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VOL. VI. NO. 1.9 ’»
CHINESE TREATY.
I
Particulars Were Made Public
Property too Soon.
CHINESE “NO LIKEE HEAP.”
The Geary Law Very Distaste
ful, and They May Delay
Registration.
Washington, March 26.—Tho prema
ture publication of the treaty recent!'
negotiated between the United States
and China promises to prove ene of the
most embarrassing incidents with which
tho administration has been called upon
to deal. The president and Secretary
Gresham are greatly mortified that the
full terms of the convention should have
been made public in advance of its rati-
Scation by the senate, and the Chinese
minister is reported to have referred to
tiie publication in language not at all
complimentary to tho state department.
The practical effect of tho publication
ff tho treaty is what chiefly annoys
Secretary Gresham. It has already de
veloped a strong opposition to the con
vention, which is rapidly crystaliziug
and promises to be felt in the senate
when tho treaty is taken up for discus
cion. This opposition is based upon va
rious objections to the treaty, but th '
t»ovision which proves most distasteful
to senators and representatives alike is
the reciprocal clause, which recognizes
China’s right to compel American citi
zens residing in the Chinese empire to
submit to tho same conditions of regis
tration and photographing that may be
imposed upon Chinese coolies now in
this country.
While it is a fact that there are only
about 1,200 Americans in the entire em
f>ire, and probably lo ■» than 50 .\lneric3u
aborors, the recognition of this prin
ciple set forth in the treaty is exceed
ingly distasteful to the majority of
public men here.
While there appears to be a logical .
parallel between the proposed Action of !
China and ths course pursued by the |
United States, it is freely argued here j
that the conditions in the two cases are
so different as to absolutely destroy .
their similarity. A strong effort will be
made to secure the amendment of the
treaty by striking out this obnoxious
•lause, even if its elimination should re
sult in the rejection of the modified con
vention by the Chinese government.
The publication of the treaty at this
time is likely, it is believed, to have an
important bearing upon the registration
es Chinese in this country. Thia work
has been progressing rapidly since the
customs and internal revenue collectors
epened their books for registration, but
it is tho opinion of experts here that as
soon as the Chinese understand that a
new treaty is in process of evolution
they will dolav registration until, by its
ratification, it becoinas tho law of the
land.
The sentiment in the senate against
the ratification of the treaty in its pres
ent form is most pronounced, and seems ■
to be based chiefly upon the opinion that
there was no occasion for the negotia
tion of a treaty at this time. The Geary
law, as amended at the last session, is
generally regarded as a sufficient mo:ts
nre, and tho majority of the senators de
sired to see it carefully tested before
•ther legislation was attempted by treaty
•r otherwise.
CANADA’S TARIFF.
■weeplag Modification* Mala In the New
Measure.
Ottawa, March 26.—Minister Foster
says he will announce his tariff bill in
parliament this week, and supporters of
the government say that the swooping
modifications contained in the bill will
be a general surprise.
The government contemplates a low
•f $5,000,000 In ravelins as a resul; o
the reductions. Speui.fi; duties ar* to
be praotically abolished and a tariff tor
revenue only is to be established upon a
few articles that Canada can manufac
ture eucoseafully. A protective tariff
will be maintained only in exceptional
eases.
There are over 1,000 articles upon
Which customs duties are iwpoeed.
DiSLIKtaO
Atoeraeyt Betos * £rofo*» Ac* l *** Hl *
Measlus a o*>e.
New Havbs, March 28. The city
•ourt has witnsnoed a proeeedisg with
•uS precedent in the history of the
court* in this country, wh» tho defen
dants in the suit brought for retrial by
Isaac Golds'ate to recover s6ob from
Bernard Jacoba, objected to ths pres
ence of the presi Ung justice on sue
ground of his partiality.
Judge Hotchkiss, of the common
plans court, was presiding, as both
Judge Cable and Calhihtnwere dis
qualified, the former on account of be
ing law partner of E. L. Linsley. wh<>
had proeecuted a criminal csoe against
the plaintiff, and the latter because h -
was associated with Attorney Hauiil
ton, who appeared for the pl liutiff.
On the opening of the court Jn!g«-
Hotchkiss was presents'! wish a prut s..
from Attorneys Bly !*nsnr ;h and Good
heart sotting fort a tnat thay were nn
Willing to try th- ca»-» before any judge
exc. pt Judge Cable, as h-was not »r>
•ent on account of illnesi or in any w.n
disqualified. Ths uro ast furth r stats
that Judge Hotchkiss wis not only die
qualified because he w.m ju ige of th
common pleas court, but that he had
presided at one trial of the case, an I ha I
by his manner and comments in th •
presence es the jury exhibited bias an I
prejudice against the defendant a.id hit
witnesses.
Alter hearing this remarkable do-'ti
ment read, Judge Hotchkiss st it -d th it
tht re w is only one tiling in the protest
be consider.-d worthy or notice. Tha.
Was the Question whether. Judge Cauls
THE ROME TRIBUNE
oansiiierea ulthsoit rhe.
ether statements were of nd importance I
whatever, as it was net for the defend-J
ant te pick eut a jadge other than the
one assigned simply because he did net
like him.
Judge Cable appeared on a sheriff’s
summons, but refused to try the case, .
claiming disqualification, and Judge
Hotchkiss ordered the attorneys to pro
ceed, refusing to hear the plea as to his
jurisdiction.
PRENDERGAST RAMPANT.
He Flew Into a Rage and Made a Lively
Soeae in Cour*.
Chicago, Maroh 26.—Murderer Pren-I
dergast had so far recovered from the so
bering effect of Higgins’e execution M
to raise a lively and oharacteriotic
rumpus in couf t during the preliminary ,
hearing upon tho plea of insanity.
Ho began by interrupting the attorn
eys in their arguments, and, aa usual,
worked Himself into a fine frensjr when
the bailiffs attempted to silence him. I
Finallyscreaming with rage, ho jumped !
from his chair and fought tho bailiffs
like a wild boast. Ho wan lifted from
tho floor and carried book, struggling,
to his chair, only to dash from it again;
and at length Judge Chetlain, in the
hope of silencing him, allowed him to
vent himself upon a long harrangue up
on his constitutional rights and hu ob
jection to delay.
Even then ho was not satisfied, but
continued to shout at intervals through
out the proceedings: "W* don’t Want
delay. We want tho case to go to trial
at once.” Tho hearing was finally ad
journed until Tuesday.
Tho occupants of tho big Masonic
temple were badly scared by the insane
ravings of 18-year-old Elizabeth Davis.
She insisted that Mayor Carter Harri
son’s murderer was confined somewhere
in the building, aud went about insist
ing that she be allow <1 to see him. She ■
was locked up after a good deal of ’
treble.
BRITISH EXPERIMENTS. !
Rushinq MuriqM Aorow th» Continent
for Service on tho Pacific.
Winnipeg, Man , March 26. —Ta*
British government has been making
some experiments in millin' troops
| across the American confine it from the
' Atlantic to the Pacific, wit-h a view of ■
■ determining in ju>t how brief a space of I
i tim- mar nee coal I De put abo tr I Brit- j
j ish vessels in the event of trouble w.th
Russia in Ch ne e w it srs.
A number of special trains have been
run ov.-r the Canadian P.u ifi.: at an
averag» sp -e.l of 25 mil -s an hour, from
Halifax, N. 3, to Eiqmnault, BiC.,
where England is now buil ling exten
sive fortifications. Special engines nave
been used, an 1 the marines have been
quartered in colonist sleep -rs with a spe
cially built cooking car attached.
It is supposed tiiat the experiments
were made partly to demon-trate the
military value of the Canadia i Pacific
to the English governm- nt, wuh a view
towards securing further subsidies.
It is pointed out that th i road runs
from ocean jo ocean through Briti-h
t-rritory, and that in event of trouble
-with troops could be rushed
across and reach the scene of actio i
' about as quickly as th- cz it's troops
! could be sent to Vladistock by the trans- !
Siberian railroad.
KOSSUTH’S FUNERAL.
Thousand* of Huiw W ill B« in Turin WLcn
the Services Are Held.
Turin, March 26.—The arrival of (
Hungarians to pay respect to the mem- I
cry of Kossuth increases daily. Every
train brings hundreds of these mourners,
and it is estimated that at leatt 8,000
will be present at lhe funeral services,
which will take place Wednesday at 9:30
a. m. The cen-mcui- s will be held in
th* Protestant church, after which the
body will be taken to the railway station
for transportation th Hungary by a sp»-
cial train.
Ths funeral train will be in charge of
th* committee of the municipality of
Buda Pesth, headed by the vice burgo
master. ami th< i -, together with a nutn-
W of other Hungarians, will constitute
a guard of honor.
Certain parts of the route will lie
guarded by troops to prevent any disor
der among the vast crowds that are
likely to congregate hoping to get a
view of the body. A tp-aial train will
reach Puk at t*:3o Friday tnorninn,
where it w.ll be met by the committee
having in charge the arran'nusats for
th* o.scqul** ta th* Hungarian cap-tal,
DISPERSED THE “ARMY.”
Coxey's CraMil.r* Vow. I th. C.lil Weather
Too Much for Thwin.
Canton. 0., March 36.—VThen the
sun rose on the camp at Lexington not a
toldier of the commonweal army was
visible. The cold weather had driven
them all out of th»ir b g tent during tae
night. Fnty-eigbt hsd gons to the po
lice station. Other* had scattered in
different direction*, many to rtt-ra no
mor*.
Clia.ed by a Burly Negre.
Chattanooga. March 36.—Mn. W.
11. Watkins, an. agel white woman,
was set upon while sitting on th* front
porch of her house near th* wharf, by'
John Bennett. Bennett, who is a negro
roustabout and was drunk, had an ax.
He ran savagely toward her. Mrs.
Watkins, who is a widow and wa»
alone, shut the door in his face, bat h*
battered it down and drove th* fright
ened woman screaming into the strnet.
Eeunett was arrested and lo lg*d in ja 1.
Done Up by nn V.lectric Car.
Atlanta. March 26.—An electrio car
on Decatur street Siturday night played
havoc with a wagon and its occupants.
The car was making its last trip and in
rounding a curve it struck the wagon,
hilling the hors i and throwing out the
; 1 driver ami Mr. J. Bciu-itz, wuo was with
' him. Ths driver w.ts sev- rely hur.,
. though not seriously, and Mr. BcheJ.z
Was Very much bru.sed.
ROME. SA . TUBS JAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 189*.
A. H. COLQUITT.
His Spirit Has Joined the Silent
Majority.
HE DIED IN THE "HARNESS.
He Will Sleep In Georgia Soil,
and Will Be Brought Home
By a Committee
Washington, March 26. Senator
Colquitt, of Georgia, who was stricken
with paralysis fur ths second time about
a weak ago, died at hi* residence in this
«ity at 7:10 a. m.
Th* senator was surrounded by all th*
meuahai* of hi* family daring th* last
few day* of hi* Ulnes*. Three daugh
ter* and *n* son w*r* at horn*, and ths
absent daughter* whs have recently
r**ch*d Washington, wars Mr*. Thomas
fiswall, es Milledgeville, Ga., and Lira.
Marshall, *f Chicago.
Th* wnater's condition, which had
b**n regarded a* somewhat hopeful at
midnight, changed for the worse soon
g/terwards, and hi* colleague, Senator
Gordon, was sent for and arrived about
9 a. m., bringing his daughter with
Um.
Mr*. Colquitt and hi* children, hi*
■on, three unmarried daughter* and
married daughter*. Mr*. Marshall oi
Chicago, ware at hi* bedside when the
end eoui*. There were also in attend
ance bi* n*ph*w, Mr. Bunn, and his
firlvate secretary. Unconsciousness set
n some hours before death, and the
senator's eud was apparently painli-ss.
Brief funeral service* will lie held In
the senate chamber and. although the
matter ha* not been definitely settled it
is probable that Mr. Milburn, chaplain
of the senate will officiate.
The funeral party will leave Wash
ington at 11 o’clock in the morning lor (
Macon, Ga., reaching there at 11 o’clock '
next day, and service* in that city will
take at noon.
Senator Colquitt died a poor man, en
tirely dependent upon his salary tor a
support. Before the war he was v ry ■
wealthy, but never recovered Irani the
effects of that blow.
Out •’ IZespitcfc to Colquitt.
Washington, March 26. —At 12:15 p.
m. the senate, as a tribute of respect to
the memory of the late Senator Alfred
H. Colquitt, of Georgia, adjour is I till
9 o’clock in the monr'ng. when the
funeral ceremonies over his remains will
b? held in the senate chamber.
Th* committee on the part of the sen
ate *ele< ted to escort the bo ly of the 1 ite
Senator Colquitt to its l ist reatiag place
■ at Macon, G l *., 143 follows:
Gor lon of Georgia.
Morgan of Alabama.
Butler oi South Corolina.
Ransom of North Carolina.
H 11 of New York.
Gorman of Maryland.
M in lei son of Ne r is'ra.
Hawley of Connecticut.
Ho r of Mass ichnseit*.
Wasn't urn of Minnesota.
Squ r • o. Wmliingion.
I A t»-r p is-nng »ome bills of minor im
port n apo i the nnnoaiii einent of
t> un'.or Colqu tt's death, the house at
Ip m. a qournel.
i'he G< orgi.i members of the hou’o
met at. Sp alter Cri-p’-t room to cotniil r
j wnat. ac. on shoal I be tak n with refer
e;;<‘ • io Sen ator Colqu tt’.s death.
| It was decided that a committee
• Fboul t i e appointed on the part of the
, house to avcompiny the remains to
Georgia. The < omniitt*" was announced
by the .peaker be’ore the adjournment
of the hons-, as follows:
Liv ngs o i of Georgia.
Holman of In liana.
Bunn of Nor'h Carolina.
Cam ss of Georgia.
Maddox of Georgia.
McDonnol I of Illinois.
Cogswell of Massachusetts.
W A. Stone of PennSj Ivanin.
Rower* of Vermont.
A Faiaful Run.or.
■Washington, March 28.—A painful
rumor originating in Baltimore waa
circulated at th* capital that R proßont
ative Brat tan, who had b*en reported
for wine day* a« lying dangerously ill
•t In* home in Maryland, was deal.
Enquiries discr*dit*d th* ruww a* qa
iounded. _
t*a«.iaai.?*a CrU'stf nr.
Atlanta, March 26. Miss Irras
Adams, of W«st Point, Ga., died at ths
, Agnes S -ott institute, in Decatur, Sat-
I urday night tinder peculiarly s.u I cir
curuetnnees. When the smallpox wa*
first * till to be in Atlanta all of tn* tac
vl y end pupils of th* institute w«r*
Vac-. in -.t sl as a measure of sa ety.
Mi** Alams’ father had written h»r to
;be v ecciu it') las soon as possible. Just
on* we*k ago erysipelas developed and
gr idu.illy extendel over her body. In
ipite of all that was don* to s tve her
young life, she gradually grew w*nker
and died Saturday nigat at 10 o'clock.
The Sral Catch Fall* Sher*.
St. John’s, March 26.—A sealing
' 'Steamer has been signalle i off h*r. She
is supposed to be the Vanguard, with
i her shaft Iroken. There are plenty seal*
i in the l ays, and the inhabitantsail along
the coast are k Hing them and bringing
them ashore. Several thousand have
i 1 een taken that way, but even with this
' number, the catch will be tar below the
Average.
Killed Ilia Baby Brother*
Pinr Bluff, Ark., March 26.—The
8-year old soa of the late Joseph Davis
k.lled his 4-year-old brother with a re
volvi r which he had found in the room
in which they were playing during th*
ab-ienee of the r mother. The boy then
attempted to commit suicide by jump
ing in the Arkansas river, but was pro-
V euted.
4 . - - . -
THE DEBATE.
Gensral Evans Easily Does Up
Atkinson.
VETERANS OUT IN FORCE.
And they Give the Old Man
Eloquent a Royal Re
ception.
The joint debate here yesterday
' sliopweil conclusively the character of
tne assault on General Evans. It
proved to tea c: n paign ot blush r,
with little i Ise behind it. Mr. Atkinson
made as good a speech as a man could
on a platform con tail, ing but one word,
of one letter, and that letter the capital
“I.”
General Evans made as dignified a
speech as a man can in discussing purely
personal issues, and his satire on Mr.
Atkinson’s egotism caught the crowd.
THE DEBATE.
It was a few minutes after 11 o’clock
when Judge Henry adjourned court.
The room was already pretty well filled
and in twenty minutes more it was
packed. In the audience were many
prominent men from all. parts of the
county, and a good sprinkling from ad
joining. counties, including about 100
who came up ironi Newnan, Carrollton,
Cedartown and different points on the
C. R. & C road. There was a notable
representation of the press including Mr- ;
J. p. Ohl of the Atlanta Constitution
Mr.' A W. Bealerof the Journal. Mr. Ed
Hdbk, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, j
Mr W G F Price, editor of the Macon
i Telegraph, Mr. Glessner of the Griffin
Call, and H, P. Brow n of the Grjffln
Call.
At 11:40 Mr. John Black and Sheriff
Moore walked on the platform escorting
General Evans and Mr. Atkinson and
closely followed by Col C. I. Greves,
Col. A. B, Montgomery, Gen, Win,
Cunkning, Mayor S. S. King, Mayor
ElecJ John D. Moore, County School
Cotnjnissioiier Bridges, Judge R. R.,
Hams and V. T. Sanford. The speakers
yere greeted with cheers as they ap
peared and a busfz of excitement showed
the eagerness of the audience. Without,
loss of time or words Mr. Black an- (
notinced the order of debate and in-;
troduced Mr. Atkinson, who was re
ceieved with applause. Mr. Atkinson j
I opened with a relerence to his visit here I
two years ago, when he came as a mis-1
sionary for democracy and found little '
missionary work n -eded, as n a ’y all
he saw w-ere democrats. Turning his
attention to General Evans he said they
met as equals, both left their avocations,
and led by ambition, sought gubernato
rial honors. He said he had nothing
harsh ot say against Genera l ' ti 'vans,who
was a man of high character but they
met to discuss issues on w .ett one or
the other must go down in d feat . The
interest of the party shcuhi not be lost
sight of. The party had been charged
' with the execution of certain great re
forms and the responsibility must be
i met. All has not been accomplished
1 wihch was promised, but much has.
The party deserves credit for repealing
! the odious federal electionl law, which
1 hung as an incubus over the south for
1 years; the lower house has passed the
1 tariff bill. The income tax feature of
’ that bill has also passed the house, and;
the bill requiring all the idle silver in
the treasury to be coined into money
has j assed both house and senate. Thi*
is not all the d -mocratic party promised,
but what congress in the last thiry years
has a accomplished as much in the in
terest of the people in so short a time?
Let us then encourage our party to go
on with the good work. Let us insist
that every man elected shall come square i
up to the requirements of the demo
cratic platform and fulfill every pledge.
If a man proves recreant to duty, if he
fail to do what he has promised, there
is a remedy and it is to strike him down
i aid elect in his place a man on whom
the jieople may rely.
’, Mr. Atkinson went on to state his posi
! tion on national issues. He favored a
! ( tariff for revenue only,levying the high
est duties on articles ot luxury and a* .
■ far as possible relieving the people of the ■
burden on the necessaries of life, con-'
sumed chiefly by the poor. He favored 1
*n income tax, th* repeal of the ten per
' | cent tax on the issues of state banks and
i the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
.! (Applause). The'democratic platform,
j stat* and national declared for this, one
' using the words *'free and unlimited,”
j and the other the terms, “gold and sil
! ver on equal terms.” That meant equal
' i terma at the mint. For free coinage, he
! 1 prefeired that the ratio of gold to silver
' be fixed by international agreement, but
' he was not willing to see the United
‘ States strike down silver forever at the
: nod of a king. The democratic party
. should enact into laws its own platform.
(Applause.) Let the work begin and
when gold and silver are received on
equal terms, the relative value ot the
two metals may be ascertained and it
' can be sustained upon that ratio.
, I Then the government can act wisely
1 and act with scientific facts and with
1 accurate knowledge, but they should es
-1 tabiish a just, and proper ratio and upon a
f financial policy which will make every
C dollar of equal exchangeable value, coin
-5 ing both gold and siver. With these
I pledges enacted into law, the party can
J go to the country and can remain in
power for the next 25 years. (Applause.)
Having finished his di- c ission of na
ti nal issues, Mr. Atkinson turned
J against General Evans.
II ‘‘My distinguished competitor ha
charged that I should not be elected
governor because I represented the state
1 in a case in curt and the state paid my
’ fee. I wish to call your attention to the
1 merits of that proposition. He reviewed
" the history of his employment by Gov
' ernor Northen.
1 "Judge Hall and, Clifford Anderson
and myself each thought it right and
proper, and now my friend charges at
Griffin that it was a* improper em
ployment. I challenge him now not to
dodge as he did at Athens, but meet the
issue fair and square, and I dare him to
doit. (Cheers.) He m aid I ought
not to have taken the fee because 1 was
paid as a legislator. Wise man who
doesn’t know that the legislators per
diem stops at the end of the session!
Let’s see who he slaps in the face. Gov
ernor Northen gave me the appoint
ment. If he did wrong, why did not
the General say so? Clifford Anderson
and John I. Hall gave it as their opinion
that it was right and proper. But per
haps my distinguished friend knows
better. He wishes to add the distinc
tion of lawyer to his title of general.
He says he knew it was wrong, sat by
and saw me get 11000 and yet opened
he not his mouth.” (Laughter.) Mr.
Atkinson reviewed the General's state
ment that there were but two planks in
his platform. One that General Evans
was the man of all who ought not to be
governor and Mr Atkinson was the man
lof all men for governor. He never
abi • I General Evan'. | le everywhere
gave him credit for higu qualities, yet a
man may have those qualities and not
he the man to elect governor. “He
has no right to come before the people
of Georgia and hide the fact that he has
done nothing by trying to ri dcule the
fact that I have done something. (Ap
plause.) His friends can’t tell what he
has done for the party, for' they know
he has done nothing. Let him with his
own eloquent voice tell u* what he has
done.
"If I were opposing a confederate pri
vate instead of a general, these gentle
men would say go for him! Wallow him
good! When the General’s offer for
office the privates rally, but when the
privates offer, the generals, oh! where
; are they? I assert and he dare not deny
it, that I have done more or the confed
erate soldier than the General ever did
. I have been in the legislature eight
i years,. I have not done it all, but the
soldiers and the widows of veterans re
ceive $450,000 a year. There is one
thing I never will do. I never will try
to organize the soldiers into a political
machine. (Applause.) My distinguished
friend says I ought to be defeated be
cause I didn’t know that a confederate
g neral wore no epaulets. The General
got a good ope on me then. (Laughter.)
He has taught me something and will
teach me more, I know as much about |
the trimmings of uniforms ».s he knows !
' about the questions of the day. (Ap
plause.) He says I am a politician. How
did I get to be a politician? (Here Mr.
Atkinson reviewed his connection with
' state campaigns. I said to the General
' that if I was nominated ‘‘we boys want,
'to see you fight one campaign working
iin th* harness as we have done.” He
I replied, ‘‘l will now say that if Mr. At
i kinsou is nominated I will answer such
i calls as may be made upon the ” That’s
j a homeopathic dose boys. We can’t
whip fights with such campaigning.
“Where was he in the dark days of re
construction?” What leading part did
he take becoming his station. In 1890
my friend contemplated a race for gov
ernor, but the alliance wave came along
and he wrote a letter saying “my min
isterial duties whilst they exist, are in
the way.” Where was he in 1892 when
■ people were threatening to tear the old
‘ party in two? When did he raise his
voice ? He has been active this year
■ organizing Evans clubs. How many
i democratic clubs did he oragnize in 1892?
■ Now he stamps the state in his own in
terest. Why was it that be did not
, raise his eloquent voice them? lam
: this kind of a democrat. Whatever
i man can do for himself he ought to be
■ able to do or his party. (A voice,‘‘Hur
rah for Atkinson.) If he does not he
has no right to come up and demand the
■ highest honor* of tho party. He says
i he ought to have the honor because he
I has 100 counties and 100 newspapers,
and one of those papers, by the list I
I have *een is the Rome Hustler. (Laugh
ter. ( When did 100 counties act? Did
the caucus meet in Altanta? (Hurrah
I for Atlanta.) lam having a hard time
'to demonstrate that Atlanta is in Geor
‘ gia because they think Georgia is in At
; lanta. I will have 101 counties before it
’is over. He says he has 100 newspapers!
iHe hasn’t got them, but if he had, the
I 100 men who guide the pen can’t vote
i any oftener than 100 men who walk the
furrow# behind 100 mules.
‘‘ Is it necessary to write the board of
education or to the preachers? General,
we both did It. (Laughter.) I followed
: hi* diatinguiahed example. He wrote
' the first letter Hi* first letter waa dated
I January Ist. He says he ought to be
' elected because if General Lee waa here
•he could be elected. General Lee dis
tiactly says that military chieftain*
should not aspire to political office. I
asked General Evans how he stood on
the soldiers’ home and he dodgged. He
siad he was in favor of selling it. I
picked up a letter in which he said he
wanted it to stand. At Athens he said
he would have voted for it. I will take
the test on that question. lam against
putting the old soldiers in a poor house
in Atlanta or anywhere else. Give him
what yon give him in his own pocket,
and It him spend it like a king. I did
not believe it right to tax the people of
Flody county to put it in Atlanta in a
pile. That was my position on the sol-
i diers’ home.
; *‘My distinguished friend says I have
passed four or five bills in the legisla-
• ture. Let him put the record of any
other man beside it. Let him put be-
■ side it the record he made in the
i state senate before the war. Don’t
• make fun of the little boy. but just tell
us what you have done? (Laughter )
> It is said that the way to bring the
i third party back into the democratic
i party is to nominate General Evans,
i f A voice 1 Are there n -third r arty men
here? 'Yet bet ther are. ’’Well then,
I aid yonleave the democratic party be
cause yoncould not get a general to vot •
for? (: voice: ’‘They gave us too many”)
“I make no wa -on the old General,
■ but I ask the boys to stand by us in the
• fight for the party and do us justice.
■ Why is it that the General’s always
I have the right of wnv? Why is it that
this man who rod-™in horteback must
have it and the boys must clear the
i track? ‘‘l didn’t say that I am fight it g
PRICE >IVE CENTS.
I an Atlanta ring. I said there 'were - a
' st of Atlanta politicians fighting me and
■ I defy them to do their vor t. I appeal
• to the people of Georgia not to fight At
lanta, but to stop Atlanta from making
war on a very ambitious young man
; who works for the party. Atlanta haa
i had more of the public pap than any
I I other place. If a distinguished geutla-
■ ; men lives in Augusta he must move to
• Altanta to get a good start in the race
■ for governor.” (Voice: “Haven’t all
the members of the legislature and th*
' Atlanta ring agreed to support you?”)
Mr. Atkinson: ‘‘The ring is the
exclusive property of your side.”
(“Why did you vote for Colquitt?”)
■ ‘ Because the same Atlanta ring was
fighting Colquitt.” lam going to get
me up a ring, with all the men and pri
vate soldiers in it and will sweep th*
state.”
Mr. Atkinson then defended himself
from the alleged charge of being a
younq asan.
GENERAL EVANS.
When General Evans stood up th*
cheering was tremendous and lasted for
fully a minute.
“I cunfess to you,” said he, “that my
heart is filled with gratitude for wel
coming me with suckheartiness. (Voice:
‘‘Same old story.”) I know these peo
ple. They are a just people and honor
able and they will listen for the purpos*
of getting at the exact issue between m*
and my honorable friend to decide in
the interest of the state.
“I am glad that you, both sires and
sons, remain true to that sentiment
which is the foundation of patriotism
both here and in the north. ” The Gen
eral then turned his attention to Mr.
Atkinson.
When he got to the classic city of
Athens he laid aside his wagon, but still
used his wagging tongue. (Applause.)
He told them he was a college boy. I
wondered, what kind of boy he would
be in Rome. He tells you came here
as a missionary. I suppose he might do
something with the heathen. (Laugh
ter.)
‘ ‘The debate so far has settled som*
questions. I was glad to see at Griffin
that we were both deomcrats. He gave
me his hand as a democrat, and I folded
him to my fatherly heart as my <1 >mo
cratic son. (Laughter.) We a*c both
standing on the democratic platfi nn—
no question about that. On national
matters we seem to be a^r ed.”
| General Evans then stated his position
l on national issues. He believed in
money and a larger volume of it. It i*
the duty of the government to provide,
an adequate supply, and likewise to see
shat every dollar is perfectly good, and
jo so conduct its affairs chat money
[ thall not be congested in the centers.
'He believed in the free and unlimited
' coinage of silver. That was his lifetime
■ Conviction, and he was in perfect accord
I with the democratic platform which
; provides for the free and unlimited coin
; age of gold and silver on a parity, so
, ) that the money of the people shall be, in
■ quantity and quality, such as that pro-
L vided by the constitution of the fatbi ts.
) He believed in the income tax, no fur-
■ . ther bond issue, keeping the government
' out of debt, stopping the pomp and re
- turning to the simplicity which distin*
i guished the government it former years,
i when the expense was not more than a
I quarter of the present amount,and prac
t tising the economy of administration
r which is the strength of govertnent.
' He believed in common schools. It had
? been the hobby of his life. He be-
■ lieved in the full and free development
; of the great and glorious state, and
i spoke in glowing terms of the unparal
leled resources of northwest Georga.and
> of Floyd county in partiuclar.
Passing to more personal matters he
> i said:
>1 “The issues in the contest have been
i made by my friend, I have not respond-
> ed to a single thing that was not made
, an issue by him. In his announcement,
L made subsequent to my own, he injects
• himself into the camapign as opposing
I me. Then he made a speech at Forsyth
. saying why lof all men ought not to be
> governor. The very first issue made
against me I thought was settled at
■ Athens. My honored friend had the de-
I mand put upou him at Griffin and Ath-
I ens that he withdraw the misrepreseiita
i tion of my old age, and I asked him to
> apologize. He did do it and I thought it
i settled, but it is renewed today in a
1 most insulting manner. Your paper
here that stands for him reiterates th*
Statement that I am an old man 73 years
i of age and asks me if I dare to deny it.
, Fellow-citizens, is that fair? Eveiyon*
who reads the daily papers knows more
i about my age. The statement must
i, have be*n made in my friend’s interest.
| “I want you to bear in mind that h*
! reason why his services came in dis
cussion is thut he putthen, 11 himself. II
i* the same speech which he has been
i practicing all over the state, and has
; even printed and sent cut that all might
i see what a great man he was. He laid
L claims to what had been done in the
. eight years served in the legislature.
; . Certain things for which he claimed
, that the sttae was indebted to him hava
L been eliminated. He claimed that ha
,' put through the bill providing that
j. the commissioner of agriculture be elect
s ed by the people. Also the bill for the
i reduction of inspection fees and the one
. putting express and telegraph companies
i under the railroad commission. Now it
); has been demonstated that he was not
.' entitled to the credit at all, but that the
r farmers and business men and the peo
. pie who are interested in these qnesions
> had themselves b: ought on tht se very
t measures. As to the pensions, so far a*
1 he was concerned, he and others were
put in the legislature to carry out the
3 wi*hes of the people. He has l>een grate
-3 ful enough to acknowledge it. When
he was charging down upon us you
i would have thought it all due to him,
, but happening to be in the
legislature with lots of con
. | federate vet s he simply stood
) 1 around and saw the thing go through.
' It, has been shown that the sentiment
3 which he has reviled brought the pen
. sions and the institution of the veterans*
i home. There was something due to
t the Ladies Memorial Asscciatio i of t :is
J old state. Years ago they met together
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