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GEORGIA POPULISTS MEET
State Convention Held In Atlanta and a Full
Ticket for All Offices Is Put Out.
TRAYLOR FOR GOVERNOR
Barker and Donnelly Indorsed For
Mead of National Ticket—List
of Delegates to Cincinnati.
Georgia Populists held their state
convention in Atlanta Tuesday, adopt
ed a platform, put out a state ticket
and endorsed candidates for president
and vice-president of the United States.
THE STATE TICKET.
The ticket put out in opposition to
the Democratic state ticket of Georgia
is made up as follows:
Governor —J. IT. Traylor, of Troup.
Secretary of State—Dr. L. L. Cleru
metitfl, of Milton.
Attorney General—F. 11. HafTord, of
Emanuel.
Comptroller General—J. T. Hol
brook, of Franklin.
State Treasurer —J. Wild Park, of
Meriwether.
Commissioner of Agriculture —A.
11. Tally, of Car rod.
State School Commissioner—W. T.
Flint, of Taliaferro.
Prison Commissioners-—J. T. Dicky,
of Upson, and S. C. McCaudless, of
Butts.
At the morning session the conven
tion adopted resolutions endorsing
Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, for
president of the United States, and
natius Donnelly, of Minnesota, for
vice president. The same resolution
naming theso two as the choice of
Georgia Populists for tho highest office
in the nation, declared against fusion
of any kind whatsoever with any other
party.
W. W. Wilson, of Gwinnett, editor
of The Buford Plowboy was made chair
man. Mr. Wilson is recogimed as one
of the most active rnou iu the Populist
party.
The chairman announced that every
body who went from Georgia to the
Cincinnati convention would be bound
by the introduction to vote for direct
legislation and a national ticket made
up of Barker and Donnelly.
The delegation from the state at
large consists of Colonel W. 11l Peek,
J. P. Brooke, H. J. MoKnight, R. L.
Muys, T. A. Hutcherson, Joe Bever
ley, J. H. Traylor and M. D. Irwin.
Following is the delegation appoint
ed to go from the various districts:
First District —W. It. Kemp, H. G.
Edenfield, W. T. Mooring, D. C.
Newton.
Second District—L. O. Jackson, G.
W. Crapps, J. B. Watkins, John
Chastaine.
Third District—L. D. Wimberly,
Seab Montgomery, It. T. Bivings,
George McNeal.
Fourth District lt. B. Gaston, W.
A. Lapp, B. Williams, James Blanton.
Fifth District—J. lv. Hines, J. T.
Laßoon, H. N. Cramer, W. F. Mc-
Daniel.
Sixth District—C. L. Barrett, J. W.
Johnson, Dr. Glover, J. B. r lyus.
Seventh District —J. E. Bodenha
mer, J. W. McGauty, William Phil
lips, W. F. Goldin.
Eighth District—lt. E. Overby, J.
J. Brown, A. J. Owens, G. T. Bright
well.
Ninth District—L. F. Sells, W. D.
Hawkins, R. E. Guthrie, W. N. Gar
net.
Tenth District—o. 11. E'liugtou,
W. J. Ileuuiug, L. 11. Rhodes, Mell
Branch.
Eleventh District—Ben Millikin, A.
B. Pierce, B. B. Linden, W. J.
Joiner.
The following electors were choseu
by the convention:
From the State at. Large—J. A. Mal
lory and W. L. Peek.
First District—H. S. White.
Second District—L. O. Jackson.
Third District—F. D. Wimberly.
Fourth District—lt. H. Hollis.
Fifth District—J. It. Irwin.
Sixth District —It. M. McFarland.
Seventh District —J. D. Ferguson.
Eighth District —J. It. Leard.
Ninth District —A. G. Lamar.
Tenth District —J. It. Hogan.
Eleventh District—-J. E. Page.
PER CAPITA INCREASES.
More Money In Circulation Than Ever
Hcfore In Our History.
There is a larger total of money,
gold, silver and legal tender, in circu
lation today than ever before in the
history of this country. This state
ment is warranted by the “circulation
statement” issued by the treasury de
partment for April 1, 1930. For the
first time in the history of the coun
try the per capita circulation has
crossed the §2O line, and the year 1900
carried the total for the tirst time past
the $2,000,0.10,000 line, while tho
amount of gold aud gold certificates
iu circulation is larger than at the cor
responding date of any previous year.
PLATFORM ADOPTED
The platform adopted is as follows:
“Your committee cannot forego the
expression of its gratification at the
glad news which comes to us from
every section of the state, showing the
unshaken confidence and steadfastness
of all true Populists in the People’s
Party. As the fusionists who bevay
ed the People’s Party and our own
gallant chieftain, Thomas E. Watson,
and thereby demoralized our hitherto
impregnable band of patriots have
themselves been shaken off and our
lanks cleared and purified by their ex
pulsion from our party, so have our
once broken ranks been reformed, re
vived by the spirit of loyal hope and
confidence.
“The day of the complete cleansing
of our ranks from all mere office
seekers, so fondly and confidently
looked for at the national convention
of May 9tb at Cincinnati, should
mark an ora in our party’s history
which we trust will lead on to eomplete
triumph.
“The People’s Party yields nothing
in its opposition to licensed saloons as
a public nuisance. The gospel of
Christ is the solution of every human
problem and the correction of every
evil. We appeal to the Christians of
Georgia to unite with us iu our efforts
to suppress this monster evil, so long
fostered and nourished by tha Demo
cratic party as a means to acquire office
at the expense of Christianity and to
the degradation of man.
“We believe that the state herself
should keep possession of her prison
ers and should employ them upon the
public roads and not allow them to be
brought in competition with free labor,
and that reformatories be established
for juvenile criminals.
“We declare in favor of improving
and extending the public school sys
tem to the end tbi t all our people can
receive good common school educa
tion. We favor the adoption of a uni
form system of text books to avoid the
burdens put upon our people by fre
quent changes in our school books.
“Sales of spirituous liquors for
medicinal and mechanical purposes,
to be regulated and controlled by law,
upon equitable basis to all citizens.
“We favor an amendment to the
constitution of this state providing
for an initiative and referendum aud
the imperative mandate in legisla
tion, submitting to the people for rati
fication or rejection all important leg
islative enactments.
“We indorse the platform adopted
by the People’s Tarty at Omaha in
1X92 aud at Cincinnati in 1898.
“We emphatically condemn the con
vict law passed by the legislature of
1897 as being the enactment of a sys
tem more iniquitous than the old
lease' act.
“We emphatically condemn the prac
tice becoming so prevalent of pub
lic officers accepting free passes from
railroad corporations aud franks from
telegraph and express companies. We
intend this condemnation to the exec
utive, legislative, and judicial branches
of our state government.
“We denounce the present fee sys
tem and demand that all public offi
cials, where practicable, be placed ou
salaries proportionate to the depressed
financial condition from which the la
borers of the country suffer. We de
clare for a free ballot and a fair count
and pledge ourselves to the enactment
of laws securing this to tvery ’egil
v oter.
“We favor the Continuance of pen
sions to needy aud deserving Confed
erate soldiers and to the widows of
Confederate soldiers.
“We denounce the Democratic party
for its extravagant administration in
creasing the burden of taxation upon
the people from year to year, until the
people groan under the oppression of
high taxes. We pledge ourselves, if
given power, to roduce the burden of
taxation by curtailing the extravagauce
of the government.
“The People’s Party hereby empha
sizes its disapproval of present method
of electing the circuit judges and solici
tors general by the whole people of
the respective judicial circuits.”
JUROR PENN ARRESTED.
He In Chnrgpd With OfTrinsf to Sell Ver
dict In Will Case.
An Atlauta dispatch says: Juror T.
,T. Penn, whose failure to report at
the courthouse Monday morning cre
ated a sensation, was arrested Tues
day at Mouticello, near the dwelling
of. his brotht r.
As so on as it was learned from the
evidence in the Loouey-Bradley trial
Tuesday afternoon in which direction
Penn was gone, telegrams were sent
out to secure his arrest.
Peun will probably be given a
speedy trial for contempt by Judge J.
H. Lumpkin.
WAS LEGAL EXECUTION.
Garruttng of Porto Rican Murderers Dis
eased In lVatltlitgton.
Beyond the mere announcement that
five criminals were to be executed at
Ponce Saturday for murder and out
rage, General Davis, the governor of
Porto Rico, made no representation to
the war department on this subject.
The officials are concerned about the
situation, mainly because of the meth
od chosen for the execution of these
criminals—the garrote.
But itr is explained that neither for
the enforcement of tho death penalty,
nor for the repulsive method of execu
tion are the military authorities re
sponsible. These are the results of
the continuance in the island of the
Spanish legal methods, according to
the officials there. Some of the Wash
ington officials heartily wish that it
were otherwise iu this particular case.
There vs, however, a marked indispo
sition 'to take any official action that
will tend to incite the latent jealousy
of the islanders over any encroach
ment by the national government
upon their cherished customs and
laws, hence the hesitancy to act in the
present instance by commutting the
sentence of the criminals.
GIVEN HISTORICAL NAMES.
War Department Regli-iintes Batteries at
8 xitliern Points.
The war department has given his
torical names to the batteries forming
the new sea coast defenses. Those at
southern points are:
Port Royal, S. C., on St. Helena,
Fort Demont.
Savannah harbor, Georgia, at Fort
Screven, Battery Habersham; at same
fort, Battery Brumby.
Key West, at Fort Taylor, Battery
DeLeon; at same fort, Battery Osceola;
same fort, Battery Seminole.
Tampa bay, Florida, Egmont key,
Fort Dade; on Mullet key, Fort De-
Soto.
Pensacola bay at fort Pickens, Bat
tery Worth; same fort, Buttery Cul
lom.
Mobile bay, at Fort Morgan, Battery
Dearborn; at same fort,Battery Bower.
EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE.
Soldier* Away From Home Are Prone to
Tire of Life.
According to advices received by the
New York World, from May 1, 1899,
to April 1, 1900, there have been 83
suicides in the armies of the United
States, nearly every one due to in
sanity.
During the same period nearly one
thousand soldiers have been shipped
from their various posts in Hawaii,
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines
to the military insaue asylum in Wash
ington.
Of these about 90 per cent have
come from the Philippines.
Since December 1 last there have
been 29 suicides there, all due to in
sanity.
BLOCKED BOER RESOLUTION.
Mr. Payne, Republican Floor Leader of
House, Made Objection.
In the house Saturday Mr. Richard
son, of Tennessee, asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of the
following resolution:
“Resolved, That this house views
with deep interest the heroic struggle
of the republics of South Africa to
maintain their independence and here
by tender them our most profound
sympathy in their unequal but gallant
struggle.”
“That resolution should go to the
committee on foreign affairs,” ob
served Mr. Payne, of New York, the
floor leader of the majority.
“Did I understand the gentleman to
object?” asked Mr. Richardson.
“I did,” replied Mr. Payne.
BOER PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Fourteen Get Away From the Jail at
Simonetown.
A determined attempt to escape was
made Saturday by the Boer prisoners
at Simonstown and 14 of them succeed
in getting away.
In the coufusion one of the prison
ers was killed and another was wound
ed. One man was recaptured, but about
14 are missing.
Otis Coming Home.
General Otis has been formally re
lieved of the command of the United
States forces iu the Philippines and of
the Eighth army corps, and is schedul
ed to returu to the United States this
month.
Andrews Goes to Nebraska.
An Omaha dispatch says: Pro
fessor E. Benjamin Andrews, former
ly president of Brown' Universi
ty and since 1898 superintendent of
the Chicago public schools, has beeu
chosen chancellor of the University of
Nebraska by the board of regents of
that institution.
Admit Stealing Boodle.
Albert G. Roberts and William Dun
can, Jr., in the criminal court at Kau
sas City Wednesday pleaded guilty
to stealing §32,000 from the Barse
Live Stock Commission Company,
and were sentenced to three years and
six months each in the penitentiary.
TARIFF FIGHT
IS AT AN END
House Takes Last Step In Launch*
ing Porto Rican Measure.
BILL PASSED BY SMALL MARGIN
Democrats- and Little Band of
Republicans Made a Valiant
But Fruitless Struggle.
A Washington special says: The
last act in the Porto Rican tariff bill
fight, so far as congress is concerned,
was enacted by the house Wednesday
evening when the measure, as passed
ia the senate, carrying with it a civil
government provision, went through
according to programme by a vote of
161 to 153.
The result was expected, but up to
the last the Democrats and the little
band of Republicans who dared to
stand for the opposition put up the
gamest fight they knew how.
The galleries were crowded and
every mo ve in the play was watched
•with deepest interest. The crowd
stayed until the final vote was taken.
It was a notable day at the capitol.
As the bill originally passed the
house, it was a simple bill imposing 15
per cent of the Diugley rates on goods
going into Porto Rico from the United
States and corning from Porto Rico
into the United States.
As amended by the senate and
agreed to by the house all restrictions
on goods coming into the United
States from Porto Rico are eliminated
and certain foodstuffs and other arti
cles which heretofore have gone into
Porto Bico free by executive orders
are excluded from tbe operations of
the 15 per cent duty imposed ou goods
entering the islands from the United
States.
A complete scheme of civil govern
ment for the island is also attached to
the measure. Upon the final vote nine
republicans voted against the bill:
Messrs. Heatwole, of Minnesota;
Crumpacker, of Indiana; Lane, of
Iowa; Littlefield, of Maine; McCall, of
Massachusetts; H. G. Smith of Michi
gan; Warner, of Illinois; Fletcher, of
Maine, and Lorimer, of Illinois.
Two Democrats, Messrs. Davey and
Meyer, of Louisiana, were paired w ith
Democrats in favor of the bill and one
Democrat, Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylva
nia, voted for it outright. Mr. Devries,
the other Democrat who voted for the
original bill, voted iu this instance
against concurrence.
Mr. Stallings,Democrat,of Alabama,
was the only member on either side
absent and unpaired. The vote came
at 5 o’clock after a very interesting
and at times exciting debate of five
hours, which covered not only the bill,
but the special order under w hich the
house acted.
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, the
minority leader, aroused great enthu
siasm among the Democrats by read
ing extracts from the original opinion
dated February 22d, of Law Officer
Magoon, of the war department. Mr.
Magoon, he said, was but a subordi
nate officer. But what would the
couutry think of the seerrtary of war
who had demanded that he reverse his
opinion? (Prolonged Democratic ap
plause.)
Mr. Dolliver, of lowa, ridiculed the
importance attached by the Democrats
to the opinion of “a law clerk who
thought he could overrule the great
lawyer who presides over the war de
partment.”
Mr. Payne of New York, the floor
leader of the majority, closed the de
bate with a vigorous speech in which
lie said the proudest act of his life was
iis connection with this bill from start
o finish. (Prolonged applause on the
Republican side.)
At 5 o’clock tbe house, uuder the
terms of the special order, proceeded
to vote with the result as stated.
The result was greeted with Repub
licau cheers. The Hawaiian bill was
sent to conference, and at 5:45 p. m.
the house adjourned.
LEE IN COMMAND.
Departments of Haimva ami Final- Del
Rio Are Combined.
President McKinley issued an order
Wednesday merging the departments
of Havana aud Pinar del Rio, Cuba,
uuder the command of General Fitz
hugli Lee, with headquarters at Que
mados. The change will take effect
May Ist.
Silverites Elect Delegates.
Tbe state committee of the silver
Republican party of California met in
Los Angeles Wednesday aud elected
fifty-two delegates to the national con
vention to be held in Kansas City ou
July 4th.
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