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DEMOCRATS IN SESSION
Officially Declare Jos. M. Brown
Nominee for Governor.
BODY ADOPTS PLATFORM
Delegates to Denver Convention Will Go
Uninstructed—Conservative Policies
to Rule Next Administration.
Atlanta, Ga. —The state democratic
convention met here Tuesday and of
ficially declared Honorable Joseph M.
Brown the party’s nominee for gov
ernor in the presence of 2,500 dele
gates and spectators. The meeting
was held in the Grand opera house
and was called to order by Judge J. A.
Miller. Colonel Charles R. Pendel
ton, was temporary chairman, William
M. Blackburn temporary secretary.
Honorable Hewlette A. Hall was per
manent chairman and Mr. Blackburn
permanent secretary.
After preliminary business was fin
ished Judge H. D. Twiggs of Chatham
nominated Joseph M. Brown for gov
ernor of Georgia. Pour speeches were
made seconding the nomination. A
rising vote was taken and the nomina
tion was declared unanimous.
The convention then named the del
egates who will represent Georgia at
the national democratic convention in
Denver July 7, as follows:
Delegates-at-Large—A. H. Cox, P.
W. Meldrim, W. S. West, T. W. Loy
less. Alternates —G. M. Bell, M. A.
Griggs, Gordon Lee, H. C. Fisher. Del
egates from the congressional districts
are: First —T. M. Cunningham, Chat
ham; H. H. Elders, Tattnall. Alter
nates —W. C. Perkins, Tattnall; Jos
eph J. Reynolds, Burke. Second—T.
E. Gurr, Decatur; E. E. Cox, Mitchell.
Alternates —J. L. Boynton, Calhoun;
O. B. Bush, Mitchell. Third—J. T.
Hill, Crisp; Crawford Wheatley, Sum
ter. Alternates —W. W. Poole, Pulas
ki; T. G. Gamble, Sumter. Fourth —
J. L. Willis, Muscogee; Arthur Thomp
son, Troup. Alternates —J. T. Sweat,
Coweta; Thomas J. Campbell, Musco
gee. Fifth —A. M. Robinson, Fulton;
A. C. McCalla, Rockdale. Alternates
—Gus Morrow, Clayton; A. C. Stone,
Rockdale. Sixth —Will Gunn, Bibb; E.
M. Smith, Henry. Alternates —J. E.
Kidd, Baldwin; J. W. Gresham, Spald
ing. Seventh —J. L. Johnson, Fioyd;
B. L. Heartsill, Whitfield. Alternates
—A. R. Fortune, Walker; J. P. Bow
doin, Bartow. Eighth—R. E. Calloway,
Oglethorpe; A. V. Deadwyler, Clarke.
Alternates —E. E. Satterfield, Hart; A.
W. Meadows, Oconee. Ninth—R. T.
Jones, Cherokee; H. H. Dean, Hall.
Alternates —J. Miles Brong, Towns;
T. C. Little, Jackson. Tenth —W. W.
Pilcher, Warren; H. M. Franklin,
Washington. Alternates —D. A. Bow
den, McDuffie; John Holden, Taliafer
ro. Eleventh —W. A. Thomas, Tel
fair; C. R. Ashley, Lowndes. Alter
nates —J. W. Oglesby, Brooks; J. D.
Quincy, Coffee.
The question of instructing the del
egates to Denver was not brought be
fore the convention therefore the del
egation goes uninstructed.
The presidential electors-at-large
and from the different districts were
then named.
The report submitted by the com
mittee on platform and resolutions
was the next business before the con
vention and was unanimously adopted.
Following is the platform in ffill:
The democratic party of Georgia, in
convention assembled, hereby pledges
anew its allegiance to the cardinal
principles as declared by its founder,
Thomas Jefferson, and on state issues
ordains and adopts the following prin
ciples and policies:
1. We declare that the time has
come when all our people should unite
in sympathetic accord and co-operative
endeavor to secure again employ
ment at fair wages to those of our fel
low citizens who are unwillingly idle,
or eh short time, and whose families
are deprived of the comforts of life.
No country can prosper whose yeo
manry at the workshop or in the field
does not find work to do, and full com
pensation for that work. The great
est field for endeavor in statecraft is
to protect the interest of the toiling
masses. No king or potentiate ever
had a nobler impulse than to unlock
the coffers of the rich and feed the
poor by giving opportunity for, and
protection to, investment in the larger
enterprises which call for skilled la
bor and for brawn and muscle. We be
lieve with Jefferson in “a wise and fru
gal government .which shall restrain
men from injuring one another, shall
leave them otherwise free to regulate
their own pursuits of industry and im
provement, and shall not take from
the mouth of labor the bread it has
RED MEN ADJOURN.
Council at Columbus Decides in Favor
of Atlanta for Next Year.
Columbus, Ga.—The great council
of Red Men of the state adjourned
here after deciding upon Atlanta as
the meeting place for next year. Sa
vannah fought hard for the conven
tion, but the Atlanta delegation won
out.
The great council of Red Men is
really the state convention. Every
fifty members of the lodge are repre
sented at the council by at least one
delegate. There are about 6,000 mem
bers, which makes the total delega
tion at least 120.
There are usually about 200 dele
gates at each convention.
earned. This is the sum of good gov
ernment and this is necessary to
the circle of our felicities.’’
2. We pledge not only to citizens
of this state, but to citizens of other
■states, that all capial invested in legit
imate enterprises in Georgia, wheth
er foreign or domestic, corporate or
private, shall have the equal protec
tion of the laws and the equal friendly
consideration of those who administer
the laws.
3. We believe in the strict control
and firm regulation of all public utili
ty corporations, and favor prescribing
such freight and passenger rates as
will be just to the corporation and to
the traveling and shipping public, and
such rulies as will give to shippers
expeditious and safe transportation
and quick adjustment of all claims tor
overcharges, damage and demurrage;
and to passengers regular schedules,
comfortable coaches, well-lighted and
(in winter) well-heated waiting rooms,
with the necessaries for comfort. To
further ensure the accomplishment of
the above aim we favor the require
ment that the common carriers shall
maintain their roadbeds in safe condi
tion, and shall provide such ware
houses and other treminai and waysta
tion facilities as the expending com
merce of our seate demands. Such
public utility corporations as are pure
ly local in their operation should be
left to the control of the municipalities
in which they are located.
4. We favor a return to the consti
tutional representative system, or
county unit plan, of representation in'
our state conventions, with its safe
guarding checks and balances.
5. We favor a return to the payment
in one sum of Confederate pensions.
6. We favor an economical admin
istration of our state government, and
to that end we pledge ourselves to a
reduction of taxation as quickly and
to as great an extent as practicable.
7. We favor the proper support of
all public institutions.
8. We favor as liberal appropria
tions for the common schools as the
public finances will allow and the
prompt payment of teachers.
9. We favor the establishment of a
department of labor.
10. We favor such legislation as
will foster the agricultural, mercan
tile and manufacturing establishment
tile and manufacturing industries of
the state.
11. We favor the enactment of
stringent laws against lobbying.
12. The successful candidate for
governor, having by his public utter
ances, removed the prohibition ques
tion from the field of legislation for
the next two years, we should there
jfore discourage by all (legitimate
means any effort to repeal, emasculate
or weaken the present law, and favor
its honest and strict enforcement.
13. We are opposed to unnecessary
offices which levy additional taxes on
the people; and we ask the legislature
to scan carefully Georgia’s pay roli to
the end that all sinecures be cut off.
We especially favor a reduction in the
membership of the railroad commis
sion from five to three, and the abol
ishment of the office of special attor
ney to the same.
14. We favor the holding of white
democratic primaries for the nomina
tion of candidates for governor, state
house officers and all other officers
who are chosen by the popular vote of
the state, at which t.ie only qualifica
tions for the privilege of participating
therein, aside from being white elec
tors, shall be the same as are prescrib
ed by the laws governing general elec
tions. All persons voting thereat,
thereby obligating themselves to sup
port the nominee of such primary, and
we direct that the state democratic ex
ecutive committee shali net call any
such primary prior to the month of
August and not until after the adjourn
ment of the legislature.
15. We pledge ourselves to discour
age immigration by all legal methods.
IG. We favor such constitutional
restrictions on suffrage as shall pro
tect the ballot from the venal and cor
rupt. Relying upon the ratification
of the proposed franchise amendment
of next October, we pledge ourselves
to the strict and impartial enforce
ment of the same.
17. Recognizing that the cardinal
principle in the enforcement of our
criminal laws is the punishment of
crime, the reformation of tne offender
and the protection of society, we
pledge ourselves to such changes in
our convict system as will completely
eliminate any traffic in convict labor,
and as far as possible place the state’s
convicts upon public work3.
18. With an abiding faith in the vir
tue of our people and in a glorious fu
ture for our commonwealth, we call
upon all Georgians to unite in a com
mon effort to re-establish confidence,
to restore prosperity, to forget faction
al differences, and to cultivate peace
and good will among all men.
A committee of five was appointed
to notify Mr. Brown of his nomina
tion.
The convention then adjourned with
prayer by Rev. John E. White of At
lanta.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Georgia .Seed Crushers’ Association
End Session at Atlantic Beech.
Atlantic Beech, Fla.—The Seed
Crushers’ association of Georgia be
fore adjourning elected the following
ocers:
President —W. H. McKenzie of Mon
tezuma, Ga.
Vice President —R. S. Patillo of Ma
con, Ga.
Secretary—Fielding Wallace of Au
gusta, Ga.
Treasurer —Thomas Egleston of At
lanta, Ga.
Executive Committee —J. A. Aycock
of Carrollton, Ga.; R. G. Riley of Al
bany. W. H. Schroder, M. S. Harper
and C. Douthit of Atlanta.
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FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
Mary Brush, of Davenport, lowa,
Invented a boneless corset.
London regards smoking In res
taurants by women as good form.
Mrs. Kendall, the actress, invented
a very handsome and popular lamp
shade.
The Japanese youth gives his
sweetheart, instead of an engagement
ring, a piece of silk for her sash.
The Women Suffrage League, of
New York City, wishes the support
of the labor organizations in its agi
tation for political equality.
Mrs. Cadawalader Jones, president
of the Woman's Auxiliary to the S.
P. C. A., surprised the society by
frankly declaring herself in favor of
vivisection.
Empress Augusta Victoria while
riding with the Emperor at Sans
Souci fel from her horse, fortunately,
however, suffering no other injury
than bruises.
There are in Europe 10,000 women
and girls who earn a living as artists’
models. It is strange to say that
there % are not ten among them who
possess a perfect face and figure.
Mrs. W. H. Eaton, widow of the
letter carrier who was drowned sav
ing the lives of two boys, was granted
an annunity of S3OO and $25 a month
for her children from the ’ Carnegie
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Mrs. Owen Jones Wlster, mother
of Owen Wister, novelist, is dead in
her home in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Wister, who was in her seventy-sec
ond year, was Miss Sarah Butler, a
daughter of Pierce Butier and Fanny
Kemble, the actress.
That Senator Platt, of New York,
paid his wife $25,000 cash and agreed
to give her SIO,OOO a year for five
years was brought out in a suit
brought against the Senator by Mrs.
Platt’s former counsel to recover
money advanced to pay some of her
debts.
Woolen Mills Start Aguin.
Plainfield, Conn. After eight
months of idleness the American
Woolen Company, employing 2000
hands, announced that business
would be resumed immediately.
Lost Love Caused Suicide.
Hartford, Conn.—Miss Agnes H.
Mills, a school teacher whose home is
in West Haven, committed suicide in
her room here with a revolver. Neigh
bors who knew her said a disappoint
ment in love was the cause.
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