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DEVOTED TO JACKSON COUNTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
CONGRESSMAN TATE RENOMINATED
Large and Enthusiastic Gathering of
Ninth District Democrats.
The Congressional convention of
the Ninth district assembled in this
city last Wednesday. Is was a large
and representative gathering of en
thusiastic Democrats, and the de
liberations were harmonious through
out. Congressman Tate bad no op
position and was complimented with
a unanimous nomination for a second
term.
The convention was called to order
at 12 o’clock by Hon. C. H. Brand,
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee, who made a short and
effective speech, and announced that
the first business in order was the
election of a temporary chairman.
Hon. W. A Charters, of Lumpkin,
placed in nomination Hon. B. F.
Perry, of Cherokee, who was unani
mously elected, and returning thanks
for the honor conferred, announced
that the next business in order was
the election of a temporary Secretary.
Hon. Howard Thompson nominated
Dr. H. C. Whelchel, of Lumpkin, who
was unanimously chosen. Judge
Whitworth, of Gwinnett, was made
Assistant Secretary.
On motion of C. H. Brand, the roll
of counties was called, when it was
found that every county in the dis
trict was represented by delegates
who were present in person.
On a call of nominations for perma
nent chairman, Hon. R. B. Russell
placed in nomination Colonel J. N.
Holder, of The Jackson Herald, and
there being no other nominations Mr.
Holder was unanimously elected and
escorted to the chair. He made a
ringing speech, which aroused great
enthusiasm, giving some caustic raps
at the Third party, and dressing down
the Populist candidate in great Bhape.
The temporary Secretaries were
made permanent with the addition of
Lester D. Puckett, of Hall.
On motion of C. H. Brand, a com
mittee consisting of C. H. Brand and
Howard Thompson was appointed a
committee on business, who reported
that the order of business be as fol
lows :
1. Nomination of a candidate for
Congress.
2. The adoption of platform.
3. Appointment of Executive Com
mittee.
4. Appointment of Campaign Com
mittee.
The report was adopted, and on a
call for nominations, Hon. W A.
Charters, of Lumpkin, arose, and in
a ringing speech, presented the name
of Hon. Carter Tate of Pickens. The
nomination was seconded by W. W.
Stark of Jackson, Howard Thomp
son of Hall, R. B. Russell of Jackson,
and Mr. Keith of Cherokee.
There being no other nominations,
Hon. Farish Carter Tate, of the
county of Pickens, was nominated by
a rising unanimous vote, amid great
enthusiasm.
On motion of Hon. C. H. Brand, a
committee of one from each county
was appointed^on Platform Upon
their return they reported as follows:
PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the Ninth
Congressional district, in convention
assembled, hereby announces its un
qualified approval of the great princi
ples of the party as set forth in the
National platform of 1892 at Chicago,
and the State platform of 1894, re
cently adopted at Atlanta, and pledges
its unfaltering allegiance to the same.
We present to the voters of the
district the Hon. F. C. Tate as a
worthy exponent of these great prin
ciples, endorse his record as our
Representative and commend him to
the favorable consideration of every
voter who feels an interest in preserv
ing good government.
On motion, the following were ap
pointed the Campaign Committee:
John N. Holder, Chairman.
Banks—V. D. Lockhart, Homer ;
A. P. Wofford, T. J. Carr, William
Gillespie, J. M. Ritchie.
Cherokee—J. R. Brown, Canton ;
W. J. Webb, Sanford B. Barnes,
Jesse Taylor, Dr. J. M. Roberts.
Dawson —J. S. Holder, Johntown,
Ga.; R. B. McClure, A. T. Cain, C.
A. Vandiver, B. J. Chester.
Fannin—J. R. Chastain, Morgan
ton ; Tom Buchanan, J. M. ChastaiD,
A. H. Morris. W. W. Findley.
Forsyth—Leroy Edmondson, Cum
ming; Dr. E D. Little, J. H. Crow,
Dr. J. D. McCollum, A. C. Bell.
Gilmer—J C. AlleD, EUijay; Z J.
Crawford, John Stover, J. S. Smith,
J. S. Hudson.
Gwinnett —R B Whitworth, Law
reneeville; J. T. Baxter, W. S.
Garner, N. Bennett, W. E. Forester.
Habersham —E. J. Christy, Clarks
ville ; W. J. Hayes, Dr. L. E. Turr,
John Peyton, F. L Asburr.
Hall—Howard Thompson, Gaines
ville; D T. Quillian, A. R. Smith, F.
T. Davie, T. M. Bell, W. E Bolding.
Jackson —R- B. Bussell, Winder;
Jack Bennett, E. Askew, Dr. Ben
Braaelton, W. T. Thurmond.
Lumpkin—F. M. Williams, Dah
lonega; J. T. Miller, M. G. Head,
B. O. Jones, W. H. Early.
Milton —John M. McClure, War
saw; H. J. Seal, G. W. Scott, Jr.,
R. H. Bell, J. H. Johnson.
Pickens—R. Y. Kelly, * Talking
Rock ; Hardy Rhyne, Samuel Tate,
William M. J T. Atherson.
Rabun—Robert E. A. Hamby,
Clayton; J. N. Foster, James E.
Sleekly, W. C. Scruggs, Sam A
Beck.
Towns—O. C. Wiley, Hiawassee;
M. J. Brown, John H. Corn, A. J
Wood, S. J. Osborn.
Union—Lafayette Ledford, Blairs
ville ; Dr. Frank J. Erwin, Thomas P.
Hughes, J. L. AlleD, M. G. Caldwell
White—A. H. Henderson, Cleve
land ; J. R. Lumsdem, J. R. Glenn,
J. W. H. Underwood, J. D. Cooley.
The following were elected as the
Executive Committee of the Ninth
district for the ensuing two years:
John W. Hendley, Chairman.
Banks—P. F. M. Furr.
Cherokee—James Y. Keith.
Dawson—H. D. Martin.
Fannin—John H. Witzel.
Forsyth—H. L. Patterson.
Gilmer—J. C. Allen.
Gwinnett—C. H. Brand.
Habersham—C. L. Bass.
Hall—H. H. Dean.
Jackson—W. P. Boggs.
Lumpkin—A. C. Whelchel.
Wilson—P. D. McClesky.
Pickens—W. B. Tate.
Rabun—Robert E. A. Hamby.
Towns—O. C. Wiley.
Union—J. Y. Walker.
White—J. R. Lumsden.
After the adoption of the resolu
tions of thanks to the officers of the
convent i u, and sending greeting to
the Democracy of Alabama, the con
vention adjourned.—Georgia Cracker.
Much Enthusiasm.
Lawrenoeville, August B.— At an
early hour yesterday the Democracy
of Gwinnett county began to pour in
to this town to hear the distinguished
Georgians, Messrs. Cox and Clay.
Fully eight hundred people wore
crowded into the spacious court house,
most of whom were Democrats. A
small number of Populists were pres
ent.
Colonel Tyler M. Peeples was elect
ed chairman of the mass meeting, and
G. D. Rucker secretary. Colonel C.
H. Brand presented the consolidated
report of last Saturday’s primary,
which showed that Tate for Congress
man had received sixteen hundred and
twelve votes and Brand for the S ate
Senate sixteen hundred and nine.
Colonel Brand resigned as chairman
of the county Democratic committee.
Two from each militia district were
appointed by the chair to nominate a
committee for the next two years.
Colonel Peeples, in a very appro
priate speech, then introduced Hon.
A. S. Clay, who was received with en
thusiastic applause.
Mr. Clay began by saying that he
proposed to address the people on the
inauguration of the campaign for Gov
ernor and State House officers.
“I must speak to you,” he then
said, “of a personal matter. Every
true man has enemies. I thank God
I have enemies. The statements in
the Atlanta Gazette about me are to
tally and unqualifiedly false.” He
then read affidavits contradicting the
reports made against him. “These
statements,” he continued, “made by
enemies against me, are dirty, infa
mous lies.” He prophesied that the
Democrats would carry the State at
the fall election by eighty thousand
majority.
“The Populists are not bad men,”
said he. “Many of them are good
men, but they are mistaken. Ala
bama’s election puts an end to the Pop
ulists in this country. There will not
be twenty Populists in the next legis
lature, and none in the next Congress.
They will never run another race after
this one; mark what I tell you.” (Ap
plause).
“We had two candidates for Gov
ernor for the nomination,” he went on.
“General C. A. Evans, a brave and
honest man, retired nobly, saying,
‘No man will do more for the cause of
Democracy than I.’ Atkinson, the
victor, will be elected Governor of the
great State of Georgia. (Applause).
See what the Democratic party *in
Georgia has done since J. M. Smith
was made Governor. Bullock’s ad
ministration cost the State near one
milliom dollars. When the Demo
crats got possession, they found stu
pendous frauds, and that eight millions
of dollars of fraudulent bonds bad
been issued. Since 1872 the Demo
cratic party has appropriated twelve
million dollars for public schools.
See what the Democratic Governors
have done for the State! Would you
exchange little Billy Peek or small
Mr. Hines for any one of them ?” (Ap
plausf).
“The government must not support
the citizen, but the citizen must help
support the government. The State
of Georgia spends annually $3,945,-
900.80.
“A Populist said to me, ‘Where
does all this money go? What do
you Democrats do with so much
money ?’ I told him I could tell him
where it all goes, and that in legitimate
channels. To maimed soldiers an
nually $185,000; $1,100,000 to com
mon schools ; $400,000 to widows of
Confederate soldiers, as the law for
merly was. Also several hundred
thousand on the public debt. Geor
gia owes $8,000,000, but the Western
and Atlantic railroad is worth every
dollar of that. The lunatic asylum
costs $185,000 annually; the
academy for the blind $16,000, and a
good amount for the deaf and dumb
asylum.
“The Populist I was talking to
agreed to all these expenditures as
legitimate, but said he, ‘The dinged
iufernal judges—they get too much.’
I think I made that Populist ashamed
of himself, and he finally said, ‘Yes,
I believe you Democrats done about
right.’
“But how about our National
Democracy ? Four things in the
National platform we have insisted
upon: of the first, taiiff reform. The
Wilson bill reduces the tariff on arti
cles we use $75,365,000. In ten days
or less time I predict Congress will
pass the bill that will save the people
millions and millions of dollars.
“The income tax will bring in $65,-
000,000 a year. The Populists used
to cry out ‘income tax;’ but now we
are about to pass it they say nothing
at all about it.
“We will pass a bill to elect United
States Senators by the people, for the
people ought to elect them.
“Then our party has reduced the
pensions $26,000,000 in a year, and
by the time this administration closes
i . will reduce it millions more by
knocking out the frauds.
“I am in favor of bimetallism.
The Democratic party takes the posi
tion that the two metals must be the
same in value. If the silver is worth
as much as gold, then there is no
trouble in free and unlimited coinage
of silver. I believe in two years other
nations will come to the free and un
limited coinage of silver. lam in fa
vor of the coinage of both gold and
silver as provided by tWs Democratic
platform.
“What have the Populists done in
Congress ? Who nominated Judge
Hines? Tom Watson. Who nomina
t?d the entire ticket ? Tom Watson.
(Applause.)
* ‘Ask them where are they goiDg
to? Tom Watson. Who do you
belong to ? Mars Tom. Ido not be
lieve in this one man power. What
has Mr. Peffer done ? He said in the
United States Senate he wanted to see
the House and Senate abolished and
one man to rule. Of oourse they
would have Tom Watson to rule. Mr.
Peffer stood in the United States Sen
ate for Anarchism and Socialism.
When I was in Chicago and saw five
thousand strikers, I thought of the
Georgia farmer who lives near the
little country church, and hitching his
team to his wagon, taking his wife
and children to hear the blessed gos
pel. 1 thought of the farmer here
who toils and earns a living for his
family, and I said, ‘the hope of this
country is among the honest, plain
people.’
‘ ‘What else did the Populists do in
Congress ? Judge them by the record.
Better that they never had a record.
One Populist introduced this bill in
Congress, that all pensions for ten
years be paid at one time-"’ Mr. Clay
told of other measures introduced in
Congress by Populists.
Colonel Thomas E. Winn here asked
the speaker if the party should be re
sponsible for what one man does in
Congress. Mr. Clay replied. Colonel
Winn asked a number of questions,
Mr. Clay giving short and cutting
answers.
The two gentlemen sparred some
time, until the audience was wrought
up into a tumult of excitement. Mr.
Clay had the crowd and seemed to
get the best of the tilt.
Mr. Winn finally shouted, “I stand
an our platform, and you will all at
last come to our platform.”
Mr. Clay replied, “You will never
have another Populist election in this
country. Hines stands no showing,
and Twitty will be so badly beaten
he will not know himself.” (Ap
plause.)
Mr. Clay said, in conclusion, “Let’s
pit Cobb against Gwinnett, and each
roll up one thousand majority at the
next election.”
Mr. Clay made an appeal to the
colored voters, and then closed amid
great applause. The meeting ad
journed to reconvene in the afternoon
to elect anew Executive Committee
for the county.
Scrofula humors and all diseases
caused or promoted by impure blood
or low state of the system, are cured
by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Civil engineers say the wings of the
butterfly display the greatest possible
lightness combined with the greatest
possible strength.
they are at outs.
A Flglit Is on Between the Watson
and Peek Factions.
All is not well in the ranks of
the Populists. It is said that the
beautiful dove of harmony has already
deserted her cote and two factions
are laying for each other with a large
sized knife.
There is an open rupture among
the leaders which has been growing
wider and wider ever since the May
convention.
The gist of the whole matter is that
Hon. W. L. Peek and his friends are
at outs with Hon. Tom Watson and
his friends.
The trouble came about through
some events that culminated in the
nomination of Judge Hines for Gov
ernor. Colonel Peek’s friends claim
that Tom Watson dominated the con
vention and forced a cut and dried
ticket on the party in older to secure
backing in the Tenth district for Con
gress.
“I don’t think,” said a well known
Populist yesterday, “that dissensions
in the party should be a subject of
gossip, but Colonel Peek has not
been treated right.
“He was the logioal candidate of
the party for Governor, and had not
the convention been dominated by
Tom Watson, who had a personal ax
to grind, he would have been nomi
nated.
“Just before the May convention
Colonel Peek received a telegram from
Thomson asking him to go there at
once. He didn’t want to spend the
money and didn’t go at first, but he
received another telegram stating that
his presence there was absolutely
necessary.
“He went, and to his surprise,
found no one to meet him at the
train. He then proceeded to Mr.
Watson’s home, thinking that the ne
cessity of his visit would be explained
tc him. Mr. Watson seemed sur
prised to see him and disclaimed hav
ing wired to him to come.
“In the midst of this embarras
ment, however, Mr. Watson inquired
if he was a candidate for Governor.
Colonel Peek admitted that he was in
the hands of his friends. Mr. Wat
son then paralyzed him by saying
that if he ran President Ellington, of
the State Alliance, would also be a
candidate, and intimated that it would
be hurtful to the party for both to be
in the race.
“Colonel Peek returned home some
what indignant, but still loyal to
Watson. In the meantime Watson
and his friends were showering tele
grams to Hines to allow the use of
his name before the convention.
*‘On the day of the convention Wat
son was at his headquarters at the
Markham House and Colonel Peek
went there to confer with him, but tel
his surprise, was completely ignored.
“When the convention was called
to order Watson proceeded to take
possession of it. Mark Irwin, Colo
nel Peek’s son-in-law, was deposed.
“The sidetracking of Peek and
Irwin had two purposes behind it.
The first was to make Watson solid
among Hines’s friends in the Tenth
district for Congress, and the second
to destroy the influence of Irwin’s
paper, the Living Issues, which was
a formidable rival of the People’s
Party Paper, controlled and edited by
Watson at a salary of $56 per week.
“The Living Issues was the organ
of the Alliance, and as such was con
siderably in the way of the People’s
Party Paper. So President Ellington
has come to the rescue by taking
stock in Tom Watson’s paper, and, by
virtue of his authority as President
of the State Alliance, has ordered the
suspension of the Living Issues.
“So, you see, Watson is getting
things all his own way. There i8
nothing like having a pull.”
From rumors afloat the differences
between the Watson and Peek factions
will be aired at the annual meeting of
the State Alliance, which will be held
at Dublin on August 15th.
A Sign of Mental Activity.
“Talking to one’s self is generally
considered a sign of a weak brain,”
said a doctor yesterday, “but nothing
could be a greater mistake. It is a
sign of an extremely active brain. Ir
may be a strong or a weak intellect,
but the activity must be there to cause
this peculiarity. If you will observe
you will be astonished how many peo
ple you will meet on the street who
are thinking aloud. The talking is
done unconsciously. Often people ad
dicted to the habit, if you called their
attention to it, would aver that they
never were guilty of such a thing.
Some of the brightest men I have ever
seen do their thinking outloud with
out knowing it, and on the other
hand, some of the weakest individuals,
mentally, whom I have met in my
practice keep up a continuous conver
sation with themselves. So it seems
that a man who talks to himself mußt
be one of two extremes, a wise man
or a fool.”—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Txbvs: SI.OO a Txae.
SPEAKER CRISP
Writes a Strong Letter to Chairman
Fort.
Speaker Crisp could not be at the
State convention, and, replying to the
letter of Chairman Allen Fort, among
other things in his letter, said :
“Two years ago, for the first time
in more than thirty years, we elected
a Democratic President, a Democratic
Senate and a Democratic House of
Representatives. Congress was
called together in August last, and
has been in session most constantly
since. When we came into power,
we found a bankrupted treasury. We
found a financial system which was
ruinous to the masses of the people.
We found tariff laws which had stran
gled trade and commerce, which had
built up trusts and monopolies, which
taxed the many for the benefit of the
few, and which had destroyed the
general prosperity of the country. As
a result of these laws, we found bank
ruptcy, panic and distress. With our
efforts to right the wrongß of the peo
ple your are familiar. Some of our
friends, impatient at what seems to
them unnecessary delay, are disposed
to criticise and find fault with our ac
tion here. A moment’s reflection
should satisfy them of the injustice of
this course. While we have a good
majority in the House, in the Senate,
which, when full, is composed of
eighty-eight members, we have only
forty-four Democrats. Our majority
there is more apparent than real. Ab
solute unity of sentiment is rarely
found in any political party. Legisla
tion is the result of compromise. We
cannot expect in one year to undo the
work of thirty. We are confronted
and impeded at every step by trusts
and monopolies and large interests,
which have been built up under Re
publican laws, and which must die
with the destruction of those laws.
Necessarily our progress is Blow, but
we are making progress. The Demo
cratic party has not faltered nor
failed in its efforts to redeem the
pledges made to the people. We
have not, on all questions, .agreed as
to the best methods of redeeming
these pledges, but we are honestly
endeavoring to do so, and if the peo
ple will continue the fight on the
lines laid down in our party platform,
success must ultimately crown our
efforts.
“If any Democratic representative,
in the opinion of his constituents, has
failed to vote in accordance with plat
form pledges, the remedy is rather to
abandon such representative than to
abandon the party, in whose princi
ples we believe. No man is greater
than his party, and no party can hope
for success that does not choose rep
resentatives in full sympathy and ac
cord with its purposes and its princi
ples.
“We will soon wind up the business
of this session t and when our work is
summed up, we shall not fear to be
judged We will not have
accomplished all we hope to accom
plish ; we will have failed in some
matters which the party was greatly
at heart; but we will have reduced
taxation ; we will have enlarged our
markets; we will have relieved some
what the burdens of the poor by tax
ing the incomes of the rich; we will
have made it easier for millions of
people to obtain the necessaries of
life ; we will have repealed public ex
penditures ; and we will have mani
fested a settled and determined pur
pose to continue the contest with all
comers, whether Republicans or Pop
ulists, until we have redeemed every
pledge we have made to the oeople.
With such a record we shall hate
nothing to fear. We will enter the
coming Congressional contest through
out the Union with vigor and with
confidence.”
Cows Milked While Yon W r alt.
To take a oow from door to door
and milk her in presence of each cus
tomer, is the very newest departure
in the London milk business. It is
one that is not lacking in boldness
and originality, and it deserves more
success than it is likely, we fear, to
meet with. The practice is common
enough in Egypt, where householders
appreciate the advantage of being
able to judge for themselves whether
the animal from which they draw
their supply looks healthy or the re
verse.
But then the average Egyptian is
not the slave of the British urban su
p< r.-tition which demands that milk
should look thick and yellow in order
to be genuine It is all in vain to as
sure mo it people in English towns
that pure milk is not of a rich yellow
hue, and that as a matter of fact it
ought to be white. They know better
than the cow and the milkmaid com
bined, and as they demand yellow
ness they are supplied with it to their
hearts’ content. All that has to be
done, and is done, is to mix various
coloring matters with the fluid, and
these pigments usually are inocuoue,
thuugh not always so.—London Tele
grapin
NO. 32.