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ESTABLISHED 1884
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Statue of Isabella Given t o
Valice and Steamer Ru?.
SPANIARDS MO CUBANS
The Former Insult the Latter avid j
There is Danger of All Sorts
of Trouble.
<By AswxlaU'd
Havaa*. Dec. X. —The statue Isabella ;
OitoMca, which stands in th< middle of ,
Central park this city, was found this •
inoinijujg Jaolding a valise in <asre hand and I
a steamer rug In the other. Au immense ,
placard was slung tlx buck of the ;
stahoe with the words: M B«£ voyage” in- 1
ucribed on it. Several d stuibances oc- i
ruined here yesterady afternoon between
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a * umber of Spaniards aawi Cubans, but I
bickilv it was of no serious conscqueiice. '
At five in the afternoon several Cuban 1
chficers w ilking dowp Obi-spo street asked i
other in tones rather louder than I
aieceasurv when the Span.ke.rds were finally I
to leave Cuba, and commented on what
tthey termed the latter*’ want. of shame in
parading the streets attired in uniforms.
A coupfie of Spanish officers who chanced
to pass overheard the (conversation of the
Cubans and one of ths* Spaniards ap
proached and slapped tie face of a mem
ber di the Cuban party. (Blows were ex
changed, but the fight# ts were soon ar- |
relied and taken to the ’military govern- ■
■orV palace, where they were subsequently 1
discharged. A repetition of this incident
■occurred in the evening when a Spanish ,
officer in Central park tore a Panama hat
oil a Cuban’s head and cut it into pieces
with a. sword. The offender was arrested
anti ■General Arolas, feoahng further trou
ble. distributed a force of soldiers in the
park , and vicinity. N« other disturbances
<jc tamed however.
IN CONGRESS’
TODAY
Hotiors to Commissioners— I
Senator Vest Makes a
Protest.
tly Associated Press.
W&Ahington, Dec. 8. —Sir Wilfred Lau
rier. Premier of Canada, Loro Herschel,
Sir Lonu is 'Davies and Mr. James W inter,
Premier of New Found Land, members of
the high commission, occupied seats in
the gallery of the House today, being the
guests of Mr. Dingley.
On motion of Mr. Cannon, of the appro
priation committee, the Hotfce went into
committee of the whole immediately after i
reading the journal to consider the Ur- ,
gency Deficiency bill for the support of I
military and naval establishments daring j
the six months-, beginning January 1, 1899. |
In connection with the consideration of .
the bills on the calendar, Senator Vest, of i
Missouri, said: “I Jo nt. want be captious
about this pension business and do not
want to set myself up as a reformer, bu. i
this thing of passing a lot of pension i
bills simply by reading titles, and when a ’
quorum of the Senate is not present, has ;
got to be etopped. Men of the South ;
have sat here and permitted these bills to
be passed, having some delicacy about en- i
tering objections. Recent events have ob- '
literated sectionalism and we once more ;
are united and one country, one treasury, I
we can therefore come here and object to |
this spoliation. It is our duty to find out I
why 33 years after the close of the civil i
war, pension claims show so enormous a
sum.
Mr. Gallinger. Chairman of the Pension
Committee, agreed with Mr. Vest, and
though a quorum ought to be in attend
ance.
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WITH W. G MIDDLEBROOKS
Onejof the Oldest Grocery Men of the City
is Now Associated.
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The friends of Mr. W. G. Middlebrooks
and of Mr. D. L. Walker, who for so many
years has been identified with the grocery
business in Macon, will be glad to learn
that Mr. Walker will in future be asso
ciated with Mr. Middlebrooks at has store
in the Volunteers armory building. Few
men have better succeded in holding the
esteem and respect of patrons as well as
Mr. W alker and his return to the business
will be a source of pleasure to a very large
/number of people.
Mr. Middlebrooks is better prepared than
ever to please the grocery trade in Macon.
He pays special attention to the goods sent
out of his store and a fair trial will con
vince the housekeepers of th? "citr’thut
this is the place to trade.
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THE MACON NEWS.
CREW SAVED.
Forty-five of a Crew of Eighty-Eight
Picked Up.
By Associated
Philadelphia, Dec. 8. —The British stern
er Veda more, which sailed from L-verpool
November 22 for Baltimore, pa-sstd Cape
H»nry ia-s-r nigh, and reported that she
had on board forty-five of the crew of j
eighty-tight men ot the steamer Landon- j
iaa. Toe London.an tsaiie-d from Boston '
November 15 lor London and was previ- 1
ously reported by a vessel arriving in j
Liverpool as haveing been sighted.on her '
beam ends and abandoned. This, is the :
first news of the whereabouts of the crew I
The Lundonian undauntedly has gone to |
the bottom of me ocean. Nothing was ■
said by the cu.plain of -the Vedamore to ;
indicate toe rate of the balance of the j
crew.
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EVERYBODY DRUNK.
It Results in All Sorts of Trouble in Ha
vana.
j By Associated Press.
i 'Santiago, Dec. 8. —The Cubans hene are ;
I greatly excited over .yesterday’s proceed- ;
i iugs, resulting from -the commemoration .
; of the death of Antonio Maceo, .particu- ■
I larly at the fact that bullets reached the j
camp of the Fifth Immuues, which .proved i
! the shots were not tired by Cubaas who
■ fired volleys into the air from the public
; squpare here. It now seems the bullets I
i which struck the tejits of the Immunes ;
1 came from a. different party of insurgents :
i near the trocha, who were also eclebra.- '
! ing. Regarding the action of three druii- ■
: ken Cubans wno entered the Spanish ciub !
and smaaiied the chandeliers and furniture
ihe Cubans .say they deeply deplore the
outrage and do not think it fair to look
uptrn it as .a race act. The Sam -Carlos
club intend#? to hold a meeting and tender
au apology.
THE BICYCLE KaCE
i MUter is .Still Leading in the -Six Day
Match.
1 By Associated Press.
New York, Dec. B—During the morning
. Miller again moved upward. Noor score:
' Miller, 1,29 ft Waller, 1,280; Fierce 1,285;
Albert, 1.265; Stevens, 1,231; Gimm, 1,174;
Lawson, 1,154: Aronson. 1,150; Hale 1,143;
Naws, 1,140; Forster, 1,065; Schinneer,
1,061.
STEMBURG TALKS.
He Tells of the Embarrisments of the
Medical Department.
| By Associated Press.
t Washington, Dec. 8. —The conduct of .the
i medieaJ service <of the arn.y was taken up
, today Dy the war investigating committee
■ and Surgeon General Sternberg was rigid
j ly questioned about hia administration.
i The medical department, he said, was
i equipped only for a n army of 25,000
when the war broke out and from year to
year the estimates he submitted have been
materially reduced by congress in the pol
icy of economy.
RECORDER’S COURT.
Boy Severely Punished for Stealing Bot
tles.
Dau Johnson, a small negro boy, was
found. guilty in the recorder’s court
i of stealing bottles from the Acme Brewing ;
; Company and was sentenced to pay a fine !
* of $lO or to spend thirty days in the city i
’ chaingang. Howard Howard was also
i charged with stealing bottles and wac
i given the same sentence. Will Mumford '
I and West Holland were fined $5 for dis- j
orderly conduct. Ed Sumter and Walter :
Henderson were tried on the charge of
loitering in the railroad yards and were i
i fined $lO each. Addie Jones, who was ar- j
I rested on the charge of loitering on the .
i streets was dismissed. j
' A NOVEL BOOT BLACK.
; Young Lady who Shines Shoes is Doing
Macon Today.
| A young lady shoe-shiner, or more fa- •
i miliarly known as a “bootblack” is doing j
i Macon today. She came here from Atlan- j
: ta. where she spent several days. She !
hails from Chicago and says that she is I
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: making a tour of the Southern states and ;
; that she making expenses by shining 1
■ shoes.
She is a very attractive young lady and
' has received much patronage since her ar
rival here this morning. The price of a
shine is 10 cents and she will no doubt get
rich in Macon. She stops at the best ho
tels, attends theatres, and takes in every
t thing that is worth seeing and makes ail
iof her money shining shoes. The yound
| lady refuses to give her name, however.
; She will be in Macon for several days.
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STORY’ OF A SLAVE.
To be bound hand and foot for years by
the chains of disease is the worst form of
i slavery. George D. Williams, of Manches
' ter. Mich., tells how such a slave was
made free. He says: “My wife has been
so helpless for five years that she could
i not turn over in bed alone. After using
two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is won
derfully improved and able to do her
work.” This supreme remedy for female
diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache, backache,
fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine is a godsend to weak,
I sickly, run-down people. Every bottle
j guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by H. J.
’ Lamar & Sons’, Druggists.
MACON NEWt THURSDAY DECEMBER 8 1898.
TREATY IS READY
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Nervousness Shown bv Amer
ican Commissioners,
DONS ARE DESPERATE !
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Showing their Temper and There is
Fear that They May Refuse to
Sign. j
I 'By A ssoeiated • Press.
Faris, Dec. 8. —The 'treaty with Spain Ls i
finished. Judge Day said today: We have
j settled all points upon which there is a ■
; possibility of agreement and only the en- i
. grossing remains.’ ’
j The Spaniards refused to cede the '
• United States a coaling station in the j
• Caroline Islands.
I rne American commissioners entered j
j the joint conference in a nervous frame of
j mind. They evidently ha,3 reasons to be
i iieve the possibility existed e\en a: this
late hour that there might be a rupture,
j This feeling of apprehension was based on
i the temper the Spaniards have displayed
i lately. This week the com mi si oners of
i SiKiia do not conceal the fact that having
’ failed to gain all important points they
are indiffereßt as to wuether or not the
I conferences result in. the settlement of
peace by the signing of the treaty by
which Spain .loses all her colonies. The
miscarriage of the negotiations would
leave their political prestige <at home no
worse if not in better position than if
they signed the treaty. The Americans
' are anxious not to give the Spaniards any
j pretext to bneait oft the negotiations or to
take offense so far as the exercise of pa
tience and diplomacy can steer clear of
j protests.
The Madrid papers report that Senor
■ -Montero, tie president of the Spanish
■ commision, made an impassioned denunci
ation of McKinley at .the last joint meet
ing of the com mission, but these reports
i are practically without foundation. He
I did not refer to the Maine, but in only
i one calmly worded sentence expressing
; regret that the president had spoken, as
the Spaniards .thought, unjustly of them.
! The Spaniards had already proposed this
i conference to have the responsibility for
• rhe Maine reported upon by the joint com
mission of European powers. Toe Ameri-
I can commissioners refused w listen to
j this and permitted RJoe' reference to the
! president’s message to pase unchallenged,
as the discussion would have provoked
1 debate and bad blood. Diplomatic, circles
in Paris predict as one of the results of
the treaty a diplomatic content between
Fiance and the United States, which may
prove an important chapter in history,
j The French government, it is reported,
i have resolved to take up the case of the
i French holders of Cuban, bonds and it is
believed France will declare that the re
i pudiaced bonds is a result of the treaty
' which the victorious nation imposed upon
! Spain. They argue that through the
: treaty responsibility hae been shifted upon
America, and therefore the French gov
ernment will endeavor to exact come
pledge for the payment or guarantee of
the bonds.
I PAYMASTERS
HAVE COME
They are Here to Scatter a
Quarter of a Million.
| The paymasters have arrived in the city
i and will begin paying off the troops to
| morrow morning. The paymasters are
i' Majors Manly B. Curry, Major Warren
Gilbert and Major Wallace.
The troops that- have been ordered to
Cuba will be given their money first and
then the money will be distributed to the
I ether regiments. It will take about three
j days, to pay off all of the regiments, and
j about g 250,000 will be paid out. The offi-
I cers arrived this morning at 11 o’clock
; and are quartered at the Hotel Lanier.
It was thought at one time that the sol
i diets would be paid off at the hotel, but
; the officers have decided to give them
I Missouri, said: “I Jon’: want be captious
SEVENTH CAVALRY
Site of its Camp to be in the Center Front
Os the Race Track.
The site for rhe Seventh Cavalry regi
ment has been selected and work has al
j ready commenced for putting the camp in
(shape. »
It will be in the center of the
race track at the Central City Park, and
I it is to be said that no Letter place could
have been selected for a camp site. About
’ one thousand men and horses are with the
! regiment, and it will take a large body of
j ground for such a camp. It is expected
' that the regiment will be here on Monday,
j as that is about as soon as they can leave
j Huntsville.
HOBSON PROMOTED.
His Name Sent to the Senate this Morning
by the President.
I By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. B.—The president to
: day sent the name of Sssistant Naval Con
-1 siructor R. P. Hobson to th- senate to be
naval constructor.
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BLOMSTEM.
Reorganization of the Police
Force of Havana.
CHIEF M’CULLAGH’S ADVICE.
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A Simple Method that Ought to be .
Adopted in All Cities of
this Country.
By Associated Press.
‘ New York. Dec. S. —Former chief of po
; lice, John McCullagh. who will leave for
Havana today to advise General Greene
j in regard to the establishment of a police
I force in. the Cuban capital, will recom-
I mend the establishment of the block sy.s
--1 tern. This system is both simple and
I practical, said he last night.
1 “ft consists in having policemen perma
-1 nentiy in sub-stations at the streets with
' in four or five blocks of one another. All
the sub-stations should be connected with
the precinct stations and headquarters by
an independent telephone sytem.
“It would be impossible for ’a crime to
be C'ommitted or an accident to occur
more than two and one half blocks away
from one of the sub-stations, where a po
liceman could always be found. The great
difficulty with the present system is that
I a policeman may be doing his duty faith
| fully and still be a. long distance away
j when wanted. Under the block system
■every ciaizen would know exastly where
to find a policeman close at hand.
“Information 1 could be telephoned to
beadquarters and sent out from there
simultaneously through rhe entire city in
a very short time, placing the whole force
on guard.
“The chief could sit in his office and
be in constant touch with the entire force
thus making impossible the delay and con
fusion incident to the present system.
“The patrolling could be Jone and the
block system maintained with fewer men
than are now required and protection to
life, and property would be much more
effective.
“AH the men would have to do their
duty or be caught shirking. Sergeants
and roundsmen could not avoid their work
as the telephone system would indicate
their whereabouts.”
PROHIBITION JENT.
Has Been Taken Down and Shipped
Off-
The pi'ohibtion tent in which so many
speeches were made in the interest of pro
hibition has been taken down and shipped
away. The last of the seats were hauled
to the depot this morning and nothing re
mains but the post holes.
It will probably be some time before the
tent will be used again but the prohibi
tionists say that the next time the tent is
put up here it will be a sign of victory for
them and that they are looking forward to
that time with pleasure.
DINNER TENDERED
To General Bates and Staff Last Night a
» Camp Fornance.
The headquarter’s mess of the Third En
gineers tendered a dinner to General Bates
and staff at their camp last night. The af
fair was a very- pleasant one and was very
much enjoyed by the officers.
Those present were Major General J. C.
Bates, Captain Wright, Lieutenant Horace
Reeve and Lieutenant Smiley.
CAPTAIN WRIGHT.
Will Leave in a Few Days to be Examined
Fo. Promotion.
i Captain Wright, adjutant general of the
First armj’ corps, will leave in a few days
for Huntsville, Ala., to stand an examina
tion for promotion in the regular army.
He is at present first lieutenant in the
1 Second infantry and will stand the exami
! nation for a captaincy.
; Captain Wright is regarded as one of the
I best officers in the army and will no doubt
be successful in the examination. It is not
known whether he will return here after
ward.
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UNITED STATES COURT.
Parties Intervene in the Arnold Case-
Goods to be Sold.
In the United States court this morning
the interventions of Fleetwood & Co.,
Jones & Co., A. Meyers, George T. Bee
land, Charles Wachtel, C. E. Newton and
I Huthnance & Rountree, in the case of W.
jH. Arnold, were granted and the goods
were ordered sold by Judge Speer. The
sale will be held on Tuesday the 21st of
December.
NO NEW TRIAL
Steven's Only Hope Now Lies in the Su
preme Court.
Judge Felton overruled the motion for a
new trial in the Stevens case this morn
ing. Hon. John R. Cooner represented
Stevens and Solicitor General Robert
Hodges represented the state.
I Judge Felton over-ruled the motion on
, every ground. Mr. Cooper says that he is
determined that Stevens shall not spend
his life in the chaingang and that he will
carry the caee to the supreme court and
I that he is sure to get a new trial or that
i the decision of this court will be re
, versed.
lu the citv court this morning the case
of Edward Dempsey vs. the Consolidated
Street Railway was taken up but was not
completed. It will probably be finished
I this afternoon.
DISGUSTINGJELECTICN.
Augusta Adds Another to Her List of E s ec
tion Scandals.
Ad Augusta special says:
Augusta had another disgusting f lection
today in which negro voters were nought
like sheep and marched to the polls in '
column and voted by their white purehas- J
ers at so much per head.
In the second ward, Mr. Richard E. Al- j
len never had any opposition from the
Arts. In the first ward Mr. Alfred Mar
tin's election was determined by a white
primary, held November 10th. and in the '
third ward Mr. A. J. Gouley had been
nominated by a white mass meeting to
which he and his opponent. Mr. Patrick
Armstrong, had voluntarily submitted
their candidacy.
In these wards there was n« contest and
[no interest, but in the fourth and fifth
I wards there had been a failure to agre<
on a white primary and there was a con
test at the polls decided by the ability to
purchase negro voters. Mr. M. J. Mc-
Auliffe had been brought out as the Walsh
administration candidate In the fourth and
W. A. Mattison was backed by the Walsh
people in the fifth. The Dunbar and Kerr
factions that were beaten by Mr. Walsh a
year ago in the mayoralty election, un I d ■
all their strength to defeat these Walsh .
candidates and Mr. J. A. W. Clark was I
brought out in the fourth ward and Mr. |
j R* E. Elliott in the fifth. In the fourth
' ward they succeeded overwhelmingly and
• in the fifth they landed their man, Elliott,
by four votes.
In the fourth ward the polls opened with
250 negro voters in line for McAuliffe.
They had camped around the polls all
night under guard of white lieutenants to
be first on the ground. They were jubilant I
over the prospect of victory, but at 8:30 i
o’clock the Clark lieutenants marched 400 ’
negro voters in line to the polls from a ;
neighboring wagon yard, where they nad ;
been penned up all night and kept under .
guard. This column, which looked more '
• numerous than it really was, broke the
I confidence of the McAuliffe side and Siam- |
j peded a number of their voters. There ■
I were several fights between prominent I
' workers in the opposing factions, but no-
■ body was seriously hurt.
The buying of votes was without, con- I
I cealment. The McAuliffe men paid off in i
checks; the Clark men paid off In cash I
right in the rear of the voting precinct.
Entrance being from the east side, the
• negro would leave by the west side and
being vouched for would be given $5. One
of the Clark paymasters began pinning the
$5 bills on the lapel of the coat of the
purchased voter and the bought voter went
among the crowd with his pay money so
displayed.
Clark men were more public with money !
i than the McAuliffe men. Two Clark lieu- .
■ tenants went among the crowd telling the
i negroes that they “had won the election,” '
: but were still giving $5 for votes, “had the i
I money ready to pay when the ballot was ’
I cast; wouldn't pay but $2.50 a little later.” ;
; A Clark negro with five-dollar bills in
■ his hand, went among the negroes show
' ing the “stuff we give for votes.”
How long the people of Augusta, will
I submit to this sort of thing, Ido not
j know. It was thought chat the last may
i oralty election would prove the last exhi
i bition of the kind, but today’s council- ■
■ manic contest in the fourth and fifth :
waids was just as bad, but on a somewhat
. meager scale.
In the fifth ward the Walsh candidate
was carrying everything his way for the
first few' hours, and his election was re
ported all over town to be almost a walk- !
over, but after stampeding the McAuliffe '
forces in the fourth ward and carrying
things by storm in that ward, all the anti-
| Walsh workers from all parts of town then
went up to the fifth w’ard and concentra
ted their efforts to carry the day for El
liott. There was already such a big lead
for Mattison that it was an uphill fight,
; but with money and workers they swarm
ed around the polls and carried the day by
Storm, stampeding the Mattison forces and
winning for Elliott by the narrow margin i
of three votes.
Ther is no need to condemn one side ■
more than the other. It is not the individ- i
ual. but the system that needs reforma- I
tion. The victory of one side simply means
that it had more money to pay with and
more skill and strength in manipulating
voters. The other side would have won
■ by the same means if it could. The whole
thing is a reproach to the community and
I a disgrace. Many men are declaring this ■
. shall be the last time, but this has been !
| heard before and there is no telling. The i
• trouble is that the men who are accustom- |
i cd to manipulating the negro vote are bet- '
| ter willing to risk their chances in the i
. issue of such an election than to leave
• their fate in the hands of the white voteft (
I alone. It isalso contended that a primary i
. election is just as corrupt as a final elec- •
; tion and that white votes can be and are I
purchased. Again, it is claimed that t / |
large number of Populists and A. P. A. ■
votes among a class of our white voters |
make a Democratic primary necessary in- I
t stead of a white primary. The result of
| these varying opinions is that Augusta
I continues to be disgraced by corrupt elec-
I tions and the public purchase of negro
votes.
I COMPANY H?
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;Of the Second Georgia Will be Mustered
Out at Rome Today.
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, Rome, Ga., Dec. 8. —Company Hos the
Second Georgia regiment will be mustered
‘ out of service and paid off today. Cap
tain 'Frederick and Lieutenant Carter,
1 mustering officers, have been here several
<lays getting things in shape. The pay
master and his clerks are also on the j
I ground.
Colonel Brown was here yesterday and 1
i spolje with deep feeling of his regret in
i giving up the Second. He said it was one ‘
, of the finest volunteer regiments in the
j service.
The eighty men in company H have
been here over a month awaiting to be
mustered out. They have fed in the res
taurants and well cared for, though the
time has passed slowly. The rank and
file will receive about SBO each. Those
living at other points will go out on the
, first-trains after being mustered out.
CENTS
SOCIALISM
The Tenets to be Enforced for
First Time in America.
HAVERHILL’S NEW MAYOR.
The Remarkable Platform Upon
Which He was Elected- Protec
tion for Unemployed.
By Associated Press.
riverhill. Mass., l»ec. S—A disciple of
social Democracy will on January 2. be
inaugurated mayor of this eity, being, so
far as known the first socialist to be
elected to an administrative office in this
country.
By the municipal election Monday John
! C. Chase, aged 28 years, a clerk in a co
' operative grocery store, was elected mayor
| .is tbe candidate of the social Democracy.
1 by a plurality of 350 votes in a field of six
candidates. With him on the victorious
ticket were three socialist candidates for
councilmen.
Chase said that his only purpose in the
mayor's office will be to carry out the
principles of the local party platform,
whiebrare as follows:
Article 1, The acquisition by the muni-
I cipality of rhe public utilities, such as
i street railways, gas and electric light
' plants and all other utilities requiring a
; franchise, the same to be operatives, co
| operatively subject by direct vote to the
i whole people; the employes to elect their
I own superior offices; but no employe to
i be discharged for political reasons.
Article 2. We demand the abolition of
' the contract labor system on all public
1 works.
Article 3. We demand that eight hours
■ constitutes a day’s work with a minimum
I wage scale of $2 per diem.
| Article 4. We demand that all salaries
■ and wages paid by the municipality be in
proportion to the services rendered.
Article 5. We demand that the city
when necessary, furnish proper food
clothing and shoes to all children who are
kept at home on account of lack of proper
food, clothing and shoes.
Article 6. We demand that the full pow
i ers of the municipality be exercised for
. the relief of the unemployed, not by char-
I ity but by the establishment of public
, works for their employment.
Article 7. We demand the abolition of
. grade crossings and every other menace
j to human health and life.
• Article 8. We demand that the burden
' of taxation be distributed in exact •propor
tion to the holdings of each citizen.
Article 9. We demand the abolition of all
i secret sessions ofc the city council, and
that a public record be kept of the vote
of each member on all questions.
Article 10. We demand the adoption of
the principles of the initiative and refer-
I endum and proportional representation.
Arixcle 11. We demand that all officers
be subject to re-call by the respective
constituencies.
Article 12. We demand the abolishment
of secret balloting in the city council.
Mr. Chase said, referring to the plat
i form:
! “I shall try with my comrades who have
been elected to take some steps to bring
each of these matters before the people.
Our campaign is not a revolutionary one,
but one of education. We shall force noth
ing down the throats of tbe people but
will seek to educate them until they ask
for these things that we recommend. That
is as far as I can outline our policy.
Ther will be no general turn over in the
city hall and we shall try to do nothing
' but conduct the business of the city in
■ the most careful and honest manner. I do
not expect opposition from the other par-
• ties in the city council but think we will
I have a harmonious administration.”
Mt. Chase, who will soon become the
executive head of the city with a salary
of $2,000, is peculiarly a man of the peo
ple. He is only a clerk in the co-operative
store, although he .is the president of the
Haverhill Co. Operative Society which con-
■ trols this and another store in the city.
I He bad been previously employed for five
, years in shoe factories in various posi
i tions. Mr. Chase is a native of New
• Hampshire. He began work in a woollen
i mill when only 8 years old, coming out of
j the mill for a few months schooling each
| winter. Later the lad was employed in a
■ shoe shop, completing his education by a
’ course of private lessons in the evening,
j He became interested in trade*s unionism
; and since coming to Haverhill in 1890 has
| been prominent in labor circles in the city,
j He hats frequently been the party’s* can-
; didate for office and was the unanimous
choice for the mayoralty.
BRAVE GEORGIANS.
Compliment of Gen, Merritt in a Letter to
Gov. Candler.
Governor Candler has received the fol
lowing letter from General Wesley Mer
ritt, commanding the Philippine islands.:
“Manila, Aug. 29. —Headquarters De
partment of the Pacific and Military Gov
ernor—lt gives me pleasure to bring to
your notice for such action as you may
deem proper, the great assistance rendered
me during the campaign ending in the
capture of the city of Manila by Lieuten
ant Brumby and Naval Constructor Capps.
Uifited States navy. The efficient co-op
| eration of the fleet and the troop* on shore
j was largely due to the intelligent ar-
■ rangements made by Lieutenant Brumby
; with my chief signal officer, and io Mr.
t Capps I am greatly indebted fc.- valuable
assistance rendered the officer in charge
of the office of military information of the
1 department of the Pacific.
“WESLEY MERRITT.”
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