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HAMILTON* GEORGIA,
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PERSONALITIES BAD POLITICS
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Name Office.
I.aGrange Report r.
Mr. Editor: The congressional
campaigns of the Fourth District have
been very spicy ver> often. A calm
retrospect of them fails to develop
any good for the people ever accom¬
plished by the acrimonies of parti¬
sans.
Personalities arc the worst weapons
of politics. They sow nothing from
which the people can reap good. They
scatter dragon’s teeth, and make up
little feuds amongst neighbors, caus
ing them to differ and to keep up
differences on many questions not
connected with the original contro¬
versy.
Bad feeling induces bad judgment.
Hot blood is poor prescription for
inducing cool consideration a..d cor¬
rect conclusions.
Several prominent gentlemen are
now running fnr congress in our dis
trict. T hey have, each, the plain right
to offer and aspire. They are all most
honorable gentlemen. One of them
has been often honored, has not lost
his aspirations with his honors, has
stood well, if not eminently so, in the
honorable profession of the law, and
is now in Congress, lie lias the
plain right to ask to be returned, but
no more right than if he were not
there, as the office belongs to the
people.’ His home county selected
delegates to urge his nomination.
Another gentleman from below the
mountain comes forward with dele¬
gates from his home county instructed
to urge his nomination. He is a far¬
mer, alike interested with a large ma¬
jority of thecontituency of the district
and has been honored and tested in
the service of the people, and not
found wanting.
It is fair to presume that Troup coun¬
ty will net be dwarfed in comparison
with the other counties, in the matter
of local pride and neighborly attach¬
ment to her honorable sons when
they aspire to the honors of public
service.
It will be a very fair test of the gen
era! wish of the district for each of
the three counties to send delegates
for the son of each, and then let the
honor fall where the other counties
place it. Indeed, those who oppose
idea would seem to admit a want of
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general strength in their own candi¬
date. It would be a singular result,
if such should occur, that a son of
Troup might win in this honorable
contest, in the rest of the district,but
should be* debarred by his own neigh¬
bors. If he cannot win othei coun¬
ties, the vote of Troup cannot nomi¬
nate him. If he can win enough
other counties, ought not Troup to
gladly promote the advancement of
her own citizen ?
Confessedly, the writer is urging
the propriety of this course on the
part of Troup county, not because of
any opposition to the other gentle¬
men, but because it seems fair to
Tiaylor and because Traylor has
made no effort in the home counties
of his opponents.
Confessedly, also, if either of the
other gentlemen were proven states¬
men, if either of them could claim
over Traylor a pre-eminent fitness for
the place,if the selection ot either was
necessary to the carrying out of any
great policy of either the people or
the party, then there might be good
reason for local pride and neighborly
attachment to give way for the public
benefit.
But the most ardent supporters of
the other aspirants will not claim this
to be the case.
Traylor’s record is as ample proof
of his ability to serve the people as is
that of either of the others—not dis¬
paraging them in the least. lie is an
agriculturist, and (without any class
feeling prompting the remark), it is
something that a representative should
be alike interested, personally, with
the vast body of his constituents. It
acquaints him vvi’h their wants, their
interests and their views, practically,
in an every day sort of way. It brings
their conditions and prospects home
to him and does bind his influence,
his enthusiasm and his intelligence
to their service. “He knows how it
is himself.”
Now, a great deal is always said
about “class” whenever this argument
is made for a farmer—a great deal
said about “class” when farmers enter
into alliances, but other people who
are like interested, combine and it
creates no general distrust, no general
criticism: and other people urge their
reasons for being fitted for places, by
their own environment as well as by
their own development, and so may
the agriculturist, with just as much
propriety.
'The delay which marked the an¬
nouncement of Mr. Traylor was com¬
mendable. There was no indecent
haste about it. Alien it came it went
straight from the shoulder to the
mark.
Identified with the practical busi¬
ness life of his county, a man of rare
intelligence and of great industry, flu-
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ent and practical of speech, his man¬
ner will well suit the necessity which
rests on the congress to do more and
speak less, and to come to the point
on practical affairs.
Troup County Common Sense.
LOOK TO THE MAIN POINT.
Southern Farmers Alliance.
It goes without saying that all Alli¬
ance men are so because ol their in¬
terests in agriculture. The same rea¬
sons which prompted them to al’y
in this organization will prompt them
in all other matters to look out for
the interests of the farmers.
Because a man joins the Alliance
does not mean that he will be less
interested than before in political
movements. It is not required of
others who combine to forward like
interests to eschew “meddling with ;
politics.” The individuals compos¬
ing the Alliance will not lose any in¬
terest in public questions because of
the constant attack being made on
their organization.
It is singular that lawyers can have
“bar associations,” merchants can
have their “chambers of commerce,”
brokers their “boards of trade,” and
all without comment, as matters of
course, as plain business, without
suggestion of evidencing “class” feel¬
ing O or “narrow-mindedness,” 7 but let
farmers organize to consult, to act
together in trade, to mutually under¬
stand how best to promote their dis¬
tinct interests and—Lord, what a
hullabaloo is raised !
Now, be it known that the interests
of the farmers are so cut up into
small holdings that their associations
are forced to be the most harmless of
any. They cannot monopolize any¬
thing. They cannot, if they would,
“make a corner” on even their own
products, i. e.,—their own property
raised by them.
There are so many of them that
what redounds to their interest at
once benefits the most of the folks
anyhow.
Being at the bottom of all other
interests their prosperity blesses all
others with alluvial.
The farmers ought to keep an eye
open on politics. When they vote
for agents to transact their public
business they should consider what
sort of servants will best suit their
purposes. The theory of representa
tive government is that the people
will look to their inteiests in voting,
and that v the interests of
the most will
be subserved by the rule of the ma¬
jority.
Now, when the agricultural peo¬
ple come to look to the Federal af¬
fairs, what is the outlook?
First—The United States banks
are debarred from taking security on
land. This about means that there’s
not an acre of American land worth
“an American damn” in American
legislation. As all banks exchange
collaterals, or may be forced to do
so a ^ an ^ ^ me Curr ency at a
pinch, it has naturally come to pass
that “farmers’ notes” are tabooed in
banking circles.
Second—This drives them to obtain
means to run their business at great
disadvantages. Our Commissioner
says this means about 90 per cent
per annum on all time purchases. No
other business on earth could stand