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OTA DMfO CRA TIC PLAT¬
FORM.
1 * Besolyed, That we, the democrats
of Georgia, in convention assembled,
reaffirm our devotion to the time-honored
principles of our historic party. We
believe that the powers delegated by the
people should be strictly construed; that
the autonomy of states and the rights of
local self-government and home rule
should befzealously guarded; that no
money should be taken from the people
tinder any pretext for other than public
purposes; that the strictest economy
should be exercised in all governmental
expenditures, whether local, state or na¬
tional; that legisation shonld be confined
to the legitimate objects of the govern¬
ment ; that public offee is a solemn public
trust,
2 • We believe that the same carecau
tion should be used by the government,
both state ar d national, in the expendi
turejof public money asjis usedjby prudent
men in their own private affairs *
3. "Weibelieve that the right of lava
tion was delegated to the government
both state and national, to be used only
for absolute necessities, and any other
use of this power isdishonest and
tyrannical •
4. A surplus revenue in tha treasury
ia a glittering prize to be sought after by
j political thieves and plunderers.
5. we are uncompromisingly opposed
to the enlargement and concentration of
federal powers; to the usurpation by the
central government; of the functions of
state; to boundties and subsidies in every
form; to every species of class legislation
and government partnership with private
enterprises; to the whole theory and
practice of patemalisn.
6. we who have within’’a generation
Been elections opened by the tap of a
drum, and the judicial powers of the
state usurped be court martial, and a
legislature seized by a military clerk,and
the legally elected rep;«sentatives of the
people turned out of office to make by
force a suhstivient majority, have no
desire to take any chances on the politi¬
cal futurdi
7. We Consider the government control
of postoffices as necessary and proper,
because the seal of letter, protects the
private affair of the citizen from govern¬
mental espionage, but we protest except
n the regulation of prices against ex¬
tending this control over telegraphs and
telephones, and placing in our midst a
horde of office holders who will only be
amenable to national laws and may at
any time, by the will of the majority, or,
as often happens in our federal affairs, by
the will of a minority, be turned into
spies and informers, while we oppose
governmental ownership of railroads we
endorse our state railroad cammission
laws, and demand that the powers of the
interstate railroad commission tie
enlarged so as to provide a “rigid, hon¬
est and just control” of railroad transpo
tion.
8. we demand the free and unlimited
coinage both silver and gold on a parity
vitli each other io the < riff that tbemon
ey of the people shall be snch|in quantity
anff quality as wasLu-iginaby contempia
toff by the constitution.
<). Are demand that the prohibitory
10 per cent tax on state hank issues he
stricken < ut of the national 1 ark law
and when this is done, we desire that a
uniform system of banking be provided
for by the legislature of Georgia, with a
flexible expansive state bank currency,
we further demand that the prohibition
in the national bank law against accepting
Teal estate as 'security for loans shall be
stricken there from.
10. avo demand that the amount
the cii dilation medium be speedily in,
creased on’a sound basisjsufficient to meet
the needs of the country.
11. avo demand that congress Shall
pass such larvs as will effectually prevent
the dealing in futures of all agricultural
an d mechanical productions; providing
a stringent system offprocedure in trials
that will secure prompt conviction, and
imposing such penalties las shall secure
the most perfect compliance with the
hlAV .
12. Believing in the doctrines of equal
lights to all and special privileges to none
we demand-
a. That our national legislation shall
e so framed in the fntere as to not
build up one industry at the expense of
another.
b.We regard as the most important
issue before the people a reform of the
present iniquitous tariff and we demand
n removal of the exiting heavy tariff tax
from the necessities of life, that the
poor of our land must have.
. v «■ frrtl»i diicand a just end equit¬
able system of graduated tax on income.
d we believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as possi¬
ble in the hands of the people, and hence
we demand that national and state reve¬
nue shall be limited to the necessary ex¬
pense of th 2 government economically
and honestly administered.
14. We demand retrench and reform
in *he expenditure of national revenues
and especially a correction of the present
pension system which rests like a mam¬
moth war tax on our section of the un¬
ion.
15. We therefore, in a spirit of mutual
concession, offer this, our platform, to
the democracy of Georgia, and pray that
a divine providence may incline
hearts to wisdom, justice and
tion.
TWELVE HUNDRED DEAD.
Marsheilles, May
which have just arrived from
Mauritius confirm the state¬
ment that 1,200 persons were
killed and 4,000 injured .in the
recent hurricane, The liurri
cane was preceded by a violent
magnetic disturbance. The sea
rose nine feet higher than the
level since the cyclone ‘of 1818
Scarcely a house in the
escaped damage. Many chur¬
ches and public buildings were
destroyed, The fine church}
the Immaculate Conception is
in ruins. The cathedral, how¬
ever, by a strange ch ance, es¬
caped.
The dead include a very large
number of leading ([inhabitants.,
Fearful sights were witnessed
in the streets. One factory col¬
lapsed, killing 200 inmates.
One-half of the sugar crop was
destroyed. The planters’ losses
are incalculable. A special re¬
lief loan of sixty thousand
pounds will be obtained from
the imperial government to be
repaid in twenty-five years.
During the whole summer
the weather was universily hot.
On April 27, two days prior to
the hurricane, the heat was
dreadful. This, together with
the roar of the surf on the cor¬
al reefs, which was heard for
miles inland, indicated that
something unusual [was about
to happen. Ou Friday, the 291i
the day broke stormy, yet there
was no thought of very sesious
results. Business men went to
Port Louis, leaving their wives
and families in the country.
The observatory 'reported that
the storm would only be of
short duration, The first inti
mation of trouble was the non
arrival of trains and the cut¬
ting of telegraph wires.
Suddenly at about noon there
was heard a furious hissing,
and then the pent up storm
broke, rushing upon the town
from the northwest. For nine¬
ty minutes the terrmle tornado
raged, accompanied by a deluge
of rain, Buildings collopsed,
roofs were blown off and treese
uprooted.
The barometer [fell over
inch and then suddenly to rise,
the wind lulled, the blue sky
and sun appeared and many
people went out believing that
all danger was past. The
experienced, however, predict¬
ed that the worst was to come
Sea had already
and made islands of the chief
buildings, at 3 o’clock
warning the wind burst
the town again in ten fold vio¬
lence from directly
quarters.
Its velocity was 120 miles
hour and its fury w.-;-
ed for two hours* _.
was more than the form fil
ling the people with terror.
centre of the storm was
over Port Lewis. At 6
the weather was again calm,
except for an occasional
and the people were enabled to
go out and see the work of de¬
struction. Fires then broke out
in the eastern suburbs and de¬
stroyed what the wind
spared.
GOY.NORTHEN SPEAKS
AT WARRENTON, AND REFERS TO C.
C. POST AND WIFE.—COL. J. J. C.
BLACK TALKS.
Last Saturday democracy seem¬
ed to have things its own way at
Warrenton. In response to invi¬
tations, Gov. NorOpoi and Col.
Black were on hand m talk to the
people. mind that
It will he born in
Gov. Northen a few days before
in Hancock county had made
some strong statements about C.
C. Post and wife. *
In reply to this Post published
a card which accused Northen of
lying and denying the charges.
So at Warrenton Gov. Northen,
referring to the matter, said:
“Circumstances forbid that I
should reply in any other way
than by establishing my state¬
ments.”
To this end, besides giving
other things, he read the follow¬
ing telegrams:
Douglasville, Ga., May 28,1892.
—Gov. W. J. Northen: It is gen
eraliy known here that Mr. and
Mrs. Post have no regard for the
sancity of the Christian Sabbath.
I had occasion to pass their house
one Sunday, and saw him digging
up his flower garden and wheel
barrowin^ manure, and Mrs. Post
was planting flower seed.
C. P. Bowen.
Douglasville, Ga., May You 28,1892.
—Gov. W. J. Northen: are
safe in your charges against Post.
They can he substantiated by af¬
fidavits of reliable citizens here.
I have challenged him, through
the public press, to meet me on
these charges in Atianta* If he
does I will prove them true.
T. II. Whitley.
Douglasville, Ga., May 28.— Post
Gov. W. J. Northen: C. C.
told me that about the time the
Haymarket rioters were being
tried, he and his wife came very
near being involved in the matter.
“How was that?” I asked. “She
wrote a letter,” said he, anarchists “express¬
ing sympathy with the
and sending them 85 to aid jn
their defense. I intercepted the
letter, but for this the detectives
would have gotten hold of the
letter, and we would have been
involved. W. O. James,
Mayer of Douglasville.
Douglasville, Ga., Mav 28,1862.
—Gov. W. J Northen: We know
Dr. Whitley, Captatn Bowen and
Mayor James, and know them to
be thoroughly reliable and up¬
right citizens, and believe any¬
thing they would state as true
and beyond question. These
charges are believed generally and current, are be
generally substantiated by strong can af¬
fully
fidavits.
W S. Robits, John Y. Edge, C.
T. Camp, John G. Maxwell, J. S.
Selman, John M. Edge, G. G.
Hudson, J. A. Pittman, T. A. J.
Mayo, E. D. Smith.
Mayor Black was introduced as
the knightly soldier, peerless
statesman and Christian gentle¬
man. He commenced by saying
that lie was not here appeal to the
prejudice or passion of his hear¬
ers. He was not discussing xnen
but principles. He said that men
were nothing, but their principles
were what our people should look
after. The people's party, said
he, has already met in convention
twice inside of a year, and each
time they have met they have for¬
mulated a new platform, and the
further they go the worse they
get. His speech was as eloquent
as ever fell from mortal lips, and
his logic was pronounced perfect.
Major Black's speech captured
the crowd, and unless there is a
wonderful revolution in sentiment
he will be the next representative
of the tenth in congress. That is
if Warren's vote will place him
there.
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