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who is one ot
d by the
lo alt ecu the con-
>. •i'P olDl
'f lh L e Firmed Alii^e a,
ia which »ct yestenlaj,
rft the alliances and the
:J, flu a no difficulty in
"■L.Mfc* He<l " es
'',b,t tbe objection, re-
have h*® 0 raised by lh< ‘
iianceB, that the knights
‘ red men to membership,
".o anything. He declares
IL* not see how the color
ion can possibly come up,
the Alliances would not he
‘ivomakeany concession to
■ knights which they do
|0 ake.
,ht called attention to an-
ied objection to the pro-
lt is that the knights
•lists and anarchists to
bipj the alliances being
to socialistic and anar-
[doctrine. Mr. Wright say
,ia nothing In this objec-
tote, in the first place, the
formed of eniirrlv different and ati'
taghnistic elements, and theii mis
sion aD(l interests are as far apart as
the poles.
President Livington made a se
rious mistake when lie advoca ted
this coelitiou, which lie will discover
when the aliiancemen express their
opiuion on the subject.
THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS
Congress is now in session, and
for the first time in many years the
republicans control both branches.
The SoTtth
by tbe
may expect an attempt
dominant power to have
passed the most partisan legislation,
but the democrats have strength
, °
enough, we trust, to prevent any
arbitrary laws being enacted. Mr.
Reed, of Maine, the speaker of the
Houce, is one of the most objection
able men to the South that could
possibly be chosen, for he is an un
scrupulous politician and will use
every means in his power to serve
his party.
But in the republican ranks there
do not countenance the use is not that peace and unity that
characterized the party while the
democrats were in |>ower, and there is
sure to be a clashing of interests and
strife, of which our congressmen
will doubtless take advantage.
jte to bring about reforms,
k*idce, the alliances would
Leld responsible, in case of
[for the opinions of individ
,fictions in the Knights of
^nization
cr with Mr. Wright. The
Ulie Knights of Labor ad
[ 10 their order will prove
uncountable obstacle why
an ot unite and affiliate with
tier’s Alliance. A few years
en the knights were quite a
| ; a this State, they sent agents
[the country for the purpose
nizing lodges among negroes,
! argument they used to en-
:them to join was that by
sing they could advance wages
•dollar per day for field hands,
[promise has the alliance that
ne movement will not be
[sttempted, when they unite
i organization that so public
nizes the negro and offers to
ibis champion to extort an
unable ar.d ruinous demand
|the planter? It would simply
sbing a stick to break their
ds with. The members of
iiiinces are employers, and to a
ta extent their sympathies are
|tBployers. The knights are
, and their object is to pio-
emselvss from the exactions
loyerr.. The alliances pro-
Iwhat the knights are compell
| have, and they aim to get the
t prices for their products. It
; interest of the knights to
‘same products at as low
us possible. The knights de
; what they produce shall be
l high prices, because the bet-
tprices tbe reepUp ftf Jbeir la-
rfpg ill? belter Uieir wages are
to be, but the alliances are l when far more arbitrary measures
to paying high prices for
ucts of the labor of the
It would seem, therefore,
reasous why the knights
e alliances should remain
are stronger than those in
o* a union between them.
VTright’s argument about ad-
socialists and anarchists,
^countenancing the use of dy-
'*> is a clear evasion of the
■on. When the Farmer’s A1
* unite with the Knights of
hand members of the latter
arc guilty of lawless and dis-
* i
,ul ads, aliiancemen cannot
* share of the responsibility,
ild be a repetition of the story
bag Tray,
It is expected that the most im
portant legislation of the session will
be directed to the revision of the
tariff, and the passage of & Federal
election law.
The recent defeat the republicans
met in Ohio and Iowa have warned
them that unless a reduction is made
in the tariff, that certain overthrow
awaits them in 1892. There is lit
tle hope, however, that they will
agree on this issue, for right there
the interests of the East and West
conflict. The representatives from
the former section will demand pro
tection for their “infant industries, 1
while the Western congressmen wil
be goarded by their constituents to
give them relief from the great bur
then that they carry. But even it
these iuterest6 can be reconciled, it
will be none the less difficult, in
view cf the claims of the subsidy
grabbers and of the increasing de
mand for pensions, to redace the rev
enues of the Government without
running the risk of bankruptcy.
The fate of the proposed legislation
looking to the control of elections in
the States by the Federal authority
will be awaited with some interest
in the South. The ostensible object
of the law is to prevent “the sup
pression of the colored vote in certain
Southern districts;” its real object is
to make it possible to control that
vote for the republican party.
We do not fear the results of such
a law upon the South even were it
enacted. Our people redeemed
»heraselves from republican rule
pic, we cannot possibly see how
of Labor
possibly help the Alliance. The
s a vigorous, growing young
i tacked by the confidence and
*ill of the country. The other
r aaii:g organization, bankrupt,
Storing on the brink of disso-
a - besides, it has incurred
^Konisrn and enuity of the
world by the most oulra-
|»cts of violence committed by
Nit# members.
*have no war to make uptfl the
> to of Labor. There are many
“ :( 1 deserving people in its
aD( i it has its work to do and
I to fulfill, Jut there can
* e a union between that or-
ation and the Farmer’s Al-
* You had as well try and
were resorted to than could possibly
be enforced now. The white men
of the South will never again
turn over their governments to ig
norant negroes and thieving and
traitorous whites, even were every
voting place guarded by a regiment
of troops. Such a law would only
serve to make for the South friends
among the fair minded people otihe
North, and deprive the republican
party of its most effective cam
paign cry. This party could then
no longer claim that the negro vote
was suppressed in the South, and
would be driven to lace the great
js-ue of the campaign, tariff reform.
Again, the negroes ai'e awakening
to the fact that they are used by the
republicans simply to further their
own ends, and that they received
even more recognition from the dem
ocrats than from the party that they
have so long and faithfully served.
Let the republican congress enact
such laws as it may, no earthly
power can prevent Grover Cleveland
from being our next President, and
the triumph of tariff reform. The
republicans are now trying to steer a
sinking ship between Scylla and
Charybdis, while an open sea and
safe harbor are before the democrats. ra
President Harrison evidently peD
ne<l his message to coDgress after
the November elections, for its every
ne shows a desire to hedge against
is own unsatisfactory* record. This
message is oc a par with the Presi-
lent’s letter of acceptance and inau-
ural address, wherein his acts are
in direct conflict with his promises
nd pledges. The country lias
learned that no faith whatever can
be placed in anything that President
Harrison may say, for he is looked
poo in the light of an unreliable
and blundering partisan, who, under
the guise of great firmness, is a pliant
tool in the hands of his party lead
ers. It would have been much better
for the honored name the President
bear# had he remained in retirement,
than been elevated to a position he
is utterly incompetent to fill. He
will go down in history* as tbe weak
est President our country has ever
known. m »>. %
President Harrison’s clamor for
tariff reform will not deceive the in
teliigent voters of the West,who only
9 few days since administered such
a withering rebuke to the policy of
the republican party. It is as mean
ingless as were his blatant declara
tions on civil service reform, to
which he lost no time in giving the
lie. The democrats in the last con
gress had prepared a reasonable and
equitable revision of the tariff, and
advanced some of the same ideas
now proposed by President Harri
son. Yet his own party defeated this
bill, and Gen. Harrison made the
race on the same line.
He advocates .increased pensions
for Union soldiers, as also an aboli
tion of the tobacco tax, and a reduc
tion of the liquor lax, when he knows
that if his suggestions are carried
out it will be a mattei utterly impos
sible to make any reduction whatever
in the tariff This soldier clause was
doubtless inserted to sugar coat his
blunder in appointing and removing
Tanner; but it is as gau*y Hi his
tariff harangue, and will deceive no
one.
The President’s recommendation
against “trusts” is a shallow farce.
He well knows that his party is as
responsible for the existence of these
villainous combinations as is a father
for his own offspring. The only way
to prevent the forming of associa
tions to extort usurious profits from
the tolling masses ia for congress to
place’.every article upon which a
“trust” is formed on the free list.
This will put an instantaneous
check on snch schemes.
The improved condition of the
navy, of which the President so
loudly boasts, is due to a democratic
administration, and neither Mr
Harrison or his party are responsible
for if. President Cleveland found
that his predgpFSSPrS; While expend"
ing millions on a navy, }§fw only c
ft’-" 'worthless old bulks. Four years
of honest government found our
country in a fair way to become
mistress of the sea. Now this man
steps in and wants to claim the cred
it. During the short t'me he has
been in office his party has wasted
enough money to thoroughly equip
a navy, and also erect coast defenses,
for which he also loudly clamors.
In fact, every improvement on which
the President touches in his message
is solely due to the wise, patriotic
and business.-like administration of
Grover Cleveland. The only reason
that they exist is that President
Harrison and his party have not been
in power long enough as yet to over
turn theifi.
Like a scorpion, the sting of the
President’s message is in its tail
where he lecommends Federal inter
ference with Southern affairs. There
is a much surer and easier way than
this for President Harrison to insure
to himself and party the colored
vote. Let him take a few of tbe lu
crative offices he has so lavishly dis
tributed among his own and his
wile’s relatives, and fill them with
negroes, whose votes saved him the
states of New York, Ohio and Indi
ana. He cannot reward a colored
living North of Mason and
The field
.
in
lUe Rock of Gibraltar,
for you to work on tbe Degro is
he doubtful states of the East and
West, where they hold tbe balance
of power. Render unto Cuffee the
things that areCuffee’s. Divide with
iin the offices in those doubtful
states that his votes have saved to
the republican partj*. There is the
true missiouery ground, and not
wa}* down in Dixie, where the de
mocracy is ever in the saddle.
Taken as a whole, President Har
rison’s message is a decidedly weak
nd meaningless document, which
will be filed away among the ar
chives of our government alongside
of those great acrobatic documents,
Gen. Harrison’s letter of acceptance
and President Harrison’s inaugural
address.
It is a matter of surprise to us to
see several staunch democratic pa
pers opposing the continued coinage
of silver. These journals are simply
following in the wake of John Sher
man, and playing to the hand of the
republican party. What dots it mat
ter if the government vaults are
bursting with their hoarded wealth
of silver, does not every dollar stored
therein represent a certificate kept
in circulation, thus swelling the cur
rency nnd making money more plen
tiful? The best investment that Un
cle Sam can possibly make is to
build more depositories for silver,
and establish as many mints as the
miues can supply with metal. We
are in favor of more money, and the
best, safest and quickest way to get
it is the coinage of silver.
CLEVELAND AND TARIFF REFORM-
The effort made to supplant Pies-
ident Cleveland with Governor Hill
ss the democratic standard-bearer
in 1892 has died still-born. Gov
ernor Hill is a popular and fascinat
ing roan, and made a most favorable
impression wherever he visited; but
he does not occupy that place in the
hearts and confidence of the people
as Grover Cleveland, and neither
does any other living man. The de
mocracy and tariff reformers of the
whole country look upon Mr. Cleve
land as their leader in the great battle
that must be {ought in 1892, when
the issue will be the masses vs. the
classes—and he will he renominated
by a unanimous vote.
When the last election took place
the people were not educated upon
the tariff question; but the Novem
ber elections and.the sweeping dem
ocratic gaius everywhere proved that
a revolutionizing change in public
sentiment has taken place, that will
not ebb until it sweeps the party of
the people again into power, and in
sures lelief for the struggling masses
from the bqrtheos that are grinding
tilfcm into poverty.
It is a waste of breath to try and
substitute any Gibe? Fresid^^j
candidate fof Grover CieVelaad* The
eyes of his party ai'e Upon him,
and if God spurtS his life he will be
the standard bearer of the democra
cy, and lead his people again to vic
tory—only this time it will be over
whelmingly crushing to all opposi
tion. If public sentiment in favor
of tariff reform continues to spread,
it would not be a matter of surprise
to see the republican candidate re
ceive less than one hundred electora
of
ATHENS AND ITS NEW PAPER-
Ou Tuesday morning the first issue
Athens’ new paper will appear,
under the editorial management of Mr.
T. L. Gantt, well known, not only to
the press of Georgia, but as one of the
leading and most enteprising citizens
of Northeast Georgia. The paper is
formed by the consolidation of the
morning Banner and the Evening
Chronicle, the two papers forming
large stock company, which proposes
to give Athens a first-class morning
daily. The territory contiguous to
Athens is such as to offer a good sup
port to such a paper as Athens ought to
publish, and as we understand, will be
published.
Mr. Gantt is a journalist of rare
ability, and the very fact of his having
charge of the new paper, assures its
complete success. Athens will have
cause to be proud of her new paper, in
which, under the new management
most of its business men are interested,
the stock company having been unde
up by subscriptions among the busi
ness men of- the city. This insured
hearty local support and with this,
backed by good management, the new
paper will at once take its place among
the leading dailies of Georgia.—Atlanta
Constitution.
votes.
AYe stated last week that Maj. Camp
bell Wallace, the veteran chairman of
the Georgia railroad commission,would
resign his position at an early day, in
consequence £of declining health and
advanced age. He is 84 years old, hut
will not resign. Georgia cannot afford
to dispense with the services of this
grand old man.
BENNETT H. YOUNG.
The New York Star- tells the fol.
lowing interesting story:
“A slender, wiry man, with a quick
step and rather nervous manner, yes
terday attracted my Attention, at the
Fifth Avenue hotel.
He has keen black eyes, a deter
mined cast of couuternance and the
general air of a typical Southern sol
dier. Bennett H. Young has had a
remarkable history in peace, and war.
W hen he was a young man he was
the leader of the twelve Confederates
who crossed the Canadian border,
raided St. Albans, Vt. and captured
the town in midday, confining a thou
s-nd or more people in the public
square, while they levied contribu
tions upon the banks.
The story of this capture at this
day sounds like a Munchausen tale
Yet it is a fact that this man now
filling my eye, with eleven compan
ions, held a city of six or eight thou
sand inhabitants at their mercy for
two hours, and then escaped. This
remarkable occurrence raised a great
disturbance at that time, but it soon
passed off as the war ended, and sol
diers of that day became the citizens
of the next.
Since that time Mr. Young has
lived at his native home in Louisville
Ky., and has been engaged in rail
roading and other material matters
tending to the advancement of his
state, which bring him to New York
frequently.
There have been only 86 cloudless or
sunshiny days during the present
year, and rain fell upon 172 other da'-
There were 63 cloudless and • *
days for the correspof” , iAl rwflf
year. The*** r -wing period l** 6
ree*' .-<>^ -cnufdm
VjmettL tbe signal service
bttfeMh The rainfall for the present
year has amounted to 40.6S inches, or
12>» inches above the normal average.
The buzzards threaten to come home
to roost to Savannah. The democrats of
that city endorsed the negro Deveraux
for collector of customs at Brunswick,
and now the indignant citizens of the
insulted town propose that Savannah
shall take the black draught she pre
pared for her neighbor.
Some experiments have been made
near New Orleans in raising jute on al
luvial land, whieh resulted in a growth
eleven feet high, and a perfectly devel
oped plant. Jute, however, is now
about as worthless a plant in the South
as the rag weed or dog fennel.
The democrats in Montana continue
to hold the fort. It will take them just
twelve weeks more to freeze out the
would-be republican thieves. At the
end of that time the legislature will be
adjourned bylaw and Gov. Toole can
appoint two demomtfc senators.
One-Half the United States Owned
By 25,000 People.
The belief that notwithstanding
the rapid increase in the l umber of
millionaires in this country that
wealth is more evenly distributed
here than in England has been
proven to be wrong by Thomas G.
Shearman, the well-known New
York statistician, who has been en
gaged for some lime in collecting
facts to show as precisely as possi
ble the proportion of the wealth of
the country held by a few rich men
and families, and he finds a greater
concentration of wealth here than
in any other country.^' The results
ion will appear in
the Forum for November, from ad
vance sheets of which the following
facts are taken. Mr. Shearman
makes the following enumeration of
owners of more than $20,000,000
each: •
$150,000.000—J. J. Astor, Trinity
Church.
$100.000,000—C. Vanderbilt. W.
K. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Leland
Stanford, J. D. Rockefeller.
$70,000,000—Estate of A Packer.
$60,000 000—John I. Blair, estate
of Charles Crocker.
$50,000,000—William Astor, W.
W. Astor, Russell Sage, F. A. Ste
vens, estate of Moses Taylor, estate
of Brown and Ives.
$46,000.000—P. D. Armour, F. L,
Ames, William Rockefeller, H. M.
Flager, Powers and Weightman.
estate of P, Goelet.
3$30,000,000—C. P, Huntington, D.
O. Mills, estates of T. A. Scott, »L
W. Garrett.
3o,000,000—G. B. Rober*^ Charles^
Pratt, Ross Winane. ^ p Coxe v
Claus Spreckels, A ^ R. <L '
Livingston, F ^ Weyerhauser, Mrs..^
Mark Hf „ P kins, Mrs. Hetty Gnep^
f tS ’ .es of S. V- Harkness, R :
Golemau, 1. M. .Singer.
$25,000,000—A. J. Drexel, J. -
Morgan, Marshall. Field, David^
Dows. J. G r Fair, E T. Gerry, es-
^nnt Fairbanks, A. T.^
m
eru negro. This is a sort of phan
tom political lunch that his North
ern black allies are wearyiDg of. In
all candor, we will.say to President
Harrison, that neither soldiers or
bayonets will avail against the un
broken and determined democratic
phalanx in the Southern States, The
A max by the name of Drum is the
. only Democrat in the State Senate of
Dixon s line by honoring a South- AVashington. He will feel very lone
some in that body, 'but his solitude
should be cheered by the thought that
he is a Drum the Republican could not
beat.—Macon News.
■ -
Mr. Cleveland says he will not go
into a personal canvass for the nomina
tion in 1892. That is not necessary.
The people will attend to that.
Schcrmcrhorn, J. a.
tatesoi i_«
Stewart, A
Morgan.
$22,500,000—O. H. Payne, estate
of F. A. Drexel, I. V. Williamson,
W. F. Weld.
$20,000,000—F. W. Vanderbilt,
Theo. Ha vein ever, W. G. WardeD,
W. P. Thompson, Mrs. Schenley, J.
B. Hnggin, H. A: Hutchins, estates
of AV. Sloane, E. S. Higgins, C.
Tower, William Thaw, Dr. Hostetler.
William Sharon, Peter Douohae.
A cryiiTg need in Georgia is a consti
tutional amendment paying legislators
a fixed salary instead of per diem.
Such a clause would do more to expedite
work and shorten sessions than all the
clamor of the press and people.
Several Georgia papers are kept
busy writing Senator Colquitt’s resig
nation. The Senator will remain at
his post to lend his valuable aid to Pres
ident Cleveland in 1892, when he will
complete his great work of tariff re
form .
A great many articles are being
written on the subject, “Shall the negro
go!” By no means. Let the negro
stay and the politician go, and the race
problem will solve itself to the entire
satisfaction of the South.
A note from “Happy Cal Wagner” to
the editor of The Banner, dated Louis
ville, Ivy., states that “companies
styling themselves ‘Cal AYagner’s Min
strels’ are impostors, as I am not in the
business.”
Old Abe Lincoln received in 1860 a
smaller proportion of the popular vote
for President than any other man who
has occupied the President’s chair.
There was nearly one million majority
against him.
The interview with Col. C. AT. Bald
win on the disappearance of the long
tailed breed of hogs will doubtless at
tract the deep thought and Attention of
all students of economy.
It is announced that Congressman
Blount will certainly be in the next
gubernatorial race in this state. He
would made one of the best executives
Georgia ever knew.
The jute trust now promises to split
in twain and leave one-half of the fac
tories out of the combine. The Al
liance has already driven in its wedge
and will shiver that trust into kindling
wood.
The striking cigar makers at Key
AYest, Fla., are suffering for food
These men deserve but little sympathy
They refuse to work themselves or per
mit others to take their places.
It is said that lion. Emory Speer is in
AYashington feeling his way to the U.
Supreme Court. AA'e would be truly
glad to see him receive the appoint
ment.
There are six negro candidates for
Recorder of Deeds in the District of
Columbia. This must be one place that
President Harrison don’t feel like com
mitting nepotism on.
Governor-elect Campbell, of Ohio,
won large sums of money, betting on
his own election. AYe admire his judg
ment, but can’t commend his practice.
Sam Jones has just concluded a suc
cessful campaign against the devil and
the pocket-books of his congregation at
Meridian, Miss.
Ex-President Clever and has been
offered fl."i0,000 Oak View—five
times what it cost. But he refuses to
sell. He expects to occupy it again, he
says.
It is rather surprising to be told that
the Haytians are not pleased because
Frederick Douglass, our Minister, is
not a white man.
Senator Colquitt denies the rumor
that he will resign his position to ac
cept the' presidency of an insurance
company.
The profits of the Standard Oil Trust
last year were $26,000,000,
Catarrali Can’t Be Cured,
with Local Application, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and
in order to cure it you have to take in
ternal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, and acts directly on
the blood and mucus surface . Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best phy
sicians in tills country for years, and is
a regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics known,combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on tbe mucus surface. The perfect com
bination of the two ingredients is what
produces sunh wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials free,
F, J. Cheney & Co., Prop, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
The Northeastern train was on time
yesterday, a fact worth noting. -Aihena
needs uniform time.