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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
4
The Constitution Bureau in Hibbs Building lists subscription desks and routes with agents named. A column of satirical items mocks campaigns, weather, recalls, suffragists, and travel woes, hinting at Taft era concerns about fees, prices, and public notices.
The article criticizes Governor Wilson's history based views as a radical shift from Hamiltonian federalism to democracy. It cites Dr. Wilson's History of the American People and William Randolph Hearst to argue Wilson is not a democrat but a federalist. It discusses Jefferson Jackson and Hamilton as archetypes and questions whether Wilson’s apparent expediency undermines democratic principles ahead of the Baltimore convention.
A Wisconsin representative, Cary, proposes voter relief for commercial travelers, actors, railroad workers and others away from home. He suggests state-issue identification certificates enabling voting at any polling place to curb lost business time and travel costs while addressing potential abuses. The bill has been sent to the election committee for consideration.
The National Education Association's department of superintendents backs school social centers to host social and recreational activities alongside education. They cite success in various regions and note the concept promotes neighborliness and civic discussion, with schoolhouses serving as community hubs in urban and rural districts.
A whimsical riverbank scene recalls lawmakers and candidates sharing casual chatter while fishing, with light digs at politics and a chance to see a judge in shirt sleeves. Nonsense poems and verse poke fun at weather, taxes, and the era’s personalities, ending with folksy admonitions about coal and speeders.
The Supreme Court held that workers in a car repair department were fellow servants with those in the operating department, excusing the railroad from liability for injuries caused by the latter. Justice Holmes called the doctrine established and suggested Congress should change it if it’s flawed.
In the Senate, Chairman McCumber announced plans to clear the pension calendar this week while Senator Cummins introduces a national primary bill for a July first primary. President Taft asks adjournment next Saturday and delegates attend Maine battle victima memorial services. Lorimer case brief- Holder resumes debate on excise tax as sugar bill fate looms. Secretary Wright before committee notes non court martial reform.
At the start of the American Society for Promoting Efficiency organized in New York 755% business and professional men joined. The draft constitution was trimmed to save words with directors, no indefinite articles, and James G Cannon named president. Taft letter praised the effort to boost government and private sector efficiency and productivity.
London March 18 Winston Churchill as first lord of the admiralty introduced naval estimates totaling 220,427,000 dollars, down 1,535,000 from last year. He pledged to adjust construction to Germany's program, noting Britain must build four and three dreadnoughts annually for six years, and to counter two new German ships by adding four more in the same period.
A syndicate led by H M Bylesby Co and E W Clark Co paid 126000 cash for an option through May 13 on Nashville Railway and Light common stock worth 4 million. The deal ties to an electricity development plan across Louisville Nashville Chattanooga and other nearby points with power from Ocean river water plants and a planned Great Falls facility on Caney Fork river. Fielding Yost prepared preliminaries for the Great Falls project.
The Hillyer Trust Company was named registrar and transfer agent for the Georgia Railway and Power Company stock totaling twenty seven million dollars. Certificates signed by Wiliam lord Hillyer show the trust firm handles the transfers, marking the largest trust deal in Georgia and signaling rising southern prominence to eastern and foreign capital.
Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey took the oath of office and became associate justice of the U S Supreme Court, succeeding the late Justice Harlan. Chief Justice White administered the oath in the robing room as Pitney joined the court procession and took his seat at the extreme left in the courtroom.
In Auburn on March 18 an execution by electric chair was carried out exactly one year after the defendant Domenico Pasqualdin was convicted. He killed Cologaro Pobilagi with a pistol shot during a quarrel at a Rochester wedding celebration on November 18, 1910. Salvatore Pasqual acted at the trial.
Georgia editors back Oscar W. Underwood for president, praising his constitutionalism and cautious reform. They cite his tariff leadership, southern roots, nationwide appeal, and potential to unite Democrats while preserving state rights and minority protections.
W C Seipp head of Conrad Seipp Brewing, son of the late founder, shot himself at breakfast at age 61 in Chicago. He rose at 7 am and entered a room next to his bedroom. physicians found him dead. Attorneys said the death was by own action in a fit of insanity after a long illness. he had retired from brewing in 1892 and managed real estate interests since.
Washington reports the navy department plans a 30,000 ton battleship sized to rival the Dreadnought era. If approved by Congress two new battleships would mirror the New York and Olympia in bulk and mounting eight 15 inch guns each. The design contemplates light armor below the waterline and possible deck armor to resist aerial bombs.
Lyerly Georgia report warns a late freeze could devastate the peach crop as buds and blossoms near ripening, with plums also at risk. unless an unexpected disaster arrives, northwest Georgia is poised for a good peach yield.
Brussels reports renewed sugar conference decisions extending the agreement for five years starting September 1. Export quotas were set at 166000 tons for the current year with a potential 60000 ton increase in the next two years, subject to conditions and approval.
Washington March 18 Speaker Clark asked the house to record his Friday vote on the free sugar bill He said he had voted against commitment of the measure for its passage Rival candidates for the Democratic presidency implied he removed his vote from the record to curry favor with delegates from sugar producing states that opposed the bill bitterly.
Senator Cummins of Iowa introduced a nationwide presidential primary bill to abolish local state and national conventions. It schedules a national primary on July 8 every four years with a second Monday in July for subsequent primaries. The bill requires primary filings forty five days before voting and lists party columns plus an independent column on ballots.
Nashville March 18 The Warmack Memorial Association announced that the contract for the foundation and granite pedestal for the Edward W Carmack statue has been awarded to a Georgia firm. Work must be completed by September 1. A heroic bronze statue will top the pedestal facing the statehouse on the Capitol Boulevard. This marks the initial step toward the monument's erection.
Washington March 18 arguments on facts in the Lorimer election investigation were filed with the Senate investigating committee today by Lorimer's counsel. The reply asserts no proof of corruption funds and claims charges arise from a political drive by The Chicago Tribune and allies to damage Senator Lorimer.
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