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THE ATLANTA OEOKGIAN,
MONliAi, NUVhMHLK
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor
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loss it print whisky or any liquor ads.
ana eiecinc ugni pienie, n, it now
owns Its waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas ns low as 60 cents,
with a proflt to the city. This should
he done at once. The Georgian be
lieves that if street railways can be
operated auccessfully by European
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
here. But we do not believe this can
lie done now. nnd It tniy I* some year*
before we are ready for ao Idg an un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should set lie
face In that dlrectiou NOW.
Sew Orleans with something of regu-
larity.
There is nothing along the whole
length of the Southern railway, not
even the question of freight rates
about which the people are so much in
protest, as there Is over the almost un
broken series of delays in the move
ments of this great through train be
tween the East and the Southwest.
We shall be glad at any time to re
cord an Improvement in this schedule
or a faithful effort on the part of the
officials to make It better.
Where the Trains Are Delayed.
The delays In the larger schedules of
some of our grest railways are getting
to be something more than an Incon
venience. They are a positive loss In
many commercial aspects to the people
of the 8outh.
Let ns take for Instance the South
ern railway. The Southern railway Is
tha greatest transportation system In
the South. It Is perhaps the richest,
the longest, the best cqulpiied. and Is
supposed to be under the strongest
financial management of any transpor
tation line In these Southern states. In
the main, the Southern railway Is suc
cessfully managed. Its equipment Is
fine. Its comforts and luxuries are un
surpassed. Its finances are well con
ducted. Its political affairs are looked
after with magnificent ability
profits are regular and satisfactory In
every respect to the stockholders, and
Its stock Is quoted high upon the ex
change.
, The Southwestern Yestlbuleit l.lmlt;
ed from Washington to New Orleans
Is the greatest (rain on the length of
the Southern railway. It Is the most
important, tbs best equipped, the most
famous and the moBt comfortable. It
Is not too much to say that this'train
Is scarcely ever on time between the
first of October and the first of May.
Scheduled to arrive In Atlanta at 3:Gf>
' in the afternoon. It rarely gets here be
fore half past six or seven, and some
times, many times, even later.
Now the question Is, why this almost
unbroken record of Irregularity on the
best train of the best road In the
Southern system?
8ome great railroads have trains
that are late sometimes. We <H> not
know any other great railway whose
best train la Isle all ot the time nr at
least nearly all of the time.
A study of the situation reveals the
fact that these delays occur almost In
variably between Washington and
Charlotte. The vestibuled Is generally
landed In Washington on time by the
Pennsylvania railroad. When It reaches
Charlotte It comes with no further de
lay straight through to Atlanta, and
the universal testimony of the thou
sands who are annually delayed on
thia road Is to tbs effect that the dls
treating and harrowing delays which
keep men and women from Important
engagements, and which so largely af
fects both the United States mall and
the commerce of this section, arc al
most Invariably recorded al some one
or other of these feeding lines running
into the main line between Manassas
Junction and Salisbury, N. C.
It would seem easy with the contll
tlons so very greatly simplified, that
the brains and the resources of this
great railway system ought to be able
to cure a difficulty or defect that Is
limited to about 250 miles of Its route.
Surely then the executive capacity of
the train dispatchers and the traffic
managers of the Southern railway
ought to be able to better the condi
tions about which all classes of people
In this southern country are complain
ing.
There is nothing Ill-natured in this
criticism. The desire of The Georgian
ia not to berate but to suggest; not to
abuse but to help. We think we have
stated the conditions fairly, and we se-
rloualy think that one of the earliest
conferences between the great heads
of this system ought to take Into con
sideration some ways and means of
regulating the traffic conditions be
tween Washington and BAUibury. We
feet sure that It the full strength of
the Southern's equipment can be con
centrated on this point, that the mat
ter ought to be settled and we ought
to tee, at least more frequently than
we hare done, the Southern Veetibuled
come rolling into Atlanta and on to
HEARST NOW OR HEREAFTER.
Our esteemed friend of The Journal Is entirely mistaken In think
ing that the possible defeat of Mr. Hearst would not weaken the cause
of reform In New York and that some other candidate could have led
this cause more sincerely and more successfully than the editor ot The
New York American.
The Journal has rarely been more mistaken, and this Is putting it
rather strongly, than In the supposition that any man could have led
this movement more effectively and more successfully than William Ran-
<lolpl) Hearst. In the first place, Mr. Hearst has built up the movement to
Its present status of possibility by the work and the advocacy of his eight
great newspapers for the last ten years. Day by day he has sown the
seed, and day by day his harvests of public opinion have grown beneath
Ills hands. With four great dally newspapers In New York to supplement
his speeches on the stump, Mr. Hearst was infinitely better prepared to
propagate tbeae Ideas, to preach these reforms and to lead this great
cause than any other man.
Moreover his record Is Infinitely better for leadership along this Hue
than any other man who could possibly have been named or who can be
named within the next decade to lead this movement What he preaches
he has practiced: what he tells the people to do hd has really done; what
he advocates he has accomplished; wbat he denounces he has restrained,
and his newspapers and his injunctions have won so many victories from
the fortified redoubts of the trusts, magnates and the syndicates, that he
carries In New York exnctly the same conception which Hoke Smith car
ried in Georgia—the suggestion of s personality strong enough and domi
nant enough to accomplish what he undertakes and to execute what he
was elected to do, because he has already fulfilled every other promise and
accomplished almost every other thing for the people that he had set out
to perform. >
Any man who knows anything of leadership nnd Its qualifications,
ought to know that this makes the most superb of nil equipment for lead
ing the great cause of reform.
The Journal need not concern Itself about the Impression ot Mr.
Hearst's sincerity aa a leader ot the reform movement. If Mr. Hearst is
not believed to be sincere, no man in this republic need ever hope to win
that degree of confidence from the people in any other campaign In our
history. Nobody In New York Is more profoundly convinced of his sin
cerity than the trusts who with such frenzied sincerity are fighting him.
It Is because they believe so tremendously In Hearst's sincerity that
they are putting forth such strenuous efforts to defeat one whose work
they so greatly dread when It cornea to executive authority. Nobody on
either side In New York really believes Me Hearst to be Insincere In his
advocacy of the reforms he seeks. He may be believed by many to be
dangerous, and he'doubtless Is believed by the selfish capitalists and trusts
to bo dangerous (as he certainly Is) to tbelr selfish and monopolistic
schemes.
But neither people nor plutocrats have any question of the fact that It
he Is elected governor that he will do with all his might and main every
thing that mortal man reinforced by ample capital and able lawyers can
do to bring about tho reforms which are needed In the public life of New
York.
The people know In this matter that If Hearst cannot do this nobody
else can do It. Without power and without place he haa already done so
much more than any pretender has done with power and with place.
There It not In all the clamor of New York politics anything more hol
low than this sham cry of distrust of,the sincerity ot the Democratic can
didate.
We do not believe Mr. Hearst will lie defeated In this c-lectioa. As wo
have said before, nothing but money by the house-full can buy the election
away from him, It niust be confessed that the money Is there to do It.
In spite of this wo believe that the people arc going to triumph, that they
hare the bit In their teeth, that they see things clearly and that In spite of
money, they nre going to work and win for themselves and for reform
the phenomenal triumph ot these two decades.
I Hut If they do not, The Journal need give Itself no concern, for tho
next leader for this same cause In New York will not bo some other man.
such, for Instance, ns Its famous and successful hero, Alton B. Parker, or
any other half-hearted equilibrist between the camps of capital and the
people, but It will be this same William Randolph Hearst who leads today,
and the only man who, upon the present horizons can over lead the people
of New York to safe and substantial victory along the lines of his present
simple nnd noble platform.
Krr “ZjmrJ frats SHOULD not solicit
NEW MEMBERS IN THE FALL
Lowndes and Liberty, and that Just
as soon as the rawness of their new
ness has worn awgjr In the -Impudent
atmosphere of Atlanta, they are likely
to rise In the might and majesty ot
beef and bones and wallop the Sophs
Into repentance and withdrawal.
It doeim't matter that the Juniors
and Seniors have underwritten the
ukase of the Sophs. The Freshmen
alone are more than two hundred
strong and outnumber Sophomore,
Senior and Junior In a tripartite al
liance.
The Sophs ot the Technological
school must not say that they have
not been warned by a friendly power.
The Georgian even goes so far as to
offer Its good offices In arbitration
Perhaps, If the Freshmen preserve an
armed neutrality we may be able yet
to patch up a Peace of Portsmouth or
a Pact of Peachtree between the con
tending factions.
At any rate, we have done our part
as a peacemaker, and It our counsel
Is rejected we can at least Join the
Red Cross Society and Join the Col
lege Widows In carrying off the
wounded from the field.
But seriously, or humorously as
you win, this Is a good Jive thine In
the Sophs ot the Tech to do. It Is a
good, bold burst of college spirit that
brings the Tech up In the ranks of the
republic’s great schools. The cane-
rushes at Harvard and the tugs of
war at Yale Bnd Princeton—the class
wars at Cornell and Michigan and
Oberlin and Wisconsin are a part of
the great big life of these great
schools.
Godspeed to the manly boys in their
mimic battles which are fitting them
for the big real battle of the world.
Only this: The limit of good hu
mor and self control muBt never be
overstepped. This Is not real but
mimic war. This Is good humor on
trial as well as strength. This Is mere-
battle of brotherly brawn and
strength, and any man of any class
who. forgetting the spirit of the col
lege, would strike with temper or use
weapon, reflects upon bis own man
hood and foreshadows a dangerous
and unpopular career upon the larger
field of strife.
The class battles are, like football
contests, meant tu be fought to the last
amiable limit of strength and skill, but
finished In friendship, with the best
men nnd the next best always shak
ing hands upon the field.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian;
It Is not the purpose of this paper
to attempt to Justify the existence of
college fraternities. That the oldest
of them In this country are coeval with
COUNCIL TO HAVE
BUSY SESSION AT
The Sophomores of-the “Tech.’’[are.not proceeding with the subs upon
In words of artful and most arro- ,he , ^Klnley basis of ' benevolent
gant alliteration, the sophomore I but are n ' ovl »*
class of the Georgia School of Tech !*™ hl *h Ines of the most pronounced
nology has expressed toward the sub-1 „P* r * „®' ...
ordinate classes of that great school * ,hal1 dfmMIe " 9 hpur of wars and
the classical contempt which the high
er classman nlwuvs feels toward the
lower, and has accompanied this
pronouncement with the Issuance of
certain rules rigid and autocratic,
which the "subs" are to observe with
reference to their own habits, nnd
with especial reference to the superior
Sophs.
It Is required that every "sub" shall
promptly surrender his seat In a
crowded street car to a Sophomore or
to a lady.
It Is ordered that no "sub" shall bo
allowed to smoke without written per
mission from the president of the
Sophs" or from the governor of
Georgia, who hat, been cautioned (o be
discreet.
It Is ordered that no "sub” shall be
allowed to smoke a pipe under uny
conditions unless the word "sub" Is
painted on hit pipe.
It is ordered that no sub shall wear
rumors of wars. There will be skir
mishes betwpen the classes. There
will be guerrilla warfare. Now and
then some lonesome sub may have his
hair cropped close without Ills consent
by some amateur barber of the Sophs.
Now and then some daring Soph,
caught out alone by desperado subs,
may go home with his shoes painted
green or blue. And there may be at
times some grand battle of brawn and
good humor between the full strength
of the two armies on some faternl bat
tle field of Yalu or Mukden, or Mud-
den.
It Is against this rashness that we
rise to solemnly warn the Sophs. We
have noted with approval that tho
Sophs have discretion as well as valor,
and the first quality was never better
illustrated than In the wise avoidance
of applying these edicts to the Fresh
man class. The Freshman class Is
twice as numerous and nearly twice as
a celluloid collar under any conditions.' big as the Sophs. The Freshmen have
and this without regard to previous j been In college Ion* enough to feel
environment. | their numbers and their strength, and
It Is ordered that the subs shall not i ** I" quite Itkety that If this Sopbo-
be permitted to attend the tntereolle- jmore Impudence had been addressed
glate athletic games without being or- j to them the Freshmen In the sheer
namented w"b a pink and green rib- consciousness of their thews and sin-
bo,,. Jews and numbers would have forbld-
These and other edicts are thunder- j tlen the Sophs to wear black cravats
ed forth In a fiery proclamation, and on 1 b ' 1 campus grounds, and might
the penalties for violation are hinted j have enforced the edict,
at In the most alarming way, j We fear that the daring and dash-
The Atlanta public, which Is always j Ing Sophs have discounted the num-
Increasing Its affiliation and interest i her and avoirdupois of the "subs."
with this great school, will watch 1 From our. private scouts and spies In
with Interest the further development j balloons over the scene of battle It
of this thrilling war. I comes to us (hat even the subs out-
It will be observed that the Sophs'number the Sophs, that thoy are fine.
All indications point to an unusually
busy session of the city council Mon
day afternoon.
The year Is fast drawing to a close
and the members of council ure anx
ious that nil business be performed as
early as possible. Despite the fact that
Is the wish of the body not to allow
any unpaid debts to go over to the next
administration, u goodly number of res
olutions anti petitions for appropria
tions will come up at the meeting.
Principal among these Is the ordi
nance providing for the paving of
Peachtree street with asphalt. The nec
essary advertisement has been made,
states City Attorney Maysnn. und the
question will be finally settled.
Council nnd the uldornmntc boned
have already signified an Intention to
adopt the ordinance. Actual work on
the paving Will, It Is planned, begin
next week.
The finance committee at n meeting
Friday voted In favor of an appropria
tion of something over 11,000 for the
paving of Capitol square. It remains
to be seen what action will he tuken
by council on this matter.
Small Appropriations.
There are quite a number of smaller
appropriations recommended by the
finance committee, among them Pc!lis
tin' repairing of West Hunter street at
an expense of $250, und an amount u
little litrger for granite steps at the
new Pryor street school.
The petition for a franchise by tho
Atlanta nnd Carolina Construction
Company will again be read and acted
upon. The franchise was granted by
council at the last session, hut was re
committed to the finance committee by
the aldermanlc board, on the objection
of residents on oertuln streets on the
proposed right of way, the nmln ob
jection being that some of these streets
were too narrow for tracks to be laid
on them
After going over the proposed route
of the tnterurbans. one to West Point
and the other to Conyers, the commit
tee Saturday decided to rnuke u favor
able report, with the provision that the
Intcrurbnn company agree to widen the
street* nt certain points. The report
will probably be adopted by council.
The special salts,n license committee
will report the granting of three of the
up plications, out of 28 which were up
for consideration. TMc reason given
will he the congestion of the traffic In
the localities of the three saloons.
Council will, no doubt, adopt the re
port.
Park Board Matter.
Councilman Chosewood’s ordinance,
changing the manner of selecting tho
park hoard will again come tip, the or
dinance committee having acted favor
ably upon it. The otdlaanec provides
that the mayor, the chairman of the
park committee of council and one cit
izen from each ward In the city shall
constitute the board, the mayor to
make the appointment of the ward rep.
reaentattves. It Is doubtful what the
action of council will be.
The petition of the Piedmont De
tective Agency that the private detect
ives of the city not he subjected to ex
amination by the police commissioners
will be acted upon. Considerable In
terest centers in the action of council
on this question.
ment and that they have steadily In
creased In number and In extent of
territory until now there Is scarcely a
college of any Importance In the United
States without them are sufficient evi
dences that they are securely estab
lished as a permanent Institution In
American colleges.
That their origin Is due to that phase
of human nature which seeks associa
tion and friendship; that their fun
damental principles tend toward the
moral education and social advance
ment of their members; and that their
Ideals are the highest, no one who
Is familiar with their nature and pur
poses will deny. But that there are
defects In the actual workings of every
fraternity, even In every chapter of
every fraternity; that no fraternity
comprising thousands of members
chosen from various classes of socie
ty. even no chapter of any fraternity,
measures up to the great principles and
high Ideals which It has set, are prop
ositions equally incontrovertible.
Nor are these faults peculiar to fra
ternities. Every human Institution Is
defective. The church, which Is of
divine origin. Is perfect only In so far
as it Is divine. Just where divinity
leaves off humanity begins, and thus
the church has Us bickerings. Its back
sliders and its hypocrites. But because
an institution Is Imperfect Is not rea
son enough for It to be totally con
demned. Jlecause It Is defective Is not
sufficient reason why It cannot at the
same time be beneficial. If Its pur
poses are wholesome and Its operation
reasonably consistent with them, then
Its adherents should strive to remedy
Its defects rather than carelessly to
permit their continuance or hastily to
conclude that they are past the point
of correclon.
It Is for the purpose of creating or.
If It already exists, of stimulating a
sentiment among college fraternities
looking toward the correction of their
faults and arousing or re-enforcing a
desire among them to preserve their
fundamental character and to live
more nearly up to their Ideals that this
paper is written. Nor Is It to be hoped
that any mere agreement, no matter
how salutary per se. no matter how
well It Is calculated to meet the con
ditions and correct them, will operate
satisfactorily, unless It emanates from
an honest desire on the part of Its
makers to observe It and to co-operate
with each other for Its success.
In tho first place, then, the proposed
remedy must give reasonable assurance
that under Its operation conditions will
be more agreeable and wholesome than
they have been heretofore, In order
that It may enlist the hearty support of
those affected'by It. And this leads us
to Inquire where the trouble He# which
we seek to correct, and further wheth
er the proposed plan will not, while It-
works for Improvement along particu
lar lines, at the same time entail other
conditions that would be unfavorable
and that would counteract the good to
be accomplished.
It is unnecessary In this paper to
enumerate the weaknesses and defecta
of the several fraternities, the correc
tion of which Is sought to be brought
about by this agreement. Whatever
they nre, they are directly attributa
ble to the defective characters of the
individuals that go to make up their
respective memberships. If the occa
sion of undesirable members to the fra
ternities Is reduced by the agreement,
and If It does not operate so ns to ex
clude those that are desirable, then It
will have accomplished all that csuld
reasonably be desired, and in so doing
would establish a higher character and
a better reputation for the fraternl
ties.
College fraternities have, in some In
stanyes, been too hasty In pledging men
for membership. Doubtless each of
them can recall some Instance within
the past few years wherein It has made
a serious mistake, and one ever after
wards to iqierate against Its tptegrlty
nnd standing, by Initiating a inatr
whom at first It thought desirable, hut
who at length proved to be utterly un
qualified for membership.
Cnder present conditions there Is a
rush at. the opening of college by the
several fraternities In their efforts to
secure for each Its sharo of available
fraternity men, TTiat fraternity which
would prefer to go alow nnd exercise
more discretion in eluding a man Is
forced, for the sake of t-elf-preserva-
tlon. to act without due- deliberation,
because the others will have secured
such men ns It would otherwise have
asked to join.
As a matter of fact some men who
are desirable have their minds made
up before they reach college its to
which fraternity they prefer to Join.
They have been Influenced by alumni
of that fraternity anil practlcdlly
pledged beforehand, so that they only
await nn invitation to declare their al
legiance. Such, however. Is not true
of a large per cent of acceptable men
who have heard little and thought less
about fraternities. Besides the two
classes just mentioned there
other class who are apparently nil
right, who at first seem to be perfect
gentlemen, whose family connection*
are of good repute, and yet who would
disgrace any respectable association;
that made the mistake of Initiating
them.
There Is leas occasion for the pro
posed agreement on account of the first
two classes than on account of the
third, yet there is an advantage both
to the fraternities and to those desira
ble men who contemplate Joining and
who only need sufficient time In which
to decide which fraternity really suits
them best. No two of the fraterni
ties would make the same Impression
on the outsider who Is a careful ob
server. He would find that the person,
nel of one seemed more agreeable to
him than that of another. The traits,
character and appearance of one would
Impress hltn mote favorably than like
qualities of another wouid.
If such be true, then after one lias
had sufficient time to make these ob
servations he would naturally join that
fraternity which more nearly eorre
spends to his own notions and Ideals.
Each fraternity would attract men
according to Its peculiar character and
men ot different dispositions would
Join the respective fratomitles accord
ing as they were better pleased with
one then with the others. Thus an
original purpose of fraternity life-
congeniality among its members—
would be more nearly realized.
But the most promising advantage—
a consummation devoutly to be wlahed
—to be gained by the proposed plan
would be aj least the practical elimina
tion of the third class above inentlonod
—those who are utterly unfit for mem
bership and who consequently are a
burden to the fraternity unlucky
enough to get them. Adherence to the
terms of the agreement would reduce
the probability of this class' ever gain.
Ing admission Into any fraternity. After
a fraternity had had the opportunity
of observing for four months the con
duct, character and class room work
of a man It Is scarcely probable that
It would be mistaken as to his qualifi
cations for membership.
Nor would such a plan likely result In
a diminished desire on the part of new
students to become fraternity men. If
the agreement were made, the rule es
tablished, It would be generally recog
nlzed by the uninitiated as valid and
binding and they would not expect to
term of college. On the other
hand, If after four months' observa
tion one should conclude that he doesn't
wish to join. It were better that he re
main outside anyhow, for he would
scarcely be a suitable man.
Conformity to the compact would un
doubtedly reduce the numerical
strength of the fraternity, but that
should receive the least consideration
of any of the resulting conditions, for
mere numbers count for nothing. Be-
sides, the elimination of the undesira
ble element would surely serve to raise
the real standard and character and In
the remaining I
McRae, Ga.
R. M. GIRARDEAU.
COMMERCE AND THE 80UTH.
Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore.
"Following the line of least resist
ance,” the "down hill haul to the sea,”
the ever-growing commerce of the
country is more and more seeking an
outlet through Southern ports. Our
foreign commerce, now $3,000,000,000 a
year, will double and quadruple, as will
our coastwise trade, but the number of
our ports can be very slightly Increased
even If millions should be expended.
Nature has fixed the location of bur
available ports and forever set tho
limit upon their number. As commerce
expands, Southern ports must grow In
opulence and population. Great finan
cial centers must naturally follow, and
the vast commerce, of which we have
seen only the beginning, which will
soon flow through the South, will be a
mighty factor In the building of rail
roads, llie growth of cities, the Immi
gration of people from other countries
and other sections. There are few
countries on earth which have such a
geographical relation to the centers of
productive energies on tho one side and
the world’s commerce on the other as
the Mouth. The human mind cannot
fully grasp the wonders of the coming
years In in'
this heaven-favored section.
rnm Success Magazine.
The editor of a paper In western
Indiana declares It to be a fact that a
"cub" reporter on an Evansville sheet
In describing the mutder or a man In an
adjacent town wired his paper us fol
lows:
Murderer evidently In quest of
money. Luckily Jones had deposited
ell Ills funds In dhe bank day before,
so that he lost nothing but his life."
! GOSSIP!
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Nov. 5.—J. P. Morgan has
imported what Is said to be the most
complete set extant of original mnnu-
scripts and private letters of Rohen
Burns, the poet of Scotland. Agents of
the American have been searching
Great Britain for the last fifteen year,
to collect the documents and *an ex
pense ot no less than $200,000, It Is es
timated, has been -so Incurred. Th»
tong-missing manuscripts and letters
are In two books of 400 pages each,
measuring one and one-half feet square
and five inches thick.
They have been nominally apprals-a
by the customs authority at $26,000
each and subjected to a duty of 20 per
cent ad valorem, so that tho Morgan
customs brokers paid $10,000 duty. It
Is believed to be the purpose of Morgan
finally to bequeath the Burns, manu
scripts, along with other valuable lit
erature and objects of art, to the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art.
In the best informed art circles It
was stated that It Is Morgan’s Intention
to bring over practically all the stat
uary and other works of art he has
accumulated In Europe for several
years, paying full duty on same. It Is
estimated the Morgan art treasure,
now on the other side are valued a: al
most $15,000,000.
One never gives a dinner nowadays.
The smart thing to do Is to give a
series of dinners, for a hostess could
not possibly Include all her guests at
one tlms to do honor to a distinguished
visitor. In a case of this kind it utwai.
is such a relief to know the correct
thing to do.
The first of this season's dinner se
ries will be given on November ?. In
honor of Sir Thomas Llpton, with Mr.,
John H. Flagler as mistress of cere
monies. Sirs. Flagler has planned a
stunning series of dinners for her
guests, the first of which Is to he
given at her new home on Park place.
The divorce congress, which meets
here November 13, has the hearty co
operation and good wishes from Aui- I
Batonyl. The delegates will discuss a
plan for establishing uniform divorce
laws throughout the United States.
The Batonyls hope It will prove a
forerunner for an International con
gress. The question ot the legality of
the severance of Mrs. Batonyl's pre
vious marital bonds has been ques
tioned by her former husband, Uurk j-
Roche, an Englishman, who declares
that Johnny Bull does not recognize
her Delaware divorce and charges her
with bigamy.
Foreign diplomats are almost famil
iar these days to New York as they
generally are to Washington. They
are on their way to the national capi
tal to take up the season's work.
Among those who have been In the city
recently arc Sly Mortimer Durand, Brit
ish ambassador, with his daughtor, Miss
Josephine. They have been at Leno.-:.
Others of the attaches of the British
embassy who have gone on to Wash
ington are the Hon. Ronald C, Lindsay,
Captain E. C. Ryan, naval attache: Ce
cil M. S. Higgins, second sec-rotary,
and Mr. arid Mrs. Grant Watson.
Baroness Rosen and Baroness Eliza
beth Rosen, wife and daughter of < lie
Russian ambassador, have returned In
Washington, after a visit to Uariii
Schllppenbach. the Russian consul gen
eral at Chicago. All of the members of
the Russian embassy staff. Including
the ambassador, are now on Uutv.
GEORGIAN’S IN GOTHAM.
Sew York. Sor. Ifrrr eve §otnc of the
visitor* In Now York Irwiny:
ATLANTA—N. JlodenhelimT, J. A. Bourn.
. C. Fennell. A. li. Ki»*r. Minn M. H.
Murrlwether. C. B. Joyce, F. B. Sbepnrd.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
WILL TRY TO STEAL
LOUISVILLE VOTES
MOHAN IN CONTEST
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
NOVEMBER 5.
ISM—American* abandoned nnd destroyed
Fort Kris.
161ft— General Benjamin F. Butler I torn.
1654— Battle of fnkertnan.
1655— Busenc V. Deb*, socialist and labor
leader, horn.
115?—Ida M. Tarbell. writer, born.
1862—General Burnside succeeded General
McClellan In command of army of the
I’oforaao.
1171—Eleven*women and children killed In
panic In negro chureh In I*oiilsrlllc.
1801—President Fnnaec* proclaimed hlmaelf
dictator of Bragll.
1803— Prince George of Greece made gover*
city.
Beaton, .Mas*., Nor. 5.—'Thomas \V
Lawson’* promised aid for John B.
Moran «*ame today In the shape of a
half-page advertisement prominently
displayed In all tho Boston morning pa
per*. The advertisement, couched In
Lawson’* choice vocabulary'', called up
on the voter* of Massachusetts to elect
Moran governor and down the power of
money.
It begins:
’•Throughout the land harks the cry
of the people’s slave drivers. ’Dog*,
buck to your kennel.' On the highways.
In the by-ways Cxar Dollar’s troopers
stand at guard.
“For a quarter of a century Massa
chusetts has been in the hands of the
•system* and It* men and legislators
have been bought and sold like sau
sages and llsh at the market* und
wharves. The gigantic corporation*
and twenty over-night made dollar
Louisville, Ivy., Nov. 5.—Attorney \\\
. Hayes, candidate for governor In
the Democratic primary' tomorrow, ap-
peared In police court fbday and filed a
sensational motion asking that the
court remain In continuous session to
morrow.
In this motion Hayes asserts that he
1* Informed that a plot has been formed
to steal the primary In Louisville. He
alleges that this will be done by the
police and firemen working under di
rection of an ex-mayor, meaning
Charles F. Greiner, und assisted by
Imported thugs und repeaters armed
with thumb stencils, etc., and that the
election officers are to be supplanted
by pliable tools.
He says he expects to swear out • king* control the destinies of the peo-
many warrants and wants Immediate the state as does the sultan
action taken before the guilty can | ° f J “■**£ <“«> «>>« »*»vea
leav* town. Judge McCann said that j U .. Lawson says that Governor Guild
he will hold a continuous session of; is honest and a white man, but Guild
police court tomorrow. j represents dollar* while Morally repre-
! sent* the side of the people.
than those pawned, be required to pay!
an extra license fee *>f $26 Instead of
$50, which Is now required.
hnrleston, W. Vo., Nov. 5.—Troup*
, , .. ... . „ , have been asked for to quell election
As for the appropriations-of council, . . »■«_ . . .
... , , . , ! I riots In Mingo county. Three Hunting-
Mayor Woodward has already served - „ - “ * , " “
notice that he will veto any nnd all ap- : ton ®re under arms, but the
prop! iation* for anything which Is not j governor is awaiting further advices
absolutely and urgently needed now or! before sending them to the scene of
m the Immediate future. He says no j trouble.
debts wll be carried over from his The Republican election committee
The tax committee will recommend administration if he can help it. and a deputy marshal have been ar-
that pawnbrokers selling goods other} The meeting begins at 3 o'clock.
' rested.
AGAINST FEE SY8TEM.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Allow me to congratulate you on
your splendid editorial Indorsing the
action of the Fulton county grand Jury
with reference to the abolition of the
fee system for county officials. It 1*
undemocratic and quite at variance
with popular government. If you fight
as valiantly for this as you did for
ward primaries I believe It will triumph
at the next county election, provided
the executive committee will submit 1$
to the people.
With best wishes for the success of
your great paper, I remain
Yours truly,
J. M. SWICEGOOD.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2, 1906.
Tlie Atlanta Georgian
Is On Salt Regularly at the Fel
lowing Hetela and Newt Stands.
BtrPf'ALO. V. V.—Iroqaofs Hotel.
BALTIMORE, Jib.—Til, New Holland.
Belrtlere Hotel.
BOSTON, MASS.-Rarker Hoc
Yuulie's Hotel, Kumtheraet Hotel.
CHICAGO, ILLS.—<i rest Northern
Hotel, I*. O. News Co.. Pelnier Home, L
II. Clerk, 112 Denrtiorn St,: Aadllorlnm
Hotel, Joe Herron, Jsckeou end beer-
liorn street,.
CINCINNATI. OHIO.—Glkeoe Home.
Grand Hotel, I'slzre Hotel.
DENVER. COLO.—J. Blscr. II. H
Smith.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Eng'.Ub Home.
Grand Hotel.
NEW VORK. S. Y.—Hotel Aetor, Uo-
tel liuperltl.
OMAHA. NL'UK.-Mueeth SIs. Co.
Fifth etreer.
SEATTLE. .
ST. Lot: IK, JIO.—Hotel Ltclei
era Hotel, p'lentere Hotel.
TOLEDO, c
TORONTO.
WASHINGTON,
McKinney Home, Rslelgb House.
LEDO. olllo.—Jefferson Hotel.
RONTO. CAN.-Klsc Edward Hotel.
IMIINGTON, D. C.—Hotel Wlllerd,