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t J|rue (£itiBen.
The Survival of the ittest.
WAYNESBORO, GA„ MAY 12, 1900
Hon. W. W, Osborne has with
drawn his appeal to the State Detn
ocratic Executive Committee from
its consideration and there will be
no call ot the committee. The call
i3 cancelled.
VTING DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
ant to authority vested Id
hereby call a meeting of
nocratic Executive Commit-
be held in Waynesboro, Ga..
at 11 o’ciock a. ra. on the 16th day ol
May, 1900.
The purpose of said meeting to
compile, consolidate and declare
the result of the primary election
held on May 15th, 1900, and also to
select delegates to the state con
gressionai and senatorial conven
tions; and such other matters at-
shouid properly come before the
Committee. May 11th, 1900.
S. H. Jones,
Ch. Dem. Ex. Com., B. C., Ga.
THE PRIMARY ERECTION.
It ought to be understood by every
man who presents himself to vote
at the primary election on the loth
that it is a Democratic election helo
simply to nominate Democratic
candidates for the next November
election. It ought to be also under
stood that he is registered under
oath authorized by law which oath
is in these words: “I do swear that
I am a citizen of the United States,
that I am 21 years old, or wilt
be on (such a day) this year; that 1
have resided, in tnis state for one
year, and in this county six month?
immediately preceding the date ot
this oath, that I have paid ali taxes
which, since the adoption of the
Constitution of 1877, have been re
quired of me, (except taxes for ihis
year) and that I am not disfranchis
ed from voting by reason of any of
fense against the laws of this state.
I further swear that I reside in the
district, G. M.”
Besides this every voter goes to
the polls m this primary to vote as
a Democrat; he pledges bis honor
to stand to and abide the result ol
the primary and to vote for the
nominee at the general election, He
cannot any more vote at a primary
election drshonestly than he can at
any other. If he does his vote will
be thrown out and he wiil be subject
to prosecution just the same.The pri
mary election is established by law.
Every established political parly ha.-
a right to hold its own primary
election. The Democratic party has
provided a mode for an honest fait
expression of opinion. Therefore
let every man look carefully at the
ticket he is going to vote, scratch
off the names that he does not in
tend to vote for and leave those un
scratched that he wishes to hold of
fice.
Every candidate’s name is on
the ticket or should be for the voter
to choose from. Now go to the poll?
every properly registered voter and
exercise your right of franchise like
an intelligent honest and unbought
citizen of the great state of Georgia
should.
HAMMOND VS, REYNOLDS.
Rev. S. A. Walker. Ex-KepreBentative of
McDuffie County, Answers the Card
of Mr. Gross,
Thomson, Ga., May 7th, 1900.—
Editor McDuffiie Journal:—1 am
out of politics, and have no in
terest to serve except to select the
most efficient and best qualified
man for the position of Solicitor
General. This is why I snail vote
for Hon. H. C. Hammond in the
primary of May 15th.
In your issue of April 13th there
appeared an article from the pen ol
Mr. M. W. Gross, dealing with the
question of the race betw’een Hon
H. C. Hammond and Hon. Jos. S.
Reynolds for the position of Demo
cratic candidate for Solicitor Gen
eral of the Augusta Circuit, to be
determined in a Democratic Pri
mary to he heid on the 15th of May
Some of the statements made by
Mr. Gross in his over-bubbling en
thusiasm are so erroneous, and his
deductions from same so mislead
ing that I haye decided to ask space
in your valuable columns to make
reply thereto.
Mr. Gross’s first paragraph deals
with “the qualifications of Hon. H.
C. Hammond and Hon. Joe. S. Bey
nolds for the office of Solicitor Gen
eral of the Augusta Circuit.” He
proposes, however, to shed light on
this question “by giving to the peo
ple of McDuffie the record of each
as a legislator.”
Now, will Mr. Gross kindly ex
plain the connection between these
two apparently different things?
Will he have the goodness to ex
plain to the good people of McDuf
fie, whom his letter is intended to
instruct and enlighten; how the
fact that Mr. Reynolds “answered
roll- call” in the Legislature more
times than Hammond makes the
former a better person than the lat
ter for the Solicitorship? It does
not occur to the writer that this
roll call business illustrates in any
degree one’s fitness or unfitness for
the Solicitorship of the Augusta
Circuit, or demonstrates anything
beyond the fact that the roll-call
was answered. If a legislative re
cord is to be considered at all in
this question, the pertinent inquiry
would be, so far as Mr. Reynolds is
concerned, what else did,be do iD
the Legislature besides “answering
the roll call?” The writer really
does not know what he did, but he
loes know what he did not do.
When the so-called Child Labor
Bill—out of the defeat of which by
Mr. Hammond, Mr. Reynolds is
making so much capital—was be
fore the House, Mr. Reynolds made
uot a smgle speech in its behalf ;and
Ylr. Hammond made a strong and
jonviscing argument against it,Mr.
Reynolds had Dot a word to say in
reply, His most effective weapon
igainst Mr.IIammond is the latter’s
opposition to that act; and yet Mr
Reynold-', with his Legislative re
cord so vaunted by Mr. Gross, was
oot true enough to his cause to ut
ter one word openly in its advoca
cy. Doubtless it is true that Mr.
Hammond was present, he at least
had manliness to speak boldly hi-
convictions on aDy important sub
ject even while knowing that his
utterances were unpopular.
But let us see about Mr. Ham-
lUODu’d absence from tire Legidla-
cure. In the session of 1898 he was
promptly on hand at the opening ct
cbe Legislature. In two or three
lays be was taken violently ill with
the grippe. On his arrival at Au
gusta his physician pronounced
dm too ill to be taken to bis home,
ao further off than the village ot
Summerville, but insisted on send
ing him in an ambulance to the
nearby hospital. He remained there
lome weeks, too ill to be 3een, ex
cept by some members ol his fatni
ly, until he was removed to his
dome where he lingered for some
time in a wretched state of weak
ness and prostration. Towards the
cod of the session he went back to
the Legislature, though it was a
most imprudent thing lor him to
io. He did so against the command
nf his physician.
It is true that Mr. Hammond was
absent some days from the session
of 1S99. These absences were due
mainly to his employment, belore
the sitting of the Legislature.in cap
ital cases in Richmond Superioi
court, as to which he could uot ob
tain leaves of absence from the
court. When he made an effort to
obtain a leave of absence and was
refused, his conduct would have
oeen despicable haa he abandonea
ms clients at the hour of trial. I
reei sure that the fair minded vot
ers of McDuffie county wili nevei
condemn a man for faithiuliy per
forming his sworn duty. But when
he did attend the legislature ho did
it as a man and not as a politician.
He did something more than “an-
-iwer roll-call.”
But after all, why should Mr.
Gross address this complaint of Mr
Hammond’s Legislative record tg
the good people of McDuffie? Whai
interest have they in the matter?
vlr. Hammond was not faithless to
any duty whichjhey had entrusted
to him. The people of Richmond
are the ones to be mad with him —
and they are not. When they elect
ad him as one of their representa
cives in the Legislature, they knew
ne was a criminal lawyer with an
extensive practice, and they did so
vvith the full knowledge tnat he
ivas an officer of the court and sub
ject to its orders. And, even from
Mr, Gross’s standpoint, what dif
ference did it make whether Mr
Hammond was present or absent?
vVas not the ever-present Mr. Rey-
lolds there all the time, answering
every roll-call.
What difference, too, did it make
it Mr. Galvin also was absent or
present? For Mr. Gross tells us
that Mr. Reynolds was not only
•‘one of the ablest members of the
House, but the ablest,best and most
conscientious member of the Rich
mond delegation.”
It strikes the writer that Mr.
Gross’s views of the office of Solic
itor General of the Circuit are a tri
fle unsound. He says, “we have
never yet had an experienced law
yer as a Solicitor yet.” Again: “It’s
true that Mr Hammond has had
more experience than Mr.Reynolds,
but that makes no difference.”
Again: “All this talk about an ex
perienced lawyer is all bosh.” Now
what substitute in this important
professional office does Mr. Gross
propose in the place of professional
knowledge, professional skill and
professional ability? Mr. Gross
loes not leave the good people of
vIcDuffie, to whom he addresses his
remarkable views, in any doubt on
this point. His substitute for these
qualifications, hitherto considered
essential in the Solicitor General, is
personal popularity of that official.
With most gratuitous, uncalled-for
tnd unwarranted disparagement ol
the professional ability of the pres
ent Solicitor,Hon. William H. Davis,
he attributes the number of convic
tions he ha3 obtained to his person
il popularity. Mr. Gross says: “He
(Mr. Davis) even surpassed Hon.
Boykin Wright in his number of
eonyictions in McDuffie county, be
cause he is so well liked. This state-
nent he makes by way of illustra-
ion of his proposition to the case in
land by saying: “We never have
lad an experienced lawyer as a So
lieitor yet. Give~me a man like Joe
Reynolds that is popular with the
people.” Surely Mr. Gross does nol
correctly represent the good people
>f McDuffie when he ascribes to
hem such a state of public opinion
md such a remarkable administra-
cion of the law, that the acquittal
jr conviction of parties charged
ivith crime, depends on the person
al popularity of the prosecuting offi
cer
You
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| if you use the proper means $
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| you can’t take SCOTT’S $
.<• EMULSION in hot weather, |
| but you can take it and di- |
$1 gest it as well in summer as £
| in winter. It is not like the |
£ plain cod-liver oil, which is §
| difficult to take at any time.
9 If you are losing flesh, |
| you are losing ground and |
if you need j
I Scott’s Emulsion \
and must have it to keep up J
I your flesh and strength. If \
| you have been taking it and |
j£ prospering on it, don’t fail to
i continue until you are thor* J
| oughly strong and well. |
a 50c. and $1.00, all druggists. T
qg SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. New York. ®
Mr. Gross makes two charges
agaiDst Mr. Hammond’s election—
That he and his friends are respon
sible for the “consolidated Circuit
primary,” and that such primaryjis
unfair. Neither of these charges is
true. Mr. Gross means by the con
solidated primary the direct vote of
all the voters throughout the cir
cuit, as distinguished from a nomi
nation made by a convention com
posed of delegates selected sepa
rately in each county.What is there
unfair in this ? What is it, indeed,
out the rule of the majority? Wben
in the Democratic paity, has the
rule of the majority, fairly ascer
tained,been considered unfair? And
flow ofteD, on the other hand, have
devices, by which a minority has
gotten control, received justly mer
ited denunciation! Neither are Mr.
Hammond and bis friends any
more chargeable with the primary
whether it be good or bad, than is
Mr. Gross himself, or any other cit
izen. There has been for a long
time the discussion of the primary
system. It has been universally ap
proved-doubtless it is approved by
Mr. Gross himself in his neart. And
when the State Executive Commit
tee met, it simply voiced the senti
ments of ali members of the party
-Mr. Hammond and his friends
Mr. Reynolds and'his triends, and
everybody else’s friends—in order
ing a primary. As to the registra
tration which the Executive Com
mittee ordered, will Mr.Gross kind
ly inform the good people of Me
Duffle, whom he had undertaken
to instruct, how a primary could be
neld in any legal and orderly way
without registration? Also wh
registration is not as necessary for
a primary as for a regular elec
tion ? Will he kindly answer why
the Populist party, to which until
recently he ciaimed allegiance, al
ways required registration as a
qualification to vote in their prima
ries in McDuffie county, if it work-
od such a hardship as he now de
scribes? Why did not the clarion
voice of Mr. Gross ring out in de
nanclation of the registration for
primaries at that time? Why ap
prove registration for Populist pri
maries, and denounce registration
for Democratic primaries? Yes
to register does take time, both in
the city and in the country; but the
pertormance of any civic duty and
the enjoyment of any civic privi
lege takes time. Mr. Gross proba
bly exaggerates,when he represents
the time required for registration
as a great hardship. Moreover, this
hardship, such as it is, has been
greatly softened by the empioy
ment by Mr. Hammond of a deputy
to cali on the farmers at their
h omes and regist t r tfc< m.
I have failed to fmd any merit in
the reasons which Mr. Gross gives
and which I have thus far enumer
ated, why the good people of Mc
Duffie should prefer Mr. Reynolds
to Mr. Hammond. Perhaps, how
ever, a sufficient reason is to be
found in'the last proposition of Mr.
Gross, which I shall mention, and
which I proceed to state in his own
language, to-wit: “I-am opposed to
Mr. Hammond because I was not
intimate with him in the legislature
of’98 and’99.” It is very much to
be regretted that Mr. Hammond
did not appreciate the importance
of Mr. Gross’s intimacy. He, doubt
less, would have done everything
which any self - respecting man
could do, to attract to himself Mr.
Gross’s intimacy, if he had thought
then, as Mr. Gross evidently thinks
now, that to be thus favored was a
necessary qualification for receiv
ing the votes of the good people of
McDuffie.
In conclusion allow me to say
that the main issue in the present
campaign is, “which of the two can
didates before the Democratic vot
ers is better qualified, from experi
ence and practice, to fill the import
ant office of Solicitor-General?”
This each voter chouid determine
after a careful investigation of the
record of each as a Laicyer. Every
one at ail familiar with tne admin
istration of justice knows that we
look to the Solicitor-General for the
conviction of criminals and the
suppression of crime. We ail know
that he must meet in the forum the
ablest lawyers that the State ol
Georgia can afford. We all know
that however clever a Solicitor Gen
eral may be, unless he is a lawyer
of both ability and experience, the
interests of society will suffer; and
this, uot alone in the city; not alone
in the town; but at. the country
store, at the cross Loads and at the
rural home, far from the protecting
hand of the officers nf the law.
I feel that Mr, Gross has dodged
the maio issue. I fail to see why
the fact that Mr. Reynolds had no
opportunity of obtaining an educa
tion in youth should be used against
Vlr. Hammond. I fail to see why
the tact that Mr,Hammond has had
access to the large law library of
his distinguished uncle should in
any way unfit him for the position
of Solicitor General. 1 fail to see
why a man born in the “good old
county of Burke” wiil make any
better Solicitor General than one
born in the “good oid county of
Richmond.”
Let us return to the main issue;and
after a fair investigation, of the re
cord of each candidate as a Iaw 7 yer.
free from prejudice and passion,
cast our ballot as our own judg
ment may dictate.
S. A. Walker.
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octl4.’99—lira
Painters Strike In Asheville.
Asheville, N. C., May 9.—Acting
under orders from the Brotherhood of
Painters and Decorators of America the
members of local nnion, No. 132, de
manded $2 per day instead of $1.50. Sev
eral contractors have complied with the
demand while others refused to do so
and a few of the painters went out. The
union here includes about 53 members.
At the beginning of the year they de
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Striking Miners Riot.
Wilke jarre, Pa., May 9.—During
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the Buttonwood mine of the Parrish
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badly injured, including Superintendent
W. T. Smythe. The strikers dispersed
the workmen. The sheriff lias been
called on.
Operators Locked Out.
Greensboro, N. C., May 9. — The
roximity mill has locked out their 500
nployes, in order to forestall a threat-
jd strike.
Savannah River Association.
Augusta, Ga., April 28.—The Savan
nah River association has been organ
ized here by the election of W. H. Bing
ham president. The object of the asso
ciation is to obtain the deepening of the
river channel from this city to Savannah.
Capital Stock Increased.
Columbus, Ga., April 28.—A meeting
of the stockholders of the Columbus
Manufacturing company was held here
today and increased its capital stock
from $250,000 to $400,000.
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