VOL. XVI.
BRANAN DECLINES
TO DIVIDE TIME
Tie Aspirant lor Gongressioaal Honors
Refuses to Meet Livingston.
WRITES a LONG LETTER
jjn WTiich. He Advises Colonel Living
ston To Pay His Own* Buggy Hire.
mures himself to be for silver
refers To Conduct His Candidacy
Alone— Says He Wants Hess Talk
and Hore Work.
ijhe challenge of Hon. Lon F. Living
to Hon. Charles X. Branan, requesting
joint debate, was answered in the nega
ve yesterday. asked that Mr. Bran
Colonel Livingston
meet in joint debate and discuss with
the issues of the campaign, hut Mr.
Im saying that he was op
rnnart declined,
wed to joint debates and preferred to con
t the race single handed and alone,
lc that
Hr. Branan says In his answer as
Ctlt ho and his opponent agree in their
rletvs upon the money question, both be
leving in the free coinage of silver In the
ratio of 16 to 1, that a debate is unneces¬
sary and would only tend to alienate mem¬
bers [in of the party.
his letter to Colonel Livington, Mr.
an says that he pays his own buggy
ire. sees his constituents in person and
jvises his opponent to do likewise.
“I am against political prize fights,” says
[r, Branan, “and I shall be satisfied to
eave my race to the people whose inter
it I have at heart. I do not believe joint
lebates would be beneficial to the party
tnd am of the opinion that the race can
it be made by individual work.”
i The card of Colonel Livingston request
lif the debates is very brief and is as foi¬
sts:
“Atlanta, Ga„ May 20, 1896,-Hon. Charles
Branan, Atlanta, Ga.—Dear Sir: Having
eea your announcement as a candidate for
he 55th congress from the fifth congres
ional district, .subject to the democratic
binaries—with your platform as published
a the Atlanta papers—and as 1 am now m
he district for a short time, I most re
bectfully ask that you join me in debate
t such times and places as may bo agreed
non, and on such terms as mutual friends
lay arrange, campaign to open in Atlanta
hiiiediately. reply is requested. I at
"An early p
lie Kimball house. Respectfully, LIVINGS"
“L. V. o
Mr. Branan’s Reply.
•Die following letter was written Colonel
ivingston yesterday afternoon, and con
tins Mr. Branan’s ideas on the subject:
•Atlanta, Ga., May 21, 1896.—Hon. L. F.
Kingston, Kimball House. City—Dear Sir:
tes of 20th instant being left at my
msk of business, was handed me on my
■rival in the city from a trip in the coun¬
ty. in reference to your I will request that, that if I
[have you in joint debate, say commercial
had any success as a fpct
raster, it has been by reason of the
hat I make it a practice to present in > e
alf of my goods their merit only to the
uyer and lrs co-workers, and have al
ays given my ’competitors the same priv
sge. Also, when I make buggy trips in the
juntry to see my merchant constituency,
hire my own hor^e and buggy, and tliere
ire suggest to my competitor that he can
) likewise, making his own <la + es, etc.
esides, I have been going among the farm¬
’s of the fifth district for the past several
ays: i. e., the farmer who keens the
rass out of his own crop, succeeds: so,
aving a political farm of eight counties
» cover, I prefer to carry out the same
>licy as a congressional candidate. There
»re, I respectfully decline to meet you in
lint debate, for I fully agree with you in
»ur speech of July 1, 1890 (see Atlanta
(institution July 2, 1890), whqn you most
nphatically stated to John D. Stewart
iat we had too much denouncing and too
file work, and that you wanted less talk
id more work.
“Further, I do not believe in political demo
ize fights, or that it would benefit
key: more particularly as to carrying out
►at part of the resolution of the state
imocratic executive committee, which
fys, “Re it further resolved, that we call
pon the democrats, who, for one reason
’ Icir another, affixations have left the party, to in renew said
rimaries,’ by participating
jven T might also quote your declined reason
to Tom Watson when yon
i meet him in joint debate (see Atlanta
institution, (id that September 7. 1891) ’wherein between you
^gentlemen there was no difference
on the Ocala platform, and
before a joint debate was unnecessary,
pe same conditions exist in this contest.
P k r positions are practically the same on
money question Doth of us advocating
f free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. there
p, Tio debate is necessary. 1 am ip favor
■ winging that our people closer togethe fraternal r in a
F" ptionship. mav alienate them in
Respectfully, BRANAN.”
“CHARLEY
branan talks out.
e Candidate for Congress Speaks in
Decatur.
1 interesting gathering of the demo
of DeKalb at the courthouse in
eatllr last night to perfect the organiza
Q of the Young Men’s Democratic
and to hear democracy discussed
^° n - Charles I. Branan, candidate for
lgreas f rom the fifth district, and Mr.
A. Holleman.
ron >Pt!y at 8 o’clock the meeting was
Bounced open for business and after
fieetiag the organization, Mr. Branan
15 int roduced by Colonel W. M. Mor
on ’ w h° said that Mr. Branan
10 of unquestioned honesty and integrity,
4 represented the agricultural well as
as
l lowing com mereial is the interests of the state. The
full text of Mr. Branan’s
^B-(iySnly ,.
0 ;. avin the a atpr«kte D appearing ^rSgh
for. you this s pleasure of
(iem„ evening jn the interest
tfcmo. acy - 1 feel like I am no stranger
firv, 50li ’ f "T it was in Fulton county
a w lhe light, and as you v.-e!l
aty.' , '". n was formerly of De
osapJ, ,, I a part the
.*• am interested in
*1S. a£r7i : , ‘? ut t+li? tha county, being is one small of your
t Interest a-,
of th ° interest X have in tne
the agriculturists o£ the fifth
ill ®i»|« llwif <>
CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 6 1896.
district, for when X say that, the success
of the farmers means my success, their
failure my failure, I am satisfied it will
meet with the approval of every business
man here.
“When I first heard of your organizing
a democratic club in your county I said to
a friend of mirm: *1 hope that the other
counties will follow suit,’ for I am a great
believer in organization, for in unity there
is strength, and 1 am satisfied great good
can be accomplished if you will enlist not
only the young men In your club, but the
older oius, and yt.ur efforts will be ap¬
proved by the good fathers of this county
who desire to see their sons take an active
part ward in public matters, which will tend to¬
building up their county and protect¬
ing th^ir party from being led by men who.
are party men for revenue only
“While 1 am not very old myself, still I
have been in business twenty-iwo years
and in public life most of that time, and
I will say to you young men as one who
has watened matters very closely, if you
desire to build up the party and place
your names in the history of your courury
as patriotic men stand upon the platform
which has for its support sincerity, love
of country and love for the people, and
form always vote against those men whose plat¬
is composed of self first, and the
people last of
“I have had the pleasure going
among the farmers for the past month
or so, and while I was already in full
sympathy wfith them, I believe I am a
better democrat today than I was thirty
days ago, for democracy, as I understand
it, means government of the people, for
the people and by the people, and when I
come in contact with the men between
their plow handles and hear them express
their desires for prosperity of the coun¬
try I am enthused with new life to go
forward and do my utmost to benefit them,
and I believe great thiags have been, can
be and will be accomplished by work, and
I desire to emphasize to you young demo¬
crats this evening the importance of going
among your people public and working for for their
interests in all matters, I am
satisfied you young men have enlisted to
this organization for patriotic purposes
and great good will be the outcome of it.
“My young democratic friends, X am not
here to say to you as did a gentlemap
lately from South Carolina in Atlanta on
September 16, 1891, at the courthouse: ‘You
are in utter darkness, and I am here to
give you light,’ and the next day in an
adjoining county said: ‘1 do not advise
you to join the republican until party, the this Omaha party
or that party; but wait
platform is announced and then decide the
question.’ It seems as if this same gen¬
tleman has been so busy looking after
Venezuela's interests he has allowed his
political cotton crop to grow up in weeds,
and notwithstanding I have chopped mine
out and plowed around it the first time
and expect to have it laid by by the 6th
of June or soon after, I bad to refuse his
request to help him get the grass out of
his crop, for I did not desire to be paid off
in premises.
“My young friends, allow me to impress
upon you the importance- of bringing back
into the field the dissatisfied democrats,
both in the state and the district, for 1
assure you as l come in contact with
them in their homes and in their fields, I
find they are men of honest convictions,
or.d 1 am satisfied if the matter is pre¬
sented to them in the right spirit they
will join hands with the democrats and
work iu na;raony with you in the upbuild¬
ing of our section, and the outcome will
be that this section, will be more of a fra¬
ternal brotherhood than it has been !o r
the last few years.
*‘I aid not come down here with the
intention of advancing my candidacy for
congress, but only to give my encourage¬ deserving
ment to the movement which you
young men have inaugurated; however, X
will say this: Many of you have read
my platform and it will be the effort of
my life to carry out those principles having silver em¬
bodied therein particularly in. the free
recognized at the mints, and coin¬
age of the same at the ratio of 16 to 1, lim¬
ited to the output of the American mines;
for L believe that in carrying out tnis poli¬
cy the day wiil come when other countries
will be forced to the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1, for we will prohibit
the importation fot ’of silver Hot in any shape by help a
high tariff, I am inclined to
those nations who do not recognize silver
as we free silver men of the United States
desire to recognize :i. My policy on the
silver question will develop the mining in¬
dustry of the United States and the profits
accumulated by the mine owners of Amer¬
ica will go. toward building up our country
and give labor to the idle; besides, from the
miners themselves wiil be led the
products of our land. Hut by accepting
the bullion of other countries I am satisfied
that 90 per cent of it, after being coined
into our dollars, will be used to purchase
our gold, which will be carried back to
these nations who have an unlimited de¬
mand fur geid and the majority of which
are not in sympathy with the idea as to
recognizing silver equally with gold.
"My young friend s, let me say to you
again, let us stand by democracy; let ua
every man who realizes ihe great good
the democratic party has done our laud in
ilie past and can do as much in the future,
if we unite together and stand by tin-*
people ami work the masses, and not
for the few.
“I have kept my promise to your com¬
mittee as to making a short speech, and 1
promise your voters that if I am sent to
congress that I will do the larger part of
my work in the committee rooms and will
not only make short speeches in the house,
but will oppose such action by these long
winded fellows at a cost of $1,000 per hour
to the people of the United States.
“I could say much more on this line of
democracy, but 1 hope to appear before
you again in the near future. I thank you
for your kind attention and again wishing
you success in your efforts, I am always at
y’our command.”
Mr. J, A. Holleman, who was introduced
by C. E. Ackerman, ir/ade a short speech
in favor of party harmony, settling dif¬
ferences ins de the party, and against
internal dissensions. A canvass of the
meet ng show'ed that a large majority of
the league is intensely in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
16 to 1.
After the conclusion of the speeches and
before adjourning the following resolution
was passed: “Resolved, That, the thanks
of this club be tendered to the Hon.
Charles I. Branan and Mr. J. A. Holle¬
man for their able speeches in behalf of
democracy and in the aid of the Young
Men’s Democratic League.”
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COMMUNICATION
Venus, Tex. May 20, 1896.
Editor Conyekl Wkekly;
You no doubt will be sur¬
prised when you receive this
letter from me as I have not
been heal’d from through your
colums since it went out of the
hands of Capt. Reese. Your
readers will I guess remember
when I last sent a letter I was
at Alvarado in Johnson county,
of this state, that about October
1st 95. Since that time as the
old ayiug is, I have been on the
wing. I am now at Venus
thirty-two miles South of Dal¬
las on the Uulf Colorado and
Santee Fee R. R. This is the
finest country surely that the
United States can produce.
You can stand out on the open
praries here, and as far as the
eye can behold you see nothing
but the wide, broad and spread¬
ing acres of black land of Texas.
You would suppose by being
here and turn aud look in every
direction ,that there is not any
timber from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, then turn and look ag¬
ain from the north to the south,
neither is there any from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Hudson
bay yet how beautiful it is to
look upon when nature has so
beautifully and lavishly covered
this vast prarie country with
everything so beautiful and so
plentiful, Yet amid all this
wealth of soil, such butiful sce
nery and everything required
to make up a love ly country
we are very frequently visited
by wind and rain storms, hai?
storms, and cyclones. Only
a few days ago a few miles
North of us at Sherman there
was a very destructive cyclone
both tc property and human
lives, something over one hun¬
dred and twenty lives were lost.
A few days previous to the cy¬
clone in Sherman our town.
Venus, was visited by a very
severe hail storm. Strange to say
but nevertheless it is true that
occured I think about May 1th
and there is hail to be gathered
up here today in some places.
Castoria.
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Boston. Mass.
Allen C. Smith, Pres.
A great many farmers had to
plant over their cotton but they
dont seem to mind it much, and
while I am writing another
storm is threatning but I hope it
may pass off and do no injury.
A great many people are pre¬
paring for security for them¬
selves and families by digging
storm pits, There was some
damage done in our town by
the wind and hail storm on the
first, by blowing one two story
building off of pillows also the
Methodist chu'ch was tuined
off its foundation. No lives lost.
Well something about the
farming interest. This is a great
farming country for corn,
cotton, wheat, and oats, The
average crop of corn per acre
ranges from 50 to 100 bushels,
cotton* from three-fourths to a
bale per acre oats from 75 to
125 per acre, wheat like in the
old State a little uncertain but
generally better than back
there. I suppose this year 40
bushels per acre, will be a very
good average. Crops are look¬
ing fine now. The farmers are
generally over now the third
time, will lay by corn the next
time going over. All is done
with riding cultivators, one
man can plow from 75 to 100
acres of lh'8 Texas black land
with a good cultivator and team.
You never see the single mule
and plow here. This country
is nearly level. Can see as far
as if you were on water. Stan¬
ding where I am now I can see
AA.y ate > 5 milesaway- Still
further on pretty much in the
same derection you can see
Midlothian, in Ellis county, 13
mhesaway. At this distance
you can see almost in every
direction.
If any of your readers are
impressed with an idea of com¬
ing to Texas or at least this
part of the Lone Star State,
if he was here now ne would
most assuredly be persuaded to
come while everything is
ing so flourshing, and so prom¬
ising, yet how soon can all this
be blasted and come to naught,
Mr. Editor a little later on 1
will write you again, hoping
you J aDd your J valuable paper
T I subscribe myselt ,c as
success J
mend. „ . .
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