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THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER.
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Tuf NATIONAL TIGKeT
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLI AB J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
VOU VICE-PRESIDENT
THOMAS E. W ATSON,
of Georgia.
~~OUR STATE TTCKET~
FOR GOVERNOR,
SEABORN WRIGHT,
of Floyd County.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
J. A. PARSONS,
of Milton County.
FOR TREASURER,
WILLIAM C. SIBLEY,
of Richmond County.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
DONALD 11. CLARK,
of Effingham County.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
SEABORN J. BELL,
of Burka Courty.
FOB COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE,
W. E. SMITH,
of Decatur County.
Populist Congressional Nomina
» lions.
Hon. G. 11. Miller—lst District.
“ John A. Sibley—2d “ ;
“ S. S. Montgomery—3d “ -
“ C. J. Thornton—4th “ ’
“ W. L. Peek—s th “ I
“ A. A. Murphy—6 th “ I
“ J. W. M Garrity—7th “
“ Th os. E. Winn—9 th “
“ J. T. West—loth “
“ Ben. Milliken—llth “
(No action yet in the other Dis
-riots.)
Removal.
The office of Our Publishing Com- I
pany has been moved to 84| S. For
syth street, across the street from !
our old office.
Which Will You Vote For,
Fathers of Georgia?
Gov. W. Y. Atkinson Seaborn Wright.
•‘You talk about “Above all help
where is yo u r us strike down th *
‘wandering boy to- liquor shops, the
night’ I could find damning curse of
my boy easier by the age and save
looking for him in the brave boys of .
the saloon than I Georgia.”
could find him if
there were a hun
dred blind tigers.”
To save herself To save the child
one mother cried, the other mother
“Cut the child in , said, “I give up
two.” ; every thing.”
Which got the child ? Wnich de
served your votes?
Hon. John A. Sibley.
Tlie Hon. John A. Sibley, perhaps |
better known as our little brother, is
a candidate for congress in the
Second.
Elsewhere in this paper we print
a lot of nico things that the press his
been saying about him.
It is the most natural thing in the
world to suppose that “the green
eyed monster” will whisper in the
ear of some other candidate for con
gress, “ That fellow is using tho
columns of The People’s Party
Paper to boo<t his own brother.”
This would be a serious bill of in
dictment under any circumstances.
But when you are working on a
paper owned and controlled by a
company that has the significant
name of Our Publishing Company,
it simply amounts to a verdict.
So wo confess our guilt, beg for
mercy and recite the following ex
tenuating circumstances :
We always have had, and hope
always will have, an irreiitibla im I
pulse to turn every thing, whether it
be a equirrel, a vote or a paragraph,
to the side of the tree that tho said
John A. happened to be on.
Wo lave only printed the nice
things that the Democratic papers i
have said, and if forgiven will promise
to print any nice things that the op
posing press may say about our other
congressional nominees provided
they do at the modest candidate in
the Second, out them ont and send
them ia. i.
Yellow Stone Kit versus Gov. W.
Y. Atkinson.—Charge,
Plagarism.
Two years ago, when the Atlanta
Constitution denounced W. Y. Atkin
son as the Yellow Stone Kit of Geor
gia politics, it is safe to say that even
Atkinson’s political opponents wore
surprised at the bitterness, and it was
thought injustice, of the attacks, for
it was then believed that the com
parison had been made because of
the personal resemblance. But of
the two men, recent speeches com
pared with those made by Yellow
Stone Kit show that the men are
alike as to method and purpose.
Last Sunday’s Constitution, in its
leading editorial, credits Gov. Atkin
son with the following language used
recently at Greenville:
“You talk about where is your
‘wandering boy tonight?’ I could find
my boy easier by looking for him in
the saloon than I could find him if
there were a hundred blind tigers
hiding around.”
The Constitution of Nov. 23, 1887,
credits Yellow Stone Kit with the
following:
“Are there any mothers here? Yes.
“Then listen; when there were bars
here you knew where to find your
boy. How is it now? Liquor is sold
everywhere. Can you find your
boy ?”
“No we can’t,” yelled an old
negress.
Gov. Atkinson may put himself in
easy touch with a certain element of
society—may gain some votes—by
assuming that his boy will necessarily
be found at either a blind tiger or a
saloon, and that therefore the only
question of moment is the ease with
which he would find him. But in
the name of our own boys we protest
against the liquor question being con
sidered from such a superficial and
selfish standpoint. Such an argu
ment might come from Yellow Stone
Kit but not from tho Governor of
Georgia. We also protest against
the assumption that the Populists
will enact any law that will increase
the number of blind tigers. Tho facts
and figures clearly show that the
cities and counties now selling liquor
through the saloon monopolies have
more blind tigers than the counties
that have prohibition in any form
whatever.
It is well known that parties who
! run blind tigers, take the precaution
to secure a license from tho Federal
authorities to protect themselves from
the United States courts. The fol
lowing figures taken from The Motive
of Jaly 16th, 1896, show clearly tint
the barroon and saloon is anything
but a protection against blind tigers;
The total number of U. S. licenses
issued to the dry counties show an
average of three liquor sellers to each
coun-.y—or three blind tigers.
The total number of U. S. licenses
issued to wet counties show that there
is an average of twenty-two liquor
tellers in each county, and when the ;
number of licensed saloons is de- I
ducted it leaves an average of four
teen blind tigers to every wet county.
The figures are 3 to 14.
If Gov. Atkinson should look for !
his boy in a dry county he would ]
have to go to three places.
If he looked him up in a wet county
he must go to eight saloons and four- I
teen blind tigers.
Which will Mr. Atkinson take? j
Winch will you take?
Gov Atkinson tries to claim that |
he favors prohibition by favoring
local option. But every birroom '
keeper in Georgia favors the same i
kind of prohibition. They all declare I
for local option beoause they know it
means a monopoly for them. There
is not a line in the Populist State
platform that intimates that the dis
p-nsary system is to be forced on any
dry county. No one knows this
better than W. Y. Atkinson, yet in
this Yellow Stone Kit speech at
Greenville he insinua'es that such is
the case. In spite of the tremendous j
iffor.s of the Democratic leaders to
perpetuate the barroom and the
saloon tho day will soon come when
neither Gov. Atkinson or Yellow
Stone Kit’s old negress will have to
hunt for their sons because they will
kuow that there are neither saloons
or blind tiger to entice them.
tot on a Postal Card.
Wegleau fr ;ni tho press despatches
something like the following :
When Chairman A Sen gets his
fences built, he will sit down in some
cool place and drip Mr. Bryan and
Watson a line to let them know that
be is well, and doing well. Also
that there was a national convention
of the Peoples Party at Si. Louie,
and that if his memory serves him
right Mr. Bryan and Watson were,
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 4, 1896.
nominated as candidates for president
and vice president of the United
States.
Now we respectfully protest against
the omitting of any of the usual ob
servanoes of the oocassion. We do
not ask or expect useless display, but
there must not be omitted one “jot
or tittle of the forms that precedent
has established.
We feel sure that Mr. Bryan will
respect the notification—he cannot
afford to do otherwise, but we could
not expect him to receive gladly or
proudly that which is presented with
hesitancy or an apparent conscious
ness that the giver feels he is offering
something for him to be ashamed of.
Do it properly, Chairman Allen,
or get out of the way and let some
man who is proud of his party do it
as it should be done.
Watch Ont for Fraud I
Chairman Cunningham is trying to
fan a few grains, of practical results
out of Col. Clay’s windy declarations
for a division of managers.
Don’t think if we get a division of
managers that it insures a far elec
tion. It simply prevents stuffing the
ballot box. Our experience in the
Tenth should teach us something-
Watch out for these frauds.
Putting oh registration list boys
less than 21 years old.
Putting on men over 21 and 22 as
being only 21 or 22,
Putting on voters over age, who
have back texes unpaid, even if they
voted in the last few elections.
Don’t let the Justice of Peace or
N. P. fail to take the oath when the
free holders take it.
Don’t let the ballot box go to din
ner by itself.
Don’t let a manager fail to sign
the returns.
Don’t let the returns get lost.
Don’t let the returns ba thrown
out.
Don’t let men who vote in the
county precincts in the morning, vote
at the town precincts in the evening,
and vice versa.
Bryan And Watson Will Be
Notified.
Chairman J. D. Cunningham tele
graphs Chairman Butler and gets the
the following reply:
“Chairman John D. Cunningham,
Atlanta, Ga Aly Dear Sir—Your
telegram received. Bryan and Wat
son will be notified in due time. It
will be almost impossible, however,
for this to be done before Air 'Watson
makes his trip to Texas. If he goes
directly back to Georgia, as your
people request, and postpones his
Western trip for a week or two, it can
be done in the meant me.
“Very respectfully,
“Marion Butler, Ch’m.”
There will be a consultation of
leaders in Atlanta. Chairman But
ler will be present.
Col. Thornton Will Accept.
While the letters printed below
gives Co). Thornton every right to
decline the nomination offered him
at the late Warm Springs conven
tion, yet wo feel sure that after ma
ture consideration of the subject,
and as one who has always respond
ed to every demand made by his par
ty, he will not only accept the nomi
nation, but make an active winning
tight.
So in spite of the following letter,
we salute aim as Congressman Thorn
ton, ot the 4th.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 21, 1896.
Messrs. Abb Wooldridge, T J. Scone
E P. Smith, J. L Biggers, James
Rich, John Davis and Dr. W. D.
Sheridan :
Gentlemen—You being delegates
to the Fourth Congressional District
Convention of the People's party,
which meets at Warm Springs on to
morrow, and my name having been
mentioned through the press and
otherwise in connection with tbe
nomination of the convention, I beg
to ssy that I have no personal ambi
tion to gratify, and I greatly prefer
th it the principles which the Peo
ple’s party are contending for and
advocating, should succeed and pre
vail, than to hold any efli-jo in tho
gift of tho people, believing as I do
that through them the people will bo
relieved from plutocratic oppression,
aid piosperity restored to the coun
try, -> ad American homes made happy.
As er due consideration I am of
the opinion that my nomination
would not be advantageous to our
success, and there are other gentle
men in the district who desire the
nomination and who ate worthy of
it, and who are ny friends, and I
could not and would not antagonize
them. I must, therefore, insia that
you do not allow my name placid
before the convention.
Wi ila I could not accept the nomi
nation if it were tendered me, I am
neverthelets a Populist and will do
all in my power to advance our cause,
and will be found in the thickest of
the tight.
I am, gentlemen, with es urancaa
of esteem. Yours faithfully,
C. J. Thornton ■
As to Chairman Jones.
There is no question in our mind,
about the willingness of some so
called silver Democrats th sacrifice
Bryan and silver for the sake of the
state tickets. They care nothing for
silver and less for Bryan. They
simply wish to control the state ma
chinery. We regret to say that
many of these are southern men.
Senator Jones is a southern man.
No one doubts but that it was the
result of southern influence that
caused him to make tbe remark,
‘ let the Populists go with the ne
groes where they belong.” That he
cares Nothing for silver is clearly
shown by the way he has had Mr.
Bryan dangling around the heels of
eastern Democracy for ten days,
making eyes at David B. Hill, who
was so gloriously snubbed at Chi
cago.
If Air. Bryan had been permitted
to say one word in Midison Square
Garden about Mr. Watson or the
Populist party it would have won
him more votes than all this cring
ing to David B. Hill and eastern
Democracy. The Populists are the
natural allies of Democrats in this
fight, but rather than give counte
nance to the southern wing of the
party Chairman Jones would put
Mr. Bryau in the humiliating posi.
tion before the country of boot-lick,
ing gold-bugs. Air. Bryan and the
true friends of silver may well ask if
Chairman Jones wants Mr. Bryan
elected.
The writer of this article during a
conference with Chairman Jones at
St. Louis pointed out the possibility
of some of the southern states going
for AfcKinley.
“Well,” said Chairman Jones quite
complacently, “if AlcKinley gets the
most votes he should certainly be
elected.”
There are developments in Geor
gia that would load the prudent to
fear that Jones’ complacent acqtres
cence to McKinley’s election had
grown into a fixed determination. It
is admitted that the election of the
Democratic machine in this state de
pends entirely on the negro vote.
Tremendous and unheard of ef
forts are being made to secure that
vote. The negroes are naturally op
pose 1 to the Democratic party.
Perhaps tbe mo it suspicious thing
that has occurred the announce
ment that Colonel Bill Pledger will
stump tho state for Democracy over
an open letter from the eaid Pledger.
Pledger is a negro Republican, a
lawyer and a man of influence in the
Republican party of this state. He
is second only to Colonel A. E. Buck
if second to him.
It is well known that Colonel
Buck had to make concessions to
Pledger as to the delegation from
this state to the Republican national
convention. Tho man is a cons et
ant Republican, it would be ridicu
lous to eay that he loved Democracy.
It would be just as ridiculous to
say that he could be bought. He
has perhaps had at his disposal
(when the delegation from Georgia
was needed to nominate certain Re
publican candidates for president)
more money than all the Democratic
executive committees that have ever
existed in this state. Aloney can’t
be an object to him.
Then what is the attraction?
Will the electoral vote of the state
ba bartered to McKinley for the state
house offices, and then the whole
thin cj be charged up to the Populists,
the Democratic press doilaring it to
be the result ot a third ticket, when
it is well known that while thou
sands of Democrats are declaring for
Bryan and Watson that no effort is
being made by ths Democratic ma
chine of this state to consolidate the
ticket. It will be well for the
friends of Mr. Bryan and silver to
keep an eye on the southern situa
tion, and if Chairman Jones fails to
win gold-bug Democracy to Air.
Bryan, he may prefer gold-bug Re
publicans to southern Populists who
he has denounced so bitterly.
.Remember .lie Encampment.
Mr. Watson speaks at Cartersville
on September 4th. Reduced rates
to Cartersville and Catooia Springs
on the W & A. Railroad.
Rev. Sam Small, the most brilliant
stump speakej in the South, is for
Bryan aid Watson.
If we can’t win in a straight fight
on principle why not disband? If we
can, why make compromising alli
ances? If we are right we must win
sooner or latei; if we are wrong the
sooner we di.-batid the better. We
can’t win votes by c ?mpromising with
wrong.—Buzz Saw
Notes from the Field.
Populist speakers are making the
welkin ring from the mountain to
the seaboard. Hon. Seaborn Wright
swung from the Chattahoochee at
Columbus to the Savannah at Sa
vannah, cutting a rwath through the
wire grass and reoeiving every en
couragement. Votes were made at
Columbus, Albany, Thomasville,
Valdosta, Waycross, Brunswiok, Sa
vannah. The Democratic press
concedes the fact that everywhere
Air. Wright has received marked at
tention and is greeted by such audi
ences as no Democrat can draw.
Mr. Wright is speaking to from fif
teen to twenty thousand people a
week.
HON. T. X. WATSON.
The Hon. T. E. Watson invaded
northeast Georgia last week and cap
tured everything this side of tho Sa
vannah river. It is reported that
even that “grand old man,” Colonel
James Robinson, “like . Felix, trem
bled in his shoes, and “like Agrippa,
was almost persuaded.”
DR GAMBRELL.
Dr. Gambrell took care of middle
Georgia. Thomaston and Knoxville
are rejoicing at his visits. The doc
tor makes votes every where he gots,
no one cares to brush against him
more than once.
A. A. MURPHEY.
A. A. Murphey, the brave, the lib
era], the enthusiastic. If John Cun
ningham feels despondent because
Steve Clay will not help obtain a
division of managers, Murphey de
clares, “we have got them beat any
how.”
If Jim Sibley is out of heart, and
out of the office, because there is no
money to pay stenographers and buy
stamps, and the bill collector is
abroad in the land, Murphey re
plenishes the treasury and restores
Sibley to office. He has already
churned the sixth district to a foam
and declares you can’t see Bartlett
for the suds.
FELIX COBB.
Hon. Felix Cobb received an ova
tion at Dallast last week. He is do
ing grand work for the party and
will be heard from often in this cam
paign. Keep your eye on Colonel
Cobb, he is one of our coming men.
GENERAL PHILLIPS.
General Pcillipa has cut the dirt
from under Chairman Clay, and his
home county of Cobb will fall this
time on the Populist siie of the
fence. Another week and the Gen
eral will look for fresh fields to con
quer.
Walter B. Hill, Hugh 11. Colquitt,
Frank J. Sibley, John Temple
Graves, join the procession this week
and the good work will go merrily
on.
Colonel peaks.
Colonel Peake has vanished. He
was last seen crossing a county line
behind two good mules. Old Lon
would give anything to know “where
he is at.” Keep still little heart,
you will hear from him in Novem
ber.
BEV. 11. S. DOYLE.
The Rev. 11. S. Doyle is doing a
grand work in south Georgia. Splen
did reports come from his meetings.
He should receive the encourage
ment at the hands of the Populists
that he richly deserves. Advertise
his meetings thoroughly, speed him
on his way, he is making more
speeches and votes to ths minute
than any one on the stump.
Remember the two events of the
week are encampments at Carters
ville September 4th and sth; Catoo
sa Springs, September 7th and Btb.
Or the 4th Air. Watson speaks at
Cartersville. That night he goes to
Texas. Lets give him the grandest
“send-off'* he ever had.
Turn, in Sir. Watson’s Fortunes.
It has been interesting to note
within the last ten days a certain
change in the fortunes of the Hon.
Thoman E. Watson—a change which
indicates that his courageous and
persistent efforts to compel a serious
recognition of his candidacy at the
hands of the Alcgeld-Tillman-Bryan
managers and their Populist allies
are at last to be crowned with de
servedly substantial success. For a
moath or more after his nomination
at St. Louis on an ostensible fusion
ticket with Air. Bryau, Air. Watson
was forced to struggle, alone and al
most hopelessly, against the mani
fest disposition of the Populists Na
tional committee to ignore his can
didacy and sacrifice his personal in
terests to those of his Nebraska run
ning mate; while at Democratic Na
tional Headquarters his appeals for
fusion on the logical and natural
basis of Air. Sewall’s withdrawal
from the race for the vice presidency
were received with silent contempt
or often ridicule.
Flushed with the first enthusiasm
of the campaign and blinded by
mushroom illusions as to Air. Bryan s
popular strength, Air. Jones, of Ar
kansas, and his advisers could see in
Air. Watson’s dual candidacy only a
useless and annoying incumbrance
to party success, and his suggestions
of union on a fusion electoral ticket
were rudely repulsed by the Arkan
sas Senator with the comment that
he and the Southern Populists gen
erally could “go to the negroes,
where they belong,” The Populist
National committee, headed by Mr.
Butler, of North Carolina, remained
equally deaf to Mr.
and even failed to notice Air. Jones’
pointed insult to its vice-Presidential
candidate, while Populists leaders in
certain Western States hastened to
nullify tho action of the St. Louis
eon ven iion by openly indorsing full
Bryan and Sewall electoral tickets.
Then came Mr. Bryan’s “invasion
of the East, 1 ' the chilling frost of his
Madison Square Garden failure.
The effect of this dismal fiasco was
quickly seen in the changed relations
of the motley political forces behind
the Repubiation canvass. The mis
fortunes of the Nebraska Boy Ora
tor have boon, in fact, the making
of tho Boy Orator from Georgia; for
from the day of that first decisive
check to their effervescent candidate’s
triumpl ant progress t he Tillman-Alt
geld managers have gradually seen
the real control of the fusion cam
paign slip from their own fingers in
to those of Air. Butler and his Popu
lists lieutenants. The humble North
Carolina Senator, who a month ago
was ready in the Bryan-Sewall inter
est to lores the Populist vice-presi
dential candidate out of the race.and
whose hopes of genuine electoral
fusion scarcely reached beyond the
borders of his own State, is now de
manding and securing union on elec
tors—in many cases on Bryan and
Watson electors—in quarters where
amicable fusion would not have been
dreamed of prior to Mr. Bryan’s ill
starred Eastern trip.
So confident and assertive have
tbe Populists managers become that
even the formal notification to the
St. Louis candidates of their selec
tion, which Mr. Watson has so vehe
mently demanded and Air. Bryan so
persistently opposed, will probably
be undertaken within the next few
weeks. Only a fortnight ago Sena
tor Butler, the chairman of the Popu
list committee, pooh-poohed the idea
of calling together the Notification
committee appointed by the National
convention, and added, that no
formal notification had been given
to the Populists candidates in the
presidential campaign of 1892. To
this rather feeble effort to excuse
the committee’s inaction Air. Wat
son replied with the statement that
both General Weaver and General
Field were present four years ago
at the Omaha Convention whci
nominated them, aud that both made
speeches of acceptance to the dele
gates. Continuing, Mr. Watson
argued with force and pertinenc;-:
“If the National convention at St
Louis did not mean that Messrs.
Bryan and Watson should be noti
fled, why was a committee appointed
to notify them? Why does Senator
AJlen, the chairman of that commit
tee, refuse to do what the oenven
tion instructed him to do? Is he
afraid that Mr. Bryan will repudiate
our support? If so, our party has a
right to know that fact. If Air-
Bryan is ashamed of the votes which
are necessary to elect him, we ought
to know it.”
These spirited and plain-spoken
words have evidently had their effect.
—New York Tribune.
Are the Populist papers of Kansas
who are carrying the lie at the head
of their columns saying “Bryan and
Watson,” ashamed to put up the
names of the ten Democrats named
for electors for Sewall ? Why sub
mit longer to this inconsistency ?
The people of Kansas who are loyal
Populists are too intelligent to be
hoodwinked in this manner. No
Populist paper can afford to be a
party to such infamy—Girard (Kan)
World.
North Dakota Has Fusion.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Senator
Butler, of the Populist committee,
today received a telegram from North
Dakota stating that a complete fusion
of Populists, Democrats and silver
Republicans had been effected, the
Populists getting all the electors for
Bryan and Watson, the others the
congressmen and State officers.
THEY CORRESPOND.
Butler’s Letter to Howard and
Howard’s Reply.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 26,
1896.—Dear Sir: You will see by
the enclosed official statement and
interviews the attitude of the na
tional executive committee in regard
to candidates. Both Bryan and
Watson must remain on our ticket to
the end. Any other course would
mean not only tho defeat of the re
form movement in this campaign,
but it wen d mean the demoraliza
tion and disorganization of the Peo
ples party as well.
We are here situated whore we
can look over the entire field, and
for the good of the party we ask
you as a member of the notification
committee to take no action for the
present. The course of wisdom and
moderation always proves the best
in the end. In due tims such action
will be taken in this matter as will
be satisfactory to all aud leavo the
party in a dignified and honorable
position. (
Whatever action tbe notification
committee takes, it should taka
unanimously, and after counselling
with those who have the campaign
in charge and are responsible for its
outcome.
The Peoples party must be pre
served, and this fight for monetary
reform must be won; and no action
should be taken by anyone who has
tho cause at heart, which will in any
way retard either result.
Sentiment is now rapidly chang
ing to Watson, not only among
western Populists, but also among
southern Democrats, in a most grati
fying way. We should do nothing
of doubtful propriety while matters
are thus happily shaping themselves
in our favor. A little later it is very
probable that we can take action
about the notification of our candi
dates, at a time when the effect and
results will be most salutary. In
the meantime let us keep prominent
ly the idea that Bryan and Watson
is the co-operative ticket that all
good silver m n of all parties should
support. Yours for victory,
Marion Butler,
Chairman.
J. A, Edgerton, Secretary.
Fort Payne, Ala., Aug. 31, 1896 J
Hon. Alsrion Buller, Washington,’
I). C.—Dear Sir: Replying to|
yours of recent date, addressed to
me as a member of the notification
committee, I desire to sly that I for
one think we have been playing the
baby act long enough. If we are
men it is time that we pull aside our
“pinafores” and donned men’s cloth
ing.
For a great party with almost two
million voters we occupy a most
humiliating attitude as we bow ths
knee before the Democratic throne,
and wait in breathless suspense, with
bowed head and averted eyes for
our supposed allies to bid us arise
and go in peace. I think we are
treating Mr. Watson wrong, and
while I am disposed to be conserva
tive and patient, yet I feel inclined
to join in some sort of movement to
relieve ourselves of our present hu
miliating attitude unless those whose
duty it is to act first, take some de
cided steps at an early day. Only
two months now until election, and
we are ad at sea—noi knowing
whether our presidential candidate
will accept—afraid- to breathe for
fear he will not.
Very respectfully,
M. W. Howard.
Faces.
Mr. Wa'sou’s cut in the Brockton
Diamond, presents by far the most
interesting face of all the candidates,
a face that bears tho marks of suffer,
ing, and of kindly sympathy for all
God’s creatures. It is a face intel,
leotual, strong, and refined; not a
taint of ease or smartness in it.
McKinley looks as if hi had always
had a life of ease, and meant to here
after, whatever creditors suffared.
Bryan’s face, though handsome,
has the “loik at me” expression in it,
which somewhat detracts from its
marked physical beauty.
Sewall looks like a comfortable
bank president.
And Hobart would answer for
almost anything —prosperous, I mean;
a drummer, perhaps.—The Rockland
(Mass.) Independent.
A New Law Firm.
Messrs. C. D. Maddox and W. H.
Terrel), of Atlanta, have formed a
copartnership and will hereafter
praotice law together. Both are
well known attorneys with many
friends an I the strength of the new
firm will doubtless make it exceedings
ly popular.