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rnr,. 4 -7T, owrtia ,§f ,Jf k *• ■ % 1 * LX 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.