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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

The achievements of the Confederate
soldier will shine with eternal lustre
in Valhalla's hall because he poured out
his blood for God, for home and his ma
tive land.
Would the name of Jefferson Davis be
lear to every true patriot if he had
spent his days trying to divert treasure
from the South in vain and fanatical
endeavor to correct heather customs in
China, Japan and other Oriental coun-
tries?
The Scriptural curse is upon him who
provides not for his own. But how about
depriving the needy of that with which
they have been provided?
These deluded women who are she'd
ding crocodile tears over the CONSTRUCTED
feet of saffron-hued Orientals, and do
ing their wind jamming about Darkest
Africa" [ invite some of them to 90 with
me to some of the cities [ have worked
in, and inspect the pale and despairing
features of some miserable mother
shackled by notwithstanding the poi
sonous breath of wretched habitations:
with the rose gone from her once beau
tiful cheeks; with emaciated children
about her knee moaning for bread-and
let her stand up then and tell me that
we must maintain organizations to car
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

was born in the great State of Texas.
and OF course all my sentiments are
Southern. | know there was no grander
patriot who ever buckled on the harness
OF battle than the Confederate soldier: it
IS very difficult to compute the value
OF the Confederate soldier to AngIo-Saxon
supremacy and to white mans govern
ment, and yet lit makes my heart sick to
relate it, | have taken these heroes of
the gray into my quarters, who have
tramped for miles over the country in
all kinds of weather, with bleeding feet.
weary hearts-tattered, torn and hun
CRY; men who followed Forrest in the
whirlwind of battle; men who rode like
a cyclone behind the black plume of
Stuart driving Yankee invaders from the
soil of the old dominion.
Is it right2 Is it lust? Is il
humane ito send money out of this
country to Africa, India, Cuba, Mex
leo, etc, when the very men who saved
this Southland to posterity-in fact, I
claim, saved the republic (for were it
not for the South as a balance-wheel to
this government, the Great Jehovah him
self could only divine what would be the
tate OF this republic) -are in desperate
want?
CONTINUED ON PAGE sEvEN)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

This is the picture of little girl who was res
cued from half tumbled down negro shanty and
who had been deserted by her mother. This child
is one among about fOrty-fVe children who have
been rescued from negro shanties houses of ILL
fame and other undesirable quarters in and around
Montgomery the past three years.
note some woman over in West Vir-
ginia is afraid that you will be de-
voured by worms-suffer the fate of
Herod. Mr.. Watson, it is simply fearful
to think of such things. It seems to me
that religious fanaticism is the widest
and craziest thing beneath the stars of
heaven.
I have no special fear of reading in
the public press where the Sage of Thorn
son has been smitten by the Angel of the
Lord and eaten by worms. However,
should such unwelcome news be her
aided abroad in the land, would shud-
der to think what had been the fate of
some Others if such frightful vista
ton had been sent upon Thomas E.
Watson-great Southern commoner, pa
triot, unterrifed defender of the right;
relentless foe of wickedness in high
places, and faithful friend to the desti-
tute mothers and children of America;
friend to all who are in distress.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

From dawn of time down to the pres
ent moment, the inspiration and integri-
ty OF all society has been based on love
of home, Preside and native land; the
burthen of the poet, the theme of the ora
tor, the study of the statesman, the
sweetest strain in national anthem, the
inspiration of the patriot, and the bull
wark of the republic.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

"Even were some nation
to go mad, and adopt
Socialism as an experi-
ment, the consequences
would be SO hideously
different from the
dreams of these ideal
ogiSts, that communism
would have to be abol=
ished again, just as every
progressive race aban-
doned it years ago."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

"Licentious young man!
Listen to me! Put on
the brakes I! Stop the
train! If you don't
shackle those passions
OF yours, and keep them
in chains, you are head
ed for a wreck"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
Dbe 3effersontan

ry treasure across the multitudinous
waves of the ocean to be expended in
the fruitless task of coercing our re-
ligion into people who were hoary
with age when this republic was first
born, and who are today the great
menace to the peace and safety of the
Western world.
I beg to take issue with Miss Houston
in her contention that foreign missions
furnish the life-blood of home missions
The lady is sadly out of gear in her
statement; foreign missions is the cam
pire that is sGppimg and tapping the life
blood of home missions.
Miss Houston wants to know how YOU
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
by THOS. E. WATSON


$50 then the existing
order,-social, political,
industrial and religious
is to pass away. In the
new dispensation, under
Socialism, the restraints
give way to indulgence,
the strong hand of the
law is relaxed, the State
perishes, and religion
dies"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

u Y AVING engaged for number of
- years in home mission work, and
being in hearty sympathy with
your position on foreign mis-
sions, | will take the liberty of giving
you some views and experiences as to
my service in this particular field, j. e.,
the field of home mission work
[ have read with the greatest interest
your reply in the September JEFFERso-
MAN to Miss Janet Hay Houston, of
Monitor, w. Va. | wish to state that l
endorse unqualifedly every phase and
feature of your position-which appears
to me as the only ground which true
patriot can take.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
PROTESTS!
TEXAS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
THOSE GALVESTON
RESOLUTIONS.

AeLOOAO
Dear Bro Watson :-Enclosed a
resolution passed by the Laneas
county union at the last meeting.
One of my friends was at the
meeting, and in conversation he in
formed me that the resolution endors-
ing the passage of the Ship Subsidy
bill was introduced by Mr.. Jackson,
member of the Texas Legislature
from Eastland county, also member of
the union. My friend gave it as his
opinion that the resolution was in
troduced at the close Of the meeting
for a purpose, and that he was of
the opinion that it was not under
stood by the convention. Bro.
was on a committee, and was not in
the meeting at the time the resolu-
ton was introduced and passed. j.
CID. BUFERD, OF THIS COUNTY.
WAS ON THE RESOLUTION COM
MITTEE, AND HE is SURE THAT
THE RESOLUTION DID NOT COME
BEFORE THAT CONVENTION AT
ANY TIME.
Respectfully,
JAS. w. BIARD.
500 S. 26th st.
Bro. Biard, by some inadvertence.
sent only the End resolution; but his
letter and that part of the resolu-
tons adopted tell the tale.
1t is as follows
End. That we very much regret the
action taken by the Galveston union
in recommending to our National
Congress the passage of Infamous
Ship Subsidy bill.
JAS. w. BIARD, Chairman.
Ed. Comment: Just as I expected.
The Galveston Convention was fooled.
By cleverly avoiding the words Ship
subsidy, the Merchant Marine League
got in the thin edge of the wedge.
The League is campaigning for the
Subsidy and the Galveston resolu-
tions were hailed with delight by the
League.
Those hightariff Republicans know
what they want-and they raised
yells Of joy at the passage of the Gal
weston resolutions
Those stand-pat Republicans, who
keep tax of 165 per cent on the
poor mans blankets-they know
what men are working with them;
and they named Duckworth and Jack
son!
fsEYNOLDSVILLE LOCAL NO. 1904.
Whereas. the ''Union News" pub
l1shed at Union City-the headquar-
ters of the Georgia division of the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive Union of America-has recently
opened it's columns to editorials and
communications, advocating the
American Merchant Marine Service,
and confiscation of individual land
Reynoldsville Local
CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

would have felt standing among
the child widows of India, and
to have heard the wailing of the
footbound children of China.
[ have never stood among the
"child widows of India" and I
pray that | may never as long
as there is a suffering destitute
widow left on our own shores.
| am not suffering from in
somnia on account of the "child
widows of India"-and will not
rs long as we have so many wild
ows here at home right at our
doors-sick, suffering and desti-
tute. | have picked them up on
the streets of cities with ofttimes
as many as five and six small
children-hungry, cold, ragged;
destitute of funds and devoid of
friends, and heard from their
trembling lips an account of suf-
fering which I feel sure, as com
pared with the Child widows of
India" it might be said of the
latter that they were indeed
faring sumptuousIy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
REYNOLDsVILLE LOCAL NO. 1904

[ CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27
THE PAYNE TARIFF.

The bill prepared by the ways and
means committee with Serene E. Payne
at IT'S head, to revise the Dng,cy
tariff, has been submitted to Congle- !
and meets with much opposition ron,
Republicans and Democrats. 1t i,
G. most complicated affair, AMI few
there are who understand 1t in all it's
ranliflcations. Mr.. Payne himself CO., :
not satisfactorily explain the maximum
and minimum rates in their relation to
ftreign countries, and he was for. led
to admit that many errors have crcpt
into the printed copies of the biz AN i
that they need correction. Tho ui'.
is intended for revenue and prnt,:.ion
to home industries and provides Sea
shutting out imports from countries
that fail to give satisfactory rates 70
tlc United States.
AS England has free trade il viz
receive more benefit from the re.'ia-
ion downward than Germany AMI
France and other countries that main
tain q protective tariff; for the latter
viii have to pay a maximum duty, "
20 per cent more than England, ii
they keep up high duties on Amer:-
cGn products. This feature Of the b.ll
d,scriminates between foreign nations
and will probably be eliminated ber &c
the final pXssage Of the measure.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

keep from laughing at the plight in
which the old pirate finds himself. The
Germans must be laughing heartily
over the scare they have given him.
Of course, more Dreadnoughts will be
built Immediately, and the number of
coastguards will be increased to lcok
out for the dreadful fleet Of the Ger
mans. The Germans are going on With
their shipbuilding as If nothing had
happened in England. They are re-
solved to extend their commerce in the
Orient and will do so in spite Of all
British opposition. The days of Eng
lands naval supremacy are numbered.
Other nations are coming to the front
that will not allow England to have
most of the earth and the fairness
thereof.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

Did st. Patrick Danish snakes from
Ireland? Rev. ]. X. Fielding, Of CHI
csgo, says he did not, for there We're
pa7e to drive out. There were never
ally poisonous reptiles Of any kind in
Ireland, and l am prepared to prove
it. exclaims the patriotic prizes; OF
tile Windy City. We hope he vii, flnd
time. to give his version of the small e
legend. On the way to the Lakes of
Killarney, the guide will show h.m a
small pond in the Gap of Dunloe at
whose bottom rests box containing
the last snake driven off the grass Ivy
st. Patrick. Now, Irish guides are
nuted for their veracity and never
impose on American travellers WHO
give them "tips.' Father Fielding
will find it difficult to convince mary
PEOPLE Of the nom existence of snakes
in Erin in the remote past.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

need of it except to widen the breach
that already exists in the Irish Par
liamentary party and weaken The
cause of Home Rule by a division of
forces. AS for the rights and feel
ngs of their Protestant fellow coun
trymen," they are already respected
ty the Irish Catholics and it IS An
implied libel for O'Brien to hint tina,
they are not. The Protestants WHO
avow patriotic principles have every
recognition from the present I1ist
rarity, and are eligible to every posi-
ton in the gift of the people. MI.
O'Brien's object is evidently to COLI
ci'jate the landlords who are rot
Home Rulers and get them once more
in the saddle. The landlords had their
iay in Ireland, and VIM. O'Brien and
his followers in Munster cannot sa>c
them at the eleventh hour. Thelc
prestige has vanished never to re-
turn.
According to the Dublin papers to
hard an action has been brought
against Mr.. Devlin, NJ. P, by Mr..
Cream, M. p, and a follower Of o.
Rrien, on the charge of instigating an
assault on the complainant at the Dub.
lin convention. O'Brien is undoubt-
edlv behind his colleague, Mr.. Gran,
and T. M. Healy is his attorney. 1t
goes to show that the O'Brien faction
is virulent in it's opposition to tie
united party led by John E. Redmond.
What the Irish constituencies should
Go is to retire these promoters Of
faction and dissension from y abIiu
life. Surprising that Cork supports
O'Rrien and Cream under the cilcun-
stances. We hope they will soon
get their eyes opened and reiega:o
these mischief makers to private lie.
Unity should be their watch word.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

Many other of the Payne schedules
viii be changed before the bill is per-
fected, and when it goes to the Sc ate
1t will undergo other changes TO- tl;e
benefit of the corporate interests. It
may take over two months to fix ur
bill that will satisfy all interests
concerned. AS for the people-tMe
common people-who cares 4oou,
them?
The Democrats in Congress, or those
who recognize the leadership OF
Champ Clark, declare that the passage
OF the Payne bill. as it now stands,
viii increase the cost Of living, and
that instead of relieving the consrm-
e's 1t will impose additional buraens
On them. The trusts are ten je:ly
handled in the bill and the maximum,
feature is said 10 be a challenge to
trade war with the world. In It's ro-
port to the House the Dero.,a tic
ways and means committee says of
The Payne bill:
There are many changes-for Tie
most part minor changes of tina Ding
ley rates, some up and some down
Most of the changes in a downwara
direction are reductions more apra:-
cut than real, the Payne rates being
as prohibitive in their results in many
casts as the Dingey rates. In SINE
of the schedules containing the most
exerbitant rates there are no changes
giving any appreciable RELIEF t. tic
grcnt body of consumers
The Democrats further say that :i1s
farmer gets practically no relief. I'd
the laborer and producer have g'"1t-
er burdens imposed upon them. Every
article Of food the laborer must have
to tive comfortably is heavily taxed;
even the salt on his table is not ex-
emrt. On the other hand, Mr.. Payne
thinks it is the best bill ever de yisvd !.
but Senator Aldrich is disguised w':k
IL. Senator Clapp says it is drawn N
the interest Of the New England
states. AS the bill now stands, it
rleases neither Democrats nor ReEib
licans and it may be found necessary
to call in experts to explain it's fe1.. .
urss to the lawmakers. 1t is to be
hoped that a. fairly good bill will
eventually be framed. Nobody cali ex-
peet perfection in such complica to.1
matter as the tariff.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

The Butte Miner Of March IL, de-
volos nine columns Of its spa+> to
tire banquet Of the Irish societies hold
the night before at the Thornton hotel.
John j. OMeara, a patriotic Water
ford man, of1lciated as toastmas.er
and Judge Hunt, John Dwyer, Scn-
5ator Long, Con. F. Kelley, Joseph r.
Jackson, Mayor Joseph Corby, w. w.
Walsworth, Of the Anaconda Standard
DE-. ). F. spelman and Prof. w. v.
DIV yer delivered eloquent and patriot
lie addresses on the occasion. Tie
City of Butte is noted for its strrng
Irish sentiment and has always beer
prominent in the cause Of Ireland.
Sore Of the leading orators Of thu ~s@c
sicake their home in that great mining
camp.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

Archbishop Ireland is now in Ir"-
13 contained his portrait and stated
that 1.-The illustrious Archbishop of
st. Paul has arrived in London and
birthplace in Kilkenny in few days
time" Archbishop Ireland is well
known in his native land and rcccs
Eized as one Of the greatest livins
prclates of the church he adorns Be
fore leaving for home he may con-.
cider it his duty to advise his COIN
trymen to keep united, and frown up
on feuds and factions between DIR
Elementary leaders.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

Speaker Cannon last week presented
Miss Mary Mccain with a medal for
saving the lives Of nine children in
the General Slocum disaster in New
York harbor five years ago. The brave
Irish girl was in a hospital, convalesc.
ing from scarlet fever, and seeing the
children in danger of drowning she
rushed to the beach, waded out to them
and brought them safely ashore. Uncle
Joe" not only made neat little speech,
complimentary to the heroine, but
pressing his lips on her maiden check
be uttered with emotion the words.
MAY your tribe increase" Tho
medal was awarded by the life saving
service.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

On Patriclls Day in London, John
+. Redmond. MP, declared that the
only obstacle to the achievement of
national liberty for ireland was the
self made discords and dissensiors of
the Irish people themselves. He wat
convinced that if Ireland were really
united it would get political liberty
almost tomorrow. WE agree with Mr.,
Redmond. Tho only obstacle in the
way is the spirit Of disunion which
has come down from sire to son, ard
Ia exemplifled in the O'Briens and
Healys Of today. The Irish themselves
will be to blame If Home Rule is not
granted by nation now trembling IN
fear from German invasion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

The Hibernians Of the country o:
)sct to the statue to be erected il
Washington, D. c., to the memory Of
John Barry, first commodore Of The
American navy, because the sculptor,
Andrew O'Connor, represents the hog,
in the character Of an Irishman lstl.rr
than as an American naval oIlcer.
Congress appropriated 100000 for tie
statue, and the design will he n,odi .
fed as requested.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

The Chicago Tribune, one of the
leading Republican organs in the
country, thinks that Chairman Payne
sof the ways and means committee
should explain the coffee jugglery''
sta his tariff bill. The export tax idea
Sln his bill originated, says the Tribune.
with q group of European and Ameri-
VI capitalists who will not allow
ssrazA Ito repeal the. export tax on
slp sek and who VIII b the benehclar.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

les of any American duty that may
be put on coffee. If the maximum rate
in the Payne bill becomes law, the
millions of coffee drinkers in this
country will be taxed for the benefit
of some foreign and domestic capital
be expunged," says the Tribune. But
it will not be expunged, if Payne and
Aldrich can keep it there.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27
THE NEW IRISH FACTION.

THE NEW IRISH FACTION.
1t there is any news from Ireland
that the Irish in America regrc. 20
hear about,4 it is strife and dissen-
sion among it's public men. From the
eorliest ages the bane of Ireland mas
heen the petty jealousies of it's lead
els. Had the Irish pulled togethc.
against the common enemy instead %
qrarreling among themselves, their
country would never have been sur-
jugated. This is such a self-evS-
Gent proposition that it requires 10
demonstration. Every we'll informed
man knows it is fact. Every Ilist.
nan who has read the sad history o.
his country must admit it, and e,erv
Irlshman Of ordinary intelligence viii
not deny that it the Irish people are
united it is not in the power of Ems,
land to deprive them Of their nation
al rights.
II looks to us as if the Irish lac,.
earnestness and don't want to bcco,n-
free and independent. For ten lcrs
years the Irish people kept divided
on Parncll. There were Parnell.tes
and antiParne1lites abusing one an
other from one end of the island %
the other. A party of Irish-Americans
crossed the ocean to pacify and rec
oncie the factionists, but instead CT
rect living the peacemakers with cour-
teSy and gratitude they were treated
with contempt and returned home sal
Ger but wiser men. From that da, t.
mis-. some of those missionaries Of
peace and reconciliation have lost con-
fidence in the sincerity and patriotism
Of the parliamentary leaders.
Now, the Irish representatives III
parliament are at loggerheads again.
and the people are taking sides and
getting divided as before. William
O'Rrien, II. M. Healy and a few other
so1eheads arc trying to break up ITO
United Irish League. because the views
Of the former on the land bill were
not endorsed by the late Dublin con
vention. We have considerable re-
sp ct for William O'Brien. Years ago
for his country and suffered for MS
convictions by being thrust six tines
:,to British iails in Ireland We or:
slow to say Il word against him,
though he is now on the wrong track.
But the cause Of Ireland is dearer 10
us than the cause Of any individual.
and though we believe he was en-
titled to a respectful hearing at tho
recent convention, yet we must con
'lesnn his present policy Of dlsin-
tegrating the United Irish League, c.
which he was the founder, and build
ing another organization upon it's
ruins to crafty his personal vanity
Last Sunday, March 21st, at Kanturk
n the County Of Cork, Mr.. O'Blicn
launched at a public demonstration
tho "All for ireland League" whose
object will be ito unite on common
platform all Irish-born men, IN a
spirit Of the broadcast liberation OF di:-
frrences of opinion between bIct!,er
Nationalist, and of scrupulous re-
spect for the rights and feelings Of
'heir Protestant fellow countr, mes,
with view to concentrating the Whole
force of Irish public opinion in q
movement to obtain self government
for the Irisl, people in Irish affair" {"
Now, such an Organization as hat
is superfluous. There is no earthly
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

The 18th of April is the day set for
the beatification of Joan of Arc in
Rome. The canonization Of the Maid
will come later, after additional evil
dence Of her sanctity is produced.
cnce accorded to tho other saints in
the calendar of the Catholic church.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

Premier Asquith says that Germany
will never be master of England, and
that the British navy will always rule
the seas. Time will tell, Mr.. Asquith.
Your assertion is meant to soothe the
fears Of King Edwards loyal subjects
who dread German invasion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27

having such famous man of God to
honor and revere.