The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, June 07, 1906, Image 6

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    The Atlanta Georgian.
*THE ATLA3STA" GEORGIAN.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
F. L. SEELV, President.
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Atlanta, til., under act of congress of Uireb 2. 117*.
Unless thou find oceislon, hold thy tongue;
Thyself or other* careless talk may wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
Let Us Stand by Shonts and Roosevelt.
From muttering* already heard at Washington, and
ui'iro particularly voiced by 8enator Hale In tha senate.
It Is quite evident that there will be precipitated at an
early day a fierce contest over the type and nature of
iii.» Panama canal.
Upon one aide of this question stand* the official and
p .iroscntatlve engineer, who baa the matter In charge,
mil wjiose tame and repute must rest upon the successful
and effective construction of this mighty water way.
Upon the other side stands a motley company, some
f whim may be sincerely caught by the superficial
im “see level canal" Into advocating that type upon
•i basis of a supposed simplicity and effectiveness.
Joined to this Is another company of protestanta,
w hose motives are, at least, open to the widest suspicion.
Neither we nor-our representatives In congress can af-
ford to blind ourselves tor a moment to the fact that
there are vast corporate Interests In this republic whose
prosperity will br Impaired by the canal; With trans
continental freights taking from nine to thirteen days
to cross the continent by rail from *8an Francisco to
New York, and with fast sailing vessels making the trip
through the Panama canal In a little over 14 days, one
• an see that the enormous savings In freight by the water
route will Inevitably force down the rates of trans-contl-
rn-ntal freight, and diminish the volume of the shipments
mud* by rail.
This furnishes a motive for opposition, which In
this material age Is the most vigilant, the most tlre-
Im. tho most unscrupulous and the most effective In all
ih'- channels of legislation and power which deal with
great enterprises and with popular rights. •
It may be simply set down as a certainty that the
tmiir contlnental railways, through their vast and pow
• rful lobby, will bring to bear every agency of Influence
in their power, either to thwart the completion of the
canal or to give It to the world ao handicapped and In
I'ffi ctlve that Its power for service and for reduction of
ft rights and of time will be greatly curtailed.
Theodore P. Shonts, who Is the official chairman of
the Isthmian Canal Commission, and himself one of the
first engineers of the world, and his staff of subordinate
• nulneers, are all agreed that the lock canal is both
quicker In construction, more durable In type, more ef-
f4S41ve in use. and will admit of greater speed and larger
tonnage In Its vessels than the sea level canal.
.Mr. Shonts and his coadjutors demonstrated conclu
Mvcly In his Atlanta speech that the sea level canal
Is not nearly what the world understands it to be; that
I' i not as la popularly thought, a straight, open and un
im- erupted channel through which ships can freely pass
fxirn ocean to ocean, but Is, In the first place, equipped
■witit n large tidal lock, the most objectionable and dan
gerous lock from the operating standpoint In use, whllo
t hr sou level canal Itself Is a deep, narrow, tortuous
gorge which ships cannot navigate, even according to tho
chi (mate of the men who recommend that type of canal,
at a greater speed than four miles an hour.
Mr. Shonts unhesitatingly predicts that If the sea-
level canal was finished, within thirty days after Its com
pletion congress would be called on for an appropriation
t» begin (ho Indispensable work of enlarging it. Ho
showed clearly, first, that the lock canal could be com
pleted for about halt the cost and In about halt the tlmo
Of the sealevel.
Second, that It would be adequate for nil commerce
which ran be reasonably expected to seek that route dur
ing the next one hundred and fifty years.
Third. That If It should be necessary the lock canal
could be more cheaply and more quickly enlarged than
the sen level canal.
Fourth, because from the operating viewpoint, tho
fast large ships could be put through more eafely and
more quickly than through tho tea-level eanal.
And last, that tho cslmatcd coat of operatiou will
save to the government every yesr In the lock csnsl $2,-
Ste.ooo.
Now. tt will be realised that Mr. Shonts has no pos
sible interest in the lock csnsl beyond the fame sad rep
utation which be Is to hand down to posterity In
this groat achievement. There can be no poaatble graft
to him tn advocating tho cheaper of the two csnala, and
he Is rich enough with his millions of money to be be
yond the reach of bribes or grafts, even If he were capa
ble of being tempted In that direction. Further than
this, be Makes his professional judgment and that of his
eminent and capable subordinates upon the superior de
sirability In every-way of the lock canal, and In this
view ho ha* the thorough Indorsement and the hearty
co-op-ration of the fearless and honest, even If some
time. mistaken, preeldent of the United 8tales.
P Now, In this fierce fight which Is Impending orer the
type -if canal, we have what seems to be a very distinct
balance of the contending factions. Upon one aids the
president, the professional engineer and hts subordinate
engineers, with their official and professional aaaur-
of th* superiority, economy and efficiency of the
!<>i k canal, and with no poaatble motive behind ft except
tn hand down to history at the earlleat time the achieve
ment of a great work which will flx the subatantlal re-
pute of tta builders In future generations-
On the other side, a mistaken conception of the na-
turc and structure ot.tbe.*e& level canal, and the exls-
of a vast and powerful corporate lobby, who have
a distinct and clearly understood Interest In delaying. It
imt in actually crippling the entire scheme of the Isth-
ndan canal.
From general principles and from past experience*
r - are Inclined to distrust and oppose that legtalatlon
v icb la favored by the transcontinental lobby and the
,-1..titrs who usually vote with It.
Under these circumstances, what would teem more
m.t iiut than that representative newspapers of the South,
and representative public men of the South should stand
t-> Shonts and the president In the light for the lock
canal i--ires the Isthmus of Panama.
There was not a man among the several hundred
ogh-golng and unusually representative Georgians
onvtnced by the great edfclneiT of the superior claims
|of the lock canal. If a motion had been made In that
i meeting at that time, there Is no man who doubts that
j It would hare been carried unanimously and enthuslas-
j tlcally and by a rising vote to endorse tho type of canal
j proi>oscd by the president and his great engineer.
I The Georgian sincerely trusts that our representa-
! tires in the senate and In congress will give to these
) matters the same fearless and disinterested considera
tion which they are accustomed to do, and we confi
dently believe that In this view of It, unless there be
some genuine and convincing reason not yet made man
ifest, they will give their votes and tbblr voices to the
lock canal of Shonts and Roosevelt
-f commerce last Wed-I would be easy to reduce the names to that of the car-jglory and prosperity of this splendid commonwealth,
horoughly impressed and | pentcr, the sawyer, the smith—save the mark!—or some^ud no one phnse In the history of these Georgla-Caro-
of the Twelve Apostles. llnans has been more quickened through loyalty, not less
Sfnco the people themselves arc to be translated,, t0 the commonwealth of their residence than to the com-
why not their names’ It would afford Infinite relief to monwea ith of their nativity, than these annual festival
The Need for Parks.
Nothing that hat recently been suggested has met
with more general Indorsement than the communication
from Mr. 4. 0. Roasntan recently published In The Geor
gian in favor of the purchase of a small park area In the
central portion of the city, at a breathing place for the
general public, tor public conveniences, and other pur
poses not met by the larger pleasure grounds like Grant
Park and Ponce DeLeon.
It- la agreed that a suitable alte for such a park In
the central section of the etty would cost a considerable
amount of money, bat It must be borne tn mind tbat five
or ten year* from now the same alte will cost consider
ably more money, and the time to prepara for tho
future la before values have advanced any further.
This Is not any spasmodic effort on the part of At
lanta alono, but there Is :. general movement all over
the country In favor of small parks scattered throughout
the large cities. 8t. Louis ts now In tho midst of an agi
tation In favor of Issuing $670,000 In -Kinds for the pur
pose ot Increasing the number at Uieto parks and tbe
proposition Is receiving cordial support - In advocating
this movement It la pointed out tbat New York has 41
small pat-ka and squares and municipal playgrounds, and
Is equipping all of her school buildings with playgrounds
surrounding tbe building or on tbe roof. Now York has
spent $10,000,000 In the past ten years for these recrea
tion places.
Chicago nas'35 small parka and squares, already con'
structed and equipped, and 32 planned or In process of
construction, and 11 municipal playgrounds. Chicago
baa spent within the past ten years $2,600,000 for these
recreation places.
Boston has 16 small parka and squares, 18 public
playgrounds and four bathing beaches. Boston has
playground within a half mile of every child In the
crowded portion of the city.
Cleveland has nine small parks and square* and eight
municipal playgrounds.
St. Louis has ten small parks and squares and one
municipal playground.
The enormous cost of small park areas tn London,
New York and Chicago la sufficient evidence that At
lanta should secure them now before real estate values
Increase to almost prohibitive prices.
The San Francisco disaster proved the value of
■mall parka and open apaces In checking the spread of
fire and In furnishing a refuge for the homeless thou
sands. Atlanta needs these open spaces In tbe crowded
districts.
Small parks and playgrounds In the crowded dis
tricts decrease Juvenile crime; deerease the death
rate, especially among the children; aupply light and nlr
to all the community; furnish daily recreation and pleas
ure to tho people, and aid powerfully in the develop
ment nf a wholesome And healthy cltlsenshlp. They are
the safety valves for social discontent, because they
supply to the people those opportunities for reoreatlon
which rightfully bolong to them.
The elty of Atlanta could not make any better invest
ment than to purchase one or more sites for small parks
In th* congested section of the city before It Is too late.
a long suffering public, so wc go on record In favor
of Congressman Burke’s bill and endorse Champ Clark’s
speech, even before he delivers It.
Burton's successor In tha senate Is a farmer. Tbe
garden seed appropriation will sit up and take notice.
Queen Victoria will not even wear a bombasine
dress now.
Americanize the Hard Names.
King Chrononhotonthotogos was not the only man
who ever had a bard name.
In a moment of aberration we might remark that
Wood and 8tone, and the like, are equally hard.
But In the sense of the difficulty of spelling and pro
nouncing them they are to be reformed It a measure
which has been Introduced In the house of representa
tives by Congressman Burke, ot Pittsburg, becomes a
law. ,
He has prepared an amendment to the naturalisa
tion bill which provides that foreigner* with unpronounce
able names will have to adopt some good old Ameri
can patronymic If they with to be taken under tbe pro
tecting wing of the United States government. Champ
Clark, we are told, will make one of hli characteristic
speeches on tbe subject and others no less gifted will
pueh along the work of reform.
This la as It should be. The names which we are
sometimes called upon to pronounce can. In point of fact,
only be pronounced abominable, and It I* time to call
for a new deal.
It I* pointed out as a practical fact that the work
ot amalgamation will be greatly facilitated If our natural
ised clttaena, and particularly thoso who are exchanging
the autocratic rule of the Romanoffs for the freedom (•(
the United States, will only take up with some good old
name which our experience with subscription lists and
open accounta and high dtvea and atolen jewels hat made
familiar.
There la a practical bearing to thla sort of thing.
8omo of the subjects of the Csar, whan tbty come ovei
hero and get Into trouble, make It almost Impossible for
the newspapers to give tham a square deal, and tn the
event that they wander off to aouo other country and
get Imprisoned they are liable to be taken out, tried and
executed before we can erer get their names properly
transmitted to the constituted authorities tn a protest
against their punishment. Thla place* a well meaning
government In a very embarrassing predicament and la
liable at any time to Involve u* In diplomatic complica
tions.
Volumes of eloquence could not have been more ef
fective than the ruse adopted by Congressman Burke,
when he sent a list ot these jaw-breaking aamea to the
clerk's desk to be read, preparatory to hta discussion of
tbe measure be ha* Introduced. It was an obvious
Imposition on tbe reading clerk. It sounded like the
death list of tbe engagement around Makden or a call
of the roll of the douma.
We have no doubt tbat the house looked like a rustic
Sabbath with a bass aaw whirring stridently In aolltnde
tn the middle distance.
la nine caaee out of teo It la possible to translate
these names literally and make them into very intelli
gible English. If they would cure themselves of the
Itches" and the “koffs," which aeem to aflllct them, it
Two Typical Young Atlantans.
The most Interesting thing In all Atlanta la the peo
ple of Atlanta, and no subject of editorial comment can
bo more timely and proper than the people who make
or help to make this twentieth century city.
Among these, and among the most vital of them, are
tbo two young men who have Jast consummated In tbe
real estate business, tbat large and Important transac
tion recorded In our columns on Monday.
Forrest and George Adair have Invested on their
own part, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars tn tho
purclinBo of two pieces of property on Whitehall and
Peachtree streets, which at one stroke brings them Into
the list of Atlanta's large real estate owners, as they haro
long been perhaps the oldest and largest real estate firm
In tbo city.
Tbe lesson tbat tbla transaction carries Is a two
fold one. It Is a lesson ot method, and a lesson ot faltb.
Forrest and George Adair Inherited nothing from
their dlatlngulahed and popular father but the real es
tate business which they now control. Outside of this
legacy, every dollar of hla fortune went to tbe mother of
bla children. With rare judgment and fidelity, these
young men have concentrated tbelr entire tlmo and at
tention upon tbe business which catno to them by In
heritance.
They hare absolutely and studiously avoided a con
nection with any other business.
They have refused to be director* In any other cor
poration except one of a purely social nature.
They have refused to tend themselves tolnvestment
They havo refused to lend themselves to Investment
In any other form of making money.
And they have, by mutual agreement, cut themselves
off from any possible contact with personal politics or
from the bolding of any office, city, county or state.
They bave simply single shotted tbe real estate bus
iness In Atlanta. They do nothing else, they depend
upon nothing else, and they are connected with nothing
elae.
They have not a dollar of money which they have
not made themselves.
They havo not a dollar of money which they have
not made In the real estate business.
They have not a dollar of money which they have
not made In the real estate business In Atlanta.
And on Saturday they Invested a quarter of a million
dollars In their own names In the real estate ot Atlanta.
The lessons derived from this transaction relate first
to the value of concentrated, consistent effort along a cer
tain line of business. They carry a further Impression
of an absolute and unvarying faith In tbo real estate ot
tho city In which they live.
And they demonstrate conclusively that that faith
was well founded In a city like Atlanta, and that any
man who plants hts business upon this confidence and
holds to It ns steadily, as loyally, and as Intelligently
as Forrest and George Adair have done, will reap the
logical and Inevitable rewards which have coma to them.
Now there can be no lesson to young men growing
In business. In trade, or In tbe professions In Atlanta,
more wholesomo than the history of these men as ex
pressed In the paragraphs which we have written above.
Faith, constancy, integrity and Intelligence, joined to la
bor, conquer all things, nnd Forrest and Georgo Adair
have already conquered not only tbo question ot a
worldly competency at. pn early age. but they have
conquered as well the respect and confidence ot their
fellow men, and deserve to rank among the first and
most useful forces in the progress ot the twentieth cen
tury city of the South.
The South Carolina Georgians.
The 8outh Carolina Society ot Georgia, whose ban
quet on the twenty-eighth of last Juno was justly reck
oned among the most brilliant events In Atlanta's social
history, baa announced another grand banquet on tho
evening of June 28, 1906.
Governor Heyward, 3enator Latimer, Hoq. Mlltedge
Bonham and other prominent South Carollnan* will bo
guests of the society, and Its annual celebration prom
ises to rank henceforward among the leading social
avent* of the South.
Georgia Is rich tn the element which South Caro
lina has contributed to Its citizenship. The names once
linked with the Palmetto atate are now a part of the
occasions in which the glories of both-states are magni
fied and repeated for the respect and honor of the present
generation.
The South Carolina Society Is not peculiarly an
Institution of Atlanta. Let that be clearly understood.
It Is tbe "South Carolina Society of Georgia," and Its
scope Includes those native sons of the Palmetto state
who. In every portion of tho state, join their unlm-
peached loyalty to Georgia to a tender and reverent
memory tor their native South Carolina.
New York now lias an excellent outlet for her spoiled
meaL She can feed It to the new python. He doesn't
know any better.
“Samanthy Billins.”
Miss Georgia Elizabeth Duncan, of Atlanta, has given
to the world through the Mutual Publishing Company
of this city, a very charming little volume entitled
“Samantha BIllinB of Hangln-Dog" and the volume
has met with a cordial reception by the critics and liter
ary folk of the atate.
Miss Duncan baa been for some years well known
as a popular figure of Atlanta society, and as a delineator
of the cracker dialect In Its best and purest form. She
has been a striking and much desired feature at the
amateur theatricals and entertainments given by the socl
ety folk of the city, and her advent Into literature will
undoubtedly be applauded by a large and admiring circle
of admirers.
We can offer upon our . own part upon “Samanthy
Billlhs of Hangln-Dog” nothing tha*. will be so pertinent
and ao fmpresofre as that which comes from Mrs. Lundy
H. Harris, that brilliant nud now famous literary woman,
of Georgia, residing for the tlmo in Nashville. Tenn.
Mrs: Harris says of the book;
"Samanthy Billina of Hangln-Dog" Is the most de
lightful book I havo read in many a day. I havo Just
had time to read It, which accounts for my delay In
making comment upon It I rejoice In and for my Geor
gia friend. Miss Duncan. Her book Is tho sincere ex
pression of tho heartiest and simple sympathetic Inter
pretation of one of the most admirable types of human
nature In this world to' me. The illusion Miss Duncan
produces Is so perfect that it Is tho sweet, quaint reality,
and her vocabulary la delightful. I envy her In that be
cause It Is so much better than my own. when I have
tried to interpret tbe samo kind ot dialect character.
'1 thoroughly admire and cordially commend to
Southern readers the delightful quality of 'Samanthy
Billins.'"
This Is comment from one ot the highest critical
authorities of the South. The Georgian adds Its own
endorsement for the naturalness, the kind humor and
the sweet sincerity of this little volume, which ought to
add materially to the prosperity and to the fame of its
author.
The current Issue of Harrie Jordan's Cotton Jour
nal has for Its outside page, the handsome face, and
the handsomer record of John D, Walker, ot Sparta,
who raised $10,000 from Southern.banks for the South
ern Cotton Association.
Mr. Walker's years, though few, bave been the record
ot constant and progressive achievement He is hot
only one of tho strongest forces In the Industrial and so
cial life of middle Georgia, but ho Is at tho age of 28—
President First Natonal bank, Sparta, Ga.
President Bank of White Plains, White Plains, Ga.
President Jones County Bank, Haddock, Ga.
President Bishop Banking Company, Bishop, Ga.
President Bank of Harlem, Harlem, Ga.
President Farmors and Citizens’ Bank, Watklnsvllle.
President Bank ot Grey, Gray, Ga.
Vice President Merchants and Farmers’ Bank, Da-
vlsboro, Ga.
President Sparta Oil Mill, Sparta, Ga.
President Union Store, Sparta, Ga.
Water mains on the big streets of New York have
been exuding striped bass of late. The health depart
ment must have been making a nolle like a worm.
Tbe Cananca war between gringos* and greasers Is
at an end- Colonel Greene's martial experiences with
Lawson stood him tn good stead.
President Cassatt and 8enator Depew are ready to
testify that these "Don't Worry Clubs" are all right—In
theory.
The Tampa Tribune Is calling the bride Queen Elis
abeth. We thought “Good Queen Bees" turned down the
King of Spain.
It Isn't a minute too soon to begin tbe crusade on
the toy pistol, It the Glorious Fourth Is a month off.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Prlvats Leased Wire.
New York. Juna Here ar* some
of the visitors In New York today:
■ATLANTA—F. M. Paxton. E. R.
Roberta W. H. Smith, C. Daniel, J. W.
English, Jr., C. W. Moody. Mrs. M. V.
Walker. C. Ball. Mrs. C. Daniel, Mrs.
M. C. Harden, J. W. Smith.
MACON—J. & Budd, C. E. Harter,
E. E. Koushe, Mlasea Hall.
“The Brilliant Georgian.”
To tha Editor of The Georgian:
Though I am a lady. I am an
ardent admirer of your delightful
Georgian. I congratulate you most
heartily on ao perfect a paper
In every respect. It Is. Indeed, a pleH
ure and light In our household. In t
evenings papa and the boys have
perfect wrestle over It* newsy pages.
Long life sad prosperity to the
dear Georgian and Ha brilliant and he
roic editor. Sincerely,
MR8. ED C. SMITH.
Jakln, Ga.. Juna l IMP,
TAPP AND TABB.
of Hooks, Msy 5.)
Tel
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Tapp.
And lastly., too: If nee be Tapp.
It Is Indeed a grave lalshapp.
That raadeta all sbosld g»M- sadI Mabb
Of Tapp's took aa If writ by TsMs
» might th* poet. John, named Tab*
In in the pretest; also grabh
stylus keen, and ash. msybtpp.
That he. as Tab!*, be not called Tapp.
•Ware sharp then, even t-rttWhaap,
dad mil net ap these Tahb aed T»Pp:
To ward og safely arrapp and Stahl.
Keep tapp aa Tapp aad laid* an TeW*.
—Emma Carte tan In New tat Times.
New Albany, lad-. May 3. l\<
AUGUSTA POST T. P. A.,
THANKS THE GEORGIAN
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It afford* ua great pleasure to hand-you.a copy of the following reso
lutions which war* unanimously adopted at the regular meeting of Post
E, Traveler*' Protective Association. Augusta, Ga.. June 2, lto<:
"Whereas, tha Georgia slat* division of the Traveler*’ Protective Asso
ciation. In convention assembled at Albany, on th* Id and 4tb of May
1(00, passed resolutions asking th* railroads of the state of Georgia to
grant them a 1,000 Interchangeable mileage book, also to make the present
1,000 mileage book Inttrchangeabia; and.
"Whereas, the Hon. John Temple Graves, through the editorial col
umns ot The Atlanta Georgia, May 20, 1(00, ha* so ably and forcibly set
forth our causa In this matter; be It resolved:
"I. Tbat Poet E, Travelers' Protective Association, Augusta, Ga- In
regular meeting assembled, do offer a vote of thank* to The Georgian and
Its talented editor for their kind and timely assistance In a juat causa.
"2. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Georgian.
"I. That a copy of these resolution* be apread on our minutes ”
The resolutions war* offered by T. F. Bergeron, member of Post E. *
and were seconded by H. D. Calhoun, ex**tate president.
Augusta, Oa- June 0.
Jack London as a Musician.
Jack London, th* author, was Intro
duced on* day to a musician.
"I too, am a musician In a small
way,” London said. “My musical tal
ent waa one* th* means of saving my
life."
"How was that?" the musician asked.
"Thera was a great flood In our town
tn my boyhood," replied London.
"When the water struck our house, my
father got on a bad and floated w ith
the stream until h* waa rescued."
"And you?" aalil the musician.
"Well," said London. "I accompanied
him on th* plana"—Ladles’ Home
Journal.
The belief la taab gaining ground
that Governor Warfield, of Maryland.
Is a candidate for the United Statee
senate to succeed Senator Oorman,
and with tbat end In view that ha
wtU be In the field for a renomlnation
tor th* governorship.
CURIOUS FACT8.
Lord flweedtnoQtb, «rst lord of tbs British
sdmlrslty, I* in ssstduotra collector of old
chins.
Tbe asms Csllfornls first appeansl In an
anonymous Spanish romance paldlshsd In
ISPk It told of an Auacon queen, Calafia,
whose realm was called California.
Koenig Invented tbTrtesm pristlag press.
Ilta partner. Beasley, rbsated Mm. Koenig,
to snpport life, bed to tell bis patents. He
, ”' k,nl,, • *o*ln» , tar slmet IS
week.
Jscqnxtd
tbe Inventor of tbe tan
W a*hlnffton. Mf l»ni mast t»ror»* their
Sgf BveCrfil
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O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, o
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General Horace Porter, recently ..
bansa.lor to France, la Ba ||I to be the
choice of Chairman II. B. Odell for the
Republican candidate for governor of
O. H
af th
Truman, whom the Democrat.
... Seventh Kansas district
limited for congrem, is aa ordain
>r Of the Christian chun-h
■linlned In 1874, and ta wi
in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri a,13
etl mlnlste
He was —
Ch&TffM
Nebra; ‘
oka;
Colorado will be the next state to
furnish a hot fight among the million-
res for a sent In the United States
senate. .Senator Patterson, whose
term expires next March, has an
nounced that he wilt not run again
The millionaires who will probably en
ter tho nice for Senator Patterson'i
scat are 'i homns E. IValsh, the mining
king: Dave Moffntt, the railroad mag*
nate, nnd Mr. Guggenheim, the head of
the American Smelting and Refining
Company. The outlook le that the™
—111 be ItvetT rime* at the next sea.
Ion of the Colorado leglaalture.
The success of the "Ineurgent" Re.
publlcnn faction in South Dakota
means that Representative Eben w
Martin, the author iff the house reso
lution under which the beef trust was
Investigated by the commissioner of
corporations, nnd Representative
Charles H. Burke, who was recently
made chairman of th# executive com
mittee of tho Republican congress
campaign committee, will be retired tu
private life.
The Oregon election thle week Is the
last state election to be held until
September, In which month state elec
tions will be held In Arkansas, Ver
mont and Maine.
Indiana Democrats are to assemble
In Indlnnnpolls tomorrow to name can
didates for the state offices to be filled
at the fall election.
Another convention to be held
shortly Is that of the Minnesota Re
publicans, who meet In Duluth next
week to name a full state ticket.
Lively contests are on for severs!
places on the ticket, and the convention
rormlses to bo of more than ordinary
nti-n st.
Republicans of the Ninth Missouri
district meet at Warrenton today to
name a candidate to make the race
against Congressman Champ Clark this
fall.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 6.
1481—Execution of conspirators to as
sassinate Lorenzo Dt Medici.
1533—Luil vIco G. Ariosto, Italian poet,
died.
1599—Diego Velasques, Spanish artist,
born.
1606—Pierre Corneille, French dra
matist, born.
1645—Christina voluntarily abdicated
throne of Sweden.
1660—Treaty of Copenhagen.
1710—Duchess De La Valllere, mistress
of Louis XIV, died.
1742—General Nathaniel Greene, Amer
ican revolutionary leader, born.
1765—James Otis proposed an Amer
ican congress In Massachusetts
ns.-u-mldy.
1799—Patrick Henry, American orator
and statesman, died. Bora Msy
tt, 1736.
1808—Joseph Bonaparte made king of
Spain.
1829—Major General Henry Dearborn
died.
1855—Bombardment of Sebastopol re
opened.
1861— Count Cavolr. Italian statesman,
died. Born 1810.
1862— Memphis, Tenn., taken by the
Pederals.
1867—Alexander of Russia nafrowly es
caped assassination In Paris.
1878—Pope appealed to the powers to
protect Catholics In Turkey.
1880—Mount Vesuvius railway formal
ly opened.
1889—Great fire In Seattle, Wash.
1891—Cornerstone of now city hall st
SL Louis laid.
1893— Tiio Infanta Eulalia of Spain
nrrlved In Chicago.
1894— Lord Rosebery's colt Ladas won
the derby.
THE SMILES OF TODAY.
If the world In Its guinea and coatings
In the bent of approval smile.
It la mount sudiswsy.
And the smiles of the day . , ...
Are tbe line* of the set and a pat* o( “*
When"tfie smile* are *11 gone end tbe rose*
are dead
Held It up through the eeorn, never lower
For the birds come again and breezes art
In ttaeTeaves nf tbe otk that has weathered
tbe storn*.
Crash chance If your chance wonld enu*
Rmfie'fste If your fat* should frown.
For tbs raid tn the crown nnd scepter
Is the rosd tbst Is beaten down
By tbe feet nf tbe men who bored
In tbe din of the tattle tbelr bonoas;
Tta the rand of the men who dared.
Though It's lowly tbe wey
We've a duty today, . , ....
Though tbe profit tie small do the best Hut
When'fke'smiles are til gone and tbe rose*
Labor on throngh Ihclr eeorn. never lower
For fisMrds slag again sad the breeze*
warm h r#( t
Id tbe Invi« of tbt oak that kftf weaker*!
the storm. ^ u >-lW .
A WISH FOR MY FRIEND.
tBy M. T. Singleton.!
At light as the dew on tbe vtalet tleeplsj.
A* light as the foam on e nfid-simiei-r re*-
Aa light at tbe mist o'er th* violet erect' 1 "*
Msy tbe caret of this Ufe ever rest “I"*
the*.
As toft se the Inte to the sepbyre reidJ'«j
As soft st tbe hum of tbe booer tM"'
At soft 'as tbe hath when the sninraer U
Msy Vh*din of Ilf*'* battle e'er «•» “l**
thee.
As light as tbe bloah of the brightest <*
As "eight as thy face. I* It*
As bright ss tbe west whea daylight t*
Be 'tbefature which Forts** I* psta' 1 **
fur th**.
As' tew. as the oak to tbe rise thzt «-
twines It. • ^
As true as the stars to tbs sMIef *2
As-trae ss the moon to the ten that •**-
shines It. j.
Msy tbe heart which tbo* tresf"- »
ret t* thee.