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ABSOLUTE proof.
.nti* B GOH DON'S STATEMENT TO
THE WORKING WORLD UNTRUE.
Id He W**Not Interested In the Con-
u#JKt »nd HU Name Not In the
TiC I'»rtner*hlp-UI* WrltteD Ac
knowledgment on Kecord.
r I lia ve considered (he convict lease
u s crest evil, and I am in favor of doing all I
lr p tk u up. Ye*. if I am elected, I will
**“ nin.il «uch action as will enable ns to abol-
• ev ^ "
, m not interested in any convict lease, dlrect-
indirectly. I was interested for a short time,
f ot dear of that aa soon as I could."
me»f my friends desired me to aid them in
liI; g convt ts. and after a great deal of persua-
, ireiiM tjted t> go on their bond, which you
ice by referring to the records, which I would
tike for you to publish. You will find I am not
entioiitil in the partneiship.*’—Extract from the
f w rkiceu.an World’sInterview.
CONTRACT
Between John B. (Jordon and Edward Cox.
gjATt or Georgia, County of Fulton—Whereas
u v c y . (ii.rdou. of the county of DeKalb, State
Aforesaid, in one of the lessee# of tho State Penitcn-
>o. ‘i, and whereas the said John B. Gordon
ktiie o*u*r of a plantation on Flint river, in Tay-
|prcounty. BUte aforesaid, which plantation consti-
a branch ^f Penitentiary No. 2, and whereas
ii* said John b! Gordon believes that Edward Cox,
afiheroiinty of Taylor, is a careful manaf ey and
torM humanely treat the convicts ettrustedtobis
fa. tLcrofore know all men by these presents that
fte Mid John I), Gordon and Edward Cox have turn
thirteenth (lSth) day of August. 1878, made and
amrtd into the following agreement: The said
John B. Gordon constitutes and appoints the said
Uvird Cox bis agent to manage and work hlsplan-
then in the said county of Taylor and alxty con*
virti to be placed thereon, which number shall be
BtibUined during the continuance of thla agency,
jfpossible, fr >m the numb r of hands under Gor-
oh ’i control after April l»t, 1870.
In consideration whereof the said Edward Cox
ifitti to furnish all the means necessary for the
forking of said plantation and for keeping the said
coavict* in a proper manner, to ke : p the plantation
g od repair, to treat the con*
< humanely and kindly and to
^ftf-rbis services all that remains of a’l the
err*,* of whatever nature soever raised on the eald
(fetation, after paying to the aald Gordon yearly
fit amount due by the said Gordon to the State of
fcofg a for the eald alxty convicts, and after turn*
kg fifty hales of cotton over to said Gordon, which
«fen U to be an average crop lot, and twenty-five
feta ire to be turned over on the 15th day of No*
water »nd twenty-five on the 15th day of Deoem*
ter of each year during the continuance of this
•Ki
ll li expressly understood that the said Gordon
htobeheld in no way liable for the money used In
mils* said crops. The said Cox further agrees to
hdmitfy the laid Gordon for any loss he may aus*
tea by reason of the negligence of said Cox in
allowing co&vlcts to escape.
It U further agr.-ed that this agency shall b gin
tens from the let day of January, 1879, and ehall
jeatinM eight years therefrom, provide! the said
GexceapUsa in every way with hi* agreement and
farther oumplies In every way with the act of the
‘sgliiatare, 1870, leasing the convicts.
Ia testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed
•or hand* aud seals the day and date flnt above
MMlottd. J. B. Oobdom, [Seat]
_ Edwaxd Cox, [Seal 1
A. Alston,
W. M. Ragadale,
|Th» shone u on file in the clerk’e office. Supreme
ftmrt. Atfeu-l
THE OUTLOOK Foil COTTON.
Casdltton of tlio Growing Crop a. Shown
if lb. Agricultural Itureau.
Vmhotox. Jute 10.—Reports received
tee National Department of Agrionlture
*"°* “at the tendency to an increase in
“• **** °f cotton haa been checked in tho
entem State, of the cotton bolt. The
were, ,how a slight reduction in Sooth
Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and AUbama.
Tie owe Western State*, in which settle-
tiettaad farm extension have been active,
exhibit «)mo mcreaae, mainly in Texas.
The net Increase is about 250,090 acres, an
"'H per cent. The record otands:
Virginia, O'J; North Carolina, 100; South
fJ: Georgia, 08; Florida, 103;
JUbsm.,Hissfiurtppi, loa ; Louisiana,
joj.Lxw, lu7 ; Arkansas, 102; Tennessee,
The Condition of tho crop is lower than
»iMo, averaging 88.7, against 92 last year.
Korip U \! u *?, ven s tales and higher in
Soiih Carulma, Horida, Texas and Tennea-
•’fate averages are: Virginia95,
£™ c "°]tjt» 97, South C*rolina83, Geor-
°T, AUbama 87, Misainippi
• Tex “ !M -
Heavy rams have canned damago in Geor-
JU ana drouth was threatening in Texas,
itu.n, V- v ^freshing rains. The
fed;.'"-Rttlw, bnt baa bcenprac-
“‘J Remedied by replanting.
THE OREGON ELECTION.
n ' will Have Control of State
affair, for th. N.xt Four Year..
turn Jm SD ’.!? U V Juno TO--Election re-
3S“tfMjwd ere se follow.: Tho Re-
bWOnlita!?** Her,1 »“‘ to Congress by
^^Pjnrality, and also elect their
,or Secretary of State,
Public »choola and pub-
, Tha Democrats elect their
jJ 0r UoYeTno R. Treasurer and
tu, As the Governor, Becre-
stitnte f 0 * 1 Treasurer con
sent of .n bo "l? ,or the manage-
t-Danoen!^ n*^ 0 stat ® institutions,
W,U h&Te control of State
<**Wbl£L.w “«t four years. McBride
^’p'uialitr ’ f0r i ^ cr «t»Ry of Stats, hss
h c HAZY king i.UDiVIQ
'tsr.* 1° b. Maoutly font for Govern
Mr-XT ,t# « eilc F Appointed.
Ktt‘teilto t ^f„ 1, ? 1 ~ The physicians sp-
*Sg Lnd.io^I'J 1 ® ,k ® ment *l condition of
^FS' itatw »i*JI e . r,,K>rt * d *t>»this malsiiy
^<ffia»nt.a.y > fr. in governing properly,
^ttttce Le< r»M *!“ P h J* ic i*na' report,
■nel. woeU»:.“ cle to the Kin K. bsT£
w tisUn^“^i? D ; countersigned by the
f 4 *"”m». , h a o he *“ ,nm “ “»e regency
Di *-t to meet oh
*" tnstRncted by
*4 him to sqil **** ,J*Po n the King end
!P'"-7wnn ii "“ the TPoihtmentof .
B* K 'cg whin i. ** "RC“t«t by order
Boh.n»?h* U '“ entered tho Castle ol
‘J'kfv Urn, The King also gave
u’? 1 the Cttttr* tP"?" n,r !' b ® pt*ccd
ij.the r.L . 8 » Jv** of an order
JJj 4 to 8 ? to R*l«eie Count llokkib
^ to . State eom
^teat ,, taK U h lil,, " ‘ UI1 ttannted
<~fZ 5S S£
Bacon’s Kecord.
Cartenvllls American.
Bacon, of Bibb, for twelve years aervn^
During?! 1 * th ,° '■SWrtwe cToiSfe
long te»mof servioo no Haw or
THEJ^rVCON_WELKL Y TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1886.—TWELVE PAGES.
A HUMILIATING SCENE.
THE JOINT DISCUS HON BETWEEN
PATTlillSON AND GUKliltY.
Ing that time. HlIho?c^h“knSwlSw
the legis ation of these years fit him lTev-
brmTa a nt t .°i m ^ k - 0 . Oe . Or8ia Bmost “ bI ° »nd
brilliant administrator of tho laws as tha
chief executive. He is undoubted!? the
ernlr 1 H Pe ^ “1““ ln the Slatfi foT Gov-
appoint committees to investigate the Stato
thKt l h n “i> D i,* llke th f bravo r ' L ' 1 honeBt “»n
that ho is, he gave place upon all these im-
vortaut committees, to tho very best men
in the House of Representatives. There
was no wtiite-wasUing done by these com-
unttees, and they performed a work for the
State which in beneficial results will be ap-
preoiated for all time. Men most familmr
with tho history of that work, express the
opinion openly that Bacon’s honest, bravo
baud guided the actor* on that committee
and on the floor of the Houbo to the conclu
sion which has resulted so advantAgeously
to the people of the State; and which Lid
deep the foundation for honest and capa
ble administration of the affairs of our Ktate
government for coming years. Gtoruin
owes him a debt of gratitude and she will
pay it this year. The men who quaked
with fear during trying and exciting days
may well apprehend that the same hjnest
hand and heart, if placed in the office of
Governor, will certaiuly main tain the rights
of the people at all hazards, against rings
And political syndicates, whether at or near
Atlanta, Wall street, N. Y., or elsewhere.
Bacon has won his spurs as a civilian, a
statesman; aLd the slander that he proved
recreant to his duty as a soldier in the late
war has been so fully exposed that even
the Constitution and General Gordon do
not repeat it.
Campaign Nut,-,.
Gordon was good at making charges hut
he don’t know how to meet them.
Every brave, honorable man will testify
that neither slander nor facta can be
answered by brass bands. si
The Clarksville Advertiser says that local
scribblers working for the Constitution do
not represent Habersham county.
The Gordon side-show still Continues its
tour. As long as the hand plays, of course
Gordon can’t hear or answer questions.
Statements based upon facts are not slan
derous. If General Gordon thinks himself
slandered, let him deny the allegations and
call for the facts.
The Herald and Georgian errs in stating
the vote at prceent to tie forty for Bacon
and forty for Gordon. Gordon is thirty-
two, Jones six and uninstructed two.
If Gordon is slandered why do not his
friends point out the slander and exposo it?
No one has slandered him. He ts con
demned by facta that he dare not meet.
The Constitution complains that people
slander General Gordon, and continues to
misrepresent Bacon’s position upon the
Railroad Commission and the primaries.
“y ono R°®^ the testimony pub
lished in yesterday’s and to-day’s Txijt-
oaxrn concerning John U. Gordon and the
convict leaee and say that hois a truthful
man?
’Why,” asks the ClarksvUle Advertiser,
“was it in accordance with Democratic
usages to bold court house meetings when
Emory Spoer was running for Congress in
this district and not now?"
It is a remarkable fact that after _
month's experience on tho stmup General
Gordon bos never answered a charge nor
txposed a slander. And still the column*
of the Teucbapb are open to both.
The Haralson Banner says: General Gor
don eays Haralson eonnty was named utter
hie father-in-law. We do not know about
that, but grant It is true, does that foot en
title General Gordon to be Governor of
Georgia.
When Gonerol Gordon crumpled np the
Walker County Messenger, trod and spit
upon it, he imagined possibly that he hud
answered its charges. Simulated indigna
tion does not accomplish as much as manly
refutation.
Gordon's managers expect to forge ahead
on Saturday’s vote. Eleven counties vote
then, eight ring and three Baron coantics.
It ie probable thst a majority of these will
go for Gordon, bnt oil that go for Bacon be
yond three is a gain.
General Gordon slips off intf a distant
eonnty and goes into high tragi os over the
charge* of a country editor. In the me m-
time the Tsumaapu publishes charge*
against him and tha proof, offering him tbo
free nse of its oolumus to reply, hut vainly.
He doc* not reply.
The way General Gordon is traveling
through tho State with brass bands and
rushing into counties on the days appoint
ed for the selection of delegatee, is humili
ating to a free people, and it meana no good
for Ueorgia. If General Gordon is not a
demagogue, there is not ono.
The Haralson Banner denounces in the
•trongest terms the Constitution's report of
the meeting in that eonnty. The article
was published over the name of C. W. Ault,
who tarnishes this certificate: “I deem it
right to say here that I did not write the
above article a* it apprare, nor do I endorse
the language in it calling Colonel McBride
a leader of a mob, and Mr. Fitts an incen
diary partisan. C. W. Ault.''
Tbo Gwinnet Herald nays: "The Atlanta
Conatitntionboasts that Lee eonnty went
for Gordon. This oonnty acted before the
State Convention woe celled, end the dele
gatee were appointed by a maaa meeting
and not a primary election. This ia exact
ly what Clark eonnty did and yet there is
no howl over the action of Lee county, but
the whole State ie harassed up with the de
nunciation of Clerk. It jnekes some differ
ence as to whoae ox is gored.”
Here ia part of tho Hawkinsville Dis
patch'd report of Gordon'* speech in Ilaw-
LinsviUe: "General Gordon was feeling
mighty good, end be laid be hadn't been
mad since the campaign opened. He said
that be had juat carried seven conn tie* ont
of nine, and he doubled himself over and
laughed sweetly—ta smile child-iike
and bland.' > Ob! 4 said the
valiant General, as his voice
dropped, TU get there!' Seven
ont of mine'—end he donbled himself over
and laughed again. ’Seven ont of nine; 1
■ha! ha! ha!' ■Seven ont of nine;’ ‘why,
that’s just a little hit of a shower. There a
going to be one of the biggest thunder
clouds yon ever heard,' and he bent over
and laughed again." Imagine General’s Lc ,
or Jacksoo, or Albert Sidney Johnston,
or Jefferson Davis in snch a position.
To what depths hsa the “gray" descended?
A rrtwaev IUscned.
rt.r.ta. Mr., Jane 10.—Three mask
ed men presented themaelvee et the
.tation honae last night, overpower*! the
'fleer in charge, et the point of a revolver
■ .--.1 WilU m Buckley, who nt LeM
under a charge of emb**x!emen\ on *
Lvnn, Maas., warrant, and escaped *ith
hint to the province*. Bdohlej lathe 11 '
who via recently enticul serosa the l
..r.it airustcd bv an Am*.-ii an tcctive.
Ouerry Utterly Vanquished by the Sharp
Thrusts of his Able Ailvrrsary—A
Comprehensive Arraignment
of Cordon's Record.
WHERE INURED?
FoetVxu.iv, June 10.—The most humili
ating scene I have witnessed this campaign
occurred here to-day in the joint discussion
between R. W. Patterson, of Mucou, and
DuPont Guirry, of Americus. Patterson
had the opening and closing. In his open
ing speech he referred to Gordon and his
professions on tho Rnilroml Commission,
tracing the General's rnilrouil relations and
pinning him to the railroad side, lie said
that ns to Bacon he was on record under his
signature as favoring the commission.
This was cno of the many strong points
made in Patterson's speech, which lasted
on hour and was a compreht nsive arraign
ment of Gordon's pence record.
In the middle of Guerry’s speech, he said
Bacon was a railroad man, and that he was
not for the commission. Holding up n
printed journal of tho House, he said, lu a
tragic manner, in n high pitch of voice:
“Here is the evidence that he did not
even vote for tho commission, although a
member of the Legislature when the com
mission act was passed.”
Here Patterson rose and said, emphatic
ally: "I hope the gentloman will not so
impose upon this audience, even it be
could, as to try to impiess them with the
idea that Bacon conld have voted for or
against the commission, for the audience
well knows, aa must the gentleman, that
Major Bacon was Speaker nf the House, anil
could not, as Speaker, vote on any bill ex
cept whero them was a tie, and there waa
no tie on that bill."
This was received with n storm of ap
plause. One would have thought this
would have squelched Gnerry, hut as he
is a candidate for United States district
attorney he wants influence at conit,
and in a fury of voice and a Scott Thornton
mnnner of tragedy, he rushes over to Put-
terson, and holding another printed Honso
journal under that gentleman's nose, ex
claimed in a mciodramio voice:
"I thought that would he your subter
fuge; bnt here is another record that shows
that he did vote, as Speaker of the House,
when there was no tie, for when yon were
a candidate for solicitor general he voted,
and yon were retired on Major Bacon’s
vote."
This seemed to be orushing, and the Gor
don men cheered lustily. As quick as a
flush Patterson was on bis feet, and said.
"I am surprised that you persist in an ef
fort to delude this audience, for you must
know that where the Speaker can and does
vote on all elections for office, ho cannot
vote on any bill except where there
is a tie. He conld not have voted for or
against tho Railroad Commission even
though he did vote for candidates elected
by the Legislature."
Unabashed, even in tho face of Patter
son's exposure ot his conduct aud a humil
iated audience, he exclaims alond again
"I thought that would be your sub
terfuge.”
The rest of Guerry’s speech was on Fel
ton, the Tileghivh and Gordon’s war
record.
When Patterson closed he said it wav
true that ha bad bean a candidate for So
licitor General, but be could say to the gen
tleman thnt he bad never bent the pregnant
hiDges of the knee that thrift might foUow
fawning.
In Patterson's 'opening speech ho had
also scathed Gnerry by say ing bo had been
surprised thnt Gaany, who had
stomped the Stato for Norwood, and
attacked Colqnitt on Gordon's resignatijn.
should now he stamping for Gordon, until
he learned tho gentleman was a candidate
far district attorney, over which Colqnitt
will have control.
About one hundred and fifty votera wore
present II. A Matthews introdneed Pat
terson and W. C. Winslow introduced Gner-
2 . Patterson used argument and Gnerry
c fuss and fury of the war record. The
thinking men listened calmly to Patterson,
while the Gordon men did much shouting
on the war record. Gnerry had no argu
ment His defense was a simple dents),
which was backed by a dispatch from Gor
don, lent to-day from Marietta, which said:
"Dr. Felton’s charge* reflecting on my offi
cial or private honor are base elandeia."
Gucrry was totally unable to parry and fell
beneath the throats of his able, argumenta
tive adversary.
HOW IT" WAS DUNE.
Direct Evidence 1’rovlug that Cordon Don't
Want Primaries.
Newnak, Jnne 9.—Having seen nothing
in your colnmna in reference to the selec
tion of Gordon delegates from Carroll
county, and knowing that campaign correc
tions and information never grow old,
hare decided to write yon fact* that can be
S roven. On the day of the election of the
elegatea Gen. Gordon waa to apeak in Car
rollton. The Gordon men of conne at
tended. It was a Gordon meeting and oon-
dneted by him. Alter his apeeeh had been
concluded, as is him custom, ho asked those
who favored him to hold np their bands.
Of course the majority was for him. He
thea tamed to some of his ardent support
er* and said: I* not tbi* a good time to elect
delegate* to the convention. They were
elected according to the above by Gen. Gor
don’s request My informant lay* iet him
deny it and he will take pleasure in prov
ing it by some of the best citizens of Car-
roll eonnty who hoard the suggestion. The
eonnty, by a primary vote, wunld undoubt
edly go for Major Bacon. The action taken
by that “court-house clique" is very unsat
isfactory to the majonty of the voters.
There wiU be two delegations from Carroll
if the county should go for Bacon, and
there is bat uttie doubt bnt that it will do
so by a large majority. “As the thing now
stands we've got 'em."
M MUON
County Solid for Urn* and the night.
Bnwx Vista, Jnne 10.— Eorroa ’Tile-
okapb: Not baring seen anything in yoar
most estimable paper from our section in
regard to the gubernatorial campaign, we
would be glad to have it known throng!:
your columns that old .Marion ia, aa wr*i
on the right aide; there being only two
Gordon men in Bnena Vista, and three
other* in the eonnty. The people have
never become reconciled to the “bargain
and sale" business of Gordon, Brown A Co.
We would further my the Gordon men
are not old soldier*. Bacoxiaxs.
JEFFKHSO.V.
Appoint* July 1st a* liar Day-Daeon
Ahead.
Wall let, June 9.—Our executive com
mittee met in Louisville jester.Ur au l de
cided to lied delegates to the gubernatorial
•onvention by mats nu< ting on first Tues
day in July. The committee wood five for
Bacon and two t .rGrl n. Wear* going
to carry ti.in 1 mty for l;.i •. bu l l a
.! iibt. One of the most ir.lt .. nti d mi:...
A Correspondent \t riles 1111 Editorial Full
, ofAIrat.
Your editorial in Sunday's Ibhug struck
the key note in the present candidacy of
Gordon. The Gordon men are heard to
say, “l don’t believe that either Gordon or
Bacon will be nominated.” Of course; it is
just what they most detiro. Tho whole
fight is not so much the election of Gordon,
bat the defeat of Mej. Bacon. It is as clear
os tho noonday sun that the t-rgau of Gor
don would claim, and, in double-leaded
headlines, boost of a victory should M ijor
Bacon be defeated; and it wonld be all tho
snme to that decent, truthful (?) organ
whether the defeat of B'icon was accom
plished by the unme of Gordon, or by some
one eUe. It is funny to hear
Gordon men tdk about
Dr. Felton. They can’t get around tho
facts which he so pointedly states, because
these damaging facts are in tho records and
can the dodged. But, oh! how they talk
about Dr. Felton’s Markbnm II »nse confer
once. But thev don't mention Hulsey, Mil
ler nor Cox. sir’ee! And suppose Dr.
Felton was there. And admit, for Hake of
Argument—yet it is not true—that Dr. Fel
ton U as vile, meau, corrupt and w ieked as
the devil, or the Cnnstitu’ion would have
hnu be, does that wipe ont the array of facts
presented by him ogiinst Gordon, which
arr? sufficient to forever pfiiticilly damn any
ordinary gubernatorial anpiraut? Dr. Felton
could not, were he inclined to do as the
ConaliLutiou would have him do, obliterate
the records from which he fo well bus pro
duced the evidence of Gordon's mis state
inept of J lmvtt no apology to offer
tor the Doctor’s political standing iu
years past os an independent, but
a* a man, an upright, hon
est man, ioved and houorud by bin
neighbors, those who know him best, there
is naught against him. Look to the history
of tho Seventh District and son what the
records say about him. As to Got don's con
nection with the convict lease, go to the
grave of poor Bob Alston, and hear from
his widow aud orphan children the histoiy!
One thing above every other thing satis
fies me of tho truth of the charges against
Gordon, to-v.it: If they were false, it i.n the
easiest tiling in the w orld to prove. As to
ieal questions now beL re the pople of tho
StUe.
The convention for selecting delegates
will be held next Saturday. The raco will
be done, but w$ propose to carry tho
county for Bacon.
PKRRY.
o: lento
Houston County Nomtuntes Mr inherit of the
L<*c;lidifttiirt» amt County Olllcors.
Perry, June 9 —The primary election for
members of the Legislature and county
officers took place yesterday. Tho follow
ing Are the candidates chosen:
For representatives, Bibert Fagan, II. A.
Muthewn; for clerk, F. S. Wellons; for
sheriff, J. W. Colyer: for tax collector, It.
E. Story; for tax receiver, It. D. Brown;
for county surveyor, W. L. Carr;-for coro
ner, A. B. Shilling. Everything passed off
quietly.
bt* ll.uflTcd.
Athena IOnn.r-W.teliUiaii.
The G.irtiouiteo ure now engaged in play
ing one of the must braxen games of bluff
*» ever saw. W.th a view of creating a
fictitious b mm for their candidate, they
have selected hutches of their strongest
counties, and when, as every one expected,
they go ugiiiu-t Major Bacon, that impar
tial!?) newspaper, the Constitution, fairly
explodes its Bides with hurrahing. iVe
never saw the outlook more hopeful thin
it is for Bsoon, and thru s nothing to dis
courage Iiia friends, in the counties that
hove acted thus far, he has carried eight
more votes than over before, and
the p'tiful little majorities by which Gor
don Moved several of the counties that were
stocked in his favor shows that the people
are aroused end stand ready to repudiate
the candidate who was imported from New
York solely to defeat an honorablo and ac
ceptable gentleman, just btcansn be would
not bow to the Atlanta ring. Wo are just
as confident of Bacon's nomination as we
were the day that wo espoused his cause,
and we say to his friends, do not let the
Constitution's little gumoof bluff dishearten
yon. It is nothing but sheer brag and
bluster. As we said, the Gordonites arc
selecting their strongest counties, and the
friends of tho people's candidate
^ have not spoken as yet. Why, we
his resignation: Where is Newcomb? Where 01,11 • b - ck out ln this immediate
is Joe Brown? Where ie the pay-roll of tho
Louisville A Nashville Railruiul Company?
Why, it seems tome, if be desired to dis
prove these thing* there wonld be an “ab
solutely spontauecus” upheaval of his
friends; but he prefers to "make capital out
ei.it-” Colqnitt succeeded on same liue.
Where is Governor Smith? Tim.
BACON IN PULA-SKI.
An Able ami Forcible Address. Which I.
Productive .,f Much Good.
Haweinsvilli, Jnne 10.—Major Bacon
arrived in Hawkinsville this morning nt 9
o’clock and wns met at tho depot by a large
delegation and brought up town in grand
style. The procession was headed by the
Baby Bond. At 1 o’clook he addressed the
citixens of Palsski at tho conrt house, which
was packed to its utmost capacity. Ho wns
introduced by Judge C. C. Kibbe and Col.
L, W. Lamsr, both gentlemen making ben i-
tiiul and appropriate remarks. The speaker
wes received with great applause. lie held
his audience sptii-honnd for nearly two
boors. He made clear his position on the
railroad commission, and said he was op
posed to the sale of tho State ro ui or to the
State's running it, but that bn favored its
The Mujot*' speech was monlv, modest,
eloquent aud powerful, and has already
resulted iu good. In ono hour alter h*
ceased we heard of several changes, and
many of his opponents here concede that
the speech cannot be answered. His effort
was indeed an unusually fine one. One
lady who was present, happily remarked:
"I listened a few days ago to an harangue;
to-day I heard an argument." Hhe had
heard Gordon's presentation of Gordon and
appreciated the difference between the
boasting, arrogance and demogegiual appeals
of the one *Dd the calm, statesmanlike
utterances of the other.
Every member of Company O, Eighth
Gtorgia regiment, are eaid to be for Union.
The judge of the Saperior Court, two ex-
judgts, the clerk of the Huperior Conrt,
shot iff and ordinary of the coanty, town
officials and the conserration element of
Holaaki are also tor Banin.
DUTY OF THF, HOUR
A Raeon Man in Macon County Speaks.
OoLKTiioni'E, Ga, Jnne It).—Editor*
Tei.eorapu; In your issue of to-day
I notice an article from the Athens
Banner-Watchman, handed “Don't be
bluffed," which I consider to the point.
There are some men in our county who are
Baeon men, but wlieneverone or two coun
ties go for Gordon I notice they are dis
posed to grow a little weak, when really
they should become strong and more deter
mined to win, and work for Major Bacon
harder than ever. There ia only one
section of this coanty, eo far as I
have been able to ascertain, that i*
solid for Gordon, and that ia composed
of abont thirty live votars. Wo all feel
sanguine of snooaae. .Still the Bacon
party should not login its energy, for Dooly
waa lost in just that way, and one great
trouble is thst the fanners are net taking
that interest in the campaign they should.
I fear they are not ooming ont on the day of
election, which is uext Tuesday, the 15th.
Wonld that I bad the power to instill into
the minds of every man the importance ot
the day. The eonnty must go for Bacon.
Let every man put hi* abonlder to the
wheel and push with aueh a vim as to give
the Major such a rousing majority as was
never heard of before in old Macon county.
Yonrt for Bacon now and all the time.
GORDON IN WAltHKN.
Ha Falla to Enthus- Dy the Usual Airing of
His War Kecord.
Warbektox, June 10.—General Gordon
spoke here today to abont two hundred
voter* and seventy-five lodiee. Mr. Bacon’s
friends treated him with marked courtesy
and persistently refused to respond to his
urgent appeals for somebody to step on his
coat-tail. We had rather hear him snort
than whine. He advanced no argument
why he shonid be Governor, diseuaaed not
a single rational issue in the campaign, but
confined hi* remarks to himself and bis
record as he read* it, but not as others read
it, and some ungentlemanly allusions to
the stoppage of the joint disciiMions. Out
side of those who were openly proclaimed
for him, his effort waa cot ret. 1 arued aa any
thing shore an ordinary effort of a man
who wilt say anything to gain vote*. The
ladi. h were sympathetically moved when he
patheticidly alluded to a midwife scene that
occurred in Washington City some years ag .
MAJOR BACON AT JK3UP.
Ill I>u<
Not
l!u*lnaf« .«j>rff!i
tlon (Jordon’* .>*aih**
• M i r !;.t .’i ;t Mr >•*.,. \
f f thU iWtjna) coanty th s
L*- conrt hewj in tLj-? i.’v •
?• Unnin< -
• 1 by the- j -
H'
section fifteen or twenty counties that aro
sure to go for Bacon, bnt they have very
foolinhly delayed action. Gordon can never
capture them, and when thoy do speak you
are going to see tho spots knocked ont of
thnt Constitution-inflated boom. We have
information Dorn every section of the State,
and there is not a shadow of donbt about
Major Bacon’s triumph. His friends, we
think very nnwUely, are holding book in
stead of rpeaking out and showing their
strength. The Constitution is Inking ad
vantage of this fact to whoop up tho Gor
don followers. It is nothing but wind
work. Bacon is all right, and his friends
need not be the sligbest uneasy.
Cainpntgii Note*.
Gordon is afraid to truat primaries in his
own and moss meetings in Bacon's coun
ties.
Had tbo Bacon men all turned out in
Fulton couuty Gordon would have been
snowed under
Forsyth county, eays our correspondent,
elected os a Gordon delegate a “Democrat”
who voted for Bullock against Gordon.
If the B icon men organize as they did in
McDuffie aud Pickens counties there wiU be
uo more lost opportunities.
DeKalb 1* said to be - n Gordon couuty,
but lho “plain DeKalb countryman" is
afraid to trust the people to vote on his
oandidacy.
Some of these fine morning* a boy will
rn»h in'o the Navannah New* office and tell
the editor that the gubernatorial campaign
has opened. The shock will bo tomble
bnt it is inevitable.
The Albany New* says: “The brass band
attachment does the work in upper Geor
gia, but for Southwest Georgia, Stephen
Dorsey O’Brien, of Atlanta, with his whis
ky attachment, ia replied npou.”
The Alban) Newi joins u tremendous
meaning in these few lines: liob McWhor
ter, whom home in Penfleld, Ga, was the
rallying place of old Skowbegan Bryant in
18G7, and who lead the Bollock crowd in
Greono ngu nst Gordon in that campaign,
is now n strong Gordon man. The statute
of limitations doe* not ran against any who
need “Gndication" and will return.
The day before tho election In Fulton the
Constitution was crammed full ot piteous
appeals for help. It bad been boasting that
Gordon would carry the coanty ten to one.
The day of the election, when hi* majority
ahowed up only three to one, it declared
that every Bacon man voted and the Gor
don men stayed at home through overcon
fidence. And this, when hacks, wagon*
and brass band* were frantically rushing
about for voters.
The Gordon organs claim Greene eonnty,
because, so they say, it belongs to Bob Mc
Whorter. Wo wonder how a man feels who
is eons ions thst his franchise and his opin
ion* are controlled by a political trader?
Bob McWhorter, in the estimation of the
Gordon organs, is Greene county. The vo
ters are helpless and dependent atoms not
to be consulted. We trust, however, thero
J* “onlines* enough in Greene to repel this
implied charge.
The Butler Herald hss been giving away
a State secret: “A yonng gentleman from
Upson informed os last week that that
lion end fonr barrels of "tangle-foot" and
sent it down to Spalding coanty in the in
terest ot Gordon. Tbo gentleman said that
the party in charge of the wagon woe in
structed to viait every residence in the
coanty named and leave a copy of the Con-
stitnuon and aa much “red eye” aa de
sired."
The Athena Banner-Watchman says: To
show tho utter inconsistency of Gordon, in
hia blatant demand for primary elections
we have only to refer to DeKalb, his home
county, where tho followers of Atlanta's
candidate refused to let the voters be heard
through primaries, bnt forced upon them a
conrt-house meeting. They were afraid to
show Gen. Gordon's weakness at home, as
a fail vote of the people wonld have mani
fested. and therefore throttled the publie
voice. If Gordon was sincere in hu de
mand for primary elections, why did he not
let his own county set tbs example? This
is a fair sample of the inconsistency of tba
ring candidate, and should open the eyeaot
every voter who is not hide-bound by prej
udice. Gen. Gordon demands of other
counties what he throttles in hia own.
The Talbottob New Era says a Bacon
man has rectired a lithograph letter from
General Gurdon, whi-h r. .„bt as fullows:
comouTUL
A TLA XT A. Ga.. il»7 IfeMfT Dlar 8 nr I
bear mitii plruura that 3on are «ith me la the
coming campaign, and I •f*-»tr« to thank job for
ytmt confidence sad friend*hip, end to aak that
JGU n.AA* j.AAr* J1 rt j; I ;t »nd eaneet All
tia*t 1 u or, al n, *1. l i mb aare that if
jon At.d rnj oih*r fmn U in yonr coon j wiU grt
t j* tfu-r sad organ lie in my Whalf. 1 will be able
t* r*rTjUk« 'Maty.' I te’ J-u * ill do whxt j, 1
le a L‘ne from 70a to
man who has reecivcfl ono,is 11 subscriber to
tin? All mtit Weekly Constitution. They lira
hont to tho country subscribers of tho Con
stitution, all contain tho (mine lungiuq'e and
all are marked “confidential ” As mi elec
tioneering scheme to catch tho unwary, it is
<'« H.iMil\ "on top.”
Hays the Athens Burner-Watch rutin, un
der the head of “Bluffing and Bulldozing:’*
It does not take a very wise man to discern
that the pnbernatorial campaign, on tho
Gordon side, has degenerated into an at
tempt to triumph by a deliberate gimo of
bluff and bulldozing. Never within tho
political history have tho people witnesstd
such a shamefnland brazen canvass as is be
ing made bv General Gordon, and in many
counties his adherents have adopted tho
regular Atlanta methods in their desperate
attempt to secure that spontaneity on tho
part of the votera that Gordon boasted bad
called him from his office In Now York. IIo
saw that Major Bacon was the undoubted
ohoice of the whole State, except his littio
handful of backers in Atlanta, and ttmfc
spontaneous, unsolicited uprising of tho
people didn’t pan ont worth a cent. Gen
eral Gordon began the campaign by trying
to ride into the Governor's office on tbo
issues of the late war, buried for over
twenty yean in a blopdy grave. 11 would
mount some stamp and for two hor.ru
electrify his andionoe with his deeds of
v«ilor, and deliberately place upon his own
brow all the laurels left from that trying
period. But somehow or other this dod^o
didn’t have the dosired effect, and ho saw
that ho must certainly go down before tho
o^noentrated flro of Bacon’s solid reason-
i..g. **•••• In order to
defeat his honorable antagonist, and forco
from the people that verdict thoy aro loth
to give, General Gordon is now visiting
counties with a brass band and addressing
the voters the day they arc c&llrd on to
select Gubernatorial delegates. Ho is re
peating this game on frequent occa
sions, and it is tho duty of every
man in Georgia who believes in pure polit
ical methods to denounce by his vote each
an audacious departure. General Gord m
aud his Atlanta backers aro now’ pressing to
a vote, every county of which they aro sure,
with a hope of building up a fictitious boom
for their candidate; but not 0011 tent with
this, in his fear lest he lose a voto has Gen
eral Gordon overstepped all bonds of fair
ness and propriety, and is trying to forco
a favorable verdict from tho people by his
presence at the bollut-box. lias our proud
old State snnk so low as to indorso such
methods? We believe not
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
txthiy,
N'.: ■. Kr
tel b
A'rJwllOk’ p'lilt- 1 T.<
James Paynisto mako a litoral translation
of "The Decameron."
Tho Rev. Dr. Handerland’H fee at the big
wedding was a crisp $luo bill.
General Logan is to take a long rido by
rail over tbo Northern Pnrifio at inidHum-
mer.
Ilorr Rnbinstein has sent 2,0Qpf, to Jf.
Psstoar, tho deliverer of mankind Irom mad
dogs.
M. Rocheforfslotostplay, “LTrliindnifO,"
tells of Hbilielabs and a Fenian fandango in
Quebec.
Mr. Gabanol, tho French artixl of just
fame, is seriously ill of bronchitis anti
asthma.
George* lingo, grandson of Victor lingo,
is so ill of heart disoaso thnt his friends aro
mnch concerned.
Kir Donald Stewart and Kir John McNeill,
Britons ut Bruin u ■*. II till.- me looking
oronnd New York.
Alma Tadema's new picture of Mary An
derson will show her as ••Krdammbo," Flau
bert's Oarthagenion girl.
Mr. Arthur fonnd n bit of wedding ciko
in a dainty package that reached him from
tho White ltonse on Friday.
Wilson 8. IIii.m lI, now COUBpicUOUH AH (|
friend of tho White Iloaso family, wan
known at Yale os “the woodon-spoon man.”
Minister Pendleton's danghter arrived in
Liverpool on Saturday and was mot by her
father at the wharf. Both then star tod fo*
Berlin.
The widow of tho lato Bayard Taylor ami
her danghter Lillian will return to Kennett
Square this summer, after a two yuan' h o-
jonrn in Europe.
Princess Amelie, daughter of tho Count
of Paris, has among her wedding gilts a
‘Id 1 '■' -ur. ", "nt,.icing I. fragment ol
one of tho bones of Ht. Lawrence of Eu."
Professor Bell, the telophono millionaire
who married a deaf mnte, is much alarmed
becunsphi* children, lntcly afflicted with
soarle^fei'er, are threatened now with deaf-
MM.
When the infant King 'of 8pain wns bo-
ing christened Alfonso Leon Fernando
Maria Santiago Isidore Poseoal Marciano
he protested |uv*rnltimes in a load voico.
No wonder.
Edward Everett H de, of Boston, has
lieen elected an honorary member of the
Vassar churn of 1880 and haa accepted hin
election. He is the first bouorurv in, mi,, r
of any class at Vossar.
Andrew CamegU, being nrked by tho
Critic if there was any fonn.lntion for the
stonr that ho ba I bought Curlyle'M old homo
ol Chelsea, Eng, replied: “Not tho
slightest. New* to me.’’
William IL Rid. ing, writing wittily of
gradtiitions in England, avers: “The occtt-
pants of the softest roahions are treated
with tho softest manners—tho occnpuit* of
tho bardeat with nn appropriate asperity.”
R®v. Dr. E. N. Kirk, Congragution-
alm , who died a few days ago, U M .iid by
Harper's Weekly to have been an enthuM-
ostic boxer—a man so fond of muscular
sports and activities that he once was seen
laughing with the blood btrtaming down
hui face.
Her Adolf 8onnentha! f tho Austrian tra
gedian, is billed to play the whole of S bil
lers tragedy, “Wallenstein,” in ono day,
no will begin at 2 o'clock in tha afternoon
and end at midnight or later. Tha play in-
r h** Camp,” one aet; “Piccolomi-
ni, fivo acts and “WaOaastcin’s Death,”
five acts.
**Chlef Justice Marshall,** a Washington
character, died there the other day at the
age of 87 years, ne was a qnaiut Virginia
negro, John Marshall, by name, aud ho
was never seen asleep. In his last years ho
got to believe that he really whs "Chief Jus
tice Marshall,” and died with the sense of
satisfied worldly ambitions.
Don Augusto Leopoldo Gonutgne, Duke
the grandson of Dom Pedro tbo
tho II , arrived in Now York on Sunday
sailing np the rivtr on a Brazilian man-of-
war, which carries eight gnus ,n j
officer., and men. Tbo Prince hu« id . riv,|
the complexion of his German father. \U H
Loir and eyebrows are golden 11* ts (l
waU-btnUyoung fellow,tall and sk-ndi r un.l
wore a plain gray suit.
I.’.-l .• *•:>! fit Arthur ha* gained nothing
in ft' -II daring th'r post few Wt« ks ui*d bZ
'• "C •• »«Ry’.MiJ£
1 I , .vi, ai.,1 patent anti
(d vahai, trouble to hi ... .n.hr.u. It i*
tL ' ltiBOW t'.athe will .... taUu to .V .
London, Conn., f,.r tL. n,.u,l
- '■n m ho i, at ... to un.nl th,. lr ,..y.
Mi"ii.'l.t*.,- trip 1„; rami.- Mr. Arthur will
I", «»ltoO up th. Sound in a • t- .1,1
\.u ht and gi>«-n comfort kbit* nui.io.Lfc-
!'/' n ‘ cottages atuchcal t<3 tbo
i equ j t IIo Ono.