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SECOND DISTRICT POLITICS.
CANDIDATE htbvbns and the
ALLIANCE tUTnODII.
•Capt. Hakba. •[ (he Democratic C'a
mltlee, Bcrlewa the SIlHillaa.
In'fhe Atlanta Constitution of the
'diet Inst, appears an article entitled,
■ '“The Warring Second.” It Is the head
ing of ahother of what may be called
one of Mr.O. B. Stevens’ proclamations.
It commences with the query, “Will
there be two Congressional conven
tions in the Second, and If there are,
wvhloh of the two will be the legal con
tention, the one oreated.by the Coun
ty Executive Committee, or the one
"brought into existence by the ma-
•chinery of the District Congressional
•Committee?” The reading of the en
tire article is desirable,.and It can be
-found in another column of this pa
per.
The issue Is not properly stated by
"Mr. Stevens, and should read : “Which
of the two conventions will be legal,
the one emanating and brought forth
-under the orders and Instructions of
the Alliance convention held at Cuth-
"toert, at which Mr. Stevens was nomi
nated, or the one which the distrlot
•committee, under the machinery and
custom of the Democratic party, has
nailed?”
The Issue fairly stated In this dis
trict is, to call things by their proper
names:
The political Alliance, with Its se
cret oath-bound organization, with Its
proclivities for Third Partylsm and
open support of Bepubllcan doctrines,
• AGAINST
'the open ranks of Democracy, In
•which the rights of all aro preserved,
=and special privileges to the few are
forbidden.
This, then, being the Issue, let us
■state the facts of the case. The Issue
•commenced by the Alliance calling a
■convention at Cuthbert to nominate a
•candidate to represent this Congres.
sional district in Congress. They did
•so, and Mr. O’. B. Stevens being the fa.
■ vored one, the Alliance machinery was
•At once put to work to secure the rati
fication of this nomination by the
Democratic party of t-his-district. The
plan was soon apparent. In every
■county in which Alllnncemen were in
the majority in the Executive Com
mittee, meetings were ordered to se-
Hect delegates to the Democratic Dls-
• trict Convention. Being bound by
their secret oaths, their actions were
•secret and solid, and, of course, were a
•surprise to the balance of the com-
onunity—unaccustomed to see oath-
Ibotfnd organizations marching to the
polls as so many sheep, without an
■opinion of their own, and blindly
■obeying the orders of their superior
•officers, depositing the ballots handed
’to them.
Then it was that men began to open
their eyes and ask themselves, “Are
■we going to stand idly by and see this
•oath-bound organization take charge
•of our Legislation? — take charge of
the machinery of the government?”
The spirit of freedom inherent in the
human breast answered, and the Dem-
•ocratio District Committee was called
together. They recommended that
unass meetings and primaries should
ibe held in each ooilnty in the district
to select delegates to the district con
vention on the 80th of July next, and
fixed the day to bold the convention
-August 17th next. Then it was that
ithe penny-aliners of the order raised a
howl—because they saw that the petty
•scheme to steal ■’the representation of
ithe district from the Democrats could
mot succeed. Vituperation and abuse
fell in loathsome parcels from the
venal pens of the venal crew, but un-
■diemayed the Democratic Committee
stands in its attitude, conscious of do
ing right, and defying the oath-bound
•schemers to do their worst.
Until the committee acted, the Alli
ance, with a steady stride, was leading
its misguided members into all sorts
■of strange places. They revelled for a
while in the good things to be gotten
-out of the Ocala platform. The tariff
issue in it was sound Democratic doc
trine, but that was emasculated at’In-
dianapolis, and at St. Louis, why, all
■else that was in it tending to be bener
fleial or helpful to the South was ob
literated, and the thing was denounced
by the,good men in their order—such
•as Moses and Livingston—to that to-
■day .there is nothing left of that abor-
tive mongrel known as Ocala plat
form, or Ooala demands.
The facts being stated,then, what is
the legal status of the oase? Mr. Stev-
eus, supposing that the Democratic
party was somewhat akin to bis Alli
ance grandpa, sought first the Consti
tution and the Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, and
by speolous pleading induced them to
read a lecture to the Executive Coinr
mittee of the district. That not being
effective, the State Committee Itself
was appealed to by our friend O. B.,
and their reply was that they were not
on to the raoket. We then heard that
the late convention would be asked to
take this terrible oommittee in hand
and deal with them. But at the Inst
moment Mr. O. B. relents and goes
baok to the Constitution with his
proclamation,' “The Warring Second,"
so that the whole thing is reduced to
the point, which organization shall
control the Democratic assemblies in
this district, the Alliance orders, or
the orders of the District Executive
Committee?
In the State convention the rules
and regulations put forth by the State
Executive Committe are respected.
If they are legal, why should the rules
and regulations of the District Com
mittee be Illegal when confined within
tho bounds of reason and law? Being
so, all we have to say is, Democrats,
stand to your Golors, and &b the gal
lant Napier said at Salamanca, “Hold
your fire until you seethe whites of
your foemen’s eyes.”
There are hosts of good men who
Joined the Alliance—not for political
purposes. In speakingof the Alliance
we are not speaking to them. It is to
the class known as political tricksters,
who, by their wioked, mischievous
methods, are seeklug to divide the
white men of the Second district that
our words are directed, and the good
men of the order who Joined it for the
purpose of uplifting the agricultural
condition of the country will think
twioe—aye, thrice—before they Join
hands with a lot of men who seek
nothing but their own benefit and ag
grandizement, and thus break the solid
front which heretofore has enabled us
to keep the reins of law and order in
the hands of the Anglo-Saxon race.
R. Hobbs.
AJbnny, Ga., May 28.
TUB U AIIKIVK NECOND.
! ,i i •
The I’rebnbllllJ- of Two Noiuinnling
null Two Uamllitnuw.
TO LAMP NOBTHBN.
The Albanr Ounnla Left This Morning.
DEATH OF MB. N. F. MEBCBB. outcome
From tho Atlanta Constitution.
Will there be two Congressional
conventions in the Seoond district?
And if there are, which of the two
will be the legal convention—the one
oreated by the County Executive Com
mittee, or the one brought luto exist
ence by the machinery of the District
Congressional Committee?
■ There may be two conventions, and
there may not be. The outlook for
two is very promising at present. But
If there are two, each will present its
own nominee for Congress, and the
unusual aspeot of two Demooratlo
candidates for Congress, both claiming
to he the rightful nominee, will be pre
sen ted.
And so knotty is the question In
volved that the gold Democrats of the
district may deoide for themselves
which of the two nominees Is the right
one.
Just now Hon.O.B. Stevens,of Daw
son, stand" a fair oliance of scouring
the nomination for Congress of one of
the conventions. Mr. Stevens has been
in the city for several days, and only
returned to Ills home yesterday. He
is confident of being nominated and
elected, and no longer anticipates any
serious trouble from the threatened
break in the party. Tho trouble III Ills
district came about in this fashion.
About a month ago the District Con
gressional Executive Committee was
called together by the Chairman,Capt.
R. Hobbs, of Albany. The committee
ordered that primaries be held in all
the counties of the distrlot for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to the con
vention to nominate a candidate for
Congress.
Straightway there arose a protest
from every eounty In the district
against the.aetion of the Congressional
Committee in ordering primaries.
The County Deiuocratio Executive
Committee declared that. It was un
heard of authority, and that they would
not be bound by it.
And so disregarding the action of
the Congressional Committee entirely
the County Executive Committees be
gan ordering primaries.
There are two candidates in the
field, Mr. O. B. Stevens and Judge C.
B. Wooten, of Dougherty.
Primaries ordered by the Coun
Executive Committee have alrcai
been held in five counties. Mr. Steve]
has carried all of tlieie, giving hlfn
twelve votes in the convention.
Terrell, the home county of Mr. Ste
vens, was carried by him by a good
majority.
There are thirty votes in the disi-
trlot, and Mr. Stevens thinks there is
no doubt but that he will get the
three-fourths of the full vote. But if
he should get them all in the conven
tion made up of delegates chosen ,in
the primaries ordered by the County
Committee, still there might be anotf 1 '
convchtlon.
Judm Wooten’s friends claim tt)nt
the Distrlot Committee had tfie rt*|
to call primaries, and they will star
Jay the committee’s action. On July
80tli, they will vote for their candidate
and thus two sets of delegates w
selected, as Mr. Stevens will not
his mime to go into these primer
Several other counties have named
dates, conflicting with the District
Committee’s primary dates, and the
Is at least lively.
’l-nm Monday's Kvbnino IIebalu.
The soldier laddies are off. They
left this morning, and if all went well,
they wefe at Griffin by 5 o’clock. They
went In "good spirits, with flags Hying
and hearts beating high in anticipa
tion of the rousing times to come.
They formed ranks at the Armory
at ID o’olook, and with three cheers
and a tiger for Camp Northen, they
filed .down the Btalrs and into the
street.
They marched, down Washington
street to the depot, and were followed
by the usual crowd of small boys. The
stars and stripes were blown by the
wind, habks rattled down the street,
and drays rumbled heavily along.
There was muoh laughter and gay
conversation from those on their way
to see the Guards off, and altogether it
made quite a stirring scene—such a
scene as tended to remind older peo
ple of days gone by.
At the depot the departure was
quieter than usual. As the train
bearing the troops from adown the 8.,
F. & W. rolled in, two or three of the
boys started a oheer.but the rest failed
to respond, and the cheer ended In a
hoarse oroak or two.
A large crowd was at the depot, and
there was muoh waving of handker
chiefs, and muoh shouting of “good
by” as the bell olanged and the train
rulled slowly out of the station. They
went on a special of three coaches and
two baggage cars, that followed the
regular train on the Columbus South
ern.
Here’s to the health and good times
of the “eojer boys.”
A MTBIFBD BEAUTY.
TJtlny-T*»*.Feuml Jlocltfl.li Tr«
Blue Nprlmi.
Ben Mims, who lives on the Warren
place, on the opposite side of* the river
from Blue Spring, and Dan nnd Lee
Jeffers, of this city, made a big catch
of fish in the Blue Spring run Satur
day night.
Most of the fish were taken with a
gig, but a few were caught in a pod
net at the mouth of the run.
But the great trophy of tt)e night
wnsn rockflsli that weighed thirty-
two pounds. The rookflsh Is one of
the gamest fishes that swims, and he
fights to the death. This one was
first gigged in the bank and the boys
got him in the boat, but he got out nnd
they had to run him down and gig
him the second time. He weighed
thirty-two pounds, and was a beauty.
AN ENGINEER’S JOKE.
• Proved Very Convincingly That Bn
. Coul<l Stop IIIn Train Qulakly,
Mr. Smith tells of an Instance illus
trating the peculiar methods of Mex
ican administration of justice in con
nection with railways.
A friend of mine was on trial for
his life on a charge of manslaughter
down near Quintero. He had been
running a passenger train and bad
had the misfortune to kill a man
walking on the track. He had been
In jail for several months and finally
Minister Otiborne, who was then in
Mexico, succeeded in having his case,
called for trial. Now.' the Mexicans
never listen to expert testimony.
They might hear you and me in our
own defonse, but unless we could cor
roborate testimony by some tangible
siipport like physical substantiation,
we would cut hut a poor figure. In
the case I refer to the authorities In
sisted upon having the engineer re
produce precisely the condition of
affairs which ted to the accident.
Accordingly the railroad company
had to rig up a train of cars, pre
cisely like that in which the acci
dent occurred. It hud to be loadud
with just us many people as the
" ioI train had on board. It bud
,ve the same engine and be
taken to the precise spot where the
accident occurred. A dummy figure
vraa prepared to stand in the exact
ot where tlie man was killed,
ion the jury were to get on the
train and the “admlnistraddr de
justieo" was to take a scat in the
cab and observe the efforts of the
iser to stop it in time,
low. the engineer who was demon
ig the problem was a friend of
on trial. He intended to
show the "Hdminiatrador" something
he had never before seen. The idea
was to take the train over the same
track. They went up the road about
five miles and then switched to come
back for the object lesson. The
dummy was set up on the track. The
'administmdor" took his place in the
cab, leaning more than half his body
out to better observe the figure, for
he was to give the signal when to
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BKVAPTURBD.
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Mitchell
An Old naillBrrpncird Citizen of Allmiiy
Finn Anar.
From Saturday's Kvenino Hekai.ii.
Thu community was grieved; last
night, to hear of the death of its old
and honored citizen, Mr. N. F. Mercer.
He died at 7 o’clock last evening. He
had for a long time been a sufferer
from that Incurable malady, brlghts
disease, and his demise has been daily
expected. So, It was no surprise, al
though that fact does not rob death of
any of its sorrow.
Mr. Mercer was long past the merid
ian of life, and for years had been
identified with the leading Interests of
the city and county. But his life's
work is ended, and the passing away
of such a landmark of a community
does always strike sorrow to every
heart. Mr. Mereer leaves a wife and
three children to mourn Ills death.
His children, Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mr.
Frank Mercer and Miss Annie Mercer,
are all residents of Albany. The
burial services were held at the Bap
tist church, of which be was a member,
at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, the Rev.
E. B. Carroll officiating, and as we go
to press, all that remains of this hon
est and just man is being borne to the
Oakview cemetery for interment.
Mr. Mercer was a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and the Albany
Lodge pf Masons turned out m a body
this afternoon to perform the last sad
rites of their order over the grave of
their deceased brother.
From the N., P. AcW.MIbf S., A. Sc M.
The Hebald has it from a source en
tirely reliable that Mr. J. W. Moore,
for many years in the .service of the
8., F. & W. R’y, will leave that road on
the 1st of June to accept the position
of master of Boadway of the 8., A. A
M. road.'
Mr. Moore is a thoroughly practical
railroad man, having risen from the
position of section boss to that of As
sistant Master of Roadway in the ser
vice of the F. & W., and is well
equipped for the position he is to take
with the 8., A. & M.
The Herald congratulates Mr.
Moore upon his promotion and the
management of the 8., A. and M. road
upon securing the services of so effi
cient and reliable a man as we know
him to be.
—Miss Clifford Taylor will return to
her home at Shellman to-morrow,
Miss Taylor has just closed a success
ful term of school In the Academy in
this city, and is now ready for her
sumihpr vacation.
A Ocorgin Llierarr W«mnn.
Maud Andrews, in her Sunday letter
to the Constitution, has this to say of
a Southern woman who recently went
to New York from Georgia with the
determination to make her living by
her pen:
The people who have failed always
prnte about the ini possibility of making
one’s way in New York, but it seems
to me that all the men and women who
have brought real ability and deter,
initiation to that great market, have
either sooner or later' gained a place
for themselves. A Southern woman
who hnd never turned her thoughts
townrd earning a dollar until the re
ceipts from her cotton plantation be
came very small, was Mrs. Nellie Red
man Crawford, who went to hew York
a few months ago for the purpose of
seeding a situation. In a few weeks
she was offered the joint position of
corresponding secretary to the editor
of the New York Journal and assist
ant to the lexicographer of Appleton’s
great medioal dictionary.
The position is a delightful one,with
a good salary, and Mrs. Crawford now
fills It. She is a brilliant woman, with
a mind strong and versatile, and after
a life of ease and comfort she displays
a line qpirit in thus going to work
rather than living in meagre idleness
upon a small fortune. Southern
women are every day learning the
value and the glorious Independence
of industry, ana this faot 1b doing as
muoh towards the progress and pros
perity of. our aountry as any of the
great gams of her men.
—He truly wins who wins by judg
ment.
The ChicagoInter Ocean takes off its
hat to announce that Mrs. Emma
Beckwith is ready to run for Vice
President. The announcement may
as well be made now as later. Not to
know Mrs. Beckwith argues yourself
unknown, but as most of us are in that
class it must be added that Mrs. Beck
with is the woman who ran for Mayor
of Brooklyn, and announces that she
will now accept second place on the
Presidential ticket of the Equal
Rights party if Belva Lockwood or
Franols Willard will head it. One
thing must be confessed about Candi
date Beckwith, and that is the extreme
infancy of her platform views. The
New York Herald thus places some of
them on record: “Well, I have unde,
elded views on the silver question,
am studying the subject. If the coun
try has the power to Issue $1,000 why
should it not have the power to Issue
money enough to pay all the debt and
to stop taxing the people to pay the
interest on the debt? Sometimes
think free coinage is best and some
times I think other plans are more ad.
visable. But I have to study up on all
those questions,”
/
Officer Bob Raley cuptured a run
away convict from Mitohell county
Monday afternoon.
Joe Holmes is a Mitohell county;
Negro who was sentenced to twelve
months in the oliuin-gang, and Mr.
Wesley Curies paid him out and took
him to his place to work. Of course
Joe made the fairest sort of promises to
his benefactor, hut, all the same, he
skipped.
A Mitchell county officer heard that
the runaway had been seen In Albany,
and was up here on the lookout for
him on Saturday night.
Officer Raley got on to the case, and
Monday p. m. ha 'succeeded In spot
ting Joe Holmes and arresting him
just as he was about to board an out
going train on the Cordele railroad.
Tho Negro had a pistol on him and
had cocked it ready for use, but. the
sharp eye of the officer caught on to
the fellow’s treachery and he promptly
disarmed him.
The runaway convict Is now safe in
the Dougherty county Jail, and when
his benefactor gets hold of him again
he will probably let the law take its
course with him.
The EI*kt-T«U.4 Comet.
It is visible at about 8:80 o’oloek In
the morning, and may be found very
dear the highest star in the constella
tion Pegasus. With a moderately
strong glass the eight tails arc visible,
It is one of those comets which travel
in such a direction that it will never
be seen again. Swift’s comet, it Is
called, as it was discovered a few
months ago by. Prof. Swift, of Roch.
ester.
The next session of the Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias will
be held In Macon.
P»r the H*u»ckrepero.
A lady, enthusiastic over doing her
own housekeeping, sends the follow,
ing. recipe to the Herald, commend
ing it to housekeepers who want
cheap and wholesome dessert. She
calls it “Albany Pudding
Grease a bowl thick with butter, put
seeded raisins around it, then line with
bread. Make a nice custard of four
eggs, one quart of milk, a little salt
and one-balf cup of sugar, flavor with
nutmeg and pour it into the bowl
bake. Serine with sauce made in the
following manner: Boil three-fourths
of a pint of sweat milk-, beat the yolk
of one egg with a level teaspoonful of
flour and sugar enough to make very
sweet. When the milk bolls stir this
into it, and let it cool; then flavor
with/ nutmeg and a few drops of va-
. nilla.
’ho engineer let her out with a
gnn. He wan not supposed to tra vel
more than thirty miles an hour, but
when the “udminlstrador" waved his
bond to check her—“man on the
track” —he was going fifty. The fire
man pulled the whistle, the engineer
sprang to his reverse lever nnd bis
sandbox and gave her all the air
there was in the pump. In less than
a second the “admlnistrador de judi
cio"'wnH opt of the cab window into
the ditch with a broken ankle, the
jury in the first passenger cor was
filed into u promiscuous mass, the
&*&&&&&&
turn was so great that the engine
struck the straw man and knocked
it twenty feet in the air.
The result of that object lesson
was that the "admlnistmdor" lay in
bed for six weeks, the engineer tvos
acquitted nod the jury petitioned the
legislature of Choacan for a change
in the laws. —Chicago Herald.
Tbs Toujb of Confucius.
One of the most interesting parts
of China is the city of Chu-fu-hsien,
in the province of Shantung, the
birthplace of Confucius, the founder
of Confucianism.
In love and veneration by his fol
lowers the tomb of Confucius is
hardly second to that of Mohammed
at Mecca.
It is kept In excellent preservation,
disciplee tieing annually placed in
charge of it, who regard- and keep
this trust imposed upon them with a
strictness and conscientiousness prob
ably unknown in any other portion
of the world.
It is the deni roof all thorough Con-
fucianists to have their ashee rest
near this sacred spot, and almost
daily one or more followers are
brought to this already overcrowded
cemetery to have their last wish
gratified.—Co*. Boston Globe.
Salt Water Daecn’t Bart Ena
Not long since a railroad float load
ed with freight cars containing a vast
quantity of fresh bggs was sunk in
the waters of the upper bay off the
Battery, *New York city. Working
upon thia subject a Witty pafragraphtst
attached to a New York newspaper
remarked that although immersed in
salt water the eggs would undoubt
edly be sold for fresh.
sr he knew that his state
ment was one of truth or not cannot
be aaoertained, hut the fact remains
the same that the eggs were unim
paired when the float was raised, and
were undoubtedly put on the market
as such.—New York Herald.
Who does not 'remember t...
curdling picture in. tho old :
school books, whore the
boars woro devouring
children who hud point*
coluior path to Elisha of
forehead. A few days ago
little boy of four, who. f
carefully guarded, somo
up phrases which are tho
paronts would have him
a company of Salvatlo
him with their beating of t
their odd attire. He "
from the dooratep with
harder. Aunt Thump-Thump!
higher, Unele Big Hut." &c.
His grandmother from the i
heard and was horrified. She i
proceeded to teach him a.li
reverence. “Don’t you kuo
ny," she said, "that those j
working for the Lord, just it
ophets used to do in old
wicked to make fun of
Once some children cried out i
ihet Elisha" po»sod, 'Go up, t
head I' and God sent
bears out of tho woods and I
them all up." Johnny's ey<
nnd bursting into
led the pious expectations of 1
anxious toacher by exclaiming »
tween his sobs, “1-think—it- \
a—blamed-shame!" - Boston
old.
Struck by mi Ulnphftnt'l '
When I was in- the couuti
with the show we turned ii t
>hant, well hobbled. Into n [
field, by consent of the own
Uttle mare was In that field i
colt, and she evidently tho _
baby was in dnngor, so slio i
fierce uttack on the ele '
her heels. She played ni
too on the ribs of that a
brute, 1 toll you. till li
turned his big back upon li
tried to run away. He was 1
so thnt running was a ludi<
ure, and besides the
Caught him with her sharp t
the "slack" skin around li
legs, which always makes i
phont look ns if his suspeudo.
not braced up short enough,
hung on to him fiercely.
Seeing that ho, could
from her, tho elephant I
and hit her just once witl
on tho neck. The brave 1
lay right down and
and wo had to write h
expense side of our
view in New York 1
—
The Phrm •
Thousoof tho p
•on."
of parliament
what was known ..
bill." and when Job
was tho man
phrase. It <
nor: Sheridan wans
ing Fox’s ’
said: "Mr.
faii-s. Is not to
When n member of t
employed toe
else could be
there was a
him I" “Name him I" '
“Sirs," said Sheridan,
name tho pej-son; it is
pleasant thing to do.
poso that 1 abstain b
any difficulty in
could do so, sirs, i
could say ’Jack Roll
They naturally inferred
remarks that Jack or‘
was tho person wh
—Philadelphia Press.
WhKt W»r Has Cast Our
It appears,
mates of French i
tlcians, that there
tho wars of the last
000 men, while I
- ltoi
ie inconel
000, Of this amount F
nearly $3,500,000 as £
war with Prussia, -
men is placed at 155,0
Of these, 80,0001
field of battle, 36,000 c
accidents or
German prisons, wh
from other causes i
tho number up to
gate. The sick and v
ed to 477,421. the lives o
sands of whom i
ened by their illi
Francisco Post.
■IrSihi
TA« As* of *h* Harp.
The harp, which was
the lute, is ascribed to Jubal, 8875
C., and was King . David's favorite
instrument The harp was used by
the Welsh and Saxons, and also by
the ancient peoples of Ireland. One
of the oldest harps in existence ie in
the Dublin, College museum, and
to Brian Bo-
ig of Ireland. —Harper’s
Young People.
PrMlMly.
Featheretone—Yon get all your
clothes made in London, don’t you!
How do yon continue to have them
fitl
don’t fit That’s
ilook so T
Potato** Orowlnx 1
Wellbaugh and
explorations in the Co!
Have disooverod a —
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