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HAMILTON JOURNAL.
THE ORGAN OF HARRIS COUNTY.
VOL. XII.
Presidential Outlook.
There is no disguising the fact that
the outlook for democratic success is
not as hopeful as could be wished.
Disclosures concerning the private
life of Governor Cleveland show that
it has not been alvays up to the
model of propriety. While these
reports concerning nis private Lfe aie
greatly exagerated, the fact that he
had improper connections with a
woman not his wife, seems to remain
uncontradicted.
The democratic pi\ ss now almost
unanimously deprecates a personal
campaign and is endeavoring to give
the canvass a turn towards political
d.fferences of the two candidates. It
was a dogma of Ben Hill’s that a
man personally impure, could not be
politically pure. This seems to be a
fair proposition, and admitting it, the
private life of candidates very prop¬
erly a subject of investigation.
What effect the disclosures touch
ing Cleveland’s character as a private
citizen may have, cannot be predict
ed with any degree of accuracy. Mr.
Henry Ward Beecher, one of the in
dependent republicans, who with
John Kelly are responsible for the
nomination of Cleveland, after send
in g a man to Buffalo to investigate
the charges, pronounces the Govern
Qi ^ S° oc i enough candidate. But an
unfortunate episode in the li e of the
reverend mister Beecher may cause
the people to regard his judgement
as a little biased. It remains to be
seen if the other people of the north
will judge him so leniently.
II the uncontroverted facts in the
so called scandal had been known as :
widely before the nomination as they
are now, Mr. Cleveland could not I j
have been nominated. If he is elect¬
ed will be surprised. j
we
The State Convention. j
There was too much unanimity
about the convention of Georgia I
in Atlanta last week to ;
Ccc^-sj would 011 much interest. Every^officer
accept was re-nominated^
HAMILTON GMAUGUST 21,1884.
and for the place of the . only one
w ho cried “Hold, enough!” there was
but one candidate, and he was put
j n unanimously enough to make the
head swim,
Col. R, A. Hardeman will make a
worthy successor to Treasurer Speer,
w ho has served the state with equal
credit and profit, and the common*
wealth will be well officered for an
other term of two years,
o ur congressional district was fa¬
vored with an elector for the sfate at
large, in the person of the eloquent
and gifted.Peter E. Smith, of New
nan. We hope he will favor Hamil
ton with an appointment during Ids
canvass.
judge E. M. Butt, of Marion, was
appointed elector for this district,
Don’t “Single Shot.”
At a primary election to be held in
the county one week from *next Sat
urday, two candidates are to be
named Wh ” shaU re P rest ; nt Harris
county in the next general assembly
° f Geor S la - nat bo<]y wlU cons ‘ d "
er many c l uestlons touching our ma
welfare. It behooves us then
to elect only our best men to repre-
6e ^ he J gentlemen who are being A
‘
pressed the office> some one
t bem, because of his being a neigh
| 30r or p av j[ n g some wa y specially
f avorec } y 0 u, j s decidedly your pret
erence, and the fear of strengthening
his opponent will tempt you to vote
only for him. 'This is natural, but
t j ie interest of the community should
overcome the desire to sacrifice your
right for his advancement.
Two men are to be chosen, and if
you vote for only one good man, one
not well qualified may be nominated,
Put the names of the best and next
candidate on your ticket, and the
best interests of your party and the
people will be promoted,
Editorial Notes. !
The Greeley party eat of the bod-1
fi es 0 f their dead companions, h ; ■
diey , may not , . be ,, blamed, , considering .
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their condition, they will hardly be
envied. A feeling of horror will be
hard to suppress in the presence of
any of the survivors.
Our Columbus contemporaries are
greatly afflicted with base ball. Time,
the great healer, will restore the usu
al equilibrium of our neighbors and
their friends should bear patiently
with them in their hour of trouble,
The Atlanta Constitution is now
printed on a $30,000 press and pub
lished from a building which cost up
wardg of § lQQ g Q00 The Constitu
tion has long b n riie leading news
f southern states ;UK ] j ts
nwv greatly increased facilities for
work, give the promise of even great
er qq n g S f or q ie future,
Governor Cleveland’s letter of ac
ceptance has been given to the press.
j t a short, concise document. He
endorses the whole democratic plat
f orm anc j thinks it too plain to need
any elaboration. One term for of
fi ce holders he thinks best for the
perpetuity of democratic government
and advocates a law forbidding the
reflection of any man to the presi
dency . H e favors honest govern
“* nt ; economically administered Al
^ the abte d0Cl "
Troup County Items.
From the LaGrange Reporter we
glean the following:
Col. John W. McGee,, who has
planted no cotton, estimates that he
will make 1,000 bushels of corn to
the mule.
We regret to announce the death
of Mrs. Wilkinson, nee Miss Josie
Lovelace, which occurred at Orlando,
Florida, this morning.
With heartfelt grief we announce
the death of Mr. Samuel J. Rowland,
formerly of this county, which occur¬
red in Atlanta on yesterday morning
of a bowel disease.
The case of Harry Love joy, char
ged with rape, was motion of
to disallow bail al
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