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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

are not willing to be forced Into poverty
and serfdom by these speculative gam
blers of the exchanges who fix the price
Of their crops by selling millions OF doi-
lars worth of products not in existence.
And there are MILLIONS Of honest peopie
everywhere who side with the FARMERS
and demand the Hatch bill OF a slniiiar
measure. wan
We do not expect to reach the wan
street organs, but looking beyond tiieih
to the mass of the northern people, we
ask this question: Now. that you nave
smashed the gambling machine Ill w"
south which drew hundreds OF thousands
of dollars from the north, will you not
complete your work by smashing tiie gain
bling machine in the north which draws
millions of dollars from the south! INV
ing destroyed the little monster at Il us
lance will you not destroy the Dig mon
star in your midst which Is debaucillls
your conscience, and turning your people
into q community Of gamblers!
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The Weekly Sentinel Is the name of q
paper printed and edited In Augusta by
Rev. f, X. Love, Il negro Baptist preach
er. The editor has recently visited the
north as delegate to the Baptist con-
gress at Philadelphia. He also looked in
on the Methodist general conference as
q spectator, and went as far north as
Providence.
The current ISSUE of The Weekly Senti-
mel contains letter from the EDITORS pen,
and that portion Of it which Is devoted
TO his observations in regard to the con-
dition of the colored man is extremely
interesting. His candor is refreshing. He
has keen eye for contrasts, and he
records what he sees in a style at once
earnest and simple. One thing that i'm
presses him is the fact that the condition
of the negroes of the north does not COM
pare fayorably with that of the negroes
OF the south. while they are holding
Indignation meetings up here for u.s. he
remarks with dry humor 1--WE ought to
be holding prayer meetings for them In
the south"
The matter could not be more wildly
which we have quoted and it is fol-
lowed by this: Prom one standpoint,
it seems to us that we had rather ride in
what they call jim-croW cars and stay
in the south where we can have q fair
chance at the bread Of life than to ride
with the white folks in palace cars In the
north, and be hungry and pennilcss."
Here is the whole situation apty and
forcibly put. AT the north the question
with the negroes is how they shall man
age to exist; at the south few negro
snobs imagine that they are oppressed
because they cannot ride side by side
with the white folks. AT the north, the
negroes are crowded out Of every lucra-
tive business and profession. At the
south their opportunities are bounded
only by their abilities Every trade and
business, every avenue Of breadwinning
in which they can possibly engage is open
to them. 1t is no wonder that the con-
trast attracted the attention of the intelli-
gent negro whose words we have quoted.
Among other things, the editor OF The
Weekly Sentinel observes that the north
has lost interest in the negroes. 1.-THE
negroes have been very largely the poiit-
ical cat's-paw, and since the pindars have
nearly all been pulled out of the fire,
there is but little if any further need Of
the tool" Consequently the editor comes
to the conclusion that whatever there is
of the negro problem must be settled
where it orginated-on southern soil. He
thinks the negroes should do their first
nd FIJI dc Of bnpn,
an observation that Is the very root and
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
The Coming Millionaire.

About two years ago it was estimated
that the wealth of the Vanderbilt fam
lily amounted to $274, 100000, and ut the
present time it is probably $3O0,0OO,0 900
If the AstOr policy Of beQueathing a
great fortune to Il single member of the
family is followed it is plain enough that
in few years there will be an American
Millionaire. The Vanderbilt property
with the interest on it at 5 per cent, will
in about twenty-five years amount to
nearly $1,OO0,O00,O00, but it's other profits
will round it out to that sum perhaps
in ten or a dozen years.
1t is altogether likely that the American
Millionaire will be among us early in the
twentieth century. 1t may be that he
will use his great wealth wisely and well,
and it may be that he will use it to
Cypress his fellow men.
Naturally, in an age when the toiling
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

The National Economist, the recognized
official organ OF the new party, in an elab-
crate review of the work of the Georgia
democratic convention says:
The Georgia state democratic convention
has been held, and it is plainly evident
that those who seek relief by the alliance de-
mands can no longer reasonably expect any
thing whatever from the democratic party of
Georgia. The spell is brokeh--the delusion
has vanished. The mists have cleared away.
The cohWcbs of deception have been torn
aside, and the democratic machine of Georgia
stands exposed in ali its hideous treachery to
an honest people. They chose Il Cleveland
delegation to Chicago. Cleveland, the arch
enemy Of tile alliance; the idol OF that class
of bosses in the democratic party who assert
that the alliance should be fought and de-
stroyed as an evil. No greater victory is
sought or can be achieved by the enemies OF
the alliance movement than the victory Of
CIcvelandism For the Georgia democracy to
thrust Cleveland in the face OF the alliance
and hoist his flag is to say to those who be-
leve in the Ocala demands, You must give
I'D your principles entirely and disayoW every
yestige of that cursed alliance heresy and ad-
vocate the policy of the financial enslavcment
of the south and west to New York and New
ErgHrd in return for money 40 run the party
macbiLe To do this you must be democrat
without principles or conscience"
This extract, which, by the way is mild
compared with other statements made in
the review from which it is taken, does
great injustice, not only to the democracy
Of Georgia, but more especially to the
alliancemen of the state, and 1t is not
right that 1t should go uncontradlcted.
If the work of the Georgia convention
was not satisfactory to the alliance, none
are to be blamed more than the alliance
itself. For some reason or other the alli-
ance refused to participate in the demo-
cratic primaries which elected delegates
to the Georgia convention, there being
probably not half dozen counties in the
state in which the alliance took any inter-
est i'll the selection of delegates.
We urged at the time that it was a
great mistake for the alliance to puEzue
this cOurse-that if the farmers Of the
state desired the Georgia democracy to
take such action as would meet their
full approval, they could very easily as
sist In shaping the course of the conven-
ton by taking part, as democrats, in the
democratic primaries. They refused to
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

do so, listening to the unWiSe and illogical
argument that 1t was best for them to
remain passive, In order that
they might SEQ what the
party proposed to do. The convention
met, and there were very few alliance
delegates in it. Notwithstanding this
fact the convention made the most liberal
declaration of principles ever made by
q democratic convention in this state, and,
as between the Cleveland and the anti
Cleveland sentiment, there was not a diff
ference of thirty votes in the convention,
and that difference, in favor Of Mr.. Cleye-
land, was the result Of the action OF
Co lnecticut and other doubtful states in
his favor.
OF the delegates to Chicago more than
half had put themselves on record as
being opposed to the nomination of Mr..
Cleveland, though, Of course, the whole
delegation goes to Chicago with view to
promoting the interests of the party.
Had the democratic alliancemen partic-
ip tied in the democratic primaries as they
should have done, there would have been
no cause of complaint. But as they did
not do so, we submit that the criticism Of
The Economist does not come with good
grace.
The democratic party Of Georgia Is
not the enemy Of the alliance. On the
other hand everything has been done by
the party organization to induce the full
and free participation Of the farmers OF
the state in the actions of the party.
The only safe course for the white peO-
pie of me south to pursue is to submit
their differences to the arbitration Of the
democratic party. For this reason we
plead with the alliance to enter actively
in the primary elections preceding the
last state convention, hoping that in this
way the views of that important element
In the democratic party in Georgia would
be duly presented to the attention and
consideration Of the convention, and that
it's transactions would be so shaped as
to entitle its work to the encouragement
and support of the democracy Of the
state While the alliance did not particl-
pate, but left the work Of the convention
to delegates selected almost entirely out
side Of tho order, we think there is every
reason for the farmers of the state to
accept the result Of the convention as an
evidence of the determination OF the
democracy of Georgia to assist In pushing
forward the great reforms demanded,
not only by the farmers, but by all classes,
and especially is this true Of the great
issues of tariff reform and financial re-
form.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
A Touch of Prosperity.

Following the encouraging reports OIL
the commercial agencies, The CohSuVu-
tion's favorable crop news will make IL
anparent that we are entering period OF
comparatively good times.
With plenty Of easy money at tle cen
ters, beginning to make its way ouC"aru'
md with the almost certain prospect OIL
good crons. it is safe to say that the Iau
will find us in good condition, with uilde
and industry enjoying almost boom.
Our crop reports make splendid snow
ing for diversified agriculture. Our Tar
mers have wisely decreased their cotUoh
acreage about % per cent and nave
given their attention to food crops TOT
man and beast They have gone 10
work in the right way to make themselves
independent, and their economy curing
the past two or three years Will leave
them more hard cash this fall than tley
have had in q long time. The big Irule
crop now in sight will bring large sums OF
money southwark this summer, ana inc
general revival of confidence bids far 10
make times improve right along.
Debt-paying, economy and diversified
crops are at the bottom of this improve
ment. If our farmers had lived eXtrayac
gantly and relied on cotton alone the OUT
look would be gloomy enough. AS IL 49,
they changed their policy just In time to
profit by it's beneficial results.
AS matter of course the republicans
point to our prosperity as the natural
sequence Of their tariff and financial Leg
islation, but every farmer with sense
enough to get out Of q shower of rain
knows that he is getting along in spite OF
the republican system, and not because
he is aided by it. Our success this year
only intensifies the desire of our people
to smash the robber tariff and the oppres-
sive financial system now in our way In
order to give our crippled business ana
industrial interests Il fair field and
fighting chance. Still, it is something to
be thoughtful for that we have this CLEAN
Of sunshine, and that we may now look
forward to Il season Of prosperity not
paralleIed here i'll the south for the past
three years or more. Our material prog
ress is assured and we do not believe
that orr political enemies viii ever sue
coed in arresting our development, unless
our own fractional divisions should give
them full sway in the south Such GRIM
inal folly on our part is not to be contem-
plated, and we take it for granted that
our people will make their solid WORK
and solid votes securely guard their rls-
ing industries, their civilization and their
sacred right of local home rule.
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Free Rural Mail Delivery.

II congress fails to extend free mail
delivery to the country districts 1t VIII
have to face a nation of disappointed
petitioners
Free rural delivery is asked for by the
grangers, the alliance, the patrons OF
husbandry and thousands of people out
side Of these organizations.
We have In this country 4,750.O00 farms
and their owners and tenants claim that
in the matter of mail delivery they should
be placed on the same footing rs the peo-
pie of the cities and towns. They pay the
same rates of postage that other people
pay, and they want the same facilities.
1t is not just to deliver mail to people
i'll cities living only few steps
from the postotiice, and deny the same
facilities to people out in the country who
really need them.
The cost has nothing to do with the
question. When appropriations are made
for other departments Of the government
nobody asks if it Will pay. Why should
the question be raised in the mail service?
But, as a matter of fact, it will pay in
a short time on account Of the increased
business.
Free rural mail delivery is provided for
in England, Germany, France, China,
japan and India. This country is be-
hind the times in this respect. We are
doing everything for the cities and towns
and nothing for the country.
Careful estimates show that the rropos-
ed extension will not cost a very large
sum, and all agree that the increased
receipts would soon reimburse the govern
ment Then, it should be considered that
this convenience would ditfuse education
and intelligence throughout the country
bring the farmers in touch with the world,
make the country districts more desirable
residence localities, and in various ways
tend to the development of the farming
regions More than 0nc-third of our peo-
pie are engaged in farming, and yet very
little has been done by the government to
improve their mail service since the foun-
daticn of the republic, while benefits con-
tinue to be heaped upon the cities and
towns.
Let our country readers agitate this re-
form and besiege their congressman until
they carry their point. They can do it by
united action and persistent effort.
Raum continues to hold the fort. He
seems to he ayadpd
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
essence Of the whole matter. The edi-
tor Of The Weekly Sentinel sums up his

essence Of the whole matter. The edl-
tor of The Weekly Sentinel sums up his
observations thus:
There is prejudice in the north against he
negro that Is just as potent as 1t IS III the
south The only difference Is that IL is SHOWN
In another way. So far IS we know not u
negro delegate Is stopping with white lam
lily, nor is 1t any more desired by lheh lh'tA
it would be by any white family in the SOUTH
'I1s true we are attending white churches
but that we can do in the south. And we
have found by actual observation that the
white man north raises as serious opJecuoh
to sitting by a negro in church that the
white man south does, the only difference
being he will not say so, but
will leave the seat on which q negro sits even
If he has to take one far more announcement
We have had several to get up from our
side and crowd in among white people even
where there not room for them. Hence
our observation proves that the negroes are
not only becoming more offensive but that they
are becoming offensive to more people-yea' 10
everybody. God only knows what Will become
of us and where this thing will end.
The note of hOpelessness apparent at
the close of the foregoing is altogether
out of place, for the editor himself sug-
gests the remedy that will dispose OF all
the real and imaginary troubles OF the
negroes. IneIG seems 10 ue IL SlO"Aiso
necessity" he says, that the negroes
make friends of the people among whom
they live" The necessity, indeed, Is not
growing; it was full grown the moment
the negroes received their freedom. Inc
incentive toward this friendlinesS is some
thing higher and more important than
the mere pressure Of necessity. An en-
forced friendliness Is not worth much.
But every suggestion and impulse OF their
new citizenship, every result OF their envl-
ronment, every circumstance that Is the
outgroWth of the situation, ought to LEAD
the negroes to stand with their White
noighbors and friends on all questions
affecting their common security and con-
tent
We are surprised that the intelligent
negroes do not take up this simple rem
edy and dispose of what is called the
negro problem. 1t is a remedy that VIII
effectually wipe out the color line and the
race question so far as they affect the
political relations of the two races.
1t is a significant fact that the Blaine
boom began after the delegates were
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
The Lawless North.

The lynching Of negro at CampbellS'
ville o., last Tuesday, for assaulting a
woman need not excite surprise.
According to the statistics collected by
The Chicago Tribune, there were thirty
lynchings and only forty-six legal eXecu-
tons in the north and west last year
This is q black record for Il section which
boasts of its law and order The small
number of legal executions does not mean
that few murders are committed in the
north. The single county Of Allegheny
in Pennsylvania had fifty-eight murders
in 1891, and 136 murders In the last five
years. with only one execution.
If we cared to give the space to a sum-
mary of the crimes of violence annually
committed in the north the sum total
would shock all civilized countries, and
cause our foreign critics to brand that
region as Darkest America"
The less said the better. The fact that
there were thirty-seven lynchings out
side of the south last year shows that
mob justice is not confined to any one
section The north has suffered and still
suffers from red-handed laWleSsneSS, and
we fear that it will be many q year be-
fore she will be i'll a position to point
to spotless eScutcheOn, and hold her
self up as Il tlaWless model for the imita-
ton of the rest Of the world.
With the blood of your thirty lynchings
last year still smelling on your garments,
Sister North, we submit that it does not
become you to figure in the role Of accuser
and censor. Get your own household in
order before you proceed to reform your
neighbors!
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If Miss Amy Johnson, the pretty school
teacher at Yellow Springs, o., carries out
her intention of riding 800 miles on bicycle
to Davenport, Ia, she will probably encounter
some startling surprises. 1t is not safe for 3
woman to take such n trip just now
One Of the characters Of Portland, Me-, is q
German Jew whom any business man in Maine
would trust with $4,000 If he wished it. He
buys about ten thousand dollars worth Of dry
goods and millinery annually in job lots, and
sells it all over the state through the medium
of some twenty-five thirty basket pebblers.
He makes evidently good profit, for he liz
worth over twenty-five thousand dollars,
though he cannot read or write and cannoa
be taught to do either. Several times the at
tempt has been made to teach him TO form
the initials of his name for purpose of sigma
ture, but he cannot form the letters so that
they can be recognized such. He can add
and subtract and has q young man to keep
his accounts, which he is able to prove cor
rect or the reverse, because he has learned
that certain combinations of marks mean GER
tain kinds of lace etc He could not mans
the letters of any of the words. They are
simply symbols to him.
In Wall street no cash passes. Checks take
the place of money. The rich men Of New
York do not carry money. The highwaynan
who ''held up" Jay Gould or any OF the nil
lionaires would profit little. Only a few dol
lars would be secured If 500 lasts Mr..
Gould three months, as it does, the robber
must have a pretty accurate knowledge Of
his affairs to know when to confront him with
the hope of getting over ten or twenty dollars.
The leading millionares are men, without
exception, of plain ways and few requirements.
They do not use intoXicants tobacco, and
there are few things they need money for.
The average man who works for his daily
bread has more money in his pocket than the
average millionaire.
The millonaires, too, are as methodical IN
their personal as In their business affairs.
They keep strict account Of what they draw
for their expenses and what they pay. ,Out.g
Mr.. Gould carries his cash In an old-fashioned
pass without hla opening the wallet 81
asprfvafe letter Nom China: Ths Rev, 1adaass
and Randolph Tucker and he nephew Of the
Misses Graham OF this city. IS a missionary
In China. During the recent uprising his
house, which is on the outskirts Of Shanghai,
of the points of attack. The mob
pursued the preacher to his home, pelting
him with bricks. His wife, believing that
innocence has power to dispel evil, seized her
baby from the cradle and to the window,
where she held it up in the face Of the MOB.
The baby, if it had been rehearsed for tbs
scene, began to crow and throw up It's hands
in the absurdly friendly fashion of babies, az
the threatening faces sbelow The Chinese
saw Ii and began to grin back in return. The
bricks fell from their hands and the parsO1
gathered around the window where the baby
stin crowed and goo-gooed, and actually
stayed until they were surprised and overs
come by rescue party from town.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

The New York World, which opposed the
Louisiana lottery, is fighting hard TOR the
bucket-shop gamblers. Uncle Puiltzer
"Don't" gun seems to be out OF repair.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

1t is said that Mr.. Harrison's friends are
hunting for hole that will fit him. And
yet Mr. Harrison's health is as good as
Baines. He should tie his granddady's
hat to a string, and run 1t to the top of
flag pole
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The American consul in London warns Amer
leans to pay no attention to the swindlers who
tell them that they are heirs to vast estates
in Europe.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

John Sherman is lying awake at night
wondering what the result would have been
If he had bought up few negro delegates
from the south
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

The more indignant Mr.. Harrison grows,
the bigger grows the Blaine boom.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

Cumberland, Nd ten years ago paved It's
streets with fire bricks. They cost much less
than asphalt belgiIl block, and under
heavy hauling required no repairs. They
make n cheap and durable pavement.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

1t is significant fact that the Blaine
boom began after the delegates were
elected.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

Senator Morgan says that the people of Ala
bama see no more gold than they see da-
monds. The gold is hid away in the yaulta
of banks
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The Vital Issue.

Kaum continues to hold the fort. III
seems to be eyaded.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

II Miss Amy Johnson, the pretty school
teacher Mt Yellow Springs o., carries out
her intention of riding 800 miles on a bicycle
to Davenport, Ia, she will probably encounter
some startling surprises 1t is not safe for B
woman to take such trip Just now.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07

Some of the most earnest friends of Mr..
Cleveland protested against a contesting
delegation from New York, but all to no
purpose The damage has been done, and
if Mr.. Cleveland doesn't suffer it is to be
foo roll Tho Marty will.