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TRUE REFORMERS.
THE GENK1UL ASS EM BEY
OP UKOliUIA.
A Brief Skrlch ol 11 EfW of Our
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SENATOR J. L. KEEN.
Senator .1. L. Kec ii, of the (i'h Sena
torial District, eompo-ed of the conn
ties of I, aureus, Johnson and Emanuel,
was born in Laureps county
A. I), is:,;;. As a furine lie never
ticipated ii, active politics until seeing
the oppression brought upon the peo¬
ple by tbe u11j11st and eorr upt methods
of the so called democratic party.
Being a firm believer in the princi¬
ples of .1 c fliers on and finding that these
principles were embodied in the Popu¬
list p atforrn, lie severed his connection
with the democratic party in 1890, and
in 1894 was nominated ami elected as a
populist Senator, every county in his
district gave him a majority.
He succeeded in passing a bill th rough
the Senate fix ng the toil for mi ling
rice, but it was lost in Die House, ami
the mills can c mtlnue to rob rice plan¬
ters at 1 heir own sweet will.
He introduced, in accordance witli
the wishes of a large majority of the
best people of his county, a bill to abol¬
ish the ei*y court of Laurens county,
but aga n a pariis&n democratic House
came to the rescue of a “dear office hol¬
der” and the people they pay the
freight.
Senator Keen was one of the first men
in Ills county to advocate populist prim
ciples, he has always, with mi Minehing
court. adv< cated the pi iuetp es 0
“Equal justice to all and special priv¬
ileges to none.”
The interests of the State will al
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HON. F. R. POOL.
Hon. F. R. Pool, Representative o'
Warren county, was born at U s pres¬
ent home iu 1850.
He is a progressive and succi ssful
farmer as was tiis father before him
Hon. T. N Pool, his father is known
all over Georgia as an able and elo¬
quent champion of the Prohibition
movement
Mr. Pool was a charter member of
the alliance in his county and has til
ways been prominent y eomiected with
the reform movement.
lie possesses the unb nit ded confi¬
dence of his people as was shown In¬
ins election in 1892, on tile popu’ist
ticket, to the office of county commis¬
sioner by about 709 majority, and again
in 1894 as the populist- nominee for the
House he received 7IS more votes than
his opponent.
Mr. Pool has served his constituents
well in the House and upon several iiu
portant committees, always true to bis
friends, he has applied fliis admirable
characteristic to his legislative corner,
and ratified by ins vote every promise
made by him to liis people.
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HON. W. K WILKINSON.
Hon. W. K. Wilkins id. of Ohattabon
che county, was b ru in January 1842
in the coun of Mus A new
county being made in s ar d him
in Chattaboo -he county. liis father
was one of the pioneer farmers of that
section, 'having moved there in 1887
from Twigg county, Therefore the
subject of this sketch was brought up
on a farm. When about nineteen years
old he went to Die war, he was in C.
A. Evan s Regiment, Gordon’s Brigade,
Ewell’s Division, and Stonewall .lack
fcon Corps. After the war he returned
to his native county where he has since
rr ' U1 <>. never hobing a y public office
except an enexpired teim of Clerk cf
the Superior Court.
He voted the democratic tieket until
1892, when he left t.,is party and joined
hands with ti e Populists. When in
1891 the party put hi, name before the
pc pie fi r Representative, it was done
aga .nst his wish, bu having beer, elee
te i to the G neral Assembly, he has
tried to do his duty, being at all times
at his post and voting on all measures
as he thought wa, to the best interest
of the State and in accordance with the
Constitution, He introduced several
bill one tojfive ail count'* s in the State
ecjiial privilege to elect officers to fill
vacancies when they aecur by death or
otherwise, this bill was killed by the
1 femoerats He also introduced a bill
putting all merch.nts (whisky dealers,
groeei y and dry goods merchants) un¬
der the same law as to opening their
stores on Sundays. This bill was killed
bv the Dern n-ruts.
If he h is'erred in his duty to his eon
S t,ituents it has been an error of the
[ an( j not of the lieart. He is
strictly a prohibitionist by practice,
now in the fifties an l never drank any
whisky, never took a tflass of beer,
nev«*r chewed tobacco or smoked a
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HON. R. B. TRAYLOR.
lion. R. It. Traylor together with his
colleague. Hon. S. D. Greer, of Harris
con tv, have made a record in the
Georgia Legislature tliat any county
lni(fht wo u b e proud of, and the 3500
R1)0 d people of Harris who voted for
t j, ell) },ave no Ofttise to regret their
choice.
Mr. Traylor was tendered tilt* place
of Representative several times by the
of J^etbiftljSa^-twAVfiinalA' '
and elected him iu 1894
He has-secured the passage of a local
bill of great benefit to his county, and
introduced a bill to allow widows of
Con fi derate Soldiers whose husbands
have died since tbe act of '91 to receive
a pension, tbe democrats seeing the
merit of tins nt asnre itole it by set¬
ting aside Mr. Traylor’s bill and pass¬
ing a sim lar on •.
Mr. Traylor was born in Troup coun¬
ty, Georgia in the year 1848 and has
been a farmer all his life, at the age of
10 h • enlis ed in the Confederate Army'
and no braver soldier than he ever bore
arms for the Confederacy.
At Atlanta, Oconee and Savannah he
and his brave compatriots marched to
the de fense of the South to the music
of roaring musKo.s and booming can
non.
Mr Traylor was a democrat until '91.
when he saw that tins party was no
longer true to its promises to the peo¬
ple and lie therefore east his lot with
the People's Party.
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L. CLEMENT. !
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Hon L. L. Clement was born A. D.
1864 at Big Creek in Forsyth county,
Georgia, , and , was reared , on .. the farm, .
he received his edueauon in tbe com
mon schools and at Camming and at
Norcfofcs high iti schoo s. |
After a full course of study at the
Southern . Medical ,, , , College, ,, of - Atlanta, . .
he graduated with high honors, taking
the first prize in surgery, and now
sta. ds a: the head of his profession in
Born and ,, bred democrat he finally I
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lost ah hope of reform through this
*.**>• owing to the predominance of the
N >rt > rn wi.*2. *'- • lating* with the
People n Party iu I" his moral couf*
age in sustaining his convictions as to
his idea of right, showed to bs people j
his fitness to lead them ;n the fight oi
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As th Populist n >uii: ee for Repre- j
tentative from the little count? of
Milton, he won by il7 votes, w iping
out democratic majority of 2 y ears
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before of 2i0 \otf s. been
On all questions his efforts ha t
to act and vote for the nterest < ^
whole people His aid and sym
have always 1 een extended to th,
and oppressed regardless of hif
personal inte est. Ustto
Besides local bills of mtei _
some ^
his people at home, he hah intro ^
bill to give a temporary license
dergraduates of medical college ^ 5
tween the second a d third con’ 1 ’® ^
lectures, after standing satisf
examination His object being ;°®
ble poor and worthy students to
their like many way through others in college. the interest Tb*^ ^
poor people was smothered in a demo
cratic committee,
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HON. VV. J. SHORT.
Hon. W. J. Sliort was born i inJF Vilkes
Comity Georgia. A. I) 1834. Mb ved to
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Marion county irf 1854 where) I he
lived since. ’
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Mr. Short is a successful fari| :r and
merchant, and as financial and i lercau
tile agent, lie lias been of great beneflt
to the AUiaueemen «,f hissectii# 1 -
Like many other brave Geor iuns he
lias faced death a thousand tim^ 8 u P for on
the battlefields of the Conleder ac Y>
four years, under Forest, he brf ve< ^^ e
storms of war tliat bcl hed for"^ 1 < l ettt * 1
and devastation upon our land'
Mr. Short was a Democrat uDH 1891,
when losing all confidence in ttM P ar * , y
of broken promises, he espo* rh se d P°P‘ the
cause of the people by joining 0
ulist party and was elected * , ° ^ ie
ji<mse ii-om Marion county, opffftfi^ Reiving 1 thus
153 more votes than his ’
C | lanff i n g Marion from a Derm- :ratic to
a Populist comity. 1 ■
Condemning the Demoe at c usage
an(1 custom of paying tvvo me ; for the
Fara ,, wor k, he introduced a bil 1 to P a Y
members of the General tJf Aspi^’y ^ he U1 Y
case of a contest only ui for
really seiS.ed. r ^ 1.'. ■ 1 ve
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where one mernber'4-us ,,.ier.
This is an injustice to the / ayers,
but they refused to stop t!ie|P ra, -E ce
by passing this bill.
No county in the State* has a
watchful and faithful Repres
than Marion.
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SENATOR T. S JOHNSON
Senator Thomas Sherwood Jc hnson
was born in Oglethorpe county , Ga.,
July 12th, 185.4. On his mother's f iJ©
he is a deeendant of the Wise fai d'y of
Virginia and the Colquitt fam ily of
Georgia.
llis childhood was spent in 1 aiddle
Georgia, in boyhood his parents 1 noved
to Jackson county, Georgia, whe re he
finished liis education and marrie d the
accomplished daughter of that obie
Confederate officer Captain Ang s C
Thompson. Since that t me fit ; life
has been spent among the peo fie of
Jackson county.
A life long Democrat from his bhild
hood. Borne and reared on Gef 5r K‘ a
soil, cherishing the sacred memory of
the past and loving his State and ( ;oun
try- he stayed with and worked foi 4>arty A he
party of his fathers until that
w th its leaders forsook the time hiding ]hon-
1 med principles of that party it
straved , , off _ after . strange . gods and
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falle " to ™rs .. "Pm? the , golden ,, calf
he reluctantly tofthouseholdo tbe
fathers ana like Wes’ey he left the
party that ,» protested . , to . . tow» the | re at
mass of the people, but in laws t. "1 cted
a 8 am! ' t 11 ® mas.es )■... in <.u lavor as I 11 ^ o at T j ,
in Julr " as plaeed 1S94 ajainut by las people the wealthy m the ^ Jana
distinguished Dr. L. G Hardman ipli- His
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rate oi interest naone^ y * n
greater on
the State of Georgia than S per
A. so a l .. , makt. it a
to charge more than 4 per een t for I
goli uing loans in the State of Geerfcia.
Both of these bills were killed in the
general judiciary committee - room,
which committee is composed of law
vers. The passage of these two bi Is
would work a blessing to every in
^ Georf , ia _ excep t the money
shark. The principle of justice to all
c i asse8 of our people still lives in the
hearts of the masses, and as the peo
^ become informed and see the in
justice of thes^ laws that make the
strong stronger and the weak weaker,
they will rise uo in their majestv and
say “thus far shalt thou go and no
farther.” “You go to your farm and
^ your buf i neS s and stay out of poll
an{ j j et Uf run the government”
will soon be a saying oi the past, and
j ree intelligent and patriotic citi
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zenf , will control this country.
Senator Johnson introduced a bill in
the Senate to abolish the city court of
Jackson county, which was an issue in
the campaign of 1804, and a majority
of the voters and petitioners of the
co an ty favored the bill to abolish the
county court. On account of partisan
prejudice the bill was killed by the
Democrats.
If every Senatorial district in Geor¬
gia woulr elect men like Senator T. S.
Johnson of the Thirty-third, then truly
would the will of the people again
n supreme in Georgia’s Senate
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HON R. P. V. RENN.
Hon. R. P. VVrenn, of ieff'erson coun
ty, was born 40 years ago upon the
same farm where he is now living, and
which has rewarded his careful and
systematic farming witn bountiful har
vests every year. Mr. Wrenn like most
farmers is modest and of a retiring dis
position, and it is a real pleasure to us,
al hough against his wishes, to give a
few facts as to his legislative record.
He was nominated by the populists of
Jefferson^ounty ft represent them in
the Legislature of ’94 and ’95. although
Jefferson has always been a democratic
stronghold, he and his colleague Dr.
Balter were elected by a large majority.
, Mr. VYreni^ias been faithful to his
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'c jiarty to the people,
He introduced a rt solution to pro¬
hibit any appropriations except for
current expenses and obligations al¬
ready incurred, which if passed would
have saved the State many thousands
of dollars. Also a hill to require all
parties intending to contest an e ection
to give notice of the same within If
days after the election, this would pre¬
vent either party from being cut off
without time to get up their evidence,
One of the m st importa't bills con¬
sidered by the General Assembly of ’94
and ’95 was by Mr Wrenn requiring
the Tax Col ectors of the State to file
with the Comptroller General a list of
the names of their tax defaulters with
the amount of tax due by each ona.
These bills should have been enac-ed
into law, but like many' other bills in
the interest of fairness and justice
were defeated by the democrats.
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HON M. 1. BRANCH.
Hon. M. I. Branch, the subject of this
sketch, was born in Petersburg, Va., in
1847. Thomas Branch, his father was
one of the most prominent cit izens of
Virginia. At the age of sixteen (1863)
he entered Lee's army, where he served
f° r one year, and the following year
was appoir.ted a cadet to the Virginia
Military Institute by Governor Letcher.
At the close of the w„r, he attended
the Military Institute, where he com
pleted his education in 1868, and then
removed to Augusta, Ga., where he en
^ mercantile business until
when he Columbia .
1878. removed to
county. Georgia, and adopted farming
^ his occupation.
Mr. Branch has always taken a lively
interest in political matters, and was a
prominent Allianceman of his county
during the flourishing period of that
order .
was twice elected bv the coun tv
of Columbia as its representative in
the conventions of the State Alliance, !
and was there sent as a delegate on
both occasions to the National Alliance
conventions held at St. Louis and In¬
dianapolis. alle
In 1892 Mr. Branch severed his ;
giance to the Democratic party and
aided in the organization of the Peo¬
ple's party throughout Georgia, and
was elected a delegate to the Omaha
convention,' where he was chairman of
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the committee on platform In the
same year he was elected to the Legis¬
lature, and re-elected in 1894 and was
chosen by the Populists of the House
of Representatives as their candidate
for Speaker.
Mr. Branch introduced a bill to pre¬
vent railroads destroying competition.
After a hard fight the bill pas-ed the
House, but the lobby of the Senate
w-as too strong, and it was there de
feated.
He also introduced a bill to require
all railioads to make their bonds pay
able in the lawful currency of the
United States instead of gold, as is
now the case.
One of his most gratifying achieve¬
ments was the pas-age of the bill in
1894, known as “The Branch School
Bill,” under which tie present com¬
mon school system is working.
Some of the Democratic members
were unwilling to have a Populist en
joy the credit of so important d meas¬
ure: but recognizing the inefficiency
of the then existing law, and appreci¬
ating the true merit of the “Branch
Bill,” it was passed.
The governor threw aside
sanship and used his good influence for
the passage of the measure
Mr. Branch seldom spe-iks upon the
floor of the House, hut when he does
he clothes his speech, s with eloqu nt
language and sustains his positions
with sound argument.
Mr. Branch, in 1870, married Miss
Sue Steiner in Augusta, Da , one of the
most accomplished and b autiful wo¬
men of Georgia. By their union they
have three noble sons, who will no
doubt follow in the footsteps of their
father and prove themselves worthy of
trust and honor at the hands of th
people,
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HON, D. T. MONTFORT.
Hon. D. T. Montfort was born iu
rrawford county, Georgia (of wh cli
Taylor county was originally a part),
A. D., 1849. lie has been act.ve y en¬
gaged in farming all his life.
A Democrat from infancy, he severed
his connection with th t party in 1891
on account of its un - Democratic
methods.
Taylor county in 1892 was Demo¬
cratic by 80 votes, but in lSb4 the Pop¬
ulists nominated Mr. Montfort and
elected him by 250 majority.
Mr. Montford and his Democratic
1 opponent both promised on the stump
j if elected to abolish the county court
of Taylor county; yet when he intro¬
duced the bill in accordance with the
wishes of his people tbe Democrats of
Taylor county fought it and secured
its defeat. No man in the Legislature
made a harder fight for his people than
the Hon, D. T. Montfort in his attempt
to abolish the county court. He showed
that six hundred of his people signed
the petition to abolish against eighty
to not abolish, He proved that the
court was a source of heavy expense
to the tax-payers and accomplished no
saving to the people in rebuttal of this
expense. But n the face of all this a
partisan Democratic House, at the be¬
hest of the court house clique of Tay
lor county, defeated the bill to abo ish
the court, and saddled upon t- e good
people of Taylor this expensive and
unnecessary court to gratify the greed
of a few Democratic office-holders.
Such incidents as this prove beyond
the shadow of a doubt that the Demo¬
cratic party values the spoils of office
higher than the interests of the people.
Continued next week.
John 1. Fullwood.
GOMPERS WAS ELECTED
President of the American Federation
of Labor.
The question of sending fraternal
delegates to the International Congress
of Socialist Workers at London next
August was the first business taken up
by the convention of the American
Federation of Labor at Saturdav’s
essl . °°' T ^ e motlon ^ ™ P end '
mg when the convention adionmed
the night before to refer the matter to
affiliated bodies, wa* lost, and a mo
tion to lay on the table, was carried
by a vote of 52 to 10.
At the afternoon session Samuel
Gompers was elected president of the
Federation by a majority of 18 votei
over John MeBride, bis only oppo
nent. The socialists voted for Mo
Bride.
MEMORIES
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As s peffume doth remain
In the folds where it hath lain.
So the thought of you remaining
Deeply folded in my brain,
Will not leave me; all tilings leave met
You remain.
Other thoughts may come and go,
Other moments I may know,
That shall waft me. in their going,
As a breath blown to and fro.
Fragrant memories; fragrant memories
Come and go.
Oaly thoughts of you remain
la my heart where they have lain,
Perfumed thoughts of you remaining,
A hid sweetness in my brain.
Others leave me; all things leave me;
You remain. —Arthur Symons,
RUJiOR OF THE DAY.
It does not cost more than the price
of two or three ice creams to be a hero
to a girl.—Atchison Globe.
The greatest trouble about blessings
in disguise is their dilatoriness about
discovering themselves.—Puck.
It is said that the idea of the tobog¬
gan-slide first suggested itself to a
man while swallowing a raw oyster.
Lots of room tor eheerfuldess,
Though it rains a flood
L<>t’s '0 thankful that it’s not,
Slush instead of mud.
Silious—“Leave ms alone with my
thoughts.” Cynicus—“What perfec¬
tion of solitude!”—Philadelphia Rec¬
ord.
There is a difference between a cold
and the grip; but you will not realize
it until you receive the doctor’s bill.
—Truth.
Poet—“Hope springs eternal in the
human breast.” Cynic—“Yes. That
the pool of disappointment may never
go dry.”—Truth. (from
“Happy Thought:” Mem,
note-book of careless man)—“When watch.
nothing else to do, wind up my
It saves time.”—Punch.
There are bacilli in a kiss.
I’ve heard it once or twice;
I really didn’t know—didyou?
That germs could be so nice.
-—Washington Star.
Visitor—“But this portrait of Mr.
Bulger is a good deal more than life
size.” Artist—“I know it. That is
the size he thinks he is.”—Boston,
Bulletin.
Bowlder (excitedly)—“I tell you,
sir, this town isn’t big enough to hold
us both.” Waugh (calmly)—“All away?”
right. When are you going
Somerville Journal.
“I am not going to take my meals
at the Hash restaurant any longer.”
“Why not?” “I heard the proprie¬
tor tell a delinquent customeY to ‘pony
up !’ ”—Detroit Free Preea.
Proprietor—“I can’t engage you;
your feet are too large!” Glerk—
“But they will be hidden by the
counter, counterfAtsjJlowed . sir,” Proprietor—“No establish¬
in this
ment !”-?W4|eroery.
“Women,” said he oracularly to
her, “are rarely good listeners.” And
the prospective mother-in-law in the
hallway only applied her ear a little
closer to the key-hole and smiled
grimly,—Indianapolis Journal.
“Why, Willie! what have you done
to Jimmy Woods that lie has gone
home crying?” Willie—“Well, he
told a lot of boys that his ma said our
family was one of the oldest in the
place an’ 1 licked hun.”—Pittsburg
Bulletin. •
“Great Scott!” howled the boss,
“does it take you four hours to carry
a message three squares and return?”
“W’y,” said the new office boy, “you
told me to see how long it would take
me to go there and back, and I done
it.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Ethel—“I suppose I shall have to
wear this veil; it’s the only one I
have. It’s so thick one can hardly
see my face through it.” Edith—
“Oh, wear it, by all means. Every¬
body says you never had on anything
half so becoming.”—Boston Tran¬
script.
“I want to buy a make-up box,”
said the young married man. “A
make-up box?” the confectioner
echoed. “We don’t keep theatrical
supplies.” “I mean a box promised of candy to
take home to my wife. I to
be home three hours ago.”—Indian¬
apolis Journal.
Judge—“What is the u c e of ap¬
pointing a receiver for this corpora¬
tion? There is nothing left to re¬
ceive.” Lawyer—“Your Honor, I
will show by numerous cases that it is
not customary to appoint a receiver
while there is anything left to re¬
ceive.” —Brooklyn Life.
'“Papa.” (She knelt beside the de¬
jected figure and fondly kissed the
drooping head.) “Papa, can I not
keep the wolf from the door with my
singing?” He was without hone, al
t aough he smiled, “My child,” he
sighed, “your singing would keep al¬
most anything from the door, but the
wolf is pretty nervy.’’—Detroit News
Tribune.
A Remarkable Ink.
One of the most remarkable inks
known to the chemist is made of a
Preparation of . Prussian _ ,, blue in com
^nation with nitric and hydrochloric
' “ ld * wrrtmg done wHh this nk
has the . angular property of fading
wuen exposed to the light and recov¬
ering its color when taken into the
snade or placed in perfect darkness.—
Indianapolis Journal.
Chinese Great Top Spinners.
The Chinese excel at flying kites,
but they are even greater at spinning
tops. Some of their tops are as large
as half a barrel, and it requires the
strength of three Chinamen to set
them a-spinmng. The humming of
these tops can be heard at a distance
of several hundred yards.