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New President Outlines the Pol-
icy He Will Pursue During
the Next Four Years.
IS IN FAVOR OF HIGH TARIFF LAW
Prescribes Protection as the
Cure For the Financial Ills
of the United States.
WILL ENFOROE ANTI-TRUST LAWS
Recommends That a Commission Be Cre
ated to Revise Our Banking and Currency
System—Denounces Lynchings — Urges
That the Anglo-American Arbitration
Treaty Be Ratified—Calls an Extra Ses
sion of Congress For March 15 Will
Not Interfere With the Affairs of For
eign Nations.
After being sworn in by Chief Justice
Fuller, President McKinley delivered
his inaugural address. He said:
“Fellow Citizens: In obedience to
the will of the people and in their pres
ence, by the authority vested in me by
this oath, I assume the arduous and re
sponsible duties .of president of the
United States, relying upon the support
of my countrymen and invoking the
guidance of Almighty God. Our faith
teaches that there is no safer reliance
than upon the God of our fathers, who
has so singularly favored the American
people in every national trial and who
will not forsake us so long as we obey
His commands and walk humbly in His
footsteps.
“The responsibilities of the high trust
to which I have been called—always of
grave importance—are augmented by
the prevailing business conditions, en
tailing idleness upon willing labor and
loss to useful enterprises. The country
is suffering from industrial disturb
ances from which speedy relief must be
had. Our financial system needs some
revision; our money is all good now,
but its*value must not further be threat
ened. It should all be put upon an en
during basis, not subject to easy attack,
nor its stability to doubt or dispute. Our
currency should continue under the su
pervision of the government.
For a Coinage Commission.
"Most of out financial laws are the
outgrowth of experience and trial and
should not be amended without investi
gation and demonstration of the wisdom
of the proposed changes. We must be
both 'sure we are right’ and ‘make haste
slowly.’ If, therefore, congress in its
wisdom shall deem it expedient to create
a commission to take under early con
sideration and revision of our coinage,
banking and currency laws, and give
them that exhaustive, careful and dis
passionate examination that their im
portance demands, I shall cordially con
cur in such action. If such power is
vested in the president, it is my purpose
to appoint a commission of prominent,
well informed citizens of different par
ties, who will command public confi
dence both on account of their ability
and special fitness for the work.
“The question of in.ternational bimet
allism will have early and earnest at
tention. It will be my constant en
deavor to secure it by co-operation with
the other great commercial powers of
the world. Until that condition is re
alised, when the parity between our
gold and silver money springs from and
is supported by the relative value of the
two metals, the value of the silver al
ready coined and of that which may
hereafter be coined, must be kept con
stantly at par with gold by every re
source at our command, The credit of
the government, the integrity of its cur
raucy ami the inviolability of its obliga
tious must be preserved. This was the
commanding verdict of the people and
It will mil Im iiiilk-.ixloil
h Miult Ha Obaarved,
“IJoonmuy is demanded in every
hrftnelt or i.l|« |WWli>n«.it at all limns,
but eapepiuily in periods like the present
<>f depression in business and distress
mmmg the peepie. The severest eeem
emy must be observed in nil publie os
peuditures end ostravitganees stopped
wherever found sod prevented wiinr>
ever iu the future it may be developed,
if the revenues are to remain us now,
the only relief that oati oome must bo
from deerensed mtpenditures, Hut the
present must not become the permaiiout
oomlititm of the government. It has
been our uniform practice to retire, not
increase, our outstanding obligations,
and this policy most again be resumed
and vigorously enforced.
"The government should not bo per
mitted to tun behind, or increase its
debt, iu times like the present. Suitably
to provide against this is the mandate
of duty; the certain mid easy remedy
for most of our financial dijllculties.
Store llevenue Is Needed.
"Between more loans and more reve
nue, there ought to be but one opinion.
We should have more revenue, and that
without delay, hiuderance or postpone
ment. A surplus in the ti-'esury created
by loans is not a permanent nor safe re
liance. It will suffice while it lasts, but
cannot last long while the outlays of
the government are greater than its re
ceipts. as has been the case during the
past two years. Nor must it be forgotten
that however much such loans tempora
rily relieve the situation, the govern
ment is still indebted for the amount <jf
the surplus thus accrued, which it must
ultimately pay, while its ability to pay
is not strengthened, but weakened by a
continued deficit. Loans are impera
tive in great emergencies to preserve
the government or its credit, but a fail
ure to supply needed revenue in time of
peace for the maintenance of either has
no justification. '
—•/The best way for the government to
maintain its credit is to pay as it goes—
not by resorting to loans, but by keeping
out of debt—through an adequate in
come secured by a system of taxation,
external or internal or both. It is the
settled policy of the government, pur
sued from the beginning and practiced
by all parties and administrations, to
raise the bulk of our revenue from taxes
upon foreign productions entering the
United StatesYor sale and consumption;
Bnd avoiding for the most part every
form of direct taxation except in time of
war.
“The country is ch a ly opposed to
needless additions to ti e subjects of in
ternal taxation and is committed by its
latest popular utterance to the system
of tariff taxation. There can be no
misunderstanding, either, about the
principle upon which this tariff taxation
shall be levied. Nothing has ever been
made plainer at a general election than
that the controlling principle in the
raising of revenue from duties on im
ports is a zealous care for American in
terests and American labor.
People Want Protection.
“The people have declared that such
legislation shall be had as will give am
ple protection and encouragement to
the industries and to the development
of our country. It is, therefore, earn
estly hoped and expected that congress
will, at the earliest practicable moment,
enact revenue legislation that shall be
fair, reasonable, conservative and just,
and which, while supplying sufficient
revenue for public purposes, will still be
signally beneficial and helpful to every
section aud every enterprise of the peo
ple. To this policy we are all, of what
ever party, firmly bound by the voice of
the people—a power vastly more poten
tial than the expression of any political
platform.
"In the revision of the tariff especial
attention should be given to the re-en
actment and extension of the reciprocal
principle of the act of 1890 under which
so great a stimulus was given to our for
eign trade in new and advantageous
markets, for our surplus agricultural
ami manufactured products. The brief
trial given this legislation amply justi
fies a further experiment and additional
discretionary power in the making of
commercial treaties, the end in view al
ways to be the opening up of new mar
kets for the products of our country by
granting concessions to the products of
other lands that we need and cannot
produce ourselves, and which do not in
volve any loss of labor to our own. peo
ple, but tend to increase their employ
ment.
Farmers aud Toilers Suffer.
"The depression of the past four years
has fallen with especial severity upon
the great body of toilers of the country
and upon the holders of farmers. The
revival of manufacturing will be bene
ficial to both. Legislation beneficial to
the producer is beneficial to all. The
depressed condition of industry on the
farm and in the mine and factory has
lessened the ability of the people to
make the demands upon them and they
rightfully expect that not only a system
of revenue shall be established that will
secure the largest income with the least
burden, but that every means will be
taken to decrease, rather than increase,
our public expenditures.
“Business conditions are not the most
promising. It will take time to restore
the prosperity of former years. If we
cannot promptly attain it, we can reso
lutely turn our faces in that direction,
and aid its return by friendly legisla
tion. However troublesome the situa
tion may appear, congress will not, I
am sure, be found lacking in disposi
tion or ability to relieve it, as far as
legislation can do so. The restoration
of confidence and the revival of busi
ness, which men of all parties so much
desire, depeud more largely upon prompt,
energetic and intelligent action-of con
gress, than upon any other single agency
affecting the situation.
“It is inspiring, too, to remember
that no great emergency of 180 years of
our eventful life has ever risen that has
not been met with courage by the
American people, with fidelity to their
best interests and highest destiny and
to the honor of the American name.
Slob Law Denounced.
“The great essential to our happiness
and prosperity is that we adhere to the
principles upon which the government
was established aud insist upon their
faithful observance. Equality of rights
must prevail and our laws be always
aud everywhere respected and obeyed.
We may have failed in the discharge of
our full duty as citizens of the great re
public, bur it is consoling ami encourag
ing, to realize that free speech, a free
press, free thought, free schools, the
free and unmolested right of religious
liberty and worship aud free and fair
elections.are dearer and more univer
sally enjoyed today than ever before.
These guarantees must be sacredly pre
served and widely strengthened. The
constituted authorities must be cheer
fully and vigorously upheld. Lynch
ings must not be tolerated in a great
civilized country like the United States.
Courts —not mobs—must execute the
penalties of the law.
“Immunity should be granted to none
who violate the laws, whether individ
uals or incorporations, or communities;
and as the constitution imposes upon
the president the duty of both its own
execution and of the statutes iu
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Opp'tapfl tw Alt
"The declaration of the party now re
titored to power has been in the past
that of 'oppoßltion to all eotiibiillitiO'iß
of capital organis'd ill trusts, or other
wise, to control arbitrarily the condition
of trade among our citlzaiß,’ and it h i ;
supported 'in such legislation as wi 1
prevent the execution of all s 'lionie: 1 •
oppress the people by undue i-hHigM on
their supplies, or by unjust rates forth*
transportation of tiieir pioduets to mar
ket. ’
“Tills purpose will be steadily pursued
both by the enforcement of laws now in
existanee and the commendation and
support of such new statutes as may be
necessary to carry it into effect.
“Our naturaliz itimi and immigration
laws should be further improved to tho
constant promotion of a safer, better
and a higher citizenship: A grave peril
to the republic would be a citizenship ;
too ignorant to understand, or too vic- .
ious to appreciate, the great value and .
beneficence of our constitution and
laws, and against ail who come here to
make war upon them our gates inu-t be
promptly and tightly closed. Nor mu t
we be unmindful of the need of im
provement in oar own citizens, aud witu
the zeal of our forefathers encourage
the spread of knowledge ami free edu
cation. Illiteracy must be banished
frohi the land ’.f we shall ’attain that
high destiny as the foremost of tho en
lightened nations of the world, which,
under providence, we ought to achieve.
“Reforms in rhe cavil set vice must go
on. But the changes should be rea. aud
genuine, not pertunctory, or prompted
by a zeal in behalf of any party, simply
because it happens to be in power. As
a member of congress, I voted, aud spoke
in favor of tha present law and I shal
attempt its enforcement in the spirit ir
which it was enacted. The purpose in
view was to secure the most efficient
service of the best men who would ac
cept appointment under government.,
retaining faithful and devoted public
■ervauts in office, but shielding none,
under the authority of any rule or cus
tom, who are inefficient, incompetent
or unworthy. The best interests of the
country demand this and the people
heartily approve the law wherever and
Whenever it has thus been administered
To Besturo Merchant Marine,
“Oongres» should give prompt atten
tion to the restoration of our America'.,
merchant marine, once tho pride of the
seas, in all the great ocean highways of
commerce. To iny mind, few more im
portant subjects so imperatively demand
its intelligent consideration. The United
States has progressed with marvelous
rapidity in every field of enterprise and
endeavor until we have become fore
most in nearly all the great lines of in
land trade, commerce aud industry.
“It has been the policy of tho United
States since the foundation' of the gov
ernment to cultivate relations of peace
aud amity with all the nations of the
world aud this accords witff'W oon°aP
tion of our duty now. Wu have cher
ished the policy of non-interference with
the affairs of foreign goyerumeuls,
THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER: ATLANTA, GEORGIA: FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1897.
wisely inaugurated by Washington,
keeping ourselves free from entangle
ment whether as allies or foes, content to
leave undisturbed with them the settle
ment of their own domestic concerns.
“It will be our aim to- pursue a firm
and dignified policy, which shall b
just, impartial, ever watchful of our
national honor and always insisting
upon the enforcement of the lawful
rights of American citizens everywhere.
Approves the Peace Treaty.
“Our diplomacy should seek nothing
more nor accept nothing less than is
due us. We want no wars of conquest;
we must avoid the temptation to terri
torial aggression. War should never be
entered upon until every agency of
peace has failed; peace is preferable to
war iu almost every contingency.
“Arbitration is the true method of
settlement of international as well as
local or individual difference. It was
recognized as the best mqans pf adjust
ment of difference between employer
and employe by the Forty-ninth con
gress in 1888, and its application is ex
tended to our diplomatic relations by
the unanimous concurrence of the senate
and house of the Fifty-first congress in
1890. The latter resolution was accepted
as the basis of negotiations with us by
the British house of commons in 1893
and upon our invitation a treaty of ar
bitration between the United States and
Great Britain was signed at Washington
and transmitted to the senate for its rat
ification in January last
“Since this treaty is clearly the result
of our own initiative; since it has been
recognized as the leading feature of our
foreign policy throughout our entire na
tional history—the adjustment of diffi
culties by judicial methods rather than
by force of arms —and since it presents
to the world the glorious example of
reason and peace, not passion and war,
controlling the relations between two
of the great nations of the world, an ox
ample certain to be followed by others,
I respectfully urge the early action ol
the senate thereon, not merely as a mat
ter of policy, but as a duty to mankind.
Kxtra Session of Congress.
“It has been the uniform practice of
•aoh president to avoid, as far as possi
ble, the convening of congress iu extra
ordinary session. It is an example
Which, under ordinary circumstances,
in the absence of a public necessity, is
to be commended. But a. failure to eon
veue the representatives of the people
in congress in extra session when it i
necessary involves neglect of a public
.duty. The condition of ihe public
treasury, as has been indicated, de
mands the immediate consideration o
congress. It alone has the power to
provide revenues for the government.
Not to convene it under such circum
stances, I can view in no other sense
tha the neglect of a plain duty.
“Our actions now will be freer from
mere partisan consideration than if the
question of tariff revision is postponed
until the. regular session of congress.
; We are nearly two years from a con
gressional election and politics cannot
so greatly distract us as if such aoontest
i was immediately pending. We can ap
proach the problem calmly aud patrioti
cally without fearing its effect upon an
• early election.
“Our fellow citizens who may dis-
1 agree with us upon the character of
this legislation prefer to have the ques-
> tiou settled now, even against their pre
conceived views, aud perhaps settled so
i seasonably, as I trust and believe it will
1 be, as to insure great permanence—than
1 to have uncertainty menacing the vast
1 and varied business interests of the
Ulliltnl ,i lit I’H A till ll‘i Vol‘ tiol ion
oongri’Bs limy tuko, given n fnii' i>ppoi'=
tuiiify foi' trial bofoto liio peoplo are
Clilled to bilßs jttilglltollt npoli it, Htld
this I OOUBidM; H fllflif- OBHHlltial to tho
riglil lul liiid llistiiig Rtdfletilßiil of tho
quo tiuii,
“hi view of tlipso Oohßidei'tttions, 1
shill' tii'om it lily duly m presidont to
Oolivatio eotigri’B in cxti'iloi'iliiiary ses- ,
sion oil M'luday, Mat’eli 15, 1897.
*-cei lonal iJtiHS Obl H prated.
“Iu conclusion I cungratulate the
country upon the fraternal spirit of tho
people and the maiiifestation of good
will everywhere so apparent. The re
cent election not only most fortunately
demonstrated the obliteration of sec
tional or geographical lines, but to some
extent, also ihe prejudices which for
years have distracted our councils and
mari ed our true greatness as a nation.
“It will be my constant aim to do
nothing, and permit nothing to be done,
that will arrest or disturb this growing
sentiment of unity and co-operation,
this revival of esteem and affiliation
Which now animates so many thousands
In both t he old antagonistic sections, but
I shall cheerfully do everything possible
to promote and increase it.
“Let me again repeat the words of
the oath administered by tfio chief just
ice, which, in their respective speeches,
so far as applicable, I would have all
my countrymen observe:
•1 will faithfully execute the office of'
president of the Unjtod States, and I
will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the constitution of
the United States.’
"This is the obligation I have rever
ently taken before the Lord most high.
To keep it will my single purpose,
my constant prayer, and I shall confi
dently rely upon the forebearance and
assistance of all the people in the dis
charge of my solemn responsibilities.”
KUjiy Seminary Destroyed.
! Ellijay, Ga., March 9. —Fire broke
out m the Ellijay seminary at 10 o’clock
and the building, which was valued at
SIO,OOO, was burned to the ground. The
fire was probably of accidental origin.
Two hundred pupils are turned out of
doors. There was no insurance.
Noted Moonshiner Found Dead.
j. Middlesboro, Ky., March 9. —Leslie
: Combs, the most noted moonshiner in
the mountain, was found dead near
Hazard with his throat cut. He was a
loufederate bushwhacker. He claimed
that he had killed 50 men.
i Ocala Banker Attempted Suicide.
Ooaia, Fla., March 9.—R. B. Mc-
Connell, president of tho defunct Mer
‘ chants’ National bank, is said to be
! dangerously ill, as a result of an at- ■
tempt t<> end his life with poison sev- |
i era! days ago.
Kailread Bill Vetoed.
Topeka, March 8. Governor
i has vetoed the railroad bill iu a lengthy ,
' measure of about 4,000 wurda.
NEW CABINET MEETS
The President and His Official
Family Confer.
USUAL RUSH OF PUBLIC MEN
feller, Pettigrew and Cannon, the Silver
Republican Senators Who Supported
Bryan, Among the Callers at the White
House—Ericsson May Be Appointed Min
ister to Norway and Sweden.
Washington, March 10. President
McKinley aud his .cabinet held their
first formal meeting at 11 a. m. As a
rule cabinet day has been one reserved
for the business before the president
and his advisers, not only as against the
public but senators aud representatives.
At this one, however, there was the
usual rush of prominent men, many of
whom were received by the president.
Several notable groups arrived about
10 o’clock. First was that embracing
the silver Republican senators, Teller of
Colorado, Pettigrew of South Dakota
aud Cannon of Utah, who withdrew
from the St. Louis convention. With
them also was Senator Warren of Ohio.
They were shown at ouco to the presi
dent’s office and spent 5 or 10 minutes
with Mr. McKinley. It was entirely a
call of courtesy and no allusion to party
or politics was made. The president
showed his usual cordiality aud thebe
was no evidence iu the manner or words
of the divisions resulting from the na
tional convention.
Following this group came another
one comprising the entire Republican
membership of the ways and means
committee, headed by Chairman Ding
ley. They filed before the president
and were cordis ly greeted. This, too,
was a call of courtesy and no reference
was made to the tariff.
Senator Aiiison and Representative'
Dolliver of lowa called to urge the ap
pointment of State Senator Ericsson of
lowa as minister to Norway aud Sweden.
Among the callers who saw the pres
ident were Senator Morrill of Vermont,
the venerable head of the senate com- :
mittee on finance. Senators Cullom and
Mason of Illinois, Pritchard of North
Carolina and Penrose of Pennsylvania.
Senator McEuery, die new .Democratic
senator from Louisiana, was accompan
ied by ex-Marshal Pitkin of that state.
Among the callers in private life were
Murat Halstead and Powell Clayton.
The cabinet officers began to arrive
shortly before 11 o’clock. The most of
them drove from their respective de
partments, as a drizzling rain was fall
ing. Secretary Bliss did not attend. .
being absent iu New York. At 11-05
President McKinley left his office and
joined his advisers in the cabinet room.
No questions of importance came be
fore the cabinet meeting, which lasted
half an hour, the remark being .made
that fortunately affairs as to Cuba and
Hawaii were unusually quiet at present.
The attorney general was the last to
leave. It is and n'stood that the-ques
tion of an appointment of assistant at- .
torney general will, receive early at
tention.
JACKSON AND WALLING ILL.
Little Likelihood, Mt.wev.ir. That the
Gallows Wil* Be Cheated.
Cincinnati. March 10.—Scott Jack
bob and Aloiisso Walling, who iii'ii iiiuv
hold in jail ni Alnsi'iilt'iH, Ky., await l
Ing llielt exi iHifiiiii, Hiiturdry, Miu'oii 99,
foi' tho luuiilni' Os I’elii'i Bryau, aio hnlh
mi-k, aiid have ii”|ulred tho attondunoß
of n phj’Riciiiii. The mothers of both
of the eoiidetliiied llieil tire with them,
and will teuniin until tho day of execu
tion.
The condition of iieitliei' of tholn is
Bertolis, and I heir sy uipt ifliß of grio are
attributed to the bid ventilation of the
jail. Governor Bradley has issued or
ders for troops to be present at the
hanging.
Walling liar, addressed another letter
to Governor Ji. tdley, appealing for ex
ecutive cleineiiey on the ground that he
had no motive tor geiting Pearl Bryan
out of the wuy.
Every effort possible is being made to
have the sent- nee of Walling com- ;
muted to life imprisonment, but it Is :
generally believed that he will hang
with Jackson
•An Uverduo steamer Arrives.
New Yoiik, March 10.—Captain Rupe
of the French steamship La Bretagogne,
which has just arrived from Havre, sev
eral days overdue, said that the trip
was the worst he has experienced iu his
84 years on the Atlantic. La Breta
gogue behaved splendidly and showed i
no damage. Among the passengers was ;
ex-President Garrillas of Central Amer
ica and Colonel Bailly Blanchard of
New Orleans.
Gadsby—l suspect they’ve got a ba' .v up
at Norris’ house.
Wadkins—Whut makes you think that?
Gadsby—Oh, nothing in i .irtlcular, only
I haven’t heard him brag about his dog
for u day or two.—Boston Transcript.
Passins It Ou.
Thera is ono grand consolation
That must cheer us to tho core
Whon we fall into the clutch-, s
Os some dreadful social boro.
Fate will make the balance even.
We can sea iter gall and rue.
If wo woi ii our plans with wisdom,
Wo can boro somebody -top.
—Chicago Record.
A Horrible Revenge.
“Well, Mr. i 'ostli y; did you reven n
yourself on Algy since that quarrel you
had with him?’’
i “Yes, indeed. I ordered my man to bo
wudo to his man when lie me; is him.”-
Punch.
His Little Motto.
Thu night he graduated .
High resolve was in his eye.
Ho stood upon the platform there,
Aud “Forward!" was his cry.
On tha pl. tform again hu stands,
His voi > ringing on the breeze.
Ho foils the packed in passengers,
“Move forward, if you pleasel”
—Ciueinuati Enquirer.
Just His Luck.
I "Unlucky? Well, rather,” growled the
ohronie. kicker. “Why, say, if 1 went tn a
professiouai matinee and nlllhcacti-' ■ s
; removed their hats, 1 d bo dead cermiii to
I get a seat behiuu the Circussiuu beauty. 11
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DROUGHT IS TURNED DOWN.
The Florida Capital Inf s Motion For a New
Trial Overruled.
Atlanta, March 9. —The motion for
a new trial in the case of the state
against A. E. Drought has been over
ruled by Judge Berry, and th6 ease wid
likely go to the supreme court.
Drought was convicted in the second
division of the city court of boiug a
Common cheat and swindler and Judge
Berry assessed a fine against him of
SI,OOO, in default of which he was to
serve 12 months on the county chain
gang.
Drought was at one time receiver of
the Florida Midland railroad, and about
a year ago ho sold receiver’s certificates
| to Eady & Mayfield, which they claim
were worthless.
i Drought came from Florida some time
ago and was arrested. Ho was tried in
the city court and convicted. Drought
is now in jail, where he has been since
his conviction.
IS LASSITER A DEFAULTER?
Phenix City Insurance Agent Said to Be
Short l:> His Accounts.'
Columbus, Ga., March 9. —L. W.
Dean, the home manager for the Capi
tal City Insurance company of Mont
gomery, after a thorough investigation
of Ilia 1 iwi'iitiiifs of T, t)< Ltositer, tile
©ompiiiiy’s PliHiiii (Jily agchf, who diß=
lippt’iii'od it ftiw wonks ago, uiiiioumicß
flint LiiSsitei' is about alioi't with
the instiltitiiiii.
Nothing has been heard from Lassiter
Binoe ho left hero six weeks ago, an ac
count of which appeared In these dis
patches. ‘
The exact amount of his shortages
with other ooiieerns which he lepre-
Bented has not been ascertained, and lip
steps have yet been taken to.appreheud
him, no warrant having been issued for
his arrest.
Accident on tho (Jrttiner Raleigh.
Portsmouth, Va., March o.—An so
dden! occurred on the United States
cruiser Raleigh, which it waa at first
feared would terminate in the same
way as the accident ou board the Cin
cinnati. Steam was found escaping
from the forward starboard bunker,
which is next to the magazine. The
bulkhe/ids were dangerously hot and an
explosion was feared. However, the
crew got to work quickly aud the coal
was taken from the bunker. Then it
was found that no fire existed and an
examination revealed the fact that a
steam pipe valve was leaking slightly.
No damage was done and no ammuni
tion was moved.
Cuban Sympathixern Active.
i Washington, March 9. lnform
ation has reached the department of jus
tice that there is unusual activity among
Cuban sympathizers at Pensacola and
Apalachicola. Eia., ana inconsequence
■ the United States ship Marblehead has
been fully informed ns to the situation
and instructed to be on hand to prevent
the departure of any craft under sus
picion of having men and arms on
I board. It is believed that arms in con
| siderablo quantities have been secreted
I at a number of points on the gulf coast,
, ©nd the utmost vigilance will be exer
' cised to prevent their being taken off.
His Epitaph.
i “Hearwhat they are going to puton the
' old planter’s tombstone?”
: “No. What?”
“He wouldn’t raise anything but corn
; on Ills plantation, so tho epitaph is to be,
‘Corn, but not for cotton.’ ” —Cincinnati
: Commercial Tribuna
Haw’s This?
j We offer One hundred Dollars reward
: for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
■ cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J- Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersiffped, have known I’’
;J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transacts ns and financially
I able to carry out any obligation made
j by their firm.
I West Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
I Toledo, Ohio.
! Waffiing, Kinnan A-Marvin, Wholesale
llriigg sts, Toledo, Ohio.
> Hall's Catarrh Cure js .taken inter
, nnlly, acting directly upon the blood
i and mucous .surfaci.s of the system.
I Price 75c per Lottie. Sold by all drilst
-1 ' gists. Testimonials free.
COMPANY .
Eclipse
Engines, .
Boilers, Saw Hills,
Cotton Gins,
Cotton Presses,
Grain Separators.
Chisel Tooth and Solid Saws, Saw Teeth, inspirators, Injectors
Engine Repairs and a full Line of Brass Goods. '
for Catalogue and Prices. Avery & McMillan,
Southern Managers.
Nos. 51 & 53 So, Forsyth Street, ATLANTA, GA
„ ~a A , FENCING.
60 INCH. /\/\/\/\/
42 INCH. '\ AAAA/V \AH VX S° r . L^ WnS ’
V. Y. V X W'S! 'A-i Parks, r arms
34 vvUUvv v vvvvvVvWvv v WvwKyVx Gardens,
26 inch. x/vv\XaXXXXXXXXXXXXaAaAA(TwaAA Cemeteries
xvAaii Gots. The-
XX Y V y/UCvA/ \ aCTmtovWvW cheapest and
Get pur
prices. We
ELLWOOD FIELD FENCE (Standard Style). pAy THE FRE)GHT
We issue three catalogues, (i) Wrought Iron, 150 designs,
(2) Ideal and Diamond Steel wire picketing on iron posts
and rail. (3) Farm, Garden and Poultry fencing. State
which catalogue you want. free.
GA TH) Cl TV FENCE WORKS —-
Nos. 92, 94 and 96 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
Studebaker Wagons and Spring Goods,
SOLE AGENCY.
Harness, Saddles, Lap Robes, Whips, etc . Carriages, Buggies, Surries and
Phaetons. These goods are the best money can buy, and I allow
no one to undersell me. It will be to your interest to call on
or write me before buying elsewhere.
HI Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
• *1 • * “ * U*, No. 62 Peachtree &61 Broad Sts.
_A tln ni a. Georgia.
MALSBY & CO.
s<‘Blllllll Forsyth Street, - - ATLANTA, GA.
--■Q' r)er . a j Agents for
ERIE CITY IRON WORKS
a Htalinnarv. Port-
able and Vertica
1 Rollers; a I h o
I Aiiiotuatlß L'ut'Of
I' **'■*
'! . 5 ;■ -d<gib ' ns-. 1 Alan itirtnufuclui'm’Bot
■’ '■ L Saw Mills, and deab
~ =--Y*’ei’s in tiraln Thresh
'■ I rmi
® MIH = .
' M I’l'y. Ctetlmi Ilin Ma
. . ~ H ehlimry, Mtetim I’mnps
Hawi, Maw teeth
and Lucks, Hhsftintf,
Belling, I’iillevs, I’etiliei‘thv liijeetors, Brass atid fipc Eclipse, Gard
ner and I’ielirrlng (lovei fi'irs and (Irate Burs of all sizes, VVe also have on
hand a stock of oilier inalies of Engines, Boilers and Haw Mills that we will
sell very cheap. We keep on htind at nil times a full and complete line fbr
immediate shipment. Price and quality of goods guaranteed. Catalogue
free by mentioning this paper.
WE WANT .
Your Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Fruits. Vege
tables, etc. We sell on eoinmlsslon and
make prompt returns. We get the highest
Atlanta market price for your produce. All
letters answered promptly.
TENNESSEE POULTRY & PRODUCE CO.
Wholesale and Retail Commission Deniers
30 W. Mitchell st.. Atlanta, Ga
(People’s Party Paper Building.)
The Fincher Commission Co.
POULTRY AND EGGS, PRODUCE,
Florida Vegetables and Fish a Specialty.
Returns Once a Week Promptly. If you ship
to us and returns are not prompt notify A.
Holcomb, I’eoplo’s Party Paper.
52 N. Broad St, - Atlanta, Ga.
Marshall & Miller.
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND DEALERS I.N
Produce, Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Apples, Or
anges, Lemons. Potatoes, Cabbage,
Melons, etc.
References by permission: The Atlanta Trust
ct Banking Co. Consignments Solicited.
No- 9 S. ID o id si. - /ITLANTA, GA.
W. W. BUDLONG, Hills Grove, R. I.
Buys all kinds Raw Furs,Skins,Beeswax, Gin
seng, Live Poultry, Calves, Sheep and
all kinds Living Wild Animals.
Price-List for Furs for next 60 days:
Bear, $15.00-$28.00 Lynx, $2.00-$2.25
Fisher, 7.00- 10.00 Wild Cat, .50- .80
Otter, 7.00- 11.00 Marten, 8.00-9.00
Beaver, 9.00- 12.00 Skunk, .75-1.00
Silver Fox 40.00-100.00 Raccoon, black 2.00-3.50
Cross Fox 7.00- 14.00 “ common .80-1.00
Red Fox 1.50- 2.00. Mink, 1.00-2.00
Gray Fox 1.00- 1.25 Badger 1.00-1.35
Wolf 2.00- 2.50 Muskrat .20-.25
Wolverine 4.00- 8.00 Deerskins .75-1.10
Inferior stock prices according to quality.
Returns mad;* day goods received on all goods.
Furs should be shipped in burlap as Dales.
Semi your Furs you want made into mats,
coats, robes, etc. 348
Eclipse Corn Planter
Wjilplani | <®l
corn, beaus I ’( z
peas A beet | 4®IJbSS®
seed in hilia, I : - “«• V- F
drills and
checks, in \f |
d i s t a nces
desired It - - . * '
is the only planter that will distribute all ter
i ilizers. wet or dry, hen manure, plaster, ashes,
< tc, wit ha certainty, in different amounts,
each side of seed. Send for circulars,
CORN I’MNIER co.
En if a eld. Grafton Co, Hbw Hampshire,
Russell Machinery Up To Date*
ini! MasilllM ERgIM lid r!ii:'iifl| l
Southern Branoh House, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Write for catalogue. Send 15c for large U. S Map.
Machinery agents wanted. WILL .1. DUNN, Mgr
In writing’ advertisers, please mention
Peoples Party Paper.
THE GEORGIA
LEGISLATORS.
Yoh and your friends and all other
good and honest people arc invited to
visit our Parlors, where you can have
your den al work done artistically at
remarkably low prices. We have had
many years experience in practice and
believe our work equal that of anv
dentist. We can make a Continuous
Gum Plate that copies nature in color
of gum, shape of teeth, and perfect
contour, for SIOO.OO
WE MAKE ALL KINDS -
- OF PLATESIAT LOWEST COST.
Best Set of Teeth, on Rubber
Base, .... (fio.OO
A Good Set of Teeth for-- 6.00
Partial Sets of Teeth for-- 3.00
Gold Fillings,- ... 1.50
Amalgam Fillings, - - 75
Cement Fillings, - - - 50
Gold Crowns, - - J 5.00 to $7.00
Bridge work and Kxtracting Teeth without
Vain a Specialty.
« TEETH
ATLANTA DENTAL PARLORS.
No. 403 & 404 Norcross Build’ff'
ATLANTA, - - GEOKIHA.
FOII _SA.LE.
Branch’s Genuine Rattlesnake
Watermelon Seed.
These seed are selected with the
greatest care and under a system of
careful.cultivation have been kept puke
for the past thirty years.. No other
variety of seed is permitted to be planted
on the plantation. Impossible to have
PURE SEED of any variety where two
or more kinds are grown on the same
farm. Alexander, of Augusta, Ga., one
of the largest seedsmen of the South,
visited my melon crop while growing
aud pronounced it to be the only one he
had ever seen that did not have a Hy
brid in it. The following is taken from
the Atlanta Constitution:
“The finest watermelons ever seqn
here have just been sent here by the
Hon. M. I. Branch, the watermelon
king of Columbia county. They- are of
the genuine Georgia Rattlesnake vari
ety, and a more lucious fruit never grew
on the watermelon vine. They are
grown by Mr. Branch, who has long
since established a national reputation
for the excellence of his melons. Os
all the watermelons, the best are those
of the Rattlesnake variety. Others
have been tried in various experiments
but for standard excellence and every
year success, the Ratt'emake is the
king of the melon market, and those
grown by Mr. Branch are the best
specimens of the type to be found in
Georgia.”
Price, 1 ounce 10c.; 4 ounces 35c.; %
pound 65c. ;T pound $>1.25; delivered in
any part of the United States. A limited
quantity of “Bob Hariss” Canteloupe
Seed, a choice variety, at SI.OO per lb.
delivered. Remit by registered letter
to Berzelia, Ga., or money-order on
Harlem, Ga. Address,
M. I. BRANCH,
Berzelia, Columbia Co., Ga.
In writing advertisers, please mention
Peoples Party Paper.
• THE
GEORGIA RAILROAD
AT THE
Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
FROM MAY 1, TO NOV. 1, 1897.
The second largest Exposition even
held in this country. Thousands of
home-seekers and investors from the
West and South-west will be there.
To show up the wonderful resources
along its line, the Georgia Railroad
has decided to make an exhibit of these
resources, and asks the people of the
counties and towns along its line to
co operate with them in making the
exhibit a success by furnishing credit
able specimens of all minerals, paints
or fire clays, Descriptions of water
powers, and photographs of all mill
sites. Exhibits of all manufacturing
industries especially desired.
Further arrangements will be made
and due notice given regarding exhibits
of agricultural products and fruits, ■in
season. For further information apply
te John H. Avebill,
Commissioner.
419 Dyer Building, Augusta, Ga,
Cheap Machinery.
New and second-hand steam, oil and gasoline
engines, gins, .saws, corn, feed and cane
mills, threshers, shingle machines, planers;
re-saw and bandsaw machines, saws, shafting,
pumps, pulleys, etc. Saw-mill outfits, (engine,
mill ana saw) $350 to SSOO. Shingle and lath
machines, gin-filers, etc., also manufacturers
of all kinds of gin feeders and condensers and
the Economy Terracing and Ditching Level,
accurate ana durable —a $5 instrument for
$2.50, also the
Economy Cotton Planter &, Guano Dis
tribuor.
It ffistriixitßS evenly from to to mo pinimL
Bnsiju pur aofp the Opefred htotolfry of
Potion peed. A to tondeoient tor »li. otwoheo
loeoptooin plow otoefe, Alon our new Boho
1.ine.,1 S .„l »!>f.
We keep repair materials and repair antriueo,
atno and oiHle at ihe shoo or send out meo to
repair. Write iw. 11 R, (IBAMKII * (10,
Proprietors Maehinery Maehaone,
Mb Marietta st.-, Altoiita, (4a„ Agents wanted.
fUMf Uffis f'w Hitldiiiif
I -ESaLx I IfroiS Pute llred Ho IT l.egloirtis,
\ most profitable fowl for Hie
\ KHtJH a / farm. BkifS packed to carry
Iz' safely any diefnnee. M.Mfor ib.
WTANPoTiSB best fowl
for eltieß! eggs, ei BO for 10. White I’lyinoiith ....
Hoeks, best gnneral purpose fowl tor the fafrn:
eggs, ,1.50 for 18. Poultry (I tilde free wltH each
order. Sei yottr hens early.
840 11. A. Kohns, Atlanta, Ga.
J SEEDS. !
Sok and greatest va- w
Seeds in the South,
id and quantity you .
ou special quotations, w
borage, Corn, Melon, A
leed, and all Garden X
assorted for 50 cents #
i WILLET DRUG CO >
, Augusta, Ga. • 880
•V
g PER
DAY s COMIWI Sb 16 N.
DO you want honorable, steady employ.
gSSK ment the year round, at good wages, at
MWH your own home or to travel? If eo» send
.JF A 40 iu stamps for our wholesale price-list
lanl and particulars. Wo furnish best of bank
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