swell the majority, and
forever bury out of sight a crowd of
political corruptionists, harpies, graft
ers. gamblers and Sunday liquor sell
ers, the equals of whom no city la
Oeorgla has ever been disgraced with In
the annals of our fair state. The Pres*
was frank to acknowledge In its com
ment on this election the next day that It
was the first time In the history of Sa
vannah that wealthy men, counting
their money by the hundreds of thous
ands, some of them, millionaires,
found standing .In line early In
morning, In a pouring, drenching rain,
waiting their turn to vote, and did vote
before they left It, and before 9 o’clock
it was generally conceded by both
side* that the election had been wc
Chaffing Undsr Defeat.
Unfortunately, Mr. Stovall, the edi
tor of The Press, and the Cltliens'
Club candidate for state senator, went
down with his ticket Chaffing under
hla humiliating defeat, it was only nat
ural that his paper,' through Its corps
of correspondents, should send out this
charge of buying and selling votes.
Everybody well knows that If the Citi
zens' Club ticket and Mr. Stovall had
won, there would have been no report
of vote-buying and aelllng, or any oth
er Irregularity, no matter how fla
grantly and unblushing!)' It may have
Men committed. .
Thla Citizens' •Club, brought Into ex
istence here about twelve years ago,
with the open and avowed declaration
to reform, upbuild and nurture the
best moral, social and financial Inter
ests of this city, has had a record of
crims that Is without parallel In the
annala of Tammany In New York or of
:he Mafia Society of New Orleans. It
taa cursed this town with more open
and notorious gamblers and Sunday li
quor sellers, protected by the sworn
officers of the law, than can be found
anywhere. It haa brought untold sor
row to the Innocent, destitution, starv
ing and rags to the widow and orphan,
wrecked lives to our young men and
corrupted morals on every side.
Abuse Borne For Yeare.
After groaning under this gruesome
state of affairs for these long years,
with a patience and submission to which
only a noble and long-suffering people
like those of Savannah could or would
submit. Is It at all to be wondered al
that an outraged people should rise up
and put them out?
In the name and on behalf of the
good people of thla city of my adoption,
where I have lived for the past quarter
of a century, where I have raised my
children, where I have tried to live toe
life of an honorable man and upright
cltlxen before God and man. I deny title
wholesale Indictment against my peo
ple and against the fair name of this
city. It has been conceived In envy,
born In vengeance and sought to ne
nurtured at the expense of Justice and
truth. . .
Thla le the whole story. As to the
buying and selling of votes, the num
ber was less, for the large vote pollen,
than at any election In the htston «■
Savannah. Let the people nt w«;
gin, therefore, not be deceived In thil
abortive effort to traduce our fair n*™J
by a lot of soreheads, defeated at the
polls, whose oMy aim Is to wreak pri
vate vengeance at the expense of tne
truth, and especially-at the exp*"** '*
the fair name of the city of Savannah,
before the people of g«$fc TLET .
Savannah, Ga., June 1*. l*#»-
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. June 29.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—H. P. Mitchell, R »
Daniel. H. Cohen, B. Goettlnger.
SAVANNAH—W. E. Evans, J ^
Fleming.
NOT BECOME CANDIDATE
FOR THE OOVERNOK
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., June 20.—T. V.
•Ion. district attorney of the Fltth
trlct, haa tendered hla resigns' 1 " n
the governor, effective July I, ...
Four candidates are In the den-
Bales, of Calhoun: Lamb, of Webeter.
Pennon, of Choctaw; Turner. ■>( 1 "
Judge Frank A. CrlU, of West
has Issued an address to the D' 11 ’.
racy of the state saying he h«
elded not to become a candidate
Tovemor.
CONDITION OF BANKS
WANTED BY RIDGELY
I Private Letsd Wire.
Washington, June 29.-Th* conlr«h*v
the currency today Issued a call •
t condition of all the national ban-*
the doe* of business on June !»•