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paTTLE FOR CONTROL
OF THE NEXT CONGRESS
Cpairmen Griggs and Sherman Have Their Forces Lined
yp for 2 Great Fight. How Campaigns Are Carrieq
on. How Money Is Used in the Elections,
J. J. chklsotl in .ther Chattanooga Times,
The management of a campaign for
] of the House of Representa
cf‘rf‘:tms peen reduced as mearly to
fie nce as can be easily imagined.
g < nothing haphazard about it;
The.l‘ena left to blind chance; no over
“““'1,1 ~ of any detail, however trivial
j‘m]\m:m,pem- to the unpracticed eye.
g x;hhal. however, the activities of
" entrusted with the management
rI:O;he Congressional campaign are
o 7 ictly speaking, national in their
not, ® 4 ;
sope. They 318 confined for the most
o o a few districts—those that are
_‘;"f,’(.,;(." in the parlance of the poli
xi(c‘iz{n.;; those that are debatable
ound. And this category is smaller
| ;*;;111 {he average voter would guess
off-hand.
The present campaign furnishes an
exception 10 the general rule. The
reason iS that the Republican major
ity in the House is now abnormally
!.m'r(_,o_ [t is 114. To secure control
of the next House, which is that of
e sixtieth Congress, the Democrats
«il] have to hold every district their
party now has, and take fifty-eight
.way from the Republicans. In spite
n tifls unusual majority to overcome,
fhe men who are managing the cam
paign for the Democrats are even
more confident of winning. This
makes the ficht interesting. It
is, of course, generally conceded that
the Republican majority will be cut.
The Roosevelt landslide of 1904 is re
sponsible for the huge Republican ma
jority in the fifty-ninth Congress. In
fhe last campaign the Democrats lost
more than a dozen districts that they
nad controlled for years.
The campaign of each party is man
wced by a central committee, com
msed of members of Congress, who
e elected by their colleagues in the
House. The Republican Congression
s Campaign Committee this year is
headed by a new chairman, Repre
entative James Schooleraft Sherman.
of Ttica, N. Y. His associates are:
Representative James A. Tawney, of
Minnesota, vice-chairman; Represen
tative Henry Clay Loudenslager, of
Xew Jersev, secretary; and Repre
sentative William Brown McKinley, of
lllinois, treasurer.
Representative James M. Griggs, of
Georgia, is again chairman of _the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee. Two members of the
House are associated with him as
vice-chairmen. They are R. F. Brous
sard, of Louisana, and D. L. D. Gran
ger, of Rhode Island. The secretary
of the committee is Charles A. Bd
wards, of Texas, an official of the
House, and the treasurer is James L.
Norris, of Washington, who is the Dis
trict of Columbia member of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. Judge
Griggs is assisted by a sub-committee
composed of conspicuous Democrats
of hoth the Senate and House as fol
lows: Representative E. J. Bowers, of
Mississippi; Senator F. G. Nev?vlands.‘
of Nevada; Representative James T.
Llovd, of Missouri; Representative W‘
H. Ryan, of New York; Representa-1
tive Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois; Rep
resentative D. K. Finley, of South
Cf‘m““?li Representative Charles A.
Weisse, of Wisconsin; Representative
Tohn A, Keliher, of Massachusetts:
Bp”“f’sontative Frank Clark, of Flor
lia: Senator Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho;
and Representative W. R. Smith, of
Texas. His organization thus is larg
°r than that of Mr. Sherman, though,
0f course, the latter will draft into the
f""'i(‘“ of his party as many mem
"ers of the Senate and House as' the
“¥izencies of the eampaign may dc’-l
mand, ' |
Chairman @harman has apened head
']":l‘m‘”% for his committee in the St.
o };{l":‘”dmg, Broadway, New York,
i ‘hi]f!‘\'--r“_fl'lo.\'e(l there an office force
(‘haim,vn,,ln(f '(.rlerks, sten(?graphers, ete.
cratie ;'UXSl(l)lnl]ggi’ following t}llle (Il)elx;?:
ters for his‘co‘mn?isitgé) ?fie%’aselfin(g“tlon,
No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath‘;
general debility, sour risings, and catarr
> 'he stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kool relieves indigestion. This new discov-
TV represents the natural juices of diges
t'.c:.as they exist in a healthy stomaC‘_‘-
combined with the greatest known tonic
44 reconstructive properties, Kodol for
./sPepsia does not only relieve indigestion
;“.: dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
- s all stomach troubles by cleansing,
f—;‘:ff‘ng Sweetening and strengthening
', ucous membranes lining the stomach.
ui‘_f‘_f.»”-“f‘;‘BaIl. of Ravenswood, W, Va., saysi—
Kos, - roubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
forban o 4 Me and we are now using it in mik
i Kodol Digests What You Eat.
CGities only, itelie:-_es irf\digesfiotn. sour stomach,
eicring o as, elc.
Prepared by E. G. DeWITT & CO., CHICAGO:
SOLD By DAWSON DRUG COU.
and keeps about fifteen employes busy
from an early hour in the morning
until late in the afternoon. Sub-head.
quarters of both committees have been
established in Chicago. Representa
tive Lloyd has charge of the Demo
cratic headquarters in Chicago, while
Representative Tawney presides over
‘those of the Republicans. In the char
acter of the work to be done and the
‘number of office employes, the sub
‘headquarters of hoth parties are on an
‘exact footing with the chief headquar
ters.
Without exception, every person en
gaged in an important capacity with
both committees is experienced in the
work. Every one of them has as thor
ough an acquaintance with the politi
cal conditions in the districts to be
fought for as it is possible for exper
ience to give. The task ahead of the
Democrats is harder than that ahead
m
USE FOR THE MOSQUITO.
Maligned Insect Make Hens Lay ata
Furious Rate.
A New York man, William A.
Woodbury, has at last found a use
for the mosquito, the bane of all the
suburbs of the metropolis, and he de
clares that the much-maligned insect
should be cultivated instead of eradi
icated. The gentleman in question
has a summer home on Long island,
where the little pests—or blessings—
abound in great numbers. One night
he set up a net with a large opening
and a brilliant light at the small end.
In the morning the net was full of mos
quitoes and other insects. These he
fed to the hens, and according to ve
racious chroniclers, the fowls throve
wonderfully on the food and proceeded
to lay eggs at a furious rate in' order
to show their avpreciation. Mr.
Woodbury estimates tnat he has
caught about a ton of mosquitoes for
his hens and ducks since summer be
gan, and he advises all farmers to go
in for his cheap brand of hen food.
SOMETIMES IT DOES!
A Hearty Meal Should Never Annoy
or Distress.
A hearty meal should give a sense
of gratification and comfort. I
should never annoy or distress. If
you have indigestion and discomfort
after eating 1t shows that your digest
ive organs are weakened and they can
‘not properly care for the food which
has been swallowed. If you cannot
eat and digest with pleasure and com
fort three good square meals each
day you need to use Mi-o-na stomach
tablets, and you should go to the
Dawson Drug Co. or People’s Drug
Store for a box at once.
Mi-o-na is as unlike the ordinary
pepsin digestive tablet as the electric
light is more valuable than a tallow
dip. Mi-o-na cures indigestion or
stomach trouble by strengthening and
regulating the whole digestive system,
thus enabling the organs to take care
of the food you eat without any dis
tress or discomfort.
Use Mi-o-na for a few days and the
nervousness, sleeplessness, general
debility and weakness, backache, loss
of appetite, headache and other ills
that are caused by indigestion will be
banished and you will feel well all
over.
Mi-0-na makes positive and lasting
cures, aand is sold under an absolute
guarantee that the money will be re
funded unless the remedy cures. Ask
Dawson Drug Co. or People’s Drug
Store to show you their guarntee
with every 50c. box of Mi-o-na.
A MOST WISE JUDGE. |
Not a Criminal Assault in Columbus!
to Kiss a Pretty Girl. !
It is not eriminal assault in Georgia ‘
for a man to embrace and kiss a pret- l
ty girl against her will. Judge Har- |
gett of Columbus has established a
precedent that will appeal to everyone
possessed of osculatory desires. Miss |
Katie Hinckley, who is very pretty }
and of good family, had Henry Stubbs
arrested on a charge of criminal as-‘
sault. Evidence showed that while the |
girl and Stubbs were returning from i
an entertainment Stubbs asked for a
kiss, which was refused. ‘'‘Then he
hugged me,’’ said the girl, “‘and kissed
me so it nearly took my breath away.
I think it was a criminal assault.”
I don’t think so,’’ said the judge.
It may have been rude, but it was
not the sort of assault that provokes.
lynching. You are very pretty, Katie,
and Henry seems to have been unable
t withstand temptation.” Georgia
girls, in order to avoid labial attacks
of the foregoing kind, will have to be
come less preity: and that is impossi
ble. So what recourse have they?—
| Savannah News.
LICE GOT INTO JAR OF MONEY.'I
Government Made Good $550 for |
Farmer Jones. ?
Sam Jones, a farmer living in|
Douglas county, some time ago buried |
$550 in greenbacks in a glass jar. |
Somehow wood lice got into the mon
ey and had about destroved it when |
Jones dug it up. Through one of the
Douglasville banks he sent it to |
‘Washington, living in the hope of |
‘some return. Thursday a check came
for the full amount, the treasury de
lpartment have identified every piece
of the money.
The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure
is Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Your
druggist will refund your money if
o fter taking one bottle you are not
[satisfied with results. 50 cents at
Kendrick’s Drug Store. :
The Dawson News. Wednesday, September 19, 1906. .
of the Republicans, for the re.son that
the Democratic managers have a great
er number of districts to fight for. The
Republicans could lose more than fifty
districts and still retain control of the
House. Thus, Chairman Sherman can
afford to devote all of the energies
and resources of his organization to
only a few of the close districts, where
as Chairman Griggs must divide his
act}\'ltles among forty-eight districts,
while at the same time keeping close
watch on districts now held by his
party, but which it is known the Re
gggll'lcans will endeavor to carry this
While, of course, both committees
appeal for support to the whole na
tion, their efforts are concentrated
more or less quietly on only a small
proportion of the 386 districts into
which the country is now divided. The
appeal to the country as a whole is
what may be called the public part of
the work of the committees—"grand
standing” is the word employed to de
squbq this process. The hard, earnest,
er!:‘ectlve work is done quietly, and
}Vlthout any “grandstanding.” Primar
ily, the entire country is divided into
classes of districts that are over
whelming one way or the other. For
example, nearly the whole South is set
down in the Democratic column, and
the candidates of that party in that
section are not expected to look to
C_hzzirman Griggs for any kind of as
sistance. All of New England and the
northwest are similarly treated as Re
publican, and, of course, the candi
dates of that party in the states of
those regions must get along without
he}p from Chairman Sherman’'s com
mittee. To be sure, there are Demo
cratic districts in New England and
the northwest, just as there are Repub
lican distriets in the South, and when
ever it appears in either case that
tl}ere is danger of losing any of these
districts, each committee comes to the
rescue of its party. |
Having checked off the safe from the
doubtful districts, each committee be
gins a persistent and systematic effort
to pull through the candidate of its
party. If the nominee needs money
for legitimate purposes, he obtains all
that is needed, or as much as can be
spared, by anrplying to the chairman
of his general committee. In this mat
ter the policy of both committees is to
discourage too much dependence for
financial assistance upon them. They
endeavor to show candidates how to
raise the necessary funds in their own
districts. But if the money required is
not forthcoming from the candidate’s
constituents, then the general commit
tee comes to the rescue. This is not
done, however, until confidential
agents of the general committee havei
been sent into the districts to look into
the prospects and have reported favor
ably on the application of the general
candidates. This is the way concerns
which loan money do when they re
ceive applications from persons whose
security or ability to pay is unknown
to them. Thus the minimum of money
is frittered away in “rainbow chasing.”
The money raised by the committee
comes through various sources. Of
course the largest contributors are the
big special interests which expect to
profit directly or indirectly by the gen
eral result” of the campaign. Such a‘
hue and cry, however, has been going|
on for the past year over campaign‘
contributions, caused mainly by the‘
exposures of the big life insurance
companies, that both parties are ex-‘
tremely cautiéus about the source and
size of contributions solicited or re
ceived. For the first time in the his
tory of organized efforts to get con
trol of the House, the Republican com
mittee has asked for dollar subscrip
tions. LEVR
As for obvious reasons the large
special interests will not be heavy con
tributors to the campaign fund of
either party this year, reliance for the
sinews of war must be placed more
largely upon individuals by both par
ties than ever before. It is known
that, generally speaking, the wealthy
men in both parties who occupy seats
in either branch of Congress are giv
ing more than they ever did before.
At the same time, however, this will
not compensate for the loss of revenue
that used to come in bulk from the
large special interests, and, as a re
sult, the chances are that less money
will be used in the pending campaign
than has been employed for many
vears. This is causing the congres
sional franking privilege to be more
heavily drawn upon than ever before.
The great bulk of literature which will
be scattered over the country in this
campaign will go through the mails
free. In times past a great deal of this
has been sent by express and paid for.
However, as so many members of con
gress are given express franks, it is
needless to say that the express com
panies, as well as the United States
mail, will be called upon to bear their
portion of the expense of distributing
literature for the enlightenment of the
voter. e v
YULG L.
The great bulk of the money used in
congressional campaigns is not dis
bursed until the day of election. It is
held back for the last pressing emer
gencies. And how many people know
what the chief emergency then is? It
is for carriages, buggies, wagons, auto
mobiles, and every other imaginable
means of conveyance with which to
get the reluctant and hesitant voter to
the polls in time to drop his ballot.
During the twelve years Representa
tive Joseph W. Babcock, of Wisconsin,
was chairman of the Republican con
gressional committee, he spent more
money in this way than in any other.
And he never lost a campaign® It is
a fact, strange and curious, that during
all these years Representative Joseph
W. Babcock saw to it that in every
close district throughout the length
and breadth of the country, every ve
hicle for hire was employed by his
great army of workers on election day.
He carried the house over Chairman
Griggs by a margin so narrow that for
two or three days the Democrats were
claiming a victory, with a show of
' good reasons.
How to Avoid Appendicitis.
Most vietims of appendicitis are
those who are habitually constipat
ed. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
cures chronic constipation by stimu
lating the liver and bowels, -and re
stores the natural action of the bowels.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
nauseate or gripe, and is mild and
pleasant to tO take. Refuse substi
tutes. Kendrick’s Drug Store, Daw
son, and H. A. Wall, Bronwood.
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" Mr. Chas. L Sauer, Grand Seribe,
Grand Encampment I. O. O. F. of
MTexas, and Assistant City Awuditor,
writes from the City Hall, San Antonio,
Tex.:
“Nearly two years ago I accepted &
position as secretary and treasurer with
one of the leading dry goods establish
ments of Galveston, Tex,
“The sudden change from a high and
dry altitude to sea level proved too
much for me and I became afflicted
with catarrh and cold in the head, and
general debility to such an extent as to
almost incapacitate me for attending
to my duties,
«“] was induced to try Peruna, and
after taking several bottles in small '
doses lam pleased to say that I was
entirely restored to my normal condi«
tionand have ever since recommended
the use of Peruna to my friends.’’
If your druggist does not keep
Peruna in stock, send remittance to
cover price of one bottle, $l.OO, or|
six botties, $5.00, to the l’m‘unal
Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio, and
the medicine will be forwarned to
you by express prepaid.
KENDRICK’S
DRUG STORE
Kendrick (& Jennings,
Proprietors. Phone 70
WE WANT
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Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ;
has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million
bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 30¢..
Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent, package of Crove’s Black Root, Liver Pills. |
The Athens Mutual A
Fire Insurance Co.
Organized Feb. 18, 1903. ,
This company has had a steady and conservative increase of
business since its organization,
It charges the same rate as other fire insurance companies,
but divides the profits with the policy holders, and so far has
paid to poliey holders, at expiration of their policies a
Dividends Amounting to 25 per cent
of the Premiums Paid.
This is the only fire insurance company doing business 1a Geor
gia that pays its policy holders a cash dividend at the expira
tion of their policies.
Largest amount insured in one risk is $l,OOO.
W. H. GURR,
Local Agent, % Dawson, Ga.
Dependable Jewelry.
A Large and Well Assorted Stock of
Watches, Rings, Lockets, Brooches, Chains,
Scarf Pins, Dress Pins, Cuff Buttons, Etc.
Is splendid evidence of our strong position in Jewelry.
We kandle nothing but dependable and guaranteed
goods, Buying for cash in large quantities enables us
to undersell. We invite you to compare the quality
we offer and the price we make.
( Dawson Drug Company.
EITHER STORE ¢
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