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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-11-28
Mormon DuplicitY.

While the newspapers Of the country
are discussing the question of whether
Congressman-elect Brigham II. Roberts,
of Utah should be permitted to take his
seat. there is a much more serious one
which has not been sufficiently discussed.
Georgia and other southern states have
recently been invaded by a number Of
Mormon missionaries. These men go
from house to house preaching their
doctrines, and declaring, when pressed
to it, that poygamy has been formally
and forever abolished by the church OF
Zion. Succeeding in making some peo-
pie believe this statement, they are Sc
curing converts, whom they hustle OH
as rapidly as possible to Utah, Wnere,
amidst congenial surroundings, their
ecclesiastical growth may be more sue
cessful.
The election to congress Of Brigham
H. Roberts brings out the fact that not
only is polygamy still practiced in Utah,
but that its observers are held in honor
and esteem. Mr.. Roberts is the nus
band OF three wives, with all of whom
he lives openly and VIGOROUSLY. Tnis
fact was brought into the campaign
through which he was elected, and in
stead OF injuring him 1t drew TO ms sup
port the solid vote of MOrmOnism and
thus it is that he is to so TO Washing
ton as tho accredited representative OF
a Mormon state.
1t is we'll that tho people Of the cOun-
try at large should thoroughly under
stand the nature of this great deluSlOn
which has swept SO many people away
from the path of common sense, and
which resorts to deception and false
statements in order to gain hearing
from people who would loathe the prin-
cipal feature for which MormOnism has
been noted.
Not only is polygamy still practiced by
them, but those VINO practice it are es-
teemed as heroes and as leaders, and can
at all times win the popular applause
because Of their prominence in the for
hidden feature Of this new dclUsion.
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The New Federal Prison.

The announcement that Atlanta mas
been selected rs the site OF the New
federal prison shortly TO be erected Is
very gratifying intelligence TO those who
arc Interested in all movements which
tend to enlarge and enhance the inter-
ests Of the city. 1t is more suDstan-
tial result than a dozen encamDments
for troops would have been, for the
money necessary to sustain the prison,
not including the large sum TO be eX-
pended in its construction, will be in the
nature OF q permanent addition to At
Ianta's resources. This is why the
competition among various cities was
so keen
1t is true that tho decisive factors in
favor OF Atlanta We're its central loca-
ton geographically and commercially,
It's altitude and its climate; but 1t Is
questionable If these would have out
weighed tho efforts and the special In
huences OF other cities but for the IN
firing efforts Of Congressman Living
ston. He has never given himself any
rest IN this matter. and he has never
allowed the claims OF Atlanta to be put
out OF sight or forgotten even for a mo-
JilGils NtllE Eo5IlIrn III ' lLitSSlOu IS al
ways at his best when working for the
larger interests OF Atlanta. It is pos
sibIe, indeed, that there are few con-
Sressmen, no matter what their political
complexion who are able to WELD a
greater influence In Washington for
practical and material purposes than the
representative Of the 1fth district This
is Que to his untiring energy, to his
aleeplcs3 caro- for the interests Of his
district especially those Of Atlanta
Our citizens certainly have reason to
be grateful to him in this matter, for
the new federal prison is to be very
costly and substantial institution 1t
viii call for a large amount Of money by
the time il is completed. AMI the greater
part Of this large sum Is to be spent IN
this city To this must be added The
sums necessary for its permanent main
tenanCe The reasons given for the So
lection Of Atlanta are also to be taken
into consideration. These amount to
an official Endorsement OF Atlanta's eli
mate and situation and its commercial
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A. Supnressed Grievance.

While the country has been agitated
somewhat about the grievances between
Sampson and Schley, and then again be-
tween Shaftcr and Niles, there was still
another which has escaped attention.
This latest exhibition Of professional
jealousy has for its principals Major
General Shafter and Rear Admiral Samp-
son, and it has been made public
through the report of the secretary Of
the navy.
1t seems that when the American
army attacked Santiago that there was
an understanding between the command
ers OF the army and Of the fleet respcc-
lively by which they could assist each
other. Several conferences were held
under this arrangement, and finally
when # became evident that the surren-
der of Santiago was in sight Rear Ad-
miral Sampson sent around word to
General Shafter that he desired to be
present at the conference as a principal
participant, When, finally. the capitu-
lation was ready to be signed. Rear Ad-
miral Sampson insisted that on behalf
of the navy he should be one of the
signatories to the document. This re-
quest aroused tho resentment of GEN
eral Shafter, who declined to permit it,
and claimed for himself the entire credit
for the conquest of the city
In the cold words o. official discourse,
no hint is given as to how Rear Admiral
Sampson took this reply. but certain it
IS that he was forced to be content with
the victory which Rear Admiral Schley
had won, leaving to General Shafter en-
tire credit for the operations on land.
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General VIEWERS Wrath.

According to the latest news from
Spain. General Weyler is an irrecon-
cilable. He holds that the Spanish
army has not been defeated. and that
the misfortune to his country is due to
the work of an inefficient navy.
1t is little late for General Weylcr
to obtain any advantage out Of the war
which has been waged between the Unit
ed States and Spain. Its result Is al
ready a matter OF history and cannot
be recalled. It rests with Spain to
think what she pieases about the work
of her navy. That is a matter which
is purely OF her own concern. Cen
eral Weyler cannot help his country by
crying over the result Of the late war.
His own admission Of the incAiciency OF
the Spanish navy is an admission that
Spain cannot be q trans-Oceanic power,
She must return to the field which lays
before her in purely european politics.
1t was as Il European power that Spain
obtained her greatest strength. 1t may
be that the restoration of her greatness
will lie in the same direction. II So
General Weyler has an opportunity TO
point out the way and to induce ms
countrymen into cultivating their home
resources, and by making mis- nation a
factor in the affairs of Europe.
In such q field as this, the Spanish
army would have an opportunity to
show whether it was superior to the
late Spanish navy # General Weyler
can evolve such superiority and turn
the ambition Of his countrymen in the
direction mentioned, he may yet be-
come the saving figure OF Spanish in
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also dwindled away Perhaps it is in
this very fact that lies the salvation OF
the colored race. The difficulties which
have beset the two races in the south,
and which have made possible recent
events in North Carolina, owe their ORR
gin largely to this misplaced northern
sympathy. If Bishop Gaines can induce
his people to rely more upon the good
Will, the sense Of fair dealing and the
kindness Of the white men of the south,
he will fird that it will be a good ex-
change for that prurient intermeddling
sympathy from the busybOdies OF New
England, which can only mean mischief
in its application, and which will breed
mischief as long as it lasts
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The Views Of Bishop Gaines.

The Constitution takes pleasure in
granting to Bishop w. j. Gaines, Of the
African Methodist church, the OppOrtu-
nifty to express his views upon the pres
emf strained relations between the races
This privilege is extended all the more
heartily because in the dearth of wise
colored leaders, the bishop has stood al
most alone in endeayoring to build up
a feeling Of amity and good fellowship
between variant races compelled to live
together, and yet SO widely separated
by the hands OF Providence. More
than any other public colored man,
Bishop Gaines has been upheld and sup
ported by white people in the south,
because they saw in him a cOnserva-
tive and wise influence, in following
whose leadership his people could live
In harmony with their white neighbors.
While it may be natural for Bishop
Gaines to feel doNncast at the present
situation, vet there are brighter times
ahead if be but continues in the work
for which his past life has been noted.
IT is with something of a pathetic touch
that the bishop. noticing the approach to
the danger line between whites and
blacks in the south, also admits that
that sympathy for his people which had
always been expressed in the north has
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The IronV Of Genius.

/ ne uiScuSSIOI Oh tue negro uueSLlDU
at the north by those who know moth
ing about it reminds us OF a very re-
markable phenomenon in regard to Mrs.
Stoves book, Uncle Toms Cabin
When that remarkable book was pub
lished it was hailed everywhere, north
and south as an unanSWerable attack on
southern slavery. TIL fact that the au-
thor intended it as such was accepted
everywhere, by everybody, as q guaran-
tee that the intention was carried out.
Tie vast multitude that read the book
were sure OF it, and the many who re-
fused to read 1t were surer still. No
body stopped to analyze it; nobody took
time 10 diGavOW the moral of the book.
Surely it is not straining terms to re-
fer to this fact as a. most remarkable
phenomenon, not to be explained nor
understood.
But about twenty years ago south
crn author, who had himself written
book in which an Old slave figured as
the main character, referred in the pref
ace to the fact that. in essentials, "UncIe
Toms Cabin" is q defense of slavery as
it existed In tire south. He made no
effort to show why the book had been
misunderstood, but made the plain bare
statement and went on about his bust
ness.
1t is remarkable that this statement
was not challenged by any critic at the
north. \ Boston newspaper referred
to it with an expression of surprise, but
that was all. Now. the question arises,
what will be the feelings of a reader,
two hundred years from now. who picks
up Uncle Toms Cabin" should the book
survive so long, as We trust it will? In
the first place, he will have no prcpOs-
sessions one way Or the other; he will
approach the book with mind open,
untaintcd and unstained by any preiu-
diccs against the south or against the
north. If he analyses the book as he
reads. what will he find as the most
prominent facts in the book facts that
stand out from the rest, and constitute
the moral and purpose Of the story? He
will find three-frst, Uncle Tom himself,
Intelligent, refined loyal and imbued
with a tenderness most touching. Well
he was a product Of southern slavery;
second, there is little Eva. who reaches
the point Of perfection in all It's details.
she is simply angelic. Yet she was the
product Of southern slayery-that awful
institution which even Mrs. Stowe be-
loved. with her creations before her
ewes had nothing but evil in its greedy
nav. Third and last. there was Le-
cree. an unforgctable wretch, cruel,
blo0dthirsty, hcayy-handed, glowing
with meanness from head to foot Well,
Lcgree was a free-soI product, Yer
mOntcr.
Now, what will the impartial reader OF
the future think of these, the real les
Il. Ia n como IHdp
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to take the cruel rebuff as best he might.
All Of which constitutes valuable
lesson for the ficke-minded OF both
sexes Don't think you can Jllt with
impunity. for things are so uncertain IN
this world of ours that the wheel OF time
may bring the Tilted an opportunity or
sweet revenge which will be as disas-
trous to the jiltee as was the mishap
which befell Timothy Foley.
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party was the nation. The responsible
ity for everything that has happened to
the negro since his emancipation may
be definitely fixed On those who were
active in giving him over to politicians
who, from first to last, have employed
him for their own selfish ends.
We have had and still have in Georgia
white republican politicians whose in
fuence at Washington depends on their
ability to control the negro delegates
who go from Georgia to the republican
national conventions. TO control these
delegates, the white politicians must be
able to manipulate the state convention
which selects them. Now. we desire
10 ask. in all seriousness, how many ne
groes these white republican politicians
have elevated TO q plane of true man
hood?" How many negroes have had
their status as men and citizens i'm
proved by these white politicians?
The answer is, not one. On the con
trary, they have been injured; they have
been kept back; their minds have re-
NAMED narrow; their prejudices and
not their faculties have been cultivated.
The more sensible negrOes-and there
are many sensible ones-pcrceive this
very clearly; and this is the reason that
such men as Booker T. Washington,
W. II. Council and Bishop Gaines have
lifted their voices to call the attention
of their race to the true tests of citizen
ship and manhood.
The New York Evening Post, which
is inclined to take very broad and sem
sible views of this negro question, re-
marks that "it was only because they
were Of the African race that the whites
OF Wilmington. " c.. and Greenwood,
S. c., turned against the people whom
they attacked" Now, the answer to
one question will definitely settle that
matter. Are the T0lberta Of tho Afri-
can race? Now, the real cause of the
trouble, as it appears to those who are
anxious to see the negro grow into good
citizenship and elevate himself to the
plano of true manhood. is that the
white republicans have for years been
engaged in poisoning the minds of the
negroes against the whites Of the south.
When this process reaches the highest
point, the elimination comes in just
such troubles as those referred to.
The facts do not Justify the sweeping
statement that the Wilmington trou-
Bile occurred because the office holding
class was composed of negroes. They
were negroes six months agO-a year
agO-and no troubles occurred We
shall have to look elsewhere for the
cause; We cannot base it wholly on the
fact that the officials were negroes. The
truth is, the trouble came as the re-
sClt Of tho attitude Of the negroes They
showed the whites no consideration
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advantages. In other words, the selec-
ton Of Atlanta will challenge attention,
and Indirectly do a great deal of good
This, we repeat, is q more noteWor-
thv victory for Atlanta than the estab-
lishment of a dozen encampments, Tor
the addition to the financial resources
Of the city will be permanent.
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Editor Merrick cant make head nor
tail to our eloquent article on The Drift
Toward Democracy" The trouble is
that Editor Merrick is an Indiana re-
publican, and. as such. is compelled by
the rules of the game to regard the ac-
cessiOn Of Bill Bynum as one Of the most
notable triumphs since Mr.. and Mrs.
Blifkins won the whist championship
at Toilet
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The Constitution in North Carolina.

The Constitution in North Carolina.
From The Dalton Ga. Argus.
Tho Atlanta Constitution deserves the
thanks Of the entire south for its able
work in North Carolina for white suprcma-
cy. The Argus congratulates Editor Clark
Howell upon the appreciation of his work
shown by tGlc press and people Of the Old
North State. 1t IS not often that a news-
papers work is appreciated or even remem-
bered after the campaign is over.
From Tho Forsyth Ga, Advertiser.
The leading democrats OF North Carolina
commend the work done by The Atlanta
Constitution for its aid in the last cleo
ton.
From The Augusta Ga. Chronicle.
The Atlanta Constitution is being high
Is commended by the leading democrats
of North Carolina for ats aid in TIE last
election. Mr.. Frank Weldon's letters We're
timely and vigorous.
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Elbany's Ray Dav.

Of the city will be permanent
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Albany's Hay Day.
Georga's possibilities, and her pest
homes lie in the magnificent success
which Albany has made OF her hay
Day celebration.
Everybody admitted that Albany's first
Hay Day, which was celebrated IN NO
vember, 1895, three years ago. was an
UNQUALIFIED success 1t was absolutely
without precedent and nobody had
ever before dreamed of such an affair.
There were many persons OF &kepti-
cal turn of mind who prophesied that
Hay Day would fail to meet the eXtraV-
agant expectations of its friends ana
promoters, and would not bring about
that for which it was intended-the prop
err utilization Of the native grasses or
southwest Georgia by the farmers there
of--but all pessimistic predictions proved
unfounded, and Hay Day was tri-
umphant success.
The idea of Hay Day owes It's origin
to Editor H. NJ. Mcintosh. Of The Al
bany Herald, whose campaign during
the last few years in the interest of hog,
hominy and hay has been the means
of doing so much toward bringing about
u diyersiticatiOn of crops on the farms
throughout southwest Georgia. The
premiums in 1895 were offered by The
Herald, and Hay Day was The Heraid'5
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''Songs Of the Soil''
Bv FRANK L. STANTON.
Tho HAMMER Day To Be.

The Happier Day To Be.
Let us sing, heart! heart! Of happier da1
to be, 49,. ,n
When life will have more roses Una" sii'
ever gave to thee
Let us sing Of faces sweet
OF hearts that truly beat
OF inland gardens glorious. ana ghroeha
by the sea!
Let us sing. heart! heart! let us tell her
that the rose ,.,
She gave without her KISSES mas oeon "'AD'
ed by Wintry SHOWS;
Let US sing of farer flowers
In unimagined bowers,
That bloom and bend in every ~'no '"as
blows!
Let US sing. heart! hearth let US toll her
Love is not
A dream that stars q mldnlsht-lh tha
morn to be forgot!
Let US send her back each tofen'-
FORGET all sweet words spoken
Her clasp-her kiss-her smile TememDerea
notI
Let us sing, heart! heart! But-"naA song
IS there to sing?
A dream, a beam. a transient glear-a rib
bon ard u ring!
Let us sing: Though Love Is dying
Like is too sweet for signing,
And Winter will be giorihed by Spring
Sing It IN
Oh de good times comm
Like a regiment a-drumminI
De good times comm right alons'
It's singin i'll dc night
En- it's ringin' in dc light
no nood times comm right along
Oh de good times comm -
You kin hear it ACCOMPLISHMENTS
De good times comm right along!
(,u it's hallc-hdlCluid!
~ ~ IA coed tiron's comm right along!
L ef dc soou LINZ
. nu;4o
q song Oh 1AlA'A'
l.
Hitler from thy home, Anita--from my
,rb,,,,,}, +I, ,,,ild dovs I have waited for
inv unreturning feet.
the valleys violets seemed
Whispering: Her face is dawning:' IS Of
that dear face l dreamed.
IL
Put +bc ,torId ia weary waiting for tho
,,o,li,,,,+ e,,n, ~ voIl
cola 1,ooTs in ,,n,louded heavens--suns that
IcL+ tho enIepIid skies
But a. q. world that dreams forever OF o wo.
INA" i'u'I"' eyes,
III.
uither from thy home, Anita--9rom thy
1ova-nncirolnd home.
To, the shins ara leaning Iandward. and
+bn cas- .ro White with foam;
m It "''i9toi ~ ''tG Ii-7a' ,,,,-,c-. eo, 4h,
Ael,7 In1 TO-, g'L'3 D. ''I ~ foI,+I
"0''' LIE 40
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"Iniun Summer. "

Don't like Injun summer days-most too
stjll fer me;
Every time hiclrrynut comes fallin' from
d tree
Hear it fer mile or more! Wish, from SUN
to sun,
They'd send along a In1un an scalp thing,
an DO done!
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a Song of Anita

Hitler from thy home. Anita--from thy
flower kissed home and sweet:
Through the wild days [ have waited for
thy unreturning feet.
Sang the sca-winds: she is coming And
the valleys violets seemed
Whispering: "IIer face is dawning;" IS Of
that dear face l dreamed.
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Dewey's Coming.

They say that Dewey's comm. that's ths
word from lips to lips!
m iaIkln' bout the feiIer that sunk all
the Spanish ships
In the fur Manila harbor! An good folks
when Dewey comes
There he BLOWN of the bugles there'll bs
beatm OF the drums!
They say that Dewey comm, he's the fell
Ter that we like!
lie knew when all the tempest told tho
ltghtnin' where to strike!
ie Knew the very moment when the thun-
der beat its drums
And we'll blow the sweetest bueles when
Mister Dewey comesI
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Hither from thy home. Anita: Stars foch
every space of blue,
But the world is weary waiting for the
radiant eyes of you!
Gold moons in unclouded heavens-suns thaS
light the splendid skies.
But q world that dreams forever OF wo"
mans radiant eyesl
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TIithcr from thy home. Anita-3rom thy
love-encircled home:
Lo! the ships are leaning landward, and
the seas are white with foam;
Through the wild days l have waited; but
It whisper in the night
Tells me-tells me thou art coming; for the
bells ring in the Light!
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A Song by the Way.

Idfe's sunshine for you, sweet
! do not ask for ono pale CLEAN Of liGhtl
50 that you rest not where the tcmpest5
beat.
] shall endure the night.
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The Indian as an orator.
From the Omaha Bee.

Red Eagle. a French Iroquois Indian.
who was present at the death of Sitting
Bull during the Sioux uprising In the win
Ter OF 1890, described the incident az the
Volunteer barracks last night Red Eagle
is young man, tall, and rather hand
some, in feature giving little token OF his
Indian descent.
He dresses In an Indian costume of some
stun resembling buckskin, plentifulIy frilI-
ed and fringed about the edges and cover
ed over with fangles and bangles that set
off by their glitter the red and yellow OF
his coverings. HIS long. black hair. fall
ing loosely about his shoulders, adds a
picturesque effect to his general makeup
which. however. takes one homogeneous
note from the glasses that st astride his
nose.
Red Eagle has a remarkable command
of English. His talk is bright and favor
ed with a rough and ready wit that seems
to take immensely with his hearers. He Ia
a type of the traditional Indian orator in
that he possesses a certain simple elo.
quence coupled with a power of putting
things that hold the attention of his audi
ence throughout.
For the last seven years he has been en-
gagged in missionary work. chiefly among
the Indians Now he Is travelling IN the
interests Of the Volunteers OF America.