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In response to the many solicitations ...
i should express to the
1 t position that I
opie the rea l
.. . acy , or ,, ^ n .
i ■cupy in’my can u " '
^. c ] will submit the following through
Herald. I invite the most careful
rZ:Lu, ! of every one to what I believe
a , fork is that alolle
,c
, .j
at we shou ‘ on •
It may seem strange to some that oceu-
ine the position that I do in the Alliance,
M would allow my name to be used
jr the same position that another gen- „„„
bum had been selected for by the order.
[ is this exactly that we desire to ac-
Lint the 1 people with. We claim
f McAfee i, has , never been faniy -wn chosen
r.
; the Alliance. It it true that he re-
iv'd the highest vote of it that w as
st but we must say to * you first,
. le entire membership , , . was not , icpie-
luted in that vote; next, thefiieuds of
■r. McAfee canvassed for him,
liliii" to comply with the terms of the
I [ rti it rhev took an active nnrt
formulating, and again, false rumors
[ere [ carried to race” lodges when that he Mr. would Futrell have
, is out of the
eccived almost the entire support of the
time These and other things that go
> show conclusively, as we have stated,
iat Mr. McAfee is not really the choice
Ifthe Ylliancc
| \y e a j| tj J( . restrictions stipulated
sentiment, it is needless for me to
toy that the above stated transactions did
wt result in entire satisfaction to all; it
is this and the position I take that
litced niv friends to submit of'restoring mv name to
hc people, with the hope
in our ranks and effecting a state of
between define the.people the position and the
Alliance. I will now
referred to, that I have ever contended
for, and the fact that 1 did care to be
substantiated beyond the, shadow of a
. <4)bt, , i opposed ant 7 action . ot the A Hi-
mre that tended to ignore any part of the
ike ltizenship at large, especially Agricultural in a county
Crawford, being purely
vithout any large cities or numerous en-
erprises that were notin sympathy with
ihc laboring class of people, I had reason
,, Llthl ... nwo „.
mdv was n J mpathy with wifl the rh,.
principles the Alliance contend , for, I re-
HUnn'of t 1 °tW han Ce S!'
on what wh 1 t the county , f v l, therefore
1 1 and d "by .In any T" action 8 "bate 1 cr was
I )r,a, fo ut > while I know
ElVlT ho ; * Z Alliance was right
f / ° lied t ‘? t , inasmu ch as we met in
convention, un outsider coukil not
li.f.rf r ^ and w by " e did so, when he was
‘^ytriendiy toward us. I was fear-
■. i Id tend to one*clas9
I ■ J 1 wou array
E' nether making the issue AUiauoe
tri,/ l f Anti-Alliance when vve (the
1 i- 11 “ot intend to do so, when wc
L rere aU country working people
poor
C. i r, on « «*tb another in every - wa J
ILrmi i , e l/ C0U d ?°t understand why the
/f eniocratic primary was notsuf-
L ’ ^ or 8,ire y w e are all
r ^ 1 r ko , l )e s « an y " a y. and there is
Ik * e ? r ./ n y friction between the
ri< berawnitic party, and
•in, F . 11 j j di at if any reasonable man
wii 1 r r / mol j ne n t think of that mano-
tnrin,, r!^'/. e< ] t r i e i b^tion bd 1 now pending
tipi-! Ix-L '. ,n rt ® s tj' at ‘be impoitcnce of
• »
^e Dcmocratm ptuty will
w/fn, 1 H to bitn, I ask, why should
!' ,c V , °i < i cd l )eo Pfo who have
j.,} " *’
a.- zea busly for twenty the years
u-‘ ,!ln ; 1! ‘ J< ' s t interest of country i
' / U'^tUuted • n . l ^ at for man good, y organizations no^l<Kpur-
11 / un tbej went outside their
,‘ en thp y driftcd { ™ m tlu .‘ H ’
1 S ^ the inevit- .
~ 1,1 ’U’u an< rum was
, 1 e , result. , It is said that I am not
n,liD ". of the majority- 1
1 ' lt;i ou v w *bing to be gov-
ern 1 ln • i* i th ? t she - has no jurisdiction
.,v r Certainl y kcr lowers do not
K ;i(1r*L J ' lat < asc a n ( t every member is as-
mi '
Ii/tt , (,1 :h; tt f act j n his initiation. Our
.,jl‘ ls ln charity. things essential, unity, aud in
'• ungs I claim any similar .
j on not essential 1 in this county. Now,!
nuvt-" at am censored for creating dis- j
1 .
ion in our ranks for allowing my name j
used . re njt t° know that anybody]
W( •Hi e
dot U ' dl a wroDg position. I
t 1 l- .’uk i ‘he Alliance . other
. nor any
iirivil'!! IOn ^ 8S ,ke to extend the
^ 0 U ' onL tkat ske forbid an-
"ant to he understood right upon
ns pomt. I did not desire to be styled
' Alliance candidate, allowing the peo- ;
no?a y 80 in it. nor would I under an v
i, become
the candidate of
KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO., GA„ FRIDAY. JULY 18.
tween the two, a candidate for all, of all,
selected by all, and impartial between
all.
* h ;lve dwelt thus far in order that no
misunderstanding would exist upon the
part of any. In conclusion I desire to
sa y to my Alliance brethren that it gives
me no little pain to know- of any confu-
sion existing in our body. I assure you I
Irsvo laborad acaiouslv to doternkor svkst
was best for me to do m the premises. I
| did not want to engage in this raee. I
have only submitted to the many soiicita-
j tions as any prudent man would hav?
; do ne under f circumstances. I
I ask , > r ° u t0 make a home case ot n aad
i see how iar different I have done to what
} you would have done. I want you to
j know as I have tried to demonstrate by
? ct as wel1 as word that I am
loyal . t0 , cvefy principle involved
m the Farmers’Alliance as declared in
j the declaration of purposes, yet I must
be loyal to the people who are not with
us - inclination is to sympathize
with every legitimate enterprise, every
interest, every profession necessary for the
upbuilding of this good old county, my
; uativity. Being identified in every way
possible with the farming interest renders
me specially interested in it, and should
1 be chosen the representative have of this
county and the people whom I an
abiding affection for, I do solemnly obli-
' become the watchful guardian of
their every interest. Jeff D. McGee.
! P. S. Since writing the above I learn
j that I am charged with having exposed
the secrets of the Alliance. I deny ever
having done so. It is generally under-
l learn it is charged again that I allowed
toy name to go before the Alliance until
; 1 found I would be voted dow 7 n. I have
never consented to become a candidate
except before the regular Democratic pri-
mary. This can be proven by any n urn -
her of triable gentlemen. J. D. M.
ROBBLY NOTES.
Mrs. Mary Mullin, an estimable lady of
Hickory Grove, died last week. She was
a splendid woman, aud liked by all that
k m \ w jj er The relations have the. sym¬
pathy of the entire community in their
sad loss.
Crops in our section are particularly
fine, especially the cotton crop, though
vvc “ are ginning to suffer a Iittle for rain
now . If we can only get rain in a few
da y S> aii d have favorable weather uutil
September 1, the such yield of cotton for our
section will be as our farmers never
s «"’ before.
q he a H-day singing (Sunday picnic) at
]z] am j as j Sunday was a grand success for
the ymmg people . Some of the young
meu ] ( q t sa j h ear ts, but this was not
so the representative girl from with your him
town, as he carried his best
on t j, e W{( j. t, omc I am not leave! surprised to
know tbat he was anxious to
Miss E ]eanor Worrill, of Thomaston.
j, ftg ] )een spending several weeks with
yj; ss ,\nna Fincher, and will leave
for home soon. much to the
regret of some of the Crawford young
inen We hope she will come again soon
as soinc 0 f our young men don’t think
^cy can get along without seeing her
OCC asi OD all V .
Miss Annie Webb, of Ceres, is spend-
hig several days with her cousins, Misses
jy nna an( j Josie Fincher.
Mr. J. T. Parham is cut shaking hands
-with his friends, and reminding them
that he is a candidate for tax collector,
Politics seem very quiet in our midst, as
have not been taekled as to our stand-
ing in the matter of county officers or
representatives vet. much and
\y e w j s h t [ ie Herald success
wc think it justly deserves it for the
manv improvements ov er the old pacer,
Mav it continue to improve as the sub-
scription list swells. A Friend.
STANLEY'S MARRIAGE,
-
K brili .iant social event in i.ondon—
many notables present.
-
A cablegram from London says: vVerc Henry
Stanley and Dorothy Tennant mar-
r i e d at Westminster abbey at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. The abbev was
densely crowded. The wedding attended was a
brilliant social event, and was
bv the Prince aud Princess of Wales, the
ceremony was performed by the bishop of
R non. assisted by Dean Bradley. The
bride was overwhVlnisd with weddmg
presents, which flowed in from all parts
of Bngland, and frequently from people
that neither she nor Stanley has ever
heard of. 'Jhe bride and groom will
spend the honevmo#n at Met chet court,
Hampshire, which has been tendered to
them by Lady Ashburton.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFED—DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT¬
TERS OK MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OL’H
COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES.
In the house, on Friday, Mr. PerkiDs.
of Kansas, presented the conference re-
port on the bill granting Indian reservation, right of wav
across Mille Lacs, tc
the Little Fills, Mille Lacs and Lake Su-
perior lb.ilrond compauv. Adopted. Af-
ter the passage of one presented private relief bill,
Mr. Conger, of Iowa, the con
ference report on the silver bill. It Was
agreed, on the suggestion of Mr. BloUnt,
of Georgia, i hat four hours’debate should
be allowed Saturday on the silver confer
cnee report, at the end of which time the
previous question should be considered at
ordered. The hous ■ then, at 4:25, took
a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening ses-
sion to be for the consideration of private
pension bills. The house met at 8 o'clock
*nd on the first pension bill that made was
sailed up, Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee,
the point of r-o quorum and the house ad
journed until Saturday.
In the senate, on Friday, Mr. Teller
introduced a joint resolution declaring it
to be the determined policy of the United
States government to use both gold and and
silver as full legal tender money, in-
structing the president to invite the gov-
ernments of Latin Union countries, and
of such other nations as he may deem ad
joint resolution was referred to the
finance committee. The senate then took
up the senate bill to establish a United
States land court, and to provide in for tin
settlement of private land claims New
Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, Ne¬
vada and Colorado, such claims being by
virtue c l Spanish or Mexican-rights; Tht
bill was discussed until 2 o’clock, when
the shipping bills were in order as unfin¬
ished business, and Mr. Gibson addressed
the senate. He argued against the pro
posed subsidies for ships, susidies. but in Mr. favor Coke ol
stated moderate postal the why he
some of reasons op
posed the bill to grant subsidies in aid ol
tire merchant marine. Mr. Vest offered
as a substitute for the bill as to the Amer¬
ican merchant marine a provision foreign for free
s hi ps to be used only in the car
ry in g trade, not in the coastwise or lake
trade. The hills went over without ae-
tion. Altera brief executive session,
the senate at 5:40 adjourned.
p, the house, on Saturday, Mr. Conger,
of Iowa, called bill/ up the conference report
on the silver The four hours’ de-
bate, which followed, was participated Mor-
in by Messrs. Cutcheon, Herman,
row. of California; Cannon, Allen, of
Mississippi; McRae, Williams, of Illinois.
sburlv. Peel, Grosvener, Niedringhaus,
Perkins, of Kansas; Townsend, of Colo-
rado; Beckwith, Darlington. Milliken,
Smith, of Illinois, and Dinglev. Tht
four hours allowed for debate having ex
pired. the previous question was consul-
ered ordered, and a vote was taken upon
agreeing to the conference report. 11
was agreed to by a strict party vote.
The silver bill has now identical passed both time
houses of congress in the
in which it came from the conference
committee last Monday, when it was tel
egraphed in full. After being enrolled,
it will receive the signatures of the pre-
siding officers of the two houses, and will
be sent to the president immediately.
Without transacting any further business,
the Thcscnatc,onSaiuvday.rcsumcdconsid- house, at 5 o’clock, adjourned.
oration of two shipping bills, and wuf
address d by Mr. \est. The remon
strance of the board of trade of Jack-
son. Tenn., was presented by Mr. Harris,
The two shipping bills were taken up,
and Mr. Vest spoke in opposition characterized to
these subsidy bills, as he
them. Mr. Stewart gave it us his opin-
j on H ia t the plan proposed in the pend-
ing bill was the only mode of reviving
the ocean carrying trade of the United
States, and that free ships would simply yards
destroy the American ship building
without affording any relief. Mr. George
addressed the senate in opposition board* to the
bills. Mr. Call said that several
of trade in Florida had expressed a fa
vorable ophiiou of one of the pending
bills, and to some extent of the other,
Mr. Teller offered an amendment profit!
ing that no vessel shall be entitled tc
payment under the act that makes any
discrimination between or gives unequal
facilities to competitive transportation
lines in the receiving or forwarding ol
freights or baggage at any American port
or at any foreign port, which was agreed
to. The bill was then passed—yeas bounty 29,
nays 18. This was the tonnage
bill of the Amo lean shipping league.
A vote was then takeu on the postal sub-
bill, and it was passed-ycas 28,
nnvs 16. The tariff bill was, on motion
of Nir. Morrill, taken up, and has be¬
come the “unfinished business.’’ After
an executive session, the senate, at 5
o'clock, adjourned. had been used in
After some time up
dilatory tactics on the democratic side,
the house on Monday went into commit¬
tee of the whole on the bill known as
the Atkinson bill, supplemental to the
act. authorizing the construction of the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad in the
District of Columbia. After the debate
had been discussed for an hour, Mr.
Moore, of New Hampshire, moved that
the bill be reported to the house with a
recommendation that it be recommitted
to the committee on the District of Co¬
lumbia, which was agreed to. No quo-
rum was announced aud the house at 8:50
adjourned. Monday, Presiding
In the senate, on
Officer Ingalls announced his signature to
tile silver bill. The senate then proceeded civil
to the consideration of the sundry
appropriation bill. Among the ameiid-
ments to the sundry civil approbations bill reported
from the committee on
and agreed to by the senate was the fol¬
lowing: Item of $ 80,000 for building an
addition to the bureau of engraving and
printing, where silver certificates are
printed, to furnish accommodation for
more presses; item of $ 388,500 for the
purpose of improving, extending and re-
pairing the vaults in the treasury build-
jug, aud 1 r constructing new vaults or
safes therein; inserting a large number of
items for lighthouses, beacons and fog
signals. The amendment to insert an
item of $ 500,000 for establishing
Washiugton a Latin-Amcrican memorial
library was reached, and after some dis-
cussiou went over, Mr. Spooner moved
to increase the limit of the cost of the
public building at Milwaukee, Wis.. by
$400,000, agreed to. Having disposed
of fifty of the 114 pages of the bill, it
was laid aside until Tuesday. After
clearing the calendar of a number of bills
of local interest, the senate, at 5:50, ad*
journed. Tuesday, Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
On
moved that the house go into committee
of the whole on the consideration of the
bill appropriating $080,189 for an aeidi-
tional clerical force to carry into effect
the dependent pension .
the provisions of
bill. The additional force provided moved foi
is 630 Pending this motion, he
that the general debate be limited to two
hours. Agreed to, yeas 14, BJ member* > S •
One hundred and twenty-two
announced as paired on tins vote, the
previous motion was then agreed o, house yia*
135, nays 37, and accordingly the
went into committee of the whole (Mr.
Brannon, of Michigan, in the chair), on
the bill stated.. A little colloquy in re-
gard , to „ the civil . service law , arose be- .
tween Messrs Cannon and Honk which
afforded the democratic side of the,house
much amusement. Hie committee then
rose, the bill was passed, and the house
at 5 10 adjourned resumed
The senate, on Tuesday, appropria- con-
sideration of the sundry civil
tion bill, at page fifty, the first item being
one of $200,000 for surveying appropriation public
lands, the committee on
recommending an increase of that amount
to $600,000. Mr. Gorman explained of the it
amendment, stating that the object lands
was to throw open to settlement
intended (bv the act oi’ October, 1888,)
to be reserved for irrigation. Discussion
of the amendment lasted until 6 o’clock,
when, without disposing of it, the senate
adjourned. A large part of the debate
was upon the management of the geo-
logical survey.
NOTES.
The president has nominated Sanmel
Simbcrly, of Va., to be secretary of lega¬
tion iu tne Central American states, and
consul general of tlie l nited States at
Guatemala.
A letter from Pensiofi Commissioner
Baum, sent to the Senate on Tuesday in
response the resolution of inquiry, shows
that the total number of pensioners at all
agencies was 532,479 on May 80th last.
The commissioner of the census has ap¬
pointed the following special agents in
Georgia to collect statistics of manufac¬
turers: John B. Yaugn, Augusta; Sam 1
Casper, Albany; Seaborn J. Fountain,
Macon.
The president, on Friday, transmitted to
congress two communications from the
secretary of the state, enclosing the Ameri- report
of the action of the international
can conference, concerning the copyrights protection in
of patents, trade marks and
commerce betwecu the American republics the
and other acrion of the same body for
lietter protection of public health against
contagious diseases.
WHAT SHE WAS READING.
Mamma—Mamie, you mustn’t read
that paper in the twilight. You’ll hurt
your Mamie—I sight. just want to finish this urti-
:le.
“What is it about f”
“The care of the eyes.’’—[Epoch.
NO. 22.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER*
ESTING NATURE.
riTHY ITEMS from ALL rOINTS IN tout
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER¬
TAIN THE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC.
Supervisor Young, of the Richmond,
Va., district, says that city ha.* between
81),800 and 80,500 population.
1 he State Teachers’ association con¬
vened at Greeuville, 8. C., Wednesday
night. They wi I be in session lor three
weeks.
A Baton Rouge, La., dispatch says:
The lottery bill passed the house not¬
withstanding the governor’s veto, yeas
68, nays 81.
Ex-Senator Thomas McCreary died at
at his home, near Owensboro, Kv„ 'Thurs¬
day in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
He had been a paralitic for years.
The first halo of Texas’ cotton crop ol
1891) arrived at Galveston Wednesday
night, from Duval. It. classed good pounds mi<l-
dlirm, good staple, weighed 650
and sold for $100.
A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas,
says: Dr. W. Mitchell, pastor of the
Broadway Presbyterian church, of tort
Worth, was arrested Tuesday for forge¬
ries amounting to $2,500.
’! he Gould headquarters, the mer-
chants’ exchange and the Henderson
buildings in Dallas, Texas, were <U-
strqyed by lire Monday morning, The
loss is $lo7.000: insurance $83,000.
Enumerator J. P. Cameron, of Rich¬
mond county, N. C., reports the discov¬
ery of a colored man who calls himself
John Ditcher, and claims to be 108 years
old. He was born near Petersburg, Yn.
A collision occurred ou the Alleghaney Ohio rail¬
division of the Chesapeake and
road near Scottsville, Va., Friday marli¬
; ng The engines and six freight cars
were badly wrea ked. No one* was hurt.
Word reached Sun Antonio, Texas, from
Laredo Thursday evening, that ►ninllpox is
raging there, although every effort is be-
ing made to keep the fact quiet. A large
number of deaths have occurred, and
there are many new cases.
Thfi boar(1 of tradc of f> ar j,, Texas, has
iuU . d six ( , miinera tors to take a new
census of the city, being satisfied that
tbe f et lc r al ccnsusis imperfect. .Austin,
too j 8 gnatly disappointed, and claims
- niore people than the census shows.
A Paris, . Hex., , special . . of (rr Tuesday , sajs:
It seems that the proprietors of the
Choctaw Orphan Asylum Lottery com-
nany * * have not abandoned their scheme
Thev deciim . that the United States
‘ ‘ ,-ight interfere,
^ rinm nt has no to
that fh inteml to proceed to hold
a (irawi » u ; t the right8 .
Armstead Jones, colored, , , was hanged , in
Orangeburg, S. C„ Friday. lie was one
ot ‘he youngest persons ever nangcu ie
that state. His age was given by h.mseu
ils sixteen years, but others icpoited turn
as seventeen. iIu "'.^ s banged for the
cold blooded and deliberate assassmal am
of his stepmother last February,
A dispatch on Tuesday from Greenville,
8. C., says: Work on the United States
courthouse aud post-office building at
this place has been commenced at last,
mid will be pushed to completion as fast
as possible. The contractor is required
to finish it by the 1st of Julv, 1891. This
building has been badly needed for years,
a Telegram received Saturday from
Yfeleta, 'Jexas, says a f,itched batt le is in
progress there between two local f actions,
both of which claim control ot the town
government. They held an election iu
April and each side c aimed the election.
Both sets of officials were sworn in, and
the town has had two governments evt-t
since.
Baptist, Methodist aud Presbyterian
churches at Montgomery are making ex¬
tensive preparations for the coming ot
Sam Jones in October. A meeting was
held to arrange for the construction of a
tabernacle to hold six thousand. Com¬
mittees were appointed for various pur¬
poses, and all are hard at work Jo make
Jones’ visit a great success.
The twenty-second annual convention
of the Southern Dental association met in
Atlanta Tuesday. Hundreds of delegates
from every section of the north, cast,
6outh and west were present and the
meeting from the outset was Ihe most
brilliant convention known to the asso¬
ciation since it was first organized in
Atlanta twenty-two years ago.
SO MUCH IS CERTAIN.
“Do you believe that money talks, a*
the old proverb says?’’
“I never heard money talk, but I’ve
travelled with it and found it to l»e
mighty good companv.”
The recent purchase of two thousand
Texas beef steen for export to the City
of’Mexico seems to indicate that a de¬
mand for better qaeat is current there.