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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12
ingalls, and His Platform.

Mr. Ingalls, is announced as a candi-
date for senatorial hOnorS in Kansas.
He will be in the race nOminally as q
republican, but he will play on Il harp
Of a thousand strings. He will 90 be-
fore his people with the vOte-catching
proposition that there is something
wrong somewhere He will propose no
remedy, but as Il prophet OF calamity
he will leave Mrs. Mary Lease many
miles in the rear Note this paragraph
from one Of his speeches:
Civilization has no paradox so mysterious
as the existence of hunger when there is an
excess of food-of want i'll the midst of
superiority. That one man should have pos
to squander, and another, abe and willing to
work, should perish for the want of cmbers
rags and a crust, renders society unintelii-
gbe. 1t makes the charter of human rights
a iogogriph SO long such conditions con-
tinue, the key to the cipher in which des-
tiny is written is not revea.ed-the brother
hood Of man is a phrase, justice is formula
and the divine code is lleglble
When Il man can stand up in diScOn-
tented Kansas and erupt such solid
chunks Of gloom it goes without saying
that he will have followers.
Mr.. ingalls, is on record as saying q
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currency corner whenever it suits them,
and the people Of the other sections are
practically left without any medium or
exchange.
AS Mr.. Maddox puts it, this enables
q few individuals to wreck the country
at their will, and unless we wrench this
power from Wall street the existence or
the republic will be short lived.
The remedy is clearly to return to BIZ
metallism and state banks. 1t is useless
to sit down and make plaintive appeals
to Wall street, and it is a waste OF time
to indulge in Improbable abuse. so
long as we legalize the system under
which the eastern capitalists absorb ana
absolutely control the currency of the
country, just so long we may expect
Wall street to dominate the financial ana
business interests of the country. Our
protest should take the shape OF the re-
peal of the class legislation under which
the evils we complain Of are made law
full This is the only way to bring about
the reform which is now so Imperative
ly needed.
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MIDS SERIES
MIDSUMMER SERIES
FIND the TO
MISSING UClUBER
WORD! 1st.
AN INTERESTING CONTEST IN WHICH EVERY
BODY HAS The SAME CHANCE.

The MISSING WORD competition craze is
the latest fad in England. 1t is exciting the
whole country, and hundreds ofthousands OF
people are racking their brains for missing
words.
Several London weeklies have started
what they call "fnissing word competitions,
and the craze has affected all England to
such an extent as to block the money order
office and embarrass the whole postal service
The scheme is this; A sentence is printed
every week from which one word is omitted;
for instance, "Smith is a." and people
are invited to send in their guess with
money order for a shilling. The money
sent in is divided among the guessers wht
name the correct word. A few weeks az,
one paper distributed $4,000 among forty
three correct guessers, each man receiving
over $500 for his shilling. The money order
blanks have all been used up at many post
offices, the mails are clogged, and clubs have
been organized to go into the guessing bust
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A Shallow Argument Exposed.

We heartily endorse the proposition to
coin into dollars the scgniorage silver
now in the vaults Of the treasury This
seigniorage represents the bullion over
and above the amount which represents
the silver notes issued under the law OF
1890.
But on what grounds do the GoldDug
organs and the goldbug congressman
endorse it? Their whole argument is to
the effect that the silver dollar is dis
honest dollar; that it contains but 81 or
IS cents worth of silver and that the
further coinage of it is a SWindle on the
people Nevertheless, they are loudly IN
favor Of the coinage of the surplus Sill
yer TO the amount of $oO,00O,OOO. If the
silver dollar is a dishonest dOllar-a lie
on the face of it-why are the goldbugs
so ready to consent to the further coin
age of 5O.OOOOOO of them?
Their attitude shows the shalloWnesS
of their arguments. They do not believe
that the silver dollar is q dishonest dol
lar. but they know that when it repre-
spnts Il money standard, as it Will when
the minis are open to the free coinage OF
silver on an equality with gold. that 1t
will extract the claws from their diShon-
est gold dollar, which is destroying all
values save its own.
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BEATING TIE RECORD.


From The birmingham Age-Hcrald.
The Atlanta Constitution is justly proud Of
the enterprise it has shown in its special
accounts of the great coast storm. 1t has
successfully carried out the largest journal
istc undertaking ever attempted in the south,
and has our congratulations
Splendid Achievements.
From The Macon Evening News.
The superb exploit of The Atlanta Con
stitution in presenting the complete account
of the great storm ranks with the greatest
achievements of metropolitan journalism and
commands the admiration of the entire coun-
try. At the first intmation of the dreadful
calamity Managing Editor Clark Howell sent
corps of Skilful and experienced CORE
spondents to the different scenes Of ruin and
devastation, and in the shortest possible
time The CONSTITUTIONS readers were present.
cd complete and graphic portrayal of the
horrible picture. Some idea may be gained
of the magnitude of The Constitutions
achievement when it is known that it re-
quired nearly 100000 words by wire to tell
the story. 1t is safe to say that no other
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still in doubt. The Advertiser taunts
The Constitution because, after having
opposed the nomination of Mr.. Clcye-
land, this paper did not bolt its party's
action and protest against his election.
What a pitable, miserable spirit! The
Constitution has never yet seen the day
when it would do violence to the party $
obligations. The best test of good
democrat is his willingness to abide the
declarations Of his party. When the
democratic convention nominated Mr..
Cleveland, we supported him just as
heartily as though he had been our
original choice. More than that-we
were exceptionally active in the cam
paign, because it was apparent that infiu-
cnccS were ut work to divide the party
which could best be overcome by mold
ing the pledges Of the democracy before
the people, which The Constitution, with
its weekly circulatiO of more than loo-
900, and with the largest daily clrcula-
ton in the south, did more effectually
than any southern paper.
We are still fighting it out on that
line, and the principles and policy we
advocated last year are the same advo-
Gated now.
Patronage, postoficHs and plums cam
not shake our convictions, nor push us
off the platform.
We ere going to continue spreading the
gospel Of straight democracy, and when
we sec democrats following the leader
ship of John Sherman and Tom Reed we
shall make our protest heard and felt,
and all the postmasters and other APP
pointeos in the country cannot sWerve us
from the path of duty.
The few democrats here and there
who think that postotfice fits thelr
case better than the platform OF the
party may say what they please-fhelr
constituents will attend to them later
Democrats who are loyal to their pat
form in the fall before getting office, ana
fighting it in July after being provlded
for. are not safe leaders.
They should attend to their posto1ilccs.
Tom Reed seems to have h:"dHh ''ie
democratic platform where the bl-democrats
coulIu't carry If out.
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Don't Forget Your EOyS.

Our schools for higher education Will
soon open their fall terms, and we wish
a word with parents about them.
The south is not up with other sec
lions in the number of its Thoroughly
educated men and women. 1t is OF no
consequence that good excuses can be
found for this state Of things. Excuses
do not educate our sons and daughters
nor save our section from the consc-
o,lcnces of their lack Of education.
We must send more boys and girls to
college.
While our colleges are far behind
northern colleges in the matter OF endoW-
mdnt and equipment, they are wen
worthy of our patronage and 1t IS not
improbable that their poverty is ac-
companied by some compensatlons' Inc
social life around a school of moderate
means is likely to be exempt from the
habits of extravaganza which beSet
some Weather institutions and Which
defeat the purposes of college
At any rate the average southern col
lere is much above the patronage when
it receives This Injuries these lnStltu-
lions. and, what is of more consequences
in,,res our section For this cause we
1,rre parents 10 send their sons and
daughters to school this fall
There is great danger that many OF
our young people may lose their last
chance for higher education by reason
Of the panic. Our people are fright
cned. and when they begin to ecOnomize
many of them begin at the top. cutting
off the expenses of religion and educa-
ton first.
We cannot afford this sort Of ex-
trayagant economy. It is altogether
too dear 1t will cost us in the long run
less to educate our children than 1t will
cost not to educate them.
At last much of the panic is mere
fright. There is more money in the
country than clearing house balances in
dictate. Furthermore the clouds are
lifting Times are better, and just
ahead is a period Of great prosperity.
Let lis not sacrifice our children to a
Temporary scare. Let us not deny them
the nccoSSaricS for tho highest and best
living because of fears born of financial
nightmare.
Tho war tool, away the chance of
education Of one generation. The panic
of 1873 injured another Let not the
panic of 1893 rob another of such pre-
ciouS opportunities.
Other things can wait on the return
of prosperity. but not the education OF
the young people Of the country. They
will soon pass beyond the age when
they can be educated. With many OF
them il is now or never.
"Though the fig tree blossom not
neither fruit be in the vines: though the
nlbor of the olive fail and The fields
yield no meat: though the flock be cut
off from the fold and there be no herd
in the stalls" the education OF our
children must not be neglected.
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4 Notable Interview.

The interview in another column with
Mr.. James Swami, president of the At
lanta National bank, and a member of
the we'll known cotton firm of Inman.
Swami & Co.. of New York, deserves a
careful perusal.
Mr. Swami is as closely identified with
our local interests as he is with his bust
ness interests in New York, and his finan-
cial views are those Of Il man of eXpc-
rience. with Il thorough knowledge of the
situation.
One or two points in the interview de-
serve special attention. Mr.. Swami be-
HeveS that the business of the country re-
oaires Il larger volume of currency. He
argues that we require more money per
capita than England, France or Ger
many, because the limited extent of those
countries enables money to be forwarded
from their capitals to any point in Il
single night. while our territory is SO
vast that it requires days to ship cur
rency from New York to remote cities
in the west and south. With our i'm
mense population, vast business inter
ests and large area we should have
UOuDlc the per tdpltd circulation VI All!
country in Europe.
Mr.. Swami is strong advocate of
state banks 1t is his idea that they
would admirably supplement the nation
III banks.
The national bank notes would be
used as basis for international cur
rency and the state bank notes would
give us a home or local currency.
The recommendation of an income tax
to be applied to the payment Of de-
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COngresslnan'sO ateS'S Views.

We print in another column a letter
written by Congressman William G.
Oates. of Alabama, to one of his constt-
uents. Although the letter is more than
half a year DID, bearing date OF January
18th, it is even more interesting now
than when it was written. 1t teens win
information and good advice. MI. oates
proposes to give his constituent all the
political information he asks for, pro-
vided that constituent will remain
straight and sound on democracy
The information that Mr.. Oates gives
his correspondent is still timely. Inc
Alabama congressman says he has seen
Mr.. Cleveland personally and had Il long
talk with him, and he is, therefore, pre-
pared to utterly deny that the preSl-
dent wants the country put on single
gold standard" Mr.. Oates was told by
the president himself that he did not
want the single gold standard. He is
decidedly in favor Of the free coinage OF
both metals on parity with each other ="
There is good deal of information in
these remarks even at this late date. The
Sherman law is about to be repealed,
and an era of gold monOmetallism is
about to be inaugurated. but if we had
not been given the privilege of printing
Mr. Oates's letter nobody would have
ever known that the president is opposed
to a gold standard, or that he is lin favor
of the free coinage of both metals on Il
parity with each other
Mr.. Oates says truly that the Sherman
law is "a very unscientific and unSatlsfac-
tory arrangement but he tells his cor
respondent that he will vote for its re-
peal, "provided there is coupled with it
an arrangement to secure Il larger cir
culation in the south and west, either of
sound paper or metal money. But Mr..
Oates continues. Il will not vote for its
repeal unless such Il measure is coupled
Herewith, nor will q majority of the
democrats Of the house"
Let those who will say this is not in
tereSting As Mr.. Oates and the dem
| ocratic majority voted for the repeal of
the Sherman law. his constituents may
fill their leisure hours by examining the
files of The Congressional Record to see
if they can discover what measure pro
viding for a larger circulation "of sound
paper or metal money" was coupled with
the bill repeating the Sherman law. The
Record of August Doth will give them Il
good deal of light on the subject.
1t is to be hoped that the ARRANGE
ment to secure a larger circulation in
the south and west" which Mr.. Oates in
sisted on coupling with the repeal bill,
will go into operation at once 1t is
also to be hoped that Mr. Cleveland is
still for the free coinage of both gold
and silver al q parity with each other.
AS for Mr.. OateS'S constituent, he Is
still where he was in January.
Let our home manufacturers advertise their
goods. There never was a greater desire to
use homemade goods than today, but if
you fail to let the people know where to
get them you are to blame, and not the
people, if they are not sold.
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Save Hay.

Let our farmers devote all their spare
time to saving hay. The crow foot grass
and Bermuda grass make the very best
hay when properly cured. Car loads
of hay are coming to our home markets
from the west and east, when we have
better grass to make hay going to waste
in our fields. Home made hay is better
and saves money to the farmer and keeps
money in the state. Il is better to hire
help to save the hay than to have to pay
a high price for an inferior article in the
winter and spring The time spent in
hauling hay from the depot to farms,
if used in saving hay, will feed many a
head of cattle in the winter with bet
ter quality of hay.
Fill up your barns and outhouscs, and
if you have any to spare next spring,
there will be Il good market for the sur
plus.
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southern journal has ever attempted or &C
complshed such Il feat.

southern journal has ever attempted or &C.
complshed such Il feat.
Feat the Record.
From The Augusta Evening News.
The storm of 1893 the great event OF
the year. the most destructive in the past
century, so quite naturally the newspapers
of the land made it special feature all last
week. The New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and, in fact the papers of the whole country
wrote it up as the sensation of the fall and
spread it by columns and pages every day be-
fore their readers. The comprehensive and
interesting details would make volumes, but
of all the newspapers north and south The
Atlanta Constitution beat the record 1t not
only printed first news but fullest news,
and it gave more space and covered the storm
more completely than even the metropolitan
press or the papers right in the track of the
tornado. twenty-five thousand words i'll one
day about item speaks volumes sure
enough for The Constitution, and NOT content
with this wholesale word picture it presenter
full and sometimes very festive Illustrations
of special events of interest. The story was
graphic and The Constitution got there in
great shape with 100000 words Of the storm
news by wire last week.
Beating the record in news gathering is a
habit of The CONSTITUTIONS however. and
The Evening News again doffs its cap and
saluteS it.
H. Leads Chem All.
FROM Inc Rome, Ga, Hustler.
The Atlanta Constitutions account pub.
lshed daily, giving graphic descriptions Of
the scenes along the Atlantic coast in the
late fearful storm upholds the reputation of
that great paper as the leader of southern
news journals. The Constitution is "a good
'un," and old Dixie could not get along
without her.
A Credit to American journalism.
FROM The Savannah, Ga. Press.
The Press believes in giving credit where
credit is due. Yesterdays Constitution was
n credit not only to Atlanta--it is that every
day-but to the entire south and to American
journals. It's storm service last week also
was superb, including 100000 words by tele-
graph
Simply Magnificent.
From The Walton, Ga, News.
In telling the story Of the great storm, The
Constitution did its full duty to the reading
public. Its news service was simply magnif-
cent.
Superb Newspaper Work.
From The Columbus. Ga, Enquirer-SunA
Our esteemed and cnterprising contelfpo-
rary, The Atlanta Constitution. is receiving
deserved compliments from the press through
out the state upon its magnificent special
illustrated accounts of the recent great storm
the coast. This feature of The Constitu-
ton could not have been eXcelled. 1t was
superb newspaper work.
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On the Right Line.

Congressman Maddox, of Georgia,
struck the keynote of financial reform
in his recent able speech in the silver de
bate
Among other strong points Mr.. Mad
dox made the following:
What the people of this country must have,
and will have in the near future, is system
of finances that will render it impossible for
y few individuals TO wreck the country at
their will We must wrench this power from
Wall street or the existence of this republic
will be short lived.
This nits the nail on the head. Be
fore the national banking system was
established through the efforts of the
eastern capitalists who got the federal
government under their control during
the war. wealth was more generally dis
tributcd among the people. We had
the state banking system in those days
and the local issues Of currency did not
drift to Wall street and remain cOnges-
ted in the east. The notes of the state
banks of some Of the northern and south
crn states circulated at par throughout
the country, and even in Canada, but the
great bulk of the circulation naturally
lowered around the places of issue, and
every section was abundantly supplied
with home currency.
We have seen the disastrous workings
of the eXclusiveness of the present sys-
TEN. Under it's operation the money
rings in the east are able to get up d
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good word for fiat money. He also ad-
yocates n sound currency. He is will
ing to talk for silver and work for golu.
He can point out all the evils OF the slt-
uation and cllrdle the blood with ms pre-
dictions Of disaster. But he makes MS
peace with the republican capitalists Dy
intimating that there is no remedy Ills
poDulist talk does not scare the gold liieh
so long as they feel sure that he VIII not
work or vote against them.
What will be the result! Nopooy
knows. There is only one Kansas ana
only one Ingalls,
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An Indirect Route to Bimetailism.

Certain newspapers and financial eX-
pcrts propose that we limit gold ana
paper issues to the denomination OF i've,
ten or even twenty dollars.
The advocates Of this proposition are
monOmctallSts who have seen the err
ror of their ways. but lack the courage
to come out boldly for free silver coin
age Their idea is to indirectly estab-
fish bimetalism by making free silver
coinage Il necessity on account OF the
demand that would be created for some
sort Of small currency if gold and paper
were restricted in the manner suggested.
The New York Sun and The New
York World have been working for the
gold standard, but they have recently
shown Il disposition to hedge. and they
are among the leading advocates of this
indirect method of increasing our silver
circulation.
failure whom so many of its champions
go to work at this early day to guard
against its logical results.
The restriction of all gold and paper
issues to denominations of ten or TWEEN
ty dollars and upwards would force the
government to bimetallsm, or t"ade
would come to standStill at once. But
why take this roundabout road to the
free coinage of silver when the demo-
cratic platform points out short and
straight pathway and solcmnly pledges
the country that it shall be followed to
the end?
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.


Gray and bc-eyed men are better marks
men than dark-cyed men.
writer in The Chattanooga Tradesman
saws that the south is rich IN gold deposits
from Virginia to Alabama. Millions can be
made by properly developing our southern
gold fields
A London snecial to The New York Tribune
saws that James Gordon Bennett has had Il
relapse and his condition causes his friends
great anxiety. Mr. Bennett was injured by
falling from his coach In Paris last June.
The Richmond State asks: "Have the
people the right to know every detail attend
ing the drawing of Mr. Cleveiands teeth.
Did he vince? Were the teeth sound or I'M
sound? Did he use charcoal plain soap and
wafer? Did he ever have a tooth drawn be-
fore if so when. how and by what dentist?
State age of dentist, place of birth and present
abode.
The St Paul Press commends in the high
est terms the action of the people and the
hanks of Atlanta in coming together and
resortinC to the use of clearing house certit-
cares 1t suggests that in order TO move the
wheat crops the st. Paul and Minneapolis
banks should profit by Atanta's example
IF orr lawmakers adopt Lombroso's views
racordne hcredty shall soon see our
criminals sent to reform schools and colleges
instead of the penitentiary and the gallows.
Dut Lombroso is wrong in denying individual
respousibility Hercdty revives in man
the Old brutal instinct of his ancestors but
If is his business to suppress 1t.
Murray, the colored congressman. a
tride mixed when he concluded his silver
speech He said: ''In the words of Lord
Chatham if / We're an Englishman, as | am
an American, L would never cease war until
every creature in every land should bow to
the golden calf. which was erected by. and
sustains and maintains the honor and glory
of my country"
Hundreds Of people are arriving every day
on the borders of the Cherokee strip. which
Is to be opened in fortnight, with the idea
Of acquiring valuable lands. Many of the
newcomers are very much disappointed at
finding that they will have to pay from ST 80
to $3.50 an acre for the iand, besides living
on it for five years before they can acquire a
title. They thought that all they had to do
was to go and take it.