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Honor 'Roll. These are helping me extend the influence and usefulness of the two Jeffersonians: John C. Neville, West Union, S. C. Oliver S. Jones, Prescott, Ark. H. L. Howard, Sylvania, Ga. C. C. Benefield, Mud Creek, Miss. Sid S. Bond, Jackson, Miss. Perry F. Bloodworth, Perry, Fla. B. H. Brown, Gainesville, Ga. J. J. Brown, Bowman, Ga. S. D. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. (To be Continued.) H * * The "Old. Reliable” Again. Another wreck on The Georgia Railroad! This time it was freight train, at the Oconee. It happened Saturday night, as before. In deed, it would seem that Col Scott’s road finds Saturday night to be a peculiarly bad night for safe and sane procedure. That so many smash-ups should happen on the Old Reliable and so few lives have been lost is mere nigger luck. It cannot be so al ways. Sooner or later there will be a tragedy on this ill-conditioned, badly managed road that will horrify the entire country. ** * w Editorial Notes. Last year, Mr. Hearst’s Independence League formed a co-partnership with the cof ruptest elements of the New York Democracy. This year, it has formed a co-partnership with the Republicans. For a right young thing, Mr. Hearst’s Independence League is wonderfully well up in some of the old, old tricks. Henry aWtterson, the great Western Demo crat, says that the old parties are dead. “Party lines have ceased to exist. We must have a new party.” This is refreshing talk. The last time The Jeffersonian quoted from Brother Watterson he was telling the country what mean men the Republicans were, and how easy it would be to get everything iri a heavenly condition by electing Democrats to office. That was what caused me to faint. Trips to Europe have curious effects. The Editor of the Atlanta Journal took one, and it seems to have cured him of the fever which came on him, suddenly, last summer. Last summer, while the sudden fever was on, the Journal hotly demanded many reforms. Is not demanding any now. Not only is it reasonably satisfied with things in general, but it is quiet ly and earnestly preparing a soft place for Governor Smith to fall on, when a small man, by the name of Newman, says from the Fed eral bench, that Governor Smith must not act as Governor UNLESS HE, NEWMAN, GIVES CONSENT. Alas, these trips to Europe! Inasmuch as the time has come when frost may be expected any night, hadn’t some vigi lant Democrat better bring the Macon Plat form into the house? Os all political pot plants, the Macon Platform is the most deli cate ; and it would be gross negligence to leave the tender thing out doors, any longer. If State-Chairman Lawton Miller has noth ing further to do for that resourceful Repub lican, Mai. J. F. Hanson—in the way of screen ing the Yankee Corporations from just taxa tion—the Jeffersonian urges him to lose no time in housing his pot-plant—“ The Macon Platform.” I * I Mr. Hearst’s Independence League rode the (Democratic horse last year, and is now learn ing to ride the Republican horse. Shall we see this expert performer riding both horses at once, next year? Possibly. If I were William J. Nebraska, I should be WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. keeping a sharp eye on this new method of doing things. It’s going to play h—ll with somebody’s cabbages. •e Teddy the Great is in the Louisiana cane brakes loaded for bear. But as all roads led to Rome, so even this bear hunt leads to the Third Term. ’ . Fairbanks’ cocktails have done for him what “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” did for Blaine; and as for Taft, my idea is that he is at his old job of keeping the lid on for Roose velt. The people want the Third Term, because the President has lent such immense prestige to the prosecution of big rascals; and the big rascals want him because thev are afraid that if they make a change they’ll get something worse. •e At the recent cotton conference in Atlanta, did any of the Spinners come out strong for cents cotton? Yet that’s what we Growers mean to have. The raw cotton is surelv worth $75 per bale, when the 3.000 yards of calico which the Spin ner makes out of it sells for $2lO. Including the as the cost of the raw cot ton. the manufacture of the stanle into 3,000 yards of calico onlv costs about sll7. Now. if the Spinner can find a market for his calico at such a price as will give him s2io on each bale of cotton why cannot he co-onerate with us, in fixing the price of raw cotton at 13c? And the co-operation is easv. He is the buver; let him pay us 15c per pound, and be done with it. * The Railroads are making the largest net profits ever known to railroading, vet thev are swearing to “Confiscatory” falsehoods, from one end of the country to the other, and are spending monev like water on high-priced lawvers, editors, lobbvists. Press Agents, and “Special Counsel”: the effort being to prevent the public from having anything to do with these public utilities. Senator John Spooner, of Wisconsin, has been imported into Georgia to help Mai. J. R. Hanson, Col. Thos. K. Scott and J. P. Morgan bulldoze Governor Hnke Smith. Snooner is also a Republican. Thus we have the pretty spectacle of four big Republicans trving to bulldoze the Governor of a Democratic State. And the queerest feature of the case is that the Atlanta Journal seems to be preparing “a lav-flown” for the Governor. Wouldn’t it be a sight to astonish the world if Governor Smith allowed a Federal Judge to degrade the sovereigntv of our great state of who«e divnitv. whose rights, and whose power pnvr. SMTTH TS TRUSTEE. REPRE SENTATIVE AND DEFENDER? The Jeffersonian has no doubt whatever that Governor Smith’s patriotism and courage will, if put4o the test, give these corporation hire lings a lesson that will not onlv have a salutary effect in Georgia but throughout the I T nion. •ft Let every Farmers’ Union paper begin the agitation to have cotton goods put on the Free List. The price of Cotton thread and cloth is con trolled by a Trust. This Trust forces prices up. thus limiting the quantity of cotton goods which the people can buy. The more the con sumption of cotton goods is limited, the smaller is the demand for raw cotton. The smaller the demand for raw cotton, the lower the price. Friends, can’t you see it? What’s to be done? Get after your Congressmen. Pass Resolu tions and publish them. Write to Senators and Representatives and require an expression of opinioa. If the Congressmen come Into line with you, support them. If they ignore or defy you, vote them out. Never stop until your Congressmen come into line with the people. Haven’t we let the Corporations run Con gress long enough? Shall we never assert the right of the peo ple to have Congress represent them? The remedv is in your own hands. For heaven’s sake get busy on a plan that will bring relief"to you, and harm to no legit imate business. •e * it Watson and the R. T. T). Serbice. Writes a Card on the Claims as Between Him and Livingston. Editor Constitution: x Will you please allow me space to make a prop osition? Congressman L. F. Livingston appears to have been posing before the national convention of the rural free delivery convention as the father of that great educational institution. Congressman Livingston Is a candidate for re-elee tlon In the Atlanta district, consequently It Is of the utmost Importance to him to prove. If he can. that he .obtained the first appropriation for the rural free delivery service. It would help him Immensely with the country people If his district If he can even show that he secured the passage of a bill or resolution or amendment In favor of the rural free delivery system. Now without any offensive language and with no reference to Mr. Livingston In any other matter of record, T propose to give him a splendid opportuni ty to win thousands of votes. I propose the creation of a board of referees, com posed of Hon. Clark Howell. Hon. John Temple Graves and Rev. Dr. J. W. Lee, to whom shall be submitted the evidence . This' evidence Is already on record, approved and published by authority of the congress of .the United States. It will not re quire more than half an hour to set the vexed ques tion at rest. A copy of the Congressional Record can be found In the Carnegie Library or In some other library In Atlanta. If not, Congerssman Livingston can produce his set. If he will not, I will produce my set. This official record, published by the government Is the highest and best evidence. The material portion will demonstrate that Mr. Livingston made one feeble attempt to Introduce an amendment In favor of free delivery of mail to coun try people, got ruled out on a point of order and gave up the effort altogether. He got no approprla tlon, for his amendment did not even get far enough to be voted on. When the chairman knocked the amendment out on a point of order, he knocked Mr. Livingston out, too. The Congressional Record will show that an May 28, 1892, I was making a fight on the floor of the house for the rural free delivery system. There was a running debate In which I ran the gauntlet com posed of such men as Tom Reed, Caruth, of Ken tucky; Fithian, of Illinois; Lou, of California; Enloe, of Tennessee, and Hopkins, of Illinois. After doing the best I could, appealing to congress to extend the country people the advantages of the free delivery of mails—then confined to the cities and incorporated towns —I lost the day. Congress did nothing for the country folks that session. Then we all came home and the fierce battle of 1892 ensued. Congressman Livingston was re-elected. Congressman Watson was counted out. We went back to Washington for the short session. Mr. Liv ingston appeared to have lost Interest In the dear country people . He was safe for two more years. Hence he did not renew the attempt to start up the rural free delivery. On the contrary, I took up the fight again. On the 17th day of February, 1898,1 again offered the amend ment, which had failed In May, 1892. Again there was a running debate on the floor of the house. Once the amendment was voted down, but by perseverance, I secured another vote, and that time the amend ment carried. This was the very first time congress endorsed the present rural free delivery system. The money voted for the experiment In rural free delivery was the very first appropriation ever made by the gov ernment for the present rural free delivery system. That was the acorn. Underneath the far-reaching (Continued on Page Twelve.) PAGE NINE