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innate relations which each other, and
obdurate Human Nature which re-
fused to do so.
Thus social Heterogenity and legal
Equality forced the population to
struggle for advancement through the
narrow gorge Of Pecuniary Interests.
There was no other road to distinc-
ton; and this fact, when the popu-
lation grew dense, led to unexpected
RESULTS Individual interests which
had never come into conflict before,
now FLASHED fercely against one an
other, and in the contests which fol-
lowed, not alone force, but also strate-
gem and treachery were employed by
the rival classes. The ballot-box, once
an instrument to record the voice of
the people, was prostituted to the in
trigue of Rings and the purposes OF
caucuses and cabals. The laws were
altered with rapidity that rendered
it almost impossible for the most ex-
pert men to understand them. The
Bench, at first appointed by the Ex-
ecutive, was afterwards subjected to
the vile agencies that had obtained
possession Of the machinery Of cleo
tons. The executive, administrative
and clerical offices Of the National
government, the States and the mu-
inequalities, were filled with vampires
who committed the boldest robberies;
the legislatures were packed with men
whose avidity was so shameless that
the price of their votes was publicly
quoted; while in some localities the
Civil Service, to the lowest grades,
stunk with such corruption that the
title Of policeman became almost syn
onymous with that Of thief.
Can the reader inform me what this
Republic was named? A. d.
New York, Feb. 9, 1909
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TALKING BACK AT HARTMAN.

AS an example of what magnates
may be driven to, take the case of
Mr.. Hartman and the State of Geor-
gia. That commonwealth has been in-
dulging itself in some rather severe
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and the like. The measures are known
as wholesome regulation unless one or
ones uncle or ones sister-in-law
owns railway stock somewhere; in
that case, they are called railway
batting" Mr.. Hartman feels strong
ly about it.
Now look here, Georgia." he said,
the other day, IF you'll stop this
foolishness Of yours I'll take ten
million dollars and turn my Georgia
Central into real railroad.
Whether Georgia will see things in
this reasonable light we do not know;
the first reports are discouraging.
"This establishment, Georgia re-
piled arrogantly, "is not being con-
Quoted for the benefit Of E. III. Harri-
man. Take back your small change.
You can't work your Chicago and
Alton game on u.s..
The Georgia newspapers were more
firm than polite on this question. There
were those who went SO far as to say
that Hartman had never made real
railroad in all his life. What he has
always done, they affirmed, is to make
an imitation railroad and to sell it to
people who could not tell a railroad
from town pump.
This is the attitude Of mind that
drives our best citizens into seclusion
and our much needed capital into
storage warehouses.
It seems that our railway magnates
are not so rich after all. A glance
at the secret archives of our great
transportation companies reveals the
fact that many Of the big men have
less than ten millions of dollars of
railway stock in their own name, and
not many more in the names Of each
of their office boys. Even Hartman,
the greatest Of them all, does not
seem to possess more than a beggarly
$116,OOO,OO0 of stock in the Pacific
Railroads.
Poor, poor Hartman! In the splen-
did palaces of the apparently opulent,
as in the humble cottages Of the un-
deniably poor, there is not enough to
go round. On many lordly table,
cold mutton and mashed potatoes, to
say nothing Of the unaristocratic
hash, now take the place of the one
time Thanksgiving turkey.
There is still worse to tell. Every
day there comes forward some new
loud-mouthed, impractical agitator,
who wants to regulate this and regu-
late that, and who believes that the
foolish people should interfere in the
business of the nation; so that at last
the harried magnate wonders whether
he will not be obliged to withdraw his
thrifty savings from all investments
and live sparingl y upon his capital
for the rest Of his life. But a word
Of warning to Mr.. Hartman ct al.
You can not live decently with your
family in a great city for less than
eight hundred dollars year, and so
III you draw upon your caDital YOU
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a Republic In the Noon


which, however slight, nevertheless re
suited, while the country was sparsely
settled, in healthy differentiation as
distinct as strong barriers would have
occasioned in more densely settled
countries) were broken down and de-
stroyed. The virtuous and refined be-
came confused with the vicious and
depraved; the yeoman, whose proud
heirlooms Of freedom had descended
to him through a thousand years of
hitsoric contests, dyed in the blood Of
patriots and embalmed with the pre-
cepts Of long line Of sages, was
judged by gibbering idiots who lad
sweated In a slave-pen and wor-
SHIPPED Obi; and the fairest and love-
Hest daughters Of the land were ex-
posed to the rudeness and violence of
human brutes.
Yet strange to relate, these evil
dences Of social degradation were re-
garded, if not with complacency, GER
tainly with Indifference The country
was fondly called the Workingman s
Paradise So it was But to the
thoughtful and refined it offered no
career; while the wealthy it actually
repealed. Property was insecure; and
the rate Of interest, enhanced by in
security, rose to double that which
was current in friendly countries. The
indifference with which this decadent
state of affairs was regarded, arose
from mental disease called Quantity
without Quality to which the states
men Of the Republic were peculiarly
liable and from which not even her
economists and moralists were wholly
exempt. The republicans Of the Moon
dwelt with pleasure on the fact that
their institutions raised up the lowly;
but they forgot how effectually they
stamped out merit and rendered great
ness impossible.
When this policy Of Quantity with
out Quality and the subsequent policy
of Equal Rights were adopted, it was
supposed with regard to the first that
social advantages of selection
would disappear without leaving any
bad traces behind; with regard to the
second, that a complete assimilation
Of the population would result; and
that then the nation, numerous and
homogeneous, would advance by rapid
strides to intelligence, virtue, wealth,
and power. But these hopes, it seems,
proved fallacious. Nations and COM
munities being Of slower growth than
families, are less readily tainted with
moral or physical disease, but less
readily recover from it when tainted.
Hence the advantages Of selection"
in community are far more lasting
than the same as applied to an in
dividual. Other reasons, too, militat-
ed against the success of this doctrine
Of Conglomerate Progress. One was
that Indiscriminate immigration. was
still kept up in the Republic, and by
this means the social level Of the
resident mass was lowered as rapidly
as it rose in obedience to the influence
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against monarchical institutions, and
which embodied in its Constitution
and laws some of the principles Of
that reaction carried to extreme con-
clusions-as for example, the doctrine
that all men are created equal, and
endowed with certain inalienable
rights. At first these principles were
only applied to the white population,
but the obvious illogicality Of thus
limiting their application caused them
eventually to be applied to the whole
population, white, black, red, and yell
low
AT the time of the establishment
Of this republic, its people, (mainly
white) were virtuous, intelligent and
frugal. Being few in numbers and de-
fcient in Warlike resources, and fear
ing to lose their independence in case
of attack from richer and stronger
nations, they adopted a policy, which
though at the time apparently cf little
import, proved in the end pregnant
with tremendous and far reaching
consequences. They opened their doors
to all the inhabitants of the Moon and
babe them enter freely and Il we'll with
them on equal terms, and become with
them citizens Of the glorious Republic
of the lunar orb. Then poured in
the eXiled, the doWn-trodden, and the
destitute Of every CLINE, and with
them, too, the outcast, the pauper, the
priest-cnslaved, the insane, the dis
eased, the worthless, the dishonest,
and the criminal In the course of
time, the population, by reason Of
this continual accretion, became num-
erous beyond expectation = and since
the immigrant population, whatever
its average intellectual and moral
status was, found abundant oppOr-
tunities for industril activity, the
country grew rich as we'll as popul
Gus.
Under the Constitution of the vari-
Gus States, and of the Federal Gov
eminent, all social distinction, except
that between citizen and resident, and
freeman and slave, was forbidden;
and even this was afterwards swept
away. The slaves were all made free
men, and the freemen all citizens.
There were no titles Of nobility, no
legiOnS of honor, no marks Of distinc-
ton. Every man was as good as his
neighbor, and even in scientific mat
tiers no authority was respected which
neglected to protect itself with man
tie of mystery. Society became as
level and as full of cheerfulness and
vivacity as the Dead Sea; while the
Institutions that grew up from its
bosom rivalled in health and beauty
the celebrated apples of Sodom. De-
prived thus of any other outlet for its
activity but the pursuit of wealth, the
nation devoted itself to this vain OBJ
iect with an ardor whose frightful-
ness was marked by national infrmity
and social disease.
So long as the country was but
sparsely populated, the bad effect OF
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Father Killed by His Own Son in One Of the
rs City'S Suburbs. - &

JACKSONVILLE. FIa.. Jan. ALT
seems that murders win never cease
an this well pollced city. Last night
william o. Bethea. a young man p
years old, was locked ID on the charge
~ murder. and the most horrible part
~ the tragedy IL that young Bethea
Is charged with numbering his own
rather, George Bethea.
The facts learned yesterday after
noon seem 20 show the crime 10 have
heon premeditated. although the
young man believes that he was justi-
liable IN committing the dreadful act
later developments may P.Ove diner-
emily. but from the information obtain
able last night from eye witnesses IL
strongly appears that IL was done in
cold blood.
George Bethea was a carpenter and
resided al 5s6 Deimer street, near
Highway avenue. In the western sec
tion Of the city. His wife and son re-
sided m the same house. and Il was
An the family home that the quarrel
which led uD to the killing is alleged
90 have started. The younger Bethea
worked with his father as a carpenter
up TO last Saturday night. but this
week he had done no work, he claim
ing that he could not get along with
MS father.
From what vas learned last night
are story Of the killing Is as follows:
The elder Bethea returned TO his
home shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon. after finishing his days
work ON a house that he was working
ON In Highway avenue.
When the father returned home he
had some unpleasant words with his
son, and the boy left the house and
walked several doors 20 626 Delmer
street. 20 where his sister resided. II
was stated By witnesses rnat young
Bethea carried a shotgun with him
when he left his fathers home. and
a was with this shotgun that the faith
er was killed.
The younger man went 20 his sis
ter's home and went into the house.
The father followed closely and hal
opened the gate and started into the
home Of his daughter when he was
shOt down By his own son. The sister
and daughter. evidently knowing that
trouble was brewing. ran 10 the front
door OF her home and pleaded with
her father not 90 enter. The father
continued walking towards the steps
Of the veranda when the younger BE
thea stepped out and pointed the shot
gun point blank az the father he pulled
the trigger. The load OF shot took ef
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feet in the stomach and the man. after
walking back a few feet to the side
walk. fell to the sidewalk dead.
The boy then came from the house
and after looking upon the form OF the
dead man turned away. but was caught
by r. L. Smith. who was nearby when
the killing occurred. Mr.. Smith took
hold Of the boy. who protested strong
". but Mr.. Smith felt Il was his duty
to deliver the boy to the authorities
and he held him until the arrival Of
Policeman Goodwin. who took him I'm
charge and sent him to police head
quarters in the patrol wagon.
When police headquarters was ad-
vlsed over the telephone Of the kill
ing several officers were dispatched to
the scene, among them Detective W.
b. CahOOn. The detective investigated
the matter and learned the facts as
stated above. The detective also
learned that young Bethea had been
carrying the shotgun throughout the
day. and Il Is alleged that he had made
threats against his father.
Young Bethea was seen In his cell
at police headquarters shortly after
the killing by a Times-Union reporter,
and at first the young man refused to
discuss the tragedy. claiming that he
was In no humOr to discuss the affair
last night. He finally consented %
give his version OF the trouble, which,
IN part. Is as follows:
The prisoner said that his father
came home at noon yesterday and pro
ceeded 10 curse his mother for many
vile names. He says he told his faith
or he should not act as he did. when
the father turned upon him and cursed
him.
The young man claimed that several
weeks ago he caught his father IN
company with another woman, and he
had reproached him for Il, and that
his father remarked at the time that
ne would kin him the first opportunity
he had. He also told OF the father
coming home yesterday afternoon and
renewing the quarrel
Young Bethea says that when he
went 10 his sisters home he went
there TO avoid trouble. and denies
that he carried the shotgun 20 the
house with him. although several wit
nesses viii testify to the effect thai
he did.
His only reason for killing his father
Is that be was advancing towards the
house when his sister had asked him
not 10 enter. He did not appear q
realize last night the sad predicamen
that he had placed himself In.
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GRAND MASTER MASSEY
APPOINTS DEPUTIES
Admission Of Fourteen New Lodges Made II NeCes.
Sary.tO Create Twenty-Third District.

JACkSONNILLE, Fla. jan z5.-
Following the adjournment Of the
eightieth annual communication of
the Most worshipful Grand Lodge of
Florida, Free and Accepted MasOns,
Thursday night. yesterday witnessed
all outgoing trains from the city bear
ing prominent members Of the fratern-
ity back to their respective homes In
all parts of the State. Although the
Grand Lodge had adjourned. the Grand
Lodge officers we're kept very busy
throughout the day giving attention to
unfinished business.
Grand Master Louis c. Massey an
nounced the appointment OF district
deputy grand masters and standing
committees. On account Of the admis-
sion OF fourteen new lodges. one more
district has been created. making a
total OF twenty-three districts in the
State.
District Deputies.
The district deputy grand masters
are as follows:
First District. NJ. Finn. Pensa-
cola.
Second District-JOhn Neel. West
Vile.
Third District-Paul L. Thompson.
Quincy.
Fourth District. W. Kellum, Car
rabelle.
Fifth District-C. L. Leggett, Green
Vile.
Sixth District A. d. Putterbaugh.
BranfOrd.
Seventh District-w. d. Mann, San.
dersOn.
Eighth District-william Lake,
Starke.
Ninth District-JOhn d. Grether.
Jacksonville.
Tenth District-w. NJ Cannon. Pa,
latka.
Eleventh District-w. B. Higdon,
Gainesville.
Twelfth District-N /. Gottlieb'
Ocala.
Thirteenth District-T. Picton War.
low. Orlando.
Fourteenth District-GeOrge F. Pad.
Olson. Eau Gallie.
Fifteenth District-H. d. Hunt, Bush
nell.
Sixteenth District-Leroy Brandon,
Clearwater.
Seventeenth District. A. Cox,
Lakeland.
Eighteenth District-L W. Bethel.
Key West.
Nineteenth Dlstrict-L w. Buchholz,
Tampa.
Twentieth District-Z. T. Merritt.
Miami
Twenty-hrst DistrictLw. H. Ander-
son. bronson.
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Death Of Mrs. Mecca.

Mrs. b. b. McCaa OF Norfolk. Va,
died az her home yesterday after suf-
fering for the past few weeks OF ~
phOid-pneumonia. and her relatives In
this city were at once notified She
Is well remembered In this city, her
father being Gen. Lang. and her nu-
merous friends throughout this section
will be surprised 10 hear OF the demise.
The burial will occur az Tallahassee.
where her remains will be placed
along side those OF her mother
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Mrs. J. W. Cannon and family left
yesterday for Miami which city they
will make their future home. Mrs.
Cannon has been a resident OF Gaines
vile practically for the past fifteen
years. but believing that she would be-
better enabled 20 persue her trade as
dressmaker she has gone 10 that city
aud also 20 join her son. Theodore.
Who holds a position there
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where each department OF the do
nestle service Is under the charge Of
a chief receiving a good salary him
self and where accounts are simply
audited 20 prevent graft and without
regard 90 waste and extravaganza,
which under a better system might be-
prevented
The appropriation bin of the Senate
which provide frr the doubling Of the
Presidential .-'ary also calls for an In.
crease OF salary for the Vice-PTesident.
who will have $4,000. and Speaker Of
the House. VINO will receive $4,000
with no additional amount for car,
riages. and a Two thousand dollar in-
crease in tfo salaries OF the supreme
court g. tices. making the income of
the C.f Justice $4,000 and that Of
the .r'ate Justices slt5oo each.
tn hin ain provoke lively discus
sions lu the House. hut 10 Is probable
that it will be- passed before the end
OF the session
President Roosevelt has been in
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SEA ISLAND COTTON
WAS QUIET and FIRM

SAVANNAH. Ca. Jan. 23.-The Sea
Island cotton market the past week
has ruled firm. with a fair de-
mand. mostly for the highest grades.
The medium and lower grades par
ticlpated bat very little In the request,
and high grades are relatively scarce,
Quotations are unchanged from last
week Full choice vas Quotable al
i60i6hc, bat mostly nominal The
market closed quiet and hrm. with a
Eood deal OF inquiry sim noted
Sales for the week were 1915 bales.
The following prices are based on
factors quotations and are revised
weekly on Fridays:
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Sea Island a charIssten.

CHARLESTON s G. Jan. 23-sea
Island market Market steady; fine.
zoe; fully hne 22c; extra hue. 23c.
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rem. Blountstown.
Twenty-third District-Lamar G.
Carter. Mayo. u
Fourteen New Lodges.
Acting upon favorable report Of the
committee. charters were granted 10
fourteen new lodges in the State as
follows:
Eugene Lodge, Eugene, Lafayette
county.
Sutherland Lodge. Sutherland. Hills.
boro county.
New Hope Lodge. Holt, Santa Rosa
county.
Athena Lodge, Athena. Taylor coun.
~.
La Espanola Lodge, Tampa, Hills.
boro county
Ybor Lodge. Ybor City, HilsbOrO
county
Trenton Lodge Trenton, Alachua
county.
Lacrosse Lodge, Lacrosse Alachua
county
Anchor Lodge. Key West. Monroe
county.
Hastings Lodge, Hastings, St JONAS
CO.., ~
Pinneta Lodge, Pinetta, Madison
CO. ,'-
Baseomb Lodge, BascOmb, Jackson
CO.
Winter Haven Lodge, Winter Haven.
Polk county.
The addition OF these fourteen
lodges made IL necessary 20 form the
twenty-third district There are nov
1S6 subordinate or particular lodges
represented in the Grand Lodge.
The trustees Of the Masonic Home
and Orphanage announced that nearly
$4,000 had been raised for erecting
and maintaining a home and orphan
age. and that prospects were bright
for adding materially to this sum
during the year Although II Is ex-
pected that three years will have
elapsed before actual work Of con
structing the home and orphanage Is
begun, yet the committee will work
earnestly TO secure as great amount
as possible during the interim As
soon as the debt Of the Masonic TEN
pie Is cleared. the Grand Lodge VII
turn it's attention to erecting the
home and orphanage. Several me
sites have been offered the Grana
Lodge for the purpose, and Il Is hAe
~ that one of the offers will be &C
cepted al some early date.
The eightieth annual communleF
ton has taken It's place In history a.
having been the largest ATTENDED an.
most successful meeting OF the CRAM T
Lodge IN the history Of TIE fraternity
In Florida.
Mystic Shrine.
Following the usual custom Of meet
ing each year just after the Cram
lodges communication. the shrine''
held forth yesterday afernoO'
end last night. A business SCI
sion vas commenced al 3 o'clock ~
the afternoon and lasted until oAiN
A number a. important matters
prohtably discussed and action 'AA'-
| IN some.
Al night a party Of about hity CAM.
dates we're initiated into the mys'e'"
of the Shrine. The noyices got
session OF the secret pass words o. 81
rocco Temple. Meme. Meme 80
IUpharsln." and were given the a..
dazzle shooting the chute from ".
roof OF the temple 10 the celler A.
Passing through the valley OF ny
shadow of Death" the oandiaa',.
we're confronted with the hana a. 49,
ON the wall az hIs Satanic N'l'. 80,
Oriental Feast They were -
raised seven hights OF stairs " -.
nobility Wu-rious Director ''l''s
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Continued on Page Five
The Washington herald., 1909-01-10
GROUP PLAN IN WASHINGTON
Western Architect Criticises Idea Of
Mr. Russell.
Says Proposition Has Been Many
Years in Evolution. and
Is Not a New One.

The Christmas number Of the Western
Architect says. editorially.
The tentative bill drafted by Assist
ant Attorney General L. ". Russell pro-
viding for an architectural commission.
with fun power 20 control all building
operations so as to secure the maximum
Of beauty for the Capital, is, in its inten-
ton, good, and some such law should be
passed
But Mr. Russell. like many other au-
thors. assumes that he has evolved an
entirely new idea II is singular that he
does not know that but for the per
sistent opposition Of Mt. Cannon this
same commission act would have be
come a law years ago. In springing
this bill and explaining It 10 the press.
ne seems to wish 20 be written as the
benefactOr Of Washington. AS a matter
of fact. the credit for the movement be-
longs TO many.
The idea Of the Identification OF
Washington q Teversion to the original
plan. with the work placed IN the hands
OF a permanent and legalized commission,
was first placed before the architectural
profession In a paper Dy T. W Fitz-
patrick, OF Washington. and published
by the editor OF this journal. Some two
years afterward the American Institute
OF Architects took il Up and pushed the
matter to the appointment Of a COM
mission Of architects. who presented a
scheme for the restoration Of the rEn-
fant plan as far as possible