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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN johh uum cams. w»* r. i. star. MoMnt. Published Every Afternoon. (Exrspt Rundsy) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At X West Alabsms 8t.. Atlsnt*. Ge. Subscription Rotes. On* Tar Rlx Months. f-g Throe Months.....;.... 'S By Carrier. Per w Entered at the Atlanta rostolflco ss aeeond-elaaa mall matter. TfIrnhonr. ronneotln* all depaVtmenta. U.ns dlstaure terminals; Hmitli A Thompson, advertlsln* rep resentatives for. all territory oiiteTdo of Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune Bids. New York ttfflce loiter Bldg. If you have any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN'. telephone the ( Irinlatlon llepartinent and hero It Pr r ”!iEi edled. Telephones: Bell <957 Main, Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In Till. GEORGIAN lie limited to 4M words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith, though the names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps arc scut for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.-The Georglnu stands for Atlanta”owning Its own gas and electric light pinole, as it now owns Its waterworks. Other ritlesjlo this and get gas as low ns 40 cents, with a profit to 'be city- This should lx> don* at «ne«. The Georgian be* Haves that If street railways can be operated successfully by E n r o p e a n cities, as they are. there Is no good reason why they cannot be no operated here. But we do not believe Ibis can he done now! and It tnsy i>* now* year* ? for »o big —* •••• lirrilllUK. anas. ...ISOU VhOllld face In that direction NOW. n* poor nuwt •••« •» ■ . twfore are are ready for no big .... dertaklng. Still Atlanta sbonld set Its Panama Trip Without Precedent. When President Roosevelt goes aboard ehlp next week anti starts for Panama he will be doing something that none of hla twenty-five predeces sors In the executive chair ever at tempted, and that la to Journey beyond the boundary lines of the United States during hla term of office. Mr. Roose velt on more than one occasion since he assumed office has shown ijhsl he Is not the man to search for » prece dent when he believes It I* necessary to act. But never before has he so completely upset tradition as In the case of hla trip to the Isthmus. It has often been stated that the president must not leave the United States, even for a day. Hut this re striction I* not Impoeed by statute. It le only an old. unwritten law which has been respected by all successors of George Washington. President McKinley emphasised his respect for this rule on his memorable tour to the South and West. It was unofficially announced that he would meet Preeldent Dies, of Mexico, some where near the boundary of that sister republic. A controversy ss to whether Mr. McKinley might properly cross the Mexican line, even for a few hours, aroaf. From El Paso there extends Into Mexico the International bridge span ning the Rio Grande. Whether the president would dare to croaa this atructura or not was the question which members of hla party aakdd one another. He did not. He went to the bridge and caught a view of the Slerre Madre. Half-way serosa the bridge was a line. Stepping over this was putting foot on Mexican territory. President Harrison had ventured ns .far as this line ten years before. Rut Prcaldent McKinley did not ao much as put hla foot upon the bridge. President Arthur was accused of vlo- taring this unwritten law In October, 1112, upon a pleasure trip to Alexan dria bay. Thousand islands. Ills po litical enemies accused him then of vanturlng across the Canadian line on a fishing excursion. The boundary be. tween Canada and New York extends to tha middle of the St. Lawrence river. President Cleveland was similarly ac cuaed. On one of hla trlpa lo North Carolina ha aalled by the oqpan route paat Cape Hatteras. Hla enemies con tended that he ventured outside the three-mile limit. According to Interna Ilona! law. a country’* possessions ex tend for three miles outside Us coast line. Plying the seas farther than this la leaving home territory, which, of course. President Roosevelt will be obliged to do In his coming trip to the south. "Fair Edition” of Chronicle. Age cannot wither nor cuatom atmle the venerable August a Chronicle, wlHch came out Sunday In an 84*pn*e laau*. carrying 225 columna of ad vertising and aome 880 columna of reading matter and picture*. This splendid edition, got out. In honor of the Georgla-Carollna fair, la but another example of Editor Tom Loyless’ unrtrtng enterprise. An International thought clearing house, where the people may have t^ielr doubtful thoughts examined, condensed, desiccated, stretched, Ironed and re turned In good order, has bean estab lished at the session of the World New Thought TMeration convention. The very thing to keep G. Bernard busy. PRESIDENT JORDAN FAILS TO REPLY. President Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, falls to aay anything altout the alleged "Wall^street annex," In his reply to the attack made on him In a card from Prealdent C. ■ S. Barrett, of the National Farmera' Union. And lnaamuch as he saw lit to respond to the card of Prealdent Bar rett, It must be regarded aa strange that he did not deal with- the main charge made therein—an unholy alliance with one Joe Hoadley, yclept "notorious" In the New York cotton exchange. That charge made by Prealdent Barrett must of necessity be re garded the main lasue he developed. Joe Hoadley I* a big speculator In the cotton market. Those who called a apade a blamed old ahovel would term him a gambler. He la a bear today, a bull tomorrow and In the market always a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. In other words, he is a Wall atreet oper ator. Now, Prealdent Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union, has charged ’that there has exlated an intimacy between the prealdent of the South ern Cotton Association and thl* Joe Hoadley, and haa charged that the prealdent of the Southern Cotton Aasoclatlon maintain* a "Wall atreet annex.” In reply, President Jordan says that he has always stood for higher prices than any other man In the Sonth. that he'has fought to. sup press speculation, that members of the Farmers' Union In Texas have been selling cotton at a price less than the fixed minimum, and that he has never been riding around In three million dollar yachta. ^ But not a word about the Imputed alliance with Hoadley. Not a word about the allegation that Hoadley haa been quoting President Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, as saying that this year's crop 'will be second only to that of 1904. In justice to the Southern Cotton Association, Preildent Jordan should make a statement that touches the aalient point. NEW YORK CAMPAIGN CLOSING. . Just one week of campaigning remains before the climax at the polle of the race for the governorship of New York, which is now holding the at tention and the Interest of the-entlre country. The fight l« heated. Perhape no state campaign wae ever waged with more deeperate fervor. Yet It Is In its last analysis a battle between an Individual and the strength 1 of the Republican party, not merely of the state, but of the nation, even to the president. William Randolph Hearst stands on his platform—and on his record of many fights and aa many victories In behalf of the people. On the other hand, the Republican organlxatlon—worm-eaten.and rot- ted by Odelllsm, and carrying a plead load In Platt and Depew—la standing on It* candidate, Charles E. Hughe’s. Hla record In the Insurance lnv*- tlgatlon Is the chlefeet defense; the only offensive measure le personal at tack on Hearst—crlta of "yellow Journalism." There Is but little argument arrayed against the platform of the Democratic candidate. Though fighting Hearst with all Its old venom. The New Yofk Sun, It may be hlgnlficant to note, has not recanted Its now famous prediction that— "The next governor of New York will bo n Democrat." The People’» Lobby. Those members of congress who are shouting themselves hoarse against the proposed "People's Lobby" are, like milady, protesting too much. The honest bookkeeper or cashier does not fly Into a passion when the auditor come's around, nor does the ■itizen of probity feel Insulted when he sees a policeman on the corner. And. one Inclines to. believe, but lit tle protest has been heard from these self-same congressmen because the railroads of the country had n well- organised lobby at Washington during the past session; -because the whisky trust and the eannera maintained n cohort of “general representatives” and special agents with the hope of defeat- F. c. Howe, of Cleveland; J. B. Rey nolds, who collaborated with Neill In making a special report for the presi dent on the condition of Packlngtown; Homer Folks, of the New York state board of charities: Henry Beach Need- hum, magazine writer; Mark Sullivan, magazine editor: John Mitchell, presi dent of the United Mine Workers and one of the lowering Intellects In fed erated tnbqr, and Everett Colly, Ihe New Jersey reformer. President Roosevelt views the project with expressed favor, and. It Is Inti mated, advised In the selection of the governing committee. The lobby le started without the criticising of anybody and without re fleeting on any members of congress. HEARST CARTOONS IN THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN • lie i lfi Hugs ; ii jim 1 ... *¥ j *. - ~ r r—— JY - • GO HOME AND TELL YOUR FATHER TO VOTE FOR HUGHES.” I GOSSIP special agent, with the hope ot ue eat- ^ ^ ^ mert , y „ y Ing the pure-food legislation, or at least ^ ^ ^ ^ wh>| (he , p „ of emasculating It; or because the beef trust was represented by a bevy of ban vlvnnts, who were Incidentally keen politicians, while the fceat In spection measure was on the lapis. But the suggestion of the "People s Lobby" seems to have hurt the feelings of Rome of the statesmen. 'What are we member* here for. If not to represent the people?" Indig nantly ask some of them. Other con gressmen are disposed to poke fun at the proposition, but the organizers are going ahead, heeding neither outraged sensibilities nor sarcasm. The plan of Ihe "People's Lobby" Is to maintain at Washington a bureau that will be prepared’ to furnish the constituents of any member of con gress, on short notice, accurate In formation as to the status of any piece of legislation and to furnish also In formation as to the attitude of any member, of congress toward pending legislation. It Is, In ehort, to be a pub licity bureau acting for the people. "Publicity" le It* watchword. The plane of the organlxatlon have not vet been definitely formulated, but ft Is understood that the promoters favor the doing of actual work for or against legislation of Importance In cose the will of the people as a whole le clearly known. The movement was started by a magatlne, but It Is an nounced that as soon as the organiza tion Is well established the magazine will withdraw from active participa tion In It. ‘ The governing committee, which has been announced, Is composed of men of established Integrity, ability and de votlon to the Interest* of the people and the cause of civic righteousness. Among the member* are Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California: Mark Twain. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the juvenile correction court at Denver; Brand Whitlock, nov elist and mayor of Toledo; F. J. Haney, who prosecuted the Oregon lend frauds and sent United States Senator Mitch ell to the penitentiary: William Allen While, editor of The Emporia Gazette and virile exposer of Ihe shams and pretence* of politicians; F. K. Webster, clal Interests' lobbies are doing, to throw the light of publicity on all com mittee meetings and the attitude ot every member of congress toward re form legislation. On such fundamental propositions as the tariff on, which the parties natural ly differ It Is the Intention to take no side, but to Interpret the meaning ot the proposed legislation and to see that whatever Is enacted Is done by honest means. It will require a good deal of money to maintain this lobby. It Is proposed to raise the money by voluntary con tributions. A man of recognised strength, ability and honesty Is to be employed to take charge of the bu- reau. • The plan looke like a good one. If the lobby measures up to Its Ideals, It will' accomplish much for good and honest government'. And It will doubtless enable Ihe coun try to get better service out of Its serv ants, the honorable, hut sometimes careless, member* of congress. Board of<Trade Assured. The proposed board of trade for At lanta was practically assured as re sult of the meeting Monday afternoon of the committee appointed from the Chamber of Commerce. It was reported that the estimated cost of conducting the board ot trade would be fully covered by subscriptions from the various businesses vitally In terested. The hoard of trade Is deemed a prac tical necessity .fur the city, and with characteristic promptness the business men of Atlanta responded. our old friend, the Novo# Vremya, of 8t. Petersburg, from whom we haven’t heard much'since the Ports- mouth treaty, say* the United States and Japan are about to go to war with each other. The role of Ransy Snif fles Is about the only on* Russia Is now able to play. v w ] We’ll have an election of our own In president of the City Club of Chicago; Georgia next Tuesday. FREE SPEECH. To the Editor of The Georgian: The mayor of Atlanta does not seem to understand the position of the So cialists in the matter of free speech. They are not making a personal ap peal to him. or antagonising his views In the matter, but as the laws of the city have placed. him between the streets and the people, the Socialists In order to get at the streets are com pelled to take him Into account, not because It le Mr. Woodward, but be cause he Is the law, at this time. The mayor Is not only the law', but he Is the judge of It, which make* it necessary for the Socialists to apply to him formally, so as to get a Judicial opinion, as n basis of contesting the constitutionality of a city’* right to obstruct the streets In this or any other way. The mayor loses sight of or does not see thnt the city- law-maker* can ob struct the streets with the police, a* well as that the people can obstruct the streets. The street* are not legally or con stitutionally obstructed u* long «» In dividuals are not kept from using them In their business avocations, or In their pleasures. The constitution of the United State* Is that the right of peaceable assem blage ami freedom of speech shall not be abridged. This cover* every foot of land In the republic, both private nnd public, and protect* every form of speech not aimed at Insurrection, via the road of nioblsm. Voting Is a lawful and peaceable way of organising and perfecting govern ment. and any speech within these bounds is protected by the constltu- The law which Interferes with this I* an abridgement under tho constltu tlon. ... The majority even are not allowed to deny thla to a single Individual, much less to a minority of Individuals. If the law can keep the people as a mass from speaking on the streets. It can keep the Individual from doing so, and aa the Individual Is always ar rested, the law Is aimed at the Indi vidual, and In this way prevents any public consideration of any question. As to speaking In hired halls. The law In regard to disorderly conduct Is so plailtudlnnusly constructed thnt It ran be used to suppress free speech In hired halls. The Socialist contention is for n law which cannot be used ns an abridge ment of the constitutional provision on this subject. The Socialist* are In fnvnr of a law ful government, nnd contend thnt nil lawn which'me not strictly constitu tional. both In letter find spirit, are anarchist leal. The constitution of the United State* and of the different states, contrary to the general opinion of the people, prohibit the rule of the majority. . . _ .. In those Instruments, framed by the majority, though they be rhe majority have surrendered their powers to the rights of the Individuals, nnd have agreed to join with the Individual In preserving the right of peaceble as semblage. and freedom of speech • of every Individual, at all time* and "places." This is the only possible democracy. The Socialists are. simply contending for the observance of these constitu tional compacts, as under them the minority arc a* *afe as the majority, and hence the allegiance of the minori ty to government under them Is rightly dU The Socialists do not wish to Intrude their views on the public by speaking on the street*, but when they eeek to use the streets In an orderly manner and find them obstructed by the police, they are simply within their consti tutional right*, not as Socialists, but a* Individual*. In demanding a re moval of the obstruction. Thl* Is not a Socialist contention or a class contention, but a contention of law-abiding and peaceful citizens. From the article In The Georgian, Mr. Woodward In referring to the So cialists as reported, would lead some of us to understand that he objects to the Socialists speaking on the streets, or In other words, that those wfio speak D.W. BLAIR CORRECTS PUBLISHED STATEMENT To the Editor of The Georgian: A reference to myself In your lasue of Friday calls for attention, and It Is dif ficult to deal with It In an entirely par liamentary way, for the reason that your author has recklessly, without knowing, or wilfully ■ knowing, stated that which Is untrue. It Is untrue that I attended the mass meeting on Thursday night a* attorney for the company owning the water works. I went there a* a citizen of Marietta, representing myself. I was Invited by the mayor to attend the first meeting, and by a member of the pres ent council to attend the last meeting and discuss the questldn*. It Is untrue that I drafted a bill In 1905 and Introduced It In the legisla ture, providing that Marietta purchase the old waterworks plant. In so far as I know no such bill ha* been drafted by any one, certainly not by myself. It Is untrue that I Introduced this or any other bill In the legislature. I was not about the legislature during the ses sions of 1005 and 1906. There Is no room for mistake on the part of 'your author as to these matter*. During 1904 and 1905 I rendered certain legal aervlce* to the city gov ernment, *uch ss' defending damage suits, prepared a charter and drafted one or more local measure* os request ed. I think It I* true that 1 drafted a hill providing that the people should vole on the question of water owner ship; but I did it simply In the capacl- ty of an attorney practicing my profes sion. and with the distinct understand ing at tha time that I was opposed to not seek to take over the old water works. but simply to permit the people to vote upon the question of whether they preferred municipal ownership. 1 am opposing the present move ment, and did so on Thursday night. There are various reasons that prompt me to do so. In the first place, It. Is proposed to vote 280,000 to put In a sys tem of waterworks. Not a survey or estimate has been made, and not an advocate of the measure can offer an intelligent idea as to whether a system ran be put In for that amount or not. On Thursday night they wore pressed to state where the water was to come from, and whether or not the 280,000 would be sufficient; and Anally had to admit that they did not know where they were going to get the water, nnd their Idea was that they would go ahead and spend the 880.000, and If that was not sufficient, usk the people for more. Of course, that would In volve first getting legislative author ity to Increase the Indebtedness: then the ratification of the people, and in the meantime the city would have a hole In the ground upon which they would be paying taxes. It occur* to me that this would be a sufficient argu ment against the movement for any sensible business man. In so fnr as 1 Know, the proposition before our people has no parallel among towns of our class. Some ten or twelve years ago, when there was not even discussion In favor of the city putting In waterworks, a private company In vested their money for that purpose. At the lime they were bailed n* public benefactors and everybody was ready to shower ihelr praises upon them. We are now met with the proposition that these people are not entitled to any consideration for what they have done for the city, hut that It IR entirely leglt- the measure Individually, as any one pnate and 7onHsca e thiiJ can And nut who will trouble himself j v!i to Investigate. Th.. hill aa drafted did I Investment by putting In a sysem to be The mil as araitra aiu on . ned by he c „ y Th , B nmy bc the contrary to hi* political faith must not use the streets. The mayor then favors such n con struction or the law of obstruction, as to make It apply to what 1* said, or is supposed will bc said by the speaker, and not to the physical acts. These cases In Atlanta are judlrlally determtned beforehand and not by the acts Judicially determined from facts, seems to be about what the Socialists claim. . • . Mr. Woodward Is not the subject of contention, nor do the Socialists wish him to so consider It. for they concede the same rights . to Mr. Woodward which they cldlm for themselves. j They merely wish to bring the mat-1 ter of the rights of individuals and j Individual corporation and bodies of | citizens to a definite constitutional con- j elusion, so that they will know defl-; nltely what the rights of a citizen are. i and what Is constitutional law and [ what I* not. Until this I* done, no one can Intelli gently vote for or obey any law. The Socialist contention, then. Is for law and order. I believe >1 r. Woodward does not ob- i Ject to this, especially a* he Is opposed to anarchy. In regard to Socialism Mr. Wood ward is not well informed. Hundred* of labor union* are Social ite bodies, and thoae not so have more or less Socialist members, and the members of unions are fast becoming Socialist*. Individual Democrats are law less, but this doe* not condemn the Democratic party, neither should a like condition condemn the Socialist party. The mayor doubtlesa was more on less fretted, and I am sure that when he sees and learns more of Socialism ; and It* guiding spirit, that he will not | be so disposed to criticise it so harshly., The Socialist* wish the mayor well. nnd some day, not far dlitant. the' well-wisher of the Socialists will be; a valuable asset, and a harbinger of Joy to all. W. A. JOHNSON. Atlanta, Ga. way to encourage capital Into our midst and build up the city; but It will take more than the loose talk of the advo cates of the measure to so convince me. It occurs to me that It would be a ca lamitous advertisement to send abroad that Marietta appreciates so little the Investments nnd public spirit of those who have helped to build up the town that the people are ready to rise up nml crush them nnfi their Interests out of existence. What will he the effect of the success BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, OcL 30.—Surrounded by her three grown children In her humble home, at 25 Floyd street, Brooklyn, laat night, Mrs. Anna Burns recalled a night 22 years ago when she gather'd her little ones around her. Morris Burns, her. husband, discouraged after a long struggle with poverty, had weakened and disappeared from home. Mrs. Bums was left alone, to continue the struggle to support the family. She was reading a newspaper a week ago, when a paragraph tpld ot the death In Greenwood, Miss., of Morris Burns, and stated that he left a for tune to his wife and three children, whom he had deserted In Brooklyn 32 years ago. Mrs. Burns today ‘called at the Brooklyn police headquarters and was there Informed by Detective Sergeant Walden that the estate of Morris Burna was being administered by President McShane, of the First National Bank of Greenwood. Mrs. Burns was pro- vlded with the proof of her identity and she dispatched this proof to President McShane. She was Informed that th# estate amounts to about 220,000. Asahl Kltagakl. the Japanese mid shipman who recently resigned from the naval academy, was among the day's visitors at the White House In Washington. He aald he was not seek ing reinstatement and came purely on a social errand. Frank H. Waskey, the new delegate from Alaska, called to Introduce himself to the prealdent and to speak a good word for the Seattle exposition of 1909. The canned drama has arrived. I've been expecting It and was therefore not surprised to learn that a special performance of the third act of “Nurse Marjorie" was given at the Liberty theater before moving picture pho tographers. After tho pictures were taken the actors repeated their lines Into a phonograph. The pictures will be taken on tours. THIS DATE- IN HISTORY. OCTOBER 30. USS-r-Ycomnu of Ihe Guard established. 1810—Battle ot Los Cruces. Mexico. 1833—Iturblde dissolved Mexican rongn-o*. 1830—Itosroe Conklins. American statesman, born. Died April 18, 18H. 18(2—General Kosecrane assumed eouiumml of the nnur of the Cumberland. 1861—Gqnersl Hood made three attacks on Deeetnr, Ain., hut ires repulsed eueli time. . _ 1867—Kreuch troops entered. Borne. 1889—General Sherman laid cornerstone of soldiers' memorial, Prospect park, 1899—Spanish steamer Viaeays sunk In rot. listen off Barnegnt: seventy lives no 1898— United States sennte passed the *11- 1899— Boers'Mpturmi 2,090 British nt Lady smith. , ...... 1994—Japanese, assaulted Port Arthur. We will have two systems'of waterworks, neither of which can be made self-sustaining. The Investment of the present company be comes dead capital; the Investment n! the city Is burled; and In the mean time the citizens have to bear the bur den of the J80.000 Indebtedness by ex orbitant taxation. "No system that the city can put In qan possibly deprive the present company of all of Its buslr?" The city will have to Dump Its wnter twice as far a* the present company; It will have to elevate It higher than the present company; It will have n longer distance to haul If* fuel, and It can not possibly make a rate that will be self-sustaining an low as the present company can. The old company’# plant wa* largely built when materials and labor were not more than 50 or «ft per cent a* costly a# they .ire now. Consequently, the old company has every advantage In the matter of competition; but neither company could hope to make anything upon the in vestment, and the people would he grievously taxed to pay the Interest, sinking fund, and the expenses of op erating this new system. There Is absolutely no necessity for this movement. Our water rates are reasonable, and the franchise or tir> company provides thnt the company shall furnish the city nnd Its citizens rates ns reasonable as other towns 1 this section of the country similar!/ situated. For one I prefer to pay rea sonable water rates to a private com pany than to pay water rates and taxes to the city. It Is not a question of sen timent. but one of business; nnd un less facts and figures will supp-* tii- fnddlsts. I do not propose to run »,c after them. * . The mainstay of our town In tn«j years past and ut present are its man ufactures. These have been encour aged in the past by fair treatment at home and by reasonable taxation, it the present spirit of direct destruction, nnd indirect destruction by high taxa tion, Is to pevail, our city has seen us host days and we may start on a mng decline. . But there Is no danger of this, 'w people are sane and sound, and wnt*n you get the result tonight you will **• that the "magnificent fight, written » P on yesterday, has been a little farce In which vlndlctlvenisa nnd misrepresen tation have played the chief parts. Respectfully, • D. W. BLAIR. Marietta. Ga., Oct. 27. GET THAT KODAK? You may as well get a Kodak today, became you're bound to get one sooner or' later. They are nearly *• necessary as a watch. Hardly a day passes that you don’t wish for a kodak and say: "If I only could snap a picture of that," and If you knew how easy It is and the fun and annmsement you get out of It, why. you’d get one before night. Fine ones that can take a picture In the one twelve-hundredth part of a second—we carry that kind, too; but pshaw! all you need, If you want to begin cheaply, is a little dollar or two dollar "Brownie." You’d be aatonlahed at the beautiful pictures they can produce. Come In and see ’em. Get a catalog or 1st us talk to you about them. , A. K. HAWKES CO., 14 Whitehall Street