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The Atlanta Georgian.
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but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
—Plutarch.
The Governor’s Message,
The annual message of the governor to the state
legislature which la presented In our columns today will
speak for Itself. Its view of public affairs In Georgia Is
wide and sweeping. Its recommendations are Intelligent
and timely, and It will doubtless be held by the legisla
tive body as a helpful and Inspiring line of suggestion
to tbelc serious and Important deliberations.
The message of the president or the message of
the governor Is generally speaking a very fair summary
of the history of national or state events for the year
preceding, and a forecast of legislation for the year
which Is to follow. 8uch papers are worthy of preserva
tion for the Information and forecast which they contain,
and the message which the governor sends to the legis
lature today justifies upon a hasty glance the comment
thnt It is an able, fair and Interesting document.
No part of the governor's message Is more Interest
ing than the two opening paragraphs, the first of which
la a recital of the prosperous condition of the state In
all its sections and In all Its lines of Industry, and the
second a brief discussion of that time-honored principle
that public office Is a public trust
The first of tnese paragraphs Is In tho highest do-
gree suggestive of gratitude and encouragement. The
second Is In Its nature and essence an Injunction to good
government, which the two factions In our state politics
will doubtlesd construe In their separate ways and to
their separate Interests, but the general principle Is cor
rect. and cannot be too often Impressed upon the public
or too profoundly regarded by the legislators and all
others of authority.
What a happy and golden thing government would
be it overy man who bore a part In It held himself su
premely loyal to the principle that public office Is a pub
lic trust.
The Congressional Wordfcst.
The first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, now
drawing to a close, will go down In history as remarka-
hlo for many things, but In nothing will It stand out as
more uniquo than for the amazing amount of "words,
words, wordB" uttered during tho past seven months.
Never before In the history of tho world, wo are told,
has so great a volume of speeches been taken down
In shorthand and recorded In printed form as during
this presont session, and tho end Is not yet. Tho Con
gressional Tlecord Itself will run to nearly 10,000 pnges,
for which thero has never been anything like a parallel
slnco the Fifty-first congress, which sat until Octobor,
and besides The Record wo must take Into consideration
the number of committee henrings.
The house contributed the greater amount of talk,
but the senato had a debate of seventy days on the rate
bill and this swelled the volume considerably. The
offlclnl reporters say that The Record has often shown
sixty columns of printed matter as the result of a six
hours debate, wblch means an average of 105 words a
minute during the entire time. While there are some
deliberate speakers In the lower house who do not In-
dulgo In such rapid oratory, there are others like Lacey.
Hull and DeArmond who more than establish the aver
age. speaking as they do at the rate of at least two
hundred words a minute.
The number of hearings before the various com
mittees has been enormous. At times there were six or
rwen committees In session at the same time and at
oim time there were eleven. These bearings not only
required the constant attendahee of the regular corps of
stenographers, but It was even necessary on several oc
casions to go outside to employ official reporters.
Taking the session as a whole It Is estimated that
40,000.000 words were spoken and recorded.
Shakespeare Is said to have had the most exhaus
tive vocabulary of any man who ever employed the Eng
lish language. He had a range of 15,000 words. The
members of the bouse and senate have therefore spoken
what would be equivalent to the entire English language
something like 2,650 times. In fact, we know that on
several occasions a single member has exhausted the
English language and then found himself unable to make
himself understood or persuasive as he would wish.
This Is all very Interesting, but it Is not merely the
amount of words expended by the Fifty-ninth congress
wblch occasions alarm. It Is conservatively estimated
thnt when it comes to a close U will be found that It has
n I so spent $2,000,000,000 of the people's money, which Is
of considerably more Interest and Importance to the aver
age citizen of the United States.
The Primrose Path.
Tragedies such as that wblch has just stirred New
York carry their own melancholy comment.
The Immediate merits of the case—the degree of of
fending tor which the dead man was responsible, the
weakness of hla slayer, the passion, the impulse, the
emotionalism—are all apart from the overshadowing, the
indisputable facts.
The Clreeen charm of a life where the sanity and
nobility of nature were blasted In tho crimson glare reape
the harvest It bad sown.
Monday night It sent a distinguished artist In wood
and stone to a dramatic death In a pleas in garden.
Hundreds of years before It “burned the topless towers
nt Ulon" and strewed the gulf of Actluui with the fleet
of Antony. It sullied the names of Goethe and of Wag
ner and clouded the closing years of Parnell. It blasted
the fame of Aaron Burr and brought reproach upon An
drew Jackson. •
It Is a waste of words to sermonize upon IL It Is
but the same rehearsal of the past: “Can a' man take
fire In bis bosom and not be burned?”
The primrose path Is broad and pleasant, but "the
end thereof Is death-"
The Deadly “Toy” Pistol.
Wednesday of next week will be the birthday of the
nation, the “glorious" Fonrth of July.
There has been an earnest effort during the past few
years to reform the celebration of this occasion by ellm-
lusting the noisy nuisances which hsve become a part of
the celebration, and the agitation is growing every year.
Fortunately the use of fireworks on this day has
never been so frequent In this section of the country as
It has boon In the North. We reserve our firework
for Christmas—a season, by the way, which Is not one
whit more .appropriate for such nuisances. But we should
bo thankful that we are comparatively free from the
reign of the fireworks, except of the oratorical variety.
This Is not entirely true, however, for the use of
fireworks and the deadly toy pistol Is not altogether un
known, even down here, and wo are not sure but what
It Is becoming even more general.
It f»-a statistical fact that five thousand pople were
killed or wounded by the use of fireworks and toy pis
tola during tho Fourth of July celobratlon last year.
This Is a fearful harvest of death and demands the most
earnest consideration of the general public.
In spite of the repeated warnings of the pTess every
year, the harmless looking paper-cap pistol continues
to get In Its deadly work. The vast majority of cases
of lock Jaw wblch develop at this season are directly due
to tho toy pistol. The fact Is that, measured by Its ulti
mate results, tho paper cap pistol Is one of the deadliest
weapons we hsve. The difference Ib that the Injury Is
to the youngster who shoots It and not to those against
whom It Is aimed. But as an engine of destruction It has
few oquals.
This Is not some "old wife's tale.” to frighten young
America from the enjoyment of his legitimate sport. It
Is not far-fetebed or hysterical. It Is a cold fact, and, as
we have pointed out. Is well 'unstained by the record of
flvo thousand accidents, mostly fatal, last year.
It ta hoped that the public will frown upon the prac
tice thlB year. It Is hoped that parents will wake up to
a realizing sense of the danger Involved In the use of the
toy pistol and will keep It out of reach of tho small boy,
who has a special fondness for It. If this simple rule Is
observed all over the country It will save the Uvea of
thousands of bright boys who are annually offered up as
a sacrifice to this terrible Moloch of the 'July celebra
tions.
And the time to pass along the warning Is now.
The New Orleans Baseball Issue.
It la not often that the editorial column invades the
affairs of the sporting page, and only unusual clrcum
stances should Justify It.
The charges which have been formally made by the
Atlanta baseball club and other elubs of the Southern
League against the New Orleans club for the use of dis
honest balls, ts a much more serious matter than has
been made of It up to the preecnt Ume.
We are not prepared to say that the charges against
the New Orleans club are true. They may be true or they
may be based upon errjr, and with the matter of fact
wo have nothing to do.
But we do not hesitate to say that since these
charges have been, made against the New Orleans club,
they ought to be sifted to the very bottom and the truth
should be ascertained In the Interest of fair play and In
the llterest of legitimate sport throughout the country.
Not only tho Atlsnta club, but every other club In tho
Southorn League, and tho whole spirit of Southern sport
has a vital Interest In the Investigation of this matter.
Baseball Is the national game of America. It enlists
thq enthuBlnsm and attention of nearly every full-blooded
mnn and of two-thirds of tho ladles of this republic. It
Is as popular la the South as la any section of the re
public, and Its dally exhibitions In this and In other
cities draws day after day the largest and most enthu.
slastlo audiences wblch ape gathered in loyalty to any
form of public amusemont la this country.
'And, because baseball Is our national game and
ranks first among our national sports, It Is to the last
degree Important that honorable conduct end fair play
should distinguish all those who sre engaged In It. The
spirit of fair play Is a principle that comes down to this
people from onr English ancestry, and It Is an Indispensa
ble requisite to honorable enjoyment and to the honora
ble conduct of every American sport Whether ama
teur or professions), the spirit of honor must prevail In
this above all other games of our American people, be
cause It Is the typical and national game. There Is no
pleasure In going to see any game that Is not played upon
the square, and under any other policy, audiences will
very speedily fall, off In numbers and In enthusiasm, as
they seem to have done In New Orleans, under the rumor
of this unfair snd dishonorable conduct
It New Orleans hdh been guilty of this unprofes
sional and dishonorable conduct toward e visiting club,
whether that club be Atlanta'* or any others, then It Is
to the last degree neqpssery that the fact should be defi
nitely ascertained and definitely published, and It It be
true, the whole spirit of Southern sports will rise In the
demand that a club, whether that of New Orleans or any
other city, which seek* to win In an honorable contest
by dishonorable means, ought to be either sternly re
buked or entirely removed from the sseoclstlon and
competition with other honorable clubs in tho Southern
League-
In the death of W. P. Burt on yesterday, Atlanta
lost a valuable citizen and his friends a loyal and genial
comrade In every fcense of the word. Dr. Bnrt, whether
as a soldier, a citizen, or si a friend, retained to the lest
day of his Ilf* the respectful confidence of his tellowmen.
SUMMER DREAMS.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1606, Amcrieen-Journal-Examlner.)
When the Summer sun Is shining.
And the green things push end grow,
Oft my heart runt over measure,
With Its flowing fount of pleasure.
As I feel the sea winds blow;
Ah, then life Is good, I know.
And I think of sweet birds building.
And of children running tree;
And of' glowing eun-ktesed meadows,
And of tender twilight shadows.
And of boats upon the see.
Oh, then lit* seems good to me!
Then unbidden snd unwanted,
.Come the darker, sadder sights;
City shop snd stlfitog alley.
Where mlsfortufee'e children rally;
And the hot crime-breeding nights,
And the dearth of God's dellghta-
And I 'think of narrow prisons
Where unhappy songbirds dwell.
And of cruel pens snd cages
Where some captured wild thing rages
Like a mad men In his cell.
In the Boo, the wild beasts’ hell.
And I long to UR tbe burden
Of man's selfishness snd sin;
And to open wide earth's treasures
Of God's storehouse, full of pleasures.
Fur my dumb and human kin.
And to ask the whole world In.
T. P. A.’8 TURNED DOWN.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
If we get a correct idea of the result of the request
made to the Southeastern Passenger Association by the
T. P. A.'s of Georgia and other states at their late meet*
Ing in Atlanta, they failed completely to grant the re
quest which lias been pending for these years before
this association. The T. P. A.'s asked for a 2,000 mile 2c
Interchangeable mileage book good on all roads, which
they, as I had expected (though a reasonable and Just
request), would reject.
The railroad people are not In the habit of granting
rcaaonnble requests until they hnve to. They remind me
of an o'possum who geta sullen with his tall wrapped
around a limb of the sapling ho Is up In. You may
use all mild means you can to get him to let loose with
his tail, but he holds It the tighter till he Is forced down.
When Pope Brown proposed a 2 cent flat rate for
Georgia, the T. P. A. state convention at Macon voted
against helping him In this move for a 2-cent Hat rate
upon the plea by Mr. Max Krauss nnd others that tho
railroads would grant their request quicker If they didn't
do so. The national convention met In Savannah and had
some of the leading railroad people there Jo talk the
matter over. Another state convention rolled around and
not n thing had been done toward granting tho T. P.
A.'s request except fair promises. The matter of this 2-
cent 2,000'tnlle Interchangeable book good on all roads
was up before tho state convention at Albany and was
discussed ably and freely and It waa practically decided
If this request of the T. P. A.'a was not granted It would
be the duty of all the T. P. A-’a to UBe a part of their
valuable time In bringing the matter before boards of
trade and merchants as well as all the people all over
Georgia, and secure their Indorsement for a 2-cent flat
rate and go before tbe railroad commission and legisla
ture at Its next session nnd get a law passed making n
2 cent flat rate for Georgia. In our opinion they will get
relief quicker In this way, and now let the railroad
committee of tho T. P. A-.'s of Georgia and the special
committee appointed at Albany to co-operate with the
railroad committee, get up forms of petitions and memo
rials and put Into the hands of every T. P. A. man In
Georgia and let them go before tho boards of trade and
merchants and get their Indorsement of a 2-cent flat
rate for Georgia and the legislature will put It Into law
while the railroad peoplo are making fair promises and
doing nothing. The passenger association, as we have
understood It, agreed to two mileage books, and the
rate 21-2 cents per mile remaining the same It lias
been oil tbe while, wblch ts practically no concession to
the T. P. A.'s, for with two mileage books wo could trav
el most of qur territory before and at the rate of 2 1-2
cents, which Is the same aa before. Yours truly,
J. T. DAVENPORT,
Post A, Savannah, Ga. ,
competition and some Independence to the citizen and
good to the state may result. If we must have factions
may It not be well that each faction In Its turn should
take a rest? These questions are merely Incidental. I
have opinions on issues but no'preference as to factions
but look rather to what each faction stands for, and
having no favors to ask Rpeak untrammeled In open
meeting my opinions.
Concluding, I notice that one white man was dls
franchised In the valley of Virginia. This may be true
If so, It is an Isolated case. Conclusive evidence that
even with Its "understanding clause” the Virginia law Is
fairly administered among white men. The ninth dls
trict In the mountains has a majority of white Repub
llcans who were not disfranchised. Few negroes In it.
Very truly yours. C. C. BOWLING.
Atlanta, Ga., June 22. 1906.
THE NEGRO DI8FRANCHI8EMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have decided to avail myself of your general invi
tation to your readers to contribute their views on public
questions. I offer this letter to Tho Georgian because
Tho Georgian, while neutral as to the contending fac
tions In the Democratic party, is outspoken as to Is
sues. »
The freight rate question Is of vital Interest to the
business Interests and consumers, the whole peoplo of the
Stull-. There are other quest Inns of interest, but that
which overshadows all others Is tho dlBfranchlsemcnt of
tho negro by constitutional amendment.
So many personalities are being Indulged in by
those who oppose negro disfranchisement that we are In
danger of losing sight of the merits and demerits of tho
proposition. It is true that there are some obstacles
In the constitutional road to the disfranchisement of
the negro. The principal 'obstaclo seems to be just now
tho opposition of the heretofore dominant wing of the
Democratic party.
The claim Is mndo by those who oppose negro dis
franchisement that It should not have beromo an lssuo
In a general election. This may be true, theoretically.
But It Is an Issue, whether It should be or not, and
tho peoplo of the state (If they can get a fair chance)
have got to vote on this Issue along with others; nnd It
becomes tho duty of overy white citizen to contribute
what he can to a patriotic nnd wise solution of this ne
gro suffrage question.
Any Important political question, whether dealing
with economics or the suffrage, may be forced before
the people when It can not otherwise be settled. And
unless .we had the “loltlatlve and referendum" all such
questions must of necessity become confused moro or
loss with personalities and with other Issues. Who nre
most to blame for the presence of this suffrage question
today In Georgia? Who are moot to blsms ttines who
bcllcvo in constitutional disfranchisement and have so
declared, or that dominant faction In the legislature
which has heretofore defeated the disfranchisement res
olutions. or the faction at present opposing disfranchise
ment before tho people? Why blame cither vltuperous-
ly? The Issue Is hero i nd cannot bo settled by personal
abuse of those who advocato It, nor by general abuso of
all of taose other noble and honorable Southern states
which have adopted constitutional laws disfranchising
the negro.
I was born In another one of those Southern states
(though I am now a Georgian) and It is a base slander
on the whole South to state that tbe vast majority,
nearly nine-tenths of tbe negroes cannot be dlsfran
chlsed by legal and honorable, constitutional mothods.
This unblushing Impudence on the part of those who
oppose negro disfranchisement here is not only an In
sult to other Southern states, but a reflection on tho In
telligence of Georgians. For, If a question of honesty Is
to be considered, let us compare the most questioned of
all the constitutional methods In tbe different states
with the old method of all tho Southern states, but now
In use only lu Georgia and a few others where negroes
are not so numerous as here. Tbe most questioned
of the constitutional methods is the "understanding
clause.” under which simple questions of the constitu
tion can be submitted by the registrars when they wish
to enfranchise a white man; or a complex and abstruse
question can be submitted when they wish to disfran
chise a negro.
Much can be said even for this method, though It Is
distasteful; but Is even this method as odious as the
old method to which 1 refer of keeping the negro away
from tbe polls by physical force, stuffing tbe ballot box
or throwing out his vote and Intimidating the white elec
torate with his threatening power?
Under the suffrage. laws of Mississippi, Alabama,
both the Carollnas and Virginia the negro has been effec
tively disfranchised by slightly varying laws, and It Is
not true that any considerable number of white men
have been disfranchised by these laws. I travel all of
those states except one, and am well acquainted with
their people; and cannot help feeling resentment against
the slanderers of their people.
The white people of those states are now Indepen
dent voters and can divide on public questions accord
ing to their beliefs, as can the voters of sections of the
Union where the negro Is not a menace; but formerly
this was not so. Tne claim that those who advocate ne
gro disfranchisement wish to Impair the supremacy of
the Democratic party Is false and ridiculous, for the
Democratic party is still supreme In every Southern
state where the negro has been disfranchised. The
Democratic party- of Georgia can best Insure Its per
petual supremacy by serving the true Interests of all the
white people of Georgia and not dividing them Into fac
tions and parties. The claim that the triumph of negro
disfranchisement would enthrone a permanent political
machine is equally false. Can you Imagine a more ob
noxious political machine than exlata now In Georgia?
Both factlona of Democrats In Virginia have triumphed
under the new law In different elections. If we must
have machines le. us have a number of them, *o that
THE RUSSIAN MASSACRES.
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian:
I read of the murders and outrages of the Rus
sians against the Jews as portrayed In The Georgian
yesterday, with feelings of horror and regret.
I have ho commission from the Hearst or any other
news service, but here Is a story, graphic and hideous,
told by St. Matthew, commissioned by God, the Holy
Ghost, of Jesus Christ, the Jew, conceived by the powe
of tho Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary, to save his
people from their sins; who grew to manhood, was bap
tized by John tho Baptist, attended by the witness of
God tho Holy Ghost, and the approval of God the Fa
ther. namely, "This is my beloved Son In whom I am
well ploased." Who lived through three years of public
ministry, nnd upon tbe Mount of Transfiguration again
had the approval of God the Father, namely: “This Is
my beloved son. Hear him." And again, bad His appro
val when In nnswer to tho prayer of Jesus, the Father
spoke to him Baying, "I hnvo both glorified thee and
will glorify thee." And some of those who stood by
and heard the voice said It thundered.
There was a meeting, not of tbe douma, but of tile
sanhedrin, tho Jewish supreme court. There was a
hasty decision rendered that Jesus must be put to death.
He-was hurried before the Roman officer, • who alone
could pronounce tbe death sentence. 1'nder the pres
sure of the opinion of that mighty mob, crying crucify,
crucify, the Roman officer took water and washed hts
hands and said, "I am Innocent of the blood of this just
person. See yo to It” Again the cry—essentially of
ficial: “His blcod be upon us and our children." Per
secuted. afflicted and tormented, has bden tbe history
of tbe Jewish raco from that day until this. Truly his
blood has been upon them and their children from gen
eration to generation In answer to their prayer. And
It will follow any other nation who tramples tinder foot
the Hnn of God; who coiiiks Ills blood an unholy thing,
and who does despite to the Spirit of Grace.
"God rules and tho government at Washington still
lives.” “God rules among the nrmles of heaven and the
Inhabitants of earth, nnd none can stay His hand or say
unto him, what doest Thou.” “The Lord God omnipotent
ruloth." •
The word of God came not at any time by the will
of man, but holy men of God spake, moved by the Holy
Ghost. The Apostle I’anl the apostle to the Gentiles,
himself a Jew—moved by the Holy Ghost, says: "Breth
ren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel Is
that they might bo saved.” Again, “Hath God cast away
His people? Hla chosen nnd peculiar people." "God
hath not cast away his people whom He foreknew."
"Hut h'lndnc-.s In part hath happened unto Israel until
tho fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought In.” So they,
when (he fulness of the Gentiles shall aavo been brought
In; when God's covenant unto them, to remove the
blindness wblch has happened unto them In part, to
take away their sins, shall be fulfilled, then will the
Jews be mighty upon this earth, and again, Indeed and
In truth, they shall he his chosen, his peculiar people.
And what shall then happen to the Gentiles?
LEMUEL D. KINO.
Covington, Ga-, Juno 22. J906.
LET THE LADIES 8H0P EARLY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
May I ask the privilege cf a small space in your pa
per? I notice an article in Friday's Gedrgfati In which a
goiitlemnn deplores the fact that the men of today, nnd
especially the young men, keep their seats In a crowded
car and nllow tho ladles to stand. While I agree with
tho writer of this article that It Is ungentlemanly In any
man, whether young or old, tn allow a lady to stand nnd
swing to a strap when he has a seat and could offer tt
to her, I would like to present another side of his mat
ter which Is greatly responsible for the existing condi
tion of ladles having td stand While men keep 'their
seats In crowded cars.
There Is a great number of Indies who have no
household cures to worry them while at home. These
ladles make It convenient to go calling In the fore-
noon, go home to lunch nnd rent nml cool from their
morning exercise, then late In the afternoon go shopping
and stand In the stores "bargain hunting" until the
stores are closed at f, o'clock, when there Is about as
many shoppers ns there are clerks to be turned out of
the stores Into tin ears. This Is Just the time (hat 90
per cent of the working men of Atlanta are going homi
from their dally toll; men who have been oil their feet
from 9 to 12 hours and n great many of them are very
tired and worn out at the closo of day, while the lady
shoppers are fresh from their dally "nap" before going
shopping. But, of course, this makes no difference (to
the ladles), no matter bow bad a man foals ba Is no
gentleman (la tba lady’s ayes) It ba keeps his seat and
allows her to stand. I am a working man myself and
speak from personal observation- Some days I have
gone home and felt as though a seat would be worth 25
cents, but have had to stand because there were too
many bundles nml lady shoppers on the ear to allow a
gentleman to sit, although It has been after thinking
twice before I gave up my seat.
^■If all tbe todies who go shopping would make It
convenient to do so early enough to get homo before tbe
working class atari home thero would not be so much
room for complaint abbut ladles having to stand while
men keep their seats In trolley cars, and I hope that
those who read this will exert their efforts to do so.
It the men who hsve wives and.sisters that make
a practice of late afternoon shopping nnd calling would
explain to them how a man feels who has worked snd’
been on his feet all day, and how much he enjoys a
seat when be gets «m a car sad-starts home, 1 am sure
many of the ladles will change their hours of going
home on the cars. Very respectfully,
J. R. WOOLLY.
Atlanta, Ga., June 24, 1906.
COL. LUCIEN C. BOWER.
(From The Balnbrldgo Tribune.)
The many friends of Col- Luclen C. Bower are pleas
ed to see him back In Balnbrldgo after quite an absence
due to his attending the “Varsity" at Athens, where he
has been taking a special courso In modern languages
Like hit brothers, the Colonel Is an attorney at law, hav
ing been admitted Jo practice a year ago last December.
Cloopel Bower, however, has another year to spend at
the Varsity before he gets his degree, and it 1a said by
some of his Intimate friends that he will likely forsake
tho bar for the Ucltoil States diplomatic service.
A gentleman of pleating appearance, a brilliant con
versationalist, of wide travel, and a master of Romanic
languages, the colonel would do his native city and state
great credlLno doubt, In any foreign post that Secretary
Root might place him.
The demand for American consuls, who can speak
fluently the language of the country In which they are
located, has become almost Imperative, and Mr. Root
is said to have decided to require consular aspirants to
show themselves competent linguists before their appli
cations for diplomatic posts will be even considered.
A Word From Mr. Flaming.
To tho Editor of Th«aeor*lan:
I intended to write you a note
thanking you for the broad-minded-
nooa exhibited In yo«r editorial of last
Saturday, and I find In your paper
which reached me this morning, that
I am under stilt further obligations to
you for your defense against the criti
cism of our mutual friend, Hon. Hooper
Alexander.
I do not see that you have left any
thing for me to say on this subject. I
ran only tell you that there were men
tn the audience who were Just as much
attached to the University as Mr. Alex
ander. and men who were just as welt
qualified to pass upon the propriety of
my address as Mr. Alexander Is, and
these gentlemen were outspoken ■
they endorsed my address In full, but
they also approved heartily of the pro
priety, of making IL
One distinguished gentleman, whose
mum I do not care to mention, and
who stands as high as any man In
Georgia for good Judgment and good
taste, and who ts In no way connected
with active politics so far as 1 know,
said to ms: "I endorse everything you
said In your speech: moreover. It was
an academic. Impersonal discussion of
a great public question, and was en
tirely proper.”
I merely applied proven principles of
law and morals to an admitted state of
(acts.
So far from having Injured the uni
versity by my speech, 1 shall consider
that I have done It a great benefit. If
their statement to me, not only that my course shall have contributed any
thing toward- making the Athens plat
form on alumni day the place for the
free expreselon of honest thought We
will then get some.life Into the oc
casion, and put an end to mere oratori
cal stunts on glittering generalities and
dull common places.
I presume Mr. Alexander’s criticism
was writtsn before he had an oppor
tunity to read my speech In full, as I
did not mall him a copy until quite
recently.
ir any of your friends or the readers
of your paper desire to Investigate the
subject further, I will send'them upon
request a printed copy of my speech
SO that they may Judge for themselves.
Thanking you again. I remain.
Your* truly. t
WM. H. FLEMING.
Augusta, Ga^ June 24, 1904.
Cholly 1
Knickerbocker
Gossips About
Pople.
By
Private Least Wire,
lew York, Jut, 27.—There may be
happier men abq, New York today
that General Hence Porter, former
ambassador to Ftpce. but It would bs
hard to find thet, H e has Just re-
ceived a cable frq, Paris announcing
that he Is now "Crandpa" Porter. A
fine daughter has been born to his
daughter. Elols, how M „. Ed .
Mende, of Paris. -
There Is ronsterntinn today In ths
colonial white* hous. Riverside Drive
and One Hundredth street, managed
by Miss Mary Twotpiy, over tho
leged discovery by t r . William B.
'oakley, -tne of the boarders, that
itryrhntne had been erved to him In
i glass of milk at the .jble. Dr Coak-
ley came from Chloaa about'a year
ago, and Is one of th?*tudents In the
Hudson Street Hospltl *
When seen Dr. Cooley refused to
discuss the poison atofr, Haying:
"I am about to publh a scientific
.. ork, and the notorlet) which would
follow the publication f any state
mrnt by me regarding! this matter
would be very detrlmenu to mv In.
terests."
American army tailors *ay now see
for themselves. George winters,
the English army talloi has ar-
..ved tn revise and modlfy'he patera*
for American soldiers’ utfurms to
"make men in the ranks l look like
officers and officers to looklike gen
erals." "
In order to prove his pet teory that
the sting of the bee Js n suf cure for
rheumatism, Frank McGlynn, -f Phila
delphia, has permitted himsif to be
stung by a hundred of the Insets that
had previously been stirred ip to a
frenzy. *
His back looked ns thougl |t had
been freshly tattooed, but wit an air
of satisfaction McGlynn decked the
benefits would come. Henry 'wining
n veteran aplculturlst, who Is* con
vert to the McGlynn theory, ad who
also suffers from rheumatism, ermlt-
ter a swarm of the Insects to stlg him
on the arm. .
Medical men and aplculturlst are
watching the experiment with In;rest.
Heard on the Corner
Polysyllabic Verbiage.
If n man .should hand you hla erd
with the following appearing on It,
what would you do to him?
“Crlnlcultural abscission .and cranl-
loglcal trlpsls, phrenological hair cu.
ter and hydropathlcal shaver (
beardB. Work physlognomlcally ext
cuted."
A man with evidences of rural 'ex
lstence clinging about his persui
climbed- into -that -fellow's chair the
other day, and one of the cards was
passed to him. The vlBltor from
Squash Hollow applied, it all out care-
fully, and then squirmed from under
the razor and reached for his coat
and hat.
"Podner,' Fm • a -pretty -fair sort of
man In my dcestrlck, but I'll be horn- •
swoggled If you nor any other man
e'n-oall. me. names Ilka that without
me resentin' It.?
And wiping the lather from his chin,
he walked out of the shop.
Touch and Go.
For some minutes, a well-dressed
citizen stood on tho corner of Alabama
and Pryor streets, waiting for a car.
then Impatiently took several turns up
and down tho latter-named street.
His eye being arrested by Uncle Sam’s
recruiting office sign, lie looked up at
the window; then at the empty tracks.
A smile broke over hla face. Fur a
moment he' hesitated, pulling hi* long
white beard, then entered.
■Td like to enter the army," *ald
the Joke-Inclined citizen.
One of Captain C. P. Gcorge'e ser-
geants looked up from the work of fill
ing out application blanks. Then he
turned his eye again to the form on
the desk.
"Sorry," he Bald, after a moment,
"but you'll have to get the permission
of your parents."
The elderly citizen cauglt the next
car.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Loosed Wire.
New York, June 27.—Here re some
of the visitors In New York oday:
ATLANTA—K. O. Bonke, J. A.
Buchanan, G. W. Collier, B. Cellar, E.
Jacobs. D. MacDougnll. A. Msekiugsll,
J. A. Wllllnms nnd wife. H. E. Usher,
B. Simpson nnd wife. Mrs. C. t. Cox.
Miss Cox. C. C. Clay, W. J. Lowesteln,
F. E. Lowensteln. H. J. Scale*,J. D.
Wing, Jr„ C. E. Adams. W. a Rick
and wife, A. C. Drughn, Dr. J. D-l'ro*
mer, M. E. Turner.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
JUNE 27.
1462—King Loul* XII of France bon.
1550—King Charles IX of France, bor;
died May 30, 1S74.
1650—Jean Rotron. French dramatis
died.
1682—King Charles XII of Bwedei
born.
1720—The “Mississippi bubble" burst
1777—Dr. William Todd executed at
Tyburn.
1832—Cholera appeared In New Tone*
1844—Joseph Smith, founder of Mor-
monlsm, killed by mob nt Car*
thage, 111.
1862— Lee defeated McClellan at bnttw
of Gaines’ Mill, Vo*
1863— General Meade succeeded Oea-
oral Hooker In command of army
of the Potomac.
1864— Confederates victorious *t bn**
tie of Kenneenw Mountain,
1874—Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth church to appoint »
committee to Investigate tne tu-
ton chargee.
1885—James D. Fish, bank defaulter
sentenced to pflaon for 16 Y
In New York.
1891—Nineteen victims of tbe Samoan
di-aster burled at Mare Island-
1904—Steamer Norge lost off Bcettk
coast and 646 person* pen*"™-
UlftC Yt..S Is. .. Kmlrd mil Gfl hiB - 1