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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY, JULY 31, lXg. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President Subscription Rstes: One Teer $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week lOc Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 V. Alsbsms Street, Atisntsf Gs. gntvrrd as second-ctaes matter April %. I5M, at tba Postofflce St Atlanta. Os., under act of conrress of March 1. till. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE A man may well bring a horse to the water. But he cannot make him drink without he will. —Heywood. Mr. Jerome on “Public Opinion.” The address of District Attorney Jerome at Warm Springs on the subject of "Public Opinion” will be read with keen interest and unqualified approval throughout the country. It was the mature expression of a mao who has had abundant opportunity to familiarise himself with tho subject on which he spoke and It waa evident that he had considered the matter to some purpose. Mr. Jerome, In substance, recognised the power df public opinion, but deplored the fact that It was too fre quently formulated on Insufficient data, for which hasty reading on the part of the people themselves and the wll ful perversion of facta on the part of newspapers and other vehicles of Information were largely responsible. Mr. Jerome dwelt with special emphasis on the fact that It was to the news features of a newspaper that the reader of the present day looked for light and guidance, nnd he expressed the opinion that the power of the edl torlal, the "advocate," so to apeak, waa less than It had been In former years. This may or may not be true. We are disposed to think that the Influence of editorial opin' ion Is now, as It has ever been. In direct accordance with the character which the Individual newspaper establishes for Itself. True. It has no human attributes—It has no tone of voice or peculiarity of gesture—and yet In course of time It acquires a character as distinct as any Indi vidual. Its habits of thought, Its reputation for honesty and fairness and Intelligence become aa well established In the public mind as do the same characteristics of any public Individual. And the Influence it exerts, the cre dence which Is placed In Its opinions, the attention paid to Its advice Is In proportion to the respect It enjoys for employing these characteristics wisely and well. But this Is merely In passing. Mr. Jerome deplores the hasty judgments, founded on insufficient Information, entertained by that vast body of people whose convictions make up what Is known as public opinion, regardless of the facts In the case, re gardless of wisdom and common sense, when In point of fact the men who are qualified by superior Intelligence nnd by diligent study, combined with true patriotism, should take the part of leaders. They should Join forces with the other agents of enlightenment and guide pub lic opinion In the paths of prudence nnd sound Judg- incut, and In the case of statutory enactments, for In- stance, Irnvo It to the beneficial operation of those laws to vindicate their Independence and honesty of purpose. No two of these factors In the enlightenment of pub lic opinion could be more powerful and Important than the newspapers and the men to whom Mr. Jerome's re marks were directly addressed—the lawyers—and he en- lists the support of all right thinking people when he pleads that these agents should be moro honest and more Independent In their campaigns of education. It Is not always easy to set one's face against public opinion and undertake the more or leas thankless task of saving people who "don’t want to be saved." but It Is tho part of high citizenship and true patriotism, and the reward of such men and such newspapers will be great. Mr. Jerome Is himself a conspicuous example of tho men who In a temporal and economic sense "point to bet ter worlds and lead thevway.” He stands out as a man of undoubted honesty and undisputed courage. On more than one occasion he has put Into execution the homely advice of Davy Crockett, and being sure he was right, has gone ahead, content to watt' for public opinion to catch up. In large measure Mr. Jerome Is the embodiment of the advice he gives, and his success Is a Justification of the course he has pursued. The Piatt-Odcll Treaty of Peace. Just when the public had begun to forget all about "Boss" Platt—when the adjournment of congress had drawn public attention from the fact that the veteran senior senator was never In his seat In the upper bouse—he comes again Into the limelight by negotiating a treaty of peace with State Chairman Benjamin B. Odell and sets the politicians of the Empire 8tate to speculating on the developments of the Immediate fu ture. There has been bitter enmity between Senator Platt and State Chairman Odell for several years. The easy boss of other days made a determined effort to oust Odell from the chairmanship and place one of hla own friends In the office. It was pointed out as singularly out of taste—to put It mildly—for the governor of a state, as Mr. Odell was then, to be at the same time the chairman of the state executive committee. But Odell practically told all his critics to go to the bow-wows, and he continued to dis charge the functions of both offices. Senator Platt was unable to control the machine which he had come to look upon aa bis very own, and there was a great deal of talk about “more men adoring the sun rising than the sun setting.” But the control of the machine never passed entirely to Odell. The predictions that President Roosevelt was going to espouse bis cause as against Platt were not fulfilled and the opinion gradually gathered strength that both Platt and Odell were practically dead cocks In the pit. They have attracted very little attention of late and no one seemed to take them seriously. The growing age of the senior senator lent color to the Impression that the days of bis bad eminence were numbered. This latter Impression has not been eradicated by any means, but In the meantime the warring leaders have perfected a defensive and offensive alliance which Is somewhat Interesting. For awhile It was given out that the basts of the agreement waa that Mr. Odell would re tire from the chairmanship of the Republican party of the state, but this Is now emphatically denied. It Is stated, furthermore, that Mr. Platt made the overtures to Mr. Odell. They first mot In an Informal conference about two weeks ago. In which the things discussed were purely personal. It was but the waving of the baton before the overture. A week later'they met In a more formal conference, which Lemuel Ell Qulgg attended, and It Is he who now gives out the true story of what happened there. He says that Mr. Odell called on Mr. Platt at the special requost of the latter, as he bad done In the first Instance, and that there was absolutely no agreement as to the retirement of Mr. Odell. As a further Indication of the harmony which prevailed In this new alllanco It Is said that George W. Dunn, whom Odell had prevented from becoming chairman of the executive committee, and J. Bloat Fassett, who wanted the place, were both Induced to bury the hatchet and Join In the love feast So far from OdgH's retiring from the chairmanship It Is given out that he will In fact succeed himself If he This “provided" Is a very Important feature, howev er, It 1s far from certain that the antl-HIggtns clement will control the next convention. In fact It Is very evi dent that the Higgins faction is very much In control of the situation. Governor Higgins himself Is scheduled to call on the prosldent within the next few days or hours and the administration Indorsement wilt probably be made more emphatic than ever. Odell Is still comparatively young and active and the whirligig of time may yet restore him to power, but there Is something pathetic In the recrudescence of Platt He hae sunk lower in public esteem during the past two years than any one ever thought he would during bis life time. His neglect of his duties In the senate, his selfish ness and peanut politics have all disgusted the people who at one time stood in awe of him because of his power. But the jackal has been robbed of his teeth. The easy boss of other days now makes himself a motley to the view. Time was when be would have made no overture to Odell or anyone else, but now we find him supplicating for peace at any price, and hts enemies yielding a reluctant acquiescence. The whole affair Is but a ripple on tho surface and no one seems to take It seriously. Judge Ormond’s Tragic Fate. The death of Judge Walter Ormond Is slncerel) mourned by his host of friends In Atlanta. He was | man of ability and of charming personality. He occupied poslUon which called for tact, diligence and Integrity, and these he displayed In a signal degree. From the reproaches which have been from time to time heaped upon courts of the class over which he presided he him self was uniformly exempt, and the excellence with which be discharged the duties of hts ofllce elicited the warmest commendation/ , He was genial, attractlye and magneUc In his social life. His never failing good humor, radiating from the very Joy of living, and bis love for his fellow man, made him a welcome guest at all times and places. His loy alty to his friends was proverbial and his consideration of those who came before him in his official capacity Illustrated the wisdom with which Justice can be temper ed with mercy. The circumstances of his death are particularly touching. So recently he was with us in the full enjoy ment of life and health; so recently he was In his accua tomed place, discharging the duties from which he waa at the time of his death taking the first vacaUon he had claimed since his Incumbency; so sudden and so pecu liarly tragic was his end, that the blow falls heavily upon his family and friends. It may be that the Jealous waters of tho deep where in he lies will never yield'his body to the tender cus tody of his loving friends; It may be bis melancholy fate-to rest forever where the drifting sea-weed Is the meager garland of his grave. But he cannot rest so deep that thj plummet of a thousand faithful hearts will not reach him and restore him In sacred memory to those who knew him best and loved him most A Nickname for Oklahoma. . This thing of coming Into statehood has Its trials. That Infant commonwealth formed by the Indian Territory and Oklahoma has uct even secured Its place definitely and finally In the American sisterhood, and yet It is already worrying about a nickname. As a usual thing these terms of endearment are the product of a gradual evolution or some spontaneous circumstance which affords the fitting word. But Okla homa la Impatient to have all the auxiliaries of a full- fledged state, so she wants a nickname even before she gets a new governor or erects an adequate capitol build Ing. She has gone about It deliberately. Lest some for tuitous event should fix upon her a name not to her liking she Is holding a voting contest At least some enterprising cttlsen has started the contest In the news papers and It Is taking like wild fire. The more se rious work of organisation has almost been lost sight of In' the fever and fervor of the fight Thousands of bal lots are being ca t through the newspapers every day, and the matter seems to be no nearer a settlement than at the beginning. This thing of giving nicknames to tho states Is al most as old as the republic. We have the Empire State, both North and South, the Nutmeg State, the Hoosier State, the Hawkeye State, the Wolverine, the Gopher and the Tadpole State. We bavo the Tar Heel, the Buckeye, and the Badger State. A high authority on the subject Is even Irreverent enough to declare that our own nickname properly Is the Bussard state. So It was a foregone conclusion that Oklahoma should have a nickname and some of the suggestions are enough to spread a smile over the face of the uni verse. One man wants to csll It the "Forty-Six Shooter," olring a wild and wooly memory with the fact that It Is the forty-sixth state In the union. The majority of voters thus far seem to favor the "Boomer State,” while the "Banner State” follows as a close second. .The Prohibitionists want to call It the "Coldwater State," but cold water Itself Is being thrown on the suggestion. The "Big Gun State" has found a certain amount of fa vor In compliment to Speaker Cannon, while the "Raxor- back State" Is declared by a large number of people to be the winner. These are but a few of the thirty-seven nances which have thus far figured In the contest. We all remember how the country tor many years was rent and torn over the discussion as to the national flower. The Daugh ters of the Revolution and other patriotic societies kept the Issue before the people for a long time. State con ventions were held In which this was the leading topic of discussion. We have a vague Impression that the golden-rod finally found some sort of official recognition, but It Is certain that the people themselves have never accepted It very fully and we cannot be said to have a national flower, any more than we have a national an them, which Is universally accepted as such. At the same time no one will seriously object to the little by-play going on out In the newest state in the sisterhood as to what she will call herself In the privacy of confidential conversation. The whole country nnltes In calling her great SOUTH’S GROWTH AND PROGRESS BULLETINS ON MANUFACTURES. From tho Washington Po*t 11906, according to the A vivid Idea of the rapid progrcwi being cigar* and .. made In manufacturing In tb* Hoiitta in | creaaed with greater relative rapidity thau convaved by census bulletin* Just leaned. \ that of amoklng nod chewing tobacco. The covering the Mat-,, of Virginia. \\>at Vlr- JfHue of grist mill product* Increased over Ini*. .North Carolina. South Carolina and M per cent, nnd tho value of lumber prod- • *** per cent. The value of teztllo omparfaon of the amount if capita! InrcgtHft la umn a factoring la he** atnte* In 1900 and 1M abow* at a f lanco tho enormous development now go- og on: Pet. of U00. Increase. $92,389.60 0-3 49.lfll.lM 76.8 68.20.006 106.6 0.3 76.2 N. Carolina.. 147,000.639 H. Carolina., n3.42.224 Alabama .... 100.3*2,*69 and lumber products Increased 64 per cent. West Virginia's fortunate situation In respect of mnnufnctiireti Is shown In her rapid growth. The state ranked third In 1904 In the production of coal, fourth lu petroleum, and second In natural gna. Wa ter power, river transportation, nnd good railroad development add to the facllltleft of manufacture. The value of lumber products Increased 56.1 per cent between 1909 and 1906, nnd planing mill product! 100.3 per i— * ‘ - ' la the rank* of prod mills In the ntn with 1T7 In 1900. eiiod the amount rd 73.9 p* 1906, as Ing this pltnl in- Inc seil The value of .-..tt..n product* of all iiinufactureit of the wage , •n iiiunufHc- hlrd In the, •>klng tobac-1 ripped Ken-. to Missouri. The Increase of capital Invested In the to-1 bacco Industry during the fli e-year period waa 366 pi “ KS llj-loj —1 111 1M6 It had • Cholly Knickerbocker's GOSSIP In cent. In th of cigars nnd cfgarfttes tb in 1906 twenty-four time* as much capital. About I People were By Private Leased Wire. •age earner*, sir rime* _ *'* e ' v July 20.-—At last Sarah cn times the value MM th- - products as In 1900. nnfacturtnf Is the wage*. rage ’•( JESDS TEACHING HOW TO PRAY By DR. G. A. BEATTIE LUKE xl; ML ( i T ESI I insl ^ ofl Golden Text: Lord teach ux to pray—Luka xl, 1. ESL’S was a man of prayer. Some one baa computed 21 recorded Instances. Of course there were many more. When mention Is made His praying, It Is not recorded ss an exceptional thing, but as His habit. Sometimes He took His dleclples with Him, and again He went alone. Wo may suppoee Hla prayers were very similar to those of every Christian, wlfh ths exception that He never preyed for pardon, as "He wxs without eln." We are to Infer from the request of the disciples on this occasion that John had taught hla disciples to pray, and they wished Him to do the same for them, and to He gave them what la commonly called the Lord’s prayer. No prayer haa ever been formulated that la more comprehensive, or that haa been oftener repeated by human lips. It has been Incorporated In the creed, confession or liturgy of every church. It Is one of the first prayers tbat the children are taught to Map at their mother’s knee, and one that the aged find pleasure in repeating. * Dr. Ellphalet Nott, president of Union College for fifty years, when he was a very old man, after he had retired from the presidency, was called upon to make a prayer at commencement. He came trembling to the front of the platform, and then repeated this prgyer, and followed It with "Now I lay me down to sleep.” When he concluded, there was hardly a dry eye In the vast congregation. It Is a prayer that Is appropriate for any occasion. There are some who never use any othek prayer, and believe that none other should be used. We are not warreAted In this supposition. It was given as a sample or model. To use It consistently the highest type of Chris tian character la requisite. When we say "Our Father,” we recognise the brotherhood of man; when we pray "Thy kingdom come," we pledge ourselves to do ell we can for that end; when we say "Thy will be done,” we reach the point of submission and consecration expressed by Christ In Gethsemans; when we can slnoersly pray "Forgive ue our debts os we forgive our debtors," we have attained the spirit manifested by Christ, on the cross. Some years ago Francis Ridley Havergal wrote, a poem on the Loid’a prayer, which was published by an English magazine, and as It has never been printed among her published poems,' and many persona who rend this lesson will want It for their scrap books, It Is given as follows; “OUR FATHER." O UR FATHER, our Father, who dwellest In light, We lean on Thy love, and we rest on Thy might; In weakness and weariness Joy shall abound, For strength everlasting In Thee shall be found. Our Refuge, our Helper, In conflict and woe. Our Mighty defender, how blessed to know, . "HALLOWED BE THY NAME." O UR FATHER, Thy promise we earnestly claim. The sanctified heart that shall hallow Thy name. In ourselves. In our dear ones, throughout the wide world. Be Thine as a banner of glory unfurled; Let It triumph o’er evil and darkness and guilt. We know Thou can’st do It. we know that Tnou wilt "THY KINGDOM COME.” O UR FATHER, we long for the glorious day When all shall adore Thee and all shall obey. - O, hasten Thy kingdom, oh. show forth Thy might. And wave o’er the nations Thy scepter of right. Oh, make up Thy Jewels, the crown of Thy love, And reign In our hearts as Thou yelgnest above. "THY WILL BE DONE." O UR FATHER, we pray that Thy will be done. For full acquiescence Is Heaven begun. Both In us, and by us Thy purpose be wrought In word nnd In action. In spirit Bnd thought And Thou enn’st enable us thus to fulfill With holy rejoicing Thy glorious will. "OUR DAILY BREAD." O UR FATHER, Thou carest: Thou'knowest Indeed Our Inmost datlrsa, our manifold need; The fount of Thy mercies shall never be dry, For Thy riches In glory shall meet the eupply; Our bread ehall be given, Our water be sure, And nothing shall fall, for Thy word shall endure. "FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS.” O UR FATHER, forgive us, for we have transgressed, Have wounded Thy love, and forsaken Thy breast; In the peace of Thy pardon, henceforth let us live. That through Thy forgiveness, we, too, may forgive. The Son of Thy love, who has taught us to pray, For Thy treasures of mercy has opened the way, “LEAD US NOT IN TEMPTATION." T HOU knoscest our dangers. Thou knoweet our frame. But a tower of strength la Thy glorious name; Oh. lead us not In temptation, wo pray, But keep ue. and let us not stumble or stray: Thy children shall under Thy-ehadow abide; In Thee aa our Guide and our Shield w« confide. “DELIVER U8 FROM EVIL." O UR FATHER, deliver Thy children from sin. From evil without, and evil within. From this world with Its manifold evil and wrong, From the wilds of the evil on*, subtle and strong. Till fli Chrlet overcame, we, too, conquer and sing * All glory to Thee, our victorious King. o “FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM." UR FATHER. Thy children rejoice In Thy reign. Rejoice In Thy highness, and praise Thee again; — yea. Thine Is the kingdom, and Thine ts the might, And Thine Is the glory tran.cendently bright. Forever and ever that glory shall shine. Forever and ever that kingdom be Thine. That the dleclples might be encouraged to pray Christ gives them the parable of the friend at mld-nlght. Dr. French says: "There Is the same argument as In the parable of the unjust Judge, one from the less to the greater, or more accurately from the worse to the better—but with this difference, that here the narrow-heartedness and selfishness of man Is set against tho liberality of God, while there It Is hie unrighteousness which ts tacitly contrasted with the righteousness of Ood. The conclusion Is that If a selfish man can yet be won by prayer and Importunity to give, an unjust man to do right, how much more certainly ehall the bountiful Lord beteow and the righteous Lord do Justice." We are not to suppose that God ts reluctant to give, that our persistence can overcome Hts unwillingness, or that It Is any trouble for Him to give. Only the one thought Is to be emphasised. Christ follows the parable with an Illustration from the home life, the father’s willingness to grant the requests of his children, and then adds that God Is still more willing to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him. He Is more willing to give than we are "to receive. To receive, three things are requisite. We must ask, seek and knock. Our receiving will be commensurate with our faith. We must ask In Hla name. God will honor every drat* at the Bank of Heaven tbat ts counter signed by Jesus Christ. None has ever yet been protested. Cott [•finding Industry In 19J6 this lodusirr represented 72 p«*r < "f tin* rnpltnl. j.*-r ‘••lit ••{ tin* « earners, nnd 62 per cent of the value of products of all The nmouit of mnniifnctiirlnff Increased 109 p twi i_ * **: Bpp ■ cent, nnd the value of products 36 per cent Measured l»y the value of [irntluct* nnd the number of producing spindles. * South Carolina ranked aa the aecond state *~ the uul‘»n In 1 >6. Alabama's Increasing Importance In Iron is shown by the con and steel prodftlai _ sus figures of 1900 and 19uf». Tbe atnte now ranks second In the production of basic and forge pig Iron, nnd first In the pro duction of foundry pig Iron. The capital Invested In steel nnd rolling mills Increased 124 per cent between 1900 and 1905, tho value of products j»-r cent, the num ber of wage earners 65 per cent, nnd the Wafts paid 40 per cent. Hteel rail* weye not produced In 1900. while In 1906 a large output was reported. The state bflefloe second in coke production In and was In progress the expenslon of tL _ ton manufacturing Industry was also re markable. The capital Invested in cotton manufacturing increased 112 per cant, and the value of products 136 per cent. I.nm ber nnd timber production also showed a great Increase, the amount of capital in vested being GO per cent greater than III 1900 nnd tho value of product* 27 per cent. These figures are full of Interest to Wash Ington. which Is now aspiring to become ths chief supply nnd distributing post DO* tween the North nnd South. The growth of the Booth is an assurance of n grenter Washington. With improved fnrllltlc obtaining coni from Weat Virginia, manu factoring enterprises will spring up nd *acent to this city, sending their product* hrough the sections which are shown by the census to be reveling in prosperity. The demands of the fust-growldg 8outh will be enormoua, and the expansion of by a narrow : may wage earner*, six times — * •" *''•*** ****** * w *“'*‘ fcarah 1 rteven times the value of j Bernhardt may vvear tho ribbon of tha Legion of Jionor. After many years of discussion the decoration haa been bestowed upon the great actress, it has been a struggle. A woman with a too well known past, a Jewess and a _ „ deserter from the Comedle Francatie. manufacture* In the stnt«*. | her friends have had all sorts of trou- cnpltnl Invested In cotton ble In landing the coveted honor foe Increased 109 per cent be- her, and now genius haa triumphed nn«i • a “ d *"*■ ’MS the Divine Surah I. a l.gtoSSyT 85? vast army of American friends and ad mirers send congratulations. After prolonged Investigation, the nearest that New York can come to Chicago's record of conversion, that cost |1,W0 apiece Is a paltry |2l each. Investigation by the Salvation Army here with a view to comparing the city to Chicago and Atlanta, which have reached their conversion costs, revealed the fact today that the Bowery tramp's Is the costliest of all the souls saved la Now York by the manifold agency „f personal solicitation or written appeal While the derelicts themselves can have no market rating and can find no one who will trust them with til, the Sal vation' Army Is willing to a pen-1 that amount, on the average, on each per son acceptable to it, and actually doe. spend It on each convert In the Bow. ery. Twenty-one dollars doesn’t represent all that a Bowery conversion costs the army. The great labor of love that in volves the monetary expenditure can nover be reckoned at all. Nor does the financial outgo stop with 121. The convert, man or woman, must be watched by men who are ready to give a helping hand whenever It Is wished. Papa Van Alen has taki/i himself to England to find out for himself what causes his daughter May’s delay. Tho magnificent estate at Wakehurst has been renovated from garret to cel lar and James J. Van Alen, who had been fishing up In Canada, threw- away his fishing tackle, came to Newport and cabled to "Marne” to come on over and play hostess. Perhaps the erratic James J. over looked the fact that “M*rae" may have made a few plans of her own over there. Last year the master of Wakehurst became so disgusted, politically, that he not only exiled himself, but gave up hla citizenship. Nevertheless, he says that unless Wakehurst Is sold by spring he will again occupy It next summer, for, aa he laconically puts It, "London Is not Newport fn summer." Lady Herbert, widow of Sir Michael A. Herbert, Is expected In Newport from Europe nexP Sunday' to spend tho summer with her parents, Mr. and Mr*. Richard T. Wilson, and with her sis ters, Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Cor nelius Vanderbilt Sailing 12,000 mites to wed the sweetheart of her childhood days, Ml.. Annie Robinson, left New York on tha Kalserln Augusta Victoria, for Cape town, Sduth Africa, where she will meet her husband-to-be. Fifteen years ago, when Miss Robin son was only 12, she met Harry Siegel, who came to America from his English home to make hla fortune. For fire years the ohlldren were "little sweet hearts,” and when young Siegel decid ed to try his luck In South Africa he exacted a vow from the girl to wait for him. Fortune smiled on Siegel and ths small herd of cattle he got together grow Into an enormous herd. He claimed the fulfillment of the promise and Miss Robinson has sailed. Pete, the 8-foot diamond-back rat tlesnake at the Bronx zoological park, Is dead from the case of appendicitis with which a reptile has been known to be afflicted. When hla body was cut open by Cudato Nitmlr, the tooth of a rabbit was found lodged In Pete’s ap pendix. The big snake freqently con sumed as many ns eighteen rabbits at a meal and never chewed ble food. Mrs. Minnie Nugent, of Mlneola Cen ter, L. L Is Indignantly waiting the coming of a constable, who Is to at tempt to replevin her here today on s writ obtained by her husband. "I’ll never go with him," ehe declares. •Such a way to get back a wife! It Is a novel method John Nugent, of Freeport, has adopted to recover hi. runaway wife. 8he left him after a year of married life. Mrs. Mary F. sTrong, a wealthy we an of Springfield. Mass., who I. .urn- merlng at Bell Island, Conn., was sued yesterday by Dr. Hubert H. Aimes, pro -lessor or history In the College of the City of New York, and his sister, Mre Virginia R. McAlpIne, of Gilroy, Cal, for 85,000, the plaintiff claiming that Mrs. Strong took at least seventy-Uvs different souvenirs from the Aimes fan lly home, one of which was a skeleton. OLD GREENBACKER'8 VIEW8. To the Editor of The Georgian: As you have very kindly allowed some of our Populists brothers on all sides of the gubernatorial contest to ex press their views through the medium of your most excellent paper, a. well ns the opinions of "our friends, the en emy,” will you please extend the same courtesy to your friend, the subscriber, to state some facts and ask soiqe ques tlons? Thirty years ago, after having suf fered from the disastrous effects of three financial panics, I, with seventeen others, organized the Greenback party of Georgia. It was the People's Party of that day. The party grew, giving promise of Immediate reform, till in 1878 we had thirteen straight Greenbackers In con gress, breaking Into the Republican party ranks In Maine, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, eta, and into Democrat party ranks In Texas, Alabama, North Caro lina and Missouri, and the Democrats becoming frightened, In their . state platforms out-greenbacked the Green lackers—Just a Herod was out-Herod ed—and over sixty calling themselves Greenback Democrats, were elected to congress. Georgia furnished one or two of them and one or two were counted out. The Greenback Demo? crets, with the assistance of the straight Greenbackers, could have or ganized the houBC and legislated finan cial relief for the people. The Green- backers offered to support any Green back Democrat the party might offer for speaker of the house, but, regard less of their promises, the Greenback Democrats went Into the Belmont caucus and helped to elect Sam Ran dall, a high-tariff-hard-money Repub lican Democrat, thus opening the way for Grover Cleveland to give us an other term In the school of adversity, teaching us the blessings thereof through bis financial object lesson. Thus were the Greenbackers betrayed by a kiss and their organization ceased to exist, and power was confirmed and bestowed upon one, two or three bil lionaires of Europe and America, to pre cipitate a financial panlo Whenevr they see their own Interest In doing so. And whenevr this thing occurs a hundred thousand ambitious young men throughout our land, who have In vestal their sweat browed earnings In a partly paid for home, will see that home swept Into ths greedy maws of the beneficiaries of our bond-baaed, Brltah-fundlng system. The methods employed by the lead ers of the Democrat—not Democratic— party to catch Greenback suckers Is now being eperatsd for Populist suck ers; untoSunately many are taking the hook. Now, I wont to ask some questions, and, as for ths past twslvs years wt have regarded him as our peerless lead er, I want to ask these questions of M r. Thomas EL Watson. In view of the foregoing facte and other near- home history, I shall present: Can any Intelligent, honest, self-re- gpeering Populist step out from “ths middle of the road,” In which you have ■o often begged us to keep, and align himself with a party whose most prominent representative In state poll- Ice, a candidate for governor, says Is controlled by as corrupt an organiza tion aa the devil could desire, the na tional organisation being headed by Tom Taggart, the proprietor of one of the most disreputable gambling dives In the world—a den where women and children are encouraged to cultivate vicious habits! Is a party so organized —depending upon and hopeless of na tional succeas without ths aid of Tam many Hall—worthy the support of a true Populist? Is a party whoso head told us Southern Populists to go back to the nigger where we belonged worthy of our respect? Is a candidate for governor of the state of Georgia who Insulted evsry Populist of Georgia by charging that we slept on the floor of the capitol with nigger delegatee wor thy of our eupport? Is a candidate who to unfairly and outrageously misrepresented the pro ceedings of our convention, one of the largest and most representative that ever asyembled In the. state, that a resolution of condemnation was unan imously passed, now worthy of our support? W e remember how feelingly and pa thetically the chairman of our conven tion told ue of the negro woman who, on her death bed, sent 50 cents to aid the Populists In their tight against Democratic corruption. We hope that old negro woman’s ghost may never re turn to earth to learn that her 50 cents has been misapplied. Now, honestly, Mr. Watson, do you advise, remembering your position be fore the convention of 1814, and your opera house speech, the Populists of Georgia to desert their party on the strength of one man of the Democratic party saying he Is In favor of negro disfranchisement, knowing at the same rime that he, even a. governor, would be no more able to do It than you or I? Very respectfuly, C. T. PARKER, Committeeman People’s Party, Fifth Congressional District Atlanta, Ga., July I, 1101 GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Lcn»*-1 Wire. New York, July 20.—Here arc some of the visitors In New York today. ATLANTA—L. T. Bryant, T. Mu . AT LAMIA—U. A. ** ' „ n d ler, W. R. Sullivan, H. E. Barry w wife, G. Carpenter, B. E.Kins.l- »• Oppenhelm and wife, J- W. Ottft ■*! Green, D. Hudson and wife. T. *• artln and wife. MACON—W. J. Masse*. . SAVANNAH—W. B. Clark and wife. r. j; Plerpont, J. H. Reese. L - IN PARI8. Special to Th* Georgian. Paris, July »0.—Arthur R-^’g Jr. of Rome, Ga„ register,^ at office of the European edition of in New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN BISTORT- n 1011—Robert tke Wji»\h«eflTrst**- 1144—Peter Lombard. Msbop of Perl*. 1558—Lady Jane Grey's nine dnye v 1531—John *Oldbam killed by Indleo* •* '& nathor of "H"”*’" In Belly, fheetHml msn»4»‘. IMed Jnne ?. . nritlik M48-Chln KeenfFw> raptured by under Blrll. Pettlnxer. .iiM. 1*54—Caroline Anne S<mtbcT. nor?U« . „. 180-Confederate capital changed mend, Va. _ . . Kr ,:ern*ral 1IC4—Geatre! Ksrly defeated by AvertII et Liana. . . ra t,d*nf