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The GBorgiaßecord. Published Weekly—Every Saturday—72l AuHtell Building, Atlanta, Ga. Entered at the post office at Atlanta as mail matter of the second class. sttbscription: One Year SI.OO Six Months 50 Three Months 30 One Month 12 Printed at 116-118 Loyd St. Advertising Rates Given Upon Application. Remit in stamps, cash, money or express order, or bank check. Address all letters to The Georgia Record, 721 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. “DUAL OFFICES.” Two weeks ago we published in The Georgia Record our own opinion about the matter of holding two em ployments at one time by County At torney Rosser and County Physician Bizzell. We expressed the opinion that these positions were not county offices, and the attorney physician ■ were not county officers. Os course ! our article in The Georgia Record was read carefully by these gentlemen and by the city attorney. They all read I The Georgia Record. The city attor ney had before that given his opinion adversely to the holdings of the lawyer and doctor who were at the same time members of the city’s board of education and board of health. The opinion or decision of city attorney seemed to have * deterrent effect on the elect-county physician, and he was about to cast away a good employ ment of the county. On reading our opinion in The Georgia Record, ! he became reassured, and the city attor ney became convinced of his own error. On last Wednesday before the county commissioners’ meeting Dr. Bizzell was required to decide whether he would hold his employment or give it up at once. Consulting the city at torney again he decided there was noth ing in the way, so he informed the commissioners he would hold on to a good thing while he had it. The Journal of Wednesday gave re- port of the. master, in which a para graph appears as follows: “Dr. Bizzell was given an hour in which to confer with the city attorney and report to the board at the expira tion of that time. Dr. Bizzell returned later and announced to the beard that he would accept the office of county physician, and the vexatious question was thus settled and Dr. Bizzell will serve as county physician for the year 1900.” Os course he will, and why should he not? Why did they not just say that they had observed and adopted the opinion published in The Georgia Record, and the city at torney had reversed his previous hasty expression of opinion, and the county physician was willing to hold on to his employment, not office, and all is happy and serene? STAFF OFFICERS. Official orders have been issued by Brigadier General A. J. West of North Georgia Brigade of the United Con federate Veterans, through Adjutant General Frank T. Ryan, making ap pointments of Major F. Lee Hudgins and Captain O. P. LeVert as staff offi cers. Majer Hudgins is to have rank as major and assistant adjutant gen eral in DeKalb county. Captain Le- Vert is to have rank as captain and aide-de-camp in Fulton county. We think these appointments are appro priate, and we congratulate and salute Major Hudgins and Captain LeVert as staff officers. Their appointments were made on Jan. 10th, and com missionswill be issued accordingly by Major General Moorman, the Adju tant General and Chief of Staff, at New Orleans,of the United Confeder ate Veterans. A TEST IN SPELLING. We present the following collection of words as samples fora spelling con test, How many persons, who may read them here, can orally spell all the words, on having them “given out” by some one as usual in a “spelling bee?” Owing to the peculiar concatenation of circumstances related, there seems to have been an extraordinary con glomeration of coincidences: “It is an agreeable business to be- hold the unparalleled embarrassment of an harassed peddler ganging the symmetry of a peeled pear, which a sybil had stabbed with a poniard, un heeding the innuendoes of the lilies of a carnelian hue.” COUNTY POLICE. The county commissioners pro ceeded on last Wednesday to appoint their squad of “Inspectors of Roads and Bridges,” otherwise to be called “County Police.” They have been fully warned as to the illegality of this matter, and it should not be a surprise to them if the people take it up, and as soon as possible reverse their proceedings. We have given out the full exposition of the errors and illegality of such action, and we cannot do mora now. The day of reckoning will come, and final judg ment will be rendered. We shall then see what we shall see. Keep it in your memory. A GEORGIA MAJOR. A few days ago a letter came to our office, in which was a notice that we had been appointed as a staff officer, on the staff of Brigadier General A. J, West. We take this appointment as a special compliment, coming to us as it has without solicitation and no inti mation of it before the appointment was made. This, indeed, is a position which we are'proud of,as a major in the grand organization of United Confed erate Veterans. We feel that to have been a young soldier in the army of the Confederate States was one of the highest privileges and honors of life. We are glad that we were in the army of patriotic sol diers who served under General J. E. Johnston and J. B. Hood, and we shall never cease to have reverence for the sentiment of our Confederate cause, and love for the dear old sol diers and comrades with whom we served. The following is the notice of our appointment: Headquarters, j North Georgia Brigade, U.C.V. > Atlanta, Jan. 29th, 1900. 1 Judge Robert L. Rodgers, City: Sir—l am instructed to inform you that General A. J. West, commanding this brigade, has appointed you a mem ber of his staff, with th<j rank of major and assistant adjutant general, and asks that you notify him whether you accept or not. If you do accept, please , apply to Major George Moorman, ad jutant general and chief of staff, at New Orleans, for your commission, as I have notified him of your appoint ment. In order to procure such it will be necessary for you to furnish your name, rank, and date of appoint ment. January 10th, 1900. Yours, &c., Frank T. Ryan, By order Adjutant General. A. J. West, Gen’l Commanding. Hog Killing Time in Georgia. The following impressive and season able poem was furnishbd to The Geor gia Record by “Private” Joe Cobb, of Wheeler’s Cavalry, Camp A., who is a dear lover of hog and hominy. Our brother Cobb is a good lawyer, but he says he will never “go back on” his raising on Georgia pig and corn muffins: Oh! how it makes a fellow feel, To hear a hog in winter squeal; And Oh! What splendid visions rise, Os smoking stews and backbone pies. When o’er the heart this music steals. It every heart-ache quickly heals, And Fancy claps her joyous wings, And sweetly sings of chitterlings. Or if she wish a softer lay, She hovers in the sausage tray, And poureth forth her wondrous song, Os linked up sweet-meats, soft and long. If worried with a guttural tone, She lights upon a spinal bone And soothes her empty spirit’s pains, With soft and sweet back-biting strains. Where e'er she takes her rapid flight, What glowing visions of delight, And Oh! whnt splendid visions shine, While fancy warbles “tender-line.” Let others praise, when heard afar, The dulcet flute, the soft guitar, But give to me, in woe or weal, The dying hog’s poetic squeal. LAWTON’S BODY ARRIVES. Funeral Train Bearing Remains of Dead General Reaches Washington. The train bearing the remains of General Henry W. Lawton completed its trip across the continent at 9:30 Thursday morning, when it rolled through banks of mist into the Penn sylvania railroad station at Washing ton. Adjutant General Corbin met the party at the depot, and troop H,Third cavalry, from Fort Meyer, acted as es cort to the Church of the Covenant, where General Lawton’s remains were to rest until the funeral at Arlington cemetery Friday. CAN BUILD; NO CONTROL Under New Canal Treaty America Cannot Fortify the Channel. MUST ALWAYS REMAIN NEUTRAL i Text of the Agreement Between Secretary Hay and British Am bassador, Lord Pauncefote. The following is the most important provisions of the new treaty negoti ated in relation to the construction of the Nicaraguan canaf: “The United States of America and her majesty, the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, empress of India, being desirous of facilitating the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans, and to that end remove any objection which may arise out of the convention of April 19, 1850, com monly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the construction of such ca nal under the auspices of the United States, without impairing the ‘general principle’ of neutralization establish ed in article VIII of that convention, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries: “The president of the United States John Hay, secretary of state of the United States; her majesty, the queen of Great Britian and Ireland,empress of India; the Rt. Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. O. 8., G. C. M. G., her majesty’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipo tentiary to the United States. “Who having communicated to each other their full views, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following ar ticles: Article 1. It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the government of the United States, either directly at its own cost or by gift or loan of money to indivi duals or corporations, or through sub scription to or purchases of stocks, or shades, and that subject to the provis ions of the present convention, the said government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to snch con struction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of (the canal. Article 2. The (high contracting parties, desiring to preserve and maintain the “gendral principle” of neutralization established in article 4 of the Clayton-Bulwer convention, adopted as the basis’of such neutrali zation, the following rules, substan tially as embodied in the convention between Great Britain and certain colonial and certain and other powers signed at Constantinople, October 29, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez maritime canal, that is to say: 1. The canal shall be free and open in time of war as well as in time of peace to the vessels of commerce, and of war of all nations on terms of equity so that there shall be no discrimina tion against any nation or its citizens or subjects in respect of the condi tions or charges of traffic or other wise. 2. The canal shall never be block aded, nor shall any right of war be ex ercised, nor any act of hostility be committed within it. 7. No fortifications shall be erected commanding the canal or waters adja cent, the United States, however, shall be at to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against law lessness and disorders. Article 4. The present conventihn shall be ratified by the president of the United States by and with the ad vice and consent of the senate thereof, and by her Britannic majesty; and the ratification shall be exchanged at Wash ington or at London within six months from the date thereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof the respective plen ipotentiaries have signed this conven tion and thereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, A. D., February 5, 1900. John Hay, Paunoefotb. The president’s letter of transmittal to the senate was as follows: “To the Senate: I transmit herewith with a view to receiving advice and consent of the senate to its ratifica tion, a convention this day signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans, and to remove any objec tion which might arise out of the con vention of April 9, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the government of the United States. “William McKinley. “Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., February 5, 1900. IGNORED WHEELER. That Is Why Little General Is Coming Back, THE TRUTH IS AT LAST LEAKING OUT. Was in Moat of the Battles and Took Con spicuous Part, But Otis Never Mentioned His Name, A letter received, at Washington from a prominent officer who served under General Wheeler in the Philip pines throws some light on “Fighting Joe’s” sudden decision to return home and sever his connection with the military branch of the government. The writer, who is thoroughly re liable, confirms the reports received in Washington and the opinion so frequently expressed that Genera) Otis has been successful in his efforts in depriving General Wheeler of any glory whatever in the military opera tions in the Philippines. The officer in question not only charges that General Otis systemati cally endeavored to keep General Wheeler in the background, but through the red robin scheme pre vented any reports of the operations of General Wheeler’s command from entering the states. The letter of the officer in part is as follows, his name being withheld for prudential rea sons: Letters are being received from the United States asking why General Otis has never mentioned General Wheeler in his reports. A letter from San Francisco address ed to an officer here in the Philip pines says: “I have watched the reports from Manila, as I thought such a fine officer as General Wheeler would be in the thick of the fight but for some unac countable reason his name is not men tioned. lam very much interested in him, as I read of him in Cuba in the magazines.” Other letters of the same tenor have been received. One letter says: “A statement has been made that ‘No matter what General Wheeler did in the Philippines his name would nev er be mentioned.’ ” We believe this has been proven to be literally true. It is known that General Wheeler has constantly studied the location of the enemy’s troops and has repeatedly solicited authority to attack them, but every such application has been re fused. Notwithstanding this, Gener al Wheeler has been in a number of engagements, but his service has been entirely ignored or the credit given to others. On September 9th had a fight with a force of insurgents, infantry and artillery, commanded by the Filipido general, Tomas Mascardo. This fight was at Santa Rita. General Otis cabled an account of the fight to Washington, but the pub lished report does not mention Gen. Wheeler, but does mention other offi cers who were not in the fight in such away as to convey the impression that the credit was due to them. On September 16th General Wheeler had another fight at Santa Rita, but no mention whatever was made of it. On September 28th he commanded the troops which charged over the enemy’s breastworks at Porac and pushed through and beyond the town before any other troops were in the town, killing and capturing insur gents, together with guns and other property.' This fight was reported to Washington, but General Wheeler’s name was not mentioned, and here again officers who were not in the fight and who at the time were miles away from it are mentioned. On October 14th General Wheeler’s troops had quite a warm fight at An geles with the insurgent brigades of General Hizon and Colonel Queri, un der General Conception, and portions of brigades under General Mascardo and General Akino. The insurgent force was about 3,500 strong. The fight lasted for three hours with a free use of artillery and small arms on both sides. We lost six wounded. General Wheeler rode his horse along the firing line during the action, go ing from post to post re-enforcing the points where the enemy appeared to be strongest, but General Otis’ dis patch does not mention his name. On October 16th, General "Wheeler was in another fight with a still strong er force of insurgents under the same insurgent commanders. General Wheeler again rode the firing line during all the action. Our loss was one killed and nine wounded. Here again no mention was made of General Wheeler, and yet the insurgent force engaged in these two fights was far greater than in most of the fights in the Philippines. General Wheeler also engaged in nine other fights or skirmishes at An geles as well as many others later on, and in no instance was his name ever mentioned in connection therewith. AGREEMENT DRAWN UP Looking to a Settlement of the Troubles In Kentucky. A CONFERENCE AT LOUISVILLE Republicans and Democrats Get Together and Work For Peace and Harmony. A special from Louisville says: Shortly after midnight Monday night, the Republican and Democratic con ferees, in session at the Galt house, came to an agreement. A itenographer was summoned and a document was drawn up for the signatures of the participants in the conference. If the agreement drawn up at the conference is accepted and carried out, the strife which has rent Kentucky from end to end for the past few weeks will be ended. Drawing up and signing the agree ment was slow work, and it was after 2 o’clock Tuesday morning when the conferees separated. The Democrats gained nearly every point they contended for, and the Republican representatives, Lieuten ant Governor John Marshall, General Dan Lindsey and Attorney David Farligh. gave assurances that the agreement would be accepted by Gov ernor Taylor. 'lhe argument provided that in or der to leave no question as to the title of 'William Goebel and J. C. W. Beck ham to the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, the general assembly shall pass a resolu tion in joint assembly validating the acts on that subject since the legisla ture has been prevented by troops from holding its regular session at Frankfort. As soon as the legislature should do this Beckham’s title to the office of governor was not to be questioned. The Democrats grant immunity to Governor Taylor and his associates from prosecution for treason, usurpa tion of office, or contempt of court for what has been done since the shooting of Goebel. These matters are to be held in abeyance for a week. According to the terms of the agree ment the Republican legislature was to be withdrawn from London imme diately, and no filibustering or other attempts of this character were to be resorted to by the Republicans to ob struct the carrying of this agreement in the legislature. The Democrats suggested that in view of the great crowds expected in Fi ankfort during the Goebel funeral ceremonies the soldiers should be withdrawn. The Republicans asked that an adequate guard be left to pro tect Governor Taylor and his associ ates. It was finally agreed to leave to General Dan Lindsey, one of the Re publican conferees, the deeftion as to how many troops should be left to prevent a clash as a result of the Goe bel funeral, other troops to be with drawn at once from Frankfort. It was agreed that the board of election commissioners sitting as a contest board should be allowed to meet at Frankfort without molesta tion, the Democrats agreeing that no summary action be taken on these contests and that nothing be done without due hearing of evidence and argument. TO CHANGE GOEBEL LAW. The Republicans asked that some provision for a repeal or modification of the Goebel election law be included in the agreement. The Democrats, agreed that to two leading Republi cans and two lead ng Democrats should be left the matter of suggesting changes in the Goebel law believed to be wise. The acceptance of the agreement by the principals was the only element of uncertainty remaining in the situation when the conference ended. It is probable that the Republican policy was materially influenced by the following telegram: “Washington, D. C., Feb. 4. Hon. W. 8. Taylor: The unani mous sentiment here is that you are wrong in preventing the legis lature from meeting, and that you should submit the disputed ques tion to the civil courts. Federal assistance cannot be given you on your requisition so long as the legislature is in session or can be convened. There is no doubt but it can be convened if you will permit. The Democrats intend that if any violence occurs, you shall be the aggressor. You will by forcible resistance alienate all who formerly sympathized with your case. No assistance. An swer. W. J. Deßoe.”