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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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NOTICE.
Oar friends In the various connliea will
do us a kindness by forwarding to us ini
Mediately the action of the Executive
Committees in regard to the time and
manner of selecting delegate* to the Gaber
natorial Convention and other matters re
lating to the campaign.
Ir the lawyers are running this State,
perhapi General Gordon can be tempted to
add an anti-lawyer plank to him platform.
OrsriAL Gobdon's statement os to his
help to Confederate eoldlers moat fall to
the ground In the presence of a tact. The
General as chairman of the Committee of
Oommerce had a clerkship worth two thou.
■and dollars per annum. Did he givo it to
a Confederate soldier? Not a bit
of it. lie appointed a man not
£ soldier, from Virginia, a miserable clerk,
That clerk has been one of the active, act
ing assistant generals of Billy Mahone, and
was the private secretary and “generul ad
viser” of the fragrant Rtddleberger.
The people of Augusta resented the at
tack made upon Major Bacon by General
. Gordon. The News of that city says: “But,
after all. General Gordon brought the whole
thing upon himself. He declared before the
meeting, it is said, that he proposed to han
dle bis opponent without gloves, and in
debate he was bitter and cot at aU compli
mentary to his audience. He was not at
himself at all, except in his aelf-lsudation
and his unbecoming boasting. And after
the convincing, logical, overwhelming, pol
ished and perfectly parliamentary speech of
Major Bacon, he left the lists of debate and
ssaidled the personal courage of his oppo
nent. This the audience refuted to hear,
and while Major Brcon eat unmoved and
nnshaken by inch an attack, the force of
which he has already shown the manly
courage to overthrow and hurl back into
the teeth of his opponent, we think the
people were wrong to interfere. But then,
as we laid, the matter it with the people,
and the people are very honest as well
impulsive.”
Barnaul information reaches os that im
mense petitions from Dawson, Ga., from
Conyers, and from Social Circle, as well
thousands of letters from all over Georgia,
an received by Dr. Felton, begging him
go on the etump and show np the conspi
racy that is now on foot to get absolute con
trol of the State House and the finances
Georgia. These petitions are signed by the
beat and truest men of these sections. The
people are getting wide awake to the situa
tion. They know there is a big job somc-
where-perhaps to dispose of the State road,
mach at the ftist liase was made by lluilock,
and the convict contrecU by J. 51. Smith
in later years. It U not known whether
the Doctor will enter the race ae a speaker,
tot he ir evidently disinclined to leave hi*
farm this year, bat bit letter indicates inch
an Intention. As a speaker, seeking no
office, impelled by patriotism only, there
• power in this appeal that la complimentary
to both the petitioner! and the man
whom they confide.
Look Upon This Picture anct on This.
We print below, in parallel colnmns, a
mass of contradictory statements in refer
ence to the circumstances under which
General J. B. Gordon resigned his seat in
the United States Senate, on May 15, 1880.
It will be seen that, with the exception of
the interview with Major Houston, Gor
don's friend, which was published in the
Atlanta Journal, a Gordon paper, the state
ments are all General Gordon's; that all of
them bat three were printed in his, then
and now, organ, the Atlanta Consti
tution; and that these three are
takon from respectable journals and
their correctness, as reports of his utter
ances has never been challenged by him, or
by any one for him. If his utterances on
various occasions, when set one against
another, place him before the world as hav
ing made a tisane of antagonistic state
ment* in reference to the same subject
matter, which human ingenuity cannot
reconcile; if they show that he has contra
dicted himself upon almost every point, in
reference to his resignation, upon which he
has tAkeu occasion to speak a second time,
he can only regret that he ever hod an
organ to publish his sayings to the world;
pray in future to be delivered from such
friends as Major Houston, and lament his
own inability to frame a consistent story in
reference to this peculinr transaction.
Take the following oxamplc;
From the Columbus Kn-I From tho Telkorai-
quirer-.Sun's report of the report of ilie speech de-
fpeech delivered by (Jen-|tivored by ueneral Uor-
er»l Gordon in that city, don at Leesburg, May 14,
August 27, 1880: -Smith 1K86: -That he had in-
say* 1 ought to tell you
why I resigned. I will,
J will tell you the
ments on this point, and we present two
more below:
On May 18, 1888, the
Atlanta Journal, a paper
which la supporting Gnu-
era! Gordon, published
the following:
“onrUAL OORDOV'S BK-
St ON ATI OX."
Major W. J. Houston,
one of Do Kalb's beat
citizens, whose word is
as good as the best bond
in the State, U in the city
to-day. In a conversa
tion with a Journal re-
E orter, he stated that he
new of General Gor
don'# resignation from
H. W. O., in a special
diepatch to the Constitu-
from Washington,
Jay 12, 1*80, aays: -Gen-
rnu Gordon himself says
first thing he wants ia
few weeks of rest, lie
had several flattering
offers, but will do nothing
Washington dispatch to
le Atlanta Constitution,
dated May 20, 1880: -The
Senator has recently re
ceived and has now un-.
consideration several
very advantageous bani
ness offers, but will not
decide which of them he
accept until he
will
reaches his home."
nounced.
At tho request of lead
ing railroad capitalists,
he conferred with Gen-
The Washington corre- eral Gordon In relation
spondent of the Baltimore! to the Georgia Pacific
American sent his paper! Railroad. These capital-
an interview with Gen- ists desired a man of
eral Gordon on May 20, (Gordon’s executive abil-
1880, in which hesald: "1 ity to pnsh the Georgia
will say in this connec- Pacific to completion,
tlon that I have been General Qordon consid-
offered Heveral remuner- ered the matter and
ative positions in the line agreed to undertake the
of my profession: among
others, that of legal ad
viser to the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad
and the several branches
embraced in that combi
nation. I have as ;
reached no delerminat!
touching these propor
tions, but will decide in
few days."
tended to keep the his
tory of his resignation
locked in his own breast
until he died, but that he
was now a candidate, and
when a man wants votes
he did a great many
things."
The two statements are in direct conflict
In Columbus, in 1880, ho promised to tell
why he resigned, and to tell the truth, nnd
he then, according to the Constitution, “re
lated tho circumstances of bis resignation.”
The Constitution, in reproducing this speech
on September 3d, 1880, which was doubt
lens revised, failed to include General
Gordon's narrative of the circumstances of
hw resignation, from what cause we do not
know. It may have been deterred by bis
promise to “tell the troth.”
At Leesburg, in 1880, General Gordon
tells tbo people that he “had intended to
keep the history of his resignation locked
in his own breast nntil ho died.” In other
words, he told them as plainly os anything
can be told by implication, that be ha*
kept “the history of hw resignation locked
in bis own breast” until that timo. He
then gave a history of his resignation - in
troducing for the drat tuno ex-Con
federate soldiers as mendicants upon
whom he spent a vast amount
of money. Wo think there is abun
dant evidenoe to justify tho belief that tho
true history of his resignation, so for as any
statements be hot mode in reference to the
matter go, is still “locked in his own
breast.”
When were the offers which caused Gen
eral Gordon to resign so unexpectedly to
the people of Georgia made? litre is the
evidence on that point:
er-Hun of August 28,1880,'
"peecli delivered In At-
contained a report of the
speech delivered by Gen
eral Gordon In that city l met a Confederate
tho night before, from friend formerly of Lout-
which we take the follow-Jeiana, who baa acquired
tng: "Smith says I outfiti a large fortune on the
to tell you why I reeign-iPacific coast, and wan
ed. I will, and will tell engaged in Important
you the truth. Un the I enterprises in Oregon,
day lie realgued he rc-iile made iuq anch of-
celved letter* offering fen aa induced me to
him two good positions, consent to join him."
one of which he accepted.!
Tbl* one waa from Gen- The Conatitutlon
eral Newcomb, and the May '/A 1880, contained
letter of retignaUon waalH. w.O.'a celebrated arti-
■ent at the same time the cle dated, "On the Train,
one accenting the poel-.MayQl/'ln which he says,
tlon was.** |*pesklug of Gordon: "He
—— jaald to me alx month*
Washington dispatch to ago that he thought he
the Atlanta Con*titution,[«hould resign hi* *eat *
dated May 2d, 18.10: "The tho Senate, aud gave
Senator baa recently re-lthe reason the fact that
celved and has now un-lhia private affair* needed
der conaldcraUon several hia attention, lie said
very advantageous buni
net* offers, but will not
decide which of them he
will accept until
that be had had offers
from business friends
that would give him
reaches his home. 1
In his
competency
years, and that he felt
to be his duty to bis fam
h at Leee- Uy to resign, and give his
In bla speech at Lees- Uy to resign, and give bis
burg lari Friday, May 14. attention to the welfare
lHHe, he said: "That a fine of his wife aud children,
opportunity to acquire From then until now, he
fortune waa unexpected- has been discussing the
ly offered him and he at matter of realtfiaUou with
once accepted U, sending hla friends."
at the same time his re
signation to the Dover-*
uor." 1
According to the testimony found in tho
left hand column of tho above, tbe offer
whioh General Gordon asccptcd wax made
to him on the day lm resigned, or redfently;
while, according to that in the right bond
column, he bad it under couaideration alx
months, or some time. Wo will find it
stated a little farther on with equal posi
tiveneaa, that General Gordon had not ac
cepted any offer at all when ho resigned.
Let ns see next who made tho offer which
caused General Gordon to resign. The evi
dence on this point is very rich reading.
Hero it is
C. H. W„ the Washing-[ General Gordon mads
ton correspondent of the the following statement
Atlanta Constitution, sent tn a speech delivered
an Interview with General Atlsnta, June <5, 1*
Gordon to hU paper on ‘Dome months ago I met
May 25, UN, In which the a Confederate friend, for-
following appears: "But. merly of Louisiana, who
General," I asked. **wby had acquired a Urge for
did you not hold on Co tune on the Pacific coast
the end of the cession, end was engaged in '
and draw your salary as povtant enterprise* _
Senator until the Lctfala Oregon. Me made me
tnreuetr General Oor^euch offers as Induced
don quickly answered: me to concent to join
"Wtmply because 1 could him. It was my purpose,
not postpone the business however, to continue in
arrangement that long, public life until the Legls-
Governor Colquitt begged Uture should meet, but
me to do so, but 1 could the letter which 1 hand
not" "Have you any ob- to the reporter will show
jection to stating the na- why it became neceeaary.
turn of the basinets ar- for me to decide at once,
rangement alluded to?'WHere follows a letter
"Certainly not. It Is that from T. Egenton Hogg,
of general counsel for tbe To accept this offer am
Louisville and Nashville ooe which 1
Railroad Company." formyejm _
resignation to the Gover
nor.
Here General Gar-Ion state* in tbe inter
view with C. U. W., May 25, that hie “buxi-
neea arrangement” with tbe “Louisville and
Nashville BailroaAlompany,** L New
comb, forced him to resign at once, but
few daya afterward*, in hia Atlanta speech,
he aaja that be resigned to accept Hogg’s
offer. Here ora two contradictory atata-
W. J, Houston met Gen
eral Gordon in New York,
yet and Introduced him to
lion these Northern capital
ists. The result is known.
Major Houston is an
enthusiastic Gordon tuau,
and a strong advocate of
the Railroad Commislon.
Ho favored the Commis
sion before the pannage
lof the law, and ever since.
Major llotiHton here testifies that General
Gordon resigned because he bad agreed,
with “leading railroad capitalists,” “topmdi
the Georgia Pacific to completion.” This
clear and unequivocal, but, according to
tbe two statements printed in the paragraph
abo*e the one in which it Appear* and
those printed alongside of it, is wholly
untrue. According to the testimony, which
printed by the side of Major Uouatou’e,
General Gordon, four or five days after he
resigned, “has had several flattering offers,
but will do nothing for some time;” he will
not decide which of several very advanta
geous business offers “he will accopt until
he reaches home;” and ho says: “I have
been offered several very remunerative posi
tions in the line of my profession,” but *1
have as yet reached no determination
touching these propositions, but will
decido in a few days.” Altogether, then,
we have four answers to our inquiry as to
who mode the offer which caused General
Gordon to resign. First it was Newcomb,
then it was Hogg, then it was the Georgia
Pacific people, and finally it was nobody,
for he had accepted no proposition. If a
witness during the trial of a cause in court
should contradict himself in this manner,
his credibility would bo destroyed, or
if two witnesses were to oontradict each
other as General Gordon and Major Hous
ton have, the result would be that the evi
dence of one would destroy that of tbe
other, for to admit the one us truo neces
sarily makes tho other false.
We come now to the most interesting and
important question connected with this mat
ter: What wa* the nature of tho pressure
under which General Gordon resigned?
Here are all the answers we have ever heard
given:
We take the followiuft; C. n. W.. the Washing
om a speech delivered ton correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution, sent
Gordon, five days after he resigned, had
not accepted any offer and did not expect to
do'anytbing for some time, and of course,
then, was not forced to resign for “nome
time” in order to undertake aDy new duties.
There is another consideration which is
sufficient in itself to show that it was not
the pressure of the duties of any new posi
tion that caused General Gordon to resign
when he did, and that is. that if it bad been
necessary for him to have left Washington
at that time, he could easily have ob turned a
leave of absence, especially ns be said
in speaking of the matter a few days after
he resigned, that “the South is restored
and the great object I bad in political life
is attained.” It is also well known that he
did not for some time after he resigned en
ter upon the performance of the duties of
any position. We very much doubt if he
ever drew any salary from Newcomb.
There was certainly some inducement for
his resignation at the particular time it was
sent in, and the only supposition
lett which the facts of the case,
so far as known, will bear out, is that he
did it at thut particular time, not for the
purpose of assuming the duties of any posi
tion, but in order to make a vacancy to
which some one ehe could be appointed by
tbe Governor of Georgia. This was doubt
less one of the conditions of tbe “business
arrangement” which General Gordon could
not postpone to the end of the session of
Congress.
"O what a tangled web we weave.
When first we p settee to deceive."
from
by General Gordon in At
lanta, June 6, 1880, and
published by tbe Consti
tution of that city aa
that journal an interview
with General Gordon on
May 23, IMS ». from which
we quote the following:
"But, General," l ask
ed,"why did you not held
ou to the end of the
newton end draw your
•elery as Senator nntil
the Legislature met?*
General Gordon quick
Governor Colquitt begged
—e to do so, but I oould
>t
"Have you any objoc
tlon to stating the nature
of the brininess arrange
ment alluded to."
"Certainly not. It is that
of general counsel for the
Louisville and Nashville
Ra'lroad Company."
met a Confederate friend,
formerly of Louisiana,
who had acquired a large
fortune on the Pacific
coast and was engaged in
important enterprises iu,
Oregon. Ho made mo such'ly answered: "8lmply be-
offers as induced me to cause I could not post
consent to join him. It *— •
was my purpose to con
tinue iu public life uutil
the legislature should
meet, but the letter which
1 bend the reporter will
show why It become
. for uie to de
cide at ouce."
colon m. norm's letter.
New York, Mey 1.
- My Dear General Gor
don : 1 trust yon will par
don me for pressing for
an early decision ire to, Tho Columbus Knqulr-
your purpose tn respect to or Nun of August 2\ 188D,
resigning your seettn the contained e report of tbe
United Mutes Senate and speech delivered by Geo-
accepting the position eral Gordon in that city
tendered you in Oregon, tbe night before^ from
I am couqielled by my which we take the follow-
owu negotiations toknow.lng: "Smith says I ought
as early as possible what'to till you why 1 resign-
I can say as to yonr ac- ed. 1 will, and will tell
tion. May 1 again remind|you the truth. On the
you that, iu e pecuniary day ho resigned he re
sense, the certain com-lcelved letters offering him
S ensation is more than two good positions, one
ouble that which attach-,«>f which h* accepted,
os to your present post- This one was from Gen-
tlon. The business op eral Newomb, and the
portunltles yon will on- latter of resignation waa
joy In Oregon will enablement at tbe same time the
yon to accumulate a for-;one accepting the post-
tuno In a comparatively ti*m waa.
I beg, In
Aina yonr decision. We aleo refer tn thla
yon will keep theee con- connection to M«]. Houe-
aideratioLs in remem ‘ ‘ *“*
bronco, ee well aa the
minor c«>l!atcrel ones.
Trusting for an early
response, and that It may
be a favorable one, I am.
my Dear Geucrnl, faith ]
tully yonra,
T. Eoektox lloao.
General J. B. Gordon. i
To accept this offer amf
one which I waaorrengj
lag for my sons, I send
uy resignation to Uiri
Governor.
We fail to find iu any of these statements
anything worthy of tho name ef a reason
why General Gordon did not hold on to the
end of the session and draw hia ialary
(about $3,000) until tho Legislature met,
when be could have resigned his trust into
hands from which he received it. If we ex
amine the letter from Hogg, which General
Gordon claimed would show why it became
necessary for him to decide at once, we will
fail to find any indication that his services
were needed before the dose of the seesion.
Hogg only asked for sa early decision aa to
his purpose in respect to resigning, not for
his services, because he was compelled, by
bis own negotiations to know as early as
possible what he oould My ss to
General Gordon's action. General Gordon
admitted a few days since that Newoombdld
not want him as a lawyer, 'but as
a general adviser, and flew will ever believe
that he was so eager for Gmerol Gordon's
advice that he oould not wait ten or twenty
daya for the aeoeion of Congress to close.
Tbe same may be said of the “leading rail
road capitalists” who wished his services.
We call attention again, in this connection,
to the fart set forth above, that General
Other L'nntradlcttoii*.
luveHtlgfttton proved tll.t I had a perfect rljlbt
tn cuiue iu without pifiog .U}thing, .n.l pet the,
have got mp >1.00) and 1 haven't gut my track yet.
[Applsuee ittd laughter.] So much for that"
This language waa used by Qeaernl Gor
don in his Augusta speech. He referred to
tbe privilege of the Georgia Pacific tailroad
to me four miles of the right-of-way of the
Western and Atlantio railroad. Governor
Colquitt hud assessed this privilege at one
thousand dollars. This is the money to
which General Gordon alludes when he
says,“and yet they have got my $l,0t0, and
I haven't got my track yet."
In tbe evidence taken before the investi
gating committee appointed by the last
Legislature to look into this matter, on page
4 we find that Sonstor Colquitt testified as
follows:
"1 never required payment of the one thousand
dollars because the Georgia Pacific Railroad Com
pany never built a foot of road or track upon tho
Western Atlantic—all ever built was built by 4 tbe
Georgia Weatern. The Georgia Pacific never need
any but tbe Georgia Western to the city limits.”
Ou page G of the report of this commit
tee we find the following:
The evidence developed the further fact that
when the Kxecutlte imposed upon the Georgia
Pacific Railroad Company tbe payment of
thousand dollars, he did so without a knowledge of
the Act of 1872. This sum has nevor been paid."
And this:
'-The evidence shows that the value of the right'
of*way la from five hundred to seven hundred dot
Ian pw annum." -- •*
And on page seven a recommendation
'that the question of tlia liability of avid
company to pay said snm named should be
referred to the Attorney-General, with in
structions that if, in his opinion, said com'
pany wax liable to pay said Hum, that he
institnte proper proceedings for tho rocov
ery of thd one thousand dollar* named,"
Without stopping to discuss how it was
that a privilege worth five to seven linn
dred dollars per annum was assessed at
one thousand dollars for all time, we beg
to call attention to this additional evidence
of the recklessness of Genenil Gordon'i
statements.
When this evidence wax taken and report
made to the Legislature, this money had
not boon paid. If it hax been passed over
to the State xinco that time, the public hax
not been/tdvised of the fact.
If General Gordon has any real friendx,
we beg them for bie eake, and for tbe bon
or of Georgia, to oaulion him to be more
careful of wbat he says. It lx humiliating
to be forced to call public attention daily
to the equivocal statement* of a man who
la a candidate for the highest office in tho
gift of the people of this State.
The Mouthern l-eople*. Account With tlen
■rat Gordon.
I’erhape whilo considering General Gor
don's extraordinary claims to the Governor
ship, it baa not oecurred to the public
to weigh hit much vaunted generosity
toward "indigent” and "mendicant" ex-
Confcderute soldiers against the contribm
tionx that these bavo made to General Gor
don. For sake of argument, we will eay that
General Gordon received aa Senator of tbe
United States for something over aix years,
in ronnd numbers, the snm of 140,OUO, ell
of which he peid over to "indigent" end
"mendicant'' ex-Confederate soldiers or
their wives end widowe.
Against this credit most be placed the
anme General Gordon received from these
poor ex-Confederatex and from their impov
erished »ives and widows, at follows:
By hit own admission upon the stamp he
turned into tbe swindling insurance com
pany the snm of *i5»,UUO. His famous
book publishing concern shows a net loss
to these same people of *150,000; total
(400,000. Now, omitting General Gordon'
tbeep ranch, saw mill and railroad failures,
it will be seen that this Southern people
owe him nothing. Here is the summary:
Wandering Ben. BUI.
When General Gordon opened hf» eam-
vasa at Americus, the Tkleokapb sent s re
liable aud experienced representative to re
port hia speech, in order to lay it before the
people of Georgia as a matter of news.
When it appeared that General Gordon waa
so hardly pressed in defense of himself that
he did not hesitate to slander Ben Hill, we
are entirely within bounds when' we say
that the people of Georgia were fearfully
shocked. The echoes of the shonts of the
people who welcomed tire nnveiling of the
statue in memory of Ben Hill had scarcely
died away when the candidate of a desper
ate ring announced in a public xpaeoh that
he could not "honorably do wbat Ben Hill
had done,” that his conscience revolted at
the methods of a man whom all Georgians
had honored in life and mourned over in
his untimely death.
How promptly and thoroughly did Gen
eral Gordon illustrate the force and truth
of his own words, "that a man who wanted
votes would do anything.” He might have
added, with eqnal force and truth, that a
man in such a fix wonld say anything.
No man in Georgia has dared to do or say
what General Gordon haB said of
who had an ntter contempt for him, and
who, if hi* eloquent tongue could be called
hack to life, would blast his slanderer with
denunciation. No wonder that General
Gordon sbonld hare trembled and cringed
when his words were given to the people of
Georgia by tbe Tti.ruiiAi-H. No wonder
that hiR organ should have hastened to at
tempt to break the force of tbe crime by
deprecation bordering on denial.
To vindicate our own fairness, to protect
and establish the reliability of onr repre
sentative, and to do fall jnstice to Gen
eral Gordon, we have at inconvenience,
time nnd expense,placed the matter in such
shape that no denial from General Gordon
or his organ can destroy or mitigate the
great wrong he has perpetrated on a dead
man in order to defend his own more than
doubtful record. In another column we
present imlragible evidence of the truth of
the language contained in the report of the
Iei.koiuph, and with this we are content to
leave General Gordon to the consolations of
his own tender conscience and tho righteous
indignation of every Georgian who has a
heritage in the memory and services of a
man who illustrated his people and resigned
the trust they gavo him only with his life.
Ca.
Becetv«A (rom Q.a«r*t OoTvlnQ, M alms to
lndl«nt *R*i mendicant ei-Coofalertte
■old let*, their wire, or widows, hla utlrw
■alary (or six y«ua | 4O.0M
Da.
Paid to Oenoral (loidoa as Ineamiie, a*ent
by the tmpovertehed Houthem people, tw-
awee of their tract la him ae a soldier—
toml tom 230,000
Paid to General Gordon, ascot for the Book
rnbUabtnf Company—total Iom. 110,000
..tldO.-UO
Balaam doe the Southern people b> •>.
asniOordon
In other worth, if General Gordon h«
given sway hi* entire salary as S. U. Sena
tor, he has merely settled with the people
who entrusted him with (4UU.U0U at the
rate of 10 cents on the dollar.
Fun Douglass and Bishop Turner insist
upon tearing down the Supreme Court.
Tlie Executive Committee
Of the Democratic party of Georgia has
disposed of the questions of time and place
for holding tbe convention, and left with
tbe counties, where the question properly
belongs, tbe manner iu which they shall
appoint delegates to the State Convention.
If the proposition to hold the convontion
iu Augusta had been pressed, that city wonld
have been named as the place o( its meet
ing. It is probably beat that tbe friends of
Major Bacon consented to bold tho convem
tion in Atlanta, as it is more centrally locat
ed, end from reports through reliable
sources it is also probable that Fulton
county will be found in the Bacon column
when the convention assembles.
The refnsul of the executive committtoe
to meddle with the rights of the counties In
reference to tlio manner of selecting dele
gates to the convontion will meet the ap
provul of aU fair-minded men in the State,
and will not be criticised unfavorably by
any save General Gordon and tbe ring
managers, in whose interest he is making
the canvass for Governor.
By reference to atyr interview with Col.
B. C. Humber of Fntnntn, published else
where to-day, it will he seen that Mnj
Bacon’s friends were in an overwhelming
majority on the committee and could have
carried any measure which they deemed
advantageous to him, if they had been dis
posed to lower their positions as commit
teemen by becoming partisans,
Tbe eommittee having acted npon all the
inextiona brought before it, it is now in
order to accept their decisions as binding
upon candidates and peopio alike, and pro
ceed with the disenwion of the respective
qualifications, and claims of the candidates
npon the people.
Another military Failure tn Civil Llf*.
To the great soldiers who have failed
when clothed with civil trusts must be
added Marshal McMahon. He was a dis
tinguished soldier of France and bore hie
dnkedom frdh^tbe bloody field of Megenta
when he was borne from the field "covered
with wounds and with glory.” His fight
ing from Starbruoken by Gravelolto to Se
dan in tbe Franco-Prussian war will com
mand admiration so long as the world lasts.
His country relieved of a foreign foe, his
wes the task to doan tbe Commons and
restore law and order, lie did it aa soldieia
do everything—by the power of\the sword.
In grateful recognition of bis services he
waa made President. He was honest and
brave, hot lacked the administrative ability
necessary for * civilian and statesman, else
he had lived in history not only aa a war-
lior, but as the Father of tho French Re-
pnblic.
Tbe Philadelphia Press says; "The Dom
oerstio Macon Teleobspb informs Mr.
Cleveland that hi* recently appointed post
master and United States marshal at At
lanta are making themselves offensive by
trying to elect delegates favorable to tbo
nomination of General Gordon for Gover
nor of Georgia, and it wants to know what
he proposes to do about jt. Here is an In
stance where the President can show
whether he waa sincere or not in hit
nouncement that Federal office holders most
not take an activt part In politios. He need
not tnwt to Republican.* for the proof. It
fa agood Democratic newspaper that makes
the eoargs, and it doubtless has ample evi
dence to book up ite statement. It will be
kteresting to watch and see whether Mr.
Cleveland's rale applies to Republicans er-
clnaively, or to Democrats as well.
Wht D General Gordon so much afraid
of lawyers and court houses? Heretofore
they have treated him very kindly.
Pot Up or Sk-at
In an alleged interview win, „ ,
of tbe Sparta Iahmaelite,
between that gentleman on th, "
and Major Bacon and “hts „t r(1 "
porter" on tbe other. The At! 1
tution of Sunday contains the ,
Adjutant Bacon tbea u ked CoL , 0l! °»iaJ
thought ot hi, chance* for OoTert„ * 1< "J
Col. Lewis replied ihst he nu-u „
chance If he wonld muzile the IU ° 1 1
who weie .Undering Gen. Q on ,, J0 f *
indentlooeefrom the Macont«li, “ k
Adjutant Bsconra,.:-How cinf'^- I
Col. Lewis did not fool that It we! t, kU *
form him. snd tho Interrlew
etory hse gone over the country J 0 *" 4 1
■lderable amuiement. 01
This attempt to break the force o,*..
rible arraignment of General Gordo T
letters of our correspondents will f °i
purpose. We understand howoTij
hurt General Gordon. They cor
against him which will blast his
if permitted to stand unanswered ^
If the General thinks they.,,, , ,
him, and if he con answer them, w,h
tender him equal space with'an/
pondentwith whom he may feel/"
to set himself right We m.anj
““ we say, and invite him to such or*, J
lenge and denial of charges and
of pyoof to sustain them aswillVl.
whether statements made affecting tj!!l
slanderous or truthful.
We are not responsible for th e
ments of onr correspondents, hut sot
any of the ex-celled slander* ag^t t
eral Gordon in their letters are CO tJ
he knows how to proceed to set ha-
right If he has any doubt about o»l
position to afford him proper : *
do to, let him try us.
In the absence of an acceptum* o( I
proposition, we submit to an tutaa'
public that his silence is a confession^
inability to answer charges of which he I
his friends complain. *
Put np or sbnt up.
The ISibb Meet lug.
The meeting at the court house jato,
to appoint delegates to the Democrat J
vention embraced representatiro mal
all classes. A finer tody of men
never assembled under the conn k
roof. Every seotion of the county, i
ward of the city, was splendidly n
seated. One significant fact was the t
ence in large ‘numbers of ex-Confeii
soldiers, many of whom bore scun t
their bodies.
The result of this meeting is p n
another column. Its action in reterai
all questions brought before it wain
tnous, tho expressions of tho ree
and of the speakers manly and em _
Mr. A. O. Baoon, the candidate foil
eruor, Judge Clifford Anderson, t
for Attorney-General, as well as the il
officers endorsed and recommended, h
reason to be prond of the action uil
character of the meeting on yesterday. I
left nothing nnfiniahed, and wu ill
could be desired. No man erer wtM {
foro tbe State with a stronger endon
from hit own county than that which 1
has given to her sons.
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tbe
Gordon'. Attack un Hen mil.
The conclusive ovidence published ii4
Tuaunupn of yesterday, that GenenlS
dun made tbe statement reflecting t.
Ben Hill, as lent by our reporter, tash I
prfifound impression upon the pubis
As good men as there are in Georgs d
heard General Gordon's speech lit *
are amazed thi-t he should hare
usiug^the language attributed to hint, I
writing letters Indorsing the Ttuoi
report.
In addition to this, the informstionii|
hand that ho said practically the same tl
at Oglethorpe, and for the same put
that of making it appear that he van
conscientious to do what Mr. Ilill had 4
General Gordon's assurances that le«
the moat complimentary language with a
erence to Mr. Hill will avail aothing, ’
it is known that however high the em
upon which heplacod Mr. Hill, hen
himself shore him, in that he profei*q
have declined from conscientious mat
to accept a share of stock in a comp
along with Mr. Hill.
Soita men resign positions from ph;
inability to perform the duties of the
dona. Their resignations have to be
tented to by officials appoiuted to 1
purpose. Other men resign the trot* b
stowed upon them by the people from •*
tal or moral inability to prefer suhoofle*
discharge of duty to huckstering boson 1
money.
It was Mrs. Alice Key 1‘endletoo.
lady killed by being thrown from be* **
risge in Central Park on Thunday UA*
said to Oscar Wilde when he oom|
that tbera were no rulos in this
"the ruins will come tn time, sod *•
port the curiositiee.”
A YOUKO baby was recently given s J*j
of tat baoon to chew upon by Sts grutdw*
er, who said, when objections were oi-"
"Let it alone. As long as it atick* to B***
it will be all right, and grow up »*'
power iu the land."
Tea Philadelphia Time* **y«:
all, it ought not to be necessary to HtS***
war over again merely that aome oo« ■*
be elected Governor of Georgia.” R t* *■’
General Gordon glorifying hitnwlf ir
speech.
If yesterday's meeting in Bibb wm
posed of lawyers and comprised » N
house clique, the lawyers In Bibb tre i*
majority and the court house cliqu* i*
eminently respectable body ot men.
Dscmamxmm is on the increase Ui
but the prohibition Uw has cheeked *T-
A Maine journal says: "Not a
salmon hus been captured In the KrE®*”*
river this wivia, as far as can be le**®
Tbe Philadelphia Pram very "
marks: “General Gordon is making •
run for Governor of Georgia, but will U"
J There la a Mshdi after him «-■
n une is Bacon.”