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to do with drawing
bf farmers who gathered around
blic square and all sought m
Lto Iking the two place speakers. in Bussell
took s
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i fill up at 10:30 and by 11
0 filled. At few
afortably a mm
pfore 11, Governor Atkinson
„„ w ith Mr. Crisp and Air.
following, entered the cheered, ware
Xhe vast audience
an their popular fellow towns
; y, Atkinson, got up to act as
if ceremonies, homelike he was given a
md hearty and recep
na few pleasant words he in
i the first speaker, Air. Crisp,
given rousing round of
li-speaker Inal commenced in his usual, talking con
tone,
II, Mr. Crisp spoke of the
Lit [of ga7e him to meet his fellow
Coweta county.
[Smith and myself,” he said,
Bemocrats, believing in the
[principles [t differ and anxious question— for sue
we on one
money. It is sometimes called
[er lossibly question. with We present our but
earnestness,
is no reason why we should
. The first essential of a joint
is that both speakers should
eir tempers. ‘Whom the gods
they first make mad.’ I pm
t to lose mine. I appear before
L candidate for the high office
led States senator. This, prob
pll be my last opportunity of
you.
inderstand that this county is
P Q June 6th. I have been urg
ft the selection take place then
^ the people should have an
Pity of expressing their choice,
id of mine tells me that there
>t about my having been for
dl the time.”
[e Crisp then told of how he
jeted iterly speaker. opposed He by said the that he
east on
t of his financial views. He
w two Alassachusetts Demo
ad voted against his election.
te prevented, he said, the tab
a free coinage bill. In the
igress he said he appointed a
committee and one member
“ Ms views. He was not re-
3le for that. Alen changed
IC 'Ws, but they didn’t inform
i I trisp l;^ s little personal explanation
then launched into the
pestion, asking that he be par
>'he attempted no oratory on
| rl. ; hi 8 8 throat. now famous The ex-speaker definition
h f suver ism, told and of the demoneti
the surreptitious
which it had been aecom
f 1 g ® the * as deliverance frequently of Air. Crisp’s
| * 1 «• conclusion applauded
of his address he
L a long round of cheers,
f Hoke Atkinson Smith Speaks.
r°he Smith then presented
f who was applauded.
gives “ e pleasure,” he said,
tr . oc i enteti by
t an your own honor
DVorrUw 8° Vernor - I trust
W- at fabs from m y lips
bZ, §aiQst tbe P art y to which
?; anb to wbic h you,”
■ovf-V w- lnso2 “led in
ffccSX » us vic
Jut1 " e Crisp bas
1 *! he lmpressiou - tbat 1
* e use o{ b «>th gold
-r. j m . n favor of
kA j^ 11 that sys
ti. give us the largest use
'hat unlimited silver
3; topfoveit ' 8 bi f * am etailism not willing a * d I
*at by awa y fro “ my
Ldey, I want you
i* aVL Prec ? nceived have notions.
^ DO inter '
“id Jw y t D ers of Massachu
tea "'iVta meTe W JQld fact not ofaeta Rive bi- t
'> that ! tv, hep position
was to
(1 ‘kistorv Elver' tv? * r * tD0 ln of °nntry 8° ld and 50
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* i cL be *n able to
"“^the h0 tbat dld not
commercial ratio.
“I defy the gentleman here as I
have before to point to the instance of
any one country.”
He then took up the question of the
fall of prices and said that the fall be¬
gan before ’73, in 1864, and that cot¬
ton fell in larger figures before that
time. There was a marked rise in
prices from 1809 to 1824. In 1845
prices were as low as they are today,
and silver was then selling at 1.31.
“The gentleman told you that it
was a worldwide question. If this is
so, how can we raise the price of silver
by coining it in this country alone?”
He explained how a cotton raiser
under a silver standard would have
his cotton valued in gold, but he would
most likely be paid in silver. He said
that there was more silver in the limits
of the United States than ever before.
Eight times as much as in 1873. He
then sought to show from figures how
both gold and silver had increased, as
also the per capita circulation.
“I told him in Atlanta, in Augusta,
and I’ll tell him here that I favor the
plan proposed by Secretary Carlisle in
1894, for which every member of the
present Georgia deligation- voted.”
(Applause).
Closing his speech, Secretory Smith
said:
“Judge Crisp is a very funny man, as
you will soon discover. He has 20
minutes to answer my arguments, but
he will exercise his undoubted talent
by amusing at my expense. Now he
must not think I am going to get mad.
I promise him that I shall laugh as
much as you will, I shall enjoy it as
much as he will. My shoulders are
broad and I can stand it, and I cry
with all my heart, ‘Lay on AIcDuff. 5 n
Secretary Smith received much ap¬
plause when he concluded.
In answering him, Speaker Crisp
said:
“Brother Smith says I am a humor¬
ist. I’ve been in congress 14 years,
and no man will be able to show you
that I have been humorous there. I
have a keen sense of the ridiculous,
however, and I think it does.no harm
to make a little fun of my brother,
his argument and his position.”
Air. Crisp continued along this line
and closed amidst much applause.
BRUNSWICK’S BIG LOSS.
Half a Million Dollars Gone Up In
Smolce.
Brunswick, Ga., suffered a disas¬
trous conflagration Thursday. The
fire started at half past 11 o’clock a.
m., and besides the $500,000 and more
of property destroyed one human life
was sacrificed, one man was mashed
and badly crippled, while four men
were prostrated and are suffering in¬
tensely from injuries, some most likely
fatal, others not so severe.
The property destroyed includes the
wharf property, cotton sheds, freight
warehouses, tracks, lighters, tools aud
part of the freight in the warehouses,
all belonging to the Plant system and
comprising their local terminal freight.
Tbe company lost, too, from three to
six freight cars and between 10,000
and 2U,uOO crossties.
The property of N. O. Emanuel and
James E. Broadhead, on the Plant
system dock, went too; twenty-five
thousand barrels of rosin, one thou¬
sand barrels spirits of turpentine; all
the wharves, engines, wholesale gro¬
cery building, grocery stock aud ware¬
house buildings of the Downing com¬
pany : Segue’s fish house and various
smali fish and oyster houses on the
water edge of Bay street. fire
On the far side of Bay street the
swept Briesenick’s three-story brick
building, including the machinery and
supply stock of Breisenick ; office fur¬
niture of Broker Alaxey and Lumber
Dealer Padrosa; retail dry goods store
of Cohen’swholesale grocery and liq¬
uor stock of J. J. Lott; wholesale and
retail liquor stock ot' R. Y. Douglas.
The wholesale warehouses of the
Hoyt Hardware Company; three-story
Ocean Hotel, extending up Alonk
street; the retail store of the Hoyt
Hardware Company; two beer depots
full of goods across Monk street; tbe
Haas Liquor Company, wholesale
and retail, and the ice depot.
On Bay, from Monk up, the fire
swept Herzog’s brick building, retail
dry goods store, Hirseh’s wholesale
and retail liquor store, several smaller
stocks and two empty storerooms, all
in a block of brick buildings from one
to three stories high.
It is impossible, so far to gain any¬
thing like an accurate estimate of the
losses, but estimates are given, and it
is generally conceded that they are
placed low. Broad
The Plant system, $75,000 ;
head, $5,000; Emanuel, $6,000 ; Down¬
ing, $225,000; Briesenick and occu¬
pants, $60,000; Lott, $15,000;
Douglass, $10,000; Newnan, $20,000;
Hoyt, $15,000; Ocean hotel, $10,000;
Haas, $4,000; Herzog and buildings
and stocks and blocks, $15,000.
These losses are merely calculated
. and .
from hurried interviews may prove
greater.
Increase in Miners’ Wages.
Representatives of the coal opera
tors of Alassilon, O., district met at
Canton, Ohio, Friday and decided to
advance the price of mining from 55
cents to 61 cents per ton. The rate
will be paid miners for the output o*
March. The final rate will not be
agreed upon until the scale of the
Pittsburg district is settled. #
NATIONAL CAPITAL
GOSSIP OP WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
The senate Monday confirmed the
nomination of William A. Little, of
Georgia, to be assistant attorney gen¬
eral.
The president has signed tbe act re¬
pealing the statute prohibititing the
appointment to the army and navy
of persous who held Confederate com¬
missions.
The election contest from tbe First
congressional district of Alabama,
made by W. C. Robinson, tbe inde¬
pendent populist candidate against
George P. Harrison (dem.), was de¬
cided by the election committee No. 1
in favor of Harrison.
The senate committee on territories
authorized a favorable report on the
nomination of Hon. B. F. Franklin to
succeed Governor Hughes, expectations as governor
of Arizona. Contrary to
no opposition to confirmation mani¬
fested itself in committee.
The conferees on the agricultural
appropriation bill for the coming fiscal
year reached an agreement Tuesday.
As passed by the house the bill carried
$3,215,392. The senate increased this
by $118,260. The senate conferees
agreed to recede from amendments
carrying $78,120, leaving the bill as
agreed to, appropriating $3,302,792,
or about $1,000 less than the amount
for the current fiscal year. The items
of $13,720 for the division of seed,
and $65,000 for the publication of the
report on dairy farming are the most
important of those stricken from the
bill in conference.
Sent to the President.
The senate concurrent resolutions on
the Cuban question were delivered to
the president’s private secretary, Air.
Thurber, Tuesday morning by Air.
Platt, one of the executive clerks of
the senate. Later in the day they
were sent to the state department as
the law requires that such resolutions
shall be printed in the book of laws
annually published by the department.
Secretary Olney called early at the
white house and remained in close
consultation with the president unde¬
terred by the notice that had been
sent to the other members to the effect
that there would be no cabinet meeting.
There is reason to believe that the
meeting would have been postponed
regardless of tbe appearance of the
measles among the children at the
white house to afford the president an
opportunity for private deliberation
with the chief member of his cabinet,
for there was a story current, and it is
believed well founded, to the effect
that the two were engaged in the
preparation of a special message to
congress.
Measles at the White House.
The meeting of the cabinet Tuesday
was postponed without date owing to
the sudden appearance of the measles
in the presidential household, little Es¬
ther Cleveland being stricken with it.
Private Secretary Thurber’s chil¬
dren have all had the disease in regu¬
lar course, and to prevent the possi¬
bility of its transmission to tbe white
house, Air. Thurber has absented
himself from his own domicile for the
past week, and has made hia residence
at the white house. However, this
sacrifice was of no avail, for Tuesday
morning the eruption suddenly ap¬
peared on little Esther Cleveland,
marking her as the latest victim.
To prevent the spread of the disease
among the families of the cabinet offi¬
cers word was sent by telegraph to tbe
various departments that there would
be no meeting of tbe cabinet, and
steps were taken that the disease might
not spread. Orders were sent to
Woodley, the president’s suburban
residence, to put the place in shape
for the immediate reception of the
Cleveland family, and Airs. Cleveland,
accompanied by all the children, left
the whitehouse to make their home at
Woodley until the disease has run its
course.
What Will the President Do?
The same resolutions calling for the
recognition of the belligerency of the
Cubans have now passed both houses
of congress. The senate and house
have, therefore, done all they can to
bring about this long-deferred recog¬
nition. The resolutions finally adopted
are those framed by the senate com¬
mittee on foreign relations, and which
passed tbe senate by a vote of 64 to 6.
They passed the house by 245 to 27.
These overwhelming majorities indi¬
cate the state of feeling throughout
the country. The question now arises
as to what will President Cleveland do?
Opinions' £ differ, but the prevailing
beU { ig that he will take action as
suggested in the resolutions. The first
of Ihe resolutions recognizes the exis
tence of a state otjoubiic war in Cuba
and declares the United States should
maintain neutrality between the war
ring parties. The second calls on
the president to offer the friendly
offices of the government to Spain for
the recognition of the independence
of Cuba. No one acquainted with
Spain supposes for a moment that that
country would tolerate such interfer
ence in her affairs. Yet it is thought
the president will make the proffer.
Pensiou Rulings.
The policy of the interier depart¬
ment, in cases involving reinbursement
to the government for fraud or mistake
of pension claimants is laid down in
several ruliugs of Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Reynolds just promul¬
gated. the
In these it is held that govern¬
ment cannot withhold the pension
granted under the act of June 27th,
1890, to reimburse itself for money er¬
roneously paid as pension money un¬
der the general law when such pension
was not procured through fraud or
mistake but was allowed as the result
of au erroneous judgment on the evi¬
dence.
This decision reverses the recent ac¬
tion of the commissioner of pensions
in the case of Christian Alay, an Ohio
volunteer. In the case of James A.
Trosper, who served in the Twenty
fourth Kentucky infantry, the follow¬
ing ruling is made:
“In a pension claim under the gen¬
eral law lor disease of the left lung,
concealment by the claimant of the
fact that he had been shot through that
lung prior to his enlistment, which
wound caused the lung disease,
amounts to actual fraud on his part.
It therefore warrants the withholding
of the pension granted him under the
famous ‘Jane 27’ act in order to reim¬
burse the government for moneys paid
him ns pension under the general law
on account of the lung disease.”
RYDER IN JAIL.
Feeling Against Him Intense — Miss
Owens’ Body Buried.
A special from Talbotton, Ga., says:
Dr. W. L. Ryder, the slayer of Aliss
SallieEmma Owens, has been removed
to the Talbot county jail. His condi¬
tion is yet serious, but the physicians
think that all danger is passed. The
wounds from his knife would have been
fatal, but the blade was dull, and be
rapidly lost strength from the overdose
of morphine that he took as he left his
office for Person’s pond, where he was
captured. against the
Feeling is intense assas
sin. There has been frequent talk of
violence, but tbe helpless physical con¬
dition of the prisoner, aud the plead¬
ings of men with cool aud deliberate
beads have prevailed against any dem¬
onstration of the kind.
Tbe people know that justice will be
meted and are disposed to let the law
take its course. Ryder’s best friends
are as bitter in their denunciation of
the slayer and his crime as are the
close personal friends of the murdered
young lady. Aliss Owen had no ene¬
mies, indeed, and her beautiful char¬
acter and rare accomplishments made
every person her friend.
The body af Aliss Owen was taken
to the country home, ten miles distant,
Alonday afternoon, and the largest
fuueral pageant ever formed in Tal¬
bot county followed the corpse to its
resting place. Tbe scene was one im¬
pressing solemnity, and old and young
trembled over tbe dead in the most in
tense sorrow.
SHERIFF SHOT DOWN.
Notorious Taylor Delk Fires the Fata)
Bullet.
Taylor Delk, one of that famous
gang of outlaws that made the Delk
name notorious about Atlanta and
throughout tbe state of Georgia a
year ago, sent a bullet through the
body of Sheriff Gwynn, of Pike
county Thursday night. The bullet
caused the sheriff’s death.
Delk had been indicted by the Pike
connty jury for robbery and assault
with intent to murder and the sheriff
armed with a warrant went after him.
Delk was in his home near Concord,
surrounded by friends and associates
equally as desperate as he. He, it ap¬
pears, anticipated the coming of the
officers, and closing his doors, made
them fast. When the sheriff, accom¬
panied by a posse, reached the Delk
home everything appeared quiet.
Sheriff Gwynn‘went upon the porch
to knock at the door. But as he ap¬
proached the door he was fired upon
from a window. A ball passed through
his left breast, entering near the nip¬
ple, and he dropped upon the porch.
In all about fifty shots were fired from
the house. Delk then made good his
escape. bloodhounds and
At latest accounts
posses were chasing the murderer
through the thickets, forests and
swamps of Pike, but with little proba¬
bility of catching him.
THE WRECK EXPLAINED.
Criswell Tells of the Object of the
f*6ol£6I > 3
A special from Alacon, Ga., states
that the mystery of c the railroad wreck ,
at Stone Creek, on the Southern road,
some weeks ago, in which hree lives
were lost and several people injured,
has been solved, and three white men,
Warren E. Criswell, J. Richard Shaw
and Tom Shaw are in Bibb county jail
to await the action of the grand jury
charging them with the horrible crime.
One of the men, Warren E. Criswell,
has confessed it all and his confession,
told at the hearing before Justices Bull
ELECTION LAW FOR PRIMARIES,
Provisions of the Statute Under Which
They Will Be Held.
An Act to protect primary election
and conventions of political parties
in this state, and to punish frauds
committed thereat.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of Geor¬
gia, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That ou and
after the passage of this act that every
political primary election held by any
political party, organization choosing or asso¬
ciation for the purpose of or
selecting candidates for office or the
election of delegates to conventions in
this state shall be presided over and
conducted in the manner and form
prescribed by the rules of the political
party, organization or association
holding such primary elections, by
managers selected in the manner pre¬
scribed by such rules. Such mana¬
gers shall before entering upon the
discharge of their duties each take
and subscribe to an oath “that he
will fairly, impartially and honest¬
ly conduct the same according to the
provisions of this act; and in accord¬
ance with the laws of 6aid state gov¬
erning regular elections fbr the offices
of said state.” Should one or more,
of the managers thus appointed to
hold such elections fail to appear on
the day of election, the remaining
manager or managers shall appoint
others in their stead and administer to
them the oath herein prescribed. The
managers shall take the oath before
the notary public or other officer au¬
thorized to administer oaths, but if no
such officer can be conveniently had
the managers may administer the oath
to each other. Such oaths shall, after
being made and subscribed to be filed
in the office of the clerk of the superior
court of the county in which such pri¬
mary election shall be held within five
days after an election.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That
before any ballots are received at such
primary elections, and immediately
before opening the polls, such man¬
agers shall open each ballot box to be
used in such election, and shall exhibit
the same publicly to show that there
are no ballots in such box. They
shall then close and lock or seal up
such box except the opening to receive
the ballots, and shall not again open
the same until the close of the elec¬
tion. They shall keep a list of
voters voting at such election,
and shall before receiving any
ballot administer to the voter an
oath, provided such voter’s vote
challenged, that hois duly qualified to
vote according to the rules of the
and according to the election laws
said state and that he has not
before in such primary election
being held. At the close of the elec¬
tion the managers shall proceed
licly to count the votes and declare
result. They shall certify the
of such election, and transmit
certificate with the tally sheet or poll
list, together with the ballots cast, and
all other papers relating to such
primary election within the time pre¬
scribed, and to tbe person or persons
designated by the rules of the party,
organization or association holding
such election.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
every such primary election shall tie
held at the time and place, and under
the regulations prescribed by the ruies
of tbe party, organization or associa¬
tion holding the same, and the return
shall be made and the result declared
as prescribed in the foregoing section.
And the returns of the managers, with
the tally sheets or poll list, together
with all other papers connected with
such election, shall all be filed in the
office of tbe clerk of the superior court
for the county in which such election,
is held within four days after the final
declaration of the result thereof, and
shall remain there for public inspec¬
tion.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
any manager who shall be guilty of
willfully violating any of the duties
and obligations devolving upon him as
such manager shall be guilty of a mis¬
demeanor, and upon conviction there¬
of shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed $100, or imprisonment not to
exceed six months, and any manager
who shall be guilty of any fraud or
corruption in the management of such
election shall be guilty of a misde¬
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined in the sum not to exceed $250,
or imprisonment, for a terra not to ex¬
ceed twelve months, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
any voter who shall, if challenged,
swear falsely iD taking the prescribed
oath, or shall personate another per
son and take che oath in his name in
order to vote such voter shall be guil¬
ty of perjury, and shall be punished
upon conviction as for perjury. That
Sec. 0. Be it further enacted,
•
^ any P ers ®, n at '
election ^ shall vote more than once or
J OQe £demeanor, place , s hal!
J £ a m and on
u thereof be fmed not ieaa
than $50 nor more than $200.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and part of laws in conflict
with this act be, and the same arc
hereby repealed. 21, 18 91.
Approved October 1
Utah’s juries now consist of eight
men instead of twelve.
