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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. . A A '''A I that •»«E I ' : ' v ' I fw : 2¥l! ©v© § IXH K! ’©KI o AM® fem. NE>ISKI@H@Ro_- xA v-x Af'fiTiJ /lK W / WV VEY@ CT YWIM A# jpA ..m xj (p .. YA tZYY J / ©Ay -.1 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- I to;:: -tv • i ... M..d t. numbeh ‘AS CAT OUM I) ‘' / Vi sOf MA( ON T - V BROIL. 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