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The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population 2,500.900
Milo* of atoam railroad* 8,500
Milo* of electric railway* 400
Cotton factories 130, unlndle*.. 1.500,000
Hale* cotton consumed In 19CKS. 500,000
Value of 1005 cotton crop 1100.000,000
VOL. 1. NO. 116
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906.
T>RTnP. In AtlMtA TWO CBirm
srixW^Ej. On Tralo* FIVE CENTS.
STENSLAND; FUGITIVE
WRECKER OF BANK,
GIVEN TOPROSECUTOR
Attorney Olsen and Journalist Keely Become
Custodians .of Famous Prisoner—They
Give Receipt For Their Captive.
Chicago. Sept 8.—The Chicago Tri
bune prints the'following special copy
righted cable:
"Tangier, Sept. 8.—Acting under the
directions of President Roosevelt,
transmitted through the state depart
ment. Paul Stensland today was turned
mer to Harry Olsen and myself, We
being designated the officials of the
United States government to return the
fugitive Chicago banker to the United
states and Illinois.
■•The transfer of the prisoner took
place In the office of the American con
sul general, Hoffman Philip, we giving
the following receipt:
“•We have this day taken over the
custody of the person of Paul O. Stens
land from Consul General Philip, of the
United States, according to presidential
warrant at September (I, 1806, In which
we are designated as the agents of the
United States; to keep In safe custody
cald Paul O. Stensland and bring him
by the most direct and convenient
means of transportation Into the United
States for delivery to the proper au
thorities of the state of Illinois, as set
out in the cable of us from Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon.
"‘Also received one check book on
the Comptorlt National d’Elscomptes
bank and one cablegram intercepted
by the United States Minister to Mo
rocco to Paul O. Stensland.
" ‘Also received two trunks and four
satchels, being the luggage of said
Paul O. Stensland, removed from the
German steamer Oldenburg by order of
the-American legation at Tangier.
(Signed) ‘“HARRY OLSEN.
“ ‘JAMES KEELY.
‘Witness—Paul O. Stensland.
‘“Signed and delivered In my pres
ence.
‘“HOFFMAN PHILIP,
" ‘Consul General of the U. 8/ "
With the signature of this document,
Paul Stensland practically Is In the
hands of the Illinois authorities, and
In_tpe custody of the man who will try
him when Cook county Is reached.
J, H, HARWELL TO
OPPOSE PATTILLO
FOR POLICE BOARD
Euglish-Brotherton Fight
For Control Takes a
New Turn.
RUSSELLSAGEHEIRS
T FIGHT WILL,
GO SAYS OSBORNI
6,000 CUBAN INSURGENTS
MARCHING ON HAVANA
Residents of City
Panic-Stricken From
Fear.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 8.—Pino Guer
ra not only has refused the suggestion
of a truce, but with Asbert has begun
a forward movement all along the line
and both Plnar del Rio and Havana
are threatened by the rebel forces,
Raiding parties of rebels have ap
peared In the outskirts of ths city, and
that they have created great conster
nation In the government Is evidenced
by the rush of men to the outskirts to
drive off the raiders. Asbert's entire
force Is now clbse to the city. It In
cludes his own band and those of Leon-
Costlllo and numbers mors than
1,000 men.
Rebels Reported Victors.
It is reported that Guzman with
1,500 or 2,000 men, Is marching toward
Havana from Santa Clara and that
Guerra has divided his forces, sending
one contingent against Plnar del Rio
and with the main body, Including all
his mounted men, Is making a dash on
Havana to join In what 1s believed will
be a general attack on the capital.
Near Plnar del Rio a part of Guer
ra's forces and the government forces
DID BRYAN’S OWNERSHIP SPEECH
KILL DEMOCRATIC LITERARY BUREAU?
Washington. Sept. 8.—The literary bureau of the Democratic national
committee has gone out of business. Robert Miller, who has had su
pervision of this work, dismissed all his clerical force except his private
secretary, and the work of distributing Democratic literature, so far as
this branch of the party organization Is concerned, has been completely
suspended.
This action, It Is stated by persons supposedly well Informed regard
ing the management of affairs by the Democratic national committee, Is
due to the recent speech of Mr. Bryan, at Madison Square Garden, In
which he came out strongly for the government ownership of railroads.
The closing up of the bureau Is looked upon by many as tantamount to a
confession mat under existing conditions It Is useless to continue the
work.
met In battle. It Is believed the rebels
have been victorious, but the telegraph
wires have been cut and little Informa
tion can be obtained from the zone of
the fighting. ,“
Bridges Are Blown Up.
The rebels were also victorious In an
engagement at Clenfuegos. Two rail
road bridges between Plnar del Rio and
San Lucia have been dynamited and a
passenger traln'carrylng 250 men with
horses and two machine guns, sent by
the government to Plnar del Rio, was
attacked by the Insurgents near Puerto
de Goolpe. After twenty minutes of
firing the government train, which
was armored, was forced to retreat and
was run back to Palacios.
The operator at Puerto de Goolpe re
ports that heavy detonations have been
heard In the direction of Las Ovns, and
It Is believed the brldgfc at that point
Lawyer Believes They’ll Ac
cept Bequests—Not Col
looting Loans.
has been blown up .to prevent govern
ment troops from reaching Plnar del
Rio. This would force troops to march
ten miles through the Insurgents' coun
try to reach that city.
Britain May Protest.
, If reports are true, a rebel force of
6,000 men will soon be about the city
of Havana and the government has no
adequate force here with which to meet
them. The city Is In a state of panic
as a result of the rumors.
In foreign circles there Is strong be
lief that the action of Guerra In blow
Ing up bridges on the Western railway
will result In action by the United
States. This Is British property and
It is believed the British government
will suggest to the Washington gov
ernment that under the relations be
tween Cuba and the United States the
latter power should see that foreign
property Is protected.
A factional light for the control of
the police board, which Is In essence
merely a recrudescence of the old Eng-
Ilsh-Brotherton row which held for
many years the attention of political
Atlanta, has taken a new turn.
Howard Pattlllo, councilman from
the Second ward, la a candidate for
the police board. He has been for two
weeks very active Tn his canvass for
votes among tho old and new members
of council.
It was thought at first that he would
be opposed by Captain W. H. Brother-
ton himself, but that veteran has de
cided not to run. He feels that possi
bly his health Is not strong enough to
stand the strain of the political grind.
In his Stead, It Is understood, that
Mayor Pro Tern. J. H. Harwell will be
offered. .Mr. Harwell Is alderman from
the First ward, Is strongly aligned with
the antl-Kngllsh forces and knows the
local political game from A to Iz-
zard.
It looks as though the race to suc
ceed Orion Nunnally lies between
Messrs. Harwell and Pattlllo.
If It does, it Is a cinch that the
Brotherton-English fight Is still In the
New York, Sept. 8.—The many ru
mors circulated recently that the rela
tives of Russell Sage were planning to
contest his will when It Is offered for
probate on September 21 were denied
by Lawyer C. W. Osborne, one of the
executors, today. \
Of course, f cannot state positively
that there will he no contest,” said
Mr. Osborhe, '"but from what I have
been able to learn I do not believe that
there will be one. In tact, I have as
surances from a number of relatives
that they will be content to accept the
sum named In the will. The . heirs
have the privilege of contesting the
will at any time during the year fol
lowing the date after the will (ins been
probated. But I do not believe that
there will be a contest.
“Owing to the fact that we are mak
ing no effort to collect loans made by
Mr. Sage during his life, brokers are
making Immense profits, call money
having been as high ns 40 per rent. But,
after a conference, we decided not to
accept more than the regular rate, 6
per cent. Where loans are returned
voluntarylly we accept them'and make
deposits In the vnrlous trust compa
nies. I know nothing of Mrs. Sage's
plans for disposing of the money."
SECRETARY RICHARD CHEATHAM
IS BENEFICIARY OF WHITEWASH
BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report
Him
Exonerating
Adopted by
Vote of 11 to 5.
Special to The Georgian.’
Hot Springs, Ark., September
8.—In secret session last night,
the executive committee of tho
Southern Cotton Association, by
a vote of 11 to 5, “whitewashed’’
the charges of dealing in cotton
futures preferred against Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the assO'
ciation, and to which Sir. Cheat
ham several weeks ago confessed
before a special committee ap
pointed by President Ilarvie Jor
dan to investigate the charges,
The special committee had de
nounced the practice of dealing
in cotton futures and had “cen-
HERE ARE TWO REPORTS
IN THE CHEATHAM CASE;
CAN YOU RECONCILE THEM?
Appended Hre the reports of the two committees which have hod
under consideration tho case of Secretary QMBAIMUD of the Southern llnt-
ton Association, who was charged with and who confessed to dealing In
cotton futures.
Basing its action on Secretary Cheatham's own admission, the original
committee of investigation reported that the action of Cheatham ‘‘meets
with our strohgest disapproval and condemnation,” but refererd the matter
to the executive committee for further action.
The executive committee, with the Investigating committee's report
before It, whitewashed the whole matter, but declared that In the future
euch action as Cheatham'a "shall constitute an offense against the assocla<
tlon and that any officer guilty of violating this shall be expelled from ofilce."
The Irreconcilable reports of ths two committees follow:
executive"committee
MAKES CLEAN WHITEWASH
OF THE CHEATHAM MATTER
“That while all form of specu
lation are disapproved of, yet the
committee finds that Mr. Cheat
ham was acting only for other par
ties and In view of the fact that
there Is nothing In the constitu
tion which makes a person Incom
petent to hold office because he
deals In futures, and because of
Mr. Cheatham’s efficiency and of
the fact that we believe the as
saults on Mr. Cheatham came from
the enemies of this association, we
dizmlss ths charges as unworthy
of further consideration, and de
nounce all charges made against
Mr. Cheatham, except what Is
hereinbefore stated, as false.
“That in the future it shall eon-
atitute an offense against this as
sociation for any officer or mem
ber of tho executive committee or
state officer to in any way deal in
futures, and soy one violating this
shall be exported from office.”—
FINDING OF EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE OF SOUTHERN COT-
TON ASSOCIATION IN CHEAT
HAM'S CASE.
ORIGINAL COMMITTEE
STRONGLY CONDEMNED
I SECRETARY CHEATHAM
"Mr. Chenthnm, the secretary-
having admlttod to your commit
tee euch dealing In the name of
and for Michael O'Grady and P.
A. Lee, comes within this rule, and
such action on his part, while an
officer of this association, meets
our strongest disopprovsl and con
demnation. Your committee fur
ther finds no reasonable excuse for
or reason for the use of, by him,
of the word "secretary" after his
name, signed to checks In these
transactions, but believe it to have
been misleading and s wrong
•gainst ths association, whose sec
retary he was, and this meets the
same disapproval nnd condemna
tion as above; applying this same
rule to Mr. A. A. Fairchild, an em
ployee of this association, for he
was unquestionably no more, no
less, we make the same finding ns
to him."—FINDING OF COMMIT-
TEE MAKING ORIGINAL IN
VESTIGATION IN CHEATHAM
CA8E.
surod in the strongest possible
terms” the action of Secretary
Cheatham. The special commit
tee had then referred the matter
to the executive committee of the
association for final action.
The whitewashing by the latter
committee, therefore, came in the
nature of a surprise, though it
had been apparent for twenty-
four hours that a desperate ef
fort was being made by President
Jordan nnd Secretary Cheatham
and their immediate friends in
the association, who came here
for the purpose, to bring about
the dismissal of the charges.
President Jordan is known to
have urged upon members of the
committee the desirability of ex
onerating Secretary Cheatham,
stating that any other course
might he regarded as reflecting
upon his administration and
might injure the association.
Despite this fact, there was a
long, hard fight in the committee,
whose session was seeret, with the
result thut Cheatham won out by
a vote of II to 5.
The Cheatham matter was first re
ferred to a sub-rommlttec of the ex
ecutive committee, composed of L. B.
Irwin, E. W. Smith and L. E. Love,
This commute made the following re
port, which, after a fight, was adopt
ed by the vote given shove:
Whitewash Resolution.
"That ,whHe all forma- of specula
tion are disapproved of, yat the com-
RICHARD CHEATHAM,
Secretary of the Southern Cotton-
Association, is the recipient of
whitewash on i'
cotton futures.
mlttee finds that Mr. Cheatham was
acting only for other parties and In
view of the fact that there Is noth
ing In the constitution which makes a
person Incompetent to hold office be
cause he deale In futuree, end be
cause of Mr. Cheatham’e efficiency
and of the fact that we believe the
Continued on Page Two.
JAS. L. KE Y REPLIES
TO W. H. PATTERSON
ON GAS FRANCHISE
Sixth Ward Alderman Sets His Fellow Coun
cilman Down With a Plain Tale to His
Disadvantage—Charges Him With
Being Interested in Gas Co.
By JAS. L. KEY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In yesterday’s Issue of The Georgian my friend and fellow councilman,
IV. H. Patterson, favored you with hla views on the subject of me, and on
the subject of The Georgian, and on the subject of the franchise held by
the Atlanta Gas Light Company.
This favor appears to have been callefi forth by one of your editorials
appearing In Wednesday's Issue, and In which some reference was made to
Mr. Patterson's attitude on the pending Investigation of the gas franchise
question.
He says that he does not wish to engage In a controversy with the
writer of the editorial and that he guesses that this, edltorlnl was either
written or dictated by myself. He says that he knows that the production
Is mine, because "It contains numerous expressions" which I am accustomed
to use when trying to awaken him and others to a sense of their duty In
dealing with these questions.
Allow me to do you the Justice, Mr. Editor, to state that I did not dictate
the editorial, nor write It. nor Inspire It. As'to the charge of author
ship In any way, I must deny the "soft Impeachment,” however much I
should like to confess my guilt. I never saw nor heard of the editorial un
til the paper was Issued, and It was being read by t* -usands of others
along with myself.
If the authorship of the article In question was mine, I would gladly
acknowledge It, and would contribute more as often as they could be print
ed, until the people of this city were fully aroused and were ready to act as a
free and Independent people In bringing to account this giant monopoly
that he Is so ready to apologize for and defend.
Mr. Patterson sees much In me to condemn, because, as a member of
the city council, I am trying to act In a manner to win the good opinion of
the people who elected me and who both he and I profess to serve. He
seems to think that It Is naughty for me to try to win the “plaudits," as
he puts It, of my fellow citizens. He says that In his case he first satisfies
his own conscience nnd then If there are any "plaudits” laying around he
would like to have some of them, too.
In my case he Inclines to the opinion that “plaudits,” or tho good opin
ion of my fellow citizens, are the first consideration and hints that In seek
ing them I am violating my own solemn convictions. In this charge against
me he needlessly offends the good sense nnd discernment of our people. No
man who violates conscience or surrenders honest convictions can ever
hope to win "plaudits” from these people. The people are not as big fools
os he thinks they are. They know who has honest convictions, and further
more, they know who Is standing up to those convictions, and outside of a
stockholders' meeting of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Mr.
Patterson couldn't be convicted of either proposition.
But In this matter of the gas franchise. Mr. Patterson lays the whole
subject on his "conscience," and Is guided accordingly, so he says. I would
like to ask him what he does with Ills conscience when he assumes to act
as an exact arbiter between the gas company and the people whom he Is
sworn to serve, when nt the same time he is part owner of the gas com
pany? Every moment thnt he has served as a member of this special com
mittee to pnss on the gas company he has had safely lodged down tn his
Jeans a block of the stock of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company,
and this latter company owns the gas company.
No wonder that he apologizes for nnd defends the company, although
It tnkes rather an elastic conscience to do It. In good conscience he ought
to have declined to serve. He would be disqualified a* a judgs or juror.
Even as • witness, his interest could be provsn to show hla bias. If hit
conscience did not keep him from serving, his sense of decency and pro
priety should have prevented him.
Even now he should decline to vote on any question where his own In
terests are Involved, v
I might add that the people are thinking about It nnd talking about It,
and outside of the stockholders of-the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany he Is not going to be annoyed with any "plaudits" on account of his
course.
A word is to the gas franchise. For a long time I have been of the
opinion that the gas company was exceeding Its charter rights and was
making a claim of a perpetual franchise, which It was not entitled to.
When I came upon the aldermanlc board I Introduced a resolution asking
ths city attorney to Investigate and report as to theso franchises and
the claims of the compe.ny. The resolution was passed, tho city attorney In
vestigated and made his report. This report was In effect that the gas com
pany did not have any right at all to many of the franchises which It
Is using: that the company was exceeding its charter rights In the char
acter of the business conducted, and he further reported a certain state of,
facts which might be construed to mean that the franchises all had ex
pired, or might soon expire. This report came back to council, and a spe-
olnl committee, of which I have the honor to be chairman and Mr. Patter
son a member, was appointed to take the same under consideration and
report back such action as they thought proper, looking to the assertion of
the rights of the city and securing fair and Just charges and reasonable
conditions of service from the gas company.
The conclusions of the city attorney were contested, of course, by the
gns company. They say he Is Wrong. This committee, Including Mr. Pat
terson, doesn't know whether he Is right or not. But we do know that If the
city attorney Is right, the city can reclaim a great many valuable rights
which are now held ndverse to her; that she could then easily secure for
. her citizens a reduction In the price of gas and a course of dealing that
Is not so arbitrary as at present. I proposed that the question Involved be
submitted to the courts for determination. It Is the only way that I know
of that a matter of that kind can be decided. But a majority of the com
mittee determined that they would decide these abstruse legal propositions
themselves. Mr. Patterson Is one of the majority. They decided It In fa
vor of the gns company and against the opinion of the city attorney. I do
not say that the city attorney Is always right. I have taken the liberty of
differing from him ut times. But I do Insist that when his formal opinion
on such weighty matters Is called for, and Is given on the side of the city,
that It Is the duty of the council to stand up to him until he can have an
opportunity of presenting his contentions to the courts.
In' his card Mr. Patterson Informs us that for certain good reai
city granted a perpetual franchise" to the gas company. His clea
Into the facts ndds great weight to his opinion on the law of the
The city has never granted any franchise at all to this compa
franchise was granted by the legislature In 1818. On the face of It, It is
claimed tS be a perpetual franchise. The rights end privileges of untold
millions of generations of people will thus be disposed of at a time when
Atlanta was but a village. I contend that no set of men have a moral
right to thus lay an embargo on unborn generations of people, and I very
much doubt their legal right to do so. One thing Is sure. If there Is any
way that can be found to set aside such a grant the people of Atlanta will
be Justified In resorting to It.
Referring again to Mr. Patterson's card, he says In speaking of a "Bos-
ton millionaire” who la the principal owner of the gas company and street
railway company, that "If the ownership of all the municipal utilities was
vested in one person, I do not know a man who would administer them
with greater fairness nor with a higher conception cf Ills duty to the public
than would Mr. Cooledge." The gentleman referred to eeems to have made
a good Impression on Mr. Patterson. He seems to have been "struck” w ith
him. Maybe he Is the long-sought for man who “struck Billy Patterson."
It seems that he not only Inclines to private ownership of public utilities,
but that he favors sole ownership and sole ownership of all utilities, pro
vided the scrvlcessof this other gentleman can he had In the capacity of
owner. This would seem to throw a load of light on another one of Mr. Pat
terson's positions on the utility question. Less than a year ago the city
was fairly stunned nt the proposition of Mr. Patterson that the city place
Its waterworks system In the hands of private parties. Maybe he had la
mind this same "democratic and unassuming" B is ton gentleman.
Who can tell, or rather who will tell?
“the
sight
The
