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WEDNESDAY THE DAY, SPIRIT of the state tress.
— 1E MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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!RP. WHEN PRESIDENT CLEVE-
J I.AMJ WILL BE MARRIED.
rnnrH Folsom Will l>o the Hrtde—
Arrived Home from Europe
Thursday - The Ceremony Will
n,. „t the Wlilte House.
w.iKisoio!*. May 28.—President Cleve-
• ; «ill be married at the White llonse
“^ Wednesday evening, June 2d, to
Francis Folsom.
The recent death of a relative of Miss
vAom has changed the original plans for
'T wedding, anil invitations will now bo
firited to a few of near relatives and mem-
v « of the Cabinet and their wives.
• . T pr. htinderland of the First Presby-
orian church of Washington will officiate.
XL ceremony will be followed by a colla-
liSn The wedding in' all of its details will
plain aud unostentatious.
Miss Folsom arrived at New York from
Inrooe last night on the Antwerp steamer
Soidland. She was met at the steamer at
quarantine station by Col. Dan Lamont
»ith a revenue cutter and landed at one of
the op-town piers on the North river. Her
coming by an Antwerp steamer was so little
retarded a* within the possibilities that only
(,0 of the New York morning papers, and
M t any of the telegraphic reporters, had
tie news. The reporters generally wero
etching British steamship liners.
ANARCHIST MOST CONVICTED.
II. and Two Companion* Found Guilty of
Mlid.ineanor—Most Mattes a Speech,
Nsw York, May 28.—In the trial of Most
I today, the defense placed on the stand a
,, porter named Fleeon, who was present at
tl. meeting at which lie made his rank nt-
trntnee. He detailed what he heard Most
»y in his speech already reported. When
trass-examined, he damaged the defense
seriously. He said Most had told his
] hearers how to make explosives that wonld
[ ill], »nd had suggested that their wives be
provided with them.
The recorder drew forth from the witness
that Most had advised the nse of bombs to
cop lie such action as was taken against the
nitons strikers of Chicago and Williams
burg. Molt, too, bad advised mnskets ra
ncid of torches in labor parades. The
pre-eention officer the dismissed the witness
«tj this remark to the jury t
•If the jury does not convict the man
vho otters sttoh sentiments as those of
Most, testified to by this witness for the
acidise, I know what the major part of the
commanity wonld do. If the law failed to
convict a man like Most, then I wonld hes-
| itit. to kill him no more than I would to
bill rattlesnake.”
At this point the cose was adjourned till
| to-morrow.
lira York, May 28.—Most and his two
I enpnnioas, Brannscheneig and Sclienck,
sere to-day f ounil guilty of the charge in
[ the indictment, of misdemeanor. The jury
recommended Scbenck to the mercy of tho
coart. Sentence will be pronoumiod next
Ycdneidsy.
Bnnnschcneig and Schouck testified in
their otn behalf, but Most did not.
Btiore the ease was given to the jury,
Uut'i counsel said hla client desired to ail-
I Iren the jury, which he was entitled to do
b; right The Recorder replied that Mast
bit that privilege, bat that there muat be
»limit to this thing. The lawyer said that
Rut mold occupy about an hour.
Mow to arose and said, "I cannot
I «f«k verp good English. You have heard
I « gmit del about me. I suppose that you
opected a great deal of witnesses for the
I prosecution and a lot of black devil lies
[ about me. lint what has come off? I have
•een prouenting officers in Austria aud
Germany going against me and my asso
ciate!, bnt they wero slaves of kings and
princes. I didn't expect that hore. There
*u s icheme gotten up, and th'
r lice and press were against me
knew all nbont the policemen
»bo met in the beer saloon next to Captain
McCnllongh’a house, and said, ‘we’ll get you,
Boat, at last.’ They insisted me under a
led. I atood up in my room, the room I
«d lived in for two months before. They
ahoved yon books and other tbioga they
took from my room, but they did not pro
duce the pocket book with *180 that they
vooktrom me. I suppose thoy want that.’’
He then spoke of the meeting at which
be made an address. • ‘What did I say?" he
Moated; "I said that the constitution of
the United States allowed its citizens to
twrj arms. I told them about 8t Louis—
*n«re men who were paid *5 a day by Jsy
Gould shot down whomever Oonld said
Mould be shot. A dozen men and women
have been killed by them. I said the Wil-
uaovbnrgh strikers were qniet, but the po
nce dabbed them and fired at them. About
“«etght-honr movement and meeting on
“e lit of May, 1 didn't say that the men
Mould get guns; I said that if they eairied
P»» instead of torch-lights they would
eji.e Bor ® respected. I didn't
JS ,' m they muat shoot I said the con-
•staUon let them carry arms; it did not
■Me any difference what kind of arms.
«tWnly they could carry arms, and, of
SI?*’ But I didn't advise women
Lot firebrands in'houses or tell any-
PoHcemen. r ° W T ‘ trol * ou * °* w ' n ^ owa on
‘Beecher—yon all know hjm,” the anarch-
"he advises the people from
pulpit Sunday after Sunday to buy
uTm 8, u ua to protect themscles. That
"Wthe *}««• I gave. That meeting was
not an unlawfvl assembly. You
oulv rinir lhey *" doing. They are not
.j putting me in prison, but they are do-
iS *|*h free speech. It is the first
BoL.*? kting the Republic down to a
**** nex t trill he the stopping of
wani^S® 0 * t * le Press. Then we only
««an Emperor."
Thu ended Most's address.
p,** 0 ™** SOCIALIST IN TBODUIJL
M»y 28. -Otto Neebe, Anarchist,
toWtd to-night He is the leading
lI ! ***• Socialistic Publishing
Snieiik* w& a an active supporter o:
"*>“ in AtoihiSISSSjS himScl£ Pr ° mi '
THE UtiUEST MAN.
' tt sHee Gets a College Diploma for
B G tv * th * Student,
to, has just been unanimously
tnirS.? . ?8ticat man of the VanderbUt
tt *tathuhi K tL £' "“"cr. it is remarked
.. ** birth \ enus wept; that his teeth
si that he conld bite a water-
tne crack of afence; that bis
-•si asm. a i?o.the end of a rotten log;
let fair Uitan all her beanty to
bar » Q d had scraped np all
Mto^VT" m net borders and crowded it
designated as B. O.
ha l»j'a * “« didn't want the degree; that
Dew anit; that be hud spent
KrtwM.. a. on hi* toilet for the seme
tobefdLm ? ^ to npptllhbB would be j
SkotU nature; that he whm
hifhrj?*“*^ 0 »tf the crow—“he’d Uke . j
•Bar it^thl Pf i j nt he wasn't hankerin' , '
Anp briefly, he was ,ru
p r -. ' mM> 10 Ihi w orM | J™
n 2h«v. L v^ l * r ‘ ' ,w Miffs at Friedrichs- j tor
* C '~ 4 - - *■ "•!•! “»• I'rin
The Drift of E lltorlal Opinion on the Gu-
berantorJal Campaign.
From the Rom© Courier. I
( J c “'? ord ° n ;a reported aa having said
^ Amencus that he was oflFered a consider-
able mtereBt in Gov. Brown's company to
hi d .ria r A L e !??* ° £ thc State ro ' l< i. and y that
rheM d hat m to perauaile himself (Gordon)
that he could conscientiously do whatever
H - Hyphens did, bntAe could nol
bhadcs of Aristides, save us! The impres-
Bion sought to be created was that he (Gor-
k “ ew °1 Stephens's small interest in
the matter when he claims he was offered
the large interest valued at $50,U00, and
that he reasoned with himself (Gordon)
T ld ri * htfuU y do whatever the
pure Stephens, upon whose garments the
smell of corruption never rested, might do.
Ih’s was impossible! Briefly stated the
history of Mr. Stephens’s interest in the
leaso is this: Mr. Stephens read in some
Atlanta paper that Gov. Brown was organ
izing or had organized, a company to
bid on tbo lease. Mr. Stephens wrote
to Governor Brown upon the subject, stat
ic ha considered his estato worth
*10,000, over and above all his indebted
ness, and if it was agreeable to him and his
associates (whom Sir. Stephens did not
then know, being influenced in his offer
solely by his confidence in Governor
Brown’s business capacity) he would take
stock or an interest in the lease company to
that amount. Governor Brown promptly
responded by the next mail that the com
pany was folly organized and all the stock
taken, but that he wonld give him a part of
one of his Bhares. Ho w, then, is it possible
that General Gordon, when offered an in
terest valued at $50 000, could reason with
himself that he might conscientiously do
what Stephens had done. Mr. Stephens’
connection with the lease did not become
public until the trouble begun about the
Hcago bid, and then Mr. Stephens, honest
man as be was, upon the first intimation
that there had been fraud in the letting, ir-
stantly transferred back to the State his in
terest, acquired as above stated,
From the Borne Courier:
Bnocn thinks the railroads shonld be taken
care of. The railroads can take care of
themselves. It is the people who stand in
need of protection agninst monopolists and
ring-masters.—Constitution. We don't know
whether Bacon said it or not. But the Con-
stitution’s suggestion that the railroads
should not be taken care of, because “they
con take care of themselves,” is in strange
contrast with iu fight against the Commis
sion a few months ago, on the alleged
grounds that the Commission was oppress-
ng the railroads, which could not take care
of themselves and needed legislative help
Major Bacon has all the time constantly
maintained his position that both the rights
of the railroads nnd the interests of the
leople shonld bo “taken care of," and the
Commission maintained with ample powers
for the protectien of both.
Thomson Corrsapondence August. Chronlcls.
An enthusiastic Bacon campaign clnb,
composed of the active yonng men of the
town, was organized here last night. Al-
tbongb the meeting was but|little known,
about forty names were enrolled, and by
their next mooting will donble that number.
This was quite a surprise to every one. The
whoop, hurrah and bluff of a few Gordon
men, the old vets, so-called, and the pro
gramme instituted in the Constitution and
Atlanta ring, were calculated to create a
wrong impreaaion. Count on McDuffie
sure. A mass meeting has been called tbe
8 th of J one to elect delegates; though a
primary wonld give him at least a two-
thirds majority, as one of tho most popu
lous districts in tbe county,- which Is solid
for Bacon, scarcely ever tarns oat to sach
meetings.
From the Athens Banner.
Tho bitter irony of praise, which goes
band in band with a stab, is what the blind
zealots who are leading General Gordon are
now heaping on Ben Hill How childish it
is to say of Ben Hill, “he was grand,
ho was noble, he was true, he was
all that was admirable, bnt he tried to bribe
me and I scorned it Ben Hill was a great
man, and what ia more he was a clean man.
In all his pnblic career no dirty shilling ev
er touched his palm. It is ridiculous for
General Gordon and his friends to pretend
that Ben Hill ever offered him any money
or other thing of value, which he conld not
honorably accept. Nobody believes any
snch tale. The idea of Hen Hill being ca
pable of offering it, bnt Gordon incapable
of accepting it." Prepoaterous.
From th. Montezuma Bsoord.
For the past four or five years General
Gordon baa hardly claimed Georgia as bis
home. He had a New York office and spent
the major portion of bis time there, and
was not looked upon all this time as a citi
zen of the State. His interest was not here
and the people scarcely thought of him as
claiming citizenship hers. All of • sudden
he left his Walt street office and put him
•elf before the peo'ple for a high and hon
orable office, before they had erased from
their memories tbe fact of bis prostitution
of an office higher than that of Governor.
Our State I* evidently getting hard up for
Gubernatorial timber when it haa to be im
ported from tbe apecnlators of Waff street.
From the Dads County Times.
We wonld think it very advisable in Gen.
Gordon not to attempt to explain to the
people his reason for resigning from the
Senate and accepting s private trust and
office of s far greater saury. He need not
attempt to explain, nor if it necesaary to
deny, tbe charges preferred against him to
the effect that hit object in appearing be
fore tho public in tbe recent demonstration at
Atlanta and Montgomery was entirely with
the view of getting np a boom for Gover
nor. It would only serve to make the mat
ter worse with him. It is not s busk of faith
or confidence in General Gordon, bnt it is a
fMtthat the people want Bacon without
any attempt to explain it away.
From the Augusta News.
Ex-Gov. Smith ia making Gordon
speeches now. In ISmO ha made the most
violent anti-Gordon speeches. The Macon
Tzlcokath is reprinting his 'old speeches
along side those of the present day. Gov.
Smith is eating crow of the rankest kind.
Gov. Smith abased Gen. Gordon when he
left the Senate worse than snybsdy. There
was no limit to the denunciation he heaped
upon him except his scantiness of breath,
he being like Foistsff, fat and short winded,
tf. .tinsel him for everything that was cor-
thus encouraged to declare that tho editor
was the only Bacon man in the crowd. Be
fore the laughing subsided, the crowd was
quietly polled, and the vote Htood 11 for
Bacon, 10 for Gordon, and at least one of
the Gordon men is not a eitizen of Hous
ton. Those Gordon men did not laagh any
more just then..
From tbe Covington Star.
_ Of course, ordinarily, any man has the
right to be a candidate for Governor, nnd
no one more eminently so than General
Gordon. Bnt, taking all the circumstances
of his candidacy into consideration, wo can
but ask the question in all sincerity: Why
is General Gordon a candidate for Governor
at this particular tii^c-?
From the Irwlnton Appeal.
It appears to our bumble judgment that
in selecting a Governor, a man’s military
prowess deserves bnt little attention from
the people. The office of Governor does
not require military skill, bnt executive
ability. The discussion of war topics in
the connection is ont of order.
From the Milieu Beacon.
Governor Smith in 1880 made a speeoh
condemning the action of Gordon in re
signing from tbe Senate, but now be is a
Gordon mau and ia trying to justify his
own, ns woll as General Gordon’s action,
bnt gets deeper in the mud at overy effort.
From the Thomaaville Enterprise.
We will wagor sometbing handsomo that
Gen. Gordon does not go to Southeast Geor-
jia to speak. This is tne benighted Bection
n which the General was wont to operate
saw-mills in the past, and he might blunder
on some unpleasant reminiscences.
It wonld be a great relief to the pnblio if
Gen. Gordon and his friends wonld concen
trate and agree on some single reason why
ho resigned from the Senate. Now rensonB
are as plenty os blackberries and cover tho
whole range of thought.
From the Americas Becorder.
If tbe Constitution is correct that „
mass meeting moans Bacon delegates,
next week will mid largely to his delegation.
:too to :t.
•Mian
Month
He abased him for everything
nipt in connection with his retirement
from the Senate. Now he ia on tha stamp
supporting him for Governor. Politics
make strange bed-fellows.
From the Borne ConrUr.
It is now over twenty-one yaws since the
close of the war. and in the k language of
Gen. Gordon's dear fnend, th» Urn Gem
Grant, of the late firm of Grant A Ward,
to whom Gen. Gordon pledged such valu
able (?) coal mine stock for s loan, never
intending to part with hit very valuable
.1^1- •-t.ni for circumstances over which
•tri of pockat-
stock “bnt for circumstance,
be had no control," l«t ct have fzacz !
Uif Perry JoonuL
The Gordon campaign hi Houston county
is con.ideisbly inAste-l with bluster and
bravado as ibe b-tloaung incident illu>-
trat-s: At Idyl Wyhle Fuk last h«turday
two voung men attempted to guy tbe edi
tor of thi. M-r *. L .*
aide in tbe gub.-rn.tnr
crowd Lushed with tb
That la how the Vote in Telrair Stood Day
Before Yesterday.
Hazlehukst, Ga., May 29.—In response
i the call ol Colonel James M. Denton,
through the Hawkinsville Dispatch, the cit
izens of Coffee and adjoining counties, viz:
Appling, Berrien, Irwin, Telfair and Ware
to attend Colonel James Denton’s fish fry-
to-day. To-day by 11 o'clock a. m. there
were present between 1,500 and 2,000 peo
ple, representing each of the counties
above-named. Promptly at 11 tbe stand
was prepared for public apeaking. The
meeting was called to order by Colonel
Denton, who nominated Hon. G. J. Hol
ton chairman. Captain John Little was
elected as secretary of the meeting. Major
lialton announced tbe object of the meet
ing, and named the speakers aa fellows:
Colonel E. P. Padgett, Mr. D. Newman and
himself. Mr. Padgett addressed tbe meet
ing ^ in his nanol polite manner,
and in a speech of ten minutos' length
did justice to himself and bearers. The
call for Mr. Newman was loud and lasted
for some time. Mr. Newman responded,
and in his gallant manner delivered one ot
the finest sp-eches of the day. He said that
the fish was fine indeed, the mutton was
nice and very fat, bnt os n trne Georgian
ho desired in his llacon. [Applause from
every voice.] -'Yes, even for Governor.”
[Applause.] “I do not desire a man who
gives awny what belongs to the people. 1
[Applause.]
Cob Holton mode a short speech, and the
vote was taken ns between Baoon and
Gordon, which stood. Bacon 300, and
Gordon 3, and one of these three was nn
Atlanta drummer.
A SACRILEGIOUS TRICK.
-Iu th. Livery or Ilrmeu" Gordon's Friends
Beek to Serve the Atlnntu King.
Bahlonega Signal.
One other tbing which wo desire to con
demn ns relating particularly to tbisconnty
is the practice of one of the candidates—
General Gordon—of sending oat emissaries
ostensibly in tho guise of Sunday-school
speakers and lecturers, bnt really as tbe
hatchers of political meetings, called on ex
tremely abort notice to givo forsooth ex
pressions of the people of this eonnty.
A Gordon Flzzlr.
Cuumino, .May 28.—General Gordon has
come, with his hired band, and gone. He
spoke here this afternoon. His speech was
bnt a repetition of those bo bos heretofore
made at othor points. There wero. by
actual count, 152 voters present, besides n
sprinkling of women and children and col.
ored people. Forty-eight of these voters
came from adjoining counties, leaving lot
voters of this eonnty. It is just to ssy that
half of these were for Major Bacon. Major
Bacon's friends in town went ont and gave
General Gordon a reapettfnl hearing.
Gen. Gordon hired tho Buford brass
band to accompany him here, paying them
*25.00 to oome Even with the band it
was a weak Gordon boom, so weak, in
fact, that there was no boom.
Surely the Constitution cannot, will not,
claim this day's proceedings ns a Gordon
trinmph. If it does it will pervert facta, ka
all truthful men of both sides most admit
that as a boom for Gordon it was a failure.
Every word I write of thia meeting ia true
and can be aworn to by one hnndred good
citizens.
PIk« U fur It aeon.
Mn.Nr.it, Gjl. May 29.— Aa I bare seen
nothing from this place, I will drop yon a
few lines. Milner is nearly solid for
con. I don't think there will be any
tronble in electing Bacon delegates from
this oonnty. There are no Gordon men
hero excc-nt a few who didn't do much
fighting aaring the war.
Hon. John T. Gardner and Captain J. U.
Mitchell are spoken of aa oar next repre
sentatives—both Rtrorg Bacon men.
Col J. F. Bedding, it is thoagbt, will be
oar next Senator. Yoa may put Pike
eonnty down on the Democratic side in
this election, as that is the party ahs has al-
ways stood br ( and don't propose to go
back on it this time. Piko has men who
served with Gordon dating the war, and
love him aa their leader of the lost caaae,
bat can see nothing in him since tbe war to
indace them to vote for him instead of
Maj. Bacon.
Ty-Ty for Iltcon.
Tt-Tt, May 29.—The enthusiasm for
Major Bacon increases in this vicinity with
the regularity of clock-work. I am not in
formed as to tbe number of voters inside
the incorporation of Ty-Ty, but will call it
100, and I have so far heard of only two
Gordon boomers in the town. I am in
formed by a gentleman who ha* traveled
over the county extenhivcly that the people
ere almost un^Limcns in favor of lHicon for
Governor. I will inform you of the time of
meeting of the Worth county executive
committee. Ah yet they have not been
called. I am nure, however, that delegates
vkillbechoeeuhy mu?i rn*, ting it the proper
time.
Few 1'lalu Question* for Gener*l Gordon.
Editor TxisEonAPii: Tho «urpripe which
w manifested every where that Geueral Gor
don should fail to reply to plain, unvar
nished charges on his political and private
character, is growing every day. Men can
and will overlook unfortunate busiaess
complications so long as there is no crime
aitaoked to it, but the people are not will-
» n B to condone bribery in political life,
which equally taints a man's private and
political character. Only the other .lay a
New York alderman was aentenced to Sing-
Sing prinuu because ho received $30,000 to
vote for a Broad wav railroad bill. Judge
Barrett*!, words, when ho announced the
Bontenco condemning Alderman Juehne to
nine yean and ton months imprisonment
at hard labor, wero among tho severest cas*
tigitions that ever issued from a judge’s
Np* Ho did not dwell upon tho fact that
Jaehne wa« iu possession of $30,000 ob-
toined in a dishonorable way, but tho of
fense in the eyes of the judge and in the
eye of the law was his betrayal of a public
trust.
A man who received his position by the
votes of a confiding people, and who would
t j* er v °t© thus obtuned, for money,
Judge Barrett pronounced doubly infamous.
Jaehne is now laundryman at Sing-Sing,
because he vt ted after being paid for it,
and the snapioion in Georgia is unanimous,
that Gen. Gordon voted with tho “money
king,” Huntingdon, because he received
something for it.
Huntingdon calls him “our man” and
Gordon does not deny it! Huntingdon
charges intimacy, and Gordon fails to an
swer. Huntingdon says he told the truth
on these Congressmen and Senators, of
whom mention is made in the Coltdn let
ters, and John B. Gordon Allows Hunting
don's statement to go unchallenged. What
makes the silence in this matter? Hun
tingdon says he employed John B. Gordon
to get up a company ot Southern men, to go
to California, as guests of tbe Pacific rail
road, which trip, Huntingdon said, would
cost the railroad $10,000 -yet it would be
“money well spent.”
Now what was that ten thousand dollars
to be spent for? Ce tainly not in baying
their tickets, for that would not cost the
railroad a copper. If there was any onr
thing that they could afford to give away,
for votes, it was a free pass to each of them.
The entertainment of thirty Southern men,
and that was the highest number expected,
wou’d not cost Huntingdon more than $i
per day at the out ide during their hotel
stay iu San Francisco. But few Congress
men could ufford to stay away from tho
capital longer thnn three weeks on a plea
sure jaunt, if so !ong. It took six days to
make tho railroad trip, and six to return.
Sub ract 12 from 27 days and you have 15.
Multiply 15 by $4, and you will see that it
was not likely to cost Mr. Huntingdon more
than sixty dollars each in San Francisco.
Multiply CO by 30 and you will see that the
pn baole expeuMo to Huntingdon would not
exceed $1,800, and it is not likely that no
Congressman (who was not an agent of the
company), would receive wore from Mr.
Huntingdon than his railroad fare and
board. Now, there is left $8,200 for some
body. The conviction is irresistible that a
man who would become a decoy-duck for a
corporation would receive pay for his ser
vices, and the question to be propounded
to General Gordon is this:
der he said Gordon was “Jeoeltfal, dishon
orable, etc.” Huntingdon says he has noth
ing to take back, and I ask Gen. Gordon
to reply to the following question:
“Did Huntingdon speak the truth when he
called you ‘our man,' and the bill yon advo
cated as ‘oun hill,’ and did he pay you a part
of the $200,000 upon which you supported
lour family in Washington! If so, you were
>ribed!” Don’t forget your speech at
Americas and elsewhere where you dis
tinctly ntfirw that your salary never did
support you. You wero deprived in 1877 of
tho insurnuce salary, for the tbing bursted
a year before. Yon hod only been an aolnat
lessee of convicts some ten days at thAt
time, and therefore it was not paying you a
revenue. You certainly had money, you
lived at a hotel with your family, aud you
flourished like the “green bay tree,” und
you could not do any one of these things
without cash, and much of it. Now, where
did you get it? Who advanced it? Hunt
ingdon is the only man who presents a so
lution of the difficulty, and ho must have
paid for your vote or made you a prosont of
some of the $200,000 which he informed
Colton your bill would cost him. Which
was it!
llow Senator Cockrell, (a Confederate
General of equal rank with himself) exposed
Gordon's Huntingdon scheme! How his
patriotism before tho Senate glows beside
that of Huntingdon’s “man!" Nc wonder
Senator Cockrell is still a Senator, for he
had all the Southern military record Gor
don can possibly claim, and he is known
and recognized as an honest Senator, in
vulnerable to Huntingdon A. Co. Gordon
yielded, if not then, a few years afterward,
to the seduction of railroad gold, but Sena
tor Cockrell still represents nis State, with
the confidence and esteem of his constitu
ents. He has more in family thuu General
Gordon, he keeps his wife and children
with him always, and he has never been in
any school bock, or insurance, or convict .
lease swindle, if properly reported, and yet - oer * fop UB
ho Los lived in Washington on his salary—
an honor to Missouri, und an honor to the
South. Answer, General Gordon, or this
is only the first chapter of an accurate biog
raphy of your Senatorial life. No wonder
yoa traded with Charles Foster and Stanley
ooU of tho Hut© and her noble cli.ir!tle* for
tue insane, thn blind and the dumb. I h • . shonld
b© malnuinod aud factored to the extent that ie
practicable without increasing tb© r.ito of Uxation
it is true that there are some evlla andaomeln-
, uetice attending our common school n -t.-m, but
un ™S£. dl ‘ bl0 under ° » r peculiar social or
ganization. The public school ayaUtn H neverthe
less enentlal for that education of the ] plo nec
essary for virtue and intelligence which < 'intitule
the only auro foundation for tho safety and i.i .mi-
pertty of the suto. ‘ l w
The fifth bufflm-M matter of which I apeak U the
frandulout bond question. That haa been finally
the UKi.UtUYO. by the Constitutional
Convention and by the high court of public opin-
ton. It is ro. ihlJudi.-utA sort will novi-r hrsIii b«
opened, certainly not by tut- generation. It is
proper to keen the metier In rata l es tlin holders
of times bonds are untiring sn.l ferule In devices,
ny —hloli It Is sought to revtTo tho ((UosUon.
Thera arc many other Imelneae matters In which
the Stats Is tutemeud. bol U U not oecaaaary that
I should apeak of them now. Tlioao I Imo men
tioned directly, and others to which I havo Inci
dentally alluded, are tho ones of chief concern.
The men who is to be cho-.-u .. Oorcrnor should.
U|«m these question., hold positions approved by
the people. I have etsteil mine to you. Ac th.
guarantee that 1 will, if e^l.4 to th. high offlos to
which I ..plre, be true to what 1 have to-night aald
upon them. I uk yon to look Into th. record of my
public Mrvlce In this Slate. It upon elimination
you Bud that I have while Iu li.et service clisu-
donml nn doty, nnd that I have not he n fates or
recreant to any pnblio trait. I sek that you will -
e!!. -* fi* s assurance of »oy fidelity la the
futuro.
Uontlemon, 1 have detained you longer than la
proper U>ls occasion. I have but .me more
2hta contest np to thta time iuh been
.-- * concerned, In the
largoly a
personal one, ao far aa I
sene, that If I succeeded or failed It i
personal snnceaa or failure.
But recent —ecu a..,, tfiangnd all thla, As for
cibly npreaaml In the prase of thie city, tbo great
question now I-, shall the people he left free to
cbooa. a Governor or shall a dominating Influ
ence draw — --
Matthews! “Xemo rejientefuit lurpauimut,
and you had gone down with Huntingdon,
and wero able to suit younolf to that low
level. Plain Talk.
Kaodolph Order. . Mu. Me.tlng.
, Me
The
Ci,u:ri. 1'.I--- for Uaod.dnh countv aa.eu
at the ortice of Judge kiddoo »t :t.3d ]
yesUriUy, .ud dr. i Id to hAv.- n
n-.-eting on the tir-t To-day in Ju
order to elect delegate* for the guVr
were 1 riH convention.
Did t/im pel nap from Huntingdon for try
ing to )icrniude Southern men into the near
tueociation with Huntingdon and Coltont
li'Auf teas the *10,0110 to be tqtenX furi
_1! ho does not defend his own honor in so
ritai a point as this, silene. will undoubt
edly stand for assent. There are parties
who believe it, and who cannot account for
tho phrehase of nn expensive honso in
Georgetown, D. O., tbo year before, with
out such a source of revenue. It will bo
remembered that the collapse of the iusur
ance company took place early in 187C, and
Huntingdon says he was negotiating with
John B. Gordon to fix up this “jamboree"
during the summer of that year. The dates
you will find in au article of "I'lain Talk"
printed last Tuesday. A member of Gener
al Oordon's family, in explaining the insur
ance failure, said it left him nothing, bnt it
did not swallow up the home iu Kirkwood
and hla life insurance of *25,UUO, which
were arranged for the benefit of others.
Tho Senatorial salary, ha told the peoplo
of Americui, did not support his family—
and will anybody be able to understand
whtro he obtained the money to live on, if
hs did not get outside pay. Ho was no law-
er, therefore he got no law fees. Uia borne
in Kirkwood brought no rental, and the
$23,IKS) insurance would certainly collapse
if the dues were not promptly paid. Now.
there is no use in supposing that General
Gordon did not control money to live on in
Washington, with a family of seven to dreis,
feed nnd clothe, and otherwise look after;
in a most expensive and fashionable city.
These things are brought to General Gor
don's attention, and for his own sake (not
to spe ik of publio opinion), there ihonld bo
s satisfactory explanation. He says, tbe
Confederate soldiers took *2,000 from him
yearly. Let him give tbe nsms of one or
two of snch pensioner*, that there may bo
some relief to the suspicion, which univer
sally prevails that he, himself, wss the only
Confederate who squandered his large Sen
atorial salary. Unless Huntingdon provid
ed tbe money, there must he some explana
tion that shonld shield General Gordon, and
ths answer is hers called for, and nnless
given, “Flsin Talk" will hereafter proceed
to let in tbe light on other “daik places,”
with the assumption that Huntingdon sup
plied at least $8,200 of the *10,000 that the
"jamboree” called for. If somebody did
advance money, why not Huntingdon? The
'(jamboree” did not come off ss announced,
through no fault of General Gordon, who
did his part, and who wss in active commu
nication with Huntingdon for months on
tho subject, and who instigated Hunting
don to get np some “spontaneous combus
tion" petitions in California to dupe Gener
al Gordon's Southern friends. Remember,
also, this wss the year when Tilden was
making his famous cinvars, when every
Georgia Democrat (mho was not bribed by
the money kings), was doing his utmost to
help the fight. Where wss John B. Gordon?
Let Huntingdon answer.
I advance queation 2d with the impres
sion that Gen. Goidon will certainly at
tempt to repel the charge made by Hunt
ingdon to save his name, for his family and
kindred. He can't afford to do otherwise.
Huntingdon called Gordon's bill, intro
duced on tbe 12th of Janury, 1877, “our
bilb” He told Colton he thought he
could puss that biff with $2“0,0I|0. Upon
whom wm that money used? Huntingdon
mentions no man but Gordon in eonneo-
ti-mwithit, und h- t!. 1 .- dir. tly impli
cated Gordon. Gordon fai'ed again in de
coving Southern men into the second lobt
scheme of Huntingdon, and by the effort of
Senator Cockrell, a gull .lit ’ Cunf,
Oen ral, the thing “flashed in thn
On that bill, with Gordon’s s-lvo-.ic;
Mr. Stephens pronounced jndguiec
was aroused to the ei oi.inution hv
mark reported to him n-
Thuriuan, who it that ti
an antagonizing bill to
payers of the eountrr.
tne.1 the record at Mr.
in his presence, and the
of Thurman',
Dow Did lie Make Ills Colossal Fortune?
EniTou TKLRORArn: Gen. Gordon says
be could have made a “colossal fortune"
when Scott's Southern Pacific railroad biff
was before the Senate by “keeping silent."
Huntingdon's bill was far more destructive
to the public interests, and Gen. Gordon
did not only not keep silent, but spoke aud
voted for it. Did Huntingdon pay him?
Huntingdon says 8cott got his mau, Gor
don, off the railroad committee and put
Scott's mau, Bogy, on it, after Huntingdon
had worked two daya to make up tho com
mittee in his own interest. He said it
would cost him *2UO,UOO to pass Gordon's
biff.
There is a fearful thought connected
with this statement of Mr. Gordon, He
admits he could have been paid for keep-
ing silent; hoar much more was he paid for
talking and voting? The people of these
United States have scon “colossal fortunes"
attend the career of lobbyiata who talked
and voted for hills, hut this is the first
open intimation that niltnoe was heavily
paid for.
Now it ia true thst Senator Gordon
“sileut"_and dodged many votea that are
uuefplainable unless be haa thrown a cal
cium light upon tho transaction in the
statement st Ringgold. Can it bo possiblo
that his sileneo was as valuable to him as
his advocacy of Ilnntingdon? Tho Couati-
tution denounced Huntingdon as a lobbyist,
• corruptionist who was notorious iu hi*
methods, when the published letters in tbe
Now York Sun appeared, yet Gen. Gordon
wroto Major Whitner he “followed Hnn-
tingdon” in preference to Tom Scott.
Great Father! did he mean to apologize or
confess? Was this the way ho represented
Georgia? Plain Talk.
PRESIDENT DAVIS' CAMP CHEST.
An Interesting Italia of the War Owned
In Wilkes County.
From tha Waahlnstoa, Os., desalts.
It ia probably not generally known that
a very intcreiting relic of the war times is
owned in thia place. It is the camp cheat
of President Jefferson Davit which he used
while visiting the armies of thn South. It
is solid mahogany and aa well made aa
skilled workmanship could mnke it; is three
fett long, two feet deep and one foot wide,
by actual menanrement; a leaf bangs down
on each aide, and when raised make a table
three feet square, the lid forming Iho cen
ter leaf. Tne interior of the cheat ia in two
compartments, one large and open, the
other filled with oases of different depths
that slide down and rest on each other.
Some of these were made for holding writ
ing materials, while others were made for
holding salt, paper and other oondimenta
fir table use.
The lamented Mr. Robert Toombs roooc-
oized this chest a few years ago, and re
marked that ho had eaten from it in tho
camps near Richmond.
At the evacuation of the Confederate cap-
I id, Mr. Dans found he could not entry
this chest with him, and so requested CoL
J. Taylor Wood to present it to Major John
B. Weems, Tbo latter, now deceased, was
the father of Mrs. Belle Virgin, of thin
place, who now owns this very interesting
relic. Mrs, Virgin Jived in Macon until a
few years ago, when she moved to this
place. WbiUlmngthLreshewanfirstoJfetod
s thousand dollars for the chest by a North-
ern man, who finally nn hla hid up as high
ss three thousand dollars, when ftiis lady,
whose heart haa alwaya burned with tlmt
deep sense of patriotism for which our no
ble Southern women were so noted, frankly
told him that she would not soli this relic at
any price to a man who had been an enemy
of the South.
This dust was brought on to Washington at the
dose of the war at the aamettma Sir. Davis cams
Ihioask. and was concealed here. Mrs. Virgin at-
•ffTwarJe carried It to Macon when aba moved from
K —‘there, tthaa ;Um In her father-, and her
- dw» K wm Presented to him.
Thefoltowtes eotA the original ot which Mr..
' ‘Otln has. accompanied the chwat:
OoL J. 11. Weenie. Com’dt of Poet: In return for
your klndn-M sod attention both to Mr. Davie end
mjeelf. pteeee acceet hie camp cheat. Hetraate
that yon aader more favorable aoaptcee. may have
— opiortuutyof n.lcglt J. TaILOB Wooo.
Ipnl 4, lees. Colom
COURTSHIP IN CHURCH.
agOentleman 1-op. the (Jne.tion by
the Aid of a lllbl.
ong gentleman happening to alt at church In
k yORIg U ly.
* lew adjoining tho
for whom ho conceived a
the Mpot. hut tbo I'U. ‘
lion, th* exigency of the
lEL't-lmn H ' h
fclhl*- -pe-r. with * | iu ■
Second Li-i'tlo of Join
oterlcg
J**u and violent j am
‘ * eoortxhlp
-a* by Allen G. -ou.ui*n.lm
*• U;iv ililvocatin# the- l-d
nr-•Let the t»z- go's
ephena'a rcqnevt i wn- l
• was found the 1 u ‘
! port. .! to Mr. Stephens.
; Mr. Stephen, bet filth in
that day |
a'l Ji'diti*
No von-
-« ej*-- th*t ti
••M-tm tint i mi
• k. i-mtUo* v,
of John
BACON IN AUGUSTA.
[comtkukd r*OM 8th :
»R.|
iueti *1 power In this e
absolute dictatonhlp over
. If ao, let us cease to go
;h the farce of election* and b»to time and
“ by iuvina the eyndlcate to appoint onr
or «■ 1 do not charge thia against Atlanta
* nd tyrannical ayudl-
cate which ha* its headquartera there and which
mlnreprcsmU the goed people of that city. I am
proud of Atlanta and have friend* thero whom I
Uraf 6 #*?.* 1M th0 J® 1 cUlm ,n a °y other place.
Bnt. fellow-citlxens, this ia an attempted tyranny
which cannot be endured. Resistance will contlnu*
1° ..-SS. J 1 U overthrown. Circumstances have
assigned to me Iho leadership in thia conte-t. Hut
involves * great deal more than my
personal fortunes. If I succeed, it will be the
success or U>» P*op>a and of a great and lmp,.rUnt
prlnclplo. If I fail, tho staudard will bo c vuglii up
by stranger hernia and borne to float victory.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
Tho Observance of Dccorathin Day Iu Chi-
Cairo I.aat Saturday.
rmcano. Mar to.—The observance of decorating
ot •“Hi® 1 * by the veteran organizations
of thta city, occupied to-day. Th* marching out-
uran, composed of po.ts of tbo grand array of tlia
republic, was Iho largest over aeon on tho .tract* of
Chi-ago on any otmllar oecton. lUnaom poet of
81. Lonla was In lino, having como a. tho apoclil
guest of the posts of this city. • 1
Accompanying Ransom post was Oeneral Wm. T.
#!!! m ? n ‘^ rho s! ,n ‘ rcl V! d ln th ® naka on right
of tha leading four. .He was quickly recognized by
Ul ,el*e*» waiting crowds on tho a trot,. »ml wu
wildly cheered, tiontral Alfred (lorry wa« alio one
of the marchers, and was cheered along the route.
Governor Oglesby, accompanied by several other
gcntlemr n, occupied the only cmU^a ln the col
umn. The veterans In line numbered 4.000. Th©
column nrocoodod lo Booo Hill OomoPry. where
the chief ceremonlee of the day oocnrred.
Doling the afternoon, Oen Bhcrruau. Oor.
Oglesby, arid other prominent persona#©#, rovlewed
the marching coinmn from tbs balcony of the
Board of Trade, pie police, ©even hundred strong,
teok tbe bead of the line. They presented a vorr
fine appearance. 7
Kever before ln their history were they accorded
such a welcome as that of to-day. Their msgnlfl-
cent precision and splendid drill was such as to
command applause, but probably in memr rv of
their recent record they wore roundly rhn r< d *11
Wong the route. Accompanying them w*a the first
police pair 1 wagon evvr constructed. And In recog
nition of IU aid In increasing th* efficiency of the
force, its appearance was liktwlae in ado the occa
sion for cheering.
FoUovllig the pdllM were local military com-
Seroar 19UrtkXX organization* bringing up t*
_ . . nx-cozrznnurm* son nr.
Ex-Confederates to the number of 40 met in their
aaeembly room at No. 11 Washington street at t
ViPf' i hl *» , ? orn,l, J l *. * n ' 1 w,th D»# American flog
atltotzkrodformadln lino and tnareh.d to tm!
TwraowtHmmo, whore floral trihuto. tows and
■^•r®* U P aad the einb marched
S?o^SflLS?A' mld s 8pot wher * lt took tbo tr »‘*
Woods Cemetery. A number of th** mem-
here were accompanied by their h1v«*n snd ehll-
aren. who bore ln their arms a profusion of cut
? JT? gr 2? tnB Tbo scene wss a
touching ono. The most DOMoezble piece *** *
broken pillar composed of choice flowers; at Its
mE* V 0D ® r of Bnow > r wh,la rilk. inscribed:
We tenderly remember onr dead. From the
ex-eonfederate Association of Chicago." lte N idn
n>n*nific*nt croaa of fluwete fully H ix
& la tSSSH‘ * M n banner «,f bine
silk, bearing the Inscription: “We honor tho
Chicago" 0m exConfederate Association of
The train reached Oak wood shortly beforu noon.
From the depot the ex-Ctenfederatoe proceeded to
! " 'V*;V\ ‘T 1 *'• *'•> '* "• n d.odaro
burled, and which is marked by a monument, sur
mounted by a status of a soldier at "parade rest."
Here the floral cross was borne, and sllrntlv it*
noosATiM < osrgnnuTS osavzs.
Now tho largo proremlon moTod lowanltheex.
a^rautifuVuravo^flo*!,* b,lrjl " lt Hvnui,.!, wh.ro. In
o n.., ittful grove. 11a thonrnali,, i.f MOConrod.ralo
oolfllora. tu tho renter of tin gnrra t. .,, u .u
monnd. and with thoozcoiiU .i. of hood.tonm
this la the only motnrmaal to mirk the resting
t*—. 0 * ffy* Wkodlod ID th" H.,|,lln-rn
M.mbonof tt>s association gathered around tha
mound, and white they unco,,red th-ar bands, the
•oral pUlw was reverently brought within tho cir-
clo and placed on tho mound.
tse MIMUZST’S ZZWAIU.
. ^l**.* 1 ”* , ° rt * l * r thin A hire I tho saoomblr
to the follow tag word.: --In all a.-. ..at .11 tlmr.. to
nil tanda among all poopl,. valor and heroism hav*
been admired, r.there point with pride to tha
*?“■ ■'.to In Ann of their
eonntry.and thetrsons* to pro.-no in .torn thalr
father', mom ry. mirk the spot whrro th.y died
for liberty with tho lasting monument: »o we'ecma
tn-(biy, my comrades, quietly end unostentatiously,
to pay onr tribute of respect to the brave and hereto
tnen who sleep hero, and those who rest yonder.
Peace be to their ashes."
The Bow. Robert T. Coyle, chaplain of the sesocl-
atloo, then offered an eloquent and fomBi prayer
daring which bo said: • WbateTer of eecdonal ©nil
moettj or partisan hatred may have been involved
during the war. we are thankful that it no longer
exists, and pray that we may net know of bntooe
QfsOod gild lore of onr one conn-
U ^meldti>t rorealar then said: ■•Comra.l.. wo
w tribute ..f onr lov"'aml
toauSS-°* U '* r ‘ “ tb* ■maory of iho
... * ■AACTIrvL ruZMiiST.
Members of the associ vilon rei l.ed In concert*
l, I* ou tJl « grave of the
bravo Arnsricanwldisr. to exslt vslor and ln*i»ire
to all a deep love for country and home. Those
gray »fid tho**- who «-re th** blue ©ro
ofonehlood. Let their valorous deeds be tre©*.
JU*} herit*ge. and may God's merer
»nd hi* blessing re*t upon u*. a
fiMiSer/amen** Un,l * J one flag
The sure and strife were reite.1 ©gsin»t the
offering while the memben «>f thoossocUUon
end their oomrad--. groniied aruuu.l it. Th" Con -
federate are vm ware then strewn witti dower, and
tha asaamhly broke up.
THE IND1CTFD ANARCHISTS.
Th* Specific Charge Against Them Col
lectively and Individually.
1 that spies St-hwab,
Mt*-leger, Hcbaaudel
jn tw/t ‘ ^bargee. The
Jlctmi
iictmentg
Igniting
Cmcaim. May TJ.-It U )«-*
Fleldcn. Par*- n#. Fl*. her, I
and Ileebe are lndicte*l ui
B are contaln«-d lu two
in whl. h fleff-rulants ar
1 ith willful i
pollr.
I bud
the
uk* of the
pt that “revolver
Bntdee
charging them ** individm
‘<!^r hv bsimh throwing. *
n<lirtairijts i harging thci
rdrr taking t
“kill"
r. th*w« word*
i pla. ss in till* m-
aurder"
»ne<l in the flr*t two
1 tineata tach Id turn charge **od-
n*l ti.unltir *tx offletr* who hate
u the rfT^rts &f wounds received da-
*. the first named of th* >-***•.!
I give
i La-