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REPLY P A. W. FITE.
I*ROVIW TO BE a
MAUI) HITTKII.
•?c Ui'lli'Mlw Hl* Former ('hnrfe*
*a lu ih* Autloh iff that l'onv<'t,
U*n and Claim* ihnt Some
OmAl'tl Work Wnn Done.
To thr MIN <>( Tl*o 1 ,<*)£* •;
('ahtkuhvim.k, Ga,, Aug. 18, 18P0.—
tliUHlsrtHltt allow mi' space to reply to
Mi, A, W, Fite's eoiunmnit sit ion o< Aug.
1.2 Ui, Nut knowing what the *\Y.”
Mauds for hi his name I will call it
"Whitewash" n* he seems so dcsipius to
w nitkwash the actons of the Democrat
h i'invention that vested the Tuesday
ele ted delegates ns the legally. sleeted
delri'.ntin to represent Uie Cartersville
district qt\ the tU*>f of t)iat convention.
! will not attempt to reply to tlv*.s,liiirt of,
his article where he seeks to give his
opinion ns to who "Observer” is for that
Is not argument but "mml-slluging,” ami
ns a "mud-allniter" he has no equal in the
St-de, and he own wear, without a contest
from or, the laurels he has so deservedly
von. The Rev. Sam Jours has not only
strid that It 1* the "fellow that always
hollers'' hut he has also said that the "hit
doff yelps," No* 1 from tho>way tv which
Augustus "Whitewash” Fib yelped he
tine of the partie ' onueettd with that
convention who wasewWunly hit.
Mr, Fite mu* that ‘ it was ugryod h\
sand of the friends of the ea'.id(dates
** * that wo, would not vote for del
itm, and that after tin..election the
irienda at the su* i> *fnl candidate* would
select the delegate* t-U repr: sent the dis
triot in the eouuty e<m\.nuom This
nrifiunent was made public amt was sat
i t n tnrv to the people aud they so vrted."
Will Mr. Fite give the names of
the "friend*" and the crtudidatea lTie\
represented, apd the authority to bind the
people by that agreement. If "some of
the frit ufls of the candidates'' bv airree
li tut In the morning could change the
mode of ch uting l dele; Abes as jiresrvibrd
by the executive committee, why i wild
o U the sixty four friaeds who voted in
t!’■ evening sustain dm executive om
nuttee and disregard the agreement of
*•*’> of Ihi' friends” made In thu morn
ing* If not. why Hot JtVUI Mr, Aogu -
K.s “ Whitewash” FHt* (lease answer
that ?
Mr, Kitf "that durh\" the (Honor
hour parties to <.ihi agreement privately
and secretly -"etheivd themselves together
and and print,h some tickets * * *
mid about -lxfy of these tickets were
voted during the evening which was leas
than ear sixth of the whole vote east, ike
iv.anagers knowing that these vote- were
iv*t In violation of said agreement and
Wi t's a fraud upon the people t 00.4 of
\vht'tn had voted hefoiq the tickets were
even printed refused to count thorn.*’
Mr. Fite no where states ’hat the parties
who ruled were p it ties to the agreement
or knew anything shout It. and therefore
the idea that those who voted in accord
ance with the rules prescribed by ih>
Democratic executive committee a fraud
is too ridiculous for further couumtnt.
Mr. Fite says on Tuesday a mass meet
ing was held at the court house
twenty-one delegates selected * in accord*
unw with said agreement.” Was the
tune and place of this mass meeting de
termined upon on Saturday end nude
known to the peoplei Were only th
friends of the sK'cvssfnl candidate pres
ent at that mass meeting and participated,
and how m*\y ami .v!' vererVy? \V,k>
was the presiding efther and secretary:
TV'ill he pleasv state when and where the
rtanttiv# committee made -.uch ~ tail .or
a mass meeting .or author:,.cd say else
11 do s<\ and when and how mxt'oe there
of was given to the public?
Mr. Fite say - th“i some of the dele
gates riveted by t'ne people on Saturday
vrere ftr ; Mi>>Hc..os. wrp the* and
how was .'his matter deterai’ :edf What
trihvmal adjudicated this ipi-'stion and
,uvou what evi h-oce did 5 * act * Was the
atvnsed prevent aud eminusted by tin
witaosa - ‘ Sistc hair Democratic vntuis
x -n-idvred the cutiro ticket to i-e com
postal of *'okl tvek bottomed, isaribbed,
i. .wnired Democrat-” aid I would like
to k-w how this t . *vi cof Bw?r IX
ijadku ana iaUftiowwMioii! By the
r wklmm liais itrsjaiwit f t?i r*%ny §
ADAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21. ISM.
election ami that- upon the ground of
being Republican* only were tome of the
delegates excluded frorn the convention,
and if the; so-called Republicans were
elected why were not the Democrats on
the same ticket elected? Mr. John $.
Leake, who was one of the delegates
elected on Saturday, iufomicd the writer
tliat Mr. Rite went to him early in the
morning on Tuesday and lie for q any pre
tended mass meeting proeured his proxy,
as a delegate to the convention. If Mr.
Leuku was not elected why is it that Mr.
Fite goes to him and procures this proxy?
Another thing that doc* not shpw up al
together fair is that on the morning of
the election while the people were voting
tickets upon which there was no dele
gates either printed or written, Mr. Fite
took a gentleman to one side under the
stair-case and showed to him a ticket
which he expected to vote and upon
•which was a list 01. delegates and asked
tsat gentleman how v this would spit,
stating that he would cast that vote and
they would only receive that one vote but
that would elect them. Will Mr. Fite
rlsaac explain?
Mr. Fite says thot the convention de
cided two other things, to-wit:
Ist—"That the agreement was valid
and binding.
2d That the tickets cast for delegates
we ix> in violation of-said agreement and a
fraud upon the |>eoplc,”
Which decision called forth in my pre
vious communication the following lan
guage: "That the action of the conven
tion in seating the delegates they did
stilt was an unwarrantable assumption of
power and a great outrage upon the voters
of this district.” This is true, and I re
peat the same for the following reasons
in addition to what has already herein
before been intimated:
1. I'he fabric of.our whole government
depends upon the purity of tiie ballot box
and honestly declaring the result thereof.
And when an election has been ordered
by the duly constituted authorities it
would be dangeroqs to allow any man or
set of men to prescribe a different mode
than that ordered by the duly constituted
authority—aud especially pending the
election.
2. in the foundation and organization
of the Democratic party it became neces
sary to give to some body of men properly
selected the power, and authority to pre
scribe the mode, the manner, time and
place of party election. This authority
was given to the different executive com
mittees. . The executive committee of this
county had said, "That a primary elec
tion to nominate two candidates for the
Legislature and to elect delegates fo the
county convention, etc. and had thus
.said that the delegates should be “elect
ed" at the primary. This was the party
law governing the case.
3. The law as laid down and declared
by the executive committee had never
been revoked, altered or amended* but
remained unchanged, valid and binding.
4. "Borne of the friends of the candi
dates" had no authority' to change the
law as hud down and declared by the
committee, and had po power or authority
to call a mass meeting to select delegates
in a different way than that prescribed
by the committee and m contravention of
its orders.
Now in conclusion permit me to say
thatl think Mr. Fite’s article is bad in
"morals” for the reason that he is guilty
of bad temper; that
it is bad in "law,” forthe reason that he
is attempting to justify conduct which
lisregards and violates the law applicable
to the subject, that it is bad 1 ‘Doinocra
ey" for the reasons that tiie convention
which he seeks to justify ran over and
ignored the directions of the officers of
the Democratic party and trampled under
eet, with a recklessness unheard of before,
the wishes of the jieople as expressed at
the ballot box. Observer.
Epoch.
The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks
an epoch in the file of the individual.
Sueii a remarkable event is treasured in
the memory and the agency w hereby the
good health has been strained is gratefnl
iy bb sse and • Hence it is that so much is
heard ia prsi-a* of Electric Bitters. So
notny feel they owe their restoration to
the use of siietrr .it Alterative and Tonic.
If . u are tsa-ibled any disease of
S'daeys. hi. -r <>r Stomach, of long or
short si icJing .Hi wiii surely find relief
by use Elect nc Bitters. Sold at 50c.
and *1 r bottle t any drugstore.
Wanted —A half car 1< ad of Green wal
nuts. C‘. -M Frank.
OVER IN FLOYD.
THE SITUATION* IMUARTI.YIiLY
TOLD.
Dickers With Some or the
KxcopMve Committee to Hccpihe
i’lulffmocrstk' System ill Vogue
And Hence a .lust Kies.
Rovr. 0a.,. Aug, OD. 1890.—The po
litic i! complications in the Seventh Om
.
citing.
Floyd county is, just now, the centre
igouud w)i|ch the excitement revolves,
and thy .eyes of the district u;e on this
county.
At the request of the editor of Tiie
J,F9oku i take time from the busy work
of my profession to* briefly outline the
present situation in Rome aud Flovd
county.
Tuis county has had for quite a nim
!>qr ypai- win if i*.kpowu,iw the ten
delegate system. That, is, t- •.delegate*
id • elected from each nrihtiu district in
the county, and these rh'bgates meet at
the court house and nominate candidates
tor office.
This system a'.’wcs to each district, no
matter what its population, ~ie same
representation. Rome with two thoua-.
and .votes has yin more • strength by that
arrangement than Watter's district with,
perhaps less than two hundred votes.
That such a system is unfair and
democratic is apparent on its face.. It
makes the vote of one mar. -1 p country
pte inct couqt as much as the vote of, ten
Uie.n in the city.
An,earnest effort, was made in the
spring to induce the executive committee
of the county to eha j this system mid
call, a primary eleetiou in accordance witii
the recommendation of the Mtate ox ecu- .
tive committee.
The Alliance qkiick.lv saw the advan
tage which the ten delegate system gave
them, and opposed the change. There
was such a strong sentiment in favor of
primaries, however, that the Alliance
seemed apprehensive .that the executive
committee would order a-primary to se*-
lect earidid;Ues for the legislature and
Congress; and. it is charged, in order to
preveut this, Feßx Corput, as the leader
of the Alliance, made a combination with
•certain members of com
mitti'C wlao were friendly to the candida
cy of Lindsay Johnson, a nou-Alliance
man, that if they would oppose the
change to primaries, Lindsay .Tolinson
would l e taken care of by the Alliance.
Thu result was. that the ten delegate
system was adhered to. •
This practically gave to tiie Alliance
the control of the county.
This organiz4tidnl met in secret session
in Rome to consider the question of nom
inating candidates for the Legislature.
With a great hHow ; of faimc.->s and lib
erality to limno tbiy-gnve if r i.t that they
w mid claim onl/ two of tljc three repre
sentatives, and wouhl lot Hon o name tiie
tni.d man. They put in nomination Fc
li.v, Corput, of Cave Spring, ai’d Sealxirn
YYhatley, of Watl.rVs- diatrict.
It was clearly understood, o. c we people
in Rome thought, that any man ngre -* I
oa by the town would receive the support
oi the nominating convention.
Acting on this nnderstandiug a primary
election was held-And after a free and fair
test of strength between the candidates in
the Rome district, li. R. Harris received
a clear majority over all opfiosition of
forty-nine votes.
The convention met next day, when
to tiie utter surprise ol* Rome, and at’
many think, in pursuance 'of a bargain
previously made by Corput, the convene
tioa ignored -the claimM of Harris and
n< minuted Johnson.
This caused strong feeling and consid
erable indignation in Home. Within
less thaa twenty-four hours from the ad
journment of that convention, which was
made rp largely of Alliance.non, an op
position ticket was put in the field com
posed of three sturdy Democrats, and the
iss ic was squarely made on the secret and
partisan nfethod* of the Alliance.
-From this agitation was evolved , the
Felton movement.
Tho-.e outside of the Alliance -began to
discuss the situation mt|l a strong senti
m -nt develop ! against the secret meth
ods an 1 the political greed of the Alli
ance.
The more the matter was discussed the
mpre decided became the sentiment of
opposition. The sub-Treasury bill was
carefully senniaized, and the conclusion
rench<--l tint no good Democrat- could
support it.
Finally, a 'ggesiOn was made by an
anonymous writer in the Tribune that Dr.
Felton should he asked to make the race
for t ongre-s against F.Verett, and thus
stem tiie tide la-fore any serious damage
wa done. The suggestion met- with
favor, and it soon l>e< au.e the talk of the
street.
On every-side could he heard the ques
tion. ‘ Will Ffcitm run?” and **Oae fw be
el etas I>"
In a few days s, call appeared in the
pip *r, s, rnt-I "Jeffersonian D--* nocrats,”
*aikfngA!iy people to attend a ma-** meet
ing at the court-house la*t Saturday.
The mi-;; ring wpM held and largely al
ien.leu by the representative people of
the comitv.
Most 'J you kpow the result of that
me 'ting. A permanent organization was
effected. Felton wa* endorsed. A con
gressioiml convention was called to meet
ip ,Rome, Sept. 3, Delegate* were elect -
edit > represent Fl-;vd county in that con
vention. and- thv various ewunti'-s i.f the
district were asked to send delegates ro
con> ider t’.ie ad visibility of noting a
Democratic < a plidate for fongrxss.
J have tried to state fairly the situation
as if now exists. What the outcome will
be no one mi cW* inly tdl.
Felton is strong in Fhyd county, fdo
not think. I o cr estimate his strength
when I say t-V l he could cajcy the county
by a Ivinilsome iimjorityif he would come
hero and make a fry speeches.
It is also b ildly clai.ncd ly his- friends
tiiat hu crtitld carry Dade, .Vtyrray, Walk
er, Cobb, IMulding, Ifarrahion and possi
bly Gordon and Polk. Indeed, i have
heard the assertion several times- ma*l
t!iat he can ’ carry Polk, Everett's home
county, by live hundred majority. I
regitrd that m an extravagant Haim, but
it is certain there is strong opposition to
Everett in his own county.
It seems to bo tacitly edßceded just
now that. Bartow is about the strongest
Everett county in the district, and I heard
numerous doubts express-d as to whether
Felton could carry his own ersmty.
There are men ail over the district who
arc fairly itching to sen the Verier-J>le old
doctor mount the stump. He would ever
lastingly wake the echoes and set the
Wupd\ r ° ringing. ,
Ft is believed that Everett -the Baron
of Antioch—is trembling in Ms (mots for
fear old Etowah Dili will call his baud.
Toif -know the Doctor fm ;• ' wrap
book - ’ in which he k' ep a "little list”
of other fellows' wickedm-ss, and it is
freely chargcil that Air, Everett is bn that
list.
My, my, how the fur would fly if the
old Doctor should rap thi Baron a few
hallelujah licks!
f sit si.-rencij in my office, sinilmg at
tiie an xkrt.r of the Everett men and the
enthusiasm of the Felton men, awaiting
.develop,-Tmcts.
Things are in a muddle, and it is diffi
cult- to say just yet wliat a good Demo
crat. should do under the ciwimstimces.
But things will soon take detmiu* shape
aud then “we shall see what we shall see.”
f Wrr.i, J. Nr.et..
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PUIJ* TWKTHKR.
Adairsville Needs Unity of Porpoee.
Get Together.
Bull together
Two magical words.
Citizens of Adairsville did you ever
study seriously about the benefits to t>e
derived by polling together?
Wonders can be accomplished when
the people are united awl all reaching out
for the same object*.
Cities have been made out of cross
roads, and numerous other object* secur
ed by the citizens uniting and letting
their aim be for the upboHdiug of their
country. To accomplish this they ppt
aside personal prejudices and were willing
that their neighbors should prosper a*
well as themselves.
Imp us aH unite and go to work for i
Adnirsville. Ppt the drones in die- lead
and make them do their, sTwe in the
community iu which they rive, then all
will be benefited al’ke.
Pul! to'/nhef.:
“United we stand divided we fall.”
When an office-seeker *mqanceß that
be is mnning “in the interest of the peo
ple”, he means that, he is running in the !
interest of himself first, and then ic that I
fhi :<b>. turd friends.—Brunswick Times.
NUMBER 2T>
IX THE POLITICAL:FIELD..
DR. W. H. PKI.TOX TO BE OTR
NEXT rONC. R UssMA \.
A Man of AbitHjr and Wbo Will V. -p.
rrCßf the H hd- People Rresnl
lea* ufTfaelr Avocation (n fgf
nmt Who 1* a Democrat.
A great deal of interest is being taken
in the more to bring Dr. Felton iaSo the
c'.rtgresrionai race.
Some *pen'rtti/a is being induige*] In
vtn whether he will run. It i* claimed
by mme that b# will tx> defeated, and by
others that he can bn elected if he will
only consent to mo the race.
Nine-tenth* of tint men who have here
tofore fought him,will do oil they can to
elert him. while he will lose a large num
ber of rotes that hare-heretofore been
cot for him. We have talked to a large
namlter of people, and nine out of every
ten talked to are in favor of him.
We have talked with men who have
! -ecu in nearly- every county in the dl
t i t. 4: td they Haim that be will carry
every county in the district they have.
traveled in. It is clahnedrthat be will
carry two-thirds of the counties of the
district which will elert him. ftmne think
that it will be the easiesi race of his life,
while others Haim that it will be the
hardest fought battle ever fought in !b<’
7th, and th and is saving a. great deal,
Some of his old friends c-t the days ot
iadependantism say that it i- h> enemc--
that went him tb-mn, btx; uch i iwt
but by peopC who will do every
thing hnnorably t* 8w t h<m. and i*.
is ftot-their iafanti- n.U, mtr Sc*- but
to eloct him. It is admitted bv all.
That !ho should go back to Omgresa, and
that he is really the only statesman in the
district.
It cannot be denied that he is the man.
Dr. Felton, with his post experience as
a Congressman, would leap right into tbe
front ranks, while anew man of un
known abilities could do nothing.
Dr. Fejton is a man of ability and
would be an honor to thn State, and ihr
old 7th would have a
equal of any Stats m the Union. Such
being the rase, why send a weakling an-1
a man whose thirst for office has cared
him to break bis wool of honor and to do
act* that were not Democratic.
The time is now here wh-n men of
known sldlrty, who > u; be dnewlsd on
in a time of emergency and who will not
have to defend tlieir votes and ard* before
the people, should hold responsible parti
tion*. Can the peof.it: aff-.rtl to igoof"
Dr/Fffkon? No,
He has marie the people of the S4a£t
♦tff.OOl per month. Wlut other m%n in
the Mtate wonld Live undertook b-r
[Kvqjic that the Dr. did? All the in-i
flue rice that could bj brought to lrear
against hint wo* brought, 'but he me-
V.'r,-..-i they have hc!d v<*.'
That k the question.
Dr. Felton sltoahl be in Congress.
He now is the only man that has the
brains to represent the grand old 7t’a and J
he shoukl be sent.
It is said that those trying to get b
to run are lawyers, but such is not ttß
case. One half of the lawyers afl
the followers of the Alliance, Tlm
meeting in Rotne was a reprintsllW
one—men who follow all avocalfbna
life took a frart.
The Pnlpit and the Singe.
Rev. F. ill. Bhrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church. Blue Moin*. Kan. r d
says: “I feel it my duty to teH what |
wefuler%Dr. King's New Discovery has
done for me. ify lungs were badly di*
eased, and my parishioners tnought j
could live only a few weeks. I took five
botriesof Dr, King's New Discovery and
km -ound and well, gaining 26 lbs. in
weight.”
bar Ive, Manager Love’s Funny
Folk* Combination, writes: "After a
thorough trial and convincing evidence, 1
am cofifbb-nt Dr King’s New Ifi*rovery
for Consumption, l>eat* 'em all, jml cures
when everything else fail*. The great**
kindness I can ao my thou*and friends is
to urge the.n to try it.” Free trial bottle*
at ;nv drnflifctT Iteguha' sizer.soc. and
$1 <ffl.
The Tim* tsa>t>. the acquaintance of a
mac who m willing to pay a reward of
f 10,000 for the candidate who will he
hoard enough to declare that he wants
offit*. rimpty D-eause he wants it. —Br ins
wicTime*.
Croup. Whoopi*o Cough >'
Bronchit’s immedi-ttelv • ivliwed by
Shiloh's Cure. At lohn*ot f ? drug .
t >re -JSiF .
