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FOR GOVERNOR
W". J. NORTH©^.
OK HANCOCK
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Kvkkktt is only a Demoqrat for
office. _
Evkkktt can be convicted of
fa's o h©od.
Fob “cheap demagogiteiatn
IV W. Everett certainly takes the
cake.
The Alliance leaders think that
their allegiance to the AHjanpe is
greater than to the democratic
party.
The Constitution says that it
will cither be Felton or Everett.
In the opinion of The Ledger it
will b© Felton.
R. >V. EvEhKTT is not a Demo
crat, nor was he nominated by
Democrats. It Las been proven
beyond a doubt.
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wilj the Alliancemep do
now sincet their candidate and con
vention have both repudiated their
pet measure—-the sqb-Tre,sury
bill?
Some day some of our good
democratic Alliance friends will
be aroused trom their Lallucjnatioq
and will find that the Alliance is
not the Democratic party.
Poqq men, can you afford to
loud support to a man that
says if it in he would
not lot you vote ?• R. \V. Eye.rett
ts that pian.
(>H, yes, U. 'W. ‘Kyerett is very
popular at home. In the recent
flection (uf (Relegates tp
be only received sixty-six
out of ISO—his full strength in b,is
i(*ine precinct.
To the esteemed \k)liumhus En
<jHirer-Sun: The Democratic party
of the Seventh is iu \io danger, of
being disrupted, by Dr. Feltpn.
There is more danger from Everett
aud the Alliance than any one else.
Just qbput pow, if a person
Should go t# the Macon Telegraph,
Augusta Chronicle, the two At
lanta dairies and the Columbus
Enquirer-Sun for pure Democracy,
lje could not get it.
It in 100 late, tor Everett and his
friends to (jome to
principles, In return
ing it is only to catch votes, and if
he should be elected he will not do
he says he will. In his case
* Judge the future by the past
NoTwiTHSTAJiDiNOtbe secret boy
cott of the Alliance against The
Lkikjkk it wiil remain a thorn in
side of its leaders for months
come. An argamzation or set of
Ut*u th. t canuot stand criticism
must necessarily be rotten. The
Lkogek’s circulation is increasing
two for every one lost.
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| HON. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
The above-named gentlemen has
s v-red his connection with the
Tribune ot Rome.
In doing so he gives his reasons,
which, according lo our hum’nle
opinion, are very weak. He stated
to the stockholders of the Tribune
that he woull put one question to
R. W. Everett, and if be did not
answer it satisfactorily hp would
pupport Felton. The'question was
put, and the answer was what
every one knowing Everett thought
it would be. He answered that if
the Democratic caucus repudiated
the sub-Treasury bill, he would
also repudiate it. This Jbili Was.
the test made on all Georgia Con
gressmen, and all tailed to indorse
it, and only four of them were able
to overcome the Alliance. In this
district Everett started out en
dorsing this bill, but recently, in
pne of the upper pounti s, he
failed to advocate it—in fact, did
pot say anything when asked. Mr.
Graves made a great mistake in
taking the word of this demagogue,
it he did have witnesses. There
wore witnesses in 1876 and 1886,
but "he did not do what he said he
would. The leading citizens of
nis county are against him—men
whose character are above repr >acli
and w'hose word will go farther
than some of Everett’s friends’
oaths.
Everett is one of the very sine I’
politicians of Georgia, one who*
has a very exalted opinion of him
self and damns pyeryi pe else that
does not agree with .im. His whole
career gives his reply to John
Temple Graves a falsehood.
Besides the above mentioned
years in 1888, the Polk county
Alliance passed a resolution, intro
duced by Dr. I). M. Rusepll, for
bidding the Alliance from going
into politics. R. W. Everett was
in the chair when it passedj but as
soon as the AJliance adjourped he
Commenced to got the suh-Alliances
to endorse him. On hearing that
QtT,L. branch, now a candidate
for the legislature from Polk,
was also, or would likely be, a
candidate for the Legislature, he
seht —or went ’ himself—to Dr.
Branch, and asked him {o submit
their claims, to sub-Alliqnces of
the county. This Dr, Branch
agreed to, but before Darning
the result of their several actions,
he withdrew. Not heedingjthe reso
lution which had been introduced,
Everett went actively to work
to get the Alliance to indorse him.
This is a well-known fact in Polk,
end can be verified. H was in
dorsed by them, but was defeated
in the general ejection by a ma
jority ranging from 200 to 400,
and lost his home prey-inct by
seventeen, majority, and only a
week or two ago got sixty-six voteß
out of 180 in his hopie district.
The friends and supporters of
Dr. Felton in the Seventh district
dp npt care a cent what the papers
call them. They know that they
are right, and, no one can honor
ably question their Democracy.
Delegates were not honestly elect
ed in the counties of Baitow.
Floyd, Dade and Gordon, Repub
licans participated. In the coun
ties of Dade, Polk and Bartow>
Republicans and Greenbackers
were delegates to the Calhoun con
vention. Is that Democracy ? If
it is, God pity the party and men
who are so t blind in. their ignorance
to so claim it.
The Eveping Liar’ alias Herald,
of Rome, is the latest candidate
for public patronage. No names
appear at its masthead, but it is
understood that Zack Hargroves,
Republican candidate for Con
gress, has money in the enterprise,
although it is supporting Everett,
the Alliance candidate. ,
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IS HIS WORD GOOD?
“I certainly will abide the action of
i the Democratic caucus. lam a Demo
crat, and so are my brother Allianeemen.
“R. W. Everett.”
R. W. Everett, in the above, as
in all other cases, when he claimed
to be a Democrat, will not stick.
In 1876 he claimed he would
abide by the action of the Democ
rat c party of his county, biit he
and and not.
In 1886 he said he would abide
by the action of the Democratic
party, and he did not.
He told Dr. Felton that be had
alvfays supported him, and now he
claims that he did not vote for
Feltdn hut once, and it is a no
torious fact in Polk that he did
support the doctor.
Evfrett will simply do anything
for office, ||c is ohe of the most
ambiU|kr;i/n in the State, and
nothiHoo distastetul for him
to do when ; it comes to feathering
his political nest.
He started out in this campaign
as an Aliianceman, and asked the
Allianeemen to vote for him be
cause he wap an Aliianceman, and
not as a Democrat. The sub-
Treisury bill was his hobby, but
of late he has dropped it and
claims to be a Democrat.
R. W. Everett is purely and
simply a demagogue from bead
waters.
DEMOCRATS NORTH AND
SOUTH.
Some of the newspapers of
Georgia are c o afraid of losing a
few of their subscribers, and what
few did oppose the Alliance for a
while are now trying to gain *hem
back again, are busily stulti
fying themselves, and make all
sorts of claims and have the har
dihood *o assert still that the
Alliance is the Democratic party.
The Atlanta Journal is one of the
papers that is busy slobbering over
the leading Allianeemen, and
hopes to get them, no doubt, to
recommend it in the sub-A!liauce.
Read thi* trpru its Monday edition :
“'file folly of aiiy attempt to, draw a
lino of division between tine Democrats
and the Ailiuncemeu 6f thy South is
shown fu the proceedings' of 'Hie present
Congress. Only northern Democrats have
joined Congressmen from the south iu de
ieuding the rights or interests of the Al
liancemen of this section. They were
aided ouly by northern Democrats in
opposing the high duties on cotton ties
and bagging, and by few except north
ern Democrats in imposing the tax on
compound (or cotton seed on) lard. The
south has no • political friends in the
north outside the Democratic party of
that section.”
The Journal is fully aware of
the fact that the northern Demo
crats, by a large majority, have
all along with the southern
Democrats in tariff reform.
The Journal persists in stultify
ing itself to be a big dog with tne
Alliance, and makes assertions
that are hard to substantiate.
Furthermore, the issues of the
Alliance aro not being fought in
the present Congress, and nothing
is done tor the Alliance more than
for all farmers of every section,
and in fighting the tax on cotton
seed oil ana cotton ties, it was not
done, for the benefit of Alliance
men more, than non-Alliancemen,
but for all.
Qn September 3 Zack Hargroves
said that it was necessary for him
to make a bid to the negroes to
keep their vote off of Felton—un
less he did Everett would not have
the pleasure of going to Congress.
So you, see that Hargroves is run
ning, in the interest of Everett and
not Fetyon, as the Cedartown Liar
says. _/
The Iron City News, Cedartown,
& three weeks' old paper, is making
a strong fight against its county
man, R. VT. Everett, The News
has not been bought up with prom
ised patronage from the Alliance,
but is fighting for principle. If
ybu wish to get all the trutn about
R. W. Everett, subscribe for the
News,
JOHN LOCKE MARTIN.
For a while a great deal of spec
ulation was indulged in as to who
would succeed John Temple Graves
as editor of the Tribune of Rome,
but those on the inside know there
was hut one man for the place—a
man endowed with all the ability
and grace necessary to make the
Tribune what it should bo - John
I*oeke Martifc.
The: Ledger congratulates Capt.
Seay and the people of Rome on
securing the services of the above
nemed gentleman, and they will
never have cause to regret in put
ting their faith in Mr. Martin.
Here’s to yon, John, and may hap
piness and prosperity ever be thine.
None of our exchanges excel
The Adairsville Ledger ii>*,the
manly courage with which it advo
cates its convictions; and Jack
Majors is as true to straigtout Jef
fersonian democracy as the needle
is to the pole. He has many
friends and readers in Polk who
wish him long life, prosperity and
success m whatever he may under
take.—Cedartown News.
In bis speech at Esom Hill at
the commencement of this cam
paign. Everett denied every charge
in The Ledger, but old man
Brewster, a good old Baptist
preacher, said lie knew the charges
to be true, partly from personal
knowledge and pertly from re
liable persons, and says he would
have voted for Everett gladly until
denied the truth.
The Cedartown Standard says
that Dr. Felton had received a
petition of 1,000 white voters in
Bartow countv asking him not to
run for Congress. We are author
ized to state that the Standard
published a malicious, deliberate,
bare-faced lie. No such a petition
has ever been received by the
doctor.
Before this campaign is over
watch and you will find out that
word has been sent out to the differ
ent lodges that Everett would face
about and iu his public addresses
would refuse to discuss the sub-
Treasury hill. If this has not been
done it will be.
Poor men read Mr. Everett’s ca
reer and doctrine and see if you can
afford to elect him to serve you in
the lower house of Congress. His
every act proves him to be your
greatest enemy. To do yourself
justice you will vote against him.
The Atlanta Journal and Con
stitution are proclaiming with
double leads to the people to
stand by the nominee, but do not
say by what nominee, the Alliance
or Democrats. We will support
the Democratic nominee—Dr. W.
H, Felton.
Candidate Everett was nomina
ted on the sub-treasury platform,
and as an Aliianceman pledged to
support that scheme against all
comers. Now Candidate Everett
says if he is elected to Congress he
will go into the Democratic caucus
and support the action of that cau
cus. And Candidate Everettt
knows that that caucus will not
favor the absurd, unconstitutional
and class-oppressive sub-treasury
scheme.—Tribune of Rome.
Just So.
Pierce Young, who was an oppo
nent of Felton at the time of his
mdepedent candidacy, once said of
him, when asked how his Democ
racy stood the test in Congress:
“That’s, the trouble,” said Pierce,
“his Democratic record cannot be
i impeached, and, as to his honesty,
there is not money enough in the
“United States ireasury to buy him
off from the line of duty.”—Trib
une of Rome.
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FRIGHTENED!
TRYINGTO GET THE PEOPLE!
TO SAY THAT THEY WILL
VOTE FOR THE BARON.
WHISTLING TO KEEP THEIR
COURAGE UP!
With All Their Bragadocto They Are
Pale Behind the Kars—Only Three
MenWoatdAgree to Sign Their
Manhood Away—Weak!
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Papers were being handed around in
Cedartowu last Saturday asking for the
signatures of men who would promise tn>
vote for R. W. Everett for congress.
Its a fact; you needn’t laugh.
Did you ever, in these many long years
past, hear bf such a transgression of law
and freedom? The very idea of asking a
a voter to pledge himself in such a way l
It actually seems ludicrous, and it is
really as ludicrous as it seems.
We understand from one who was
asked to sign it, but refused to do so, and
he was an Everett man, too, that there
were but three or four signatures on the
paper which was handed to him.
We heard one or two say that Mr.
Everett started around these papers, but
we have our doubts about it being a fact.
We do not believe that Mr. Everett would
use such means to test his voting strength,
nor to find out who were for or against
him.
The movement is too previous, to say
the least of it.
Of course a man does not have to sign
the paper; but remember, that a good
many men who love and esteem Mr. Ev
erett intend to vote against him, should
Dr. Felton be his opponent, who do not
care for their business to be the business
of the public, nor for Mr. Everett to know
how they voted.
If they were all as independent as they
should be about such matters, they
wouldn’t be troubled; but some tremble
with fear of hurting tlieir business. God
knows, if they would build up their bus
iness and serve their country well, they
would vote for the Democratic sage of
Bartow, and “give to the wind” their
shaky fears.
We doubt not but that those who were
handing the papers around meant well,
and thought that in so doing they were
serving their candidate faithfully nr.cl
pleasing him. They had no intention of
intruding upon the rights of tbeir coun
trymen.
It beats the world for enterprise.—Ce
dartown News.
Are They Serfs ?
It is currently reported that orders
have been issued from headquarters that
all Allianeemen stay away from Dr.
Falton’s meetings.
If such be the case and the order is
obeyed, then the rank and file of the Al
liance in the Seventh district are no bet
ter than Russian serfs. Their manhood
is a thing of the past; a mocking
memory.
But the Tribune does not believe that
such an insolent and insulting edict
would be obeyed. The Tribune has too
much confidence in the grit and spunk of
the hardy yeomanry of the Seventh dis
trict to for one moment believe that they
would not instantly and emphatically
declare their freedom and assert their in
dependence.
And yet, wdierein lies the difference
between such a command and the one
which forbids an Aliianceman voting for
any candidate who will pledge himself to
support the sub-Treasury scheme ?
The secret political organization boss
seems to have a powerful pull these days.
—Rome Tribune.
A Jewel of Consistency.
Everett said in his speech in
Calhoun.
“I will abide by the action of the
Democratic caucus in some meas
ures.”
Then again in his speech at the
court house in Rome •
“I will abide by the Democratic
caucus in certain measures.”
Now since that old war horse of
Democracy, William H. Felton, is
after Kim,iist + s “anything, Lord—
everything. I’ll swallow the At
lantic ocean to go to Congress.”—
Tribune of Rome.
Candidate Everett is. like the
Irshman’s flea; when you put your,
finger on him he isn’t there. —TriW,.
une of Rome.
