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PAGE TEN Baxley, Ga., May 27, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir: I have just read your ed torial, “Proportional Representation,” suggesting this populist principle to the two old parties; and think the suggestion an excellent one. If car ried into practice by them, as sug gested by you, the tendency would be to form a new alignment of parties, make each platform more homogeneous in its parts, make the line of demarka tion between Jefferonian and Hamil tonian principles of government more distinct, and, therefore, separate the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats. To be more literal, it would tend to drive the Cleveland and Parker element of the Democratic par ty to the Republican party, where they justly belong, and the reform element of the Republican party, who believe in the principles of .Jefferson, to the party that embodies these principles in its platform. These ambiguous and heterogeneous national party platforms are the rock upon which the ship of reform is usually stranded, and the progress of rbform retarded. The equivocal prom ises in the old party platforms serve to keep many voters in adherence to their respective parties, who would •otherwise affiliate with some true re form party. This influence helped to kill the Greenback party, and is to day impeding the progress of the Pop ulist party. I think proportional rep resentation would, in a measure, cor rect these evils. There is another great hindrance to the progress of reform: “Party spirit.” I think party spirit is the greatest of all the hindrances to the reform movement. Therefore, any word spoken or sentence published that has a tendency to break down party spirit should be hailed as in the interest of reform. I want to express to you once more my congratulations upon your con tinued brilliant success with your two publications, The Jeffersonian Weekly, and The Jeffersonian Magazine. Very truly yours, H. C. NEWTON. Blythe, Ga., May 17, 1907. Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga. My Dear Sir: Yours 14th inst. to hand, contents noted pursuant instruc tions Richmond County Farmers* Union. I sent you Dr. J. P. H. Brown’s address before that body. “I hardly expected more than the, best parts of it given space in The Jeffer sonian, if it was mentioned at all.” Allow me to thank you for space given this, as I know the old time Al liancemen and Pops will more than Letters Trom the People. We Commenced Selling Good Clothing Sixteen Years Ago We improve our Manufacturing facilities with every season’s advent. We can’t possibly see where there’s any room for improving our Clothing. We know there’s no room to improve prices. But they have always been very reasonable. New Spring Suits for Mens7.so, $lO, $12.50, sls, S2O, $25. Boys’ and Children’s Suits,sl.so, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6.50. Men’s Pantssl.so, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50. Everything that’s right in Hats and Furnishings. Mail Orders:—'Samples of Suits or Pants will be sent to any address. But always give size and price go^ 8 wanted. THE GLOBE CLOTHING COMPANY 89-91 WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. appreciate your generosity. Your work in our behalf is inspiring the boys as nothing else could do. Suc cess to you and your undertakings, Yours very respectfully, E. B. HOLLEY, Sec’y Richmond Co. F E. & C. U. of A. R. F. D. No. 1. Dallas, Ga., May 29, 1907. To Watson’s Weekly Jeffersonian: We, the members of Flint Ridge local, No. 213, of the Farmers Educa tional and Cooperative Union of Amer ica, have adopted the following reso lutions: Resolved, first, That we do earnestly protest against foreign immigration; second, that we furnish a copy of these resolutions to our representa tive, congressmen and to our govern or-elect, Honorable Hoke Smith, and also to as many as three newspapers, viz., The Atlanta Constitution, Union News and the Watson Weekly Jeffer sonian. Be it also Resolved, That we deem it a stub to our prosperity, our civilization and es pecially to the laboring class of our American citizens. (Signed.) Y. C McMICHEN. I. C. FRASIER, A. J. McMICHEN, Committee. June 1, 1907. We, the members of the Farmers’ Union at Cross Roads, Franklin coun ty, Georgia, by unanimous vote, do condemn any donation by the State of Georgia for the purpose of immigra tion, and ask our governor, state sen ator and representative to use their influence against it. T. H. MOSS, President. B. M. BURROUGHS, Vice-President. W. J.HOLLAND, Secretary-Treasurer. J. T. GABLE, Conductor. D. L. BREWER, Doorkeeper. MY PLATFORM. By Grover Bloodworth. ’Tis not for riches nor for fame that I would crave, Nor a life of luxury here on earth; But a conscience pure and clean to have: A life of honest worth. ’Tis not for glory in this life that I would yearn— A glory fleeting, vain and short; But the peace of soul that comes to one From living as he ought. 'Tis not for power that I would wish, nor success, Alone, in everything undertaken; But to feel that I have done my best, .And a faith in God unshaken. ’Tis not for worldly honors that I would long, and A life to fruitless pleasures given; But a life of service to God and man, And a future home in heaven. RAILWAY RATES AS AN ISSUE. (Washington Herald.) Mr. Bryan continues to differenti ate his position respecting railroad legislation from that of Mr. Roose velt in away which is very suggestive of the part the question of railway rates will play in future presidential campaigns. The president, it will be remembered, indicated pretty plainly in his Indianapolis speech that rate reductions might be found inconsist ent with the demand for better trans portation facilities, which he regard ed as the “great need of the hour.” “Ample, safe, and rapid transportation facilities,” he said, “are even more necessary than cheap transportation.” Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, when asked at Richmond on Saturday whether he agreed with the contention that the people need better railroad facilities more than they do lower rates, replied, according to the Times- Dispatch reporter, with a snap: “Why should they not have both? Why should the railroads exact ex tortionate rates as a compensation for the equipment which they are in duty bound to furnish? If they are public carriers they ought to be prepared to do the business which the public re quires of them. If there is not suffi cient equipment, it would seem that the people are offering more business than the railroads can attend to, and there is a suspicion that money has gone into dividends which ought to have gone into equipment.” Mr. Bryan went on to say that al though a number of the states had reduced passenger rates to 2 cents a mile, the interstate rate remained 3 cents, and expressed the belief that “congress should pass a law compell ing the railroads to sell through tick ets for a sum not greater than the sum of the local rates.” Thus he plants himself squarely on the issue of railway rate reduction, both as to passenger and freight fares, deem ing both quite compatible with that enormous expenditure in construction and equipment which railroad men consider imperatively necessary if transportation facilities are to keep pace with the rapidly advancing re quirements of internal commerce. Analogies between the railway rate issue and the tariff issue will imme diately occur to every one. Both in volve immense vested interests; both are economic in character; both af fect the constant though varying de gree of antagonism between buyer and seller, between producer and consum er. In the one case, as in the other, the issue is bound to disturb business more or less until it is settled, and to raise the cry that the best thing to do is to let well enough alone. It is clear enough, however, that Mr. Bryan cannot be ranked with the standpat ters on either the tariff or the rail road rate questions. HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks, and braes, and streams around The Castle o’ Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O’ my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom’d the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn’s blossom, As, underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o’er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary! Wi’ mony a row, and lock’d embrace, Our parting was fu’ tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, oh, fell death’s untimely frost, That nipp’d my flower sae early! Now green’s the sod and cauld’s the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary! Oh, pale, pale now, those rosy lips I aft ha’e kiss’d sae fondly! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwalt on me sae kindly! And moldering now in silent dust, That heart that lo’ed me dearly; But still within my bosom’s core Shall live my Highland Mary! —Robert Burns. Why the deuce should Mayor Mc- Clellan veto the mayoralty recount bill? Is he afraid of the result, so far as he is concerned, or doesn’t he want to avail himself of a fine chance to deprive Mr. Hearst of his profita ble role of a martyr? (IS