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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA*» TUESDAY JUNE 15 1886
v.-^oituu where they will b* protected bp ton
Uwoboarotlrexecuted. Tbe Mnuut*(bet
wfcan bare that our *t»te will ft encerlp day be
COTend by a net work of rood*, li that the Present
railroad commlaaton fow fcbouli exlstln allof It*
Integrity, one that It* provtalons ahould be
f *Bot) ou < maj? d inquire, why allttali? Suppote
that la'iruc, way urge K upon the people. The
law extols, th* railroad commissioner! are In the
dbrhante of their dn' tea
If lou will reluct but fora moment upon the
q nettop. 1 hare been an ObMrrer of Georgia tagti-
latum and their aurroupdlDg* for a good mapy
yean. I have witnessed some acenea that I ihoiiRlu
were disgraceful to the atate, and which were de
nounced moot Mrerely by toe honcot people of the
mate, bat In all my oheervatlop never did I >eo Mich
■ lobby a* waa gathered around thJa last legislature
upon till* railroad ouromlaslon question. Leading
railroad men, their agents, their attorney* from
every part of (be mate were there. Andtbeywere
tberinenutenUj
iSgtolafcre'lhelr opcrailoii* were noticeable. No
rtfort seemed to he modi to conceal their object, or
the menixr In which the oojccuhoold be accptn-
pllthed. I call your attention to thl* not for the
burpow of reflection upon the gentlemen who
werethere engaged In the buslnres referred to. I
knowmany ofthem. clorer, excellent cltlxcnsibut
lurtoyou, If you would pmerre the railroad
commWIon In (la Integrity, Too must guard
against tbe repetition oT iuch conduct. Do you
anppoae that the railroad managers will never
mate a rlmllar elfoitln tht future? Why. you had
nMbonght that they would make the one they
did make. Von nerer dreamed that thl*
taut and rowrarui. boanv
In the railroad*' Intereat would aaaemblo around
— - -■ ,f emaaculatlng
they were there,
your Intereata
your Irglalolui
the railtoad co
|M (tolMf _
they will be 'there wain.' The rail
road cmpormliona art thoroughly organized. They
raa touch tbe wire, and lo a lew hours they can
conoeutratc all their Influenco at Atlanta* or any
other point that they may chooee to collect lu But
I be people are not organiml upon this nuestlon.
Who was present duruiff the last sewlon or the leg
islature to represent the Interests of the people fit
defending their rights upon this question: There
were gentlemen of integrity inside who represented
them. I refer not to them But what 1 want to
Inquire Is this: Who was outside? What outalde
Interest waa called around the legislature for tho
purpose of encouraging the good men of
the general assembly to maintain
poor lights and defend your lntcresta
that were Ming assailed by the corporations? Ab
solutely nobody. And for a very good reason that
tbe people could not be collected there. You can
not gstner tbe people together around tbe legis
lature to watch their own interests. Corporations
ran gather their forces there but the people stay at
home and attend to their Interests at homo, and it
D Impracticable to them to protect their Interest
by gathering around the general assembly. There
was nobody thereto spend dollars to preserve this
law (intact. There waigaobody there to treat—
to set wine and whisky afloat for the purpose of
entrapping members Into tbe support of their
wishes, bo I repeat, that If you would prevent a
repetition of that, you must guard against It. How
must you guard It? Howcanyou guard It? You
can guaTukt by
*t.|CT!Kn HUN WON Tills ISSVR
among others. Ido not pretend to say that no
other Time should be considered but this; but as
tbe increased necdiof this has become a promi
nent Issue before (he people at this time, you
should be careful to send men to tho legislature
who will represent you faithfully and protect your
Intereat against the gouplng power of these corpo
rations. lfenwbowflldotbemluitloc. Men who
will give them all they are entitled to, for mem
ber*, and oppoae men who will seek to break down
the rail mad corporation. What you want and will
*-*9 bare men there that will be
1 corporations, and at the same
tbe law; to subject them to the oontrol of
the law. They are created In your benefit, not In
the ciclu-irc benefit of the men who have money
In them, but for the bcueflt of tho whole peoplo.
While they reap returnable and Just compensa-
Uoa for tbe sen Ice* that they perform for tha peo
ple, send men there who will sea to U Hut they do
not empress the people. They have become ncce*-
amy to the business of the country, see that they
dobot take advantage of the circumstance lu
order to make serfs, and reduee In effect to a state
of slavery the generoua people who have given
them an existence.
All very well you say, but we have met here to-
night for the purpose of hearing soaeUUug about
Ihe candidates ft* gubernatorial honors. In
speaking of that 1 wilt repeat what I Mated In the
beginning. I shall say what I do say In a sptm
of kindness to all. It la necessary to havanot
only a legislature whose members are reliable
SSS S£BS^£Sl tat 0 M
tire upon whom yoa can oteolatoly depend. Tho
corernoraa you well know,perform*an n
function In law makluf. Fron
honorable i**!t!ono[ Irtnt whir
the meat alandeta against hi* character. The,
hare forgotten that charltv which It latbelr duly
to preach, and lunre become hi* blUeRU email.
Georgia. They say he la not fit to be thus honored
He Is not lit to be trusted, la there a man anting
before me who bellevea any of these charges? is
there a man before me who believes Gordon Is
guilty of these slanders? Why somebody said he
stoic a wagon and a pair of mules during the war.
I doubt not that ho took possession or a great
cajtiured them. 1 have _.
In that way General Gordon 1
taken many wagons and many mul
But rurh charges are merely nonsensical,
shows the bitterness of hale, and
HOW BITTERLY I’EOl'i.K CAN BECOME
When their feelings become involved in a ques
tion like this. I doubt not that the persona who
haveiindulged In such vituperations will, when
the cooling time|comes,licguhanied of themselves.
I should be sorrr that th '* ~* “■— L '
of themselves. I would
is a man, or woman, or
gia so lost to self respect aa to continue to give
constructing the poliry or the state our which ho
Is called to preside. It Is always hit duty to aeo
that (be laws are executed which have been passed
by the t«ople for their government and control,
lio lias it in his power, as already stated,to wield a
a lnflnanre In changing existing law s. In thl
leular case, namely In the matter of thi
Did commissioners of the state hitfiM
. WILL I.AftOER ruwxav.
It Is htfdutv to appoint the commissioners, and
although the law may be precisely as tho i>ooplo
would have it, It is nevertheless in his power to
appoint men to execute U who will not do so Id the
Interest of the people Further. Ills In his power
to suspend commissioners and he may do so at any
time either with, or without assigning a reason
for such suspension. He may appoint others pro
tern, and thus defeat the faithful discharge by the
board of the duties devolving upon It by law. Un
derstand me that I don't mean that either one of
the geutlcnien whose names are before the people
would be guilty of such a course of misconduct. It
is not necessary that l should say any such thing
even HI thought so, and 1 take pleasure tu saying
that I do noTthlnk either one ef them w ould In
tentionally do wrong. A man who has become
trained as a regular reed and salaried railroad at
torney lo look upon tbe roads always with flavor
and upon the people as rather the
Exr.MimortiiEooaeoRATioini
which he thus fevers la not the sort of man to bo
ieh a position of trust. The
.. J|W
put In socL _
honesty to not Involved
Is Mm ply
s limply a uuesilon of haott of tho thoi
raining of Use mind, and allow me to
rou should be careAu that you do n
question of
as that. It
the thought, of tho
utterance to such vile and nonsensical
this.
But they say be will be influence! by
Governor Brown if he snould be elected.
Let ui consider for a moment what that objection
is worth. Who Is Governor Brown? He occupies
'he high position of your senator in con •
HUW DID HE OET THAT POSITION .
He got It by th# unanimous suffrages, with one
or two exceptions, of your representatives of the
Georgia legislature, and I have never heard that
legislature censured for electing Governor Brown.
Governor Brown, then, you consider as worthy of
htldiug tbe high position which you have given
him through your representatives, but he Is a dan
gerous man to the people If Gordon should be
elected. What sheer nonsense Is this. The truth
Is that General Gordon had nothing to do with his
becomtngUnitedHtates senator In the first Instance.
He was not appointed at General Gordon's behest,
and If he had been so, you have again and again
ratified it by your own representatives.
MIAME,SHAMS. I WAV,
that there ahould be any such charge as this made
against General Gordon. You have not only con
doned It, but you have ratified It. If it was cor
rupt in General Gordon to resign, was n not cor
rupt In Governor Brown to accept and get the ben
efit of his resignation by an agreement; Yet you
have trusted Governor Brown, and I have oven
heard the very men who objected to General Gor
don upon this ground, say that they thought Gov
ernor Brown made a more trustworthy senator than
General Gordon himself ever did.
THE CONVICT i.KASF..
But It is raid that Gordon had something to do
1th the convict louse. He was oue or the original
contractors of tho present lease. Was there any
thing dishonorable lu that? Was there anything
dlsbonrablc in passing a law of this lease? Was
there anything dishonorable in Major Bacon vot
ing for the leaso law? Did the legislature to pass
Urn law act corruptly? Was not that law carried
out to Its very spirit and Intent in making the lease
contract?
It has been raid that It was not. That law and
tbe contract made under It has been before the
ie court, I believe, five times, it has been
and assailed by tho most ingenious and
the ablest conns* 1 In tho state, and the
to court li
lined that
THE LAW WAS CONSTITUTIONAL
And further than that they determined what Its
aaacailants have never seemed to realize, that in
the passing of tbe law and the making of the oon-
tract the state neverpartod with its police contro
over the convicts. Today they can bo cared for
at as though tbe law never had
----- —. Their, right to look alter
their health, their treatment In
every respect, their morel training, effort to reform
them—exists on the part of the government despite
their contract Just as they existed before. How
nonsensical then is It to assail this lease and lease
law upon the ground that it is atrocious In Its
character. IfU Is atrocious It is because the con
trolling authorltlea of the state for tbe time being
allow It so for there Is nothing In the law and
NOTIUNO IN THE CONTRACT
which wsrrcnts atrocity. Morckhan that, by the
very terms of the law and tbe forma
of the contract too, It tbe lessees should
abuse the trust confldcd to them It Is the sworn duty
should resun
lion to he n»
whic h has bet
of the present system. _
who seem to sympatlze with nobody exoept a con
vict. They make no utterances fu behalf of per-
sonsothcr than criminals. Whether the sympathy
A SORT or FELLOW VEILING
existing between them and the convicts or not Is
_ " - cuss, l can Imag-
in who la not real-
$j m wuiH:ti in iniR urn* no uoservos to bo one,
can have all his feeling* enlisted lu behalf of that
unfortunate class. There never has been a day,
or even an hour, when every good man In the
slate, even the convict leasees themselves, would
DR. MILLER’S SPEECH.
A COMBINATION OF HUMOR, LOGIC
AND BLOQUBNCff.
The Gordon Globe Sally at tho Courthouse-Luge
Number of,Voters Presoat-Sathusiastlo Cheer
ing Oraata tha Speaker on Bis Sppser-
anee-Th# Audience Well Pleased.
The meeting of the Fulton County Gordon
club at courthouse Tuesday night, was success-
fbl beyond even tbe expectations of the gal
lant general's most ardent supporters, and in
dicated beyond a reasonable doubt that Fulton
county will today elect delegates who will
cast their votes for him in the nominating
convention.
It waa while the atraina of “Dixie” still
floated through the hall that Captain A. J.
West, president of the club, and Dr. H. V. H.
Miller, the principal orator of the occasion,
entered and took seats upon the stand. They
were greeted with tremendous applause. Just
as it subsided, Colonel W. &. Hulsey and
Colonel W. C. Glenn, of Dalton, made their
way to the stand and took seats beside Cap*
tain West and Dr. Miller. Applause greeted
them, which continued until Captain West
arose to introduce Dr. Miller.
DR. II. V. M. MILLER INTRODUCED.
Captain West said:
Dr. Miller's speech was an hour and three-
quarters In length. From beginning to end it
enchained tho attention of his hearers, and
carried conviction to thorn all. He said:
Gentlemen of the Gordon Club, Ladies and Gem
tlemcn: I appear In answer to the Invitation of
the Gordon club to address you in furtherance of
Its object. This object, 1 understand, is tbe elec
tion for the second time of General John B. Gordon
to he governor of Georgia. [Great applause.) I
bcaitlly sympathize with that object; but 1 do co
not with improper motives, nor from excess of
friendship for one or tbe candidates now before
the people of Georgia, or vindictive feelings for the
other. J have no personal feeling In tbe canvass
now In progress. My vote will be given from what
I believe lo be a sense of dnty to my state, and
from no other motive. Canvasses like this which
is upon us are apt to degenerate into personal
abuse. I do not share the reeling which prompts
abuse. There Is enough of public interest in tho
canvass to receive the attention of the people
WITHOUT CROWDING ABUmE INTO IT.
are enough dangers pressing upon the
country to demand the attention of the public with
out stepping aside to abuse a candidate for office.
The history of our country is a strange one. The
*— are now of little
Georgia to establish railroad commissions. Fol-
we *hal! jute tor governor. The two ctmllitM
have expressed in some way or other, more or less
strongly! their lupport of ihe
eral donlon Ua* cxprciicd hUUMlf without reaer
ration. Bo will tupport th. conuntelon »• it
la. Be will aee that tuclaw it enforced*, u to
a "Wire CVlUtUJVWU. rn 1
he ha* oarer come full, up to
WHAT Til* 1'tori.r WANT.
That is. the commission as it i* under the grand
oMAriJudMTc.mplAtll W.U.M. AppUmjJ
Hr. Buonhunot come up to General (Gordon*
position in thi* matter. Shall we tru*t Genet*!
Gordon- I do, and I believe you may. I heller®
he U an honofable eentlemun. [Great »PP'*“*0
(hat ail right, provided such
were found -’monkeying »n»nd therailrMda
thould be removed. Then he addremed himself
,0 Now!he*aid, aa to the faith to b. placed In the
two candidate*. Mr Mend Dr. Felwu
said, the other night, that he dWn |
believe General Gordon; that he , w ould
believe no candidate for office; that he had nadex-
periencc. [Great laughter and »w>lau*e.l Dr. FW-
ton said a candidate ahould b. Judged by the oom*
pany he kept. Tb«t 1* a good view. It remlnda
me of a discussion in * debating elnb, The rela,
tlvc merit, of General Andrew Jackson and Henry
CMy were under consideration. One of the speaic-
en contrasted the positions of the two meninwan
“Whsr,” he asked, "was General Jackson? He
was in Mis>lwlppi, up to the neck In mud, he and
his soldier*, fighting the British. Whar wMClay?
legislature for the commission, but "whar* was
General Gordon. Dr. felton savs In New York
playing i»oker:|with the crowned heads of Wall
street. But, fortunately for the atste, General
Gordon had placed nhnself folly on record
the subject. lie declared himself
FOB THE COM MISSION
iii bis speech in Ihe commercial convention In
Atlanta a year ago. He waa right, and is right, ou
the subject. Ifhewere not, before God I would'
not support him. I would vote twenty times for
Hog Eye Thomas first. [Great laughter and ap
plause.! "Whar" was Dr. Felton’s candidate?
[Here a telegram was read announcing that
Screven county had choeen Gordon delegate*.
A storm of cheers followed.]
Dr. Miller continued:
Well, that’s all right. [Applauae.J I asked the
question, "whar" was Mr. Bacon? Who ever heard
of his faying a word In favor of the commlmlon?
Importance. Others have taken their places, and
m tho contract. Tho application waa re-
Hihiu uuuD tho simple gror**'* **■-* *- * L *-*—
of tho then executive the
power to release him from tho contract of the loose.
But I will not Inrall the Intelligence of this audi
ence by discussing this further. Governor Brown
waa a lessee, and you have honored him by put
ting him in ihe United Btates senate since. Why
was ho not aaalled all over tho state and abused
and called a corruptionist because ho had taken
tho lease? simply becauao tho parties who are how
making the charge knew that ft afforded no ground
whatever to awall Brown on, and they know that
It docs not form auy ground upon which to assail
Gordon on now.
IHE OHJKlT IS TO STIR Uf PREJUDICES.
many cases in which our lam will uol pcrmlCpcr-
Mina uho hare certain hiicruu to act In opptr'
ttonoftb.lru»t which involve,! almlhtr latere
Jurlee, Jutlgce, an MsiueuUy
axi'li nin won et'CH comipjckatiox*.
Why ahould not a governor her A Judge
I be utpreme coon le alwajr* dUuualllMm
(Raiding on a cam lu which he hai bean oouna
/MWWdSriu'siiiorT?-., 1
theca** of .ludgt who U then without intere—
teull) excluded Klmply bccatua he luu been Inter-
SSVtMV^&MiSr. 0 !?. “•
tux wlxwe duty It le to make the law? Ifajudi
« allowrdoo account ot etwh u na*ou to au
at th* law la. ahould Uwgorarnor ho ullowcd,
and pland lu thotuuM toolUou lo any i
law ahould be ? Certainly lux.
_ ra»uuT at m,XT xajou uxcnx.
Forlheaoreuaotu and other* wMch might be
•Irrn. t cannot toppoit Major Bacon for tho uom-
rnatloatiy the democratic oouronUon. If, when
the people aa*cmbte lu couvcntlon. and hi* pa*l-
rewnts the people shall say th
I # aban rote for him***! do It with plearai
Ikxt he to net my fevortta now.^ It has been said
SSSP8u
u-—- rtog him asaln. But time
— " v -“ and
t-l *ay that I c»n»<A oooacMuUoosly giro
*»y aoppoct, not do t hallow tho paopte ought
■t n trourur or anrour
yabootoordon that? I **y that
Bocomo upon thl*
. . . ... aaautod that h* la
worthy of aanport. lt w*.U »o of no penooal in-
Urtat iotuo fcxOordou to ho elected, uor than
RSf Ig»«f »5F wher.eltlaeu I* the atate, out t
xocre w narairamns known tot ha laws which
IT' ,on - Be haatmwjSilad a l5J.TR kuMa
their kupport and ihdr audVagea by unfair
lueana. Thcro never waa anything wrong
lu, Gordon'a hocomlng u Imoe. Why ahould
1 aland here and dcfcndUonlon, a man who hu
done more lhanany other Urtng man to llluitrale
Ihe glory and honor of the aoutbarn ptoplc. A
man who never bealtaled when he wu called
upon, and when It became hi* duly,
r them*, theme. If you re
—
valient" hcroca J ° fix “the
of doing them honor. Never prevent
your llonl oAkilngi again. He thtt will not honor
i ionlon who boro hlmaelf aa he did during tho war
thould never by a hypocritical prelonilon of de
terring houor « dead ham In hi* grave, for among
■Mho honored dcadthorob notonowho bora
not
.an now *x>xi!<a to ni*o*Acx.
But 1 liavo detained you too long,
have got a fow word* lo Mr about myielf.
I*candidateIbranyolttee nor do 1 exp
bocomo a candidal, nor applicant for any ^oe
hereafter. It taanuUMrln nlemce to wbloh I
fcel very IndtflhrciiL What the pronto may uy of
my oBIclal conduct, III ahould avcrLo In u poal-
tlau where II became ncccaaary to vludlcal. my-
Mil, 1 thall h. able to do aa 1 have heard lhal
Dr. Felton a fhw day* ago made a ipoech In Mon-
lemma In which he charged
In clfcct, that I, although
governor, I made lha convict loaac. rotalm.
had a pecuniary Inlcreit therein. I have got out
one anawvr that I choac lo nuko to that charge. It
U « chug, which, If true, would Imply Iho
^■■isAMittTioimi rnoxox uv rvar.
If Dr. Failou tutendad to Imply auch a thing
that, hr lied when he made the chain, and m
tlian that, ho made it knowing that It waa a
and he uada It became it waa alia ™
Who 1* ho to ar«H. gauUemcn? A man whoae
rolco waa novel h.ard on th* huitlugi In behtlf
of Innocent and unkxtunaU avniyaihy, hut who |
I waa not prmant to hear hU aUlonmnL That la
unima lFl had bron there he would not have
madvtha rtateUKoL Kven he. ihaaelcmaiholi.
I would not ban had th* face to ban mad* auch a
statement a* that is
Stephan* Man for Oordon.
Editor, Oonatitution: Th* name of Alaxan-
dor H. Stephen* a* much aa lhal of any dead
Georgian, will Ur* forever. Hla admirers and
friend* are many all orerthe *oulh: but in Grot-
S^^h-th.^ Dn " w ' ^ •" *“•
mSlS&elK ^SrnJ^.'St.oW
S5i°«cpliem'*dcfe£. I ufti P flBm
Ured, too, that after the clo-
rou«:^ b ^’« ErS
h*»<ri>rd ihe Anal end. (tot the trip to savannah,
but this dally felsrepreeeRtation of hi* aotives.
khto ridicules'of hto InftmlU^. paredS'be-
tow®
rare, also the candidate of that nee, who never—
publicly at least-dtoavowed those low methods of
htofavorttaorgan. Let them vota foe Gordoo. who
to pow catching the same sJaudefoiia tieauaent
Tbe writer to a .stepbeua reaa. and he to also fee
Gotdflo. ■■<* the reason above indicated to not the
least ot his reasons for so being. Let Stephens
s£ , ij’KK k &
trymen:" Tat
besiege 'the**country on'aocount of
tbe increase of monopolies. The puisuits or the
- pie arc interfered with by powerful comblna-
.. is of capitalists, cia* legislation has tbe coun
try In its gtan, and the very existence of our In
al But tons to threatened. Danger lurks In the dark
cloud that hangs upon tbe horizon ot our state.
To the thoughtful, It would seem that the agri
cultural interest would be tbe last to
be interfered with by the combi
nations of capitalists. Tho thoughtful
have been accustomed to look forward to a long
period of prosperity and peace before such com
binations couhl begin to interfere with 1L Bat
th lands are being rapidly bought up. As they
pass into the hands or the few, the danger to tbe
countnr, the danger to labor, Increases. As yet,
tbe culmination of this danger to in the future, but
It is not too early to consider It. In European
count! ies the dan * *
ran tali how soon _
be overthrown. I mention this matter becauie it
forms part of tho dangers threatening the coun<
'^rhe great induitrle* of our country ar* agricul
ture, mining, manufacturing, and commerce.
Manufacturing meant, a fow years ago, what the
name algnlBna-hnud labor. Then the " "
luro of nil needed articles
tho hands of Iho Uborer. It
not lo now. On the contrary, even
THE UATIIXUHO Of THE rKODl'cn
of tho country Is tho bonnes, of the capatallita
They purchase machine* whloh perform the labor
ones perforated by hundred, of human hand*.
Machinery, by Ihe means or a atngle angina, can
paifhrm the labor or txo or three hundred man.
Tho effect I* to drive from loduilrlal |
dreda of our fellow countrymen. Wo
tho laborers thrownout of employment ahouldacok
other pursuits. “Go wc*t, young man," la Ilia cal
lous advloa given them, when shall thasa people
go? Tho lands In the wait have been bought np
by th* capitalist*. It I* lmpoaalbla to And employ
ment In tho mumfhetories, In tho mine* or In
commetoc. Even the groat province, arc fenced
In. There apprare to be no resource, aud misery
and MarraUon stare th. laborer lu tho faro. I can
not propose a remedy. That 1* tho biuluon of
■talesmen.
lly taxatlv- ... ... ...»
government I* relied from the poorer classes. In
stead of being lovled upon Ihe properly of land
owners, the burden of taxation Is laid upon Iho la
borer. Notthoarttoan, tho farm laborer, gel* tho
IxncBt, but tho menu acturor or tho owner of the
machinery, while the burden falls upon labor.
1 havo mentioned th. great pursuit* uf mankind,
omllllng ou. not known In the put. A hundred
y«.ra ago Iho transportation of all articles was ab
solutely free, ll w as tho business of Iho people.
Tho capllatlsta could not touch It. Every man
could with hla own cut lake hit product* to mar-
kat. Upon the water waya each man, If hla
wealth enabled him, could haro his own boat.
Erery transportation facility wu free tu all men.
HOW CTIAHOBb today!
Monopolies have sprung up, aud the transports-
•lou lutcicst hu been evolved. Railroad* hare
been Invented or built. They hare been built with
auch Cheapness that their power for transportation
hu usurped all other mode* With Iho fadlltlM
they have enjoyed from Iho start, they hare put
an cud to other moans of transportation, and the
combination of th* railroad luirresis havo become
absolute and grinding monopolies. They domi
nate the country Irom San Fraucbco to rant and
lu Maine. What they mean la that tho peraotu
controlling them enjoy absolute monopoly or the
transportation Interest. Wears compelled both
to travel and to send our goals by rail.
If lb* railroad monopolies an not chocked, alt
the wealth of thl* oottnlry will
he. poured Into their coders. Con
sider. a moment, tho history of monopolies Iti
Egypt. Joseph had Information of- an approach-
lug.famine of seven year*. By his advice Pharaoh
•nd others foiuxd a syndicate, [liughtar.l They
bough! up all tho com In th* seven yeareof plenty
preceding Ihe famine. They had a sort of corner
In com. [Laughter nod applause. 1 The case Ulus.
Inlet the nature or monopolies In this countiy.
Breed must be had fn Egypt. It must tie obulord
from the monopolist*. Klret, tho syudloato de
manded nil the money In the country, then all Ihe
personal properly, then all the land, and Unally
lha perronat liberty of the people. They sold
thcuselrta as slaves to the monopolists. This la a
beautiful and an instructive history of monoiullea
It Illustrate* exactly what the railroads may
do In this country If unrestrained.
Agriculture will be burdened, mines
salted and exactions made of travelers
WOltak THAI* itOBBKRIX*
i the desert. Ihcy will take away all, and leave
it pcoplo s* were those in Egypt
Bow may these evllt be prevented? Monopolies
K w up from th* an Italy of the people to havo
ter and cheaper meant of transportation. The
iwoplo mad* startling grants. Both legislature*
and people made grave error*. Thoy gave Use
railroad monopolies the power to grasp labor by
Ihe throal and lo nucule IL Whan th* paopta
awake lo the danger threatening them, they de
vised measures lo reatriet tho monopolies. A cor
porate body ha*, no more rights than a natural
sady. Artificial bodies declared tbemselvee free
from taxation. Expensive and tedious legislation
aaanerewaryto teach them the right ofth* people
to tax them. Competition waa the remedy sought
to further restrict the railroad naonopouea It
was MOD found valueless, because the railroads
all bop* of relief to vanish, and ths people were
left at tbe feet 4 the monopolist*. The railroad
monopoly waa to* hugest ever known. Ha Iron
arm*^ overwhelmed and crushed all that stood lu
A? ffc>s (irccgla X eocoaruod, an attempt waa
i*da to restrain th* power ofth* railroad monono-
ea In th* conaUtoUetr of 1K7. Thai const! tuttoo
announced the fact that th* railroads moat submit
to be taxed Oka all other corporal tons. Th* stare
claimed the power to regulau, the railroads and to
noted the people. Tm railroad*^ denied that
ISS&
train Y
m Rionmn
ntU
legUlature cteatcd the
lobert Toombs, and It resulred In
,la fallow-eountrymen than all oh
' ^riaaiutoin* inns
b o law, and novar tUd yiald obadXace to It unt
ho teat court ofappeal declared lor the people.
What thou? The next step waa through th* let
a (aw.
an attempt to mod-
Uw, ao. that it could no
|
Ihcmsvfvet^YmMino^tow It wsSugluJ
btll to modify passed tha aanate, but lntheHRR
of repreaautatlvae enough vow. were.manhalad
■-defeat It, and the commission ,lands today to
rss b&tsgSkaqk no.
karma question* which t said tn the bagtnntog
Rerofor statesmen. Aa fhrM snare concerned,
the queattoo la: shall the rSUroad comatiasloa h*
lie u.e U SS5fSri.T*^Sito l.'Sf rei^PleSS
!fo has been the attorney of tho railroads. When
.ito railroad was filling the legislative halls and
Ihe Atlanta hotels with an army of lobbyists and—
would say drummers, but I don’t want
degrado a respectable class. [Ap
plause.] But wheu this was beiug
done, "whar" waa Mr. Bacon? I don’t know of
any specific act of his, but he reminds me of what
a Baptist preacher once said. He was describing
how Noah entered the ark. "An’ Abraham, he
wasthar," he said. Somebody corrected him.
."Well,” he said, "if he wasn’t thar he was thar
about*." (Laughter and applause.] When the
legislature made an attempt to pass a law to pre
vent hto railroad from robbing the people, "whar"
was Mr. Bacon then? lie was prowling aroand the
dark corridors of the capltol watching the pro-
grew of the formation of the foetus ot that law,
ready to pluuge tbe knife of the abortionist into
it and kill It while yet unborn. [Trcmcndons ap
plause.] Who are hto company now? Railroad
presidents, borees and hangers on, from Chatta
nooga to Brunswick. I Apniausc.l He la not keep
ing company with Campbell Wallace and Hog
Eye Thomas. [Applause.]
WHO FURNISHES THE MONEY
to run this campaign? Not the people. Trying
:the candidates l>y Dr. Felton’s standard, isn’t U
true that the candidate of the people is more, to
be trusted than the candidate who is surrounded
Vysii7?f«bly showed the difference
between General Gordon's position and that of
Mr. Bacon relative to the method of choosing del
egates to the convention. General Gordon wished
to leave tho matter to the people, Mr. Bacon to
leave it to small cliques.
Mr. Bacon’s plan, he declared, is nothing more
than a conspiracy to defeat the people, lu Clark
county forty men appointed delegates. One is a
railroad president ana two are railroad directors.
,Tho plan to wrong. It is a usurpation of the power
of the people, iri were a member of the conven
tion I would oppose the admission of delegates so
appointed, whether appointed by Pope Barrow, the
!>opc of Rome, or the devil |Laughter and ap
plause.]
Then followed a glowing and eloquent
apostrophe to General Gordon as a soldier,
Courage and valor were commended, and held
;up to ba imitated throughout all time. Cow-
nrdice, on the contrary, was to be execrated*
I Continuing. Dr. Miller said:
I saw, the oilier day. General Gordon compared
jto Benedict Arnold. I couldn't see tho Justice of
U. 1 don’t know that in the late war wo had any
body who deserved that appellation. But we had
some mighty weak-kneed brethren. [Great laugh
ter.] I am sonv for it. I am reminded of a story.
During the war a small body of troops was sent
to "foci" the enemy. A regiment was met,
and In tho face or a raking lire
saw
Honored. I Lope tomorrow you will nil do jour
dnty by votlof for him.
QUESTION THE DELEGATES.
Tbe People Should Watch th* Ballroad
Commission Issue,
I!arnesvh.i.e,Joo® IO."Editor*Constitutbn;
Tlicre Is one view to be presented In this canvass
which bainot yet, rofarasl know,beendlactared.
It I* true much baa been said by the candidate*
for governor and the press a* to the railroad com-
mMon law. It la conceded by both candidates
that tha railroad cammlsslon should be main
tained, but how maintained orwhat Its powers
nonald M. Bain,
‘-rtSn*' , . T hS , ‘v 1 iUMk«rioi“ 1 u to*ihe propriety
fort'amooE the people of this Mate. pilTereneea
which cxfst*■ tomattenofderell. the democratic
convention, when it assembles, win be wise
enrugh to deal with and settle without
division. It w will be the d.uy
of all members of , the party
to accept and be governed by the decision of the
convention on these questions."
What tbe details to be settled are, he does not
mention, or docs he intimate what they are or hoar
they are to be settled. It would «|em eminently
proper for the standard bearer of the party to an-
pounce a policy for tbe party to adopt, homebody
will have it to do. He leaves foMsdelegates if
they are in the majority, to nywiialidialT be hto
future views on that question. His future views on
the railroad commission law is to be left to hto del
egates if he wins, or to Gordon's delegates If they
win. In other words, not having any outspokeu
views himself, whatever the mAjority say on the
subject will bind his conscience In tbe future.
With no convictions himself, he waits for convict
ion from tbe action of the majority.
_ on ti f
issue of The campaign, if be does not know, thou
the people ought to hunt a man who has some set-
tied convictions. But Is not this letter what it was
intended to be, a dodge ? Can we settle the details
of a law In a convention? What details does he
mean? Is the right of appeal to the courts from
the decision of the commission one of the details?
Does the senate bill before the last legislature con
tain the details he Is after? What does the gentle
man mean by details? The bill providing for a
commission has been tried and tested in detail,
and what are the futurel details not provided for
now by thepresent law?
It to plain as the nose on a man s face that he
dodges the only living issue at present in Georgia
th(| repegfjou fg to be relegated to the con-
then I submit as a last proposition that
we should know what are the views of the dele
gates whore candidacy to now before the country.
If Bacon has put forward delegates whose can
didacy to in tbe Interest of the railroads then we
ought to refuse to vote lot them, unless they de
clare emphatically that,they favor thepresent
commission law, without any more details, unleu
those details are to be continued fn the inter-
1 not the railroads,
r delegates. What are their
■urrounainn, their proclivities on this
commission? We want no dodge, no
uncertain sound. How stand ye? Let the people
answer if their candidate will not.
One or the PsorLi.
THE SLANDER MILLS MAT GRIND
THE FEELERS FELL BACK.
jtmed." he said, "or yon today." A small
[man stepped to the front and said: "Mane Bob.
'don’t bo too hard on us. It waa so hot. if voaV
been tbere you’d a run yourself.” [Great laughter.
I am reminded of another story. During the wav
there waa a man in General Wright’s regiment
who said before he got into a battle
that be was hungering for a fight.
When he did get into one, he
ran away and hid behind a log In the rear. There
General Wright found him. **Ato you not asham
ed?" raid the general; "1 thought you were hungry
for a fight.” r, l was, general,” replied the man.
"bnt f don’t want to be a damned glutton!'’
* * —* ’ Thera were plenty of
4 MB UWUT, M UvJ "But tutu IIIUII UUIBO
polled the holes In *rtcr them. [Latt,hier.j
R ixaver, IhcjrScnt wools of cheer to the front,
auihtar.j f don’t blame 'em, hut I don’t think
ex deserve much credit.
Dr. Miller then spoke of th* paraoaal character
bf tho two candidates.
"1 will not," he said,“speak of General Goolon'a
character as a soldier, illstorx has written It in
letter* otiold. For a thousand ycati, mothers
wilt lather their children about their knees
and toll tha ilqrr of the gallant Gordoo.
[Great applatuc.) what has been hla history since
the war. In lots, the democratsor Georgia wanted
E candidate for governor. They tried a number of
old and tiled men without success. Than tha
young men of Atlanta almost compelled General
(ioidon to be the candidate. Be waa elected, but
wu by fraud prevented from reiving as
nr Tilt nemo state* sehate
be went to iho from rank. All history it falsa If a
military genius la not the person to control lu drll
Dr.'Jmfi” refined to discuss the slander* against
General Gordon. Bo laid that he would agree
with Dr. Felton to a certain extent: If candidates
do not lie. their supporters sometimes do, and Just
was a buslnesa failure so was Julius C;esar, Daniel
Webster, llenry Clay, Howell Cobb, and hundred*
of other great statesmen.
Mr. Bacon then recelred a little attention.
•'Maybe,” Dr. Miller aald. “I ought to say some
thing about Mr. Bacon. I know something about
him lo war. lie was a handsome young man
when ho came out. But he didn't stay long.
I "^folce—“Lender i"
“I say,” exclaimed
Pfi&SLi
Dr. Miller, “he left!"
ffyi—'PHWlxrTT — — ...... . ,
wear their hats In oourt and disturb everybody by
shouting "Silence.” II# was orderedby t he Judge
logo out and bring In a man who waa disturbing
ihaconrt. When tha bailiff approached the man
—’* ““jares: sasfe^TW
" 'The Judge want*
mlnuto." "Th*
i bailiff with
and thelnttor run buck Into the oourt
hid In a comet and pulled off his hat,
th* Judge called him out. “Where ts
fltcly raid toll
«<> _»pe*k to
the man;
to you
threaten*!
rot in.
that man?"
ailed the bailiff. "Are you not the
gallant young adjutant "flung up." tLaughter.J
lnTere Trim auy more. [Laughter.! Colonel
and others tarred srelL I know
MX AOJVTAKTS to k killed. .
ortght Mr. Bacon was killed. W ith hU looks,
_ tght that If h* hadn’t boon mad* a gatreral he
B"& b *d2s j - waarwnB
-*Aer th* wir to re* him serenely bob up,
;i;L L'fisgf ‘ K$a]?5£5S&5?£2
raw should reward him for. The noble, the brave
{SMv,«S; BT-ara.'Sxfu
—- and nothing Jhatue bat
remembered and nothing thanat baa doou I am
reminded of a rtore. Up In the mounusln*. a cer
tain man wanted to go to th* toflslaturr.
On* day ho round * small crowd
of mountaineers- and addremed them. Ha told
them that they ahould send to Ute UgGlamr* a
man of great eultnre, meaning hbnatlf. Much
more ho aald of similar tmoorLTh* mouutatnears
named lo him with their montas wide oon.
When b* ttnlshed, one of them, old Jrndan Gatn<%
ttmpcd up and exclaimed: ‘'Fellers, I know
a hat he mean* Ha s aldcawtplng around
Pttba Sle*:'^"[L*ught*r., ’’rhaffurntrato*
what Mr. Bacon has been doing during th* last
• sirerean. [Great laughter.] I have nothing to
rabUnst Mr. Baconaaaman. I speak of Sim
aa a candidate. I don't think his record entitle*
him to be rewarded. Mr Bacon's friends hare laid
much against General Gorton;- but fifty years, ooe
tout General Gordon Will bs Governor All
tha 8am*.
Editobi CoifaTITUTioir: Tho bonoit
muses* who think for Utemselvaa do notnnder-
stand why erery man who makes the race lor
gorcruor when A. O. Bacon la a candidate Is de
nounced by th* Macon ring as corrupt, incompe
tent and unworthy to occupy tho executive
mansion. When Bon. A II. Stephen* was a can
didate In Bacon'* way he was abused and vllllfiod
and declared to bo corrupt, treacherous and un
worthy or public confidence. Many harsh and
slanderous things were said and published about
this great and good man. One of the charge*
brought ogalnst Mr. Stophenf was that only a short
time before be become a candidate for governor ho
collided with Dr. Felton the “Great Mogul'
or leader or lndepandcntlsm In the state to defeat
the democratic party and tom the state over to
tbe coalition or republican party. Now this very
same Felton It stumping the state for Bacon abas
ing and vilifying Gaueral Gordon, and the Bacon
or Macon ring Is encouraging him and endorsing
what he Baja Notwithstanding all th* alauder
tant uacon, who, It Is said, announced himself a
candidal* before Mr. Stephana had been dead
twenty four boars. Notwithstanding tha lfon. J.
nta
^ran
bjTih'e support*™ of "Bacon." b&w't
la a candidate. Bacon, the perpetual candidate, u
■till In tho field, and Ganeral Gordon la being
slandered and abased most outrageously by
the tune Bacon ring. If what they
say about General uotdoo was true
Ihujpeat and good man ought to be In the peni
tentiary Instead of being governor of Georrta A
totter, truer, more noble gentleman than General
Gordon never lived. Be stood by hi* state aud
peoploln war. Uedidnot forsake them In the
irying hours of reconstruction that tried mtu'a
souls. Be has evtr been faithful and true to bis
trust and the people. In war he Is a soldier. In
too noble and patriotic to suffsr this groat soldier
and able statesman crushed by th* slander mills
that are now trying to grind him to dust Just be-
cause ho Is In the adjutant's way to thaexacutlro
mansion. Patriots til over Georgia will rise up
In their might and assert by th* wrong arm or the
ballot that T -Jttstica wisdom and moderation shall
still be the motto of th* grand old commonwealth,
and that Gordon shall be governor."
Private.
Gordon'* Thought ror.niaHan,
BAMaEV'a P. 0„ Murray Co., fla, Juno ft.—
Editor* Constitution: Wishing to hear testi
mony 'to th* great, good and gallant old hero,
General John B. Gordon, I will say that 1 was only
a sixteen year old hoy In 1M3, and waa a member
of company B, Hist Georgia regiment, Gordon’s
brigade, and waa on the march with him from
Summerville tord tor Sapid Ann rirtr, Virginia
to Omoge Courthouse, Virginia In 1*3. Tho dis
tance, sa wall as I can remember, la about eighteen
tooted, and that It waa a struggle fbr m* to keep
up with th* command, and he dismounted and
helped m* on hla horse and allowed ms to ride
him the balance of tha night, and General Gordon
eat pressed. Ba shirked noth log; as brave and
(rnercus a man as Gordon Is not capable of doing
anything wrong, and la incorruptible.
Dr, Felton Itabuked,
From the Nashville Union,'
Th* canvass in Oaorgi* between General
John B. Gordon and Major Bacon for tha nomina
tion tor governor la th* moat Intensely bitter can-
van carried on between two democrats that wo
hkv* retd of. Bacon's friends ar* charging upon
Gordon all aorta of Crimea and acts of debasement,
ode of which U cowardice.
Dr. Felton tn north Georgia to making htmsalf
**■ conspicuous Ir * ~ *
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log to Gordon, and ho will bo triumphantly noati-
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atmplyahqw* that bohaa boon man enough to do
bladuty. This always atlra up tha animal*.
. If there were uo othre evidence tha abuse now
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totnut
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club*. One of elghty-nin* members wu nude
up in » few hours »t this pltcq
Why Ho Changed to Gordon.
' Baxkexville, Go,Jnn* 8.—In your Sun
day'* tone I nolle* you quota me u haring
changed front Bacon to General Gordon at tha
•peaking In Fosyth Balurday. You quoted B*
correctly, but th* chug* wu broocht shoot under
thee* ctreomataneea: When the gubernatorial race
fint opened I wu for Judge SIbbohs agatoat
K*.or Baron. When General Gordon announced
hla candidacy, and Judge Simmons retired. I <u
then for Bacon, ft* the reason that I believed Get-
don reigned hi* Mot In the tonal* In the Interest
of Jo* Brown, nod that hto nee tor governor wu
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