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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
Japan Is with US.

In a recent interview published in The
New York Herald Marquis Ito, the dis
tinguiShed Japanese premier. is quoted
as saying that while the japanese gov
eminent feels kindly toward the United
States in the present crisis. it cannot
part with any of its battleships at this
time on account Of the grave situation
of affairs in the orient
From what the marquis states it APP
pears that Japan is anticipating serious
difficulties AZ some time in the near flu
tWe. and that she is already seeking to
mobilize her feet in home waters. While
recent developments have not induced
the world to believe that any immediate
danger lurked in the neighborhood Of
Japan, still the frank manner in which
Marquis Ito assures this country of ia
pans sympathy, leaves no doubt as to
the genuine character Of that govern
monts reason for moi being able to part
With any Of its battIeships. Tho follow
ing is the exact language imputed to
Marquis Ito:
The news Of the las; few H1ys Indicates
a c'll""l "tate Of aGtirs elsewhere toan
on the western continent. and We consider
H. ONLY prudent to continue our prcpara-
lions for She national defense which We
had forel aoA&ht to begin long time ago.
/ hope Tia, Seple OF the United States VIII
not tab, IL al J1pau's unWiIlnGuess
10 rJr. "a cruisers l have always
aIpreci giuily feeling for Japan.
The t the nation abov, al
otuu ,acutimout absolutely
cot e., .}lry. ana for that
re-. ueuplc there uU-
iIa,~ Sc two tna the Kasaei
lI,i 'on require lack of wiling
It~l m and he '! 81 tp-. nut be-
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Too Much GoodY-GoodY.


The namby- pamby Christian and the
Christian militant form a strange con-
traSt.
It takes the Christian militant to car
rV the cross into strange lands, to en-
gage in the battle with the entrench-
ments of heather tradition, and to WIN
that victory which will render that con
VictiOn for which he suffered easy for
those who are TO come after him. The
record of the primitive missionaries sug-
gests many such names, from st. Paul,
who stood up boldly and asserted his
right as Roman citizen, down to men
in a more modern age. We find such men
in Oliver Cromwell who, while guilty
Of murder that IS not to be commended
was no less virile because of his Chris
tian profession.
It is to be feared, however, that peace
and luxury, enjoyed by generations of
descendants, produce that emasculation
which presents the 'goody -gOody' man,
the man who has not spirit enough to
be positive, and whose craW is sadly in
need of sand We meet with these peo-
pie in almost every walk of life, and oc-
casiOnaliy they get into politics through
the aid Of less scrlpulOuS men. SUCH for
instance. as Marcus AureliuS Hanna, OF
Cleveland, Ohio.
That Mr. Mckinley is "gOody goody"
is to be feared if half that is told of him
be true. For instance, a special tele-
gram from Washington to The Consttu-
ton says:
The president believes that under Blanco
genuine efforts are being made to relieve
hat hlr
IS q tendency Of a better condition of at
fairs than there was under Weyler.
1t is hard to read such stuff as this
with patience After Spain has been
permitted to carry on a slaughter never
before known in the worlds history, she
finds il convenient to offer painted fig
ure of autonomy to Cuba. The whole
world knew at the time that the offer
was but sham. since it had nothing
more than Spanish honor behind it. The
bait caught our "goOdy- g0Ody' presi-
dent. who sent a Warship into Havana
harbor in order to give recognition to
autonomy and to discourage the revolu-
tiOnistS. The Warship went up in smoke,
the fuse having been touched by Span
iards who did not have patience to wait
upon the development Of their own plans.
The whole country was aroused, and the
demand went up for retrlbutiOn III terms
so strong that some attention had to be
paid to it, and hence the $5O,000,O00 APP
preparation by congress. Just as the
country thought itself ready for the as
sertion of its dignity, here is the prosi-
dent stepping backward, and talking
about his belief in Blanco.
The country is sick and tired Of this
eternal quibbIing over a very plain mat
ter Americans have nothing to do with
the welfare OF sharks who happen TO
own Spanish bonds; they have no con-
Germ with the preservation Of Spanish
integrity; it is none Of their business to
be engaged in helping Spanish oppres-
sors to fasten their fanGs into the peo-
pie Of cuba, The presidents Christian
feeling toward Spain would be much bet
ter planned If directed toward Cuba,
which would be the case were he OF the
militant rather han of the 'Goody-
gOody'' order Of Christian.
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test between them and their Turkish OPP
pressors had gone on for years says
Lawrence, and had been marked through
out by the most horrible barbaritee. 1t
seemed as if it would end in the eXtermi-
nation of the whole Green race.
This description of the Grecian struggle
for independence from the Turkish yoke
needs only a change of words. 'Turiish'
to Spanish" and Greek race" to Cuban
people," faithfully and accurately to de
scribe the Cuban situation today. The
result of the intervention was the estab-
lishment of the present kingdom of Greece
The Result of Intervention by the United
states in Cuba will be the establishment;
of the Cuban republic,
The New York sun further argues
that one effect of the foregoing inter
yention on the part of Great Britain,
France and Russia in behalf Of Greece
is to estop these countries from OBJ
jecting to our intervention in behalf
of Cuba.
With respect to the second ground,
the New York paper argues that the
interests of American citizens have
suffered grevously since the outbreak
of hostilities in Cuba, and that our
right to interfere on this account is
established by the precedent which
Great Britain set i'll 1882 when she
took charge of affairs in Egypt. Her
only ground for intervention in that
case was that her interests i'll the SueZ
canal made it imperative. AS our
trade with Cuba at the present time
is virtually at a Standstill, and as the
property of American citizens on the
island has been rnthlessly destroyed,
The New York Sun argues that we UNI
doubtedIy have the right which this
fact gives us to step in at this time
and put a stop to the war.
But The New York sun argues az
the third ground for interference, that
Cuba is the home of yellow fever, and
that this country is in constant danger
of being invaded by this disease from
that source. On this ground alone,
it is argued that the United States is
amply justified in taking immediate
steps toward intervention.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
A Word from General Gomez.

The courageous General Gomez indig-
nantiy resents the charge which certain
ur-American newspapers have made 10
the effect that the insurgents have MS
represented the situation On the island
for the purpose of securing intervention
The old soldier declares that the inHu-
man outrages which the Spaniards have
committed on the island could not be
OyerdraWn.
With something akin to pathos. Con-
cral Gomez delineates the hardships
which the Cubans have sustained under
the regime of fire and blOodshed which
has now endured for something
over three years upon the island In spite
of the misery and restitution which tie
hideOus campaign has wrought he de
clares that Cuba is still bent upon
achieving her independence of Spain,
and that nothing can wrest this deter
mination from her. He laughs at the
idea of home rule. and says that Cuba
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
The Income Tax Again.

The reference made by Mir. Bryan to
the income tax in his Athens speech is
one to which the time gives peculiar
emphasis.
This tax was imposed for the purpose
of compelling wealth to bear its just
share Of government burden Yet when
the constituti0uality Of this tax is
brought before the United States SUI
preme court that body, after first decid-
ing in its favor, through some hocus
pocus changed its opinion, and rendered
an adverse decision.
II was a timely hit, therefore, that
Mr. Bryan made in his Athens speech,
when he called attention to the fact that
now, standing under the imminence Of
a foreign war. the government had the
right to draft the entire manhood of the
nation into the struggle for its life, while
this boarded wealth, which the income
tax intended to reach, would not con-
tribute a single iOta to the defense of
the country, but would. on the other
hand. increase its leeching power and
reach out for more bonds and higher
interest.
This argument which had been made
before, presents its full force in the
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will have an effect which that worthy
man little dreamed Of. They will hult
his party by taking off the keen edge or
public appreciation. If. after all that has
happened, the administration proposes
to join with the Spaniards in compel
ling the Cubans to accept colonial de-
pendence instead of Independence, it Will
find public sentiment just as unanimous
in denOuncing the scheme as it is now IN
approving the preparations for armed
Intervention.
Mr. Mckinley may say that the prep
arations which have been going forward
did not mean Intervention; but that IS
what the people interpreted them to
mean, aud that is why these prepara-
tions have been so enthusiastically in
IorSed
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
A City on @ Hilltop.

That Atlanta is city on hilltop is
a fact which is now admitted throughout
the nation.
Equally strong as a point of strategy
for war, as point of distribution for
trade, as a great santarium for health,
Atlanta is not 10 be blamed if she feels
the importance Of her situation. and the
high destiny for which she was Intended.
While this is a matter of jubilatiOn for
Atlanta, there is much in II which
should arouse the pride and enthusiasm
not only of Georgia, but of the entire
south When they recOliect that At
lanta has always been true to her sur
roundings, that her people nave been pa
triOtic and enterpriSing; that they have
tostered cOmradeship and cultivated a
wide patriotism; that within her gates
there are neither preiudices Of city. of
state or Of section, but that broad and
liberal she has pursued her way. people
of both state and section can well afford
to feel as one with her, and to take to
themselves somewhat the spirit of tri-
umph which has come TO this model city
Of the southern half Of the union.
BrOad-mnded enough to have forgot
ten and forgiven what General SHEER
man did in 1864 she was at the same
time patriotic enough to give to Ieff"r-
son Davis, a few years later, the great
est ovation which be received during tie
days of his retirement
Atlanta is national and patriotic She
is southern and tradition loving
and combining these two she is at the
same time Georgian to the core.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
Songs Of the Soil"
The New Easter Bonnet.
By FRANK /. STANTON.

Amt no Easter bonnets now like what thes
use ter be-
The ones they looked 50 sweet IN ter the
ol'-time boys anne;
They fix 'em mp in finer styie-"ith ml'iih-
cry strung;
Amt nuthin Ike our sWeethearts "oie
when you an me wuz young.
Amt nothin' Nike the bonnets or the OF
days in the del,a,
When we heard the halleluias OF the WEI
come Easter bells;
Thar wuznt SO much color then, inYitn
of the view.
But yer sweetheart wore the lines an INC
violets fer you!
An Jest a plain. bright bonnet. that "uz
styisher ter me
Than all the millinery shall ever livs
ter see.
Yer sweetheart smiled beneath it-a plc'ur
framed in white,
In fields "arrayed in Twin green by
"rivers of delight"
It's right enough ter wear EN-. hXed up
with this an that
With a poor stuffed bird a-starin' from the
middle Of the hat;
But fer me they're no attraction, in the
hamin' winder5 hung
/ sigh fer them our sWecthearts wore When
you an me Wuz young.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
Our z. Agricultural Exports.

Our American exports are sUll mainly
agricultural. This is evident from the
fact that 7.G3 per cent Of our entire OK
ports to foreign countries last year con
sisted of agricultural products
In the aggregate our exports for 1897
amounted TO 81 .099, 100000, OF this
sum not less than $730,323,514 is credited
to agricultural products. Our exports
of manufactured products are gradually
increasing from year to year but 1t VIII
be some time yet before they catch up
with our exports Of agricultural prod
ucts. In the following table our eX-
ports for 1897 are classified under six
heads. with the aggregate amounts and
percentages in each case:
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was more essential for the representa-
tives of the American people to be at
their posts in Washington. We trust,
therefore, that the democrats and their
allies in the senate, resisting all influ-
ences and all appeals that may be
brought to bear upon them, will refuse
to concur in any resolution to adjourn
Congress should remain in session until
the whole programme of the administra-
ton is made plain and is in process of
accomplishment
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
Real Election Reform.


Never again in Georgia will candidates
and their friends be able TO charge that
advantage has been taken Of them in the
primary election. nor will the people
have cause to complain that Wirepullers
have been able to defeat the desires OF
the voters.
Reforms do not go backward, certain
ly not the reforms that contemplate the
reference of political matters to th1 peo-
pie themselves Heretofore, that IS to
say, when the people were called on 10
choose between statehOuse candidates,
there has been no regularity. ohIl
two years ago, one county would hold
primary and another county would act
through a so-called mass meeting one
county would act one day, and another
county would take action a fortnlght
afterwards.
There was no rule or method by which
the real desires of the people couid De
accurately discovered The so-ca!led
mass meetings frequently made deciara-
ti0ns and selected delegates entirely OPP
posed to the will of a majority or the
people. This was very easy matter.
All that was necessary was TO insert d
notice for a mass meeting in some oD-
scure corner of the county paper, or post
n call on the courthouse door. selecting
a date that would shut out the country
people, and the thing was done. FOR
twenty years there has been more or less
of this character Of primary elecQonS.
It was inevitable that such practices
should cause complaint and dissatIsfac-
ton, and give rise TO charges of fraud.
More than that. when the state conVen-
ton met. it was no unusual thing to find
one delegate representing half dozen
counties by proxy, by means Of which
one man would sometimes hold the bal
ance Of power. Naturally such state
of affairs was ntolerable and not to be
endured
Reform in these directions has been
going on gradually and a decided step
forward was made two years ago Wnen
the state committee, in response TO IN
structon Of the convention Of 1894, or
dered that all primaries be held on the
same day.
At its meeting last Thursday the dem
ocratic executive committee of the state
disposed of the whole matter once for
all. II took the longest step forward
that has vet been taken, and no sue
ceeding committee is likely to undo It's
work.
The people are not only TO nominate
the candidates for governor and state
officials through delegates; they are TO
vote for them directly The names OF
the candidates are to be on the ballots,
and then, when the choice of the people
is thus Enthusiastically made known, the
delegates to the state convention are to
no selected bv the various county com
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presence of danger, and will be appre-
ciated right now much more than 1t
could be in time of profound peace when
the skies were clear 1t is no wonder
then. that Mr. Bryan declared his hope
that the time would come when the
right to impose an income tax would be
found directly named in the constitution
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21

The speech Of Hon. James NJ. Griggs,
of the second district of Georgia. de
livered in the house of representatives
Tuesday. was the first complete and
crushing answer given to the statements
recently made by Mr.. Dingley in ref
eronce to the depression in cotton man
ufacuring
Mr.. G,riggs took occasion to refute the
claim made that southern operatives are
either paid poorer wages or fare less
than their brethren in the far east. The
inherent superiority of the south, as a
gift of providence. was plainly set forth,
and abundant evidence was adduced
from competent witnesses to maintain
every claim made by the south
Mr.. Grggs is to be congratulated upon
his able presentation of the southern
side of the question.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21
A Good Days Work.

A Good Days Work.
The state democratic executive commit
tee at its meeting Thursday fixed June
9Th as the day for a general county pr1-
mary throughout the state for the
nomination of the democratic ticket
for governor and statehouse officers,
providing for n precinct primary by
ballot in each county in the state
Those participating in the primary
will vote direct for the candidates oil
their chOice-the delegates from the
respective counties to be named by
the county committees from among the
friends OF the successful candidates.
This Is the longest and best
step ever taken by the state committee
In behalf of an open primary whose
chief purpose will be TO obtain an hon
est primary expression of democratic
opinion. The action of the state com
mittee i'm ordering such primary VIII
be applauded by every democrat who Is
In favor Of honest elections and opposed
to insidious manipulation of the primary
action of the party. In this connec-
ton it is worthy of note that the friends
of every one of the candidates for gov
ernor and statehouse officers. on the com
mittee, were unanimous in their adFoca-
cy of the adoption Of this plan the
only difference of opinion being IN the
date Of the primary, some faVolhS
July Gin and others June 9Th. The
I.+4,r l,+, ,vo., odCr+aI Inv tho commit
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-03-21

On account Of the vast extent of fer
tile territory comprised within our ma
tional limits we may confidently expect
to remain the worlds great agricultural
market. but while we have this assur-
auce. there is at the same time nothing
to prevent us from becoming eventual
~ the foremost industrial and CONNER
cial power on the globe,
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What Is the Programmed


--@--
What Is the Programmed
To close observers the progress
Of events is clearly shaping itself
10 accommodate the Spaniards. 1t is true
that Editor Kohlsaat calls wildly for
war on the ground that bloodshed and
waste Of treasure, and all the other SIC
ritice4 that are necessary ID an armed
conflict, are better than the success of
the democratic party in the congression-
al elections
But Mr.. Mckinley seems Just now TO
of the opinion that the tremen-
dous preparations he is making
for defense" against one
horse power that has not the least
intention Of undoing itself ny attacking
this country, is as big a sop as the pc
litical CerDerus will need.
Behind all these preparations. which
are as vast as if war were
threatened with a first-class pow
er there is to be seen a very
clear intention to compromise the
main issue. which is the political ,nde-
pendence and freedom Of the Cubans.
Our Washington correspondent. who has
facilities for getting behind the scenes,
states on the authority Of source very
close TO the white house, that Spain is
ready to make every concession toward
peace which does not involve the loss Of
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How Foreign Governments Protect
Their Gold Reserves.

Our readers will perhaps remember a
statement in the dispatches printed sun
day to the effect that the Bank of France
had put an end to the drain of gold
last Friday by refusing 10 redeem its
notes in gold. The dispatch concluded
with the slyly made remark that the
Bank Of France was now on a silver la
sis
Previous to the temporary suspension
Of gold payments on Friday. the bank
had eXacted a premium as high AS 10
Of per cent on all gold paid out over its
counters When the drain on its sold
began, the premium exacted was 40 Of
/ per cent.
And yet, strange to say. there was
no protest, no panic, no talk about the
loss of credit. no suggestion OF de-
preciated currency, no talk about dis
honor" no fuctuatiCn in the value Of
the banks notes. The situation in
France was precisely what it was in this
country at the beginning of Cleveland )
first administration, when Daniel Man
ming, secretary of the treasury politely
informed the New York banks that if
they began to draw gold out of the sub
treasury for export, he would begin to
pay out silver The banks thereupon
furnished the gold themselves, or made
other arrangements. They drew none
from the treasury.
Since the death of Mr.. Manning, this
statement has been denied; but it was
never denied during his lifetime, and
was as we remember, made by his au-
thorty Even Cleveland has denied it,
But the truth is that Daniel Manning
was our last responsible secretary of the
treasury. and he did not consult Cleye-
land about it. At that time, Cleye-
land had not graduated in William
street, next door to Wall
When the bankers of Paris began to
draw on the gold reserve Of the Bank
Of France. that institution began to de-
mand a premium on the gold paid out
Then, for a short while on Friday it
suspended gold payments altogether, eX-
errising its right TO redeem its notes in
silver. Those who go to the bank TO
draw out gold for export know precise
ly what to expect They know they
viii be told that the bank is at that mo-
ment redeeming its notes in silver five
franc pieces. but if the applicants are
obliged to have gold they can buy it by
paying a premium.
A writer in The New York Sun says
that the Bank Of Fra e is controlled
by the government. and that, from the
military point of view, the authorities
desire to retain all the gold they can.
Well. the bank Is not government in
stitutOn, nor is il controlled by the
government in the sense implied by tn"
writer in The sun It is more correct
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From The foregoing liable II aDNalTs
that Georgia is accredited with 24877
per cent of the entire acreage devoted
to cotton last year, and that she ranks
in the list second only to Texas. in the
quantity Of cotton actually produced,
Georgia also ranks second. With re-
spect to sea island cotton, however,, she
ranks first. OF sea island cotton Geor-
gia last year produced 64,66S bales, Flor
ida 26.431. South Carolina 10,769 bales
and Texas $500 bales.
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Mr.. Mckinley says he would rather
see his party annihilated than to engage
in IAN unholy war Come to think of
it, we should like to see his party ami
hilated anyhow, war or no war
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Editor Merrick suggests that Chauncey
Depew be placed in command of a fleet
Of chatting dishes. Does Editor Mer-
rick mean chatting dishes?
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own candidates, without the Intervention
of middle men.
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The Nations Voice


over the plains ana the meadows
,,na,c,. az, ,.cho tina, .t,riIIs
Ir'.t,. ,,,..n - ,,,r ,tr,,.
III '"' - VI '',' ,''N'
Ana rings from the hearts OF the mn
rI' l,[.''7 ~ ''''''''''
N''' LUIS ul'S IL wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave"
over the roar and the rattle
ne 'ldiE a!u the rlaSh OK the halue,
Their" $ song that shall rise
And shall ring to the skies
Where the patriot Ijyos and tho vafrf
dies.