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TWO HARDWICK REPLIES IN RED HOT CARD TO SLATON’S ATTACK IN NEWSPAPER Congressman L W. Hardwick in a Recent Statement Given to the Press Replies Warmly to the Attacks of Gov. Slaton Washington, D. C. —"Mr Alston in sinuate* that because I have only two committee assignment* In the house, after year* of service, that I hi*, In it self, Is proof that my standing In that bo fly Is not high. Mr. Slaton'* stand ard for Judging the value of commit tee assignments aeem* to he neither high nor accurate.. In the legislature of our state, when he was speaker and president of the senate, the smooth personal politics that he constantly sought to play with all members of any consequence, may have led him to appoint almost every member to a large number of committees. This may have been gratifying to the personal prtds of the member* and consequent ly an asset of importance to an am bitious presiding officer. That sys tem, however, doe* not make for ef ficiency In committee work, and Is not the one we follow In the House of Representatives. Here wo give a man only such committee* as he can ac tually and regularly work upon, and more often than not, only one com mittee assignment. For Instance, but two of my colleague* from Georgia rank with me In length of service. They are Judge Bartlett and Judge Adamson. Judge Bartlett serves fin hut one committee, Appropriations, and Judge Ad&rnson on hut one com mittee, Interstate and Foreign Com merce. Mr. Blaton Insinuated also that even the two committees I serve on are not of Importance. Is that fair? I atn the second Democrat on the Com snltpo on Rules. Hoes Mr. Blaton rank the Committee on Rules In the House o: Representatives of our legis lature as unimportant? Well, here It Is Important. It Is ths great political and steering committee of the house, Invested with large powers and heavy responsibilities. It determines what bills the house Is to consider. Does ho esteem the Coinage Committee of the house as of no Importance? Well, ths last Georgian, before myself, who ever presided over It was Hon. Alex ander H. Stephens, and my last Demo cratic predecessor, an chairman, was Hon. Richard I*. Bland, of Missouri. Mr Blaton also neglected to state, through Inadvertence of course, that when the Democrats captured the house In the election of 1910, for the first time In sixteen years, and un dertook to organize two great special committees to Investigate the Steel nnd Sugar Industries I was selected to head the Committee on Sugar, being the only member of the house who was chairman of two committees dur ing the Sixty-first Congress. But Mr. Slatoh insists, that I have been the author of no Important legislation! J,#t him Inform the public what great measures In Georgia hear his name and acknowledges his authorship? Still. I will ask If Mr. Slaton never heard of the long fight for free sugar and of my connection with It. By that one light 1 have at least helped to remove from a great necessity of Ufa a tax that has cost ths consum ers of this country more than two thousand million dollars sines 1897. Did he ever hear of the long and con tinued fight that I helped make on Cannon and Cannonlsm? and of the part I played In reforming the rules of the house so as to redeem the pledges of the party to ths country In this matter? Hou** Record. Doe* he not know that I w*s the author of the proposal to put (he tele phone and telegraph and Pullman companies engaged In inter-slate busl |ies*. under the Jurisdiction of th« Federal Railroad Commission? Mr. Blaton attempt* to prove that I am either Insincere or without Influence in the house because during all the years of my membership there I have been unable to get my proposal to re peal the fifteenth amendment reported out by the committee and acted on by the house During all these seme year*. Mr. Underwood of Alabama, has Introduced, one Congress aft*r an other. precisely the same resolution. He also has been unable to get this proposition reported out and acted on by the house. Consequently, accord ing to Mr. Blaton, Mr. Underwood, as well a* myself, must be without Influ ence or position or Handing In the house. Hie pitiful attempt to make belated capital out of my vote to Increase the Congressional salary ts simply thresh ing out old straw That Is one vote J am proud of and upon which I am willing to stand. Ido not believe In cheap labor of any kind Considering PROMOTE A CLEAR SKIN \<f yil C\ ' /. * ;■ n .s n as «^Vi CUTICURA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment. They afford complete satis faction to all who rely upon them for a clear skin, clean scalp, good hair, and soft, white hands. .Samples Free by Mall * Lvwun Imp OtatiMai ««M thraudmrt tm **M IJtMralMiDMolotrtiuUxi tr<». Mi. A4inm "UJnn" lx**. eiL Uaem. , the expense* he must meet, the bur dens lie must bear, the style of living he must maintain, the members o 1 both Houses of Congress are poorly enough paid, even now. If we pay no salary or an inadequate salary, men of no metin'* or of small means will he unable to serve and the Con gressmen will he recruited from the ranks of plutocrats and crooks, and If either of these classes, or a combina tion of both ever control Congress may God help the plain people of this re public. I welcome the Issue on this question that Mr. Blaton invites. 1 have submitted It In one of the hot test contests the Rtate ever witnessed, to one great district In this state and my position was overwhelmingly en dorsed. lam willing to submit it to the entire state, to all twelve districts, nnd since Mr. Blaton chooses to take the side that the demagogue usually Iskes In matters of thla kind, I am glad he doe* so. The Atlanta Dapot Bill. I will not answer at much length Mr. Blaton'a fling at me about the ao- depot hill In the legislature of Georgia. Mr. Hall of Bibb, ha* al ready answered him completely on thla question. I did not support thla bill and have never regretted my failure to do *o. I did not vote for It be cauae, as I viewed It, I had no right under the Constitution of my state, and under my oath, to support It to appropriate the elnklng fund of the stale to build a depot for the railroads, and besides I thought the railroads ought to build their own depot and that tho state of Georgia ought not to build It for them. My view of the constitutional question was subse quently sustained by the supreme court of Georgia. When Governor Blaton seeks to ascribe to me a nar row prejudice against Atlanta as the motive that prompted my action In this matter he passes beyond all bound* I do not think he believe* It himself. I have never In my life failed to support Atlanta In every worthy undertaking. I recall only re cently that I earnestly endorsed and actually worked for Atlanta as one of the cities in which a regional bank should he located because. I knew At lanta was the only Georgia city that had a chance, and did so at a time when Governor Slaton could not he Induced to aay more than that he fav ored some Georgia city. I could with much more propriety than Governor Blaton question motive*, for It Is an undeniable fact thnt the value of cer tain large property holdings of mem bers of hi* family, notably the Kim ball House, would have been greatly enhanced If the depot bill had passed and l!*? new station had been located on the site of the old one. At to Negro Diefranchieemont. Mr. Sluton, In his enrd, sees some evidence of weakness on my part. In that when I first Introduced the negro disfranchisement bIH In the Georgia legislature, in 1899, it received only three votes He does not aeem to realize that a pioneer, who blazed the way, even In legislation, usually loses at first ami he sees no elements of strength In me because of the perse vering fight that I marie through nine long years, and which finally culmi nated In glorious and complete euccesg In 19ns, both In the legislature and at the polls. *' r - f ttton w »* *n the legislature In when this bill was introduced. Ho voted against It then. He voted agalnet tln Rill Possibly hi* opposition him srWnethlng to do with the fact that It only got a small vote. If *o, let him accept tho responsibility. I readily accept the Issue he raises. I stood then, and have always stood for negro disfranchisement and white supre macy. lie stood then, and ha* alwaya stood, opposed to the former and there fore unwilling to lake the necessary step to Insure and safeguard the lat ter. Nor hns bis disinclination to get rid of the negro hs a voter and office holder ended there. As recently as September, 1913. while Mr. Bolling H. Jones, ihe new Democratic postmaster at Atlanta, was endeavoring to rid the postal service there or a number of negroes who held responsible places there, for which they drew fat sala ries, tn order to substitute for them Worthy and efficient white men, his efforts to accomplish this were strenu ously fought by a firm of Atlanta at tornoys who fought these removals llrst before the Atlanta postmaster, and afterwards appealed the case to the I'ostofflce department In Wash ington. Presumably these attorneys were paid In part by these Atlanta negroes and In part by a certain "So ciety for the Securing of Equal Poll tleal Bights for Colored Men" In Chi cago, as that concern seems also to have hosted Itself about thsss re movals. What waa the name of the firm of Atlanta lawyers? Rosser, Brandon, Slaton and Philllpa. If Mr. Slaton denies It, I am prepared to cite cases and give details If he admit* hut asserts that he had not knowledge of It and nothing to do with It, then my rejoinder la that hla partners used his name with full right and authority to do so. Furthermore, I insist that when Mr Slaton assisted In forming the law firm of Rosser. Brandon, Sla ton arid Phillips, after Ids nomination and election aa governor of Georgia, and only a short time i rlor to hla In auguration, he committed a manifest Impropriety that no governor of Oeor :la from Oglethorpe'* day to hla, ever committed before. it Is manifestly Improper that the governor of a state should he g partner In any law firm engaged in the active practice of law before the courts of tAe slate over whoso destinies he Is presiding. If ho does ao. what a temptation la pre sented to every person In the atate charged with the commission of crime to engage that law firm, on the Idea that after he has exhausted the pro esses of the courts, he may atlll pre sent his appeal for pardon or execu tive clemency to a governor who la nominally at least one his own taw- Vrrs. of course, an honest governor, as I hope and believe Governor Sla ton, to tie. might lean hackward uSUjnst hla quasi- client, tn his effort to avoid being partial to bint Still It la a regrettable and Intolerable po sltlon. and the fact that Governor islalon has put himself In It, seems to strongly Indicate that he lacks bal- I liner, discretion, and Judgment, that are such necessary qualification* both for a governor and a senator. The Governor's Law Firm, Again, when Rosser. Brandon, Sla ton and Phillips take oeees of tht* kind, to proteat against the removal of negro office-holders, it can hardly be said that It is law. strictly speak ing. that they or* practicing. U res me AUUUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. qulred no knowledge of common or statute law or of the decisions to write these letters. It Is Influence they sought to practice. Political pull that they sought to exert. What gave the firm of Rosser, Bran don, Blaton and Phillips Its political prestige and lnfulence? The name of John M Blaton whom the white Demo crats of Georgia nominated and elect ed governor and who farm-let his name, while governor, to a firm of At lanta attorneys who did not hesitate to use that name to try to keep negro Republicans In the Atlanta postoffice and white Democrats out. I know where Governor Slaton stood on the negro question In 1899, In 1901, in 1907, when he either opposed or failed to support disfranchisement. I also knew where he stood In 1913. Where he stands today I cannot tell. I do not think that residence alone ought to be a great factor In the elec tion of our senator*. There are many other considerations of vastly more Importance. I have always said so. But, If other things are equal, then both of our senators ought not to come from Atlanta, and I do not bellevg, the Democrat* of Georgia are going to se lect them both from Atlanta this year. In 1911 when Governor Smith was elected to the senate, to fill Senator Clay’s unexpired term, his own state senator, Hon John M. Slaton, did not support him, because he asserted that when a man was elected governor of Georgia he made a solemn contract with the people to serve them in that capacity for two years, and he ought to be required to live up to his con tract. The same doctrine applies to Mr. Blaton now. He cannot escape its force by any little pleasantry about asking the dear people to "amend the contract.” He made the contract —to serve them two years as governor— and unless nil signs are wrong he will not only be permitted, but forced to keep It—and serve two years as governor. THOMAS W HARDWICK. the ramfußEi in. $ in. mm A bonus offer of 2,000 extra votes for any one of the sets of labels Indicated below that are eent In to the Contest Depart ment, 213 McCartan street, before 1 p. m. June 12th You can bring in as many of these sets as you wish and get extra bonus vote* on each set. Phone 1200 and ask Mr. Goodrich for further Information. Extra Vote Offer No. 1, Two thousand extra vote* for any *et listed below, brought In neatly arranged to the Contest Department by 1 p. m., June 12th: Five Swift's Arrow Borax Soap wrappers. Five Bwlft's Pride Washing Powder carton.s Five Queen Regent Toilet Soap cartons. Two Brookfield Butter cartons. hive Coca-cola Gum wrappers. One Sensation Flour hag. One Ring's Elegant Flour bag. Five Libby McNeill & Libby's labels, any size. One Swift's Premium ham wrapper. One Swift'* Premium bacon la bel or wrapper. One Dreamland Theatre stub from SI.OO books, on sale at the Contest Department. Twenty-five Chero-cola crowns Twenty-five Piedmont or Ches terfield coupons. 10,000 Free Votes. 10,009 extra votes will bs given any contestant who will secure an order from any merchant for any of the articles listed In the con test, who has not been handling them. Every contestant should take advantage of this offer by Inducing every merchant to put in stock tho articles listed. Remem ber you get 10,000 extra votes on every article. PHONE 1200. CONTEST HEADQUARTERSi 213 McCARTAN ST. MINE INSPECTORS MEET. Pitteburg.— The 7th annual conven tion of the Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States opened here to day. The morning session was given over to an address of welcome and a reply by President D. J Roderick of the Institute, Officers will be elect ed Friday. SAYS SULPHUR IS SURE 10 RELIEVE ITCHING ECZEMA Get an ounce of bold-sulphur cream and heed skin eruptions right up. Any bresklng out or Irritation on the face, arms, legs or body when ac companied by itching, or when the akin Is dry and feverish, can be readily overcome by applying a little bold-sulphur cream, soys a noted dermatologist. He Informs us thst bold-sulphur In stantly allays the angry Itching and Irritation and soothes and heals the Eczema right up, leaving the skin clear and smooth. Bold-sulphur has occupied a secure position for many years in the treatment of cutaneous disorders because of its paraslte-de etroylng property. Nothing has ever been found to take Its place in treat ing the Irritable and Inflammatory skin affections. While not always es tablishing a permanent cure It never falls to subdus the Itching irritation and drive the Ectcma away and It is open years later before any eruption again appears on the skin. These troubled should obtain at anv pl aimacy an ounce of bold-sulphur cieam. which Is spplled to the affect ed ports tn the same manner as an oidlr.ary cold cresm. It Isn't unplens ant and the prompt relief afforded, partlru'arly In Itohlng Eczema, proves verV welcofue. SIDELIGHTS ON MEXICO How Urroita’s Influence Grew Less and Less Until He Was Forced to Flee Disguised as a Common Laborer From the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz. (By a Veteran.) Washington.—When Minister Sua rez of Chili, one of the A. B. C. medi ators at Niagara Falls, discussed the advisability of a commission of Junta to rule distracted Mexico, he spoke with the knowledge of one who has seen such a governing body lead a nation out of the revolutionary wild erness. Chill was under the control of a three-headed junta In 1891 and since that date the country has been peace ful and prosperous. The chief difference between the Junta proposed at the Falls and Chill's commission was In mode of appoint ment. It was proposed by the pres ent mediators that the two warring factions In Mexico each appoint a member of the Junta and the A. B. C. mediators the third. Chill's Junta was appointed by the revolutionary heads. The members of* the Chilean "Junta de Goblerno” were Jorge Montt, who had been a Chilean navy captain; Waldo Silva and Barros Luco. They ruled with full power of government pending the regular election of a pres ident and his Installation. The Chilean troubles started In a quarrel between J. M. Balmeceda. president of Chill, and a. majority In the congress. The latter objected to the president's using his Influence if) favor of a certain candidate for tl/e presidency. Six Chilean warships re volted and many of the congress lead ers went aboard them. The revolu tionary fleet sailed north and seized Iqulque. The army supported the president and severe battles were foughit, the rebels being victorious. The 'Junta de Goblerno” was then established. The revolutionary army marched southward, Balmeceda resigned, the Junta established headquarters in Santiago, and order was swiftly re inaugurated. The career of Dr. Aurellano Urrutla, a pure blooded Indian and proud of it, Is In many respectß as worthy of study as that of General Huerta. Huerta and Urrutla give the lie to those who .see In the Mexican aborigine only a dumb creature of no possibilities. Urrutla, the leading surgeon In Mexico, was born In Xochlmilco, a tiny Indian village In the suburbs of the capital. As a boy he peddled baskets In the streets of Mexico City. His parents were extremely poor. In that wondrous land of plenty few starve, and some how or other Aure llano attended grammar school In Xochilileo. He didn’t get very fat. Then General Diaz established public schools In Mexico City and young Urrutla was one of the first Mexican boys to avail himself of this oppor tunity. He was graduated from the public school and struggled through the medical school, where he studied under Llclaga. Once a physician, Dr. Urrutla took surgery. He advanced rapidly. His reputation spread, for he was a man of great personality. Iron will, and vast Intellect. He became known as Lntln-Amerlca’s greatest surgeon. He Is also one of the wealthiest men In CADETS OF 1.0. C. TO GRADUATE AT GRANDJNIGHT Is 131st Annual Commence ment of Time-Honored Insti tution. Mr. Lawton B. Evans Will Make Principal Address. A class of thirteen young men will, tonight at the Grand Opera House, be graduated from the Academy of Rich mond county. It will be the one hun dred and thirty-first annual com mencement of this historic Institu tion. There is now something that makes the Academy commencements much more than they used to be. The prin cipal reason, probably, Is because the standard of the Academy since It was taken In charge by the Richmond Couuty Board of Education, has been materially raised and now its diploma stands for Just twice what It did only flvq years ago. Gets College Credit, A cadet graduating from the Rich mond Academy now has not only done all of the ordinary high school work required, but has besides completed a full year of college work, and is en titled on his diploma, without exami nation, to enter any of the leading uni versities. It is positively stated that reserved seat coupons will not be recognized after 9 o'clock tonight. persons hav ing had their seats reserved must be on hand' by this hour, or assume the risk of being seated anywhere In the house The exercises will begin promptly at S:SO o'clock, with an over ture by the orchestra. Program. Following is this evening's program: Invocation —Rev. J. K. Roberts. Music, Class speaker—Cadet Ben Phillip Cohen. Music. Address—Superintendent Lawton R. Evans. Delivery of diplomas and certificates —Mr. James I*. Fleming, president of the board of education and Mr. Law ton B. Evans, secretary of the Board of Education. Announcement of class honora —Mr. T. I. Hickman, chairman high school committee. Music. Remerk*—Hon. Boykin Wright, president hoard of trustees. Military appointments—Cadet Adju tant A. Clyde Ellis. Benediction—Rev, R. E. L. Harris. Class Roll. Following is the class roll: Glover Rushton Bailie, Truman Blaslngame, Ben Cohen, George Dasher, Evan Porker Davis, S. Clyde Ellis, Joseph Logue. Ben Lichtenstein, Patrick Mell, Ernest Hatcher, Otis line, Allen Stein berg, and Theodore Markland Yltes. USELESS DUPLICATION. First Chorus Girl—l don’t know what to get Maudte for a birthday present. Second Girl —Why don't you buy her a hook ? First Girl—Oh, no. She has a book. I —London Opinion, Mexico City. When Huerta came back after de feating Orozco for Madero he was without command, 111, penniless, friendless, and suffering from a cata ract which made him nearly blind. Dr. Urrutla took the soldier to his ani tarium at Tlalpam and cut off the cataract successfully. They became close friends. When Huerta took the supreme power Dr. Urrutla received the portfolio of the interior. He proved strongly antl-Amerlcan and often declared In favor of war witji the United States. He advised the scalpel for Mexico’s troubles. Only strong measures would do, he said. He became known for the most atrocious cruelties, whether mighty or no. According to his enemies his sur geon training or his Indian nature steeled him to all pity. At the time that Senator Dominguez and Senator Bordes Mangel disappeared it was openly charged that Dr. Urrutla had ordered them shot to death. He was commonly known as "The Black Death.” But he made a mistake when he arrested in his bed at midnight Senator Manuel Calero, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Mexican senate and one of the most prominent lawyers and polltcians in Mexico. Twice Dr. Urrutla had Ca lero arrested, thus violating the stltutlon giving members of congress immunity. Senor Calero schemed suc cessfully to achieve the surgeon’s downfall and in September General Huerta asked his friend to resign from the cabinet. Urrutla’s influence grew less and less. He was forced to flee In the disguise of a common laborer to Vera Cruz, seeking the protection of the soldiers of the nation which, above all others, he despised and later com ing to this country he hated as a refu gee. Congress Is showing actually mur derous traits In Its treatment of the army and navy aviators. Its nig gardly policy Is killing off brave of ficers at an alariping rate. Experts say the mortality Is due entirely to forcing air scouts to fly In out-of date and defective aeroplanes. If our army advances from Vera Cruz It does so with the comforting assurance that uo other great power in the world is so poorly equipped for air service as the United States and that there are gTave doubts whether we are not se riously Inferior to Huerta’s forces in this branch. Seven army men were killed in 1913 against 19 civilians. There were a hundred civilians flying to one offi cer. Many of the civilians tried crazy stunts, freak flying, tangoing in the air, and even loops and upside-down flying. The army officers are not go ing out for fancy flying but for straight tests of speed and altitude. The army officers do not get into the air service unless they have a special talent for mechanics and are well trained. Many of the civilian flyers are wild-eyed youths of little teach ing. Yet it seems the army men have about forty chance* of death to one for a civilian. American Salvationists Get Great Ovation on March to U.S. Embassy Washington, D. C.—The 700 Ameri can delegates to the world’s congress of the Salvation Army with Miss Eva Booth at their head, marched this morning from the Army headquarters In the city of London -to the Ameri can embassy in Victoria street, where they were reviewed by Ambassador Walter Htnes Page. The delegation made a splendid appearance with their neat uniforms and big red cowboy hats. They received a great ovation from the public as they passed the crowded streets waving American flags. As the column came in sight of the American embassy its three hands struck up the "Star Spangled Banner.” The congress opens tomorrow. AFTER SUFFERING TWO LONG YEARS Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound. Minneapolis, Minn.—" After my little sne was born I was sick with pains in my sides which the doctors said wer* caused by inflamma tion. I suffered a great deal every month and grew very thin. I waa under the doctor’s care for two long years without any beneflL Finally after repeated sug gestions to try it we got Lydia E. Pink- -i ] 1 ham's Vegetable Compound After tak ing the third bottle of the Compound I was able to dc my housework and today lam strong and healthy again. I will answer lette’-s if anyone wishes to know about my case.Mrz. Joseph Aseun, 528 Monroe SL,N.E.,Minneapolis,Minn. Lydia E. 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