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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATt’RDAY, JULY ». 1**.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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A man may well bring a horae to tha water.
But he cannot make him drink without ha will.
—Haywood.
and absolutely honest In Ita handling of charges so so-
rlous. And with these requests complied with, tha re
sult must be new strength and new hope and new use-
fulness rather that! a diminution of power or of effective
work.
Under no circumstance*, then, does the cotton asso-
elation need to fear or to hesitate.^ It* motives are clear.
Its work la approved, Us elements are mighty, and Its
membership Includes that which la beat and highest and
most 'representative In the South. It has only to be
brave, to be honest and be sure It will be successful.
Saturday Evening.
"When a new book comes out," said Emerson,
read an old one.”
There Is a measure ot wisdom In the attitude of the
great essayist and philosopher or Concord. In this age
of the making of many books it Is a physical Impossi
bility to keep abreast ot the teeming output ot the press.
Some man of Inflnlte patience and an Inquiring turn of
mind has -estimated that It would require three thou
sand years' to read the standard literature of the world.
With this appalling fact staring the student In the face
he naturally lacks the courage In some Instances to un
dertake the task at all, and contents himself with a
more or tern courageous attempt to keep In touch with
the times.
The truth of the matter is that neither attitude
Is correct. The msn who attempts to devour the Inter
minable output of the press of these productive days
has a hopeless task. It would be far wiser to wait until
time has sifted out the books that are really worth
while and then read them and digest them.
But it Is the vital life of today which Is worth
while, after all. The House ot Commons never had a
more vigorous and convincing member than Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, at least in recent times. From the day
when he assumed leadership of the Fourth party, which
was, In effect, a party of four, he gave the grave and rev
erend signors more trouble and stirred them to greater
activity than all the other leaders combined.
And yet-Churchill was practically never known to
-read anything* but the parliamentary reports and blue-
books. He was as full of facts as dynamite Is of danger,
and all of them bore directly on the matter In hand. He
was a live wire when be arose to make a speech.
No man would seriously deprecate the value of cul
ture. The man who takes air knowledge for his 'prov
ince and absorbs culture and Information wherever he
can And It Is undoubtedly better equipped for the bat
tle of life than his less Informed brother.
But there are so many things around us which are
of pressing Importance, so many ways In which we can
better the condition of our neighbor and the human race
that It looks like a waste ot time to be wandering too
tar afield.
The man who starts out to inform himself and to
see the world should Bee hla own country and should
learn the needs of his own people, first ot all, and then
If he has any spare time let hla - , , ‘ [
"Observation, with extensive view.
Survey mankind from China to Peru.”
■ Why should not the Hon. Harvle Jordan appoint
the Hon. Richard Cboatbam and the Hon. A. A. Fair-
chllda as hla high court and commission' to try the offi
cers of the Bouthem Cotton Association upon the
charges of bucket shop ownership and ’ cdttoit specula
tion?
“Al” Adamg’ Bucket Shop.
We will not pause at this Juncture-to dwell upon the
startling revelation made in the current number of Every
body's Magazine, which reached Atlanta on Thursday, to
the effect that the convicted Jall-blrd and swindler, "Al"
Adams, Is tho moneyed man In the firm ot M. J. Sago &
Co., which In turn was the New York end of the Pied
mont Brokerage Company at ths time that a salaried offi
cer ot the Southern Cotton Association was a stock*
bolder In It
We shall content ourselves with quoting the magatlne
article's graphic phrase that "from the ex-convict head
of M. J. Sage A Co., to the humblest employee, WE
DOUBT IF THERE 18 A MAN CONNECTED WITH THE
ORGANIZATION WHO COULD BE TRUSTED NOT TO
STEAL DEAD MICE FROM A BUND KITTEN.”
The confession of the salaried officer of the Southern
Cotton Association, made over bis own signature, that he
was a stockholder In the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
establishes rather an unsavory Intimacy between the
Southern Cotton Association and “Al” Adams, the noto
rious graduate ot Sing Sing.
The Cotton Association Unharmed.
Whatever the outcome ot the present Investigation
Into the conduct and Integrity of the officials of the South
ern Cotton Association, one thing Is sure, the Cotton As-
soclaUon Itself cannot be Injured and cannot possibly be
deatroyed.
The motives that bind that great organisation togeth
er are too high and lofty and the mission which It has
to subserve In the world Is too definite and Indispensable
for any' permanent harm to come to thla great body of
the organised planters and sellers of the South's greatest
and moat Important crop.
It Is to be hoped for the benefit of the association
and for the honor of all concerned that the Implications
that Involve the official life of the association may be sat
lsfactorily answered and fully explained. If.so, the at
mosphere will be all the purer tor the storm which has
over It, and the agitation Which reveals good
.conduct and faithful administration will strengthen
rather than retard the work of the association. If, on
the other hand! the Implications which Involve the offi
cers of the association should be sustained either In
whole or In part by the Investigation which la to follow,
It will be the duty of the association to purge Itself ot all
unworthy representatives and with new men chosen from
the great rank of the farming interests and these men
warned and disciplined by the sensitiveness ot the asso
ciation toward the action of its olflclsts, *801] by the
splendid discipline which rebnkea their offense In this
direction, will take bold with new faith and new Ineplra-
lion to carry the organisation forward to Its grand and
Indispensable work..
No offenses and no charges which are promptly met
sad promptly and properly handled can ever affect a
great company of honest men. Tbe- otdy thing I* that the
organization itself shall be fearless sad shall be fair
Mr. Jordan and the Issue.
No display of Harvle Jordan's vulgar temper shall
divert this paper from Its high purpose of .reaching the
truth In this vital matter that concerns the cotton grow
er* of the state. 'r
We have lived our life before the people of Georgia
and It It not In the power of Harvle Jordan’s wounded
spleen to disturb the SBrenlty of oar own conscience or
the public confidence which . wo have won and prize
above all human possessions.
Harvle, Jordan disclaims In bis card of Friday all
responsibility for the cartoon which contained the offen
sive element of his original card.
If he had halted with this disclaimer, as any gentle
man should have done, ahd awaited our reply, the per
sonal element of this discussion, which Is neither ot oar
choosing- nor of our liking, might have been eliminated
there and then. *. ■
But having disclaimed the cartoon, be goes on. In
a spirit of stnall vlndlctlvenes* totally Ub'wortby of a
leader or a nikn, to resay all and more than the cartoon
contained, and to write ; a scurrilous and vindictive ti
rade of abuse, without'dignity, without logic and without
application te the great Issue at, stake.
We content ourselves with an expression.ot regret
that the president of the Bouthem Cotton Association
hss *0 little control of bis malice and his temper as to
voluntarily destroy the opportunity of personal harmony
which his statement of fact preferred.
We shall not od this quiet Saturday afternoon reply
In kind to the unseemly temper of Ur. Jordan's card.
We will wait until Monday to see If reflection shall
bring to him a better spirit and a truer speech. Mr.
Jordan and The Georgian occupy stations 1 too high nnd
responsible to make them examples ot bitterness ang
billingsgate. The Interests ot the great organization for
which they stand are too serious and Important to be
blurred In personal wrangle. We have said no word of
liersonal abuse or personal reflection upon the president
of the Cotton Association. Upon tho Impulse' of hla in
temperate words there come to us now words equally
severe and perhaps equally Intemperate. These words
we repress for this day.* They will keep until Monday,
and by that time they should not be necessary.
We are not engaged In a personal quarrel with Har-
vie Jordan. If so The Georgian'! columns should not
be used to air It
We are engaged In a serious effort to protect thb
Southern Cotton Association from Implications of alarm
ing error that Involve Its official life.
We desire’ only one thing; to ascertain whether the
officials of that association are dealing worthily, and
wisely with the vast Interests In their care.
Insinuations have been made which touch this vital
Issue to the quick. We. ask of Harvle Jordan, as the
prosident ot this great body, to give to the cotton
growers and to the public a 'tree and fair public trial of
these charges before a proper Jury, and a proper judge.
We ask that no partial place pf hearing aba!!, be named
and that no jury, however 1 honorable, shall be selected,
whose nearness to, the' accused might cause its own
verdict to he viewed askance. We ask that no undue
haste, no Influence, no manipulation ot evidence, and
no exodus from Atlanta ot essential witnesses shall
be permitted to vitiate the trial.
We aak that the Investigation be so conducted from
first to last, so as to leave no doubt In the public mind
of Its fairness, Its completeness and Its sincerity. The
statements set forth In other eolnmns of this paper to
day are written not In malice, but to make clear the
linos on which the public wishes light and Information.
If these elements shall be preserved we shall accept
the vordlct without criticism or complaint. If that
verdict vindicates the Jordan administration we shall
any so as heartily and fully aa.we ever said anything
on a public Issue. It It shall oonvlct ths administration
we shall In the Interests ot the cotton grower as fear
lessly urge the purging and reorganisation of the great
body upon whose life and effectiveness the prosperity ot
the South depends.
We subordinate for a time all personal consider*
tlons to this great general end.
His Own Organ Confounds Him.
"The losses to wh|ch yon refer have been sus
tained through the maintenance of bucket shops and
local wire housi-s. which you are trying so hard to
bolster up and which tbe legislatures of Georgia and
the other states Intend to suppress. I have received
thousands of letters from farmi-rs in the past fi-w
months and spoken to thousands more and In not one
letter, or from the lips of a single farmer In Georgia
or elsewhere, have I ever been criticised as you In
sinuate."—From Harvle Jordan's open letter, July 27.
Is that true, Mr. Jordan?
This Is really refreshing! y
Why, In the identical Issue of your Cotton Journal
which contained your criticisms ot tbe editor of The Geor
gian appeared tbo following touching and significant let
ter:
Waynesboro, Ga., June 28, 1906.
Atlanta Cotton Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:—Have' you any Information that
would be an advantage to a man holding spot cot
ton? I expected by this date cotton would at least
bring 12 to 13 cents. I have been holding 266 bales
slnco October and December last, aad the expenses
will be at least .tbree-fourtha to one cent per i>ound.
I fear unless some crop disaster, prices won't be bet
ter, especially when the South Is willing to sell the
new crop for about 10 cents. It looks like It Is best
to cIobo out. Yours truly, THOMAS QOINNEY.
What wag your reply to this deluded victim of your
bad advice? ■ ,
SILENCE,DEEP AND PALPABLE!
He gvas entitled to some light on that "arrangement"
between the notorious “Joe" Hoadley and yourself, by
which the former was to underwrite 600,000 bales of
cotton to bo held for 16 cents, but he didn’t get It .
HERE 18 ONE LETTER, MR. JORDAN, IN YOUR
OWN ORGAN. HOW MANY MORE HAVE YOU RE
CEIVED?
As tho matter stands *Mr. Qulnney has sustained a
loss of over i 1-2 cents a pound, between prevailing prices
and the highest of the season, to which may be added
from three-fourths to one-cent per pound for expenses.
It he closes out now he will lose something like $10 per
bale or practically $2,660 on his holdings.
And In point ot fact, Mr. Jordan, there are a cloud of
witnesses who will rise up to confront you, just as
Thomas. Qulnney has dona
The Decatur Waterworks and Subur-
' ban Prospects.'
The Decatur people In an election called for August'
14th will vote on a bond Issue of $39,000 for a waterworks
system, and $6,000 for sewerage way.
It Is difficult to see how the people of Decatur can
fall to vote any other way than affirmatively upon this
Important question.
There Is no one thing In which the suburbs of large
1 .
I cities are more vitally Interested than In this question of
facilities which will make them more eligible as places
of residence and of business. There are a thousand ad
vantages which carry people who live in the great.cltics
to a residence In adjacent suburbs. . Cleanliness, econo
my, closeness of association. i#ro air. freedom, from
beat and dUBt, quiet associations and better health, all
combine to make the suburbs attractive as a place of
residence. But all of these are frequently minified by
tbe absence of waterworks and of sewerage plants wblcb
people who live In cities have been accustomed to, and
It might as well be understood now as later by our sub
urban residents that If they expect to bold their popula
tion and attract other people to a residence In tbeso
places, that -It must be done by providing tho conven
iences which' are Indispensable -to the higher forms ot
modern life.
The present population of Decatur Is about 2,000 and
that Includes some of the best known and best condi
tioned people of tbe state. It would entail a compara
tively small tax upon these people to vote this sum for
these bonds, and the people who own real estate In that
delightful suburb may as well realize that It they do not
provide these conveniences, the value of their property
will be diminished In the future because fewer people
will care to occupy for residence or business purposes
these places, whereas, it they generously vote for these
Improvements the demand for suburban residences will
multiply and Increase an hundred-fold. And those who
own or control property In these places will feel tbe Im
mediate Impulse of public Improvements' which make
them eligible for residence or tor business life.
And what has been said with reference to Decatur
applies .with equal force to College Park and to other
adjoining suburbs whose real estate values must rise or
fall in proportion to the enterprise and to the enerygy
with which Its people take hold of these indispensable
public Improvements.
We trust that our friends and neighbors of Decatur
will rise to tho full measure of this opportunity and set
tho example for other surburban towns by their public
spirit and far-seeing judgment In public affairs.
n
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Chatty
Knickerbocker's
GOSSIP
About I
People
J
It was not so much the bad judgment and the fool
ish reasoning of Mr. Jordan In his campaign -for 16
cents cotton, but It Is In the most Intolerable obstinacy
of his mistaken Judgment upon It that will-be remem
bered by the farmers and cotton growers whose empty
pockets are the sorrowful resultants of hla error..
Nor is It the mere mistaken Judgment for which
Harvle Jordan and 16 cents cotton will ■ be remembered,
but It la for the Intolerable and ungrateful treatment
which he accords, to others whose judgment has differed
from bis own. <•
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Cotton Organ and the S. C. A.
“Will the association aak for tbe resignation ot
Fairchild, now that bis. former connection with a
brokerage concern has become knownT' Mr. Cheat-
hem was asked.
The secretary of the association declined to dis
cuss this question, nor would he comment on the
fact that charges had been made that E. D. Holtie,
former manager of the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
had written editorials tor The Cotton Journal with
which Mr. Cheatham Is connected. Mr. Cheatham
did say. however, that The Journal had no connec
tion with the Cotton Association.—Atlanta Journal,
July 27. ;
For the present we are directly concerned with
the statement that The Cotton Journal "has no connection
with tho Cotton Association."
Then the interesting question arises, WHO PAID FOR
TH08E DOUBLE-COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS PUB
LISHED IN NEW8PAPERS FROM GEORGIA TO TEXA8
ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, calling upon the farmers of
the South to send In Information at to their present and
prospective crop, with two lines prided In black type at
the end, as follows:
"THE COTTON JOURNAL, PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT ATLANTA. GA., WILL PUBLISH REPORTS IN
EACH ISSUE.”
There you are!
Ot course The Cotton Journal "has no connection
with the Cotton Association'—when tt comet to dividing
the' profits of the organ with tbe association which
feed* It. - ■ . 1 ,'
BUT HOW DID THAT BOOST FOB THE ATLANTA
COTTON JOURNAL, IN BLACKER TYPE THAN ALL
THE REST OF THE TEXT, GET TANGLED UP IN AN
ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR. PRESUMABLY, BY THE
80UTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION, AT A COST OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLI.AR8T
The whole thing Is a pretty muddle!
"And the farmer feeds them all.”
It Is to be hoped that the habit of allowing an ac
cused official or an accused administration to select Its
own judge, sheriff and Jury, wilt not progresa beyond the
Southern Cotton Association Into the regular channels
of oar jurisprudence. 81111 Mr. Jordan Is a man of tran
scendent Judgment, ss Illustrated In hla notable cam
paign for 1$ cents cotton.
National .Banks in the South.
In the course of sn article In this column on yestsrday It wag shown
that the deposits In the banks and trust companies of the South were $600,-
000,000 more last year than thw were fifteen years ago.,, ' 1
To bring ths matter somewhat nearer home and more nearly up to
date It may..b« stated that ths bank clearings In Atlanta for the. present
week were More than a million dollarsln excess of [the'corresponding wee|$
last year. * '• " * •' ■■ ; *! I „ ' 1, i
All of which lends a timely interest to an article In the current Issue
of The Manufacturers’ Record, stating that an abstract of reports of the
condition of national banks lately Issued by the comptroller of the cur
rency shows a most gratifying condition of such institutions In the South.
There art altogether 1,195 national banks In .this • section, ths stats of
Texas containing ths largest number, namely, 471; In fact, there Is only
ona state In the Union which has more national banks than Texas, and
that la Pennsylvania, 1 with a total .of 690. Including Oklahoma, Indian
TtrrU&ry and Missouri, there are 1,6(1 national banks In the South and
southwest. After Texas, Indian Territory has the largest • number In this
section, 141; Kentucky Is next, with 121; Oklahoma has 111, Missouri 107,
Maryland (1, Virginia 11, West Virginia 11, Georgia 76, Alabama 71, Ten
nessee It, North, Carolina II, Louisiana and Florida IS each, Arkansas II,
South Carolina 26, Mississippi 14, Washington and the District Of Colum
bia 11. ' >
This section, says,Tho Record, has altogether more than three times as
many national banks as ths New England states and about 400 more than
the Eastern states. It has about as many as the middle West, nearly 700
more than the.Vfoltern states, and more then six times as many as ths
Pacific states. ,
The loans and discounts of the Southern .banka Indicate closely the con
dition of their business, the tots) amounting to 1651,1(1,0(9. Including Mis
souri, Oklahoma end Indian Territory, th# total Is 1711,(17,4(5. Inasmuch
as the total Individual deposits In th* South are Iq round figures about
1608,000.000 and the total capital and surplus about 1182,000,000, the fore
going figures Indicate that the money of the banks It generally actively
employed and doing Us share toward the advancement of the material In
terests of the country. The addition of Missouri adds about 118,000,000 to
the total capital and surplus and about 1131,000,000 to the Individual de
posits. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Increase the capital and surplus
fund by something more than 112,000,000 and the Individual deposits by
over (10,000,000. '
The total resources of the riatlonal banks In the South amount to $972,-
849,841, and. Including Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the total
resources are 11,141,275,083. 1
Generally considered, this abstract, which covers the condition of the
banka up. to June 18, shows a very satisfactory state ot business affairs. In
South and in. the section Immediately adjoining It upon the southweat.
LEGISLATURE ASKS
FOR MILITARY PARK
Urges Representativei to Pnsh
the Movement to Final
Succesf.
^GOSSIP OF=
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS
Senatorial courtesy Is something In-
violate and proverbial. Senatorial at
tentlon Is not. When local bills are be:
Ing shunted through, th* senate often
busies Itself with other things and
don’t pay much attention to whet 1*
happening. They vote, but In a per
functory sort of way, as though they
hadn't the faintest notion whst It le nil
about, which Is sometimes the cose,
for not Infrequently a member engaged
In some personal matter, asks anxious
ly for Information ss to "what's do
ing." v ■*
Ths roll call on a commute* amend
ment to a bill was on the other day,
and the clerk had got down to the Hs.
''Senator Hogan." .
The senator was, deeply Immersed In
a conversation with seme friend, and
didn't reply. % * i.
•"Senator Hogan." called Captain
Hansell In a louder voice.
iSttll no reply.
"SENATOR HOGAN." he thundered,
and the senate, now all attention,
watched for developments. At the
final call, the senator wheeled about
ahd rumbled:
’Aye.” then In a stage whisper to
some one near by, "What are we
votin' on. anyway?"
"By Senator HsmbY—To regulate the
taking of fish lh Tallulah river."
Ths bill was up for passage.
“What's It about, Hamby?"
, . _ asked
somebody. Whereupon the huge form
of the member from the Forty-first
unfolded toward the celling, and he
eatd:
"Gentlemen, this Is simply a local
_*asure to regulate fishing In a Rabun
county stream." and then effaced him-
self.
Instantly Senator Steed was on his
feet, end In an Impassioned manner
volleyed:
"1 am surprised and shocked to ob
serve that the honored member from
the Forty-first does not arise to this
occasion In his usual able and eloquent
manner. Here Is a bill affecting the
piscatorial destiny of a noble stream
In his neck of the woods. Yet he falls
utterly to seise the opportunity for a
display of hls forensic powers! Why?
Hss he lost .Interest In the arts and
cunning that lends to hls debate such
thrilling eloquence? I call upon ths.
senator to rise to the occasion."
And, blushing under the (lery ava
lanche of Senator Steed's arraignment.
Senator Hamby arose to the occasion
as follows: . '•
"It Is to allow folks to catch cat
fish In the Tallulah river.”
Baskets of luscious Elbertas adorned
the desk of every senator Friday morn
ing when the gavel fell for business. .
Not even a-weaiened, worm-inhab
ited peach adorned the press table.
When the members of the fourth estate
came In they looked upon a senate en
gaged in gorging Itself on luscious fruit.
But nobody remembered thst reporters
had sn appetite for such things.
Just back of the press tsbl* a basket
of' big. may-cheeked, juicy Elbertas
reposed. There wee s hurried council
of war. and one of the reporters quiet
ly sneaked a newspaper over the bas
ket end Its contents. .
The business of making laws moved
on serenely. Under the very nos* of
the president and the officials a .bosket
was surreptitiously removed fronrthe
To establish a national military park on
the three battlefields near Atlanta—reach
tree creek battle, fought July 30,. 1SW; At
lanta battle, fought July 22, 11(4; Ezra
Church battle, fought July 28, 1564—anil to
connect theee throe buttlcllclds by boule-
vtrde and driveways, It Is proposed to
make an appeal to tho congress of the
United Btates.
A resolution by Messrs. Slaton, Hell end
Blackburn of Fulton to urge Georgis'* rep-
resentstlrc* end aeneton to do.all In. their
power to bring sbont the enactment of
each legislation ss mar be neceaaary for
the purpose Indicated passed tha house
Saturday morning.
That theee battles named above were
among tbe moat Important of the civil war
le recounted In the reeolution, wblcb etstca
that In the siege and military operations
Incident thereto, Including tbe battles, ten
army corps with *u aggregate fighting force
of about 176,000. men participated.
It Is claimed by those behind tbe n
meat to establish th* Atlajitanatloasl
tarv perk that It would .be of great his
toric and national Interest and ralu- *-
the preservation of the lines of battle, .....
scenes of aerev struggle* between contend
ing farces, end would enable the Several
states who** troops were engaged In these
hsttles to erect monument* to tbe valor
senatorial desk, and transferred to the
reportorlal table.
Hsetlly the loot was distributed. And
when th* senator came In from a com
mittee meeting and esw the boskets On
every other desk and none on hla own.
h# looked worried, but senatorial digni
ty prevented any . questions. Three
newspaper men left the cspltol filled to
repletion.
After doing all In hi* power Friday
morning to. get s rule through the
house to compel member* to attend
the sessions of .the house, and falling,
Scab Wright walked* down to the press
table and remarked that for the first
time In hls life he wanted to own
big newspaper.
Mr. Felder, of Bibb, dies hard.
Joe Hill Hall doesn't seem to be very
fond of the senate as a body.
Mr. Flanders called the previous
a uestlon just exactly eight times Frl-
ay mbrnlng. Actual count
Owing to the absence of Mr. Bell, of
Paulding, the Journal was read Friday
morning.
Mr.> Knight, of Berrien. 1* the most
prolific man In the' house, when It
comes to making a speech. He has
one'for every blit Introduced, and the
strange part of It Is that h* seems just
os much Interested In one as another.
He goes' to the eenate next year. Now
tor some fireworks over there.
Friday morning the house had been
discussing a measure for quite a while,
and spirited arguments had been ad
vanced. As the vote was about to be
taken a member In the rear of the
house asked what Mil-was on Its pas
sage. How's that for attention?
On hls resolution to require less at
tendance of members of the house at
ban games and more at the sessions of
the house, Sesb Wright‘tried to get
the ayes and nays. There was nothing
doing, however, and the fan members
attended Friday** game os usual, while
th* workers remained at the house.
Reeding Cleric McClatchey took a
vacation Friday, haring been asked to
sing a song up In Cobb county some
where. He said he supposed he would
be heard over at tbe cspltol anyway,
so It wouldn't really be an absence.
He was on hand Saturday morning.
It Is very evident to one In the house
very long that the all-powerful com
mittee of that body ts the one on rules.
By Private leased Wire.
New York. July 28.—The Importation
of an English tailor to suggest Im
provements In our military uniforms
has evidently given hls follow craft*,
men In the old country something near
ly approaching the swell head. The
cable dispatches today make the at&t-.
ment that William J. Bryan's froric
coat has offended the expert of “the
tailor and cutter," who declares that
It "Is heavy and shapeless, with a
sombreness quite hurtful, even offen
sive, to an English tailor's taste."
"Despite this criticism," continues
the dispatch, "of course, Mr. Bryan
ha* not discarded the coat."
We may bo willing to have the uni
forms of our eallore and soldiers tink
ered with by the British, and the fash-
lon for our women's gowns set by
France, but when It comes to Inter
fering with the broad-brimmed hats
and "Jim swingers" of our Southern
and Western statesmen, we draw the
line, broad, straight and deep. They
are not to be Interfered with and to
speak disrespectfully is almost less
majesto If not casus Mill.
The negro elevator boy Is becoming a
very serious question In some of the
swell apartment houses. Another case
of hls Insolence appears In the day's
news. Taking It into his head that
the lady visitor of one of the tenant!
In the Riverside establishments, in
which he pulls the lever cord, was a
servant, despite the assurances of the
tenant whom she bad come to visit,
he held them prisoners In the elevator
for twenty minutes until the ladles be-,
came hysterical. Now hi* employer
faces a damage suit. Many of .these
fellows are West Indian negroes, and
impudent beyond belief. Some day
they will tackle the wrong subject and
things will happen.
As a result of the failure of the city
magistrates to hold gamblers and
crooks arrested In police raids. Com
missioner Bingham has hit upon a new
scheme to rid the city of theeo gentry.
He has had several detectives dis
guised as street sweepers looking for
the necessary evidence, and they have
gone before the grand Jury and given
to that body , a mass of material that
brought about many Indictments of
sport card men, confidence men, mana
gers, dealers and other attaches of
poker and other gambling, rooms. Not
only the gamblers, however, are to be
taken before the court on bench war
rants. It Is said that a large number
of men and women who are Interested
directly or Indirectly In the manage
ment of other places of an Illegal na
ture have also Men Indicted, and that
they will be arrested.
As a companion piece of news, It ts
announced that Richard A. Canfield's
notorious gambling house st No. 6
East Forty-fourth street Is again open
for business after a period ot Idleness
dating, from the raid of District At
torney Jerome, described In the recent
trial of the suit of Lawyer Delahunty
against the gambler.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 28.—Hhere are some
of the visitors In New York today;
ATLANTA—F. 8. Walters, W. J.
Swanson, W. S. Glllam.
AUGUSTA—J. 8. Bussey, Jr., A.
Ley, B. S. Mlsscll.
MACON—J. B. Beckham, Mrs. L. L.
Dempsey.
SAVANNAH—W. D. Brymer, O. N.
Zell.
IN PARIS.
Special to The GeorfUn.
Paris, July 28.—Mr. and Mr*. A.
Steiner, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
FORMEI
DRUGGED_M) ROBBED
Gotham Negroes Take Money and
Jewelry From Charles
Dorr.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 28.—Th* condition
of Charles D. Dorr, a former congress
man from Weet Virginia, who was
found In a semi-conscious condition In
a doorway at Twenty-seventh street
and Sixth avenue last night by a po
liceman, I* satisfactory this morning.
A crowd of negroes who surrounded
him ran away st the approach of tne
ollcer, who gave chase, but felled to
catch any of them.
At the station house no money or
anything of value was found In sir.
Dorr's pockets, and hla shirt front was
torn ss though a stud had been
wrenched out. He seemed to be ''li
fe ring and could not give hie name.
When revived at tlje New York hospital
Dorr said he had registered st the \ Jc-
torla and had gone out for a walk. H*
remembered nothing that happened for
some time before the-policeman found
him. .
It was stated that Dorr appeared to
be suffering f?om s eort of ptomaine
and. In addition, showed evidences 01
having Men drinking heavily. No evi
dence of any drug having been sdmln-
lstered was discovered. It Is believed
Mr. Dorr was robbed while he ay
semi-conscious In th# doorway, and tne
police are searching for the negroes
v.-ho surrounded him..
ATLANTAN FINDS SON „„
IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK-
Special to The Georgias.
Little Rock, Ark., 'July 28.—A case
was beard In police court yeeterday is
which J. T. McCorkle. a railroad en
gineer from Atlanta, Os., charged hi*
married stepson, Homer C. Ford, »
machinist In the Argent* shop*, w”"
having concealed the U-year-old
of McCorkle from hls parents.
testimony of McCorkle was to the et
feet that hls boy had run sway fro™
home and come to Little Rock, tb
boy was last night found st the boa*
of s relative and taken 10 Atlanta or
his father.