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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 22 UWfi.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Money orders, checks, etc., should be made paye
lie la H. C. Hanson, Manager.
Macon County.
The result in Macon county shows the ef
fect cf organization tend Work, in addition
to a sound publie sentiment.
General Gordon opened his campnign nt
this point. He again visited the connty in
response to an encore from himself.
The Bacon men ordered a primary, and
despite the promises of patronage. State and
Federal, money and the eloquence of Col
onel Reub Arnold, the connty gives a ma
jority of two hundred for Bacon.
This lesson should impress upon Major
Bacon's friends in ether counties that a
well organized force need not fear brass
bands and bulldozers.
Georgia'* UttuK«r> I Some spic.uieiUe
General Gordon haa been reduced to The Teliobaph h a been forced os sev-
great extremities during the present cam- eral occasions to expose the silly tricks of
palgn. He has been connected with trans- the Constitution to deceive the people with
actions not calculated to raise him in the belief that Gordon is sweeping Georgia,
public estimation as a pure and unselfish and that the people regarded him as a alan-
servant of the State. His record it tainted d^red individual. We have been aided in
with private and public misdoings which this work by the Constitution's own corre-
cannot be explained to the satisfaction of spondents, whose reports have been gar-
the people of Georgia. bled and distorted out of all shape. A case
He knows this. His organs realize it. in point is the telegram dated Americas,
No one has so far undertaken to Jane 12, (special), and published on last
defend him from the charges Sunday, when the big effort was made to
that have been made against stampede the State. Here is the di,patch:
him. If these charges were not supported Aaaxrcus. oa., June 11—t8pectal.]-Tbe bat la
by strong and conclusive evidence his * n Sumter bee been fought and won. end the heart
silence would be pardonable. But we sub- o' ^u.h.r.KHorgUturu.tow.rd.JohnD.Oordou.
...... 1 .... ,, ., For awhile the contest in thle county wavered.
nut, that in no case within our recollection Oordon mide one o{ bta am fpMcbM b , re . ln
has a candidate for a great public position | which he wu accused of making uncomplimentary
in Georgia been forced to deny connection I allusions to the late Senator Hill. Bis utterances
with transactions when the most incontcsta- wete uken U P by an unscrupulous corrwpondent
ble evidence, in the records of the executive " r lj‘^“ d ‘ nt0 ,h *P* »»« “>»*
department and the Supreme Court, ren- Then UwM that the people here ewoke to the
dcred it certain that his denials were false, true cberecter of tbo warf.ro upon General Gordon,
or that witnesses of the highest credibility Judging the whole stock of slender dtelt In by tbe
bad perjured themselves. euti Gordon manager., by tbo known distortion of
General Gordon, in his published Inter- tru * r “ <rt " a * lD *• J”""" of
• i .e . ... ,, „ , public policy end good moral., to squelch et once
view in the Working World, as well as in %Bi decl ., Te , r , thll „ plrlt whlch , pMed ncitb „
many of his campaign speech®*, haa said private life nor th« grave.
that he went into the convict lease I When it became evident that Sumter was raus*
for the purpose, only, of securing convicts eated w4th the vUe doses dealt out by the Bacon
for some friends; that he was connected or *‘“'‘l 0
...... ' , . , use. 'ihe people bad made up their minds, and ia
with the lease for a short time. and got out | orae r to emphwlx. .their action bed ordered prim-
elections.
The rot*. has just h"n count'd, and stands fire to on'
for Gordon. Th' Americus pr'dnct voted Gordon 239,
attitude of Major Bacon and his friends to
prevent them from giving a free expression
of their will. There’s no railroad syndicate
in the way, no brats b: nls, no paid can
vassers, no Bepublican orators.
How Uld Gordon Illustrate Georgia? I after the victory was alr^T'""
Editor Telec.iupb: Never since the Con- * hia waa “ot true. Hayes'. *
stitution, newspaper of Atlanta, has had *“* ”*" '
of it aa soon as possible. Ho has also
stated that he derived no profit from the |
ase.
We published a few days since the con
tract between the State and the lessees,
liaron W; AndertonviUt—Gordon 73, Bacon 11; La-
•—Gordon 32, /lacon 5. And thus it go*t.
The delegatee selected arc Messrs. DuPont Guerry, G.
An Anonymous Volunteer.
General Gordon's chief organ says:
The CoP’tltiiUon Ions ego determined to make no
answer In detail to tbe Insinuation, made against
General Gordon In connection with Mr. Hunting-
don. We felt thet ble whole record ee e public eud
private citizen, hi. cb.rscter ea a Christian and a
gentleman waa more than sufficient to answer tbe
miserable Insinuation! that have been uttered
against bim.
Most people will credit the determination
to on inability to meet tbe charges against
General Gordon, rather than to his “charac
ter aa a Christian gentleman." Christian
gentlemen are not in the habit of having
charges alleged against them that they are
unable to meet successfully.
If any one makes false accusations
against a Christian gentleman, and fails to
substantiate them, the Christian gentleman
has the advantage of the situation.
Looking at the situation, we are disposed
to admit that the plan of alienee was de
cidedly the beat in an “addition, division
and silence’ campaign.
But the silence has been broken,
rescuing knight appears in the lists. 11c
aaya that the General is innocent and should
have a monument reared in honor of his
services as Huntington's man. And tbe
organ shouts for the monument Perhaps
the monument would hide the man.
Bat who is this valorous knight?
Senator, no. A Governor, no. A ltepre
aentatlva In Congress, no. An anonymous
-scribbler who signs himself “Virginia."
When General Gordon claims that be
wis pauperizing himself to relieve the men
dicancy of Confederate soldiers, he bad at his
command a clerkship worth twenty-one
hundred dollars per annum. Did he give
it to a soldier? No; it was conferred up
on Frank Alfriend. Frank Alfrk-nd soon
after joined Mahone in the .attempt to
ruin end dishonor Virginia. Hie last ap.
pearance waa as private secretary of the
fragrant ltiddleberger.
Frank Alfriend, it waa announced from
Washington, was to rush to the defense of
General Gordon. The anonymous
knight signs himself “Virginia,” and
Frank Alfriend ia from Virginia.
The jury that cleared tbe fellow who
wet proven to have etolen tbe steer was
■eld to have eaten part of the beef.
Bring in another knight.
Another ot Gordon 1 . Coovlrt Contract..
In another colomn we pnbliah a conviot
contract made by General Gordon when he
w is a United States Senator. This is taken
from the records of Taylor Superior Court
and shows that he received a valuable cash
consideration and was in expectation of
rich returns in the future.
This was at the time when he complained
that he was compelled to desert the service
of the people of Georgia because the old
Confederate soldiers had reduced him to
penary. And yet this man and bis organa
have the face to rise up and cry ont slander,
persecution and vindication.
This and other similar publications can
not hart General Gordon or hie managers.
The point of harm to them has long since
been passed.
But trouble *s being stored away for the
fntnre mortification and punishment of the
people of Georgia. Cable's scenes ore
harmless by tbe aide of the fearful facts
now being hoarded np by a vigilant North
ern press for fntnre nee.
They have not failed to remember that
the report of Alston to the Georgia legis
lature, which shocked the civilized world,
included the convicts of John B. Gordon,
a Senator for Georgia.
They will remember that the sequel of Al
ston's murder in the capital building of the
State wee e dicker over John B. Gordon's
convicts.
They have noticed Gordon's denials and
the proofs which have been nailed down
upon him. The Democratic party now
holds two departments of the Government
The President went in by the akin of his
teeth, end the majority of the House has
shortly to fees a popular election. It is an
unthinking men who supposes that tbe
Democratic party will not be confronted
with tbe history of John B. Gordon and hie
convicts, the man who ia aaeking vindica
tion and rehabilitation throngh the Govern-
nonhip of Georgia
showing that he waa one Of the original 11. lllack, Mn Ed. Thomas and a. W. Mater.
members of one of the penitentiary com- The mojprity was but little more than
panics. Also, that the company to which 1 three to one, and, we are assured by parties
be belonged submitted a bid for all the con- who know, that only the two Inst paragraphs
victa of the State. We have also submitted were sent from Americus. All the heroics
the sworn testimony of members of his and moralizing and adjectives were supplied
company, his copartners, that nearly three at the Atlanta factory. This assertion i
years after the lease was made he was still I proved by the fact that so far from Bacon's
interested in it. “reappearing” in Americus, he has not been
The proof has also been submitted, there at all. Everybody in th« town knows
in the published contracts between the fact and no one there would have made
Gordon and Cox and Gordon and I the mistake.
Howard, that he hired ont a Tbe public, however, is confronted with
portion of his convicts, in defiance of the another specimen. In Sunday's issue ap.
laws of the State, and for alarge profit. The peared thin alleged special:
same testimony makes it clear that the pen- waykk has the usual hzzd bacoh xkxtino.
itentiary company to which be belonged has I JrjlLr ' ° A " J,lnc ls —Thtrty-six pernoii. met In
forfeited its lease, by virtue of Gordon's ac-
tbe court bouse to-day, on ihort notice, and elected
..... ... . .. . B icon delegates. Fourteen of those present were
tion, and that he and his copartqprs are lia-1 for Oordon. the vota standing twonty-two for Bacon
ble to the State for penalties incurred by end fourteen forGordon. Tbe meeting wee only
reason of such violation of law. I called a tew days ago. On a full vote the connty
Tbnt he is reckless enough to go before w°“id have gone forGordon,
audiences of honest people with the dis- The fact is, these men were elected by-
grace of such a record upon him, that he ! districts on the 5th and 6th instant, as
appenni aa an electioneerer at points and on delegates to the connty convention and
days when primary elections or mass meet-1 that they met in convention and voted, 22
ings.are to be held for the selection of dele- to 14 for Bacon. This is the plan adopted
gates, is the strongest evidenoe of his own by Coweta,
demoralization. That he has any following This ooght to be sufficient to show the
while his reputation is so aerionsly tarnish-1 utter falsity of the campaign page of the
ed, shows the degradation ot politics in this 1 Atlanta Constitution.
State. 1 Tbe Dark Horse's Groom,
Tbe people of Georgia cannot escape the The Savannah Morning News is per.
results of all this. If General Gordon shill I slstent in its desire for the appearance of
succeed at last to the Governor's office this tbe dark horse In the gubernatorial race,
fact will not obscare the troth nor break I From a lengthy leader in that journal, wo
the force of tho fearful record he has made. I make this extract:
There can be no vindication of General I 11 la rather remarkable that tbe people have eub
Gordon by reason of a nomination or elec- mm,d “ P* u,nU f <° #“ bulldozing tactics adopted
,, _ . , . ... , . . , . , I by tbe manager! of General Oordon and Major
tion, *Woh will wipe out the stain of a .to totm , tb . m to ,„ ppo[t the!r
uial of Kelfllh personal, profitable connec- I candldat «. Tbeee managers hate summed from
tion with tbo convict leas®, SO long u the I tho ouUet that the choice for a candidate for Guv*
stimony of Governor Bmith, Mr Lowe, •"»*» mnatbo confined to the two menthtyrop-
Colonel Lockett and Mr. Nelms is unim “V??". **“'i , ‘ e ™ “ " u *"
. , , „ _ I men In the Bute qualified for the Governorship,
peached and tho records of tho Supreme „ 4 by raarH >n pnnutng . iny , bM t £.
Coart contain n it worn statement in which I people have a right to look outside of their prlnci-
the contract between Cox and Gordon was I pals for a candidate. Without being solicited they
U p I put forward two tnon. and. In effect, bar* said to
Do the people of Georgia refiect upon j th* P«<-P'a that tbsy »u.t tab. on. or tbe other of
whet they are doing when they advocate
the claims of a men of each e record for the
high office of Governor? Are they content
to eet each an example before their chil
dren? Do they expect to esoape the conse
quences of snch notion in the moral effect
that the election cf each a man will have
upon the peoplo?
These are grave questions. They affect
the character of our people. In their solu
tion and settlement, they most affect pub
lic and private morals, and exercise a Urge
end leng influence upon public end private
virtue.
Uutil General Gordon can reconcile his
We think thet ell obeerving people will
agree with tbe News, thet it is remarkable
that the people have submitted to the bull,
dozing of General Gordon and his man
agers. We will farther undertake to say,
that their quiescence is tho astounding evi
dence of popular demoralization. Wo bare
noticed none of this in the qniet, dignified
epeeohes which Major Bacon haa delivered
to the people, and which have from time to
time been reported in these columns.
Wo have beard no mahagers essnme that
Gun. Gordon and Major Bacon shall be the
only candidates offered. On the contrary,
.. ...... ... . more than one county has sent nninstmeted
denial of plain and inconteatablu facta with ! , , , „ .... 1." .
. , 1 . . I delegates, the county of Burke has selected
the nnimpeeched and unimpeachable evi
dence that each denials are false, he is not
only unworthy o( public confidence, bnt
stands disgraced in the eyes of ell intelli
gent, fair-minded men. We confess to a
sense of shame end hnmiliation when we
consider these things. We refer to them
now
thare may be no excoeefor the crime of ele
vating each a man to the chief magistracy
ot the BUte.
It U useless for Genital Gordon’s friends
to say that these exposures will render it
>t Jones delegation, uni we have noticed
more than one suggestion that Colonel Es-
till bn brought forward. There bis been no
bur pltosd upon men or upon e free expres
sionof public opinion.
It is freely admitted that Oeneral Gordon
7 “f “ I and Major Bacon aro in this campaign upon
Mid shall do so hereafter, In order that | their own moUon . u u fat ,he, contended
that the issues of the contest are infinitely
higher and more important to the people
than either of the candidxtea.
General Gordon swung in at the tail-end
of a political hipjiodrome with a brass
Mr, I: ul’ont Guerry Asks for ft Bill of Par-
tlculHm an<l Another Hill.
We present on this, the leading page of
the Teleoeafu, this communication from
Mr. Dupont Guerry, an oratorical canvasser
for General Gordon:
Aheuicui, Oa., Jane H, 1836 — Ediths Tele-
oners: In reply to "Rex" In your paper to-day, I
wieb to any that I never made tbe pledgee to which
be refers to my colleague or aoy one alee: that I
never promised under any ctrcumatancea to vote for
Major Bacon, though I did vote for him once on the
committee, and when I thought my vote wonld se
cure him the nomination. Ae yon have at various
ttmea In your paper during tbe tut three yeara ac
cused me of trickery and fraud. I call upon yon
to specify tbe trick or fraud or wrong I wee
guilty of, and to give me a llat of tbe witueaiea by
whom your accusatione cm be proved. And 1 cell
upon "Rex” through you to give the names of bis
wltneiRoa and of the person* to whom the alleged
pledget were made. Drew on me through tbe Bank
of Amerlcut for bill. ReapectfuIIy.
DuPoxt Gcebrt.
We presume that ourcorrcs. on ant, Bex,
will afford Mr. Guerry all the information
he seek* and much more.
It will also bo noticed that Mr. Gnerry
calls upon the Teleobaph for a copy of an
alleged bill of indictment and a list of
witnesses.
Mr. Guerry is somewhat late with his
plea of not guilty andv demand for the
names of witnesses. He fails to state time
and circum dance. A period of three years
is rather loose. We are busy just now
with Mr. Gnerry’s boss, who is threatening
the peace, good order and dignity of Geor-
gin,and have not tbe leisure to look throngh
the back filr8 of three years to discover
Mr. Gnerry’s griovances, over which he has
sluuib red so long. Wo were not present
the State convention in which Mr.
Gnerry won an undesirable notoriety
But we were informed at the time that Mr.
Martin, a delegate in that convention from
the connty of Talbot, is in position to
famish Mr. Guerry with valuable infor
mation. If Mr. Guerry will write Mr. Mar
tin,he will probably receive a prompt reply.
But Mr, Gnerry has been displaying him
self before a small number of the people of
Georgia, quite recently, as the advocate of
General Gordon and tbe prosecutor of Major
Bacony He haa been airing his oratory be
fore the people. And in the course of his
speech at Fort Valley wo find this language.
We quote from the Atlanta Constitution:
The Railroad ComralMton waa created In 1879; at
that time Major Bacon wu a member of tbe Home
of llepreoentattves, in wbteh tbU blit originated; La
appointed tbo railroad committee; be wu tbo pre-
el ling officer of tbe Route when this bill came up.
Uy friend tetla you that he made a speech In favor
of U; be ie mletabea, all that be did wu tbe otter
way. I preeent you with the record. TbU record
abowa that when this bill came np on tta pauage he
did not vote tor It, much leu apeob tor tL latest
epptame ] He wu preunL preeldlng over that
body while be waa In favor of It, eworn to vote tor
It. ttlt wu a good meuuro (ha tells you, to-day i be
wu always in favor of It), yet be did not vota tor It.
tArplauie.]
This was a miserable fzgnd and trick upon
the people he was addressing. Mr. Gnerry
had been a member of the Legislature and
supposed to know that the rules of the
House do not permit a Speaker to vote ex
oept in the oaso of a tie. Mr. Gnerry pur-
ported further to hold in his hand* legisla
tive journals, and, upon this authority, he
attempted to create the Impression that
Major Bacon voted for the convict lease bill.
In the llonse journal of 1R76, pages 50S-9,
it appears that this bill was considered in
committee of the whole, was reported back
favorably to tho House, and passed without
any record of the vote, and that Hon.
Thomas Hardeman was the Speaker of the
House at that time. If this may not bo
oalltd and considered trickery, we confess
to ignorance as to tbe meaning of tbe word.
But, as said above, there aro snbjoots of
mnch more iinpoitancs to the State and of
interest to onr readers than theaayings and
doings of Mr. DuPont Goorry.
We decline to draw on Mr. Gnerry for
this exposure of trend. It is tho badness ot
the Tgi.Eiir.Arn to expose fraud, for which
it charges nothing but (it) per annum for a
copy of tho journal daily (including Sun
day).
Its columns are open to Mr. Guerry or
any Georgian for reaped fnl communications
in reply to attacks, wituout money and
ithoat price.
It be desires the Insertion ot his low
card, we shall be pleased to draw for the
first quarter's pay tor the advertisement
Mr. Gnerry is now at liberty to go without
• day, and if the officers of the court hold
Mr, Guerry's jackknife, tobacco box, buck
eye ball and other valuables, they will re
turn them to him end tho clerk will enter
this order on the minute*.
existence, has it been so completely pressed
to the wall and left without a single sup
port ns in defending General Gordon's po-
itical character. Xo those who are ac
quainted with their peculiar methods this
means a great deal. All of the “eleven
able" have taken a turn nt the steering
wheel,and everv time they have been water
logged and unable to move with a shadow
of defense for General Gordon. At
last, cornered, and without a leg to
stand upon they give up, in tbese
words, which appeared Friday: "//is
rcrnnl (Gordon's) aptaks for itself. On that
impossible for Democrats to support him if “ f \ P 0 , , “PI, me wU “ *
lm should be nomineted. Hii henchmen b “ d “ d *‘ ,P v W w ,mi ! v m l
have no nght b, tbe «. of money end th. « a . Ue " of ' ork ‘ uU » ,Qck UU ‘ ho “
cUp-trep employed in this campaign to ‘
foist him upon the State, and If they do so 1 ™ d ,c “* ,ne, •
His garments were redolent of wildcat
There wee no evidence of e popular cell
tit will be in the feco of the fact that be I .. . .
fr „ . , . . I on uiH behclf.
is nnworthy of inch an honor end they 1
must abide the consequences of their action.
'.u'.’S. I . ol Jr
On the contrary. Major Bacon entered
as be bad entered two other noted contests.
ieal party presuming to ininlt the people
with the candidacy of inch a man would
have been spit upon. 8och e candidate
wonld have been driven in disgrace from the
ion, bed indicated bis growing strength
over that of his competitor, notil tbe Ut
ter retired from the contest.
There wee no forcing forward of Major
fitlXeRd poiudbly beyond the SUtoT And I B * eo J 1 bjr manager* upon an nnwii.ing
in any pnbUcexp^ession,throngh thebeMot I He.ppeeU to them di.ectly end
he.n.n.u.n.uiinz. v..™ii i... in person. He poinU to a etolnless pub-
box or mesa meetings, he wonld have been . r .„. \ , ... *
buried ao deep, nnder the weight of a bed
record, thet he wonld never have heard the
trumpet of political resurrection.
All the ring organs declare that Dr. Pel
too U helping Gordon. And yet ell these or-1 j*tency. h,
g*ns ere snapping at bis heeU end trying to | ,h 0 ^eo p u in
lie and private record end e career in
the eervice of the people as the warrant for
hie action. His enemies cannot assail hu
record. UU opponent boa been compelled
to admit Ms honor, ability and com
the verdict of
the usual way
The funny Constitution rises to remark
that “tbe most rampant Bacon organa have
never said that they would support General
Gordon if he was nominated.” I’c-rbapa
it has never occurred IS these rampant*
that General Gordon may be elected. Oar
esteemed contemporary onght to send out a
circular. **
811KKD3 AND PATCHES.
tear hU trousers. To say the let of it. M d ha. need no unworthy efforts to advance
this u ungrateful hit own canoe. The issue is with the peo-
Axd now it U cabled thet King Ludwig pla themselves. They have aright to choose
wee not crazy. Aa ha has drowned himealf their own rulers. If they desire some one
end another men. an inquiry into the cob- of the many Ocorgiana worthy to be reward, d
ject would be profitless. | by the Govamoralup, there U nothing in the
Cre Amy complexion, go watt with etfawbeny
noAAA.—Barilo*ton Free Preee.
It would be About aa loflcAl to put a tax on mock
turtle soap as on oleomargarine Providence
JounuL
‘ Ah, Johor ah. .Aiil, Joat before marrtaie. -I
fear I’m not worthy of joe. Yon era inch a (nod
aua." "Never mind. Martha, rtl change all that
aftai the waddln*."—1 td-BLta.
The boys of the poh lie echo-tie of SI. Route know
a gr-tet man when they aro him. Th* 'Ither day
they were aakod who waa the *netast living Joer.
nallat, and they promptly replied, "Mr. At Spink"
—who la o baaobotl reporter—Philadelphia Record.
Xn. TrufiW*—Why, Bridget, when to tho eua
eiyb Ilrtdgrt—ghnrov ma'am, if yoa plat*, the cat
got him. Mn. Tratfin, eternlr—Bridget,
■hat waa that ytBow hint 1 sew on your hat
when joe cemofnm church teat analog?
Bridget—Shan, ma'am, that was tho canary.
Tbo tea. as’ ao to ia poctaonhlpo on bnrdo t—
Phllalelphta Herald.
Mr. Boucher has tahan paanga by the
Etruria to mil on the 19th.
record he. stand*. ,r So he does, like the
criminal before the judge and jury that
convicted him. So he Htands, uncovered
to the public ns Huntington’s “man." So he
stands, os the pnrblind traitor who “bull
dozed" Foster and Stanley Matthews, prom
ising to defeat Tilden in the House of ltep
reBentntives for a consideration. It does
not matter that he did not "iullnence
vote,” as Senator Hill wrote a friend—all
tbe sains, be “smirched" the South and the
Democratio party with the vile stench of a
political bargain and conspiracy.
TRULY HE STANDS ON HIS UECOBd!
Ho “illustrated ’(!) Georgia, according to
the Constitution'sideaa of illustration, most
iuglorionsly. So Tweed illustrated New
York city when Tilden drove him from
power. So Alderman Jaehne illustrated
New York politics, and yet he now wears
convict stripes at Sing Sing. So Ferdinand
Ward “illustrated'’ tbe Marine bank, and
combined with the Georgia owner of the
Belmont coal mine property. No doubt
but General Grant felt tbe full force of such
apt “illustration.’’ Ah! “illustrate" is the
word. Let us see what his record really
illustrates. The first inkling we get ot
General Gordon's illustrative powers, we
find in an open letter from Mr. Stephens,
who was Congressman w hen tbe salary grab
bill passed, and who was urged by Senator
Gordon to pass it, although the General was
not a member of the Senate—only waiting
to be sworn in on the day atter. The Sa
vannah Morning News can give yon tue
full text of the letter, bearing date March
31, 1675. Let Mr. Stephens speak: “it
end well known that General Gordon was in
Washington on the' 3rd of March, 1873, and
urged his friends to vote Jor the increase,
though Itc Itad tiot yet taken his seat ?”
Now let General Gordon dispute the
statement to Mr. Stephens’s Crnwfordvilie
friend, to whom he kneeled the other day
und beslobbered Mr. Stephens with praise,
when Tidaiferro county instructed its dele
gates in 1S8D, in n must authoritative way,
to rebuke Gordon's surrender to Brown in
tbe Senate, and used the plainest language
to do so, which report was signed by John
A. Stephens, nephew of the uncle. This
was not enough, for in September, 1880,
Jlr. Stephens wrote a letter —not a confi
dential let ter, but one to be passed to friends
if necessary, in which he denounced Gen
eral Gordon as "hollow-hearted, deceitful,
unprincipled, dishonorable and unreliable in
every way." I am correct in saying, by Mr.
Stephens’s authority, that Genoral Gordon
was a “salary grabber." He, it is under
stood, supported uencral Young also in that
vote, while it was pending, and it hx» been
said lie churned to be of a totally different
opinion when the matter became a subject
of newspapei discussion. This was his first
iliti.tratluii - a veritable *‘back satury ’ advo
cate!
He next tarns np as Huntington's man,
which is known to havo continued until the
Thurman funding bill became a law. This
conduct old not “illustrate” Geoigia, nor
diil it illustrate “political honesty.” Hu did
not shelter his snpport of Huntington nn
der the name of a fee. He was no lawyer,
anil everybody knew it. He look bis "dry
so." Tbe "fee" excuse has grown to snob
mammoth proportions that tho Senate has
been obliged to pass Mr. Beck's bill, to
mako it a penal offense in members of
either House or Senate, to advocate nuelr
legislation before tho courts', and it is trnc
that many bribes have sought shelter un
ilerjust such “fees.” But Gen. Gordon
did not illustrate even a fee; he eiinply illus
trated Huntington’s dirty venal schemes to
benefit his railroads, and Huntington made
the inside workings apparent in tbe famous
letters to Colton, in which he so apt!
"illustrated” General Gordon, nnd wbic!
General "Gordon” dares not attempt to
answer.
General Gordon wan Colonel Alston's pat-
ron in tbe famous lobby work by
which tboy assert Alston passed
the famous £20U,btiU claim of Georgia,
through Congioaa." The members from
Georgia, except General Gordon, thought
the claim stood on its merits, nnd so voted,
and nobody knew they were being tabbied
until the bill passed and Governor Colquitt
turned over »3U,000 to two taobjUts, who,
it waa reported, wen under pecuniary obii-
gations to both Colquitt and Gordon. It
was a clear c*e of mistaken identity, and
nobody bnt Gordon was tabbied, if the peo
ple who voted for it are to be believed. Ye.
Colquitt garg'd Iho lobbyist* irith gold, to
use tbe Constitution's term for the transac-
ti u. I’cthnps Huntington's "man” was
then emplouug a willing agent to lobby fur
himso f, aa he employed Cox to work con
vict*. "So mack torso mnch,” and who can
tell? The lobb) mg was ail done on Gordon,
audstrange! >say,the “iee"landed very near
him, for there are persona who report that
Alston coiiftssed he did not have a dollar of
tbe $15,1X10 in e week afterward. If there
ia any one thing that aptly "illustrated"
Gordon it woe the "Garlinglon and Alston
fee;" and when he becomes tho executive
of Georgia—which God forbid!—there ia
every reason to believe tbe "fees” will
bankrupt poor old Georgia.
In 1876 General Gordon "illnstrated Geor
gia” by entering the convict lease. Il the
“four convict trick” Governor Smith testi
fies he talked thereof with John B Gordon,
and on that trick Gordon got into posses
sion of a large number of slaves three years
before be was entitled to any by lew.
Just imagine such e men making end
signing leases for the State of Georgia! He
has deliberately falsified os to his present
and past* connection with the system, end
bow easy for him to do more of each work
end lie abont it? llow unsafe to risk a man
with Georgia's money, who lud so little
•elf respect os to befoul his soul eud dis
grace his name by each e denial as he of
fered in the face of overwhelming troth in
authoritative records!
Again he "illustrated'' Georgia iu a coali
tion with Charlea Footer and Stanley Math
ews, by whiib and throngh which, General
Gordon hoped to secure control of Federal
patronage in the Sooth. It has been shown
how he deliberately falsified in e letter to
Colonel Joel Abbott Billups, ot Madison.
Governor Brown exposed the let ten in the
Atlanta Constitution, on which end abont
which we will allow tlet paper to apeak
right now—over the signature of Governor
Joseph E. Browu: "These quotations
show conclusively thet while John Young
Brown may nave done the most
of the talking, Cordon was j.resent by iire-
rtons arrangement ami a parly to the whole
transaction. General Gordon cannot es
cape by alleging that he said nothing dur
ing the transaction. If the cease of Til
den was hopelessly lost, tn the language of
Gordon, why was it that Foster anil Mat
thews, friends of Hayes, were so anxious to
satisfy Gordon thet Usjee would remove
tbe troops ss they desired? Why should
written assurances of that fact be .given
feat was still imminent; boti, 0 '
and knew it. The troth is ,, • -
Of General Gordon amounts t
MOD on his part that he w “ *» -
most unj net,gable and nnfo,h, a
action by which the rights of 1
Democracy were bartered aw^ X 'J
in a former article, we were
cheaply." Itemember thin -
Biown speaking-who wa* in Jt G °
years later to make Gordon v £.« U,j:
atonal seat and to sn c,t « t!
quitt as to make
to him. General Gordon “ta 4 ,
have redeemed South Carol;! ^
transaction, was mightily ,75“ qe
cipher dispatches when tli e f! Ud .' Irt l
den was in donbt, and, as 77, 011 *
keen on track of the miner 7 1 ’ ;
Gary, of Edgefield. S C r,f, _
IleraJd, declares most po' h ;.. v 5 0
was betrayed by bomhero £.71
will find the interview baaiSuhfr* 1
. He said C,p&'
desired to withdraw the Ton
1876, daring iff PrerideuS^
Hampton also said to Cooke eej !
Radicals: "« yon'll elect me d ! j
dont care who you elect ).,
was nothing more nor les* than .Tl
surrender the Mate of Souffi C.,
Hayes in order to eecnro the
Hampton. There is no d n ‘ x,'H
that tho trade between oTJ* *
Radicals (in South CarolinTmd™ «■
ton) was mule long before ‘nn
eheted, and Gordon seized ti/.' *
Si? *° c J’ nch 1 control nver p-J
Stanley Matthews for bis n«»V ■ 1
fit, for Senator Conkii ng ustd
* Uh the *5? Yorkl
“John Sherman. „ 1
other Western men had their hi Ji°J
something, and I thhik«]
knew there was intrigue goinu on i
tayes'■ ‘ tD Democr “cy and the f
Mentis wholly in the hands'of'!
ern Democracy?”
"/ am sure of it. I believe ms
truth would sink this admini,tr»t „]
and nil to the lowest depths of m j
Republican told me that HavA Jj
but chilly as an iceberg to Liil ,
he was there Gordon* eSa fe
grasped h,s hand, drew hiafe.a
with bmarm affectionately roundbj
Ulk ‘ r 'K *“ confidential whi.p,
Uordou then walked out a, he caof
*e air of one perfectly at homo
publican left at onco in disgust
it seems, has been constituted by tl
dent ns his especial champion,' ana
fore Gordon attacked me. Gordon I
friends wero in great anger, and if
shooting me if I did not.pol.Ji
volvers and derringers worewonl
bat you know no one attempted t"
me, and I don t think Gordon and k
will over repeat the scenes that s
tuem.
At some length I hove given y,
statements, all to be verified if neel
the conclusion is irresistible thstl
sold out Xilden *o far as he v*
so, both in Louisiana and South (3
Remember how he fonght Mr. H
Kellogg was seeking to retain b
the Senate! The National
Washington, said editorially
wvs obliged to leavs the Senate h
I 111 , 1 1 0 his feet,” »n t I
stated by the Philadelphia Tinni f
The resignation is so recent t
needless to elaborate that “illmifl
Governor Smith took tbe atnonJ
tbe people of Columbus all finds
needed to finish the job was for«
to resign that Bullock might takehi
Ge cral Gordon iUnsIratcs hu n
h s record illustrates Oordon,
UiUhtrHtioDH stamp th® dad as 1
corrupt and incompetent. Pun I
Scott’H KmuUlun of Pin I
Cod Liror Oil, with llypophoaphlU* K1
*• ® Producer. Tbe lucre*** of I
•ireutfUi, U perceptible immedteteir *T
mencmir to qm tbe Emululon. Th# Hxl J
emrieined with the !I>perpbo#pLitM uf
markable for lt« healing, »trengt£rnm| I
producing (jufthuee. '
Mr. Whittier, the poet, wrote *1
drily the other day, than: “Icr
positively from my own pewom
edge when I wan born, but my oH
me it wan on the 17th <Uy of Pi
1807, and ahe wu it very truthful 1
llucklcn** Arnica Sal##. J
The Beet Halve la tbe world for Cuw
Borex, Ulcere, Halt Itbeum, Fern
Chapped Hands. Chilblain#, Core# ‘ I
h.-uption#, and positively cure* Pile#, cfj
Quire d. It la guaranteed to give pRMI
or money refunded. Price 3* cento p*|
tale by Lamar, iiaukii
ilONEYRm LAM) OU]
^T SPECIAL BATES °
AND
ON EA071
Apply to L
CLEM P. STEED, lU.-on.Oxl
ton Avenue, over Pay ne'e drugaton.
pEOROlA, CRAWFORD CORNXV-
VI Himuone, administrator of tb.
E. Simmon., UU of aauI count), ta-.
asnta to me that be haa tolly dl.ctxrrWJ
and haa applied tor an otd.r ducfcxq
such administrator. Therefore, all p
carried are hereby r-quired to ebo* ®
me on the first Monday tn Hepteiutarsd
order ehould not be paeasa aa prej.* IJJ
my hand and oflictal stcaatura tbb^
May. IBM. OEO. 1- “
ORDINARY'S OFFICE. JONES
U May 15, lies.—Whenao. Jobs H. ■
lo me tor the sutfdlAaahtp ot the )»w
arty of John L Lowe, a penoo <*
Imbecile, etc.: Thee* an tbafef«* '
sous concerned to ebow came el ui* “
the first Monday In July nail If **JJ
why said |
pUcant. V
Jnnol-wkytt
it Monday In July next, if »fj
ltd sua-dtanablp shall r - rt j*
L Wltnea. niybAndolSculW^J
d-wkyit B- T.
Bridge Notice*
Oaorgia, Jonee county-On the Wl
July next at 12 o'elo k m., b * Jur * r?*
door In Clinton, 1 will let »t P., bll Sa
loweet bidder a contract lo
Falling, at a point known ae Cerra
Tha bridge ta to be 12® feet M
wl«h new and fint elaea timber tk^ 8 "
with good and enAcient lejurtt?. *
to keep the bridge In e le et
•event (an from the day it J* J
to be finished and turned ore*
September next, when the ygT M
The right to reject any and all *>£
mod. For partumlan 0*fte»
Thle, the let dey of
jnnlwkykt
fUCIU&D J
i centxf-jPj
A a AtiisAAi receive ft** , . l
goods which will help *jh
more money right awayA^g
thle world. Fortuneeawait the*
•ore. Tertaemailed free. Tack*'- [
novlwly.
liven It You Iluva V*«^
n.t rely thrown ax
isprtne PtaAtar ta - ■
lhta>-Bsaaoa', ta tha only I
market IhsAtahsasoIlT smi
» Pleatar U worth thern **^
renu*r i*n*on • vnnwM>.■ ^ % m
zzt sssniarWjSSa
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