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THE MU ECONOMIST
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WIN UK Li, <l-A., Au(?. 20. 1890.
PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J BEY AN,
of Nebraska.
yi. \ I'KKif . DKNT,
■ THOMAS E WATSON,
of Georgia.
FOR 55 CONGUKSS, 9th DISTRICT,
T. E WINN,
of Gwinnett.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SEABORN WRIGHT,
of Floyd
FOR skcrf.tary of state,
,T. A. PARSONS,
of Milton.
FOR TREASURER,
WILLIAM O. SIBLEY,
of Richmond.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
DONALD H. CLARK,
df Chatham
. FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
SEA BOHNS. BELL,
of Burke.
j FOB COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE,
/ WILLIAM E. SMITH,
of Decatur.
FOR SENATOR Bv<rd DISTRICT,
W. D. HAWKINS,
of Hall.
COUNTY TICKET.
For R pr< sentatives:
L. F. SELL.
. GEO D. BENNETT.
Ordinary—L. Y Bradbury.
Cilork an 1 , C
Sheriff—A. R. BraSn’ton. —Deputy, It.
M. Patrick
Tax Collector—W. F. Head.
Taxß-ceiver—R J. Fleemau.
Surveyor—J. 11. Hardy.
Corouer—M P. Wood.
Mr. Key’§ Card.
We publish ebewinre a card
from Mr. T. E. Key writh n lo tl e
Harmony Gnve Echo n tie re
cent democratic primary in Jack
eon county.
Mr, Key is one of Jackson couu
ty’s Lest citizens, having been hon
oretfin the past with representing
hie county in the general assembly
Mr. Key states the case cle rly
when he says that it is such meth
ods that makes the populist party.
It was just such deception in our
public official, both in national
and state affairs, that drove the
thousands of populist from both
fpld parties and caused them to
organize the great party of the
people.
It was t e failure of these pub
pjCJ>lT\ciaK to keep their pledges to
t|lie people t - I,J P eo l' le
tb repudiate them.
Wo desire to congratulate Mr-
Key upon the stand he lias
. Mai list these “ring tail politicians. ” J
\Ve know he is acting fioin patriot
ic; motives and thousands of others
will read his card with interest
and begin to think of-the situation
which confronts them.
What is true of Jackson county
is true of every county almost m
the state and we are glad to see
such men as Mr. Key taking a
stand against these politicians.
It is given out that Rev. Sam
Jones will follow in the footsteps
of Rev, Warren Candler on the
whiskey question. Sam may do it,
but we must hear from him first,
at he is not in the habit of follow
:,, 'g in beaten tracks.
•
As OtherspJee Them.
Where are .'lafwe good Populists now
who a few' months ago would take up
arms and shed blood to secure the de
mands of that party and relieve the down
trodden laborer? Without bloodshed
one great party and largo faction from
another have agreed to aid in this great
work aud settle the question peaceably
at the polls. Yet these same patriots
for the sake of one man and party ma
chinery, will stand in the wayj of re
form, and defeat all that for wh?eh they
have been crying during the lorg years.
Salvation should be accepted by a sensi
ble man whenever and however offered
Stand up, gentlemen, and be content
with your demands, or confess that of
fice is a demand nearer your heart than
relief to the down trodden masses.—
Jackson Hera and. J
Someone lias said that there is
only on© thing that equaft- the gal
of tho republican party aid that is
the cheek of the democratic party.
This saying is made true by the
above quotation from the ’Jackson
Herald.
Coming as it doeß from* a gold
bug, who by his action has advo
cated the present faith of the re
publican party, it would be a "sweet
morsel to the populist,”
He now appeals to the populist
to be patriotic. It is true that the
pops have gone over half way—have
furnished all the patriotism so far
used, but still our democratic
friend desires them to disband their
organization, throw overboard ev
ery other demand and surrender
completely to be swallowed by that
inveterate foe to free silver, the
democratic party.
This, in sight of this gold-bug
free-silver-democrat would be pa
triotism worthy of praise.
The populist is much more than
a free silver party. It is essenti
ally an anti-monopoly party and
while it has gone over half way to
break the gold monopoly it is not
willing to cease its battle for the
destruction of all other trust that
flourish and grow under dem
ocratic and, Tub-. /
It is true that the democratic
l arty was captured at Chicago,
contrary to the avowed wish of my
democratic friend, and forced to
declare for free coinage of silver.
It even put at the head of its ticket
a brave man, who has stood for
populist principles in the past and
thrice been endorsed by the popu
list, but it could go no fuither and
as if it were sick of even having
started to do something right, it
turned to the east to a bloated mo
nopolist and national banker for
bis running mate, hike the dog,
to its vomit and the hog to its
wallow, the democratic party turn-
ed to its promoter and protector.
The democratic party torn asun
der, with its face besmattered with
mud beyond recognition—a help
less orphan in the political world,
without an issue, it turned to the
populist, this young giant, in the
hour of its hopeless despair, and
cried for help—fur recognition to
-ide on just one of th > populist
planks, free silver.
The popul’st having held
principle above party plead for a
union of reform forces and at St,
Louis took this political orphan,
the free silver democratic party
into its fold.
We could not take monopoly
and trusts, railroad syndicates and
national banks, hence we discarded
this and put in its stead a typical
southern statesman, whose pulsa
ting heart beats in unison with
the great south and west —whose
every interest is our interest and
whose life has been given to the
defence of the people’s rights.
Now, let our democratic friends
show some patr'otism—show some
desire for free coinage legislation
instead of the destruction of the
people’s party.
If we could be assured of our de
mands being enacted into law we
would be perfectly willing to sacri-
fice the- party, if that sacrifice
would bring about the desired re
sult, but we have no assurance of
anything of the kind. We are
willing to trust Mr* Bayan, but
there is no dependence to be
placed in the democratic party.
It has been placed in power on
the silver question and instead of
giving the ppople more silver it
closed the mints.
A demooratfte'congress elected in
1896 will not differ materially
from those of the past. Most all
of the old members are nominated
to rbturn and a vote in that con
gress would not show any material
changes if democracy should con
trol.
Hence, to deijtroy the populist
party, as our friend
wishes, would ihelast hope
of free silver sHjos country for
the next
The nation canyxpect nothing
in the shape of remedial
legislation from a party split from
stem to stern and running two
national tickets for the presidency.
The populist rose above party,
above office holding, to that high
and patriotic plane of love of coun
try—love of humanity and made a
union of all silver forces possible
and the responsibility for division
rest upon the shoulders of our dem
ocratic friends. It is with them to
show some patriotism —some prin
ciple and let the world BGe that
they are fer free silver before
“spoils” of office or the destruction
of the people’s party.
Will they do it?
Truly Severe or Severely True —
Which?
“Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey addressed
the populist last Tuesday. He was
conservative in general, but severe
on local politicians, we are in
formed.” —Jackson Herald,
We would llive been much
pleased to the
man present, t*tt the severity
might have been commented upon
iby a non-part'zan paper. Doubt
less the readers of the Herald
would like to know whether the
severity consisted of a statement of
facts, and logical conclusions
drawn. We are not disposed to
complain on account cf the absence
however, p or we are satisfied that,
press of business was the true cause
thereof. If there be anything that
! can tax, to the full extent, the time
1 tact and ability of any ordinary
country newspaper man, we would
suppose it would be to run a non
committal, non-partizan, conserv
ative, free-silver democratic paper,
by proxy, with a red hot, full
fledged gold bug editor. The situ
ation must indeed be trying, and
just how the paper keeps so verv
nicely harmonious with itself,
avoiding all disputable questions
in politics, until the popular cur
rent makes its appearance, and sa
credly preserves its non-partizau
reputation, never allowing its tem
per to be rilectyja; -yn? thes° ziziog
hot days, while passing through a
lively campaign, and knowing too,
that a fourth democratic party is
in the throes of parturition, se
renely crooks thp interrogative
poll t heavei -sard, preceded by
—“how can the thing be did?”
The answer to this question
would solve the metaphysical enig
ma. and psychological wonder of
the age.
The course of the Herald is, at
least excusable, under the trying
circumstances, if not to be com
mended or imitated. We wish to
state that this is not intended as
ffrttery, uor indeed as bra -y or
irony, but only a compliment that
comes welling up from a loving
heart.
That the Herald if it feels so in
clined, may inform its readers
whether the severity was just or
uncalled for, we w'ill here state the j
charges that were made against
the local politicians. These local
politicians are the fellows that
compose the political firm, that
; was recently advertised in the
Gainesville Eagle, by the enterpris
ii g and thoughtful Craig, the pub
licity fellow to be omitted. By
way of interjection, we wish to say
that Craig ought to have said eith
er more or less about these fellows.
That there may be no mistake
about the identity of the fellows,
in regard to whom severity is said
to have been used, we will state
that they were —and indeed are —
the same persons so vaguely re
ferred to in the Echo by Hon. T.
E, Key. The same criticism made
on Mr. Craig’s ad, applies, in our
opiniou, to the billet doux of Mr.
Key.
All the charges apply in full
force to that distinguished member,
of the more distinguished compa
ny, now thought to be the demo
cratic candidate for ordinary of
Jackson county ; these charges or
something worse, also are applica
ble to two members of the
county, the democratic candidate
for the office ot sheriff as well as
the one for the office of clerk. It
was charged, and is hereby reiter
ated, that the present democratic
candidate for ordinary Had been
untrue to the democrats, false to
the populist, insincere and false to
the colored people, unfair in aid
ing and manipulating the contest,
and treacherous to the ex-confeder
ate soldier sentiment. Honestly
believing each and every one of
these charges to be true we made
them openly and publicly in the
presence of a large, intelligent, ap
preciative audience composed of
democrats, populist, white and
colored. The evidence to sustain
the specifications in the bill of in
dictment is at our command, and a
part of it is hbrewitlj submitted for
the dispassionate, unbiased consid
eration of the fair minded and
truth loving public.
Honest, upright democrat read
this letter —read it with care and
judge its author with candor.
“Jefferson Ga., April, 19, 1892
Mr.
Jug Tavern Ga.
Dear Sir and Bro:—Since our
People’s party meeting here Satur
day this town has been on fire —
they have —mostly the town people
—had two political meetings—Sat
urday night and last night. They
are approaching every man that
comes to town and asking him if
he is a democrat, and if so will he
not sign a list—when they get his
name they claim him as being
against the people’s party. I have
had -everal who came to me after
they nad signed this paper android
me they signed it and was demo
crats but would vote with the peo
ple’s party. I write tins to urge
you of the importance of perfect
ing your organizations over there
atonce—get every man committed
to the people’s party before this
other crowd can approach him.
Armistead, a lawyer of Jefferson, i
has gone to Jug Tavern to-day to j
get the people of that town organ- j
ized against the movement —-look |
out be vigilant, we have the county |
by a large majority if we can hold :
them, which I believe we can.
Write me. Respectfully,
H. W. Bell.”
Now honest colored man read
the following extract from a letter,
and if you have any race pride or
self respect you cannot vote for its
author.
“Jefferson Ga., April 29, 1892.
I am now fully convinced as long
as this southern sentiment domi
nates every other political senti
ment and as long as we have among
us an element of population which
menaces our social fabric aud as
long as there is a republican party
to foster t he negro tiiere will n vver
be tolerated but oue political par
ty in the south. H. W. Bell.”
The first of the foregoing letters
showing, in part, the author’s
falsity to democracy, is in our pos
session, the other showing the in
sincerity and want of candor in ap
peals for the colored voters’ sup
port, can lie seer, in the file of the
Jackson Herald, dated April 29th,
1892.
Several other letters of similar
sentiment are in the hands of citi
zens in the county.
This same extra ordinary candi
date for the office of ordinary, af
ter serving for twenty consecutive
years, and notwithstanding the pa
thetic style'in which he has so long
urged the people to ever keep fresh
in the memory of our people, and
send down 4o posterity patriotic
sentiments relative to the ex-con
federate soldier on the 30th of
June 1896 closed his eyes to the
dangling empty sieve of the poor
ex-confederate— and greedily took
the plum unto himself.
“Oh for a forty-parson power to
chant Thy praise Hypocracy.”
As to unfairness in aiding and
abetting the contestants in defraud
ing the duly elected sheriff and
clerk out of the offices is perhaps
the blackest chapter in the history
of Jackson county politics.
The tax fi fas that were in the
ordinary’s office were turned over
to these contestants, Bennett and
Collier, by H. W. Bell, without re
quiring any receipt or making any
memoranda whatever. These fi fas
would, of course be the test and
highest evidence against a voter,
and it would be raesonable to sup
pose that, in an election where so
large a vote had been cast, some
defaulters had voted on each side.
These contestants selected a num
i befrof tax fi fas. oh < pf, the '1
j nunfter turned over to theAi by
candidate Bell, and introduced
them against populist-none against
democrats. The highest and best
evidence having been thus put be
yond the reach of Mr. Braselton or
Mr. Chandler, the contestants,
Bennett and Collier introduced
candidate Bell to impeach a part of
the secondary evidence, to wit
the Tax execution Docket. Though
this record had ever been kept by
democrats. Candidate Bell testi
fied that it was not correct. The
next best evidence on this branch
of the contest would have been the
tax defar’leiv. book.
This book was delivered to Coll
ier and Bennett, by this same can
didate Bell. When Braselton and
Chandler desired to use that book
it could not be found—Collier
denied having ever seen it, though
the proof was clear andfunmistak
able that the book hadjbeen deliv
ered to him. This defaulters book
was kept concealed until after the
contest was over and the infamy
of these political traders and trick
sters had been consumated —then
the book found its way back into
the court house,j which has been
converted into a den of political
thieves,
Hon. T. E. Key*is, doubtless jus
tified in his lucid and manly ar
raignment of Collier*& Cos, and in
exposing the rascality of such dirty
politicians. The deadly work of
this trio in defeating Key in the
recent primary was a pious deed
of angel of charity [compared with
the navery and venality of the
conspirators in the contest two
years ago.
Honest men, true democrats who
know the facts will not vote for
these wretches.
“Calm, thinking villians whom
no faith could fix,
Of crooked counsels, and dark pol
itics. j. a. B. M.