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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-06
Brother Tyson Still Unhappy.

Our friend Of the Forrest Blade is deter
mined to cross his fingers and thus say
"Scissors!' to the last Well we can't help
It We've labored conscientiousv with Sol
but we begin to fear that he is hard case
Solomon thinks that because Watson was
for HOke in 1906 and against him in 1908,
that Watson Topped. That does not follow
Maybe Hoke did the looping. He had had to
flop like blazes to get on the Pope Brown
platform that was made at Watsons house
Watson helped to make that platform, and
when Hoke persuaded Pope to get off, so that
be, the big and the beautiful, could get on
Watson finally decided to support him because
of the platform.
Solomon perseveres in taking no proper
notice Of this pint
Notice it more, Sol
Who is it that has made the reputation of
topper? Is it Watson? Hasn't he stood by
his principles for twenty years, in hopeless
minority, politically outlawed, and sometimes
socially Ostracized? Has he been making any
sudden changes of position to get an Office,
as Hoke did in Ioo62
Watson had no personal axe to grind in
supporting Pope, or HoEle. He asked nothing
of either, He certainly got nothing and ex-
pected nothing
agnanimously and without shade of zeal
OuSy, he gave HOke unSt1nted praise as long
as he deserved it. But when the reform gov
ernor began to lay pipe for the Senate in
1907 proposing to leave the reformers in the
urch, their work unfinished and their prom
ises unkept, does Solomon see no flop on
Hoke's part? Was it right to leave the work
half-done, and use the gOvernorship as a step
png-stone to the Senate before he had served
out his first term?
There's where Hoke and Watson parted
company. When the Governor went to Tel
fair county, in November, 1907, and made that
speech absolving from censure the legislature
which had killed our reform measures, Wat
son condemned the Governor Immediately.
During november and December, 1907, the
Weekly Jeffersonian, was a stern critic of
Hokes change of front, as Our old subscribers
we'll know.
Why did Hoke change 'front.' slow down as
a reformer, and give clean bill of health to
the Legislature which had done SO badly?
He had previously declared in his Warren
ton speech that he meant to carry the war into
the counties and districts of the Representa-
tives and Senators who had defeated our pet
measures Watson believed that he would
But Smith broke his word Instead of de-
nouncing these men, he took occasion at Nc
Rae to tell the whole world that he had mo
adverse criticism to place on the Legislature"
which had blocked our reforms.
If this wasn't flop, what was it, Solomon?
Our neighbor says that Watson ought to
(Continned on PAGE TWeve0
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Attorney General Hart and the Gambler
Appointment.

Appointment.
Our friend Judge Hart has given his opinion
ir the matter of Hon. Murphy Gamblers ap-
pointment to the Railroad Commission. After
stating that Mr. Gambler was elected to the
Legislature in October 1906. reelected in
October 1908, and appointed a member of the
Commission in March, 1900, before he had
qualified under his second election, the At
torney-General holds that Mr.. Gambler was
clearly eligible to the appointment made in
March,
After a careful denomination of various
Code sections, and of the Constitution, we
have come to the same conclusion.
A familiar section of the Code sweepingly
provides that "all officers Of the State" after
having been duly qualified shall hold their
Offices until their successors are qualified. We
think however, that the constitutional clause
quoted by Judge Hart does make an excep-
ton in the case of a member of the Legis-
lature.
If this apparent conflict in the law arose out
of two statutes, we would say that they must
be construed together and that Mr.. Gambler,
qualified under his election in 1906, was hold
ing over until he qualified under the election
of 1903. But it isn't case of two varying
statutes. The Constitution is here at variance
with the statute, and the latter must yield.
The general scheme of government-county,
state and federal-is that there Shall always
be in Office person qualified to discharge
it's duties.
Nature abhOrS a vacuum and so do govern
mental corporations. Hence, the Constitu
ton thrusts upon the Governor, with all the
force of the word "shall,' the duty Of filling
vacancies; and the Code exerts its utmost
power to prevent vacancies, by providing that
the qualified officer must "hold his base until
his qualified successor takes his place. This
principle, profoundly Important applies from
the lowest office to the highest. 1t is neces-
sary to the life and proper conduct Of county
government, State government and National
government. Everywhere is the MOTTO al
low no vacancy Suffer no interregnum! p
Everywhere is the practice of filling the
vacancy at the earliest possible moment, and
of holding the qualified officer in his office
until his successor qualities and takes charge.
But we agree with AttorneyGenera Hart
that Article 3, Section 4, paragraph I, of the
Constitution does leave the office of State
Legislator without qualified officer, for eight
months, unless an extra session is called.
We think the situation anomalous and dan
gerous. 1t would be we'll for the Legislature
to deal with it, making the disqualification of
the legislator date from the time Of his cleo
ton; or requiring members to take the oath
Of office Immediately after the election.
One of the evils feared was that the mem
ber-elect of the Legislature might use his
office as leverage for something better, and
the disqualification was meant to put him
hevond the reach of temptation,
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WRETCHEDLY POOR, DENSELY IG-
NORANT AND UTTERLY IRE
LIGIOUS? (See picture)
The amusing Parson quotes Sir Andrew
fraser who says that "Chrstianity is taking
hold IN Hlndustan and who wants the good
work to go on
After 600 years, and unnumbered treasures
spent, Christianity is only taking hold" !
Sir Andrew, an Engishman, many years
Lieutenant-Governor Of Bengal, would hate
to see us quit sending wealth to India. And
why? We give it to the Hindus, and the Hin
dus pass it on to the English. Why? They
have to. Sooner or later, the dollars we send
to India find their way into English pockets
The more we ~do for Engands India, the
ottener England will pat us on the back and
say, keep it up"
Against the testimony (such as it is), of
Sir Andrew Fraser we put that of S. Bowen
editor of the Bombay Guardian
Is it not fact that Christianity is now at
tempting the conquest of the world by her
money? Does any one doubt Our assertion?
The proof is easy Take away the money
foundation, and the money cement which
binds the building together and the fabric of
Indian indigenous Christianity will almost en-
tirely disappear. NO ONE KNOWS THIS
BETTER THAN THE MISSIONARIES
X.
of paid evangelists is an anomaly as fatal as
it is ndefensible. We hail the decrease of
Foreign Mission income as the first dawn of
hope for the Contamination of India
Our readers will doubtless remember that
Parson Scoville cited Mr.. Watson to certain
passages of the Scripture, and that he straight
way looked them up. They left the Parson in
a 1aughab1e fix. He now SHES off from those,
and mentions another.
WE'LL let us get the Bible, and accommo-
date the Parson again Politeness pays, and
the obliging spirit IS often its own reward.
Besides, in this case it is as good way as
we can think Of to show Parson Scoville that
however "decadent" the old man may have
become, he is not "disgruntled"
This time, we are told to read Luke, Chap.
22, verses s. SO.
WE'LL here they are:
1853 And he said unto them, When | sent
you without purse and scrip and shoes, lacked
We anything? And they said, Nothing.
"(36) Then said he unto them, But now,
he that hath purse, let him take it, and like
wise his scrip and he that hath sword, let
him sell his garment and buy one"
Then, it is related that the disciples said,
Here are two swords" and Jesus replied,
1T is enough"
Now, if this passage in the Bible lifts SEQ
Vile out of the hole, we fail to see it.
A Eonlnon-sense Interpretation is this
"You were first sent out in my name to do
my work, and you were commanded not to
take your purse, or scrip or shoes Your
faith was justified, for the people among
whom you labored allowed~ you to lack for
nothing. Now, however, it is different. IF
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are comparatively mere handful after count
ing rice Christians, "arrack' Christians
subsidy" Christians, and all.
Query: If it required 600 years and huge
expenditures of money to Convert one per
cent OF lndias population, how many cen
tur1es and how much money will it cost to
round up the other 90 per cent?
Could we not invest the labor and the dol
lars to better advantage among the 200 noun
tain counties of the Southern States, WHERE
TWO AND HALF MILLIONS OF
AMERICAN WHITE PEOPLE ARE
CROWDED IN ONE-ROOM LOG HITS
WRETCHEDLY POOR, DENSELY IG-
NORANT AND UTTERLY IRE
LIGIOUS? lSee picturel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

of the bugle and pleasing contribution
To the sounds of the sNeet it is.
In France they are guarding the oil
factory as well as the aurieular nerves.
You must either deOdOrize or perfume
over there. No smelling of the high
ways, say the authorities in certain
provinces, and the automobiles appear
to enjoy the improvement as much as
the people who stand stock still and see
them whiz by.
Maybe we're a little behind over here.
If we are we probably pay the penalty
with our noses. But it is pleasant to
think that if we're in the way ahead we
need not invariably pay the penalty
now with a startled jump at the
chauffeur's "Honk! Honk!" There is a
sweet courtesy in ia ra, ia tum, tum
tee" It sounds whether it is or not)
like, If you please, get out the way"
And there's a lot of comfort in fitting
those first three words to the first two
blasts of the bugle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
Miss Buckley to Wed
West Point Cadet

Thomas W. 5uckey announces the en-
Cagement Of MS only daughter. Miss
Alice Tayloe Waring Buckley. to Cadet
Daniel Huston Torrey, of the graduating
class OF the United States Military
Academy. The wedding. which Will be
a military affair, viii take place early in
June.
The wedding is of unusual interest in
army circles. the bridegroom-eIect being
a brother OF lieut.. Philip h Torrey,
L. 5. NJ. c.. whose marriage TO Miss
Elizabeth Prescott will take place next
week.
|. Miss Buckley il related to a number
OF prominent families Of Virginia.
Among her paternaI ancestors were
Baron Joist Hoyt, the original settler OF
the Shenandoah valley, under grant
from George II. King of England. and
Daniel Bouquet. the Huguenot founder
OF Buckeye town. Nd. On her maternal
Ices. Randolphs. and Fitzhughs. Her
Erandfathe4 was Capt. William Taylor
Smith. o., the United States navy. Her
only brother Is Capt Mervyn Chandos
Buckley, Coast Artillery Corps, L. s. A
Cadet Torrey is descended from a
prominent Puritan family of Massachu-
sets which had many distinguished rep
.resentatives in the Revolutionary war.
He il the son Of the late Col. Zerah ".
Torrey. and a grandson of Gen. Daniel
Huston, both of the United States army.
Miss Edna Weyl has returned to her
home on r street after a fortnight
stay with friends in Newark n. J., ana
New York city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
LOEB MUST FACE
STORM OF PROTEST
Formal Objection to Customs
Collector May Be Made
TO Taft.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Collector of the
Port William Loeb. jr., former secretary
10 President Roosevelt, today declined
TO talk for publication regarding the
savage attacks that have been made on
him recently BY New York newspapers,
which today declared that many mer-
chants would make a demand upon
President Taft for I,oeb's removal He
said he did not care TO enter into any
controversy.
The charge is made that as a result
Of the expose of the fact that the men
who admitted taking brides are still
in the customs service, big importers
are afraid 10 do business with the Gus
toms house. At a recent trial It was
shown that several customs officials who
admitted taking brides, were stiU work
ing for the Government being used
IL IS said, TO detect other bribe-takers.
Some importers, II is said, fear the
retention of these men in the service
They say they are sure to be black
mailed. For the Christmas trade the
largest amount of importing done an
nually Is about to be begun. and the
importers declare they want their minds
easy when they make immense orders
from abroad.
Friends of Collector Loeb declare the
attacks on him are being made because
he had closed up all the gaps and
stopped the leaks which hitherto ex-
listed in the collection of duties in New
York.
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AMERICA LOSING MANCHU.
RAN MARKETS.

Just at the time when Japan has
sent am energetic commission to this
country, which is busily engaged in
studying our resources and trade
methods, it is interesting to observe
japanese enterprise in Manchuria Is
rapidly wrestling from this country the
Manchurian markets.
Not long ago Consul Greene reported
from Hardin on the inactivity of the
American cotton goods trade in Van
churia Now Consul Fred d. Fisher,
reporting from Newchang, points out
that American cotton goods, once domi-
nant in Manchuria. are losing ground.
According to Mr.. Fisher the sale OF
American cotton goods in the Man
churian region does not keep pace with
the sale Of such goods by the Japanese
and the British. American cotton piece
goods have shown no materis1 increase
at the port of Newchang since 1905,
while the importations Of Japanese and
British goods have made substantial
gains at the same port. notwithstanding
the fact that most of the japanese
goods marketed in Manchuria enter
through the port OF Dalny.
Until 1905 the United States had
practically monopoly of the trade in
cotton goods in Manchuria, but since
the Russo-Japanese war the Japanese
piece goods manufacturers have become
the greatest competitors OF the United
States in the Manchurian market The
result is the dwindling of American
cotton trade in that part of the world.
As Mr.. Fisher portrays the situation
the dropping off of American trade is
due largely to inadequate methods on
the part of American manufacturers.
They ship goods via Shanghai, instead
Of sending them direct, as the japanese
do. The American goods pass through
the hands of numerous middlemen, and
this is another handicap. They have to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
THE TASK AHEAD OF SENA-
TOR ALDRICH.

There is no doubt that the currency
reform proposals III behalf of which
Senator Aldrich is about to make his
swing around the mid-western circle,
are a good deal weaker in the public
estimate because of the understanding
that they represent the Rhode Is
lander's particular project. Senator Aid
rich's tour will be good deal more
effective in that it viii give demonstra-
tion that he has no horns, than from
anything he mag say to his audiences
OF bankers and business men.
The fact is that elasticity OF the
money supply is something about whose
desirability there is little difference of
opinion. But that elasticity wants to
be real elasticity; there must be capac-
ity for contraction as well as for ex-
pansion, and imitation must not be
imposed upon the country in the guise
OF expansion 10 meet reasonable bust
ness demands.
One very large reason why the cost
OF living is high and causes such wide
spread complaint is that already there
is vastly greater volume Of money
than ever before. Necessarily prices 90
up as money grows more plentiful; but
experience demonstrates that there is
one set of prices which advance more
slowly than any other. These are the
prices paid for labor. Wages, and the
lower and middle ranks of salaries, are
slowest to readjust themselves to new
conditions relating to the expansion of
currency. Wages are apt to be reduced
or stopped pretty promptly when the
contraction of business Is felt, but they
rise very slowly when expansion is re-
sumed
Now, currency plan which looks to
something like permanent imitation of
the money stock, means further in
creases in prices, and that is not likely
to be popular with most people at this
time. 1t viii be worth while, before
any monetary reform is effected, to
make very sure that the bettered
financial facilities viii not be absorbed
in boosting stocks, leaving nothing for
the great public but higher prices and
no corresponding increase OF means
with which to pay them.
That is a rough statement Of what
the community fears in connection with
an Aldrieh currency reform plan, and
concerning this the Senator has need to
give very complete assurances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
Gossip f SnSf Se GreenroomS et.4 mf Theaters

Nathaniel; Johann Twink.
Judas; Sebastian Bauer. Pr
late: Hans MayT, HeTod.
Gregory Lechner will recite
the prologue and Wilhelm
Ruiz will represent the Chief
Rabbi. The director of the
Passion Play" Is Ludwig
Lang
A song that is usually in
demand whenever Mime.
Blanche Marchesi sings, eth
er in public or in private,
is entitled THE Nightingale, %
a Russian folk-sOng with
variations, written by Ales-
sandrO Alabieff. a Russian
composer.
The Old Towf. the lat
est musical comedy pro-
duction by Charles Duling-
ham, introduces Montgom-
cry and Stone, two young
circus shoWmen of broken
fortune. Trapping actors
and performers have fire.
quentiy been seen on the
stage before, but not in the
quizZical light of George
AIDES humor. the musical
setting is by Gustav Luders.
=
Alice Leigh, who Fpacts Pa
tricia O'Brien's mother with
Rose Stahl in "Che Chorus
Lady" which returns to the
Columbia next week, was
the original French landlady
with the late Richard Mans
field la Beau BTummel. %
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4 NEST EGG OF s431. OO0, 900
THAT WE LET SLIP.

The tidy sum of S43l ,956,623 has
been sent out of this country through
the postoffice service by foreign born
citizens this past year in excess Of the
amount received from abroad. 1t Is
a little nest egg the United States
might like to keep. But the United
States can't keep it because it has no
banks corresponding 20 the government
tai banks maintained in the country
from which the immigrant has come.
That is the terse teaching Of the an
nual report of the Auditor for the Post
office Department. If we talked a
month We couldn't make ia need for
American postal savings banks a whit
clearer.
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- DINA BRUINS, Fran
= els Wilson's leading
woman, has not only
a lot of dramatic abil-
ity. but she also is the for
tunate possessor of a high
soprano voice, which is high
~ cultivated. with the ex-
ception of the past summer
Miss Burns has made a Pill
grimage to Europe for a
number of years and has
studied vocal music with
some of the best masters. II
would be no surf rise 10 her
friends II she should decide
10 take Up the operate stage
professionally. This IS her
second season as leading
lady with Francis Wilson.
=
Whom the Gods Love, ."
by Paul Armstrong. will be
produced after the holidays
=
The chief performers for
the 1910 production of the
Passion Play at Oberam-
mergau have been selected.
Anton Lang viii again take
the part of Christds, Alfred
Bierling that of John. An
dreas Lang will represent
Peter, Otilla Ewing will be
Mary. Maria Nayr Mary
Magdalene. Peter Rendi will
represent Joseph of Arima-
thea. William Lang. Nicode-
mus Gregory BreitsamteT,
Caiaphas: Sebastian Lang,
Annas; Rupert Breitsamter,
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With the Great

Any mild curiosity as to the where
abOuts Of the zion. Charles Warren
Fairbanks Is satisfied by the announce
ment that he has just arrived at Hong
KouB.-Newark News.
Right on the heels of Lady Cooks
announcement that she will spend her
fortune Of 100000 for votes, comes
the news that Richard Croker is about
TO return 10 New York.-Springfield
Union.
=
Croker is said TO be coming back.
Must have read the magazine article
IN which Murphy says Murphy Is. the
greatest leader Tammauy ever had
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
81
Yales famous old football player
takes hold of the Federal Treasury To-
day and will make "A touchdown for
81 10, O00,000 Of real ey.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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Miss Leigh is said to be the
best stage mother who has
ever played in America.
=
Miss Flora Wilson, whose
debut as a concert singer
vas made last week and
wiiO is now on tour. was
graduated from the Iowa
State University. Even while
there she was the leading
soprano in many college
functions and was leader
of the choir in the Non-Sec-
tartan College Church.
The departure made by
Charles 3. Hanford this sea-
son IN presenting a modern
American play has proved
highly successful. The
American ord at first
aroused curiosity as to how
"A player so habituated to
classic speech and attire
MOulu ilhl1tG a 0lE uCaAAdAi1-
ing entirely different treat
ment. This curiosity seems
TO have given place TO en-
thusiastiC Endorsement.
=
If there is anything In the
theory Of heredity, julie
Herne has ample grounds
for her good performance in
The Battle" with Wilton
Lackaye. If there is anything
more In the theory, Man
aging Silvia" a play of Miss
Heroes construction. Socn TO
be given a splendid produc-
ton BY Messrs, lIebler and
Company. SHOULD be a pretty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
PINCHOT TURNS LIGHT ON
WATER POWERS.

Chief Forester Pinchot's letter to
Major Henry I. Higginson puts the
water power question in clear light.
More than that it shows what has be
come of once famous controversy"
First of ali, Mr.. Pinehot, who has the
reputation of being a typical Roosevelt
defender of popular rights, says that
water powers should be developed by
private capital under proper
Government control, and not by the
nation or the States" But he goes on
to say that "there is a marked ten
dency toward practical concentration
and control of the hydro-eleetric de
velopment over a very wide area" also
that while he would not feel warranted
in saying that water power trust has
been planned, at the same time pres
ent tendencies favor such trust and
viii produce it if they continue" He
would have the people safeguard their
rights by giving conditions limited in
time, requiring a fair rental, and i'm
posing conditions TO prevent the evils
which experience has taught us to ex-
pect from unregulated monopoly"
AIR Pinchot's statement of the case
is public spirited, broad minded, bust
ness-like. 1t substantially urges a
square deal for both sides, for public
rights and for private enterprises.