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THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWALL, of Maine.
FOR CONGRESS,
JOHN W. MADDOX, of Floyd.
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Exeunt DuMaurier. Vive la Trilby!
The thought occurs to him that’s
wise, “Now is the time to advertise.”
The tidal wave is all the rage among
the Brunswick belies who dress their
hair in that fashion.
If you want to see your place of
business crowded put a catchy ad in
The Sunday Tribune.
In Toronto they have organized an
anti-bicycle club. The folks in Toronto
need not ride if they don’t want to.
Wonder if there is anytbinganarch
istic about the red flag of Autumn?
Perhaps she is waving the liberty cap
of democracy.
Make your customers happy by
telling them what you have in store
for them Monday in a juicy ad in
The Sunday Tribune.
The financial idea of Bob Ingersoll
is that if you want money you must
find it. Men have been fined for find
ing it where it was not lost.
A lively ad in The Sunday Tribune
is like the proverbial bread cast upon
the waters. It may be gathered after
many days in the form of crowds of
customers.
Editor Cain’s bright paper is now
the Summerville News instead of
Chattooga News, and it is now issued
in 6 column eight page form. The
change is quite an improvement. The
News is in the front rank of Georgia’s
weeklies.
Mr. Stephens’ prophecy is about to
be fulfilled. He once made the re
mark that when the people under
stood the silver question they would
be aroused as they never had been
since the days of the Crusades.—Au
gusta Chronicle.
Only three weeks more until the
national election rolls around. Those
who think that we will then have
peace in the political line are badly
mistaken as we will, after that is set
tied, have to elect a mayor and few
aldermen. —Americus Herald.
DUGALD CRAWFORD’a BREAK.
That was an exceedingly bad break
made by Dugald Crawford, the mil
lionaire merchant prince of St. Louis,
the other day, when he allowed his
partisanship to overcome his better
judgment. He discharged twelve
clerks from his employment because
they had expressed an intention to
vote for Bryan. That was a very
serious and inexcusable blunder on
the part of an otherwise shrewd and
farseeing business man.
Dugald Crawford is not the first
man to lose his bead over political
questions. The conduct of just such
petty tyrants as he has caused all the
trouble between the masses and the
classes. He sees his mistake now and
has apologized most profusely and has
offered to reinstate his discharged
employees. But will he ever be able
to regain the prestige which he sacri
ficed in a moment of partisan passion?
Will they ever feel the same respect
for the head of the house that they
have felt before, even if they go back
to work?
The people of St. Louis rose in their
wrath and expressed their resentment
in the most unequivocal terms. War
rants were even sworn out for Craw
ford to have him arrested and tried
in a court of law on the charge of
intimidation. The shoppers on whom
he depended to keep up his great es
tablishment with their patronage,
gave notice that they would boycott
him. Ruin stared him in the face and
he saw the reputation that he had
been years in accumulating blasted
by a breath.
Such men as he deserve no sym
pathy. They have trifled with and
trampled upon the liberties of the
people long enough. They are on a
par with the keepers of the New York
sveat shops who drain the very life
blood from the helpless woman and
children fortheir own private gain.
Their power must be broken or else
the last spark of the altar fires of
American freedom will be quenched
and we will sink into the poverty and
impotency of the old world.
The spirit of fairness and freedom
is inherent in the breast of the true
American, and be he ever so humble
he has a proper appreciation of his
rights. Down with the tyranny that
oppresses the poor. Away with any
system that permits the deprivation
of the wage earners of his rights as a
citizen. The lowest salaried clerk in
Dugald Crawford’s establishment is
on an equal footing with the head of
the house when it comes to casting
his ballot.
If any one thing that has happened
during the campaign more than an
other should win votes for Bryan, it
should be that little episode. It illus
trates the tendency of the moneyed
men to tyrannize over the wage
earners and those dependent upon
them for work by which they may
obtain a livelihood. It is the most
abominable characteristic of the
whole nefarious system and the people
should rise in their might and startup
out the despotism and humble the
pride of the tyrants.
LET US HAVE THINGS RIGHT.
If half the allegations concerning
the buying and selling of votes in the
elections are true, for heaven’s sake
let us have things straightened out.
We, of the Seventh district, are as
much in need of protection from
illegal voting as any people in Geor
gia can possibly be. We are vitally
interested in having a fair ballot and
a free count. The populists demanded
a religious law and the democrats
gave it to them for the common pro
tection of all parties and classes.
Now the democrats demand protec
tion from the unprincipled voters and
webelive in giving it to them. “The
fact that the new registratioa Jaw was
inadeqate to the needs of the hour
was manifest in Chatham county last
week. The Press has already pointed
out the weak points in the new law
and the same complaint has come in
from other sections of the state. The
registration law, however, was a step
in the right direction, even if only a
step. It suggests further reforms on
this line,” says the Savannah Press.
“We regret that the legislature did
not go further than regulating the
mere qualification of voters. The
wider field of ballot reform opens be
fore us and the need of regulating the
casting of ballots, as well as the pre
paration of ballot lists, is abundantly
clear. We think the Australian ballot
should follow the registration law as
a matter of course. It is a logical se
quence; in fact, a law providing for
purer elections should, in our opinion,
have embodied the Australian ballot,
aud the same law could have regu
lated the deposit of the vote as well as
the preparation of the lists. Most of
the ballot reform laws in the country
carry these two things together.
“The press does not hold therig
fetrstioti law responsible for the
shortcomings of the state election. As
far as it goes the law is a good one,
and its shortcomings may be easily
remedied. But our contention is that
it is only a step in the direction of
THB EOME TBIBUNE. FBIDAY, OCfOuEtt 16, 1896.
reform and not the reform itself. The
legislature may now see how inade
quate is the reform which does not
further secure regularity and freedom
from undue influence in casting bal
lots.” z
The Pr?ss then proceeds to discuss
the various systems in operation from
the Australian ballot, pure and sim
ple, which has been adopted in Flori
da, to the systems in vogue in Pen
nyslvania and other Northern states
which are objectiouable because they
tend to exalt partisanship above pa
triotism. We endorse what the Press
has to say about adopting some plan
that will effectually eliminate fraud
and corruption from the ballot boxes
in Georgia, if any such plan can be
devised.
The Tribune is not in fayor of any
system that will operate unequally
upon the different classes, but we will
cordially support any plan that prom
ises a free and unbiased expression of
all the people on questions of govern
ment. We believe that the great
mass of the people will prove to be
honest in the desire to promote incor
ruptibility at the polls. The individ
uals who are not do not deserve to be
classed among the honest, law-abiding
citizens of the state.
SONGS AND SCENES.
Written for Her.
I saw the post mark on the note,
Andi was glad to see
The tender, touching words she wrote
“Write something just for me!”
And then I sat and mused a spell,
I heard the sea gull’s cry.
And watcheddhe waters gently swell,
Beneath the saffron sky.
Again I read those magic words,
Those words so dear to me,
And sweeter than the songs of birds,
“Write something just fur me !”
In fancy once again I stood
Beneath the mossy boughs
And in a reminiscent mood
Rehearsed those sacred vows.
The light shone in her soft grey eyes
That matched the calm grey lea,
I heard those gently’ pleading sighs—
“ Write something just for me!”
And I’ve been dreaming here tonight
Os happy days of yore
And I have seen St Simon’s light
From that fair moonlit shore.
And I have scrawled these rngged lines
While I have longed to be
With her who wrote among the pines
“ W rite something just for me !”
• And though ’tis but a homely screed
With many a blot and blur,
She’ll take good wish for the deed,
’Tis written just for her!
Montgomery M. Folsom,
Another Lght Gone Out.
When 1 was last iu Macon it was with
a feeling of peculiar sadness that I
walked those old familiar streets and
looked in vain for the dear familiar
faces. As I asked about them, one
after another and was told that they
were gone to come again no more for
ever,a feeling of despondency came ovtr
me that spoiled the pleasure of what
would otherwise have been a delightful
visit.
And now I see t\at another has been
added to the list of absentees whom I
loved arid respected for his gentle nature
and kindliness of heart. When I first went
to Macon a stranger Dr. John S. Baxter
was exceedingly kind to me and I am
not the sort of man to forget a kindness.
If there was anything small or mean in
his mane-up I never discovered it or
heard it hinted at in ah our long and
pleasant acquaintanship during the
years that have passed.
But I believe in the democratic stand
ard of intellect and human nature.
Where the good predominates to su<?h a
large extent as it did in the character of
Dr. Baxter, I can condone any minor
faults and failage Let the majority
rule in our estimate of men and since
no man is perfect where the good traits
are so largely in the ascendancy. God
.forbid that I should search for and|orag
forth the trivial short comings of my
fellows.
Sitting in the office of my friend
Judge Joel Branham the subject was in
some way brought up and he took from
a shelf a well worn Bible in plain
leather binding with the words “Mess
No. 8” printed on the old brown cover.
It was the Bible used by Judge Bran
ham and his messmates during the war
when they were serving their country
as members of the Macon Volunteers of
gallant memory. On a blank page iu
the middle of the book, were their names
This page was generally devoted to
births, and marriages, but they inscrib
ed their names thereon: ‘‘Alexander
M. Speer, Uriah VanGiesen, John S.
Baxter, F. A. Speer, Henry A. Speer.
Sam Hunter, Lucius B. Stone, Joel
Branham, Maoon Volunteers, Georgia
Battalion, stationed at Norfolk, V».,
barracks, January 17, 1862.” Wbat a
jolly set of comrades they must have
been. And where are they now? Judge
Speer, was afterwards a judge of the
supreme court and is. living in retire
ment at Madison.
Dr. Baxter, after an honored and use
ful career, has been called to his long
home. Dr. VanGiesen, who is a suc
cessful dentist, in Savannah. Sam
Hunter was a brilliant lawyer and a
partner of Judge Speer and has passed
into the great beyond. The two yorn
ger Speers are still living active and
useful lives. Captain Stone, after a not
able career connected with' the Trion
Manufacturing company, is living near
Rome, one of onr most highly esteemed
fellow citizens. Last of all Judge Bran
ham, who has filled many positions of
honor and trust lives here.
But it is not probable that he will be
one of us longer than December for un
less all signs fail, he will be called to the
capital of the state, there to round up
his life of usefulness as a member of the
supreme court of Georgia. Thus the
old messmates of 1862 have passed
through the years that have followed
the great stiuggle and the old Bible re
mains as a precious memento of those
trying times that drew that notable
band together.
Smalt wonder that Judge Branham
treasures it so highly and keefis it con
stantly by his side as a tender reminder
of the days that are gone. It is a keep
sake that he has a right to prize for the
hallowed associations that areconnect
ed with it. No doubt it was the solace
of many a lonely hour in those days
when the present .was so uncertain and
the future so full of portent. It is worth
more to him than all the books in his
law library.
Tenderly he spoke of his comrade who
has crossed over the river and the ties
that bound them together. He knew Dr.
Baxter longer than I did but he nor any
other man could possibly hold him in
higher esteem for his nobility of nature
and goodness of heart. His is one more
face that I shall miss when Igo to Ma
con, that dear old town the scene of so
many of the pleasantest episodes in my
shore life. Echoing the sentiment of
another who was dear to me and who is
no more I can but repeat ‘ ‘goodnight,
thou golden hearted gentleman!”
• ~ M. M. F.
There are gold cures and gold cures,
but the greatest of these is the bi
chloride of firm resolve that a son of
Crocker, the late California million
aire, took. He kept sober for five
years, and according <o the terms of
bis father’s will gains $500,000 thereby,
He not only has a half million-dol’ars
to his credit, but he has escaped that
nut-brown taste so frequently noticed
in the mouth of the Saturnalian who
has notions for painting the universe
a bright scarlet now and then.—Au
gusta News.
The populites admit that they were
defeated in Georgia, but claim that
the State election had nothing to do
with national issues, and fliat they
will carry the state by a good ma jority
in November. The defeat of their
candidate in Mr. Watson’s own dis
trict does not look that way; but the
populites are in the habit of reading
the signs of the times backward
Anniston Hot Blast.
That old hedgehog 4he Chicago
Inter-Ocean, has come out of its hole
long enough to erect its quills indig
nantly over what it claims to be an
attempt to read David B. Hill out of
the democratic party. The last we
heard of Davy he was not in the party
but sitting on the fence watching the
party as it passed by.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
bushels of wheat have recently been
shipped from Mobile to foreign ports.
If this venture is successful it will be
followed by others in rapid succession.
Let other Southern cities follow suit.
Direct trade is the salvation of the
South.
TheJ Canton flannel Napoleon’s
daily review of the train loads of
janizaries continues but never a word
about trusts. They pay the freight
and replenish the military chest. —
Augusta News.
Antuin".
Amid the arbor’s amber-tarnished vine,
Faint fluttering- to the south wind’s languid
sigh,
Under this drowsy haze of mellow sky,
The great grapes droop their dusty globes of
wine!
And even amid these bland luxurious hours.
They seem like exiles rest of cherished
righ’s,
Here in our treacherous north, whose au
tumn nights _
Drop chilly dews upon the dying flowers.
Ripe clusters, while our woods in ruins flame.
Do yearnings through your rich blood vag
uely thrill
For glimmering vineyard, olive-mantled
hill.
And Italy,which is summer’s softer name?
Or do you drerm of some old ducal board,
Blazing with Venice glass and costliest
plate.
Where princely banqueters caroused in state
And through the frescoed hall the long feast
roared?
Or how brocaded dame and plumed grandee
Saw your imperial-colored fruit heaped up
On radiant salver, or in chiselled cup,
Where some proud marble gallery faced the
sea?
Or yet do your strange yearnings, loth to cease
Go wandering on till dearer visions rise
Os the pale temples and limpid skies.
The storied shores and haunted groves of
G reece?
Greece, where the god was yours of such r.--
nown;
That sleek-iimbed revelling boy. supremely
fair.
Who, with the ambrosial gold of his wild
hair,
Would wreathe your purple opulence for a
ciown!
Edgar Fawcett.
iff mm asiffic j
At the cost of production, we have been!
enabled to reduce prices to a point where!
the purchaser of lumber and generail
building woodwork has many advantages!
which he certainly never had before-*]
advantages which he probably does not I
realize—special advantages which we are I
offering and would like to tell him about. I
The Prices Ire Reduced ' j
But there is no reduction in the quality!
of our goods, nor in the alert service I
which we grant as an attractive feature I
of our business.
O'Neill Manufacturing Company
ROME, GEORGIA. I
t Doors, Sash. Blinds, Turned Work, I
Scroll Work, Lumber, |
Shingles, Etc., Etc.
New Jewelry House,
NO. 218 BROAD STREET. ,
I have just opened up a New Jewelry Establishment
above location, and while making a specialty of
Watches, Clocks and Diamonds,i
SILVERWARE AND JEWELRY.
A Beautiful Line of Cut Glass.
and Eye Classes fitted to the
I carry a large and well selected stock of all kinds of goods that are
usually kept in an establishment of this kind. In fact, I carry a stock
chat will compaie favorably with the stocks usually kept in much
larger cities.
WEDDING PREESNTS in Steiling Silver, and fancy goods of all
kinds. I also make a specialty of Repairing Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry of all kinds, and guarantee all work. I also do all kinds of Engrav I
ing on goods that I sell without extra charge
I invite you to call and examine my stock whether you buy or not.
PoliU attention. Very respectfully,
O_ STZEZZF’IZZEZLTS
W. P. SIMPSON. Pre?. I. D. FORD, Vice-Pres. T. J. SIMPSON, Cashier
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