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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31. 190#.
BRYAN SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE
OF DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
By Prlritf Leased Wire.
New York, Aur. II.—In hi* speech
last night at Madison Square Garden,
William Jennings Bryan said In part:
"Like all travelers who have visited
other lands, I return with delight t<>
the land of my birth, more proud of Its
people, with jnore confidence In Its
government and grateful to the kind
providence that cast my lot In the
United States. My national pride has
’ been Increased by abundant evidence
I have seen of the altruistic Interest
taken by Americans In the people of
other countries. I return more deeply
L Impressed than ever before with the
| responsibility which rests upon our nu-
| tlon as an exemplar among the nations
Jt and more solicitous that we, avoiding
^ the causes which have led other na
tion* to decay, may present a higher
K*\ Ideal than has ever before been em
bodied In a national lffe and carry hu
man progress to a higher plane.
"The first message that I bring from
the old world Is a message of jtence.
The cause of arbitration Is making
real progress, In spite of the fact thut
the nations most prominent In the es
tablishment of The Hague tribunal have
themselves been engaged In wars since
that court was organised. There Is a
perceptible growth In sentiment In fa
vor of the settlement of International
disputes by peaceful means.
Shouldn't Collect Debts.
"I am sure from the public utter
ances of the present prime minister of
Great Britain, Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerfnan, that an International peace
treaty could be made between the
two great English-speaking nations
and theJr example would be followed
until the danger of war would be al
most, If not entirely, removed. To take
the lead In such a movement would
establish our position ns a world power
In the best sense of the term, and
what argument can he advanced
against such action on the part of the
United States?
"I venture to suggest that we may
not only promote peace, hut also' ad
vance our commercial Interests by an
nouncing as a national policy that^>ur
navy will not be used for the collec
tion of private debts. Many profitable
fields of Investment are now closed
because the people of the smaller na
tions are afraid that an Investment of
foreign capital will be made an excuse
for a foreign Invasion.
"Our nation has lost prestige rather
than gained It. by our experiment In
colonialism. We have given the mon
archist a chance to ridicule our dec
laration of Independence, and the scof
fer has twitted us with Inconsistency.
A tour through the Philippine Islands
haa deepened the conviction that we
should lose no time In announcing our
purpose to deal with the Filipinos
as we dealt with the Cubans.
Quick Action Nesdsd.
"In several of the nations of Europe
the legislative department of govern
ment Is more quickly responsive to
public sentiment than is our congress.
In England, for Instance, where the
jpjplstry Is formed from the dominant
party, when an election Is held upon
any Important Issue the government
proceeds to put into law the will the
people expressed at the polls. While
our system is superior in many re
spects, it has one defect, vis.: that
congress does not meet In regular ses
sion until thirteen months after the
•lection.
"During this period there Is uncer
tainty, long drawn out, which to the
business community Is often more dam
aging than n change of policy promptly
carried Into effect. Would not the sit-
uatlon be lmprovt»d by a constitutional
congress within a few months of the
election, and compelling the second
session to adjourn several days before
the following election? Such a change
would not only serve legitimate busi
ness Interests and give the public the
benefit of that prompt relief through
remedial legislation, but it would pro
tect the people from the Jobs that are
usually reserved f«* the short session
which Is now held after the election,
and when many of the members feel
less responsibility because of defeat at
the polls.
"I return more convinced than before
of the Importance of a change In the
method of electing United Htates sen
ators. There Is noticeable everywhere
A distinct movement toward Democracy
in Its broadest sense. In the United
States this trend toward Democracy
has taken the form of a growing de
mand for the election of United States
senators by a direct vote of the people.
He Outlines the Issues Over Which the Great
National Battle Is To Be
Waged.
It even now contains some men who
owe their elections to favor-seeking
corporations and are so subservient to
their masters as to prevent needed leg
islation The popular branch of con
gress has four times declared In favor
f this reform by a two-thirds vote,
and more than two-thirds of the states
have demanded It, and yet the senate
arrogantly and Impudently blocks the
ray. #
Income Tax Needed,
"The Income tax which some In our
country have denounced as a Socialistic
attack upon weulth, has, I am pleased
» report, the Indorsement of the most
mservatlve countries In the old world,
It Is a permanent part of the fiscal sys
tem of most countries of Europe, and
in many places It Is a graded tax, the
rate being highest upon the largest In-
omes. England has long depended
upon the Income tax for a considerable
part of her revenues, and an English
ominlsslon Is now' Investlgatlmr the
proposition to change from a uniform
graded tax. It Is little short of a
It must be diftlcutt to overestimate the
strategic advance of this reform, for
since every bill must receive the sanc
tion of the senate an well as of the
house of representatives, before it can
become a law, no Important leglnlntlon
of a national character in possible until
the senate Is brought Into hartnonv
with the people. I am within the Ilm-
It* of the truth when I s*y that the
senate haa been for som4 years the
bulwark of predatory' wea.th, and that
able to command the Ilvea of Its
citizens In time of war, It can not, even
In the most extreme emergency, com
pel wealth to bear Its share of the
expenses of the government which pro
tects It.
Government by Injunction.
"No reference to the labor question Is
complete that does not Include some
mention of what Is known as govern
ment by Injunction. As the main
purpose of the writ Is to evade trial by
Jury, It is really an attack upon the
Jury system and ought to arouse a
unanimous protest. Ho long as the
meanest thief Is guaranteed trial by
a Jury, a Jury ought not to be denied
to wage earners. However, as the writ
Is usually Invoked In case of a strike,
the evil of the subject would be very
much reduced by the adoption of a
system of arbitration, because arbitra
tion w'ould very much reduce, even If
It did not entirely remove, the proba
bility of a strike.
Just another word In regard to the
laboring man. The struggle for an
eight-hour day Is an International
truggle, and It Is sure to be settled
Jn favor of the working man’s conten
tion. The benefits of the labor-saving
machine have not been distributed with
equality'. The producer has enormous
ly multiplied his capacity, but so far
the owner of the tnnchlne has recog
nised too much of the Increase and the
laborer too little. Those who oppose
the eight-hour day, l am convinced,
do so more because of Ignorahce of the
conditions than with lack of sympathy
for these who toll. The removal of
the work from the house to the factory
has separated the husband from his
wife and the father from his children,
while the growth of our cities has put
an increased distance between the
home and tho workshop. Then, too,
more Is demanded of the laboring man
now' than formerly. He Is a cltlxen as
well as a Inborer, and must have time
for the study of public questions. If he
Is to be an Intelligent sovereign. To
drive him from his bed to his task and
from his task back to 111* bed Is to
deprive the family of his companion
ship, society of his service and politics
of his Influence.
"Our opponents have derived not
only partisan pleasure, but also parti
son advantage from the division caused
In out* party by the money question.
They ought not, therefore, begrudge us
the satisfaction that we find In the fact
that unexpected conditions have re
moved the cause of our differences and
permitted us to present u united front
on present Issues. The unlooked for
and unprecedented increase In the pro
due tlon of gold has brought a victory
to both the advocates of gold and the
ndvocutes of blmetallsm.
Campaign Contributions.
"We who favor blmetallsm are sat
isfied with theirs and we can Invite
them to a contest of seal and endur
ance In the effort to restore to the peo
ple the rights which have been gradu
ally taken from them by the trusts.
Tho Investigations which have been In
progress during the past year have dis
closed the business methods of those
who a few years agn resented any In
spectlon of their schemes and hid their
rascality under high-sounding phrases.
These Investigations have also
dosed the source of the enormous cam
paign funds which have been used b
debauch elections and corrupt the bnl
lot. The paople see now that they
should have seen before, namely, that
no party can exterminate the trust so
long as It owes its political success to
campaign contributions secured from
the trusts.
"The great corporations do not con
tribute their money to any party ex
cept for Immunity expressly promised,
or clearly Implied. The president %as
recommended legislation on this sub
ject, but so far his party has failed to
respond. No Important advance c
he made until this baneful Influence
eliminated and 1 hope that the Demo
cratic party will not only challenge the
Hepubllcan party to bring forward ef
fective legislation on this subject, but
will set an example by refusing to re
ceive campaign contributions from cor
porations and by opening the books so
that every contributor of any consid
erable sum be known to the public be
fore the election. The great majority
of corporations are engaged In legiti
mate business and have nothing to fear
from hostile legislation. Politics should
be honest and 1 mistake political con
ditions in America If they do not pres
age Improvement In the conduct o
campaigns.
Trusts Great Issue.
"While men may differ as to the re
lative Importance of issues, and w'hlle
the next congress will largely shape
the lines upon which the coming presi
dentfnl campaign will be fought,
think It Is safe to say that at present,
the paramount Issue In the minds of a
large majority of the people Is the
trust Issue. I congratulate President
Roosevelt upon the steps which he has
taken to enforce the anti-trust law
and my gratification Is not lessened by
the fact that he has followed the Dem
ocratic rather than the Republican
platform, In every advance he has
made.
He has probably gone as far ns he
could without Incurring the hostility of
leaders of his own party. The trouble
Is that the Republican part^’ Is not In a
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P. A.
"There’s a Rea,
position to apply effective and thor
ough-going reforms because It haa built
through special legislation, the
very abuses which need to be eradi
cated.
“Before any intelligent action can be
taken against the trusts we must have
definition of a trust. For the pur
pose of this discussion It Is sufficient
to draw the line at a point where com
petition ceases to be effective and to
designate as a’ trust any corporation
hlch controls so much of the product
of any article that It can fix the terms
and conditions of a sale.
No Defense for Monopoly.
“Legislation which prevents a monop
oly not only does not Injure legitimate
business, but actually protects legiti
mate business from Injury. In de
fending the trust system the younger
Rockefeller Is quoted as saying that
as the American Beauty rose can not
be brought to perfection without pinch
ing off ninety-nine buds, so that the
one-hundredth bud can receive the full
strength of the bush, so great Indus
trial organizations are Impossible with
out the elimination of the smaller o**«.
It Is a cruel Illustration, Hut It presents
a perfectly accurate description of trust
methods. The Democratic party cham
pions the cause of the ninety-nine en
terprises which are menaced; they must
not be sacrificed that one great com
bination may flourish.
“The trust ns an Institution will have
few open defenders. The policy of the
trust magnates will be to Insist upon
"reasonable legislation" and then they
will roly upon their power to corrupt
legislators and Intimidate executives
to prevent the application of any rem
edies which will Interfere with the
trusts, our motto must be ‘a private
monopoly Is Indefensible and Intoler
able’ and our plan of attack must con
template the total and complete over
throw of the monopoly principle in In
dustry.
Laws Must be Enforced.
"We need not quarrel over remedies.
We must show ourselves willing to
support any ‘ remedy which promises
substantial advantage to the people In
their warfare against monopoly. Some
thing Is to be expected from the en
forcement of the criminal clause of the
Sherman anti'trust law, but this law'
must be enforced, not against a few
trusts ns at present, but against nil
trusts and the aim must be to Imprison
the guilty, not merely to recover a line.
If the criminal clause Is not going to
be enforced It ought to he repealed.
"Believing, however, that the opera
tion of all the railroads by the Federal
government would result In a centrali
zation which would all but obliterate
stnte lines, I prefer to see only the
trunk dries operated by the Federal
government and the local lines by the
several state governments.
Government Ownership.
"As to the right of the governments,
Federal and state, to own and operate
railroads there can be no doubt. If we
can deepen the water In the lukes nnd
build connecting canals In order to
cheapen railroad transportation during-
half of the year, we can build a railroad
nnd cheapen rates the whole year. If
we can spend several hundred millions
on the Panama canal to lower trnns-
ontlnentnl rates, we cun build a rail
road from New York to San Francisco
to lower both trans-continental and lo
cal rates. The United States mall is
Increasing so rapidly that we shall
>on be able to pay the Interest on the
>*t of trunk lines out of the money
hlch we now. pay to railroads for car
rying through malls.
beg to remind you that the presi-
on a large scale may be admitted,
there Is a point beyond which the
economic advantage of large produc
tion ceases. The moment an Industry
approaches the position ot a monopoly
It begins to lose In economic efficiency,
for a monopoly discourages invention,
invites deterioration In quality and de
stroys a most potent factor in produc
tion, vis.: individual ambition.
"But it Is riot sufficient to enforce
existing law's. If ten corporations con
spiring together in Restraint of trade
are threatened with punishment,all they
have to do now' Is to dissolve their
separate corporations and turn their
property over to a new corporation.
The new' corporation can proceed to do
the same thing that the separate cor-
late the law. We need, therefore, new
legislation, and the Republican party
not only falls to enact such legislation,
but fails even to promise It. The Dem
ocratic party must be prepared to pro
pose new and efficient legislation.
"Recent Investigations have brought
to light the fact that nearly all the
crookedness revealed In the manage
ment of our large corporations has been
due to the duplication of directorate*.
A group of men organized, or obtained
control of several corporations doing
business with each* other, and then
proceeded to swindle the stockholders
of (he various corporations for w'hlch
they acted.
"Many of the trusts control prices by
the same methods, the same group of
men secure control of several compet
ing corporations and the management
Is thus consolidated. It is w'orth while
to consider whether a blow may not
be struck at the trusts by a law' making
It Illegal for such person to accept as
director or officer of two corporations
which deal with each other or are en
gaged In the same general business.
Federal Control of Corporations.
A still more far-reaching remedy
was proposed by the Democratic plat
form of 1900, namely, the requiring of
corporations to take out a Federal 11
cense before engaging in Interstate
commerce. This remedy is simple,
easily applied and comprehensive. If
corporations were required to take out
a Federal license the Federal govern
ment could then Issue a license upon
terms arid conditions which wmld pro
tect the public. A corporation differs
from a human being In that It has no
natural rights, and as all of its rights
are derived from the statutes, It can
be limited or restrained A<^ordlng as
the public welfare may require. The
control which congress has over Inter
state commerce is complete. No party
can long be credited with sincerity If
It condemns the trusts with words only
and then permits the trusts to employ
all the Instrumentalities of interstate
commerce In the carrying out of their
nefarious plans. It Is far easier to
prevent a monopoly than to watch It
and punish It, and this prevention can
be accomplished In a practical way by
refusing a license to any corporation
which controls more than a certain
proportion of the total product—this
proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at a
point which will give free operation to
competition.
"The tariff question Is very closely
allied to the trust question nnd the
reduction of the tarlfT furnishes an
easy means of limiting the extortion
w'hlch the trusts can practice.
"While absolute free trade would not
necessarily make a trust Impossible,
still It Is Impossible that few manu
facturing establishments would dare to
enter Into a trust if the president were
empowered to put upon the free list
articles competing with those con
trolled by a trust.
Free Trade Ihe Solution.
"I can not permit this opportunity
to pass without expressing the opinion
that the principles embodied In the
protective tariff have been the fruitful
source of a great deal of political cor
ruption as well as the support of many
of our most Iniquitous trusts. It Is dif
ficult to condemn the manufacturer*
for uniting to take advantage of a
high tariff schedule when the schedule
Is framed on the theory that the In
dustries need all the protection given,
and It Is not likely that the beneficia
ries of theAp schedules will consent to
their reduction so long as the public
waits for the tariff to be reformed by
Its friends.
"But one of the w'orst features of a
tariff, levied not for revenue, hut for
the avow'ed purpose of protection, Is
that It fosters the Idea that men should
use their votes to advance their own
financial Interest*. For a generation
the 'fat* has been fried out of the
manufacturers by the Republican cam
paign committee nnd then the manu
facturers have been reimbursed by leg
islation. With the public conscience
educated to believe that this open pur
chase of legislation was entirely prop
er, no wonder that insurance companies
have used the money of their policy
holders to carry elections—no wonder
that trusts have hastened to purchase
Immunity from punishment with liberal
donations. How cun we draw’ a moral
line between the senator or congress
man. elected by the trusts to prevent
hostile legislation, nnd the senator or
congressman kept In congress by the
manufacturers to secure friendly legis
tatlon? The party which Justifies the
one form of bribery can not be relied
upon to condemn the other.
"There never was a time when tariff
reform could he more easily entered
upon, for the manufacturers by selling
abroad cheaper than at home, as many
of them do, have not only shown their
Ingratitude toward those who built the
tariff wall for them, but they have
demonstrated the r ability to sell In
competition with he world.
Government Should Own Railways.
"The railroad question Is also Inter-
iroven with the trust question. Nearly
all the private monopolies have re
ceived rebates or secured other advan
tages over competitors. Absolute equal
ity of treatment at the hands of the
railroads w ould go far toward the crip
pllng of the trusts, nnd I rejoice that
SAY CONGRESSMAN
OF DEAL
By Private Leased Wire,
Janesville, Wla., Aug. SI.—Another
phase of the opposition to the return
of Representative Cooper to congress
developed today In Walworth county,
when circulars containing an affidavit
stating that Fred Kull, a prominent
supporter of Cooper, w'ent to R.
Short and told him he could have the
Lake Geneva office If he paid him
(Kull) $50 a month during his tenure
of office.
Representative Cooper, it is spld,
notified of the action of Kull and In the
face of it secured the appointment of
the present postmaster upon Hull’s
recommendation.
VETERAN FELL READ
WHILE ON WAY TO
GIVE PICTURE SHOW
8|M*rlal to The (leorxlnn.
Covington, Go., Aug. 31.—About four
miles above Coving ton on Monday
morning J. C. Wilder, an old man, was
found dead. It la thought he died sud
denly. He was going to give a moving
picture performance that night at
Almon. He was'an old soldier, and his
only known relative la a daughter at
tending school at LaGrange.
DR, JOHN E, WHITE
RETURNS TO CITV
After an absence of a month In North
Carolina, Dr. John E. White, of the
Second Baptist ctjurch, returned to At
lanta Friday morning, much benefited
by his trip. Friday night he will make
his first address since his return, when
he will speak to the Baptist Young
People’s Union of his church. A good
attendance is expected at the meet
ing.
JORDAN THE ORATOR
AT GREAT BARBECUE
Special to The Georglnn.
Covington, Ga., Aug. 31.—One of the
largest barbecues In the history of
Newton county was given by the people
of Mansfield at Mansfield yesterday
for the purpose of advertising that
flourishing little city. More than $300
wai expended In preparation of this
great feast. About 3,000 people Is the
estimated number of the attendance.
Among the speakers were Hon. Har-
vle Jordan and Colonels Mlddlebrooks
and Cooley, of this city.
Many people from Covington were
there.
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Via
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Account of Democratic State Conven
tion September 4th, The Central of
Georgia Railway will, on September
2d and 3d, and for trains scheduled
to arrive Macon before noon Sep
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cents, for round trip; Anal limit, re
turning, September 8th.
W. H. FOGG, D. P. A. '
Atlanta, Ga.
lent rnuld not have secured the pax- the preeldent haa had the courage to
sage of the rate bill had he not ap- press this question upon congress,
pealed to the fenr of the more rndte'al
remedy of government ownership, and
nothing will so restrain the railroad
magnates from uttemptlng.to capture
While the Inw as It was llnnlly distort
ed by the senate Is not nil thnt could
be wished. It deserves a fair trial.
"Rate regulation was absolutely nec.
the Interstate commerce commission as essary, and It furnishes some relief
the same fear. The high-handed man- rrn '» ,he unbearable conditions which
net- In w hich they have violated law ! previously existed, hut we must not
and Ignored authority, together with forget thnt the- vesting of this enor-
thc corruption discovered In high ; power In the hands of a camml-j.
places, has done more to create senll- i ", 1 "" appointed by the president Intro-
ment In favor of public ownership than I due®. “ new danger. If an appointive
all the speeches nnd arguments of , he board has the power to nx rates and
tpponents of private ownership. i f an t ,,i exercise of that power
T.o.t. ... p.ii«i„.i Increase or decrease by hundreds of
Trust* are Political. . millions of Inllura the annual reve.
■Just a word more In regard to the i nues of !h< railroads, will not the
trusts. First, trusts nre a political de- ! railroads feel that they hat-e a large
velopment rather than an economic pecuniary Interest In the election of a
one; and second, the trust system can , Pr-slden^lendly to the railroads?
no. be permitted to continue, even
though It did result In a net economic | „ ™ *" r,> '
gain. It Is political because It rests j l lgh „ 5 ; |t/|„' con ,ro£y. the best
upon the corporation, and the corpora- I defender of both because It defends
tlon rests upon a statutory foundation. 1 human rights, and human rights are
The trusts, Instead of being a natural j the only foundation upon which prop-
development. Is a form of legalised lar- ' erty and property rights can reel *e-
ceny and ran exist only so long ns the curely. The Democratic party does not
law permits It to exist. That there Is menace a single dollar legitimately sc
an economic advantage In production cumulated; on the contrary, it Instate
/
upon the protection of rich and poor
nllke In the enjoyment of that which
they have honestly earned. The Demo
cratic party does not discourage thrift,
but, on the contrary, stimulates each
Individual to the highest endeavor by
assuring him that he will not be de
prived of the frutta of toll. If we can
but repeal the laws which enable men
to reap where they have not sown—
laws which enable them to garner Into
their overflowing barns the harvests
that belong to others—no one will be
able to accumulate enough to make
his fortune dangerous to the country.
Hpeclul privilege and the use of the
tuxlng power for private gain—these
are the twin pillars upon which plu
tocracy rests. To take away these
supports and to elevate the benefi
ciaries of special legislation to the
path of honest effort ought to be the
purpose of our party.
"And who can suffer Injury by Just
taxation. Impartial lawn and the appli
cation of the Jeffersonian doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi
leges to none? Only those whose ac
cumulations are stained with dishon
esty and whose Immoral methods have
given them a distorted view of busi
ness, society and government. Ac
cumulating by conscious fraud mors
money than they con profitably use
upon themselves, wisely distribute or
safely leave to their children, these
denounce ns public enemies all who
tuestlon their methods or throw light
upon their crimes.
"Plut«*eracy Is abhorrent to a repub-
•; It Is more despotic than anarchy;
more heartless than aristocracy; more
selfish than bureaucracy. It prey
upon the nation in time of peace and
calamity. Conscienceless, compassion
less and devoid of wisdom, It enervates
I is votaries while It Impoverishes its
let 1ms. It Is already sapping- the
strength of the nation, vulgarising so
cial life and making a mockery of mor-
The time Is ripe for Its overthrow.
Let us attack It boldly, making out
appeal to the awakened conscience of
the nation In the name of the counting
room which It has defiled, In the name
of business honor, which it has sul
lied; In the name of the people, whom
It has oppressed; In the name ff the
homes which it has despoiled, and in
the name of religion upon which It has
placed the stigma of hypocrisy."
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
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The Anti-Saloon League has issued
the following statement:
"Appreciating the stand taken by
some of the liquor dealers in our city
(at our request) not to sell to vagrants,
minors or drunkards, it gives us much
encouragement; and, ns a further step
on our part In the direction and in
terest of reform, we will be thankful
for the assistance and co-operation, of
all mothers, wives and daughters who
are unfortunately humiliated, incon
venienced or neglected, and they may
confidently depend on us, by all legiti
mate means, to do all in our power to
better their conditions and to make
sober, creditable men out of all such
as may be made known to us by their
friends or relatives.
"We have already a number of names
of drunkards roaming our streets day
and night, wasting their time and
money, too, when they have It, In places
too discreditable to be much longer tol
erated.
"We have an eye on the liquor denl-
s, nnd they will have to be very
shrewd If they much longer escape tho
legal consequences of violating the
laws regulating such cases.
'Neighbors, friends, relatives of
drunkards, kindly furnish us with the
names of all addicted to the excessive
DEMOCRATS IN NINTH
NOMINATE T,B, BELL
Hpeclul to The Georgian.
Gainesville, Ga., Aug. Jl.—The Ninth
district congressional convention met
at the court house here at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning and was called to
order by Hon. W. B. Smith, of Hall,
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee of the district.
J. R. Hubbard, of Dawson county,
was nominated for temporary chair
man.
permanent organization was then
perfected by the election of W. B.
Smith, of Hall county, as chairman,
and A. S. Hardy as secretary. All the
counties were represented except four
of the seventeen.
Colonel W. B. Sloan moved the ap
pointment of a committee of nine to
present to tile convention the names of
one person from each county In the dis
trict to serve as executive committee
men for the ensuing two years. The
chair appointment the following gen
tlemen on that committee: W. U.
Sloan, N. L. Tankersly, Z. T. Craw
ford, J. B. Keith, B. V. Galllard, J. M.
Bell, J. R. Hubbard, I. F. Duncan nnd
J. A. Grant.
The committee recommended the
following gentlemen from the reapec-
of liquor to the extent of neglect- i counties:
Ing or abusing those whom It Is their i „ Banks, \\. P. Hardin, Commerce,
duty to support, protect and comfort. iSl a ’' P* P* P„ u ?(’ ee ' Canton,
"The list we are ndeavoring to pre- P a : , Dawson, .?• Hubbard, H u *>-
pare will greatly aid us In bringing to j bardavllle, Ga.; tannin, T. T. tain,
justice those who harbor drunkards | J*l ue torayth, Dr. J. H.
or furnish liquor to any contrary to Hookenhull, Ctimmlnf, Ga.; Qlltner, J.
Innv. J 8. Huaon, Ellljay, Ga.; Gwinnett. M.
8. Cornett, LawrencevfUe, Ga.; Hab
ersham, J. S. Adams, Demorest, Ga.;
Hall. W. B. Sloan, Gainesville. Ga.;
Jackson. J. 8. Ayers, Jefferson. Ga.;
Lumpkin, T. S. Llttlefleld, Dahlonega,
Ga.; Milton. Walter L. Bell, Shelton-
ville, Ga.; Pickens. G. M. Bell, Jasper,
Ga.; Rabun. J. II. Denlcke, Burton,
Ga.; Stephens, J. H. Kytle, Ayersville,
Ga.; Towns, T. W. Gibson, Hlawassee,
Ga.; Upton, V. M. Waldrup, Choestoe,
Ga.; White, G. S. Kytle, Cleveland,
Ga.
Colonel B. P. Galllard, of Hall, moved
that Hon. Thomas M. Bell be nomi
nated by acclamation as thor Democrat
ic candidate for the sixtieth congress
from the district.
Upon motion, the chair appointed the
following as a committee to notify Mr.
Hall of his nomination: J. V’. Keith,
of Cherokee; J. 8. Adams, of Haber*
sham; Samuel Craig, of Gwinnett; Dr.
J. H. Hookenhull, of Forsyth, and A.
S. Hardy, of Hall.
First Bale at Gadsden.
8 pec Ini to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—The flrst
bale of new cotton was received here
today shortly after noon and was put
up and sold at auction and brought 1$
cents per pound. L. L. Herzburg was
the successful bidder. The bale weigh
ed 400 pounds and was classed as
strict middling. The cotton was raised
by Irwin Hagan, who lives in the
Hmnkeneck neighborhood.
•GEORGIA ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
"J. C. SOLOMON, Superintendent.”
SURVEYING CORPS
AT WHITE’S SPRINGS
Hpeclnl to The Geortgnn.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—The surveying
corps of the Tidewater Development
Company, who are locating a route for
the proposed electric line from this
city to Tuscaloosa, reached White's
Springs, five miles southwest of here,
yesterday, nnd will probably reach
Gadsden by Saturday. Some time will
be spent In and around the city, seek
ing ihe proper terminals here by the
surveyors.
MANY YOUNG MEN
REGISTER TO VQTE
Kpcclnt to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—During the
recent sessions V)f the Etowah county
board of registration many new names
were added to the list of eligible voters,
the total number being 443. Most of
this number were young men who
have become of age since the last reg
istration and the remainder Is of peo
ple who have come here from other
sections.
POPULIST-REPUBLICAN
FUSION MOVEMENT ON
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—Thomas H.
Stephens, chairman of the Sixth sen
atorial district Republican executive
committee, has Issued a call for a mass
convention to meet In this city on Sat
urday, September 15. J, H. Richard
son, chairman of the Populist party,
has also called a mass convention of
the party to meet here on the same
date. It l« understood that both par
ties will agree upon a candidate to op
pose K. D. Hamner, the Democratic
nomine*
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