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I The / " 1 • . - 1 Ml'- THE ATLANTA , GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connection!. Subscription Rates: One Year $4.50 Six Months Three Months By Carrier, per week Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. Eotered •• second-dess matter April S, ISM at the Peatethea at Atlanta. Ga.. aader art of confrere of March t in. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE “It la indaed a desirable thing to be wall da- soended, but the glory belongs to our ancestera.” —Plutarch. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Fleming. The Honorable Hooper Alexander contributes to our column* today hla reasons for protesting against Mr. Fleming's speech at Athena. And Mr. Alexander's reasons, are always both Inter esting und Important. We commend them to dud eon- sideration. They do not, however, convince ita that Mr. Fleming bns been guilty of either unfairness or Impropriety: His speech and Ita theme were decided upon long before the disfranchisement question became so "acute'* In Cct&gia politics as It la today, and we repeat that the Judgment and tact of Walter Hill and William Flaming In that hour were much more likely to be Impartial and correct than the judgment of Hooper Alexander, the honest but flery partisan of this hour. It It onr apprehension that Mr. Alexander In Ills eager championship of a candidate Is Inclined to magnify in this matter the fortune* of the candidate to tba sub ordination of the Issues of the campaign. The anocess or failure of Mr. Hoke Smith or of Mr. Clark Howell In the campaign la not a matter of approximate Importance to the greater question whether negro dlefranchlaement and revised freight rates shall prevail. The lasue of disfranchisement Is Indeed "acute," but Us very “acuteness* demand! the dissemination of every honest view and of avary essential fact that can be put before the people to clarify their vision and to simplify their votes. If a gentleman of approved public character like Mr. Fleming believes that grave public dangers front the people and the statu In certain advo cated pollclea, we do not recognise any presumptkm or impropriety In bla seeking a great tree, impartial plat form on which to present hla views more deliberately and Impartially than be could apeak to a partisan au dience upon a political platform. The Idea that a man abonld be -ahnt out from one of tho two or three Impartial platforms of the state, simply because he doe* not agree with everybody upon an “acute" political Issue, le a new one, and not In accord with the spirit and traditions of our fathers. if Mr. Fleming's argument la to strong that It cannot be answered—and this we by no means believe—then the state I* fortunate In having heard that argument In a clear and tranquil atmoapbare and before a non- partisan company of patriotic voters. We have before declared that the crying need of the timet was such a platform on which to discuss great Issues, unblended by paeelon and unclouded by prejudice. Mr. Fleming epoke perbapa to six hundred people out of 1,600,000 In the state. The newspaper* carried a small and trivial part of that speech to the public. The Constitution, as tba organ of Mr. Howell, naturilly collected that small seotlon which seemed especially to agree with Mr. Howell's position. Mr. Fleming's speech can be answered by Mr. Hoke 8mtth or Mr. Hooger Alexander at any time In Athens within this two mouths to an audience equally aa large and much more repre sentative of voters gathered upon the mere announce ment of replying, and the newspapers will herald and summarise the anawer Just as wldaly and fully all over the state aa they did Mr. Fleming's speech. The mere fact of Mr. Fleming's speech on this impartial platform, and the comment which baa been aroused by the' criti cism of It, will arouse greater Interest In tbe question and In the answer to It, and advertise any speech or article that may be offered In reply. And ao the agitation awakens th* voter.and educates him. There was nothing to prevent any man from speak ing on the other aide of tbe question on the university platform, and It la not the fault of Mr. Fleming, but tbe misfortune of the other side of the question that nobody cared to do ao. 8o far from Mr. Fleming’s speech abutting out the hearing of both aide* of the question. It simply creates a greater desire to hear both sides. The significant and conclusive fact of all la that whiio th* arguments of Mr. Smith and Mr. Howell and the other candidates upon the hustings have not made any especial sensation et any time because of tbe partisan and personal advocacy, thla one Impersonal argument upon thla one Impartial plattor mhaa created more com ment than any other utterance of the summer, and It ta ao far from being an argument against free speech at the university commencement it makes us regret that there are not other commencement* and other orator* to lift this great and transcendent question out of th* mists and miasma of persona! politic*, and to set tt'ciekriy before thla thinking people from those great Impersonal and Impartial platforms devoted to education and to truth as they see It } Vie stand for such free, brave platforms. We don't see where we are to get them It the college and Univer sity chapels are to be doted to the discussion of the great questions, however acute, that vitally concern tho state. Such a discussion with boundless freedom of treat ment was permitted to the editor of The Georgian upon tbe same great question upon tbe great platform of tbe University of Chicago In 1*01. and we have good rewou to believe that th* truths told upon that occasion have born* the golden fruit of a better underetapdlag of our -Southern problems among all the people of this country. Let ns suggest to Mr. Alexander that a better thing than hit criticism of Mr. Fleming's use of th*'university platform woald be a challenge to Mr. Fleming to debate disfranchisement from their separate viewpoints on some public platform In Atlanta. We conlldently bellevt that Mr. Alexander can answer Mr. Fleming completely und are are entirely sure that all this unnecessary p«, •eat over free speech at th* university will result In ulving thee* two able and honest Georgians an audience of wider scop* and of keener Interest than Mr. Fleming has at Athens. Reduced Postal Rates. Perhaps the day will come when the people of this country msy enjoy tbe .economic blessing of the parcels post. The agttstlon In favor of It, while not persist enUy panned, will continue until this rations! reform Is established. If the tremendous amount of public documonta lent through the malla by membera of congress were once excluded, together with a largo number of publication* which undoubtedly have no right to a second-class rate, tbe postofflee department would be well-nigh self-eus- talnlng, and then the powers that b* would And them selves In a position to give some attention to tbe parcels post. ft should be regarded aa a logical sequence of th* extension of the rural free delivery, 'which has done •o much for the people who lire In the country, and that step forward has given encouragement to the friends of the parcels post. This reform la no mere experiment It has worked well In England and there la aiaolutely no reason why It ahould not work well In this county. Incidentally It may bo mentioned that the Universal Postal Union, which recently convened In Rome, baa ordered a substantial reduction In letter postage by In creasing the unit of weight. This reduction will become effective on October 1, 1907. Tbe unit Is to be Increased from fifteen to twenty grams, and while the postage on the first twenty grams Is to remain at five cents, every additional twenty grams la to be at the rat* of three cents. This la Indeed a substantial reduction, v Great Britain and the United 8tatea urged that the unit of weight for them should be flxed at one ounce, as It would be a difficult matter for them to express the equivalent weight of twenty grama, aa they have not adopted the metric system as yet, and thla request was granted. This will give tbe two great countries exceptionally low rates for the exchange of lettera. Under the reduced rates a letter to Great Britain will cost five cents for the first ounce and three cent* for the second ounce, or eight cent* for two ounces. In other words, when the new rates become effective a letter packet weighing alx ounces can be sent to Great Britain at the rate now charged for a two-ounce packet. Thla reduction In the International postal rate* will mean a great deal for the American people, but tbe crying need In the matter of postal reform la the estab lishment of the parcels post, ft will broaden the field of our great commercial houses, and wlll iqake shopping by mall an eaay and convenient method, \ A prominent member of the senate once aald that there were aeven reasons why the law could not be pasted—and they were tbe aeven great express com panics In this country. They are naturally opposed to It and will continue to work against It, but before long tbe people of the country may rise up and assert them selves and demand tbe establishment of the parcels pc%t. Lord, send us a Rowland Hill! Attorney General Moody will get all the moral sup- tort he wants In his effort to put the Standard Oiler* n Jail. The rebate raseals would get something like what Is r< :;ilng to them if they were compelled to reed The Congressional Record right straight through. The Debate at Rome. Piecing things together out of the wreck of fact and tbe riot of assertion which rages through the partisan col umna of the two 8unday morning newspaper!, and relying upon the Impartial representation of our own apeclaT cor respondent, The Georgian baa derived th* Impression that Mr. Clark Howell acquitted himself much better at Rome than he <id In Atlanta, ar.d that he Is fully entitled to this statement at our hands. Onr correspondent. Mr. John Reece, who went to Rome, ta thoroughly reliable, accurate of habit and train ing, and la an advocate of neither of th* gentlemen who engaged In debate on Saturday. From the coincidence of th* reports, where they do happen marvelously enough to coincide In Th* journal and The Constitution, as well as from Mr. Rescs’s accu rate and Impartial advices, It migr be said that Mr. How- all's effort at Rome was better than either hla Columbus or Atlanta speech, and gave more Just satisfaction to hla friend* than any meeting he hat yet bad with Mr. Smith. The equilibrium was more nearly maintained. It ta also evident from the concurrent reports, that the debate was pitched on a much higher plane of dignity and courtesy than any which hava preceded It, and thla Is a matter of general congratulation to tha friends of both parties, and of decent politics In th* state. It the repeated and Insistent appeals of The Georgian to thla end have bad any effect upon this happy result, we are richly repaid for the time and the pains which It has taken us to make them. it may also be aald from the record* that Mr. Howell moet happily departed In thla debate from th* habit of giving th* greater part of hi* time to the dlacnisfon of personalities, and devoted hlmaelf during a much larger period than heretofore to the discussion of at least one of the great laaue* of the campaign, and while w* differ from Mr. Howell's conclusions upon the disfranchisement Issue, we feel that, having repeatedly criticised him for the preponderance of the personal objection In hla plan of campaign, that It la nothing leas than our pleasure and privilege to commend him for the fact that he has seen 8t to change thla policy and to base hla campaign more upon Issues than It has ever been placed before. It make* nr difference whether Mr. Howell has been convinced by our argomsnu along this line, or whether he hae adopted thle policy upon a second thought of hte own, It Is a wise and proper policy, and will unquestionably add dignity to hla canvass and to hla repute. Whenever we can reach the plan* of fair, fearless and courteous discussion In great political campaign!, we may be sure that the people will be happier and the gov ernment more safe. Upton Sinclair Is working as a day laborer under an assumed name to get some more Important data. Speak kindly to tha new hired man. He may he a muck-raker In dtsgulae. “Appreciative But Not Satisfied.” The attitude of th* Traveler*' Protective Asaocto- Uon toward the recent concession ot the railroads (a th* maUer of mileage books la expressed In th* four words of Chairman R. A. Broyles, which read: “Appre ciative but not satisfied.” Tbe traveling men feel that torn* concession haa been mad* them and this they appreciate, but they do not feel that they have vecetved a fair proportion of what they asked or a proper share of what their claim* de- re. Mr. Broyles hears hla further argument to th* rail road* upon th* same foundation a* that on which th* editor of The Georgian spoke and wrote la behalf of the commercial travelers, and that foundation w* believe to be solid and unassailable—tha right to purchase any commodity cheaper In wholesale than tu retail quantities. Neither the railroads nor any form of business un der th* sua will protest thla general principle and the right of a man who buys from two to ton thousand miles of transportation to obtain that transportation cheaper than tho ntan who buys only a hundred or one hundred and fifty miles la perfectly clear and apparent to every fair minded man In the city or the state. The moat solid, permanent and steadily profitable patrons of tbe railroads are tbe drummers. Not only In the matter of their own transportation, but In the routing of the vast shipments which their orders produce, they make up a magnificent part of the revenues and profits of every railroad to the state, and we confess that public sentiment will share In part tbe disappointment of these commercial travelers that their full demands were not conceded as they have been In almost every similar por tlon of these United States. Mr. Broyles makes an admirable point on the railroad when be call* attention to the fact that baseball clnbs of a doxen min* that theatrical companlei. In number from ten to fifty; and that every convention or group of promlnen. citizens are given cheaper rates than the drummers are clamoring for at the present time, and thla, notwithstanding the fact that these men produce no bus) ness to follow frf (heir wake, thaj they come at rare tu terrain, and that frequently extra expense Is Incurred In handling them by putting on extra service or equipment for their trips. ^■Ths Inconsistency, In this treatment seems evident, and we trust that the action of the passenger agents last week la but a preliminary step toward the concession in full of tbe reasonable and well Justified demands which have been made upon the transportation compa nies. Mr. Longworth In knickerbockers looked irery welL He had been dancing attendance so long that hla silk stockings were well rounded out A Battle Anniversary. Tomorrow, the 2<th Instant, la the forty-fourth an niversary of the beginning of the 8even Days' Battle near Richmond, Va. Georgia was represented by thirty-eight regiments of Infantry, eight artillery companies and two regiments ot cavalry. On this occasion General Lee's army num bered 80,000 men and General McClellan's army num bered 120,000 men. Including ten regiment* of regular United States Infantry, numerous regular United States batteries of artillery and one regiment of cavalry. Being the attacking party, the Confederate* lost nearly 20,000 men, and the Federal army, though pro tected by strong field fortlflpatloni, lost 16,249 men. The Georgia troops lost 3,274 men. One regiment alone, the Fbrty-fourth, mustered '614 men and left 336 men on the field of battle. How little thought tho youth ot our day give to the history of the period during the early sixties, when the civilised world regarded In amased wonder the stu pendous struggle and fearful losses of both American armlet. Few, If any,- people In the world's history ever Illustrated such bravery and endurance. Justice for Dreyfus at Last. A little paragraph, which thua far haa attracted no particular attention, announce* that the French court which has had the matter under consideration, has de cided to grant a new trial to Captain Dreyfus, and tbe celebrated case which kept Europe In a turmoil for near ly twelve years la to be returned. It will come as a surprise to many people to learn that Cpptala Dreyfus was never acquitted, such la tba brevity of men's memories. They know that tbe cap tain Is free, after having had a second trial, that he did not go back to Devil's Island, and they assumed that he was acquitted. But such whs by no means the case, and It baa bean one of th* longest, most dramaUc struggles for th* vindication 6t a good name In the history ot the world, by which Captain Dreyfus, whose sword was broken In tbe court yard of th* Ecole Mllttalre on January 4, 1396, has sought to secure justice- Moat ot hla friends and entmlef alike are dead. Zola, the terrible protagonist of the convicted man—the author of'the “J'accuse” document* which were ao bitter that thqy brought about hla exile, haa gone to hi* long reward. Many of tho perjurers and forgers who wove their net-work of Ilea about Dreyfus, killed themselves or hav* since died a natural death. The whole affair has almost passed from the minds ot men. But Dreyfus haa never rested since the day when hts case was reopened and he was brought back from hla living death. The courtmartlal at Rennes, during the month of August, 1899, resulted In a verdict ot guilty, with mitigating-circumstances. Dreyfus was sentenced to ten years penal servitude, the amount of time he had served to be deducted from the sentence. The membera of the court martial united In a recommendation to mercy and on September 39, 1899, he was pardoned by President LoubeL But Dreyfus was not content with a pardon. H* demanded a vindication, and he has been struggling for It ever since. Esterhasy confessed that the bordereau, on which Dreyfus was convicted, was a forgery which he had made at the Instigation of a superior officer, and all the evidence produced at the Rennes courtmartlal was of the fllmsleat character. Everyone knew that the army was but protecting Itself, after Its own fashion, by convicting the defendant, and no one believed him guilty. So be took advantage of the liberty accorded him by hi* pardon to fiecnr* n vindication. Six years have elapsed since he was given bis freedom, and ever since that time he haa been endeavoring to secure a new trial. The unpretentious little telegram of laat Friday In dicates thdt hla daslr* has been granted and that be will be heard once more In order that the atlgma which rests on hla name may be wiped out forever. The devotion ot the prisoner's wife and brother, aa well aa the Interest of Zola. Maltre Labor! and others, furnished a few bright spots In the abadowy picture of the man's life, and those who are yet living among bla friends have never deserted him. That he will be acquitted there can bo no doubt. The odium will be placed where It belongs and th* French army. Instead of one ot Ita despised captains, will stand disgraced before the world. MR. ALEXANDER CRITICISES MR. FLEMING. To th* Editor of Th# Georgian: 1 dissent from yonr position In regard to Mr. Flem ing's apeech last Tuesday, and lido ao with a respect for Mr. Fleming quite as profound as your own. and a per sonal friendship for him fully as warm aa yours. I have nothing to say »s to any question of mere good taste on Mb part. In making th* apeech. That Is a jersonaT matter with which I have neither the right nor th* desire to meddle. But there U a question back of that which ! conceive affects tbe rights of the citfsens of Georgia and the alumni of th* university. The disfranchisement question to an scat* present Issue la Georgia politics upon which th* cittoens who support the university dlffqr, and on which the alnmnl differ. Any dttoen bolding views on th* subject has the right ta express them in bis own time and place, but when he to given the sol* opportnaity to speak from tbe rostrum of the university and at the annual commence- nient. It is a distinct violation of the rights of his fellow citizens and bis felloe- alumni to take advantage of Ihe occasion to promulgate views which cannot be answered upon equal'terms. Mr. Fleming has Inferenllally Justified this Invasion of the equal rights of bis fellows by a vague reference to free speech, and The Georgian rolnforcts tho plea by | asserting that “The university rostrum is or ought to be one of tbe great free platforms of the state.” Precisely so. Mr. Editor, but how is Jt a free plat form when but one side ta permitted voice there? In the very nature of things. It to Impossible at the commencement to give a bearing to both sides. There fore when the alumni, among whom there are acute dif ferences of opinion, invite one of their-number to ad dress them at their annual convocation, every consider ation demands that he abstain from making tbe occasion, on the very eve of battlo, an Instrumentality for giving the slightest advantage to one side over the other upon an Issue which they have laid aside for tbe time being, In order to renew the filial and fraternal memories of yontb. To make an addresa /or or against either side'on such an occasion to no vindication of the right of free speech. It to a suppression of free speech. It Is not an assertion but a denial of that great right Mr. Editor, both you and Mr. Fleming Inferentlally admit the wrong of which I complain. Mr. Fleming says In bto card to The Journal that he mentioned no mania name, and yon say that tbe discussion to all right. “Bo long aa the discussion steers clear of jwrsonal allusion or partisan alignment, as this discussion ran." Both of you thus admit that partisan advocacy, at such a time and place la wrong. But both of you deny that Mr. Fleming thua offended. Such a subject, Mr. Editor, cannot be discussed In Georgia In June, 1906, without being partisan. Mr. Fleming might Just as well have argued from thp univer sity rostrum that Georgia towns have fair freight rates or that the state has no right to regulate them. The one argument would have been no more partisan than th* otbar. Moreover. Mr. Editor, you are both unfortunate In your assertions as to the personal quality of the speech. It to quite true, as a mere literal technicality, that Mr. Fleming, as he said, "called no man’s name," but Mr. Fleming )s a man ot too much frankness to deny that he meant Hoke Smith when he spoke of “prominent lead ers, openly announcing, etc.” and be will be equally frank to admit that all that portion of, his speech' which referred to disfranchisement by state legtelation was an argument, and was Intended as an argument, against the platform upon which Hoke Smith la now running. And when that admlsalon to made, how can you say, Mr. Editor, that this discussion was “free from personal al lusion or partisan alignment V There were nearly three columns of nonpareil type In The Constitution report of this speech that waa a distinct and avowed argument against the position of a prominent candidate for gov ernor, and with exact personal references. And this, Mr. Editor, was from t£e university ros trum, without opportunity for reply, and distinctly charged on all of us who differ with Mr. Fleming, the instinct of Injustice and the purpose to defraud. Upon this subject I say that Mr. Fleming had no right to make luch accuaattons or such argument at such a time and from the university rostrum. I say moreover, that both he and The Georgian gravely misunderstand what “free speech” to, If you call that free speech. And the want of freeness In It to the more manifest when the opposition candfdate for governor beaded a committee to select next year's or ator, and they chose such a man aa Dr. Hadley, ot Yale. These things do not commit the unlverelty to free apeech. They bind the voice and suppress free speech. Mr. Fleming had the right to apeak from his own ros trum alone, or challenge an adversary to debate the question, and either course would have been within his right, but when be made a political argument from the' university rostrum to which hla adversaries could not reply, he wronged them. I do not say these things because I consider the ar gument likely to Injure the cause he attacked.. I have no doubt In the world that that eause to going to suc ceed. Mr. Fleming made Just aa good an argument on the subject as can be made, and hla personal character ta high enough to give it all th* weight It deserves, but It will fall. The people, of Georgia have made up their minds and they are going to eliminate the negro aa far aa possible from politics, and I think they are right, and so far aa that question to concerned I care nothing about Mr. Fleming’s speech. But I do care for the university and I do love fair play and free ipaech, and because I love the university and tree speech, and because I respect and esteem Mr. Fleming- and because I am hla friend, I take advantage now of this occasion to protest against tbe university rostrum being ever again made the partisan advantage ot one political faction. HOOPER ALEXANDER. Cholly Knickerbocker JUDGE REl6 INDORSES "BREATHING 8PACE8." Editor of The Georgian: More than for anything else In your editorial record In this city, brilliant as It has been and to, you deserve credit and commendation. In my judgment, for your per ■latent and unremitting Insistence on breathing places for the people. Skyscrapers are all right; let them reaeb the sky! Walls of brick and mortar and marble and Iron, bespeak wealth and prosperity and commerce, and they make loyal dtlsens proud and intensify the At lanta spirit of Atlantans, but tbe real beauty and aspira tion of life must be found In nature—it can never be found anywhere else. Why not keep the woods with us and let tbe trees and tbe grass and the birds and even the murmuring Insects and. In the necesaary absence ot the rippling brooks, artificial fountains teach us the happy, bright lessons ot life and suggest the more sol emn thoughts of destiny. No peopl* were ever great who left nature; no people were ever spiritually refined, to whom It waa denied to see the atari through overarching branches of the trees, and who have not heard In tbe soft twilight, as evening mqlta Into nlghL the myriad voices with which, In harmonious lullaby, tLe setting sun puts the day to sleep. Sentiment .may not make money, but It alone makes life worth living, and all things that contribute moat to Its proper development should be nurtured and encour aged. And besides. If so called practical mind* demand practical considerations, these same breathing places will add more to tbe health ot the city, or aa much at least, than any other similar regulation. Keep the fight going. Our city ratbere will finally see Ita wladom and multiply small parka, to the beauty and the prosperity of the city. . Very truly, . H. M. REID. June 21, 1906. TO A HUMMING BIRD. (By J. VIvioa.) Whence, spirit bright, that touchest even flow’rs With dainty protest, nectar graceful scorfilng? Thou seemest not a thing of time; thine hours Seem measureless by evening or by morning. What eve and morning, linked, thine advent numbers? What eve can close thy superfine career? Time’s nice alembic, yet, distills a tear For thee aa all. In love of cosmic weal. To gem unfeund doth teav of thins congeal? In the mute night, while .thy wee plumage slumbers. Ah, whither flits thine astral? Can It be More exquisitely pathed. more rare, than thee. That fted’st on flow'r-dealt fragrance, poised free; That taru'at, disdainful, back tbe great aim’s ray From thy rich breast, more brightly various-gay? "BEST PAPER IN THE SOUTH." ’ (South Fulton Enterprise.) The Atlanta Georgian continue* to be the newsiest and brightest paper In th* South. The management I* sparing neither pains nor expense to give the people a paper which to first class In every detalL In view ot the tact that The Georgian has openly declared for all things that tend to uplift humanity and has refuted to countenance those things which have a tendency to de grade and drag men down. It to the bonnden duty ot all who profess to stand for right and principle to give their support and encouragement to this paper for which they have been clamoring. Of course The Georgian to already a big success, but The Enterprise simply wants to go on record aa giving the “glad hand" to ita founders In thrir noble work. Gossips About People. By Private Leased Wire. New York. Juno 26.—Bishop Henry C. Potter does not agree wlfh Uncle Russell Sage on the vacation ques tion. He believes that even the preach- era are entitled to their summer rest. He declares: * * “If the city rector does not take his summer vacation of three, four, etx or eight weeks, he will go mad'or he will deteriorate Into what hla con- stRuents leant desire, a mtre machine. “The rector may carry on a work undlmlnlsln-d every hour tn the day •very day In tbe year, but - eventually one of the two alternatives will come. The demand of the city parson for a vacation Is an equitable demand." , The blahop Is also Interested In- the layman wh» t* left at home and who may or may not get a vacation re gardless of hla needs In that line. This good advice la given to him: If deserted by family and friends during tha summer months, do not /all Into vagrant habits. Do not Join in with questionable companions In question able occupations, tn this sort of seml- vagabondage, with the excuse that you /re left very much alone, and to be a great deal alone Is to be very 111 off." Society folk In Germantown and OgOnti are discussing the elopment of Mias Helen Brooks Lewis, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Lewis, Jr., of Ofontx, and G. Henry Stetson, the youngest son of the late John B. Stetson, the millionaire hat manufac turer. Tney were wedded last Friday after noon, and the first Intelligence either of their families bad of the event waa received last night, when telegrame came from New York. Mrs. Stetson Is 18 years old; her husband la 20. They had been engaged for two years with the approval of their families. When Mr. Stetson celebrates his twenty-first birthday he will come Into possession of several millions of dol lars. There was a provision In his father's will which provides that If ha married before he came of age the allowance waa to be substantially In creased. Newport Is to have a most distin guished city government. It Is to be In the hands of a representative com mittee after January and among the membera of the committee will be Rcnr Admiral French E. Chadwick, Rear Ail- | tl Stephen B. Luce, Colonel Rob in, Robert Walton Goelet, 'Charles Wilson Goelet, Colonel Addison Thom as, Edward R. Thomas, R. Livingston Beeckman, Professor Agassis, I. Tow n send Burden, James A.. Swan, Edwanl H. Bulkly, Louts L. LorrtRurd, Royat Phalp* Carroll. Lorillard Spencer, John R. Drexel. William Watta Sherman and James Brown Potter. Little old Philadelphia wilt con tribute two handsome matrons to this season's Newport beauties, Mrs. Jos eph M. Wldensr and Mrs. R Moon Robinson. These two are very be coming foils to each other and It Is always a pleasing addition to the land scape to see them together. Little Mrs. Wldener's brunette type is the complement to Mrs. Robinson's beauty. Mr*. Robinson Is constantly being qulxxed by her teas fortunate sis ters as to her method of preserving her complexion. Society still remem- berg what a pretty abowlng these two made at the horse show last year as they sat side by side In Mrs. Joe's box. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—H. Chlpley. W. C. i and wife, Miss K. Cole, F. W. C. Cole uou nur, ,,, ibm e- -.vre. -. H. Dabney, J. H. Hllaman, J. W. Hoyt. Mrs. C. D. Knight. B. C. Martin, H. H. Leech, F. N. Mullln. AUOU8TA—A. K. Clark, C. Hlllyer and wife. J. W. Hitt. MACON—W. F. Bunchanan. C. G. Smith. _ _ SAVANNAH—Mrs. Gibson. R. R- Harris and wife. Miss I. Henderson. J. L. Morrison, W. A. Smith, J- V. Thomas. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 25. 1080-Diet of Brixeo. held by Henry IV. deposed the pope and elected Clementine lit. 1530—Confession of Ausburg present ed to King Charles V. 1639—France declared war against England. King William's war. 1736—John Horne Tooke. author of “Di versions pf Purley,“'born. 1788—Virginia ratified the Federal con stitution. 1798—Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., Instituted. 1813—Hampton, Va.. captured by the British. 1841—Brigadier General Bcott #l®otot- ed general In chief of the Lnlted States army. 1848—Louts Bonaparte, ex-ktng of Hol land, died. 1356—William Walker elected presi dent of Nicaragua. 1364—Federal* repulsed at battle ot Roanoke Station, Va. 187A—Abdication of Queen Isabella it of Spain. 1176—Battle of Little Big Horn-ths Custer massacre. 1883—Shore end of the Bennett-Mack- ay cable laid at Watervllte. 1839— Mr*. Lucy Webb Hayes died. Bom August 21, 1911. 1893^-lndla closed her mints to tin free coinage of stiver. 1895—Princess Helen# ofOrleene mar ried to duke of Aosta. 1898—Lyman Trumbull died. Born Oe- tober II, till. Thanks From tho Homo Comers. To the Editor of Th# Georgian: On behalf of th* Georgia state f»' r j I desire to thank you for the 6** ut ';“ r editorial on the “Home Comln* Georgians,- which appeared tn The °^rarSSS, w.ll to. a g£ two day*. With best wishes, I remain. Your, ve^tnjly. vELDO ,v Secretary and General Manager. Atlanta, Ga.. June 23. iso*.' A double-header state convention wtU be held at Burlington, Vt, Thursday of this week. The Pen*®; crata will meet ta state convention *n« there will also be an Independent c°" ventlon to nominate P. ft. Cle*n*" ! governor. An effort will be mode to have th# two conventions fuse on w* Clement ticket.