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The People’s Party Pa ppi
VOLUME 111.
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN
I
ARE LIKE APPLES OF GO<LD
IN PICTURES OESILV- C
' HON. JOHN TEMPLE GR/S ES
the Constitutiw i,—
Is Kii-e Today m .
of Revolt.
reprint a communication the
Atlanta Constitutioif 1 / r °m Hou ■ John
Temple Graves, which’ ‘ or J." in
tons, pervaded with such a bighispirit
of pure and exalted patriotism inLrr -y
line, that it should be trensur.gl by
Georgians as worthy to be. <anke<gwith
the utterances of her noblest sonßjind
forever sebure for the author aMace
in their warmest affections. Amrtor a
partisan purpose, the hitherto [great
Constitution stooped to the iittieness
of hiding these noble words under an
insignificant caption amid a lot ojxtal;
matter where but few busy r< : 1 s
would see it: as
. Editor Constitution —Upon mSeturn
'from the northwest! find tha .■uibluc
rumor connects my name w i*h gsKdi
tenlion to oppose the nominees < |H le
state democratic convention up. EH ie
hustings, and to offer as an inde 1-
ent candidate lor congress in t! t
lanta district.
I have neither of these intent |H
least of all the last—but the to
■of this rumor justifies a word as 1 j y
position.
From my place in the ranks, tsH e
lor twelve years 1 have fought u Sf
ishly and without reward. I h:j ; ; a
>ight to speak frankly' to the
fill hearing of the democracy of
- No man has questioned sin-
cerity in the past, and I put be! . ■; i me
\<.re the possibility of miseonstrvu tion,
ii snl say that Ido not desire nek, <jr
p 1 he future, any office which theFpef
ai have in their ballots to bestow-. I
bi wounded in no friendship, smitten
up ambition and steeled in no preju-
But 1 am profoundly eon lerned
;>Ke condition of politics in Georgia,,
. eHu-iously pprshensive for tlje wel
which 1 belong.
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They Will Soon Be Home, These Congressmen, Telling You That Cleveland is the Grandest siatesmun on Barth, ami That You .Must Stand by the Dear Old ,u -
and parceled out the offices of Georgia
for years to come, without consulting
their masters, the people, who are ex
pected to ratify in slavish and truculent
loyalty the edicts of conventions which
these men shrewdly manipulate and
selfishly, ‘’control.”
9. They believe—thousands of them
“that a goodlv number, if not a ma
jority, of the judges and solicitors of
Georgia— monstrous thought !-- have
wrapped their splendid energies and
their political fortunes in the future of
this ring, and that this highest, and no
blest and most sacred branch of our
civic life is being strained by political
manipulation, and prostituted bj’ the
selfish scramble for place.
This is th*-^^ which is rolling
nun ace
FCcqvjieril to >XII SSpecsiei to T>Joo.e.”
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, A GUST 31, 1894.
the beautiful lineaments of law’. Bet
ter a king than a prostitute judge!
Better C.'insar than Jeffries !
; 1 tell you, Constitution, that these
l things are boiling in the noble veins of
Georgia. If the changes which base
them are untrue, it should be made
i crystal clear to the comprehension of
■ the people. No pompous denial, no
i blatant protestation will alone suffice
• for this. Frankly, fairly and explicitly
these oft-repeated charges must be
met, and the truth made manifest in
the light of day. If these charges are
• true, it is yet time to purge the evil
and redeem the party from disaster.
i If the ring is formed, if the coalition
exists, and if the judiciary is in it. let
■ the ring be openly dissolved, and let the
court officers, over their own.jnyne.s,
gan to fear that the resuit would 'i ■ a
condemnation of the President by . ic
State Convention. With that fe;/i on i
their minds tiie llokeites began to u -.-
tlcandJno .1. Hah, of Griffin, as inf
ant attorney general of the Un ed
States for the interior dt partmefiL an
appointee of Hoke’s and a nerso- al
friend of Atkinson’s ■md the ruin w no
advised Atkinson to take f hat i 1,0< r -n*
while a member of the Georgia legisl i
ture, attorney- for the a. .
expert lobbiest and, .if his enemies
to be believed, one of the most, ioto
rious corporations, tools either m >; out
of pnolic life, wa£ sent post lia-t<> o
Georgia to see what terms could be
jnade with the ( oweta man and Lhe
“m *u who control.”
0 < being interviewed II At n-cia. bav’at
i except at cross-roads in the country
j where no newspaper reporter ever
i went, for they could not agree on what
! to say about Cleveland and silver.
Mr. Atkinson was agitated. Not
withstanding the fact that the cam
paign w’as nearly over he made no
speeches.
lie would go to Newnan, then come
back to Atlanta, then go to Indian
Springs.
Mr. Clay was even m a tnnoro ner
vous condition, lie would rush back
without speaking to anyone, unless al
most compelled to.
Sometimes he would get so feverish
that he would come back to Atlanta
after supper to see if something- could
and Clark are in the saddle; so much
so in fact that it is charged that < lark
wrote taat part of Atkinsons speech
referring to Cleveland and silver, and
that, Mr. Moran was sent along to see
that it was delivered as written.
Let ’er roll, say the populists.
Democrat.
riolida Popiilisl Comrntion.
Island Grove, Fla.. Aug. 24, ’94.
The peop’c's party convention of the
state was held at Ocala yesterday, and
was a grand success. Every county
was re) re. ented by reliable men. such
as can only be found in the populist
rank‘ ; •
Mr W. T Sane, of Lake county, pre-
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POPS CRY ‘•SIG’ ’EM ll®
DLarruntled Becaus4oß
Campaign Promises to the H
Negro Were Fultilled. M
Monte?’, vG:t , August (SpeJ.®
ein!. I -Tliera Is a 1 • •: poiii ■ al sensation S
in Mauon comity. W
The lieiin ic. ii rv •.•miuissioners 1
of the com.iv ha'-- kt tie political i
“Tom <it out of tii<; mui he is I
scratching around at a lively rate.
The J-ii veommi rnrrs a • unelly
abused an-l <.len<>un-’.« -i fr<>m • st end of
the c - mty to the other - r pmti .g the
n’lines ot seventeen negroes in tlw jury
box.
The democrats arc cussing one an-'
other, tiie populists art*, v ii-ng ; ”81-3
.’em, Tiger!”
Toda the writer l ad th- following
I conversation with a cumli I democrat
of the comity, which fully explains
the turbulent ituaiion. lie was asked:
“What's the mu it ■ .• w it n the demo
crats of Macon county?’
He replied: ’‘Pulling negroes oq the
jury. i> the cause of ail the trouble.”
"Who put them there ?”
“The fury commissioners
‘Lire tiie eoiniidssioncrs not demo
crats ?”
“Yes, and that is the reason the dem
ocrats of the county uro ki-king so.
“Didn't, the demo- ra;. promise the
negroes to give them repre entation in
ry b
would support tne democratic nominees
of the county?’
“Yes. ajid I am one of the fellow’s
who ma le the promise, but neither
UiV-' om-uUc. I . appose,
anv idea of fun. i.ng tbc promise aJOH
tiie election. I. m\self, used Gie
!>.-■ to capture lhe v.-lt, w
the remotest intention of
out. The promise was us-d as
eai bait, and not sincerely
sn ami I I ml a great d
with the election.”
“Arc aii t.i -• dvm-wrat -of ;he
kicking at this action of the
mission-rs ?'
I - I have heard only one man app.9n|
t hen course in the matter. The cflnfl
miss-i ners me de-noun-ed ail
county. \ large majority of
drats declare that'they will
G the jurv with ntrues.
dVlnre that 11. y wU,I go to
. tidan do so, if the judge
;s ; t tl generally