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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol IX Na 180.
CAKDLM OKOWWO CAUSTIC.
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Letter Sent to Atkinson Handles Him
Without Glover-
Judge Spencer Atkinson hue given
out fur publication a letter written to
him oy Col. Allen Candler in reply to
bia recent communication scoring Col.
Candler for hia refusal to go into a
joint debate
Col. Candler aaya Judge Atkinson
baa lost bia temper, and confirms his
first apprehension that a joint debate
would degenerate into a mad-alinging
contest.
Thia letter Col. Candler deol area will
be the last notice he will take of Judge
Atkinson in the public prints.
He declares be was not responsible
for the action of the democratic coni'
mittee io calling the primary on June
6, and then saya:
“As to whether or not I led the fight
for Gen Evans four years ago, I have
only to cay tbat when I discovered that
republican negroes were to be voted io
the democratic primary, for Gen Evans’
opponent, I protested against thus de
bauching our primary, and whenlny
protest was of no avail, Itook the field
for Gen. Evans, and my county war
carried for him
“As to the use of money, I challenge
you to show a single instance in which
I have ever used a dollar to buy votes
or to buy liquor to influence voters.
“I have sent out ro letter for the
purpose of securing the support of rail
road officials, and I defy you to proa
duce such a letter.
“I have sentout no letter to anybody
in which I make strictures upon Mr*
Berner and yourself personally, and
I challenge you to make good the
charge.
“Yours and Mr. Berner’s constant
reference to my having as members of
my central campaign committee the
general counsel of two leading railway
systems in Georgia is too transparently
demagogical for serious thought, and
I shall dismiss it with a question. Did
not both of you seek the active sup
port of these gentlemen?
“Your assertion that I have evinced
no interest in the question of public
transportation is in strange contrast
with the truth, when the public
records show that I was one of a com
mittee of the Georgia senate which
drafted and reported the present rail
road commission law of Georgia, un
der which you bold an office, the sala»
ry of which you are using as a cam'
paign fund, while you run for another
office.
“Not only this, but I was the prime
mover in 1876 for a constitutional con
vention, which made a railroad com
mission law possible, and gave you
your present job, from which it seems
nothing can shake you except a big
ger one.”
Concluding on the~subject of joint
debates, the Colonel says :
- “You still harp on a joifit discussion.
My dear Judge, do you know that
there are but two instances in the his
tory of the Democratic party in Geor
gia in which candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor have
engaged io joint discussions? One was
in the race between Senator Bacon
and Gen. Gordon. They met and so
bitter grew the contest tbat Democrat*
,is leaders took the matter in hand
and stopped the joint debates, to pre
vent personal collision between the
friends of the two candidates.
“The other was in the Evans-Atkin
son contest in 1894, when there were
three—possibly, four—meetings, when
so grsat grew tbe bitterness between
the supporters of the two candidates
that the meetings were called off for
the good of the parly ; but so serious
was the damage already done tbat in
the election Mr. Atkinson, who receiv
ed the nomination, fell 4,000 votes be
hind bia ticket, and. 20,000 Democrats
were so disgusted tbat they remained
away from tbe polls and did not vote
-at all, and so deep and lasting were
the wounds made in the contests tbat
two years later, when Gov. Atkinson
had ro opposition for tbe nomination,
he fell nearly 9,000 voteJ behind the
stale ticket.”
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MORE TIME GIVEN
1 Congress Waite Until Wednesday to
Hear From the President-
1 The Atlanta Journal’s special Wash-
> ington correspondent furnishes that
> paper with the following btief sum
. mary of the war situation, as it_had
i developed at a late hour yesterday
afternoon:
1 Washington, April 4—Tbe fact
i that congress may wait even until
> Wednesday, if necessary, discloses the
; attitude of tbe president, as it is under
stood by those whom he has taken
I into his confidence.
i Tbe condition upon which congress
will delay action even for that short
i time la tbat they are assured tbat when
the message comes it will be in lino
with tbe action which has already
been decided upon.
Tbe object of congress is to secure a
certain line of action. They have no
desire to take the leadol the president
On tbe contrary, they are willing that
he should have the credit for a firm
policy.
The only thing that has disturbed
them has been tbe fear tbat there
might be dangerous and unnecessary
procrastination and failure to enforce
the popular demands. Now that the
two committees on foreign relations
have taken their position, an under
standing definite enough that the
president has taken a position along
tbe same line will dispose congress to
wait until Wednesday.
Any doubt on this point would lead
to action not fater than Wednesday.
The president may have some hope
tbat Spain will yield before Wednes
day. Tbat hope is not entertained by
many others, nor indicated by expres
sions from Madrid,-
One thing that the president is
highly praised for is his not making
any rejoinder to the last Sagasta dis
patch.
This action is strong
from a diplomatic point of view, leav
ing Spain to offer a renewal of negoti
ations on the basis of independence
for Cuba or else to suffer intervention.
Mr. Berner’s Platform.
- There appears to be but one plank
in Mr. Berner’s platform, and it may
turn out that that plank is a rotten
one. Still, Mr. Berner has so much
faith in it tbat be insists that both Col.
Candler and Judge Atkinson are try
ing to get on it.
Mr. Berner’s platform is tbat tbe
railroads of the state should be com
pelled to obey tbe state constitution.
Who is there that denies they should?
Does Mr. Berner know anybody who
thinks the railroads should be permit
ted to violate the constitution? If he
does, he ought to bold them up to tbe
public gaze. If he doesn’t he ought to
get off bis platform. There is no use
trying to convince people of tbat which
they already admit.
Is there any railroad in ..the stale
which is violating tbe constitution?
We have watched Mr.Betner’s speeches
pretty closely, and we have not noticed
tbat he has named any such railroad?
Why hasn’t be? Is it because he
doesn’t know that any railroad is vio
lating the constitution? It would
seem as if he would have named the
roads which are violating the constitu
tion if be could do so.
Perhaps be has a little delicacy
about making such an important piece
of information public without being
asked to do so. He could easily an
range tbat. Let some one of bis friends
when he makes bis next speech rise
and say, “Mr Berner, you are doing a
lot of talking about railroads violating
tbe constitution, please tell us which
roads you have in mind, and wbat ev
idence you have tbat your statement
is correct.” Mr. Berner would need
no better opening than such a question
would afford him. It might turn out
of course that Mr. Berner is mistaken.
In tbat event he would be practically
without a platform. Still, we are sure
he would rather be In tbat predica
ment than to continue to lead tbe peo»
pie to believe tbeir constitution is be
ing violated if such is not tbe case.—
Savannah News.
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL S, 1898.
The Passing of Brann-
One of America’s most remarkable
men died at Waco, Tex, early yester
day morning, his body p r’orated with
three ballet holes
W C. Brann, edito- of the Icono
o'ast, alio has made his name a bouse
bold word throughout the country,
met an enemy on the street, pistole
were drawn, several shots exchanged
and the career of tbe sulphuric writer
was ended
Brann was educated for the -minis
try, served the church a few years, got
tired of it, and then started a paper to
abuse tbe church and everything else.
His publication was truly an “idoj
breaker.” With a wonderful supply
of words, and tbe talent of grouping
them into the moat picturesque
phrases, Brann made hie paper read
in every city and hamlet in the Union.
He achieved national notoriety by bis
power of invective, and bis sensational
exit from tbe theatre of life was not a
surprije.
Brann’s pen spared no one. His pet
subjects of villifleation were Grover
Cleveland, Queen Victoria, the Baptist
church and the millionaires. Ho pour
ed forth vial after vial of red hot wrath,
and people bought his paper to note
how many novel curses the defiant
Texan could burl, pie Iconoclast was
never known to say a good word for
any man but one—W, J. Bryan. Amid
tbe Gatling fire of Waco’s invectives,
the free silver leader alone escaped
unscathed.
But Brann’s course io run, and, with
him, the Iconoclast is dead. It is
doubtful if there is another man in the
world who has either the nerve or tbe
peculiar ability to continue it success
fully. With tbe unique figure of its
editor, tbe terror of Texas journalism
will disappear, and wilt be remember
ed only as an incident of doubtful
benefit.—Brunswick Times.
Lessons for All Men*
In tbe north the migratory birds,
sleek and gay, are just returning from
their winter homes- They “have no
barns, but God feedeth them.” The
flocks of wild geese, in their orderly
sweeping flight towafdlhe north, are
returning from the southern swamps,
whither they were sent by tbeir inborn
carefulness, called instinct. The
crows, blue jays and partridges have
wintered here and been fed. Tbe
woodchuck and the bear have slept in
their boles and “sucked tbeir paws”;
the squirrels, ante and bees fed from
their stores gathered in summer.
Providence has provided for all and
given each that sense of foresight
which makes tbe maintenance of life
possible. To man be gives an earth
which brings forth in abundance, and
seed time and harvest, and summer
and winter follow in sure sequence.
He may, if he is not improvident, sow
in the spring to reap in tbe fall enough
for the winter. Well garnered har
vests in youth will make a comfortable
old age. God has given men faculties
which no other creature possesses, fao
ulties which, if properly used and no*,
dev normal conditions, make it quite
possible to live without anxious
thought when gray hairs find them
incapable of severe labor, and before
they follow the God*given instinct of
tbeir hearts to migrate to tbat new
country, where tbe tree of life flour
ishes.—From Men.
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STATE OF GEORGIA,
t 3 Bpaldisg County.
Whereas, J. Chestney Smith, Adminis
trator of Gloss Simons, represents to the
Court in his petition, duly filed and enter
ed on record, that he has ftally administer
ed Gloss Simons estate. This is there
fore to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, why said administrator should not
be discharged from his administration,
and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in July, 1898.
J. A. DREWRY, Ordinary.
April 4th, 1898. -
Registration Notice.
The county registration books are now
open at my office in Haasdkus’ Shoe Store
and all qualified to do so should call and
will close twenty days before each
election. T. R. NUTT, T. C.
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LETTBB LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., postoffice, week ending Arp. 2,1898.
Persons telling will pleae say “advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALE LIST.
' Ennis, Col Geo Y Harrell, Jourdan
Settler, Lomer Thpurmond, B P Watson.
FEMALE LIST.
Mrs Sarah Deavers, Min Wilson Mc-
Petterson, Mrs Mima Roberts, Min Untie
Smith, Miss Mattie Vaughn, Laura Wil
liams, Mrs Ida Bell Walkea.
David J. Bailey, Jb., P. M.
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r that Mr. W. B. Hudson has been appoint-
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s ’ Beginning on Monday the 4th inst., he
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