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A. '■ > ' _ ' ' ' THE MORNING CALL. Vol IX- No - 24L WILL GO TO CHICKAMAUGA THE FIRST RIGIMEHT WILL MOVE THIS WEEK Camp Northen Soon to Be Deserted Unless Another Regiment is Or dered Here —Camp Rotes. At 11 :3 ® °’ cloc,t yesterday morning a telephone message from the Adju uol General's office ordered the First Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, U. 8 Infantry, and the two light batteries stationed at Camp Northen, to leave as early as possible for Chickamauga. | Lieut. Col. Brooks in the absence of I Col- Lawton, who was in Atlanta, re« L oeived the message and immediately | gave it out as a fact that they would leave their present camping ground. No time was lost in preparing 'or their departure for in less than thirty minutes after the telephone message was received the commissary and quartermasters departments were al) astir with preparations for the proper necessities for the journey. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon the following telegram was received, veri fying the telephone message: "Washington, D C., June 14. "Col. A R. Lawton, Commanding Os ficer First Regiment Georgia Vol unteers, U. 8. Infantry: "By direction of the secretary of war you will proceed at once with your regiment to Chickamauga Park, Ga., and report teethe commanding gener al there upon receipt of this, and chief commissary, as above, to provide the transportation, rations and coffee money. Telegraph day nf departure to commanding general of Camp Geo. H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga.; also, to bis office, specifying the amount of tentage and ammunition taken with you. "You will at once communicate with chief quartermaster, Atlanta, Ga , for necessary transportation, and wfth the chief commissary, Atlanta, Ga., for t< n days field rations, the “bece* aary travel rations and coffee money. The quartermaster general and 'the commissary general have instructed the chief quartermaster. "Acknowledge receipt. (Signed) “H. U. Corbin, "Adjutant General.” Col. Brooks stated to the Call re porter that the regiment would proba bly leave this week and if instructed to break camp before the arrival of equipments which bad been shipped to thja point, they would leave as soon as transportation could.be secured. Capt. Bradley of Battery A, states be is hopes of leaving in ten days. Both Batteries will break camps at at once. 4 It is not known whether er no they will leave before the arrival of the horses and guns are being shipped from different points. The departure of theae troops will leave Camp Northen deserted, but we are tn hopes the new regiment to bo formed will be placed upon the state camp ground as it offers many advan tages over the other places in the stale which are under consideration. No one knows the object of the gov ernment in carrying these troops to Chickamauga. Borne seem to think it is the first step taken to get them to Manila, while others think it is a move in favor of the railroads. Thio was the only thing discussed throughout the day. Everybody was wondering what the first order would be and when it would come. The ma jority are anxious to be off while oth ers seem to think it a change for the worse. Upon the arrival of Gen. Gordon yesterday afternoon, he was carried to the camp ground and arrived just in time for retreat. After the flag was lowered the soldiers wore marched back into their streets and broke ranks. Immediately, they all rushed back upon the parade ground and gathered in a large circle around the general and field officers, and at command three cheers for Gen. John B. Gordon were offered. The band then played “Dixie” after whlch'Gen. Gordon with hat in hand marched to the center of tbe circle and io the most impressive and beau tiful language addressed the soldiers for a few minutes. His speech swelled tbe hearts of all and at its close cboer after cheer went up from the multi tude of people. For some nights since some one has been rooking the sentinels stationed in the rear of the artillery companies and often the guards have come near being badly hurt Tbess rascals would seclude themselves io tbe woods and could not be seen; Mon day night Captains Bradly and Wal ker armed the sentinel** with pistols and ordered them if rocked to shoot to kill, fn due time tbe one on doty just acres the rifle range from Capt. Walker’s tent beaid a rock wbis by and thinking he saw his assassins opened fire upon them and was joined by tbe other guards in that vicinity. Several sbots were fired but no damage was done that could be learned Yesterday morning Capt. Walker sent to tbe city and purchased a large supply of cartridges and last night de tailed a spec's! guard well tinned with instructions to surround the woods from whence tbe rocks came if they were again attacked The Chatham artillery has sc other peculiar mascct. Jim’s death was a sore grievance and yesterday morning one of the boys returned from Savan nah bringing with him a- monkey, which be gave to the company as a mascot AH ANNOUNCEMENT By William H- Fish to tbe Democratic Voters of Georgia- Atlanta, Ga., June 13,1898. To the Democracy of Georgia: On Thursday, the 23d day of this month, you will be called upon to express your choice for three members of the Supreme Court, viz.: a Chief Justice, an Associate Justice for a full term of six years, and an Associate Justice for an unexpired term of two years. lam a candidate to succeed myself gad am offering for the full term. As almost my entire time has been, and is now being, devoted to the discharge of my official duties, I adopt this means of presenting some of the reasons upon which I ask your support, and I request each of you to carefully read this communication and give it an impartial consideration. After an honorable contest in which I did nothing unfair or unbecoming, I was nominated for the office I hold end subse quently elected without opposition. Jus tices Little, Cobb and myself were chosen on a joint ticket, without distinction as to the length of our terms; but in drawing for them, as the law required, the short term, by mere chance, fell to me. It has been the unbroken usage of the Democrat ic party to accord a re-election to every official, even after serving a foil term, if he has been faithfol to his trust I have earnestly endeavored to be faithful to mine, and therefore feel that I ought not to be displaced after serving only one third of a regular term. I respectfolly submit that the candidacy of Judge Gober was not begun, and has not been conducted, in a fair and legiti mate manner. There are, as stated above, three district places to be filled. This was folly understood from the beginning, for the Chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of the State plainly so an nounced, and at the same time prescribed the form of ballot to be used. Judge Go ber well knew this, and yet did not an nounce for any particular term, but gener ally for “one of the places.” I charge that he pursued this course deliberately and intentionally for the purpose of tak ing his chances against all three of the present incumbents now seeking re-elec tion. Finally, when compelled to une quivocally declare his position, it appears that he is running against myself; but be fore saying so in plain English, he has carried on an active canvass by which he sought to gain all the advantages possible from a general candidacy without appear ing to oppose any one. The unfairness of this course is plain, and the various ways in which it could be worked, and has been worked, against me are obvious. I do not believe that such a method of seek, ing this high office should be encouraged or endorsed. It is unjust, not only to my self, but to the people, to whom Judge Gober owed the duty of saying promptly and condidly which justice of this court he desired to supplant, so that they could understandingly express their choice. What occurred in some of those conn, ties which in the recent primary, voted lor the nomination of Hupreme Court Jus tices .forcibly Illustrates whafis said above. Tickets containing the names of the four candidates, but not specifying the particu lar term for which any one of them was running, were prepared by Judge Gober, or his friends, and used to conceal the fact that he had at last decided to run against me, the design, of course, being to procure votes for himself by telling voters to strike* any one name they pleased, so long as they left his on the ticket No candid unan can or will assert that this was deal ing fairly, either with me or with the vot ers, the more especially when this plan was practiced in counties in which I had no notice at all that an election as to tbe Justices would be held on that day. In Fayette county tickets were used up on which the following appeared: “For Chief Justice, Thomas J. Simmons. For Asmclafe Justice (foil term), GEO. F. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1898. GOBER. For Associate Justice (unex plred term, two years), H. T. Lewis, W- H. Fish.’’ The purpose could have been nothing else but to mislead voters into the belief that there was scontest for the SHORT term between Justice Lewis and myself, and-thus leave an open field for Judge Gober for the FULE term; whereas, the persons who prepared this device knew perfectly well that there was no op position between Judge Lewis and myself, but that I was a candidate to succeed my self for the FULL term. It would be dif ficult to conceive anything more palpably unfair than this. • I have a letter from a reliable gentleman in which, speaking with reference to Wil ier county, he says: "There was no elec tion held in this county on last Monday, the 6th instant, for Supreme Court Judges. The Executive Committee met on Tues day, the 7th, just to consolidate the vote cast for Governor and State House officers < and Congressmen, and, after consolidating the vote, then selected delegates to attend ' the convention to nominate Supreme Court Judges, and selected delegates fav- ’ orable to Judge Gober. The people did not vote on it.” This requires no com- j meat. Judge Gober has sent out numerous let ters and circulars, many of which are full ofcheap “claptrap” to catch votes. For instance, in a number of them addressed to farmers, he poses as an agriculturist; and to sefine, he sent photographs repre senting himself superintending the pack ing of peaches for shipment to market. Surely such methods are not to be com mended. Everybody knows that we want for Judges men who have a knowledge of the law, and that formers, however honor able their calling, have not the training for such offices. This sort of electioneer ing is a direct reflection upon the intelli gence of our farmers, but I do not believe they are so densely ignorant as to approve of Judge Gober’s absurd suggestion that they put him on the supreme bench be cause, forsooth, he is a “farmer.” . But the Judge, in some of his circulars— and in at least one newspaper article sign ed by himself—is doing something even less worthy of public approbation. He is attacking the efficiency and insinuating against the uprightness of the members of the present bench. Four of them (Jus tices Lumpkin, Little, Cobb and myself) hold their present commissions directly from the people under a unanimous elec tion. The chief justice has been repMtad ly elected by the legislature without oppo sition ; and Justice Lewis is now holding under an executive appointment. Ido not believe that the people will receive pa tiently or view favorably attacks of this kind upon their highest court; and, in my judgment, they will hesitate to place on thia bench a man whose ambition is so in ordinate that he does not scruple to charge that this court is perverting the law and that he should be pat upon the supreme bench in the role of a “reformer.” This method of campaigning ought, in my opinion, to be rebuked at the polls. In a published communication Judge Gober states, in effect, that he cares very little personally for a seat upon the su preme bench, and that his candidacy arose from the fact that he was put forward by those to whom it seemed that reforms in the administration of the law were need ed. This statementaccords but ill with the feet that he has sent out by the thou sands circulars seeking support, and is not consistent with his otherwise industrious candidacy, nor with the fact that he is re sorting to the above and other like means for the purpose of securing a nomination. The call of Cincinnatus from the plow did not evoke from him such remarkable evi dence of the fact that it had been heard, nor such an unseemly exhibition of per sonal eagerness to respond to it. The Judge has been making a button hole canvass of the state, going about from one place to another and making personal appeals for support This is not only un fair to an opponent who is remaining at his post of duty, but is not, I submit, be coming in a race for this exalted office. In placing the election of Judges with the people, it was never contemplated that this sort of tactics would prevail or be counte nanced. If it should be rewarded with success, I predict that the time is not dis tant when the judiciary will be dragged into the mire of general politics—an evil which every good citizen will deplore. In some of his circulars Judge Gober states that he was defeated in the conven tion which nominated me by a “combina tion.” In making this charge, he must have been oblivious of the means he em ployed priorto the meeting of that con vention, and during its session, in advanc ing his own candidacy before it; and he must have entirely forgotten how he'ba. gan and ha* perpetuated his career as an office-holder. There are in Georgia scores of men whose memory in this respect will be found more accurate. . In conclusion, I beg to say that though I have used some very plain language, every word I have said has been carefully weighed and is the truth. And while I regret the necessity which has been forced upon me of publishing this communica tion, I cannot in justice to myself remain silent and allow the means which have been and are now being employed to de. feat me, to pass unnoticed and unanswer ed. This is the only way in which I can ‘ R.yal orakes th* feed pare, k I M>YM l«IM KWMR CO., HCW YORK. i get before those who are to pass upon my stewardship the facts upon which their judgment should be based. 1 am simply seeking at the hands of my countrymen a fair showing, of which I feel extraordinary and unwarranted efforts have been made to deprive me, and to which the humblest citiaen is entitled. Your obedient servant, , William H. Fisa. THE RELIEF’ASSOCIATION, Officers Elected and Committees Ap pointed Yesterday. A meeting was held in the Y. M. C. A. parlor* yesterday morning at 10 o’clock for the purpose of organizing a relief association to care for the sick at Cstnp Northen. Tbe following officers were unaniw mously elected : Mrs. M J Daniel—President. Mrs. deForrest Allgood—Vice Pres ident. Miss Janie Brawner—Secretary and Treasurer. Fifty members were enrolled and the following committees appointed for hospital work: Wednesday, June 15—Mrs. A. J. Burr, Mr*. Douglas Boyd, Mrs. E. R. Richards, Mrs. J. W. McWilliams. Thursday, June 16—Mrs. J. D. Rivers, Mlss'lSara Malone, Mrs. Clark Brooks, Mrs. Loyd Cleveland. Friday, June 17--Mrs. R. F, Strickland, Miss Hattie Head, Miss Mattie Brewer, Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr , Mrs. Thomas Nall. Saturday, June 18—Mrs. E. 0. Smith. Mrs. J. H. Drewry, Mrs. J. M. Thoma*, Mrs. John Hunton. Sunday, June 19—Mrs. M. J. Danieljr., Miss Roeelyn Reid, Mrs. J. M. Brawner, Mrs. J. J. Mangham. Monday, June 20.—Mrs. T. J. Collier, Mis. T. R. Mills, Mrs. J. D. Pritchard, Mrs. J. W.-Mangham* Tuesday, June 21—Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Mrs. H. C. Burr, Mrs. T. J. White, Mrs. Walter Ellis, Mrs. R. H. Drake. Wednesday, June 22—Mrs. W. W. 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