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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL. W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r. VOLUME XIV-NUMBEK 27 nwiß Triumphal Canvass of the Statesman of Clarke!! CAPT. HALCARLTON! The Next Congressman on the Sure Way to Win. THUS HIM II BETML! AND FINDING HOSTS OF HEARTY AND HONEST BACKERS IN EVERY COUNTY. From Oglethorpe, Morgan, Madison, Hart, Eibert, Franklin, and even from Wilkes, reports of the most gratifying and encouraging nature are received, and it is agreed on all hands that Captain Carlton’s canvass has been the most re mark able in political annals. The incident of Carlton’s nomination at Athens was in the form of an ovation. We clip an account of the striking event from the Banner-Watchman, as follows: Clarke lor Carlton. The call of the chairman of the exec utive committee of Clarke county to se lect delegates to the Congressional con vention was responded to by the business men, clerks, professionals, mechanics and farmers of Clarke county. Stores were closed that all men might attend the meeting, and the fanners left their plows and fields in the grass to give their vote to the soldier and statesman of our coun ty. Long before the hour of meeting the* streets were thronged with the best men of the county to give their aid to Clarke’s favorite son., At 11 o’clock the opera house was filled and business commenced. There were over four hundred of the representative men of the county present. Capt. Yancy, chairman of the executive committee, called the meeting to order, and stated that the first business was to select a permanent chairman of the meet ing. Capt. C. G. Talmadge proposed the name of Capt. Yancy. This honor was declined by that gentleman, and on the motion of Mr. T. W. Rucker, Col. S. C. Dobbs was elected chairman. Mr. T. W. Rucker was elected secretary. Col. Dobbs on taking the chair returned thanks and stated the object of the meeting. The chairman also, in his remarks, paid a glowing tribute to Capt. H. H. Carlton, and announced the meeting organized and ready for business. Capt. Talmadge offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That we, the people of Clarke county, in convention assembled, present to the people of the Eighth congressional district Hon. H. H. Carlton as one in ev ery way qualified to represent this dis trict in the 50th Congress of the United States. Rosolved, That in so doing we refer' with pride to the public record of Clarke’s gallant son, whether in the field or in the forum, which will ever stamp him as able, honest and with undying loyalty to his constituents and people. Resolved, That in his ability .and elo quence the people of the Eighth district will have a defender who will recall to them the proudest days of the republic, and in his fealty the surest guarantee of the preservation of their liberties. Resolved That with this record of a noble son appealing to the most chivalric and patriotic sentiments of an intelligent people we ask for him the calm consider ation and support of all good citizens of the Eighth Congressional district. Resolved. That the following delega tion, with full power to appoint their own alternates, are hereby selected to present the name of Hon. H. H. Carlton to the Congressional Convention on the 20th of July next as a candidate for Con gress, viz: J. H. Rucker, Andrew J. Cobb, John C. Johnson, W. L. Wood, W. D. O’Farrell. The resolutions were adopted unan imously, and with loud and prolonged cheering that shook the building. After the cheering had ceased the nex t business in order was to select a chairman and executive committee for the county. Col. Rucker moved that a committee of five be appointed to retire and select a chairman. Col. Dobbs appointed on the committee, T. W. Rucker, Geo. Mnrrell, W. D. O’Farrell and P. Benson. This committee returned, and after thanking Capt. Yancy for the faithful and efficient manner in which he had presided as chairman of the executive committee, and as Capt. Yancy had declined to serve longer, they nominated Col. S. C. Dobbs for chairman. Col. D. declined, on the ground that he had served the Demo cratic party for several years as chairman of the executive committee, and asked that he he excused. Capt C. G. Tal madge’s name was suggested, and he was unanimously elected chairman for the next two years, with power to appoint one from each district in the county and two from the city at large, to compose the executive committee. The meeting, after attending to all the business, adjourned. This was one of the largest and most enthusiastic mass meetings ever held in Clarke county, and will snow to the bal ance of the district Clarke’s appreciation of her favorite son. Capt. Carlton has a record for bravery in times of war that cannot be doubted. He was always at the front, and the many scars now car ried by this gallant soldier prove that he was; one of the bravest of the brave. In peace Capt. Carlton lias always been true to his co’unty and his State, and if elected to Congress Georgia can boast of having a fearless and honest representa tive in H. H. Carlton. TROUPE ARTILLERY. VETERAN EDWARDS HAS A WORD TO SAY OF ITS DAUNTLESS CAPTAIN. In a long letter to the Home Journal Mr. J. W. Edwards, of Hall's Mill, Bar tow county, and an ex-member of Troupe Artillery, Captain H. 11. Carlton, Lees’s Army, after congratulating, this paper and the Congressional district upon his candidacy, proceeds to recount some of the salient episodes of that celebrated battery in the war and its fearless com mander. The letter is a long one, and we are permitted by limited space only to quote from it here and there. Mr. Edwards was a non-commissioned officer under Carlton. He relates that in those famous, sometimes useless and often fatal “artillery duels” that every old soldier will remember with horror, Carlton’s battery never was silenced or driven from the field. He made it a point always to get the last shot. The writer recounts an incident where he was in camp, apparently at the point of death with typhoid fever, just at a crisis when a retreat of the army was ordered. To be left sick in camp was to fall into the hands of the enemy. Carlton direct ed some of his men to remove Edwards to a wagon and have him borne along with the battery. The Captain was told that to remove Edwards was simply to hasten his death, which at best was con sidered certain at almost any moment. Carlton’s answer was characteristic: “I’ll take him along with us, dead or alive! The enemy shall not even have his bones if I can help it!” Edwards was accordingly dragged along with the artillery, and through providen tial interposition and kind nursing and attention is alive to tell the story. The Troupe battery fired the signal gun for the great Fredericksburg battle, the initial shot being aimed by Edwards. The battery never went into action with out Carlton, save when he was disabled by wounds: and no matter how often he was shot, lie was sure to come to the front the very first moment his recovery would permit. The sound of his guns was as familiar as the voice of a friend, and the name of his battery was a “house hold” word, if indeed such an expression can be pardoned where there were no “households.” Mr. Edwards sayß: “I would rather trust Carlton than any other man I know in Georgia. I have seen him and observed him where it required nerve and principle; and he was never wanting. I was wound ed at Malvern Hill, and even in the heat and horror of that terrific battle Carlton coolly stepped to my side to examine my wound and to encourage me. In another minute lie was again at the front in com mand of Ills famous battery.” * * * * * “Captain Carlton has the courage, the ability and the principle to stand firmly for anything involving the interests and welfare of liis people.” J. W. Edwards, Late of Troupe Artillery. June, 1886. New Basis ot At the meeting of tho Executive Com mittee of the Democratic party of the Eighth Congressional district in Athens last week, Mr. Ira C. VanDuzer, of Hart, made a motion to change the basis of representation in the convention so that it would be fair and just upon the small er counties. There are seven counties with a total population of 73,537, which had two votes each, or fourteen votes; and five counties with a total population of 80,460, which had 4 votes each, or twenty votes. Mr. VanDuzer held that this was unfair, and basing it upon an equal representation as to population, it was not, and so moved that the number of delegates be increased to three for each of the smaller counties while the number from the larger counties remain as it was. This was strenuously opposed by several of the delegates and a substi tute w r as carried increasing the number to three for the smaller counties and five for the larger. Let us calculate a little and see how near this comes to making an equal representation. The seven smaller counties represent a population of 73,567 with twenty-one votes, or one vote to each 3,500 of their population. The five larger counties are entitled to twenty-five votes for a population of 80,- 460 or one vote to each 3,218. Before the change was made the small counties had one vote to every 5,254 of their popula tion, and the large counties one vote to every 4,026 of their population, giving them an advantage of the smaller coun ties. Now it is just to the reverse. Al though this change takes a little from the weight of Oglethorpe county in the convention, we are favorable to the change because it is more equitable. It is nearer right as it now stands, and we admire fairness even though it works against us. —Oglethorpe Echo. A Strong Endorsement. Never within the political history of our country has there met a larger, more representative or determined body of men than assembled at the opera house on Saturday last to endorse the candida cy of Capt. H. H. Carlton for Congress. From every district in the county you saw leading farmers; the mechanic in his shirt-sleeves was there; merchants from Winterville and other points in the coun ty had left their stores to be present; you saw in that hall four-fifths of the minis ters and business men of the city, many of whom had closed their stores in order to let their employes attend. And had the slightest opposition to Capt. Carlton been manifested, there were in call over a hundred men, ready to come forward and flatten it. This meeting meant death to all opposition to Capt. Carlton at home,'and was an endorsement by his own people that must have its effect abroad. The size and character of that meeting cannot be lessened by jeers, and any one that attempts it only makes himself ridi- culous, It was an anti-Reese meeting, too, and the delegates selected will, in the event of Capt. Carlton’s defeat, cast their vote for any good man in the dis trict in preference to our present Con gressman. The Oconee delegation, also, is strong for Carlton, and was sent unin structea because he had not announced. So Congressman Reese will sea that in this section of the district at least his re cord has been strongly condemned.— Banner-Watchman. At JElbertou. Capt. Carlton’s speech at the Court house on Saturday was a revelation to some of us of the plans and schemes and methods of politicians in this district Ilis speech was eloquent, was well re ceived, and he was frequently applaud ed.—Elberton Leader. DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE. GREENESBORO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY t. 1886 -EIGHT PAGES. MORGAN AROUSED. MR. REESE’S NATIVE COUNTY HAS ENOUGH OF HIM. THOROUGH INDIGNATION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT HIS OFFICIAL AND INDEFENSIBLE ACTS. [From the Home Journal, May 14.] A thoughtful writer, signing himself “In Earnest,” justly indignant, like thou sands of others, at the haughty and des potic conduct of the Congressman of the Eight district, Mr. Seaborn Reese, writes, to the Eatonton Messenger as follows, among the other things: I see from the columns of your valuable paper that you have taken a decided stand against the return of the Hon. Seaborn Reese to the next'Congress from the Eighth district. You are not alone in your opposition. Hundreds, ves, thou sands, of tnc best men in the district have arrived at the conclusion that a change in our representation in Congress is not only desirable, but imperatively demand ed. Under the American system of gov ernment, which is emphatically of a rep resentative character, the officers select ed by the people are mere agents or trustees to act for them and carry out their sovereign will. The record that an officer or representative chosen by the people makes during his official term is common property, and is always subjeet to criticism. If this were not true, we would be confronted by the remarkable anamoly of an irresponsible officer in a representative form of government. Pres idents, Governors, Senators and Repre sentatives are not rulers, they are simply agents of the rulers, and their official conduct is open to investigation and an imadversion. Happily for the people at this time, their channels of information are broad and numerous. Few towns, however small, are without a newspaper. Nearly every home in this day of pro gress and enlightenment is visited, at least once a week, by a public gazette of some character. The press is the great and powerful medium through which the people are kept informed of their rights and of the incapacity and unfaithfulness of their official agents, and the ballot box is the medium through which the people express their disapproval or distrust. The press would be derelict in its duty if it did not direct publio attention to the official conduct of publio servants. Noth ing ought to be left unreported. The peo ple should be put in possession of all the facts, so they can act intelligently and with the strictest justice when they ren der their final judgment at the polls. The same writer continues: Who will deny that it is the duty of a Representative in Congress, when these applications are transmitted to him to be filed, to deposit them in the department whether he see fit to endorse them or not ? The assertion attributed to Mr. Reese, that he controlled the appoint ment, and that no notice would be taken unless received through him, opens up a broad question. Is it true that the ear of tlie Executive department of this gov ernment can be reached by a private citi zen only through the agency and by the condescension of his own immediate Representative ? When did this country lose its free, republican form of govern ment ? I infer from the Home Journal that it has in its possession written evi dence against Mr. Reese. If so, let it be published, so that the people of our dis trict may read it for themselves. Apt is the inquiry, “Upon what meat does this our Cajsar feed that he has grown so great ?” But this is not all. I have been inform ed that in the early part of 1885 a most estimable gentleman of this place sent to Mr. Reese, to be filed in tho Postoffice Department at Washington, an applica tion to be appointed postmaster here, accompanied with recommendations from a very large number of our best citizens, lie never heard from Mr. Reese, and in March last he wrote to the Postmaster General inquiring if his application had been filed, and he was informed it had not been. He then wrote to Mr. Reese, asking him to return it, but Mr. Reese did not reply. It is true that Mr. Reese may not have received the papers, but it is fair to presume that if he had not re ceived them he would have so informed the applicant, whom he had known from his earliest boyhood. What is to be done ? Are the people helpless ? Are their rights to be thus tampered with and denied them ? There is a remedy, an effectual remedy. We have received other communica tions covering a large area of the Eighth Congressional district, all alike in spirit and varying only in intensity of condem nation, which will appear in these col umns at the proper time. We will also lay the particulars of still another post mastership appointment in this district before the people as soon as all the facts, which we are having investigated, reach us. This will be, like those already agi tating the voting masses, a dumbfound ing revelation to our readers and to all who consider that the genius of our Con gressional representation must be pre served from abuse by any man, no matter whom. As to Putnam. Capt. Carlton had the vote of Putnam assured by an overwhelming majority, for the people were embittered against Mr. Reese and would have supported any other man in the district in preference to him. But our Congressman had extend ed personal favors to two influential fam ilies in Putnam, and then there was a little question of Judgeship that needed to be sharpened on Reese’s grindstone. But the people could not be made to see these combinations, and in order to keep Carlton’s friends from the convention, it was announced that Col. R. B. Nisbet would be a candidate for Congress. Hence, while a delegation was instruct ed for Nisbet, it was composed of men bound to Mr. Rcose by personal favors, peculiar friendship and kindred ties. Nisbet’s name had only been used as a decoy duck, for he had not as much chance for Congress as for being struck by lightning. We cannot believe, how ever, that Col. Nisbet lent his aid know ingly to this scheme to defeat the will of hisjown people, but that he was the vic tim of designing politicians who took ad vantage of his well-known ambition.— Banner-Watchman. Prof. T. C. Conaway’s school will re open on September 1. The term will be cfi'i/’flv frun H. M.Wootten’s school at Hast ings will reopen on next Monday, July 5. DEMOCRATS 1 READ THIS j WHAT DID HE DO ABOUT IT IN WILKES WHEN THE TIME WAS RIPE? J. F. Andrews was appointed by President Grant (Republican) to lie postmaster at Washington, Ga. He was confirmed by a Republican Senate. Mr. Andrews took posses sion of the postoffice at Washing ton, under this appointment, and administered its functions to the conclusion of Grant’s second term. When Hayes (Republican) became President he retained Andrews, and the latter was postmaster at Washington all through Hayes’ years of power. Then Garfield, also a Republican, became Presi dent. Garfield, too, retained An drews, who continued to be post master at Washington, Ga., daring Garfield’s career as President. Ar thur (Republican) succeeded Gar field. Arthur removed Andrews, on acoount, it is alleged, of faction dissensions inside of the Republi can party. This was, briefly, the political state of things at the time that Mr. Seaborn Reese (elected by Democratic votes to represent the Eighth Georgia district in the Uni ted States Congress) made himself known m connection with the facts here related. Well, what did Democratic Con gressman Seaborn Reese do about it? Andrews had been a postmas ter under four Republican Pres idents, he having been removed by the last who ever reigned. That seemed indeed a good time for Democratic Congressman to pat in some party work for those who had showered honors upon him and who had blindly trusted him. Did Reese do anything for his Democratic friends ? Not he. Bat as soon as he haclconval esoed from his lordly wrath over Andrews’ removal he fell iipon the latter’s neck and wept, and then Democratic Congressman Reese of the Eighth Georgia district wrote to Mr. J. F. Andrews an eternal troth—a letter burning with vows and promises—from which is ex tracted the following, word, far ward. Seaborn Reese wrote to John F. Andrews : “And let me say to you now, FOR ALL TIME, that if I can EVER aid you IN ANY WAY I shall do so, REGARDLESS OF THE COMPETITORS. I shall KEEP MY EYES OPEN, AND IF I EVER SEE THE SLIGHTEST OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE YOU IN THE POST OFFICE AT WASHINGTON, I SHALL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED ! ” VANDUZER. Vanduzer is the hero of the Reap portionment Bill which gives justice, to the smaller counties. Carlton is fighting for the protection of the peo ple of the smaller counties on the ha sis of the Vanduzer Reapportionment Bill. Reese and his partisans are warring against Vanduzer, Carlton and the small counties, including Morgan. Men of Morgan ! Stand to Carlton and your colors 1 CARLTON SPEAKS. Hon. H. H. Carlton will address the people of Morgan county, at Mad ison, on Saturday next, July 3, at 11 o'clock. Also at Rutledge, in Morgan coun ty, on Saturday night, July 3. Let the People turn out en masse, and learn the true inwardness of the political situation in the B th district. MORGAN COUNTY. A primary election for delegates to attend the Eighth Congressional district convention mil be held at the different precincts on Saturday 10fA July. Morgan county is entitled to three delegates. Convention to be held at Athens 20 th July. L. T. Campbell, Chairman C. Com. M. C. Farmers of Morgan ! You will never do a better day's work for your County, your State and your Country than by going to the polls on Saturday, July 10, and electing Cap tain Carlton to Congress t THE BTH DISTRICT. SOMETHING FOB THE PEOPLE TO BEAD AND PONDER. UNPARALLELED OFFICIAL ARROGANCE OF ONE WHO WAS ELECTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. [From the Home Journal, May 7.] From voluminous and responsible writ ten testimony volunteered to these col umns, we present the case made- against the official conduct of Congressman Reese in Morgan county (his birth place) in relation to the postmastership of Mad ison, and we put the matter into the hands of the people of the Eighth Congression al district, merely premising that we have the documents to substantiate this pub lication, and the same can be viewed by interested or skeptical parties on applica tion in person at this office: As soon as ifiwas definitely known that Mr. Cleveland was elected President, Mr. E. A. Furlow presented a petition to be appointed postmaster at Madison, Ga. Mr. Furlow is represented by our corres pondence to have been a Democrat all his life, to be peculiarly fitted by past expe rience for the postmastership, and he was indorsed for selection by a large proportion of the Democrats of Morgan county. “ Knowing that Mr. Reese had assured several prominent gentlemen oi Madison that a certain other applicant would not receive his support," Mr. Fur low inclosed his petition to Mr. Reese, re questing him to present it. No answer was received to this request. On learn ing that Mr. Blackburn had been nominat ed for the position, Mr. Furlow commu< nicated with the Postoffice Department, with the following result, his (Mr. Fur low’s) letter being dated more than one year after his application had been placed in the custody of Congressman Reese: Post Office Department, ) Office First Assistant P. M. Gen’l. > Washington D. C., Mch 15, ’BO. ) Sir: Your communication of the 13th inst. inquiring whether a petition recom mending yon for Postmaster at Madison, Ga., has been received at this office. In reply I beg leave to state that no such petition was received. Very respectfully, A. E. Stevenson, First Ass’t P. M. General. To E. A. Furlow, Madison, Ga. On receipt of the above extraordinary response from the Postoffice Department, Mr. Furlow forwarded to President Cleve land the following: To His Excellency the President of Ok United States: I respectfully ask leave to lay before your Excellency the following statement of facts:' Early in the year 1885 J made out an application for the Postoffice at this place and secured recommendations from a large number of the leading citizens of Morgan county. The application and endorsements were at once transmitted to Hon. Seaborn Reese, representing the Eighth Georgia district, to be placed on file in the Postoffice Department. I received no notification of the filing of the application, but, thinking that it had nevertheless been filed, I made no further move in the matter until March of the present year, when, at the sugges tion of the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Morgan county, I addressed a letter to the Postoffice De partment, inquiring whether the applica cation and endorsements were on file in that department. Within a few days I received a letter from the First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral informing me that they had never been received. I immediately wrote to the Hon. Seaborn Reese, politely asking the return of my papers to me in order that 1 might have them placed on file, but as yet I have received no response from lnm. Under these circumstances I desire to renew my application, and 1 herewith transmit to your Excellency en dorsements from gentlemen who are pat rons of the office at this place, who stand high in the community, and who are un swerving in their allegiance to the Demo cratic party. Very respectfully submitted, E. A. Furlow. This petition was supplemented by an other from the citizens of Morgan coun ty, as follows: To His Excellency the President : We the undersigned citizens of Morgan county, i from our own personal knowl edge of Mr. E. A. Furlow cheerfully re commend him to your Excellency’s con sideration in making an appointment of postmaster for this place. His character and integrity are above reproach- His intelligence and long experience in postal affairs render him a fit and suitable per son for the position, ne is affable and accommodating in his manners and has the confidence of the whole community. From all we have seen and heard we hon estly believe that he is the first choice of a large majority of our people. Ho is a strict Democrat in politics. That he is ranked among “the most upright and in telligent” of our citizens is evinced by the fact that the Jury Commissioners have placed him on the Grand Jury of the county. In view of these facts we cheerfully re commend him to your Excellency, and earnestly request that his. claims be con sidered in making the appointment. [Signed by Citizens of Madison.] Meanwhile the applicant (Mr. Furlow) wrote to Congressman Reese requesting that his application be returned to him. This was not done, nor was any notice tak en of the request. Falling in all efforts to obtain the at tention of a public servant who in his ot ficial capacity was being addressed in the name of a majority ot his party on a mat ter vital to the local concerns of a com munity in the Congressional district which he was supposed to “represent,” the Chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Morgan county wrote to Congressman Reese for some explana tion of these unparalleled circumstances. Here is the reply of the official who is presumed to have been elected to serve and represent the constituency of an American Congressional district, and it was addressed to a citizen on whom it de volved to question the said Congressman on a subject of public import And this was the very first response which had been vouchsafed by the “representative” germane to tho specific matter on which he had been written to at divers times and dates, as we have seen. Hero it is: House of Representatives, J Washington, D. C. March 23,1886. ) T. P. Gibbs : Sir—Had you lived in Morgan county longer, you would have known me too well to have ventured to write your two impertinent letters. You would have learned that I have never shirked an honest and fearless discharge of every duty, whether private, professional or political. Always assuming whatever responsibility, be it of a PERSONAL or political character that attached to the same. With this I dismiss you. Seaborn Reese. The italics and the CAPITALS herein are Mr. Reese’s. We put this matter of the Madison postmastersliip with intentional brevity before our readers. We are content to leave the matter with the people of this district. If they can afford to have a man in Congress who when he pleases can “shut out” a citizen from petition; who can when it suits his sweet will pigeon hole, pocket or destoy a paper intended to be conveyed byliim, in the exercise of Ills functions as a public servant, to the files of a department of the government, and especially when that paper fairly represents the wishes and involves the public business of a majority of an American community—we say that if the people of this or any other district will assume that such a public servant ought to be maintained by re-election in the offical relation which we deem that he has thus forfeited by his public acts— then it is not the fault of this paper. Col. Nisbct’s Withdrawal. Athens, Ga., June 23, 1880.—To the Democrats of the Bth District: On the 15th inst. the people of Putnam unanimously presented mo as a candidate for the nomi nation for Congress before the Congression al Convntion of the Bth district. This hon or was and ever will be most deeply appre ciated by me. The field being already occupied by two distinguished gentlemen, I felt that my chance of nomination depended upon the accident of a convention nearly equally divided, when thero might have been some possibility of my nomination. The unexpected retirement ot Hon. H. £l. Carlton, and in my favor, changing the programme, I felt it my duty to my friends to carefully consider the nomination. 1 have done so. The late hour in which 1 entered the race, the fact of several coun ties being almost in the act of electing dele gates, the impossibility of my meeting the people face to face, has determined me to withdraw from the race. I shall ever hold in grateful remembrance the assurances of support, and of personal friendship tender ed me from different parts of the district, and to you, sir, who so ardently sustained me, I am under a debt of obligation which 1 shall ever bear in mind. Most respectfully, R. B. Nisbet. Carlton’s iteannouncement. Clovkrhubst, June 24, 1886.—T0 the Democracy of the Eighth Congressional Dis trict: When Putnam county, in apparent good faith, interrupted my race for con gressional nomination in tlie Bth congress ional district by presenting as a candidate for the distinguished honor, the Horn R. B. Nisbet, I thought, as a true Democrat, re garding party harmony paramount to any ambition or political aspirations I might en tertain, that it was my duty to retire. I did so rather than endanger the party with a triangular race between Democrats. Not withstanding ray friends in the district may have disapproved of this course on my part, yet, believing that Hon. It. B. Nisbet was a bona-fide candidate and that lie would en ter the race as such, I retired, satisfied that in the end, and when my true motives were known, my course would be endorsed and fully approved on the part of my friends and supporters, as well as tlie Democracy of my district. Col. Nisbet, after a few days’ canvass of the situation, and finding that his road to Congress, which necessitated an active and positive opposition to Col. Reese, tlie present incumbent, was Mocked by a solid Reese delegation from his own county, concluded to retire from so ques tionable and anomalous a position, both for himself and his county. The Colonel, re markuble to say, does not say in whose in terest he retires, whether for lieese, Carlton, Putnam county or party harmony. Fellow-citizens, having entered this race in good faith, and thus having been disap pointed and for the time been thrown off, 1 now in deference of those who induced me to enter at first, as well as in the inter est and advocacy of fair dealing, again an nounce myself as in the field, and if those who have not acted in Congressional mat ters will hold off until 1 can reach and ad dress them, I will promise to tell them somewhat of political affairs that are now being conducted in the Eighth Congres sional district. This latter determination I deem best for the Democratic party, even though I should at this late hour incur the probability of defeat. Very truly and re spectfully yours, H. H. Caulton. [Capt. Carlton will leave at once and make another rapid and thorough canvass of the district, acquainting the people with the situation of affairs. Let the counties await his coming.— Ed.] The K. of L. The Greenesboro Home Journal, while admitting that the Knights of Labor as an organization struggling against the usurpations of monopoly and the abuse of capital liavo made some serious blun ders, laughs at the prediction of some of its contemporaries that the labor move ment will, in consequence of these mis takes, “go to pieces.” It pertinently says: “Ten thousand mistakes will not destroy that movement. It is the' next step in the great evolution that has made tlie serf a freeman. It can be retard ed by blunders and thrown into tempora ry confusion by unwise acts; it can meet with frequent failures and defeats; but it can no more fail than tho movement could have failed that gave England Mag na Cbarta and America free govern ment.” The Journal congratulates its Greenesboro namesake on this manly and candid expression of opinion. We assert confidently that this grand order is now stronger, purer and better prepared for the consummation of victory than ever before. Truth is eternal and time will tell.—Atlanta Journal. —Mrs. Garfield, widow or ex-President Garfield, is said to be worth between S3OO -and $400,000 and her income Is esti mated at $20,000 a year. TERMS S2.OO per Annum, In Advance. WHOLE NUMBER 677 REESE’S BACKERS. THEY ASSEMBLE IN THIS CITY ON LAST SATURDAY. AND, OF COURSE, ENTER A UNANIMOUS PROTEST AGAINST AN ACT OF THE PLAINEST JUSTICE. The friends and supporters of General John B. Gordon for Governor of Georgia met at the Court-House at 12 m. last Sat urday. Judge W. M. Weaver, chairman, stated the object of the meeting and Messrs. W. O. Sanders and J. Y. McWhorter acted as Secretaries. Maj. R. L. McWhorter introduced the following resolution, which was adopted unanimously: Resolved, 'That the following named persons be and they are hereby appoint ed delegates to the gubernatorial con' vention to convene in Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1886, towit: Judge W. M. Weaver, John W. Wiight, James T. Gresham, J. I). Anderson, J. O. Boswell, J. V. Mc- Whorter, Dr. W. A. Moore. A. S. Lundy, W. A. Reynolds, W. H. Stovall, A. L. Kimbrough, Dr. J. L. Durham, Bartow Florence, J. R. Bryant, J. 8. O’Neal, Chas. B. Mitchell. Resolved, That the said delegates this day appointed, are hereby instructed to cast tho whole vote of Greene county as a unit for Gen. John B. Gordon for Gov ernor; Kobt. U. Hardeman for treasurer; Nathan C. Barnett for secretary of State; W. A. Wright for comptroller-general; and Clifford Anderson for attorney-gen eral. Resolved, That the delegates be author ized to fill any vacancy that may occur in said delegation. The friends of Hon. Seaborn Reese met at the court-house on last Saturday for the purpose of nominating delegates to the Congressional convention to meet in Athens, July 20. Judge W. M. Weaver called the meet ing to order and stated its object. Mr. Edward Young was requested to act as secretary. Prof. W. E. Reynolds introduced the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The Democratic party of Greene county in mass meeting assembled on the first Tuesday in June, 1886, adopt ed a resolution authorizing the friends and supporters of the candidate elect ed at tho primary election held in said county on Baturday, 12th inst., to assem ble and elect delegates to represent said county in the Democratic convention of the Eighth Congressional district; there fore. Resolved, That we, the friends and sup porters of lion. Seaborn Reese, the suc cessful candidate in said primary election, assembled together in pursuance of said resolution of the Democratic party of Greene county, after duo notice given as prescribed by said resolutions, do select as delegates to represent said county in the Democratic Congressional convention to assemble in Athens on the 20th of July, 1886, the following persons: Judge W. M Weaver, Hon. H. T. Lewis, Judge Colum bus Heard, Judge W. W. Moore, Dr. A. A. Jernigan, Messrs. Joe Davison, W. O. Sanders, A. P. Rainwater. The resolution was unanimously adopt ed. Hon. H. T. Lewis offered the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the recent action of the Democratic Executive Committee of this the Eighth Congressional district, in seeking to change the basis of represent ation of tho several counties in said dis trict, by allowing the smalle r counties in said district three votes in the Democrat ic convention, transcends the legitimate powers of said Committee, and is without authority, and is therefore a nullity. This resolution was carried by the unanimous vote of the meeting. Upon motion, tlie meeting adjourned. Tho Eighth District. Our special from Athens states that Dr. Reuben H. Nisbet, of Putnam county, has withdrawn from the Congressional nice against Seaborn Reese, the present Congressman, and Dr. H. H. Carlton, who withdrew in Nisbet’s favor, has re entered the race. ***•*•• • Dr. Carlton has the best chance of any one of defeating Reese. He is better known, mere prominent, more popular, and a shrewd leader. Carlton counted on carrying Greeue and Putnam counties, each with 4 votes, and these, with Clarke and the counties around Athens, would give him the nom ination. But he was traded out of Greene by a small majority, and Putnam surpris ed him by giving its vote to Nisbet. Carlton, thus emasculated by his friends, promptly withdrew in Nisbet’s favor, in accordance with his previous declarations that he would let any other gentleman, that desired to, make the race. Nisbet could not possibly be elect ed. He is too little known in the rest of the district. He has found out his weak ness and sensibly retires, and Carlton again comes out.—Atlanta Capitol. A Serious Question. If Mr. Seaborn Reese is re-elected to Congress for a fourth term, what encour agement can there be to a public officer to faithfully and efficiently represent the people ? For over five years Mr. Reese lias represented this district in Congress, and if he has done one thing except draw his salary we would like to have it point ed out. He has even refused his people that common courtesy of answering their letters. His most partial friends ao not claim that Mr. Reese is endowed with any unusual order of intellect. Vfi ly then, we ask, should he be accorded such honor as being returned to Congress for a fourth term ? The truth is, the people have had enough of Congressman Reese, and it is the politicians of the district that are trying to force him in this time —under a promise from Reese that be will then retire, that they may sooner get a chance to scramble for the official garments that he will cast off.—Banner Watchman. E, A. Yeazey. We invite attention to the attractive announcement of Mr. E. A. Yeazey to bo found in another column. Mr. Vea zey is the great merchant of the town 1 which bears his name, and he ranks with ,i lie greet merchants and dealers of Greene laud Georgia,