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factioual bitterness that divided the
party in 1804. Conclusive evidence
that Gen. Evans harbors no feeling
of resentment against his late conipet -
itor for the Governorship is formed
in tho fact that lie took the stump for
Gov. Atkinson in 1804; and that, in
the early part of 1800, when Gov. At-
kisnon wbr considering the advisabili
ty of quitting politics anti resuming tjje
practice of Ids profession, Gen. Evans
AN EXPLANATION IIIAI 1)0 hSN’7 ur( , ed him not to do so, on the ground
NEWNAN, ga.,
FRIDAY,
FEB. 18.
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Official Organ of
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1CX PL A IN.
Wo printed last, week the letter
written by Col. A. I). Candler to lion.
Max Meyerhardt, of Home, in which
the men who supported lion. W. Y.
Atkinson In his first race for the Gov
ernorship were denounced in bitter
terms as “traders, tricksters,” etc.,
and calling upon all Evans men to
rally to ills (Candler’s) support and '
assist in “burying them (the Atkinson
men) so deep In October that the
hand of resurrection will never reach 1
them,” etc. In the same issue we j
printed Col. Candler’s defiant and
bombastic reply to a telegram from
Judge .1. 11. Estes, of Gainesville, in
which ho acknowledged the author- j
ship or the letter and dared those [
whom lie had maligned to come out |
Into the open and defend themselves
against the charges which he had pre
ferred against them. Wo print this
week another statement from Col.
Candler, In which he disclaims any
purpose of giving offense to the men
who supported Gov. Atkinson four
years ago, and that ho did not intend
to reflect upon Gov. Atkinson’s ad
ministration. Moreover, that not
more than half a dozen of the “Evans
letters” wero sent out, and those only
in response to private loiters received
from friends in different pnrts of the
Stale, lie avers, also, that ills res
ponses to these letters were confiden
tial, and wore so marked.
Col. Candler’s explanation of tho
motives that prompted the “Evans
letter,” and his objection to tho con
struction put upon It by the public,
has not been favorably received by
the people. The cringing tone as
sumed in his letter of explanation is
In such marked contrast to the lan
guage and spirit of the “Evans let
ter" as to excite general- disgust.
Hardly less humiliating to the mili
tant wing of the Candler faction was
tho comparison of Col. Candler's let
ter of explanation with the doughty
declaration to Judge Eat os that he
assumed tile authorship of the “Evans
letter,” and that ho 'Hind nothing to
retract or deny.” Roth the “Evans
letter” anil the telegram to Judge
Estes breathed war and courage in
every line. That ho failed to main
tain a b ild front to tiro end has caused
surprise and disappointment to Ids
friends. They expected him to pur
sue the “enemy” to tho last ditch,
and, ns a climax to Ids valorous cru
sade, “bury them (lli'o Atkinson
men) so deep in Ooto'.iyr that the
hand of resurrection will never reach
them.”
Wo regret to note, also, that an Is
sue of veracity Inn been raised in the
discussion of tho “Evans letter.”
Col. Candler claims that this letter
was written in response to some half
a dozen private communications re- ,
eelved from friends in different parts ,
of the State, and that ids replies were
marked “conlldential.” Judge Max
Meyerhardt assorts that he does not
know Col. Candler, had never at any
time communicated with him, that
the letter received by 1dm'was in cir
cular form, and that it was not mark
ed “confidential.” It has since de
veloped Lhat.one of the letters was 1
sent to a man in L'lGrnnga who had
been dead two years, and another to
a llrm In Marietta that Imd been dis
solved for more than a year. In fact,
copies of the letter have turned up in
a dozen different localities, If news
paper reports are to be credited. It
is pomdble, of course, that Col. Can
dler’s campaign amanuensis may.
have sent out a number of these let
ters without ids knowledge or au
thority, aud this is doubtless the best
explanation that can be offered. At
any rate, we are disposed to accept
this belief, unless Ool. Gaudier shall I
see flt to make a contrary statement.
It is a bad piece of business, view
ed in any light, and has raised a
storm that will not blov over in a
day.
•4.Y f/.YII'd HU A XTEI) LWE11TY.
Col, Candler “Explains” That
Letter.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12.—Col. A. D.
Candler this afternoon gave out the
following statement in reference to
tiio Meyerhardt letter and alleged in
sult to Gov. Atkinson’s friends and
administration:
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12, 1808
Communicated.
A Costly Monument,
Does .the Confederate soldier real
ize what a costly monument the
United States government is erecting
to their valor and heroism? If not,
let him examine the Federal pension-
roll—gratuities to n soldiery that was
that his candieacy for re-election
would strengthen the party in its
light against the combined forces of
Republicanism and Populism. That
Gen. Evans was sincere hi this belief,
and that he bad no fear of the “rav
ishment” of the party by Gov. At
kinson and his supporters, is attested
by tho following letter—
“Atlanta, Ga., March 7, 180f5.— j
dov. W. Y. Alkinmm.—Dha’r Si it:
1 read in this afternoon’s Journal tluil
you contemplated tho possibility of J
declining tho assured,nomination and ;
election this year for tho office of
Governor. I bog leave to say most ;
sincerely to you that, in my judg- !
mont, your candidacy is of the high - '
est Importance at tills juncture, and 1
i hope you may lie able to render
that service in tho present exigency.
“I am very respectfully yours,
“Olemnnt A. Evans.”
No further proof is needed that
Gen. Evans entertained for Gov. At
kinson at that time the kindliest and
most friendly fpellng, and that these
sentiments wore cordially recipro
cated by Gov. Atkinson was shown a.
few weeks ago when lie tendered
Gen. Evans a place on the Prison
Commission, without solicitation or
suggestion from Gen, Evans or his
friends.
In fact, Gen. Evans has sot a noble
example by Ids course since tho cam
paign of 181)4, which some of ids for
mer followers would do well to emu
late. It iH certainly in striking con
trast to the course w hich Col. Gau
dier is pursuing in tills campaign—so
striking, indeed, as to render com
parison ridiculous.
A ki:w weeks ago there was a heat
ed contest in Augusta for tho mayor-
ally or that city. Throe candidates
wero in tho race, but lion. Patrick
Walsh was finally victorious, and his
triumph wns duly celebrated by ids
friends and partisans. Among those
who scut telegrams of congratulation
to Mr. Walsh was Ool. Allen D. Can
dler. llis message was as follows:
“Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2, I8i)7.
Most hearty congratulations. All
true Democrats are gratified. Your
defeat would have been a disgrace to
Augusta. “A. D. Canulkk.”
This is strange language, coming
from a candidate for tho Governor
ship who is appealing to the old sol
dier vote, especially when we romein-
lior that Mr. Dunbar, one of the de
feated candidates in the contest re
ferred to, is a one-armed ’Confeder
ate veteran. Would il have been a
“disgrace to Augusta" for this gaj-
lant old soldier to have been chosen
for tho office of mayor, and can it be
that “all true Democrats are grati-
ilod” at Ids defeat? Col. Candler’s
telegram of congratulation, quoted
above, furnishes additional proof of
liis genius for blundering, and of his
capacity for stirring up strife
party.
To thcPebplc of Georgia: On my rc- j recruited from every nation and clime
turn to my office to-day from the sick on earth. While thero were thous
lied of a near relative, where I have imds 0 f brave men w.’io fought for the
been for two days, I And a personal Union (ind were ns , lone8t in their
letter written by me Bevoral days ago T
. . , . , , , - / * i convictions as were our ownLee,
has been printed and paraded in such , v , . , , T ,
a manner ns to make it proper for ; John8ton > Jaekson and Lee, there
me to take public notice of it. The , werfi many other thousands who felt
construction attempted to lie put on about tho same interest in the result
the letter, and the base use made of i that a prowling nigger feels in his
it, is both unfair and unwarranted. j neighbor’s hen-foost.
“ i lint I should have intended to | The Confederates were to the
wound the large number of Demo- manor born nnd woro as honeBt ln
crats who honestly supported Gov. t
Atkinson, when I had before me
thousands of letters from them urg
ing me to become a candidate for
Governor, is simply absurd nnd in
credible to any sensible {min. Among
those letters was one from Clarke
county, a majority of the signers of
which wero staunch supporters of
Gov. Atkinson, and to have gratuit
ously offended them would have
been ungracious, not to say unpur-
| donnbio folly. Nor have I at any
thr-ir heroic fight ns wero their rebel
\ ancestors in the Revolutionary War ’
against ihe mother country. It was j
an army of home-raised heroes—God ;
i bless ttieir memory!
The Federal pension-roll is a monii- !
ment that will last for untold ages. I
i Marble and granite are as dust com- |
pared to it. At least one-fourth of ■
tho grand i army of pension-grabbers 1
i aro foreigners—tho bulk of them
ition. Another fourth
d Yankees” — men !
from the Southern States!
Oku ur Mit. Wheeler’s Critter Co.
time attacked Gov. Atkinson or his \ the scum of cri
administration. i ,. re “guivani;:
“I wrote the letter under these
circumstances: I had letters from
different purls of the State, and in
formation given mo personally in my | Wlmt pleasure is there in life with
headache, constipation and bilious-
office, from men whose .judgment I I
thought was good, saying that, in cer
tain counties in the State an effort
would bo made to try and get snap
judgment against mo—iih they claim
had been done in other campaigns. 1
knew there were active efforts on the
part of certain astute politicians tiero
and elsewhere to bring out opposition
to me.
“It was not, therefore, expected by
me, slur
tionod
Governor, Hint I would bo permitted
to make the race without opposition,
whatever my desire may have boon.
“1 have been well posted as to the
various efforts that have been made
to bring out opposition to me by men
ness? Thousands experience them
who could become perfectly healthy
by uaing DoWitt’s Little Early Risers,
tlie famous little pills.* G. R. Bradley.
Hope for Mogansville.
Special to Atlanta Journal.
Washington, Fob. 14.—The Post-
mn8ter-Goiicr.il tins agreed to take up j
the Mogansville postofllce case, with j
my name had been mop- | (l view of appointing a postmaster ac-
a probable candidate for ceptablo to the people nnd establish- !
ing a postofllce. Ho will look into tho
charges which have been made against
Loftln, and if they are substan
tiated, the Postmaster-Goneral will
in all probability call for the negro’s
resignation and appoint a whito man,
who had certain purposes to subserve, wb j e i, j H j„ ]j n0 with Gen. Gary’s pol-
nnd by others who wanted to put rue j j cv _'
in a position to be under obligations
to them if 1 was elected.
“1 made up my mind when I first
considered the question of my candi
dacy to make no promises, but to in
quire of Democrats throughout tiio
btute what they thought of tiio sug
gestion of my candidacy, and in my
letter of inquiry I briefly outlined tho
platform t would run on as a candi
date and what tho people might ex
pect of me if oleeted. I sent these
letters all over tho State, indiscrimi
nately to supporters of Gov. Alkin-
son and Gen. Evans, and if I over
looked any it was those upon whom I
could rely on under any circumstances
Representative Adamson feels hope
ful that something may soon lie done
and the disagreeable incident closed.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation.
Mrs. Nobles Sentenced.
Macon, Feb. 14.—Mrs. Elizabeth
Nollies, the notorious prisoner now
confined in tho Bibb county jail, lias
thirty-night more days of life under
tiio sentence of death passed upon
her on Saturday evening by Judge
C. (). Smith, of tho Oconee circuit, in
Twiggs county.
WjtTnless executive clemency is ex-
if I concluded to announce my candi- tended to the old woman she will
IIREENsnouo Herald-Journal: “It is
now given out that Judge Spencer
! Atkinson, reoontly of tiio Supreme
I Court, but now Railroad Commission
er, will enter tho race for Governor
against Hon. Allen 1). Candler. He is a
brainy and popular man, and should
ho enter wo do not believe that the
■ people of Georgia will witness any
mud-slinging between him and tho
honest ‘plow-boy ot Pigeon Boost.’”
Rome Tribune: “In Sunday morn
ing’s papers it. took him (Candler)
over a column to make an attempted
explanation of tiio circular letter. As
he had previously said he would ‘re
tract nor deny’ anything in the letter,
his apologetic epistle of Sunday ap
pears to lie ‘begging the question.’
His letter is indefensible.”
dacy. 1 felt deeply flattered at tho
replies I received.
“Among tho many letters and pe
titions sent me* wns a petition from
| Clarke county, nnd after I had fully
| deliberated on the subject, I conelu-
1 lied to answer all these letters by an-
! swuring that petition, which I did,
j consenting to make an announcement
as a candidate for Governor.
“On tlie petition handed to mo
from Clarice county wore many names
who I knew wero supporters of Gov.
Atkinson, as against Gen. Evans, and
even mini who had opposed me when
I was it lie Democratic nominee for
n the'i Congress from that district. To sup-
■ pose that l would bo indiscreet
I enough to intontioi’ally say any tiling
publicly or privately to attack those
men who had so honored mo, no man
would intimate who lias been ac
quainted with my life.
“In private letters that I wrote to
hang in the Jeffersonville jail-yard on
March 25th next.
Well
Children
that arc not very* robust need a
warming:, building and fat-forming*
food—something' to be used for two
or three months in the fall, that
they may not suffer from cold.
EMUl&BQN
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos-
inform tho parties to whom they were phites of Lime and Seda supcfics
written of certain facts, i deemed it , exactly what they want. They
No feature of the controversy grow
ing out of the circulation of the now
famous “Evans letter” has evoked
more criticism, perhaps, lh.au is be
ing directed at Col. Candler for the
unwarranted liberty which ho took
with Gen. Evans’ name in trying to
stir up strife an;! discord in the par
ty. That the use of Gen. Evans’
name in furtherance of so question
able a scheme was without his know
ledge or authority, is hardly worthy
of dental. This grand old uian lias
shown in many ways that the differ
ences and animosities growing out of knows but for that reason the people
the Atkinson-Evans campaign have will rally to bis support?”
Waycuoss Herald: “Candler
about trickery in politics. Was there
ever a trickier trick than his trick of
trying to secretly array the Evans
men in his ranks? If Atkinson was
elected by fraud Candler was a party
to the crime, for he ran oil the ticket,
spoke for Hie ticket, and voted the
ticket.”
Coir Mill's Enquirer-Sun: “Col.
Candler should get the pen with
which ly> wrote that famous letter
and preserve it. It is one of the kind
that is mightier than the sword—only
it is like the little boy’s single-barrel
shotgun, when Hie tube flew out—
‘hit went off backwards.’ ’’
COLUM Ill's Ledger: “It is under
stood that the corporations through
out the State will tight Spencer At
kinson. Snob opposition might be
counted in llie Judge’s favor, and who
been completely buried, so far as lie
is concerned, and we are sure there is
not a man iu the State who deplores
more sincerely than he the effort
made by Col. Candler to revive the
Rome Tribune: “It was stated by a
responsible gentleman yesterday that
fifty members of Hie Candler club in
Rome would ask to have their names
erased from its membership.”
proper for them to know and to in
form them Hint 1 would not tolerate
in this campaign anything of Hie kind
of which my correspondents had giv
en me notice. 1 was perhaps more
specific Ilian may have been necessary
had I not been answering specitlc com
plaints made in tho personal letters
received by me, and the limguago
used has been purposely perverted to
give offense where none was intended.
“It is not my desire to open any |
old sores. I want the party harmo- '
nious and united, and this can only bo j
accomplished through fair aud honest
methods. 1 do not want the oflice of .
Governor by any other menus, nor do i
T wish it for.any other purpose than
to serve the people honestly and j
faithfully. I will certainly not attempt j
to interfere with a free expression of
lhe people’s choice, nor will 1, if
elected, seek to dictate to them who .
my successor shall be.
“Allen D. Candler.”
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