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ATLANTA !Si" on ::::::::::::::::::::::: , 8ffi |TrtlD“» ••••• ir ma IMS orniinad* Seven 52 o( Itnet railway* 150 iil!n*lni ftpltal »S?.000.000 The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA VOL. 1. NO. 116 ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906. PI? rr• 1/. * n Atlaat* TWO CRNTfli rAX 1X*±j . on Trcln* VV'F CKNTsL stensland, fugitive WRECKER OF BANK, given to prosecutor 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 »peclal copy righted cable: -Tangier. Sept 8^—Acting under the directions of President Roosevelt, transmitted through the state depart ment. Paul Stensland today was turned aver 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 tho American con sul general, Hoffman Philip, we giving the following receipt: •■•We have this day taken over the custodv of the person of Paul O. Stens- lami front Consul General Philip, of the United .States, according to presidential warrant of September G. 1906, In which we are designated as the agents of the United States to keep In safe custody said Paul <>. Stensland and bring him bv the most direct* and convenient means of transportation Into the United States for delivery to the proper au- thorltles of the state of Illinois, aa set out In the cable of us,from Assistant Secretary of state Bacon. “ ‘Also received one check book on the Comptorlt National d'Eacomptes bank and one cablegram intercepted by the United Statea 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. S,‘ “ With the signature of this document, Paul Stensland practically Is In the hands of the Illinois authorities, and In the custody of the man who will try him when Cook county Is reached. — J, i HARWELL TO OPPOSE PATTILLO FOR POLICE BOARD A factional light for the control of the police board, which Is In essence merely a recrudescence of the old Eng. llsh-Brotherton row which held for many years the attention of political Atlanta, has taken a new turn. Howard Pattlllo, councilman from the Second ward. Is a candidate for the police board. He has been for two week* very active In his canvass for votes among the 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. Ha feel* That possi bly hla health is not strong enough. to •land the strain of the political grind. In hla stead, It Is understood, that Mayor Pro Tern. J. H, Harwell will be offered. Air. Harwell Is alderman from the First ward, Is strongly aligned with the anti-English forces and knows the local political gam* from A to Is- lard. It looks as though the race to suc ceed Orion Nunnally lies between Messrs. Hnrwell and Pattlllo. If It does. It Is a cinch that the Bmthcrton-Engllsh fight Is still In the ring. RUSSELLSAGEHEIRS 7 FIGHT WILL, SO SAYS 0S00RNE New Yorki 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. IV. Osborne, one of the executors, today. ‘‘Of course, I cannot atate positively that there will be no contest,' 1 said Mr. Osborne, “but from what I have been able to learn I do not believe that there will be one. In fcact, l 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 has been probated. But l do not believe that •here will be a contest.. “Owing to the fact that we are mak ing no effort to caUect loans made by Mr. Sage during his life, brokers are making Immense profits, call money having been as high as 40 per cent. But, after a conference, we decided not to accept more than the regulnr rate, 6 per cent. Where loans are returned vohmtarylly we accept them and make deposits In the various trust compa- I ntes. 1 know nothing of Mrs. Sage's plans for disposing of the money." TAMM Residents of City Panic-Stricken From . Ftar. 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 Pinqr del Rio and Havana are threatened by the rebel forces. Raiding parties of rebels h«ve ap peared In the outskirts of the 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 close to the city. It In cludes his own band and those of Leon as, Coatlllo and numbers more than 1,000 men. Rebels Reported Victors. It Is reported that Gusman with 1,500 or 2,000 men, Is marching toward Havana from Santa Clara and that Guerra haa 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 Is believed will be a general attack on the capital. Near Plnar del Rio a part of Guer ra's forces and the government Torres 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 sone of the fighting. 3ridg*t Are Blown Up. The rebels were also victorious In an engagement at Clenfuegos. Two rail road bridges between Plnar del Rlu and San Lucia have been dynamited and a passenger train carrying 250 men with hordes and two machine guns, sent by th* government !•■ Plnar del Rl BASEBALL Atlanta— 330 000 OOx — L, Rock—101 000 000- ATLANTA— It ~sr To A ~E Winters, rf 1 1 1 1 2 o o Crozier, If 1 6 0 S. Smith, c 1 2 5 3 0 Morse, ss 1 2 1 4 0» Hoffman, 3b 0 o 0 4 2 0 1 2 o 2 o Jim Fox, lb 0 12 0 1 Wallace, cf 1 3 2 0 0 John Fox, p 1 0 0 2 0 Sparks, p 0 0 0 4 0 Archer, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 12 27 17 1 LITTLE ROOK— It H BO A E Douglas, lb 0 0 8 1 0 Gilbert, cf 2 1 0 0 0 DeAnmond. rf 0 1 1 0 0 McCay, 2b 0 1 2 o 1 Bird. 3 b 0 3 2 2 1 mite, If 0 1 2 0 0 Johnson, ss 0 1 3 5 0 Zimmer, c ... 0 2 3 2 0 Allen, p 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 11 23 13 2 Piedmont Park, Sept. 8.—The last game of the season between the Trav elers and the Firecrackers went thus? First Inning, Dougin hs hit In fruit of plate and went out at first, giuti* walked. Da- irmond singled, hdt nnoing Gilbert to third. McCay sacrificed, pitcher to first, scoring Gilbert. DeArmond want to second. Bird hit safe and DeArmond was thrown out at place. Tvto hits; on* run. Winters hit end walked. Crosier out, short to first Winters to second. Smith singled, Advancing Winters to third. ... * Smith stole second... I.lorno doubled, n «_ r iA rto . thhd" n’Jfrln.'m bl* n to tbttaaW out At de Goolpe. After twenty minutes of firing the government train, which was armoied, was forced to retreat amt was run back to Palacios. The operator at Puerto de Goolpe re ports that heavy detonations have beef heard In the direction of Laa Ovas, and It Is believed the bridge at that point haa been blown up to prevent govern ment troops'from reaching Plnar del Rio. This would force troops to march ten miles throufh the Insurgents’ coun try to reach that city. SECRETARY RICHARD CHEATHAM IS BENEFICIARY OF WHITEWASH BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Exonerating Him Adopted by Vote of 11 to 5. Spefial to The Georgian. Hut Springs, Ark., September 8—In secret session last night, the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association, by * vote of 11 to 5, “whitewashed” th>‘ charges of dealing in cotton futures preferred against Richard Cheatham, secretary of the osso- tiution. niid-to which Mr.'Cheat ham several weeks ago confessed '"‘for,, u special committee ap- I jointed, by President Harvie Jor- ihm to investigate the charges. the special committee had de- pounced the practice of dealing cotton futures and had “ccn- •urwl in the strongest possible otius the action of Secretary uoatham. The special coramit- i “**'1 then referred the matter " the executive committee of the Relation for final action. the whitewashing by the latter •jowmittee, therefore, came in the wire of a surprise, though it a, i hf. ii apparent for twenty* . “ r hours that a desperate ef- •"T "ns being made by President 1 lmd Secretary Cheatham th 1 loir . '| nme diatc friends in for , ! ! SWL ’ iat ‘ on > w h° came here II purpose, to bring about , p'hsmttsal of the charges. resident Jordan is known to , *' l lp k’od upon members of the romiit,.,, the desirability of ex- „ atl »tr Secretary Cheatham, j,! ’hat nny other course up, " '1° regarded as reflecting 2 his administration and i, •fi.iure the association. '■'late this fact, there waa a HERE ARE 7 WO REPORTS IN THE CHEATHAM CASE; CAN YOU RECONCILE THEM? sociation for any officer or sum- bor of tho oxocutivo committee or otato officor to in any way deal In futures, and any on# violating this ■ hall b* expelled from office. — FINDING OF EXECUTIVE COM- MITTEE OF 80UTHERN COT TON ASSOCIATION IN CHEAT- HAM'S CASE. Basing IIh action on Secretary Cheatham's own admission, the original committee of Investigation reported that the action of Cheatham “meets with our strongest disapproval and condemnation," but refererd tho 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 such action as Cheatham's "shall constitute an offense against the associa tion and that any officer guilty of violating this shall be expelled from office." The Irreconcilable reports of the 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 Hnds 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 dismiss th# charges as unworthy of furthor eonsidorstlon, and de nounce all charges made against Mr. Cheatham, except what Is hereinbefore stated, as false. "That in the future it shal eon- ORIGINAL COMMITTEE STRONGLY CONDEMNED SECRETARY CHEATHAM "Mr. Cheatham, the secretary, having admitted to your commit tee such dealing In the name of and for Michael O'Grady and P. A. Lee. cornea within this rule, and such action on hla part, while an officer of this association, meats our strongest disopproval and con- damnation. Your committee fur- ther and# 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 a wrong against th# assoeistion, whose sec retary he was, and this meets the same disapproval and condemna tion a* above: applying this sums 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 its to him."—FINDING OF COMMIT- TEE MAKING ORIGINAL IN- VE8TIGATION IN CHEATHAM CA8E. first .dorse scored. Jordan walked. ! Fox tanned. Two hits: thrte runs. Seound Inning. White singled. Caught asleep at the switch. Johnson singled. Zimmer sin gled, advancing Johnson. Allen fouled ouL Douglass popped out Three hits) no runt. Wallace beat out a bunt. John Fox bunted *.c pitcher; safe on error. Win ters popped out Crosier beet out a htt tc short. Smith singled, scoring Wallace. Horse singled, scoring Fox. Hoffman filed' out. Croxter scored on throw-ln. Jordan bit out to first.Four hits; thrte runs. Third Inning. Gilbert singled. Went to second on error. DeArmond filed out. McCay walked. Bird singled, scoring Gilbert. Whit* hit In front of plat* and out. Johnson fanned. ,Two hits; on* run. Jim Fox foultd out. Wallace doqbled, John Fox filed out. Winters out, pitch er to first On* hit; no run*. Fourth Inning. Spark* put In to pitch for Atlanta. Zlminer fanned. Allen filed out. Doug- laas out, abort to first No hits; no runs. Crosier filed out. Smith out short to first Morse walked. Hoffman out, short to first No hits; no runs. Fifth Inning. Gilbert filed out DeArmond out, short to first McCay filed out No hits; no runs. Jordan singled. Jim Fox tingled. The ball hit Jordan, who was ceiled out Fox went out attempting to steal sec ond. Wallace doubled; out trying to ■teal third. Two hits; no run*. - Sixth Ir.nlng. Bird beat out a hit to short. Whlto out, pitcher to first. Bird out trying to steal third. Johnson walked. Zimmer hit to second and Johnson out. One hit; no runs. —- * Fox out pitcher to first. Winters dou bled. Crosier hit to third and safe on error. Smith line drived out to short doubled to second, catching Croslen One hit; no runs. Seventh Inning. Allen out, pitcher to first. Douglass nut. short to first. Gilbert fanned. No hits; ns runs. Morse fanned. Hoffmnn cut. short to first, olrdsn Hied out No hite; no runs. Eighth Inning. DeArmond out. short to first. McCay singled. McCay stolo second. Bird walked. White hit to pitcher: McCoy forced nut at third. Johnson filed out. Jim Fox singled. Stole second. Wal lses fanned. Bpnrks out, third to first Winters walked. Crosier filed out. Ninth Inning. Zimmer singled. Allen singled. Doug, loss out, third to first. Gilbert hit to short and ut at first; double. i Second Game— — Birmingham.... 200 £ New Orleans... Q0C S" —g Wilhelm and Matthews; Phillips oat Rapp. UmpIre^Pfenulnser. f Montgomery .., 020 MS £J£ ~J ■ ■ Shreveport fgD COO ££; —J “ ; Malarkey and Gultteres; Ftsher and Graf- fin*. Umpire—Ctmpau. Second Game— Nashville ...... —JJ J] Memphis 0~ “ “ J J 1 Sorrell and Walla: Buss* iiml Ow*nt. Um plre»—Shinier and )Valo*cott. First Game— Nashville 000 000 Odd 00 —6 0 2 Memphis 000 000 000 01 -1 < 1 J. I)II*SSn sad Wells; Sugg* sud Owens. Umpires—Shiner tad Waloscott. Flrat Garits— ' Ml 100 Ms -* T I ...... oooootooo -* is i L ___ . stthews; Witt aud 8trat> inika- Pfsnsloger. RACE RESULTS. long, hard fight in the committee, whose session was secret, with the result that Cheatham won out by a vote of 11 to 5. The Cheatham matter waa flrat re ferred to a aub-eommittee 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 above: ' Whitewash Resolution. "That white oil forms of specula tion are disapproved of. yet the com mutes 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 deals In futures, and ’be cause of Mr. Cheatham’s efficiency and of the fact that we believe the Continued on Pag* Two. 8HEEPSHEAD BAY. Sheepshend Bay, L. I., Sept. 1.— Here are the results of today's races: FIRST RACE—Elliott, 10 to 1, won; They're Off, even, second; Eldorado, 4 tot. third. Time 1:07. THIRD RACE—Demund, 12 to won; Ballot, 4 to I, second; Dina Kens, S to 1, third. Time, 1:28 4-5. FOURTH RACE—Bedouin, 6 to 5, won; Fine Cloth, 2 to 5, second; The Picket, out, third. Tlmb, 2:21 2-5. FIFTH RACE—Water Grass, 12 to 1, won; Deutschland, 2 to 1, second Sllckaway, 7 to 5, third. Time 1:12 2-5. LOUISVILLE. Loulavlle, Ky., Sept. 2.—The races here this afternoon resulted as follows: FIRST RACE—Black Mantilla. 7 to won; J. W. Onell. 8 to 1, second; Haughty, 8 to 6, third. SECOND RACE—Lens. 7 to 10, won; Salnrida, 2 to 2. second; Timothy Wen. to 1. third. THIRD RACE—Mnmte Algolt, even, won; WhlppoorwIIL 7 to 10, second; Cashier, 4 to 5, third. FOURTH RACE—Coruscate, 7 to 2. won; Old Stone, 4 to 1, second; Har- mnkls, 2 to 1, third. WINDSOR. Windsor, Ont., Sept. 8.—Here are the results of the races here this afternoon: FIRST RACE—Garrett Wilson. 2 to 1, won; Bryan, out, second; Joe Coyn, 2 to 1. third. Tlmq, 1:20 2-5. SECOND RACE—Bods, 1 to 2. won: Crip, even, second; Gracious, 4 to 5, third. Time. 1:01 4-6. THIRD RACE—Palmer, 4 to 1, won: Sartorresartus, 4 to 5, second; Trend The Mere, 3 to 1, third. FOURTH RACE—Gold Mate, 2 to 1, won; Solon Shingle, 2 to 6, second; Alma Dufour, 10 to 2, third. OTHER GAMES. AMERICAN. Washington . . .080 000 002 —6 0 1 Boston . . ..... 010 010 000 —2 6 2 Batteries: Kltson and Wakefield; Glass and Armbruster. NATIONAL. First Game— New York 000 000 000— 0 2 2 Brooklyn 113 0*0 10*— *00 Batteries: McGInnlty and Bowerman; Eaton and Ritter. Boston 010 011 001 —4 12 0 Philadelphia . . 000 000 000.—0 1 0 Batteries: Young and Needham; Moser and Donovan. Montreal 2 5 2 Rnrheater 2 I 2 Batteries: Stanley and IKttredge; Hughe* and Deran. Baltimore 2 2 1 Providence 6 12 0 Batteries: Mason and Hearne; Mc- Cloakey and Barton. First Game— Newark 1 2 2 Jersey City 4 2 1 Batteries: Carrick and Shea; Moran and Vandergrift. Flrat Game— Toronto ..2 6 4 Buffalo 2 7 1 Batteries: McCafferty and Slattsry; Currie and UcAllleter. HARVIE JORDAN DAY AT GORDON COUNTY FAIR. Special to Tbs Georgian. Unlhoun, Go.. Kepi, t.—Wednesday. Oclo- tier 3. hat In-eti fixed is Harvie Jordan day at the Gordon dmotv fair. The Farm- era’ liistlmt# of the forty-third state aeua- torial district, cotnprlafnx the counties of Gordon. Whitfield and Murray, srlU be held on that data. 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 end fellow councilman, W. If. Patterson, favored you with his views on the subject of me. and on the subject of The Georgian, and on the subject of the franchise held by the Atlanta Goa Light Company. Thta favor appears to have been called forth by one of your editorials appearing In Wednesday's Issue, and In which soma reference waa 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 editorial 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 awoken him and othera 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 waa Issued, and It waa being read by thousands 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 aa they could be print ed, until the people of thla city were fully aroused and were ready to sot as • free and Independent people In bringing to account this giant monopoly that he Is so ready to apologixo 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,*' aa he puts It, of my fellow cltlsens. He sajrs that In his case he first satisfies hla own conscience and then If there ore any "plaudits" laying around he would like to have some of them, too. In my case he Inclines to the opinion that "plaudits," or the good opin ion of my fellow clttxens, 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 and discernment of our people. No man who violates conscience or surrenders honest convictions can ever hope to win "plaudits" from these people. Tho people are not as big fools os he thinks they nre. 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 Electrist Company Mr. Patterson couldn’t be convicted of either proposition. But In this matter of the gas franchise, Mr. Patterson lays th* whole subject on bis "conscience," and Is guided accordingly, so he says. I would like to oak him what he docs with his conscience when he assumes to act os an exact arbiter between the gas company and the people whom he Is sworn to serve, when at the same time he Is part owner of the gas' com pany? Every moment that he has served aa a member of thla special com mittee to pass on the gas company he has had safely lodged down In his Jennn n 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 and defenda tho corxpany, although It takes rather an elastic conscience to do It. In good conscience he ought to have declined !o serve. He would be disqualified as a judge or juror. Even as a witness, his Interest could be provon to show his bias. If his 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 queatlon where his own In terests are Involved. 1 might add that the people are thinking about It and talking about It, and outside of the stockholders of the Georgia Railway and Electrie Com pany he Is not going to be annoyed with any "plaudits" on account of hla course. A word as to the gas franchise. For a long time I have been of ths opinion that the gas company was exceeding Its charter rlgbta and waa making a claim of a perpetual franchise, which It was not entitled to. When 1 came upon the aldermanlc board I Introduced a resolution asking the city attOrney to Investigate and report aa to these franchises and the claims of the company. The resolution was passed, the 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 tho franchises which It Is using; that the company was exceeding Its charter rlghta In the char acter of the business conducted, and he further reported a certain state of facts which might bt construed to mean that the franchises all had ex pired, or might soon expire. This report came back to council, and a spe cial 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 bark such action as they thought proper, looking to tho assertion of the rights of the city and aecurlng 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 gss 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 th* city attorney Is right, the city can reclaim a great many valuable rights which are now held adverse to her; that ahe could then easily secure for her cltlsens a reduction In the price of gaa and a course of dealing that Is not so arbitrary as at present. I proposed that the queetlon Involved be submitted to the courte for determination. It la the only way that I know of that a matter of that kind can be decided. Bnt 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 gas company and against the opinion of the city attorney I do not say that ths city attorney Is always right. I have taken the liberty of differing from him at 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 la 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 reasons “the city granted a perpetual franchise" to the gas company. Hlo clear Insight Into the facts adds great weight to hla opinion on the law of tho case. The city hae never granted any franchise at all to this compnny. The franchise was granted by the legislature In 1865. On the face of It. It Is claimed to be a perpetual franchise. The rights and 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 1 very much doubt their legal right to do so. One thing Is sure, If there Is any Nay 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 nil 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 of his duty to the publlo than would Mr. Cooledge.'* The gentleman referred to seems to have mad# a good Impression’on Mr. Patterson. He seems to have been "struck" with 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 services of this other gentleman can be had In the capacity of owner. This would ; eem 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 at the proposition of Mr. Patterson that the city place Its waterworks system In Ibe hands of private parties Maybe be had la mln«l this same "democratic and Unassuming" Boston gentleman. Who can telL or rather who v "I tout