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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
JUSTICE TO FITz JOHN PORTER.

The bin before congress TO pay the
widow and other heirs of the late Fitz
John Porter the amount Of the salary that
he would have received during his years
of suspension from the army asks for
simple justice. and nothing more.
The sacrifice Of that gallant and faithful
soldier was the most notable and outra-
geous assertion Of political prejudice that
ever blotted our military records.
Porter was punished TO shield General
Pope from the obloquy that his wretched
failure at the second Manassas would
have brought upon him had not he and
his partisans saddled the responsibility
for it upon Porter.
The testimony on which he was convict
ed and dismissed from the army was pal
pably biased and shamefully insufficient.
Porter lived to see the decree of the court
martial that degraded him condemned al
most universally and repudiate,. by many
Of those who most ardently defended it at
the time it was delivered. When time and
a calm review of the case had cooled the
passions and corrected the misapprehen-
sions Of men, II was generally conceded
that a great wrong had been done to this
gallant and gifted soldier.
Afte- his retirement from the presidency
General Grant went over all the testimo-
ny. including that which was given by
Confederate generals years after the trial.
and declared that Porter was innocent Of
the charges on which he was tried, con-
victed and punished. and that he should
be reinstated.
Many other famous soldiers of the north
proclaimed a like change Of mind on the
case.
Congress considered the question time
after time. the friends Of Fitz John Porter
growing stronger continually.
In March, 1885. a bill TO relieve Porter
passed both houses. but was vetoed by
President Arthur. A like bill to retire
Porter as a colonel was passed in 1856 by
an overwhelming majority of both the
senate and house. and was signed by Pres
ident Cleveland.
Porter was then indicated by the gov
eminent as he had been long ago by pub
lie opinion. but for twenty-three years he
had suffered under a charge of which he
was innocent. and instead of being
mere colonel in his old age he would, it
is safe TO say, have risen to the rank of
major general before the time for his re-
tirement.
His country, after all, made scant repair
alton to a faithful and heroic soldier
whom IL had permitted to remain a vic
tim of malice for nearly a quarter of a
century The bill that provides for justice
to his family should pass without oppo-
sition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
MARcoNI MEANS BUSINESS.

Confidence in the correctness and prac-
ticability Of Marconis theory is growing
both among scientists and the general
public. The company which controls the
older Atlantic cable near whose western
terminus Marconi received his wireless
signals from over the sea evidently thinks
that there are great possibilities in his in
vention, for it's agents ordered him TO de-
sist from further experiments along that
coast. and on the day after the news
reached London that he had registered on
this side Of the Atlantic signals made on
the other the price OF the company's
shares had a decided fall.
OF course. Marconi can find many other
places on which to locate his experiment
stations. and the world expects TO hear
from him again and more fully I'm the
early future.
Admitting that wireless telegraphy is
practicable 1t has been generally supposed
that two serious difficulties would still be
in its way. One is that wireless MESA es
could not be kept private, the other that
the expense Of maintaining the necessary
stations would be prohibitive Of any gen.
eral use of this method Of communication.
Those who have studied the Marconi sys-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
THE OLD. OLD DODGE.

Speaker Henderson resorts to a very
weak and stale pretext as his reason for
opposing tariff revision.
He declaresN that he cannot believe it
wise to begin a reduction which newt
ably will open up the whole field Of re-
vision. and thus put serious check upon
the business Of the country"
Perhaps Speaker Henderson could
know better as there is really no good
reason why the duty of tariff revision
should not be entered upon at once.
The poor plea he puts up has been
heard whenever it has been proposed to
reduce tariff taxes that were unneces-
sary and therefore unjust.
It is invoked now against any revision
Of a system of taxation that is raising
revenue at the rate of $1OO.OOO.OOO a year
more than is needed to support the gov
eminent even on its present extravagant
scale of expenditures.
1t is put forward to shield taxes that
are outrageously high and discriminat-
ing, a system of protection that instigates
and fosters trusts which kill competition
at home and enables them to sell their
products in foreign markets cheaper than
at home.
The time will never come when the few
who profit by these bountles which the
many mus pay will not resist their re-
peal. Any attempt to cut off unnecessary
taxes and bring the tariff nearer to rev.
enue basis will ever be met with the cry
that to do so would disturb business.
There are some kinds of business in
this country that should be disturbed.
One of them is the business of building
up monopolies behind the tariff wall,
erec,ed under the pretense of projecting
our own people who find that 1t is used
to increase their burdens. The apologists
of the present tariff seem to have no bet
ter defense for it than that it is right be-
cause 1t exists.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
A WOMAN FARMERS TRIUMPH.

IN these latter days women have not
only entered more largely than ever be-
fore into business and professional lie
but have achieved remarkable success in
lines OF effort that narrow-minded men
until recently supposed them incapable
Of pursuing proftably. The old idea that
women are not capable OF coping Win
practical problems has received so many
contradictions I'm actual experience that II
may be fairly said to be effectively dis
posed OF now.
Miss Nfinna Eshleman. OF California,
would be an interesting witness for these
narrow theories OF woman's possibilities
TO examine.
This woman bought I'm 1887 $50 acres
Of land near Fresno. Cal II had been
hardly improved at all and It's present
condition Is due entirely 10 the enorts
OF Miss Eshleman.
BY persistent and ingenious enort she
has brought the condition of all the land
she originally purchased up to very
bigb standard. has increased her holdings
largely and improved them 20 like de-
gree Of excellence. She planted grapes
peaches. apricots. prunes and other fruits
and her orchards have proved very proht-
able.
Some years ago she established a dairy
and by keeping IL up in the most approved
style has made its products famous. one
Of her latest enterprises is a large can
merry built and equipped out OF the profits
of her orchards and dairy. Besides she
is going more largely every year into the
raising of blooded cattle and horses.
She is credited with having discovered
and perfected a new system of eliminating
all disagreeable odor of grass and other
COW feed from her butter which is in
steady demand at higher prices than are
paid for the average article. Il took the
gold medal over all competitors at the
California state fair two years ago and she
has also won the gold medal for the farm
showing the greatest variety and best av-
erage quality of products at state fair.
One Of the trophies of this remarkable wo-
man was bestowed for the excellence Of
the olive oil, made on her own farm.
She has refused $4,000 for her prop
erty II has not cost her one-sixth of that
sum and its value is steadily increasing.
Among all the wonderful exhibits that
California can make we doubt If any is
more admirable than this woman and
the results of her genius and industry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03

From the date of the realignment of po-
litical parties following the conclusion of
the civil war to the present time the Dem
ocratic party has been but once divided
upon a great political issue. From 1868 to
1892 the party was a magnificent political
host-great in members and powerful in
organization and leadership.
During these years il was not only sue
cessful in repeated struggles for the con-
troll of the national house of representa-
tives, but it was distinctly the victor in
three out of seven successive presidential
elections. It's most signal victory was in
the election of 1892, Immediately preced-
ing the date of the unfortunate division
on the silver question.
In the succeeding year 1t was that
Democrats, all of them loyal in their very
blood and marrow to the fundamental
principles which had guided the party for
a hundred years. divided among them
selves over a question that had never
been put in issue prior to 1873. That divis-
ion has been followed by the unbroken
defeat OF the party in every subsequent
election. There is no reason why that d.
vision should continue. That which caus-
ed II will remain an academic question
upon which most men will continue to
hold their preconceived opinions, but it
has ceased to be one of the active or prac-
teal questions of the day. That 1t may no
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
BACON KEPT HIS EYES OPEN.

There are accommodating evidences that
the proposition of Senator Hoar for the
appointment of a congressional commits
sion to examine into and report upon con-
ditions in the Philippines is very timely.
Senator Bacon has recently returned
from those islands after spending several
weeks there and obtaining much Informal
ton as to the way things are going there.
We are looking for him to give at length
the results of his observations and con-
illusions and we are sure that he will do
so in a way that will interest the country.
In the discussion of the Philippine tar
if bill Senator Bacon called attention to
the fact that there has been frequent vio-
lation of the law which forbids the carry
ing of the products of American territory
between ports of the United States in
foreign vessels.
There have been probably many graver
offenses committed in connection with the
Philippine government Senator Bacon
we are sure learned much during his stay
in those islands that the public should
know. and we doubt not that he will be
heard from in the senate OH the subject.
He is we'll equipped for the discussion
of all matters relating to our great expert
ment in the orient. He is capable of
rendering especially valuable service to
the country on these questions. and we
hope to hear from him on them before
long
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03

longer serve as an Indictment to discord
II would seem that the one essential Is
that in the future there should be by all
Democrats unreserved recognition of the
fact that it is an issue belonging only TO
the past In so doing there should be, as
to the past controversy, no assumption of
superior political judgment on the one
hand nor confession of error on the other.
It were bootless to contend who was
right and who was wrong regarding 1t, for
on this there could be no agreement, and
it is unnecessary that there should be any.
AS one who has cot changed his opinion
on the academic question. 1 would say
that ii will be sufficient that all Demo-
Gratis shall recognize that whoever was
right and whoever may have been wrong
in the controversy, conditions have chang
ed, the country and it's business have
been adjusted to the new order, and the
issue. once so vital and intense. has now
passed from the sphere of the living into
the domain of the dead.
With the final removal Of this sole
cause of division, there is no need OF
the PRONUNCIATION of a new political creed.
The basic principles of Democracy are
as true now as they were hundred years
ago when its great founder gave them
form and utterance. They are as sufti-
cient for the problems of today as they
were applicable to the questions of the
first years of the republic. AS the great
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
SENATORS BY REASON OF CASH.

OF John F. Dryden, the newly elected
New Jersey United States senator, the
Manchester Union says: He is a man
who would certainly never have been
heard of in public life if ne had not been
a rich man."
There are probably dozen men already
sitting in the senate to whom this remark
would apply as well as 1t does to this New
Jersey plutocrat
The chief reason urged for his nomina-
ton by the New Jersey Republican eau
Gus was that "he had contributed literally
to the campaign funds of his party"
That is the sole claim Of Gas Addicks
to a seat in the senate from Delaware.
Addicks seems to have been even more
generous in his contributions of cash at
election time than Dryden for he boasts
that he has twice bought the election of
a majority of the Delaware legislature
and some of his poems have basely de-
serted him after they got in. But Addicks
by the lavish and unblushing use Of
money has succeeded in depriving Della
ware of any representation whatever in
the senate. There have been at each ses-
sion of the legislature during that period
enough decent Democrats and Republic
cans to prevent his election. but he has
had the power to keep anybody else from
being elected. Dryden as more respect
able man than Addicks, but he belongs to
the same class Of politicians a class that
has made IS way into the senate solely
by the application of Doodle to politics
al thereby lowered lamentably the char
acter of that body.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News,

Chicago News,
The has-been is not lpst, but gone behind.
Everything comes to the waiter who waits on
himself.
It is said that the electric chair is a sure cure
for insomnia.
A mans duIlness is usually due to his in
ability TO reflect
Too many things are done well that are not
worth doing at all
Many of the flights Of genius are from a
high bluff downward.
All things come to those who get tired wait
ing and go after them.
It's usually the man who shakes the tree
that gets the least fruit
We are told that figures do not lie-yet there
are numerous lay figures.
Nothing so effectually cures a man Of the
fattery habit as marriage.
Silence is golden when a girl purses her lips
for the benefit Of a young man.
Just when girl thinks she is marrying hap
PLY all her relations shed tears
A spinster who is willing but unable TO catch
on says that marriage is a failure.
When the highwaynan goes on the road he
is willing TO take other peoples dust
A woman is considered eccentric If she does
not talk when she has nothing to say.
You never realize how dearly you have paid
for your whistle until you try to sell it.
White lies require a great deal Of white
washing 10 keep them from turning black.
In nine cases out of possible ten it is ones
fault when the unexpected happens
The coauette who is fat fair and forty may
not be a goose--and she is no spring chicken.
Every mans reputation would be above par
II he could get credit for his good Intentions.
No matter what a man has done the world
soon forgets him unless he keeps right on do
ing.
The poet is born--unless he writes magazine
poem that nobody can understand; then he is
made.
Beauty may be only skin deep. but thick
skinned people are not necessarily the most
beautiful.
II has been said that short accounts made
long friends-but there are notable exceptions
to the rule.
After a man reaches the top of the heap ne
worries continually because OF the attempts to
displace him.
middle-aged woman is one halfway be-
tween the age she acknowledges and the age
you imagine she Is.
The average woman may not be able to love
three men simultaneously, but she\ can make
a strenuous blum at H.
The individual who gets the hardest knocks
I'm early life is apt TO be fairly well content
with his lot in after years.
1t sometimes happens that widow refuses
to be cornforted because no other man is will
ing to offer himself as sacrifce
II all the so-called beautifieTs were what they
are cracked up to be there wouldn't be a single
homely female On earth in a short time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.


Small men have big opinions of themselves.
If YOU forget to tell a woman you love her
she forgets you do.
The man who can keep a promise is the man
who never makes one.
II takes good dressing to catch a husband
and good cooking to keep him.
When a woman decides that a gown is cut
too low II Is some other woman's,
When YOU dig into a mans vanity you touch
the spot where his hatred for you lies.
The Turks make almost as much trouble for
the missionaries. as the missionaries make, TOT
seiw hOt
The more colleges rich men found the more
poorhouses they should endow for the gradu-
ates.
10 you tell the same old story for the ninety
ninth time.
Some peoples souls are so shallow that II
you throw a pebble into them 1t strikes bot
tom before 1t splashes.
1t seems ever so much more so to say that a
woman is older than her husband than to say
a man is younger than his wife. ''.'-
No woman likes TO think that the man SHE
cares about would rather see her happy and
plain than pretty and discontinued.
So long as the bull pup isn't lost and the
cook Is IN a good temper the children can stand
most anything that happens to the rest Of the
family,
The average girl thinks it is smart to try to
make other girls think she has refused to
marry a man when she is in Mysteries for fear
ne won't ask her. Hf..'
There are men in this world who think de-
generacy is brilliancy and viciousness is smart
ness but, thank God, they never got those
ideas from their mother.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

The king Of Sweden is acknowledged to be
the most learned man in Europe. He speaks
seven languages and can now write to China
emperor in Chinese.
The number of persons to the section of
land is in Great Britain. 342; Japan. 300; Italy.
27e; Germany, go; Austria. 225; France, 1877;
Hungary. 1874; Spain. 80; United States, p; Rus
STA, Is.
Mrs. Anna Conover, formerly an American
actress, who has been the soul OF the cam
paign for preventing cruelty to Paris CAB
with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Miss Agnes Leavitt. who is exhibiting about
nifty paintings, mostly Of the Alps, at the
Appalachian mountain club. painted one Of
her Alpine pictures were painted at an alti-
tude Of 1000 feet.
Edward whymper. the noted mountain climb
er who attempted to scale the Canadian
Rockies last summer has made the statement
that they will not be explored this century.
and the highest Andes.
Hans Christian Andersen the famous au-
thor Of Juvenile books, formed his style by
narrating his stories to various groups OF
children before he wrote them down. His one
thought was to become famous and he was
very careful not to make any enemies
Emperor Williams six sons are to get their
education in part at the military academy at
Plon. Two Of them are there now and three
have been there. The crown prince Is. at
present at the University of Bonn and Prince
Albert is making long trip on military
training ship.
James Gordon Bennett is just now a promi-
nent figure among American residents in Paris.
He is the lessee of the historical preserves
near Versailles. where Louis XIV used to
shoot. Among those who have shot pheasants
and hares over Mr.. Benefits enclosures are
the Grand Duke Alexis and NJ. Waideck- Rous-
seau, president of the council Of ministers.
The Lincoln park commissioners of Chicago
have authorized the erection in the park OF
monument to the memory of David Kennison,
who is declared to have been the only soldier
Of the revolution who went from illinois, re-
turned to Illinois and lies buried in Illinois
in fact. in that park. A bowlder. perfectly in
scribed, will probably be placed over his grave.
The Sons of the Revolution will bear the cost.
The ezarina Of Russia is said to be ex-
ceedingly clever with the pencil and crayon,
especially in the drawing Of caricatures. Her
cartoons of Russian statesmen AFFORD great
amusement to the GEAR, who recently insisted
that she should add a caricature of himself
to her collection. She thereupon sketched him
clad in robes of state, but with the face OF a
child, seated upon footstool Round him
are several grand dukes and duchesses. each
with cup and speech, who are overwhelmingly
offering the car some dainty trife. The lit
tie fellow, however, desires none of their
offerings, and, pouting, pushes them away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03

pecially severe on one of his superior Of
ficers.
He said that General shafter aid moth
ing at Santiago, but sit in a hammock
and mop his brow"
He declared hat the volunteer system
showed itself to be a failure and that
the much lauded rough riders had to be
showed into their places by the regulars;
that we had too many soda water colonies
in our war with Spain.
1t will be seen that Major Hunter made
sufficient number Of complaints and ac-
cusations in this one after-dinner speech
to rouse the wrath of both individuals
and classes.
We have never heard Of any achieve
ment by this self-constituted military
censor that would entitle him to pass as
an authority on the matters that he dis
cussed over the walnuts and wine at a
st. Louis feast with such an air of dog
matte wisdom and superior virtue.
1t will be interesting to see whether the
war department will take notice of Major
Hunters post prandial fusilade.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
FLASHES OF FUN.

Jenks-It seems the old custom Of ms
ing New Years calls has died out al
getheT.
Borroughs-Not altogether. tn
MarkIey will surely make one on me.
Jenks-That SOP
Burroughs-Yes, a three months n
/ gave him will fall due on that day.
Catholic Standard and Times.
blacksmith, 1t appears. is married q
has gone to housekeeping"
Not at all. What made you think g
Hes been writing so many jokes abb
servant girls lately, he must have 7
some experience with them"
Nonsense! If he'd had such expe
ence he wouldn't joke about 1T. PHI
delphia Press.
An Irish judge of the old school. In
recent summing up at the Four CouI
Dublin, created a great effect. The pia
tiff was even more beautiful than
beautiful daughter. who was witne
Gentlemen of the jury HIS lordship
gan, everything in this case seems pl
except Mrs. O'Toole and her charmi
daughter, London News.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-02-03
A WISE CONCLUSION.

1t is we'll for both the Democratic party
and Admiral Schley that the caucus of
Democratic members of the house of rep
resentatives declined TO make a party
question of a resolution Of honor to the
hero of Santiago.
Those were wise Democrats who OBJ
jected to this way of showing that the
great majority of people of the United
States are proud of Schley and feel that
he has been misrepresented and persecu-
ted bS his enemies. To give any tinge of
partisan politics in the Schley case would
be unfair to Admiral Schley. 1t would do
the Democratic party no good. for no
political party can appropriate this ma
tional hero.
The caucus took the only sensible
course that was open to It.