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THE NEW SOUTH.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
J. 8. JAMES Editor.
W. P. FLEMING Literary Editor.
T. A. J. Majors Publisher.
T. R. WHITLEY Business Manager.
The editor of this paper is not responsible
for the views of its eontibutors. •
THREE LETTERS.
Below will be the correspondedce
between Colonel C. C. Post and J. S.
James. Colonel James asked Colonel
C. C. Post to divide time with him
at Chattahoochee Park ( which place
Colonel Post spoke last Saturday).
Jt will be seen that Mr. Post
backed square down —he was afraid to
to meet Mr. James.
It is true he did not absolutely re
fuse to meet Colonel James in a joint
debate but put such restrictions that
could not be accepted by any oppo
nent. Mr. Post is a queer cuss. He
knows that no debate or question was
ever confined to the limits tha't he
wished to place on Mr. James. How
ever, read the letters. They make
good reading and it will prove to an
unperjudice public that the leaders
of the Third party are afraid to meet ,
Democratic speakers and let their
platform come before their followers
In an ungarbled form:
Db(TOLAS VILLE, Ga., April 29, 1892.
Colonel C. C. Post, Atlanta, Ga.; Dear
Sir: I see that you are to address the
people at Chattahoochee park, Campbell
county, on the 7th day of May. I write
to ask will you divide equal time with
me on that occasion? If so what time
will the ' speaking occur? Os course I
concede that you will have the right to
open and conclude. I suggest the sol
s lowing as a fair division of time:
First, you open in one hour, and state
your points, so I can answer them.
Second, allow me one hour and fifteen
• minutes. Third, you to conclude in
fifteen minutes. Fourth, if you make
any new points in your concluding re
marks I am to have time to reply. Please
i let me hear from you at once. I think
1 we can discuss the political questions of
■ the day without frictions.
Hastily ymirs truly, X
J. S. James.
P. S.—Let me know at once.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2, 1892. Colonel
J. 8. James, Douglasville, Ga.; Dear Sip
Yqurs, asking a division of time at
Chattahoochee park, is received.
In reply, I have to say that I have no
authority to accept, since I do not know
. what arrangements have been made or
what other speakers invited.
If no other speakers are there, and if
it is agreeable to the committee in
charge of the meeting, I will divide time
with you on the following basis and
understanding, to-wit:
I to defend the St. Louis platform as
accepted by us, and which reads as fol
lows: "
FINANCE.
First—We demand a national currency
safe, sound and flexible, issued by the
general government only, • full' legal
tender for all debts, public, and private;
** and that without tlte use of banking
corporations a just, equitable and Effi
cient means of distribution direct to the
people at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent,
be provided, as set forth in the subtreas
ury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or
come of its obligations for public im
provements.
(a.) We demand free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
(b.) We demand that the amount of
circulating medium be speedily increased
to not less than fifty dollars per capita.
(c.) We demand a graduated income
tax.
(d.) We believe that the money of ths
country should be kept as much as possi
ble in the hands of the
people, and hence we demand
all National and State revenue shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of the
government economically and honestly
administered.
(e.) We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the government
for the safe deposit of the earnings of the
people and to facilitate exchange.
LAND
Second—The land, including all the
natural resources of whealth, is the her
itage of all the people and should not be
monopolized for speculative purposes,
and alien ownership of land should be
prohibited. All land now held by rail
roads and other corporations in excess
of their actual needs, and all lands now
owned bv aliens, should be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
• TRANSPORTATION.
Third—Transportation being a means
of exchange and a public necessity, the
government should own and operate the
• railroads in the interast of the people.
(a.) The telagraph and telephone, like
the postoffice system, being a necessity
for transmission of news, should be
owned and operated by the government
in the interest of the people.
You to oppose this and defend the
Democratic national platform of 1888,
and the policy of the Democratic party
as declared by its acts and its failure to
act In national affairs.
I will not discuss any question outside
of these, personally or otherwise, and
will consent to a joint discussion only
with the understanding that the debate
is to be confined to the line indicated,
and in case other speakers are not pres
ent whose time would be interfered with.
In case we debate I will open in one
hour, you to have an hour and a half
and I close in half an hour.
Respectfully,
C. C. Post.
Dovol as Ville, Ga., May 4, 1892.
Colonel C. C. Post, Atlanta. Ga. ,Dear
Sir: I acknowledge receipt of yours of
May 4th, replying to which I beg to say,
that it is apparent that you do not desire
or Intend to have a joint discussion at
Chattahoochee park on the 7th inst.,
because you put such conditions and
restrictions on the acceptance (should
one take place) that no sensible person
could agree to. In the second place,
were I to go there on the day mentioned
and accept the terms of the debate men
tioned In your letter, there is ho assur
ance that I could be heard at al), because
yon say If there la ao other speakers
there aad if It is agreeable with the
committee in charge, and I will comma
myself to the narrow limit indicated in
your letter, then -if it would not inter
fere with other speakers you would
consent. lam frank to say that I have
pever heard of more unfair propositions
than those laid down in your letter. I
would have been perfectly willing to
have divided time as indicated in your
letter, but the other demands I could
under no consideration agree to. It is
remarkably strange that you- are the
chairman of the People’s party in Geor
gia, and are managing its campaign, and
have nb authority to arrange for a divis
ion of time with an opponent when
challenged to do to, and then, too, to
say that I must accept and discuss the
St. Louis platform as interpreted by you
is one of the most startling propositions
I ever heard of, and, too, when it ap
pears that you have left out the 12th
plank, known as the Union soldiers’
plank, or resolution if you prefer to call
it that. But surely no fair minded op
ponent will try to tie the hands of his
opponent and force him to adopt the
construction of the instrument he is as
sailing given it by the chairman of the
opposition himself. Then, another un
fair demand is, you try to require me |o
discuss the platform of 1888 of the Dem
ocratic party, without allowing me the
privilege of taking all of its political
history in order that I may show what
It has done for the country. Another
thing you say, which is unheard of in
political discussions is, you say you will
not discuss any question outside of these
personal or otherwise and will
not consent to a joint discussion only
with the understanding that the debate
is to be confined to the line indicated.
Who ever heard tell of political oppo
nents being confined to such a narrow
limit as this, and as stated above? You
know as well as I do that this would be
unfair, unjust, and simply dodging the
issue. Why not allow the question to
be discussed in its broadest light if it is
of interest to the public? None of It
should be kept back in political discus
sions. A man’s political views at present
and in the past, and his political affilia
tions have always been considered as
public property. lam perfectly willing
for mine to receive whatever criticism
my political antagonist may see proper
to give it, and surely you ought to be
willing to the same, especially so when
you are the head and front of the Peo
ple’s party in this State, and claim that
you now stand where you have always
stood, and, too, when you in public
speech and through the press assail all
of the Democratic leaders from the
lowest to the highest. You cannot
shield yourself by contending when
your present and past political views
and affiliations are assailed that those
who are doing it are denouncing you
personally. I have not and will not
bring personal character into politics.
It’ought never to be done, but men’s
political views and affiliations are not
their personal character.
One thing more. It is very strange
indeed that you should be afraid for the
People’s party platform to all come be
fore the public as it was adopted at St.
Louis. If it is all right it seems to
and no doubt it does to an honest pub
lic, that you assail asi many other Thlml j
party, are trying to keep somethffl
hack, and are afraid for a joint debate
to be had. If your cause is so weak
that it cannot stand public discussion, it
will not do for the public to adopt and
support. Colonel Post, there should be
no dodging. I would have been glad to
meet you If you would give me any sort
of showing that looked half way right.
I reckon, however, it will work out all
right.
I have been Invited to other points
for next Saturday, and have today, since
receiving your letter, accepted one of
them, and while you are pounding Third
party to the people at Chattahoochee
park I will be giving them sound and
Pure Democratic doctrine at another
place. Hastily yours truly,
J. 8. James.
THE LIONANdTaMBLAY DOWN
TOGETHER.
There was the largest mass meeting at
Greenville last week ever held in the
good old county of Merri wether
It demonstrated conclusively that the
Third party was non est down there.
The different elements of the Democrats
saw that the Chicago and Kansas emis
sary was not working for good govern
ment and the ' people’s interest and
prosperity, but was for personal gain
and Republican rule, so they came
together in one solid phalanx, fighting
for freedom of thought, and battling for
the party of the people.
After pledging themselves to work for
Democratic supremacy, there was a res
olution introduced endorsing Hou. J. M.
Terrell for attorney general. Hon. A. J.
Snelson seconded this resolution in a
forcible speech, and the roof was almost
lifted with cheers. This applause was
not only for the love and esteem of Mr.
Terrell, but it showed harmony reign in
the Democratic ranks, and the people
were still loyal to the grand old ship
that brought them out of reconstruction
day and delivered them from Republican
corruption. Mr. Snelson acted wisely,
like all men should do. When you do a
wrong make haste to right it. It shows
the coward and not the man to let a
wrong go uncorrected, but we will say
here what we have always said, that Mr.
Snelson Is not the bad man some thought
but in the excitement allowed himself to
be made a tool of by designing parties,
some who wanted office, others who
wanted to hurt Mr. Tencell. But they
have come together and shook hands
over the altar of peace, and Mr. Snelson
wants to see Merriwether’s distin
guished son honored. Douglas stands
by Merriwether in this and will cast
her vote for Hon. J. M. Terrell for attor
ney general of Georgia.
Not many physicians make great
therapeutic discoveries. For the most
part they content themselves with
administering judiciously what is pre
scribed in the books. To Dr. J. Ayer,
however, is due the credit of discover
ing that greatest of blood-purlers—
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
POINTS POLITICALLY.
Comments on Current Topics of Gener-i
al Interest.
Tim New South rises to remark that
if our farmers would take, and he a d, the
advice given by The Southern Cultivator
of Atlanta, and not that of The Southern
Alliance Farmer, they would have plenty 1
of money and be what they ought to
be —the most independent class of peo
ple on earth.
Reports from* all parts of the State
say that the Third party, which was a
few weeks back sweeping the State from
the “mountains to the seaboard,” is as
fast dying out as it was springing into
existence. Every place that Ellington,
Peek, Post, Turner and Walker spaak
they only solidify the Democrats and
drive the wavering ones back into the
fold.
Mr. John J. Holzendorff, a popular
merchant of Thomson, is setting a good
Democratic example and employing a
very unique method to distribute good
Democratic teaching. On each sheet of
the wrapping paper used in his store is
printed Gen. John B. Gordon’s letter to
the alliancemen of Georgia advising
against the Third party. E very package
which leaves his store is a Democratic
missionary.
Hon. W. C. Glenn, author of the bill
to tax railroads for county purposes,
which has stood the test of the highest
courts in the State, is a candidate for
attorney general, and is receiving the
endorsement of the different counties as
they act The bill is one of the best
that has become a law in a decade or
more, and Colonel Glenn is happy over
the recent decission of the supreme
court of the State.
Senator Ellington, in a public
speech some time ago, said he hoped
the day would come when it would be a
crime to charge interest. The New
South ventures to say that if the Sen; -
tor has any money to loan he charges
more interest than the law allows. Such
talk as the Senator indulges in will
redound to the injury of the farmers
who have been injured enough by their
so-called leaders. Ever since the famous
edict of Peek to hold cotton for 12|
cents it has 'gradually decreased in
price.
Some of our exchanges are inquiring
of the whereabouts of Elam Christian,
but have as yet received no correct in*
formation. The New South Is happy
to state that Elam is now in “sack cloth
and ashes,” repenting of his folly, and
when he again shows his head it will be
a Democratic one. Boys don’t be hard
on the poor wayward sinner. Elam
thought he saw an office, but the mist
has come from before his eyes and he
sees the foolishness of his recent course.
Elam is all right.
The Third party is fait playing out
in Merriwether county. Recently they
organized In that county and appointed
an executive committee for the county.
The members accepted—some of them
were on the Pemecratifi, committee.
r a«jkrt<o thdH.
holds ent the vilest sinner may return.”
Come on Lish. You will be forgiven
and your sins will be washed away, and
you will be “whiter than show.”
In the last issue of the Cartersville
Courant-American a writer sutgests Dr.
W. H. Felton as a suitable nan for the
Democrats to nominate congress
in the seventh congressional district.
The writer seconds the nomination, and
in doing so desires to say that the Dem
ocratic party would be doing itself an
honor and pay homage to one of the
grandest men that Georgia has ever
produced. A statesman in every sefise
of the word. .The leading men of the
district should see that Dr. Felton is
nominated and elected. It is true he
made a loosing fight two years ago, but
he did so in the interest of pure Democ
racy, and if it had not been for his fight
the seventh’s representative would have,
ere this, joined his fortune with the
Third party. Yes. Let let Felton go
congress. His equal is not to be found.
Judge Maddox is a good man, a true
Democrat, but he can wait. Dr Felton,
it is true, is getting old, but there is life
yet in him and he could rattle the bones
of the Third party as no man could.
Major Wallace W. Scews, editor of the
Montgomery Adver iser, who has been
in New York ; the past week or so, and
who has been mingling with men es
both parties, in a letter te his paper
refers to this matter, and states facts
which will doubtless be entirely new to
many* who have been drawing compari
sons between Mr. Cleveland aad Mr. Hill.
The following extract will show:
The opponentx of Mr. Cleveland gener
ally seek to disparage hie record as a
Democrat on the gjound that he did not
“turn the rascals out,” and claim that
Senator Hill never allowed a Republican
officeholder around him. It so hap
pens, however, that during Senator Hill’s
service as Governer of this State he
appointed more Republicans to office
than Governors Tilden, Robison and
Cleveland combined. Many of these
positions carried with them salaries of
over SI,OOO per year, and others $1,500
and SI,OOO. Several of the commissions
had Republican majorities on them, and
at one time, by Governor Hill’s appoint
ment, every man in the Railroad Com
mission was a Republican. These are
facts of common notoriety and talk bare
in New York. The appointment of Ite
publicans to office had largely to do with
the big Harrison and Hill vote in 1888,
these beneficiaries of Governor Hill and
all the power they could exert being in
theenterest of a Democratic Governor
and a Republican President
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Democracy Preached From the Stump J
Last Saturday. ;
A JOINT DEBATE.;
i
And the People’s Party Routed 1
in the Middle. ,
i
Ope of the Strong Holds of
Douglas County Captured
and Turned Over to
Democracy. ,
Last Saturday Democracy and Third .
partvism met at Watkins mill, and 1
Democracy came out victorious. The
Third party leaders admit that the
crowd, three hundred, were about
equally divided, which means that
Democracy was in the lead. Following
is the detail of the meeting: I
Messrs. James H. Selman and I.
Beardon were appointed as chairmen
to keep order, etc. There were five
speakers, three for the Third party, as
follows, E. H. Camp, W. A. Baggett,
Sr., and Oscar Parker; two for Democ
racy's. <4. Griggs and J. S. James.
It jvas agreed that each side should
have one hour and thirty minutes.
E. kfi* Camp i poke fifteen minutes.
His speech was short and delivered in
a very exciting manner, such a one as
no other person than Lish could de
liver. His speech was made up with
reading The Sparta Ishmaelite and as
sertions, all without foundation. We
give one or two of them. He said that
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
were tEe biggest lying papers in the
world, and that The New South was
filled with falsehood from one end to
the other, and that the Democratic
party is as bad, if not worse, than the
Republican, and that C. C. Post was
one of tfi? grandest men that this coun
try had ever produced. He was in fa
vor of the government ownership of
railroads, and that they paid for them
selves every five years. When his
tme Was up he was prancing around
over the stand like a blind dog in a
meat house, his face as red as a turkey
gobler’s snout, his eyes looked like they
were ready to pay out of his head.
said, “if I did have a few
more minutes.”
The next was Mr. W. A. Baggett,
Sr. He made a conserveative speech.
He undertook to show that, the cause
of the trouble of the depressed condi
tion of the country was attributed to
both the old parties but mostly on the
Republican. He said he had not pre
pared t<) make a speech; be is oppose
to the JTnion soldier plank and the
railroad plank,and if the People’s party
adopted them at Omaha July 4 be will
not vote (he ticket. He said the people
hid adopted the platform of the
Bt. convention. One would
"
lie is incited to go back on tjpe Third
party if O*vy put in tne Union soldieit
plank wM the government ownership,
of railroads in their Omaha platform.;
The next speaker was B. G. Griggs.
He made a Democratic
sl>eech; paid htfrespeets to the position
of Lish and Billie; he showed the dan
ger to tiie people in the government
ownership 'and operation of the rail
roads, and the injustice of the plank to
pay the Union soldiers the difference
bet ween depreciated greenback and
gold. He uld why not pay the old
Confederate a few dollars, and why
not pay everybflidy else the difference
If you pay it to the Union soldier. Mr.
Griggs’s speech was well received by
the crowd.
Oscar Parker followed. He began
by saying "I am in the fight to stay;
I am a son of a dead Confederate sol
dier.” Most of his speech was taken
up in reading statistics from the Peo
ple’s party Hand Book, by A. E. Red
stone, of California. He said in 1861-2
we had a fraction over s6l per capta,
and now we have only about $5 per
capta. He said Cleveland and the
Democratic party was to blame for it
as rfiuch as the Republicans; that Dan
Vo r bees was the leader of the Demo
cratic party and was in favor of paying
* the Union soldiers the difference be
-1 tween greenback and gold. The gov
ernment ought to own and operate the
railroads—it would be the best for the
people. The Union Soldier plank was
not in the People’s party platform: it
was only put in in the shape of a reso
lution He wound up by reading
other statements from Redstone.
TJb&Jje’rt speaker was J. 8. James,
who spoke for Democracy for one hour.
‘ He told a good number of jokes and
■ applied them to Baggett, Camp and
Parker and the Third party, and were
well enjoyed by the crowd. He said
that the government could not afford
1 to own the railroads. They are valued
1 at ten billion one hundred and twenty
1 million six hundred thousand dollars,
aad this does not include the elevated
fiilroad in New York. There are In
the United States 171,048 miles of rail
roads, besides the side tracks, includ
ing the side tracks there are over 200,-
900 miles of railroad in the United
States, nearly one-half of all the rail
roads Iff the country. The telegraph
and telephone lines are valued at about
two hundred millions of dollars. If
the .government was to buy the rail
, roads at what they are valued at and
it was equally divided betweep all the
| people, counting them at sixty.five
million, it would cost each $1,540.
I Mr. Camp has said railroads will pay
for themselves in five years, statistics
show that after paying a)] expenses
■last year they only bad th'rty million
surplus, this is less tiffin one-half of
one per cent on ten billion of dollars.
If »t was In the power of the govern
ment to own the railroads, telegraph
I and telephone lines, its tendency is to-
wards centralization. With those now
engaged in the service of the United
States, and all who are engaged at
present in the railway and telegraph '
and telephone service would make'
two million five hundred thousand
men employed by the government.
There are only 13,000,000 voters in the
United States. Now put all the gov- .
eminent machinery with’ this one-'
fifth of the voting population in the
hands of the President and no power 1
on earth could prevent him from con-’
verting this into a monarchy if he'
choosed to do so. I would be a condi
tion that no liberty loving man or '
woman would want to see.. It
is undemocratic and against every'
principal and policy which lead to the!
establishment of this republic. All of l
its founders, from Washington and
Jefferson down were opposed to any
such tendency. The policy of the
United States government has always
been a poor government and a rich
people—that the property should re
main in the hands of the people, and
the government should not take any
more from its citizens in the way of
taxation than was necessary to run the
government honestly and justly ad
ministered. Tiie Third party is try
ing to reverse the order of things by
taking the property away from the
people and putting it in the hands of
the government.
Mr. James then paid his respects to
the Union soldier plank in the Third
party platform. He read the platform
from a number of papers published in
the northern States Third party papers
showing that this plank is spread be
fore the readers in the north and west
as part of the platform. He exhibited
letters from five congressmen and a
letter from John W. Hayes, the secre
tary of the St. Louis convention, in
which Hayes said he had the original
platform as it was adopted at St. Louis
and it contained the Union soldiers de
mand. Then he turned to Mr. Parker
and said:
“Will you let me have that book,
‘People’s Party Ready Reference
Book’ from which you read the statis
tics in your speech. Now, Mr. Parker
has made almost his entire speech
from this book. It is a book which is
sent out from the headquarters at
Washington of the Third party, and I
hardly suppose they will dispute their
own campaign literature, and especial
ly so when Mr. Parker has made bis
entire speech from it. They cannot
impeach their own witnesses. Now,
gentlemen I am willing to leave the
question to their-own book.”
Mr. James turned over to the back
of the book where the Poeple’s party
platform was printed and read the
twelveth plank:
“We demand that the government
issue legal tender notes and pay the
Union soldier the difference betweeir
the price of the depreciated, money in
which he was paid and gold,” and
then turned to Mr. Parker and said,
“Was you a delegate to that conven
tion?”
Parker—Yes.
Janyfe—Did you not vote for that
demand? <
Parlier—l voted in that convention.
James—Well, then, did you vote for
this demand? No dodging! Answer
it right out like a man.
Parker—l voted for a resolution that
contained this demand.
James —You admit that the resolu
tion was adopted and the Third party
committed to this policy?
Parker—Yes. I suppose they are.
James—Well, Mr. Parker, are you
in favor of paying the Union soldier
this demand?
Parker—l voted for it in tiie conven
tion and of course I still favor it.
Mr. James then continued. “The
government of the United States has
paid out iu pensions since 1861 $1,277,-
261,263.07, and in addition to this paid
pension agents salaries $1,563,547.86,
now pay this additional demand of the
Third party and you will have to pay
two billion dollars more. Georgia’s
part of it would be about $68,000,000;
if divided equally It would cost each
person, man, woman and child in
Douglas county, and in Georgia, the
sum of $37.60. Who is it in this coun
try that is willing to put such a burden
as this on the people?” He showed the
great wrong it would be to the south to
carry out this demand and force
the poor old Confederate soldier, wid
ows and orphans to pay tnls amount to
the Union Soldier. He saidsevery
body after the war took the deprecia
money —It was depreciated on up to
the first of January 1879—and why not
pay all the southern farmers the differ
ence between currency and gold that
be received for his cotton and all other
products. It is simnlv absurd to talk
about it It is so unjust to the people of
the south to demand it. I don’t see
how any man who has any respect for
our southern country can think about
supporting It.
Mr. James then took up Parker’s
statement about the money circulation
and showed from the official report
that there is more money In circula
tion now, per capita, in the United
States than there has been since the
war. He read from the report of 1891,
which showed there was $23.41 per
capita in circulation more, according
to the official and sworn report of the
officials at Washington than at any
time since the war. There is almost
double as much money in circulation
in the United States now as there watr
in 1880. The United States is the fourth
country;of the world per capita, “I am !
pqt opposed to an increase per capita,
but I have showed 10 when '
cotton was worth double what it is!
now that there was a great deal less
money per capita than now, and I
don’t think it would be a bad policy to
increase the money but it is not the'
great trouble.” He read from the. offi
cial recordsand from the twenty-ninth
annual publication, 1892, of MacMilliau
A Co’s. Statistics of the World, and the
World’s Statistical Almanac of all Na‘,
tions and Money in Politics, bv Upton,
Crams Atlas and several other stand
ard authorities, and recognized as such
in all countries and all without a sifi
gle exception showed tiie statement
by Camp, Baggett and Parker to be
erroneous.
The statistics in the People’s Party
Hand Book were false statements got
ten up for the purpose of deceiving the
people. In fact James showed from
every authorized statistical report that
the statements contained in this hand
book, and as contended by the Third
party leaders, were false, untrue and
without foundation. There are a great
many other objections to the Third
party platform, but I haven’t time to
mention them without comment.
Among them is Woman suf
frage, the compelling of people
to buy goods manufactured by the
Knights of Labor in preference to
other goods, regardless of costs, ect.,
and one other thing about the Third
party platform. It is silent on the
tariff question. There is nothing in
the platform that commits them to
tariff reform. It has been said by
Messrs. Camp, Baggett and Parker
that there is no difference between the
Republicans and Democrats. There is
just as much difference in the two
parties as there is in day and night.
The Democratic party is a friend to
the people of the south because it is
largely made of southern people. The
Democratic party is the party of the
people against the classes and always
has been. It is the party of the south
to which our fathers belong, and the
party that has ever defended our
homes, liberty and firesides. To it we
owe what little we have left today.
While Cleveland was president two
hundred thousand acres of the public
land held by corporation was returned
to the government for actual settlers,
and frauds and plundering stopped in
every department. He vetoed several
million dollars of pension bills. While
he was president the country was
prosperous, and plenty was at the
door of every farmer, cotton from 10
to 12 cents per pound. To the Demo
crats we owe the defeat of the Force
bill and thousands of other damaging
laws that have been tried to be put
upon the people of the south. I know
our people are hard pressed and need
relief, but the Democratic party is not
to blame for it. Financial reform is
well enough in its place, free coinage
is all right, but it will not relieve uur
people. The great question of them
all is the infamous tariff. Its magni
tude has never been understood. It is
grinding all of us into powder and
must be reduced, else our southern
homes and property will be absorbed.
On almost everything we rator wear
there is from 10 to 90 per cent, protect
ive tariff levied upon it. I give a few
items:
Ready made cotton clothing 50 pr. ct.
“ “ linen “ 55 “
“ “ silk “ 60 “
“ “ woolen “ 49j “
“ “ hats 50 “
“ “ shoes 25 “
•lr»>n tnanufaebi red 45 “
“ screws 45 ««•
nails » 1 cent per pound.(
“ horse shoe 4 “ “ ‘A
Cotton trimming 60 pr. ct.
“ handkerchiefs 60 “
“ hosiery so “
There are many thousand articles
embraced in tiie tariff' protection law,
and no one can imagine what it is to
our people until they investigate it.
It is the great and leading question of
them all. Mr. James paid his respeats
to the statement of Mr. Camp as well
as several other third partyites, and
handled them with gloves off. The
The crowd was largely Democratic,
and several hundred people weie pres
ent. From tile best information youi
cot respondent could gather the Third
party Is considerably on the down
grade in the western |>ortion of this
county, and before the election comes
off most all of those who have been
thinking about going off with the
Third party will full into line. Good
work was done for Democracy Satur
day, and the Third party leaders felt
it, and they begin to see the hand
writing on the wall. The meeting at
Watkins mill will be long remembered.
Just before the closing of the discus
sion on last Saturday at Watkins mill,
Colonel John V. Edge came up. After
the meeting closed loud calls were
made for Colonel Edge. He came
upon the stand in answer to the calls
and said he had Just come upon the
ground and did uot know who or
Which side was to close the debate, and
did not want to interfere with the ar
rangements of the occasion. But on
some proper occasion he would come
"before the people and show them the
danger in following up this 1 bird party
movement in our country. Colonel
Edge would have tired the woods if he
had turned loose on the Third party.
He remained on the grounds till night
and mixed with the people. He says
the Middle will be all right on election
day. Colonel Edge would have spoken
but under the agreement the Third
party was to have the conclusion ancu
true, Democrat like, John Edge wiß
stand by the agreement of his par®’
wish it could be said of some of
the Third party leaders. nB
12. We demand that the government
issue legal tender -notes -and pay the
Union soldiers the vii<erence between
the price of the depreciated money in
which he was paid and gold.
If the government was to carry out
the above demand It would cost the
State of Georgia sixty-eight million
dollars. 1
Population of Georgia, 1890, one
million eight hundred «nd thirty-seven
thousand three hundred and fifty
t|>rep
This would retire every person ip
the Btate of Georgia to pay a tax of
$37.50, and this includes e.ery child,
man and woman from one day old to
(he oldest person in the State.
Will the people vote for this de
mand? Will any person who loves
the south vote to donate $37.50 to the
Union soldiers from each person in
Georgia and then ebim to love his,
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T. J. CLONTS,
The Bomb Thrower
JOSEPH S. JAMES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW z
REAL ESTATE AG’T.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
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