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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
Hearst FabOYS LOn- Priced Cotton.

The cotton growers should read the
leading editorial in Mr.. Hearsts New
York American of August 10th.
The millionaire owner of the Irdepend
ence League takes the position that nigh
price cotton means high-price clothing
for the poor; hence such men as Liver
more, who try to put up the price OF cot
ton, are doing great wrong to the poor
Will Mr. Hearst and his Independence
pay-rollers please answer these ques-
tons?
CD Were the poor people of the coun-
try better clothed when cotton was down
to six cents than they are now, when the
price is between ten and eleven.
In other words, how much of the bene-
fit of six cents cotton went to the poor?
(2) What is the difference between the
amount which the farmer gets for bale
of cotton and the sum which the spinner
gets when he sells the cloth made out of
the bale?
CD How much does it cost the farmer,
on an average, to make bale Of cotton;
and how much does it cost the spinner
to weave the bale into cloth?
(D Why is that Chinaman can buy
American cloth, in China, cheaper than
the American can buy it here at home?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
CayYOHfOn, August 28th.
Extra Session.

WHAT! Can we believe what we see
in the papers-that Gov. Smith has called
an extra session of the Legislature?
But the state can't afford it. We know
this to be so, because Hokes own organ,
the Journal, said it. Besides, it is fool
ish" to call an extra session. We know
it is, because Hoke's organ said SO.
Has the state discovered any buried
treasure since 1907? Is she richer? Have
tax returns and tax collections overlooked
the treasury? Has not the Legislature
been doing it's level best to vote every
blessed dollar out of the vaults?
An extra session!
Who'd "a thought it?
So it is not foolish" after all, to call
extra sessions to complete unfinished
business, and the state can afford it.
That's good.
If Hoke had gone right on, in 1907, de-
nouncing the recreant legislators and put
ting upon them the pressure of aroused
public opinion-instead of making a set
speech at McRae in which he said he had
no adverse criticism to place upon the
legislature-th there would not now be SO
much of this unfinished work curlbering
the shop.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20

Gompers to prevent the seating of the
Bryan man, and Gompers sues out an in
junction against Feeny to enjoin his in
reference, we shall have to lean up
against something and laugh.
Feeny begged hard to have the issue
referred to jury-the Executive Council
of the American Federation of Labor
but Brother Gompers refused
Just as Bryan doesn't object to politi-
cal theft when he gets the benefit of it,
SO Brother Gompers sees no danger in
the one-man power when Gompers hap
pens to be the one man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
PAGE NINE

60 Why is it that Mr.. Hearst does not
favor the placing of cotton goods on the
free list, in order that the poor, over
whom he editorially weeps, may be able
to buy cotton goods as cheaply as the
Chinese can BUY theirs?
We trust that Mr.. Hearst will detail
one of his editorial Independence Leag-
uers to answer these question.
p In the meantime, we take it that Mr..
Hearst has abandoned the hope of cap
turing the Farmers Union vote. Like
Bryan he slaps the South to curry favor
with the North.
By the bye-how low does Mr.. Hearst
think that cotton should go?
AS he complains of ten-cent cotton, and
did not complain when Theodore Price,
Joe Hoadley and others put it down to
six cents, we have some curiosity to know
whether five cents per pound for lint cot
ton would be low enough to suit Our mill
lionaire independence Lacquer, William
r Irearst
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
Bryan and Brownsville.

Bryan and Brownsville.
The Atlanta Constitution tries to help
Bryan out, on the Brownsville matter, by
publishing something the Peerless One
wrote for the Commoner in 1906
Good gracious, Clark, is that the best
that can be done?
1906 was away back yonder. The
Gladstone of America" had not then been
TaPgartized and Kerned. He had not
til, realized that the negro leaders were
goh. to make a campaign issue out of
scolored delegates did not foresee that they
would be welcome visitors to the Bryan
home, and that the negro vote would be
offered to the Cicero of America" upon
certain conditions.
Did not Bryan admit that what the
negroes published about the FairvieW
trip was true in one respect at least, to-
wit that he would approve the Foraker
bill if Congress passed it?
He certainly did admit it. Then what
Roosevelt had said that he would veto
the Foraker bill Why? Because the
criminals who shot up Brownsville could
re-enlist in the army under the terms of
that bill.
Every soldier in the troop that was
dishonorably discharged has sworn that
he was innocent Yet the President, the
Secretary of War, the Court Martial and
the u S. Senate have declared that the
evidence proves some of those discharged
men to be 9u1ltV.
Under the Foraker bill those black
criminals, REEKING WITH THE
BLOOD OF THE WHITE VICTIMS
OF THE BROWNSVILLE RIOT, can
perjure themselves one more time and
get back into the army.
knowing that this is the purpose Of
the Foraker bill, Mr.. Roosevelt says that
if Congress should pass it, he will veto it.
Knowing that this is the purpose Of
the Foraker BILL Mr.. Bryan says that il
Congress should pass it he will approve it.
Bryan admits that he promised the ne
gro delegation that much.
This being So how does that editorial
of December, 1906, carry any comfort to
those who believe that Roosevelt, Taft,
the Court Martial, and the Senate have
done right in condemning those rlotous
brutes?
BRYAN HIMSELF DID NOT
DREAM, IN 1906, THAT HE WOULD
FIND 1T TO HIS POLITICAL IN
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
GObeYn0Y Smith and That September
Magazine.

Here and there-We are told-Can still
be found Ho1eite who can not be per-
suaded that anything happened after
September 1907.
We deplore this. Many things hap
pened after Mr.. Watson, in August of
1907, wrote the generous editorial COM
mending Governor Hoke for what he had
done up to that time.
We do not claim to be prophet, sOOth-
sayer, mindreader or anything of that
sort We did not foresee that Governor
Hoke was going to become SO we'll salts
fed with what he had already done that
he was going to throw up the job. We
honestly believed that the program was
to be carried out in full.
The legislature had refused to pass the
anti-lobby bill, the anti-free pass bill, the
general Primary BILL and the purity-in-
elections bill.
Each of these had seemed extremely
important measures during the campaign
of 1906 No evil in state politics was at
tackled more vigorously by candidate
Hoke than the evil of the early primary
And he had appeared to recognize the
vast Importance of the anti-lobby bill,
for he had personally assured Mr.. Wat
son that this measure should be put
through, at the very first, SO as to clear
the state-house of the corporation hire
lings who are paid to defeat reform legis-
1ation.
The programme called for a continual
ton of the speechmaking against the
evils aimed by the Macon Platform. Gov
ernor Hoke pledged himself, i'll his speech
at Warrenton and on other occasions, to
go into the counties of those members of
the legislature who had voted against
the campaign pledges, and denounce
them. He was certainly understood by
Mr.. Watson and others to favor an extra
session, to be called before the next regu-
lar session. He certainly talked in that di-
Continued on Page Twelve.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-08-20
THE JEFERSONIAN.

The JEFEKSUNIAN.
TEREST, IN 1908, TO LINE UP
WITH FORAKER AND THE NEGRO
MURDERERS.
D o
CayYOllfOn. August 28th.
MR. WATSON DOES NOT SPEAK
AT JACKSON ON THE 18TH OF
THIS MONTH, BUT AT CARROLL
TON.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
THE MAN WHO STOLE THE EARTH"


! at heart, and the look on the king S
face was sufficient TO strike terror
into him.
The king swung round In his chair,
drummed his fingers on his roll-top
desk and In an icy tone uttered an In
terrogatory "Well?"
II came as soon as | could" said
Ludwig.
It was the wholly unnecessary ex-
cuse OF u frightened man.
Did you bring copy Of the Daily
Wireless with you" asked the king.
For reply Ludwig placed that paper
on the table.
THE king, methodical as ever. set
tied his eyeglass on his nose, turned
10 the front page. and then tracing the
lines with well-manicured fingers, read
the whole amazing story through from
beginning to end, and all the while
he read Ludwig stodo shutting from
one foot to the other.
When he had finished reading the
king looked into Ludwig's face.
And all this Is true" he asked.
"As far as | know | can give you
some details that are not there"
go on" said the King. And Ludwig
told him as briefly as he could OF his
encounter with Strong IN Cannon-st
Again the king drummed his fingers
on the table.
That is clear enough" he said.
but have you anything to suggest?'
Ludwig was still shutting his feet
and knottIng his hands.
We'll. yes" he said. Il have a dis
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

George the beauty show entry from that family.
Standing with his mother album time after
time getting knkerbockes George had
himself pointed the winner baby
and he look of pride turned upon him from gentle loving
eyes; the eyes of foolshly proud mother
Sadly but a foolish mother.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
From Another Point of View

Come again Mr. and
Its paper running QUIT done up
Mr. Sam Crawford either the maoay or seat conge
Whom e comes to living machines
the othe
The firm of fish trust has failed caught by the
money
Those catalogue the southern stars will
please overlook Tyrus Cobb
II ,ar,r may establish free parents
o make
When the fish the bad why didn't follow its
of such cases
The Turk who attempted Sultan with bomb has been set
Free be officially commended later
was true patriot that the statue of Mamb in Wash
reo, parr no naced at the
Indianapolis political assessment refusing in his
high poston to be drawn politics This indianapolis
Sneaker Joe Cannon Illinois, the the
country would be willing Springfield
Considerable counterfeit passed the fair farng better
this epec II seems of the exhibitors
II there Republican senatorial nominee in the
twentyhd the Heman support His name is Bolt
Commissioner his police from the fair But
anyway
Harmanis 1t hoped these
.ree more opportunity
kind hayea taught unheeded lesson
afraid
he should
a third
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

, tinct suspicion. but | hardly like e
suggest II TO your majesty"
Never mind about that at the pres
ent moment" said the king: "be kind
enough TO say exactly what you think
Even fools can be OF help at times"
He eyed the prince in the most un-
pleasant way.
We'll. my idea is this" Ludwig
stammered, but again | would assure
your majesty that dislike 10 mention
Ii. But IL is just possible that Strong
may have struggled a wretched wire
less apparatus into the palace In
which case he may. In the past two
or thre days, have been in communi
cation with the princessl"
The king leapt to his feet and
brought his fist down with a crash
Oh the table.
Good heavens" he said, why did
| not think OF that" He looked around
at the prince When that woman,
Miss Hunt. was here from the Daily
Wireless she fent driving 10 the
Morning Hills. and Diana went driv-
ing out there, too. and together,
though | had expressly forbidden 1t.
Il was indebted TO Captain Kowchoff
ski for that piece of information. But
they came back on horseback, so. as
far as THAT goes, could have brought
nothing with them. However, it is GER
etaoshrdshr etaoi shrdl shrdluununn
tainly a matter worth investigation.
can only call myself an ass for neg.
lecting to think OF Diana"
Continued Monday.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
Russia's Great Railways Lin
itations.

Gen. Kuropatkins comments on
Russia's great Siberian railway and
its value, as gwen in McClure's Maya
zine for September are most illumih
ating. In these remarks, which were
made in an official report just before
the Japanese war, he says:
The economic interests OF Russia
in the far east are extremely insls-
niflcant. We have as yet, thank Cod
no over.production in manufactures,
because even our domestic markets
are not yet glutted. There may be
some export of articles from our rae
tories and foundries, but IL is largely
due TO artificial encouragement ana
will cease--or nearly cease--Wheh
such announcement Is withheld. Rus
STA. therefore, has not yet grown up
to the melancholy necessity or wagihg
war In order to get markets Tor her
products. AS for our other interests
In the far east. the success or failure
of a few coal or timber enterprises IN
Manchuria and Korea Is not matter
of sufficient Importance To make IL
worth while for Russia 10 run the risk
OF war on their account.
THE railway lines that we have
built through Manchuria do not cnahse
the situation. and the hope that these
lines will have worldwide Importance
as avenues Of international commerce.
Is not likely, in the near future 10
be realized Travellers. the mails, TEA
and possibly some other merchandise
will 20 over them, but the great
masses OF heavy international freight
which. alone, can give worldwide I'M
portance to a railway. will go by sea.
simply because they cannot bear rail-
way charges"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
Famous Gems Of Prose
BACK FROM THE WAR
BY T. De WITT TALMAGE.
The grand review of 1865.

rumbling pontoon wagons, ambulances
from whose wheels seemed TO sound
out the groans of the crushed and the
dying that they had carried. These
men came from balmy Minnesota.
those from Illinois prairies. These
were often hummed to sleep by the
pines of Oregon, those were New
England lumbermen. Those came out
OF the coal shafts of Pennsylvania.
Side by side in one great cause. con-
secrated through fire and storm and
darkness. brothers In peril. on their
way home from Charlottesville and
Kenesaw mountain and Fredericks-
burg. in lines that seemed Infinite
they passed on
We gaZed and wept and wondered.
lifting up our heads TO see II the end
had come but no, Looking from
one end OF that long avenue to the
othnrs we saw them yet in solid col
umn. battery front. host beyond host.
wheel TO wheel. charger 10 charger.
nostril TO nostril. coming as 1t were
from under the capitol. Forward,
Forward Their bayonets Caught in
the sun, gimmered and flashed anC
blazed. till they seemed like one long
river of silver. ever and anon changed
into a river of fire. No end TO the
procession, no rest for the eyes! We
turned our heads from the scene, UNI
able longer 10 look We felt disposed
TO stop our ears. but still we heard
il. marching, marching; tramp. tramp.
tramp. But hush-uncover every
head, Here they pass, the remnant
Of 10 men of full regiment. Silence!
Widowhood and orphanage look on
and wiring their hands. But wheel INTO
line all We people, North, south. east.
west-all decades, all centuries, all
milleniums, Forward. the whole line.
Huzza. Huz7a' ,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
CHAPTER xxxll.-(Continued.

(N1UT curiously enough. he never
lKJ at that moment in any way
IT'D suspected that his daughter
might be acquainted with
more details of the affair than
he was. In his speculations as to the
course which he had best adopt he
forgot her.
AS events turned out it would not
have made any difference had he re-
membered her. Though to have re-
membered her would certainly have
produced results which would not
have increased his peace OF mind.
The king prided himself on being
his own counsel. He had never taken
any mans advice, nor turned 10 any
man for assistance In time OF trouble.
He had always stood apart and alone.
confident in himself and treating those
responsible for his country's
safety under himself as the merest
pawns in his game Therefore he
would discuss with no man the thing
which had come TO pass. And the only
sign of anxiety which his court could
detect in him was the increased cool
ness In his manner
To Ludwig. of course, he would be
compelled to speak, and therefore for
Ludwig waited.
Ludwig came on the evening OF the
second day. and was shown UP at once
TO the kings room.
AS he passed into the bare. formal
apartment, the princes knees shook
under him; for he was really coward
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
Pointed Paragraphs.

Men who marry for looks seldom
set good cooks.
Holidays are more pleasant In con-
temptation than I'm fact.
People with peppery tempers are
not the salt OF the earth
A girl thinks man is brave be.
cause ne isn't afraid to swear.
but for Cur FOrruws, we should be
1rnabir TO appreciate our Joys
lot or men strive for fame be
Cause OF inc money that goes Witt IL
A man Is always willing to confess
faults that he thinks he hasn't.
The only way a young man can
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
Oxygen Charley.

Spectators gasped. Experienced ath-
letes grabbed for stop-watches. Char
ley was timed for the half-mile circuit
in 50 seconds. He covered the ten
miles in 20 minutes. hut. of course.
the duly entered competitors fought
out the race for the prize. The spec
tators, however, crowded around
Blank, and the heroes Of the day be-
fore were forgotten.
The officials allowed Blank to com
pete=in =aiHthe- other events He put
the shot over the fence. smashing a
boiler shop into srnithereens: ran the
100 yards so fast he couldn't be timed
and would be smashing all records yet
had he not tried the long jump and
jumped so far out OF the park that the
trolley couldn't get him back before
the games were over
The story Of Charley's journey home
would take too long in the telling The
subway guard who took advantage OF
Blanks inoffensive appearance to re-
ply to his question with an insult was
shot down to the Battery. The big
man who jostled little Charlie in
crowd thought Jeffries had come TO
town. And Charley got home feeling
remarkably well.
Come, Charles" said father-in-law.
when he got home, IL want to try
some OF this bow-leg serum on you.
Hurry up"
But fatherIn-law had defeated his
own object With a sweep OF his hand
Blank sent father-in-law's instruments
flying through the winduws. Then he
made an application Of shoe leather
to pa.in-law himself
Perhaps you remember The Pur.
pie Plleus?" Well. Charley Blank out.
shone the hero of tina; He sent all
the in-laws packing. and now his wife
gets up to cook Charleys breakfast.
Ha. but he frightened EN- all that day
he bubbled with oxygen.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

(@1OD knew that the da- was stu
IL pendous and he cleared the
u heaven of cloud and mist and
SJ chill. and sprung the blue sky
as a triumphal arch for the
returning warriors TO pass under.
From Arlington Heights the spring
foliage shook out its welcome, as the
hosts came over the hills. and the
sparkling waters of the Potomac toss
ed their gold TO the feet of the battal-
ions as they came 10 the Long bridge
and In almost intermnable line pass
ed over. The capitol never seemed
SO majestic as that morning, snowy
white. looking down upon the tides OF
men that came surging down, billow
after billow. Passing In silence. yet
| heard in every step the thunder OF
conflicts through which they had wad-
ed. and seemed TO see dripping from
their smoke-blackened flags the blood
OF our country's martyrs. For the pest
part OF two DAYS we stood and watch
ed the fling on OF what seemed end
less battalions. brigade after brigade,
division after division host after
host, rank beyond rank: ever moving.
ever passing: marching. marching.
tramp. tramp. tramp7-thousands al
ter thousands, battery front, arms
shouldered, columns solid. shoulder to
shoulder, wheel 10 wheel, charger 10
charger. nostril 10 nostrll
Commanders on horses whose
names were entwined with roses. and
necks unclaimed with garlands, frac-
tious at the shouts that ran along
the line. increasing from the clapping
of children clothed in white, standing
on the steps of the capitol. to the tu-
multuous vociferation of hundreds OF
thousands of enraptured multitudes'
crying huzza. huzza! Cleaning mus
kets. laundering parks of artillery.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

HARLEY Blank was a little un
dersized runt OF a man; one
of the many made TO be NOV
ed on by policemen, jostlec
by subway guards and gener
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

Every day during the state fair
one of its features was a baby
contest.
Mothers came in the morning
with their little ones and entered
them in competition, the same as
if they were potatoes or cabbage,
for judges to pass upon.
Prizes were awarded the pref
test boy baby and the prettiest
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11
BY WEEK JONES.

(Under the stimulation OF oxygen,
athletes are said to be able 10 shatter
all their previous records)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

he is talking about-=from her point Of
view.
sugat-coated pill Is one OF the
few things that successfully combine
pleasure with business.
There would be less trouble In this
world 81 people were permitted 20 be
happy in their own way.
II doesn't take much painting and
npholstering To transform the average
woman into a handsome piece OF fur
niture. Chicago News.
---------
= The average man Is firmly con
vinced that the world doesn't under
stand hm-and II is probably just as
well that IL doesn't.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-11

HARLEY Blank was little UNI
III dersized runt OF a man; one
of the many made TO be NOV
III ed on by policemen, jostled
by subway guards and gener'
ally hustled through life by more as
sertive persons.
With his family, which consisted OF
wife. a mother-in-law. three sisters
in.law. two cousins-in-law and seven
children. Charley went TO great atm
letic carnival given in honor OF the
victorious team from the Olympic
games. Father-in-law Blank was a
great dabbler In scientific fads, and Oh
course. he selected Charley as ms SUD
iect. Father-in-law had X-rayed Char'
lows feet. He had radiumed Char'
lev's skin. He had twisted Charley
entire carcass with electric baths. he
had inoculated Charley with serum 10
haf,,e rabies, rheumatism, typnolu'
mumps. gumboils and bunions' 30
Charley was quite resigned when Ia
ther.in.law showed tube INTO MS
mouth and babe him take Few pulis
on it, 400,
The world seemed good deal
brighter. Charley Blank stretched
himself luxuriously as he felt inc
thrill of blood passing rapidly through
his veins. "a
The great event OF the day, 10
mile race. participated N by the ram
ous winner of the Marathon was
about 10 be started. Charley Bank
threw off his coat and jumped on tne
i,ne with the runners before he could
be stopped ,oa the
bunch. h, ON,
A few more and he had caught EN-
up again.
make his money last is to make II
first.
ANY man who sits around and waits
for an easy job is graiter al hear''
10 you know OF anything that Is
more unfriendly than friendly eriu'
cism?
One of the first things an ART stu
dent should learn 10 draw is his own
conclusions.
A shiftless man in a small town
either harbers a lot OF Worthless dogs
or Plays fiddle.
When man>argues with a woman,
II seems that he doesn't know what