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— THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SOME PERTINENT QUERIES ASKED B Y JUDGE BA TEMAN The following card, asking several pertinent questions of candidates con cerning city politics and affairs, ’ pen received by The Georgian: gdltor of The Georgian: The city executive committee has called the primary for August 21 next, and candidates have been making an nouncement*. Their friends and the friends of good government have brought them out. Of course, they are not self-constituted. Their valua ble services ire sought by others. But upon what principles are these candi date* running? Upon what platform b,ve their friends and these friends of good government put them? Are we rtlll to have the old song, "We are for Atlanta,” and when they get In turn their backs on Atlanta, by attempting to sell our water works and getting them In the bands of a private cor- IKtraiion, and do other like damage? Are not there many Issues upon which these candidates should be made to declare themselves for or against? If not, with what intelligence can u citizen cast his vote7 I. Are these candidates In favor of our present uniform and ad volorem system of taxation, and do they favor and ad vocate a strict, Just and equal assess ment of property for same? Are they opposed to or are they in favor of any Increase In the present rate of taxa tion? Is not the license tax for the priv ilege of carrying on business In our dty In many Instances unequal, un just and oppressive? Will they favor the regulation of such tax as shall be just and fair to all business enter prises? 3. Do they recognize that monopolies oppress and hinder others In the pur suit of business enterprises, and tha they prevent competition and leave the people at their mercy? Are they in favor of apd will they contend for equal Justice to all, and. special priv ileges to none? 4. Do they favor municipal regula tion by appropriate legislation of all street railway and telephone systems, and the electric and gas light plants and all other public utilities, and ab solute ownership when necessary for the protection of the peoplo7 5. Do they recognize that ward pri maries Is "home rule.” and will lessen the expenses of holding elections? Are they in favor of such primaries for al dermen and councllmen, and through out the city for mayor and officers of the heads of departments: or do they favor changing the election of the last named from the people to the council, and from the council to the people at the will of the officeholder who is scheming for reelectlon? Do they recognize that there ought to be a law enacted by which ■hall be created for the city a railway and civil service commission to be se lected by a majority vote of the peo ple In the same manner as that of mnyor and other heads of departments with authority to regulate street rail way and telephone systems and elec tric and gas light plants and other pub lic utilities, and with authority to se lect the necessary number of subor dinates for each department, and to of ‘ * nd Qualification them and remove mad! f ° r , by complaint other and Ml,h * ucI > the y £ or ,h * Protection of comm?aslo'n,? ,U * y delt *“ td *“' h h . 7 -,„°° ‘b, e y recognise that U would ^ people to en- * J aw .£* V v rtn * a four-year term of l ?f* d * of departments, and of them shall be eligible for to a third successive term. esr tnvor of continuous suc- cesslonand schemes to keep them In? *• . V° they favor or are they op- P°* ed t0 . nepotism, that Is. the bestow- f'i°„» p ?, tronl "'®. ln consideration of re- gai clm P ? rBther than of merit or le- 1)0 they recognise for the past years the whiskey traffic In rnn.r h,t, '' r regulated and ol". ,n “ P5 1 olher clt>r ln the United States; and are they op posed to or do they favor a continuation of such regulation and control, and are they opposed to any agitation that will disturb the quiet and peace-of-our city on this subject? 10. Do they recognise that recently a scheme w-as on foot and an effort was made to dispose of our water works to a private corporation at the expense of the people, and to further fasten cor porate grip upon them by taking their last and only public utility? Are they In?favor of such, or are they against i *hey recognise that we mre In need of a city hall and auditorium that will accommodate the present and future growth of our city, snd do they favor, as early as practicable, the pur chase of a lot suitable and convenient ly situated for such purpose? 12. Are they In favor of, or are they against judicial and legislative officers accepting free passes, franks, etc., from corporations? IS. And last, but not least: Are they ln favor of reasonable sal aries for the officers of the heads of departments, that Is. such as will rea sonably compensate them and subor dinates for the services performed, and such as are usually paid for such like services by private Individuals, firms, companies and private corporations; or are they In favor or not of taxing the people to pay such high salaries ns they would not pay In their own pri vate buslnes for such like service? These are Issues, live Issues, that the people are Interested In. Let the candidates speak out, or let the people get together ln convention and make a platform upon which their candidates shall stand. J. N. BATEMAN. June 26. 1906. AT THE THEATERS 0 At the Casino. Few better vaudeville offerings have come this way than the fine collection of specialty acts which are holding the boards of the' Casino this week at Ponce DeLeon. Mme. Renz, with her beautiful, Intelligent horses; the Broth ers Meers on the tight wire; Water- burg Bros, and Tenny, In as clever a 7HE ANNUAL PROBLEM THE HARDEST CROP TO RAISE, B'OOSH.” CRANK OFFERS TO TEACH JOHN D. TO SPEAK FRENCH By WILLIAM HOSTER. Special Cable—Copyright. (?ompelgne>, France, June 28.—Jqjin D. Rockefeller hnd his second experi ence with a crank yesterday since he has been In France. This time It yas an Englishman who had read In Parla that the richest man In th# world did not speak French. He came all the w^y to Rockefeller's chn tiMU I' 1 I : \ t" 1 I til. Ill'll, 'll llr<‘ to.be taught French, assuring him that It could be learned In two weeka. The Englishman met Rockefeller I the latter stooped at the gate of the chateau to talk with your correapond- •nt. Mr. Rockefeller waa returning from a visit to the market and had a number of brown paper percela con taining raspberries, peaches and flow ers. * "Can I have a few mlnutea* talk with muslcai act as one would care to see; LeRoy and Woodford, the Chadwick :r(o, and the Cameragraph complete a dll which has created more genuino iralse than any other vaudeville at- ractlon that has bean brought to At lanta ln many seasons. The matinee Thursday afternoon and the remaining performances during the week should draw splendid audiences to the Casino. Max Hoffman’s own company dt high-class vaudeville carefully selected from the leading musical comedy or ganizations nf America will appear at the Caalno all next week. The company numbera over thirty people, and Includes a number of great feature acts, known In the ver nacular of tho vaudeville stage ns '■head-liners." Possibly the most fa mous artist on tho program Is "Silv ers" Oakley, the clown, who has JtiHt closed a remarkable engagement at the New York Hippodrome,. His long en gagement In New York has made him ti popular Idol at the Hippodrome, es pecially with the children. He will Introduce hla laughable baseball trav esty and his burlesque on "The I dp of Death," the great sensational .act of tho Barnum & Bailey clrcua. PRI80N FOR 8HEPARD FOR KILLING A CHILD Special Cable. I.ondioi, June -Jv tt F. Shep ard, of New York, will have to go to prison for killing a child with IiIm uu tomoblle. His at ‘ ‘ar * * — has been decided CHARGES OF GRAFT AT SOLDIERS' ROME fipedsl to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., June 28.—The arguments In the case of the National Holdlers* Home of Johnson City vs. J. E. Parrish ware as sensational as the brtefi charge. Charges were made In the Federal court that the 8104.000 which was spent on tha consfructlon of the homo by John O. Unkefer vil much larger than was necessary and Insinuations were mads openly that tho money was appropriated by soma one rather than on the buildings. The opin ions of I’hailcs A Foreman. »* I* Iloltzrlaw and J. D. Weaver, leading in rlilti-i'H nf llu I Ins*. Ill w lil« il they said that the work should not have coat over $48,060. were cited In the trial as good reasons for the chnrgo of "grafting.** Tho attorneys for tho defendant, R. EL L. Mountcastle, of Knoxville, and Ilarr dr Burrow, of Johnson City, charged that tho payroll was extravagant and fraudulent and Jio.iiftu In ••mcii nf the real payroll, and that many painters, carnonters, etc., were employed who IdlFd away their time, and that much of the work done by these workmen had to bo done over again. Appointed Pastor. Bpeeldl to The Georgian. Newberry, 8. C*. Juno 28.—Rev. John H. Graves, for .the post few years pas tor of the West End Methodist church, this city, and student at Vanderbilt University since January, has been ap pointed pastor at Marlon, 8. C„ as successor to Dr. J. A. Clifton, deceased. New Trial Denied. Special to Tbe Georgia a. Chattanooga, Tonn., Juno 28.—Judgo C. D. Clark has denied C. J. Martin n new trial in the O’Ronr smnl! pox r*“«t house suit. In which tho plaintiff want ed $10,000 damages because the pest house was built near his property. you. please?” said the crank. Mr. Rockefeller became alarmed, and mild he was here to rest and excused himself, but the crank persisted. •1 don’t want you to give me any- thing.” said the Englishman. "I want to give you something: I want to teach you French. I can do It so that you will be able to speak the language In two weeks.” Mr. Rockefeller seemed to be very much relieved, lie thanked the En glishman smilingly and said: "I'm very sorry, but I really haven't time. Resides l manage to get along very well with English. Everybody seems to speak It. Good day.” Then the crank Insisted that It was Mr. Rockefeller s duty to become ac quainted with the beauties of the French language and left in a huff. As a matter of fact. Rockefeller has been making use of an easy method of learning conversational French. Ily Prlvnto Leased Wire. Washington, June 28—In administra tion clnles li was made known today that the president has practically de cided on three members whom he Will appoint ns new members of the Inter state commerce commission w hen the railroad rate bill, which provides that (he commission shall be composed of seven members, shall have become a law. They are: James 8. Harlan, of llllnoia: E E. (Mark, of Iowa: Franklin Lane, of Cali fornio. Tho present commissioners, Martin A. Knapp, New York; Charles A. Prou- ty, Vermont: Judson C. Clements, Georgia, and Francis M, Cockrell, Mis souri. will be reappointed, It Is stated. Tho new commission will bo com posed of four Republicans and three Democrats, the political division being Knapp, Prouty, Harlan and Clark, Re publicans; Cockrell, I^ane and Clem ents, Democrats. OOOOOOOO OOO OOOOOOOO o o TERRE HAUTE MAYOR O REMOVED BY COUNCIL. O O By Private Leased Wire, O Torro Haute, End* June 2*.— O Under Impeachment proceed- O Ings, tho city council hua found O Mayor Bondman guilty and has 0 remhved him from office. Ho 0 was charged with having wll- 0 fully neglected to enforce tho 0 laws against saloons and gam- 0 bllng. 0000000000000006000 “THE JUNGLE” revelations of crimes of beef packers ! By UPTON SINCLAIR CHAPTER VII (Contlnusd). They carried him to A dry place and l»ld him on the floor, snd that nl«ht l»o of the men helped him home. The poor old man was put to bed, and, though he tried It every mornln* until <he end, he never could set up asaln. He would He there and couch and cough, day and night, wasting away to a mere skeleton. There came a time »hcn there was so little flesh on him that the bones began to poke through -which was a horrible thing to see »r even to think of. And one night he hnd a choking fit, and a little river of blood came out of his mouth. The family, wild with terror, sent for a doctor, and paid a half dollar to be >o!il that these was nothing to be done. Mercifully the doctor did not say this »o that the old man could hear, for he was still clinging to the faith that tomorrow or next day he would be bet ter. nnd could go back to his Job. The company had sent word to him that they would keep it for him—or lather Jurgts had bribed one of the men to come one Sunday afternoon anil nay they had. Dede Antanas con tinued to believe It, while three more hemorrhages camel and then at last one morning they found him stiff and told. Things were not going well with ihem then, and though tt nearly broke Teta Eliblela's heart, they were forced >» dlnpensC with nearly all the de- wnoien of a funeral; they had only * hearse, and one hack for the worn- f® aml children; and Jurgls, who was warning fast, spent all day Sunday making a bargain for these, and he made it | n the presence of witnesses, J? ,h at when the man tried to charge him for all sorts of Incidentals, he did »nt have to pay. For twenty-live year, old Antanas Rudkus and his qon had dwelt in the forest together; snd it was hard to part In this way: per- Nm, It was Just as well that Jurgls had to give all his attention to the Jm'k of having a funeral without be- mg bankrupted, and so had no time to “iulge ln memories and grief. «°w tho dreadful winter waa come “pen them. In the forests, all summer »»6. the branches of the trees do bat- tW for light, and some of them lose J“i die; and then come the raging ““•<*. and the storms of snow snd ~*i. and strew the ground with these *“, k <T branches. Just so it wssln Paeklngtown; the whole district “raced Itself for the struggle that was an agony, and those whose time was «me died off In hordes. Air the year |»und they had been serving a* cog* hi the great packing house machine; •hi now. was the time for the reno- New Minton China. We cordially invite those interested in Artistic China ''all to see our new im itations of English makes. Minton is especially at tractive with its odd designs a,lf l unusual coloring. ”Maier & Berkele. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS - The story of VTba Jungle,” Upton Sinclair's novel, which has caused tbe for- •rnr.ur ... » m „ r. th.- idhIhmIn employ |.y the beef truaf, hiifl Hr origin In an actual Pncklngtbwn romance. early and late. On srrlral In Chicago, J. Hzcdvllas. a Lithuanian, who ran a dellcntcRioti ■tore In l’ackliiftowu, guided Jurgls. Ona, Marlju and the remainder of tbe party through the stoA yards, after he hnd given them lodging. The little coterie derided to purchase a house. They were to pay $12 s month for It. - They find they have been swindled—that the company charg'-s such in terest that they will lie unable to pay. . ... _ Jurats refused to join a labor union that would have promoted the Interests of all. lie did not understand that the life was being worked out of him. Yesterday’s Isstnlment of the story rerlto* In psrt the home life of tho little family: tells bow, after tho rcnl estate agent hnd Informed Jurgls he would linvo to pay large Interest on the house; Sttanfsloras. the little hoy. was sent to work, with a eertllleAte whrrh lied. In that It gave his age ns sixteen. It Is told how Antanas. working like a slave. Is Anally a victim of saltpetre poisoning. Ona, too, has to seek work. Hhe pays ten dollars tribute to n forelady who engages her—and she gets but eight or ten dollars a week for agonizing labor. For weeks pains rack her—yet she must work. And Jurgts tolls on. the manhood being Manned from him by the horrible grind of the merciless lords at Paeklngtown. Mappcu 4rvi “ Col , yrl ^ ltt 2m, hy I’pton Hlndalr. All rlghta reserred. Published by courtesy of Doublcdsy, Page Jc Co. vattnf of it, and the replacing of dam aged parts. There came pneumonia and grippe, stalking among them, seek ing for weakened constitutions; there was the annual harvest of those whom tuberculosis had been dragging down. There came cruel, cold and biting wlnda, and bllxxards of anow, all test ing relentlessly for falling muscles and impoverished blood. ^Sooner or later came tha day whan tha unlit ona did not report for work; and than, with no time in waiting, and no Inquiries or ragrata, there wa* a chance for a new hand. . t The new hand, were here by the thousands. All day long tha gates of tha packing house* war* besieged by ■tarring and penniless men; they cams literally by tha thousands every single morning, lighting with each other for a chance for life. Blla- xards and cold made no difference to them—they were always on hand; they were on band two hours before the sun rose, an hour before the wort be gan. Sometimes their faces frose. sometimes their feet «" d sometimes they frose all still thsy came, for they bad no other ''One dty Durham advertised In the paper for 200 men to cut *«: «“* •“ that day the homeless end elarvlng of the city came trudging ‘brough the ■now from all over IU 200 square miles. That night forty scor* of them crowded Into the station boua* of the stock yard* district—they filled the rooms, sleeping In each other** laps, [SSmn f«hlon. and they plied on top of each other In the oortWOT* tIB the police shut the doore and left some to fre.se outside. On '•Jj fore daybreak, there were 1,000 at urham’e, and the police reserves ha<l to be »ent for to quell .the rtpt^Then Durham's bosses picked outtwentyor the biggest; the "two hundred proved to have been a printer's error Four or live miles to the ** ,t h 'JJ£ d l*v tbe lake, and over this the bitter winds came raging. Sometime* Jbe thermometer would fell to •• or 20 de grees below aero at night, and l> t>* morning the streets #0uld be piled with snowdrifts np to the * <rne streets through which h °'" *«Tm.n SSiTlmv^ his waist trt gat to btolNv; In winter It was no Joke get- and no ting through these places, before light in the morning and after dark at night. They would wrap up fn all they owned, but they could not wrap up against exhaustion; and many a man gavo* nut In th*ne battle* with the snowdrifts, and lay down and fill asleep. And If It was bad for the men, one may Imagine how the women and chil dren fared. Some would tide In the cars, if the cars were running; but when you are making only 5 cents an hour, as was little Stanlslovas, you do not like to spend that much to tide 2 miles. The children would come to the yards with great shawls about their ears, and ao tied up that you could hardly And them—god still there would be accidents. One bitter morn ing In February, the little boy who worked at the lard machine with Stanlslovas came about an hour late, and screaming with pain. They un wrapped him. and a man began vig orously rubbing his ears; and as they were froxen stiff It took only two or three rubs to break them short oft. •A* a result of this, little Stanlslovas conceived a terror of the cold that was almost a mania. Every morning wnen It came time to start for the yards, he would begin to cry and protest. Nobody knew quite how to manage him. for threats did no good—It seemed to be some thing that he could not control, and they feared sometimes that he would go Into convulsions. In the end. It had to be arranged that he always went with Jurgls, nnd came home with him again; and often, when the snow was deep, the man would carry him the whole way on his shoulders. Sometimes Jurgls would be working until late at night, and then It was pltlfuJ. for there was no place for the little fellow to wait, save ln the door- ware or In a corner of the killing beds, and he would all but fall asleep there, and freeze to death. There was no heat upon the killing beds; the men might exactly as well have worked out of doors all win ter. For that matter, there was very little heat anywhere In the building, except In the cooking rooms and such places—and tt waa the men who work ed ln these places who ran the most risk of all. because whenever they had to pass to another room they had to go through Ice cold corridors, and , sometimes with nothing on above the On tho killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood, and It would freeze solid; If you landed against a pillar, you would freose t£> that, and If you put your hand upon tho blade of your knife, you would run a chance of leav ing your skin upon It. The men would tie up their feet in newspapers and old sacks, and theso would bo soaked In blood and frozen, und then soaked again, and no on until by night time a man would bo walk ing on great lumps tho size of the feet of an elephant. Now nnd then, when the bosseq were not looking, you would see them plunging their feet nnd an kles Into the steaming hot carcass of tho steer or darting across the room to the hot water Jets. The crudest thing of all was that nearly all of them those who used knives—were unable to wear gloves, nnd their arms would be white with front and their hnnds would grow numb, and then or course there would be accidents. Also the air would be full of steam from the hot water hot blood, so that you could not seb five feet before you; and with men rushing about at tho speed they Imrt up on the killing beds, and all with butcher knives, llko razors. In their hands—well. It was to be counted as a wonder that there were not more men slaughtered'than cattle. And yet all this Inconvenience they might have put up with. If only It had not been for o “ “ had been some edt. Jurgls ha ner amid the stench In which he had worked, or else to rush, as did all his companions, to any <me of the hun dreds of liquor stores which stretched out their arms to blm. To the west of the yards ran Ashland avenue, and here was an unbroken line of saloons— "Whisky Row,” they called It; to tho north was Forty-seventh street, where there were half a dozen to the block, and at the angle of the two waa "Whisky Point, a space of fifteen or | twenty acres, and containing one glue | factory and about two hundred saloons. One might walk among these and take hla choice: "Hot pea soap and boiled cabbage today:** "Sauerkraut nnd hot frankfurters, walk In;*’ "Bean soup and stewed lamb, welcome." All! of these things were printed In many languages, as were also tbe names of; the resorts, which were Infinite In their, variety and appeal. There was the "Home Circle” snd the “Cosey Cor- he went back he did not shiver so, he ner;’’ there were "Firesides" nnd the! had more courage for hla task; the "Hearthstones” nnd "Pleasure Pal- deadly brutalising monotony of It did acea” nnd "Wonderlands” and "Dream not afflict him ao—he had Ideas while sties” and "Love’s Delights.” What- ho worked, and took a more cheerful UPTON SINCLAIR. Author of "The J mgle." ever else they were called they were sure to be called "Unlqn Headquar ters,” and to hold out a welcome to workingmen; and there was always a warm stove and a chair near It, and warm up against the cruel cold, some friends to laugh and talk with, there were hot thing* to eat fn thl* There was only one condition attach- saloon, too, he might get home late to ed—you must drink. If you went In hla aupper, or be might not get home view of hi* circumstance*., On the way horn*, however, the shivering wa* *pt to come on him again; and ao ha would hava to .stop once or twice to warm up against th» — *1 hot time; and so he got the reputation of being a surly fellow, and was not quite welcome at the saloons, and had to drift about from one to another. Then at night he would go straight home, helping Ona and Stanlslovas, or often putting the former on a car. And when ho got homo perhaps he would have to trudge several blocks, and come staggering buck through the snowdrifts with a bug of coal upon hla Bhotlldor. Home was not a very at tractive place—at least not this win ter. They bad only been able to buy one stove, nnd this was a small one, and proved not big enough to w*artn even thn kitchen In the bitterest weather. This made It hard for Teta Klzbleta nil day. nnd for the children when they could not get to school. At night they would sit huddled around tlilu stove, while they nte their supper off their Laps; and then Jurgls nnd Jonnu would smoke a pipe, after which they would crawl Into their hod* to get warm, after putting out the lire to save the coni. Then they would hava some frightful experiences with • li Id Tin", would Hh-cp with all their clothes on. Including their over- ts, nnd nut over them all the bed ding uml Hpare clothing they owned; the children would sleep, ult crowded Into one bad, nnd yet even so they could not keep warm The outside ones would be Mhlwrlng and sobbing, crawling over thn others und trying fd get down Into tbe t enter, uml causing II light. This old house with the Irakv wentherbonrd* was a very different thing from their plastered cabins st home, with great thick mud walls pos tered Inside and outside with mud. and the cold which came upon them was a living thing, a demon - preset* In thn room. They would waken In the mid night hours, when everything was black; perhiif* they would hear It yelling outside, or perhaps there would be deathlike silliness -and that would would be worse yet. They could feel the cold as It crept In through the cracks, reaching out for them with Its Icy, death-dealing fingers; and they would crouch and cower anil try to hide from It, all In vain. It would come, and It would come; n grisly thing, a spectre born In tho black caverns of terror; a power primeval, cosmic, shadowing the tor tures of the lost souls flung out to chaos and destruction. It whm cruel. Iron-hard; and hour after hour they would cringe in Its grasp, alone, alona. There would be no one to hear them If they cried out; there would be no help, mercy. And so on until morning— when they would go out to another day <>f t..|l, ii llttla- weaker, m little nearer to the time when It uld be their turn to be shaken from the tree. (Continued In Tomorrow’s Georgian.) not Intending to drink you would get V-ur head *pl|r ■•!»h ;i b*«-r b<#t- tle In the bargain. But all of the men understood the convention and drank; they believed that by it they were get ting something for nothing—for they did not need to taka more than lall. And then hi* wif* might set out to look for him, and she, too, would feel tha cold; and oerhaps aha would hava aoma of tha children with her—and so a w hole family would drift Into drinking a* tha current of a rlvar drifts down stream. And If to < drink, and upon the strength of It they t plete .the chain, tha packer* all paid might fill themselves up with a good their men In checks, refusing all re ives up with a good hot dinner. This did not always work out In practice, however, for there was pretty sure to be a friend vrho would treat you, and then you would have to treat him. Then some ona else would corne In—and. anyhow, a few- drinks were good for a man who worked hard. As klngtown could a man go to hava his chef k cashed but to a saloon, where ha could pay for th* favor bj spending a part of the money? For all of these things Jurgls wa: Ona. He neve b one drink at noon Removed to Larger Quarters WHERE WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO DO THE HIGHEST CLASS OF Commercial Printing at Reasonable Prices. Gate City Printing Company Bell Phone 292b. 23 K. Mitchell Street, Near Pryor.