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Soi-Tft Carolina's little war coat
the taxpayers ot the State about S Jo,000.
Pretty expensive political scheme that
—and the people must pay it.
Gen, Evans managing committee
positively forbid him meeting Atkin¬
son in further joint debate. They
know when they have enough.
The tariff is a question of far more
importance to the country than that of
free silver. If Ilill had been elected
President what would have been the
fate of that issue?
Stevenson and Crisp would make a
mighty strong presidential team for
lSOti. That is if that union of the
democracy of the South and West
comes about as it should.
Gen. Evans’ unwarranted attack
on Northern men in Georgia proved
the straw that broke the support of
many of him. Several of his organs
have declared it a bad let.
Absenteeism seems to be the bane
of this session of Congress. Those who
persist in thus ueglecliug their duty
should be voted in to permanent ab¬
senteeism at the next elections.
Gov. Tillman is having a big job
of explaining to do in trviug to minify
the situation m South Carolina. But
he will hardly make anything but an
overdose of demagoguery out of it.
Am* uow comes Hill who wanted to
be the Democratic President and leads
the, cohorts of Republicans in their
fight against the tariff bill. What a
deliverance that he was not made Pres¬
ident.
The Evans faction is cutting the
throat, politically speaking, of its can¬
didate by advocating early selections
of delegates to the gubernatorial con
vention. The people have long since
gotten enough of snap judgments.
If the anti-administration organs
would point out the good with as much
assiduousness as they eularge upon the
bad of the administration there would
be no danger of their predictions that
the party is goiug to pieces becoming
true.
The quietness of the Senatorial race
which was looming up so strongly is
something to be remarked since the
death of Senator Colquitt and (he ap
pointment of his successor. The i ros
pective candidates must have a little
time to study the situation.
J WHERE’S THAT COMMISSION?
That is. that Railroad Commission?
It does seem that if there . ever was a
time when it . should , ... he in . statuo . ,
or words . to that , effect, .. or in plain . .
terms alive , to the , duties , . for which ...
was created, , that . time . , has , been for - .. the
past week or two, but so far as our ad¬
vices go it has been about the same as
non est.
During the past two weeks, as has
been noticed by newspaper reports, ’
there has been some lively times in
the Southeaster Tariff Association,
which in other words is nothing more
nor less than a combine or trust of
railroads to keep down competition
rates. A few roads got tired of the
affair, it seems, and kicked out of it,
and forthwith set about making stu
peudous reductions in freight rates.
Some of these roads traverse Georgia.
and though they made exceeding j .ow
rates as compared with former rates to
terminal points, there was no lessening
of charges to intermediate points.
I f we have any conception of the pri¬
meval purposes of the Railroad Com¬
mission one of the greatest of them
is to prevent discrimination between
different points along the roads; to
force the roads to show no favors to
any one point more than to another.
We recognize the fact that the roads
had talked the commission into be¬
lieving that it was necessary for their
existence that they he allowed to make
special rales to competitive points,
which in itself we have always believed
to be wrong. But now when it comes
about that in a tit of competition roads
of their own accord cut down these
rates to less than half of former char¬
ges, it seems that it calls for some in¬
vestigation.
It naturally follows that if the roads
can afford to haul freight at a certiau
price when uot in a pool they can af¬
ford to do so when in a pool; that
if they can haul one hundred miles at
certain figures they can haul fifty
miles at something like half those fig¬
ures. And it is clearly the duty of the
Railroad Commission to see that they
do it.
Rut that Commission! Where, oh
where can it be. lias it fallen by the
wayside or been won over or allowed it¬
self to be placed under the control of
that element over which is was created
to exercise control. Surely something
has gone wrong with it. Yet we know
that it exists, for its members continue
to draw salaries which the people are
made to pay in addition to having to
pay the freights, no matter what the
roads make them.
HOW SELFISH.
If there is any one thing that has
cropped out more than another during
this gubernatorial campaign it is the
unbounded selfishness of some people
and some papers.
This fact is impressed upon us by an
editorial in last Sunday's issue of one
of Gen. Evans’ most able and influen¬
tial organs. This same organ way
back months ago gave its sanction to
the formation of Evans’ clubs, which
were but organizations of supporters
of Gen. Evans to irive them better con¬
trol in their respective localities. Of
course these clubs were composed in
the main of “men who control” pub¬
lic sentiment more or less in every sec¬
tion. All the while these clubs were
beiuir formed Col. Atkinson advised
against the formation of Atkinson
clubs, saying that the only clubs he
wanted to see formed were Democratic
clubs, which would unite the party,
while the formation of antagonistic
clubs for candidates would have a ten¬
dency otherwise.
But now when the time comes for
Col. Atkinson to issue a circular letter
to his friends urging some united ef¬
fort upon their part to clinch the work
the joint debates and his addresses
over the State have done, this organ
cries out in holy horry against the for¬
mation of “Atkinson rings,” and de¬
clares that the Atlanta ring is nothing
to compare with these in their make
up; that they are to be formed of ring
politicians and political manipulators.
It works itself into a frenzy over the
matter and if it would make all the
Evans supporters feel as it seems to
feel they would rise up iti arms against
these terrible monsters.
But they don’t all feel that way.
They are laughing in their sleeves at
their great leader which flatters itself
as being a “eoutroler.” That’s what
makes its selfishness so apparent. It
sees nothing wrong in its candidate
forming rings at the beginning of the
campaign and thereby “cabbaging”
the controlers, but it is impardouable
in Mr. Atkinson to address a circular
letter to his influential friends urging
them to get together and work in har
mouy iu his iuterest. Isn’t that pro
found selfishness? Isn’t it littleness
in the extreme?
It looks to us like a counter move to
scare Mr. Atkinson's supporters from
him. But it won't work. Having
failed to carry the people by claiming
everything and failing to show wherein
those claims were supported by facts,
aud all appeals to their sentiments
having failed the fire works racket has
been resorted to. The masses knew
who among them are supporting each
candidate. They , know who , are “cen¬
trolers ’ and , who , not, .... yet they
, are ’
; are following . the dictates , . of their . own
3
I ; lodgment and will vote according f, to
their conyictions .. after . having . thor¬
oughly considered the merits, the ca¬
pacity and the fitness of the two can¬
didates.
They surely will not be influenced
I by the antics of a selfish organ.
THE THREE ELEMENTS.
| There are two dangerous elements
into the hands of which it is unsafe for
any country or people to fall. They
are extremes—one being the highly
aristocratic element which is so wrap
d up in gelf that it loses aU thought
Qf and iuterest in lhe lower cla88e8) the
0[her jjeiDg the thriftless, improvident
e ] emeu t w hich cares not for self or any
body else. Between the two there is a
conservative element in which it is al¬
ways safe to put public trusts and
which when in power is zealous of all
classes and devoted to the progress and
prosperity of the people over which it
reigns.
This last element is made up
thrifty business men and artisans of a
state or country. They who boast not
of their statesmanship nor do they
gain power by appealing to prejudices.
Their ideas are practical and conserva¬
tive and when carried out mean good
to all affected. They are ambitious
and yet not selfish; they are anxious to
build up their own fortunes and pro¬
mote their own prosperity, but they
realize that the best way in which this
can be done is to build up the fortunes
of those around them and promote the
prosperity of their fellowmen.
Surely the time is at hand when
this element should assert itself and
take firmer hold on public affairs.
The great curse of the times is the
isms of the first-named extreme and
attempt of the second named to force
upon the country such measures as they
think will lift them from their self-af
llieted improvidence and force others
to furnish the sweat by which they
live. Such as these have too much of
public affairs already and unless the
conservative middle element awakes to
to the importance of wresting it from
them nothing but disaster can follow.
Let it be up and doing. The country
must be saved from peudiug ruin. It is
the saviour and must exert its saying
power. When it once fully awakes to
the importauce of these facts nothing
can stay it in taking things under its
control. If it is left to fall into the
hands of the selfish aristocrat or the
demagogic other element woe be unto
all the people.
Upon the shoulders of the conserva¬
tive middle element should always rest
the affairs of the nation. Let’s put
them there and keep them there.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Under this head a correspondent
from Atlanta to the Wilkes Xews has
the following to say concerning the
status of Congressional affairs. That
it is a true concensus of public senti¬
ment over the district we have no
doubt. It is indeed gratifying to
Judge McWhorter’s friends to have it
so:
“Last night I overheard a conversa¬
tion in the Kimball rotunda which was
full of meaning for the people of the
Eighth Congressional district.
“Several gentlemen, some from At¬
lanta and some from Athens and other
points in the eighth, were standing
talking of the senatorship, when the
conversation eighth. finally turned on politics
iu the
“An Atlanta man said: ‘By the
wav, how will affairs be settled iu the
eighth?’
“An Athens man answered: ‘The
matter is already settled. I never be¬
fore saw so clearly the results of a
campaign before the campaign started.
It’s wonderful.'
“‘Why, what’s the matter?’
Well, representation from the
eighth district in the next congress is
as fully settled as if the election were
already held, and I can show you how r .
McWhorter has not even announced
himself, but he will be the winner iu
the eighth. At present there are only
two and candidates, Lawson and McWhor¬
ter, before the race gets fairly on,
Lavvson will pull out of the race and
leave McWhorter a clean • field. At
present the matters stand this way:
McWhorter can count solidly on
Greene. Hart, Maaison. Oglethorpe, and Clarke, Elbert,
has an even chance
with Lawson in Oconee and Madison,
with Franklin and Wilkes practically
safe. That’s how it is. Iiamp Mc¬
Whorter will be the next representa¬
tive from the eighth.' ”
Ik that avalanch is still rolling on
and growing, as the Evans organs un¬
ceasingly claim, why be so anxious
for early selection of delegates to the
gubernatorial convention. Why not
give the said avalanch time to reach
its full growth.
From all accounts Senator Walsh is
| being made to have a good time in
! Washington. Wouldn’t be surprised
if he don’t fall so much in love with
Washington life that he will consent
t0 become a candidate for the
* erm ‘
| Georgia’s two candidates for Gov
i ernor arc nothing if not persistent.
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