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fl fS T 1 mfi nTi L L i ,1 lli II U ¥gfc; .cCCiVlRI ED. _ az m “ „ (lOoC.il' D* ' ^l. (]0V. nOn inDTU I n m T r " " Pill complement of Other PREVAILED and only rsiA ?M proceedings Itest-tbe convention. the ! tD e nominees. Northen. ^Estate—-Gen. „ „ W J. Cook, ^fltmeral—Hun. Phil A. W. “Swe-Hon. K. T. Ncs the electors. of Ita'e at Large-Joe James D. Candler, of Hall, al lien of Bibb. DuPont Gucrry, ley ternate. [ Districts: fRerrington, of Emanuel. Dan r of Bulloch, alternate f’ Walters, of Dougherty. 8. L f. of Thomas, alternate I. E. Hinton, of Sumter. f Dooly, alternate, in. Adamson, of Carroll, a • L of Muscogee, alternate. Fulton. J. |[ Blackburn, of [on, L Flynt, of Clayton of Spalding. alternate. G. 'of Henry, alternate M B Young, of Bartow. VV. of polk, alternate. > Shannon, of Elbert. G. \v . bam, alternate. Gwin liam E. Simmons,. of E. Chandler, of Union, alter W. Lindsay, of Wilkinson. r of Glascock alternate, r F. McCook, of Glynn. B. | of Telfair, alternate. ( } executive committee. ite of Large— Allen Fort, of W Nelms, of Fulton; J. T. of Bibb; G. R. Brown, of plarkflowell, of Fulton, mem batiocal committee, ex-officid members: liswiy Hartridge, of Cnutliam; I, I. Sheffield, of Screven. of Early; J. L. litchell. [. Hodges, of Houston; W. E. aybr. Richardson, of Muscogee; I ihaw, of Troup. I Hale, of Rockdale; W. T. Clayton. E. E. I. Sandwich, of Upson; Jutts. : B. Hamilton of Floyd; J. C. obb. es M. Smith, of Oglethorpe; win, of Morgan. brgeL. Bell, of Forsyth; How pson, of Hall. f L. Wooten, of Jefferson; T. of Hancock. (cobL. Beach, of Glynn; Wal nents, of Dodge. 'HE CONVENTION HALL. ■ Irgia state democratic couven kiied to order in the hall of pi sdav representatives at the cap at noon. ifore that time, however, the Was delegates, crowded, and anxious vis elbowing their difficulty in into the hallway, or ing hopeless d> spair of getting room were turning back lin the rotundas of the state Ij at the noon hour Chairman called the vast assembly to or tis address Mr. Atkinson said: o of the Democratic Convention— •tion has met in pursuance of the 1 s ate deni ;--:itic executive commit rai certain duties suggested in that ire to select the membei s of the wtic executive committee from your usiricts. You are to complete that setobe appointed by your perrna lan from the state at large. In ad tha: .'Ou „ are to . nominate ner,r 1 who are to fill the governor and statehouse offi “gihe next two year*, and the hoatthem. to name those men (Applause.) wlio will cast il rote i f Georgia for the democratic pier Pg Cleveland. (Applause.) For Arm'L jt will n V triumph 68 ! than we * ony will thousand carry the i « she *g assssK Georgia should meet defeat in this ® took charge of the state lb ® drove from power political high ho Sr ! 8 Ind fromthat" * of honor day fomocratic hands, Georgia’s honor spotless and Georgia’s progress has e.ous. » « * y e j. 'he knowledge that every -a by dem cratic legislatures in Geor [ g * a U P that Georgia Chicago mug' must divide, guide ^- ^ a auu 'd ,he\!iV ne same race am f*H' that er carried ’ ,h i “ 1808, which has ried ca us of progress, which has laid ' : h- m nopolies of this state and e°ntrolrW. m “the axeyourmaster8an ^ '^ffaiisof e org“, e ^ Wcy Ge «* Georgians. (Applause.) pro- efor what ? To turn back ro£^ rend -<° factions the 0 ry people who submit toils > never. There is a secret curse and special bolt hidden in the heavens that will blast anv man who seeks to divide ua and who. to sratifv personal ambitions, is willing to bu iia his personal fortunes on his country’s pprtant thing is to keep Georgia her where her in teliigence, her virtue And honor can control her'affairs and guide her to ths manifest des tinv that awaits our mother state. [Great and prolonged applause.] When he had finished he announced that nominations for temporary chairman were in order. Mr. J. L. TI irdeman, of Bibb, nominated Editor Pleasant A. Sto¬ vall, of the Savannah Press, as the min for the place. He was nominated by ac clamation, and responded in a gran speech, which elicited prolonged ay plause. When chairman announced temporary for business, six voices at once were heard nominating Hou. W. A. Harris, Mark Hardin and Henry Cabaniss as secretaries of,the convention. Of course the favorites, the secretaries of state con¬ ventions since the memory of mau runneth not to the contrary, were elected. Mr. James Smith, of the last house, was made messenger with a hurrah. The chair requested all delegations’ names to be sent to the clerk’s desk, but somebody moved that the roll of counties be called. lu a telling speech Hon. Robert L. Berner, of Monroe, nomin 'el Hon. W. Y. Atkinson as permanent chairman of the convention. The i o ninatio'i was numerously seconded and Air. Atkinson was unanimously chosen, and responded i i a telling speech. A comm ttee on resolutions was ap¬ pointed. Mr. Park, of Bibb, moved that all speeches be limited to five minutes. Carried. Mr. Glover, of Cobb, moved a resolution < xpressing sympathy for Sen¬ ator Colquitt in his sickness. The reso¬ lution was adopted. Another resolution, commending the official career of Gov¬ ernor Northern, introduced by Mr. J. M. Dupree, of Macon county, was adop¬ ted. It reads thus: Two years ago the democratic party of Geor¬ gia called from his peaceful pursuits and pre sented to the people as its candidate for the highest office within their gift the Hon. W. J. Northen, and now at the close of his term, it is but an act of justice by the party he has so hon¬ orably represented to put on record its high ap¬ preciation of the ac s of his administration; he has been careful, painstaking, able and earnest; he has met every requirement and proven faith¬ ful to every trust; therefore be it Resolved, That th s convention Governor heartily Northen en q orse the administration of a nd commend him to the people for re-election. Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, moved a reso¬ lution setting forth the order of business, and it was adopted. the nominations. The first business was the nomination of governor, and Judge Frank Little, of Hancock, placed the name of Governor Northen before the convention in a very taking speech. It was greeted with ap¬ plause and followed by a very eloquent speech by Mr. W. M. Hawkes, of Ameri ous, seconding the nomination. The gov¬ ernor was nominated for a second term by a rising vote and by acclamation. Hon. Wiley Burnett, of Clarke, placed the name of General Phil Cook in nomi¬ nation for secretary of state. With a rush of enthusiastic cheering, General Cook was nominated unanimously by ac¬ clamation. Colonel RobertsoD, of Habersham, nominated Hon. William A. Wright for the office of comptroller general, and with the same zeal and harmony his name was swept on to the place by acclamation and wonderful unanimity, seconded by Hon. W. A. Harris and Air. Henry Cohen, of Richmond. Your Uncle Bob Hardeman got there with extraordinary demonstrations of en¬ dorsement. Mr. T. D. Rockdell, of Chat¬ ham, placed his name before the conven tion in a most eloquent way, referring to bim as the "noblest work of God—an Honest man,” wilh not a dirty shilling in b j 8 pocket, and the crowd cheered rap turously. Colonel Emmet Womack arose and said: ‘‘Newton county seconds the nomination of Colonel Bob.” The notn ination was by acclamation, A CONTEST. Then came the nominations for attor¬ ney general and here the interest began, it being the only contest of the day. Hon, Warner Hill, of Meriwether, arose and nominated Hon. Joe Terrell. Hon. E. H. Calloway, of Burke, and Hon. George R. Brown, of Cherokee, seconded the nomination. Hon. John Temple Graves nominated Colonel W. C. Glenn and was frequently applauded introduced to the echo. in He the said legislature by his wise laws he had put in the state’s treasury hun dreds of thousands of dollars, ’ thus pay- K . , ^ . . l . advance , , hundred . ln 8 18 ea ar y ln a years. Hon. John B. Goodwin, of Ful ton, seconded the nominationation eio- 1 quently. The voting then began. Ter rell took the lead at the start and when he had fifty votes GLnn had only nine. By the time twenty counlie 3 had been called it was evident that Terrell would «*>; r hl y ppo - Rent had only forty. When Morgan county was reached two votes were given t o Terrell making him 171. Murray gave Glenn Ia f n S hi “ t0 JIus ’ c °g ee threw four f t0 Terrell raising him to 175, the number required to nominate, and wag g re eted with cheers. Several counties stuck to Glenn and cast their r**“■» ** * “i»" ity. Congressman Livingston that Terrell got up directly and suggested Chairman nom ination be made unanimous. Atkinson stated that this could not be done , so long , as there ,, were twocandi- . , • dates being voted on except by unani mous consent. Somebody made an ob jection to Livingston’s proposition, and tL8Cal l°f 1 1011 was re8U ” ed - Th « moment Worth county voted Colonel . Graves moved that before the result was announced that Hon. Joe Terrell benom <r ed *>» the convention nominated Joseph M. Terrell for attorney eeneraL The vote had stood about 240 for Terrell and 9 b for Glenn. Thus ended the only contest that could be called a fight fora place on the ticket. COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. Colonel A. E. Cutts.of Sumter county, put in nomination for commissioner of ag¬ riculture Colonel R. T. Ni*bett, the pres¬ highest ent incumbent, commending him in the terms to the convention. The nomination was seconded by Hon. J. K. Stewart, of Rockdale, and Colonel Wil¬ liam Smith, of Gwinett. Emmet Wom¬ ack, of Newton, in a neat speech, nomi i ated F. C. Davis, of his own countv. « thorough farmer who knows all about planting and would make a capable com raissioner. Clark Cobb, nnd Floyd added their seconds to Colonel Nesbitt’s nomin¬ ation. Colonel Womack’s nomination of Mr. Davis did not get a second, but Chairman Atkinson stated when the point was raised that it made no difference, "seconds being immaterial only to con sume time.” Davis seldom got a vote. Nesbitt swept down the roll of counties. When he had two hundred votes and Davis had six the call was suspended and by unanimous consent Colonel Nesbitt was nominated by acclammation. ELECTORS. The district electors and the elector? for the state at large were then named, together with their alternates. Mr. John Candler moved to have a committee wait upon Governor Northen and inform hitn of his nomination. The committee was appointed and left the hall. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Then the secretary announced the ex¬ ecutive committee. At this period Hon. Bill Harris en¬ tered the hall, and on behalf of the com¬ mittee to wait upon Governor Northen reported humorously that the governor would accept. He further stated that the governor would write a letter to the people of Georgia at an early date. THE flatform committee. The committee on resolutions entered tho hall and reported the following: Tho democratic party of Goorgia. in conven¬ tion assembled, pledges anew its loyalty and devotion to the time-honored principles of de¬ mocracy as promulgated and practiced by the fathers and sages of the party. It endorses the platform adopted by the na¬ tional democratic convention of 1892 and pledges the election its united of its nominees—Grover and enthusiastic support Cleveland to and Adlai E. Stevenson. It commends to the people of Georgia the administration of Governor W. J. Norilien and the state houso officers whose most honest and economical management of the affairs of the state have conducted so largely to the progress and prosperity of the people. J. M. Griggs, Chairman. Chairman Atkinson then declared the convention adiourned sine die. ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. Status of Trade as Reported by R. G. Dun & Co. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: in every respect, save one, business distinctly improves. Crop pros¬ pects are cleared, manufacturers are do¬ ing finely, even in tbe iron branches, and labor troubles seem to approach a settle¬ ment which is likely to be advantageous and lasting. The domestic trade is of enormous value and decidedly the largest ever known for the season. At Boston trade is fairly active. At Philadelphia receipts of wool are large and prices firm. The trade in paint and glass is moderate; in liquors and chemi¬ cals active, and tobacco dull. At Balti¬ more the fall trade opens with favorable auspices. Business at Chicago consid¬ erably exceeds last year’s, and fair crops aud a laree business are expected. Business at Kansas City is satisfactory, though collections are slow, but receipts of cattle and grain aro large at lair prices. At Louisville trade improves and the outlook is better. At Little Rock business is quiet, but at Savannah well sustained. At New Orleans money is in improved demand at a slight advance; cotton is steady and sugar firm. Pig iron is on the whole no weaker, though bes semer has sold at Pittsburg for $13.99, and southern sales at Chicago have de¬ pressed gray forge to $12, equal to $8.15 at Birmingham. The demand for bar is more active, and plate, sheet and scruc tural mills are crowded with orders. Shoe factories are unusually crowded, and shipmen's for the we» k reached 90, 000 casts against 80,000 last year. Sales of wool increased largely, and for tbe year at the three chief points are 174, 000,000 pounds against 148,000,000 last year to date. Speculation has made higher prices for bread stuffs, half a cent for wheat, in spite of receipts at the we t exceeding a million bushels per day with export* of 800,000 bushels in three days. Corn has been advanced nearly 5 cents on smaU sales, and oats 2 3-4 cents, western re¬ ports favoring shorter estimates. Cotton has declined an eighth on sales of 596, 000 bales for the week, crop receipts being more favorable. C flee is an eighth stronger and oil 3 8 of a cent lower. Business failures occurring throughout the c untry during the Dst seven days as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States, 160. For the cor¬ responding week of last year there were 207 failures in the United States. Cranfill Notified. The notification committee of the national prohibition party met in Waco, Texas, Thursday nijht, and in the pres¬ ence of nearly 10.000 people formally notified Dr. Cranfill of his nomination. The doctor in his address of acceptance predicted . , the ,, ultima . e „„„„„„„ party, nationally am in a ‘ over, . IU GHANAN SCORED. Denounced for Having Commuted H. Clay King’s Sentence,. BURNED IN EFFIGT IN THE PUBLIC STREET OF MEMPHIS—KING SAFELY IN THE PENITENTIARY. The city of Memphis was thrown into a state of intense excitement when the announcement appeared in Wednesday morning’s papers that Governor Buchan¬ an had commuted thesentmee of Colonel H. Clay King, who was to have been h inged on the 12 th instant for the murder of Mr. Postou. Wednesday morning’s Appeal-Avalanche said: If the governor’s power in the matter is abso¬ lute and conclusive, the responsibility is his a one. He is not required to give reasons. He hAsympat:,ie*,‘to remains prejadie^andyethiffluS ir.y undisputable and supreme. If bis determination of the King esse is to be taken as a precedent, then we see no reason why any other criminal should be hanged in Tennessee. King, in cold blood, after careful deliberation, shot down David H. Poston, unarmed and uu suspecting. It was a highway assassination in which the victim was given no chance to defend liiinstlf. There could not have been a murder more heinous. When the trial was had, the murderer himse'f, with most extraordinary as surance, protested against the introduction of the insanity plea. Discussing the review of the case by th supreme court, the Appeal-Avalanche continues: The opinion was welcomed by all lovers of law and order. Its eff >rt was not eonfin d to Ten uessee. It was felt throughout the whole United States, and the supreme court of Tennessee was on tided to enduring hono:- for advancing civiii z>ition to that degree. The court-did not over look a phase of the ease; it considered every ex cuse King made for his act. But the governor has brought all this to naught. Having greater power to save, lie has met the courts power to condemn and has whistled the latter’s judgment down. With a stroke of his pen iie lias given hope to every murderer in the jails of Tennessee. He h is re buked the jury and made light of the state’s highest inbuna 1 of justice it w,re infinitely hotter if the jury ot the trial court had bade King go free- We now wish sincerely that it had done so. It were even better if the governor ha 1 granted an absolute paadon. Ho has acted without the support of a trial, judge, jury or King’s attorney ’ to solve the question of his free dom. The Evening Scimeter vehemently de uounces the governor in a sensational article abounding iu such sentences as these: “He has spit on the carpets of the stato and nation and held out his hand to save an assassin i 1 whose person was centered and upon who-te fate depended the question whether any influ euce in the south was sufficient to make dis tinet.on between p.-rsons convicted of cold bl ioded murder. “The rescue of H. Clay King from the gal¬ lows to which all courts of tlie country, afier a careful review of the evidence,had condemn d ft r s“n m0re damnable than tho murto of po “He has risen above all law, all right an 1 all justice. What King did as 1 a citiz n, lie has done as chief executive of the state. He has taken the law in his own hands; he has assas-in; justifie t the murder of Poston; ho has saved an hi has taken the smoking pistol from King’s ham l, st- pped into his shoos, d,pped liis hands in tli blood of his victim and trampled upon the already outraged law. He has turne I a deaf ear to the pleadings of the victim’s family for justice; he nia le a governor of a state a chain pion of murderers. of the temple; it paralyses the strong arm of the law; it stide-i the erv of tho widow and the or pliau, and makes of the court a sham; it shakes the very foundation of society, and makes every ■%\!K 22 ;S 3 L .ho. d„„„ ,™» be. hind a pillar on the portic) on the capitol tho to day, if King should be slain on his way to p niten'iary, win shall say that the gallows would bear fruit?” ’ 1 hese publications aroused intense feeling. A mass meeting was arranget fer at which Governor Buchanan was to have been hung in effigy Wednesday night. It was given out that the jail would be attacked and the notorious pns oner would be lynched, bo great was the anxiety that Criminal Court .Judge J. J. Dubose i-sued the following order: It appearing to the court that there is now undue excitement in the public mind because of the commutation of the sentence of H. Clay King, who was by tho supremo court sentenced to hang on the 12t!i day of August, 1892, and it further appearing that beeau-e of threaten d mob vio ence, it is m>t safe to longer keep said King in the county jail of Shelby county; it is therefore ordered by the court that tho sheriff of ■'sheliiy county, without delay, take said King ai d deliver him to the keeper of the penitentia¬ ry at Nashville, iu pursuance to the order, as made by the governor, commuting his sentence to life imprisonment in the penitentiary of the state. KING TAKEN AWAY. Sheriff McLendon took King from jail # in tbe meantime and out of the city, on the Chesapeake Nashville and where Ohio they railroad,_ arrived en route to safely. The sheriff hurried his prisoner to the penitentiary, HUNG IN EFFIGY. The indignation against Governor Buchanan for commuting King’s sentence found vent in hanging and burning him in effigy at the corner of Main and Madi son streets Wednesdav night. The crowd was composed not of toughs and street arabs but of well clad, unusually orderly and respectable y >ung men. When the figure burned in two and tbe lower half fell to the ground the crowd vented in wrath by kicking the burning embers about the streets. 'The governor was cursed and abused with every contemptous epithet i naginable. BUCHANAN TALKS. Governor Buchanan, in an interview with an Associated Press reporter, gives bis reasons for thecommutiationof King’s sentence as follows: "First,” said the governor, ‘‘I thought that King should have had a chance of venue. Affidavits to the effect that Juror Smith ha 1 com muaicaited with outside parties and ex y pressed an opinion J ab ut tbe caHo were yitb c rhcso not be introduced in the court of record, because it was too late. The action of Juror Mustin and of the jury going to Arkansas to deliberate upon the case also had their weight; the dissension Of one of the supreme judges in defense of partial insanity; the pleadings of his wite and children and the most prominent men of the country, besides hundreds of letters and petitions —they were my reasons for commuting the sentence. I am responsible for my action,” added the governor. “I thought I was doing right, and I acted according to my belief.” He then handed the reporter a petition signed by twenty-six senators and congressmen. CONDITION OF GRAIN For the Month of August is Reported as Being Very Low. Crop returns of the department of ag. r i cu l tU re at Washington show a slighl improvement in the condition of corn raising, the monthly average being fronjt 81.1 in July to 82.5 in August. In only f our years since the initiation of crop re nnr P° rt Hmr ' U > DaS has there tQe :! e been 0eCU a “ lower 0Wer August condition. T Iu the year of the worst , fall ure, 1881, it was 79, declining to 66 in October. In 1890 it was 73.3, declining t0 79 6 , n October. In August. 1876, Y it 80.7, an „ and v • 188 it da SO. « 5, de was „ in 1 was . dining later only in the latter year, A slight improvement is indicated io the states north of the Ohio river, and greater advance iu states west of the Mis¬ sissippi river, except Kansas and Nebras¬ ka. The condition is high in nearly all southern states, nearly the same as in July in breadth west of the Mississippi, higher t h e lower states of the Atlantic coast, and slightly { lower in Alabama and Mis, . . p A sma.l decline 1 . seen in . the .. Bissippi, * middle states, except New York, and al» so in the eastern states, though in highej both of tbcse divisions the average is ~ than in . the .. west. r Iht P i,„ f o ow g ep ^ ages of principal Georgia, states 97; are Ohio, given: 81; Iowa, New York, 90; 79 . ’ Nebraska, 80; Pennsylvania, 86 } T ’ 94 7L' £ nd iana, 74; Missouri, 83; Vif £ . lnlB . > 90? m 1 ennessce, J2; Illinois, 78} Kansas, 81. Most correspondents lndl cate the present tendency to further im movement. Returns relating to spring '4 month »»«*“• from a general average *'“?»» ot 90. v to 87.3. The reduction is from 90 to 86 iq Wisconsin, 92 to 87 iu Minnesota, and 90 to 85 in North Dakota, The condition of other crops average as follows: Spring rye, 89.8, instead 9 } 92.7 in July; oats, 86.2, f»ll ot 1 point} barley, 91.1, instead 01 92; buckwheat, acreage, 101.3; condition, 92.9; pota toey 599 declining from 90; tobacco, 88 OQ 8 fall from cio'iy. 02 nay, or ua.a. 9 . . . THE SUB-TREASURY BILL. The Ways and Means Committee Make an Adverse Report, A -Washington ’ dispatch 1 of Friday J The committee ways and j means says: on through Mr. McMillin, to-day made a unanimous report adverse to the sub- 1reasury J bill. The report is a long doc ument , tnd , discusses ,1 all phases of .r,„ the question in a comprehensive style. It begins by deferrii g, for a time,the ques tion of the constitutionality -of the bill, »” cur d to the committee. to r° ol ff‘t,x Ihiy are iri fly stated as follows: If there should beure d ucti«n in tho value of goods, after they are stored below 80 per cent,the govern - rn»t would lose; if ,he v.lu, I,.crossed the government would get none of the profit. The jurisdiction of federal courts would be increased so as to make them an instrument of oppression to the peo . Tbe b iU tends strongly towards centralization and interference with in¬ dividua , freedom . A great fluctuation cur wiU follow it8 enactment, inauguration of the scheme would bfl the 8pecuIator ’s delight; he could carr y *250,000 worth of wheat with less than $95,000 cash and pay the govern ment Qn|y 1 pef cenc interest. Tho gr< at increase in tbe number of federal officials would make it almost im possible to dislodge provision a corrupt administration, No is made for the redemption of the many millions to be issui-d under the bill and batiks would have the power to force the destruction of any part of the govern¬ ment’s money. The bill is class legisla¬ tion, and it would be unjust to the day laborer and other toilers. People having a particular kind of property to deposit could get money at one per cent from the government and lend it at a higher rate to other persons. Lastly it is violative of the constitution as is shown by cita¬ tions from the highest judicial tribunals of law. THE JUDGE SUICIDED Because Some of His Acts Had Been Criticized. Judge J. C. Normile, of the St. Louis, Mo., criminal court, who recently brought suit against the Post-Dispatch for $400, 000 , and had its three responsible direc¬ tors arrested on charges of criminal iibel, committed suicide Tuesday morning by ’ ib •’* The Banner Wheat State. Advices of Thursday from Sioux Falls, 8 . D., scate that the figures on South Dakota’s prospective wheat yield by com petent men, are simply astounding,rang i D g from fifty million to sixty milLion bushels of wheat, besides immense quan tities of other grains. Elevator experts place tbe yield at sixty millions, while Milwaukee and Northwestern railway ex perts placfe it at fifty-five million ,-and fifty million respectivel.yi, -Even a|: Ahe will lowest figures it is claimed the statp - o. the ■