Newspaper Page Text
'• 1 1'I (.u.'i ry: Jii<!~e I urt:
ffijwjnHwßCT' at- mi \ ( anipaign Book.
Macon Telegraph cf .in
iMglSyPMr '" st - ’* a lengthy card from
SwSMRBfff u *- ,o:lt Guerry in which he
j%jßjsjßK£gor.s to weaken the force of the
fiSMBMIst argument in favor of gov-
SEnESMfIKUtaI ownership of railroads.
EfMBjEBy Guerry does not attempt to
sSSK3Kn<-'r a single one of those argu
&HNIH&Y . He doos not care to meas-
P&MgMJay .reiigth with Judge ilin.s in dis-
the reasons for and against
sXggjßonalization.
Msg-wfe rests his whole case upon the
HaHS ged discovery that Judge Hines
gnSgKbd -Mr. Matson are wrong when
mSlpey quote Judge Cooley and Judge
ort in favor of government owncr
fiffiPship.
■ Mr. Guerry cites page 213 of
■ “Watson’s Campaign Book” and
I challenges the statements there made,
e On the page named, the author says
that Judge Cooley, Judge Fort and
Col. L. N. I ramniel favor govern
ment ownership of railways.
No denial is made as to Col. Tram
■ne., President of the Georgia Rail
>ad Commission.
As to Judge Cooley, convincing
jfl’OOf is shown that the assertion in
‘he book is erroneous. But anybody
vho will read what Judge Cooley
%as said about the evils of the pres
ent railroad system in his work on
’Constitutional Limitation,” and who
will read the reports (previous to
1892) of the interstate Commerce
Commission, of which Judge Cooley
was chairman, will see that if Judge
Cooley has been misunderstood it
was ills own fault.
As to Judge Fort, the statement
in the book is founded on what he
said to the author in a conversation
n the Kimball House in 1891.
Speaking of the railroad question
Mid the great abuses growing out of
fe present system, Judge Fort told
he author that Government owner
was the only solution of the
SKjiestion. He said that the railroad
gßmium'Snions wore utterly unable to
gg®ntrol the railroads.
his was a conversation between
sßm° public, men upon a public ques- |
@3Scn, which at that time did not
to disrupt the democratic \
■iparty. Judge Fort not foresee '
gggyd bis opinion upon Che subject ■
dny.be an awkward t/hing |
l i : ‘-y and a stumblingJpiock I
Mbßeli& path way of his persvna/anibi-l j
2
we wish to show that we did not wil
fully do him an injustice.
While we cannot alter the “Wat
son Campaign Book” in its reference
to Judge Fort, we beg to assure him
and his friend Mr, Guerry that we
have now in press another work on
the railroad question and that we do
not use Judge Fort’s name at all-
M e use the name of .Mr. Gladstone
but not that of Judge Fort.
M e sho w that Mr. Gladstone, as a
member of Sir Robert Peel’s Cabi
net, passed into law a bill providing
for the government ownership of the
English railways, but we do not
show anything, pro or con, about
Judge Fort.
VV e allude to Bismarck, under
whose splendid leadership Prussia,
n her march to grandeur, bought
her railroads from the private com
panies; but we say nothing, not even
in a whisper, about -Judge Fort.
Mr. Guerry closes his card with an
allusion to Don Quixote and Sancho
Fanza—those worthy and patient
servitors of the Scribes, who deal in
imported wit.
'1 he point Mr. Guerry apparently
, I dreamed of making is that the Re
, | publican and People’s parties in Gsor
. ' gia are acting in concert.
! V hen it is remembered that the
J Secretary of State in Cleveland’s
t J Cabinet is a Republican; that Air.
, . Cleveland has recently received the
, 1 enthusiastic endorsement of Benj
. I Harrison, Chauncey Depew and the
Arkansas Republican Convention;
that on the most important question
before the country, (that of finance,)
this administration has humbly fol
lowed in the tracks of John Sher-
I man and has openly sought his ad
vice and support; that the Secretary
of the Interior, Hon. Hoke Smith
has been crowned in public by the
cordial approval of ex-Governor Ru
fus B. Bullock; that in every Wall
street-banquet hall and council room
which Mr. Carlisle has attended, the
bankers who steered the scheme of
plunder, there hatched, were part
Republicans and part Demi'crats;
and that at this moment Republican
j clubs are being formed in Georgia
and Republican candidates put into 1
the field for county offices at the in 1
stigation of Democrats, it is indeed a
lovely sample of sublime effrontery
to talk about the collusion, between
Republicans and Populists.
gAtPGE t OKI ’s I.L rTE-.-h
.Jr <
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPk, ATLANTA. GA., AUGUST 31, 1894,
• matter of importance is that news
paper discussion of the law shall be
such as will give the people a correct
idea of what the law is. We do not
believe the proper idea of what it is
can be conveyed by showing the ex
tent to which it will reduce the rev
enues. It does not matter if the
showing is a true one—the figuifes
given absolutely correct. A°low
tariff may raise more revenue than a
high one.
Grabbing at a Straw.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun just
at this time is tho lion among its
democratic brethren. The said E-S,
has discovered a reason why Mr.
Atkinson should be elected governor
of Georgia, and in the absence so
far of any reason at all which they
could urge, the democratic papers of
the statu are grabbing at the reason
advanced by the E S. like drowning
men grabbing at a straw.
Here is the groat discovery made
by the E-S. and taken up by its
democratic confreres as the plan
of salvation for its party:
“Populist leaders declare that the
democrats at Washington are quar
reling among themselves, therefore
-llrilon llinna r, t 4., 1.-.1 .1
■' Judge 1 lines ought to be elected
i- governor of Georgia. Because the
■- democrats were slow in tho passage
of. the tariff bill, and because a few
e . traitorous d< mocrats aided in Me
- Kinleyi zing the bill, therefore Judge
” ; Hines should be elected governor of
'• i Georgia I Because, in the stress of
3 busm -as demands, the gold was being
drained from the treasury and bonds
. had to be issued to replenish it, there
fore Judge Hines should be elected
> governor of Georgia! ”
This means, if it means anything
at all, that because the democrats at
Washington are quarreling among
themselves, “therefore Air. Atkinson
being a .democrat, ought to be elected
governor of Georgia.” Because the
democrats were slow in the passage
of the tariff bill, and because traitor
ous democrats aided in McKinley
izing the bill, “therefore Mr. Atkin
son, being also a democrat, should
be elected governor cf Georgia.”
Because in the stress of business
demands the-gold was drained from
tho treasury and bonds had to be is
sued to replenish it, “therefore Mr.
I Atkinson, belonging to the same po
; litical ) arty which is responsible for
I these things, should be elected gov
ernor of Georgia.”
because a party has been proven
incapable in Washington, therefore
they voters of Georgia should refuse
1 not Pence aud Cannon and
Hrs of opposing political faith,
V Atlanta, while Democrats de
led her ?
Is the Journal remarks:
In choosing the higher officials of
junta the object has always been
, get the best men possible without
rird to political faith, but the best
n are generally found in the
croeratic parly around here and
is generauy supposed that At
ka is now under a democratic
rune.”
Phis is a pretty howdy do; to state
tt men are “selected without re
yd to their political faith” and then
tt Atlanta is generally supposed to
hinder a democratic regime. If
t> bridles are pulled off in the selec
tn of “higher officials” why should
ty be put on when it comes to the
os? Do not the Democrats, Re
(blicans, Prohibitionists and Popu-
Ls act together in the selection of
t* higher officials? Does the Jour
d wish to convey the idea that At
lita proposes to ask all parties to
atist in the selection of “higher of
iials” but that in the distribution of
tl minor offices all but rock-ribbed
Lmocrats must be tabooed?
Has the Journal forgotten the re-
ent attack the Constitution made
upn a Cleveland democratic journal
fr- printing The Daily Press, a
’opulist paper, upon its presses and
he vigorous reply the Journal made
(hereto ?
We have not forgotten it, and we
indly ask our neighbor to refer to
■;s files, refresh its memory, and try
tl be more consistent.
The Daily Press has contented
iself with handling State and Na
tional politics, and wished to steer
dear of municipal affairs, but if a fight
$ to be made upon policemen because
they will not bend to the “men who
control” we will not shrink from tak
ing a hand.
Very 111-Advised.
Mr. Watson doesn’t know when he
h.is enough. Well, the lesson of 1592
will have to be repeated. It should
be laid on a little heavier this time.
This is the comment of the At
lanta Journal upon Mr. Watson’s
nomination to represent the tenth
district in the fifty-fourth congress.
“Mr. Watson doesn’t know when he
has enough.” This coarse figure
enmffiyed by the Journal comparing
a forprinciple (to the
to believe that it dies.
The intolerant feeling which was
natural in a party which had not
been opposed for many years has
softened. The animosities which
were engendered in that campaign
have to a large extent been buried.
The apprehension with which many
good people viewed our party has
been proven to be unfounded. The
evil effects of a divided and mutually
distrustful people has been felt.
Shall all these things be revived and
laid on “a little heavier than ever,”
just to secure a party success at the
polls ?
No; never.
And the Journal was only indulg
ing in idle and very silly campaign
talk when it said so.
Boss Rule Must Go—What Are We
Here Fori
To print the news of course. And
we are going to do so as we get the
news. A lew have been disposed to
criticize our mention of proceedings
of the populists convention last week.
We are glad wo do ’not belong to
that class of persons, who can see no
good elsewhere than in themselves.
Amongst the populists are as good
men as can be found attached to any
political party, creed or organization,
and we give them credit for honesty
in their belief. Who will say that
the convention which met here on
the Sth inst. did not have men
as representative of the dignity,
honesty, character and good
breeding of the county as
any similar body that ever met here
or elsewhere? They were of our
county, earnest, honest and sincere,
trying like others to put in operation
machinery promotive aud for the
betterment of their interests and con
dition. Their action was of a pub
lic character. We gave a synopsis
of their proceedings. Yes, we are
here to print the news, and no man
ner of criticism shall cause us to hes
itate or falter in the publication of
matters of public character, whether
democratic, republican or populist,
satisfactory or unsatisfactory to
readers.
We have long since learned that
it is impossible to please everybody,
and, who tries to do so, writes him
self a fool.
The above manly editorial is from
the Calhoun Times. It should meet
the unqualified endorsement of all
good men. Let our democratic
brethren recognize the fact that all
the virtue, honesty and character is
not confined to the democratic party.
Let us, in a spirit of fairness, discuss
the principles which each side advo
cates, and it will be but a question
pirjnrers as that correspondent
would make the people of Fulloul
county appear. And since the tax)
returns of 131 other counties are on
the same side of the ledger as the
Fulton county returns, the inference
would be that nearly 131 democratic
tax receivers in the state are rascals
and the la'ge majority of our people
are perjured cheats!
For shame! to descend to such
ignoble subterfuges in an attempt to
divert the blame from its real source,
the incapacity and faithlessness of
the democratic party.
That the enormous decrease of
wealth in Fulton county is
real, is apparent even to
a stranger. Nothing is more
noticeable in a ramble through the
streets of Atlanta than the large
number of vacant houses. Rents
have depreciated in many cases as
much as 50 per cent., and the earn
ing capacity of real estate has de
preciated its value accordingly.
Realty in the city Las depreciated to
even a greater extent than the books
of the assessor show, and this condi
tion applies to every county in the
state. It is folly to pretend that the
general depreciation of values shown
by the tax returns is not real.
Is it not the wisest plan, and the
one to cause a reversal of this condi
tion soonest, to lay the blame where
it belongs? Its cause is to be found
in discriminating class legislation,
which the democratic party promised
to repeal and did not. It may wound
party pride to admit this, but we
submit to our democratic friends if it
is not paying too dear for their whis
tle to suffer another and more strin
gent season of depression merely to
hear the democratic rooster crow
one more time.
The incapacity of the democratic'
party is responsible for the discour-1
ageing fact revealed by the books of
the Conptroller-General. Let th
the faithless party go.
Put Ou lour Thinking Cap.
The Prussian public debt is nomi
nally large, owing to the purchase of
railways by the government. At
present it exceeds $1,560,000,000L
with an interest charge of a littlil
over $60,000,000; but the outgo on
this account is more than counter
balanced by revenue from produc
tive public property, the net income
from the state railways in the last
fiscal year having reached almost
$90,000,000.
why democrats should oppose him is
significant:
“The sc-called democratic conven
tion which nominated Weaver as a
candidate of .that party fur congress,
held in the Bluffs on tho Bth of Au
gust, repudiated the national plat
form of the democratic party in
1892, and the state platform of the
democratic party in 189-1, and in its
stead erected a populist platform on
Itiie silver question similar to the
[Omaha platform, but with the im
portant addition that it favors the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1, ‘without the
itid or assistance of any nation on
iarth.’ ”
lajpon which the Journal adds the
Swing Comment:
[There is no reason why any denib
it should support Weaver for any
t lung- and the action of the so-called
d “mocratic convention which
i'-Ti-cd him, is binding on
it «'li' iii-ves the
b is party.
'I l.e election of a rmfllflß
Sas much a denig^L»j e
e election of 'Weaver.
dlemocrats wlto >' ote agaiu , t h : n y IVIII
u laintain th£n- self-respect, while 1
t W'Sfl-V&Cvote for him will make a
surrender of principle and gain
mjt even a temporary advantage
tlflireby.
®j|Tlw democrats who have pledged
q,) m‘elves to vote agajnst Weaver
wi 1 receive the approval of the party
throughout the country. Nothing
w.js ever gained by such a prostitu
tion as the so-called democratic con
■- pition in the ninth district of lowa
was guilty of.
Mas the Journal forgotten how
wife' Mr. Atkinson was foisted upon
-> ■’ emocratic party of Georgia and
I >n[fiends of General Evans telt
Jjiudignant beca ise of the meth
pployed to secure that end, it
I kn<F cracked the party lash
K :o nhe disaffected democrats in its
| Phei Vor to whip them into line?
aselnot “stand by the party” been
H "pee°g an the Journal ever since
' ’ adjourned? Has ’
n it held up as a most hideous cri
a revolt against a party nominee nc
if atter who the man or hov
nomination was secured ? b
How, then, can the
cile its present attitude in riJf’ , ’. F®
General Weaver. Ls Jre ife 1?* j
I
■ 'W
: . -* ? ,-. v j