The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-17
A Modern Seer.
Augusta (Ga.) Herald.

In November, 1901, a certain Julius Erickson, predicted and published prediction that has been singularly verified three years later. How he ar. rived at his conclusions or whether he simply made lucky guesses, we will not undertake to explain; nor is 1t necessary to do so. This Erickson was an astroIoger. He was one of the kind who pretend or profess to know how the planetary system may influence hu- man events or even forecast them. No doubt most of the astrologers, who venture upon the prophetic. at long range, make ludicrous blunders; but, somehow, Erickson, whether by the ne- bular hypothesis or shrewdly sagacious cunning, happened to hit the mark. A considerable part of what we shai, presently quote Is kind of glitter ing generality" common to the profes- sion of star-gazing seers, but the very the bulls. eye of coming events. In 1901, Erickson said and printed:
 This denotes that a new epoch will De ushered in in 1902. In these changes figure. for he will be victorious In most things, TE;. ident will prove one of the most popu- lar executives we have ever had, his picturesque aggressiveness will strike a responsive chord in the hearts of our people. The President has declared that he will carry out the policies of
 
 so far as they do not conflict with his own theories of Government, then he will inject his own ideas into the poli- cies he Will pursue; These policies
 in spite of the fact! that the people will be generally prosperous, a strong to the surface. Dissatisfaction " viii be rife A national contest anent some will, legacy. treaty. agreement or some such affair will attract interna- tional attention and cause grave com
 T do not apprehend any serious re- suits from certain matters of dispute with foreign power which will mani fest themselves ere long. Still Mars is very strong In this horoscope and we shall witness a serious disagreement which may cause the timid to quake: But have no fear. Bellona's calf will
 Many of the old standby politicians fall into oblivion, for a new set of com paratively young men will forge to the gressiveness hold the relns of Govern ment. Trusts and commercial combi- nations will continue their uninterrupt- ed march for the present, but there is dark day ahead. Slowly but surely the leaven of government ownership or regulation is working almost im- perceptibly. but the day is not far dis tant ,oo
 
 the beginning of the end of the Dem ocratic party as now constituted; and as the Republican party rose phoenix like from the ashes of the old Wing party under the reconstructive infiu ence of JTranus-the planet which al- ways signifies remarkable events of q revolutionary order-so will the Demo- cratic party date its final rehabilita- ton from the crushing defeat which will be administered to it in the cleo tion of Mir. Roosevelt in 1904 by an un- precedented majority"
 As we observe, it is not within our province to determine the potency of Uranus or any of the vast planetary wanderers in space, nor yet to deter mine how far Erickson could, X-ray like, see through a stone wall of fu- turity, or whether he only ventured up on a shrewd surmise, with astrologlc environment; but that he, three years ago, in that last pregnant paragraph, told the truth is not open to denial.
 We take for granted that in 1908 tue mighty Uranus will hover indignantly over the Republican party and demol 9 lsh 1t by the agency of a rehabilitated Democracy. We may hear from Brick son on this subject.
 If Erickson can tell how the cotton crop prices will turn out or how Wall Street stock speculation is to go he can make a vast fortune. He had, per haps, better stop where he is. lest an other venture should send him into the ditch But if he believed his own pre- dfction and was a betting man, with off he could have made even at the odds. However, 1t Is a curious thing | that prediction. guess or not. Erickson [ ia tflA great ori9inal of T told you so is