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TIE JfflIMM Official Organ Ordinary. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WINDER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EVENING JEFFERSON OFFICE: With the Ordinary in the Court House P. W. Quattlebaum will represent the paper and take subscriptions. Subscription Rates* Year, - - - SI.OO A. G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. THURSDAY. MAY 81, 1900. POPULIST STATE TICKET. For Governor —J. H. TRAYLOR, of Troup. For Secretary of State —Dr. L. L. CLEMENTS, of Milton. For Attorney General—F. H. SAF FOLD, of Emanuel. For Comptroller General—J. T. HOL BROOK, of Franklin. For State Treasurer —J. W. PARK, of Meriwether. For Commissioner of Agriculture —A. H. TALLY, of Cobb. For State School Commissioner —Vf. T. FLINT, of Taliaferro. For Prison Comissioners— rT \ J. DICKEY, of Upson, and S. C. McCAN DLESS, of Butts. Don’t forget to read the letter of Col. Peek in this issue. Congress will adjourn in a few days to the relief of the country at large. Getting Scared. The Walton News and Messenger is getting scared and is feartul the demo cratic State ticket may be defeated this year by the Populist State ticket. In a tong editorial this week headed “Breakers Ahead. What Should The Democratic Convention Do?” it says some very fuuuy and inconsistent things. The News and Messenger claims to be a sincere advocate o State prohibition, aud in fact, most of its editorials for the past few months have been appeals to the people for State prohibition ver sus Local option. It has boldly main tained that State prohibition was one of the greatest moral questions before the people of Georgia at the piesent ti.ue, and one in which every good citi zen was interested and should indorse. In its editorial this week, The News and Messenger, which has been posing as the apostle to Christendom on all matters pertaining to prohibition, is very much frighteued for fear the Pop ulist party, the only party that has had the nerve and moral courage to come out squarely in its State platform and deolare its position on this important question, may defeat the democratic State ticket. This fear prompts it to utter the fol lowing language: "The State ticket of the democratio party haa NOTHING to do with the PROHIBITION QUESTION ” The News and Messenger might as well take the position that its State tioket haa NOTHING to do with any question that affects the morals and wel fare of the people. It further says that “the state tioket wants all the demo cratic voters to support the tioket. They want all the wet democrats in the wet counties and all the dry democrats in the dry oonnties to rote the tioket,” The State tioket wants it dearly un derstood that the Democratic State tick et stands for NOTHING where moral questions are involved, and is willing to be silent as the dead on these matters. It is a mystery to us how a party or State tioket so oowardly oan retain the respect of those who oppose State pro hibition, leaving out altogether the Walton News and Messenger the preachers and professed ohristians aud State prohibition advocates. We would like for the News and Messenger to ex plain It. . This Is The Way They Come. A good man and citizen of this county told us a few days since that he had never voted anything but a democratic ticket in bis life. That his father was always a democrat and he thought he must vote as his father did, and never investigated or thought any on the sub ject, bulieveing it woula be a disgrace to vote auy other way. He said, how ever, that for the last year or more, he had been thinking some for himself, had been reading The Economist and other reform literature, laying aside his prejudices, studying conditions as they exist and what the democratic party had done to help bring on these condi tions that were making slaves and serf* of the farmers and others who produce all wealth. He said he had reached the conclusion from honest thought and in vestigation that the Populist party was right, that it was the only party advo cating principles and measures lor the benefit and good of the people generally, and from this ou he wou’d never vote any other ticket. We admired the gentleman’s candor, sincerity and his honesty. He deter mined to iuves:igate and think for himsalt and was brave enough to de clare himself with us after being con. viuced we were right. We agree with the editorial of last week in the Jackson Herald. The Herald says: “When men are guided by prin ciple and conviction, a change of party by either politicians or individual voters alike, is honorable and praise worthy.” The gentleman above referred to was guided by priucip’e aud conviction aud heuce it was honorable and manly in him to forsake the democratic party with which he had heretofore affiliated and go with the Populist party after he was convinced that the populist party was right. It only takes a little think ing for a man to reach this conclusion and there are hundreds of men in Geor gia who are beginning to put on their thinking caps. If there be a single populist iu the state who has ever thought of goiug back aud forsaking populism, we im agine he would feel like goiug behind the house aud kicking himself after reading the abeve. The idea of a populist leturn ing to the democratic fold to make one honest, long pul! iu defense of his principles!?) We cant believe there is one who is so big and ignoramus as to entertain such rot. Tne suggestion is too ridiculous to be considered save by one who is controlled by the basest aud most selfish motives of which we can conceive or an ignorance of politi cal parties aud their history that forces us to exercise that charity we owe to such characters. Populists everwhere are enthused ever the action of the Cincinnati convention and going to work in earnest. Read the letter of Col. Peek in this issue and let every true Populist in Georgia renew his allegiance to the cause and go to work. The news from all over the country is very enconragiug to all true popu lists. Our cause U growln in popular favor aud will dually triumph. The gold democrats are going to have some recognition in the ooming demo cratic convention at Kansas City or there will be a big row on hand. There will be no difficulty this year for one to find a presidential ticket to suit him. If you are hunting one, however, that will benefit all classes and that will restore the rights and liberties of the people, yen will have to vote for Barker and Donnelly the tioket nominated by the Populist party at Cincinnati. We learu on best authority that the Sioux Falls people adopted an emblem of a crawfish backing into a mudhole. It is and eminently fit design.- Ex. To The Populists Of Georgia, (Writtea for The Dalton Herald.) By Hon. Wm L. Pkf.e Now fusion is a thing of the past, and those who were with us for position and personal profit have beeu driven to the old parties, begging crumbs that fall from their masters’ table. After a hard struggle for the past four years we are free from enemies within oar ranks. The battle has been suc cessfully fought. We have routed the enemy that assassinated Mr. Watson, took their forts and spiked their can non. They are now wandering in the wild West, while the Pogulist banner of ’9a has been recaptured, washed in the love aud devotion of all the people, and kissing the breez sof heaven un stained by fusion aud upheld by Mid dle of the Roaders. VOX POPULI VOX DEI. Barker and Donnelly will carry our banner to victory. They are farsighted patriots, philanthropists, statesmen, clean, pure Chr stian gentlemen stand ing on a platform of principles;principles advocated by our forefathers, Jefferson and other great mem who loved and died for our country. These principles must be made the laws of our land or our Republic dies, as others have done who cared not for the common people. That Georgia Populists will gird on their arms and make our great declara tion of principles the laws of the land aud oouutry aud save this nation from the fate of Rome, from the f tte of Egypt, there is no doubt. I care not, though he may have been fatigued, a little doubtful as to our success, or to ple.vse a friend have voted in the late primary, he is a Populist still, and next October and November will be found in the front rank at the polls fighting for pure Populism, that inate principle within the hearts of all true Americans uever to die. There is but uue way to accomplish this great end, aud that is through our State and National legislatures, by the Peoples party. No other party will do it. Tney will promise to do it. They have promised to do it. They have never done it. They will never do it. But the Populists oan do it, aud they will be untrue to themselves, untrue to their children and to their country, if they do not continue the effort. To do it we must capture the legislat ure in every county iu the State. There has never been a more favorable oppor tunity since our organiz itiou to elect she Georgia legislature. If Populists be wise, discreet and determined, victo ry is sure. Trust uo Democrat, let him be ever so conservative or so uice a guntleiuan, if he endorses or acts with modern Dem ocracy, when your Populist measures are to be passed upou he will be absent from his seat or vote against them. Vote for a true Popu'ist; make the campaign warm, aud let it be under stood right uow that a P.pulist ticket for the legislature will be ruu iu every county. My countrymen, my pea trembles, my heart sickens and yet my blood boils when I read the decree of the dominant party, aud to think of the awful fate that o’ershadows our grand old State. He who reads the signs of the time in this State, even if hia eyes are dim, can but see that it will be bat a year or two until Georgia is to share the fate of Mississippi, Kentucky, North and Soath Carolina and Louisiana. Then the liberties of two thirds of our people will be crushed, tc rise no more forever, and we m ids industrial slaves, to do the will of our lords and masters. Georgians, fear not to throw yourself into the breaoh and save our oountry. He who fights for home and liberty is honored and loved by all, even though he be defeeted. WM. L. PEEK. Fountain Hill, near Conyers, Ga., May 35, 1900. Gold Exports. Three million, two hundred and thir ty one thousand, four hundred and six ty five dollars of gold was exported last week and less than twenty-five thosand dollars worth of gold imported. This heavy exportation of gold in a single week following a year of stupendous balance of trade in favor of the United States may indicate that American cap italists are loaning money in Europe or what amounts to the same thing, are buying bonds of European capitalists. In the last year the people of the United States have sent to foreigu countries about a half a billion dollars worth more of goods thau foreign countries have sent to this oouutry, that is to say oar exports hare been about half a bill Some Facts ==OF== INTEREST TO YOU I sell the best Buggies on the Market. I sell them at the old prices for Cash. A good Note gets them at the same Figure. You Want to Know How I Can do This? I ANSWER: Because I buy them in Carload lots. Because I pay the spot Cash for them. Because I bought them before the Advance. DO YOU WANT ONE? IF YES, then why should you go where you can only see two or three differenFstyles, when *you can come to my place and see A HOUSE FULL, no two alike, and take advantage of the above prices. Thos. A. Maynard, The Largest Dealer in Vehicles in North East Ga. Winder, - - Georgia. ion more than our imports. Aud yet we are shipping to Europe. Is it pos sible that Europeans have sufficient an nual interest and profits coming to them from loans and investments in this country to offset such an immense bal ance of trade? If so, when the balance of trade is only a small amount in favor of this country, will we not have to ex port hundreds of millions of gold? Aud will not such contraction of our money volume work great mischief to business and enterprise in this country? Who can feel safe in his business with such a probability staring him in the face? Over three millions contraction last week by exports of gold—exports of part of oar medium of exchange. This is not much it is true aud may be more than made up for by increased national bank currency and the government re leasing idle money from the treasury by the payment of bonds, but it was one week’s shipment, aud few such weeks would cause a pinch and many of them would bring disaster. Proba bly as unreasonable a system as exists in this country is our exportable money system. It is an automatic prosperity destroyer. We have a bit of better times, we bay more abroad, a lot of onr money goes there, and we are thrown back into hard times. If we had a home currency, paper money only, our mon ey volume could not be contracted by its being exported. Suppose Rockefel ler, the Goulds and Vanderbilts and a half dozen more of the richest men of the United States should decide to London or Paris. They could take their wealth with them by converting it into gold aud they would take all our gold, and as long as we cling to the present money system it will be in thair power to do this and bring bankruptcy to millions of people. But if we had the good sensegto issue paper money in the place of the gold they took away, they and their wealth would not be missed, their removal of their persons aud wealth would not cause the slight est ripple in the general business affairs of this country. Bt if we didn’t have gold how could we do business with foreign countries? Eiy enough, do it ]U9t as we would do nearly all ot our business with foreign countries —offset one account against another. Besides if we did not use gold we have aud here after obtain could be used in transact ing business with foreigners withdut causing disturbances of our home busi ness. But with gold as a part of our money, its export means great mischief every time it goes in any considerable quantity.—Exchange. _ MM National Platform. The People’s Party of the United States, assembled in national conven tion this tenth day of May, 1600, affirm ing onr unshokon belief in the cardinal tenets oj the People’s Party, as setforth in Omaha platform, aud pledging our selves anew to contiuued advocacy of those grand principles of human liberty until right shall triumph over might and love over greed, do adopt and pro claim this declaration of faith: First—We demand the initiative and referendum and the imperative man date for SU' h changes of existing fun damental and statute law as will ena ab'e the people in their sovereign ca pacity to propose and compel the enact ment of such laws as they desire; to re ject such as they deem injurious to their interests and to recall unfaithful public servants. Second—We demand the public own ership and operation of theta means o' communication, transportation and pro duction which the people may elect, such as railroads, telegraph and tele phone lines, coal mines, etc. Third—The land, including all natur all sources of wealth, is heritage of people, and should not be monopolize for speculative purposes, and ali*n ership of land should be prohibited. A land now held by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actua needs, and all lands now ownedof aliens should be reclaimed by the Gov ernment. and held for actual settl A scientific and absoffite pa per money, based upon the ®“ wealth and population of ibe redeemable in any specific o°‘ Ul “ but made a full legal tender for all debM and receivable for all taxes P , dues and issued by the Government only without the intervention of ban* . and in sufficient quantity to meet n demand of commerce, is the ness rency that can be devised; and such a financial system is which we shall press for favor the free and unlimited comag* both silver and gold at the leg* 1 **Fifth—We demand the levy wd col lection of a graduated tax - l “ iona i and inheritances and a const u amendment to secure the amt, 6 *Sis*h—We demand tbs eiection President, Vice p J; es ‘d® n *> , ors by judges and United States sen direct vote of the people- M Seventh-We are °PP° se * * Ttbe and declare the c .ntention be iOQ is old parties on the monopoly <1 ®. 0 f a sham battle and that no s bont this mighty problem is 0 f publio the adoption of the prinoipla* V ownership of publio utilities.