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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY. DECEMBERS, 1884.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
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AUoommunic 111 on* should be addressod to
Youa ancle Josey la taking a lot ol them
down under the mountain. They’ll come
up properly fixed. We will all proceed to
•tfc * at»T, or too or "Down la a Coal
Mine."
It l, said that General Ilazenis a skillful
irriter and that his pen ■•precipitated the
Northern Pacific crash." Let's see: was it
not Hasen'a pen, also, that precipitated the
northern Arcticcrash?
Bartholdi's statue of Liberty may hare
to stand knee-deep in the mad of Brdloe'l
Island, bat that's all right. No one can
a’taln a prominent atation In this country
until ho baa waded through mud.
SanaToa Bayaid his a habit of eating
quinine, which be inherited with the Ben-
atorehip from his father. “Chet” they
say has found that it braces him up after
an ail night roly-poly with Barney Biglin
and the boys.
Tin gradual dhappearance of the New
York dude is attributable to the habit be
has of sucking his cane. It is said that
the rarnish acts upon them like cobalt
on flies. The Tarnish manufacturers ought
to be encouraged.
Tna effort to abolish morning prayers in
Harvard graw out of the fact that the foot
ball teams could not bend their game leg,
so early in the morning. The gore: no is
bare taken the bull by the other born and
abolished football.
A Losr os cablegram lays that a well
known journalist has started for America
to travel in the interests of < be Teliqsa ru.
This shorn that an able, fearless paper has
a boundless constituency. Oar London
friends are ai ways preparing pleasant sur
prises for us.
"A haw in Tallahassee, Fla., in digging
a well tha other day, struck a deep layer of
oyster •hells." And recently, on Sulll-
Yan'e Island, an excavator came upon a
lot of parrot shell,. It is singular how
frequently the evidences of snbmarinc and
tropical era, come to light.
Nothiisq would boom trade in Macon so
much aa the commencement of work npon
the new road. By the way, this is an en-
terprlsetbat merely ileepetb. It is ru-
mcred that it will be ours In the spring.
Tns St. Louis Globe-Demosrat says:
“Mr. 0. F. Harriott and wife (Clara Mor
ris) celebrated their tin wedding yester
day. They spent the day quietly." Can
it be possible that there are no boys and
tin horns and Un raw. In Bt. Louis.
Tax Legislature u disposed to become
gusby. There was no law or reason why
the clerk of the Hones ahould not employ
females to enroll bills or to do other writ
ing. The Legislature bad best come home
for awhile, gush is apt to deteriorate into
•lush.
Mb. C1.1rz1.4gD baa declined to receive
a Newfoundland dog, presented to him by
an admiring friend. Quite correct. Orore
dose not Intend to have a borne guardian
dragging him abont the White House lot
by his new lavenders when he comes
home after midnight.
TnxNew York World says: "But for
Democrat'.-: treachery and Democratic fol
ly Mr. Blaine would have been defeated in
this State by 100,000 plurality instead of a
little over 1,000." Well, everybody knows
about the folly. Will not the World locate
the treachery to public aaUafaciian?
The Talbotton New Era say* “we want
more hogs raised another year in Talbot
ooanty than tor any year since the war."
The New Era refers, ol course, to the great
A nerican hog, and not to that variety that
la seen sometime* in human shape. Bnt
it is always bsst to leave no room for tech
nicalities.
Evsav Bute in the South has been under
Democratic rule, In the moat absolute sense,
lor many years, and what has It done for than?
What the South needs Is not non Demo
cratic rule, but awakening to tho fact that
prosperity Is a matter ol elbow-f nase rather
tl.au of election returns.—SU Loots Globe-
Democrat.
Aye, what indeed t It baa kicked out
lL-t thieves placed la power by the Repub
licans nnd more than doubled the value ol
such taxable property as they left.
Foes covered wagons passed through
Ji.;>d,-efil!e on Thursday loaded down
with women and children. Taro bad two
oi- ti, and two one oxen each. A man was
walking by each team and guiding the
steers. Where they were Pom or where
they were going to was not learned, bat
our thing is certain, they were not giing
West. Probably they were going back to
Tar River, N. O., niter a Western experi
ence that was not profitable.
Mb. Devise, it Is understood, recently
wrote to his friends in Pennsylvania aa
foi Iowa: "I cannot say yet whether or not
a position la the Senate would be accepta
ble to me. I am told that Mr. Conkilng
will probably b* returned from New York.
II be la. I thins I would preler to sUy at
h > ne. Tha condition of my apart if not
a as to warrant me In trying to (land
up o.-alnst acock that baa bal the benefit
of a tlirec-yeara’ walk."
>1 ms. Clovis Hearns who, a day or two
ilnce abet and killed It. Morini (or ala-v-
der, has been Jtutifiadhy papers found in
the de al nun's apartments. A certain
Unte. Lenormand was seeking a divorce
from bar but band, sod in tlorini'a apart
ments war* found a list of witneurs who
had baso suborned lo swear that ha had
b»»n guilty a Mason with Mme. Clovis-
Hutbaa
Mr. Randall'* Speech.
Perhaps many of the people in At
lautaon Friday last, were deeply dis
appointed that the elements belittled
the prepared demonstration. No man
who understands tlie situation of the
country and feels an interest in its
future can find point (or criticism in
tho admirable speech Mr. Randall de
livered on that occasion. It was clear,
concise and powerful and enunciated
the position to be assumed and held
by the Democratic party.
Tho following extract which em
braces tho very pith and marrow of bis
remarks, may well be quoted by Mr.
Cl^eland in his inaugural, as an out
line oi his administrative policy t
Ho would not ucdertalco to say that
there was anything in the constitution to ex
plicitly Justify protection per se, but would
say tbst tho duty on Imports should be so
levied as to discriminate la favor of Ameri
can industries tocovor the difference in tho
cost of producing tbe foreign articles and the
domestic. It should bo levied so as to pro
tect tho American mechanic and Amirican
industries.
One great duty ol tho Democratic party In
power would bo to abolish tho odious and In
iquitous internal revenue system, which Is an
unjust and oppressive burden upon tbe peo
ple. The time la not far dlstsDt whoa there
would bo no room in Georgia or Pennsylvania
(or Internal revenue officials; when tho reve
nue needed for an economic administration
of tho government would bo derived from Im
ports collected on tho borders.
That this expression was received
with cheers and satisfaction, by a large
audience composed of people from all
portions of tho State of Georgia, the
foremost State ol the South, should
assure our brethren of the Nnrth that
we are eminently sound upon the great
issue, which for some time to come
must divide public opinion. The Demo
cratic party has been entrusted with tho
control of the government on probation
for tho coming four years. It can only
look with certainty for a further lease
of power by a rigid adherence to tho
principles as laid down in the speech
from which wo quote. Mr. Randall’s
coming to Georgia was a pleasure and
honor to her people. The Democratic
victory had already been celebrated.
Indeed, the red paint in some casee
had dried, and in others been washed
away. But tho great significance of
his coming is concentrated in the ex
tract from his speech, which we have
given. Beyond its soundness and wis
dom, it was timely. It has forestalled
the President’s message, due on
to-morrow, and has captured
advance the only position
upon which tho Republican party may
hope to rally its beaten nnd scattered
legions. The fact is settled beyond
controversy or cavil by tho campaign
just closed, that no party can hold
power in this country that does not
pledge itself to destroy the infamous
internal revenue system, and which
does not faithfully redeem the pledge.
The Democratic party of Georgia and
the country looks to Mr. Randall to
push this scheme of destruction to fnll
maturity. The inspiration of his com
ing doubtless sprang from weightier
motives and deeper brains than those
carried about by people devoured by a
desire to mako a noise and attract
attention. We are glad that tho in
spiration was acted upon, and that
Mr. Randall came to set the step for
the forward move of the Democratic
battalions.
The readers of the Telegraph will
readily understand and share our
pleasure that the position assumed and
defended by tills journal three years
ago, solitary and alone, has become the
common rallying point of the great
Democratic party, and in the capital
city of Georgia haa received ttie open
and unqualified indorsement o( one
of its great leaders. In this mo
ment ol triumph we feel that we are
more than compensated for the doubts
and (ears of friends, the cowardly
thurats of secret enemies, and the open
blows of pronounced foes.
We have watched witli courago and
confidence the growth of the sentiments
promulgated by the TiLEOBArii. We
have seen unreasoning opponents be
come followers, and have been free to
forghTtheir unintelligent work in con
sideration of the seal exhibited in its
performance.
We feel that, under a load of misap
prehension and misrepresentation suf
ficient to have overcome anything but
a strong and honest conviction, we
have made a fight for the best interests
of the Democratic party an l the coun
try, and that in indorsing Mr. Ran
dall's speech, Georgia has fatly in
dorsed our poaitlon.
Dr. Huicsod'a Resignation.
The people of Georgia have learned
with regret that Dr. Uaygood ha* re
signed the presidency of Emory col
lege.
The best years of his life have been
spent in rebuilding this institution,
which, like every similar one in the
South at the close of the war, was
financially wrecked. For years Dr.
Haygood taught and wrote and anoke
in the interest of Emory. His labors
were Iiercutcan. Few men could have
endured tbe work ho performed in
the promotion of the iuterest of the
college. There were fewer still who
would not have abtndoned in despair
the purpose that he pursued with such
hope and courage, in the face of diffi
culties and disappointments that were
often disheartening. Daring the years
in which the college found its income
inadequate to tbe proper support of its
faculty, Dr. Uaygood, though poor him
self,rendered large assistance tonumer-
ona young men who came to him yearn
ing for education and yet without tbe
.means to pay the expenses of a college
course.
These are scattered through Georgia
and other States, and if these lines
should fail under the observation ol
some of them, they will doubtless min
gle with the!t tear* ol regret that the
Doctor haa resigned the presidency of
the collage, t prayer that hi* life may
be spared and his future efforts signally
blest.
Ife leaves the college in a very pros
perous condition. To his efforts more
than to that of any other aud all
other men it qwes its finan
cial success. To his won
derful good sense, his uniform kind
ness, his brotherhood and fatherhood
towards the young men who have been
under his training and care, is due the
power and influence he exercined over
them.
We are gratified that he is yet con
nected with the cdtingo ns president of
rim board of trustees. lie also holds
an emeritus professorship.
Dr. J. H. Hopkins lias been elected
to suAteed Dr. Uaygood as President
of the college. lie is well known to
tho people of Georgia, and we congratu
late the friends of tho institution upon
their good fortune in securing such a
successor for Dr. Haygood.
Too Lota for Potior-
The Philadelphia Press utilizes tho
interval that preceded President Ar
thur’s message to impress upon him
the importance of doing a little farewell
work in behalf of tho “grand old par
ty.” Says the Press:
For ox ample, it would not bo out of ptaco to
recall what bat been accomplished In order to
appeal to tbo fraternal spirit which should
prevail between the aectloof. Without trench
lug on the domain.of partisanship, tho Presi
dent might make It clear that the party which
haa admlnlatered tho government Is tho
true friend _ of tho South. Ho might
touch the patriotic chord, and might khow
how greatly tho revival of tho old
Inflammatory spirit la to be deprecated. There
Is room and flt occasion for a broad, llbe al,
enlightened deliverance which should appeal
te the better sentiment of tbe South, and
which, when Democratic divisions come,
would leave the ba<ls for no r alliances. A
weak Pres'dent, afraid of stepping on delicate
ground, wonld shrink from auch a diicusslou;
hut there it no reaion why a strong President
ahould not grasp tt with a firm aud aurc
In: d. v - ^
This has a very hollow ring when wc
remember that a fortnight has not
passed since the Press enthusiastically
indorsed the incendiury utterances of
J. G. Blaine and followed it from day
to day with editorial efforts to demon
strate that tho falsehoods of. the arro
gant "statesman” were solemn truths.
Why should President Arthur "show
how greatly tho revival of the old in
flammatory spirit is to bo deprecated”
if Mr. Blaine’s frantic effort to arouse
that “spirit” again was patriotic?
Did not Mr. Blaine hare a better op
portunity and "occasion for a
broad, liberal, enlightened deliver
ance which should appeal to tho bet
ter sentiments of the South” than
President Arthur now lias? Would
not a ringing declaration from Mr.
Rlaino that this is a peaceful and unit-
edcountry; that the will of the major
ity as expressed at the polls is the
highest law under the constitution, de
livered at a time when the country was
feverish and the reault of the election
was hidden, have touched the “patri
otic chord” in a manner not possible
for the words of one who goes out of
affioo in obedience to that law alter it
has again asserted itself?
The Republican party lost its grand
opportunity to commend itself to tho
patriotism Sf the American people
when it indorsed the Augusta speecli^oj
Mr. Blaine. No message from President
Arthur can atono for tho demonstra
tion it made against the liberties of the
people. Meet it is, that tbo party
which waa born of fanaticism, nursed
in envy and fattened upon corruption
should in a flt of madness hurl itself
■olf-cursed into tho bloody chasm of
sectionalism.
The efforts of the Press at this stage
are vain. Roll policy into sugar-coated
sentences as it may, no one will be de
ceived into swallowing it for patriotism,
Was It the Tall of the rlekett
Whatever may be the relaions be
tween Mr. Hondricks and Mr. Cteve
land,Unfriends ol the former are deter
mined that be shall be accredited with
hia full services in tho late campaign
and be placed in a position that will
justify anyclalmfor recognition that he
may advance.
Recently tho New York Times took
occasion to say that Cleveland was
elected without assistance from Mr.
Hendricks; that while it is perhaps
true that Indiana was carried by him
that Slate was not necessary Ao the
great victory achieved. At an offsc
to this a correspondent of the Pioneer
Press at Indianapolis, says:
It la all over, anil Indiana, or at least her
Democratic progeny, feels very proud. It le
here believed that Thomas A. Hendricks did
not only carry Indiana for himaeif, but that he
alio matched New York SI a brand from the
homing for Cleveland. “If tt hadn’t
Tom Hendricks, by—, air. John Kelly would
have bolted the ticket and taken all Tammany
with hint,” says the enthusiastic admirers of
Mr. Hendricks.
This is not at ail extraordinary when
the relations of Mr. Hendricks and Mr.
Kelly are considered. Says the Bun:
It la wall known that Mr. Hendricks haa
long been an admired peraonal friend of Mr.
John Kelly. Probably hta nomination waa
more Instrumental In changing Tammany
Hall’s fierce end lodlftiant real*fence to Cleve
land's nomination Into n determined and suc
cessful support of the ticket, than anything
else the convention could have done.
The Cleveland men openly expressed their
hopes at Chicago thnt the choice ol Mr. Hen
dricks might lead to that suspicion! remit,
They relied upon Hendricks to ofibet Cleve
land with Tammany: and the figures of tbe
election show that It la well for them they did
•o. If there had been the slightest diminu
tion In Tammany’s teal for the Democracy, If
they had been a ehadc leu earnest In their de
alt* to elect Cleveland and Hendricks, thenar
row Democratic plurality of a few votes more
than a thousand would never have exlited at
all, and the Slate of New York would have
been carried lor Blalna and Logan. This may
not bo very gratifying to Mr. Cleveland
friends, hot ft Is a fact that cannot cully be
denied. The question now l«, how will the
heid of the incoming administration recog-
nlse this fact? Jt will be a moat Intereitlng
study, and it Is poufble that much politics!
Instruction may Bow therefrom.
Tas Cherokaa now declare that there Is
no room In Cherokee land for the white
man. We trust the ab'.e Red men are not
■•king tofltlrupoad sectional animotiUee,
Alt stondy In tho Boat."
The South is now in a position where
it can afford to jest, lor tho first time
in twenty-five years, and some of the
boys make a pretense of dusting their
old army jackets just to hear the
“trooly loil” howl back from across
tho line. Among tlie chatter-jawed
patriots is the editor of the Detroit
Pott, whose coat-tails have to be nailed
to his editorial stool to keep him from
bolting into Canada whenever the
Southern mail arrives. This amiable
gentleman recently bad Ids nerve cen
ter horribly jostled by a little para
graph in tho Tkluuu apu, and to which
•he makes reply:
The Macon, Ga., Teixaaapn abb Messen
ger says: "John A. Logan hat been fortwen-
ty years congratulating hlmiclf that ho was, at
tbo last momeui, prevented from going upon
the wrong aide in tae late unpleasantness,
and now wakes up again to rest lie that he
made a mistake after all." This means that
Gcner-d Logan •■made a mistake la fighting
for the Union, Instead of fighting for the Con
federacy; aud that, now that tho Democratic
party liu come Into power, Northern men
who are ambitious to wield power In the na
tional government will loon realise that they
made a mistake when they fought for the
Union. In other words “the Southern Confed
eracy It ogalu In the saddle," and Union sol-
dlcra must now be subdued.
Wc insist that this is altogether too
gloomy a view of the future. Wo sin
cerely regret having cast such a cloud
upon the mind of a contemporary who,
perhaps after all, is hntnan, just like
tho balance of us, and hired a substi
tute to fight for what be believed to be
the right, just as Mr Blaine did, and
which, by the way, is genuine patriot
ism; for when the average Republican
burls hia money into tho breach he
contributes the best part of his exist
ence.
Snub the Union soldiers? No, girt
We want to go rigtARn nnd holp them
hold the fort and draw rations. Wo
want to get up at a nine o’clock
reveille and be turned loose at
3 p. ni. tattoo, just
tho Union soldiers who “wield
power in the national government”are.
Snub them!? No indeed! We are
going to divido even all around; give
them credit for all they have done,
charge them up with what they have
received, aud then give ourselves a
fair chance. We want none of tho
“saddle” basinets in ours. AVe are
for higher wages and less moving
around.
Bat there’s nothing to be frightened
at; positively nothing. There is not a
man in the South to-day who would
bust a cap” in tho presence for
the great American eagle for
bucketfulof diamonds. Nothing ci n
tempt us to disturb the proud serenity
of the Bird of Freedom again; it takes
him too long to circle around and alight.
AVe want to crawl up under the shadow
of his wings, borrow a quill from him
and go to work on a salary. "Con
spiracy and rebellion” do not lurk in
such sentiments as these. They are
patriotic, absolutely patriotic, so yon
have been telling us for lo these many
years, and tho time has come when we
are free to admit that you were correct
in your diagnosis:
A Noble Lord.
Itnow transpires that Lord Coleridge,
who turned bis daughter into the
streets because she was determined to
marry a lawyer who waa objectionable
to the aforesaid nobleman, only allow
ed the girl $100 a year, and for which
she kept bouse and attended to tho do
mestic business. This Coleridge is tho
“Chief Justice” whom the Now York
anobs dined and wined last year and
whoso impressions of America were
received with demonstrations of mixed
gratification aud humiliation. AVhata
pity ’Us the true American noble
man cannot tell the chief justice what
this people think ot a man who kept
his daughter upon a level with bis ser
vants nnd kicked her into the streets
because she was a thorough woman.
AVith such exhibitions of beastly in
stincts as have been paraded for the
last few years by tho alleged “noble
man,“ it is not difficult to understand
the growing enmity will) which tho
common people of England regard the
titled classes. The custom that bangs
upon the breast of a thief the Insignia
bestowed upon some gallant ancestor
for services rendered his country, and
crowns the forger with a coronet won
centuries ago with the sword; the sys
tem that says a man is noble because
bis fathers were, is sinful and false. The
man In America who would abnso and
insult a daughter as has Lord Coleridge
would be kicked out of decent society.
AVe are loose enough here In morals,
God knows, but we certainly do not
class our brutes aa noblemen.
The Whipping Post.
Tho Now York Star, with strong
language and stronger argument, con
tinues to advocate tbo whipping post
for tho pnnishment of such crimes as
are insufficiently punished by fine and
imprisonment. In a recent article two
cases are cited, in which husbands bent
their wives until they were insensi
ble and disfigured them for life. In
one of these instances not only
was the woman badly beaten
but cut with a carving
knife; in the other the woman’s eye
sight was deliberately destroyed with
an awl. These crimes—inexcusable,
no matter what might have been the
provocation—were committed without
cause whatever. Says the Star:
These are the deeds of Sends Incarnate.
That they occur In our own locality brlnxa
their horrors close to ui. The lustful aud
brutal attacks on women lately reported In
other places were at least the work of atran-
*et». These two women were Injured for life
by brutes whom It were a libel on humanity
to call men, yet who, by a bitter satire, prom-
iaed to honor and chertih them.
It la a scandal and a reproach to this 8tato
that its statute laws contain no adequate pen
alty for such crimes. Imprisonment la a farce
In cues where retribution is called for. Such
men, who would be hanged In half an hour
in the 'Tawlen” West, are secured from the
same punishment here without the barest
compensation to an outraged public senti
ment To tub them is the leut the taw can
do, and If the dose wero repeated at tnterrals
of their imprisonment, nobody would protest.
Hero is a subject for the Georgia leg
islator. Crime and fiends incarnate
abound in this State as well as in New
York. AVe have here a population
that cannot be cheeked and controlled
by the fear of, nor by actual fine and
imprisonment. Time and again havo
we been called upon to record the sum
mary punishment of negro fiends for
assaults upon women and children,
and it is notorious that where one is
caught a half dozen go unpunished.
Tne only objection to a whipping yet
urged is that it is not a reform punish
ment; that it destroys self-respect and
leaves no groundwork of character to
build upon again. It is sufficient an
swer to this to say that such objection
is based upon sentiment only. The
man who can brat his wife, feloniously
assault women, or commits any crime
that betrays the total absence of moral-
ity a cannot be ruined by the lash. They
are already abandoned members of
society, and the only way to control
them is to lay society’s condemnation
upon their backs with a force that will
make itself eloquent. AVe control brutes
through fear. The brutish must be
handled the same way.
“An Ungrateful Contamooraiy.”
Some time since tho Tilkoraph re
produced from the Columbus (Ga.)
Times an editorial relative to Mr. Geo.
I. Henoy and his gifts to Georgia col
leges,underthe headlines" An Ungrate
ful Contemporary,” without any inten
tion really of conveying a charge there
in. Tho heading, however, seems to
have attracted tho attention of pcoplo
inimical to this section, and various
journals have commented upon tho
same.
Tho Times simply deprecated such
gifts as those bestowed by Mr. Scney,
because of the Influence upon tbe peo
ple’s independent spirit and because
they are apt to convey nu erroneous
idea of the State; expressing at tho
same time a high appreciation of Ih
donor and his generosity.
AVe do not think the Times open to a
charge of ingratitude, having merely
considered the matter in the light oi
public policy and in an impersonal
mannef. Speaking tor the entire State,
it is proper that wo should say that not
only has Mr. Seney’s magnificent gifts
been thoroughly appreciated, but the
people have done all in their power to
show their appreciation. The freo
right of way for arailroad from Atlanta
to Rome, side by side with the State’s
own railroad property, and the liberal
concession! from the city of Macon
and other places to the • corporal ion
ot which Mr. Seney is the central fig
ure, show that both sections benefited,
as well as the whole State, are tally ap
preciative of the liberality lavished upon
them. Ferhaps if these have not al
ready reimbursed Mr. Seney, as the
yeara roll by they will, and the remnant
of hia fortune supposed to consist of
stock in the favored road .become of such
value as to reinstate him among tbo
millionaires. It would be a happy
ending of the complications which
hare so reduced the philanthropist, if
the bread cast upon the waters ahould
return to him in after yeara, and serve
to restore him to prosperity. He may
rest assured that this people would
enter heartily into the pleasure of such
an event.
Tha Turning iverof the Treeeure.
The AVashington Star says:
Whsn la irra then was a strong suspicion In
many quarters that Mr. Tllden bad been
elected President, Secretory Morrill, ot tbe
treeeory, under tbe tmpreulon, II it eeld, that
bis report would be tbe lest report made by a
Republican aecretsry of the treasury for aoma
yean, made hia annual report nmiaually long
and lull. Tbo report of tbe Secretary of the
Treasury Ihla yeerwlll,It is understood, un
der tha Influence of ilmllar motive!, be very
lull, and review tbe flsenclal affaire of tbe
government under Republican rule. Then-
porta of other cabinet officers will alto be
made of e character, appropriate for tbe dos
ing otthe history of twenty-four yean of Re
publican administration.
This is all very well go far as it goes,
but the Secretary of the Treasury, who
may be appointed by President Cleve
land, should be extraordinarily careful
in counting tho cash turned over to
him and making a trial balance of the
books. It may savo him a great deal
of trouble and prevent a deficit. This
point will havo to bo more carefully
guarded than any other in making a
change of administration. The public
mind if settled in the conviction thst
there haa been corruption and extrav
agance in this department fur many
years, if not downrighkfteahng. There
is more than g suspicion that tbe books
will be industriously manipulated be
tween this and tbo 4th ot March next.
TM New Capitol
Our position in regard to the new
capital was stated at the time the bijl
providing tor the same was Introduced,
and has been repeated since. AVe
were in favor of having it bniltof.Geor-
gla material, from “turret to founda
tion Rtone,” that tho work should be
done by Georgia workmen and the plan
provided by Georgia architects. AVe do
not desire to alter or amend this opin
ion, but wo are burdened with no re-
■ponsihllity as to this important work.
From time to time we have freely
opened our columns to a discussion < f
the subject to those who could not
command* hearing elsewhere. Tbe
whole matter has been intelligently
discussed in sack shape as to .reach
the commissioners and Legislature,
and we propose to leave it in their
hands.
A Western paper ha* stertad theramrr
tual eb -re It a plan afoot to give Hr. Hen
dricks tbe firet place npon tbs electoral
ticket and Hr. Cleveland the second. This
Is what makes ti» tired.
Kiohtt coontler In Ojorgia stand In tf e
prohibition column.
The Talbotton New Era Is miking a per
sistent fight for prohibition.
Mr- Randall Not Repudiated.
The Philadelphia Record isa journal
long since given over to bo the organ of
free trade cranka and mild-mannered
idiotB,whoso dreary repetitions of argu
ments and fallacies, worn out half n
century ago, give it a venerable and
antiquated tone.
This harmless journalistic mossy-
back has discovered that Hon. Sam
Randall has been down South and met
with a rousing reception from the peq-
ple of Georgia. As n mutter of con
science, it feels called npon to protest
and advise.
There Is s bovy of now fledged, unbatched
aud Indlaaroet protectionists in tbe Ststeof
Georgia, not representing the Intelligent sen
timent of tbe Democratic party In tbst State,
who appear disposed to turn tn Intended Jubi
lee over tbe election of Mr. Cleveland into a
sort of Randall apotheosis in tbe name of
protection. In the faee of tbe fact that within
the past two years tbo Democratic party has
twice openly repudiated Mr. Randall and bis
works By rcfusl tig to make him Speaker of tbe
Houio when ho was a candidate for that place
and by refuting to name him for tbe Presi
dency whon he wea a candidate for tbe nom‘-
naslon; and, a’so, In the face of tbe fact that
Mr. Randall, on bis part, hae as distinctly put
himself Inopposltion to tbo clear and under
stood desire ot bis party by refuting to support
a moderate and reasonable measure of tax re
duction, tbe protection hurrah set up among
tbe Georgia cotton factories bu a picturesque
and picayune grotcsqneneia about It that
makes us smile. Mr. Randall we know hta
stomach for reasonable adulation, but be
•bould not Imperil tbe Arm lodgment be made
in Southern heart! by his conduct when be
■tood as tbe champion of Northern Democ
racy by accepting tbe leadership of Dome-
cralio revolt in the hour of Democratic suc
cess.
Because Mr. Randall was not nomi
nated for the Presidency he was "repu
diated.’’ This is very, very fanny. On
the same ground, Mr. Thurman, Mr.
Bayard, Mr. Hendricks and all the
long list of honored statesmen were
“repudiated.”
Mr. Randall was beaten for the
Speakership by an appeal to Southern
sentiment, and by the treachery of men
whom he had built up. Tho former we
have from men who voted for Carlisle;
the latter is self-evident. The whole
scheme, which began with the candi
dacy of Carlisle, and was crushed
by tho defeat oi tho movement
to extend the bonded whisky pe
riod, and by the death ot the Morrison
horizontal redaction bill, was a whisky
ring conspiracy to perpetuate the in
ternal revenue by lowering the tariff.
At Chicago this element could only se
cure a platform that might be con
st) ned to suit its purposes; and it
fondly believed and heralded that a
man had been secured who could bo
relied upon to so construe it.
This was in outline the history of the
late movement on the part of the un
holy alliance between whisky and id
iocy. AVhen tho strength and backing
of this union is considered, tho charac
ter of Randall, who in the short space
of eight months hta rieca triumphant
over all opposition and has Been hia
opponents defeated and scattered to
the four winds, shines brighter than
ever. Is this repudiation? Jf so,
how will you class the fact that the va
cant desks of more than halt the men
who voted for Morrison’s bill will stare
Mr. Randall in the face at the opening
of the Forty-ninth Congress?
Tho Presidential campaign waa fought
upon other than a tariff issuo by tho
Democrats until within a fow days be
fore the eloction. Just prior to election
day the Telegraph concluded an article
as follows :
Is all cbanco for victory la Norember then
goner Not neceuarily. A bold committal of
bis party to a protecUre tariff policy; a union
of tbe dltrupted elements of New York city, la
yet wtlbtn the power of Grover Clerelend. A
belt dozen epeecbet In Indians, New York,
New Jersey end CoanectlcuLdeflnlng blmielf
ax a protection Democrat would start tbe tidal
were for whose coming tbe country'* eyes to
long bare atralntd tn rain.
The article appears simultaneously
with a change of programme. Cutting
loose from Morrison, Carlisleand AVnt-
terson, Governor Cleveland took the
stump in Now Jersey and Connecticut
advocating a prctocive policy; Hen
dricks made hia appeal to Kelly and
we are assured thereby secured a solid
Tammany support; and sustained by
the New York World, thongh de
nounced by tho Courier-Journal, the
new movement prospered.
There exists not a particle ol donbt
that the short, sharp campaign of one
week changed tho rout into a victory.
In this movement Randall was
conspicuous actor and adviser. He it
was who, sustained by tho protective
sentiment of the South, as voiced by
the Tklkorami and other leading jour
nals, stood firm and laid the axe npon
the python’s neek last spring. It waa bis
policy sustained by the nnterrified
press, that brought Cleveland to the
stump and the opposing forces face to
face with the real issue of the day.
Cleveland went into Connecticut and
New Jersey In response to the demands
of the Democratic protective element
of which Mr. Randall is the undis
puted leuderand of which such papers
as the TtLiORAm, Nashville Ameri
can, Memphis Avalanche, Birmingham
Age, Timcs-Democrat, Chattanooga
Times, Anguata Chronicle, New York
AVorld, and of Into the Atlanta Const!
tution are the exponents.
Small wonder then that Mr. Randall
and the press and people of tho South
should feel drawn to each other and
spend a day or two in jollification. De
spite the desertion ot 8ou(bem Con
gressmen last winter he knows that a
grea'change has swept grer the Sooth;
that the people wherever enlightened
are in favor ot a protective policy that
will build up home industries and de
velop home resources. He sounds
the rallying cry of the South when he
says, down with the internal revenae
and np with protection. The spon
taneous tribute of Georgians gathered
in Atlanta to the great protection lead
er, the unanimous election ot protec
tion Senator* in Georgia aud in Ala
bama and tlm solid array of protection
journals in the Booth, mean that the
Demi-ratio party haa pet rermdia.id
“Mi. Randall and hia works.”
8tlll n Myatery,
AVhat,” said tho Shah of p„ r ,;.
one day, “meansall this turmoil I h £
in tho streets?” “Most High ..a
Mighty Son of tho Sunrise,” 8 rpn u a
his Grand Vizier, "it is the po p jj£
n 8 °, ne who cal 'e»t himself
“ a ade n 9 ”' h ° geta about !>■*<"»•
"Let him bo brought in •”
The guards brought in on the run an
old man oi majestic appearance te
whom tho Shah said briefly; 44
“Let the hippodrome proceed ”
Thereupon tbe alleged Buddhi began
his circus. He swallowed three cannon
balls without winking; he climbed an
invisible pole; ho rubbed tho rheuma-
tisrn out of a scullery maid’s rhoulder-
he removed a royal wart from the
Grand Vizier’s nose; he rolled lamp
lighters, lit them and they became
writhing snakes; and took a six-year-
old girl out of his pocket handkerchief.
Thcso did ho all most excellently’
Yet did not tho grant ruler bat his
eyes,
"Art Buddha?” ho said tersely.
(The Shah was very brief-winded).
‘Yea, verily.”
Then tako theo this lead pencil
friend, nnd drop tho same upon the
floor. If tho end break not, then verily
thou art Buddha.
But tho alleged Immortal, shrieking
wildly, “That I have tried these many
yeara in vain,” fled forth, (lung him
self from the battlements, caught upon
his cheek and escaped hack into the
far recesses of tho Himalayas. But
tho great monarch smiled feebly and
said:
“Thus have X unmasked already,
nineteen Buddhas.”
"—«■* •
Cotton Stntement.
From the Chronicle's cotton article ot
November 23 ore gathered the following
facta relative to the movement ol the crop
for tho past week:
For the week ending Norember 23, the
total receipts have reached 281 G9> bales,
•gainst 258,774 bales last week, 2C9.1K
bales three weeks since; mtkng the toul
receipts since the 1st of September, 1331,
2,505,451 bales, agtinat 2 420,231 bales for
tbe sama period of 1833, ebowing an In
crease since September 1, 1884, of 65,187
bales.
The total receipts at all tbe interior
towns for tbe week hare been 183,879 bales,
since September 1, 1405,429 bales. The
receipts at the same towns have been 23,-
755 bales more than tbe earae week last
year, and since September 1 tbe receipts at
ail the towns are 147,710 lets tban^for the
tame time in 1883.
Among the interior towns Macon Is
credited with 2,737 bales for the week, and
with 38 213 bales forthe reason. Last year
tbo receipts for tbe week wore 3,415 bales,
and 43,393 bales for thereneon. Them fig
ures indicate a decrease for tbe week, as
compared with last year, ot 078 ba'oi, and
for tbe eeason a failing od oi 4,13) bates.
The total receipts from plantations since
September!, 1881, were 2,755,388bales; in
1883 were 2,745,082 bales; in 1332 were
2,701,552 bales.
Taking tbe receipts from plantations, tha
net overland movement to November let,
and also the takings by Hnuther i spinners
to tbe same date, the total risible supply
becomes 2 003,843 bale:), a decrease in tbe
amount In sight as compared with lost year
of 27 803 bales.
The imports Into continent*! ports for
the week have been 85 000 bales. The ex
ports have reached a total of 148 555 bales,
ot which 70,478 were to Great Britain,
27 253 to France and 42,824 lo the rest of
tbe continent.
Relatire to the fluctuations in the mar-
krt for the week under review, the Chron
icle says;
We have had another week of ipecnlatlre
manipulation and wide fluctuations la prices
of cotton for future delivery at thl* market
Somethings! a '‘corner" on Norember op
tions became a feature at the close. On Sat
urday there waa a aharp decline under Mice
to realise, promoted by tbe report that Norem-
ber eoitncta had been t-ncrally aettlad, kut
on Monday there was renewed buoyancy, fa
vored by favorable lurrlan adrlcea end cold
weather at the South. On Tues
day tboro was soma further ad
vance. amt Wednesday, after a weak
opening, ctoaod "lightly dearer. To-day there
was. In tbe later dealing", a prexxure of No*
vemU ,* contracts, and this month advanced
11 points, while other deliveries closed onlr
riijatiynigner, and nonces for December de
livery war generally thrown upou the mar
ket. Tho close, as compared with last Friday,
UsUgbllydcarer for the winter mon'beand
cheaper for the distant deliveries. Colton on
the spot lost on Saturday i-*S cent ot the pro*
vlous advance, and remained quiet end un
changed until tbe close to-day, when middling
uplands were quoted at 10 7-1* cent.
A Specimen.
It was our deliberate opinion that Bibb
ooanty bod three Represenlslires In the Leg
islators, bnt poealbly we ere mistaken, for
some of tho Macon papers may frequently be
seen to refer to “our representative, Mr. liar-
rti,” Wo did think that Mr. Onatln asd Mr.
Cbarit* Bartlett represented each a third of
th-honor ot speaking for Rlbb In Atlanta, but
It appears not.—Katonton Messenger.
The words quoted by the Messenger
were used in connection with a notice
of bills Introduced by Mr. Harris.
AVhy under tho Sirenmstances it ahould
be necessary to name the other repre
sentatives from tliis county is more
than wo can fathom. Tho lingering
enmity to tho Telegraph has long since
passed the humorous stage. It is now
ridiculous.
A Rsmarknble iaonpe.
lira. Marv A. Daly, of Tunkhannock,
Pa„ waa nillicted eix yevra wllbaatbma
usd lironcldlij, daring which lime the bed
physicians ootudgiveno relief. Her lua
vrsadi#pairf*<l of, ootil in hut Octot>«f the
procured a bottle of Dr. KIok’s New Di«*
covery, when Immediate relief waa felt,
and by continuing its upo for a tborttlme
she was completely cund, gaining infletn
60 pound*, in * few month?. .
Frm trial bottles of this certain cure of
all throat und lun* di‘«.i#es at I.amar,
Rankin it Lamar’s dra^ store. Large bot
tles |1.00.
The S7S.000 Prize to nn Unknown Hare!
It la collected by t*he Louisiana Nation
al Hunk for an unknown deiH*lu>r . '*h*
lucky 73 465 waa presented at the mam ot-
tice# of Th* LouUlana State Litt< ry Coni-
!• .rawby Mr. A. Loria,Oi-ilerol the Lou-
i-iana National Hank, for a depo-ntori
I Lie Is nil that lb* Lottery Company
- ,.f it and Mr. 1. na declined,to
name f
lurky
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;l.*d ti)
-New Or!t
hilt of
is City