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MANN lif ILLINOIS IS
LEADER OE REPUBLICANS
REPRESENTATIVE MANN ALSO
SELECTED AS REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER.
CANNON NOMINATED MANN
the Caucus Voted Down Plan to
, Make Committee Appointments
by Special Committee.
Washington.—Representaive James
R. Mann of Illinois was unanimously
chosen candidate for speaker and
floor leader of the Republicans in the
house of representatives at a caucus
held in the house chamber. He was
proposed to the caucus by former
Speaker Cannon and received the
support of the Regulars and the In¬
surgents who were present. His en¬
dorsement means he will become the
active head of the minority party in
the Jiouse in the new congress.
6-- / jkfter a long debate the caucus vot¬
ed down a plan similar to the Demo¬
cratic method of making committee
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Congressman from Second District of
Illinois.
ap pointme ft nts through a special coin-
mittee. l placed in the hands of Mr.
Mann authority to name the Republi¬
can members of the standing commit-
tees..
A substitute plan Cftlling for the
special committee was 4’oted down 19
to 33, but the Republicans $fessnt are
left free to take whatever adtidw they
desire in the house in supporting or
opposing rules providing for a cent-
mittee on committees.
The caucuS selected Mr. Currier of
New Hampshire as permanent chair¬
man, and Mr. Kendall of Iowa, an In¬
surgent, as secretary. Mr. Dwight of
New York was again nominated for
D'K.ublican whip of the house, though
he announced in the last congress he
would not again be a candidate for
whip. The caucus endorsed all of the
elective officers who have served in
the Republican house. None of these
will be re-elected, however, except the
Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, who
has been chosen in caucus by the
Democrats.
l Florida Legislature Official*.
Tallahassee, Fla -Caucuses of the
•fnembers of both houses of the legis¬
lature were held for the purpose of
selecting officers for the present ses¬
sion. Fred F. Cone, a prominent at¬
torney of Lake City, was nominated
for president of the senate, with
Charles A. Finley of Lake City sec¬
retary. In the caucus of house mem¬
bers T. Albert Jennings of Pensacola
was nominated for speaker. J. G. Kel-
lum of Alachua county was named
for chief clerk.
Wire Worm Injures Cotton.
Houston, Texas.—State Entomolo-
gist Scholl has just returned from
Berclair, where he investigated the
aew pest that is destroying cotton.
■He reports that he found a wire worm
—a worm that ordinarily affects only
grassss—is working havoc with the
cotton crop, one instance being cited
where two fields were completely de-
atroyed in a single night. Doctor
Scholl, owing to illness, was obliged
to temporarily discontinue bis inves-
tlgations.
l Roosevelt Scores Divorce.
■jano Xev.—Reno’s divorce colony
-was the subject of Theodore Roose¬
velt’s address, which was delivered
here. “It i® one colony of which you
. he declared. . .
want to rid yourselves,”
.-■1 don’t care what you do with those
of vour own state who seek divorce,
but keep citizens of other states who
want divorces out of Nevada. Don t
■allow yourselves to be deceived by
the argument that such a colony
brings money to your city. You can’t
afford to have that kind of money
brought here.”
HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911.
ON ARBITRATION
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* PHILANDER CHASE KNOX
Secretary of State.
James Bryce, the British ambassador to the United States and Secre¬
tary of State Knox, who have held their first conference regarding the
general arbitration treaty which is to bind the two great Ang'o-Saxon
nations to a hard and fast agreement to arbitrate all differences anil
will obviate every possible chance of war between the two countries in
the future. This treaty, which was proposed by President Taft and very
warmly seconded by the British government, is now well under way, and,
it is believed, will be formally ratified in the near future.
O’GORMAN WON INNEWYORK
INSURGENT DEMOCRATS CAPITU¬
LATE AND VOTE FOR SU¬
PREME <£OyRT JUSTICE,
O’Gorman's fellislion Brings to a
Close Protracted StrugglS in
New York.
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* O’GORMAN WILL SUPPORT *
£ PROGRESSIVE POLICIES. *
* He stands for Immediate down- *
* ward revision of the tariff; rec- *
* iprocity with Canada, the par- *
* ccels post, fortification of the *
* Panama canal, direct election of *
* United States senators and the *
* Federal income tax. He favors *
* rigid economy in government *
* expenditures and is opposed to *
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* isrfi SollSffoiy; to tlie" new national- i *
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Albany, N. Y.—Supreme Court Jus¬
tice James Aloyslus O’Gorman (Dem.)
of New York City, was elected United
States senator by the legislature af¬
ter the most protracted struggle over
this position ever held in the Empire
State.
On th<* final ballot, the sixty-lourth,
he received -112 votes to 80 cast for
Chau-ncey M. Depew, whose term ex¬
pired March 4.
At the close of a day of almost con¬
tinuous negotiation* the Insurgent*
capitulated and Justice O’Gorman was
elected. A few minutes before the bal¬
lot was cast Justice O’Gorman’s res¬
ignation from the bench was filed at
the office of the secretary of state,
as a constitutional provision would
have prohibited his election while
holding the office of justice of the su¬
preme court.
James A. O’Gorman has long been
one of the most prominent members
of Tammany Hall. He has been one
of the foremost orators for thirty
years, having established his reputa¬
tion as a public speaker in its in¬
terests, when, at the age of 21, his
eloquence was credited with having
saved a doubtful assembly district.
Mr. O’Gorman was born on the low¬
er west side of New York City on
May 5, 1860. He is the son of Thom¬
as and Ellen O'Gorman, and married
Anne M. Leslie in this city on Jan¬
uary 2, 1884. They have nine chil
dren, seven daughters and two sons
CHANGES IN POSTAL SERVLCE
Postmaster General Reorganizing the
Railway Mail Service.
Washington—Drastic action was
taken by Postmaster General Hitch¬
cock in effecting a reorganization of
the railway mail service. A round
dozen of changes of the most import
ant offices in the service were made
by Mr. Hitchcock as a result of a
long and careful investigation and
thorough consideration.
World Peace a Dream.
Berlin, Germany—Discussing the
proposed extension of international
arbitration in the relchstag, Chancel¬
lor Von Bethmann-Hollwegg classed
universal arbitration and universal
disarmament as ideals impossible of
realization. “The nations, including
Germany,” said the chancellor, “have
been talking disarmament since the
first Hague conference, but neither In
Germany nor elsewhere has a practi-
cal plan been proposed. Any confer-
ence on this subject Is bound to be
fruitless-"
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Ambassador From Great Britain.
WAVE OF COLOR HYSTERIA
National Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People Meets
in New York.
w6rk Boston, Mass,—A survey of the
that is being done by the Na¬
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People was gjven at
the annual fibgference of fhe Associa¬
tion New here by Oswald Garrison publisher, Vlllati
a York newspaper who
is chairman of the executive commit¬
tee of tfie association,
Mr. Viilard in the beginning of his
addresg stated that the association
"“fl organized because the ‘situation
pf tbd negro in the United States
called for a strong militant organiza¬
tion to defend his rights and forward
his causes.”
Continuing the speaker said:
“There can be no doubt that a wave
of color hysteria Is sweeping over the
country. The road of the asphmg
colored man or woman becomes more
and more difficult; he is abused lor
his low associations. Let him seek to
rise above them, and what happens?
Despite the fact that he has for years
been told that if he acquires property
and buys himself a house, all will be
well with him and his family, If he
deos so in a section of a city whether
it Bd ,\ew York, Seattle, Baltimore
or Richmond, in which he may as¬
sure to his children good associations,
pure air and clean streets, he is as¬
sailed as if his presence there meant
the bringing in of a taint worse than
leprosy, and the laws are invoked
against him.
“In Southern cities, the public libra¬
ries are closed in the face of the col¬
ored man who would make himself a
useful, law-abiding and valuable citi¬
zen. His wife may tie 111 and desire
:the aid of Northern surgeons; if so
she must travel in a day coach, and
berth, and by the son of Abraham
! Lincoln—even though it may cost her
lier life—as it did in one case of
which we know.
“The Labor Unionists, some Social¬
ists', even some Jews, who ought, in
all conscience, to realize what oppres¬
sion means and the wickedness of at¬
tempts to hold down a race, would
withhold a helping hand to the color¬
ed man' and thereby mock the teach¬
ings of Christianity.
WEEVIL FRIGHTENS ALABAMA
Cotton Seed From Infected Districts
Have Been Sent Into the State.
Montgomery, Ala.—So alarming
has become the indiscriminate ship¬
ment of cotton seed and cotton seed
meal into Alabama from districts in¬
fected with the boll weevil that State
CcmmisskE'ir of Agriculture R. F.
Kolb has calldd a special meeting of
the state board of horticulture to as¬
semble in Montgomery to adopt dras¬
tic measures for the enforcement of
the state laws on this subject.
New Counterfeit $10 Note.
Washington.—A new counterfeit
ten-dollar United States note, a pho¬
tographic production of the Buffalo
note, not very cleverly executed, was
announced by the secret service. It
is of the 1901 series, bearing the por¬
traits of Lewis and Clark,
$300,000 Birthday Gift.
Chicago, Ill.—Dr. D. K. Pearson of
Hinsdale, Ill., will celebrate his 91st
birthday April 14 by the distribution
of $300,000 to schools and religious
organizations, This will make his
total distributions of recent years
nearly five million dollars, most of
whtch has been given to small col¬
leges. The gifts are termed by Doc¬
tor Pearson as “debts,” and in most
cases are fulfillment of his pledges
to different bodies of certain sums
when they should have llected oth¬
er stipulated amounts.
HOOKWORM FOUND IN
127 GEORGIA COUNTIES
HEALTH BOARD CONDUCTING A
STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST DISEASE.
5,000 CASES BEING TREATED
Records of Board Show More Than
5,000 Cases Now Under Actual
Treatment.
—Atlanta.
Hookworm disease hqs been found
in 127 out of 146 counties in Georgia,
according to statements of officials at
the office of the state board of health.
Director A- G. Fort of the field san¬
itation department of the board stated
that the board has records of more
than five thousand cases which are
now under actaul treatment in Geor¬
gia.
This, it is said, Is only a small per¬
centage of the actual number of cases
of the disease in various stages in the
state.
In connection with the work of the
field sanitation department which has
charge of the investigation as to
hookworm disease, gome new appoint¬
ments have Just been announced.
Dr. C IE. Pattillo of Decatur has
been appointed head of laboratory ex*
aminers of specimens for hookworm
disease. Three physicians and experts
are constantly required on this work.
Dr. A, W. Wood, an interne at Wes¬
ley Memorial hospital, has been ap¬
pointed sanitary inspector in place ol of
Dr. W. C. Thompson, whose term
service expires May 15,
Dr. appointed G. B, Randal.l of Atlanta has
b -w sanitary inspector In
place </* Doctor Pattillo, promoted to
head of labT Hen,''* 1 ^? 1 ^' of Rome has been .
Dr. C. R.
appointed sanitary im'" act< in l ,lace
* term
of Dr. P, H. Fitzgerald,
expires May 15.
Dr. C. B. Greer of Atlanta has beep
appointed sanitary inspector, liis term
of service to begin June 1.
Carl C. Vernef of Martin, Ga„ has
Wen appointed special inspector to
work through the months of May,
June, July and August.
Atlanta’s Grand Opera.
Chairman Joseph Richardson of the
Southeastern Passenger Association,
has announced round trip rates
amoutning to practically one-hall
cents per mile, plus 25 cents, on all
railroads entering Atlanta, to cover
the Metropolitan opera engagement.
Tickets will be sold April 26, 27,
28, and for all trains scheduled to ar¬
rive in Atlanta before eight o’clock
of the evening of April 29, and all
will bear a final return limit of not
later than midnight of May 1, which
will give thfi visitors an over-Sunday
to enjoy the city and a large part of
Monday, in which to do all the shop¬
ping they may desire while on the
trip.
The rates apply from all points
within a radius of about 225 miles
around Atlanta, including Harriman,
Tenn., Asheville, Salisbury and Ham¬
let, N. C., Darlington, Bennettsville,
Columbia, Charleston, S. C., Savannah
and Brunswick and Bainbridge, Ga.,
Jacksonville, Live Oak and Tallahas¬
see, Fla., Montgomery and Selma and
Birmingham, Ala., and Nashville,
Tenn. This territory practically in-
eludes the heart of the South, and
gives Atlanta the best rate basis she
has ever secured for any previous oc¬
casion in the history of the city.
From the inquiries received at the
headquarters of the Atlanta Music
Festival association and the large
number of orders for season subscrip¬
tion tickets, this grand opera engage¬
ment will bring the greatest crowds
to the city for teh three days that
Atlanta has ever had to entertain.
The sale of the season subscription
tickets will close April 8, and the
sale of single performance tickets will
open on April 12.
Agricultural Train Great Benefit.
While the state agricultural train
was operated this year under the aus¬
pices of the State Agricultural Col¬
lege in Athens, Colonel Hudson, com¬
missioner of agriculture, thinks it is
improbable that the train will be
toured again next year.
He believes thoroughly and com¬
pletely in the value of the train as
an educational factor to the farmer,
but deems it wisest to make these
tours net oftener Gian every other
year, and perhaps it would be wisest
to wait even longer In some instances.
To operate the train every year
might have the effeot of killing gen¬
eral interest. Run every two or three
years, it would prove vital and would
be sure to attract widespread inter-
est.
The expense of operating the train
for 47 days was very light. The rail¬
roads supplied the outfit and charg¬
ed nothing for transportation from
point to point. The Pullman cost $45
per day. and the expense of feeding
VOL. * XY. NO, 24.
those connected with the work wa*
probably $3,000. So, the actual money-
outlay was only $4,500 to $5,000' and
nearly all this fund was supplied by
private subscription.
It is seen, therefore, that the state
was actually at no expense for the
train. Yet its benefits can not be
computed in mere figures.
1 “Dr. A. M. Soule, dean of the State
Agricultural College, and the leading
spirit in the organization and opera¬
tion of the two agricultural tours ol
the state, is a wonderful man,” says
Colonel Hudson. ‘‘I believe he is fai
ahead of any man in his line of work
in the, South, and the equal of any it
the country. He is strong mentally
physically and in enthusiasm. He 1j
djjing a great work in Georgia and
one that will have far-reaching influ-
ence.”
Secrtary Cook’s Annual Report.
The 1910 annual report of Secre¬
tary of State Cook, just from the
hands of the printers, is one of the
largest in volume and most important
in contents ever issued from this of¬
fice.
A good part of tUe publication is
made up of lists of domestic and for¬
eign corporations doing business in
Georgia, the total being about 4,200.
There is also a list of automobile
owners, registered under the state li¬
cense act, up to January 1, 1911, a
total of 5,698. Since the first of the
year the list has grown to about
7,000.
Within the past few weeks there
has been a big rush to register ma¬
chines, ascribable to two causes. One
is the agitation against violations ol
the state law in failure to carry num
bers, and, further, to the fact that the
spring automobile business is now In
full blast.
Secretary Cook’s report for the first
time carries a list of the next house
and senate, an addition that wii:
serve to grgftbh a big demand for the
report There are also lists of banks
railroads, insurance companies and
other charters granted for 1910, with
a complete list of state officials.
As has been stated in these colu mn-
before Secretary Cook urges the legis¬
lature to provide the necessary author
ity for having the badly worn seal ol
state re-ingraved. Judge Lamar ol
Augusta, now r Justice Laniat pointed
out a precedent in the old legislative
acts, which will show the way to se¬
cure the new improvements.
Secretary Cook also calls attention
to the need of some provisions In th«
banking laws for the incorporation ol
savings banks. No state south of the
Mason and Dixon line has such a law,
but 18 states in the East and West
have laws covering this point. Pen
sonally Secretary Cook looks on the
savings bank law of New York as a
model of its kind.
He also calls attention to the fact
that official maps in his office are
missing for the nine new counties,
and the further fact that the comities
effected by these new counties have
also been changed and the old inape
of such are no longer correct.
There are 34 of the old counties o|
which he has no official maps, five
are Incorrect and four so worn as to
be practically useless, As there is
constant demand in this office for in¬
formation concerning the counties,
Secretary Cook stresses the necessity
for an appropriation to have new
maps made.
The report also points out the trou.
ble over the clause in the automobile
law, which requires an owner of a
machine, after it has been purchased
from another party, to secure a new
number. It does not matter how of¬
ten a car changes legally, but the new
owner must register and secure *
number. Secretary Cook says thi*
clause in his office is gradually be¬
coming unreliable, insofar as it shows
the actual owner of a machine. He
recommended a change so the first
owner of a machine will be required,
immediately on selling, to report the
name of new owner with all necessary
data. This same number could be
used by the new owner by re-register
ing with the $2 fee.
No Collections on Sunday.
An anxious tax receiver of a certain
Georgia county writes the office of the
comptroller general to know what ha
ehall do when a taxpayer offers to
pay his taxes on Sunday, and Capt.
“Tip” Harrison of the tax department,
promptly replied: ‘‘There is no law
which requires you to violate the Sab¬
bath day by accepting tax returns on
that day. If the ungodly taxpayer
should proffer his taxes on the Sab¬
bath the pious receiver should frown
upon the proposition and continue
peacefully on his way to church.”
Teachers’ Examinations.
According to an announcement made
by Prof. M. L. Brittain, state school
commissioner, the examination for the
teachers this year will be held on
June 16 and 17 at the county seats
of the various counties. In addition
te the common school subjects pro
scribed by legislative enactment Ihs
teachers will be examined on the man¬
ual of methods, -the school law, Hodg
es’ Nature Study in Life, and perhaps
Health Talks to Teachers. The ex<
amlnatioH will affect nine-tenths ol
the teachers of the state.
(MIMIC CAUCUS
NAMES COMMITTEES
meeting of democrats was
NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS
HARMONY.
CHANGES IN THE RULES
Controlling Party Adopts a Program
of Proceedure for Extra
Session.
Washington.—The Democratic cau¬
cus was noteworthy for its harmony
and the smoothness of its progress,
and the Democratic members of the
hew house of representatives adopt¬
ed without change the committee as¬
signments, the economy program and
the new rules prepared for the com¬
ing session by the committees that
have been working during the last
month.
Important changes in proceedure
and a general reorganization of the
house will result from the action of
the Democrats. The power of nam¬
ing committees was definitely taken
from the speaker by the rales rfnd
lodged in the house Itself. Committee
members are to be elected by the
house, not only In the first Instance,
but also in the filling of vacancies.
A saving gf $182,000 in the annual
cost of vuguigg congress is promised
ttirOMgfj t&b cutting out of superflu¬
ous employees and inactive commit¬
tees and through the abolishment of
the time-honored “extra mouths' pa
Appointive places are all put into the
hands of one committee, a special
body; to be knotfll fis the committee
on organization, g
ti»W ,**•» mv. •!£r£ rta ?i Changes in the rules
ES which tire HOW congress
operate are:
The selection of committees by the
house.
A provision to prevent filibustering
under the rule giving authority to dis¬
charge committees from considera¬
tion of bills.
A provision permitting amendments
to appropriation bills whenever these
amendments will result in retrench¬
ment of national expenditures.
Authority for bills to com-e up twice
tor passage under the unanimous con¬
sent privilege.
The rule to prevent filibustering on
a motion to discharge a cofnmittee
from custody of a bill is the result of
a filibuster conducted in the Iasi ses¬
sion by Representative Mann of Illi¬
nois. He had the postoffice reorgani¬
sation bill placed on the calendar un¬
der this rule and demanded that it be
read completely, an operation that
consumed several days.
iihall , The new rule provides that a bill
be read only by its title and
lhat its title shall not contain more
than 100 words. It prohibits any
member from having before the house
at any one time more than two mo¬
tions to discharge committees from
the custody of bills.
From the temper of the Democratic
members after the caucus there is lit¬
tle prospect of a short session.
Here is the program for the ses¬
sion, as contained in resolutions
adopted by the caucus;
Resolved, That the Democratic
members of the various committees
of the house are directed not to re¬
port to the house during the first ses¬
sion of the Sixty-second congress, un¬
less hereafter directed by this caucus,
any legislation except in reference to
the following matters;
1. The election of United Sttaes
senators by the people.
2. Legislation relating to the pub¬
licity of campaign contributions be¬
fore and after elections.
3. The Canadian reciprocity agree¬
ment, general tariff legislation and
legislation affecting the revenue of
the government.
4. The reapportionment of the
house of representatives to conform
to the thirteenth decennial census.
5. Resolutions of inquiry and reso¬
lutions touching the action of the ex¬
ecutive departments.
6. The admission of the territories
of New Mexico and Arizona to state¬
hood.
7. Any deficiency bills that the exi¬
gencies of the government may re¬
quire tQ be considered at this time
Race Riots in Delaware.
Laurel, Del.—The ill feeling which
has existed for some time between
white and colored residents of Laurel
culminated in a race riot, resulting In
the death of a white boy, the serious
Injury of two white men and minor
injuries to a number of white and
colored men, and damage to a num¬
ber of buildings. A mob of armed
negroes swooped down upon a crowd
of spectators in the main thorough¬
fare of the town and fired a volley of
bullets and buokshot into the crowd,
killing one and wounding many i