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Mfatamr and the K. T. D. Serbwe.
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limbs of that giant oak, whose roots now penetrate
to the uttermost parts of this republic, the officials
who scatter the good seed of the rural free deliv
ery system, and who themselves reap rich benefits
therefrom met this week In grand convention in the
old state of Georgia, and the man who planted the
acorn was the one public man in Georgia whose pres
ence seemed, least desired by said officials. But such
Is the way of the world.
My proposition Is to submit to the board of referees
a copy of the Congressional Record, refer them to
February 17, 1893, point to page 1759, and ask them
to find, if they can, any proof that Mr. Livingston
or anybody else, at an earlier date, secured the adop
tion of an amendment, bill, or resolution In favor of
the present rural free delivery system, or secured an
appropriation therefor. *
That official Record, that date, that .page, is my
evidence. There I close the case. Now let Mr.
LMngston produce his evidence, or stand convicted
before his people of trying to get votes on false pre
tenses.
I agree to submit the Issue to the board of refer
ees named, and If they find that my amendment and
appropriation of February 17, 1893, was not the first
amendment and the first appropriation made in be
half of the present rural free delivery system, I will
give SI,OOO to any charitable institution named by
the board.
Now let Mr. Livingston talk awhile.
Respectfully, THOMAS E. WATSON.
Thomson, Ga., October 11, 1907.
RELIEF BEFORE INJURY ASKED
BY CENTRAL.
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but concluded argument Friday af
ternoon on the already famous Cen
tral of Georgia passenger rate case.
Shortly before noon Mr. Spooer en
tered upon the final effort of the
road’s counsel to tear dgwn the two
underlying contentions of the State in
its enforcement of the railway com
mission’s orders: that the road has no
case under the law, and that the
United Stales circuit court has no ju
risdiction.
The first of these contentions the
attorneys for the State had support
ed by citing the fact that so far the
road had not violated the order for
reduced passenger rates, and that
therefore net having made itself even
liable to prosecution, much less hav
ing actually been prosecuted, it bad
so far no grievance to bring into
court. The court therefore could not
take jurisdiction over such a case.
These arguments ex-Senator Spoon
er attempted to answer by drawing
distinctions between common law and
equity, and from this point reason
ing that since the Central of Georgia
has, according to the commission’s at
torney, no remedy in common law, the
United States court is called upon,
and has the right to take jurisdiction.
Tn ’■he same way he passed into the
second stage of his argument, which
was this: that if a court has equitable
jurisdiction, it may then enjoin a gov
ernor from committing trespass just
as in other cases it has enjoined gov
ernors under certain circumstances
from continuing a trespass.
Attorneys fnr the State declared
after the conclusion of Mr. Spooner’s
argument, when the court adjourned
for dinner, that no breach had been
made in their argument, and that the
State has rlrendy won its case.
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WATSON’S WMOCLY JEFFOSONIAN.
Senator Clay.
Always courteous, always manly, always
obliging, Senator A. S. Clay, of Georgia, writes
for the Atlanta Journal a card which is a credit
to himself and a full satisfaction to Mr. Wat
son.
The Jeffersonian is glad to re-publish Sena
tor’s Clay’s letter:
Marietta, Ga., October 12, 1907.
Editor Atlanta Journal:
I have Just read in The Journal card from Honor
able Thomas E. Watson, in reference to the R. F. D.
convention, recently assembled in Atlanta. In that
card Mr. Watson says “that he regrets that Senator
Clay did not think it an opportune occasion to repeat
in substance, at least, the very generous address
in which he told the United States senate that a
fellow Georgian, as shown by the Congressional Rec
ord, was the originator of the R. F. D. system, and
that Georgian, myself.”
I will admit that Mr. Watson has cause to com
plain. I did not arrive in time to address the con
vention in accordance with the plans previously an
nounced. When I arrived, the convention was in
session and transacting business, and I only consum
ed about eleven minutes of the time of the con
vention and I spoke hurriedly. On the floor of the
senate I gave Mr. Watson credit for this work, and
that statement was published throughout Georgia.
In many counties during the present year I have
repeated the statement to audiences in this state.
It would have been proper and appropriate that I
SPINNERS GO ON TOUR OF THE
SOUTH
Great Conference of Growers and
Manufacturers Accomplish much
Practical Good.
That practical results and great
benefits to the cotton industry will
be realized from the conference be
tween the English, Continental and
American cotton spinners and the
Southern cotton growers, whose final
session was held at the State capitol
Wednesday afternoon, was the opin
ion of the leading foreign and do
mestic spinners and the Southern
growers.
On the one hand the spinners have
been brought face to face with the
growers, and have heard by word of
mouth the dufficulies with which they
have to contend, and their desires,
and the growers have learned from
the spinners that method of prepar
ing their cotton for the consumer,
which best suits the purposes of the
manufacturer. As an instance of the
practical value of this, the discus
sion of the type of bale in which
cotton should be packed brought out
the information that 95 per cent of
ithe English spinners who use the
greatest portion of the crop, prefer
the square bale of the Egyptian type.
This type of bale is also preferred
by the American spinner, Charles B.
Amory, of Boston, representing other
eastern spinners, informing the con
ference that the interests he reepre
sented used 22,000 bales of cotton,an
nually, and that he would pay $1
more per bale for gin compressed cot
ton of the Egyptian type of bale. The
Continental spinners, on the other
hand, expressed a preference for the
round bale, but signified their willing
ness to accept cotton packed in either
the square or round bale.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of the con
ference convened at 3 o’clock Wed
nesday afternoon, and adjourned at
G o’clock, after affecting permanent
organization, admitting the Sea Is
land cotton growers to membership,
and taking action upon the several
committee reports which were not
disposed of at the morning session.
The first business of the afternoon
session was the consideration of the
question of effecting permanent or
ganization. The several presidents
of the organization composing the
conference reported unanimously in
favor of maintaining a permanent or
ganization, and Herr Kuffler, of Vi
enna, chairman of the present com
mittee on organization, submitted a
report recommending that each or
ganization elect two delegates to serve
on the permanent organization com
mittee. which committee shall serve
in an advisory capacity, the delegates
of each organization representing the
views of that organization, and set
tling all matters of detail which may
arise from time to time between spin
ner and grower; to hold meetings
when occasion arises, and to report
upon the necessity of holding other
general conferences from time to
time; that the president of the gen
eral conference be elected by this
committee, any member of either of
' the organizations composing it being
eligible to the presidency.
Sea Island Growers Admitted.
This report was adopted,- after
which, on motio’n of Harvie Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton As
sociation, the Sea Island Cotton
Growers’ Association was admitted to
membership. This will give America
eight members of the committee,
while the nine European countries
represented will have only four be
tween them.
The remainder of the session was
devoted to the consideration and
adoption of the following reports:
Transportation.
This committee, of which S. Col
linge, of Boston, is chairman, and R.
J. Allen, of Manchester, secretary,
adopted a report which recommends
that labels be attached to each bale,
or that same bo attached so that it
may be traced to the grower and the
compress from which it comes; that
a better system of warehouses be*
maintained this in the interest of
both the grower and the spinner.
The committee calb attention to the
should have done likewise to the National Oonrven
tlon of Rural Carriers. It was an oversight which
I very much regret. I have always been ready and
anxious to do this great Georgian justice, and this
seeming neglect was not intentional.
In a ten minutes* speech, it is almost impossible
to remember many things that we ought to say
that we do not say. I regret that Mr. Watson was
not invited to the convention, for I should have been
glad to have listened to his address, which I know
would have been of interest to the people of this
state and of the entire country. It was not my fault
that he failed to receive an invitation. lam not the
father of the R. F. D. system; the system was in
operation before I went to congress. During the two
years that Mr. Watson was in congress he labored
zealously to put in operation this great work, and
deserves all the credit I gave him on the floor of the
senate, and I regret more than words can express
that I did not refer to it in my short address to
the National Convention of R. F. D. Carriers. I have
simply labored in an humble and honest way to ex
tend the service, for which he secured the first ap
proportion, and nothing could induce me to attempt
to rob him of the honor he deserves. I believe that
Mr. Watson knows this to be true. He Is familiar
with my public life, and for years we have been per
sonal friends, and I would regret to think for a
minute that Mr. Watson believes that I would inten
tionally do him any wrong. I esteem him most
highly, and I am glad to give him credit,for the good
work that he has done as a private citizen and as
a public man. Yours respectfully,
A. S. CLAY.
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