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APAIR-SVILLO LGPGGR. VOL. 1. 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.. - 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 .