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TflE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1884.
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wti
A ookmumos to regulate the fees of law
yers would be Just as legitimate and rea
sonable aa on* to determine the profits of
owners of railroad stock.
Burnt'* name was presented In the
Chicago oonvention by a blind man. Tlio
consequence of following “a blind guide’
Will be apparent h> November.
Tnx returns are all in and no question
■jan be raised es to the Immensity of the
trait crop. All of the conditions in Geor
are favorable to fruit-growing, and the
Mnntiful yield of the present crop will
give a new impetus to the business. Fruit
growing Is a pleasant bnilneae, and it can
be made as profitable In Georgia as in the
Middle States.
A noon many communities are wanting
railroads, bat are not getting teem. Peo
ple are not wildly anxious to put money
into a business the profits of which are
controlled by three men hi altttle room up
In Atlanta. The Railroad Commission la
a barrier to railroad enterprise In Georgia,
in that it places the control of railroad
property In other hands than those who
bnild, equip and ran the roads.
Axd so the Mulligan Man Is the nomi-
ncc! The Federal office-holders in the
South, In a body, were opposed to him, and
they are not happy. They thought they
knew which aids of the bread was butter
ed, but they didn’t. Well, settlements are
good things, and Jimmie is a good hand
at making them—except when Mulligan
and a Congressional Investigation commit
tee are the other parties to them. The
Federal office-holders In the8outhof the
Arthur petsnaaion were ‘‘faithful unto
death,” as they doubtlesa observe.
Buixe and Logan have been placed up
on a platform that indorses the doctrine
of protection squarely and fairly. Now,
we shall see what Beecher and the other
tree trad.rs will do. who sodelight tolisten
la the eloquence of Carlisle, Blackburn
and Hurd, that they dine and wine them
to foment discord and divisions amongst
the Democracy.
Wx present In another column portions
of a leading editorial from the Conrier-
Jounmt, In relation to the candidacy of
Mr. Ttlden. U r. Watterson speaks by su
thority, and between this and the eighth
day of Jnty, Just one month, the Demo-
. cratlc party mast agree upon a leader and
a plan of campaign for a desperate politi
cal con teat.
The Constitution's Last Less.
The Conelilulion has legs nnd legs.
It has what it calls its beat legs, and
these it sends forth on State occasions,
conquering and to conquer. It sent its
best iegs down to Macon and had them
gaily decorated witli ribbons and
atrearaers, to do many wonderful
works, and to teach the Maconitcs for
what purpose best legs wore created.
Alas for human ambition! Its best
legs were its last legs; and, as it has
nothing else to stand upon, let the un
dertaker proceed to do ilia duty.
ftepubllcan Platform.
. The reader will find, in its appropri
ate place, tlie platform adopted by the
liepablican convention at Chicago yes
terday. It is a unique piece of work,
deftly fitted together, and full of im
plied promises, which its authors would
be tlio last to redeem.
The resolution with regard to the
reform of tlio civil service may be
taken as a specimen plank of
the platform. Tim party has
rcsis.ed evuy effort at real
reform, and when rales for the improve
ment of the civil servico have been
adopted, it has sought to evade and
neutralize them in tlio most shameless
manner. This is known to all men.
And yet the convention felicitates the
party upon the “reform of the civil
service auspiciously begun under a Re
publican administration,” and urges its
completion by “» further extension of
the system.”
The position taken upon the ques
tion of the public lands is equally in
sincere and unblushing. After voting
away hundreds of millions of acres in
tho most fraudulent manner, nnd for
the most corrupt purposes, tho con
vention has the effrontery to declare
that these lands “slionld be
reserved as far as possible for
small holdings by actual settlers,” and
that the party is “opposed to the acqui
sition of large tracts of these lands by
corporations or individuals.” The
country has not forgotten the vast tracts
of valuable lands that have been given
to these same corporations, whilst ac
tual settlers have been required to pay
for “the small holdings” they have ac
quired.
The position taken as to the restora
tion of our foreign commerce, the re
building of the navy, the relative rights
of the States and the Federal Union
or “nation,” as the platform formally
designates it, and other topics of a po
litical character, are equally evasive
and lacking in frankness. Of course,
the pestilent Southern Democrats could
not expect to escape the anathemas of
the black and white patriots. They
come in for their full share of abuse
and vilification; but we are used to
that, and expected nothing better.
The resolution witli regard to inter
State railway supervision by the gen
eral government will attract wide at
tention. The convention declares it to
be tho policy and purpose of the party
to “regulate railway corporations,“and
to “prevent unjust discriminations and
excessive charges for transportation.”
It will be but a short step to take pos
session of the roads and the tele
graphic wires, and then, if not now,
we shall be a “nation” indeed—per
haps in time a centralized despotism.
Rut tho most adroit part of the plat
form is the tariff plank, which is liter
ally “all things to all men.” It con
tains many promises, 1>nt they are all
qualified, and suggests many changes
which are only tubs thrown to the
free trade whale. No opinion
ventured with regard
the internal revenae system and Inter
nal Improvements. The Democrats
are twitted for not reducing the heavy
surplus In the treasury, and many
hopes are held out of relief from the
results of their own (Kepuhlican)policy
and legislation.
Rntwo shall have to defer farther
notice of this and other parte of the
platform.
A jaunt through a considerable portion
of Georgia and Alabama has developed the
fact tliat the crops of corn and cotton wen
never in a better condition at this season
of the year. The plauu are vigorous and
healthy, the land has been worked like
vegetable garden and is just In condition
to receive the Jane rains that are beginning
to foil. The outlook, so for, Is all that
could bo wished for.
Fkze rations of clothes, victuals and
liquor have demoralised John Sherman's
brother BUL He threatens to move awty
from 8L Louis and leave it to the solitude
of its 400,000 inhabitants, if the water com
pany should insist on his paying for water
privileges like the noo-pauper class. Ike
dty is ^formed at tha alternative, and will
likely make up a purse to “deadhead” him
on water. It la proper to add that be
doesn't want the fluid for drinking pur-
“Two hundred and fifty thousand ma
rine* have been dispatched to Suakim
■ays the New York Tribune. Thera is one
trouble In the way of this statement
Then an not that manymarines in Europe,
Asia, Africa, and Nurtk and South Amer
ica alt told. Editor Bold appears to list#
been entirely overcome by ilia result
Chicago, and all matter* with him are
i-vidently taking a “marine" tendency.
But be baa tha biggest sort of a bulge on
Editor Jonee-all the same.
Judo a Willis, at the r» assembling
tha Muscogee Superior Coart, addressed
nan* very appropriate remarks to the
grand jury with reference to the proprie
ty and asceoslty of protecting the officers
of tha coarts In tha discharge of their du
ties. This was right A disposition to
protect witnesses and Barths litigant froi
abuse at tbs hands of lncoiwderste coun
sel tsuurother consideration worthy of tha
Attention of judges.
TftA Republican Ticket.
The reader will sue by reference to
our Chicago dispatches that lion.
James Gillespie Blaine, of Mnino, was
yesterday nominated by the Republi
can convention, on the fourth ballot,
for President of the United States.
It required lit votes to make
the nomination, and Mr. Blaine
received 3112 on tlio first ballot,
J49 on the second, .‘175 on the third,
and 544 on tlio fourth ami last. A des
perate effort was made to defeat him,
but it became evident alter tlio con
vention entered upon the second bal
lot, that thi* could not lie done, and
that “tho plumed knight,” as his
friends are wont to call him, would
carry off the glittering prize for which
ho and they hare so long struggled.
Mr. Blaine is a dashing lender, and
possesses many striking and attractive
personal qualities. Such is the testi
mony of friends and foes alike.] jTltere
seema to he some doubt, however,
whether, in such a contest as that be
fore him, requiring great steadiness
and staying qualities, he willjprove the
strongest (candidate . the; party could
have selected. With the younger class
of men he is exceedingly popular,
but by a considerable faction of
his party lie is regarded with
feelings intense hostility. This is
particulars true of New York, where
lie is hc^l responsible for the overthrow
and humiliation of Mr. Conkling. In
the great West, in the Rocky Mountain
States and along the Pacific coast, his
following is strong and enthusiastic,
and all over the country he will receive
the general support of his party. In
tho four debatable States of New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Indiana, it is not believed he
is stronger than his party. In
deed it is doubtful whether ho can
poll the full strength of the party in
those pivotal States. The defeat A
Arthur carries with it the final over
throw of Mahone, and secures beyond
question the vote of Virginia. This of
itself—the disaster to Mahone—is a
matter of no little consequence, since
it destroys the lost stronghold of rene-
gadeism in the South.
Witli a proper nomination by the
Democrats, therefore, and the adop
tion of the Ohio platform,
seu no reason why they should
not he successful, unless the Morrison
horizontal knife has cut deeper than
its supporters have affected to believe.
In no probable event will either side
haven walk-over. On the contrary,
the contest will be earnest and despe
rate, hut will, we trust, he Iree from
abuse and vituperation. Tho Demo
crats have the argument on their side,
and can well afford to rely npuu the
weapons of truth and reason.
James O. Blaine resides In Augusts, Maine,
was bom In Washington county, l'cnusyl*
ranis, January 31,1890. Graduated at Wash*
Ington College, Pennsylvania; adopted the
editorial profession, and went to Maine, where
ho edited the Portland Advertiser and then
the Kennebec Journal. He was a mcmberol
the Maine Legislature In IMS, 'SO, 'St and 'CL
service the last two years as Speaker
of the House. He was elected to the
thirty-eighth, thlrty.ulnth, fortieth, forty-
first, forty-second and forty-third Con
gresses, serving In tho three last as
Speaker. He was rc-elcetcd tothe forty-fourth
Congress; was subsequently chosen I'nltc-l
States Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Lolt M. Morrill, appoint
ed Secretary of the Treasury, and was elected
for the ensuing term. Upon the Inauguration
of President Utrflcld, Mr. Blalno was appoint
ed Secretary of State, held the position till
the assassination of the President, and (or
some months after the accession of Vice-Pres
ident Arthur, since resigning the Secretary
ship, in lost, ho has been engaged In literary
work.
In speaking of “they" Mr. Tlldcn referred | coincided with 118 fully. There was an
s^^«. D hs d irvTc^! h ° ne,t ^ T nne#H t 1 ind T nde r
relations with him. He laid bat they bad j thought anu action in
sonic purpoten to subserve which would > these Alabanmians that must
have been Injured by the Idi mediate publics-j have impressed the most indifferent
tlou Of the letter, aad as he. pe rsou.lly, did I nWrvBr ,i.„, „
not care (or a little delay he consented to
withhold it until the meeting of the ,£tate
convention.
Admitting these circumstantial state
ments to he true—and time will soon
show whether they are or not—a
prompt and satisfactory explanation
from tho New York Sun and its news
paper satellites in other parts of the
country, will be next in order. If it
shall appear that tho conspirators,con
cealing themselves in the sick cham
ber of this frail old man, Imre all the
time been hatching a fraud against the
Democratic party, they will he pretty
sure to hear something drop very
soon.
Governor Cleveland, of New York,
Is said to be the candidate in whose
Itehnlf the plotters have been at work
The latest intelligence is to the effect,
however, that of the 51 county dele
gates thus fur selected in that great
State, 40 are for Flower and only 5
for Cleveland. Thus the diggers are
likely to be the first to fall into the |*it
they have been preparing for others.
How to Bur Southsrn Delegates.
Tha Washington Star aays that “sev
eral gentlemen at the capital were
discussing the subject of the purchase
of Southern delegate* at Chicago. One
of them said:
“Those purchased vote* can't be
relied on. These darkle* from the
South will sell their votes as often
they can, and then maybe go back on
all who bought them.”
'They can do them as Don Cameron
did in 1880,” suggested another. “He
would cut a $100 hill in two and give
half of It to a Southern delegate, and
when the delegate had voted for Grant,
heconld go back and get the other
half.”
Cameron showed his good sense, as
well as his knowledge of the colored
statesman. The latter will sell his vote
as long as he can find a purchaser.
This has been often demonstrated In
the Sooth—even in the capital of at
least one Southern State.
But if the negro sells his vote once,
we see no reason why he should
not aell it twice—as long, in
deed, as the trolls are kept open,
am) politicians are corrupt and
foolish enough to furnish the money.
Many of our highest offices, notably
seats in the Senate, have been pur
chased with gold. That body is made
up in large part of rich men—some
of them exceedingly common-place—
who have climbed to that high posi
tion upon metallc ladders. An ambi
tions millionaire can afford to spend
his ducats freely—even Imy out an im
pecunious and thriftless member—then
set him np elsewhere and pay his
salary.
The negro, whether a field hand or a
statesman, is ever on the make. There
is hardlyone who will not hold ahorse
for a passing gentleman for a quarter,
and the foci tliat he U a delegate to Chi
cago does not change his nature.
Russia jnstiflsa her recent Astatic con
quests on the ground that she is simply
"defining her frontiers." This couldn't
b* beat by a Republican convention.
The Tllden Boomerang.
Under this heading the Charleston
iVnit and Courier, one of the ablest and
most discreet, as well as one ot the
best informed Democratic papers in tho
South, prints tire following article, to
which we invite the attention of
thoughtful men;
The favor with which tho “old ticket'
regarded now In Texas and Georgia Is solid
encouragement to the politicians who, from
various motives, have been hurrahing fur
Tllden. Tho News and Courier looks upon the
Tllden Loom as a political fraud. The manu
facturers of the boom know that It la a cheat
and a anare, and by appeals to sentiment and
tradition lead astray the rank and file of the
Democracy. So far as the Tlldcn movement
goes, the Democracy are hoodwinked by the
machine politicians and political rings. But
the Democratic party will be saved from
Tlldcn in spite of the politician*. We (eel
sure that he will not venture to be n cand Plate.
Straws show It. Positive statements that he
will decline are not wanting. The following
statement 1* made by the Washington IW
“The Post has authentic Information full
and complete. Mr. TUd.-u will not lie a caudl-
date before the July convention and he will
not accept the nomination under anyclrcum-
stances. A letter containing these statements
over bis own signature will be read at the
New York Democratic convention of June IS.
“The Democratic Seld Is clear. Wc ms
nominate ltsyard. Morrison, Varti.te, FU-lo,
McDonald or Cleveland and win with any of
them. Mr. TIMrn was elected Prcldcut In 1-7,1
The Democratic President of ISM will, by
Mr. Ttldcn's own desire, bear some olht
name."
It Is Just like Mr.Tllden to keep friends an
opponents on the ragged edge In this way,
when a wont from him would save the Ie in
ocracy from making themselves conspicuous
by barrelling for a candidate who wrote bis
own political epitaph four years ago. The
mischievous pari of It la that the talk about
Tllden prevents the public from discussing
profitably other candidates. This Is a pan of
the programme. Mr. Tlldcn especta to name
the Democratic candidate, U he cannot be
that candidate. Unless we are much mlata*
ken. the Tllden legatee would be rather more
objectionable than Tllden himself.
We printed a dispatch yesterday
upon this subject, in which it was
stated witli great positiveness, upon
the authority of Mr. Doreheimer, Mr.
Tilden’g former trusted lieutenant, that
the Utter had prepared auch a letter aa
that reported, and tliat under no cir
cumstances will he be a candidate, or
accept a nomination, if tendered him,
or servo if elected.
According to the dispatch Mr. Tilden
A Salt-Water Know-Nothln*.
All the Know-Nothings are not yet
dead, as witness the following clipping
from the Savannah Horning Metre:
The Macon TgLsoasrn ado Maasexosa
says:
Hut conceding to tho Morning News tho
right to oppose the return of II r. Mcholls to
Congress, for any or no reason at all, still w
are at a loss to uuJ.T-tc.nd how It (an .upper
the rc-cb-ctiou ot Senator brown, who uecn
|dos the same poaltlou on tho Morrlsou tarltT
Has Senator Brown announced himself aa a
candidate for re-election, or said that he
would accept a reflection? Has our esteemed
contemporary seen any statement In the Morn
ing News that It was sr was not supporting
Senator llrown for re-election? Poes our es
teemed contemporary think that It Is doing
singly the rlgbt tbing to assume that tbe
Morning News occupies s certain position,
end then proceed to isy it Is "at a loss to un-
demised how" tbe News can occupy such a
position? Would It not ho well for our es
teemed contemporary to answer tho above
questions, particularly the last, before dis
cussing the Morning News further In connec
tion with Senator Brown?
Our respected contemporary, instead
ot responding to our inquiry, adopts the
well-known Yankee enstoni of divert
ing attention by asking questions him
self. Rut he shall not escape in that
way. We reply at once—yes, Senator
Brown has, in the usual manner, an
nounced himself a9 a candidate for re-
election to many thousand Democrats
all over the State. He may not have
sent a card to the Morning Metre, or to
auy other newspaper, announcing his
candidacy, hut tho Metre very well
knows he is a candidate for all tliat.
Not to know this, our bright and newsy
contemporary must write himself down
a know-nothing of the first water.
We confess we have seen no “state
ment In tho Morning Metre that It was
or was not supporting Senator Brown
for re-election,” hut wo have no donbt
that we are near the mark when we as
sume that the Metre desires Ills re-elec
tion, and will support-him, if need be,
before the Legislature.
Having replied fully to tho questions
of our seaboard contemporary, we beg
that he will return tho compliment by
answering the following inquiries: ,
1. It it not the general understand
ing and belief in Georgia, and of the
AVtrs itself, that Senator Brown Is a
candidate for re-clcction? and lias the
AVtrs any doubt that he is a candidate 7
2. Is it not {lie general understanding
and belief in Georgia, and ot the Metre
itself, tliat Senator Brown occupies sub
stantially the same position regarding
the Morrison tarifTbill that Mr. Nichotls
does?
3. The Metre has declared its opposi
tion to the return of Mr. Nicholls to the
Houtoof Representatives, on account
of his position on the Morrison bill. If
it be true, as Is generally understood,
that Senator Brown is a candidate for
the Senate, and will seek a re-election
at tlie hands of the Legislatusc—occu
pying the same position on the Morri
son bill that Air. Nicholls does—will
tlie AVtrs oppoee his return as it now
opposes tlie return of Mr’. Nicholls?
Anti if not, why not?
We respectfully invite the attention
of the Morning Metre to these interrog
atories, and venture to request a frank
and full answer to each and every of
them.
observer. Notwithstanding that many
honors and offices were to be divided
out, and differences of opinion settled
upon great State and national issues,
these nten addressed themselves to the
duty like men, and not'like tricksters
and time-servieg politicians. Every
man's opinion and preference was on
his tongue's end. There was no schem
ing, trading, hugging, and secret con
ferences ; but everything was ns open
ns the day. These men have not
forgotten what they have passed
through, nor have they reached tho
point when, through “commercial
methods" they are willing to make
terms with their despoilers, against
their own kith and kin. No man could
hold social or political position in that
State for a moment whocould be guilty
of tlie shameful dickering and trading
that raised Colquitt, reeking with in-
competency and corruption, to the
United States Senate. Tha secret of
oil ot tliis is that there aro no rings, no
bosses, no Republican attachment to
the Democratic party of Alabama, and
these iniquities aro not likely to come
during’the present generation
Tlio public duties of the convention
were speedily and harmoniously dis
patched. Believing it beat to put upon
tlie convention at Chicago the duty of
laying tho plan of campaign, the Ala
bama Democrats made no utterance as
to the tariff. Titey selected an admira
ble delegation to Chicago, and unin
structed, notwithstanding the fact
that it had been heralded tliat Alabama
was for Tilden, her convention, three
separata ami distinct times, refused to
consider resolutions declaring for the
old ticket.
Alabama.
All Georgians must take a lively and
loving interest in Alabama, for she is
the eldest, the brightest and best of
Georgia's daughters. More, if Georgia
does not better herself in more ways
titan one, Alabama is likely to wrest
from her the proud title of “Empire
State of the South.”
The writer spent some weeks in the
capital city of Alabama when she was
in the last desperate straggle witli the
carpet-baggers and their negro min
ions.
Matters were simply appalling witen
two Legislatures sat in tho city of
Montgomery, and it were probable that
a bloody collision might be precipitated
at any moment.
A couple of days spent at Montgom
ery presented a change quite as bewil
dering ami bright, nnd far more sub
stantial titan the transformation scene
in some gorgeous, spectacular drama.
Alabama has come to her own again,
and intends to hold it. We witnessed
the assembling and proceedings of he?
State convention. ' We were struck
with the personnel of that body.
Her five huroired delegate* represented
tlie brawn, tlie brain, the virtue and in
telligence of the State, and we are
•ays: "I wrote that letterto Mr. Dana, I compelled to admit that their average
The Negro at Chicago.
The outcome at Chicago must bo a
bitter disappointment to tho “colored
contingent” from tlie South, but why,
not one of them probably can tell. It
is now manifest that there was nover
any chance for tlio nomination of Mr.
Arthur, yet the negroes, notably here
in Georgia, permitted tlie Federal of
ficeholders to name the delegates, and
to involve them in an unseemly scram
ble to nominate him. for President.
This was done, not for the black man’s
good, hut to fcnable the white office
holders to retain their present places
under the government, and to secure
further official favors.
Tliat there will be a cloan sweep of
this uncanny crowd, from the highest
to the lowest, there need bo no doubt.
Why not? Tho negro delegates
and their whito colleagues
from tho South, refused all
compromise, and adhered to Mr.
Arthur to the last. What have they
to expect from Mr. Blaine, should he be
elected? Why should ho retain them
In office or consult their wishes?
The stolid adherence of the Georgia
delegates to Mr. Arthur lias, as we
learn from a responsible source, rather
queer explanation. There is a dis
trict judge to be appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by tho retirement of
Judge Krskinc, anil for the place there
are many applicants. Among those
who are avowed applicants or stand
ready nml willing to accept, are Farrow,
Goodyear, Darnell and Cunniqgham,
and perhaps others. As it was under
stood that tlie President would make
the appointment after the odjourmentof
tho convention, whether nominated
himself or not, the delegates continued
their support to the last, in the vain
hope of influencinghis decision. Thus,
such of those as held office have unwit
ting exposed their own scalps to the
knife.
It would seem that the time is near
when tlio “brother in black,” and es
pecially the carpetbagger and scala
wag, must step down and out. Mahone
has finally been disposed of, and Wise,
Chalmers and Speer will in time follow
hint down the hill to tlie bottom.
Buck, Bryant, Johnson nnd all that
savory* crowd will be required to join
tlie funeral procession. Even the “com
mercial Democracy” will now turn
their heck* upon them, after nsing
them for year* and paying but little
for their services.
The destruction of this nnholy coali
tion of dirty Republicans and ring
Democrats, who have been ruling in
Georgia to the disgust of ail decent peo
ple, will ho some compensation to tlie
advocates of clean methods for tbe
nominations just made at Chicago.
A Crsbt Mistake.
Tlio manipulators of the Tilden boom
have been singularly fortunate frora the
first in using the wires for the dissemi
nation of unreliable news.
There lias scarcely been an instance
in which the first reports from State
primaries or conventions have been
sustained by subsequent investigation.
Tlie most glaring instance is con- * ra lln ex
nected witli Georgia nnd hai complete
ly caught the New Orleans Timee-Dem-
oerat, a recent convert, nnd like oil
new converts, a zealous one.
Referring to tlie utterly baseless re
port that seven-eighths of the counties
in Georgia had Instructed delegates to
tho State convention in favor of Tilden,
that journal says:
“On tlie Tilden issue, however, it
was most outs|rokeu and vigorous, und
declared itself so Btrongly that no
doubt can bo entertained for a second
that this great Democratic Stato is
unanimously and enthusiastically, for
tho old ticket.”
Nothing could bo farther from tho real
facts. Georgia is neither unanimously,
enthusiastically or any other way, in
favor of tho old ticket. Sho has not
so Instructed tho delegates to her con
vention, and there is not tlie slight
est reason for tlio idea, that she will
send delegates to Chicago, instructed
for Mr. Tilden, or anybody else.
It will bo always safe to heavily dis
count all news from Georgia not certi
fied to by the Tki.egbai-k and Mkhhen
oxr. A little ring in Georgia witli an
active and wide-spread machinery, has
worked this Tiltlon movement in tlio
State. Some unsuspecting men were
caught and some timid ones frightened
and litis is about the result of the data-
age.
As a specimen of its peculiar manipu
lation, a man living in another State
exhibited to tho writer a few days since
a letter from onoof tlie prominent ring-
■ters, informing him of his election as
a delegate to the State convention, ex
plaining how tlio trick woa worked and
instructing him as to what was expect
ed of him. Nowhere in the country
has tho Tilden movement less strength
and respectability than among tlio hon
est and intelligent Democrats of Geor
gia.
We liave had frequent occasion to
warn our contemporaries in other
States against sensational dispatches
from Georgia, and this is a proper oc
casion to emphasize it.
«ay as to give tu a bettSJSjS*?
will wm SSRy’SS
will grow at tbe expense of ii* K^rVl
We can get along aitiiotit the water m ,! "
1 C K 1 ,** ’ t0 . uld «"' e - •■‘hough it woDlir,'
walltlttg when we might run- », J... 0
t nue tS drink the wonderh.l aV "*
tlon known and used m water ,
this will be in a decree At the m2?**
cleanliness, and if thepresentwateTJI J
sre an expense to the cllv Wo
*«"■ *• wtas'lll be able t„ make «•
annual deficit, but a better sewenL:
most have, else Oakland will £#*£,!
grow shout as fast as Atlanta. While?,
land Is a beautiful place ai»l is mad,”
beautiful each year, even the
wart citizen will not wish to sec it e”‘ w
It Is of course, impossible now I
what the prospect la for the canal
the city council seemed disposed to
the proposition made by the ranataT^U
pany, they Imposed such conditio,,nSl
he company, I am informed, has defiSI
Iv withdrawn the proposition. I I
doubt it would lie renewed at anv t;,.' r 1
lie original term-. ny Um « «
. THE RKt-UBLtCAV TICKET.
Opinion I-divided here as tothcsIr«n«L I
* the Republican Presidential IS, I
tt, and as to probable Dmil
static success against it. 1 hail
talked with many cn the subject sn.i o' I
drift seems to bo that it is the stroi^J I
;4ket the convention could have put 5m
t though tlio record of tbe PradAnud I
nominee, the tattooed knight, Is^SHES
b |e - While some still cling to theophfiS
that the Democrats can only win with ita
•old ticket." many believeQtUOtmm!
tittak abom'lt. ,,,r,y h " tlme * 1
BOTES,
It is rslculated that there are In Van.
to-day between two and three thoussad
people from Atlanta. The Central r.UroS
alone sold 1.900 ot the excursion ticket?
nnd Major Schmidt, while he shipped
three sections out In good shape, had his
hands full.
There Is no little anxiety on the sheet tt
get news from tbe walking match.
It is likely the cracker will not make its
appearance this week owing to the ah-
settee ol.Mr. lido Ramsdcll in Washington
City. It sola great many -will be dfisp.
pointed In not seeing the brace ot cartoon?
to which 1 have already made referent*
Hon. Arthur Gray, of Catoosa, is Ewe
to-day. He is convalescing from his re
cent severe illness.
W« »'• having a very heavy rain ben
to-day, which is peculiarly refreshing after
the protracted dry spell. It la hoped that
it is general over the stale.
A-rangements are being made for a kind
of variegated tournament to take place at
the walking rink on the glorious Fourth.
It will be fit charge of the city reirortm,
who are in hopes of making a little sum
mer change out of tbe entertainments.
The programme la to embrace all kinds of
offered for each.
The Tllden Boom Collapsed.
The Cincinnati Metre-Journal, which
has leaned towards free trade and Mr.
Tilden, grows indignant over the sud
den and irredeemable collapse of the
boom. It says t
Tho Dcmocrarjr of America pill resent this
as trifling, and more than trilling. If thoy ex
cuse Mr. Tllden, when tt Is known that he has
allowed politicians to shelter any scheme,
even were It a good scheme, behind a candi
dacy he had resolved to bring to naught, It
will be when they have heard some good rca
ton for It or have r.,Deluded that hla health Is
much worse than they had suspected.
It Is just possible that tho .Vrtri-
Journal and some others may have
been deceived by tills movement.
Some very good men have boon caught
by it, and tho masses of the people
who follow personal leaders er public
journals had taken to tho thing, just
women and children jump into
a feather bed during a thunder storm,
and for the same reason, viz; that they
were frightened and did not know
what else to do.
But tho men who managed tho boom
hadnoideaof nominating Mr. Tilden,
and It is quite certain that tlio Demo
cratic party had no Intention of permit
ting them to consummate this folly.
The More-Journal ta right when it
declares that tlie Democratic party will
resent this trifling with a great ques
tion in a moment ot peril. But they
will hold the tricksters and traders
to responsibility. They may feel dis
posed to ho impatient with Mr. Tilden
for permitting the movement to go so
far, but they will remember that he is
feeble in mind and body, and incapa
ble of resisting the importunities of
friends.
And they will also remember that
from first to last, from 1880 down to
the present moment, be has on all oc
cations and to all inquiry announced
that it were impossible for him to be
come a Presidential candidate.
Don't Spill Tha Milk.
“There la no use crying over spilled
milk,” says tbe old saw. If you sre not
only bald, but have no lit* In the roots of
your hair, t here is no use rrring over that,
either. Take both time and yourself by
tha forelock while there It a forelock left.
Apply Porker's Hair Balsam to your hair
before matters get worse. It will arrest
the falling off of your hair and restore its
original color, gloss and softness. It is a
K rfect dressing withal, clean, richly per
med, cools and heals tbs scalp.
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STORIES ON THE ROAD.
Commsrokti Travelers at a Wny.lds Inn
—Somsthlna to Put In a Cripsack.
'Gentlemen, I almost envy you th* positions
you all; your experience of the world; your
knowledge of business; the changing sights
you tee, snd all that, you know.”
in sulritance, two months ago, with the
intention of making it public then, lint
they persuaded me to withhold it for a
time, and I shall now have it read in
the State Democratic convention on
the 18th of Jane.” Tbe dispatch pro
in all these qualities waa for above any
convention that we have teen called
together in Georgia for these many
■lays. This is not a partial or a preju
diced opinion, for a Georgian who has
served in oor Legislators more than
one*, and in otbar public capacities,
Hon. It. C. Humber,
At a mass meeting of the Democrats
of Troup county on the 3rd inst., the
following resolution, offered by B. C.
Ferrell, was on motion of T. H. Whit
aker, unanimously adopted by a rising
vote:
“Resolred. That the candidacy of lion.
C. Humber for the office of stato treasurer is
hereby most cordially Indorsed by the De
mocracy ot Troup county, and wo pledge to
blmourmoetbeattympport. Mr. Humber hav
ing lived In our county for a number of years,
we knhw him well and favorably. We honor*
c-1 and trusted him then In public poettlona
and found him as true as the needle to tbe
pole. We have watched hie public career
since hla removal from our midst in different
public stations to which be has been called and
have found him elBr-lent and faithful. We,
therefore, confidently an<l cordially commend
him to the Democracy of Georgia, aa one who
will prove to bt bont-sL capable and efficient
In the high an-J responsible office of treas
urer."
This tribute to Mr. Ifutnber by the
sturdy Democracy of Troup county
waa welt bestowed. Mr. Humber is
one’ of our purest ami moat upright
public men, and tho people of Geor
gia will not make a mistake when
ever they see fit to elevate him to a
position of trust and responsibility.
Cast. R. E. Pa ax haa declined the ap
pointment of commissioner for Bibb coun
ty to the New Orleans exposition, and
Host. R. A. Nlsbet ha* been appointed in
bit stand.
FROM ATLANTA.
Tho Canal Prolaot Cons Up—The Rspubll-
can Ticket nnd its Chances—Rain
• —Hon. Arthur Cray, Etc.
[•FECIAL COtftUrOHDK5C1.1
Atlanta, June 7.—Colonel Frobel drifted
into my office a day or two since inquest
of a late number of the TautoBAra. It la
carious hjw many people look opiate
numbers of the same psper for one reason
or another. I took tbe opportunity to in
quire of Colonel Frobel about tbe Atlanta
canal, of which so much bat been said, and
so very little done. On that subject he
talks freely, and, but for the fact that he It
a plain, matter-of-fact man, would excite
Ute suspicion that be is an enthusiast. Ha
represents the company of Northern eapi-
taltata who prapott to complete the canal
without a dollar's cost to tbe dty. Surveys
over the proposed route have been made
three times, twice officially by tha govern
ment in charge of the moat competent
anglneers In the service, and
tha result demonstrates beyond
any doubt, Colonel Frobel claim*, that
there is not a single engineering difficulty
In the way. Tbe company made Ute prom
oaltion to the dty ceuncil to dig tha canal,
to furnish free to Ute dty 2» fire plugs!
oolr asking that the present water works
and franchises be turned over to them.
Joch a canal would bring to Atlanta a suf
ficient volume of water to furnish power
for manufacturing purposes, water fostu-
lain a perfect system of sewerage, pore
water which one can drink, which can be
h**d i" the kitchen, and which one can
bathe in without a shudder, and without
turning sick.
Does Atlanta want any each canal? It
serais not, in spite of the fact. If I am not
misinformed, that tbs present beautiful
aa well as remarkably Inefficient system of
water works is an Annual expense to
* t . ty 'i * ,«*» o« tit* opinion that I
canal will yet prore a nccc;
growing out of the great question of IS
eran. That is to b* lb* great notation
audit alii be wisdom on the pan of At?
fonts to grappi* it now and meet at what-
ST* - .-V 1 * •vwarage of a growing <;-v
ffita Atlanta it a grave nutter. As to that
■ban can be UUfotiouU that Uhasalready
-ops In the
> badly in
need of rain.
This warmly *
lip* of »n elderljri
AtiilwMirfdrc- J
rial travelers i
dell Hotel.«.
tire’ttM
out his pleaaui
—risks outside t
ions and tteaml
“What risks, for Instance?"
“This, for Instance," said Mr. te. D. Frank
lin, who waa then traveling for an Eastern
houta, snd la known to merchant;
of tha —
E regret fell trom tha
tourlit, l»t August,
tntrlrcle of commer-
lotMhe porch of tha tin-
’ a New York represents-
"a drummer Isn't with-
jut he ront his risks, t
1 say was, for I am all
hl^^aiSvWr.tighUn,
atresh.
“Not a quarter per ccnL But I had to gtya
up traveling for a while. The ilytpaptla
ruined my paper. Finally I came across an
ARKER-a tonic, tid'd
I- i : ■ 1 : . -
111 T: .y Opinion, CqUAl I - “
m’y opinion, c-iunl to It
Hem. of Naw Tack, tha pro
prietors, bold a tetter from Mr. Franklin stab
lug that precise li- ' parker-s TONIoalda
filcotlou, cure* MalArl.l firsts, Haammrn,
It wlerho. Coughs and Colds, snd all chronlo
ra^rasoftho Liver and Kidneys. UuleboS-
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