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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta. Oa.. under act of esnxreaa of March 8. 117*.
Unjournalistic Methods.
It la the Intention of The Georgian to preserve Its
news integrity even at the risk of being regarded leas
enterprising than Its contemporaries.
It Is the Ideal and the aim of The Georgian to conflno
its statements to facts.
Certain Atlanta newspapers of Tuesday afternoon
set new Journalistic standards by announcing as an ac
complished fact the nomination of Hon. Hoke Smith by
the convention at Macon hours before the event had
taken place.' These newspapers.also printed the nomi
nating speech of Hon. J. L. Anderson and Mr. Smith's
speech of acceptance two hours before they were dellver-
.ed at the Macon convention.' These speeches were not
prefaced by the statement that they "would be deliv
ered." Their Introductions contained the assertion that
they “were delivered."
Every reader of those newspapers in Atlanta and
many outside, therefore, were Informed that things had
happened two hours before they really did happen.
The nominating speech of Hon. J. I.. Anderson was
begun at 4:40 o'clock. The speech of Hon. Hoke Smith
accepting the nomination was begun at 6:)0 o'clock.
One of the newspapers |n question appeared on the
streets at 3:46 o'clock with this statement spread across
Its front page:
“Hoke Smith Nominated for Governor Amid Scenes
of Wlldeat Enthusiasm.”
The interesting event, with Its attending scenes of
enthusiasm, took place Just one hour and twenty min
utes later.
It need hardly be said that The Georgian bad In
type the speeches of Messrs. Anderson and 8mlth—
which were given, as to the other papers, with the un
derstanding that they were not to be printed until de
livered.
But The Georgian saw no reason to betray Ita Ideals
or Its readers.
established, that perpetuity Is In danger of having a pe
riod writ largely to IL That Is, as long as we have men
who make grand-stand plays.
We don't believe the courts will decide that the Bos
ton millionaire has a perpetual cinch on the gas business
In Atlanta. But It tier do. let them decide right away.
The people are tired of being gouged. Tl\ey will set to
work to create a bit of perpetuity for themselves. It will
take the form of a gas plant. Mayt>e there can be found
enough men willing to make grand-stand plays to take
hold of the matter. We believe there are loyal, patriotic,
honorable men In Atlanta who are willing to give of their
time and brains and energy that the people of this city
may be relieved.
The Georgian has a few suggestions that It la going
to make from time to time. They will, be In reference to
a municipally owned and. municipally operated gas plant.
We won't recommend tbs high, medium or low systems
of pressure. We will outline a plan whtreby the people
can construct their plant, operate It, own It and uie the
profits to reduce the tax rate, send their children to
school and Improve the road*.
Grand-Stand vs. Hidden Plays.
The Atlanta Gas Light Company la a corporation
which does business In Atlanta. It la owned by another
corporation known as the Georgia Railway and Eltctric
Company, which also does business In Atlanta. The
Georgia Railway and Electric Company la owned by a
millionaire who does business In Boston.
A man named Hammond Is attorney for tbe Atlanta
Gas Light Company, which Is owned by the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company, which la owned by the mill,
lonatre who doe* business in Boston. Mr. Hammond Is
reputed to be -a fairly good attorney—as attorney* go.
Also he la a native Atlantan. At one time he was
member of tbe city council. He represented the people of
this city. After that )xe was—and Is—a member of the
legal staff of tbe corporation which Is owned by the mil'
Ilonalre In Boston. Now be represents tbe gas company.
Mr. Hammond Is said to be a very well paid attor
ney. That must be true, and for two reasons: First,
he would have to be an attorney worthy of good hire, oth
crwlse the Boston millionaire would not want him. Sec
ond, he would have to be well paid, otherwise he would
not—being a loyal Atlantan—consent to represent the In'
tereats of the Boston millionaire aa against the interest
of the people of his native city.
James L. Key la a young man who Hammond aay*
la trying to make a grand-stand play. Mr. Key la an al
derman. He la chairman of a special committee appoint
ed to look Into tba history of a franchise granted by the
state in 1856 for gaa to be manufactured and sold In the
city of Atlanta for Illuminating purposes. The Boaton
millionaire own* that franchise. He claim* he hat a
perpetual right to do whatever be please* lu the way
of the manufacture and sale of gas In Atlanta. He has
employed the lawyer named Hammoad to defend his
claim.
Aa we said hofore, Hammoad must be well paid—
we don't know how well. Key la not well paid. We
know hit aalary. It la 125 a month. From Sir. Ham
mond'a point of view, there may be some foundation for
his assertion to the effect thgt Mr. Key la making a
grand-stand play.
Mr. Key ndmltted that he liked to win the plaudits
of bis fellow cltlsene—and his own conaclence. He might
hare added that he waa working In a cause which, It
accomplished, would command the plaudits of his fellow
cltlxeni. Hammond knew that Key waa working In a
good cause, otherwise Key could never win the plaudit*
of anybody—unless It was tbe corporations, and be waa
their hireling.
Mr. Key made the mistake of displaying soma heat
He should have realised that Mr. Hammond waa trying
to ridicule him. Aa we said before, Mr. Hammond Is evi
dently a pretty ahrewd cltlxen. Also he must have done
somo grand-stand playing In bis time himself. Knowing
these things, he knew that to charge grand-atand play
ing was likely to dampen the ardor or a leas manly man
than Jim Key. So one likes to be charged with playing
to the grand stand.
We rather approve of grand-atand plays on the part
of city officials. There baa been too much of this behind
the scenes business. Afl» play made In full view of the
grand, stand must be honest Alio It must be good;
otherwise It will be detected and win a storm of hlaies.
The special committee of which Mr. Key la chairman
held a meeting at City Hall Tuesday morning. Attorney
Hammond was on hand, as were other of the Boaton mil
lionaire's hireling*. City Attorney Mayaon, a very excel
lent city official, who probably wants to win the plaudits
of his fellow citizens, as he is grossly underpaid, wss
also on hand. He made a recommendation to carry the
question of perpetual franchise to tbe courts and have
the matter • eclded. .
There la a member of council named Patterson. He
la a member of tbe committee of which Key Is chairman.
We don't know whoa* plaudits Mr. Patterson hoped to
win, but he decided he didn't want the city to get mixed
up In a lawsuit with this ga* company which Is owned
by the Boston millionaire.
What objection la there to trying the matter In tbe
courts? If the gat company has a perpetual franchise,
why not establish the claim to perpetuity. What It the
The Georgian Wins Us Fight.
On another page In this Issue appears a letter from
Dr. Walter A. Taylor, chairman of the special commit
tee appointed by council to Investigate tbe meat situa
tion In Atlanta.
In this letter Dr. Taylor, speaking for council and
for the special committee, is good enough to express his
cordial appreciation and that of hla associate* In council
for the work which The Georgian has done In bringing
about a healthier condition In thb slaughterhouses of
Atlanta.
The ordinance Just adopted by council la a far-reach
ing and efficient one. It provide* that workers In the
slaughter bouses mutt have health certificates stating
that they have no contagious or Infectious diseases. The
workera must wear sanitary clothing. The floors of
slaughter houses must be built of concrete, properly gut
tered and graded. All animals must he Inspected before
and after being killed. Tbe slaughtering must be done
In the presence of an Inspector between tbe hour* of 7
a. m. and 8 p. m. The minimum weight of calves must
be fifty pounds, and for hogs fifteen pounds, and for
sheep and goata twelve pounds. In overy abattoir there
must be steam equipment for cleaning purposes. The
maximum charges fixed for slaughtering are, $1.25 for cat
tle, 35c for hogs, and 30c for sheep and goat*. No meat
from outalde sources can be sold In the city unless it
bears tbe government stamp and ha* been Inspected on
Ita arrival in Atlanta.
These are the salient features of the new ordinance
which bat been adopted by council. Tbe Georgian takes
particular pride In tba part which It hat played In bring
ing about this' much-needed reform. It was through In
formation gathered by The Georgian several weeks ago
that the Investigation was first set on foot. From that
day until now, having before us the best Interests of the
entire community, we have fought thle battle for the peo
ple and have Insisted that such an ordinance: as that
passed yesterday should be adopted. The special com
mittee of council Is entitled to the thanks of the entire
community* for the part which It has played In this
work.
Dr. Taylor and his associates have been zealous and
persistent In their efforts to ferret out all Irregularities
In the matter of slaughtering and marketing meat In At
lanta and to provide a sufficient remedy tor the future.
Their wisdom and foresight was embodied In a municipal
statute yesterday and ha* already become effective. This
la a long step forward In the matter of reform, and once
more we express our gratitude to tbe members of council
and others who have upheld our hand* while The Geor
gian made this fight for the people.
The Atlanta Art Association.
What we may call the civic consciousness Is slowly
but surely awakening. Above the din of great cities a
atlll, small voice may be heard by the few, prompting
men and women to work for the common good; from the
desolation of our alone, and brick and mortar, and from
tbe bldtousness of our congested dletricts. Is born many
a vision of the city beautiful. Even In amokjr Pittsburg,
In Dayton, Ohio, In Hopedale, Massachusetts, andln other
great Industrial centers too numerous tq mention, art
and beauty are no longer abstract terms, They have been
made concrete and manifest In the civic life. In public
parks and buildings, In galleria* and museums, and often
In art achoala whose Influence upon the elty and state Is
direct and beneficent.
Atlanta Is to be congratulated that within her gates
a body of earnest men and women, organized aa the
Atlanta Art Asaoclatlon, Is working townrd civic im
provement and advancement. Under the auspice* of this
organization an art exhibit, wblch brought to Atlanta the
works of the best artists, and made them accessible to
the public at a very low price of admission, was held
last fall. A second highly creditable exhibit hat been
planned for November next.
The moet Important enterprise yet undertaken by the
Art Association, however, It tbe establishment of an art
school. As Is well known, the Instruction afforded in the
arts and crafts by our Southern school! Is absurdly Inade
quate. We have no trained artists and few trained arti
sans,- so that what little work la done In tbe South along
these very Important educational line* mutt be done by
teachers brought from the North.
Skilled craftmanablp not only givee most Joy to the
producer, but la that upon which the highest commercial
value la set, and yet our state offere to our children no
opportunities to learn the crafts. The Atlanta Art Asso
ciation la working to alter this condition, and It Is sig
nificant to Georgia's educational advancement that the
art school which la to be conducted this winter by the
association will offer inducements to public sehool teach
er* who desire normal training.
On Thursday a meeting of the Atlanta Art Associa
tion will be held for the purpose of electing a president
In American and European cities In which art Interests
are In any degree advanced, this office It Invested with
the highest honors. The president and director of an
art Institute and museum Is not necessarily an artist,
but la always a man of ability and of broad culture.
Under the able management of Mrs. Isaac Boyd, the
Art Association has become s well organized body with
several Important enterprises well under way. By her
unselfish devotion to the Ideal of civic advancement
wblch la the underlying principle of the organisation, the
retiring president ha* won golden opinions. Just at this
Important period of ita development. It Is earnestly to be
hoped that the asaoclatlon will be wise In Ita choice, and
that It will bestow the office upon the man or woman
who can most powerfully atlmulate public Interest fa art
matters.
I JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
MAKES EARNEST PLEA
FOR PLAIN DEMOCRACY
Editor of The Atlanta Georgian Predicts Victory
For Party If Clear-Cut, Popular Plat
form Is Adopted.
By Private Leased Wire,
Chicago, Sept. 6.—In his speech last
evening at the Auditorium hotel at a
banquet given to William Jennings
Bryan by the Jefferson Club. Hon. John
Temple Groves, of Atlanta, Oa.. editor
of The Atlanta Georgian, made an ear
nest on<J eloquent plea for a clear-cut,
popular platform and a definite De
mocracy. '
He said:
I count myself happy, gentlemen of
the Jefferson Club, to be your guest
tonight. ,
Wherever else the spirit of our party
may have waned or weakened. It has
been militant and unfailing here. For
whether the Jefferson Club has led a
forlorn hope against the Rooseveltlan
avalanche, or whether It hae borne the
banner or municipal ownership to an
eventful victory, the quality of Its
Democracy has been as undiluted as It
has always been unterrlfied.
I am fortunate especially In that
your hospitality joins ms hsre with
that Incomparable American whose
vast renown was bom In the air of
this marvelous city. For who that Is
1 Irlog can forget one fateful and lllus-
trlous day when In a Chicago hall the
name of a Western congreeeman leaped
one lightning hour of elaetrlc
om a poll
us* of folding the matter up? Until th« claim Is clearly i Marshall college.
Rev. J. Grant Walker. Ihe well-known Pittsburg re
form minister, has accepted the call to the Hough Av»
nue church. Cleveland, Ohio, to begin his work there
early In September. He It a graduate of Franklin and
speech from a political platform to _
matchless leadership which has filled
the fair earth with the fame of Wll
Ham Jennings Bryan?
Future For Demoeraoy.
Crowns of thorns have pressed upon
many a laborer’s brow since then.
Crosse* of gold have borne the broken
bodies of many a victim of remorse
less greed. But the shadows are lift
Ing from the night of our slavery. The
stone Is being rolled from the tomb In
which the mercenaries have laid our
liberty, and In the confident morning
which,bathes the brow of Its stainless
leader, our brave Democracy finds the
prophecy and promise of a certain
definite and triumphant resurrection.
I am set upon your program to the
sentiment, “Tho South and a Definite
Democracy.” I am glad of that. Both
the section and the adjective are enti
tled to respect. You will permit me to
■ay that In the cataclysm of two
years ago, when the storm of the bal
lots was spent, the South was surely
all that was definite, and In fact, all
that was visible of any kind of Dem
ocracy. Two years ago the Democracy
was a sect Iona! fragment. By the rec
ord of that November day the Demo
cratlc party was tho solid South—
with Maryland hanging by a hair—
with West Virginia gone, and Missouri
swept from the moorings of over 60
years. And even the South, proud
and pathetic In ita splendid isolation,
remained loyal not altogether In the
compulsion of conviction, but as well
In the sheer stress of danger and ne
cessity-held In line by an ethnologi
cal terror—forced by conditions, and
solidified by the eternal shadow of a
race problem under which there has
been marshalled the most motley host
of divergent convictions that ever fol
owed and fought under the compre
henslve banner of Democracy.
South Hold* Faet.
The South has been for two decades
the saving remnaht of the party. Its
faith Inspired by Its necessities has
mad* the rendezvous of defeated and
the renaissance of Imperishable prin
clple*. The South has been the little
leaven that will leaven the lump. It
haa held faet the elements which Jef
ferson bequeathed a* a sacrament to
liberty, and the blood of the South In
the veins of the president haa pulsed
his sympathies In such power toward
the people that more than once in the
grapple of conviction and the wrestle
with monopoly the grandson of Archi
bald Bulloch, of Georgia, has seemed
to say to the son of Thomas Roose
velt, of New York, "Almost thou per-
suadest me to be a Democrat.”
And this will account for the pollt
leal garments which Mr. Bryan missed
In London, and later discovered upon
Ihe person of the president of the
United States.
51r. Chairman, the presidential elec
tlon of 1804 was the most Instructive
lesson that the times have taught to
our Democracy. We have always fail
ed and will always fall as a party of
negation and a party of opposition. We
failed then because we were unfaithful.
We failed because we trimmed and
hesitated and straddled. We failed be
cause we compromised with the ap-
K irently successful doctrines of the
epubllcan party and surendered to
men whose Interests and convictions
are eo near akin to our political op
ponent* that they ought In common
honesty to espouse the organisation to
which they belong. Wo failed because
In our political hunger for victory we
Imitated the platforms and pandered
to the powers of the opposite party
that held the government.
People Repudiate 8traddl*rs.
The Democratic party has not won
In fifty years a national triumph upon
a platform of hesitation. Imitation,
apology or compromise. Every strad
dling makeshift of the century has
been repudiated by the people at the
polls, and the only real and tangible
vlC'jry which has crowned our modern
Democracy waa when one brave and
splendid leader spurned the suggestions
of expediency, defied the timid leaden
and the time-serving politicians, dared
the doubts of his own cabinet, and con
sented to be buried for a time with
the brave body of tariff reform In order
to share Its full and Inevitable resur
rection. And the Democratic party owes
a deathless debt for a dauntless
triumph and a noble lesson of suc
cess to the definite policy, the unfet
tered conviction, the direct language
and the bold Andrew Jacheon courage
of the tariff message sent to the fifty-
first congress by Grover Cleveland, of
New York.
“The Democratic party In It* name.
In Ita history and in Its mission, stands
tor the plain people of America—lb#
great majority—the greatest good of
the greatest number. So long as It
holds fast In lip and life to this align
ment, It preserves It* Integrity and
commends the confidence of the peo
ple. But whenever It sells out to the
enemy—whenever it begins to enter
competition with the Republican party
for the favor and applause of the rest
coquets with grasping corporations—
whenever Ita campaign fund goes a-
whorlng after the fat of the trusts and
the favor of the syndicates—then It Is
spewed out of the mouths of the people
by some two million majority—as It
was two years ago.
Lessons of Democracy.
“We have got to come back to the
mission and meaning of the party. We
have got to come back to the faith of
the fathers. We have got to withdraw
our worship from the golden calf of
August Belmont and sit once more at
the feet of Jefferson and Jackson and
Bryan to relearn the lessons of the old
but ever young Democracy. »
If any man doubts that the South
stands for a definite Democracy, let
him read the returns of our state elec
tions Just concluded. Braxton B. Co
pier haa swept the ballots of Alabama
upon a straight platform of reform,
and In my own Georgia .Hoke Smith,
upon the clear-cut issue of compelling
the corporations to do right, has car
ried 123 out of 145 counties, Ifeavlng
only 22 counties to divide a scattering
vote among four candidates of Indefi
nite conviction. The South Is conserv
ative, but the South knows what It
wants and Is bold to speak Its wishes
at the polls.
Our national Democracy Is rich Just
now In a leadership that neither trims
nor straddle*. The echoes have not
yet died upon the candid eloquence of
our great Nebraskan speaking In Mad
ison Square. He has not feared to
speak upon the housetope the civic con
victions of his secret soul, and hs may
bs sure tfeat the responsive fervor of
the people Is not to be measured by
the timorous apprehensions of political
expediency. They will follow him
against any citadel of privilege which
he storms, and If the government can
not control tbe railroads they will
march with him In unbroken rank to
own them.
Praise for W. R. Hearth
Yonder In New York and Boston and
here In Chicago and the West we have
that dauntless and tireless editor whose
eight great newspaper* have vied with
Bryan's tongue In educating the masses
to liberty, and whose fearless Injunc
tions have loosened the grasp of more
Iniquitous trusts than ths entire con
gress of the United States. We refuse
to credit any charge of his apostary to
Democratic creeds. He has always
been the strongest prop of Bryan and
he wilt be the strongest prop In the
great battle of 1808.
Bryan ’ and Hearst—sent, both
them, by the better angels of Democ
racy—tho tongue .and the pen, the
evangel and the executive of our creeds
—to quicken the criminal apathy of a
plundered people and to Inspire the
courage and resistance of an omnlpo
tent party.
Bravest of Dsmocrsts.
With all Its heart the definite D*.
mocracy of the solid South wants
Bryan and Hearst to have free course
that they may be glorified and the
cause of the people advanced. We are
not afraid to follow In the path which
Is being biased by the two best and
and bravest Democrats that this gen
eration of Americans has known. Be
tween advocacy and execution there Is
always the saving grace of time and
reflection and expediency. ^Things that
were radical In 1886 have grown con
servative now. Things that were revo
lutionary then are held reasonable now.
Charges that were credited to anarchy
In '86 have been vindicated now In ex
posures that hare shocked the republic
and startled the world. The eyes of
ths people are wide open, tha courage
of ths psople la high, and the extremity
of the trust Is the heaven sent oppor
tunity of the. Individual cltlsen.
I am Just aa certain aa I am that I
live, that a bold, definite platform of
popular rights and public honesty will
sweep tha ballots of 1808 Into a Demo
cratic avalanche. Roosevelt ls the only
Republican who has a hold upon the
people. All that ls good about the
president Is Democratic and all that Is
Democratic In him hit party protests.
He Is held aloof from the leadership by
his solemn pledge and by an even
more solemn precedent. His party
convention would never build a plat
form that Roosevelt could honestly
mount, and any paltform of privilege
or evasion will fall beneath the battle
axe of Bryan and the ballots of the
people.
Platform Is Bsttleflag.
I am not an oracle. 1 have no claim*
to leadership. I hold no office and bear
no representative commission. I am
one of the people—nothing more. I am
a high private In the rear ranks, and
I know what the people ask and de
mand because I am one of them.
First and above all thlnge the people
South and North want a definite Dem
ocracy. They want a platform that
means something. They are weary
of platitudes and straddles. They want
a platform expressed In sentences and
not In pragaraphs. They want ex
plicit declarations and they do not want
cumbrous platitudes. They do not want
too many Issues, hut with all their
hearts and with all their ballots they
would like to see vital Issues single
■hotted and central truth* made brief
and clear.
A platform Is not n blanket. It la a
battleflag. It is not a symphony. It
Is a bugle call.
The people want a platform that will
embody their principles without useless
words. If the tariff Is robbery, soy so,
and let It go at that. If the criminal
trust Is an Iniquity, say so, and chal
lenge the people's ballots for vindica
tion. If we can't regulate the railroads
of the country then H Is high time to
own them. Go to the hustings for your,
elaboration and explanation. Sprinkle
your argument In pamphlets, and rea
son In literature, but fulminate your
cardinal creeds In sentences, and give
us a platform that every American vot-
pr ran MKto In til* hnt *
Growth and Progress of the New South
this lipnfl will npnear from time to time Information Illustrating th#
rer^arkaMe development of tbe South which deserves something more than nau.
Four New Railroads.
The announcement of the organization of a 86,000,000 corporation for
the development of the magnificent water power of Anthony Shoals, | B
tills state, and the Increase of the capital stock of an Alabama steel com
pany from 816,000,000 to 226.000,000. arc notable Indications of the stupendous
Industrial development that Is In progress In Georgia and Alabama, and
In other sections of the South. But great ns are these undertakings, they
do not overshadow the smaller enterprises, large and numerous and diver
sified In Character, which are being Instituted dally In this section. As
an Illustration of this, 'the Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published
at Columbus, Ga., tells In Its Issue for this week of the projection of four
new railroads and applications for charters by two railroad companies pre.
vlously organized In the two states.
The Index gives advanco Information of two new banks, two brick-
making plants, canning factory, compress, twenty-three corporations, two
Ice factories, three saw-mills, machine shop, three mining companies, nav.
lgatlon company, saw works, varnish plant, five warehouses, 371,600 en
largement of steel plant, paving plans In three cities, sewerage system,
water-works and seventeen business buildings, Including four banking
houses, hotel and two railway passenger depots. Three new churches
are reported. The awarding of ten Important contracts is announced.
These figures and facts form an Interesting chapter of the story
which The Index tells each week.
Go to the country In nine ringing
sentences, and if the country does not
sustain you, then , there Is no merit In
honesty and no. virtue In the people.
The Republican party can have no
lasting claim upon the confidence and
support of the American people. It can
not satisfy tho wants and the aspira
tions of the American masses, and in
the very hour of Its power and exalta-
tlon we fling Into Its face the confident
prophecy of Its disintegration and de
feat. We are going to fight It as we
have never fought before.
G. O. P. is Party of Privilege.
The Republican party Is the spawn
of federalism. It was born of an Idea
and an organisation that was always
set to monarchy and not to liberty. It
■prang from a leadership more English
than American, more aristocratic than
democratic. It was. ever a party of
privilege, always ready to subordinate
;he masses to the classes. It Is the
party of a robber tariff that wrung
tribute from the poor to prop the for
tunes of the powerful. It Is the party
of the criminal trusts that holds
the commodities of life In an Iron
and arbitrary grip, and beyond
economic necessity or business law
holds up the people with a coal trust
In winter, with an Ice trust In summer,
and a meat trust nil the time, and In
solently answers to every protest, “You
can pay our prices or you can freeze or
starve.”
Mr. President, the Democratic party
never had a clearer mission or a bright,
er promise than today. Defeat Is dis
cipline and disaster Is education. Out
of the wreck of our fortunes we will
build a nobler and more enduring use'
fulness. The Democratic party is go
ing to be reborn, reformed and recon
secrated to the constitution and to pop
ular rights and liberty. We cannot af
ford any longer to be a party of mere
negation, a party of opposition, or a
servile imitation of tho party In power.
We are going to believe something and
we are going to do something. W*
are going to be a party of creeds axd
not merely a party of hungry desires.
We are going to quit crawling on our
bellies before the Juggerndut* of pow
er, and we ore going to quit truckling
like cowards to the shadow of a merely
temporary success. We are going to
find and to follow real leaders If we
have to smash every slate and anni
hilate every politician that has fatten
ed upon our suffrages for forty years,
We art going to make n platform that
will be an open opposition and a bold
challenge to tho Republican creed ev
erywhere.
Democracy Won’t Dl*.
The Democratic party will not die,
because Its principles are eternal and
It waa not bom to die. It haa survived
the wreck of alt other parties and will
servo as pallbearer to as many more.
Other parties have come and gone, but
the Democratic party does not die. The
old Federal party, proud with Its afflu
ence of intellect, came and went: the
Whig party, rich In Illustrious names
and boasting a history hallowed by pa
triotism, came and went: the Repub
lican party, obese In spoils and wrap-
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
mt the old Democratic party
on forever, because Its- principle* can
not die.
Sfen may fall like leaves when the
wind walks through ths forest on Its
way to meet the roar of the climbing
waves, but principles are as eternal aa
the granite nllls.
And the principles of the Democratic
party, written In government and
pledged In the rights and liberties of
the people, will be young, fresh nnd tri
umphant when the Republican parly,
wrapping the mantle of Its sins about
It, shall fall by the pillars of the con
stitution that It has stained forever
with Its history.
Negroes Maks Wsr on Vico.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Qa., Sept. 6.—Rev. W. Gaines,
colored. Is circulating a petition calling
a mass meeting to be held at St. Paul's
A. M. E. church at 2:80 o'clock p. m.
on Sunday, September 8. for the pur-
pose of organizing an association to
moke wnr on Ignorance, vice and Im
morality among negroes In Rome.
Negro is Murdered.
Special to Tho Georgina.
Rome, Go., Sept. 6.—Henry Evam,
a negro about 20 years old, was struck
over the head with a heavy club Ista
Saturday afternoon by Richard Col
quitt, another negro, several miles
north of Rome, and Instantly killed.
Jr. O. U. A. M. 8tate Union.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Oa., Sept. 6.—Tho state union
of the Junior Order will convene at
Augusta next Tuesday, September 11.
Those who will attend from Rome will
be State Chaplain Rov. A. E< Sansborn
and Dr. C. Hamilton.
Booming Judge Henry.
Special to The Gcorglsn.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 6.—Since Judgt
John W. Maddox has emphatically
stated that he will.not be a candidate
for one of the Judgeships of the new
appellate court, the many friends of
Judge W. M. Henry are urging him to
announce hla candidacy for one of the
places. Judge Henry occupied the ju
dicial bench of the Rome circuit for
several years. *
Dead Negro it Pound.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Columbua. Go.. Sept. 8.—The body of
a negro man was brought to the city
yesterday on the C. of Ga. train from
Birmingham. -It was picked up flvi
miles from horo by the trafff crew ly
ing beside the track wltBvtb* skull
crushed.
College Begins Term.
Specie 1 to The Georgian.
Wrightsvllle, Ga., Sept. 6.—The fall
term of the N. L. W. College will be
gin today with a large attendance.
To Open Department 8tore.
Special to The Georglnn.
Wrightsvllle, Ga., Sept. 6.—J. Fried
man, of McRae, tin, will "|"!i
department store here In one of the
Kennedy stores on Bradford street Sep
tember 8.-
Cotton Rsoslpts Short.
Special to The Georgina.
Wrightsvllle, Ga., Sept 5.—The cot
ton receipts for this place to September
1 was about 300 bales, which Is f*r
below the receipts at this time laat
year.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 5.
er can paste In his hat.
Reform Robber Tariff.
1. Reform the robber tariff.
2. Regulate the criminal trusts.
3. Equalise taxation If it takes an In
come tax to do it.
4. Object to the taxes laid upon the
people to pay the watered stock of
corporations.
6. Control the railroads In the Inter
est of Justice or get ready to own them.
8. Shorten the houra and Improve the
surroundings of labor.
7. Keep Infant children out of the
factories.
8. Arbitrate the wrangles of labor
and capital.
8. And put In stripes any man who
1664—Cromwell's first imrilamcnt assembled
nt Westminster.
1666—Peter .ktu.vvesnnt, gorernnr of New
York, headed an expedition ngnlnst
tbe Swedish culnnles on Ibe I' '
■wore rlter.
1774— Firm continental congress aeoeniHled
In Carpenter's hall, Phllndelphln.
1781—Xnrnl encngenient off the Virginia
rapes between the lirltisli and Krrhrli
fleet-,
1812— United States brig enterprise rn|»
Inre-l Hritlsh brig Ilnjer off Scgnln.
Roil, commander* killed,
18S2—Confederate army crossed I'otomac
river nnd entered Maryland. *
1900—Japanese and Russian envoys signed,
treaty of itonce nt Portsmouth, N. U.
• INDORSES THE GEORGIAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I heartily Indorse all you have writ
ten In regard to the negro question. One
thing I would like to add and that
thing Is a law that will rhalngang
every, white man that causes the race
to charge Its color, and I believe this
would go a long ways toward correct
ing the evils of the negro. May God
speed the day when whit* men will
not be allowed to dish out whisky to
the negro and make him drunk, for
he is beastly enough when he Is sober.
Yours truly.
W. A. BENNETT.
Lognnvllle. Ga.
*<1 Interests of capital—whenever It I buys or bullies an American ballot
Concrete Block Plant
Hpoctnl to Tbe Georgina.
Balnbrtdge. Ga., Sept. 6.—The B»J"'
bridge Cement Block Company h *»
. . .about completed Its plant tor the msa-
H. hivlni sold his intercut to j ufacturc of cement blocks for bulldinf
Drug Busin*** Changes Hands.
Special to The Georgian.
Montlccllo, On., Sept. 5.—The Furse
Drug Company has changed hands, Dr.
R. L. Farse having sold his Interest to !
Mr. James Plttard and G. A. Tucker.
Hou»* Famine In Brunewlek.
Special to The Georglnn,
Brunswick, Oa., Sept. l.-c-The demand
for dwelling houses; In Brunswick It
far and away btyond the available
supply. All ths real estate concerns of
this city State that they are overrun
with Inquiries from people wantlni
houses, and that they are unable to
supply anything Ilk* the number de
sired.
Concrete Pit* Driving.
Htieclal to The Oeorgtau.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 6.—The Fore
Rivers Ship nultdlng Company, which
has the contract for the terminal* or
Ihe new Brunswick Steamship Com
pany. Is putting down concrete pH nn
for foundations for the seven piers
The success which has attended the
driving of these concrete pilings has
attracted considerable attention emonc
engineers and pils-drlvlng concern* in
various parts of the country.
Company Is Reorganized.
Spools! lo The Georglnn.
, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 8.—The M. w.
Kelly Company has applied to the su
perior court for a charter, the company
consisting of M. W. Kelly, Zske Kelly.
John Kelly and O. W. Owen. The cap
ital stock Is 260,000, nnd the firm
a reorganization of the old one of »
W. Kelly & Co.
Cotton Oamsged by Rain.
Special to The Gcorglsn.
Covington, On., Sept. 5.—On account
of the abundant rainfall throughout
Newton county this year, the cottoa
crops are not up to the usual stanoara
of Inst year, although a fairly good crop
Is hoped for.
Prisoner Breaks for Liberty.
Special to The Georgian.
Tallapoosa, Oa.. Sept. 6.—Tuesday *•
noon when Chief of l’ollc# I* L. 1 ,
was attempting to place James C. tm-
bert In the Jnll here, charged wits
drunkenness. Talbert broke loose from
the officers nnd ran up the main str«i
with the officer In close pursuit, firms
a pistol, which created consider*#!*
excitement.
New Hardware Stars.
Spedal to The Georgian.
Montlccllo, On.. Sept. 6.—J. D. Hor
sey has purchased a lot on Green street
and will begin work In a short time
on a large store for hi* Immense hard
ware stock.
utnou.- .-.Hnu uiv— -— , .
g urposes. The plant Is located In vv m
□tnhridge and was erected at a co«
of about 85,000.
Ten-Cent Store Opened.
Special to Tho Georglnn.
Wrightsvllle. Oa> Sept, i.—D- ”'
Blount has opened a ten-cent storej*
one of the Lovett store* on Elm street.