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THE GEORGIA CRACKER.
Gainesville, Ga., May 14, 1898.
Dewey has the thaoks of the na-
tioii.
The Maine has been remem
bered.
And Gainesville continues to
grow.
Governor Candler sounds migh
ty well.
Dewey and Candler are the men
of the hour.
The Southern men with Dewey’s
squadron proved that they were
true blue.
Berner’s eloquence in the Ninth
district is “sweetness wasted on
the desert air. ”
And Hanna, what has become
of him? He seems to have been
lost in the shuffle.
The program for the Gainesville
Chautauqua is the best ever pre
sented to a Georgia audience.
Howard Thompson is making
votes every day. Tate will be ask
ing “where am I at?” after June
6th.
The Georgia troops are brave
soldiers. At the roll call of duty
they will always answer “pres
ent.”
WAR, CRUEL WAR.
Now that we are just recovering
from the cruel results of a most
awful war which left the bleeding
South in a desolate condition, her
populous cities razed to the
ground, her fields blighted and
the flower of her young manhood
demolished we are again threaten
ed with a bloody war.
If the people of the United
States had any excuse whatever
at this time for bringing about a
war it was for the blowing up of
the Maine in Cuban waters.
However, Congress did not take
this view of the situation and de
clared war on other grounds.
Hon. Carter Tate,who is a mem
ber of Congress from this district
and who is a member of the Com
mittee on Naval affairs,after turn
ing the “war dogs” loose upon the
country has deserted his post in
the city of Washington and has
hied himself away to the moun
tains of North East Georgia. He
should now be at his “post” do
ing his duty. This is a crucial
period in our country’s history
and men who hold positions of
honor and trust should be at
their post ready at any and all
times to answer when their names
are called.
However, he may belong to that
school of patriots who have been
described as being “invincible in
peace and invisible in w T ar.”
May the good Lord deliver us
from those who stir up strife and
then turn their backs on danger.
“Official hellishness” is the way
an exchange heads an editorial.
It must be pretty warm in that
sanctum.
And poor old Admiral Montejo,
after being completely whipped by
Admiral Dewey, was killed by the
insurgents.
Gainesville’s chicken trade in
creases every month. The pro
duce business of the Queen City is
a big thing.
Would you like to increase your
business? If so put an advertise
ment in The Cracker and it will
surely grow.
Evidences of Candler’s strength
are more and more apparent every
day. He will adorn Georgia’s gu
bernatorial chair.
What about Tate’s reply to
Thompson’s letter? It was about
the weakest thing ever put out by
him. Tate just simply can’t meet
Thompson’s arguments.
The tottering throne of the
Queen Regent needs stronger sup
port than it is getting in Spain.
The swish of an American shell
would cause it to fall into frag
ments.
The salary of the King <>f Spain
is $1,400,000 per year, with a fam
ily allows)nee of $600,00. Alphon-
•so, who is;- grand son '-f the fa
mous Queen Lobelia v ill be 12 on
Mav 17 be.
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Consumptives
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SUSTAINS HIS CHARGES.
Editor McNelley of the Law-
renceville News-Herald seems to
have cornered Chairman Henley
on his propositions, and makes
out a strong case of the charges
preferred. Editor McNelley is
right in his statement that no
notice of the meeting of the com
mittee was published in any pa
per in any county of the district,
as is customary. He also shows
that at least two committeemen
were not notified, and the commit
teemen from three of the other
counties not represented are yet to
I be heard from. The meeting was
i . °
j a little “jumped up,” it appears,
as nobody here knew anything
about it until a day or two before
it was to be held, and several of the
committeemen were not aware of
its convocation two days before
hand.
Mr. Tate left his “post of duty”
in time to get to Gainesville the
afternoon before the meeting was
held, accompanied by some of his
friends of the committee, and it
was whispered around before the
chairman rapped for order that
the Tate men had things “fixed.”
As Tate men were appointed to
pass on the credentials, and later
Tate men were also appointed a
committee on resolutions it cer
tainly looks like the wily Con
gressman had played his hand
w T ell.
But the Thompson men on the
committee didn’t kick—it was no
use as they were in the minority—
and, besides, the action of the com
mittee-was not objectionable save
in one respect, they wanted to re
move the “snap judgement” sus
picion which the Tate men created;
they did not care to be parties to
any such idea, and wanted the will
of the people to predominate.
HE HELPED IT ON.
In the Spanish-American war
the Republican party is getting ip
some good work. It is a deep
laid scheme on the part of the
G.O. P. to uerpetuate the same in
power and it is UBing the Demo
cratic party to fine effect.
The fine “Italian hand” of your
uncle Mark Hanna can be seen
without an effort. It is agame of
politics that is being played with
consummate skill by the “ins,”
and the “outs” will wake up to the
fact in the sweet bye and bye.
Hon. Carter Tate is aiding and
abetting in the matter to the ex
tent of voting for war and then re
treating to the mouneains of Hep-
sedam where the lion roareth and
the whang doodle moaneth for its
first born.
KNOCKED HIM OUT.
Hon. Carter Tate has at last
been knocked out, and it was done
by that doughty young statesman,
Colonel Howard Thompson.
After fixing his committee,
which met in Atlanta with Thomp
son’s to arrange for a series of joint
debates,he felt pretty safe so far as
joint debates were concerned, but
he went a step too far when he
published in his organs a list of
his appointments with the state
ment that Col. Thompson had been
invited to meet him at each^of
these, for, although, the latter did
not receive any such invitation he
knows how to call a bluff and he
went right up to Burton and Clay
ton and did meet Tate—and he
knocked him out.
But the knockout blows at Bur
ton and Clayton were nothing as
compared to the joe darters given
Tate by Thompson at Cleveland
Thursday. A large crowd was
present, there was a better place
for speaking, and Thompson was
in better trim. In other words he
was in prime condition to knock
the slabbishness out of Tate’s flim
siness, and, as Uncle Remus says,
“he laid him low.”
From Tate’s point of view there
was but one thing the matter with
the crowd—they were all against
him. Both candidates were ac
corded the most respectful hear
ing. The crowd was orderly and
good natured. Colonel Thompson
made the opening, speech and it
was clearly seen from the start
that the crowd was with him. He
did not indulge in personalities,
but he plainly and clearly gave
his reasons for wanting to go to
Congress and told the voters how
he would better represent them
than his opponent.
He discussed the vital issues be
fore the people and gave his opin
ion of how some of the evils might
be remedied. His currency and
tariff views were applauded, arid
when he said how much he regret
ted that the war had been brought
on but now that it was on the
American people must stand to
gether, the crowd cheered him to
the echo. His entire speech was
well received and at its conclusion
he was overwhelmed with congrat
ulations.
Colonel Tate made the same
speech he has been delivering over
the district for the past ten years.
He repeated the same things the ]
people have heard from him in j
every campaign since he has rep
resented this district. The crowd
listened, but heeded not what he
said. After about an hour’s
harangue he quit, and there was a
sigh of relief. It was evident to
Tate himself that his effort had
fallen flat.
When the speaking was over
Thompson was surrounded by a
crowd who renewed their pledges
of support, while Tate stood off to
himself talking to one or two of
his friends and an old darkey who
is alleged to have handled Tate’s
money in White in previous cam
paigns.
It is palpably plain that White
county is overwhelmingly for
Thompson. He is as sure of get
ting that vote as he is of carrying
Hall.
WHY IS THIS THUS ?
Why is it that Hon. Carter Tate,
who poses as a great friend of the
“moonshiner,” is being ardently
supported by the entire force in
the revenue service in the Ninth
district? From the highest even
to the lowest he has their sup
port.
Why three of the negro, Ruck
er’s appointees, who live in Mr,
Tate’s county and who were ap
pointed by hie recommendation-
one Democrat and two Republi
cans—are for him teeth and toe
nail.
Howpver, Pickens is a Republi
can county and is entitled to some
consideration from a Republican-
Democratic administration.
Spencer Atkinson and Bob Ber
ner may be right nice fellows but
that they are lacking in judgment
is evidenced by their entry into
the gubernatorial race against Al
len D. Candler. They are old
enough to know better it seems.
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KEEP COOL BROTHER HARD
MAN! KEEP OOOL!
It seems that brother Hardman
of the Echo-Gazette don’t like it
because Col. Thompson is going
to carry the counties of Banks aDd
Jackson in the coming contest
with Hon. Carter Tate.
He absolutely denies it, and
says that Col. Thompson has no
more chance to carry the Phil
ippine Islands. Of course Thomp
son don’t want to carry the Phil-
ihpine Islands—Dewey will look
after that.
The editor of the Echo-Gazette
ought to inform himself about cur
rent matters. He has set around
Harmony Grove and dreamed
about the matter until he is honest
in the opinion, no doubt, that Tate
will carry the entire face of the
earth.
The editor of this paper ought
to take a trip into Banks and Jack-
son and inform himself as to the
status of affairs.
Harmony Grove is a small part
of the good old county of Jackson
and when he states that the result
in Jackson will be at a ratio some
thing like 16 to 1 he is either
wrapt up in dense ignorance,
floundering around in the dark,
or is just constitutionally opposed
to know the facts in the case.
WELL! DIB YOU EVER?
Did you ever hear that good old
tune “Three-for-Bell?” It was com
posed by some old line stager in
the early 70’s and was set to music
by Rev. Robert A. Eakes, of the
county of Forsyth, in the interest
of Hon. H. P. Bell, and was sung
at Gainesville in each Congress
ional convention for the Ninth
District for a seiies of years.
Finally Col. Bell was weaned but
he was growing old when this im
portant event transpired.
Hon. Carter Tate was educated
in this peculiar school of politics
and he desires to change the tune
to “All for Tate. ”
Col. Bell is Carter’s father-in-
law and it does look like Apostolic
succession.
Every volunteer has to take this
oath : “I do solemnly swear that
I will bear true faith and alle
giance to the United States of
America and that I will serve them
honestly and faithfully against all
their enemies whosoever, and that
I will obey the orders of the pres
ident of the United States and the
orders of the officers appointed
over me according to the rules
and articles of war.”
Hon. Carter Tate, of the Ninth
district, is thdonly member of the
Georgia delegation in Congress
who appears
ble opposition
Thompson is
have any formida-
this year. “Slick”
naking him hustle,
says the Albany Herald. The
Cracker woul4 like to add that
the Herald is powerful well in
formed. *
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