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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
“It la Indeed a daatrable thing to be well do-
acended. but the glory belonge to our anceatore."
—Plutarch.
The Governor’s Message.
The annual menage of the governor to the atate
legislature which la presented In our columns today will
speak.for Itself. Its view of public affair* la Georgia Is
wide and sweeping. Its recommendations are Intelligent
and timely, and It will doubtless be held by the legisla
tive body aa a helpful and Inspiring line of suggestion
to their serious and Important deliberations.
The message of the president or the message of
the .overnor 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 la to follow- Such papers are worthy of preserva
tion for the Information and forecait which they contain,
and the meaaage which the governor aends to the legis
lature today justifies upon a hasty glance the comment
that It la an able, fair and Interesting document. ,
No part of the governor's message la moro Interest
ing thnn the two opening paragraphs, the first of which
Is s recital of the prosperous condition of tho state In
all Its sections and in all lla lines of Industry, and the
second a brief discussion of that tlmo-honorod principle
that public office Is a public trust.
Tho first of tnese paragraphs is In tho highest do-
gree suggestive of gratltudo and encouragement. Tho
second Is In Its nature and cssonce an Injunction to good
government, which the two factions In qur state politics
will doubtless 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
other* of authority.
Whnt a happy and golden thing government would
be If every man who bore a part In It bold himself su
premely loyal to the prlndplo that public office Is a pub
lic trust.
The Deadly “Toy” Pistol.
Wednesday of next week will he the birthday of the
nation, the "glorious" Fourth of July.
There has been an oarncst effort during the paBt few
yeses to reform the celebration of thlB occasion by elim
inating the noisy nuisances which have bocomc 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 tho country as
It has been In tho North. Wo reserve our fireworks
for Christmas—a season, by the way, which Is not one
whit moro appropriate for such nuisances. But we should
bo thankful that we are comparatively freo 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 la not altogether un
known, even down here, and we are not sure but what
It Is becoming even more general.
It Is a statistical fact that five thousand poplo were
killed or wounded by the use of fireworks and toy pis
tols during the Fourth of July celebration last yoar.
This Is a fearful harvest of death and demands the most
earnest consideration of tho general public.
In spite of the repeated warnings of the press every
year, the harmless looking paper-cap pistol continues
to get In Its deadly work. The vast majority of cases
of locjt jaw which develop at this season are directly due
to Iho toy pistol. The fact Is that, measured by Its ulti
mate results, the paper cap pistol Is one of the deadliest
weapons we have- The difference la that the Injury la
to-tbe youngster who shoots It and not to those against
whom It Is aimed. But a* an engine of destruction It baa
fow equals.
This Is not some "old wife's tale,’’ to frighten young
America from the enjoyment of his legitimate sport. It
Is not far-fetched or hysterical. It Is a cold fact, and, as
we have pointed out, IS well sustained by the record of
five thousand accidents, mostly fatal, last year.
It Is hoped that the public will frown upon the prac
tice this year. It Is hoped that parents will wake up to
a realizing sense of the danger Involved In tho use of the
toy pistol and will keep It out of reach of the 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 boya who are annually offered up as
a sacriOco to this terrible' Moloch of the July, celebra
tions.
And the time-to pets along the warning la now.
The Congressional Wordfcst.
The first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, now
drawing to a dose, will go down In history as remarks-
bio for many things, but In nothing will It stand out as
moro unique than for the amazing amount fit "words,
words, words” uttered during the past seven mouths.
. ' Never befqre lu the history of the world, wo are told,
has so great a volumo of speeches been taken down
In shorthand and recorded In printed form ob during
this present sosslon, and tho end Is not yet Tho Con
gressional Record Itself will run to nearly 10.000 pages,
for which there has never been anything llko a parallel
since tho Fifty-first congress, which sat until October,
and besides The Record wo must tako Into consideration
the number of committee hearings.
Tho house contributed the greater amount of talk,
but the senate had a debate of seventy days on the rate
bill and this swelled the volume considerably. The
nlficlnl reporters say that The Record has often shown
sixty columns of printed matter as the roeult of a six
hours debate, which means an average of 16S words a
minute during the entire time. While there are tome
deliberate speakers In the lower house who do hot In
dulge In such rapid oratory, there are othera like Lacey,
Hull and DeArmond who more than establish the aver
age. speaking as they do at tha rate of at least two
hundred words a minute.
The number of hearings before the various com
mittees has been enormous. At tlmos there wore six or
seven committees to teuton st the same time and at
one time there were eleven. These hearings not only
required the constant attendance of the regular corpa of
stenographers, but It was evon necessary on several oc
casion! to go outside to employ official reporters.
Taking the seuioo as a whole It la estimated that
40.000,000 words were spoken and recorded.
Shakespeare Is said to have had the most exhaus
tive vocabulary of any nun who ever employed the Eng
lish language. HO had a range of 15,000 words The
members of the house and eenate have therefore apoken
w hat would be equivalent to the entire English language
something like .2.6511 times,. In fact we know that on
several occasions a single member has exhausted the
Kngltsh language and then found hlmaelf 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
which occasions alarm. It Is conservatively estimated
that when It comes to a close It will be found that It has
also 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 Statu.
The Primrose Path.
Tragedies such as that which has -Just stirred New
York carry their own melancholy comment
The Immediate merits of the ease—the degree of of
fending for whfeb the dead man was responsible, the
weakness of bis slayer, the pauion, the Impulse, the
emotionalism—are all apart from the overshadowing, the
Indisputable facta.
The Clrceaa charm of a life where the sanity and
noMfity of nature were blasted In tho crimson glare reaps
the harvest It had sown.
Monday night It sent a distinguished artist In wood
and atone to a dramatic death In a pleqsirt garden.
Hundreds of years before It "burned the topless towers
of lllon” and strewed tha gulf of Actlum with the fleet
of Antony. It sullied the names of Ooethe and of Wag
ner and clouded the closing years or Parnell. It blasted
the fame of Aaron Burr and brought reproach upon An
drew Jackson.
It la a waste of words to sermonise upon It. It la
out the same rehearsal of the past: “Can a man take
fire ia hit bosom and not be burned?"
Il l primrose path la broad and pleasant, but "the
end thereof Is death."
The New Orleans Baseball Issue.
It ta not often that the editorial column Invades the
affairs of the sporting page, and only unusual circum
stances should Justify It.
Tho charges which have been formally made by tho
Atlanta bnsoball club and other dubs of the Southern
League against the New Orleans club for the use of dis
honest balls, Is a much more serious matter than has
been made of it up to the present time. * .
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 error, and with the matter of fact
we 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 nnd In
tha Intereet of legitimate sport throughout the country.
Not only the Atlanta club, but every other club In the
Southern League, sad the whole spirit of Southern sport
has a vital Interest In the Investigation of this matter.
Baseball Is the national game of America. It enlists
the enthusiasm and attention of nearly every full-blooded
man and of two-thirds of the ladles of this republic. It
Is ns popular In tho South as In any section of -tho rei
public, and Its dally exhibitions In this and In othor
cities draws day after day the largest and most enthu
siastic audiences which are gathered In loyalty to any
form of public amusement In this country.
And, becauso basobatl Is our national game and
ranks first among our national sports, it Is to the last
degree Important that honorable conduct and fair play
should distinguish all those who are engaged In It The
spirit of fair play It a principle that comet down to this
people from our English ancestry, and It Is an Indispensa
ble requisite to honorablo enjoyment and to the honora
ble conduct of every American sport. Whether ama
teur or professional, the spirit of honor must prevail In
this above all other games of our American people, be-
oause tt It the typical and national game. There It no
pleaiure In going to see any game that Is not played upon
the square, and under any other policy, audlencee will
very speedily fall off In numbers and In enthusiasm, as
they teem to have done In New Orleans, under the rumor
of this unfair and dishonorable conduct
If New Orleans has been guilty of thle unprofes
sional and dishonorable conduct toward a visiting club,
whether that club bo Atlanta's or any othera, then It le
to the last degree necessary that the fact should be defi
nitely ascertained and definitely published, and If 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 elty, which seeka to win In an honorable contest
by dishonorable means, ought to be either sternly re
buked or entirely removed from the association and
competition with other honorable clube In the 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 sense of the word. Dr. Burt, whether
aa a soldier, a dtlxen, or aa a friend,.retained to the last
day of hla Ilf* the respectful confidence of bis fellowmen.
SUMMER DREAMS.
' By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright. 1906. American-Journal-Examlner.)
When the Bummer sun Is shining.
And the trecn things push and grow.
Oft my heart runs over measure.
With Its flowing fount of pleasure.
As I feel the sea winds blow;
Ah, then life Is good. I know.
And t think of sweet birds building,
And of children running free;
And of glowing sun-kissed meadow*,
And of tender twilight shadows,
And of boats upon the sea.
Oh, then Ilf* seem* good to me!
Then unbidden and unwanted,
Come the darker, sadder sights;
City shop and stllllug alley.
Where misfortune's children rally;
And the hot crime-breeding nights,
And the dearth of God's delights.
And I think of narrow prisons
Where unhappy songbirds dwell.
And of cruel pens and cages •
Where come captured wild thing rage*
Like a mad man In his cell,
In the Zoo, the wild beasts' hell.
And I long to lift the burden
Of man's selfishness and sin;
And to open wide earth's treasure*
Of God's storehouse, full of pleasure*.
For my dumb and human kin.
And to ask the whole world In.
T. P. A.’8 TURNED DOWN.
To the 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.'* of Georgia ami other states at their late meet
ing In Atlanta, they failed completely to grant the re
quest which has been pending for these years before
this association. The T. P. A.'s asked for n 2.000 mile 2c
Interchangeable mileage book good on all roads, which
they, ns I had expected (though a reasonable and just
request), would reject
Tho railroad people are not In the habit of granting
reasonable requests until they have to. They remind me
of an o'possum who gets sullen with his tall wrapped
around a limb of tho sapling he la up In. You may
use all mild means you can to get hint to let loose with
hla tall, but he holds It tho tighter till he Is forced down.
When Pope Brown proposed a 2 cent flat rate for
Georgia, tho T. P. A. state convention at Macon voted
against helping him In this move for a 2-cent flat rate
upon tho plea by Mr. Max Krauss and others that the
railroads would grant their request quicker If they dldn t
do so. The national convention met In Savnnnah and had
some of the leading railroad people there to talk the
matter over. Another state convention rolled around and
not a thing had been done toward granting the T. P.
A.'s request except fair promises. Tho mntter of this 2-
cent 2.000-mlle Interchangeable book good on all roads
was up before tin- stale convention at Albany and was
discussed ably nnd freely and It was practlcnlly decided
If this request of the T. P. A/s was not granted It would
be the" dutyVjf all the T. P. A-’s to use a part of their
valuablo time In bringing the matter before boards of
trade and merchants as well as all tho people all over
Georgia, and secure their Indorsement for a 2-cent flat
rate and go before the railroad commission and legisla
ture at Its next session nnd get a law passed making a
2 cent flat rate for Georgia. In our opinion they will get
relief quicker In this way, and now let the railroad
committee of the T. P. A.’s of Georgia and the special
committee appointed at Albany to co-oporate with the
railroad committee, get up forms of petitions and memo
rials and put Into the hands of overy T. P. A. man In
Georgia and let them go before the board* of trade and
merchants and get their Indorsement of a 2-cent flat
rate for Georgia and tho legislature will put It Into law
while tho railroad people aro making fair promises and
doing nothing. The passenger association, ns we have
understood It, agreed to two mileage books, and the
rate 21-2 cents per mile remaining the tamo It has
been all the while, which la practically no concession to
the T. P. A.’s, for with two mileage books wo could trav
el most of our territory before and at the rate of 21-2
cents, which Is the samo a* before. Yours truly,
competition and some Independence to the cltlien and
good to the state may result. If we must hare factions
may It not be well that each faction In Its turn should
take a rest? Theae questions arc 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 speak untrammeled In open
meeting my opinions.
Concluding, I notice that one white man was dis
franchised In the valley of A’lrglnla- This may be true
If so, It Is an isolated rase. Conclusive evidence that
even with Its “understanding clause" the Virginia law la
fairly administered among white men. The ninth dis
trict In tho mountains has a majority of white Repub
licans who were not disfranchised. Few negroes In 1L
Very truly yours. C. C. BOWLING.
Atlanta, Ga., June 22, 1906.
Post A, Savnnnah, Ga.
’ID. IUUID II III/,
J. T. DAVENPORT.
THE NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 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 The Georgian because
The Georgian, while neutral as to the contending fac
tions In the Democratic party. Is outspoken aa to Is
sues.
The freight rate question Is of vital Interest to the
business Interests and consumors, the whole people of the
state. There are other questions of Interest, bnt that
which overshadows all othera Is the disfranchisement of
the negro by constitutional amendment.
8p 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 the
proposition. It Is true that there are some obstacles
In the constitutional road to the disfranchisement of
the negro. The principal obstacle seems to be Just now
the opposition of the heretofore dominant wing of the
Democratic party.
The claim Is made by those who oppose negro dis
franchisement that It -ahould not have become an Issue
In a general election. This may be true, theoretically.
But It Is an Issue, whether It should be or not, and
the people of the atate (If they can get a fair chance)
havo got to vote on this Issue along with othera; and It
becomes the doty of overy white dtlxen to contribute
what ho can to a patriotic and wise solution of this ne
gro suffrage question.
Any important political question, whether dealing
with economies or the suffrage, may be forced before
the people when It can not otherwise be settled. And
unless wo had tho "Initiative and referendum" all such
questions must of necessity become confused more or
less with personalities and with other IssueB. Who are
most to blame for the presence of this auffrago question
today In Georgia? Who are most ito blame—those who
believe In constitutional disfranchisement and have so
declared, or that dominant faction In tho legislature
which has heretofore defeated the disfranchisement res
olutions. or tho faction at present opposing disfranchise
ment before the people? Why blame either vltuperous-
ly? Tho Issue Is hero i nd cannot be settled by personal
abuse of tboBo who advocate It, nor by general nbuso of
mil of uiose other noble nnd 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 la a base slander
on the whole South to state that the vast majority,
nearly nine-tenth* of the negroes cannot b* disfran
chised by legal and honorable constitutional methods.
This unblushing Impudoncq 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. Fbr, If a question of honesty Is
to he considered, let ue compare the most questioned of
all the constitutional methods in the different states
with the old method of all the Southern state*, but now
In use only In Georgia and a fow othera whoro negroes
are not so numerous as here. Tho most questioned
of the constitutional methods Is the "understanding
clause/' under which simple questions of the constitu
tion can be submitted by the registrar* when they wish
to enfranchise a white man; or a complex and abstruse
question can be submitted when they wleh to disfran
chise a negro.
Mach can be said even for this method, though It Is
distasteful; but Is even this method as odious as the
old method to which I refer of keeping the negro away
from the polls by physical force, stuffing the ballot box
or throwing out hla vote and Intimidating the white elec
torate with his threatening power?
Under the auffrago law£ of Mississippi, Alabama,
both tho Carolines and Virginia the negro has been effec
tively disfranchised by slightly varying laws, and It Is
tot true that any considerable number of white men
tare been disfranchised by these laws. I travel all of
those state* except 1 one, and am well acquainted with
their people; and cannot help feeling reeentment against
the slanderers of their people.
The white people of those statee are now Indepen
dent voter* 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, ton the
Democratic party Is still supreme In every Southern
state where the negro has been disfranchised. The
Democratic party of Georgia can best Insuro Its per
petual supremacy by serving the true Interests of all the
white people of Georgia and not dividing them Into tac
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 exists now In Georgia?
Both factions of Democrats In Virginia have triumphed
under tho new taw In different elections. If we must
have machines le. us have a number of them, eo that
THE RU8SIAN MASSACRE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
t 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 havo no commission from tho Ilearst 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 power
of tho Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary, to save his
people from'thclr sins; who grew to manhood, was bap
tized by John the Baptist, attended by the witness of
God tho Holy Ohost, nnd the approval of God the Fa
ther. nnmely, "This Is my beloved Son In whom I am
well pleased.” Who lived through three years of public
ministry, snd upon the Mount of Transfiguration again
had the approval of God the Father, namely; “This Is
my beloved son. Hear him.” And again, had His appro
val when In answer to the prayer of Jesus, the Father
spoke to him saying, "I have both glorified thee and
will glorify thee." And some of those who stood by
nnd' heard the volco said It thundered.
There was a meeting, not of the douma, but of the
sanhedrin, the Jewish supreme court There 'was a
hasty decision rendered that jesua must be put to death.
He was hurried before the Roman officer, who alone
could pronounce the death sentence- Under the pres
sure of the opinion of that mighty mob. crying crucify,
crucify, the Roman officer took water and washed his
hands and said, "I am Innocent of the blood Of this just
person. See ye to It" Again tho cry—essentially of
ficial: "His bicod be upon us and our children.” Per
secuted, afflicted and tormented, has been the history
of the Jewish race from that day until this. Truly his
blood has been upon them and their children from gon-
eratldn to generation In nnswer to their prayer. And
It will follow any other nation who tramples under foot
tho Son of God; who counts His blood an unholy thing,
and who does despite to the Spirit of Grace.
"God rules nnd the government at Washington still
lives.” "God rules among the armies of heaven snd tho
Inhabitants of earth, and none can stay His hand or say
unto him. what doest Thou." “The Lord God omnipotent
ruleth.”
Tho word of God came not at any time by the will
of man. but holy men of God spake, moved by the Holy
Ghost. Tho Apostle Paul—the apostle to tho 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 be saved.” Again, "Hath God cast nway
His people? Hts chosen and peculiar people.” "God
hath not cast away his people whom He foreknew."
But blindneis In part hath happened unto Israel until
the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought in.” Bo they,
when the fulness of the Gentiles shall ,iave been brought
in; when God’s covenant unto them, to removo tho
blindness which h(ts happened unto them In part, to
take away their sins, shall bo fulfilled, then will tho
Jews be mighty upon this earth, and again. Indeed and
In truth, thoy shall be his chosen, his peculiar people.
And what shall then happen to the Gentiles?
LEMUEL D. KING.
Covington, Ga., June 22, 191)6.
A Word From Mr. Fleming.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I Intended to write you a note
thanking you for the broad-minded
ness exhibited In your aditortsl of last
Saturday, snd I find In your paper
which reached me this morning, that
I am under still 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
can only tell you that there were men
In tha audience who were Just aa much
gnd men who were just as well
qualified to pdan upon the propriety of
my address aa Mr. Alexander la, and
theae gentlemen were outspoken In tna
their statement to me, not only that my
LET THE LADIES SHOP EARLY.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian;
May I ask the prlvllego cf a smalt apace In your pa- (
per? I notice an article In Friday's Georgian In whlfch a
gentleman deplores the fact that tho men of today, and
especially the young men, keep their scats In a crowded
car and SHOW- the Jodies to stand.’ While I agree with
the writer of this article that It Is iingentlcnmnly la any
man, whether young or old, to allow n Indy to stand and
swing to a strap when he has a seat Slid Could offer It
to her. I would like In present another side of Ids mut
ter which 1b greatly responsible for the existing condi
tion of ladles having to s'tand While meft keep their
seats la crowded cars.
There Is a great number of ladles who have no
household cares to worry them while at home. These
ladles make It convenient to go calling in the fore
noon, go homo to lunch and rest and cool from their
morning exercise, then late In tho afternoon go shopping
and stand in the stores "bargain hunting” until the
stores nro closed at 6 o'clock, when there Is about as
many shoppers as there aro clerks to be turned out of
the stores Into ths cars. This Is Just tho tlmo that 90
i>er cent of the working men of Atlanta are going homt
i rom their dally toll; men who have been on their feet
from 9 to 12 hours and a great many of them are very
tired tad worn out at the close 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 how bad a man feels be Is no
gentlcmnn (In the lady's eyes) If ho keeps his seat and
allow* her to stand. I am a working man mjoelf and
speak from personal observation- Some daj-s I havo
gone home and felt as though a seat would be worth 25
cents, but have had to stand because there were too
many bundles and lady shoppers on the car to allow a
gentleman to sit, although tt has been after thinking
twice before f gave up my seat.
If all tho ladles who go shopping would make It
convenient to do so early enough to get home before tho
working class start home there would not be so much
room for complaint about ladles having to stand while
men keep their seats In trolley care, and I hope that
those who read this will exert their efforts to do so.
It the men who have wives and slaters that make
a practice of late afternoon shopping and calling would
explain to them how a man feels who has worked and
been on his feet all day, and how much he enjoyi a
seat when he gets on a car and atari* home, t 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 Balnbridge Tribune.)
The many friends of Col. Luclen C. Bower are pleas
ed to see him back tn Balnbridge after quite an absence
due to his attending the “Varsity" at Athens, where he
ha* been taking a special course In modem languages
Like his brother*, the Colonel Is an attorney at law. hav
ing been admitted to practice a year ago last December.
Cloonel Bower, however, has another year to spend at
the 'varsity before he gets his degree, and It la said by
some of hts Intimate friends that be will likely forsake
the bar for the United States diplomatic service.
A gentleman of pleasing appearance, a brilliant con
versationalist. of wide travel, and a master of Romanic
languages, the colonel would do his native city nnd state
great credit no doubt. In any foreign post that 8ecretary
Root might place him.
The demand for American consuls, who can speak
fluently the language of the country in which they are
located, hSs become almost Imperative, and Mr. Root
la sold to have decided to require consular aspirants to
show thsmselves competent linguists before their appli
cations for diplomatic posta will be even considered.
they endorwd my address tn full, but
they also approved.heartily of the pro
priety of making It.
One distinguished gentleman, whoa*
name I do not care to mention, and
who stands aa high aa any man In
Georgia for good judgment and good
taste, and who la In no way connected
with active politics so far aa 1 know,
said to me: "I endorse everything you
sold 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
taw and-morals to on admitted atate of
fact*.
So tar from having Injured the unl-
have done It a great ktMftt; if
shall have contributed any-
Cholly
Knickerbocker
Gossips About
People.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 27.—There may bt
happier men about New York today
that General Horace Porter, former
ambassador to France, but It would be
hard to find them. He has Juet re.
celved a cable from Paris announcing
that he Is now "Grandpa” Porter. A
fine daughter has been bom to his
daughter, Elols, now Mrs. Edwin
Maude, of Paris.
There is consternation today In the
colonial white house. Riverside Drive
and One Hundredth street, managed
by Miss Mary Twombly, over tho al
leged discovery by Dr. William B.
Conkley, one of the boarders, that
Strychnine had been served to "him In
a glass of milk at the table. Dr. Cosk-
ley came from Chicago, about a year
ago, and Is one of the students In tha
Hudson Street Hospital.
When seen Dr. C'oakley refused to
discuss the poison story, saying:
"I am about to publish a scientific
work, and the notoriety which would
follow the publication of any state
ment by me regarding this matter
would be very detrimental to my In
terests."
American army tailors may now ae*
for themselves. George T. Winters,
the English army tailor, has ar
rived to revise and modify the patents
for American soldiers' uniforms to
"make men In the ranks to look Ilk*
officers and officers to look like gen
erals."
In order to prove his pet theory that
the atlng of the bee Js a Bure cure for
rheumatism, Frank McGlynn. of Phila
delphia. has permitted hlmsblf to be
stung by a hundred of the Insects that
had previously been stirred up to a
frenzy.
His hack looked ns though it had
been freshly tattooed, but with an air
of satisfaction McGlynn declared the
benefits would come. Henry Twining,
a veteran nplculturlst, who Is a con
vert to the McGlynn theory, nnd who
also suffers from rheumatism, permit
tee a stvarm of the Insects to sting him
on the arm.
Medical men and aplculturlsts are
watching the experiment with Interest
Heard on the Comer
- Polysyllable Verbiage.
If a man should hand you his card
with the following appearing on It
what would you do to him?
Crlnlcultural abscission and cranio-
logical trlpsls, phrenological hair cut-
and hydropathlcal shaver of
beards. Work physiognomical!)- exe
cuted."
A man with evidences of rural ex
istence clinging about his person
climbed Into that fellow's chair ths
other day, nnd one of tho cards was
passed to him. The visitor from
Squash Hollow spelled It alt out care
fully. iin.l then squirmed f r ..-a
the razor and reached for. hla coot -
and hat.
"Podner, Pm a pretty fair sort of
m:in In my deestrick. but I'll !..*
stvoggled If you nor any other man
c'n- call mo names like that without
me resentin' It."
And wiping the lather from his chin,
ho walked out of the shop.
Touch and Go.
For some minutes, & well-dressed
citizen stood on the 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, he looked up st
the window: then nt the empty tracks.
A smlie broke over his face. For a
moment he hesitated, pulling his long
white beard, then entered.
“I'd like to enter the army,” said
the Joke-Inclined citizen.
One of Captain C. P. George's ser
geants looked up from the work of fill
ing out application blanks. Then h*
turned his eye again to the form on
the desk.
"Sorry," he said, cafter a moment,
"but you'll have to get th* permission
of your parents."
Tne elderly citizen caught the next
car.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 27.—Here are some
of the visitors In Nqw York tod*y:
ATLANTA—K. O. Bonke. J. A.
Buchanan. Q. W. Collier, It. Collier, E.
Jacobs. D. MacDougall. A. MacDougsll,
.1. A Williams an,I wife. H E !' •
B. Simpson nnd wife. Mr*. C. C. Cox.
Miss Cox, C. C. Clay, W. J. Lowensteln.
E. Lowensteln. H. J. Scales, J. D.
Wing, Jr., C. E. Adams. W. & Rick
and wife, A. C. Drugha, Dr. J. D. Cro
mer, M. E. Turner.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
thing toward making the Athens plat
form on alumni day the place for the
free expression of honest thought We
will then get some life Into the oc
casion. and put *n end to mere oratori
cal stunts on glittering generalities and
dull common places.
I presume Mr. Alexander's criticism
was written before he had an oppor
tunity to rend my speech In full, as I
did not mall him a copy until quite
recently.
If any of yoor friend* or the readerr
of your paper desire to Investigate the
subject further. I wlU ser.,1 them upon
request a printed copy of my speech
ao that they may Judge for themselves.
Thanking you again. I remain.
Yours truly.
WM. 1L FLEMING.
Augusta, Ga., June 26, 1904.
JUNE 27.
1462—King Louis XII of France born.
1550—King < ’bailee IX of Fran
died May 30. 1574. ,
1650—Jean Rotron, French dramatist,
died.
1682—King Charles XII of Sweden
born.
1720—The "Mississippi bubble" burst
1777—Dr. William Todd executed at
Tyburn.
1832—Cholera appeared In New York.
1844"-Joseph Smith, founder of Mor*
nionlem, killed by mob at Car*
thage, 111. *
1882—Lee defeated McClellan At bAttl*
of Gaines* Mill, Va.
1863— General Meade succeeded Gen
eral Hooker In command of Army
of the Potomac.
1864— Confederate** victorious At bat
tle of Kenneaaw Mountain, GA-
1874—Henry Ward Beecher requeued
Plymouth church to appoint*
i "Mirnlttee t<> Investigate
ton chargee.
1885—Jamee D. FUh. bank defaulter,
nentenced to prison for 10 ye*™
in New York.
I—Nineteen victim* of the Samoan
disaster burled at Mare falano.
1904— Steamer Norge lost off Scottish
count and 444 person* pertahed.
1905— Mutiny broke out on board Rus-
■lan battleship Knlax Potemkin*
at odes fa*.