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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY MAY 18 18E6 no GREETING GORDON. HOW THE GENERAL. WAS WBL. COMBO AT AMBRICUS# A Urf cmwt of .1. TtIimO, M..I HI* .1 Ik. D.p« ^ aooon mm to m. Howl booak. to room oo too Ifoooo ot tbo Oowpolfn- Dttior Blow MoUtlooond Boot, mo. AmBtom, Ob., Moj 12.—[Special.]—The rcrcBtioB of General Gordon here thil mom- x iD|t,wt»*!Ith»t hit moot onthttllBOtlc friend, could have Baked for. The large eoneourao of people that had aaaemhled to wolooma him at the depot area atrongtr aognrautad b, aevertl ceopailea of firemen from adjacent rltlea, coming Into the tournament upon the name 'train bearing the old Taiwan. Ilia pretence alone on the platform waaanfBcieot to develop high enthuaiaam, and mueh time area occupied in theeeremonjr of pemonaj greetings. After conaidarahle delay from being thua engaged, ths general waa placed in the splen did phaeton of the Prince liroa., draen by {her malebleat anlmali superbly oeparlvmol, and. preceded by the band-wagon eml hand, moved Into the city. Jnst behind the gen eral’s carriage followed an unique tubnout, an ordinary country wagon loaded with one- legged confederate veterans, one of whom sustained a banner with the motto, “One KLeg only, but Will Oat There All the Hamc.” This conveyance, drawn by a solitary oxen, intensified tbo enthusiasm which the presence of (lencral (lordon momentarily invited on ths route of the precession. In passing the hotels tbo old hero was saluted by crowds of ladies in the balconies. The old yell grant up from the masses on the pavements until cheer begetting cheer, the enthuaiaam became general. A large number of carriages and vehicles completed the cavalcade, which, aftardeubling the public square, drew up and dismissed at the Allen house. Daring the dinner interval be was welted on by crowds of old soldiers with pledges of renewed allegiance, and by several commilieea from neighboring oonntics anx ious to make appointments for him to address their people. This afternoon In the presence of fifteen hundred people General Gordon was happily introduced by Mr. Thornton Wheatley, and held the enthusiastic attention'of the crowd for more than an hour. In the outset of his remarks hs mentioned that it had been pre dicted by his opponents that tho campaign Was to be a bitter one, and wkilstSdisclalmIng for.hiniielfallaentimont of this sort, harsvlew- ed, with the oust pathetic afoot, the period of real bittern ess during and Immsdlatoly subsequent to the war. He claimd abundant reasons for being himself ik Ttix best reasinbu mmon with mankind at large. Ue alluded to the fact that a candidate for anything who had the hostility of the Macon Telegraph had a carte blanche to the position to which he aspired. Be would, therefore, repeat his meaaagaa of affeolion to that valuable organ for Its eflorta in his behalf. Refer- ring to objections to his candidacy, ho mentioned theono of Hr.Bacon’a being first in the field. Bo ooold not see how Hr. Bacon oontd preempt ths right to ran for governor ofdeorgia, although he might understand how heoould be barred by the statute of limitation. Disposing of tho charge that ho had been brought out by tho Atlanta ring ho mentioned the fact that ex-Govornor Smith, the most tor- ribte denunciator of that celebrated circle, together with the eloquent l>r. Miller, were among his strougaet supporters, and com eluded with the statement that the Macon Telegraph, In speaking of the Mongomery ceremony, referred to the fact that Judge Rian- ford,the incorruptlhleJutist,was over there and would care for Mr. Baron's Interest. Be men tioned the fket that tho Judge was another onn of his supporters, and again beggod to tender the Telegraph his love. Deferring to the ex pressed apprehension that if elected governor he and Joe Brown WOULD STBAI. TUB STATE BOAD, he would any that It Is a matter of record that he declined a share of that road, when it could have been immediately cashed for XV),• 000, and that, therefore, he thought that any alarm or this sort could bo quietly dismissed. In relation to ths railroad com- mission he declared he did not have to make his record immediately after his candidacy, That he was Just where he was fifteen yearn ago. That whilst ths railroads had rights to ho protected and whilst they were necessi ties to tho growing wnllkre of tho stats, he still admonished the people to stand by the commission. That the power of ths commis sion should bo seal on sly and acrapnloasly maintained. Be referred to tho fact of Hr. Bacon being the candidate of the railroads. Be did not understand snob a power, hut he wps born In a school of politics which taught that the pow er of the people was supreme. In conclusion hs Blinded to the usthoda which were sought to be Introduced in ths se lection of delegates to the convention, claim ing that whilst a meeting or a dossn people might represent thej sente of a county, that the voire of the people at BXrXntBD IK PBIMABIBS was indisputable, and the one correct method. During the progress of the general's speech, It was interesting to observe the elTdrt on hit lady bearers. In bis feeling allusion to the purled of bitterness, there were few dry eyes amongst them, whilst the most nprosrous laughter would greet his happy illustrations la teaching upon other and more immediate adhJecta. The meeting adjourned with cheers fbr (lor don. audit Is gratifying to his friends to find that the public pulse in all this section ladi- caAsa a sentiment of flour to one in hit favor. General aordnu be Cathbort. h. MXy 1A—(Hpertal.}—Ac cording tea pravtous request forwarded to (ten- aal Gordon at Americas by a large number of fcl* Maads hs Baudotph county today hs aamrastad to appear in Cathbort to ad- l the people upon the Issues involved la Major ■aeon's friends leaning that General Gesdsn would bo here telegraphed or wrote himto that cfiVt asd requested his presence Also. A committee, beaded by tbs mayor of Otlhbrrt, went to the depot thU morning at IhfiO to meet General Gordon and arranged to eaoaet him np town in the grandest style. Mgler Bacon aleopat in an appearance but re- fisshtg to ride np In a Gordon crssrd. and hav- lamaeweof his own friends present, walked wlfh one of General 000200*0 friends and quartered at the sum hotel. It was agreed by Gonetal Gordon TO DIVIDE TtMX with Major Bacon, with the nndontandlng that Bacon open srlth one henr, Gordon to fol- law with one and one fbarth bears, and Bacon la osaclude with fifteen minutes. The court- rewmaf the new court bouse was selected as the place, and nine o'clock the hour. I .sag heron that time crowds of people from dtfihr- eat portions of tha oeanly began to arrive, and the enthusiasm for Gordon was so msnifest that a damper was thrown over the Bacon crowd, from which they never recovered. During tha day Major Baeea opened hy reed ing hie letter in reply to one frees General Gordon on tbo eubjoct of primary elect ions, and consumed one-quarter of an hour In read ing snd explaining the same. The remainder of his address was token np in trying to prove Gonrrnl Gordon n financial failure by attacking tha book enterprise, min ing enterprise, Southern I.ifa insurance company snd Florida railroad project. Occasionally, as ha spoke, there would bo applauses of ahort duration, and It was evident be had some frienda in the large audience of nbont five hundred people. He closed with out making any marked impression. It was KOW noEDOK'a TIME. As be rose from his chair snd began to ad vance towards tbs stand, ths audience rore as on* man and ehsered to the esho. Bound after round rent tbo all, some shooting at tho lop of their voices; others stamping and bett ing tbo floor la tho wildest manner possible. The chairman called in vain for order. It was not until they hsd erbaustod themselves would they become quiet. General Gordon •topped to tbo front end. bowing gracefully tho scknowlsdgments, began in n well modn- Inlrd tone onn of tho grand oet efforts ever listonad to In Randolph county. His hcarors wors In perfect sympathy with him upon every question, and as hs sent blow after blow Into tho enemy's esmp, the enthoslasm was intense. Taking Major Bacon up lie showed him to he the candidate who should be burred by U10 statute of limitation. Major Bacon goes about miking assertions against him, ind when railed upon for his witnesses, gives Fred Ward, who Is now en joying llfo In Bing Sing. On he went, cover ing the whole field and answering every cal umny hurled ngsinet him by the friends of Major Bacon in language calculated to con vince the most skeptical. As the goncral poured In his grape snd canister, the Bacon men wonld hang their heads, snd worn so completely pot to route that they never recovered. When hs elosod, tho applaote was deafening. Major Bacon attempted to catch Uroatton- lion of tbo audloaee, but with poor effort. Us finally exolalmed to ns to bo beard: “Gentlomen, you are welcome to hollow as much as you please, If yon will make op the time to mo." Quiet waa at length restored, but Major Bacon was so completely overcome by ths expremlon In favor of General Gordon that ho never recovered from Its offset. Hie fifteen minutes wore employed with poor effect. During his concluding remarks ho failed to elicit a single response and closed amid ahouts for Gordon. When Major Bacon cl need tho crowd rush id within the bar snd COUHTID A SOUND UKNEUAL OOtDOK In large numbers. About this time some ono presented the general with a handsome floral offering from tbs ladles, who were present in largo numbers in tho gallery, and turning to then, bo exclaimed: 'If the ladles wore entitled to vote I would I10 elected by 110,000 majority.“ Mq)or Bacon departed in n vary anlet man- tr Immediately upon concluding, and walked with n few friends to tbs hotol. General Gordon, after an informal reception of a few minutes, during which time numbore of old soldiers took occasion to grasp him warmly by the hand, loft for the depot, taking tho train for tho up country. One young mau, more enthusiastic than somo others, best bis lino walking onus into mate of splinters, and holding it up In an ad miring crowd of llstnore aftor ths speaking, ho exolalmed: “Jnst as I have worn to a frasala this eanq. of mine, likewise has General Gordon served Major Bacon today.’’ It has boon a picnic for General Gordon,nod it is ths general opinion that hn will have walk over In Randolph county. GORDON GETS LEE. Lse County (Hm Gordon M Votes to 07 for Bum Tbo OonrtbouM Bln* Bmulud to SmtttisrMas by on Uprising of tbo Poopto-A Viotory That Prepares tbo Woy Cor Others. Major llncon In AufniU. Auaun-A, On., May 11.—(Special.]—Hon. A, O. Bacon was serenaded at the central hotel this evening, and In reraonso to reposted calls lion. K. II. May announced that Mr. Bacon would address ■he throng from Iho temporary structure erected for tho Judges In the firemen's contest which oc curred today nod which was directly In front of tho hotel across the street, rabitaaro, be said that he oano to aorta on a Hying trip with no thought of a speech For months the question of selecting a democratic candidate for governor had been considered calmly by Ibc people. The nanus of several distinguished gentlemen had been suggested, but nearly nil hsd declined. Only Iwo avowed candidates remain- cd In this canvass which was absolutely devoid of excitement or fooling. Tho IS acral drill or preference seamed to net steadily In ooa direction. Tbo popular mind was adjusting Itself to ctrcum Manets as to tha result One ot the trowed candl dawagraotftillr retired. With hla retirement came the excuse that U waa neoemary that team one commanding towering fOnn should appear on the scene to heal the dlvlateoaand unite tbo fatuous. All was peace when Gecdon looped Into tha arena with dramatic accompaniment. With positions reversed, Baron would never have acted os Gordon did. The campaign will be bested, but Bacon rrlN exclude Improprieties. There would ho no dirt- slinging on bis port Legitimate Usun would ho dlaeuaed, personal acta bo crlUetaod, but uncle so scandal would find no mention (torn him. Oneiubjcrllnow carnoaUy concerns the public mind-lire railroad !commission. Ilia position was tally staled In the Bain letter. The railroad comarMoa waa a fixed Institution of ths stelo. There should bo no antagonism between tho railroads eud Ibc people, and a wise commtulon lathe best means to prevent It Us bad In Ibc qumllon the Interest of any other eltlien. He never owned a share or dollar worth of railroad Mock. The penitentiary quo. lion was a second matter of Importance. Ito thought tbc present contracts valid, and that they should not be disturbed. After the expiration of Iho contracupul the convicts to building public roads snd other public works of like character. 1'ouvlel labor should not he tho means of private speculation. Again, couvict labor should not be opposed to free labor. He had himself never breu dirertlTor Indirectly concerned In any convlol lease ot speculation. The third buslnem question was tho disposition of tha Stale road, lie hinwoir opposed tho sale of tha state road. Ho preferred to tease under also provis ions, but whether sold or lomed It ibould bo done with an eye single to the public good, lflcssed, U should be held hot nominally, tut lit fart hy cllliens of Georgia. The final reason against tbc sale Is that the revenue from tho same afionls the strongest guarantee of the hind for the aislnM.xi.ro or the public schools without resort ing dtrrnly to property taxation. Tha public schools and Institutions of eharltykhould hs main tained snd fostered to an extent practicable with out Increaatag taxation. Ho ttfemd to the fraudulent bond question as s adjudicate, but thought It proper to keep the msib-r In Ibc minds of the people, as ths balden o>;..ld bands wen untiring In guttle derides hy whit-h they sought to reviveUrrquestion. lit- challenged the closest scrutiny of his rsooid In the legislature. "If." said he. “upoo examina tion of my record you find that I hare abandoned no duly and hare been false to no Iran, I ask that !«u alii accept that fact is an awuaaoe of m> tidellty tu the future." Tha ttrecaa llagbss. At-worrii, Us., May 8, 1886.—Editors Con- at button: Don’t you think U la reuwt brassy for Major Paeon to complain at General John B. Gor don's resignation at Polled Mates senator, when he (Baron) resigned the place of adjutant of Urn Ninth Georgia regiment after tho WUUaanhnrg eklimUb. the tirsl year of the war, and came home to Georgia to take a place In tho reams hoary de partment, where he remained the balance of the aar, in a good safe bomb-proof* A man's war record probably has nothing to do with polities now, but then la one old coated that will never role for a aw who left the bullet department foe a bombproof, and now calls himself a galtaat roofed, yon hilt Thee* is not n so ret TOT of this regiment that went through the war that wffl rote KravwGn tRBMwnrrg. I.EESBUBa.Gi., Msylfl.—[Special.]—Ootdon has met the enemy, snd put him to route. The old soldiers hare rebuked tho effort to crash the hero open whom Loo rolled In his hour of trial. The people hare broken tho ring, and alter tod their dignity. Klghty-four votes for General Gordon against fifty-seven for Major Bacon tells tho story. Lee county was solid Car Bacon. Through persona! visits) apponlj to old frienda, and promlaea of support extracted long before ths canvas opened, Major Bacon foil that the vote of Leo was n prise already dangling from his belt. Even when tbs first announcement of Gordon's candidacy reached tho people, so satisfied were they that Bacon had foraciosed bis preemption that they felt no Interest in it. Then charges began to be circulated against Gordon's right to consideration booaosa of his gallant record in tho war. Thisaffmtto with hold from bravo men the reward of merit won in ths boor of peril, aroused old aolldtra of Leo. Moo who had followed Gordon's standard into the yawning holl of federal shot and shell, resolved that their old leader should not be sacrificed to courthouse methods. It waa with enthusiasm, therefore, that them men witnessed the arrival of Gor don hero yesterday, and no Isis enthruad were they to see Major Bacon. The two men were fare to fare. If General Oordon failed to dear liia name, It meant die aster. With thrilled hearts the men Of Lee listened to the gallant Gordon. Not only wore they glad to aeo their belief in his fidelity sustained, bat onn by one, Baron men though they bad been np to that moment, they began tochangs to Gordon. Two days before bat two pro- nonnted Gordon men were In ths county. When ths general left for Cathbort Inst night It was 'evident that ho had deft n revolution behind him. Tha mast meeting of today tolls how com plete was tho revolution. It tolls that where tbo people are called out Gordon Is taro to win. When tho resultwas announced a mighty yell went up—Jnst inch a yell as Gordon's gallant followers often guvs when ganging after their old chief Into the ranks or tbo enemy. Loo county had vindica ted ono of tho noblest sons of Goorgia from foul aspersion! east upon him by placo-hnnt- log rivals; they repudiated tho right of any man to “homoatead” their vote; they assortad tho right of tho people to bo hoard ovan under tho difficulty of having to walk miles to tha courthouse. If n primary election had been held laetoed of n mess meeting, Gordon would have boston Bacon elx to one. Bow Did Ho Trent Iloynton T Editohh Constitution: Major Bacon says In his apcsch that tuuler tho circumstances hs would not have colored the not against General Gordon, as Gordon entered tho raoo against Mm. This Implies a delicacy or sentiment that Is do- verting of credit, If it Is sincere, Iiutfi It ilnoera: let ns see. Upon Mr. Stephens' death Hr. J. |3. Boynton, president ofthe senate, became governor by pro- motion. He wax thus forced by no ambition of hix own Into n position where be must run for governor, or lose bis xcifrevpect. To. be beaten out of a position into which he bad come by pro motion, In leas than three months after ho bad entered It, would mean his political overthrow. What did Mr. Bacon do thenf Ho was not In the race. There was no reason for hlx running ex cept bis personal ambition. He could hsvo wait ed with perfect grace until the expiration of Got ernor Boynton's term and thus prerented thst gentleman from tho humiliation or being turned outofaplooolnto which he had gone through no ambition of hit own. Did bo do tbit 7 Not ot all. He rtuhed into the dgbt even before Mr. Stephens’* corpto was In the grave, and the blUeraets of the tight made in his lntercet against Governor Boynton will long bo re* membered. It resultod lu that gentleman's do* gal Now let the public consider the dllforenoe be* tween these two cate*. Iloynton was trying to maintain a petition Into which he bad been placid by the death of Mr. Stephens, and not by any am* bUion of hit own. He realised that unless he maintained that position by a popular vote It would be a deep and bitter disaster to him. How can Major Bacon, who disregarded Boynton's feelings end hurried Into tbo race against him, now com plain that General Gordon oaten an open field to contest It with him. Major Bacon Is defending no position except what be has gone Into deliberate ly, through tbs promptings of his own personal ambition, and hs who disregarded Boynton's ap peals canuot complain that General Gordon has been deaf to his. __ H.A.L. Me Waa Collecting "Tax In Kind.** Editobs Constitution : I sea a statement from one of the Ninth Georgia regiment that Major Bacon resigned bis position as adjutant early in the war and joined t he commissary department. I heard a gentleman today my that he saw Major Bacon in llawklusvllle In the foil of 1863 and staid with him for some weeks. Major Bacon was then col lecting "tax In kind" for the confederate govern ment, being, as this gentleman thinks, a collector for that district. 4 submit this for the Information of the public. I do not think be was in the com missary department, but In the Impressment de partment. ____________ 31st Gju Governor Smith In KHOajr Next Wednesday# Ex-Governor James M. Smith will address tho people of Gilmer and the surrounding oountlos on "mi ntOFIsB ANt> Till roitrOBATIOXS" on next Wednesday, the 19th Inst. Governor Smith says: “There U but one Issue or importance betoceflleorfiau*—that is, shall the cor porations rule the people or shall the people rule themselves?" Governor 6mtth will speak In Mvor of “the rail road oommiastoa law as it stands." Governor smith is an earnest and open supporter or General John B. Gordon. publication was authorised by you. Desiring to conform to what appears to beour chosen medium of communication. I reply to the same through the public press. You and 1 were both In Savan nah during ihe past week and daily met each oliur penonally. In now drooling your desire that we agree upon a plan by which, tn the pending eon- test, "the will of the democratic people of Georgia cad be best ascertained." 1 might, with propriety, expreas some surprise that you failed to avail your self of the opportunity thus presented to then con fer with me relative to the proposition which you now make. It would not hare been premature for you to have done so, as, if you were correctly reported, you wen* then actively canvass- irg for support among those whom you there met. In response to your proposition I make the fjl lowing reply : As 1 understand It, the custom the party In this state has been for the executive rotrmitiee to fix the date and place for the afsemhllng of the convention and the basis of representation. The conn ties have always been ? left: to deelde for them selves the manner In which they should chaoso their delegatee. Some of them have adopted the plan ot primary elections and others have made their selections of delegatee through the means of mass meetings. I believe the peo ple of the several counties are folly capable of determining fbr themselves which plan Is best adapted to their convenience end the proper ascertainment of the popular preference. Whenever they choose to resort to a primary elec tion. their action will meet with my full approval. Wherever, oo the contrary, they decide to meet to gether in open mam meeting. I shall acquiesce in their action, t believe that the democratic voters of the several countie* can tenninc better than the executive committee or perhaps better than you or myself the mode best stilted to the situation of their several com munities. The only office of the executive com inlttcc is to supply the need of a head to the organ (ration. W ith that accomplished, I favor the largest liberty of action to the people, and the smallest constraint or dictation by either committee candidates. I am opposed to centralised power all kinds whether It is found in the private organ ization or Individuals for their own person al political ends or in the committees ntoessary psrty machinery. As those who are known to be your political friends have In the past very largely profited by the use of the mode* of proeeedure which have heretofore been pursued, It is to be presumed that you will not condemn the same as having In those Instances foiled to ascer tain honestly and fully “the will ot the democrat ic people of Georgia." I have never feared a full expression of the pop ular will. I have no fear of it now. I shall be satisfied that such ]>opulsr will shall find its expression in the manner in which the people of each county shall determine for ihcmsleves, You will pardon mo for saying that the time has come when party policy In this state should be shaped without reference to tho wishes of candidates. Conventions and elections are held presumably 1n the Interest of the people rather than In the Interest of candidates, and the wishes of the former should never be made suheervent the Interest of the latter. The executive com mittee might recent aslmpertiuent any attsmpt on our part to dictate its line of action, and the people would certainly repudiate any efi fort of the committee to control or restrict their mode or procedure In the appointment or dele Bo for as 1 am personally concerned I will be content to abide the result of either primary elec tions or the action of mass meetings in the several counties according to the best judgment aud prefer ence of the people thereof. Very respectfully yours, A. O. Bacon. In Bacon a Railroad Attorney ? Editors Constitution: General Gordon says that Bacon la tbo candidate of the corpora tions; and It Is no doubt true. Anyway he is ■ railroad attorney, and the Bacon people say, What If bo IsT Well, what If he is? "Doth not the ox know his master (the man he works for) and the a>s his master’s crib?" Of course lie does or.d may ltbessld of railroad attorneys and rail the so called Brown "bargain and sale’’ scandal, to the injury of General Gordon. Let the thunder- Progress of tbo Campaign. The Marietta Journal, in an admirably written editorial, exhausts the whole subject be tween Oordon and Bacon thus: 'There are two avowed candidates now before thcji several terms, llo also has been a candidate for overnor before the last two democratic conveu- Ions, and foiled both times to be nominated. Not discouraged, he has been traveling over the state last two months preparatory to "Axing" _ la poll cry dlstastcfol to us, yet, as a journalist, w confronted with these two candidates only, one of whom we must choose and the other reject. Bacon creates no enthusiasm In our heart IboirroMKCtiToepantiss for "cany the people In their poeketa" and will be able to "deliver tho goods" remains to be seen. "We are for Gordon, because to bo against him to esbibit an Ingratitude we cannot afford to dl *’ **. was who helped to redeem Soul Louisiana and. Georgia froi radical misrule and bayonet oppres sion and helped us in Ibis district when Bacon skulked behind his dignity and kept ellent Gor don showed bis patriotism, bis love for bis people imd partjr bj^hu works, and a friend in need Is a "We are fbr Gordon, because he was a gallant confederate soldier, Robert K. Lee’s right-band aud trusted general, who led in the fore-front of battle, and carries on bis manly cheek the sabre scar or his bravery. “We are for Gordon because the peoplo Mooted Its parallel only when rtldcn waaTcounted out of the presidency snd Hayes counted In, and now we want to see that flagrant wrong righted. "We are for Gordon because the old confederate veterans, who, in the days of danger and death, abated with him the triumphs of victory and the sorrowa ot wdefeat, do not wish to humiliate his f trood spirit or dim the lustre of his renown by de rating him with their votes. “We are for Gordon, because we believe him to limits of the state. Was Ho Tax Oathsrer or Soldier * Epitosa Constitution : It has been stated positively that Major Baooo resigned hU place as adjutant of the Ninth Georgia just when the fighting begun, and came home as a commlmary. On the other band, some of his papers eay that he fought as long aad as gallantly as Gordon. Which U tight T Your correspondent says he saw him in Pulaski In IMS, when the ooys of the Ninth Georgia were itiag like heroes In Virgtaia, collecting the tax kind imposed on tbo formers by the gevern- A. gentleman in In 1M9. and that l commissary depar department ThU geutleman speaks very podtfvely. _ OxkWuoWaxt* to ltxow. Major Baron's Letter. Arr.mTA, Ga. May 10.—[Special.]—The following is Major Bacon's reply to General Gordon's letter of May 8th. as to the mode of eelcettng candidates to the gubernatorial nominating convention: Macon. Go.. May 10, i««.-General John B. Gor don, DeKalh county, Ga.: Dear Sir-I find pub lished In the Telegraph, The Chronicle and Tux the state of Sunday a letter which purports to have been addremed by you to myrolf. I iidve mttved no tarh letter but-presume U* Jic gift of the people and Major B right to claim thst his prior candidacy for three times elves him a hr mcstcad on ft. and all others should be considered Intruders who ask the people for their suffrage. We are for Gordon because Bacon has shown a persistency and a greed for the office that Is disgusting. Wr are fbr Gordou be cause we prefer nlm to Baron. 'That’s honest.'" The Campbell County News "voices the senti ment of Campbell county when we say that of the candidates In tho field wo favor General Gor don." Th ttrj The men.’of rouraei an* expected to be there; for most of them bear a tender spot in their hearts for (he gallant and heroic general who was always forr most In the bloody battles of the " lost cause," andwhot— * ‘ * * — They wlli be wise and i *Tbe has crceVro iu shire of ulkT Ionian observes: As we feared. More Indiscreet member of Major Bacon's old rectmont insinuates lu The Constitu tion that he rretened the “bullet department'’ to get a bomb proof. As if probably to answer the above, the Athens Banner appeals to the gallant boys to bear In mind ‘•when you are urged lb vote for General John B. Gordon on account of his being a soldier, that Ma jor O. A. Bacon la equally as deserving of your support on that account, and that he rsraa jmt ai i eertalaly rarry Pulaski county. In a chance gathering of fire ot the Hawklnsrille lawyers every one of them was for Gordon, and they were unanimously of (be opinion that Pulaski county would give him a lance majority, sons of them areeninx con fidently that he would defeat Major fiaeou tu the county by a ma jority of four or five to oar The Marietta Journal nr "Bacon" U not i Baoou didu't stay moll the smokr 1 The Bainbrldi smell the smoke, he Is not i The Balnbtldire Democrat, whicu was a » ortan tn the COiouiU-Nonruod campaign, r Gordon's candidacy as follows: 1 l rind In the Macon Weekly Telegraph, sent me yesterday, an article taken from the Baxley Ban ner. ? here the editoraays: If all other Gebrglaai think as we do, they are uot willing to have (Mr. Gordon) use our office* of public trust to fortlier him in his business “snd speculations in other nates." Now Mr. Editors, I want to know wheth er or not the edition of said, Baxley Banner. - native Georgian? Where was this astute e during the days when wo were being carried through that heart-rending crucial test of fire and bloodshed: which so clearly and unmistakably toted and proved the manhood, patriotism, and Integrity of Georgian* M ©JJ shame, that any Georgian would attempt to statu the pure and unsullied escutcheon of the trend and Hon. John B. Gordon. I am for Gordon, grand and Hon. John B. GOTO on. i am ior uuruuu, first, ls*t and all the time, and hope to see the day, and shall rejoice over having given my Influence In placing in Georgia's gubernatorial ctaatr one more of the bleeding and scarred veteran* of the lost caure, I have a warm love for all true Georgians; nor would I dare to detract in any wu ibc merit and worth of any of the honorable aspir ants to gubernatorial honors. But, sir, I can t help from smaking out In meettn', a* manv thousand* are doing from the mountains to the peatmr!. Hurrah for John It. Gordon, the people's cliolcel I trust the democratic executive committee of Georgia will recommend primary elections, and thereby bring on that long desired good time, when the people's will shall rule and not that of irg politicians. General Gordon has proposed to Major Bacou that they unite In a letter to the state committee, asking that the county committee* In the state shall act In the gubernatorial canvass by prima- ilot and tint lot ritnrpntifins fllllllM candidates would unite in s wiih thst the peoplo should settle this question, and that (he practice of having a little convention at the county scat to act for the people would be changed. The following note from Polk county'is sugges tive: “in 1868 General Gordou addressed our peo ple here. From thst dsy to this thore Is no office that our county would not overwhelmingly give him. Every follower of Simmons la this couuty has gone solid for Gordon." Mr. H. It Cook, of ThomMville, writes thst Bacon man and Gordon man were discussing the popularity of the* on the Savannah, riuriua nuu nnmu IWBU. toiiu finally agreed to leave H to the car. The result was 2T> for Gordon aud 1 for Baoon. A letter from HawkiusvlUe says of Gordon's candidacy: The announcement of the candidacy of General Gordon will give pleasure to many here. While it has been charged that Atlanta gobbles up the fat offices. Is It not true thst Macon Is really the town that la chargeable with rather a wnotesale monopoly in this line, and still seeks to extend the business? lu Anderson she has the attorney general: In R. U. Hardeman, formerly of Macon, she has the treasurer: in Jackson and Hall she has two of the three supreme court judges; In Blount she has a congressman: in Bimraons a superior court judge; in John Hardeman she has a solicitor general;In Bscon or Simmons she now wants a governor. She setms to be well represented, and we admit worthily so; but the state can improve on the gubernatorial ticket presented which to construct a governor, ouc .. t * a ua>u. and to give her governor she would Just about fill all the public offices. If she had a better nun for governor than any other part of the state could produce, then we say wo ought to take him; but In John B. Gordon a superior man is presented, and ono who has more claims upon the people. Mr. George P. Elliott, of Conyers, Inquires what General Gordon’s middle name is. as he has a fine boy ba!»y that he wants to name after him. A w ell posted traveling man says that General Gordou will uc* * *“' ‘*’ *“ *“ * Point. The Cedartown Advertiser gives the latest report from Polk county In the following: General Gordon places himself before the people upon his merits, and nothing could be fairer, more honorable or more commendable than the declar ations and the propositions ho makes to the people aud to opposing candidates, and nothing more magnanimous and true than his willingness to abide the decision of the people as expressed through representatives selected. General Gordon is well known to all Georgians, and his record as a soldier and a statesman are the heritage of tho people. Possessed of talcn t. experience, integrity, a broad view, a conservative, liberal mind, an«l both financial and executive ability, he would make Just such a governor as the state of Georgia ought to have. jucifiinnviiieouQ. uuucr uicneau oi "jouu B. Gordon, the chamnieu of southern rights; the name dear to every old confederate veteran; the mau who has stood by ua in adversity as well as prosperity; who hsd the manhood ana grit to face carpet-beggers and thieves, and has carried a re cord unstained and unsullied," prints the follow ing ringing editorial: The Sun is democratic to the core; not the repre sentative of any man—any set of men—nor clique clan, but the representative of the paodla. — «- *- — hark r John B. Gordon at her masthead. Wa launch fearlessly, because from mature deliberation we feel that we are backed by the will of the people, and beUeve further that that will will bo spoken and become eflbctual at tho proper time. We admire General Gordon aa a soldier— hlch Gen- — we could but naturally admire the record of any old soldier w ho took pari tn that aad and over deplorable con flict. But this Is not the reason wby we advocate Gordon. We admire his record as a statesman and believe that In his every action he has acted what be though to be the beat part for his constituents. We advocate nlm becaasc bis undisputed ability. That _ he is an mtive man no one wUl vw i with a giant intellect. 1l. . _ bioad minded, liberal sentiments no one wlU deny. We are sensible that a great many of the news papers of Georgia have already committed them- reives and are forced to believe that they have ad vocated men prompted by a sense of their popular ity and uot a knowledge of their executive ability. That the people want to speak their will through primary elections is evident. The Rome Courier strongly Indorses General Gordon’s propo sition and says: "General Gordon’s proposition that primary elec tions are the beet mode of ascertaining the prefer ence of the people betwcou candidates meets our hearty approval, as regards the three or four counties that have already appointed delegates to the state convention. It may be tuapnliable now because it might lead to contest* aud dl visions, but In lu general application the proposition Is certain 1 ly a fair one. There never was a greater mockery, as General Gordon suggests, than the appointment of delegatee by the chairman of a meeting or by a committee appointed by the chairman. As Gen eral Gotdon Intimates, delegates thus selected will lie likely to represent tbs preference of the chair man, but they may be in direct antagonism to the popular will. We have already had too much of tbw kind of party management, oven in Floyd county. We hope that General Gordon's tugges- lion will be accepted, at least lu lu application to counties that have not already appointed their delrijate*. It will go Jar to repress faction and The Madison Madisonian recalls the foot thst It is * committed to primary elections for delegates to all conventions, count '■“*** llevcsno other plan with all our hr “ * gestion m this r . The Douglssville Bear runs up the name of Gen eral John B. Gordon for governor, and says of his letter: Ilblstfor. u ercryUilnf oUe bs ura or writs,, bwthortng of pure gold. We hotrt bl, non to tbo top ofour mutbssd, u our chofos tor gor- —tor. snd hope hswUI osnr tbo Statab, a larger ijorltrtbaaonr Seu»lor Colquitt dU. Wo rajr .M.sscbssre and n Ugsr tor lbs icarrad toco Midler nr bo has tjwajra tn field aad forum, so nobly rep- TbsHaoonKrenlnrKfira, a ftaoon organ, ae. DOfelsdfM that “With Qsnaral (Jordon baton tbo .qopls.sTsry oua agree. Ural It win be , close Baht Wean,bowarer.aantnlneor Ibe firm re mit—Ibe nomtoulon and election ot Hr. Bacon. The people of Georgia own thl, to Mr. Bacon." Th, bo lav bo, Enquirer-Sun koocki the muffing ‘tb, ‘-proprietary claim'' Iho, art up by tho when It declare, that no nun “Ini any claim upon the gubernatorial chair that the Totem —r compelled to reeotnlre.'' The Sun then goes to **, r -General Gordon has as much right to be a candidate ea any other man, and Uke any ooeylae be mual Hand or taU on hla mertta* TWO Uaralaon Banner Is a rUdent partisan of Major Bacon. Ha editor b Mr. A. B. Pitta. Attest ing of the executive committee of Raralaret nee been celled to take action oo the .election of dele galea The chairman of Ibatmnmlttee la abo Mr. A. B. nils. If Chairman A. R Fitta, while aalect- tng the committee to report delegate,, b like- minded wtth Editor A. B. glut. Ibere would be no difficulty In telling whet kind of a committeeihe would select. Primarr election, by the people will remove ell cenae of complaint. A communication to toe Barlv County New* from Fort Gains* seems to dlflhr with tbo editors of the two papers of thst town, boili of whom are Bacon wen ard declare that day Is solid for their favor- ue. for bo writes that "re for as I have been able to *ee or bear, the county U almost solW for Gor don. though Bacon has some staunch follower* v» bo will do all they can to carry the county for him. Tho hind of patriotism indonod in tho coo- rlBdtnp icatetuv of tho following paragraph from the Wotrentoo Clipper, o Bacon organ, U referred to the men who spent font years on Uw bloon* fields of Virginia: Di00,, J And now the charge Is brought against Rtmn that he left tbc ranks of his reglaentand took! enough to do the aeme thing U not lntellectuaii? qualified for the reaponalbje position of a goT« T - The same story Is Indicated la the Bparta lib. nraellte, thua: Two week, ego, had n rote been taken. Han. rock would b»e been almost solid tor Bacon but the candidacy of General Gordon puts t dir. ferent complexion on things. “Gordon men"»r, •Monbhlngly thick alTMdr, snd the Issue in this county b already In doubt, with the tendency strongly in favor or Ike now candidate. Thb tr the outlook at Ihb writing is it presents ftaaif the Ubmaelite. Wo are gfad to «y that no p “ poSan'bere’* 1 ° r biUetIle< * h** entered the cam. 1 he frienda or General Gordon In Richmond are write there will not be-tlieslightest doubt of Go* don sweeping the count/. They will give him a rousing reception next Wednesday. Under the courthouse plan, the resident of the countyrite can vote at horns, while the former in the militia district must leave his crop and walk ten or fifteen miles to Had the meeting already ad journed. Give the militia district a chance to vote. The citizen of a militia district should be con- Milted as well as the resident of the county site. Give them all a chance, Hon. Bam J. Winn, of LaWreneeville, writ**: "In the life and character and person ot General John B. Gordon, the honor and chivalry of the south U more perfectly symbolized than iu any living American. He has hosts of friends in old Gwin nett wbo will zeslonsly guard his Interests." The Dslton Argus has this: The Citizen, noting Gordon's candidacy, says: "We fear trouble, and they who precipitated things will be hold to acoount." The only (nmole that we have heard Intimated?* that if Gordon is nominated. Bacon will antagonize him as an inde pendent. Possibly the editor of the Citizen Lt in he major's confidence. The Katonton Measenger says: We state with confidence that Putnam county Is or Gordon by a large majority. Bacon’s followers wouldn’t amount to a corporal's guard after oae of Gordon's ringing speeches here. The announcement of John B. Gordon forgover- * will ... are aaxi- speak and he has promised to do so icon. A writer in the Milton Democrat aayr “Tho letter of Hon. A. O. Bacon to Mr. Don Bain, Of At- ibc Buuuuaccmcai ui juiiq uuniou uj nor Is hailed with delight by our people, carry this county overwhelmingly. We ai ous to bear him speak and he has proml* for Bscon until General Gordon came out. but I am now for Gordon all over. Ido not think there arc ten Bacon men In Falrbnrn, and Gordon will carry this county ten to one." A correspondent from Amcricu* writes: "The strength of Judge Simmons in this section has gone almost solidly to Gordon. Even the Baoon men admit thst Gordon will carry Sumter without Macon, and before getting to this plaoe, or at Ten- Why this unrccmiy haste?" That Is a question to which the honest voters of the state will demand an answer before the discussion Is ended. On the same subject the DeKalb Chronicle says: Calling mass meetings and sending delegates to a convention (bat has not been called la unprece dented in political history and doesn't strike ns as Just the proper thing. The Cartenvlllc Gouraut says that General Gor dou "Hands squarely on the railroad commission aud docs not dodge, or attempt to do ao, this most Important question. This alone will make him frienda by the score." The Butler Herald regrets that Bacon, as well as Simmons, did not see fit to retire at once from the race, “thus leaving to General Gordon the nomina tion without opposition." The Herald then says that General Gotdon —will not only receive the nomination, but will be triumphantly elected. General Gordon has shown himself to be a good and pure man, and we doubt not he will wisely and patriotically discharge the duties of tho high office to which he aspires and will nodoubt be called. While the office will re flect honor on him, he will not at least detract from the place. The Brunswick Appeal comet to Gordon’s stand- ys he has l the solicitation ol many friends all over the state. Wc believe he truly so declares, because, thp people, wbo have witnessed the ways of tho railroad man agers and Intend to defeat their evil machinations against the railroad commission, determined to antogonizethe railroad candidate: and lt Is these, as wc understand, that have called Gordon Into the field. Of courae it spoils the slate and the rail road organs howl wl h rage. Theflxing of a por tion of the tress and the^sUll hunt" will go for nothing. Gordon will go at once upon the stump and meet his enemies face to. foes.,, .He wiu not seek to conceal his views upon any question, no will answer the people’s ques tion* and crush out the Insinuated slanders urged against him. He wants nothing conceal jd from the people In this canvass, and that's whit hurts his opponents. Hin & Co., of Americas, displayed In front of their office, over Toole, McGsrrah & Tondee’s ware house, a banner on which was Inscribed; 'Ths general got left in Macon, but he got there *U tho ■eme." The Dublin Post scents defeat for Baoon, and its he Is "climbing np the golden stairs" It i better to be an angel, anyhow, than a governor. The democratic executive committee of Laurens, meets in Dublin next Tncsday. Douglas county will select gubernatorial dele* gates on July 22d. . . Pierce county wUl select delegate! on the fourth Saturday in June. . HaN county wiU select delegates on the first Tuesday In June, Carroll county will act on the first Tuesday in June. Columbia county will select delegates on the first Tuesday in June. Tbc democrats of Newton county will hold e mass meeting on Saturday May 22. Houston county will select delegates to the gub ernatorial snd ooogrearional convention, 6o the first Tuesday in July. A meeting of the clUsens of Gordon ooonty is celled for the first Tuesday in June, to nominate delegates to the gubernatorial and congroriional conventions. Mr. W.C. Mattbewx wrltM from TennUlo, Wuh. last on county, thatlu order to test the matter they polled, on the 13th, evsnr vote in Tsnnlll* and seen one that came tn from the country and the result was, Gordon 33, Baoon 2. Then he adds: "I never In my llfo law such unanimity and en- thnalaim aa there la In Washington and; Johnson counties over Gordon’s announcement. It is an- paralleled, and the vote which I give is a fair iu- A correspondent from Columbus says: "Muscogee will give Gordon ten to one. Forth© first timeia years ail factions of the party have united, and his ipport is well nigh unanimous." , , A gentleman from Blaokahear writes: "Gordon will undoubtedly carry a majority of the wire gras* counties " Hon. n. H. Carlton. 6f Athena, b otrong In hla stand for General Gordon. ... „ ... UstrriN, Ga., Uaj H.—[8pocial.l-8paIffing county is almost unanlmour for General Gordon for governor. A careful Inquiry among the peopte of the county daring ths week nas failed to (Bid a man from the oountr but wbo is for Gerdsgu A prominent former from Union district said ymter- day that be wonld crawl to town, to vote foe Gor don. There are a few men In Griffin abo are op posed to Gordon, but they are very few. There la a strong desire belt to hear General Gordon speak. Flotilla, Ga., May 14.—{SpecULI—But! Is Uttle. but sbe tv load. A* this place every man, with bnt one exception, is for Gordon. This county is solid. ■ • Tbc Dahlonega Signal, in announcing the can didacy of General Gordon, observes that "he U in favor or primary elections." Yes, Indeed, -ha is, He does not take refoge behind a subterfuge. The trouble In Lee county was that too many people turned out At the Albany Ntwssaya, "too many elections are a Pandora’* box." % Tbc Waycros* toper, publishes (bat "General Jt HeadU 111 be Georgia's The LouUville News Is not in favor of “home- ng" the governorship. Itray*- s of the papers Intimate thatc of doing a great wrong by .announcing aMiffiilignrihM ho ■ "willing, to.fomoi ■ until he suddenly p ' candidate; that fc that all* into WWHi—Pltli is 01001. this tea fret conn try, and be and Baoon both can ran,-and the arena asa candidate.’' rUtbtfffllv. and let them do their best and to an honorable way, and the one that beau will be en titled to the office which Is free for all to seek. The Eatontcn Memenger, in announcing its support of General John B. Gordon, does to to one of the heat written editorials of the cam paign. Thus it speaks: General Gordon's snnooncement of hLs ran- Wary for governor may be found on one of our outside pages. It is devoid of ambUruous sentences and ssMitCms that admit of a twofold interpreta tion. We have receatly seen public papers that substantiate tha curious alleeanea that "the Eng lish language lithe vehicle through which men concsal^thete opinions." bus^thequoteMon to noi inching but a plain, oetapoken. open, statesman- ike said democratic paper. fOoclieordon Fifth Golnmn Eleventh Page.1