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THE MACON WEEKLY" TELEGRAPH : TUESDAY,JULY 27, 'W.—TWELVE PAGES.
WIIAT PEOPLE EAT.
DISHES USfD IN DIFFER.
TB E>T parts of tub world.
M.mvltinc Food of the Ala.ka Indians
‘•S h.L ... * »qO.W. «U»-
" Ar ,| C lM of Food Aluone the
Chlorifi Etc,
people eat la a subject which would
■uln encyclopedia, but still the great
l J vie d'et in different parts of the
we ll illustrated in a tew cases of
Tibils in what is known as the section of
1 1st the National Museum. The labels
rioted one after another would make a
nje bill-of-fare that would n«tonish a
° a t a modern hotel. One could order
i such a bill a cake of dtied seaweeds
irou. Ala»ka,.prairie potatoes or Moot
the adipocere was found it retained the
shape ot the barrel, although the staves and
hoops and barrel heads had rotted away
and disappeared. In some cases human
bodies, after interment, have been found
transformed into this waxy substance.
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
Outlying
BACON re THE PEOPLE.
j as to rrinclplr* and personal preferences. Orow-
iusout of ml., iu btretwo factions within the
I part., divided on the line of thuee difference:, as to
; principles snd personal preferences; snd pertodl-
csliy the b.ttie for sttpreotscT i. fouzht over I—
MAJOR BACON WRITES A LETTER TO tween them in theso paAy coutests. Tbeunatoid-
TIIE PEOPLE OF GEOROIA.
to! .
the northwest coast, an edible bird's
Jest from -ism, smoked trepang or eea cu-
oimher from Chinn and perhaps a soup
made of a shark’s fin from Chinn and a por-
, ,ise sausage from Philadelphia. He could
lL „ loaf of bread made by grinding the
nods of Mesquite beaus and baking the
touch in a squaw’s hat. He could have
deiiciuiis looking bare or rolls of vegetable
kin das9 from Japan, and if bia meat was
touch he could have cooked with it an in
fusion of the leaves snd trnit of the Jamaica
Dtpnw tree, which, it is clsimed, makes the
toughest Steak tender. He oonld regale
hitnself on bread fruit and other delicious
uttivc products of the South Sea Islands,
and have with his dessert cakes made by
Alaska Indians by drying e.nd pressing
.u-feherries. Thus he could go on chang
ing his older from day to day, nud ouch day
finding something new to delight or sur
prise his palate. In jnost cases the sur
prise would exceed the d. light. The arti-
rlesnsed for food by different peoples, and
especially the barbarous or semi-civilized
Bili ms, among whom caterer* who searoh
the markets of the world lor delicacies arc
nnknowu, seems to depend more upon the
supply than upon the tastes of the people.
THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS.
On the northwest oosst, where nature is
not prodigal, the Indians subsist chiefly
upon fishing and huntiog. For vegetables
tkev have such things ss dried and leathery
lookiug seaweeds, lichens, fern roots,
which are roasted, cakes of spruce bark and
other dry, tough snd uninviting roots and
gives. Among the -Neeshenam Indians,
crude salt, obtained from brine, is roasted.
That on exhibition at tbe museum is in the
form of black lumps. Tho Zunia prepare
salt which is of a dirty color. The sea
weeds prepared by the northwest coast In
dians are pressed into cakes and dried in
tile sun. The Chinese like the dish and
prepare it on the Faciflo coast of America
tar shipment home to China. One species
of kelp mod by the Indians of St. Paul’s
Island, Alaska, is chewed, just ts white
men, or a good many of them, use tobacco.
Indians ou the Columbia river make bread
out of moss gathered from spruce fir trees.
Among the Apaches a favorite dish is made
of clover seed an i leaf, which are eaten
raw or cooked. The Moqnis and Zunis dry
peaches, after removing tho stone* and
preserve them in that way. Some of the
Indiaus make dishes ont of rose pod* and
seeds. Berries of dark color, known 01
cloud berries, are dried and pressed into
cakes by tbe northwest coast Indian*. The
Ner.heuam Indians, of California, like
mushrooms, which they prepare by boiling.
Thcf also like traffics, which they And un-
Artynund or la thicket 1 net 1 ent raw or
mt.ttd. (Irap-j roots nr- mg|s Into wine
hyhdu.sof Soothern California. Many
kisds of seed* arc utilized by Indian* to
pre rariety to their (are. The Oregon In
duns eat the pond lily seed capsules
large water lily seeds, or Vou-kn-pin nut*,
*n eaten by Arkansas Indians in the form
of mtuh or baked in cake*. Tho Relate,
eti cakes made of service berries. The ber
ths are sometime* pomded up with
GRAXSnOtTE&fl, •
which impart additional flavor to th* cake*.
These Indian* also eat licorico root, rotated
and pounded, and very thorny gooseberries,
which have to be softened by scalding. The
h'teshenam Indians prepare horaechestnuta
ky steaming them in pit*. The manzinita
wrrieaand meaqnite beans form a staple
article of food among many tribes- of In
dians in the southwest The berries and
nrans aro ground up into flour and ouoked
in cakes or loaves. Many other kind* of
man* and seeds are used in the same way.
irnong some Indiana of Arizona and Cali
fornia gourds aro ground into flour. In
-sew Mexico, Arizona and Utah the Indiana
eg dried mmons and pump kina. The cac
tus fruit and teed enter into many prepare-
hens. Black looking cakes, known aa
>un* cheeae, and told throughout Mexico,
•re made of cactua fruit Prickly pears are
med extensively by California Indiana
(key are preserved by drying nud their
wed are ground into meal The prickly
pa's were introduced into California by the
Utholic father* and are cultivated by the
Indiana. A loaf or cake of bread made by
AesPercea Indians from ground kaute root,
looks as tongh and inedible aa an oak plank,
ouotlower seeds are ground into flour and
made into bread by tome California Indians,
lowderedaavsafiaa leaves were originally
u*td by Choctaws, and were introduced by
them as an article of food to the white set
tlers of New Orleans. Various kinds of
mesta are used by the Indians. In California
•*°™»*rs eaten. In seasons of scarcity
“• Indian* get the acorns that are stored
•way in the trunks of trees by wood-peek
The Apache* make bread ont of juni
*■*.berries, and tbe Navsjoes eat clay with
tmir potatoes. Boms of tbe California In-
m»u* eat pine cone*. In China a very fine
«ute flour i, made of white baa
Freali News-Item* From the
Town* and Oountte*.
Efforts are being made to organize a
company to build water works at Dalton.
It is estimated that one thousand sore*
of watermelons return a revenue to the rail*
roads equal in amount to 25,000 acres in
cotton.
—There is an old negro woman in Monte
zuma who has never touched a drop of arte
sian water. She says “God did not intend
for people to drink dat deep water from de
bowels of de yenrth.”
—Rev. Sam W. Small, the Atlanta evan
gelist, left Wednesday afternoon for War-
rensbnrg, Mo., where he has n long engage
ment, together with bis co-I,borer, the
Rev. Sam Jones. Mr. Small was at home
only one day.
—It is reported in Monteznma that a rail
road is to he built from Montezuma t . By*
ronville, Vienna and on to Pateville in Dooly
connty. The same report goes on to say
that the scheme is backed up. by the Central
Railroad Company.
—Fort Gaines Advertiser: An old darky
living near town is tbe most independent
farmer we know of. He plants fifty acres
in com and twenty-five in cotton, lie and
a mule work part of the crop, and the “old
ooman’’ and four big gals the balance, with
hoes.
lie Regards the Nomination an Foregone-
lie Favor* tho Minority'* Voting for
the Principles of the Caingalgu
—Able lie-view of the Issue.
—Thursday evening, while the Rev. A. B.
Mitchell, a Baptist minister wno lived near
•Uowdon, was hoeing with his ten-year-old
boy in his plantation, he was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. His little
son was knocked senseless but soon recov
ered. Mr. Mitchell leaves a wife and eight
children.
raon utuee lands.
The Japanese mske broad in thin white
T cry palatable lookiug. Among tbe
eiaibita is a cake or brick of brick tea, auch
Thibet and Siberi*. Thisia
of fallen tea leaves and stems, which
Steamed and pressed into bricks or
„ *• There are si* . shown the shells of
nw snails eaten in England snd Europe,
•na considered s great delioaey, a sample oi
a sort of oaviare, made by the
““n the roe of mnllets, shrimps
•jriled and dried in the a an by tbe Chineae,
yj*I cephtlzpod* imported from China and
“J Chinese merchants in Ssn Frea-
r~°> *951 preserved in brine by the Cbi-
shark tin,shredd .land prepared for
r touprr, reindeer meat dried and
Whiled by tho Xa-impo Indian*, sun-
turtle f r , m J^rnaica, pemmlotn made
In,« . 0 “ '“b barnacle sin 1:- gathered
Wf-eilby th,, northwest ooeet Indians,
SJavaritty 1 f other curious article* of
... 1K ," • *“ d.ff. r- nt part* of the world.
Umi? " m "‘t inter- -ting nrticl- ■» ebown
^•teefcea dish, ,, „hieh n--| a lamp
material of a dirty white color.
I»hahd “i-iesil bntur and dish.”
■■ 1 . ' liaVt; SOI.ie .■ 1„ ' t ■ I -
Th- ’ /aidinghouse# whentht.yeee thi*.
* i -v ' U L however, did not come from
- kn 11 "hut was dug up out of
wJJ? ®' 1Ur a Virginian. The bitter
. y*^ti th*- 1 ir h was tnna.' l by na-
v v* » cb*
of u.
Virginian,
dieh was tun.
uto .1 sutsit n kho
, .. . . n.hlance L u.
. .-.rs ago I. barrel of pork,
■-■r. , ■- .a Ii-lied < .1
—Gordon has now 24G votes and Booon
82. Two connties remain to bear from,
Wilkes and Walker. Wilkes will probably
go for Gordon, increasing bis vote to 250,
and Walker for Bacon, making his vote 83.
If Chatham, Burke and Bartow counties
vote for Gordon, he will have three-fourths
of the convention.
—Wrightsvi’.ie Recorder: Monday last
Mr. William Pollett, living several miles in
tbe country, hung himself with a bridlo to
a limb of a peach tree, only a few yards from
and in full view of his house. Deceased
was a young married man. known to be of
very fair mind, and no cause, as we learn,
is assigned for the rash aot.
—Mrs. Anna Bonner, of Taylor county,
now living with her granddanghter, Mrs. 1’.
Z. Hill, is one hundred and five years old.
She can get about now with much more
agility than a great many ladies one-third
her age. She was formerly of Jones county,
but has been living in Taylor nnd Schley
counties for nineteen years.
—Montezuma Record: There is some
talk of more bar-rooms in Montezuma this
fall. There sre enough hero now, and none
of them are making mnch money. There is
an opening here for a clothing, boot, shoe,
hat and furnishing store; also a stationery,
music and novelty store. No more bar
rooms are needed in Montezuma.
—Sudden deaths sre not uncommon these
days, but sudden marriages do not occur
quite eo often, Mr. Wesley Ivey, of Soow,
Dooly county, started ont in a business sort
of a way not long since in searoh of a wife.
Up proposed to every marriageable lady he
met, and was ft aklly ><»i tea. Last week
he married Miss Dettie Hooks. Ilia
first wife had only keen dead lix weeks.
—Warrcnton Clipper: Hon. M. H. 8hnr-
ley, who was some time since bitten by s
supposed mad dog, woa taken ill a few days
ago with wbat bis physician affirms are
symptoms of hydrophobia. Tbe symptoms,
however, are not peculiar alone to this dis
ease and may arise from a variety of causes,
which we hopo will be illustrated in this in
stance.
—The Augusta News states that for the
past week or two the lsgoons snd ponds
near that city have been filled with some
strengo birds for that latitude. The oral
thologist of the News office received a epeci
men a few days sgo and pionouuced it ■
;cnuine outlaw. It belongs to the sea coast,
>nt was probably blown up that way by
the wii.d end storms. They arc in large
numbers, and fly in droves with the white
cranes.
—Ho ninc-yoir-old son, Lester L. Hard
man, ot W. E. Hardman, ofJMilton county,
was killed in a shocking manner by a cow.
The cow was considered perfectly, gentle,
anlbad frequently been driven from tho
pasture (by a rope attached) by the little
fellow and others of the f amily. On this
occssion he was discovered by his father
with tho rope wrappel twice around bis
body, having been araggod for about 5UU
yards, his n« k broken, sud he in a dying
condition, living only a few moments after
being discovered.
—Millen Beacon: Mr. William Reeves, of
Munneriyn, sent bis littl* ton-year-old son
to bia neighbor's to borrow an anger, and
no one being at home at the time he was
attacked by two dogs, and in IlghtlM tho
dogs snd backing off from tbem he foil in
an old well twenty-five feet deep with fif
teen feet of water. Tho boy coull not swim,
bnt when he rose hecangbt hold of the side
and scrambled until he got up in the steps
ou the sides sod stood in a straddled posi
tion for two honre. When his cries wen-
heard he was rescued unhurt.
-Cuthbrrt Liberal: A partridge made
nest in a fenoo comer on Mr. E. B. Speigb'
place in the flth district in this connty and
a chicken ben layedtwo eggs in the nest.
Tbe old partridge made ont the litter with
eighteen of herowo eggs and sat upon tbem.
After patiently sitting, sixteen of her own
eggs and the two egg* of the chicken
batched. Tbe two chickens wore taken
from her and placed under the care of at
old n other beu in the yard She was al
lowed to lake care of her own legitimate
offspring nadistorbe-L What kin are the
two young chicken* to tbe partridge that
had the t ouble of batching them?
—Fort Gaines Tribnne: An old mao
came into town last Saturday morning,
about tbe time the crowds were rushing n
to see Hudson executed, and ou being told
that the hanging had been postponed, got
real angry and remarked: “I think ite a
d shams. Here it Is, I have rid thirty-
six miles since midnight to get to see that
aF feller hung, and now they ain’t gwine ter
hang him. K’s just a sin and a shame
that what it is, and be stuck his spun
about half an inch deep into his poor old
mule's flanks ard struck * gallop for the
nearest barroom, where he .ocuredla quart
bottle ot ••bustheed,” and soon afterwards
he was seen in one of the wsgon yard* fast
asleep with his bottle about empty.
A I.-viy rn 1,11 IleaHer *8 Vear* Old.
3«w Ofkua TlttM'Dtttoc***
Bn., i, Jrly 23.—Mr*. Flora Iiyrne,
Utiv of mnch nocul ftoJ literary dUtinciu
on ‘mi invitation cf •» - - ! 7 '
delivered ft pabUc tiding Mt
Attracted A v* ry thnirf , tfcongl
. . •' - *• r
- • •.r, Mr- !
To my friend* In the Democratic party in Geor-
gia: The contest for the Kabernatorial nomination
la no louger In doubt. The remit will not be ofll*
daily aacertaiued until tbe convention aMemblea
on the 28th lmUnt, but what it will be baa been al
ready practically decided, am active operations
have ceased. I avail myself of tbe o portunlty to
retain my sincere thank a to my friends cbrouKhont
the Htate for tbelr earnest support and the confi
dence expreaaed thereby. I have lelt in thia con
flict that I waa representing tbem. and I have por-
aonally faced our opponent* to the laat moment in
which here waa the alighteat possibility of defeat
ing them. I have been nerved throughout the
struggle by the aunreme conviction that I was en
gaged in a battle for the right I ouly regret that
there ia no longer anything to be done in contin
uing the struggle save for our gallant minority to
aasert by tbe vote in the approaching convention
it>* loyalty to the principles for which we have eo
earnestly contended- In the result of the coutest,
my principal regret is in tbe failure of a cause, and
in tbe temporary overthrow ot principles which I
consider of vital Importance to the State. Person
ally, 1 aboul(U)ave moat highly prized and app.eci-
ated the honor of the ottioa of Governor had it
been conferred upon me. It waa perhaps a par
donable ambition In which I have indulged, that a
•orvlce of twelve years to tbe Htate might be closed
with this distinction. This, however, has been de
nied to me. and I shall waste no regrets upon it.
In considering my defeat I may be excused for
referring to three things which afford me gratifica
tion:
First There is something of pride in the knowl
edge of tbe fact that the powr-ful enlmoeitlee which
th.-ough seven year* have relentleH»]y punned me
to this result, were created by my having fully dl«-
charued my duty aa an olhaer of tho Uunee of Rep
resentatives, when some ot tnoae now iiigu m
place ahd power were the defenders of those acta
which that llouae and a majority of the Senate ad
judged to be high crimes and misdemeanors against
Htate. I would prefer to snffor for having done
. duty rather than to l e rewarded for having
been untrue to my uflk-lal obligation.
Second. In the most heated campaign which has
been known to the Htate since the war, there haa
not ccme from any reputable source a single criti
cism upon any act of mine during thoee twelve
years of official life. And yet, tboae twelve year*
date back to tbe rnoet eventful period in the civil
history of Georgia, when her enemies hail leagued
themselves together for her utter destruction.
Third. Of the many pe.aonaland political friends
i the Htate upon whom I eapeclatly relied, the
number of those who in this contest abandoned
me and lent theinaelvea to my enemies In their
effort to destroy me, can be counted on leae than
three fingers.
In making thi* fight I have had to contend with
odds auch aa never before confronted one in a po
litical contest in thia Htate. The victory haa been
won by my opponents by the active exertion of the
largest official Influence and patronage, by the
command of pecuniary resources which far exceed
ed any which could be furnished by me, and also
by eklllful management in the use of meana, some
of which waa legitimate, and much of which was
neilhor legitimate nor flxcuaable.
The stake fur which my adversaries played waa
tho conirol of tho Bute road, and of the clalip of
$2,u>a»,u0u for betterment* on the name; also, for
the control of the convict lease, and of tho i*«u<
(4,fioO.UOO of Htate bonds, ae well aa that of the
nual revi nuca of the Htate. It waa an immense
stake, and they played for it dojperately and skill
fully.
The conflict was practically decided In a succes
sion of preliminary aklrmtahen, in watch, unfor
tunately, the largo body of the countiee took no
pvrt. By the p >atponement of the dates upon which
they would select deleg »tM. at least dialf of the
counties have been practically el minated from the
contest, and have exerted no influence whatever
upon the result of the fight. It could not be ex
pected that the action of counties in which the se
lection of delegatee waa postponed nntil after the
fight wan recognised aa loat In the Htate, would be
the name m U they had participated In the conflict,
when auch action would have affected tbe result.
For thia reaeon It baa naturally occurred that in
a very large number of the oountiea there hae been
no contest, and the matter haa gouo bj default. The
consequence haa been, that with very eveuly bal
anced forces, there baa not been the evenly fought
battle which there would have been under otuer
direr stances.
In tho content many of the method* need by .
opponent* to comps** my defeat have been tncon
ftUtent with thoee which are anywhere or in any po
lities! party recognized av legitimate under similar
circumstance*. Not content with the mesne used
in contests for nominations, all ths arts and
achnmsa and devices known to the blttereet con-
teits between opposing political parties have been
utilized bv th so who have sought my overthrow.
The people of this Htate have not been been* left to
the rormatl'.n of their own conclusions upon a
“calm arraignment of facta" and a legitimate appeal
to their reason.
Emissaries have gone through almoet every conn
ty endeavoring by every possible means topreju
dice the popular mind against me.
Hlandare against ms. the most infamous that tie
K vcd and uopri'icipled minds could Invent, have
n lndUfitrlondy circulated throughout th*
length and breadth of the State. Criticism founded
upon admitted faefeor upon thoee clearly proveo, is
legitimate in a political campaign; but wholesale
mendacity Is not legitimate aud not excusable. The
able consequence is, to at tbe real c-nteste, both
to men and measure*, are in the informal an l Ir
regular party nomtnatlous, and that the regular
Bute election* are the mere lonnal ratification of
the decMonscf the same. It 1* readily seen that in
such a pxrty c» nt**t, a h le the d rctsion la flual as
to the sol ction of tho pe »on to be nominated. It
doea not Buttle question* of differences of political
oplulon or principle*. Huch diffur-nct* survive
thepartv i ouuwt; and if iheya'e of vital charac
ter, it 1( tbe duty ot tho*e a )hwing to the reapeo
ttye principles upon wuicb tuene ditfeience* are
aligned, ;o uiainUln aud asxert their loyalty and
fidelity to such principles, aud to refuse to abandon
or ig tore the same uecanirt of defeat.
lu tbe l>4iuucrailo orgau xation in Georgia, held
together with all its auta*,oul*ilc elements by tUe
corral jcratiou of the very grave aud important pub
lic lutereat to which I havealmded. the difference*
which unfortunately exist are tm»*e which relate to
the vital principle* of guvernuu-nt.
A« to tre political method* which should be
uaed;
As to the purposes for whleh the government is
Intended, auu to which it should be uevoteu;
to personall»tu in the control of the State
government;
Aa to tue measure and character of the responsi
bility of official* aud official obligation;
Aa to the impropriety of official pltoe being
used directly or ludlrectly for personal gain;
As to tbe utter wroug of the domination of the
party and 8tate by the combination of a handful of
ten lu close and personal political alliance-
Aa to these, aud to many other matters relating
to the purity of tbe Htate g overnment and the lu-
tegrity and asncttty of official obligation, there are
wide differancea of opinion.- between tbe two wing*
of the party lu this Bute.
Aud uot ouly as to the principles and measur-es,
bnt also sa to men. the dutructiou and opposition
are equally marked. Any on« who is uot a member
of the dominant faction 1* fought a* bitterly and a*
relentlessly aa If he were tbe moat ultra and uncom
promising political euerny In tbe ranks of an oppoe
tog polithal party. To utterly crush out all those
who care to aspire to the favor of the party wittiout
their peimission aud support, is practically the or
der and decree of the rutars of the domlnaut fac
tion. To this end, all the power of official Influence
natmmuv* ta actively exerted.
The lUaatra.ion of this fact la found in the expe
rience of the present cnnipaign. In It, Federal offi
cials who have supported hiy opponeut could per
form no higher or more meritorious dutj; wntle
those who favored me • r er* given very distinctly to
nndurstand that active rtld to me would coat them
their official heads.
From the servants of th'ie same rultra the prom
lee weut to many counths In this Htate that offices
to bs filled by the Legislature shall be given to those
who support. heir candidate, and lu *uch promise
la the implied warning that they will destroy those
who oppose him. Th^e proinlie* and warning*
are made ruore,influential by the authoratlvo uu
nouuceu jut that this will be a Legislature Identi
fied with ai d peculiarly in the luterestof the repre
sentative of the dominant faction.
Uuder auch circumstances of wide difference* of
political opinion and purpoae, aud of )K>r>onal po
litical autagonUtn, In tbe conflict* which occur
within the party organizitlon, one aide is the c u
querur, and the other aide is tho vanquished—*<»1
tue ouly feature in whl :h the members of tho de
feated branch of tho party are recognized by tho
ctorious branch aa other than political euemlee,
that upon the former is laid the duty of approv
ing aud voting for tne man selected by the Utter in
tbe party contests. The reeQlt of anch party con
test is final as a personal performance In the cboico
of a caudldete. Tboae ot the party who are de
feated. submit and support the choice of those who
have prevailed. It ia not the end, however, of the
Stale, there l.
power with \»
rest the e«r
. resent dorulnac
above, also ha*
•f the State
therefrom.
Lipeneuce th
with tho kingly i
w* that so far fr
they grow Htreng
They add power to p
appr>;
:Ubl«>
NETS
GORDON.
tbelr overtbri
seeding
aiming those who have
log thilr works and th. Ir methods, are foum
who have fln.illy kneeled in nibudeH.oa .1
kuowle jgc a* !i..ister* th -t whom they hi
euntly dunouu . d. With luereeaintf pover
come Increasing demand*, uu il now
of ttiia election wo will have a mosl
situation in this Htate, which It la •*•*!«• to
has Lever be u approx mated in auy Mate t:i
union since tho foundation of the government,
Thrso men in lntimato p ireonal and p •in . il u
elation and altla ee, all living pni.-ticalty in
town, all with an iduMtity of p rpcM* ;md actio
perfect a* if tbe mind aud wid of one of thom
trolled all three; aud at the same tiuv* two of t 1
U u I ted Htates Hen*tora. and the other the Gove
of the Htate. When the well-known transfoi
tion* and tran*po*ltlona which thuae three
have undergone are coml.U t.-d, It la certainly
most remarkable political *i>< c tar is ever t nacted on
ti • •; :• t •• t.A • • .... '• •!.. 1 n.it Mich
things cau be ia sufficient evidence of a power dan-
geroua to the pvople. to the party and to the State.
If it cannot be overthrown it will soon be absolute
iu lu dominiou over the people and property ot tne
Stxte.
Such a domi n ion is death to all honorable aspi
rations for preferment, because, uuder it, prefer
ment can only be obtained at the coat of aervlle
►ubtuUidon, aud the tine will not be far dlataut
wt.-u within the bo.ders of the State three cannot
be found a man lu tbe party who will offer, himself
up to the sacrifice which awaits thoee wno aaro dis
pute lu power.
It is lncouaWtent with pure government, becauas
wh re power i* absolute there is no re-p uaibllity
to the popul r will, and where th re 1* no such re-
sponsioillty there la inevitably tdU.iat corruption.
It Is utteily debasing to the mai.hoodof this state,
for under lu methods it l* miu seen that the ave
nue to aucce-e is not through honorable, individual
effort, but by bargaining aud trading with thoae
who have power to give.
Thu absolute po*or, eo dangerous to every im-
S ortant Interest, haa been grasped aud is now held
y a few men who have nut only po*aeasio», to a
large extent, of the valuable property interests of
tne mum, but wuumLo Lvdd sstcsg tfrerr.■*•»!»••
* e Important office* aud claim the right and power
dlapenae the lesser ooe«.
Tney have reached a point where they can defy
1 e b.*at public tentlmen . and do witn Impunity
while in office, things, which In former days would
have consigned any offi'dal to awlft and never end-
lug political dra D. With increasing power, tbe
time will come when tlu»y can safely defy 1 »w, or
whmbyaword they cau practically control the
legislation of the Htate.
It cannot be doubted that an essential require-
UK IS DKLIftKllATKIsY (’HANGED
AVim SWINDLING HIS EMPLOYES.
TI10 True Inwardr.s-x of Ilia Florida
Helix*me— How he Tried to Get Rail
road Property Away From
Where It Con'd Ire Attached.
4taU Is unanswerable proof that it was not
suit of the enterprise cf an occasional amateur fab
ricator, but that the whole nefarious business was
dt vUed and directed by a consummate master of
tbe art. These slander*, widely scattered, reached
many points where the denial could not overtake
them. That my opponent baa reaped th* full ben
efit of tbe same cannot be questioned.
On* of the candidates, without precedent
without excuse, has in a number of instances
personally present In communities on tbe day whan
ths primary meetings were there assembled for the
selection of delegates.
Whilst pretending to favor primary elections and
the fullest expression of the popular mind, ray op
ponsnta have eagerly embraced every opportunity
to secure delegates favorable to their candidate
without regard to that popular will, where It waa
known or feared to be adverse to him.
The moet active measures, inaugurated and car
ried through hr Influence from without the coun
ties, were used to pack primary meetings by which
delegates were secured.
In one county, where there ia no doubt that the
regular bona fide citizens are In my favor by a large
majority, I am informed that a railroad tr*in waa
loaded with ove* one hundred person*, mainly the
employee and laborer* and dependant! around
eome eonvi.t works, who were thus sent without
expense to them to control the primary meeting of
the county.
By such means, aa wall aa every other known
political warfare, in many counties tba popular
voice haa been stifled.
In tbe moet critical moment of tba campaign,
when a g eat many counties were on the eve of
selecting de legit-*, tbe chief organ of my opponent
r »ve moet extensive circulation to the report that
bad retired, or waa about to retire, from the race.
For the circulation of thin report which in the very
hour of conflict could not fail to exert the moet
waa trueorfalae^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H
After near a quarter of a century of peace, the
wing of the party supporting my opponsat has,
during ths entire campaign, carried on the conflict,
not upon any legitimate issue, but under the ind
■oiration of n war-whoon.
I Tom*, and oltetlte.li. of life. llWffltlom. eh»r
set T. .boon, 8- «:X ..t.r.judU'.J mwtetetee
jlliaud .Dll e >nJrararil«to>> dt..rvr,
la vtew if lb. tcqa'ri,. wh ck htnlmariil
[U t. rwrhAp. peop.r tL.t I .hoaW d.amt.lj .uul
Iih.t it U not m, uujKwto prahiMt te* w. of nr
n.ia. m a eaadwal, baton, 16. con.mtlo. wklcii
tea. wwblt oath. 26 lb Initial. Is paraotei
Inn.-oanr, lnteflueoced bptb. btti.Mh.tnj
I lot D.:* ton with th. r*:np.tcn U dot paralrspw-
aoi a OM. which <6d!d whin ta j d«f«l l. waond.
Ib.«MUoa of mj pamil Mccn. or (AUera I*
rot tho mat Irapor .nt nso la tbu contnt. On I
tb. coBtnnr, I nootBtzo that laa oeljthonpn-
•n littr. of tkoM who hat. ..ppnrtel to. tae. h
th.] aoMd with mo ——-i— ‘--i “t
ta.ch.t la «acb cow tort. If wo bad •acmedeo,
tbe trtampb of tbo pnociplc. for which wreo,.
tended would bar. time tbo moat rriwod fro-1
tuio of tbo Tlctorj. As we hero f.tiod. tt I. .tilt a
dntT to do nothin* which eoold b. eoartnod Into
na nhnadonmrnt of thnnn p-tnilntno.
ln.communUlr. whom Hmto nra two opponiaf
I poUtk-nl t nnlM, tbo aoeteat for n aomtuuloe nj
rttter pnri j la ou pomt} of poruart pr.r.nnnl
. .i _ -p. tb.ro i. nj
I ended, there U a n pa ty thee eouetUnted we other
matter at ieree between the member* of the party.
With ua. it I* different. a
We are ps.ni har I j situated. liy reason cf di
stancoe not n^c-nrarr h»r* to be r». oanfctJ. Im
tb*y are fsitlU- to Ul. Ulsdseatti
the public g« *».l that the L
r*
Hells* the' sincerity of Its mt*reuce»
during the campaign. The imp >rt\uce of pat
ty uul y causa* tha tuinority to submit to the r<.*uU
of the party coo'ot: tut fidelity to the principle
contended for in auch party contest require* th a
they should be adhered to. and that ths intention
for their anccensful assertion In future cont«»t*
•hould not be ab*i loned Inothir wiMs, pm.ty
unity requires aciulesoence In the result ot the
party couteet for tiiH eel* ctlou of a candidate; if
does hot require the abandonment of auy prlncl
pie lavolvea In sui-h contest, either na to the mat
ter and method* of the adiuiuLtratton of the Bute
government, or a* to the right of a lactl n to abao*
lutely dominate the party in Osurgia. Ou the com
trary, it i* the duty of th* mluori'.y, white it *ul>>
mlta to tbe decision of the majority lu the choice of
a candidate, to testify by lta adherence to principles
the sincerity ot tba conviction* which *“
fluanced it* »:t :m In th* campaign.
If tt eta w- re principle* worthy of earteal
contention in t/e oauipaign Jnst pant, thoee princi
ples are worthy of reamer lion in t.e hour of defeat,
nnd are worthy to be ag.io inscribed on banners to
be born* in fatnre conflict*. Now is nut th* tim>
for supine surrender. Un the ccutrary, ncquirt
cence by the minority In the decision ot the ma
jority In ths choice of n candidate i« entirely con
sistent with ths declared purpose to maintain the
principles o which it it committed, aud that there
shall be no abandonment of the effort to wrest tbe
control of the party In Georgia from the faction
which as fumes to absolutely dominate It, to the
entire exclnaion of all participation by those who
refuse to acknowledge th«ir supremacy. There U
no alternative between this nud toe moat abject
subjection to the power of th A a« who have en
trenched themielns 11 the principal offices, Htate
and Federal and who by official power rM com
mercial methods aud machine politics, a.XS’ol the
Htate by dominating the Democratic parf,, mthin it
To appreciate tbe work required to Icoonl
this in future contests in ths party, It ts
to properly estimate that by which we 'are to be .
posed. Tdsm party sou teats must M determined
by the results in tbe primary tueetffiga. The fact
cannot be Ignored that in such primary meetings,
whether they are m*as meetings or primary e • »
ttona. there is a great advantage to those who make
a business of politics; who have lar^e moneyed In
terests Involved in the result of election* and who
for the protection of tho«e interests are ready
expend large sums of money to work In a comm
cial way the political machine of each county. I
illustration, taka the facts as they exist in this State.
Tbe State retires I lease sad ths convict lease fur
ul h the largest opportunities for the making of gi
gantic fortunes; and this Is true where there is no
corruption, but where parties are in a position
make advantageous bargains with the Htate i
lease of the Htate road expire* within a short time,
and a new disposition ts soon to lie made ot it. and
la the new disposition there la an opportunity for
the making of such bargains.
la the eeltisment with the present leai
the expiration of tba present lease, there are ques
tion* of large amount; among others one for sever-
oral hundred thousand dollars aa to the valuation
of the equipment of tbe read to be returned by the
lessees to the Htate; and another question aa to the
payment of IXOOO.OuO.OO by tbe State to the leasee*
on account of money claimed by the leeeees to have
been expended by them In Improving the condition
of the road. Ho that in tba expiration of the pres
ent lease, and in the making ot a new. lease, there
are matters involving several million* of dollar* to
thoee who will be strong enough to control the
Democratic nartv of the Htate.
In addition to th* millions involve 1 In the State
road question, it Is safe to sey that th* eonvh t
lease to wotth itrectly and Indirectly a clear profit
of half a million dollars a year to the leasees. Tb*rs
is a very genet*! and growing feeling ta tbe Htate
that so soon aa it can be tegl'liua-ly don* this
convict leas* should be broken up, so that the
convicts - hould no longer be need to enrich a few
individuals, who tue them In a ruinous
at*! dagr-ading compa nion with free labor, and at
th* seme Hue ee a moat powerful weapon with
which they largely control ant dominate tne Deis
cratio o ganizations or the Hur# bat that he con
victs should be put to building permanent public
roads tor th* benefit aqua'Iy of all the people. To
protect tbe continuance of thia lease tL»n through
e loug term ot yean Is aims question of many mil
lions of dollars.
It ia a known fact that then are partis* la this
Htate who, with tbelr eonftdsr* seend associates,
both in and out of tbe State, a • lirrctl) concerned
in the questions connected siih ths Htate road
Whs* and th* convict leas*, fxey are interested to
the amount of many millions of dollars la retaining
tbe political control or those interests. W* have
heard and seen very iit*J* of ell thi* matter, so im
portent to the Htate, ia this dramatic cam
paign. Tbe effort to tell tt to the peo
ple has been drowned to a deceptive
war whoop. Can any on* doubt that with
ty by any particular faction in it, to the exclusion of
any cousiuorablo element In if, is inconsistent with
that cqualit); and thia is true however good and
pure may bo the rneu « ho compose that dominant
faction. 1 he recognitl u of the importance ot pre
serving tho unity of t*e Democratic organization in
this State, furnishes the strongest argument that
thorn i* no hluhnr duty to tha party than to cou-
tilbute by all legitimate means within the
party to the ‘ overturew ot any faction
which ass urues tuns to dominate
accomplish it will rtquire in future «ontests tbe
concerted action ot tno*e who are opposed to this
continued control of the party. With the powe-
which the leaders of that Ujtlon have acquired, it
will be beyond the Individual strength ot any one
man to cope with, even though a iu*J »rl.y of two
thirds of the party should be at bl. oaj*. Unless
there l! on the part ul it* opponent* In the future
the moet determined and coucotto i effort to rvleaie
tue party from the grasp of this dcuiuiut fertlon
th- re Is no a teiuativo nut auhnunite:* to a pr -
acknowledged as abtoluto aud un« liallrugt‘abii<
auch a situation, to tbo»e who aro true to prti dpi*,
and who are Incapable «-f boiug time-servers
and changelings, tm-re. ia no presp^-t save
to be tbe rnbmtsvive m tuber* of n party
whoar only victories are those In which th.7 are
themselves recognized and treated aa the vai qnUli
ed oneiuie*. The cry for “peacei" “iteocai" which
the victor* always about al »h* cnticluainu of their
relentlee* w.»r, is not the peace of |»»it; equality
aud fraternity; but U Is the peace ol the emptr-*—
the peace where one side rule* supremely, aud do-
mauds that the other »ide shall submit *bjtctly.
Tbe maintenance of our principle*, and tbe con
tinned efforts for Dene result*, ar» coualatuut wlUi
the recognition ot tne imp rtame of party unity.
In this belief, I shall abide the nomination to bs
made by tbe c'H’veuU'm on the anti instant. As ‘
liavcaUUdon the slump during tne campaign,
sball do so solely aa a matter cf obligation to tb«
party »t bugs.
I do not regard tbe result of the action of that
convention, a > rar as it relates to me personally, at
the chief pacers t» the same, either tf myself or
of my friend*. W»re this purely a personal mu ter,
I might not continre my name before the convvu-
tlou when tire mult Is not dopbifaL Bui II Is Ml
a personal matter, bat a c*u«e in which I am
■Imply the exponent of thoee who believe In Its
; ustice—a cans# more Important than the persouat
fortunes of any on* tu*n, and therefore a cause not
to be abandoned. For this reason, eu lor g as there
will be one member of mat c-.invention who be
ll ves In that c«use, and who conaideis me wnrhy
S b < its present repre»eiitaUve, I am not at lhsrty
any art of mine to deprive him of the opportn-
I iy to give txpreeeiott y hi* vote to bis cenvlo-
tloas.
My Ar«t utterance* In this campaign shall be tu>
last, lu the first speech made by me In the atty/-f
Auguste, in the opening of the cam algo, D Id:
'•-Shall a dotulnailng indusuce draw to IteclHdl
power lu this Mate, aud concentrate In one etty an
absolute dii-t»tar*hipov*r tbe politics of the Htate 1
* ~ lv;! * i.)t;/.“iis, this Uen attempted tyr-
Tampa, Fin , July23. Editor Tkt.koraph:
A few yeur-i h^*o the jicoplo of FloiMa were
startled nt tho nnn<mncem< tit of n t<i^autio
railroad Bcbemc, which was intoudr-d to open
up the resources oithc State from north to
s-nith, anil cull to her hhorrs thc^n .t trade
of S >uth America, Mexico and Culm. Lines
of bicAiitehipa worfi to be tmtablislicd con-
nacting this road with F.utopo and tho vari-
oua ports in tbo countries mentioned, and
he State of Florida was to be m ide by thia
nterpri.se the great commercial center of
tin* western World.
Influenced by the high Mounding atate-
ments of the c mpany uho undertook to
carry thiw Bchemo to it j com pit ti-»n and the
bomlmatic utterances of its |.r*-si«’ent (the
bo called “Hero or Aopomatoi.) tlel,eg-
ifiUture grunted a charter giving privilegea
and land grants grouter than have « v» r be
fore or i-ince bc« n conferred up«m a syn-
dic-it" by .*itv \r gi*-lntarc in the Eniou, act
ually going ho far, that,should this corn pa uy
fullill thin contr.i 't, tho St ito would have to
pav them iu caab. if not able to do bo in
I t* d.
Thus did “Tho International Railroad
and SteamHilip Company" come with a
great flourish of trumpets before
tho people. Pamphlets by tho
thousand were circulated, advertising
tho nch» me, asserting itu aoliility, and offer-
lug wonderful inducement? oumhagaw
of str'i’k. I:s Mippi.il* rs w..i 11<I express
surprise if anyone ghonld doubt tbe miccobh
of tho company, for wtki not General John
13. Gordon (whose name alone was en mgh
to iunke the “world turn pale") at the head,
center and foot of the enterprise. Thin lat
ter fact waa prominently put before tho ,
public, and every advantage sought to lie
obtained from it. Tho Gemral’a picfaiiru
wag iftV-i), representing him with tho
proud beanng and fiugle eye, as wlu n ho
faced tho Yankees at Appomntox. It ap-
peared In a fall page illu tration upon many
ot tho advert;si-i;; paper*. It win Gordon
first, loat and all ti.r time, und the people
cheered and wore happy.
Out, bow are the mighty fallen? A
splurge wriR made nud then thf enterpriRO
ended. The ft A thonsa 1 dollara r.UHO to
begin on (magnified t.» millUna in the cyea
of the General) were thrown into a Hand
bed, much to ilic grh f of >-« me prominent
citizen* connected with the line. Tho work
done wo* worse than umI <h, and ro-
m&in* fistanding mo .iiu.< :.L (f the Gen
eral’* nnfitu- as a ruilroid in xnnger or a
buhincHB man. On the iiictur-nquo bank*
of log*
anny whl. h . • •• etidurcil. Itt aUisoce will
continue to .']' tt Is overthrown. Clrcum-
staareehavsM#«l|rii«Hl to me the teafiereblp In this
contest ll.it U fit on* which involves a >reat d«al
mere than mypfreoual fortnues. If I sneered, it
.will be the success cf the propi , and of a greet and
impoi teat principle. If i fall, tbe standard will be
caught uv 0) »ttong«tr hands and born* to Anal vte
O" Veftr respectfully. A. O.Racox.
Macon. Ua, July 23, lWfi.
DRINKING IN ATLANTA.
and Straight
U»w to Oet
euek an Immense amount at stake I
I parties tntareated would without kae.tetlon furnish
I all the money com t iered neeresary to pay all the
expense* required to peck primary meeting* in the
I several counties? Comparatively few men will at
li primary meeting*. Even in tbla heated can
1 there are not a flow Bounties In the state In
which half tbe Democratic vote waa cart In the pri-L
I mart**. Many men have so *treeg or fixed convic
tion*, and are eeatlr Influenced: others do not feel
I abte to leave their work, nod ethers have aot the
means of easily going to the place of voting. That
faction of the party haa a c rntreling advantage in
the patty contacts which has the meana to flood
every mliltla district to the flute with the laaocsl
a ( artisan nawapaper; to a*nd 1- rsonal caav*»*
everywhere to Interview and talk wiu peop»e;L..
supply laborers to the piers of voters who will not
otherwise leave their work; and to furnish nnlimit-
edtnelHMmMMmlte
Cuckutil*
Whisky.
From the Cincinnati Commernial-Gazette.
Oeneral Thomas L. Young gives the following
neraUve of his experience with the AtlanU prohi
bition law;
It waa eajftr in th* morning, and as I had a bard
day of U tha day before and waa not feeling per
fectly happy after tbe night's rest, I thought of a
cocktail aa a remedy. Cocktails 1 had found
•greed with me sometime* in the early morning. Ho
1 aald to myself: ‘Tom we'll go down to tbe bar
and try acoeataiL" Turn aoeepted uy Invitation,
and away we went 1 didn't call a boy to lead us,
Wall, we found the bar and walked straight up ta
tbe counter, and 1 sail to the young man on the
other side of the polished board, “1 want a cock
•aiL"
"We don’t sell eocktalls." said the barkeeier.
"What! yon don't sell 'war aald L
"No, air," said he; **we don’t sell any cocktails
kere.**
"You don't aell eoektatla" ► »!d I. "Bow's that?*
“Wall, you see," aald he, "the law hers don’t al-
>w tt.”
"Th* deuce!" said L "Well, than, giva me some
plain whisky."
i l*h t whisky bare except by the quart,'
"Weli, what is It by the quart?!* I asked.
"One dollar sad a quarter," he said.
I w 14 puzzled. I didn't want a quart for myself,
and 1 didn’t know whether the citizens alttiog in a
row along tha wall could gat away with whxt t didn’t
want Bevldee, I didn't know them, and didn't owe
them anything, and 1 couldn't see bow I waa to be
profited by paying $1.23 for a drink for myself. I
■tarted to walk away, when I noticed a rail look on
th* faces of the fellows along the wall, but my
hsart waa hard, and I reared out. I went to my
room to meditate. I felt that there must be some
way of getting a cocktail In Georgia. A bright idea
■truck me. I touched the electric button for a tne*-
Meger, and waen he cam* I aald: "Wring me a
cockiaU." He manifested no surprise, bat turned
at once and went out. Us aoon team* back with a
cocktail and I handed him a quarter, and he went
hie way. leaving th* cocktail alone with me. The
n» xt day three of ua sad th* softener went out on
buaiaaea, and after k nocking about tha streets in
the hot auu for eome time, returned to the hotel I
wait to my room, and thia king *0 rejoin my
frteoda, naturally I went to th* bar, but they were
not there. As I was tuning to go a citizen entered
and asked th* bartender t :* Mae Question I had
asked la tbe morning. Curious to know'
would succeed I waited.
"I want some whisky," aald the citizen.
•We don't sell lees than a quart," waa tha reply,
1 a quart,"
Til taka a quart,” said the
he was banded on* ot the cutest pitchers I ever
saw. I felt in love with It, and 1 wished I could
bring one like it away with me. but tha/ were not
for sale. The etraoger said; * < Oive me gliaaee for
each of thee men here."
"We don't fmniftb bat ou* glees with each quart 1
Mid the harkreper.
Is* then I *ili:ei*eld.« for.r.fMl H>|n« ta<k«
an, *r took up tbe glare tb« barkeeper elevated*
py of saewspeper, turned his back to the coeu-
) tb<
rmldl).
wed
in aj
cho*
of tho Hillabcrough riv. r. a il
was c instructed that should In
down lo p.-stf rity it* a aped
gineering never Burpn.-.xl in t:
the country. This wot intend**'
1 lie ninny ship loads of iron th .
s.iid to ho om tin ir way; bn* Fo x
hern phnntmu fiblpi the ::
flying Datibin-m, uad tin > -n-*’
np in Tamp 1 Uay, where Mr tl
have gone.
Having shah on tha confiilvn v of th** peo
ple of Tuinp't find Qillihorough county, the
n»xt move wag to Sum ten i lie. Thera
hnotbrr dash wan mridi-. ^unit»*rviih’ wan
vo be * tbo junction" of tho va
of tho lino, and consequently
a yriiii dty. T* • j- upl« thire h.cauie ex-
citffd, their Mlhum.^in tori to fever her.t.
L’ 0 cttdlt oi th- v v,' !it un, R.ippUfcrt
worn liberally faminl 1 by tho various
merchanU for ptovialnniog tin* corpn; hut
olaa, for their ho|KR, a few miloH of grading
wore conip!*’tcd aud tho extonaive work
came again to a itaudhtlll; but it would uot
do to giop altog tin r tho charter muet be
»aved i»t all hazirda, so some of tho «*ngi-
nefirs were retain: 1 in tho *•< rvico of tho
oompany, and a few ced rid lmudu wore
employoit to grade. 80 month afttt '
went by, with no proapuet of rtwaid, Tho
pay of thsoor|M wa* uot forthcoming, and
all bands, merchants include 1, livod on tho
atniigthof tehgrunH. letter*, promiHCH, etc.,
from the Central and thoae at headquartora,
that heavy woik would aeon begin und every
thing paid up.
At fabt tho General ant. un. .-1 hiti.mdf
ready. Arrange me nt* h.i been completed
"iih «■ • t.Al'* Oil 11-il.-1*1 ! • 1 . ui.i .id with tho
lion. Engiawm war* aunt ont to ttt flldffi
tracks, eta, for cat ioadn of r.n. «nd hopoa
rote again: hut from information ri<-«ived
theae capUaliMta rofu-i l to *ubmit*to the
« xurhit.mt cl lims of «i- 11 r.d < Imdon iu
regard to managainont, etc. Tbg motto
with him has alwaya been / it Qordoii, nut
nullu*—cither Gordon or nobody, ami ud
went that prospect for tho completion of
tha road.
Tbiaga now looked aeriotuh Gordon ntill
anaoiiii.-' I bia inYincibility, but faith iu
him had departed. Tha mer< hanti began
to refuse credit. It wag a com- <f ncmi-
fitarvatir.n in the engineer/ <*.»mp, nnd no
money e«ma to their relief. To make mutton*
worse, this “honorable man” (for dot h ho
not claim to bo an honouahlt* man, who now
• -IL ri l.iins* If t<-r th*- riiorsl.ip i.t (ieor-
gia?) wrote to the oh^intent enmneer and
t-mli avored to get tbe best of the railroad
property shipped to him at Atlanta, tvidint-
ly to lay bin hands upon it and avoid
an utmriiiMi i.t. Hi* dl.l m-t u rit*- and n»k
I" rn.i-. -ior, oi th- chi. I .-i mm • r, who waa in
I - k*'*m\ 111«*. land who--, .i-1v. in r-gard to
tho c:-!.gtrnction of the road it would have
been well to h*Te followed hog ngov) %
evidently did not want hi in to know anything
of this dodging, but the merchant a of* Sum-
terville foun t it out, and were a little too
quick for him. Th# property was utu.dmd
for tho debU of tho company, ami gom»- of
the money duo wa« by thia action iv-omr-
•d I it ('i.-m-ial (lord -n l.-ft hin ongiut-er
« ' tl •->.* m ho stoc.d h) him arid hi . h.»r-
ter,) without tbe money for which tin y hon-
1 ' »r»-d, and • .- . ; ... n •' men
" ith taimlw Mh<» coni i iii r«l to h.M; it.
Ills o.ssuraneeo and promts, ri amounted to
nothing. He has not even psid up some
of tho colored hand-*, who did what colored
men very zeldom do, viz- work .,u th«
Btn-Dgth of a roan’s word.
Gone fill Gordon ujq ».'•» to-day a .1 man
in whom no confidence can be placed not
withstanding the lOnoQDc ii.'r.t that he haa
gold ont his railroad inter*Mn in Plotida
and r* i\< 1 .• i-h in h .mi Tin*peo
ple of Florida would jm»t lik*- t > know w hat
inter-ts he ban bore t<>g*-il <--i*. II. L;*m
broken his word to tho puhli
feited every pledge ho ii.hm*
and yet in the face
he has the an-iurr/nce to a-h th
< '• • r. in t* 1 *1* i i km . th.-ir • ..»>•» 1
because ho in or w ne, G.-n* r il Gcr.l
fought in th*: Southern c -aae.
bach • men U no < r> :it t* ar*\ .
or any people. lie lit* bulldoi
; for-
.imply
Hr.
-Ii th- p.
or rather