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THE WEEKLT C0NS1TTCTI0N-: ATLANTA. GjL. TTESDAT JA5TAET 2" ! 1887
ram cosstitctioi.
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topt to tmarnpoi elub.
—i gMifTT Ag»nt. J. J.'FLYNN.
*i hut Bog, New Toth titty.
W£ WANT YOU!
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IT* want UiM ofarto.
Donotttfe -—HI be abk'-d to admit tlie Un-
i of WaabitiRtoo Montana uud t»»-
, into the union. The committee 01
I tell! ptoklbW punenit the matter
to ibe bouoe dtariag tlie coming week, and
wdll nake an earoeot effort to tecute a !>«-
onahle eonoitieration ol the bili
The Cbolero outre in liuenoe Acre, upiican,
to be gradually ntilnidinn Imrnne* w re-
anntiog ite former activity and foreign ve*-
«de are allowed to enter the port. Tut laud
ejuarantinee hove been ttreotiy muddied, Imt
there are atlll obont eeeen thousand emi
grant* in iiiinrantioe it i* Im'uewd that
the wont of the epidemir in over.
iln.l.l Hein, the es-umfederuie mg, hue
been heard limn aieurn. Tlii* time nbe m
anppooed to be in iudianapolie. where on
officer ie looking for her to compel her to
nettle an unpaid boottl bfc,. It w (watibie
that the leriy in iinention i* not the original
Belli Boyd. Nnmeroiw hope cboraetere
have tunayueroderl around the country in
hoi name
The Hiali.ri i.l the \\'liiak.i Kims
The eeteerued •.uuriei -.lournal i* not pui-
tienlarly bnpj>y in tin compoeition of it* ho-
t*J of the wbwky riuf It umifo ionic facte,
covers others up. mid distort* three filial it
mo fit to uit. lint, io order that initut&iro
may not be done our contemporary m
present herewith tht vital point* of it* »rti-
and we trust tuat our rotdero gill give
them cnrt*ful attention
InifiW tbe nrtmuiamititrti of Girtiwol timttt a
n*e«utk "Klihtr ni»|f" w*u* f<m»ed The purport
of tin- tiny witf W» ••mum* lh«* imminent of the ta-. oh
whMky tey bfibory and •‘orruption H woeai
iMfiitM •ucceerfiil. li fimiriiinal Ilk*- a fiwi* bay
tw.. Ilf muuiUm Uniuht com. and th«*y tinmafit
tlia: tbe? thonid la »!'«»<• <! to «•» a* t»*«r pi*»-r*fd
trMilMir own penpetiv *• ihf> ex I rooted tin*
jutre, mail*' v bklhf and duclined to 1*07 tm* U«
UnpoM.fl hj tln<fo\urmimtr.
Kaon the* rt*veil'd in wealth and entenifod their
<iperaikn»f. iryinp to in*y every om they needed,
tthey ovonUttn the mark, and when General Bfi*-
taw km Mnireiar* tH the ireatiiiry the member* of
the rinp Here arreatvd, and thrumi liilojitwoti and
mutut wen actuolij numiiieti.
Thu seemed all to tfa. juihHc. Then vroii
imwhwt mt‘ f'jniim'.liy with these outlaw*. No
j>ktt* were ever tiMtdt- for the ruj*eul of tbe law
under *• hieh the* wet* ptmhiheti It never o».rur
tod to an> writer fur Uiv prewi thn« thk-win-"of»-
pfeauoii ur Hint it *«» *uei> 1* rnuuj an even Kin*
am Would uoi eudun etitnelio* ever} one aoeineti
to.taht* very umwiuatM* «uti* very view of
thr wauut. and the hnsutue* of General Ikuiut* lu
weuiiiy the law uunv very nuat tuaktup him
ttuvt then the oeotu- hot* AUM. and the moon
aldner l# the iMintm a ho rufiMw to pay the tax. Ik-
liidee in ihe mutiutatn taatne**/ nth) hunt*, not
Willi hrltoM. hoi rfituitiutu of clftea. the ofticen* uf the
law. Me la on longer a marauder, an outlaw, but
i»e b ait Innocent, a law atihimp •dtuen, who if
auxlotM to Rhjfport the go*- emmont if the jtuvwu-
jwcnf wll! mjipofi into, lie ha*- become » hen) to
oertaln jienoiif v. htw- aynipatliier- outrun their
judgment. Ei if coddled nud chortlbed and pro
tected and praUed until lie l- i'L- that he P or moat
• atan aMhi rhteogp auan'hhp whom Ulhcnin*
girlf are op wIRlhg to marry.
Nor Uf tliia alt; then b a rlnf now w there \* w
hM In yearn agr it b not r-vmtnwcd of the moon
ing on to more than furl? million^ of ilollaw
fii«t Wlouged to tbe j*opie.
I’Udei ,Mf. Cleveland ailniih'iUniiiOT*.
another dea)wmne efiiitt woe made by tbe
ring to bold on to tbe tnatr> tliat-ou^ht to have
been paid into tbe treasury, bat tbere wj* f
some hitch over the matter, anil a- a liwt ro- j a? the court* are with the white man
sort, the nog exported immense fjnoutitie»of
tbeir prwiucf for the purpose of reimporta
tion. And yet tbe orgnm- offihewiiiaky ting
will tell you {bat the tax b i«id iiy cDiHUtie- j
en* oiobi. *0 that al tha* the memben- o.‘ j
the ring liavc-to do i*. io pay tbe tax and j
colled it out o: their ctaftomer^. Tins
precwdlj what Harr do not dno* to do. j
Tliwy cbooih mth*rr to evade tii»* payment o' |
tbe tax iihd liold tbt money that *»ugh* to go J
into tbe people V treasury—and they an saw j
mined by several nunsjiapm* uud a tows! \
many wupecniiioiw- democratic congre^uien.
The Couner .Journal say* that the distill* j
erh have ‘ entered into 1* giguutic coiMjiiracy j
to poy thc tax. ’ Ami yet, nobody known- ;
lietter thun brother Wntiers*in that tbe dih- .
tlllcn* have lie»rn and ate now, engaged in a j
giguiUu eouNpiruvy to evade the payment o' j
tb< ta.\, und tiiey i»ve «ncce*d*d. Tuey |
* ioiate tlie iarrs with impunity, and they |
will continue to do ao oe iong a> they control
the (ieuiucnitie party in the writ.
always at work and always happy. Atlanta. | l»e found tbrougi: better paths than time of
ift negro policemen. Withimt the fordidncce and wl&dnxas. and that wealth
negro there would ht nc one to work. Tiie | pioperiy won and held will expand and
only thing that keepe tin negro back h- the enrich a noble heart, even oe it hardens and
indolence o) bi* white brother. And yet [ contracts an ignoble one.
the negro it- still r. slave to a certain extern 1 lit iiveti a iong life, in which good deeds
v.eTt sown with itiw^ipting hand and hiT-
J'rom tin- above oynqpgki it will be seen reaching arm. He died ae tbe tired and
that Mr. Clemen* sow many surprisin': 1 weary man bills asleep. The end came to
things down tht? way. We do not feel j him in no at aim or convulsion, llut. gently
inclined to deny the negro due credit for hi- > us & leaf parted from the bough in an
cheerful industry ami other virtues, but the | autumnal breeze floats: ailown the watting
wholesale idiene* charged upon the whiten j silence* of the forest, hi* life, parting from
ie simply idiotic nuusenw.-. The charge tha*. ■ tiie world, parsed into the vont unknown
om court* k<«). the uegru m a virtual state i which men call Heath. “Earth is better for
of slavery it tiiually stupid and false. Even
where Mr. Clemene attempts to say a good
word lor u> inrm hi* standpoint he cannot
uo it without lying, ilia statement that
Atlanta has negro police is a sample.
Altogether Mr. Clemen* i» a failure ae a
eorrtft)»ondeut. Let him stick to'liie maga
zine. which lu has not. and to his humor,
which is equally invisible. In those intangi
ble sphere* he will shine. When lie gets
down to material thing?; fact-, he k like a
fish out of wale:.
hi* having lived—Heaven will lie brighter
because of hi* coming ! v
ttiahin your own mimiipiiom and ttaxcof
your ueigtiijon hafore January JLtt, so they may he
in our Hew Year> box.
The Natiimul -Poultry Hhow.
Tlie ^iutionu! i’oultry «ho* which cloned
lier*. on ba'.uTiitiy wo* a •‘onnpicuouft snece*.
Tlie lords on exhibition scored higher under
th< same judgee thau fiht birds exhibited at
the Ht. i.ouh. Chicago uud ludianapoliu
sliow*. Thr- attendance wat larger, taking
the fxhihiton* HtatemeuP than eithet one
of tluKe show*. < »n two days over fifteen hmi-
dred ticket* were sold, and ov«« five fihonsuud
ticket* fir the five days. The remiit on
noutherii jaitiltry breeding will lie marked.
Two^third* of the finest chicken* on exhibi
tion were sold to southern hreeden-., many
of them bringing u* high ur a hundred dol
lar* fm u breeding jem of six fowls. It i*
likely that u huudied limey poultry yard*
will b» estahiislied in 1*niton county v. itiiin
tin next six moiitli*. ami the cileut of this
show will lie felt throughout the south in
turning attention to }iouitry*iiT>*i:diiig and
iu inipro 1 . ing the comiuon stock. At a meet
ing ol th« m«iuh»*r> ; esterdaj it wu* unani
mously voted to muk« th< r siiuw uu annual
om-. and Atiauta was is-leirted a fc & )ierma-
1 tent place lor the ••xp-wilion. With the
reputation and character mad* by the first
sliov tin next one will lie unsurpassi'd by
mn uf tin great show* of tin- country, and
wiii lie a revelation to the jieopte of this
section.
JSttrofie's Mlliuiry htmiiKtli.
In ' few of the warlike outlook in Europe
Home figures relative to the streugth of the
eoiitmoutal powers wiii lie ol interest.
The total number o) troops now mubiUs-
able reaches the ojipaliing figure of over 14,-
CNNJ.OOO. The available total or Germany is
lietwecn • < '*,<HMVHJO and fkOhh.liUo, including
all reserves, t rance closely follows Ger
many. Italy has a total of ii.41M).000.
Austin-1.1 angary bw> J AC, ,imm». Turkey can
bring out about w00 f 0Mi. Uiussiu can prob
ably bring out (i,lMM',lMH» men.
Genuany inpu thing forwnrd tbe maunlae-
ture of Ike rejM»|teug rifle, while f:usHin bae
invented s jiowdcr said to have ten times the
loree of urdinary gunpowder.
I nder the trend of such iiuuicnae armies
tbe earth will literally tremble, and the ro-
auHe of such a wholesale shock of arms most
he more diwiHtioii* to civilization thun any
thing tbut hoe occurred tu modern history.
would ho«v town f—OM Io ‘arryoo
KG UMMIffllMtiM mA affBarf'iMi
"
•rthelaw. When the offartsrfOrdea*
wotic adliwt.oftbe whisk/ rte« Uuted,
Im overtetl. but it grow* fuiutcr every day.
MiMti in your own •mjacrlicion* andl those of
your netftkUii* before Jauuary iU*t, m* they jmiy he
luc
r Mew Y«
rt.l.Kn hoi a th. tiutmen, o h., w I Tlw* i>>)MlUUt7 tint « inuenl war wiU
air lo tin captain * office to set lie. The»c dbtUllur* * . . . . .. * ^ . V
l»v« miicn.il fine a glgautie coiwpirary to tbe
to*, and thui lo tnulrrmtm the tariff. They act-
irnfb lnahn ttisit until tlie law i* rejasnlml. tlutt
they w1ti pay 'K cent* oil ever? gulloti irf whisky
jimuufactmt-d. without any n^urd tictne moon
shiner ami hi- (rtenh». It la a Creattful uigaufaia-
thm. thi* whMky ring tmneaii of swMllng
few U» pay OltA .iMaMM* annual)y to ?he government.
Hut tfil« l> amiathfiig tluii con not U- mntnnsl
Thir Hog of laxpayet* must la- put Sown. The or
fouwof thr tioor^a outlaws l»avr derreeil it They
liave dMlawxl that If any tUatllktr haraader ffarre
to pa> thi wliuiky tax he 1 hat) be shot
«f«t.
ttet mo W no AoaW tbut th« wliiukr
lio*. utiicb ™ in 0}nmttan dnrini: Grunt *
irtUuiuuflrut.un. WM n weultiiy undijiowiM lul
•ffuir. It prm *v powerf ul indeed tbut its
swindling oprmtiou* iniolvud junuonr iiiffb
is ottin umi )<rouiiu«nt men iu botli puliu
kul purtius. TU eipnmuw tbst wen unde
«nlif nobuuiiuuuipltUc. TU iiuje
•euWir t-nouj'l: to pvtst itmilf. it i» tree
tiiut uniBpurtuut perauus like Mutfomld—
if sc leateiubnr tU uuue uoriouUjr—uan
toned uud uiudt iwojieMout* of, but the iml
wbvky ring nod tu man pruminunt of it*
tool* »m ulfovnd lo go wait-Get'. Tilt real
uutui* usd ertiot of its swindling vperu-
linos were utier si sic publU. TU' ring it*
seif lisc retniutd iu oiguutrniiun from that
*f to tide, and hue been i bW, by lueau*- of
ita pvvci aiit) wealth,tv ew uidk the poople
l>y tv~«aUcd legal nuitbude..
Tbe hue and 07 om it* ewinttiing opera-
liotie in St. Lou ic taught the ring a lcsoou,
•ad aume that time it liae been going on in
the same diicvtioa, but by the employment
te ter ditfemxt method*. lUoperatiomi io
fete* izouis were lot the purpvee of evading tbe
government tax, and all it* ojwjatioiM eiuce
hau had pm-uwly the aatue cud in view.
Tlie picture- that Jfivthri \\atumwoo drove
•f tiwwe whisky nogoirr* who every day
walk op to the captain '• office tv settle," i»
pecvlhulr luuuy iu 1 tea vf the history of
the whisky ring
fee the reader* of Tiie GuVPTtfTOetf
the whisky diatilhn’ amociatiou -in
•ther words, the whisky ring, which con-
imts mitiions of money has dons nothing
§m the past Us jean but oonooct mwnuna
tessad* the psymeet of the whisky tea. It
te *o*h a powerful affair that it has been able
tsp3an an expert lobby in Washington, and
ft Ms managed to eottUoi aomesTthe most
pmtimmi demorewte iu Urn uoanUy. It i*
W*& fluaown that Nr. Carlisle, the speaker
mftkm <bmo* rat*» houae, te m full aympathy
with tbe ring, and M». Morris as, the derno-
cvU’ tender of the home. U one of (it*
diMgHtpirfmbi. T1owe demo*rote and
ohm hot* used all t|nr inffuenwtoiu-
4ma tin botnr tv allow the whisky ring to
xetojo tei its oopneiovr pw-tedte the Inxoe it
sow tv tire people
They would have anoumdad bat far the of-
teekfifftr. Eaodati. and this greod/riug
fe*o-
'Use Balvatioti Ami).
We have the- Hal vution Army with «• at
last, iu our midnt, m it were.
During the pwfl two or three duy* our
reader* have had a lair opportunity of
rooking up their jndgiueut. Home of them
have seen the army, and others have read
our graphic report* of the gcuerul racket
Ho im a* we are concerned, we have never
had hut ouc opinion upon the subject We
are nguiuflt tliie alleged army. We regard it
euuply u* h nuioance, uselre*, noisy, and
positively injuneu*. < *ur tie* for the pool
two or three year* show that iu most place*
visited by tiie ao)returnist* uiwmtmla'.rtiun
and dcUi<naU.natiou have been the resulth.
In some place* rids and murderous affrays
took plait*, und in urry nmiij instance* the
police were kept busy loukiug utter tlie sal-
vutivuisto.
V'e dv not know whctlnM the naii atiouista
now visit'ug Atlanta belong to tla* regular
organizatmu or not, and we dv not cait. We
dv not know the nature of thru credential*,
and we ere not likely tv know. The point
1* sirup!) this All such method* air* tbe
outgrow th o! ku unhealthy HeiutationuLism
and they s}*peal tv uu uulieulthv state uf
publi* fenliug. Every healthy mind io-
etimli veJy rev vlts at such ptecLitxw. J n tin*
country, with our or^nixed •hutch vysteuiK,
thrir mission work, their eraugeli«ts. and
the other working force* o! the great teidy of
our religion* people, tiiv-Jt it uu net*! and no
room tur the Hal vat am Army.
Htiil, ao long u throe salrativuist* obey
the authorities and break nv i»w. they
should not l«e interfered with. Oa the con
trary. they should be so entirely let alone
a* tv convince tliem that their beet policy fe
to throw away their tamborinoa and go In
noth. :
A lew Ikiaxrkxblr Statement«.
We hardly know whfther to rlanrifj Will
M. Cerneo* as a magminut or as a humorist
His magariue be has dispos'd of. and if he
ever had any humor it roost have gone the
mine way.
Mr. Clemens ban here tufty *°g the south
for tiie past three month*, ami the rmult* of
his o)*ervarious are appearing in a series of
fitter* in tbe Chicago Tribune. Tht letters
Bit- among the most i«adab« that we hare
set®, bea-auNe they contain so xuaay new
|snnu. I hr lactam* - Mr G-mens »sy that
of all the intoxica'ed men fie -sv in the
south, not one was a negro, lo \tlaota,
fesvaenth, Jaiksonviile and other cities he
found that cine-tenth* of the ftkss and
loafer* were white men. Hw negroes he
found to tic the workers. A« a rule, the
wldts man who te sera at work is not a
tMithrow. The afcilted me* hanua are
•rganos. Tbe native whites whs are not
ftefftfeti keep barrooms and run cheap
■ghanam. Tht tkrunk Uulutmdm is
white as. The ame see— to he
The Naval Htuiw* Priidut'on.
Tlie secretary of tin* Naval Htotw Manu
factureiw' iTotective osu*:iation. Mr. C. 15.
Towmeml. bo* isaurd a circular to the
naval aline* nuinulucturer* of t>eoTgia 01.
nouiiciug 11h maw which the commutei
uf the mwoctotior. ha- had in it* appeal to
the Georgia railroad commimioner for a re
duction of iieigin rules The '.umniisiei
secured a reduction o! twenty per cent am!
thi* will Ik- ol great importance to Hie ia-
tcreat* o! the nianuliicturcni. Wiiat the fac
tor* 01 middle men failed to do. the pn>-
dm-en- tbeuicWe* hove finc«-eeded in doing.
The circular announce* that the associa
tion i* nov moving iu tin- matter of inapt*'-
tion uud lUHjcv tion charts in the Savanna::
nud !irunt*wick market*. It is tiie sentiment
of the association that, in a matter of Hitch
importuucc us tiie inspection of the- vast
nuaiititie* oi naval stores received at the
Georgia ports, rnieh a aystem Hhould he
established sr will removenuspicion. < peak-
iug nlhciully. Alt. Tovuaentl soy* that the
bent interest* ol jmnlueere of nuval htores de
mand thut the sworn inspector* lie entirely
divorced from the in linen ce and control of
factor* uud placed on a more satisfactory
looting. Tlie circular b»vh:
Ir. tlu- matter o ? “homing " or ctiangiDg tht
grede." ot twin wt shall sitter inte an iuvaftiga-
tion of flu mriorioti- prairtlet- rlth a view to hav
ing H eradicated entire); . V.\ art convinced that
thfcevtl j»nictlcc tin? rerinu^y iuiured the bavan-
nali ninriio! which fi tin leading and controlling
naval store? market uf the world, nud that It lm?
kept down tin price? of win and a* producer*
and manufacture?* of naval <nonw wt- claim that
we have a right to Object to the ‘ manipulation’’ or
mir product, ever after It leave* nor hand*, when
*uch nmnipnlstioi: reac: - directly upon the ms:
ket where we are unfixed to »eli our stufl. As the
factor* do no: seem loJmve ‘maiii wnr” on horn
lug we abali move iu the mutter w- un aviocwtion
W e earnestly rsoominend u» every operator in
the state that he iuaist upon hit factor or commis
sion nioTChatit • tuting upon each account aale of
fpldlx turpentine or rwiit: the uumc of the pur
chaser, a* 1* done in Die caw of cotton. There i?
no good reason why thir i? not done iu the navn)
sum?* bns'uiew. and we * uusiiier U very imtamaut
thm our suggestion should lie adopted. We do not
believe any squun. fair-dealing house w ill refuse
li> accede toauch a reasoiiahic retiueat from a de
tainer.
Tile CwKwnTrnox •ungnttuiiitea the
nerul store* producer* os the hucuobb oi
their aiwpci«tiou f and os their determina
tion to *yatematixe tbeir bnainem in ull it*
dctailfi. The production of naval store* is a
very important Georgia Industry.
A Belated Reformer
If General lames 15. Fry, of the regular
army, honker* after notoriety, he is likely to
get all he want*
In u recent lecture Wort the Military
Service institute on Governor's island the
general attacked tW public school system.
He said that tbe condition of society and of
tbe public service did not show that our
system ol education had done anything to
improve Totere or purify the franchise
Twenty years ago Twecdimu amazed the
people, but iteeeni* to have grown with the
public schools. Vet one reason why we
maintain tbe schools at an enormous cost is
to prevent corruption. The speaker then
argued that general education was not a
function of tbe government He said that
all enterprises belonging to the individual
would fall when assumed by the state.
It is proper to say that General Jry'e con-
demons are fur the most part due to his
observations ae a military man. He ie op
posed to •compulsory education in the army,
and takes the position that it would be Letter
lor the country to force educated men into
tbe sendee than to enlist ignorant men and
educate them afterward*.
The whole tenor of the address was as un-
American a* anything could be. With the
bold that free education has upon the public
mind it is out of the ijuestion to advocate
the abandonment of the system. General
J'ry may be a reformer, but be belongs to
the hehind'the'timec class, and there ie not
the hlightest posaibility oi popularizing his
view*.
lLiu-b 10 you? i>ru ■uUeriptiuw and those of
your neighbor* before January SfiA, ao that rosy he
iu our Nea Veer i box.
A Ixrog Ufe Well Spent.
A great man once stood by the aide of a
little coffin. Over the coffin, in which 1 boy
w ith waxes and weary face lay sleeping, the
preacher eaid; “The heart that ie atilled
there forever never held as ignoble passion:
the life ended there never wronged a human
being, ' Tbe groat man said: "I would
give all the honor* and wealth I have won
to have tluit said truthfully of me when I
am dead/'
IS this was excellent to be said over the
coffin of a child, bow much most excellent
when it can be aid at the grave of an old
man. llow rare that from the atrnggtes and
temptations of a long life a man emergea so
fresh and unspotted as to suggest, much lam
to justify, such praise. Of Colonel John T.
Grant, whose death Georgia mourns today,
these word* can be spoken in full and per
fect truth. In Lis life the ideal basin**
man wa* typified, liroad, liberal, eoxnpre-
Lctn-ite. eagaciotu, of rich integrity and
tmeaerring honesty, be jeetified the axiom,
“Hi* word i* as good as his bond/' Ilaotly
mastering the detail* of hi* groat buaiaees,
he had baser* and inclination for the
gentler and more elegant phases of life, and
no better type than be of the old-fashioned
southern gentleman could be found. His
hand was as open as his heart, and the day
of his death-indeed on tbs soy day of his
death—i% was given to thoughtful and gea-
cron* charity. In this, as is mid elaa, his
tr\mmj la gwirisis and his example inspir
ing. to teaching tht *
Answering a Correwponclout.
The follow nip tetter from n friend in Iowa
is interesting enough to print. It h* also
worth replying to:
JIohkox, Iowa' January". 1 ATT.—Editors Grarti-
tutiot: li you? Wbbkuv of January tth I find un
•fditmia! head«nl “The- Iowa Hater*.” in which you
say Hi* “Negro l' ujs free to you. as tlie white-' nud
tim: “the- retwou the vote k to sms!! in <i*.*otgie »?
that there i- m- republican opposition t& the tleam-
CTan."
Thi Miggnts tr my niimia <|treitioi tiait I have
thoosht of t urea: deal, and that fi why there » no
republican party in Georgia.
1: *eem- to me- tim: tlierc niuit lie somethiin?
radically wrong when there is nfcaolutely no opp*.
si tier. tr< any political party. I have )>e«t a *110-
icriber t*. your psi*^ for ihre* yeonand have found
that yon are generally fair in dkcustinn? of tUfle.
w* - '^tween tiie north ami the <mr.fi. J wmu—
ai.U I am wire* all of your northern readers niw*-
tba: you would sive an honest, bur uud candid
explanation of lJit question asked above. Vour?
verc uuly. \V. o Ticl.
The ijuestion which Mr. Tice bo* thought
of a good deal is worthy of consideration,
and we ore Hnrprised that ibe republicans of
the north have not thought of it as serionnly
and as conscientiously as our correspondent,
"’hen the republican voters in Georgia foil
to go to tbe pulls it is ibe habit of tiiese
northern republican. 1 *., who depend for their
intellectual subsistence on suck mease* us
Hul.iteud and the Clarksons concoct, to de
clare that the negroes are intimidated, and
that, in consetjnence. the vote of one south
ern democrat is eijtutl to the vote* of three
northern republicans.
This, uf course, is one way to look at tbe
Hitnation here. We have no sorto! objection
to it. for the partisanship of which it is tbe
result is so narrow-minded that it is calcu
lated to drive iilierul-miuded.republicans to
vote the democratic ticket. It is a npeciee
of partisanship that defeats itself.
Mr. Tice sayt there mast be “something
radically wrong when there is absolutely no
oppoHition to any jiolitical party'’—and he
asks us to explain why there ie no republican
party in Georgia. The explanation is simple.
There are a great many republican voters in
Georgia, but no republican party. There is
no republican party because there is no
republican organization. There is no organ
ization because tbe negro republicans mis
trust tbe white republicans and tbe white
republicans despise the colored republicans.
The mistrust on the part of the negroes arises
from tbe foot that, under republican admin
istrations. they were expected to do all tbe
voting while the white leaders held all tbe
offices The negroes saw that they ware
used to ad vance tbe interests of certain men,
and they naturally protested against being
made tools of. Tbe negroes called a con
vention and practically ignored the whites
who had hitherto controlled the party.
Tbe white republicans thereupon held a
convention of tbeir own in tbe oourtbonse in
Atlanta, and decided to organize a white
republican party iu Georgia. A committee
appointed ly this convention afterwards
ironed on address to the people in which it
was Ktated that forty thousand white repub
lican* remained away from the polls at every
election because they didn't care to rnb
against tlie negro voters. Tbe addrero also
declared tliat tbe negro vote was unreliable
because tbe voters could be bought np fay
tbe democrat* at fifty cents a bead or its
equivalent in whisky.
This, so far a* we know, was the end of
tlie republican party in Georgia. There are
republican voters here, but no party organi*
ration. No republican candidates are nomi
nated for congress. Ac there is no opposition
to the democratic candidates, the democrats
voters do not deem it necessary to go to the
polls, and the consequent* ie a light vote.
If the democrats in Iowa—we believe there
are now 57 where there used to be fed-wau.
to make no nominations and abandon tbeir
organization, does Mr. Tiro suppose tbe
republican vote would 1* very heavy?
In some of tbe counties of Georgia tht
negroes elect member* of the legislature, and
in a great many counties they di vide between
the regular and indtpendent democratic
candidates. There is no such thing in
4 .cprgia as the intimidation of negro voter-.
It is a pity that such men as our correspond
ent cannot come to Georgia and investigate
the situation for themselves.
Kufct is your own suhacriptlons xs<3 those of
your neighbor? before January Ulxt, mo tfiey inaj be
is our New Year * box.
Onr William In lire booUiwciL
The Co5»-TmT50jc'fc own William Aip
left Monday morning far Mississippi, w bare,
in response to calls and cries too numerous
to mention, he goes to deliver a series of
lectures in that state for the benefit of a con
federate monument at Jackson. Tbe Coy-
HTJTTTioN ha* thousands of warm friends in
that sectasa. and we trust that each and
every one will feel«—teateei, as it were, to
give our William such s greeting as he
naturally desenes.
He it s mighty tender-hearted man. our
William is, and a friendly one. He is just
a* neighborly sway from home as he it at
home, and The Cos*TnTTio>* wants its
friends to maghlior with him. Though he is
getting to he something of an aged cause*,
ae time i* measured, he has a young heart
lie ie a* fuff of fun and frolic a* one of bis
grxudtl'ifilxeSL. AH hie memories arc kindly
ou?.
If we were sore Chat our William would
have ns good a time »those who go to bear
bis lectern. *e ►book! be «Oisited. Bat,
where TffE Ox«thttk»e hae m maoy
settv* liter4?, we ore willing to take this os
trert. We need tm% iutrwfcce our William
to the-* friend?. Tboee who read hie irtteai
are well sr^oaiated with tbe mia—indeed,
they are intimate with him.
Not roach fuse ha* hoes made about our
Wiiliaro'o teetarM in the newspapers. He
tu* no sdvertiuDg agent, for be it not s
proferokmal leeUxer. He te simply a sate-
•ionary of humor and Irmrilfnros Where
the people call him. there be gees and wtee
in thi* day and generation are those who
call him. His lecture* may lie <Ie*crll*.*<l
the one word—they are inimitable.
In The Gikvmixtctiok’h field, win
covers & good portion of thi* republic of
onre. 0111 William has many ron-Mipondeiite
Tor tbe iieueiit of tiiesse we will say filial,
until tbe 1st of February, » letter addressed
to Cbarle* II. Smith. Grenada, Miss., will
teach him.
Rule to yotir om; cubecripUom mid those
your neighbor?- before Jantisr/ 3Ut, *0 they may fie
to our New Year's box.
A Murdcron* Policy*
Itseemh that the eviction* of the Irish
tenants are to go on. The lory government
will lend all it* resource!- to tbe selfish and
mcrcilesb landlord*.
The situation of tbe small lurmerh in Ire
land is different from tbe condition of affair*
in England and Hcotland. In the two lust
named countries when tbe tenant* protested
against unjust exactions they were heard
and concession* were made. But tbe Irish
stand on a different footing. The only un
BTi'er made to tbeir protests i* a resort to
force.
Now in many cases these eviction
downright murder. Thinly clad, half Mtorv
ing women and children are turned out into
tb« cold to starve and die. In Jcrii Mr,
Gladstone said.
‘In the fuilure of Uic crow crowned by th*; j
157C*. the a-:t of God foul rcpiic.-ed the Irish o<
pier in tlie condition in which he utood liefurt the
Id ml act. bec-MMc what had in to coutcmpiatcv
He bad a-contcmphue eviction for uon-paymom
of rent; am'. u£ o comequence or eviction, utarv
lion. And it h> no exasperation to nay. iu a couu
try where the aenrultuml pursuit fc the only pin
uit, and where the mean* of tlie payment or reu
n entirely destroyed for u time by the visitation
of providence, tluit the poor occupier may under
them circum«toucw regard a Kentuncc of eviction
as coming, for him, very near to n *umeu<:
death.”
These words art just a* tme today. l’«r
baps this policy of brutality was needed to
bring about tbe downfall oi the tory admin
istration. That it will hove such an effect
it needs no prophet to predict. There
human nature in Englnuil ns well tv> in Ire
land. When tbe Lnglish masses realize tlie
wrongs of tbe Irish masses a fellow-feeling
will convert them to the home rule side.
UVe cannot believe that these outrages will
lost long. Tbe civilized world is beginning
to cry out against tory cruelty uud injustice.
ttome.Tcragb Fignees.
Tbe Baltimore Manufacturers’ Becord bos
been giving Brother ‘Watterson a done of
figures that ought to satisfy him. As our
readers know, Brother Watterson and bis
Courier-Journal linve been trying to show
that nil the recent talk about the south'
prosperity and the development of the ma
terial resources of this section is merely tbe
result of several speculative booms in the
coal and iron regions. Brother tVatterson
seeks to prove that there can 1m no real im
provement and no genuine prosperity under
the present tariff. Here is wkut be thinks
of tbe “southern boom:"
The cotton crop of 1*73 was l.Tlt.Oou.OOO pounds,
and that or jms woe ::.10C,600,000 )K>undx. The crop
of 1ST.: was worth, at the average New York price,
over rn-4.000.000, and that of IS*, at the New York
price, was only worth •2Ki.2eu.00C. The same crops
at Liverpool prices were worth HiS,722.000 for that
of lfftt and I’.tGS.OQO.OOD for that or last year.
A crop uf the size uf IB7J would have been
worth, at the average Liverpool price last year,
8170,4*0,000. while at lhe actual Liverpool price of
357*i it was -worth f:Mfc,7ai.ooo. Southern capital
and lal*ar got t:M5,7at.oeo in gold for working
!\.'rt3j.W)0 acres in coUon iu 167u. and in they
"irt f.fl>.000.000 for working 1^.652,000 acres. They
got frtu.08D.0U0 Ism far their sweat and risk and
rent in working twice as much land in Ibmi as in
187:;, and this b the southern boom.
Tbe Manufouturera’ Eecord shows that the
grain formers of the .west and northwest
hove suffered ns much ns tbe cotton planter*,
so for as n reduction in tbe price of their
products is canoemcfl. Bat there is another
side to tbe picture. Has there been a cor
responding reduction in what tbe cotton
planters and tbe grain fanners buy? Brother
’Watteraon says not To i/note bis words
Hut are they getting their iron and siuel wore-
any cheaper? their plows,faxes, nails, drugs,
clothing, etc.” Any man among them may an
swer. The tariff people would answer them in
very plait terms—nut if they know it!
It is at ibis point that the tables are
turned on the great free-trader. The Becord
prints a table of prices of & few leading ar
ticles,comparing Ibe prices in January. l?7!i,
with tbe prices in January, 1$*C. The fig
ures of tbe table show a tremendous decline
in tbe value of oil lines of goods likely to
be tumd by farmers. The list include*
nearly everything in tbe general line of
merrbandiue. from groceries and dry good*
to steel roils. Tbe decrees in everything
will average a little over 5H per cent
The'Becord makes a detailed examination
of tbe figures of its table, and sets forth
some ray instructive facte. Candles have
declined from 15 cents per pound in l-TU to
cents. Canned peaches from 52.HO
(« -.W to |1.00*" 1.70. Canned oysters $LS3
2.15 to 70<" 75 cents, and canned corn
f2.«K5A.«) to fl.00. In 1 -75 soda ash wa*
£**.00<£ *25, while today it is 81.550.1.45.
.Hal soda was f2.75(n 2.^72: now it is $LO0
(•j 1.10. Hfeathing powders |4 00; now
2.10. The smallest decrease in tbe
entire list was on coffee, an article that is
free of dnty. Ingot copper declined in value
from cents to 20}^ 11. No. 1 anthracite
pig iron from $45 to $20.00^ 22.00, and
Baltimore charcoal iron No. 1 from $55.0CK£
00.00 to f27.00<£ 2e.IK). And as pig iron
prices rule tbe prices on general iron* manu
factures. tbe decline in all hardware and
agni-ultuxml implements can be judged from
these figures. Bar iron that sold in 1*73 for
1115.Uu<^120.00 is now worth MT.OO^J'il.wi.
Hootch pig iron quoted then at $43.00^.
4“ CHI is Is now $19.00(719.50. while steel
raftswbidt were selling at $120.(JOG $132.50
are now $55^0t«f 37.00, or an average decline
of feKi.fi3,—sr to make it more plain tiie
same amount of [money that would buy one
ton steel rails in 1-72 will now buy
nearly three and one-hali tons.
Molasses now sdlj for 5*i <«its. which
in K2 tut W*i; and thie best syrup that
wa* then 55<-A» cents is now 2-f* 30. IV
tiokum is now 6- cent* per gallon: it wa«
then -7 cent*. Itefin^l sa^ar has darilnoff
from llj to ~>\C oi: crashed sugar from 12,
to Gl fu 0,: yrilotri 10 to 11 to 4;'« 4j; salt
from rif.r*i( 2 »>» to 1.46: shingles
to $7-5h< •JM. pin© board* for baild-
iog *15.feife' !Ki«to er.0foSd0.00. Tbe beet
family flour is nsw fe5.75 aad tbe cheipest
ffiSt'-fe 3.00, wLile in 1^73 tbe quotations
for tbe same grades were $12 and fj.OO'V
«.50 respectively. Wamsutu auriin was
22j <en*s pro yard: it i« now 11 cents. New
York mills nratlin was T5 cents: it is now
II tmti A mm r erg tteks then 21 £.36
cents; now g|(i 14. Demme 132t^f)cent*:
now 7 to l$i Americas prist* 1? to 13
cent*; now 5f",5.l. Msrriioac j»rint* I3J;
lu»w 5f*>M. Gottooialw ifffayiO; now
Guiubrics fife, 1,31; uow Bio-
myeXUO' W, now C.iMumrtu IH)
eents to $2.75; uotr *40 coots to$J.5U: and
lliifinsJs <KHW;7ff; now The nails
that cost $0.00 to $7/40 iu 1^73,arc uow
(" 2.41*. Htairii in 01 umb: then it was 1(1
route. Hoop, $’4a& per box: then 6t;.Ot>fWj
JMMi for tbe home broud. Tbe Kev-orti t-bqg
.imiluilro:
Having i-xorniucil tbe iteeiioe iu wiiatUie farmec
l/iiyuanfl found U lo fic&i*.;: |»cr cent, us uow
m* what utL- 1*00 the decline .iu tiie'cutVua, u heat
and ttrrv that fit ncil>. tu wiiCtiitr he has lovt or
»ilined fiy the Keuetal Ui»erii.x of value.*. Taking
tiie cotton nmero, we fiuil tliat the J.G»'-,<4K),000
j*011 nil.* rmiduced l«7i; were worth f-U-i.t&O.uBO,
while- the : ,Hc‘,(j00,0UQ produced in IWC were
worth ?Jx:,<M},QQU, n decreaxe of fai.dW.w.', t'ue dc-
create in the vaiue per pound being per cent.
Ho the southern farmer buy* what be eooaomee at
an average of -v.».y per cent lower than iu 117;;,
while hi* cottuii law. droreaired only 4S j«r *«n: in
value, leaving iiini 11 per cent better off by the
genera! decline.
The decline in wheat liae been from to fife.7
cent>■ per Imsliel, or -Ifi jarr cent, and in euro from
•IT.f cent* i«er fiasUel to Ufi.fi ceut*. or ZUAper cent
lIl'.TVBW.-.
All tbi* ie very altercating. It gives
Brother ^atteraou something to think
about—something to wrestle with. They
are vwy tough figures, too. They are from
tbe official market report* of Baltimore.
J’bcre ih one foot, however, that the itecord
foiled to mention, and we give it to Brother
tVattcrwon row: The decline in wheat, bad
ub it it for tbe wheat growers, is a good
thing for tbe cotton planters: the decline in
cotton is not a bad thing for those who wear
clothe*.
DIM HEIMS PfiESEITS,
OVER $500 IN PRESENTS
GIVER AVII TO OH M BEEAUSEES
for the lei Tear!
Our distribution ol Christmas presents on the
first of January ww so popular, and yet so many
good worken fulled to get presents, that we have
determined to
Pill Up “A New Year’s Box”
and distribute even more than our Christmas prea*
cun- among our January workers. Every sate
scrlber ought to be represented in our New Tear's
box. Sir. fi. F. Camp, of Covington, got COO for
sending ouc subscriber, and fro jjeieats, tS> and
sewing machines, etc., were sent *B over the
southern states to CoxsrnraaK workers. Be
sure end In- in January. Bore is our plan.
We have determined to disulbute a lot of Sew
Tear presents to our friends, beginning with COO la
gold, and running down to less vsJnaal* present!
to every agent We cannot give It to the agent
sending the biggest club, far that leaves oat the
smaller agents who are Just as faithful and deserv
ing. We have tharelore adoptodjtheiftoicwiag
plan:
We have had printed a number of email squire
tags. For every new subscriber scat fa during the
mouth of January we will write tbe same of tht
person who sends it, an one of the tags and pat IS
inja box. On the first of February, we will have
this box, containing the tags, taken in the presence
of three responsible agents and thoroughly shake!
One of the agents shall then take a tag from the
box. The person whose name is on that tag Shall
have- the COO premium. Another agent shall then
take out a tog. The person whose name is on .that
tag shall have the 150 premium, and so os until
the prcmloms are all taken.
This is of course no lottery or anything akin t! It.'
It is a free, voluntary distribution of presents to
our fcicnib—-for which they pay nothing, and for
which weaak no pay. We want every subscriber
to share in Urn distribution. Any subscriber mere-
fore who scuds us the name of a new subscriber
will have his or her name put on aftagand dropped
in the box. If they send two new juhscribea their
name will be written on two togs and put is the
box twice. One who sends a club of five irubecri-
ben win be on five tags in the: boxjand will thus
hare five chances instead of one of gating a pete
Bow here arc the premiums':
1 premium, to gold. of.— . . IMB
2 premium, In gold, of.-
1 premium, tr ' ‘
2 premiums c
1 premium;of low arm machine......
2 premium of Constitution gun r
in* Weekly <
(Totals
-MM
Our Ladies* New Tear ftesisu.
In the opening of our Christmas box, when
ah the present* had been taken, there wosgeneral
regret that the ladies had not drawn any ofthe big-
gerfrresent*. We add,therefore. In our New Tests*
box. theTdDowing presents for the ladies *nly:
Fim Prize for Ladies. *3 in goW
Second U “
Third “ “
Fourth, H. A. Machine
Fifth, L. A Machine
the ladies in full force.
17
Now, let us be distinctly understood. This Is ■
free and voluntary gift to our friends and subscri
bers. We want crery one to participate. To do
this you have simply to get us one new subscriber*
Tour name goes into the box and you may get thi
COO premium. Fbrcach additional sobscriter you
get an extra chance. Now here are three rules:
1st If you arc already a: subscriber, yon »n*l
•end a new subscriber, and.for each new subscribes
your name goes in the box, once also for your own
fid If you are a regular agent your name will |0
into the box for every reacwal that expires during
December, and of course for ovary new subscriber*
Sd. If rou;ar« uot»a subscriber your name goes in
the box for your own subscription auditor every ad}
didonal subscriber you send. . .
how let every subscriber send 9a a Btw rote
■eriber, and thus get a place In our Premium Box.*
Let every agent send la his lists. Let erery person
Into whoec hands this may fall send is his sub
eription at once and get a piece In our Premium
Box, and add two or three more re Ml! get two OS
three chant** t „
Of course every one will not get a premiem* tods
•my one will have a chance. A little child who
gc» one subscriber may get the COO In gold,tor fall
ing lu this, the CO-oreotne other |uemlnw Yeo
cannot posrilly lose anything—for yoo give Mthinf
far the chance, lfyou get a frieod to subscribe you
do us a favor and yon do your friend a favor, for
you get him started with the best newspaper iotM
cenmry, and be,win thank yoo every week for iU
If you take it youndt yon get the biggest rod beft
and cheapest paper In America. Now let every!
body come in and get a place to our Premium BOS
and try to get one of cur New Ysar’a preset**.
Of course our other premiums will be given joM
as usual. For every three ne^rebeecibere wo wiU
■end one of our superb pictures, and all other pete
mi urns .as advertised. These special New Year*!
presents are pure and atopic gifts lo our friends-*
made to gretefa! acknowledgement of their kind}
ness and devotion.
All w ho want agent*! outfits to work vtUMprcg
men copies, poster*, pictures, arms** books. Wanks,'
envelopes, etc., era get there by writing mas fat
them. We car good canvamen premiums fa* g*ti
ting snberrlben, and Tw* QmmnM hi ondsolti
edly the tew |«per to thereontry teeewvamfar*'
far esmptee and outfit U yft weai
fare Jt&nsiy net,
ernmbeernetm hore on or tog