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VOL. XVI.
THE MASS MEETING.
The Democracy of Harris In Conven¬
tion Assembled.
Agreeably to a call from the exec¬
utive committee of Harris county the
members of the democratic party of
the county assembled in the court
house Tuesday morning, May 1st.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. J. M. Kimbrough, chairman of
the executive committee and was
permanently organized by the elec
tioa of J. H. Lynch, chairman, and
J. L. Dennis, secretary.
Hon. L. L. Stanford offered a set
of resolutions endorsing President
Cleveland agd his tariff reform policy,
B. H. Walton, Esq., offered as a sub¬
stitute the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, there has arisen in our
state a disturbing element which is
clamoring against the political tenets
of the democratic paity as set forth
in and embraced in the platform of
1884, known as the third party;
And, whereas, by the late revela¬
tions brought to light under the dis¬
cussion of the Mill’s bill in congress,
we discern more clearly the,frauds and
unfair discriminations in workings of
the present system of the tariff; caus
ing the agricultural classes to pay ex
horhitant tribute to the raanuiactories
of the north;
And, whereas, we believe that the
constitution of the United States was
framed and intended to secure to the
,
entire people of their several states
justice and promote the general wel¬
fare of all and not to build up and
foster a favored few at the expense
and detriment of the many ;
And, whereas, the next General
Assembly of this state is to be the
most important body that has been
assembled for a long time, by reason
of the many and important measures
that will necessarily be brought befoie
them;
Therefore, representing the dem¬
ocracy of Harris county in mass meet
ing assembled, we do hereby adopt
the following resolutions:
1st, That we hereby express our
unqualified approval of the open, fair
and brave administration of Grover
Cleveland as President of the United
JOSEPH L.DENNIS.
PROPRIETOR.
States, ana earnestly recommend
the delegation of this state to use all
fair and honorable means to secure
his nomination before the St. Louis
convention.
2nd, That we hereby condemn, as
detrimental to the principles of dem¬
ocracy, any move that may be made
by the so-called third party that will
either detract or tend to detract a
single vote from the rank and file of
Georgia democracy.
3rd, That we hereby recommend
each and every representative and
senator to be elected by the people
or the Georgia legislature be unqual¬
ifiedly elected upon The Tariff Re¬
j form platform and that we tote for
no one for either position, directly or
indirectly, who is not openly in favor
of a reduction of the tariff.
4th r That we hereby recommend
to each afhd every voter of tebis coun¬
ty to lay aside bias and prejudice
and vote only for the best interest of
the county in the coming contest for
representatives and senator.
Capt. Stanford accepted the sub¬
stitute and the paper was adopted
unanimously,
A committee of two from each mi¬
litia district in the county was ap¬
pointed to select eight delegates to
the convention at Atlanta. The
committee reported the following
named delegates and they were unan¬
imously elected:
J. M. Mobley,
A. A. Allen,
Flynn Hargett,
T. H. Kimbrough,
L. L. Stanford,
B. H. Williams,
L. D. Hutchinson,
W. N. Maddox.
Representatives from the several
districts then met and selected each
a committeeman for their district,and
upon such recommendation the fol¬
lowing executive committee was elcct
ed:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
CaUula—J M Kimbrough,
Chipiey—S C Goodman, J
Whitaker—Jno W Cline,
. Whitesviljc—J H Booker,
. Cochran rf-J C Hardy,
; Hamilton—J H Mobley,
; Blue Spring—W B Smith,
HAMILTON, GA., MAY 4,1888.
Waverly Hall—J S Clark.
Ellerslie—G A Redding,
Valley Plains-G T Murrah,
Upper 19th—J'S Smith,
Lower 19th—W F Nunnelee,
Davidson’s—L D Hutchinson.
Milner—J P Sutton;
The following resolution was then
offered and adopted without a dis¬
senting vote:
Resolved that the best interests of
the democratic party of Hairis de¬
mand that nominations for all officers
—state and county—be made by
d.strict primaries and that the execu¬
tive committee be instructed to order
these at such times as they may deter
mine and under such rules as they
may adopt.
The meeting then adjourned.
J. H. Ltnch,
J. L. Dennis, President.
Secretary.
NOTICE OF PRIMARIES.
It is hereby ordered by the Demo¬
cratic Executive Committee of Har¬
ris county that an election be held
in each district in the county on the
28th day of July next to select a can¬
didate for senator and two candidates
for representatives, and also that a
primary in the several districts be held
on Saturday, the rst day of Decern-'
her next, to nominate county officers.
Such elections to be held under rules
and regulations governing the election
of members of the geneval assembly
and the returns to be consolidated
and published at Hamilton on the
Monday following.
By order of the committee.
J. M. Kimbrough,
Chairman.
W. B. Smith,
Secietary.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The mass meeting Tuesday was
one of the largest the democracy of
the county has ever held and it was
one of the most harmonious. Its
work was well done and will result in
great good.
We have placed upon our exchange
list the Hamilton Journal. It is pub
lished in pamphlet form, but has as
good reading matter in its little col-
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR,
•tWOnf IM AOVANOf.
umns as can be found in most blank¬
et sheets.—Knoxville Journal.
Senators Voorhees and Ingalls
both made spectacles of themselves
Tuesday in the senate, in one of the
most exciting episodes in the history
of that great body. Great men are
inexcusable for getting mad and
showing it in public.
The third party, should it receive
the support of the prohibitionists of
the state, would undoubtedly leave
the republican party in a majority in
the state. Under republican rule we
weak) go back to the cross roads
t
The average ne gro, unfortunately, is
of the opinion that in abolishing the
bar roon.s the white folks have been
actuated by a desire to cut tail his
rights.
The Standard OH Trust, a monop
!y that controls the kerosene of this
country, which was the pioneer of rhe
trust family, has been under investi¬
gation by congress the past week.
Its methods have defied all law and
its officers answer the questions put
to them or refuse to answer as if they
were equally defiant, it will not
hurt the people for the truth about
the trusts to come out, and congress
should sue that it comes.
Prof. Harris Chappell made one of
theTOOst able addresses of ourConfed
erate memorial day. He took the po¬
sition t hat slavery as it existed in the
south w s best for the whites as well
as the negroes, and that the institu¬
tion was a blessing not a curse to hu¬
manity at large; Under such cir¬
cumstances we were right m claim
ing our constitutional right to secede
and in going to war to defend tbit
right. It n not in conflict with this
view to admit that we are glad now
that the result against os, for the
progress of a (piaster of a century has
been so great and the changes as
marked that that no comparison can
be drawn between the
then and now. justice was with the
south although victory was with the
north, but the God of nations ha 9
overruled all for the good of man
kind.
NO. 18.