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WILL BE EVANS.
The Next Governoi of Georgia
Badly in Doubt.
THE RACE FOR SENATOR.
Governor Northen Seems to be
in the Lead—Political Gos
sip From the Capital.
Special to The Tribune
Atlanta, Dec. 14.—Most of the states
men have gone. The early morning
trains took them away from the city to
their homes in all portions of the state.
A few remained to clear up business
they may have in hand. Os course the
president of the senate snd speaker of
the house and members of the enrolling
committees of both houses will be here
for several days to fix up and perfect the
measures which have been passed in the
senate in the last days. They are very
busy today going over these bills and
there is a correspondingly busy scene in
the execntive offices where every bill is
carefully read even after it has received
the endorsement of the enrolling com
mittee. Now and then a technical error
is found but as a rule the work has been
well done and there is nothing to be
changed.
The session has been altogether an un
eventful one probably the most unevent
ful one, taking it throughout, that we
have had in years. Most of the ;mpor
tant matter was passed upon at this ses
sion but of this the most important was
probably the passage of the school bill,
the bill preventing people to sell or ne
gotiate for the sale of liquors in dry
counties, the resolution providing for a
codification of the laws, tho decision to
submit to the people amendments to the
constitution providing for two new
judges iu the supreme court and pen
sions to indigent soldiers.
A great mass of local matters
has been passed upon and a much
larger number of bills than usual have
been killed. In this respect the work of
Chairman Reese a id the senate judiciary
committee has been undoubtedly bene
ficial to the state. There is, at all times
too much of a tendency for legislation,
and the result is the passage of a lot of
bills, while not bad are not needed. The
senate has killed a great many. Perhaps
some of these should have passed but
there are certainly not many of this
class.
Politically it has been the quietest
session in years. There have been no
elections and but little political talk.
The only exception has been the passage
of the resolution introduced by Major
Bicon. These resolutions were em
phatic in their endorsement of the prin
ciples of democracy as laid down in the
party platform and as understood by the
people and their endorsement by the
legislature was unanimous. In view of
the fact that Maj or Bacon is an avowed
candidate for the United States senate
this can be taken as a high tribute to
him.
Os course there has been a great deal
of talk about the senatorship and the
next race for governor. The general
drift about the capitol is, that right now,
Governor Northen seems to have the
lead in the senatorial fight, though the
present legislature wonld have elected
Major Breon had a vacancy occurred
during this session. Mr. Dußignon has
been here several times and be has un
doubtedly a number of warm friends
among the members of the present legis
lature, There is no man in Georgia who
can call to his aid more efficient
workers than flem Dußignon and when
the time comes he will make it lively for
anybody who is in the race.
Outside of these three the indications
seem to be for Speaker Crisp. That is
the case of a three-cornered fight wherein
lines are closely drawn and there are nat
ural bitternesses. Should any of the
three Lading candidates fail to get the
nec ssary majrrity Speaker Crisp seems
to be the most natural m in to turn to.
The announcement of the candidacy of
Gen. Evans, and particularly the with
drawal of President Clay, from the fight
has caused a great deal of talk during the
closing days of the session. There is
every reason to believe that Gen. Evans
has a very strong lead. The newspapers
throughout the state are rallying to b's
support and it is a noticeable fact that
both of the Atlanta papers are for Evans.
Mr. Atkinson has not yet announced his
candidacy but he will undoubtedly do so
in the near future. Everybody who
knows him know that when he goes into
the fight he will make the strongest
he knows how. Neither he or his fiiends
seem at all discouraged by the seeming
wavejof support toward Gen. Evans.
They will not talk for publication but
they think that the strong forces upon
which they count will rally to Atkinson’s
support and that he will come in a win
ner. It certainly does not look so now
but the race is undoubtedly young.
MANY KILLED-
The Span of a Brldec Falls With Dlsas.
trous ReaultH.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15. —A span of
the Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge
■fell this morning and it is believed that
forty lives were lost iu ’’he accident.
Both banks of the river were sooi
crowded. Many of the wounded were in
the throngs and it was apparent that
they were the wives and children of
those who had gone down to death.
Three pttrol wagons ware kept busy
ami guards, assisted by the fi-edepart
irn nt. in carrying off the dead and in
jured. The wagous could not go to and
from the hospital fast enough to receive
those taken from the river.
Say Ills 180.
Later it was reported that the officers
of the Maj >r McKenzie, the government
boat, said that 180 men were lost.
The officers attributed the accident to
the moving away of the girders, due to
faulty mechanism.
The injured wore taken to the city
hospital at the rate of about one a min
ute. At 11:15 seven men had been
br %gnt in. All were ttnddhscious,
as a result, their names could not be
learned. Some were white and others
colored.
KILLED HERSELF’
A Beautiful I’onng Lady of Rockmart
Blows Out Iler Brains,
Special to The Tribune.
Rockmart, December 15.—Miss Carrie
White, a beautiful young lady, 16 or 17
years of age, committed suicide last eve
ning by shooting out her brains with a
pistol.
She committed the awful deed about 7
o’clock. The family live near this place.
Last night at the supper table the young
lady had some words with her brother.
S ie left the table and secured the pis
te! that ended her life.
There was a shot, a crash, and the poor
girl was found lying in a pool of her own
blood.
The awful sight has almost crazed the
family. No other cause for the suicide
than the little quarrel with her brother
can be assigned.
WHAT A ROAST.
Dr. Felton Would Not Object to a Diffi
culty With Dr. Hawthorne.
Special to the Tribune.
Atlanta, Dec. 14. —Dr. W. H. Eelton
publishes a long letter in tomorrow’s
Constitution denouncing Dr. J. B. Haw
thorne, of the First Baptist church here.
Dr. Hawthorne, in an attack last Sun
day on women speakers, compared them
to the painted women of the town. Dr.
Felton calls Hawthor/'o a skunk, and
roasts him for two columns. He says
that if Dr. Hawthorne wiil name names
in speaking of women who make public
addresses there will be lively times ahead
for the Baptist clergyman.
The letter is one of the most severe
Dr. Felton ever wrote.
AN OUTRAGE.
A Young Girl Assaulted Near Varnell’s.—
Caught and Tried,
Special to the Tribune.
Varnell’s Station, Dec. 15.—A man
by the name of Hicks is charged with
having committed a rape on a young
girl by the n ime of O’Donald, who lives
near Varnell’s station. It occurred
Thursday afternoon and Hick’s was
caught that night. Ha had a prelimi
nary hearing at Varnell’s today, and was
bound over to the superior court.
They started with him to Dalton about
3:30 p. m. The distance is nine miles.
Large crowds stood around the depot
as the party left. It was whispered that
there would be an attempt at lynching.
A Correction.
The prints in The Tribune and
Hustler of the Bth inst., m.ide me say
that the teachers of the Rome district
would be paid off the 24th of this month,
which will be Sunday. The following
is the manner in which I intend to pay
the teachers:
Barkers, Chulio, Van’s Valley and
Howells December 20;h, Cave Spring,
Fosters Mill and Livingston, Decemter
21st; North Carolina, Flatwoods, Texas
Valley, Floyd Splines and Everett-
Springs, December 220 d, and Watters,
Etowah other counties and Rome district
December 23rd.
W. M. Beiges, C. S. C.
KKIbS KKHSUU.U..
A CorrT.ption of the Words Christ Child
Now Applied to Santa Claus.
In these days Kriss Kringle is looked
upon as an alternative name for Santa
Claus; but-, in fact, he is, etymologic
ally and historically, a totally different
being, though the two personages have
been welded into one in the popular
imagination. A very small knowledge
of German reveals the fact that Kriss
Kringle is simply a corruption of the
word “Christkindlein,” or Christ child,
whose connection with the Christmas
festival is too obvious to need explana
tion. But what seems inexplicable is
how the Christ child of the past, the
Holy One, whose nativity is the subject
of commemoration in that feast which
we call Christmas, should have evolved
into the white haired, white bearded,
merry hearted and kindly old pagan
whom we call indifferently Kriss Kringle
or Santa Claus.
Yet at the very moment when we have
come face to face with this apparently
insoluble paradox wo have reached the
solution which seemed impossible when
we strove to understand the much less
startling transformation of St. Nicholas
into Santa Claus.
We remember that the Christmas fes
tival of today is a gradual evolution
from times that long antedated the
Christian period; that though it cele
brates the mightiest fact in the history
of Christendom it was overlaid upon
heathen festivals, and many of its attend
ant observances are mere adaptations of
pagan to Christian ceremonial.
This was no mere accident. It was a
necessary measure at a time when the
new religion was forced on a deeply
superstitious population. In order to
reconcile heathen converts to the new
faith and to make the wrenching of the
old ties as painless as possible these rel
ics of paganism were preserved under
modifi- I <•.■.« rn.-ls, xvictly a.i the an
tique columns weri transferred from an
cient temples to adorn the Christian ba
silicas.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1893.
TO BE SOLD'
The Rome RolllngJMillto Go at
Last. J
THEU.S. COURTjp DECREE.
Receiver ReyncJfs Will Sell the
Plant and Prowerty the Mid*
die
The Romo Mill will be sold in
\ A'
January. That is the decree of the
United States court, given by Judge
Newnan recently.
For a long time the matter has been
pending in the United States couit,
where it was taken by a bill filed by the
Chattanooga bondholders, who asked
for the sale of the plant and property of
the Romo Rolling Mill, because of the
default of the company upon interest and
upon some of the bonds which had fallen
due.
Astir long consideration Judge New
nan has ordered the property sold, and
Mr. John H. Reynolds will carry out the
instructions cf the court in January.
The Rome Rolling Mii! and plant cost
originally about $45,000. A large num
ber of hands was employed and large
sums of money were paid out, visibly
affecting the retail trade of Rome. For
a time the business prospered. It was,
with possibly one exception, the only
mill iu the South making cotton ties. In
1801 the price of ties was $1.35 per bun
dle and the mill made a large amount of
money, This was supposed to be one of
the benr.filial effects of the McKinley
bid. The sequel showed that the high
tariff was a delusion and a snare. The
high duty placed foreign competition at
a disadvantage and so narrowed the mar
ket that the few tie mills in the United
States were able to form a combination.
This they did. The Rome mill had an
immense advantage in nearness to the
co ton belt aud saving of freight. It is
said' that the big concerns which had
formed a combination cut the prices of
UuS to kill the small competitors.
Whether this was true or not, that was
the result. The price of ties was cut
aud went down from $1.35 to 90.. cents.
Such is the alluring folly and the danger
of the protective tariff.
It is thought by sagacious people that
a lower duty would even help the price
of ties by making the market too broad
to be controlled by a combination and
therefore make it a matter of no intert st
for big conce ns to cut against small
competitors beyond the price at which
they can afford to sell.
No other sarsaparilla has equaled Hood’s in
the relief it gives in severest cases of dyspepsia,
sick headache, biliousness, etc.
WASHINGTONZNEWS-
All Quiet In the House—A Free Silver Con
ference*
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—When
the house met at noon less than one hun
dred members were present.
Nothing of importance was done dur
ing the day.
The conference of leading rflver men of
the country, called by the Bimetallic
League to divise ways and means to con
tinue the fight for free silver coinage,
opened this morning at the headquarters
of the Bimetallic League.
Children Cry for
Pitcher’s Castoria.
Married in Bartow County.
Married, at Hall’s Station, Bartow
county, at 2 p. m., Dec. 14th, at the resi
dence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. W. J
Seay, Mr. Edward Allen, of Floyd
county, and Miss Emma Seay, Rev. J. E.
Eilgland officiating. After congratula
tion of friends the happy pair left for
their future home near Rome.
STOOD ASIDE TWICE.
M’Kinley Has Got Out of the Way of Two
Candidates.
Washington, D. 0, December 16.
me rrienas or General Harrison are jubi
lant over the turn which Hawaiian matters
have taken. They see in the trouble which
the Cleveland administration has been hav
ing with its Hawaiian policy a possible
means of bringing their favorite to the front
as a presidential candidate. It is well
known here that General Harrison hopes to
follow the footsteps of Mr. Cleveland in so
far as the phoenix business is concerned and
to receive a third nomination at the hands of
his party. It is also well known that the
old time friends of the ex-president, consti
tuting what w-as called “the Harrison ma
chine,” have been given the hint that every
man is expected to do his duty and to work
for a restoration of the old regime.
The greatest danger which the Harrison
workers have had to fear, and still fear, is
that the tariff question may be made so
prominent by the new law proposed by the
Democratic party that McKinley will be
kept at the front as the logical candidate of
his party, a position into which he leaped a
few weeks ago By the overwhelming nature
of his victory in Ohio. The judgment of the
best observers iu the capital still is that this
will be the result, but the friends of Gen
eral Harrison say the Hawaiian episode is
going to be fully as prominent as the tariff,
and that it may easily lead to the nomina
tion of their favorite. Already they are
arguing that while the tariff is necesarily
more or lessof asectional question, helping
a party in the east while hunting it in the
west, or vice versa, Americanism has ro
sectionalism, neither east or west, nor
north or south, and that the man who ran
up the stars and stripes in Hawaii will
prove the strongest candidate in 1896.
Hopes of Harrison's Friends.
However this may be, it is certain the
Harrison men throughout the country
stand ready to promote the chances of the
cx-presid<nt whenever opportunity offers.
They are for the most part influential poli
ticians, mid many of them were officehold
<rs under the recent administration v.lio
would not 1 .■ nt all aversetotaking upouce
more their official responsibilities. These
men ear that if Secretary Grqsbam euj-
oarxea upon ms Hawaiian sdbeme ft>r the
purposeof casting discredit upon hisold en
emy, General Harrison, he has so complete
ly failed therein that the ex-president has
been helped and not harmed. The Harrison
people are inclined to offer a vote of thanks
to Gresham for coming to the front just in
the nick of time and producing an issue
which has brought Harrison conspicuously
forward at the very moment when the Mc-
Kinley boom in Ohio was threatening to
eclipse him.
Cause For Bitterness.
Considerable bitterness between the Mc-
Kinley and the Harrison followings is al
ready discernible. This has its origin
partly in the rivalry which has already be
gun partly in an incident of the Harri--
son administration which has never before
been described in print. Major McKinley
had been pressing General garrison to
nominate for judge of the supreme
the District of Columbia a brilliant young
lawyer of McKinley’s town, Canton, 0.,
Charles R. Miller by name. Miller had
splendid indorsements from Senator Sher
man, from a number of judges and great
lawyers, and Harrison finally agreed to ap
point him. In September, 1892, during the
presidential campaign, President Harrison
wrote McKinley asking if it would make
any particular difference if the appoint
ment were not made till after the election.
Both McKinley and Miller said if the ap
pointment at that time was likely to cause
ill feeling among the friends of the other
candidates and thereby possibly do harm to
the party cause, the matter should be per
mitted to go over till after election. Major
McKinley wrote the president to that ef
fect.
A McKinley Remark.
After election McKinley heard there was
some trouble about the appointment and
came down to Washington to see about it.
After what had passed between President
Harrison and himself with reference to the
matter he did not think it possible the
president had any other intention than to
make the appointment according to the un
derstanding reached during the summer.
Major McKinley went over to the White
House and had an interview with the presi
dent, in the course of which he very quick
ly learned the truth. To say that McKin
ley was surprised only faintly describes his
feelings at the moment. He sat silent while
General Harrison explained he had not in
tended to convey a direct promise to ap
point Miller in his letter of September, and
that so much pressure had been put upon
him he did not see how he could possibly
make the appointment which Mr. McKin
ley desired. At this McKinley rose and,
more in sorrow and wounded feelings than
in anger,Uaxclalmed:
“Mr. President, if our positions were re
versed—if I were president of the United
States and you had done for me what I did
for y<£i at Minneapolis—you would not be
able to get out of that door before I would
sign the appointment which you had come
to ask of me.”
Rivals For a Nomination.
With this Major McKinley left the presi
dent’s library, and heandGeneral Harrison
have never met since that hour. But it is
known that McKinley left the White House
on that occasion with a determination that
if the fates favored him he would exchange
places with General Harrison at the first
opportunity. Irrespective of the merits of
the controversy between the two men, with
which we have nothing to do, it is interest
ing to watch the progress of the rivalry be
tween them, and all the more interesting
now that we are acquainted with this
dramatic incident of their past relations
and with this source of more or less personal
bitterness between them.
McKinley has been the central figure in
two of the most dramatic incidents of our
national conventions of recent years. One
was when he stood on a chair in the Chica
go convention of 1888 and in a ringing
voice declared that no true friend of his
would vote for his nomination, and the oth
er was at Minneapolis, when as president of
the convention he did all in’his power to
stop the movement for his nomination and
cast his own vote for Harrison. Major Mc-
Kinley said to a friivl not many months
ago:
“In 1888 I stood out of John Sherman’s
way and am glad of it. In 1892 I stood
aside for Harrison. In 1896 —well, I shall
not be a delegate to that convention.”
Achilles and the 7orto.se.
There is one paradox which upon its
face appears to be very easy of solu
tion, but which, after careful study,
does not pan out so well. The story
was first told upon a gentleman named
Achilles, who was rather prominent in
early political times, and who had a
reputation as an all round athletic. He
could run, and run fast at that. One day
he started to catch a tortoise, which was
as slow in those days as ho is today.
Achilles was some distance behind the
tortoise and set out to capture it. Achil
les went twice as fast as the slow old
tortoise and gained constantly, but he
never caught it. No matter what prog
ress Achilles made, the tortoise went
ahead just half as far. By this time the
distance between the two, had they lived
to this day, would have been infinitesi
mal, but yet if Achilles and the tortoise
ran with the proper mathematical pre
cision there would still be an interval
between the two.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Beat the Cigar Smoking Record.
For a wager of $5 George A. Lee, pro
prietor of the Union house at Litchfield,
Minn., smoked 50 cigars the other Sun
day in 11 hours. The shortest time taken
to consume one cigar was six minutes —
11 minutes was the longest time. Mr.
Lee feels no ill effects. Before entering
upon his task a Mr. Konsbrick said that
if he succeeded he would promise to
drink Lake Ripley dry. He has been
called upon to fulfill his promise.—New
York World.
McKinley’s Fierce Bird.
Governor McKinley has decided to
present the bald eagle recently sent him
from the Indian Territory to the Cincin
nati Zoological garden. It is too fierce
to be made a pet of and too tough to eat.
A tender of the bird to several friends
has been firmly refused.—Columbus Dis
patch.
Mrs. T. 8. Hawkins. Chattanooga
Tenn., says: “Shiloh’s Vitaliznr saved
mv life.’ I consider it the best: remedy
for a debilitated system I ever used.”
For dysp' DRia, liver or kidney trouble it
excels. Price 75 ots. For t.ale by D. W.
Curry.
ChHdren Cry for
Pitcher’s ©astoiia.
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