Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13

Providence has provided free to al
mankind.
"One OF the greatest and noblest
battles ever waged was fought in the
sixties for States rights. and we
cherish the memory OF those who gave
their lives in that great cause. Now.
are we TO sit idly by and see their
work undOne and the results achieved
by them set at naught? 1t is time we
should begin to ask ourselves the
question, what are our rights? and 10
arise in defense of them. Some Of you
may consider 1t light matter, but 1t
is serious. and getting more serious
every day, and If some effort is not
made to stop it, il will soon be too
late"
Football and Smoking.
The Governor recommended many
and diverse laws for passage He sug-
gested the prohibition OF football
playing, and in this connection called
attention to the deaths from football
accidents last autumn.
He gave considerable attention to
the subject OF smoking in dining
rooms and cafes. and recommended
the passage of a law prohibiting
smoking in restaurants patroniZed by
women. He said
Those of you who are as old az |
will recall the time in South Carolina
when If a gentleman smoked a pipe
or cigar while walking along on the
street by the side of a lady he was
not regarded as well reared, and such
thing as smoking while riding in "A
buggy with young lady would not
have been tolerated. But to-day we
have not only seen these things. but
we have gone great deal farther,
and too far. ! regret exceedingly to
know that people in South Carolina
Il Will not say gentlemen. nor will |
say true mem sit in our public dining
rooms, restaurants and cafes and
suck cigars and foul little cigarettes
and Whit and pun and blow the
smoke out through their nostrils, and
this smoke Is carried either by the
natural breezes or the current OF an
electric fan into the eyes, mouths and
nostrils Of refined women 1t makes
me ashamed for my State"
Raps Detective Burns.
Mr.. Blease recommended the enact
ment of law to make ii a criminal
oiferse, with very severe punish
ment for any person to arrest or
cause to be arrested any citizen of
this State upon mere suspicion that
said citizen is guilty of crime with
out first securing the approval OF the
Attorney General or the Solicitor OF
the circuit in which the crime is
charged" And in this connection
Governor Blease paid his respects in
vigorous language to detectives EN-
nloyed by William ]. Burns who last
year arrested on charges of highway
robbery three persons subsequently
proven innocent. TIL eGovernor said
at the time of these arrests that he
would give no credence whatever to
any statement made by a Burns de-
tective.
II was William j. Burns and his
employees who two years ago laid
before the Legislature charges that
Governor Rlease had accepted brihes
for granting pardons TO convicts and
for extending protection to keepers
of illegal resorts
The Governor recommended in his
message that the Legislature pass a
law requiring detectives to pay a IL
cense fee and to give bond, before
receiving the license, in order that
they may be held both civilly and
criminally liable for any false impris-
onment, false arrest or false accusa-
ton.
Brings in Negro Question.
Among the unusual laws recon-
mended for passage by Governor
Blease are the following:
An act to require the editor or
manager OF a newspaper which pub
fishes a false or erroneous statement
about "a person TO publish correction
"in the same column OF the same
page, and with as large headlines, as
the original article appeared wherein
the person was misquoted or misrep-
resented"
An act prohibiting any white per-
son from teaching in negro schools or
from teaching negro children" The
Governor laid special emphasis on this
recommendation.