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Mr. Watson’s Appointments.
Mr. Black having virtually Baid in
his letter of acceptance that he
would decline an invitation to a joint
canvass of the district, there is noth
ing left for me to do but to outline
my own appointments.
Augusta (at night) Sept. 20.
Spread, Jefferson county, (10
o’clock a. m.) Sept. 25th.
Fleming’s Store, (at night) Sept.
25th.
Wadley, (at night) Sept. 26th.
South Bartow, (10 o’clock a. m.)
Sept. 27th.
Davisboro, (10 o’clock a. m.)Sept.
28th.
Harrison, (at night) Sept 28th.
Deep-Step,'Washington county,(lo
o’clock a. m.) Sept. 80th.
Worthen’s, (at night) Sept. 30th.
The Registration Law —Where
You Must Vote.
Section 10 of the General Regis
tration Law for Georgia has caused
much doubt and confusion.
The first sentence plainly requires
the registered voters to vote at the
militia-district precinct or city ward
where they are rigistered.
The second sentence reads thus,
in the published Acts:
“If in any city ward or militia-dis
trict a voting precinct is established
and opened etc.”
The word “not” should come after
the word “is,” so that the sentence
should read.
“If in any city ward or militia
district a voting precinct is not es
tablished and opened etc.”
We have had the enrolled Bill in
the State-archives in Atlanta exam
ined, and the word “not” appears in
the Act as passed by the Legislature.
Therefcre our friends must con
strue the law as passed with the
word “not” coming after the word
“is”
So read, the sentence proceeds to
say that the voters of the precinct or
ward where the polls are not opened
shall vote at the court house pre
cinct.
So far, the legislative intention is
clear. But the third sentence in
Section 10 is muddy to the last de
gree. It reads thus:
“If any person shall offer to vote
at the precinct at the Court House,
at the county site, whose name does
not appear on the lists for that ward
or militia-district, but does appear on
the lists for one of the militia dis
tricts in which the voting-precinct is
situated outside of an incorporated
town, such person shall be allowed
to vote upon taking” an oath
that he has not voted elsewhere in
that election.
A muddier sentence than this, we
have never struck.
Does it mean that a voter from
any militia-district outside an incor
porated town can vote at the Court
House, provided only that he will
swear that he has not voted else
where.
If so, the Court House becomes
at once a paradise for repeaters.
They can vote all round the coun
ty by districts and then rally on the
Court House precinct to vote again.
The oath is nothing to a repeater, or
to the rascal who heels him,
This meaning may be, taking the
whole section together, that the
city voter must ngt vote out of his
ward, unless the polls at his ward
are not opened; but that the country 1
voter can come to the Court House i
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 20, 1895.
to vote even though his militia-dis
trict precinct is opened, if such coun
try voter will take the oath, that he
has not voted elsewhere.
This construction would very ma
terially check the city repeater.. But
the safest construction is that the
voter whose vote is accepted at the
Court House (his name not appear
ing on the Court House list) must be
a man from a militia-district where
the polls are not opened, and who
takes the oath laid down in the Stat
ute.
The marginal note in the pub
lished Act favors tnis construction
as does the language of the sentence
which alludes to “the voting pre
cinct,” —meaning apparently the pre
cinct already alluded to wherein the
polls are not opened.
“Outside of an incorporated town”
’ what do those words mean in
connection with the act?
They must mean that a voter who
lives in an incorporated town must
vote in that town.
Suppose the polls should not be
opened in that town ?
The voter cannot leave his town
and go to the Court House to vote.
He must vote in town or not at all.
We must follow the law no matter
how unreasonable it seems to be, and
we must adopt that construction
which is least liable to give us troub
le.
While, therefore, the meaning of
the section is by no means clear, we
advise our friends:
(1) To vote in their respective
wards or militia districts, if the polls
are opened.
(2) If the polls are not opened in
your ward or district, go to the
Court House precinct.
(3) If you live in an incorpora
ted town, be sure that the polls are
opened in that town. Three free
holders can open the polls, if the
magistrate will not act.
(4) If your name has been en
tered upon the voters book and il
legally stricken off by the Registrars,
go to the polls anyhow and, in the
presence of good witnesses, show'
your ballot and offer to vote.
T. E. W.
Tell the Whole Truth.
Under the caption of “Negro De
mocrat Shot At,” the Augusta poli
ticians are sending out the following
telegram to the Democratic papers :
“Augusta, September 14—Bobert
Harper, who was an active worker
for Black during the registration, re
ports that he was shot at three times
by unknown men at his home in Har
risburg Thursday night. He has no
clue to the identity of the assailants.”
They might supplement it with a
copy of the skull and cross-bone let
ter sent George Walton, a negro
Populist, threatening him with dire
punishment if he did not forego the
Populist cause. They might also give
an account of the beating of two
white Populists by a crowd of Dem
ocrats in the court house at Augusta
in the presence of the officers of the
law. They might embellish it with
an account of the killing of John
Hall in Jefferson county, by a Demo
crat hired to assassinate Rev. H. S.
Doyle, a negro campaigner for the
Populist cause. If they do not wish
to go out of Richmond county for
material they could give an interest
ing account of the. killing or Horton,
the son of a colored preacher, at the
Poor House precinct, by a white
Democrat, and the murder of Goff
a white Populist by Democrats at
the Hamburg precinct.
A detailed description of how Boy
kin Wright and his heelers murder
ed the honest majority given Tom
Watson by the bone and sinew of
the district in ’92 and ’94 would
complete the sensation. Why cover
these crimes with the “mantle of
silence?” Me.
Please Notice.
The Executive Committee of the
10 th Congressional District—Peo
ple’s Party—is called to meet in Au
gmta, Ga., at the Court House on
Friday, September 20th, at 12 noon.
Business of importance will be trans
acted, and all members requested to
be present.
W. C. Chapman, James Barrett,
Sec’ty. Chm’r.
gjjThe substance of all the argu
ment of the gold-bugs is that it
takes low prices to make a “sound
currency”
Campaign Echoes from the Tenth
If Mr. Black is doing anything in
his own behalf in this race, we don’t
know it. A more helpless piece of
humanity, it would be hard to find. ■
How the Democrats can have any
heart to work for a man who wont
work for himself, is more than we
can understand.
* * #
We have got the fight completely
whipped.
We have registered just as many
Populist votes as were cast in 1894.
The Democrats have not only reg
istered fewer votes in every county
in the District, but they are short
some 9,000 in Richmond alone.
Then how can the Democrats win
without wholesale robbery ?
The sight’s whipped, and Mr. Black
ought to come down.
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They cried fraud on us in Columbia
county where the vote stood some
two thousand out of a possible twenty
two hundred.
This year we register as many
Populists in Columbia as voted there
in 1894, and no man pretends that
any Augusta “heeling” was done.
The Democrats do not show up on
the registry lists, and whatever dis
crepancy there is between the regis
tered vote of Columbia county in
1895 and the unregistered vote of
1894, will be on the Democratic side.
This proves one of two things:
either the Democrats have not cared
to register in 1895, or they put in a
lot of illegal votes in 1894.
Columbia county is all right.
But Richmond ?
In spite of the marvelous crop of
21 year olds, Mr. Black’s home county
falls short some 9,000 votes of the
monstrous record of 1894.
# # ♦
If Mr. Black gets the certificate
this time, Noah’s sons will have to
be called in once more; and the
supply of quilts, blankets, cloaks, and
other “covering” apparatus must be
considerably increased,
* * ♦
To the Hon. William 11. Fleming :
Sweet William,
Did you ever hear tell of the man
who elaborately made And set a trap
to catch his enemy—and caught his
friend ?
If so please refer us to the book
and page. We think it will be mighty
interesting reading just as this time
when the Registration Law is draw
ing its tightening coil around the fat
and' pulpy form of our friend Jim
Black.
» * *
David and Goliah 1
Yes: in 1882 our friend Jim Black
compared himself to David commis
sioned and inspired of God.
Compared the Augusta Ring and
other Georgia Democratic Rings, to
Goliah—commissioned and inspired
of the Devil 1
Said he was come forth with his
sling to slay said Ring.
Hearing which noble clarion-voice
of defiance to Goliah, all of God’s
Israel rejoiced exceedingly, and
cheered on our doughty David.
Poor little man : he flung a pebble
or two: missed his aim: Goliah
roared: David ran: sccoted as fast
as his pudgy little legs would carry
him: bellowed like a calf at every
step for fear Goliah would eat him
up : and reappeared on the field of
battle shortly afterwards as one of
Goliah’s chosen band: wears the
uniform, now, of the Philistines;
shouts the battle-cry of the Philis
tines ; and (so far as he fights at all)
slings rocks at his former friends.
Denounces them as a “craven
crowd,” “miserable hypocrites,” “pre
tenders to virtue.”
Somehow, we rather think that a
consistent Goliah is not much worse
than a recreant David.
» * *
Come down, Mr. Black 1
Your resignation put upon record
your confession that your commission
was stained with guilt, and that your
tardy conscience could no longer
stand it.
Your conduct in this campaign has
not improved your case.
No where have you led your
friends.
Nowhere have you defended your
lines.
Nowhere have you faced your ad
versaries.
You have left your friends in the
lurch—without the aid of your efforts
or the comfort of your presence.
How then could you expect to
win?
Only once did you open your
mouth—and then you put your foot
in it.
That Noah speech 1 No wonder
your friends cooped you up after
that.
One speech of that kind was
enough. It confused your friends
and vindicated your opponents.
Since then your supporters have
been leaving you every day. Your
campaign is on the very point of fall
ing to pieces in utter wreck.
Come down, Mr. Black 1
You are not the choice of this Dis
trict and you know it.
Come down 1
♦ * *
Concerning his own affairs every
man is conclusively presumed to have
knowledge of those facts which, by
using ordinary diligence, he could
ascertain.
Applying this rule of law to our
friend Jim Black, who is a lawyer,
we charge him w th knowing :
(1.) That the registered vote of
this District shows him to be in a
hopeless minority.
(2) That the registration books of
his own county contain at least 2,000
fraudulent and fictitious names.
(3) That his campaign managers
have already sent type-written orders
to the Registrars in the country
counties, instructing them to scale
down the country lists to meet the
necessities of the situation.
(4) That a scheme is on foot to
throw out everp negro who may have
owned a pig or a calf years ago—
which pig or calf was not returned
for taxation—although the books may
show that said negro has paid all his
taxes.
(5) That in some counties where
the Populists are in heavy majority,
the Democratic Registrars openly say
that they will examine the Lists as
far as they can, and that they will
then.throw out all names they have
have not had the time to examine.
(6) That in Jefferson county on the
day Mr. Watson spoke at Louisville,
more than one hundred Populists
ware present asking ty be registered,
and the Tax Collector with his book
was in a distant part of the county—
in manifest violation of the law which
required that the books should al ways
be open at the county site.
(7) That the only way for the
Democrats to give the majority to
Mr. Black is to insolently violate the
law, trample upon the people:—and
thus provoke a brave people who
have already endured outrage until
they are wellnigh maddened.
Let Mr. Black use his eyes—his
senses.
Let him find out what is going on.
Let him realize how far Boykin
Wright is driving him from the an
chorage of safety, honor and right ?
Come down, brother Black !
* * *
And Fred Lockhart says that he
has seen Mr. Black tested in all the
ways that prove consistency, in
tegrity, courage of conviction, &c.
Fred says that Mr. Black has stood
all the tests. ,
Fred evidently yearns with gold
bug fondness toward a Congressman
when he breaks a free silver pledge.
Fred is evidently a “bucket-shop”
sympathiser who admires a Congress
man who smashes a platform promise
to vote against gambling in futures.
Fred evidently dotes on a candi
date who gets elected as a Jeffer
sonian Democrat, and then, on the
floor of Congress, advocates the re
tirement of Greenback money and
the substitution of National bank
notes.
Fred obviously warms affection
ately toward a Sunday-school Lec
turer and Baptist lay-preacher, wio
proves the sincerity of his temper
ance work by a vote in favor of
whiskey.
Fred’s letter endorsing brother Jim
Black put us to thinking.
And we thought that if Fred so
loves Mr. Black for voting against his
professions and pledges, what would
be the measure of his devotion if Mr.
Black should perchance, at some
future day, vote as Fred had ex
pected him to vote.
In this event Fred’s ardent nature
would clearly need a safety valve.
It would be a plain case of blow
off, or bust. T. E. W.
Editorial Notes.
From the N. Y. World :
“King Humbert of Italy has a
private fortune of 830,000,000. The
whole of this snug sum is deposited
with the Rothschilds at London. The
King is a very sensible man, sensible
also to the tottering of his throne,
and he evidently means to save, if not
his kingdom, at least his cash.”
Where did King Humbert get this
830,000,000 ?
Robbed the people of Italy under
the forms of taxation, and thus got
it.
Perhaps a million peasants could
have prospered upon what this royal
libertine has squandered upon his
pleasures.
Having saved 830,000,000 from
the huge sums wrung from his peo
ple, he does not even have the grace
to invest it in Italy.
Sends it to London, and puts it into
the coffers of the Rothschilds; so
that if his kingdom of Italy goes to
smash under his mis-rule, he, King
Humbert, can skip out to England
and live sumptuously on his plunder.
* « *
Poor’s Manual for 1894, shows that
the Railroads paid, in dividends to
to stockhoilders and bondholders,
827,000,000 less than in 1893.
This loss is explained in the cor
poration reports upon the ground that
the demagogues and the lav makers
have been interfering too much with
the railroad business.
It seems to us that the true ex
planation is that the railroads have
shared in the shrinkage caused by the
contraction of the currency.
Also, that the railroads, by their
unreasonable rates, have discouraged
and destroyed much of the shipping
business which, should have been fos
tered : for instance, the melon and
fruit business.
Another explanation is that the
railroad presidents, vice-presidents,
lawyers and lobbyists absorb such a
tremendous amount of the railroad
earnings that precious little is left
for the stockholers.
• * ♦
The gradual trend of railroad
development is to confiscate the
property of the common stockholder.
The bondholders are the sharks, and
the stockholders are food-fish for the
said sharks.
Take away the voting privilege at
tached by law to the common stock,
and in a very short while common
stock would sell as waste paper.
* • »
More bonds ?
Certainly. The Rothschild syndi
cate is getting hungry for another
mortgage on us ; and, unless they get
it, another well regulated editorial
shudder will run through all our Wall
Street newspapers.
Cleveland gave the syndicate $lO,-
000,000 of our money as a bonus for
buying $62,000,000 of our bonds,
which are the best securities in the
world.
Naturally such dainty bait as this
tickled the palates of the Rothschilds
to such an extent that they w’ant
some more.
Be patient: as soon as the fishing
season is ended at Buzzard’s Roost,
the fat humbug who acts as presi
dential agent of the corporations will
meekly obey the Rothschilds orders,
and grind out more bonds.
* # *
What is the excuse for loading us
down with debt in this reckless way?
Simply that the “Gold Reserve” is
“impaired.”
What is the Gold Reserve ?
An arbitrary sum of money which
John Sherman said must be kept in
the Treasury to “redeem” Greenbacks
with.
Any law for it ?
None under the sun. Old John
Sherman did it as part of the wicked
scheme of contraction; and the
Democrats slavishly copied his policy
upon that subject as they have done
upon all others.
Did anybody want their Greenback
money redeemed ?
No : they would rather have the
paper money than the metallic
money.
Did the law say that, if redeemed
at all, they should be redeemed in
gold?
Not at all: the silver dollar was
mentioned in all the laws of that
period as the full legal equal of the
dollar in gold.
Then why should not the Treasury
reserve, kept for the alleged redemp
tion of Greenbacks, be composed
partly of gold and partly of silver ?
Because that would be an impas
sable barrier to the progress of con
traction. It would block the Wall
Street game.
Therefore the reserve is made up
of gold only, so that the vast sum of
silver the Government controls will
be useless to it in its emergency.
* * *
If the reserve were made up of
both gold and silver, the Government
would never be at the mercy of the
Wall Streeters. As fast as they sent
silver to Europe the Government
could fill up the gap in the reserve
with more silver. Consequently no
bonds would have to be issued to get
the silver back. ‘
Seeing this, the Wall Streeters
would let the reserve alone. But
having induced Cleveland to decide
that “coin” means nothing but gold
coin, and knowing that the Govern
ment has scarcely any of it, they at
once realize their vast opportunities
for plunder. •
By first committing Cleveland to
the policy of maintaining $100,000,-
000, of gold in the Treasury, and to
the ruling that Treasury notes must
be redeemed in gold only, they can
easily get up a small lot of Green
backs, demand gold for them at the
Treasury, and ship this gold to Eu
rope or store it away in their own
vaults.
The Government having paid out
its gold, finds itself short of that par
ticular kind of money :—-just as any
fool could have foreseen.
Being compelled to get more gold,
to make good this shortage, the Gov
ernment has only two resources.
One of them is to collect gold at
the Custom houses for the import
duties. The law says these duties
must be paid in “coin.” Therefore,
if “coin” means gold at the U. S.
Treasury, it ought to mean gold at
the U. 8. Custom House.
But r ght there, the mystery of the
situation grows murkier than ever,
for at the Custom House the word
“coin” is held to mean either silver or
gold.
Hence, the very rascals who make
the Government pay them gold as
the only money meant by the word
“coin,” pay their debts to the Gov
ernment in silver, —as the money
meant by the word coin.
Consequently the Government gets
no gold at the Custom Houses.
Therefore, to get back from these
brazen rascals the gold the Govern
ment has let them take away in vio
lation of law, the Treasury must do
what the gold-gamblers demand ;
issue bonds to get back the gold.
* * *
How on earth was it that Cleve
land came to surrender the U. S.
Treasury and Custom Houses so com
pletely to the Wall Street Syndi
cates ?
The Lord only knows. This much
however, we do know : before Cleve
land joined this Belmont-Morgan-
Rothschild gang he was a poor man;
now he is many times a millionaire.
* * *
It’s easy to issue bonds : a bundle
of paper, a hat-full of type, a quart
of ink, the impression of a seal—and
the deed is done.
But the paying of those bonds 1
There’s the rub; and many’s the
turn that must be taken at the wheel
of labor ; many’s the wagon-load of
cotton and wheat; many’s the ton of
ore to be picked from the bowels of
the earth; many’s the stitch that
must be sewed by wife and child;
many’s the heart pang, the sigh, the
sob, the groan of despair that will go
up from this people before those
bonds are paid.
Fish awhile ; drink awhile ; feast
awhile :—then sign more bonds : this
is Cleveland Democracy!
* # #
Can some good Democrat tell us
why the “Gold Reserve” never gave
us any trouble until Cleveland and
his Wall Street friends took charge
of the government ?
John Sherman set aside this SIOO,-
000,000 in gold some twenty years
ago ; and the only harm it had done
up to the time the Democratic Na
tional bankers got control was that
it kept $100,000,000 idle, when it
should have been circulating.
As soon as the Democratic Wall
Streeters took the reins this Gold
