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THE NEWS,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Lawrenceville, Ga., August 17, IHII4.
Mb. Cleveland is president nnd
always will be a precedent.
Our Georgia exchanges are hav
ing a merry time goading the pop
ulists.
All that is needed to equip a
fu-st class populist spouter is ig
norance and mendacity.
The populist party is dead in ,
the west, and in the south, too,
hut its tail is still wiggling.
That candidate who called the
people of this county “the ri li
ras' and rag-tag” will wish lie
hadn’t.
Congress bids fair to adjourn
within the next few days. Who
says we have nothing to he thank
ful for?
We advise the Sparta Ishmao
lito to get right on the financial
question. Don’t run oft after the
populists.
The indications are that Major
Bacon will lie elected United
States senator on first ballot. So
mote it he.
The hoys at Buford say that D
in Irwin’s name stands for Dennis
since he ran against Charlie Brand
the other night.
The men who have been dubbed
“the riff-raff and rag-tag” will
have a wonderful power when elec
tion day comes.
The Constitution and Journal
are both satisfied with the plat
form. That shows what democrats
can do when they try.
The way to judge a party is by
its leaders. Look at the democrat
ic leaders and compare them with
third party leaders.
If vour iTPrghlw js a reasonable
-pepuiist, carry him your paper
and get him to read it carelully
nnd prayerfully. It. will save him.
The price of cotton is advancing
in view of the settlement of tlie
tariff question, but we predict that
it will decline in the face of nine
million bales.
If every democrat in the ninth
district will do his duty Carter
Tate’s majority will lie not less
than six thousand. Will not every
democrat do his duty?
In 1892 Tom Watson said that
free silver meant only 30 cents per
capita. Now he seems to think
it is the panacea for all onr polit
ical diseases. Verily, Tom is a
trimmer of the first water.
The papers of the tenth distinct
say that Hon. J. C. C. Black will
beat Tom Watson worse than he
did in 1892. So mote it be. Tom
is a disturber of the public peace
and ought to be sent permanently
to the rear.
Ik Judge Hines is depending on
the votes of disaffected democrats
to elect him governor, he might as
| well be making his arrangements
Pto continue the practice of law for
the corporations for which lie is at
present' attorney.
The Athens Banner has improv
ed wonderfully within the last few
weeks. It is now one of the new
siest local papers that come to this
office. If it continues to improve
it ought to receive the support of
every man in Clarke county.
The way to beat the third party,
and beat it badly, is to organize in
—fvery militia district. There
ought to he at least 1,800 names
on the democratic club lists in
Gwinnett county, and it will re
quire only a little work to put
them there.
It is said that Col. J. A. B. Ma
hafty, the third party candidate
for secretary of state, has aban
doned the practice of law and tak
en the stump for his party. Well,
that’s all right. He will have
plenty of time next year mid the
year after to practice law'.
Col. J. A. Dodgen, the demo
cratic nominee for the legislature
from Milton county, has already
served two terms in that body, and
will be a useful and able member.
He will easily defeat the third par
ty nominee, who is running just
because his party had to sacrifice
some one in order to keep up a
show of fight.
It will be a glorious time when
all our people get back together
and this pickering shall stop;
when men go to the same shrine
to worshib, send their children to
the same school without jealousy,
be neighbors in the true sense of
{ the word as they did only a few
\j»rs there w as no third
Of —l.lie pHtUD
Passage of tlie Tariff Hill.
The Wilson tariff bill, ns amend
ed by the senate, has passed the
lower house of congress, and now
goes to the president for his ap
proval. The measure, in its pres
ent shape, does not go so far in
the direction of tariff reform as was
desired by the democratic party,
but is a great step forward and a
decided improvement on the Mc-
Kinley bill.
The main difference between the
bill, as it passed the house of repre
sentatives, and after being amend
ed by the senate, relates to the coal,
iron and sugar schedules. The
house bill placed these articles on
the freelist,and the senate amend
ments make them all dutiable, and
the party was forced to accept the
measures in that shape or submit
to the defeat of all tariff legisla
tion, at this session.
The democratic majority in the
senate is not only small, but more
apparent than real. Out of the
88 members there are 48 professed
democrats in that branch of con
gress, but, Gorman, Brice, Smith
and Hill, who were elected as such,
combined with the republicans and
populists and forced the house to
accept the sugar, iron and coal
schedules in their prese ft shape.
But for this action the bill would
have been the end of tariff legisla
tion for a long time to come; but
the democratic party will not stop
until a proper and satisfactory re
vision of the whole schedule has
been made. Immediately upon
the passage of the bill, with the
senate amendments, the house of
representatives adopted three sep
arate bills placing the articles re
ferred to on the free list, and as
this course breaks up the combi
nation between the friends of these
items, there is a strong probability
of the passage of each through the
senate. If, however, these recalci
trant democrats persist in their
opposition to the wishes of their
party, the responsibility will he
placed where it properly belongs,
and their constituents will apply
the nocossary remedy when their
terms of office expire.
In its present shape the bill
makes a reduction of $75,000,000
per annum in tarilf taxes, and its
beneficial effects will soon be felt
.. , ■
tlju. people, especially in the
prices of the necessaries of life.'
In proof of this we place, in oppo
site columns, the tariff on a few
leading articles under the McKin
ley, and this bill, as it finally pass
ed :
MoK iii- Senate
Article*. ley Hill. KM.
Cotton bagging 28.24 Free
Woolen yarn* 278.88 80
Woolen shawls 150.80 B*'»
Knit fabricks 188 «a
Blankets 104 85
Hats of wool 10« 86
Flannels - - - - 104 85
Boots anti shoes - ... - 25 20
Binding twine 0.47 Free
Whiting, dry, 142 71
Ground in oil (putty) - - 119.50 94.74
Iron ore 42 22
Bar iron - - - 4:1 25
Tin plates 78 42
Cast iron vessels 20 17
Chains 47.2 s 80
Saws ----- 40 25
Cotton cloth 85.17 25.05
Spectacles 00 85
Calf skins, Japanned, - - 80 20
This list includes only a small i
portion of the items in the bill,
and is given for the purpose of in- j
forming the people of its charac
ter, as a whole. It can readily be
seen that the consumers of these
articles will save, under the pres
ent law, from 15 to 250 per cent..,
and that a great work has been ac
complished by the party for the
people of this country.
In addition to the reduction
made in tariff taxes, this bill also
includes an income tax of 2 per
cent, on all incomes above S4,(XX),
which will add at least $05,000,0CX)
annually to the revenues of the]
government. Heretofore owners
of government bonds were exempt
from taxation, both on the princi
pal and interest of these securities,
and the result was that men worth
millions of dollars were, practical
ly, free from the burdens of gov
ernment, but hereafter they will j
have to bear their just share of this j
expense.
Congress has been at work on j
this measure for twelve months but \
the obstinacy of the senate, cou-!
pled with the bad faith of three or I
four pretended democratic sena- j
tors, were largely responsible for
this. But it must be taken into!
consideration, when passing judg- j
ment on that body, that all tariff
legislation is, necessarily, the re
sult of compromise and concess-1
ions, as there are so many differ-:
ent and conflicting interests to be
considered, and that the republi- 1
can party, although controlling
both branches of congress by large!
majorities, were two years in shap- j
ing up and enacting the McKin-]
ley law, which we have just wiped
from the statute books.
|
Major W. E. Simmons, of Law
renceville, gave us a pleasant call
last Tuesday. Major Simmons is
one of the moss-back democrats of
this section and is one of the best
posted men in Georgia on politics.
He will take pleasure in meeting
any third party man in the state
in joint discussion.—Jackson Her-
They Arc HiiniiltoniaiiM.
Our populist friend# claim to be
Jeffersonian democrats. We do
not know whether they know what
Jefferson believed and advocated
or not, but if the/ do they must
know also that they are not teach
ing his doctrines. Jefferson was a
states’ rights advocate, and always
strenuously opposed centralized
power. He himself said that he
and Hamilton were “pitted against
each other like t\£o fighting cocks.”
Hamilton was anxious to give the
national government all power and
make it active und aggressive. Jef
ferson desired that the states re
tain their sovereignty and be al
lowed to exercise all the rights of
free governments. In other words,
lie believed that the states ought to
control the union, while Hamilton
believed that the union ought to
control the states.
If Hamilton were alive to-day
he would be a populist, advocating
the purchase of the railroads, tele
graphs and telephones. If Jeffer
son were alive he would be the lead
er of the democratic party, just as
he was a century ago, when he op
posed Hamilton and Washington.
As secretary of state under Wash
ington, Jefferson differed with all
the cabinet, as well as with the
president, and so reasonable was
his position that he soon had the
voters of the country at his back.
They made him president, and his
administration was the beginning
of the democratic party.
How it is that the populists can
claim to be Jeffersonian democrats
in the face of the fact that their
platform contravenes Jefferson’s
well known views, we do not un
derstand. We suppose they are
only practicing their habit of
swearing that black is white.
They are ns far from Jefferson’s
views as the orient is from the Oc
cident. The truth of the matter
is, the populists are square-out
Hamiltonians, and their doctrines
would totally destroy states’ rights,
the bulwark of the people’s liber
ties. Whenever the national gov
ernment, gets the people in its ty
rannical paw we may say farewell
to our boasted rights. The presi-
dent of the union would have the
power of the czar of Russia, and
j the people would he powerless to
; help themselves.
| If the man who is about to be
; mislead by the false cry of “Jeffor
j sonian democrat” will only get liis
j history down from the shelf and
read it he will find that the popu
j lists are trying to fool the people
iin this matter. The only Jefferso
nian democrats in this country
are those who believe, as Jefferson
believed, that the rights of the
states ought to be preserved at all
hazards. The fellows who are
| wanting to buy the railroads are
sinning in honest old Jefferson’s
j name. They are Hamiltonian fed
j eralists. Get your history and see
if we have not told you the truth.
The Atlanta Regency.
We notice that a few soreheads
in Atlanta are supporting Hines
for governor. Wo are not sur
! prised at this, because there are
j always a few men who want to
run things their way, and if they
fail of their purpose they invaria
| bly try to upset the other side by
1 bolting the party and working for
the opposition ticket.
These fellows who have bolted
the party are not democrats and
never have been. They are mem
bers of the Atlanta Regency, which
has been controlling Georgia poli
tics for more than ten years. They
are shrewd manipulators, and have
always been able to carry their
points in politics. This time,
however, they were foiled in tho
attempt, and are sore over defeat.
The people of Georgia rose up and
smashed them and sent them to
the rear, where they belong. There
are only a few of them, and the
party can well afford to lose them.
In fact, there are many honest
men who left the party because this
band had been controlling it, and
now that they have been routed
these honest men will come back
and vote the democratic ticket.
There is no room in Georgia pol
itics for an Atlanta Regency, or
any other kind of regency. The
people are the regents in this free
state, and will control things in
the future, whether this disgrun
tled Atlanta crowd come back to
the party or not. The vote in
the recent gubernatorial primaries
shows that Mr. Atkinson is the
decided choice of the people of
this state for governor, and we
predict that he will bo elected bv
the largest majority that has ever
been given a candidate in this
state.
Run. Sidxkv Lkwis, of the Spar
ta lshmaelite, is dissatisfied with
the state platform. We fear that
Tom Watson has hypnotized Bro
; ther Lewis. The lshmaelite raves
about the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, but we have never
seen a word of argument in the
paper concerning the question.
The truth is, there is no argument
on the Ishmaelite's aide of the
question, hence the resort to abuse
and billingsgate.
Where Is Mr. Ilines At?
Judge Janies K. Hines, who is
■ leading the forlorn hope in Geor
gia. made a speech in Atlanta last
Friday night and unbosomed him-j
self ton large number of good At
kinson and Cleveland democrats.
He arrayed the democratic party
on a charge of infidelity to pledges
made two years ago, and declared
that the party would do nothing
for the people and ought to be suc
ceeded by the populist party. We
agree with Judge Hines that a par
ty that refuses to legislate for the
people ought to be turned out to
grass, but we think a better party
ought to be given control of the
government. Would such be the
; case if the populists had control of
things? We think not, and if we
] cannot prove what we say we will
j join the thirds and work to put |
llineH, Watson & Co. in power,
both in Georgia and at Washing
ton.
Taking it for granted that the
thirds would carry out their plat
form if they were entrusted with
power, let us see what the result
would be. To begin with, there
would be about ten billion dollars
of worthless rag money in the
country, with not a dollar of coin
to redeem it. This step alone
would put us into bankruptcy and
barbarism.
The next step would be to en
franchise the women. Then we
would have politics sure enough.
The negro women would come to
the polls and run things to suit
themselves, and they would make
things hum. A big black negro
woman would walk up to a fellow
and threaten to pull her razor if
he did not vote her way. Of
course ho would refuse, and then
a United States deputy marshal
would do the rest.
Another plank that would of
course have to be put into opera
tion is the land plank. That
means, if it mean anything, that
all the lands shall be divided
among the people. The land
which belongs to the honest Gwin
nett county farmer would bedivid
ed and his lazy neighbor would get
as much as anybody. Wo do not
believe this would suit our honest
farmers \\iln > have accumulated
homes in the sweat of their faces.
However, this plank would have
to be put into operation to pacify
that wing of the party which wants
to eat without work.
Now, m the light of these things,
do you think the government
ought to be turned over to a lot of
fellows who want to carry out such
legislation as we have described?
Even if the democratic party had
done nothing at all for the people,
don’t you think it would lie infi
nitely better to let the government
remain in its hands rather than
have these third party laws on the
statute books?
Of course, Judge Hines does not
tell the straight tale when he
charges tlult the democratic party
lias done nothing, but we insist
that if the charge were true, the
populists ought not to have control
of the government. They would
run it in the ground within less
than two years, and it would take
us a half century to recover from
the result of such legislation as
they are demanding.
Let Judge Hines tell the people
in what way they would be bene
fited if his party were in power.'
Hon ('has. L. .Moses lias been
nominated to succeed himself, as
the democratic congressman from
the 4th district, of this state. He
went into the convention with I<>
votes, just one half of the whole
number, the other half being di
vided between Harris, of Carroll,
Grimes, of Muscogee, and Stan
ford, of Harris county. The
friends of the other candidates
stood firm until the 317th ballot,
when one of the Harris county
delegates went over to Moses, thus
giving him the nomination. Mr.
Moses is a farmer, and was elected
to congress as a democrat and Alli
anceman, but remained true to his
party and principles, and his re
tention in congress by the demo
cracy of the fourth district is a
compliment well deserved, as lie!
has made a faithful and creditable |
representative.
Rod’ i,lst speakers base their
hopes of misleading the people up
|on the presumption that they are
ignorant, aiul will believe any
: kind of a cock and bull story.
One J. W. Haney, of Walton coun
ty, who has recently bloomed out
ns a leader in his locality, is tell
ing the third partyites in his bali
wick that the report that the seign
iorage in the treasury is being coin
ed at the government mints, is
nothing but a democratic lie—that
only if4oo lias been coined for the
purpose of being placed in the:
hands of democratic speakers.
; The presumption that the great j
I masses of the people can be mis
| lead by any kind of a lie that can
|be trumped up by their speakers
and papers, has done more than,
anything else to weaken their par
ty. The people are not fools, and
the party banking on the belief;
| that they are will always get left. [
Tim Greenback Party*
Those people who are running
after populism perhaps do not
know that they are following a
party which was in existence ten
years ago, and was defeated in all
parts of the United States. Such,
; however, is the case. The third
party’s ideas of finance are the
same as those put forward by the
greenback party in 1884, when Ben
Butler was its candidate for the
I presidency.
The greenback party was brought
into existence by the financial cri
sis of 1873. Their remedy for the
distress was an unlimited issue of
paper money by the general gov
ernment, as during the war, this
money “to be based upon the re
! sources of the country.” At a
I national convention of this party,
held in Chicago, June S), 1880,
among other resolutions the follow
ing was adopted:
‘‘We declare: Ist. That the
right to make and issue money is
a sovereign power to be maintained
by the people for their common
benefit. The delegation of this
; right to corporations is a surren
der of the central attribute of sov
ereignty, void of constitutional
sanction and conferring upon a
subordinate and irresponsible pow
er an absolute dominion over in
dustry and commerce. All money,
whether metallic or paper, should
be issued, and its value controlled
by the government, and not by or
through banking corporations;
and, when so issued, should be le
gal tender for all debts, public and
private.
“2nd. That the bonds of the
United States should not be re
funded, but paid as rapidly as pos
sible, according to contract. To
enable the government to meet
these obligations, legal tender cur
rency should be substituted for the
notes of the national banks, the
national banking system abolish
ed, and the unlimited coinage of
silver, as well as gold, established
by law.”
On this platform the greenback
party went before the country and
was badly defeated. The people
I knew that an unlimited amount of
| rag money would destroy the cred
it of the country and entail great
| losls on the people. They voted
against the greenback party, and
| it died the next year, and has not
been heard of since that time.
The third party has the same
wild notion of finance that the
greenbackers put in their platform,
and the people will again relegate
those ideas to the rear.
A great many people seem to
think that the government can
make good money of paper, with
out anything behind it. This idea
is erroneous, and should be gotten
rid of at once. The government is
a pauper, and can get no money
except that which it taxes out of
the people. Suppose the govern
ment were to issue two billion dol
lars of paper money, and put it
afloat in the country. Does any
sane man believe that it would
pass for its face value? Of course
it would not, for the reason that
the people would have no confi
dence in the government’s ability
to pay coin for it.
The greenback party had no fol
fowing in Georgia, yet the third
party has a large number of sup
porters. Why? Because the peo
ple do not understand what it
means. It means green back ism,
pure and simple, with the railroad
plank as a crowning atrocity. We
advise our peoole, one and all, to
let the third party severely alone.
There is no good in it for any
southern man.
The Right Kind of Democracy.
Mr. N. B. Bates, one of the can
didates for the legislature in tho j
recent democratic primary, has
offered his services to the party, to !
be used whenever and wherever the
central committee may see tit to I
assign him to speak or work.
This is the kind of democracy j
that all true democrats admire.!
It is the kind that deserves recog
nition at the hands of the party,
and ought to be rewarded by suc
cess in all party contests.
In tendering his services to the j
party after other men have been
chosen the leaders in the coming j
race, Mr. Bates has shown that the
party would have been honored
had he been one of the nominees.
And it shows, too, that had he
been successful in the primary
there would have been a democrat
on guard.
Mr. Bates steps into the ranks to
do service for tin* party, whose suc
cess he considers more important
than his own. Such unselfish men
deserve well of the party under
any and all circumstances, and we
predict that before the years are
many tho democratic party of
Gwinnett county will honor Mr.
Bates with a seat in the Georgia
legislature,
Kihtoh Auks, of the Macon
Telegraph, is the best writer on
the Georgia press. For clear and j
concise statement he has no sup
erior anywhere, and the fairness
with which ho discusses political
issues is reallv refreshing.
The Mild In Sight.
The defeat of populism in Ala
bama by a majority 125 percent,
larger than that of Jones over
Kolb in 1892. in the death of that
party there. The people of the
south are conservative, and the
revolutionary and anarchistic
teachings of populism will never
obtain a permanent foothold
here. Good citizens, who affiliated
with that party under u
ppivlc-n-i A'-al
;I to
:>•• -I'
such an tin ir midst
and with the
strife
s^^^^Kind
-ttimpi'ile tow,arils the
democratic column.
Democracy will sweep Georgia
next October with such an over
whelming majority that populism
will be practically wiped out. We
make the prediction now that this
is the last contest that this
party will ever make in this
state for governor and state house
officers, and that there will be no
candidates in Gwinnett county,
next January, for county officers,
on that ticket. From every sec
tion of the county we have cheering
news, and there is not a district
that will fail to give a democratic
majority at the next election. The
people of Gwinnett have determin
ed that the bickering and strife
which have been kept up for the
past two years shall cease, and
that peace, good order and quiet
shall take their place. This is as
it should be, for there is no reason
for the continuation of the present
condition of affairs. We are one
people, our interests and destinies
are the same, and we should come
together in a united effort for the
promotion of the best interests of
the whole. If relief is needed it
cannot be secured by strife and
division among ourselves, but only
by united and harmonious action.
Contemptible Journalism.
There is a paper published in
the city of Atlanta for the sole pur
pose of slandering certain promi
nent Georgians, who have incurred
the enmity of the parties whp own
and control it. This paper is not
supported by a subscription list,
or advertising patronage, but is is
sued and circulated at the expense
of its publishers, who seem to find
ample compensation for their dir
ty work in the privilege of inflict
ing their venomous productions
upon the public. During the cam
paign for the democratic nomina
tion for governor, this filthy sheet
was circulated all over the state,
at the expense of its owners, and
was filled with the vilest and most
contemptible slanders upon the
character of one of the candidates.
At present, while pretending to be
a democratic sheet, and anxious
for the success cf that party, it is
spewing its venom upon the chair
man of the state democratic ex
ecutive committee, and predicting
all sorts of misfortunes and disas
ters to the party, unless this gen
tleman is removed from that posi
tion. Of course the parties behind
this attack do not expect anything
of the kind to be done, nor do they
believe their conduct will subserve
the interests of democracy. Their
pretense to the contrary is hypoc
risy of the most transparent vari
ety, and conclusive evidence of in
difference to their reputation for
voracity or common decency.
We suppose this is the first in
| stance in the world where any set
j of men have started a paper solely
j for the purpose of abusing people
| they dislike, and with no expecta
tion of any return for their labor
[and money, other than the gratifi
| cation of publicly airing their own
j cussedness. From the Utter con
tempt and indifference with which
| their malicious assaults have been
; treated by the people, these misera
| Ido creatures know their want of
! power to really damage any ob
ject of their spleen, yet are willing
! to spend their money for the filthy
privilege of vomiting their rotten
' ness.
The motive behind all this out-
I rageous conduct is no secret to the
people of this state, and it does
! seem that any man, with three
j grains of common sense and the
'slightest respect for his own rep
| utation, would absolutely be
ashamed to continue such exhibi
| tions of littleness and meanness.
We refrain from calling this pa
per by name, for the sole reason
that it ought not to be advertised
|or circulated among respectable
; people. If this notice should
make any dog yelp the reader can
1 take it for granted that that is the
, “purp” we are flinging at.
A cheat many men who have
| been populists have decided that
! nothing is to be gained by keeping
| up strife in the country, and have
come back to the old democratic
party, which has stood the storm
lof years and bids fair tocarrv us
all safe into the harbor of good
government. Let them court,
There is a warm welcome for them
i all-
Probably They Forgot It.
We publish in another column
an extract from the Gainesville j
Eagle, criticising the Gainesville
convention for not endorsing the
administration.
We agree with the Eagle that
the convention, in failing to men
tion and endorse President Cleve
land's efforts to have the congress
of the United States give the peo
ple democratic laws, fell short of
its duty. As the Eagle says, the
democratic party is divided on the
financial question, ttut it seems
to us that this division ought not
to have lfe|Kjribing to do with a
theadmin
man. the only friend
the south liaiWid in the presiden
tial office since the war. In season
and out of season, he has been the
friend of the south and her insti
tutions. He has recognized Geor
gia in making up his cabinet, and
has given Georgians several con
sulships. In the light of these
things, we think the convention
fell short of its duty in failing to
endorse Mr. Cleveland in as strong
terms as words would express.
However, we do not think the si
lence of the convention can be
construed into a condemnation of
the administration. It is probable
that the convention was in a rush
to get through with the perfunc
tory business of nominating the
candidate it was sent there to nom
inate, and owing to this fact failed
to do its duty to the president.
We believe that every member of
the convention is a Cleveland dem
ocrat, and that they would have
endorsed him heartily if a resolu
tion of that nature had been pre
sented to them. They endorsed
the state platform, and that, in it
self, was an indirect endorsement
of Mr. Cleveland and his views on
public questions.
We trust that the democrats of
Georgia will not think we are op
!■ posed to Mr. Cleveland simply be
cause the convention of the ninth
congressional district failed to en
dorse him.
Last Sunday Leroy Templeton,
the populist candidate for govern
or of Indiana in 1892, Philip Rap
port, editor of The German Trib
une, a populist paper, and “Col.”
Allen Jennings, late a member of
Coxy’s army, who had just return
ed from Washington, were arrested
and jailed by the city authorities
of Indianapolis, for holding a pol
meeting and making speeches on
the Sabbath day. Warning had
previously been given that this
desecration of the’Sabbath would
not be allowed, but this was abso
lutely ignored, and the meeting
held in defiance of tho authorities.
This gang were a representative lot
of the controlling element in the
ranks of populism in the west, and
their conduct should open the eyes
of the decent and law abiding citi
zens of this country to the true
character of their much talked of
“western allies.” The rank and
file of the populist party, in Geor
gia, are, to a large extent, law
abiding citizens, who respect the
Sabbath day, and favor law, order
and common decency, and we have
faith that these will abandon this
hybrid crowd, when they learn who
and what they are, and their real
purposes.
Hoar, the republican senator
from Massachusetts, and the Home
Market Club, of Boston, supplied
Kolb with a large amount of mon
ey for the purpose of dividing the
solid south, in the interest of re
publicanism, but the people of Al
abama could not be corrupted.
Hoar and the Home Market Club
now have the experience, while the
Alabamians have their shekels. To
the extent of this corruption fund,
the populists of our sister state
have obtained “relief,” but the
general opinion is that there has
not been a general distribution of
the “per capita” among the faith
ful. Kolb, and a few of his lieu
tenants, have kept the bulk of the
pile for their own use. It seems
that the eastern republicans will
never learn that the great masses
of the southern people cannot be
bribed into betraying their section
and that money sent hero for that
purpose only serves to fill the pock
ets of the scoundrels who get it un
der false pretenses.
The third party in Hall and
Gwinnett Counties is dead. Real
dead, too, for in the primary in
Hall last Saturday 2,171 votes
were polled. Both parties polled
only 2,700 votes two years ago, and
now the democrats voted nearly
that number themselves. Gwin
nett polled 1,847 votes in a prima
ry last Saturday, and the county
will go democratic in October by
one thousand majority.—Jackson
Herald.
Many counties in Georgia are
settling the United States sena
torship by primary, and it is a sig
nificant fact that Major Bacon is
far in the lead over all opponents
combined. This shows that the
people are for Major Bacon, and
we predict his triumphant election.
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The Democratic Flag for til*'
Years 1895*0.
Gainksvii.i.k, Ga., Aug. 8, 1894.
Hon. F. C. Tate, Washington,
D. C. —Dear Sir:
The undersigned were appointed
by the democratic convention of
the 9th congressional district of
Georgia, which assembled in this
city to-day, to notify you of your
unanimous nomination as demo
cratic candidate for representative
ho the 54th congress. Every coun
ty in the district was represented
by delegates present in the con
vention, and the proceedings were
! harmonious. Your record in the
! 53rd congress was indorsed and
I your course as our representative
commended. When the conven
tion commissioned you as its stan
dard bearer, we feel it performed a
duty the democracy of the district
owed to a faithful, able, conscien
tious public servant, and beg to as
sure you, in our opinion, its ac
tion will be universally indorsed
by the party and on election day
overwhelmingly ratified by the
people of your district. We re
quest at your convenience that you
signify your acceptance of said
nomination.
Yours most respectfully,
L. G. Edwards,
C. H. Brand,
J. J. Kimsey,
It. 15. Russell,
H. H. Dean.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 14, ’94.
Messrs. C. H. Brand, L. G. Ed
wards, J. J. Kimsey, R. B. Russell
and H. H. Dean, Committee —Gen«
tlemen:
Your letter notifying me of my
renomination to the 54th congress
by the convention of the demo
cratic party held at Gainesville on
I the Bth inst, represented by dele
| gates from each of the counties
| composing the 9th congressional
\ district, and requesting my aceept
: ance, received.
Appreciating the honor done me
and gratified by
confidence and
ord as your -
cept there-nomiiifcMxin
sense of the obligations it imposes.
Permit me very earnestly to thank
you, and through you the vast
number wlfom you represent, for
this high h/nor paid me. In fact,
I can believe that any
man in public life lia3 had more
friendly consideration by all the
people, irrespective of their politi
cal affiliations, than myself, and I
shall always highly cherish the af
fectionate regard, support and con
fidence of the people of our dis
trict. 1 assure you that I have
no higher ambition than to serve
faithfully and well the people
whom I have the honor to repre
sent, and to return to them, when
ever they choose to have me do so,
the high and honorable official
trust reposed in me without spot or
blemish
When my legislative duties are
ended at the capitol for this ses
sion, I propose to return home at
once and to make a thorough can
vass of our district, and should
the people approve my record as
their representative and ratify
your action, I promise to apply,
as I have done in the past, what
ever ability I possess to a faithful
and painstaking discharge of the
duties of the trust.
Accept my thanks, gentlemen,
for your kind words of approval
and for the courteous manner in
which you have made known to
me the wishes of those whom you
represent.
Very truly vours,
F. C. Tate.
A Question And Its Answer.
A correspondent, who signs him
self “Democrat,” has a communi
cation on the first page of this pa
per, in which he propounds the
Ishmaelitecertain questions,which
call for an answer.
To sum them all up in one, the
inquiry goes to the point whether
a man, who takes part in a demo
cratic primary, is bound in honor
to abide the result.
The Ishmaelite unhesitatingly
answers in the affirmative.
This would be the necessary
answer, even though there were no
reference to such obligations in
the resolution under which the
primary is held. But when, as
was the case in our primary, the
rule under which they were held
expressly stipulated that participa
tion in them bound the participant
to acceptance of the result, there
ceases to be any doubt .at all as to
the course any intelligent, honora
ble man will pursue. Participat
ing in the primary involved ac
ceptance of the conditions under
which it was held. It involved
the giving of an informal pledge
to abide the result in good faith.
No honorable man, unless he be
too densely ignorant to understand
the nature of either expressed or
implied obligation, will ever reach
any other conclusion.
Speaking for itself, the Ishmae
lite does not hesitate to say that
it would havenoconfidencein even
the oath of the man who, either
through fear, favor or hatred,
trampled upon a voluntarily as- (
sinned oath—the more, where he
tries to cover up the shamelessness
under the hypocritical garb of a
ficticious virtue. —Sparta Ishmae
lite.