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THIS PLACE MAPypp —& Shows that your Subscription © has expired or is about to expire @ © Please renew at once. © ®®®®®®(SX©©©®®©©©©®®@®®©@©©® ONE DOLLAh PER YEAR, VOL. VIL IL. 25 WITH ONE VOICE COMES THE CALL. Georgia Populists in State Convention Place the Name of Thos. E. Watson at Their Head. BUTLER’S ABDICATION DEMANDED. In Many Features Platform Similar to the One of 1896, it Con tains Ringing and Clear Cut Positions that Cannot be Mistaken by the People. NO BACKWARD STEP WAS TAKEN BY GEORGIA POPULISTS. Nominees Selected From the Various Sections of the State—Able Men Good and True, Put in the Field. The east has been made. The Populists of Georgia in their State Convention Wednesday night, over his many protests, amid an outburst of enthusiasm which in its way surpassed any exhibition ever before seen in Georgia’s state capitol called upon Hon. Thomas E. Watson to be their standard bearer in 1898 in Georgia, modelling a platform in the same mood that would suit the nominee and naming in the other positions, the best known men of the party. It was a storm of loyalty and devotion that was suppressed as the clans came together on Tuesday and early Wednesday, cropping out ever and anon as the Convention rushed its work rapidly and with business like dispatch, which at last came forth when the nomination was offered with all the old time zeal and fire for which the true blues are noted. The name bad been on the lips of every delegation from the time o. arrival in Atlanta. No one else was mentioned in a case of contingency. "He will not forsake us” said a gray haired veteran of the wire-grass. “We can carry every county in my district and be counted too” he continued —a dozen dele gates surrounding the group re-echoed the remark. As a further evidence of their perfect trust and confidence, resolutions de claring that the party nationally to be without a head and calling on the national executive committee to elect a new chairman; calling for a National Convention July 4, 1898, and denouncing fusion in no unmeasured terms were unanimously passed. Nominating speeches had been limited to five minutes by motion, but when the gubernatorial nominee’s name .was offered, the convention would not listen to a speech—none was wanted. Confederate veterans, whose empty sleeves told the story of past services climbed as nimbly on the top of desks as. the younger men of the party, each vieing with the other to give the fullest ex pression to their long pent-up enthusiasm. Delegates who had attended ouz.-l cumw«i«BTawepi. aside sat down In aulpsdse as 'A® tteox ing was resumed again and again, finally dying out only because of the late hour and the fact that much business remained to be transacted. Below will be found the important points of the convention, hurriedly written, the People’s Party Paper being delayed one day in publication so as to convey the complete story to its thousands of readers, scattered from Maine to California. r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ RESOLUTIONS AND PLATFORM. ♦ The following is a complete copy of the platform, as adopted by the state ♦ 4 convention at a late hour last night: ♦ X Taxation of the state having under Democratic administration, in- X Y creased more than 100 per cent since the Republican administration of R. B. Z ♦ Bullock, notwithstanding the taxable property of the state has doubled in X ♦ value since 1879; we pledge ourselves, if placed in power, to reduce the Y < present high rate of taxation without a reduction in the pensions or common ♦ Z school funds. ( ♦ Z Resolved by this convention of the Populists of Georgia, That as a X Y political party, we are without a national chairman, and call upon the na- X tional committee to remedy the evil at the earliest possible moment. Z Resolved, That we indorse the action of the Nashville conference, and Y the action of the reorganization committee at St. Louis, January 12th, and Y favor a national convention to be held July 4, 1898, and we protest against ♦ all fusion and urge thorough reorganization of our party along the most ♦ ! progressive and advanced lines. X PLATFORM. X 1, We indorse the St. Louis platform. X 2. Civilization, to say nothing of religion, has entered np judgment of * * condemnation against barrooms. X v The public conscience revolts at the license system, which fosters the x * saloon and generates its manifold evils in consideration of revenue that pays * T 'ess than a tithe of the public burdens it entails. It is monopolistic and es- X ♦ scntially immoral. We favor the passage of an anti-barroom bill which shall « ♦ close the barrooms at once, which shall make secure the local prohibition X ♦ already obtained and provide for the sale of intoxicating liquors, otherwise X X than in barrooms under public control. Y X 3. We emphatically condemn the convict law passed by the legislature ♦ J of 1897, as being the enactment of a system more iniquitous than the old ♦ ♦ lease act. X ♦ We believe that the state herself should keep possession of her prisoners X X and should employ them upon the public roads, and not allow them brought X in competition with free labor, and that reformatories be established for J X juvenile criminals. ♦ Y 4. We declare in favor of improving and extending the public school ♦ Y system to the end that all our people can receive a good common school edu- X ♦ cation. We favor the furnishing of primary school books by the state to « ! avoid the burdens put upon our people by the frequent changes of textbooks, i We also favor the payment of teachers monthly. y 5. We emphatically condemn the practice of late becoming so prevalent x of public officers accepting free passes from railroad corporations and franks ♦ ♦ from telegraph and express companies. We intend this condemnation to ♦ X apply to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of our national and X X state government. Y X 6. We condemn lynching and demand of our public servants the rigid X enforcement of our laws against this barbarous practice. X J 7. We demand that all public officers be elected by the people. We ♦ ♦ favor the election of the judges and solicitors of the state by the people ♦ X residing in the respective judicial circuits, and that said judges and solicitors t X must be residents of said judicial circuits. We pledge ourselves to secure an J amendment of the constitution of the state which shall provide for the elec- 1 X lion of these officers in this manner,’and we regard the system of electing x ♦ these officers on state ticket by nominations secured by political conventions Y ♦ productive of partizanship in our judiciary. X ♦ 8. We denounce the present fee system and demand that all publfc t • officials where practicable be placed upon salaries proportionate to the de- X X pressed financial condition from which the laborers of the country suffer. X X 9. We declare for a free ballot and a fair count, and pledge ourselves J Z to the enactment of laws securing this to every legal voter. ♦ Y 10. We favor the continuance of pensions to needy and deserving con- ▼ ♦ federate soldiers and to the widows of confederate soldiers. t X 11. We favor an amendment to the constitution of this state providing $ initiative and referendum and the imperative mandate in legislation. THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER ®®®®©®®@@®®®®®@®©®®®@@@©®®®®®®®®®®®®®@@® ® For Governor, 1 I THOMAS E. WATSON, McDuffie, | For Secretary of State, f L. O. JACKSON, Decatur. For Comptroller General, f BEN MILLIKIN. Wayne. | For Treasurer, | J. H. TRAYLOR, Troup, | For Attorney General, ® CAREY J. THORNTON, Muscogee. | For Commissioner of Agriculture, ® Wm. L PEEK, Rockdale. g For School Commissioner, B. M. ZETTLER, Fulton. | For Prison Commissioner, t J. S. DAVITT, Polk. Suggested (By Resolution.) f For Chief Justice, | WALTER B. HILL, Bibb. f For Associate Justice, 1 r* (Long Term.) I? CLAIBORNE SNEAD, Columbia. g For Associate Justice, ® (Short Term ) ® ® W. R. LEAKIN, Chatham. | The Convention Opens. The fall of the gavel in the hand of Chairman John D. Cunningham at 12 o’clock announced the opening of the largest People’s Party State Conven tion ever held in Georgia Every district was well represented and much enthusiasm was displayed. Chairman Cunningham’s opening re marks were well timed, and were cheered to the echo. i ne rfal azicH were packed and cheer ed equally with the delegates as Chair man Cunningham rapped the “men who control” and “the machine.” Mr. Cunningham said: Brother Delegates, It was so confi dently expected that this convention would prove the death of the Populist party, that the chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee has called it to meet in this city tomorrow, presumably to act as our pall bearers. If any of those gentlemen, in their zeal to lead the procession, have come a day ahead of the funeral, one glance at this body must convince them that this occasion gives no opportunity for crepe, sack-cloth and ashes or the shedding of crocodile tears. We say to them do you wait for us to act to know the will of the people ? Don’t hang on the outskirts of our en campment hoping to see a break in our ranks for one or the other of your ma ny candidates and thus determine for yourselves which one it is best for you to pull for. I tell you I voice the sen timent of every true Populist in this State, when I say you have none in the field that politically is not well worth the killing. Do not glean the fields of political wisdom and justice, from which we have reaped Populist principles, hop ing to create from the husks and straw we discarded, Democratic policies and Democratic promises. If in the future, as in the past, you prefer to serve your party rather than your people or your God, turn again to your original meth ods, grease the joints of your political heelers with the oil of “O, be joyful” and line their pockets with the dimes and dollars of our daddies, devise new mechanisms for your ballot boxes, revise your registration lists and coach your registrars. Rewrite, and if possi ble, make more damnable your infa mous rape circular. For I put you on notice now that in 1898 you have got to meet the same brave united,umcompro mising foe that in the past you defraud ed but could not honestly defeat or destroy. HUNDRED THOUSAND MAJORITY, It has been declared that the Demo cratic ticket must be given a hundred thousand majority this year. Are you Populists going to give it ? If you do not it* will never be given, because if they get it from the niggers they have got it to buy. BERNER. Can you give it to their “Young Na poleon,” who fought the Populists so long and hard that he is practically converted to their belief and policy ? He is against the railroads. He is against the trusts. He is against the corporations. He is against every combination, even that of “Solicitors and Judges.” It would seem from the reports of his speeches that he is against everything, whether it be in the heav ens above or the waters under the earth, but not against the whisky ring and ballot-box stuffers that flourish upon the face of the earth. You dare not give him a hundred thousand ma jority, for fear that with the blind zeal of a new convert, he will fail to temper his justice with mercy. ATKINSON. Or can you give a hundred thousand majority to that other Democratic can didate of unfortunate name, who it is •< EQUAL RIGHTS TO AU • SP Jft CI Al. PRIVILEGES TO NONE.’* ATLANTA. GEORGIA: FRIDAY MARCH 18, 1898. eo difficult to place as office seeker or office holder, who wrote an elaborate and comprehensive platform, but who in the eyes of some of his own friends made an unpardonable blunder in not declaring as plank “No. 1,” “I am not related either by blood or marriage to the great and only W. Y., but am sim ply a friend of the family of the men who control.” We have at last reached that most interesting period of Democratic r» ■ form, wueu the kettle stands on 'its j hind legs and declares the pot Is black, when the tail of the kite, that has kept the whole thing floating, declares that the stick, paper and twine, deserves to be kicked sky high. Like a coachwliip, realizing that the skin which has protected him is over run with parasites, and is a stench in the nostrils of the people, he adroitly attaches it to what he believes is a twig of popular sentiment and un blushingly crawls out brazenly de claring to the people, there lays your serpent, “I’m only a snake in the grass.” Can you give a hundred thousand majority to “Brer Fox?” who lay so low in 1894 and 1896, who snugly wrap ped in the cocoon of silence during the winter of his party’s discontent, now, believing that his season and hour has come, would break from his surround ings and appear as the attractive and gaudily bedecked butterfly of reform. .If you say to me that he did not run with the hare, can you deny that he held with the hounds? I f he did not go through the mire and shadows of political corruption, he basked in the sunshine of office ob tained by such methods and buttered his bread with the spoils. Talk to me of Populists supporting a candidate who for years remained silent, but now has become outraged because his party was seduced into nominating W. Y. Atkinson; yet lifted no voice of complaint when the voters of this state were ravished of their franchise and his party’s nominee was declared the Governor Talk to me about supporting a can didate with cotton at five cents and the tax rate out of sight, and whose only remedy is a tinkering policy of stop ping leaks. I say to you that the hour demands a man with enough force and backbone to thrust his fist into the bunghole of extravagance and hold it there until the tax rate of the state is reduced, at least thirty-three and a third per cent. “The men who control” have many political scalps dangling at their belts it will be interesting to note if the next one taken shows evidence of having covered a bump of deceit as well as a bump of conceit. There is but one opportunity for the Democratic ticket to have a hundred thousand majority in the coming elec tion, and that is for their convention to endorse the candidate we shall to day nonfinate. The roll call was dispensed with and the districts sent up their nominations to the chair. During the morning, the various con gressional districts had held meetings and the nominations and platform had been thoroughly discussed, so that upon the opening of the convention, the usual confusion displayed in large gatherings was almost totally avoided. The committee on order of business reported at 1 o’clock. Settled Down to Business, The election of a temporary chair man and secretary resulted in Hon. John A. Sibley being chosen for the first named place and Mark D. Irwin for the last. Upon the announcement of the choice of the various districts for committee- men, by acclamation the list was elect ed as a whole and the committees ad journed to the lobbies. By unanimous choice Hon, W. L. Peek, of Rockdale, was elected perma nent chairman of the convention and was escorted to the rostrum amid much enthusiasm. The temporary teeretary was made permanent secre tary. Col. Peek spoke for ten minutes upon taking up the gavel. His severe and scathing arraignment of the Demo cratic record both national and state brought applause from every ■ portion of the House. The galleries were well filled, many ladies being present The warrior of the party excelled himself in well rounded periods and word pic tures that held the entire convention in silence, only to be broken by storms of applause. At 1:30 o’clock, adjournment to 3 ( ’clock was had to give committees 1 J us to arrange their work. An Unusual Proceeding, Upon the reassembling of the con vention, numerous speeches were made which culminated in a proceeding that v '<s both unusual and unexpected. Azmon A. Murphy took the stand and in a burning five minute speech pro posed the name of Hon. Thos. E. Wat son for governor. The house was packed to its limit. The enthusiasm that had been long pent up came out in full force when a motion was made to suspend the rules of the order of business. After remarks by delegates Flynt, Branch and Parker, the chair ruled that the two thirds rule would apply and the motion to table was passed. FOR FREE CUBA. The following resolution introduced by Hon. Mel Branch of Columbia, was unanimously adopted: Whereas, The Populists of Georgia, in convention assembled, believe that the people of Cuba are engaged in the same patriotic cause as that which led to our freedom from British rule, it is therefore, Resolved, That we hereby tender to i the people of Cuba our heartfelt sym i pathies in the gallant fight they are making for independence and freedom from Spanish domination. Resolved further, that we call upon the officials of the United States to properly represent the sentiment of the American people by according bel ligerent rights to the Cuban forces, and if necessary, to go further and give such suitable aid as may be necessary. Mr. Palmer of Floyd, introduced the fallowing resolution : Resolved, That we hold that the thorough reform of our methods and la affecting the conduct of elections V-i z corgi a is the most vital and living ! issue before the people of Georgia to day and that if entrusted with power we pledge ourselves to secure such re forms as will secure to all citizens the unrestricted right of a free ballot and a fair count. The resolution was pass ed unanimously. Gen. Phillips Endorsed. A resolution from the Seventh Dis trict recommending the election of Gen. Phillips as a member of the National Executive Committee was passed by the house unanimously. After another rousing speech from Azmon A. Murphy on ballot box stuf fing by the Democratic party, the con vention adjourned to 8 o’clock. THE EVENING SESSION. Executive Committee. The following state executive com mittee was selected by their respective district delegations for the coming two years. First District —D. C. Newton, of Chat ham; R. M. Bryan, of Screven. Second District—George W. Crappes, of Clay; W. E Smith, of Decatur. Third District —Seab Montgomery, of Taylor; M. E. Chastain, of Macon. Fourth District—J. H. Traylor, of Troup; J. D. Sims, of Coweta. Fifth District—S. M. Taliaferro, of Fulton, J. R. Irwin, of Rockdale. Sixth District—C. F. Turner, of Mon roe; Dr. J. F. Dickey, of Upson. Seventh District—M. L. Palmer, of Floyd; J. A. L. Born, of Cobb. Eighth District —J, P. Elder, of Oco nee; J. A. Neese, of Greene. Ninth District—L. L. Clement, of Milton; W. W. Wilson, of Gwinnett. Tenth District—C. E. McGregor, of Warren! William T. Flint, of Talia ferro. Eleventh District-B. B. Linder, of Daurens; Ben Milliken, of Wayne. On the re-assembling of the conven tion, the house was packod, the galler ies being almost as well filled as during the afternoon. Chairman John A. Sibley of the platform committee read the commit tee’s report. An hour’s debate on the second plank in which full and free discussion was given to all side re sulted in the adoption of the platform as reported “without the crossing of a “t” or the dotting of an “i,” National Delegates. The following delegates were select ed to the National Convention by their respective districts and elected by the convention: First Congressional District—J. S. Franklin, Bulloch; H. S. White, Screv en; C. S. Grice, Tattnall; W. P, Prewer, Liberty; D. 0. Newton, Chatham; H, G. Edenfield, Screven. t From the Second District —L. O. Jackson, Decatur; John A. Sibley, Ber rien; M. G. Statham, Terrell; William Colliers, Mitchell; H. G. Smith, Early; 11. C. Newton, Randolph. From the Third District—Se be Mon ganry, Taylor; S. A. Waters, Sumter; J, C. Hilburn, Macon; J. B. Brazier, Stewart; W. T. Mathew, Ijooly, state at large; F. D. Wimberly, Pulaski. From the Fourth District—J. T. Traylor, Troup, from state at large; 1 Brown Williams, Meriwether; J. D. Arnold, Coweta; C. J. Thornton, Mus- cogee; Howell T. Hollis, Macon; G. W. Burson, Carroll. From the Fifth District—J. K. Hines, Fulton; H. P. Blount, Fulton; W. F. McDonald, Newton; W. T. Biggs, Ful ton; Robert Todd, Fulton: Ed. L. Sut ton. DeKalb. From the Sixth District —Dr. J. T. Dickey, Upson; C. F. Turner, Upson; R. W. Mays, Butts; W. P. Glover, Bibb; T. A. Ward, Pike; A. A. Murphey, Pike. From the Seventh District—Dr. E. O. Stafford, Murray; J. I. Fullwood, Polk; J. W. McGoritv, Paulding; General William Phillips, Cobb; J. D. Perker son, Cobb; M, L. Palmer, Floyd. -From the Eighth District —R. E. Donsen, Greene, from state at large; S. W. Rucker, Elbert; Reuben Miller, Morgan; B. E. Overby, Oconee; Jones Lebrd, Hart; J. J. Grear, Jasper. From the Ninth District—M. D. Ir win, Jackson; A. M. Baxter, Gwinnett; J. A. Parsons, Newton; G. B. Reden, Thomas Bell, Hall; L. M. Orr, Hall. From the Tenth District —Mel Branch Columbia; William Walder, Glascock; W. L. Flynt, Taliaferro; S. F. Walton, Richmond; R. P. Warren, Jefferson; Thomas E. Watson, McDuffie. From the Eleventh District —E. W. Morcock, Laurens; D. W. Buchan, Dodge; T. C. Allen, Coffee; J. W. Ho gan, Lowndes; H. W. Reed, Glynn; W, J. White, Johnson. National Committeemen. The resignation of Mr. J, L. Sibley being read and accepted, the report of the committee on resolutions favoring July 4, 1898, for a National Convention was adopted and Messrs. C E. Mc- Gregor, Gen. Wm. Phillips and W. D Hawkins elected as members of the National Executive Committee. Kentucky Goes Right. Acting Secretary Holcomb then read the following telegram of greeting from the People’s Party State Conven tion of Kentucky: Louisville, Ky.. March 16, 1898. Secretary People’s Party State Conven tion, Atlanta, Ga. The People’s Party of Kentucky in Convention assembled stands by the true faith promulgated at Omaha with no compromise or surrender and send greeting to Georgia. Jo A. Parker, Chm. W. P. Marsh, Sec Amid much cheering, the Secretary upon motion was instructed to reply to the telegram saying: “Old Georgia stands in the middle of the road opposed to Butlerism and fusion forever.” The Nominations. When the call was made for nomina tions, Major C. E. McGregor, in a mas terly speech presented the following resolution. “Believing the judiciary should be lifted from the mud and filth of parti san polities, we suggest the names of •.aaW LLuxlACTili jUrISUo i less of their political affiliations as worthy of the suffrages of the people for the positions of justices of the Supreme bench.” Major McGregor explained that the resolution carried with it no nomina tion but simply lined up with the plat form, giving no one cause to accuse the ■ People’s Party of inconsistency. There were other delegates who in sisted upon the naming of purely Pop ulist nominees and here the hitch came. The resolution was subsequently adopted by a vote of 144 to 66, suggest ing the names for chief justice.’Hon. Walter B. Hill, of Bibb; Associate Justice, (long term 6 years) Claiborn Snead of Columbia; Associate Justice, (short term 2 years) W. R. Deakin of Chatham. Then followed the nominations vira voce of the state ticket as shown in an other column, amid continuous enthu siasm and applause. The following resolution was unani mously passed : Resolved, That Major C. E. McGreg or be hereby appointed the messenger of this Convention to convey to the Hon. Thos. E. Watson his nomination for the position of Governor. On motion, the selection of chairman of the state executive committee was left to Mr. Watson. At midnight, the convention adjourn ed sine die, having completed more business in 12 hours in a smoother manner than any ever held in the capitol. Austin Holcomb. PATRIOTIC CORPORATIONS. Send Boodle Money to lowa to Torn an Election, Des Moines, lowa, has a mayor with a backbone. John MacVickar is his name and a good one too. The electric light company was bleed ing Des Moinas charging t 126 per year for each arc light The mayor found parties who would give the same ser vice for 875 per year, or who would build a plant, charge $125 per year per light and at the end of 5 years sell the plant to the city for one dollar. MacVickar brought the question to an issue in local politics and council adopted the last plan. All the leading electric light companies contributed to a fund to defeat him the other day but he was re-elected in spite of the boodle. Atlanta tax payers want to own the lighting plant. Mayor Collier favors it, leading public spirited citizens favor the plan, the people want it but so far the electric light company has defeat ed all their plans and municipal ow nership is put aside. Eventually it is bound to win but only after the corpo ration lawyers are suppressed. DeKalb County Meeting. The Populists of DeKalb county will meet at Clarkston next Saturday, the 19th, at 10 o’clock, a. m., for the pur pose of electing a county executive committee and to attend to other busi ness. Let every Popu.ist and those who believe in reform be on hand. G. F. Mobbut, Chm. W. P. Lankford, Sec. MILLIONS FOR WAR. Preparations Being Pushed to Pro= tect Our Sea Coasts. ATLANTA MADE HEADQUARTERS Supplies, Coal, Guns and Ammunition Being Bought by the Car Load-Uncle Sam Spending Much Money But Hone in the South. The “war scare” has not yet passed I away as has been freely predicted. On Monday last, the War Department removed the headquarters of the de partment of the gulf from Galveston, Texas, to Atlanta, with General Gra ham in command Tnis brings a large number of clerks and headquarters employes to Georgia and makes Atlan ta the principal point for mobilizing troops and distributing ammunition and supplies for the South Atlantic states. The Spaniards still insist that the Maine blew up accidentally, while the U. S. board of inquiry it is rumored will report that she was destroyed by a submarine mine. England has in a round about way suggested that her moral support will be with Uncle Sam. The reports ot several vessels being sold to Spam have turned out to be fakes. Spain having no money to pay for them. On Tuesday, the U. S. purchased from Brazil, now building in England, two war ships, one of them the “Amazonas” is completed and ready to sail. She is a very fast and large steel sheathed cruiser with a speed of 20 knots and carrying a for midable armament besides enough coal to enable her to cross and recross the Atlantic. The other vessel has not been named. Every department is working day and night at Washington and the vari ous government works. Torpedoes, dynamite,guns, mortars, gun carriages, ammunition of all kind are being hur tied to the coast cities and the troops at the various army posts have been placed under orders so that a general movement to the coast could commence in 5 hours after a telegram was sent from Washington. Contracts for thou sands of tons of coal have been made and train loads are being rushed to Key West, Savannah and other points. All the railroads interested have arranged schedules for hand ing the os and tracts (for....the flame signed. One of the discriminations during the recent activity that hurts the South is the exclusive purchase of coal from Northern mines. The South has sold nothing to the government while Eas tern factories and supply agents have received orders for millions of dollars worth of their respective materials. The navy is short of men and recruit ing is going on rapidly. The torpedo flotilla of Spain sailed from Cadiz Spain for Havana on Sun day. With these several of Spain’s strongest ships, so that in a few days Cuban waters will have the pick of the Spanish navy. It is now confidently believed that President McKinley will recognize Cuba inside of the coming ten days This will cause an open rupture be tween Spain and Uncle Sam and when the United States makes a demand for indemnity in addition to an apology for the destruction of Maine, the fight ing will commence. This appears to be the plan according to newspaper reports. THE MAINE TRAGEDY. Washington, March 14.—The crisis in the relations between the United States and Spain is expected this week, when the court of inquiry into the loss of the battleship Maine makes its official report. War preparations continue here. Odkland, Cal., March 11.— The vet erans of the civil war living in Oakland have decided to offer the services of a full company to the government in the event of war with Spain. A company of 100 with C. N. King as captain is be ing organized. Miami, Fla., March 12.—Senator Proc tor and party left hero at 8:25 this morn ing for Washington. Before taking his departure Senator Proctor refused to talk, but intimate friends state that the senator is in a frame of mind to indorse anything that promises to end tho atro cities in Cuba. Rock Island, Bls., March 10.—Act ing Comma idant O. B. Mitchell of Rock Island arsenal has received orders to put tho men at the arsenal on ten hours time and to enlist a night shift at once. This will swell the forces in the shops here to 1,000 men. Captain S. E. Blunt, commandant at the arsenal, is now in Washington. Charleston, March 15. —Wax pre parations are being hurriedly made on the fortifications guarding the entrance to Charleston harbor. The orders re ceived recently to get the forts ready for action a, the earliest possible mo ment. are being carried out by -the au- The employes of the Wheeling steel plant in Benwood, W. Va , about 500 in number have been notified of a sec ond reduction of wages within twelve months. The present reduction affects all employes, and runs from 12 to 25 per cent It ought to be constantly kept before the people that it was the Democratic party that demoralized silver in 1893. and placed us on the present gold standard system ; yet it is this same party that prates so much about free silver. Note the vote on the salary grab in the 53d congress. Bryan voted for it. The bill passed although the Democrats had a majority of 148 in the House. A majority of the Democrats voted for the bill. F®®®®®®®®® «j>®®®®@®®®©@® ONLY 31 WEEKS © Count y Chairmen and clubs @ © should ■write for special earn- © u; paigu raten. Best ammunition. © ®®®»xj.>®®®®®<-.' • . svl >)®@@®®®®& ONE 1)0/ / * A VhAR. WHOLE NUMBER 390 fhorities, and wist -he guns work ffig it will be difficult for a hostile fleet to enter the harbor. Washington, March IS.—Tha war de partment has promulgated an order cre ating the departments of the gulf and of tiie lakes and abolishing the de partments of the Missouri and of Texas. The department of the east will em brace the states on the Atlantic coast to and including North Carolina; the de partment of the lakes will include Wis consin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, with head quarters at Chicago, and the department of the gulf will comprise the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, ■with headquarters at Atlanta. Majx General John R. Brooke will command the department of the lakes, and Bri gadier General William M. Graham the department of the gulf. BRYAN IN GEORGIA. Draws An Immense Crowd in Atlanta but Disappoints Them. Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan spoke in Atlanta Monday night, March 14 clos ing his campaign in the state, having spoken at Rome, Macon and Athens. Ten thousand people attended the meeting, fully two-thirds going out of pure curiosity. An Atlanta Democrat attempted to introduce the speaker. The crowd howled and after ten min utes of this kind of enthusiasm, grew quiet. Then Mr. Bryan rose and with" s' majestic wave cf the hand asked for quiet and o der But the crowd di ’ not want quiet and another period of enthusiasm forced ihe orator to stop and appeal for order. As a last resort Governor Atkinson who was on the stand arose and a-ked for a cessation of the applause “Mr. Bryan is an honored guest He shall be heard” cried the governor. That sobered the crowd and Mr. liryair pi uueettect The speech was one of the be’st de livered by the famous Nebraskan since his campaign opened in Georgia. It was exclusively confined to free silver and in the main a reiteration of the much printed arguments advanced by the free silver organs. Before the close of the speech, fully one fourth of the audience had left going out quietly one or two at a time. Mr. Bryan’s speech was a disappoint ment even to some of his most zealous admirer, while those who went out of curiosity did not hesitate to ridicule his speech which occupied upwards of two hours. Few if any converts to the cause of free silver were secured by the taber nacle mass meeting which through free admission drew one of the largest audiences ever assembled in Atlanta. Omaha, March 10.—Dr. W. O. Rodg ers, head physician of the Woodmen of the World, died today from rheumatism of the brain. He had been ill but a few days. Dr. Rodgers’ identification with fraternal insurance orders has been ex tensive during the last decade. London, March 10. A special dis patch from Allahabad says the Kaohfaia, a Burmese Hill tribe, have risen and massaered five military policemen, cap turing their guns. The Kachina, it ap pears, have also driven back a small force which was sent to punish them. Keokuk, Ia», March 15.—Fred Bron stine, a German living in Lewis county, Mo., 3 miles south of Williamstown, has shot and killed his wife and then shot himself, inflicting a slight wound. The couple had domestic difficulties. Bron stine has been lodged in Kahoka jail. i Jefferson City, Mo., March 15.-r-The supreme court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Gantt, has decided that the in heritance tax law passed by the legisla ture in 1895 for the benfit of the state university is unconstitutional. The opin ion was concurred in by all the judges. Fremont, 0., March 12. Spiegel Grove, the home of the late ex-Presideat R. B. Hayes, has been advertised, to be sold at sheriff’s sale April 11 to satisfy a judgment of $5,000. The judgment was damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Addie M. Smith in a runaway caused by the Hayes’ family dog. London, March 12.—The recovery of the Marquis of Salisbury from his recent illness is very slow indeed. He is only allowed to peruse the most impor tant papers, his weakness is exces sive and no date has been fixed for his going abroad, although Lady Salis bury goes to the Riveira next week. Carroll,llls., March 15. —Perry Gard iner enticed Will Rogers into an unoc cupied building at Pulaski, Ills., and beat his brains out with a club. He then escaped, although officers are searching for him. Gardiner and Rogers were playmates, aged 16. The former had a grudge against his fellow and took this means of avenging it. San Francisco, March 14.—Lata last night Andrew Schuller, a financial broker, fatally shot his wife and then committed suicide at his lice, 420 Cali fornia street. It is believed the fatality was caused by a dispute over bssiness affairs. Schuller, who was 70 years of age, had been separated from his wife for more than two years. The fusionists need not lose any sleep about little irregularities which the organization committee may have committed ; it will all be made regular as soon as the “boys in the trenches” have the opportunity to speak.