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THE CONSTITUTION.
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et <5-< last jca tn tter. November 11 1673
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The Result.
No comment is necessary to illumiuate
the result of Tuesday's election. Tiie de
feat of the democratic party ban been
of the most sweeping ciiaracier, and
those uiio make it a bus.uess to draw
condusi<»us from results have a wide
lit Id in which to v|terate. Democratic
disaster has uot been cuutiued to any
stale or sec.ion. but Las spread over
the whole country. Only in those states
where the party stood tor genuine dem
ocratic principles, as in Georgia, have
the d. mocrats had any success.
1; is an easy matter to point a moral
and io draw conclusions. It is an
e:.'y mailer lo say that the cause of
the p.iriy s defeat lies here or lies there,
or to sp.ii out explanations that do not
explain. In the present instance, the
cai.si-j. of democratic defeat lie on the
surface. and ought to be plain to any
tFscvrning man. The voters of the
couu ry hare not deserted the party,
but tiny have aiumiii.-tered a rebuke
tii.it the leaders ought lo take to heart.
Ttu-re is one trouble with the demo
cratic party ami only one. It went lie
tore the • euuiry in iJsS»2 on a platform
of pr-ti- pi. s tat ctinini.inded the over
wLvimi a vm;« . '>-n.vm of the voters of
the c. t. ry. The democratic candidate
f-r presiiii nt was voted for by the
p --»ple. u>.i Ih . -uim- his name was Grover
Cleveland, but I •••cause he was suppose-ff
to lie a democrat, standing on the Chi
cago |»l .Hoi ni. Democratic congress
men tv —e e,< • ttsl. not because of their
u.tines. «•! their height ami weight, but
liri!.;-e the p ople supjiosed they would
proper degree of haste
• • • '' . the ph dgen ~i
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»». it iiiis understanding, clear and
uiieiptivoc.;. the voters of the country
pi..c. I the «; 1.. sTatie party in complete
.'intro! of the country for the first time
since . -ji, aud tiecled Grover <_leve-
L :. i pr. -.<; ui oi tiie {'idled Slates—
t!i • m;.u ctjo'cu by the party to rvpre
octil it. In ihe vi ry beginning of the
adtinu.ll a of Mr. Cleveh.nd.
is. •-» wii-j. for selfish purpises, were
■ • mil of the
'ingle gold st .u lar i. I»egau t-i organize
.1 i<i>>v. ti<-.i> t - siTtire the uuc<mditloual
n -al of th-- >.i«-"m.m act of I.xhi. There
w..» noiL.ng io lie aid in favor of the
a»: by any man of any party except
I’ liis.t it made monthly additions to
the volume of currency. The uionth
I" ion- the inauguration of Mr. Ch ve
laud, the repnblicaus. I d by John Sher
man. ;...ide a strenuous effort lo secure
the n-|s-ai of the act of ItfiMl, but the
dem •< rais w«-r«- unanimous iu resisting
this effort, declaring that the act should
never lie rep. .tied without substitute
dt-mocrai ic legislalion.
Hut the movement went on. Intcked
by the pres.dent. and a serious mon
etary sliiirgen.y was pioditced. which
beeitme a jianic when, iu June, the
mints of India weie closed to silver,
causing a further increase in the value
of gold While this dis.isirous (tanic
was creat! a havoc with tiie prouiierity
of the country. Mr Cleveland cilUeti in
extra s« »iou the congress that had
been scicett-d by the |M*opie to support
him hi carrying out the pie.ig.-s of the
dcnisri.ie pisiform. Congress ass*em
bled in due form, and when Mr. Cleve
land's nn-ssage was read, the whole
country w..s astonished to dts.-ov.-r that
he n-»t only repudiated the democratic
pledge. Imf I’.-tl l.e had adopted, and
urgt*d his party to adopt, the scbenie
of uncoml.tton.-tl n p-.-al which John
Sherman and tin* r. publicans had tried
to piss in the senate in February. ISJKI.
Then Is gan the que«-rest and most dis
heartening contest inside tin- |Kirty that
has ever lieeu M-ett—a contest lielWeen
the Lead of the pariy. liacked by tiie
eastern dem icrats and the repiibPeans.
and Un- ilemocrals who were in favor of
carrying out the letter and spirit of the
platform. The pn-sid -nt remained in
different t i all arguments and to all sug
gestions of ctruprwmise. lie would have
his poiiry <-nrrt.-d -<u-. or he would have
nothing. I'.y means of p-iimuage and
tin* pawer of bis office, he compelled
enough of bi* party to join the republi
cans in voting for the iiue--ndiiional re
peal of the jHin-liasiug clan<e of the
Sberm iu act to «iirry out Lis purpose.
Tims. iLr-augh the |.ow»-r and inliueu.e
of .he umst d 'tiugiiisinil democrat in
the country, the sok-iuu pledge of the
party was ign. r«d and repudiated and
the n |>i bi can pei.cy adopted. To
i-rown all. deni'"*ratic letSlaiion. adopt
ed by the aimutU unanimous vote of the
party in «-ougr«-*s was veto* d as pr.mipt
iy as -perh ips more promptly than —if
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it had been endorsed by the republican
party. Not only the interests of the
party, but the interests of the people,
were ruthlessly sacrificed to tiie greed
of the money lenders, who were pow
erful enough to command their terms.
The people have had an opportunity
to see that the unconditional repeal of
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act was a measure wholly opposed to
their interests. The law should have
l»een n-|x-aled, undoubtedly, but the re
pealing act ought to have carried out
the solemn pledge of the party to make
l»oih gold and silver Hie standard money
of the country. The pi-ople can now see
wli;»t a number of honest democratic
newspajM-rs and leaders told them in
regard lo uncondilional repeal was true
—that the only effect of it was to in
crease the depression in business and
further depreciate prices and values.
The democratic defeat of Tuesday is
due to the protest of the president
against the financial pledge of his party.
If this ph*dge had been redeemed we
should now have prosperity where gloom
ami depression prevail, and all busi
ness ami trade would be on the level of
honest returns for honest labor fair
prices ami fair profits. The defeat that
was sure when the solemn pledge of
the party was repudiated and the re
publican policy adopted in its stead, has
been made more overwhelming by the
attitude of the president toward his
party in New York, lie repudiated tin
most important phslge of the democratic
platform, ami instituted the republican
financial policy, and. to show his con
tempt for all precedent, deliberately re
pudiah-d the democracy of New York —
the party that made him what he is.
There is a lesson for the democratic
party iu Tuesday's result that it will
l»e coni|K*lled to k-arn if the organization
is to Ih- held together. It will have to
learn to select as its instruments men
who are known to Ik- democrats-men
who have demonstrated their fidelity to
the established prim iples of 'he party
men who will not betray tiie party after
they have milked it of all the honors
within its gift.
Don't Trifle with the People!
In this country the people have the
right to rule, and the dominant party is
the people.
The parly in power is bigger than any
•me leader—bigger in fact titan all of
its leaders. The men who are chosen
to carry out its policy are simply sign
ing their political death warrants wh n
they trifle with their constituents, ami
refuse to r»-d«-em the pledges that were
made to them by tin- framers of the
platform which enabled the party V> wt'i
its victory.
Th'- results of this policy were appa
rent in Tm-sday’s election, and they
will Ik- felt for the next two years al
least.
What magnificent opportuiiith-s have
Ix-eii thrown away by the men wiio eon
trol the national democracy! Tiie party
assunii-d the entire <*omrol of the gov
ernment for the first tarn- in a genera
tion. ami all that it had to do to per
|H-tuate its power was to carry out its
promise of financial relief. If it had
done this <-ominei«-e wool I have leape<l
into activity, our industries would have
flourished, every wheel would have
turned, every funiaee would have
blazed up. every toiler would have sc
cured work, our staph-s would have
i-ommamled good prices and wages
would have risen.
Sixty-five million iM-ople would have
backed the democratic party as their
lienefacfor.
Th«-se results were within easy reach
when tht* present administration took
charge of the government, but unwise
f-oimsels pn-v.iiied. ami a polie.v of bad
faith at' I stiipemlous blundering soon
led ;h<- party into the tJottgh of despond.
I low easily all these disasters might
have Imm-ii prevented! Il would have
Imh-u better if the people had i»een
trusted—if their will had be--n carried
out. But they were trifl'-d with, cheated
and tricked, and they have resented it!
Mr. C leveland and the Party.
Monday there was sent out from New
York city a part of a letter purjH»rt’ng
to have b.s-n written by Mr. Cleveland
to a friend in New York stale in regard
io the denuM-n’tic campaign. Mr. Cleve
land was quoted as saying: “I am
enough of a d -mocrat myself, and have
enough faith in those who profess til
legiam-e lo our party to believe that in
the face of a common enemy we shall
pn-sent a united and solid front.”
This was striiim-d and perfunctory
enough lo satisfy the worst enemy of
the party: but it was thought to be
something: it was siippose-1 to b-* from
the president: ami democrats who read
it. even those who had de>pair«sl of the
attitude of Mr. Cleveland, wh'le they
krn-w that so cold and perfunctory a
statement would fail to have any in
fluence whatever. w»-n-gratified l" know
that rhe uresident had not turned his
back on his party.
But •lenuK-r ds in New York and <•!<••-
where w--re yesterday denied even th"
•add comfort contained in the ponderous
and verbose statement we have quoted.
\s soon as th« matter was <-illed to
his attention, Mr. Cleveland made haste
r»» deny- that the statenu-nt had anv
’><-ar : ng on the pn-sent contest in N* -w
V« rk. The atn’l'tig and ever pres-nt
Th'’r!w»r was instr'u-'ed to f«-ne n bidle
r , • - .. • h . O ' ... -
VVa c h ,, 'vt r,n . November <t —Prtvnte Sec-
ThrrV-T state* thM the letter of
p.<•--i<t»‘iit Cleveland to Robert L. T - ---tot l<>ri
mad-* r-” b Albion. N. Y.. v<‘s»,.r,p,..'
w -ns written on the .aoth dav of Augmq. 1592
a! ..t relat'd to the presidential campaign
of that year.
~ denial on tn - part of llm
president amounts to a <l;rect declara
tion that he neither hoped nor expected
th-- democratic party in New Y< rk state
to ’‘present a united and solid front"
in the present contest. The infcrcib-e
is irresistible from Mr. Cleveland’s
prompt and eager expl.-nclion th;t he
has turned his bae!. v< holly on his
party in New York, and i'iat he would
be glad to see it def ited.
'J Lat is the vuly conclusion that earn-
est democrats cau draw from this re
markable episode, which Is wholly dis
creditable to Mr. Cleveland as a party
man. and as a democrat. The presideut
has left no room for his would-be apolo
gists to stand on. They will have to
accept as he stands, the exponent and
promoter of democratic disruption and
dissolution, or they will have to cut
loose from him and stand for party
unity and p-irty success.
Those who are alive to the dangers
that are threatening the party- the
whole brood of them the result of Mr.
< levi land’s anti democratic policy -will
nor now be slow to credit the persistent
rumors that are floating about that the
purpose of the president, developed in
the very beginning of IPs administration.
h-«s IH-en to divide and destroy the
democratic party. If he has really un
dertaken a contract of this sort he is
carrying it out with an energy that
allows nothing to stand in its way, and
a fidelity that is blind in Its devotion.
Uniform Registration*—Fair Elections
It is gratifying to know that several
bills have already bei-n introduced in
the general assembly looking to the
enactment of a general registration law
for the state, and also of a measure
which will reduce the possibility of
fraud at the ballot box to a minimum.
Proliably no system can be devised
which will guarantee an absolutely fair
election and count, because there will
a few thugs in every com
munity who will be willing to perjure
them- . Ives and risk the penitentiary for
a few dollars. The way to meet this
class is for the state to provide ade
quate punishment for every man guilty
of either fraudulent voting or counting
<»f returns, ami when a few such have
lx*en nut in stripes it will be found that
ballot box thievery will not increase in
popularity.
Georgia is the most progressive, the
most liia-ral ami the most advanced of
any of the southern states. She cannot
afford to let it be said that there is a
state in the union where the protection
of a citizen’s i'fe. his propert.v or the
purity <>f tin- ballot is more certain th in
in Georgia. Public sentiment demands
fair elm-lions in Georgia, and it ex
pects. the gem-r.il assembly now in s<-s
sion to pass a non partisan, honest elec
tion law which will perm’t (-very quali
fied voter to ea-U his billot, and none
others, and which wiil guarantee an
honest count and a fair return of every
precinct vote in the state. The demo
crats have nothing to fear from such a
measure, nor have tin- republicans or
the populists anything to ga ; n or to
lose by it. No party can stand against
fair elections, and public sentiment iu
Georgia d<-m:tnds that not another elec
tion in this stale shall take place under
the present inefficient and inadequite
laws by wh’cli ihe eleclions in the
state are now conducted.
The first step toward a pure ballot is
a uniform registration Law. which wiil
provide: First, that a list of the reg
istered voters of every county shall be
m-nlo from the taxliooks, by proper au
thorities and under propepr (ondit-ous.
a reas-on.-ibl. t’.ac before •-very > b-eti- :i;
second, that voters shall exercise the
right of suffrage only in the precinct of
their re-dem-e; third, that election man
ager-. shall be governed entirely by the
registration lists in receiving ballots;
fourth, that the election manager, or
managers re< -iyittg ballots, or eminting
then’, except as provide;! by law, shall
lie guilty of a misdemeanor and pun
ished ace'rdingly: fifth, that every man
who is guilTv of fraudulently voting, or
of abetting fraud at the ballot box. shall
be liable to confinement in tiie state
penitentiary. The conditions are rea
sonable am! they w >uld go a ’mg way
towards assuring an 1 nie.st election and
a fair count.
It is with mu di pleasure that we note
the interest of 1 .idmg men bers of the
gom-r. I ssembly in this subject. :•-. I
the fact that several bills have been in
tr ,<lu ■ -<l. seeking to cor 'cct ex bug ir
regularities in our election laws, giv-s
assurance that the legislature is in
earnest an! that the agitation will tua
l< rialize iu salts!’ elory legislation.
The democr.iti ■ members of the gen
oral assembly now iu session can leave
no better memorial of il.etr work on the
statute-; than by the enactment of an
el'*elion law v. hic’n will render invio
lable the sanctity of the ballot in Goer
gin.
God grant that the legislature may
lune the manhood io do its duty. V.’e
believe it his and that the people will
lx entirely satisfied with its work.
Talk About More Bonds.
The New York Mail and Express, a
republie.au newspaper, learns from what
it deciares lo be an aii'.lii-iiiie source iu
\V;’li street that Mr. E. Benedict (the
banker who has won national fame by
following Mr. I’levelaml around from
post to pillari has recently I ecu consult
ing vitli tiie ban'-.:-rs and loading finan
ciers of New York and oth-r cities as
to the best method of rehabilitating the
depleted treasury.
The republican Mail and Express got
its information from a very influential
b-inker. and it quotes this authority as
follows:
Tn more wav’ than the one alluded to It
!s Ireit'-ated that the president has taken
up th.- question of Ihe government's finan
cial affa'rs. and when he once gets deeply
Interested in a thing he exerts every ef
fort to carry it through. As the matter
looks no.v, Mr. Cleveland has decided th .t
tariff reform has very slight chances with
the com ng congress. Republican repre
sentatives wilt rep'ace democrats in every
section of the north. They may be count
ed upon to oppose any move upon the part
of the a-’tnlnistrat.un to continue tariff
leg-slation. On the other hand, tto-se re
publicans. a large majority of them, will
be found money men and anxious to im
prove the government’s tinances. If a law
to permit some other b >nd issu • than a 5
per cent was Introduced it certainly would
have better chances Ilian tn the last con
gress. However, tiie administration can
or 1 r a 5 per cent bond issue in any case.
Then, again, the president is weary <f
Carlisle’s policy. He wiil take tin matter
in his own hands, and it is weil known
what that means. Carlisle wou.u b pow
erless to oppote Cleveland’s will, and if tiie
presi.l ut ue ded that tiie w.-lfar. of the
eon itry demanded an issue of bonds, an
issue of bonds we would have. Cleveland
would like to hasten the return of prosp t
,,y aim go out of office w.th .he country’s
finances and general business as pr sperotis
as possible. Chicago bamcers have been
talked with, and 1 have no doubt that the
financK'i- of other cities .uve.
Pres d-nt Cleveland iias learned at least
one thing, and that is that financiers and
business men of every kind, regardless of
, party, are almost a unit in believing that
a bond issue this winter is absolutely nec
essary. The treasury’s income continues
to fail and the gold reserve, now below
IW.OW.UOO, is daily threatened with exports
of the yellow metal.
iu.s, co»nm„ <ioiu a republican source,
we naturally take with a large grain
of salt, but The Mail ami Express, iu
printing it, asks: 'is Cleveland weak
ening?" Tins inquiry seems to be based
on uotiiing iu particular, Innug concocted
apparently for the purpose of making a
catchy headline.
Ther * is nothing in the remarks we
have quoted from the influential banker
to show that Mr. Cleveland betrays any
symp'oin of weakening. He urged tlux
dcniotTatlc congress, through Mr. Car
lisle, to authorize the secretary of the
treasury to issue low rate bonds at his
discretion in order to tnaiuialn the gold
reserve, ami if he looks to the adoption
of his plan through the medium of a re
publican congress, we cannot diseover
that this hope of his. if he holds it. is
any sign of weakness. On the con
trary. it is a sign that if he cannot carry
out his ideas through a democratic con
gress, lie will not hesitate to carry them
out through a republican congress.
But, poor Mr. Carlisle! Why should
’he influential New York banker, at this
stage of the game, accuse the secretary
of the treasury of having a poKcy of his
own? It is true that Mr. Carlisle start
ed out with a policy. He caused it to
be given out that he would exercise his
own discretion in reileeming the treas
ury notes of ISitO in silver or gold. Rut
he had no sooner annonneed this policy
than Brer Benedict went rushing to
Washington, his hair on eml ami con
sternation imprinted on his manly brow,
ami. the next day. Mr. Cleveland .an
nounced that the treasury notes of IS9O
would be redeemed in gold that the
option of the holder would ho regarded
as superior to the discretion of the
government.
Tints Mr. Carlisle’s policy, which was
based on the soundest principles of
finance, was nipped in tiie bud. Since
then ho b is had no policy of his own.
He simply agrees to v.list Mr. Cleveland
says, and carries out the policy that Mr.
Cl'-vel.-ind preposes.
Wo .are of tiie opinion that the influ
ential banker is treating th" bond isstt.'
w'th a great th al more mystery than is
absolutely necessary. For weeks it iris
been on the cards, so to spea.k. It has
been discussed up and •! iwn Wail street
and in all th-* financial centers of the
east. It has been mooted in the tlnnnc ! 'I
columns of tin* b'g <1.: ! 1; -a. and all lli-C
is in .v necessary is for tin* public nfnd
outside of the east to be prepared f
the stroke by the ta-new.il < f •: >'d ex
ports. The rate • f exchange has b'-en
hinging around the shipping point for
tt'.-tny days, and when it shows signs
of falling to par. < . !<■ pr'-Ie ■ «’ -'b*rs in
New Yi rk I t;y up .-ill 'la* ava'' ’>!.* bills
.-• *«! u>e them in the banks as <• liter-ls
for I ats Wh< n tin's « detained lulls
matur.*, they will call fur gold ship
ments.
Tin ueepl * who have to hear the bur
dens of taxation are imt in it a little
' I I
In.mis ’b replenish tin* gold reserve is
devised, not for the protection of the
people, bin f >f the profit of the nwm-rs
of gold. There is no taw ;iut!mr> : n :
any sta ll issues—only aa in>pii ■ Hinn < .f
i law. The banks get imld of tic* bonds,
sell th;m at ;t profit, ,-ind ihe.i p-.-cee--!
1 to draw ' lit lii" gold tirti tin;, have
I p.tid into the tr. a- ury. Ct’.n an;. It ni.-st
' man show I S where th<* hitereUs ;»f the
i people tire t > be found in sm*h a transac-
I tion?
Front tin- lights before its, we do not
believe that even a republican house of
representatives con::! tie induced to pass
a law •onferring on the sccre-tiry •»!’
th<* treasury ihe ,-n!ili'*r:tv t" i-.sne in
terest-bearing It a:i;s whenever !i<* aviy
i c.-n-h:i? that su n n i- ;t •is ae. ess ary.
The po'vo-- le-vm- lie; e f- r ,
, th- .secretary, and n<> i’ ni i* of rept •
sentatives. republican or •lemoeiatic,
will ever "tntfer it.
Stand bv tit ’ Peonlv!
In the hour of defeat Congressman
W. J. Brvan lifts tip his voice and
declares that the democratic party can
not <erve the people bv suiTend<-rin..
to consolidated weaiih. It is a wise say
ing. ami the people have just admin
istered a rebuke to the democratic lead
ers that they were wise to take to heart.
Tite party will have i » carry out its
principles or abandon them. To aban
don its principles is to abandon lii *
people. We think tills ought to be clear
to the dullest apprehension.
When Mr. ('level.tnt! a.!; t'lder.ed the
democratic pledge that both silver and
gold should lie made the standard mon
ey of the country, and induct'd promi
tn nt tit tn'M-raiie l: a !<*■. .s and newspapers
to endorse his course ami advocate it,
I In* gave the party a severer blow titan
th" republicans ever gave ft. It is a
blow from which the party will not re
cover until it demonstrates its anxiety
i to take no the cause of the p«*ople as
against the aggressions of tlx* money
power. It can only do ‘this by taking
tip the silver question ami insisting on
its prompt settlement, to the end that
the people may have relief and that
justice may be done to all classes.
1 Fortunately for the perpetuity of our
institutions tin* influence of official
power and federal patronace cannot
control the people. They make parties
1 and they unmake theut.
Let the democratic leid>rs take the
event of hist Tuesday to h-*art and re
solve to stand by the interests of the
i people.
One Way to S; ve the People.
Aecoi.dng te an Associated Press dis
patch from Washington. Attorney Gen
eral Olney may s’mrily resign.
IL- claims that he accepted the office
conditionally, with the understanding
that he would resign if he found Ihe
work too heavy, and if his law practice
demanded his attention.
Why not resign, then, at once? No
body is urging Mr. Olney to hold on.
and hosts of democrats think that it
would have been a blessing if he had
i-i-signed within forty-eigiit hours after
he was sworn in as attorney general.
This would Ik* one way of serving the
people, and it would earn their gratitude.
But why should Olney be the only one
to step down and out?
( With the overwhelming verdict of the
country against them; having been
weighed in the balance and found want
ing; after being repudiated by democrats
almost everywhere, would it not be tiie
[iroper thing for the president and his
entire cabinet to resign? The country
has said in very emphatic tones that it
would like lo nave them get out oi the
way.
Mr. Olm-y is disposed to obey the
popular will and retire to private lite.
His associates, from the preshlent down,
would offend nobmiy by resign ng. On
the contrary they would be heartily ap
plauded by the dctnoerac.v at large.
Make room for Adlai Stevenson!
He’s a democrat!
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An Indefensible Outrage.
The Monticello lynching is an outrage
which can neither be justified nor pal
lia
In this case justice was swift. There
was no delay. The negro rapist was
tried, convicted and sentenced in one
•lay, and his execution would have oc
curred iu the course of a few days.
Under the circumstances there was
no provocation sufficient to excite a
mob and cause the lynching of the pris
oner. But a number of lawless men
were determined to have a hand in the
slaughter of this miserable wrt-tch. They
were not willing to wait a few days
and see him suffer the penalty of his
crime on the gallows. Their thirst for
blood overmastered their respect for
law and order, and they made all pos
sible haste to dispose of their victim.
Governor Atkinson acted with prompt
decision, and his plans to prevent the
lynching would have succeeded but for
the hot haste of the mob which made
it impossible for the Macon troops to
reach Monticello in time.
We must have no more such outrages
in Georgia, and in the present instance
the men who p<-r7-etr Y»*d the crime
should be htmled down and punished.
If the negro had been lynched imme
diately after his capture, or hee-mse
there was good reason to apprehend a
miscarriage of justice or a prolonged
delay in tlx* courts, we could understand
the impatience of ihe lynchers, but we
can see no shadow of excit-e for lynch
ing a prisoner air-. :iy '■--tt:on , ed t >
death, with the gallows staring him in
the face. It was a useless, a foolish
and a wicked crime.
A Brighter Southern Outlook.
A review of Ihe material development
of the south in The New York Herald
contains so many interesting facts tnat
it is worth summarizing h re.
The <->-nst;s of IS7t). as compared with
ih ! ; of showed a ih-i-line in tin
:t.-sesse;i value of south' t.t property of
•NJ. i'i'i,oon,i MM I. Tin- c'-ns'ts of IKsq
.'how-d a gain in ten years of >::*_*‘ti.-
iMHi.m-o. at-'! that of F!''* a g in oi'
s.o'M'.ooo ovu- tha* of l -so. These
a-’i.'iidei-. i' ires are tie- resell of a ue
veiopment of a;.r - ,il:r.i!. mining ami
m.-.t'!lfart;n ing re -'lu ces ';>;<••..!! >! iu
any other sect; >n <>t (lie union. 1 here
is noiliing like it ut the h story of the
world.
( ■•mmenrng <>n th -<•• f.u- s. ?-'r. K.
H. E-lm-m of Tim !’»‘i : nmre Mnnu
t -c'm- •> <’ IL d. 'v- :
In til ittle m i the*- one doc.-irb- from
the time tiie w -rk of >1 ■- ■' i"’.i o: co L--
sniff to Iniv-' begun, it i ' ' e'- 1 non
whether Alabama ■ ui ! h * ’*■
j-, •)*.-.u;::l in but wi '-tho-' I'en.. -• iva-
m.i can - -mt*! •'. • w:th Al-du-n-a. Nobody
now i!oub;.s tiii't the soutc c m * np* tv
with Nev. - Lagland in tii ;n;« a.ifaei ...a- of
cotton goods, but many do ;o;’.bt whether
New Englund can can u.-; wi.h the -o.ah.
The Limber bn/ ae;;s has cii -im -a leading
on- in the south, and it is rathe; - to the
south than to the northwest t!:.i the
country will look in the ;uture tor iis
lumber supidy.
~.t. ». I'iinj kins, a I;-:i : ng manu
fa tnr of > 'haili»t ti*. ' i ':
T!.e south may be sii-1 to have accom
pli.-ie d the foilowiii,
t. It hi’.-* riiak'-n off t’a - id a of depend
ence oa ute m/ro as th. ial >"er. an i th *
l itter is tailing into the r< lati -n of heip-.-r
to tiie white labox-.-r.
2. It has aecuiiiaiuiatc 1 capital enough to
und rii ke very exte:i<’V<- manum -tuning
Witiieut, in many e.s-.s. tlio need to be.-
rov, capital from the north.
U. it lias demonstrated Unit the south- i a
n;an makes as suect: -ful u manufacturer
and as skilled a mechanic as the northern
man or the Ei.gif innan, and that the cli
mate is rather advantageous than other
wise to successful ai.d pro.iialue work.
1. In iron, c- ttiti and lumber manufact
ure it is nut a quest.on wiu-.aer the suutn
can hold its own against other sections,
but whether other sections can compete
wit It the south.
a-.m <ne fruit ;*.nd vegetable prt>-
dtt iititis of the south made available by
j'.,T' a.M-d transportation facilities, au t
imagine \\h..t tiie future Will be!
Tiie total value of farm products in
the south lit was Sti.i ;.oih> o.k»,
against Sl..Vi(i.»hmi.u:M) for tin remain
der of the country. In ISIMf the south
produced .s77."..<i*HL<kMl. a gain of SH»7.-
immi.ouu, or lt> per cent, while the gain
in the rest of the country was Sill.'ant.
ihm». or !• per cent. The souih hr.d
S3,ISL’.IMKUKtO invested in farm 'liter
ests in IStfO. and the total production
yielded a revenue of 21.1 per cent on
th'* capital. All other secimns timi
bitted had $12.71)7.(MMUW invested in
f irm operations, ami the product wis
only 13.1 per cent gross revenue. For
every dollar the northern farmers re
ceived on the capital invested the south
ern farmers rceeivt'd nearly two dollars.
In the north the cold winter and short
summers increase living expenses, while
in tin- south tlx* conditions are reversed.
The low price of cotton hampers the
southern farmer. Imt the new use of
cotton se.-d for oil and feeding helps
him Tt-o Texts Miner s<vs;
Just figure for yourself. Take n
tmum of the estimated cotton crop of i-.*xas
tn bates; mult ply bv 5W pounds to the oa
multiply that by three, being three pounds
of seed to each pound of ginned cotton:
then divide the number of pound - , by the
amount of meal and hulls that will fit
ten one steer—say ninety days’ fe< and
you will find that the product will be
2,otH».(XMi head of fat cattle. Calculate the
catlie when fat as averaging I,<KW pounds;
take tb it at 3'. z cents a pound and it will
b< s7",'"Xl,<iOt>. Now let us see what the cot
ton raiser should receive at $lO a ton for
his seed, and we find it to be $20,000,000.
The 2,000.000 cattle before feeding are
worth sW a head, or $;16,0u0,00u. Take the
value after fattening—say only slls—and it
would leave an increase by feeding of
$21,000,000. Will any mathematician tel! us
that our figures are wrong, or tell us what
large staple, with cotton ut a bale an acre
and live cents a pouud and seed at $lO a
ton, beats king cotton in protit to ihe
farmer?
.. ~v»iilt Carolina correspondent of
I he Amterican Grocer declares that five
cent cotton means more hogs and more
corn, less money spent in the west and
more money at home. Ihe Hera writ r
g(x*s on t<> say: .
Let us glance at the Increase m co
manufacturing in the south, d .
the census returns of and 1 J
the latter figures of The Manufacturer?
ReCOrd: 1880 1890. ISM.
Capital.. .. ..$21,970.13 $61.124,«« UW.OOO.g
NV), of mills.. 1«1 _ o C ., A 9 771
N Let SP us d gtance
the south for a d . a 7 ’. 6 u ° t ons: in
the census returns: In 1880, <01,614
1890, 2,917,529 tons. ,
The increase in coal is none th^ le 2 3 "2 ’
velous: In 1880, 5,676,160 tons; in 1890,
Hailroad construction increased during the
same decade much faster than in auj
other section The census returns show
that in 1880 there were 24,852 miles in °Per
at:on, while in 1890 there were 49,367 miles.
Cau auy other aecuou I'Xu.ua auuu a
record?
With these facts before us it is plain
that the south is entering an era of
prosperity surpassing anything dreamed
of by our fathers. Lord Bacon said:
"There be three things that make a
nation great and prosperous—a fertil*
soil, busy workshops and easy convey
ance of men and things from place tn
place." All these conditions we have
and more-a favorable climate, inex
haustible natural resources, a practical
monopoly of the products most needed
by the outside world, and a r "e of in
dustrious, thrifty and law-abiding p<*o
ple who are determined to make their
seetion the richest as well as the faire.M
region of the republic.
Unless wo are to have another quarter of
a century of republican rule, the peop*
who beli'-ve in the free coinage of si.ver an?
real tariff reform will have to get together
and stay together. These issues are dem
ocratic.
Let the democratic congress present a
free coinage bill to Mr. Cleveland. Repre
anting the people, they can afford to do
that. Patronage is not everything in tn
party. Principle counts tor ail with the
people.
yjr. Cleveland can redeem la.’t ruesdiy 3
reverses and keep the party in power for
a quarter off a century by informing con
gress in December that he is ready to sign
a free coinage Lili.
And so last Tuesday’s result was due to
the fact that some opposed the
republican financial policy of Mr. Cleveland.
Alas and alas!
Where are ihe congressional cuckoos now 1
The winged winds whistling through the
keyhole answer: ‘"ln the soup!"
The democratic congress has until the
4th of A!ar -h next to redeem the pledges
of the deni'icrat• ■ platform.
The result tn Tennessee sh -ws the neces
sity of s.icking to democratic principles.
In trying to defeat Hill Mr. Cleveland
evidently ft rgot the otter - - t:<jes.
The old democracy never tires. It will
pick its Hint and come again.
Augusta, appears to be the most populous
city in tne country.
The cuckoos will sing low for some time
I'avid Bennett Hill has a new leather in
his cap.
The d mocratic rooster took shelter undet
the barn.
i. In 1 UU iJ.'ik. Ms.
I
Senator Hill has tost nothing. He did his
fuii uuty as a democrat.
When the next national platform i? built
the eaipcuivi's should l.aii the canuidates
10 it.
As the leader of the opposition in the
r< .*.- .. '• -, .ur. Crisp will make it lively
I'ur Sp al; r Heed.
Taere are 307 millionaires iu Chicago.
Women are two inches taller than they
w re thirty years ago.
In I’eru th cotton plant grows to be a
tre and bears from twenty-five to fifty
years.
There is some hope for the army of
norm Ch. a. I: has tl d t • the mountain-,
lung as ihe Chinese troups Ke- p a fe*v
miles ;n advance of the Japs th-y will La
It i.s doubtful wl.cvher the late czar wiil
ever have such an obituary as will be
written for Alexander I in 1925. In that
.. ear $1.00,000 will be given to the lucky
vv.iier whom the Russian National academy
adj edge to have write, t. the best b •. gr.-.pay
cl il.-ut czar. This prodigious pr.ze is the
outgrowth ot a iu>,d o, aU.w rubies given
by a tavoite minister oi Alexander 1 in
1825, snurtiy after the emperor's death, and
lett to accumulate at compound interest for
a century.
bALtLOI ULtOiLU iJEAiAM L>EL>.
Augusta Chronicle. Now that the smoke
has c.vared u-.vay from the battlefield of
eie- iiu.l uay li.e cry that goes up tram all
u.ei Gcu.gia lor le.,vr aau purei elect,ons
is iuUuer and more eiiipaauc tuau ever.
jGuioi iclOi’iii id t*ic liucu ci the hour. In
most ut the states of the union taliot re
lorni laws have ue-en aaopied, atm G urgia.
wnicn claims to Lx. tne Empire fatale of
tiie faoum, cannot aituru to ue a ja gar J
in a great reionn wnere she shoulu lead.
v\ here it is possible tor ward hc-vwrs and
eiectiun mampu.aturs to Control the popu
,ar vermcl at the polls, taere can be uj
'' ' - i“ : 1 •“ 1: ‘ r« suit, even when it H
ei i.iviy honest, and ihe oniy way to ob
tain reii-i Lrom such condition is to adopt
a ballot sysiem wnmn places irauu out
ot tiie quesiiot,, or at least reduces it tu s
mm.mum. jae leg.smiure now m session
hi Atlanta v <l, disappoint the expecial.ons
of the people oi Ueorgia it it a Uus nor
provide a system oi baiiut reform lur tha
•„aie. Toe people are tired of tne con
tinual charges oi fraud wnicn nil th e air
alter eacn election. It there is ground for
inem it ought io b e removed; it m.-re is nj
iraud then nobody will be hurt by pmcin, -
fraud out of the question, and there will
be a distinct gam in respect lor the verdict
of tne ballot box, anti there will be no
longer room for fraud to be charged. Geor
gia must nave baiiot reform, and tHe pres
ent legislature snuu.d meet the popular de
mand.
savannah Hr-ss: The recent election in
the team distinct has drawn oat protest)
a.l over me state against tne liberties taken
with ttie ballot in Georgia. Both sides are
to amine in tins matter. The irregular!Hee
m Richmuau county were not greater tftaa
those in Columbia county. v Uc wa> c r ‘_
neu for the democrats by H,tM>, the otfi. *
was carried tor tne populists by 1
fraud in one is as flagrant as in me
omer. Democrats in Kmninoiid excuse
their methods by pointing to me fla-ran
snurp practices in the Watson counties
Tms is ail wrong. Neither side can defend
its methods. Both parties are to blame
While on this subject we may as Well ac
knowledge that recent state and national
elections in Chatham county have not been
above reproach. There is no excuse for ail
this. Tampering with the ballot is a dan
gerous custom in Savannah or in Augusta.
11 is a two-edged sword. The people have
an interest in this. It should not be tol
erated. The general assembly should en
act a ballot reform law at this session
and sweep from the state every Vestige of
fraud and corruption. This is more than a
measure of party expediency; it is a ques
tion of public safety.