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TOE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JUNE 22 1888
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
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ATLANTA, OX, TUESDAY, JUKE 72. UK.
CobiiON .till Incrcaee* hlo lead!
It if work anil not wonts that count.
YVe IoU yon It m "good-bye, adjutant!”
Gordon has never yet been whipped In
peace or in war, and be is gcttiog too old to
learn new tricks.
There can be no mistaking the immense
crowds and the wild enthusiasm that greets
(iordon everywhere bis gallant form is seen
I* the hustings, lie holds the heart of the
I.et every friend of (iordon'a give this
week to bard and systematic work. See that
every Gordon man isenthnsed, and that the
came of the old hero is fairly defended in
every precinct and at every cross-road.
The Macon Telegraph alludea to the gen
tlemen who are canvaesing the state in Oen-
eral Gordon’* liehnlf a* tho ‘‘miserable gang.”
This is pnrtol the policy of slander and vili
fication with which tbe Telegraph has dis
gusted the good people of Georgia forsever.it
yean.
Harr to that deep-toned roar! Is it the
oeran heating on its stormy bench? Not
■jnitc. It is Statesman Walsh bowling over
tbe retnine from Warren county. Listen
how it rnmblrs! The deep-mouthed states-
man ia disturbed. I-et the braas band in-
atantly cease while the far-rcsonndlng states
man howls!
Gordon I-cngthens Ml. I,rail.
From the Hally Constitution 01 Sunday.
I-aat Sunday morning the Macon Tele
graph, appreciating the necessity of doing
aometbing to stiffen its followers after the
crushing defects of Saturday, said: Tlis
friends of Bacon hoped to reverse the lead
by next Sunday, meaning this morning.
Instead of doing this we find that the
lead ia increased. General Cordon was ten
ahead of Major Bacon last Snmlay, and lie
is sixteen ahead of him tliia Snmlay. So
much for tlie predictions of Major Bacon's
Blends.
There is one noticeable feature about, the
roil tests of this week. Cordon lias carried
Ids counties overwhelmingly. Bnrou has
wen bis by tbe nni rawest margin. In Put
nam there was no opposition tolienoml Cor
don, while in Hancock Ilncon won by less
titan a hnndnd rotes in n poll of seven hun
dred. In Brooks, Gordon won tiy six to oue,
while in Macon, Bacon got lees titan twelve
percent majoilly. In Cobb, tho vote fur
Gordon w as ten to one. The striking featore
of the week, however, was Warren county.
This county had been conceded on all sides
to Major Union. It was claimed as solid lor
bim. Five to one wna the ordinary way of
expressing It. On yesterday it went forGor-
don by a handsome majority in tho biggest
democratic vote ever lolled in the county.
It will ho notieed while all these surprises
are Icing given to Baron, In strong Bacon
lonntlcs, that Gordon lias never yet lost a
county that was claimed for him by any of
bis fi lends, uracil less one t hat woa conceded
to him by his opgionents. Btalesman Walsh
predicted that Warren county would go sol
idly for Baron. That it was safe, and that
tbe Bacon mm would not be canght napping
any more, aa they were In Horaven anil else
where. All tho same, Warren conuty Is In
tbe Gorttou column today, auil is another
example of thoao counties that are '‘claim
ed” fur Bacon until the people put them in
line for Gonlon.
Nest week will he an important oue in
the history of the campaign. About sixty
delegatee will be elected, and the campaign
w ill assume a decisive character. All will
be w ell tor Cordon if bis friends are not
lulled to sleep with over confidence. It is
work, and not wonts, that corrals. In poli
tics, as in htiaincsa, tiro men who work the
hnrdcst usually get the beat lenults. The
friends of General Cordon huvo every in
centive to pueh the lighting lor the next ten
slays, end make the victory that is now as
sured to their leader iui overwhelming one.
The friends of Bacon have been ‘‘surprised"
in many a conuty. Let every Conlon man
look to it that the compliment Is not return
ed. Widen thegap between Bacon and Cor
don for next Sunday morning and no power
In Georgia can stay the march of onr gallant
leader into the gubernatorial mansion,
tirnrrnl Gnrtlon and lluiiiliigton.
Tbe history of Georgia politic* doee not
fbrniah a more baseless slander and a more
s inshing reply than tbechargo that General
Gordon, as a senator, waa corrupted by
Huntington'e gold and tho answer to that
charge.
Here is tbe charge, let. That General
Gordon voted in accordance with Hunting-
ton's views. 2d. That Huntington alluded
to Gordon in bis private correspondence as
"one of onr men.” ltd. That Huntington
said in his correspondence that Gordon was
trying to get a number of senatori to go on
• triptotalifomla at Huntington's expense.
4th. That two gentlemen in a hotel beard
gossip about Gordon and Huntington. These
are ell the charge*, f-earch the slanders
through and you will llml none but throe
font points.
Now here are the facts—undisputed—at
mold—undeniable:
let- Tbet "General Gordon vote.! with
Huntington." Let ns see. There were two
men Hying to build roads across the conti
nent—C 1*. Huntington and Thomas Scott.
Hontington was actually building his road,
without a dollar of government money, artel
he did not ask a dollar of government credit.
Scott wjs not building lus road, but wauled
tbe government to indono his bonds for
|Uf,0«U>00 hr bnild it with. Huntington
■ not to gire Tom Scott $S0,-
01)0,000 to get him to fto the very thing he
(Huntington) wjdg 5oing for nothing; ami
that ns he w;^g turn building tbe road, con
gress shonld not gire Scott a hammer to
hrtuk his head with. General Gonlon agreed
with Huntington in this view, and ogiposed
Scott’s bill. He fought the Scott scheme—
biggest scheme ever brought before congress
—with all his might, and It was finally
beaten. He held that the government wonld
save $50,000,000 by refuting to pay Heott for
that Huntington was doing for noting. Bo-
suits justified General Gonlon. Huntington
did build bis road, and it cost the govern
ment nothing. It is a better road than
Scott’s wonld hare been, and cost nothing,
while Scott’s wonld hare cost (50,000,000 of
government indorsement. So much forGor-
don’s votirg with Huntington.
2d. Huntington alluded to Gordon as
"one of onr men.” He said that Scott bod
succeeded in getting ‘‘on* of onr men
(Gordon) off tho railroad committee, and
getting "one of his men f Bogj) on. ” This
is a very natural expression and of common
use. Dr. Felton is a Bacon man. Jlal’ont
Gnerry is a (iordon man. If Felton was put
off a committee and llnrrry put on, Bacon
wonld naturally Bay: ‘‘One of our men was
put oil'the committee nud one of Gordon's
men put on." Huntington was lighting
Scott's scheme. So was Gordon. The allu
sion in a private letter to Gordon as "one of
onr men' 1 carries no more improgvor sugges
tion Ilian the [illusion to Bogy, ol Missouri,
as “one ol Scott's men. ”
2d. Huntington said Gonlon wonld try to
get a grotty of senators to go U> California
over his (llnntlngton's) road. The answer
to this is plain. The only argument that
could lie used for giving Scott $50,000,000
for building a road that Huntington was
Imildirg for nothing, was that Huntington
Wss really not building tbe road and tvavsimp
ly trj ing to defeat Scott's scheme and thus
preserve tho monopoly of tbe Northern
Pacific, In which Huntington waa interested.
This nigumciit was freely used, and it was
openly declared that Huntington was not
building bis road, hnt simply lighting Scott
oil' with n bluff. Huntington answered that
be was actually building ut the rate ol a
mile a day, and he offered to take any mem
ber of rongrees over the entire route and
(how try actual proof what was being dono.
Naturally, General Gordon, who was fight
ing Scott's scheme, wonld lmvc hern glad to
have this oculnr proof made that Hunting-
ten was really in earnest, anil was building
his toad without government help, and
tilde was no need of giving Scott $50,000,-
cun to huilil a similar road. So much for
the diggestfon of the California trip, which,
howerer, amounted to no more than mere
mention.
Illi. Two gentlemen heard Gordon abused
in n hotel lobby. Precisely. The Scott
scheme called for $50,000,000 of 0 gwr cents,
indorsed by the government. These were
worth $05,000,000. Tbe Scott rood
would have cost not over $10,000,000. This
left a margin of $25,000,000 profit in tile
ichcmu (beside the rood itself) to lie di
vided out. This enormous margin
attracted the strongest lobby that over
btseiged congress. These lobbyists,
of course, had deadly iu||pe»t In the success
of Scott’s bill. It meant a fortune ui them.
They thronged the hotels and corridors
working for it. Very naturally, they de
nounced and vilified tho senator who brave
ly led the opposition to tho Scott hill,
which finally encompassed ita defeat. Un
doubtedly (iordon was denounced by lobby
ists, hut he and thoao who fought with him
saved the gieople from the indorsement of
$50,000,0011 of sis per cent bouila It was
to Iris honor that these fellows did abttso
him. So much for tho nbnso of Gordon in
the lobby of tbe hotel.
But now, let ns go iuto tho probabilities
of this matter. It Is cunningly aongbt to
prejudice the shallow reader against Gordon
by dwelling on Huntington's riches, his
enormous interests, and his big fees, ami
then saying: "This is the man that Gordon
favored." Then let ns go further. Let us
talk of Tom Heott, who is richer than Hunt
ington, who bad larger intents, who sup-
(rotted bigger lobbies, and paid higger fees,
and was the meet gigantic lobhyiet this
country ever saw, and say: "This ia the
man that Gonlon oppoeed.” Even further—
Huntington waa not asking for a dollar—
Scott ana asking for $50,000,000 of indorsed
liende worth $05,000,000. Does it not
look reasonable that n roan who was cor
rupt enough to sell out would linvo found
hia si If with Scott rather than Huntington?
Dr. Fcltcn strongly aupported Soott'aschsme
ami urged that the $50,000,000 in bonds tie
indorsed for him. Goidon oppoeed the in-
doiscinent of throebonds. Would it not be
just as reasonable to insinuate that Felton
was corrupt in asking that Scott lie given
$50,000,000 of government credit, as that
Guidon was corrupt in demanding tint it
shonid not lie given? We do not charge this,
or iosinuat* it—for we believe there is no
conuption about it. The results certainly
allow, however, that Gordon waa the wiser
statesman of the two.
One step further. There is one Out about
Gordon's recotd that is unassailable. That is
his honorable poverty. He went into tlie ecu-
ate poor, and be came out of It poorer. This
is limply and absolutely irreconcilable with
the idea that lie would barter his senatorial
influence for money. The weakest senator
who would simgdy sell his vote could easily
have enriched himself in n tingle session.
Many senatori—not a single southern sena
tor among them thanks ha to Gad—did en
rich thcmselvro. Gordon waa a leader in tha
iriiale. Hia influence was such that only
bis own rapacity could hava limited its price
in the seTcn yean ha served in the
senate. But he remained poor—desperately
poor, and he grew poorer, and Anally re
signed hia seat because he could not in justice
to his growing family continue to grow poor-
ilia slanderers rerli/e.i that this area
squarely irreconcilable with the idea that he
w a» bartering his senatorial influence. They
*»X themselv cs that the lobbyists wero throw
ing uiou< y about by toe hundred thousand*
ol dollar*. But litre is a leading senator
whom they charge with being in with the
lobbyists, and jit he is constantly getting
pswer. His private tile und hnhits air sin j-
nlarly purr. They moat, therefore, intent
some huge outlay, with which the peipls
may be deceived into believing he apent the
enoimona fees he was getting. Nmv mirk
bow mieernhle is the invention) Hie home
in Georgetown is described as a gorgeous
mansion with conservatories aad parlors, aad
it is gravely hinted that same of Hosting-
millions bought and supported this
palatial mansion. Ha went to Europe with
his t\ ife and children, and it is surmised that
‘-Huntington's money" carried bim across
the ocetti. And on this picture of a sen
ator baying a snperb mansion and
jaunting through Europe, the people are
to be shown how a senator could Ire getting
fees, and stilt be getting poorer all the time.
Now, the facto arc these: The house in
Georgetown cost $8,000. General Gordon
bought in on credit, could not finish paying
for it, and walked oat of it and gave it hack
to Hie owner. So mticb for tho sugierb man
sion be imnght with Huntington's money.
As to the trip to Europe, ire took that long
alter be left tlie serrate, nnd ho was employ
ed by tbe Georgia Pacific railroad gieople to
go to Europe and pat tlioir bonds on tlie
English market. They giiiitl his expense* and
the expenses of his fumiiy, and a reasonable
salary besides. He went lo Korojic for them,
under their orders, and at their excuse, ami
in lielinlf of a railroad enterprise that has
ent in half the price of every Ion of coal that
conics into Georgia. So lunch for the trip
lie took '‘to Europe, with live in family,
with Huntington’s money!”
1 lie people who know John B. Gordon will
understand the eenee of Indignation with
which we write and with which they read
this defense of liis honor and integrity as*
senator. On that gicrfect Integrity—on his
spotless and stainless record—we wonld put
our life, onr fortune and our sacred honor.
There is not a man in Georgia, or in this
uuiou, who knows Gordon that could be
brought to lielieve the thousandth grartof a
charge that reflected on Iris honor as a sen
ator. Those who write tlie charges
do not believe them. Those who
scatter them know them to he false. But
they are written and girintcd, and rewritten
and reprinted, and sent out l>y the tens of
thousands to mislead those who do not know
Gordon, unit lo poison tbote who
are inflamed by partisan heat. What
will the good people of Georgia say to snch a
miserable conspiracy ns this? what will
the old soldiers who followed Gordon through
four years of carnage and blood say to these
infamous slanders on their old comtndo?
What will every rnnu who hates slnnder, nnd
who bciieres that an honest man's character
is Ids iicst possecsion, say toit? What will
Georgia, for whom the chivalric
Gordon lias bared bis breast nnd
shed his blood, aDd in whose service be
lias spent the Iicst years of his life,and whose
history he has illumined In peace and war
with illustrious serv ice, say to this wretched
conspiracy to destroy bis character, in order
that n gang of politicians may force
their way into positions from which the
gieople have time and again and again Ireaten
them hack?
We have no fear of the answer. It is be
ing made every day at tho ballot box, and
it will grow deeper nnd more emphatic as
the utter wantonness arid wickedness of the
slanders that have been put on his name be
comes more and more apparent.
Concerning Hydrophobia.
Tbe newspapers, at this season of tlie
year, report the appenranco of mad dogs all
over tbe country. There is something sin
gular in this, aa it is held by tho scientists
that dogs are jmt as likely to go mad in tho
winter as in the enmmer. This view, how
ever, lies never lieen Indorsed by the people^' pulling down the chivalric Oordon, and then
and H is generally believed everywhere, in
spite of the testimony of raedicsl men, that
the majority of mad dogs show themselves
during tlie heated term.
Within the past few days, many alleged
mad dogs baro been killed in Georgia. We
say alleged mad dogs, because we do not be
llcvc that every dog frothing nt the month,
and mapping at everything in bis way, Is
necessarily mad. Hundreds of dogs are
killed every yrnr under the mistaken ini
prcsalon that they arc mad, when, in fact,
their diseaso is uot dangerous, nud woahl
readily yield to proper treatment. Still, it
it possible that tbe suspicions dogs recently
killed in Georgia were rabid, nnd it is cer
tainly the better grlan in nil such coses to
give mankind the benefit of all doubt*.
These remaiks are suggested by tlie pub
lication of rm interview with a Now York
physician, in which it is stated that there is
no such thing as hydrophobia in the human
subject, and that the disease, son-ailed, is
the work of an over-wrought imagination.
It ianotaafe to give mneb weight tothia
theory. While it Is true that the malady is
so in!re<iuent that many practitioners of con
slderahlo experience have never known u
case, we cannot set aside the testimony of
reputable medical men in all countries.
Ercry country iu Europe bos its hydrophobia
statistics, and of late years somo attention
has been paid to their collection in this
conntry. Whether tba diseane is hydropho
bia or aometbing ular, makes little differ
ence to the victim, when tha reault is the
same. Extreme enntion, when a mad dog
is supposed to be at large, is much more
sensible than reckles* indifference, and peo
ple will do well to reject all fine (pun theo
ries about the non-existence of a disease
which has, undoubtedly, slain it* thousands.
. Tiro Heat Ganao.
Tlie Telegraph insists that DuPont Gneny
had something to do with beating Major Ba
ton in the Boynton convention. Miyor Bacon
was Ireaten in that convention because ho
entered it with one hundred and forty-four
votes, which was thirty-one less than a ma
jority, or accepting the Macon Telegragili’s
tabic, which pnts Burke in the anti-Bacon
column of 1883, he had only one hundred
anil thirty-nine vote*, or thirty seven less
than n majority. He never did get within
twenty of a majority, and he never could
have gotten a majority of the vote*. The
table pn which the Macon Telegraph is exe
cuting some gymnastics, shows that he went
in with one hundred nnd thirty-nine votes,
or thirty-seven less than a majority.
If the lack of votes had not beaten Mijor
Bacon in that convention, his action in hiding
in a back room of the comptroller’s office,
aud begging Senator Brown for a private in
terview just as the crisis of the convention
was reached, would have lieitenhim. He
hail fought the alleged Atlanta ring, of which
Senator Brow it was tbe allcied head, through
the whole cumgiaign, and white tlie men who
had assklcil bim lo this light were main-
tninirg their gm-ition on the floor of the con
vention, lie was in a back room sending oat
nrttesgeslo Senator Broun legging lor a pri
vate interview. Tlti* was grouted him bv
Senator Brown, nnd they woe closeted to
gether while the fight was going on u|)
stair* As soon as this was discovered,
many of Baron's friends ia tbe ronverttioa
were outraged. Some of them threatened
to denounce him on the floor, but were gve-
Vented from doing Ibis by McDaniel’s nomi
nation. If Bacon had had a majority of the
i
votes, liis conduct in sending lor Senator
Brown, whom he had been denouncing du
ring tbe whole campaign, tind begging bim
for a “private interview,”, would have
beaten bim beyond nil possible hope.
One Remedy for Hard Times.
Dr. Talmage thinks that people suffer the
evils of poverty because they drink too much.
A prominent vegetarian agrees with tbe doc
tor, bnt begs leave to add that people in this
country eat too much.
There is no donbt that indulgence in drink
produces hard times among tbe drinkers, bat
when we come to the igaestion ot diet there
is a wide difference of opinion. American
workingmen have always believed in good
food and plenty of it. Bnt wbat ia good
food? Most a man eat meat, and must he
have it two or three times a day?
YVe may learn something from other na
tions. The ltomnn soldiers built wonderful
roads, and carried a heavy weight of armor
and luggage on a moderate diet of coarse
browns bread [and soar wine. The Spaniard
works all day and dances half the night, and
yet he eats nothing bnt' black bread, onion
and watermelon. A Smyrna porter will
walk oil'easily under a load of 800 grounds,
bnt he lives almost entirely on fruit. The
coolie, fed on rice, is more active and will
outwork the negro fed on fat meat
From these examples it appears that men
may live and do good work in a temperate
climate with only tbe lightest and cheapest
food. Perhaps we need, next to the aboil'
tion of drink, a revolution in diet. Any
thing that saves money witboat wasting
vital energy is an immense gain to wage-
workers.
The Reaction Setting In.
The fact that barely a hundred people met
to bear Dr. Felton in LaGrange, on* of the
beat towns in one of tbe most gropnloni conn
ties in Georgia, is a healthy sign. Many
of tho Bacon men stayed away because they
were disgusted with Dr. Felton and b(s abuse
of Gordon. Tbe reaction against tbe slan
dcrer of Gordon has set in, and it will grow
like n tidal wave.
The gieople are beginning to appreciate tbe
miserable conspiracy to destroy the private
and public character ol General Gordon by
wanton and persistent slander. It is sn old
game, snd lrss been tried before ia Georgia,
and always rebuked. Cordon asks no vindi
cation. liis whole life, stainless nnd honest,
will vindicate him in history when his de-
fsmers have been forgotten.
Bnt mark this. The slanders of Oordon
nil come from I)r. Felton and the Macon
Telegrogrb. Tire “Plain Talk" letters, it is
known, are written in Dr. Felton’s family.
All the charges of dishonesty snd corruption
come from these sources. But the Telegraph
ittclf bus said of Dr. Felton that he has lieen
convicted os "a renegade nud falsifier.” So
much for his veracity os viewed by tbe Tele
graph. As to bis reliability, it said that be
reminded itof “Guiteau,” and that he deserv
ed to rank as a demagogue with Herr Most,
who is now in tiro penitentiary. And yet,
when (iris ranu, denounced by the Telegraph
as n liar and a crank and a communist, Mil
General Gordon he becomes a patriot, a
Christian and a statesman. He was a “falsi
fies and renegade” until ho assists them in
he Is admirable and adorublo.
This same Dr. Felton, who now abuses
Goidon, is the same that slandered Senator
Hill. The hand that stains Gordon’s name
is the tame hand that attempted to write
“infamy” on the white brow ot Benjamin
II. Hill and make his memory hateful iu tbe
hearts of his people. It was of a letter writ'
ten by this same Dr. Felton, and of which
Ben Hill said, with a pathos that is thrilling
in view of tlie death that followed it so
closely: “This letter is the most bitter snd
venomous summary of charges against my
private aud public character I hare ever
seen. Tbe vilest production of carpet bag
Gams could not say more to defame me.”
No wonder barely a hundred people went to
hear this man abuse aud vilify another great
Georgian.
The Macon Telegraph stands by these
slanders, when other men bare turned their
backs on them, simply because it is the only
chance for Baron. In tho aervicea of the
two candidates in peace nnd war; in the
ability of the two candidates; ia thepsrsonnl
strength of the two candidates; in the plat
form of tho two candidates; in all this the
Bacon men have no hope. Their only hope
is in the circulation of slanders on Gordon,
formulated by a man they had denounced aa
a falsifier; slanders that have been repudi
ated by nil reasonable men, and that no man
in Georgia believes to Ire trno.
lie Has Cause to be Mail.
Many a man is annoyed by a false report
of his death. It is embarrassing to make
explanations, or to write a cunl contradicting
the rumor. Some times the news is, appa
rently, so well authenticated that tbe new*'
papers publish obituaries. It has been said
that a man enjoys reading bis own obituary
in print, but under his sham hilarity there
is an nnrasy feeling. He cannot help think
ing of the inevitable lionr.
Occasionally the victim of ono of these
mistakes relaxes to see anything fanny in it,
and get* mad. Mr. Stephen Kelly, of Phila
delphia, is a case in point. According to
"Bates’s History,” and the records, Kelly
woe killed and bttried at Gettysburg. One
of the graves in the national cemetery at
Gettysburg bears the name of Stephen Kelly.
So for as proof goto, there is a ton of it es
tablishing the fact that tbe man is dead and
nnder the daisies.
Under tbe circumstances, nobody can
blame Kelly for being wrathy. Several
times he has visited the cemetery with his
grand army comrades, and they have mads
it a groint that he should decorate hit own
grave. On bis return (tom these gratriotic
excursions, the alleged dead veteran has in
variably conducted himself in an uncom
monly lively manner. By slow degrees, he
has succeeded in convincing his aeqaaiat-
sucesthat he i* still alive and kicking, but
he is not (atistied. History says he is deal.
Tie army record* say so. His tombstone
teems tigi ss (olid testimony. Altogether,
lire unlmiurate man has good reason to keegr
up » racket over the whole business,
the Tactic* of the Macon King.
The Macon Ti legragvh hes practicslly giv
en ug> the contest for Major Bacon. IV*
printed on vests:day its clear and open ad
mission to this effect. It at first claimed
svery thing. It went so far os to my that
General Goidon wonld be withdrawn. One
detest oiler another has discouraged it and
it new admits tfcatVeneial Gonlon will car
ry a majority of the conn ties this week,
and next week and the week after. It real
izes that General Gordon will be nominated
jnst ns every other intelligent man who hoe
studied the campaign will do.
YVe have never believed that the Macon
Telegraph crowd intended to support Gem
oral Gordon if he was nominated. They
have (ought so long to get control of tho
state through Major Bacon that they are
desperate. After two years of patient wire
pulling, nnd button-holing, they thought
they hod the state fixed for Bacon
beyond recall. General Gordon's appear-
anre was the signal for a general smashing;
of tbe little ring, and the Telegraph crowd
rapidly loot its temper. They felt that they
were engaged in n final straggle, and when
they saw the gronnd slipping from nnder
thtir feet they lost their head.
The welfore of the democratic party is
nothing to them in comparison to their
scheme to get control oi the state through
Mr. Bacon. Their intolerance has long
been the scandal of the party. Mr. Cleve
land waa nominated when they favored am
other man, and tbe pnblio will remember
be conduct of the Telegraph daring the
fierce camgnign between Cleveland and
Blaine. It is oar opinion that they have
made np their minds now to fight the demo
cratic party nnless Major Bacon is nomina
ted. Dr. Felton, who is the leading cham
pion of Mojor Bacon, and who is applauded
by tho Bacon organs, and whom appoint
ments to speak are continued by Major
Bacon’s managers, has ogvenly said that
he wonld not support General Gordon U . he
were nominated. The Macon Telegraph of
yesterday has tbe following gmmgnpb in its
editorial colnmn.
Itlsnselenfor General Gordon's friends to My
that these exposures wilt render It Impossible for
democrats to support him if he should be nomt
nsted.
The meaning of this cannot be mistaken.
As a friend of General Gordon, we accept it
and all that it implie. It ia a matter of
perfect indifference to us and to the gieople
at large whether the Macon Telegraph sng>-
ports General Gordon after he is nominated,
or v. helherjit fights him. It will have no more
effect in Georgia then, than it had when it
failed io support Mr. Cleveland two yearn
ago. Its head will be cracked at it has
been cracked a thousand times before.
The people of Georgia are going to nomi
nate General Gordon brainse they want him
to be governor. And when they have nomi
nated they are going to elect him by a hun
dred thousand majority, and the Macon
Telegraph snd Dr. Felton may put this in
their pipes and smoke it. The policy of
slander and abuse has already driven off
from Major Bacon thousands of good men in
the state ol Georgia, aad brought them to
General Gordon's standard. YVhen he is
nominated by the democratic party in con
vention assembled the balk of Major Ba
ron’s supporters will fall into linens honora
ble men, and If the Macon Telegraph wants
tojoln Dr. Felton in opposing General Gor
don when be carries the democratic standard
it will be at perfect liberty to do so, snd if
there is any stronger way of giving it per
mission to kick itself until it is sore, let it
consider that os having been done.
Homo Y’ery Dark Methods.
In two or three connties In Georgia it is
believed that the negroes will vote in the
primaries. In Elbert, in Campbell end per
haps in one or two others. In Hart county
the matter was discussed tally before tbe
executive committee and it was decided
that negroes should not vote.
YVe have information from friends that
the negroes are being urged to vote for
Major Bacon on the gronnd that Gordon
fongbt four years to keep them in slavery,
and ns soon ns Major Bacon found out that
tho war was being fought to keep the ne
groes in slavery that he left the army and
came home.
YVe submit this argument to the demo
cratic voters of Georgia that they may see
wbat means arc being need to defeat Gen
eral Gordon. Gordon did fight tbrongb tbe
entire war. Mr. Bacon did resign nnd come
home. There is no denying this and now
Central Gordon is to be beaten in primaries
beranso his fighting helped to keep tbe ne
groes In slavery, while Mojor Baron came
home. It will he a aid day in Georgia
when such an argument os this has its in-
flnrnrw against a demoerstic candidate, in a
democratic primary.
All on One Side.
Even tbe meanest slanderer should have
the comciruce to publish the disproving of
its ealnmny when it is ofiered. Bnt the
Mncon Telegraph won’t do this.
It charged General Gordon with lreing a
slanderer when he said that Mr. Hill offered
him a shore in tho State road lease, which
General Gordon declined. It said Gordon
mmt prove this or stand convicted of
maligning n dead man. There was, of
course, no “maligning” about it. General
Gordon simply stated a fact that Mr. Hill
had never denied, and stated it in loving and
eulogistic words. The Tejegraph denied it
snd charged Gordon with slandering HI1L
Tbe proof was then produced, showing that
Mr. Hill himself, under oath, had testified
that he did offer General Gordon a share in
the lease, and that General Gonlon declined
it. The Telegraph has never printed this
proof, and the slander against Gordon stands
nncorrected in its columns.
It charged General Gordon with having
stolen a horse and wagon during
the war; with having “looted”
until General Early denounced bim
and issued an onler in regard to Gordon's
“Icoting.” Tills disgraceful charge was
promptly printed, and General C. A. Evans
referred to os witness. General Evan*
promptly disclaimed any knowledge of the
shametal affair, and testified to Gordon's
gallantry and integrity. Now General Early
come* and says he never tarred any such
order as the one grrinted in exact quotation
in the Telegraph—that he never issued any
(tu'h order then, or thereafter, or before—
Gist liis demieciatnvy remarks were address
ed to a group of officers, among whom Gor
don was cot—and that no such thing was
ever rej-ortrd to him of Gordon. Here is
denialexgdi.it r.r.d indignant, and yet the
Telegraph las not published a word of it.
It* wretched slander against Gonlon still
stands.
It .barged, through Dr. Felton, Gordon
with hav ing sold out to Huntingtoa while a
sera'cr. It is shown that General Gonlon
cot only did rot .c l oat to Huntington, bnt
thst in fighting with Huntington be
prevented $50,u00,ri00 being taken from the
government hy Tom Scott to do the very
thing that Unntington wasdoinglor nothing
Tbe reply is crashing and convincing. Bnt
not one word ol this does the Telegraph
print. Its slander still stands in its
columns.
Here are three distinct points on which it
lisa slandered Gordon, nnd the retatotion of
which it refuses to print. Tbe man who
sows slander from the wings of tbe preoe
shonid correct its col tunnies when they are
proved to bo false. Bnt the Telegraph has
no snch idea. In the utter destruction of
Jobn.B. Gordon’s character os a man, os a
soldier, and as a senator, it sees tbe only
hope for it to get control of Georgia’s affairs;
and to it goes on flinging slanders right andt
left from its dirty fingers and letting tbe
refutation of them find guch lodgment as it
may withont their help or acqnlescence.
Slandering the People.
YYe learn from some of the prominent
Bacon organs that the “Atlanta ring” is
sending ont agents armed with money and
whisky to buy votes/or General Gordon.
YVe learn, moreover, that these agents seem
to be very successful, and there are solemn
protests in the aforesaid organs against such
tactics.
YVe wonder if these organs ever pause in .
the heat andtaryof their efforts to break
down a man in whom the state has tbe al
most confidence, to consider tbe scope and
meaning of the charges they make. Take,
for instance, the charge to which we have
jnst alluded—that agents of the “Atlanta
ring” are engaged in buying up tbe voter! of
the state with money and whisky. Is that an
attack on General Gordon, or on tbe peo
ple?
YVe are perfectly well aware of the fact
that the Bacon writers have no confidence
in the people—that was clearly demonstrated
in their treatment of General Gordon’s pro
position to remit the whole contest to the
voters themselves in primary elections; bnt
we had no idea that their deagwration would
lead them to hint and insinnate that the
voters of the state—that the democratic
masses—can he bribed and bought by Atlan
ta money and whisky.
Is there no purity, nor honesty, nor integ
rity outside of the little ring that is rnnnlog
Mr. Bscon for governor? Are the people in
deed so corrupt and so lost to all sense of
decency and honesty that they can be
bought by money and whisky ?
Such an insinuation ns this is as slander
ous ns tho charges that have been made
against General Gordon. There is bnt one
reply that can be made to them all. Let
the people send Cordon delegates to the
convention.
It Looks Like “YVnh."
During the visit of ex-Fresident Davis to
Savannah, there was a social gathering of
ex-confederate*. The champagne flowed like
wnter, nnd general good feeling grrevuiled.
Captain Saunders, of one of the New York
eomgrnnies in attendance, felt a commenda
ble desire to shake bands across the bloody
chasm, and in an insgrired moment drank to
the health of Mr. Davis.
Tills was all right; bat certain extra loyal
cranks in New York took offense, and ever
since have tried to make it unpleasant for
Cag.tain Saunders. One of them, a Major
Bird, ehallcnged the captain to fight a duel
with Winchester rifles. Saunders very progr-
erly ignored the challenge; hut now Dr. M.
M. Hill, of Turkey Cove, Virginia, proposes
to take a hand in the racket. He has chal
lenged Major Bird, ami in a letter to Cnp-
tain Saunders gives the reasons for bis pro*
g«sed breach of the gtence. Ho says that ho
has no gmrticular lore for Mr. Davis, nnd no
grersonal ill will towards Bird. He simply
takes the position that, the war being over,
one soldier lias the right to propose a toast to
(he health of another, even though a former
antagonist, nnd no one but a base churl
would object. Taking this view, nnd be
lieving, moreover, thst Bird must hs a brag-
gnit, Dr. Kill (ays that nothing less than
puncturing his skin will satisfy him.
It may he that this is only the beginning.
There are numerous other connties to hear
from, and there (s no tetliog what is coming.
The combat deegrens, nnd the grlot thickens.
Adulterating Drugs.
While the frigbtfal adulteration* ia food
have attracted considerable attention, and
have, in several states, resulted In legislative
action, the equally dangerous evil of adul
terated drugs has been kept ia the back
ground.
There is good reason to believe that in this
country the adulteration of drags is a big
business. Only the other day tbe president
of tlie Trade association of 1’hiladelphiA
druggists received a letter purporting to be
signed by an oil company in Cleveland, 0.,'
offering to tarnish an oil to be need as an
adulterant for castor oil. The Indncement
was held ont that the adulterated oil canid
he sold at doable the profit made on the pure
article. The l’hiladelphia association re
jected the proposition with proper scorn anil
reported the outrage to the Drag Exchange.
'Ve have reached a point where it it nec- .
exnry for this matter of adulteration to be
made the subject ot seven penal legislation
in every state. It is a murderous swindle in
a life and death esse to dnpe a man into
purchasing drags so adulterated as to be
worthless if not poisonous, and every man
engaged in such n business shonid ho hurried
in the penitentiary. It is n big igaestion,
and deserves all the consideration our legis
lators can devote to it.
Defeat.
’m like a king who'e (horn of itresgtb;
I'm like e towertbat'e (elite, et length;
I’m like eoosk who'e (tern ia riven
By the swift bolt that (prints from heaven;
I'm like * Hon drives to bay
That helpless breathes hts lilt! array.
I, king Uke, forth mj legions (eat
■tgsinit my foe; my legions went—
Their rinks ere (Uttered, ftUte their crest;
I follow it my fbe'i behest.
My curie, girded by a wall,
Defended by retainers *11,
It entered now on every bend,
Its belli ere licked; iu table grand
Supports toe revel of a horde
Where erewhlle ut the rightful lord.
Oek like, abroad I spread my shade
A monwch In toe fore t glade;
Ut tied toe gathering storms of night
My -trtngto to shake, my aplm fright:
A vtv .d lieih or hinting are,
I pr.errate on the earth expire
Ere yet tne thnnder dfea tn heaven'
The! rolled above my form nnihrlren.
Lion like t (talked abroad
And shook my mane, thedeeert'slord:
Ere yer I'd left my desert lair
The cunning bruhboy laid nla mare:
Xer spring, nor roar, nor strength of will
Availed again* the bushhoy'a skill.
Can oaken strength, or kingly state.
Or lion pride, or castle gate,
rrtvall against the will ef Fate? .