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ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING, NO EMBER 18,1890—8PAGES
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the incoming house.
T l„, most serious results of the
, nl ..[eciions is the hardening of
tones caused hy the distrust of
a, limineial policy of the incoming
1S1 . „f 1? e presen > alive*.” So says
^iitiled John Sherman, Senator
j liuancicr. The lightness of
weigh', savs the Richmond
: s. oftnis ponderous ohserva-
ioc m iv he appreciated when it i*
yonmhered that the incoming
of Representatives will not in
line for aliout, fifty five weeks from
date Rut perhaps John means hy
incoming the present House of Re-
jtcv•ntatives, whose majority seems
be bothered more about the in*
foiin s of their business partners, the
irusis »nd monopolists, than about
,nu lling else. Or, [lerhaps. Benja
min Harrison has mrtirmed him that
^lieu of that extra session of this
(ion:res8, which died a-bornin’, he
ff jl call the democratic House to.-
.icifi'T next March 4th to undo the
ff „ r k of the McKinley tariff bill.
A SAINTLY SHOP KEEPER-
.John Wanamaker. of tire city of
jjrnilu rly Love, is unco-pious even
piongh lie lie a thrifty shop-keeper.
Even where he goes Jack carries his
religion with him. and preaches of
charity and morality, in season—in
hi* famous Suuday-school in Pbila
ielpliia; and out of season—in his
scat in* the cabinet of our boodle
President.
Wanamaker, then, is notoriously
pi.ms. lie publicly aims to lie an
apostle of life and virtue, he poses
SS a great moral reformer and tow
ers alofi, from a foundation of solid
gold, ae a colossal pillar of the
church, and hy the same golden to
ken, he has invaded and upholds one
corner of Boodle Harrisons cabinet
a* postmaster general.
-Jack’s labors in the postoflice de
railment have alieady made Uncle
Sam's mail hags as pure in their con
tents, as the reticules of the most
piudish of Philadtlpbia’s Quaker-
csst*. S i much so, that uow in
neither can the Russian literary
abominations of Count Tolstoi, n> r
the horrid primed leutscles of the
amoral Lottery Octopus find, even
transitory lodgement.
Titis only and partial achievement
in the cause of the morals of the peo
ple of Lite United States, lias prorapt-
*i us to look deeper into the life and
character of Saint Wanamaker.
We have searched his record in
Philadelphia, we have entered his
simps, we have enquired into his
methods.
What we have discovered staggers
redence.
If a pious Greek has ever found
Hercules, wallowing in a private
pig-sty of liis own, resting from his
gigantic labors after he had cleaned
the stables of Augeus, king of Elis,
there the accumulated filth of&UOO
oxeu had for many years, spread
jmilcnce fa.- aod wide; that pious
het-k would have felt just about as
*fiid when we discovered that the
siintly Postmaster—General of this
great country, the great purifier of
ike American nation’s morals, is in
tie private business only one degree
removed from a Dander.
was a vivid ahd awful one. A
crowd of excited, gesticulating men,
wrapped in the possible exigencies
of a moment, forgetful of everything
in the maddening frenzy of specula
tion. hurried without premonition
into thedread preseuce of the “ Kiug
of Terrors.” It was a horrible
juncture, impressive and overpower
ing. Gathering in awed groups
around the dead man, a late compan
ion in their wild excitatioo, it was
almost, impossible for them to forge
the links that connected the eveut-
tul moments together.
Cut down in the turmoil, the
frenzy, tlie madness of a stock ex
charge, dying in harness and with
out a hint of the contingency, these
circumstances made a fabric of fear
ful awe that shrouded each soul
there. lu this transient nterval
the market recovered a healthful
tone and a crisis, and possible wreck
whb averted.
This picture was an imposing one,
one that will -lamp itself on every
impressionable memory us long as
life lasts.
THE FARMERS’ CLUB
THE BENEFIT LAST NIGHT
MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS.
THE PROGRAM CARRIED OCT IN FULL—
EVERY FEATURE CHARMED THE AU
DIENCE.
HORRIBLE
HYDROPHOBIA
FIXES ITS FATAL CLUTCHES ON
LITTLE CLARKE HILSMAN.
The Little Boy Suffers Intensely From
The Disease—Excessively ftervous—
Thrown Into Spasms.
HIRT ’IOGK m iltTUA.ll
SPOKE LAST NIGHT—SOME
SLINGING.
MUD-
pianimircuiFriisiDDUEs,
The entermainnient last night given
under the auspices of the' Farmers’
Club, was a brilliant success. It would
be impossible to minutely describe the
delectable features of thin occasion, but
we would particuiariz • the exquisite ef
fort of Mrs. Stanley. Her voic,. is one
of depth, strength, compass and rich
ness.
She held the audience in rapt atten
tion, the sweet strains floating in mag
netic swells upon the air, carrying with
it the suggestion of delicate beauty ex-
liaustless in its resources. Miss Schul
ler did remarkably well, as did also the
two q lartettes.
Little Miss Susie Lumpkin was the
recipient of applause. She was grace
ful and self-possessed, tier sylph-like
form swaying to and fro in perfect uni-
som with the music. She captivated
the audience with her recitation.
Little Misses Rucker, Carlton and
Ctiok were excellent in their declama
tory pieces.
Below we append the programme:
PART I.
Eatonton Quartette, Selection.
Miss Kalvarinski, Solo, Piano.
Miss Sarah Rucker, Recitation.
Miss Marion Carlton, -Solo, Violin.
(Prof. Rosier, Piano.)
PART II.
Eatonton Quartette, Selection, Duo.
Mis« Dibowski, Solo. Piano.
Miss Leila Parr, Recitation.
Mr. James McCulloch, Guitar Solo.
(Mrs. Wade, Piano.)
PART III.
Eatonton Quartette, Solo, Vocal.
Miss Susie Lumpkin, Recitation.
Miss Wacks, Recitation.
Mr. Lownds Calhoun, Solo, Piccolo.
PART IV.
Eatonton Quartette, Selection.
Mrs. Stanley, Solo Vocal.
Mr. Harry Smith, Banjo Solo. (Ded
icated to Patti Rosa.)
University Quartette, Selection.
A SERIOUS
PROBLEM.
(N HONOR OF THURMAN.
The 79th birthday of Allen G.
Tlmrinanjwas observed with elabo
rate honor some days siuce. This
anniversary recalls many grateful
historical aud political reminiscences'
tint have checkered the life of this
great uian. lu his political creed,
h'' is soundly democratic, broad and
laiitudiaarian, indulging or extenu
ating the (enables of brothers and
unwarped by sectional passion and
hwnl pride.
Thurman realized the loftiest ideal
<>■ a statesman, aod it was meet and
proper that the dignitaries should
"aiher at Lis board and pay tributes
t° his tile and character. We wish
*‘>'0 many pleasant returns of birtli-
THE FARMERS COMPLAIN ABOUT
DEMORALIZED LABOR.
A Serious Problem—The Farmers
Worried—Colton Not Picked, no
Labor Procurable*
day
anniversaries.
VERGE OF A PANIC.
L was only a Providential stroke
that
the
The problem now confronting the
farmers is one of serious import wide
in the extent of its operations, and one
that unless speedily solved promises to
be of material injury to the crop.
This is a question that should com
mand especial attention because its ef
fects are equally jternicious t« commer
cial and industrial interests. ,
A prominent farmer speaking to a
Banner reporter today said: “ I
can’t get my cotton picked,
the negroes either desert the
fields or demand an exhorbitant and
unreasonable price. A vast amount of
cotton has absolutely rotted in the
bolls, or so discolored that its quality is
ruinously inferior. I am but one of
hundreds who are in this plight, and
the complaint is general.”
-This seems to be the key note to all
the trouble and difficulty.
The uegroes have either refused to
pick cotton or have demanded prices
that would break a man financially to
^The whole south is confronted with
this serious problem, a problem unless
quickly disposed of is fraught with a
train of evils calculated to injure trade
all over the world.
averted ao impending panic in
commercial circles of the world.
^ 1,1 street is notoriously the great
votumereial heart of the United
la,, “ s ' : ‘ D <i its impulses are not un-
across the waters. Any derange-
J, 'n of * his heart causes a corres- „
Ponding di-im-satan i hr hi .limit the flce hiding in order to secure ample
i nfui ,,......... * r 'i*'" 0 '' 1 u,e j accommodation for the free delivery
TO BE ENLARGED.
The Free Delivery System' will be In
augurated on the first of January.
Inspector Booth, who was here a feAr
days since,perfected arranegments with
Mr. Bloomfield to enlarge the post-of-
m-'crics of commerce, signal-| svfetem, which will be installed on the
its pre-cnee hv a train of dig- first of January,
astpru , ‘ ' , Mr. Booth seemed highly gratified
s mu financial wrecks. | with the prospects of securing to Ath-
^0 urd jr to ascertain the correct ens a system that will be first-class in
tatus of finance- the pulse of Wall eV A£hens P is certain to have, the system,
“'eel is -.0XI..H u f«.lt and men haz and the presence of Mr Booth is a guar
antee of it. He is a • omteous, pieas-
A horrible scene, the agonized mother
at the bedside.
Four prominent physicians pronounce
it iiydrophobia!
The very name is suggestive of un
utterable agony!
Doctors Goss, Gerdine, Steedly and
Dozier have expressed their opinion,
unmodified, that the boy is the victim
of hydrophobia.
Clarke Hilsman, a Banner carrier, is
in iiis thirteenth year, and is a bright,
industrious little man, on whose labors
hi* mother is partially dependent.
Some months ago he was bitten on tlie
lip by a dog exhibiting symptoms of
rabies, and his wound was dressed im
mediately by Dr. fc>. C. Benedict, wiio
was of the opinion that the dog was
poisoned. The dog bit, in addition to
Clarke, Messrs. Snead, and Clarence
Rowland, also two negroes.
No trouble was apprehended at the
time by his family and after the
lapse of a considerable interval the un
easiness they entertained at first grad
ually wore oil'.
Thursday night the child complained
of a violent headache, and seemed to
have contracted a severe cold. His
temperature was fev risli, and his sleep
troubled and nervous. Friday he was
apparently better, but would complain
fiequently of a severe, pcignint pain iu
the region of his temples, that created
some alarm, and as the day wore off
and his restlessness continued, she con
cluded to seek medical advice and ser
vice.
The boy on Friday night and Satur
day morning was excessively nervous,
his muscles twitching and his frame
constantly agitated by successive tre
mors. He said he suffered from the
most burning thirst, the roof of his
mouth being dry and parched, and he
yearned for liquids to moisteu it.
When water was presented him, and
he attempted to swallow it, he
was thrown into violent paroxysms that
were transient in their character, but
acute ly painful.
His mother said to a Banner repre
sentative that she .had watched him,
and that he did not evince this morbid
aversion to water, nor did it affect him
in the way it did subsequently.
The reporter conversed with the little
fellow, and though there was apparent
excessive nervousness and convulsive
twitching, still he talked sensibly and
coherently, and spoke hopefully of re
turning to his work in a day or so).
“Just as soon as tlie fever and cold
leaves me,” he said, ‘ I intend to be at
work again.”
“Do you suffer much?” was asked
him.
“No; not much, except in my head,”
he replied.
His limbs were constantly drawn up
and relaxed, and a convulsive twitch
ing was obvious.
Nervous tremors seemed to climb up
his frame, causing him to clutch tlie
blankets with convulsive tenacity,
just as if it afforded him some relief.
The child, in conversing,. manifested
symptoms of pain, lacking free articu
lation.
an lay on his bed, covered with quilts
arpi propped into as comfortable a posi
tion as possible.
He said, turning to us. “I wont lie
here long, because Dr. Gerdine gave me
some medicine and I feel better.” Poor
little fellow. Our sympathies went out
for him, lying .there on the brink of an
awful death, not realizing the character
of it, and bearing up undei his torture
with extraordinary fortitude-
Some very plausible theories have
been advanced iu reputation of the pre
valent i'tea that he is the victim of hy
drophobia.
ii, is m-ped that his disease does not
partake of this kind, but is an aggrava
ted nervous malady. \
At school, since? his having been
bitten, his comrades aud play
fellow would tauntingly call him
“mad-dog,” thus keeping this
subjet coustantly on his qaitid, so mucir
did it prey on him that he often told bis
mother that he was going to die.
At seven o’clock last night he was
restless, and the nervousness of the
morning was intensified and he would
not receive nouusbmeut.
His mother was wiih him, not un
strung by her son’s condition, but with
nerve that would shame most men she
was continually at his bedside and often
alone.
She said she had relinquished all hope
and would soon lay her darling child
under the daisies. Poor woman, the
bitter agony she must have felt, the
wonderful composure she showed dur
ing the ordeal, all unite to render her a
remarkable woman.
This case excited great interest all
over Athens and expressions
of sympathy were heard on all tides.
Ityis to be hoped that this is not hy
drophobia, and that the doctors are mis-
aken in their diagnosis. Our heartfelt
sympathies are witli the family in their
terrible trouble and we hope that all
may yet turn out for good.
later—11 p. x.
At eleven o’clock the condition of the
suffering boy was unchanged. He had
dashed out of the door twice, and was
raving. He went into convulsions at
the very sound of water, and took his
medicine with great difficulty. Dr. W.
B. Stcedley pronounces it a genuine
case of hydrophobia, and expresses
himself that the boy cannot live longer
than two or three days.
Some DlssatUfuetioa but Calhoun’s
Friends arc Confident of Victory —
Oaly Time and Ballots Can Settle It.
Atlanta, Nov. 14.—[Special.]—Gaz
away Cartridge, of Chatham, and Nor
wood spoke tonight at the capitol. Har-
tridge did little more than to excuse
his breuking the caucus obligation,
dwelling largely on sensational
generalities, cleverly put inuendo and
sarcasm. He claimed tliai fraud in
the caucus absolved him from nbligaton
arid he specified two frauds, onea state
ment made that Mr. Hammond was op.
I wised to tlie railroad commission, which
he is not, and tlie other a statement
made that Calhoun could take votes
from Gordon; upon which statement, in
part, Calhoun was nominated. He ab
used Livingston and Macnne, but his
speech can have no practical effect.
Norwood’s whole speech was labored at
tack of Calhoun as a mono|H>lisi. and of
Gordon as a monopolist and anti Snh-
i reasury. He did not say that he would
stay.
He declared that the nomination of
Calhoun was a trap set months ago for
the legislature, Macnne amf other Al-
lianccmen being parlies to it. He pro
tested at what he termed beinjr used as
a blind as were others, while Calhoun
was all ttie time the real candidate, and
as heiug bamboozDd and fuddled in the
canons. Altogether it was too clearly
vindictive and aimless ro hurt anything
or anybody.
Calhoun’s friends are confident of his
election.
BARNETT SHOALS
FACTORY.
THE NEW FACTORY AT BARNETT
SHOALS COMPLETE.
Owned and Operated by the Bloom
field Water Power Co—From Eight
to Ten Thousand Spindles.
A NOTABLE SPEECH
Which Marks the Ability of
Patrick Calhoun.
He Defends the Principles of the Alli
ance and Proves the Sub-Treasury
Bill one Worthy of Support—The
Great Question Handled by a Great
Man.
IT WAS SIMPLY UNANSWERABLE.
The Barnett Shoals Factory was de
clared completed Friday, ami in,a very
short while will commence operations.
I he Shoals are universally known as
the finest water power in the State, and
the situation is one peculiarly adapted
to profit by this inestimable advantage.
This factory is decidedly one of the
best equipped in the State, affording
ample facilities for the manufacture of
yarns of a superior quality and texture.
It is situated on tlie Oconee river
about three miles below the continence
of its two branches, tints securing the
combined advantages from a great * wa
ter power.
The factory will be in active opera
tion d.»y and nigiit, furnishing employ-
men to a large number of skilled opera
tives.
At night it will be brilliantly lighted
with incandescent lights, a plant being
located at the factory for the generation
of electricity.
The water force available at this point
is tremendous, equivalent to five tliou-
l ind horse power; the power of the far-
L»iy is about four hundred and fifty
horse power.
Tile wheel pit is one of the
finest in the country, unsurpassed
by any in the South except
the one at the J. P. King
mills in Augusta, which is regarded as
one of the fiuest in the Union.
The factory is located just nine miles
from Athens, in ready communication
with the eirv, and able to command all
tlie c mvei iences ie-ulting therefrom.
Tney win be an invaluable addition
to our industrial world, and proclaim
the activity and enterprise of our citi
zens. Dr. Jas. C. Bloomfield turned
the water on Thursday to test its effi
ciency and worth, and it proved per
fectly s-a:isfactorv. A competent and,
skilled man will be chosen to superih- •
tend its operations, as soon as all the
preliminaries are arranged,and the ma- j
chinary is started.
Bilnw we present tlie speech of
Hon. Pat. C illioun before the Legis-
ture of Georgia, and commend it to
a eare‘n! reading :
Senator Nunnally then introduced Mr. Pat
Calhoun'. He said:
Mr. President, Ladles and Gentlemen: I thank
yon for the honor of presiding over this body on
this occasion. It now becomes my duty to intro
duce to you, if I may say so, a man who, when the
principles advocated by the democratic party lu
Georgia were in doubt, it was left to him to dear
i the way and give to the people an exposition that
satisfied the most incredulua of Georgia and the
union.’ A victory followed, unequaled In the
annals of our history. I allude to Patrick Calhoun,
of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Calhoun’a Speech.
Mr. Calhoun arose amidst much applause,
and spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the General As
sembly, Ladies and Gentlemen: On the 22<1 of last
August there was joined in this hall one of tho
most importsnt political issues ever joined in this
country- Turn your minds back for three months,
and consider the condition of politics in this
state at that time. Rut a short time before tbe
democratic convention bad met, and had ad
journed in a single day, nominating with great
harmony the state ofttcers. Colonel Livingston,
an allianceman; Mr. Watson, in sympathy with
the alliance; Mr. Everett and Mr. Moses, had
cleared the way for victory in their districts. Ev
erywhere it was evident that the aiiiance-
men would control this state if everything re
mained in perfect harmony. [Applause.]
Growing on the other side, and growing in Caro
lina as in Georgia, and growing in other states of
this union, there was tin opposition to the alliance.
There were two courses open to the south- rn white
men either to say to tbe farmers or Georgia and of
Carolina, and ol the south, “you are a majority
am! wo will follow you,” and to say to those who
were invopposition to the alliance, “I>o not allow
anyiantagonism or opposition to tlie principles
of the alliance to drive you away irom the
majority of the democratic party.” [Applause.]
Tbe other course that was open was to say to the
aUlance, "We cannot endorse your principles, but
The following resolutions were intro
duced by Dr. E. D. Newton, President
of the Farmers’ Club of Clarke county
and unanimously adopted at their
meeting on Saturday, November loth,
1890,
Whereas, The farming interests of
our State are of paramount importance
to the people of Georgia, and as the or
ganization of a Farmers’ Club in each
county is essential to tbe complete and
successful development of both our
State Agricultural Society, and our j
State Department of Agriculture,
Be it resolved by the Farmers’ Club
of Clarke county, that our representa
tive, Hon. W. J. Morton, is hereby re
quested to introduce a bill for the re
spectful consideration of our legisla
ture, authorizing the Governor of our
State to appoint a Commissioner of Ag-
ricul ore for each county.' Thp duties
of said Commissioner shall be to look
after all of the agricultural interests of
his county, and secure the organiza
tion- of a Fanners’ Club within the
same. This officer shall be ex-officio
Vice-President of said Farmers’ Club.
For appointment by tbe Governor he
shall be recommended by tbe grand
jury of his county, Lnd his compensa
tion shall be determined by said grand
jury, and the same shall be in accord
ance with his usefulness to his county.
Be it resolved that our legislature be
requested to elevate the State Commis
sioner of Agriculture to the dignity of
a Secretary, holding the same relative
rank as tbatof our Secretary of State.
* their all oo -Us beat. ant gontlnmm. and made many friends since
A scene in Qie stock exchange during his stay. tb.ze with the bereaved ones.
Clarke Hilsman' died Sunday mon i *g
at half past sixo’clockr tbe immediate
cause of bis death being a convulsion.
Tbe-physieians pron unce It hydropho
bia, caused by adog bite some mouths
The entile community ay mpa-
wh»t has been the duty of southern men? It re
quired oppressive conitions to bring Into existence
inis great agricultural movement. Do not fool
~ vrself, gentlemen. No set of men oould have
>ught thu great Farmers’ Alliance together un-
a the condltiona underlying the organisation
were the conditions that go to create a great peo
ple movement. Under these circumstance* It waa
the interest and duty of every man in this
Country to take off his coat and go to work for the
purpose of promoting, not the Farmers’ Alliance
hut the great principles advocated by tbe Farm-
era' Alliance. [Great applause.]
I have never in my life belonged to a secret or
ganisation, but, gentlemen, I judge the tree by
the fruit it bears, and so long as tbe ullian-.-e pro
duces fruit like Its present platform, I am with
them. [Cheers.]
Ton’/ht, gentlemen, from every part of this
country the eyes of the people are upon yon. Tlua
great agricultural organization, now in thirty-five
states, watches your efforts in Georgia with hope
and with ear. They are anxious to see what yon
are going to do. Rut after a campaign
in this state you fiave met divided. On one
side, almost solidly, are tlie non-alliancemen. On
the other side are a in ijontv of alliancemen, but
with the nou-atlianccnien stand a large part of ;
your body. Hud every man n Georgia had fol
lowed tho natlt of duty and sud to the people of
Georgia, “Trust the farmers aud unite with them i
in earryingout the’.r principles,” there would have i
been no division in your ranks. Recause I have
helped to tignt your tiuttles tliev say I am a rail
roader and a iimnopo ist, afiil that a railroad
man is practically dislrauchiscd in Georgia.
do not tielh-ve it. Many of your most emi
nent men hare boemraJ.roadmen. Colonel Black,
ol Augusta, than whom no purer man ever lived.
Is a railroad lawyer. A majority ol the gentlemen
named as candidates, or possible candidates, are
or have iieen railroad lawyers, and thnfe is not an
eminent man in his profession In this state, or out
of it, who win not accept a retainer for railroads
if it is properly and honorably tendered to him.
[Applause.]
But is there a conflict between tbe railroad and
the people? Where does the conflict arise? What
is a railroad? A mere instrument of commerce.
There is no more natural antagonism
between the farmer and the railroad than
there is lictween the fanner and his wagon. The
one carries the commerce of the country to
llllLrkfitd 111' thff U*nr!il * Him iitlius taboo olio fssmaai
-Death of a Young Lady.—Miss
Aliie Pledger, daughter of Mr. 'Hios.
Pledg r, of Princeton Factory, died on
Friday night aber a long and painful
illness. Miss Pledger was about 16
years of age, aud possessed many amia- j
ble traits of character, which had en- ;
deared her to a large number of friends. .
Only a short time ago she united with!
tbe church an l endeavored to conse
crate herself to the service of the Lord*?
and her fri -nos console themselves with
it- 1 it the weary sufferer is
f- rever at rest
you who do not agree with your principles. 1
When tin: alliance convention adjourned there
was found on one side the popular governor of
this state, a man of glorious record, of glorious
achievements, whose honor and whose fame will
always be dear to every Georgian’s heart. [Loud
applause.] On the other w;is found the alUunce
convention putting principles above men. and
standing where the Puritans have stood, and
standing where the grandest men in America have
stood, declaring, “It makes no difference
what are our sentiments, or what may
be the future, wc will bear aloft forever
tbe standard of our principles.” [Renewed ap
plause.]
Scared v was it known that the issue had been
joined before there sprung up, all over this state,
opposition to the alliance. The op; osition to the
alliance hod found leaders, lien declared them
selves in favor o> Jeffersonian principles. Mem
bers of the legislature were threatened with oppo
sition if they did not submit to sacrifice their
principles in favor of ]>ersoiiali8ui. South Caro
lina caught the contagion, and a nominee of the
disgruntled was brought out against tlie regular
democratic nominee, who was an allianceman.
Before I had read that issue, before I
had read the papers, the governor of this
state telegraphed me a request to return to
Georgia. He had been my liie-long friend, or,
rather, since I had been in this state. I wired
back that I would come as soon as I could. When
I saw the issue that had been mode, I determined
that I could follow no one in opposition to the
people. [Cheers.)
Opposition to the alliance continued to grow
and 1 thought 1 saw signs of a division among the
white men of the south, and I wrote an article
to the people of Georgia, and not merely fbr
Georgia, but for the people of tho country.
1 believed that underlying the alliance
movement Were great principles that
ought to be advocated and defended,
and tliat the people would recognize the neces
sity for financial relief.
Not caring to obtrude my i>crsnnality upon the
people of Georgia, 1 simply signed my articles
“Georgian.” Scarcely had that beeu done when
throughout this state there wi re circulated rumors
that the Terminal company had a candidate for
tbe senate. Does anybody in my hearing think
that if I had sided against the alliance that it
would have been heard in this state that the
Terminal company was seeking to force a senator
upon the jieople of Georg.a? [Applause.]
A voice: No, no.
Mr. Calhoun continuing said:
My opinion then was, and my opinion now is
that this has not been a fight of leaders; that this
opposition has not grown from the head down
ward, but that it has grown from the people up
ward. [Applause.] Why is it that it was not
charged against the opponents of Mr. Grimes or
the opponents of Colonel Stewart,or the oppynenta
of Colonel Watson, or tho opponents of Colonel
Blount, and yet everywhere the sauiu issue on the
part of the alliance was made that has been made
since the senatorial quostion was brought up
Now, gentlemen.! will teli you why that
issue was made on me. It was for a
two-fold purpose. One was to make the neonle
who love Georgia believe that the optiositiou was
manufactured. The other was to make me feel
that my interest and the interest entrusted to mv
care were seriously at state, and to make me hold
my bands. Thank God that never in all tuy life
have lever yielded one iota of my principles from
interest or from tear. [Applause.] The opposition
grew and grew until tbe legislature met; and
then it was circulated everywhere that the Termi
nal company was here witu Its millions to elect a
senator for Georgia. The Terminal company has
never, and never shall, if I am a candidate snend
one dollar in my advocacy. [Applause 1
It was said that the alliance paper that had
fought your battles was purchased byme; 1 never
have, do not now, ami never expect to own a share
of the stock. The Terminal company does not
own one solitary share of the stock;‘but I have
spent money, I do not deny it. Not in the ad-
vocacy of my interest, but to have my articles
printed liy the thousands and circulated, not oulv
in this state, bnt throughout the west; and one
of the proudest sentiments of my life is that I
have heard from the west that my articles helped
a^some votes to the grand democratic victory.
Now, gentlemen, having brushed away the cob-
webe that have been woven by the spiders of
politics to catch both you and me, let us consider
the general conditions that surrdund this iegisla-
tnrB ;.., 1 “» consider fora moment the general
condition now existing in this country. For a
a century thia people and the people
of aU this country have labored under the bur
dens of taxation, and labored from a financial
policy that no words can sufficiently condemn,
both of which are calculated, if sustained, to
bring this country, not only to ’the
verge of rain, but to the verge of revohi-
Uon. Me are rapidly iu this country approaching
the period that all free governments have ap
proached before. Sparta fell,cultured Athens and
liberty-loving Rome foil because the land and the
wealth and the power passed to a lew as against
the many. The period of pauperism in America
has not yet arrived, but the period of discontent
has come. Sectionalism has been rampant. A
barrier lias been created between the southern
farmer and the western and northern farmer in ‘
order to turn the control and the power of this j
government to the protectionists. Railroad trans
portation has al-o created dissensions. While the I
railroads have done more for the development and :
civilization of America than any. (
other single instrument, they need ,
control, and have needed control, i
[Applause.] With these issues confronting the
people, with the feeling of discontent running
from ocean to ocean, and from gulfs to. lake, ahu,
with the force bill staring tbe south in the face;
markets of the world; the other takes tbe farmers
products from his fields to his barns. It U not
;he instrument that causes the antagonism. The
growth aud development of tlie commerce ol this
country opening new fields and destroying the
discriminations of nature has produced tffe con
flict. Rut the great question Is how is that con
flict to laj uiet. Not by tlie destruction of the
railroads, but by their control. [Applause.] Stop
the railroads lor forty-eight bounty and
what would be the tymditkm in the state of Geor
gia? What has tended to create the
great uniformity of rates between the cities and
tho country, but the railroads? What is tending
to enable the farmers to sell their cotton at the
glnhouses and ship it from the nearest station to
the most distant markets of the world but tlie
great railroad systems? Tho conditions of com
merce forcing great combinations, are forcing •
upon the people of this country the necessity of i
having strong and powerful stare aud lnrereuite
control. [Applause.] Your platform put- the
roads there, and every man in and out of railroad
service ought to stand w»th you on that platform.
[Applause.]
It lias been said that the railroads of this
country are interested with the protectionists.
Gentlemen, they are not. The prosperous farmer
aud the prosperoti. railroad go hand in hand. The
one cannot haul unless the other has products to
ship, one is as essential as the other. It has
been said that agricultural cla“ses demand cheap
plows aud cheap hoes, and yet it is forgotten that
there is more iron on twenty miles of railroad
with Its complement of ears and engines thorn
in an average agricultural countv.
Rut it has been said that the railroads want a
contraction of the currency. Gentlemen, the
rahroud- are the biggest debtors iu America.
Their indebtedness reaches the astounding fig
ures of over nine billions of dollars, and while a
lew rich, powerful men may be interested in try
ing to work the market, the grout body of their
stockholders and bondholders are as much inter
ested iu an abundant, stable and flexible cur
rency as the farmers ox Georgia are, or the farm
ers of any portion of this country. Tho railroad
stockholders are tho debtor class, and as a debtor
class they have a sympathy and a feeling with
every other debtor class in America. You must
separate the instrument—separa-* the yast now.
of stockholders form the men who sit in Wall
street merely and grind the stockholders and the
bondholders lietween the upper and tho nether
millstone. The last six moirth* that bus brought
such financial distress throughout the country,
has caused a loss to the bondholders and stock
holders. of the railroad systems of America, of
nearly two hundred millions of money. Itha9
fallen heaviest on them. Tell me that the men
who have seen a shrinkage in the value of their
property of nearly ««O.aOd.O0a are not interested
in changing this financial condition, are not in
terested in changing a financial system that
allows no bank of issue in the country except
national banks, and to them no power reissue cur
rency exeept on governnx.nt bonds at DO cents of
their par value, selling at in
the market, and steadily being retired bv
the surplus money in the treasury wrung
from the toiling masses. [Applause.] The future
and the hope of tnis country, and of the south
lies in *hi* great agricultural movement,uniting in
close political and commercial relations the great
northwest with the south. The railroads will
help you in forming these relations.
Now tear with me one moment while I tell you
ju-t two statisiic.il facts. The roads of the cen
tral states north of the Ohio river earn
$14,0i>0 a mile gross, and about $4,900 net and do
their business at an average of about seven mills
per ton per mile, while the railroads In the south
east on about 1 cent per ton per mile, or 00 per
cent more, only earn $4,200 a mile gross, or less
gross than the roads in tho central northen states
earn net. Now, why is that? It is because the
great commerce of the country? goes to ports
north of the Ohio river, and none comes down
through the south, out the south Atlantic ports
and on to the great countries of the world. Now
gentlemen, if we can form close commercial and
political union with that section of our common
country, we will open that vast region to our
manufactured products, and bring back their
productions down through our state to our sea-
ports, and send them out to the great markets of
the world.
My main object in life has been to add what I
could re southern prosperity and the promotion
of southern industry, and tne promotion of south
ern political power. [Applauso.] And when I saw
this great agricultural organization, I said to my
self : -With a great system of railroads which we
want to compete with tne great systems of roads
north of tlie Ohio river in full and harmonious sym
pathy with the south, we have the strongest basis
for political and commercial union that
can bo found in the world.” [Applause 1
When I saw further that that commercial
aud political union would mean that in
stead of sending our raw materials to the east to
be manufactured, and thence sent to the west we
could manufacture it here at home, and send it
back in c..rs that uow go empty re those great
western markets, I said: “The interests of rail
roads and the farmers are Identical, and should be
united.” Where lies the reason that they cannot
be? No natural antagonism exists, but an artifl-
I would advocate the principles in which I believed.
[Cheers.] It was said at the beginning of that
fight that the Terminal combination would destroy
the value of tbe State road. In my argument on
the Olive bill tbe question was asked me what ef- *
feet it would have on the State road? I said it
would make it more essential to the Louisville and
Nashville road. At the next summer’s meeting of
tile legislature the minimum price was raised '
$3,00o a month or *(*>,000 a year. I felt at the time
that that perhaps was unwise because the price
was high. Restrictions were attempted to be
placed on the lease bill, which, I thought sin
cerely, were unwise, because they struck out a
great competitor for ■ lie road. The restrict!one
were left not, and It was said the
great Terminal monopoly would ab
sorb everything in Georgia. I put
my shoulders to tlie wheel and did all In my power
to see that your road was leased and leased to a
rival corporation. [Applause.] In that Olive bill
speech 1 predicted tliat the Terminal system,
which I went into railroading to form viould
destr y the conditions that were then existing in
the transportation systems in the south, and
would be iollowed by other great systems, bring
ing great benefit re you. [Applanse.]
It was also said that the Terminal was a great
monopoly and would prevent the building
of all other roads. Today we *M
the Louisvil.e aud Nashville in this state. We see
the Kansas City road coming down and going
across our state into South Carolina, giving two
other great western systems, and we' have seen
the fact that Georgia’ has led the union In rail
road building in the last two yeare. [Cheers.]
Gentlemen, there is no man in Georgia who re
joices more iu her pro-perity and who would
go to greater lengths to serve her than I would,
and the charge that 1 aui a monopolist who would
seek to break down tbe interests of thiH stale,
who would raise his hand to hurt his people,
is absolutely untrue. [Renewed cheers.] It is
like the kindred charge that 1 would seek with
the power of the Terminal's millions to go to
the senate hy virtue of my fortune, or by
virtue of the capital I represent. When I left
8outh Carolina, a poor boy, at the age of fifteen—
too poor to go on a railroad train, and following
the same road that the Hon. Joeeph E. Brown
followed into Georgia—and went to my grand
father’s house in Dairen, I brought with me not a
single cent, lorinev-ir di>l I inherit a nickel until
recently from anybody on earth; bat l brought
with me a name which was pure, which liad been
a synonym for purity In American politics, and
so help me God—[prolonged applause]—I will
transmit that name to my children as spotless as
1 received it from my father, [Renewed ap
plause.]
But they say that those articles that were writ
ten for tbe people, that were written for the pur
pose of harmony, that were written . for the pur
pose of promoting the we if., re of the people of
America, and calling their attention to great evils,
and their proper remedies, was mere time-serving
for office. Lvtthe man tliat lives point to one
period of luyiiie ndiure 1 have ever hesitated to
avow a conviction, whether popular or unpopular.
And, sir, tonight there is no inducement—not the
Terminal’s millions, nor forty times tbe Termi
nal’s millions—would induce me to do it. [Cheers.]
Can you not see that the whole object
of that idea U to create dissensions
among yon? To prevent yon from following in tbe
line ol the great duty that you have before you; to
prevent you treading that path on the idea
that the men who advocate your principles are not
sincere?
Sir, has tbe time come in this' country when the
lines between the rich and tbe poor ore to be
drawn? Has it come in this country to the time
when because a man is rich he has passed over the
.river and separated himself from the men who are
poor ? Has it come to the time when there is die-
trust on the part of the property owner of the
power of the people, and distrust on tho part of
the people of the property owner? If it has, revo
lution is nigh. If it has, there is no escape but
revolution,because inevitably when that period
arrives, these two great interests will clash and
destroy both. Ciesar came from the people and
founded an empire. Napoleon waa the result of
revolution and founded an empire: bat, Mr, tho
great Institutions of America are broad enough
both for the rich and for the poor. [Applause.]
Uuder the Christian civilization, and under the
beneficent results of education, the people can
control and give equal justice to all.
1 am ol those who are willing to trust tbe people,
and 1 believe there are thousands of other men
who, like myseli, have seen the day when they had
to cook their own meals, who educated by torch
light in an humble cabin, have achieved fortunes,
whose hearts are as pure and as tender to the
wants and sufferincs of tbe poor as any man who
has not a coat to bis back. [Cheers.] God forbid
that the day shall ever come when tbe successful
roan Snail feel that he had to pat the people be
hind him and associate with a class. To say of
tue farmers that they are attempting to create
class legislation, and yet in tho same breath to
attempt to direct them towards the destruction
of property is stultification. What is snch class
legislation as to say to the people of the
country that tho rich cannot be trusted
and (should be disfranchised? But, sir, there
never will come, I trust, in our generation, a time
when that can be said.
Another reason why I have advocated this great
agricultural movement is because among the
larmers of this country projierty is more eaually
distributed tlian among any other class.
Now, geutleuien, what is the duty of the hour?
As I have said, ;the attention of tho country is
upon you. The eyes of America watch your pro
ceedings with interest. You mustsend to tho sen
ate a man who is fearless, a man who bas had some
experience in financial matters; and, I will say to
an audience of farmers, a lawyer who can defend
the constitutionality of your measures. [Ap
plause.] r
A* to myself, you have never seen ray name for
the senate announced by any friend of mine.
There are friends ot mine believing that I combine
some of the elements xucessarv to represent your
interests, who have earnestly advocated my elec
tion, but I have said to one and all of them tuny
the good of this great reform movement is greater
than my personal preferment. [Applause.' If
the people of Georgia were to send me to tho 'sen
ate, I would accept it, and 1 would faithfully and
earnestly advocate every principle underlying the
Farmers’ Alliance platform. [Greateheering.1 But
I would not do it merely because it waa tbe Farmers’
Alliance platform, but because I believe it to be to
the interest of every class of American citizens.
[Applause.] ButJ gentlemen, If this body were to
Bay to me, “You are not the man; we will choose
some other standard bearer,” 1 would work an
cheerfully In the ranks as I would in the lead
[Applause.] My pen, my tongue, my fortuu e anil
. tl ... .
on forever? Are
spend their force and their energy, and destroy
their influence and their power in local antago
nisms, or are they to nuite, shonlder to shoulder
every interest and every class to march on to per
form the great work in bringing about this finan
cial reform so necessary to every interest. lAo-
plause.l 1 *
If I thought for one moment that the charge
that ha» been made that this llnancial legislation
was purely class legislation in the inten»t of the
farmer, and opposed to other classes, I would not
S rt It. [Applause.] But I believe that every
isional man, that every railroad n- that
every man engaged Jn any profession or honorable <
business, is profoundly interested in having a
representative currency based upon the merchan
dise of tbe country. [Much applause].
Tell me that antagonisms exist I Tell
me that these groat instruments ot com
merce should not be need by the people, for the
people, in the promotion of their welfare and
prosperity? How, if antagonism exists, la it to
be met? Are we to goon fighting, fighting now
and fighting tomorrow, and fighting next year?
No, bnt we are to agree upon a common platform
that gives equal justice to all, and special privi
leges to none. [Great cheering.] And agreeing
r tlemen of Georgia, I would no more h*«it*to
avow that utterance in any railroad board,
with any railroad magnate that exists on earth.
[Applause.]
Let me give you an illustration ol it. We had in
this state a serious contest over anti-consolidation
"legislation. It was not a contest confined IS
Georgia, but it was in Tennessee and South Caro
lina and in Virginia. I heard that an onti-oonsoi-
ldation measure had passed almost unanimously
the senate of South Carolina. I heard that they
had passed a bill to forfeit tbe charter of the Port
Loyal and Western Carolina railroad. It also had
passed the boose, and was hung up in the confer
ence committee on a mere amendment to allow
the attorney gene al to proceed or not. I arrived
in Columbia at 12 o’clock, and at 3 o’clock 1 went
before the committee with Judge A. C. Haskell,
who recently iedithe opposition to Mr. Tillman
There was also a railroad commission bill that had
passed tbe senate. Colonel Haskell, who is an ex
ceedingly able man, made a very able argument,
against the railroad commission. He had said to me:
“Mr. Calhoun, there is no possibility of stemming
this prejudice that exists against railroad consoli
dation ’* 1 made my argument and during the
coarse of it a member of that committee said to
me: “Mr. Calhoun, your argument seems
to be irreftutable, but how are you
going to control this combination? Here
is Judge Haskell opposing the railroad
commission.” I answered then, as I hope I al
ways will answer, frankly. I said: “I favor a rail
road commission.” The anti-consolidation bill
was reported adversely unanimously. The amend
ment to tbe commission passed, and is a law of
South Carolina today.
That brings me to another question that has
been seduonsly urged against me throughout this
state, and that is that I was opposed to the Olive
bill. Yes, gentlemen, I was opposed to it. I am
to that class of legislation now as I was
I would oppose it as earnestly today aa
my energies are with you, and they wlli be with
you whatever happens. [Applause.]
What should you do? Unify your ranks. Unit*
wi th all other interests. Stand by your principles,
aud say to the great farmers of the west, and to
the great farmers of the east, “AiGeorgiafarmet's
principles are more Than all else"
[Applause.] By this method yon can succeed.
And if you do not succeed today, tbe
people of this state and country
will rise in their might and carry your
principles to success In the future. [Applause.!
The man who advocates those principles stands
upon the ground rock of tenth. [Renewed ap
plause.] He may well afford to wait the
when the people all over this country will say • “It!
makes no difference to what profession he be
longs who advocates my cause, so he is honest
<T upright, and stands by his convictions.”
sincerely for your at-
cial antagonism produced by commercial condi- I [Applause.]
tions. Now, do we want those antagonisms to go I thank you, gentlemen,
the people of this country to tention.
nd their energy, and destroy I have o
the* ... i •
o u:
every interest and eve:
L would not have occupied the position
occupied tonight, and nave opened m3
mouth, or allowed my name to have been used in
any manner, shape or form, in connection with
this senatorial race, or in connection with thij
movement, except that I saw, in the way In whlifi
I have been attacked, an effort to injure me am'!
the great priuciples I represent tonight.
Amidst the continued applause which tol
lowed, an old gray-haired gentleman atom
and, with much vehemence, exclaimed: “Tb f
greatest I ever heard in my life.”
A Sad Drath—We regret very much,
t< chronicle the death of Mr. En, O’Far
r< 11,| who died; in California at fiv
o’clock Friday. His death was rathe >
sudd n and unexp -cted. He is a broth
er of Messrs. C. J. O’Farrell, W. D.
O’Farrell, Lon O’Farrell, James O’Far?
rell and Jos. O’Farrell, who are num
bered among our best citizens. Ed,
had many friends in Athens, where hu
waa born and raised, who will deplor ■■
his sad death. He bas large family con
nections and was a prominent citizen oi
California, occupying with coiwpica
ous ability a position of trust. We ten :
der our sympathies to the bereave^
members of his family.
How is This?—A man was in tow,
yesterday who never read a newspape j
In order to let an unsuspecting pubii j
know what kind of animal such a beit •
is, we will say that he went into a cam • j
store to buy a pair of boots, tried •' t
light his pipe with an electricjbell, let rf
negro “guy” palm off a Confedera* }
“V” on him for five shining silver d<!
Jars and waited two hours and a halt f- \
a sign in front of a jewelry Btore j l
strike the time of day. Later he U'
the town swe aring that Joan of a';;
was a greater man than Napoleon 1. -
uaparte.
Bishop Beckwith.
T e friends of this distinguished d &
vine will he distressed to learn that >x i
condition i3 considered as very seriiJ n
indeed. The {fersistrnce of his atteil i t
of illness created painful npprehensi- ■
We can hope, however, that a few
may develop a change for the ‘