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a foregone conclusion, He will be his own successor if democratic votes can make him so. If he is to be the candidate, his late message to congress must be the basis of the platform upon which he is to make I he race. It is now too late for democrats to discuss its mer its or demerits. It meets the appro¬ bation of all but a small minority of tlie party. This minority, c osely bar.(led with the monopolies built up under republican patronage, is very strong financially and its power for evil is far greater than its numerical ftrength. If the success of the par¬ ly of hate is less obnoxious to them than a revision of the tariff, as pro posed by President Cleveland, their position should be at once recog nized. The ranks must be closed, if we are to whip the next fight. Eor the Hamilton Journal. CURRENT EVENTS. The Blair Educational Bill is under discussion in the Senate with a reas sonable prospect of becoming a law. Senator Brown, of Georgia, has in¬ troduced in the Senate a resolution declaring the Internal Revenue Law a war measure, and as such ought to be repealed. Laid on the table for the present and the Senator will be heard from soon. + The standing committee of the House has been announced by Speak¬ er Carlisle. Georgia gets four chair¬ manships. Norwood, chairman,coins weights and measures. The place so long held by Gov. Stephens,Blount chairman post office and post roads. Candler, chairman on education. Clements, chairman on civil servic*. Our own able representative, Hon. T. W. Grimes, is on the committees on manufactures, patents and will be heard from in due time. *■ A bill has been introduced to al low national banks to loan money on real estate security—a most impor¬ tant change in the bank law and one that ought to pass. « * * Railroad circles seem to be quiet now, but the construction of railroads still goes on. The Columbus Soutlf ern is a fixed fact and will be com¬ pleted at an early day. The exten¬ sion of the Buena Vista and Ellaville railrc a 1 to Columbus is being sur¬ veyed aud will begin soon. The Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad is progressing with great rap¬ idity and the whistle of the mogul will be heard soon. There is to be a long litigation over the property of Thomas Wool folk, who has been convicted of the murder of bis father and family. Tom has been returned to Macon jail to await the decision of the Supreme Court. Reader. For the Hamilton Journal. 18 8 7 . The year 1887 is past and gone and is numbered with the ages before the flood. How brief the year has been, but full of events to individuals and to nations. The wise and prudent sailor captain takes his “reckoning” as the days go by, and surely it is wise to consider the “reckoning” of the year. How many good resolu¬ tions have been adhered to and car¬ ried out? How many bright prospects have not been realized from the want O" proper effort? How many golden opportunities hare been lost because not embraced at the right time? Have you improved your social and. moral condition, and are you better prepar¬ ed for life’s duties and responsibili¬ ties? Each answer for self. Eighteen hundred and eightyseven has not left the country as a whole in a better condition than it found it. There has been wonderful progress in some departments of labor. Many valuable improvements and inven¬ tions have been made and some im provement in the general out look, but this picture is woefully marred by internal dissensions and a general spirit of unrest. The farming interest on which all others depend has not been prosper¬ ous. Want of intelligent effort con¬ tributed largely to this result, but the summer flood, commencing July 27, had much to do with it. Such a rain fall rarely occurs in the summer. The Chattahoochee river was two feet higher than the Harrison freshet of 1840. Like floods were in Virginia, North Carolina and the valley of the Ohio. In consequence of the short crop and poor collections many mer¬ chants have gone to the wall and “times” are justly considered “hard” and the prospect anything but cheer¬ ing. Among the remarkable events of the year the Atlanta Exposition and the State Fair at Macon stand prom¬ inent. The visit ot President and Mrs. Cleveland to the Exposition and President Davis to the Fair will be long remembered. The defeat of prohibition in Atlan¬ ta is a public calamity. Atlanta is now reaping the bitter fruits of that error in unprecedented drunkenness and rowdyism—300 drunken men in the calaboose one night—and all the evils that followed it The year was remarkable for rail¬ road building. Over twelve thousand miles of railroads were built, beside side tracks and short extensions, and * | miles of railroads now over 150,000 are operated in the United States. Labor troubles and stnfces have been numerous and has done much harm. The Knights of Labor organization is growing weaker and must finally fail. The question of wages must be decided by the inexorable law of demand and supply and the value of the article produced. .Observer. Will Go to Columbus. Hon. Henry C. Cameron will in a few days remove his law office tci Co¬ lumbus. His removal will take from us us one of the county’s most highly esteemed citizens, whose career will be watched with interest and pride by all who know him The Journal takes pleasure in commending him to the people of Columbus as a lawyer well versed in the law and a citizen worthy of perfect trust. He puts his conscience in his work and he will be found faithful in the discharge of ev¬ ery duty, whether it be one imposed upon him by the community at large or his humblest client. We regret to see such men leave us,but other Har¬ ris county men have helped to make Columbus illustrious and we give him up for his own and our neighbor’s good. CATAULA CHAT. Mrs. A. J. Ely is visiting relatives at Jenkinsville. Mr. William Parker has moved to our town, occupying Mr. William Hamby’s residence. Mr. G. W. Blow has moved with his family to Pike county, Ala He is a good citizen and his removal is regretted by the entire community. Readers of the Journal, imagine the editor in-chief. with his numerous correspondents in a row, bowing and smiling and wishing you all a happy New Year. We hope we will be excused for our long silence, as we have had some very unpleasant visitors for the past month. My old friends, rheum¬ atism and catarrh. They will in¬ trude occasionally, although I always give them the cold shoulder. Rev. H. C. Fentress has moved to another circuit and Rev. Mr. Burton will take his place. Rev. J. W. Wil¬ son will occupy the pulpit at Mt. Ol¬ ive church the present year. He has also been called back to Antioch church. Rev. Mathew Page will fill the pulpit at Rehobeth church again during this year. The citizens of the community met a week or two ago to consult in regard to the district school, but from some cause they could not agree upon Cataula. I think they ought by all means to ceater upon that place, as it is near the center of the district, and the academy could be used for religious services. A mother in our community re¬ * sorted to a novel way of breaking | 1 her little sons from rabbit hunting on the Sabbath. She remonstrated with them time and again, sparing g '1 not the rod, all to no effect. Finally m I she told them she was going to re pert them to me, and I would write it up for the Journal and the^grand jury would take them iu hand. That ® last resort had the uesired effect and Hj the little boys ha.ve had more respect for the Sabbath. j Married, at the residence of Mr. 4 Elias Holt on ]' n. 3d, Miss Ardella || Holt to Mr. Marvan McEntyre, of ■ Columbus, Rev. J. YV. Wilson offi- 3 e ating. It was a quiet wedding, but m few invited guests. Mr. McEntyre B has for a long time been connected m with the North & South railroad, un- 1 til a year ago he accepted a position H on the Georgia Midland. We con- m gratulate him upon capturing one of V Harris’s fairest daughters, and wish B them much happiness in their new B lite. CARLISLE’S GREAT SPEECH^ To be delivered in Atlanta on Janu¬ ary 23d, will be published in full hr the Weekly Journal of January 26th A copy of this paper can be had by sending your name on a postal to the Journal. Mr: Carlisle is the great leader in the movement of TARIFF I REFORM, and his speech will be clear and com^te exposition qT arguments supporting the platform of] the tariff reformers. In the question of cheap clothing I and other necessaries of 1 fe, against cheap whiskey and tobacco, the peon pie have a deep and abiding interest,] and those who cannot hear the speec™ should read it. The price of thd Weekly Journal is 50 cents a year in' clubs. Sample copies free. Addr£s The Journal, Atlanta, Ga. r PUBLISHER’S NOTICE. a . Monday, the 16th instant we will be prepared to issue E our Garden Seed Premium tc the Journal’s subscribers. publis! Fqj I 1888 we are going to the best and most readabl paper we have ever publish* for One Dollar, and give it b addition, free to every sub scriber, a dozen papers A fresh garden seed. Come and get them. -