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bH APTER OF SHAME. JUEMOI RATIL’CAIPAKJN RE- VIEW ED BY A DEMIM RAT “LET DISCORD REIGN.” The Dlrkering and Bartering of Principles of “the Men Who Control” Exposed. "Let discord reign forever.'’ M‘< m» to be the war cry of the factions in the <>■ me ratic party in this state. All i not harmony in the ranks of the grand old part}' by any means, and it is freely predicted by those who are • on the inside that the fight between the 1 actions that is just opening will x’vjil that celebrated one al Donny , -/"THooii fair, when a good ahillalah wua '' said to have been worth a crown a tocond. * In order to get at the exact situation it vrill be necersary to give a brief re view of the campaign leading up to the nomination of Mr. Atkinson by the democratic party fur the governorship. It balked for a while as though General Evan's would sweep the field and in a rash moment the Constitution advised tin Cowet.i man to get out in order to avoid a (uyuKhing defeat al the hands of. GeneZ? Uit it reckoned with <■’'"tlie “mcn*aWe'mtrol.” y Before long it became uj parent that **' £b_- "men who control hud the world by the tail and a down hill drag," so ,ia the democratic parly wa» con cerned. Then it was that Mr. Atkin son, giving voice to the hitherto unex pressed apntinient of the "men who control ' said thut he had whipped General Evans, the Methodists and the old soldiers and now iio pro pow.l to wipe up the earth with the Atlanta Con- Naturally your Uncle Evan How l) did not like that and us an ex pression of his defiance of the whole drew of the "men who control," he wrote that famous "Yellowstone Kit” editorial. In the meantime the Journal was giving Atkinson nnd the "men who control’’ fits. Through it all the Constitution and the Journal, and Hoke and Evan hud been quarreling over the silver question, and us to whether or not the president should lie endorsed by the state convention, and if so w'ual ' kind of an endorsement should be given. All through the fight it was tacitly understood that if Evans was nomi nated-the. president would lie endorsed fully and freely, although Hoke Smith did say after the Athens debate, where General Evans came out for free silver, that ho had no choice between the two candidates. Well, just about the time of the up pegrancoof your Uncle Evan's "Yellow stone Kit” editorial, all parties discov ered that'the jig was up with General Evans, and Hoke and the Journal lie gun to fear that the result would boa condemnation of the President by the Stalo Convention. With that fear on their minds the Hokeites began to hus tle and Jno J. Halt, of Griffin, assist ant attorney general of the United States for the interior department, an appointee of Hoke’s and a personal friend of AtkiusAi’s and the man who advised Atkinson to take that f 1.009 feu whilt} a member of the Georgia Icgisla t.uro, attorney for the Central Railroad, expert lobbiest and, if his enemies are to he believed, one of the most noto rious eOTqiorationS tools either in or out of ptpjs; life, wns (lent post haste to «*,’ t: °"Jg;:i. tiF“i!<'C.AvTuit-.terms could be "’Uh the Coweta man and the who control.’* On being interviewed Hall went back to Washington with the word that "Barkis is willing.” and so the Journal eeused its war on Atkinson and allowed General Evans’ campaign to go by de fault, ns every laxly knows, and re marked at the time —sold out the Gon - era.l for an endorsement of the admin istration, said the friends of General Evans In accordance with the arrangement as made by Hall, Atkinson, in a few days, made a Cleveland speech and hedged slightly on the. silver question. \\ bile all of this was going on your Uncle Evan and Clarke were making terms also, and as the event proves they came out much better than the Xjlokeites in the deal Thu rdnvcution met, Steve Clay was elected permanent chairman and chair man of the executive committee. Ac cording to the terms of the deal bo . tween him and Atkinson at the time, ho refused to enter the race for the governorship. or. rather, he cumewut of the race. This, as will lie remem bered, was done in such a manner that Dr. k. H. Carlton protested that the whole thing might as well be dissolved and turned into a howling mob, us it was Atkinson was nominated according te programme, and contrary to Atkin son's orders the report of the platform committee was a straddle similar to the Chicago article—Cleveland was en dorsed in a half-heurted way. All of which was a dog tall between your Uncle Evan and theHokeites. and satisfactory to neither, ns it had been "nominated in the bond" at the time of the dual between the Hokeites and At kinson that there should bo an une quivocal endorsement of both the Chi cago platform and Cleveland, neither of wliieli was done accortling to con tract. Ou the other bund Evan and Clarke bad specified for free silver at the ratio of W to 1 nnd the Fulton Bounty endorsement, and Atkinson and .he "mon who control," ever ready to /- trade, agreed. Ixit only the Fulton •* county mulmntement was delivered. So. it will reality be seen that no body w.isMit'istied and the convention had hardly aujourued uuti! the Hoke ites and Evansites liegan quarreling over the meaning of the platform and the endorsement of the administra tion. Each said it was meant to he a formulation of his views. Tins state press joined in and ho the merry war w.-nt on, instead of being hushed un til after election, as is usual among ynod democrats. But this is not all the difficulties that faced the party by any means A few fiiv? b- f >re the state convention Mr. <l. ■ into that scrape with the ’ • the Acworth Post, and the a war on him and the -men ' ; . oi" in Cobb county, which f«. ■ see lily taken up by the At fclant Gazette, the Calhoun Times, and a .Her papers over the state tiiueo thai t ime the bat tin baa been waged fust aad furiously by those patters and Mr. C. D. Maddox, of the firm of Gieun A Mioidox, of xtianta. against the men aho c Mitral, and especially against .'’lay, Judge GOber and Geo, K. Brown. ■ respectively, the tveo latter judge and mlicitor-general of the Blue- Ridge cir t They hove made it decidedly uncom fortable for all these men. and more e-riecr.iliy for Mr. Clay: so much so in fact that Mr. Clay has mad-.- desper ate efforts to call off Mr. Maddox and Ute Gazette. Hou. W. C. Glenn had tome months lusfore been conciliated .trough the intervention of Mr. Clara Jowell und other ui.-aus. such as the “men who contra!’’ use. Quarreling over the platform euuld n<»l lie »topped, the hwii \fht> were ti.htinjt Clay and the , ‘m»n who con tr<ir could not be bought nor blufT«<L/ A urd came in that the x>pulHU were rjainiujf everywhere auu Cjav. Atkin* i son *tid the "men who wnlror were ' ocratic spellbinder* were in the field. I except at crt>MS*!*vads in the country ( w iit,*re no neAVbpnper reporter < rer ! went, for they euui<! not azw<: on wLat Mr. Atkinson wu, agitat -1. Not- paign was nearly over he made no I speeches. He would go to Newnan, then come I back to Atiauta. then go to Indian [ Mr. Clay was even in a ornore ner- I vous condition. He would rush back and forth Ixttween Atlanta ami Marietta without speaking to anyone, unless ul i most compelled to. Sometimes he would get so feverish that he Would come bltek to Atlanta after supper to see if something could not be done. Something had to be done. A happy thought struck Mr. Atkin son. why not speak at Greenville, bis old home, and settle the whole busi ness; that is, the silver and Cleveland business; for the tight on C lay. Brown. Gober and thcother "men whoteontrol," it seemed impossible to stop without the intervention of something which they had not thought of. No sooner thought of than done. He went, made the speech, came out squarely for free silver and against Cleveland. He putted himself on the buck and said, "I want my views pub lished so the campaign speakers may kno.v where I stand,” and the work was done. The speech, with the above quoted remark, was published in the next morning’s Constitution, and the "fat was in the fire.” If he had cast a bomb iu the democratic eump be could not have created greater consternation. There was a scurrying to and fro among the Hokei»e». They "cussed” and they “reared.* C< 1 \V. Glenn went to see the powers at the Journal office almost before breakfast. The wires to Washington were kept hot with telegrams to end from Hoke. "Sold again.” was the, expression. "Atkinson has gone back on us. He has traded us off for personal advant age, just like he promised to pardon Harry Hill, and that Macon man who was convicted of rape, and has traded off all the offices in the state We won’t stand it. No, by the eternal, we won’t He can trade offices and par dons for criminals, but he can’t trade off Cleveland und the principles of the party. 'Let discord reign forever.’ ” But who would lead the fight for goldbuggery and Cleveland ? Every thing pointed to Hon. W. C. Glenn as the most suitable man, but would he do it? It was known that he hud made up with Clay and had been making At kinson speeches. Upon investigation it was found that the "men who control” had not com plied wiGi the\r contract and he was already dissatisfied. Mr. Clay had promised to give him some good appointments and send him out with the endorsement of the stale committee. Instead ho was only sent to places near his old home where the people asked for him nnd then without any endorsement by the committee, the only way in which he was rocog n z.ed at all being the fact of their pay ing bis expenses. To crown the whole thing, when the people at Hartwell in mass meeting invited him, Mr. Clay did not put his mime in the announcement at all, the idea Isiing to let him speak only in Northwest Georgia where he is very popular on account of the fact that he represents so many of the moon shiners, nn>l no one else would huve one-half the influence there that ho would. AU this taken into consideration with Ute fact that beds a veSy ardent ,:tere land man made him ready mid willing to lead the fight So it was agreed that he should goto Hartwell on last Satur day anyway and fire the opuuiug gun of the fight. This he did, declaring that he who deceives a man in order to get his vote is us much a thief us the man who picks your pocket. That there is no use deceiving the people. We have got just us near free silver as we will ever got, mid the man who declares that the democratic, party is in favor of silver. 1(1 to 1, is either in competent or n knave. That the man wJio says ho is in favor of free silver, Ifi to 1, is a populist There is no middle ground. It is either populism or the Cleveland idea. And thus tli<- buttle is to bo fought between the factions, and it is freely predicted that John Temple Graves’ letter in Sunday's Constitution is only the advance declaration of thousands who will bolt the ticket and vote for Hines. In the meantime your Uncle Evan and Clark are in the saddle : so much so iu fact that it is charged that Clark wrote that part of Atkinson s speech referring tm Cleveland mid silver, and that Mr. Moran was sent along to see that it was deliverer as written. Let ’er roll, say the populists. Dkmockat, UOL.OLMSTEAD’S SHORTAGE The Amount Will Keach SI,OOO. A Statement. SAVaNNAH. Go.. Aug. —(Special.) It will be reiuemlxTed that Col. C, H. Olmstead, president -of the Chatham bank of this city, disappeared some time since, but after u week reap peared. At that time it was supposed that he hail used some trust estates and could not replace the money. When ho returned lie acknowledged that tact, und the following statement bus been given the public : “With the hope of setting at rest cur rent riimois, and that the truth may lie definitely known, the friends of Colonel Olmstead, with his authority, slate that the amount of his fiduciary debt, principal and interest, i, 8:51"- 810.54. Except SW.OOO. due the estate of the late Mr. it Brigham, it is made, unuf what he owes two tnetuliers of the Brigham family, the estate of Miss Florence Bryan and benefit itu ies-the Barnards ami others, under certain trusts, made by a Savannah lady, "in un.’vi! moment Colonel Olmstead, when embarrassed for money, went into spoeniatioii iu futures, expecting that he would hazard only to the ex tent of his ability to respond promptly. Except ouee before, he butt never thus sjuteumted in his life, anti then with no peril to any trust in bis haiitis. These speculations were disastrous, nnti in his efforts to retrieve, he made a liad mat ter worse. No part of the amount due went to personal or family expenses. .Ml of it is represented by bonds which he used as Col lateral in these specula tiona “When Colonel Olmstead left the citv he took with him only S2:X) dollars—his own money. Those who know him best are confident that lie did not use the bonds with the idea of appropriat ing them to his own use. or of keeping them, and that after this first loss his sole purpose was to return what he hail wrongfully used, with tbe deter mination of never again violating a trust. " The original W. C. T. U. will meet in the Marietta street M. E. church Thurs day, al 8:39 p. m. Mas. li. M. Triit, President. THE DAILY PRESS: ATLANTA, GEORGIA: TUESDAY EVENING: ATTHTST 2S, 1894. P‘THE CAT OUT." I UK.M ill K ATS OF XACON Col'S- T> IS A DKOIL. I POPS CRY “SIC’ ’EM TIGE” I Democrats Disgruutled Because Campaign Promises to the Negro Were FulHlleiL Moxtkzi ma, Qa., August 28.—(Spe cial.) —There is a big political sensation in Xfacon county. The democratic jury commissioners I of the county have let the political I "Tom eat out of the bag.” and he is scratching around at a lively rate. The jury commissioner- are roundlj' abused and denounced from one end of the county to the other for putting the names of seventeen negroes in the jury box. The democrats arc cussing one an other, the populists are yelling : “Sic ’em. Tiger!” Today the writer had the following conversation with a candid democrat of the county, which fully explains the turbulentysituation. He was asked: “What's the matter with the demo crats of Macon county?’ ’ He replied: “Putting negroes on the jury, is the cause of ail the trouble.” "Who put them there ?” f “The jury commissioners ” “Are the commissioners not demo crats ?” r "Yes, and that is the reason the dem ocrats of the county are kicking ro.” "Didn't the democrats promise the negroes to give them representation in the jury box, two years ago, if they would support t he democratic nominees of the county ?” “Yes, and I am one of the fellows who made the promise, but neither myself nor any one else, I suppose, had any idea of fulfilling the promise after the election. I, myself, used the prom ise to capture the negro voter, with not the remotest intention of carrying it out. The promise was used as a politi cal bait, and not sincerely made, as I supposed, and I had a great deal to do with the election. ” “Are all the democrats of the county kicking at this action of the jury com missioners ?” "I have heard only one man approve their course in the matter. The com missioners are denounced all over the county. A large majority of the demo crats declare that they will not serve on the jury with negroes. They openly declare thut they will go to jail rather than do so. if the judge so orders.” "Was it known generally that such a promise was made to the negroes two years ago ? ” “We all so understood, but had no idea, us I said, of fulfilling the pro mise.” "Arc the populists saying anything?” "They are enjoying the row in the democratic ranks. We accused them of making a similar promise, and rather abused them for so doing.” “The populists have the laugh on you, have they not?" "They certainly have. I am dis gusted with the whole crowd and don't propose to take any hand in the present campaign.” The above is the substance of a con versation that actually occurred, and every word of it cun be verified. The negroes of the county have had their eyes opened and now declare that they cannot again be deceived by such insincere promises on the part of the democrats. ' • ’ - They have beard the severest denun ciation of the commissioners action by democrats, although it was distinctly promised and understood by all demo crats that the negroes should be repre sented by some of their race on the juries of the county, if they supported the democratic nominees two years ago. Fovili.eb. AMONG THE RAILROADS. Some C. 11. Jt D., Humors Dis cussed. The Cincinnati, ' Hamilton nnd Day ton, has scooped the. Alabama Great Southern, which bus recently been running with the East Tennessee and Cincinnati Southern. Bht there is more to the movement than is set forth by the simple nows that the scoop has at last been accom plished by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. It means n great competing line to the gulf points against the Southern railway, recently formed out of the old Richmond and Danville, Georgia Pa cific and East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia railroads undother minor lines in this section. It is now thought thut the Cincinnati, Hamilton nnd Dayton will attempt to get control of the Marietta und North Georgia, so as to get an opening out to the sea through the south. • IN NEW OFFICES. The Southern Railway officials have moved into their new quarters ut the Kimball house corner, formerly occu pied by the East Tennessee. In this office will be Mr. Sergeant, ticket agent; Messrs.” Heywood and Davis, assistants; Mr. W. 11. Tayloe, district passenger agent for the eastern system, and Mr. James Farnsworth, district passenger agenbfor the western system. WHISKY WILL RISE. New Law Goes Into Effect To day. The new internal revenue law will go into effect today, and those who had liquor in bonded warehouses wilt reap a rich harvest. The tariff became a law last night at 12 o'clock, by limitation, the president not having signed it. That means that the internal revenue tux on liquor is now 81.10 instead of 90 cents as heretofore. There was much doubt in the minds of those concerned as to when the new law would go into effect, but yesterday a telegram wus received by Colonel Paul Trammell, the internal revenue collector here, signed by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller, directing that the internal revenue stamps be sold at the increased rate today. The liquor men who took liquor out of bond yesterday at 90 cents per gal lon, will raise the price today in con formity with the increased tax. which it- 81.10. BARTLETfTNTHE 6TH. Nominated at Indian Springs To day. Indian Springs, Go.. August 28. (Special.)— The fifth district democratic couventiou met here this morning in "The Wigwam” ballroom. There was no event of interest. Hou. Charles L. Bartlett had nearly all the votes, and was nominated by ac clamation. Counters nnd Shelving for sale clmap. Apply at IW Decatur stre-t. if DEM(M KATI( Last Saturday Apnountcd to Democratic J Vstfippointmi'iits. Ijwit Saturdty wus intended us a great tie id day for ''.■■Vnocreej. It was a-field day,l in the sense that there we»- speakers lA'.ying their trades at differ+jit points ovilr tlie State. On the whole, the r« suit was a sad disappointment to tiul friends of dem; ocraey. k . Brass’ ban Is, untDSfibcred -dodgers, barbecues and. otijr.- (attractions had very litL,- effect VTgetl crowds. The Xipoiutmcnts f< r Saturday were made Igug since, and Cjvery effort of the ingenioL , democrat ivas used to attract the peLpie to them The populists were socially invited to the different points, f mid at more places than one they fdrined about half of the crowd. AT BAJ:aESXILI.F- BomL days ago it was announced that dodge *,s concerning the great meeting at Burjues ville had been sent to every community within >0 miles of that little city, and that 10,<lhO people would be in attendance to pear Gen. C. A. Evans, Gen. John B. Gordon and others The speakers w> re alt on hand, but the people »id not turn up satisfacto rily. There were probably 1,000 pres ent tn Lear the speeches. The Macon Telegraph give* no numbers, but says it ivas a great day for democracy. The Atlanta Constitution says fully 1,500 people were pl-esent. But that number is too large. The speeches aro used little or no enthusi asm. The diemixrats have figured that when Geneijal Gordon came home he could cjianjre the. tide in favor of de- o>ut his coming is a failure. He cam do the old party no good. The people have had full time to learn Gen eral Gordon. The meeting at Barnes ville was a failure—nothing more nor less. AT IIA.IiTWF.LI. AND CANTON. Thp meeting at Hartwell did better than that at Barnesville. The fable' of Sheriff John Callaway as a barbccuer went before him, and fully 1,400 people gathered to eat the barbecued meat, and incidentally to hear Col. L. F. Garrard, Hon. A. O. Bacon, Hon. XV. C. Glenn, Hon. T. W. Rucker and others speak. The Constitution says there were 4,000 people present, but that number divided by three would be about cor rect. The great enthusiasm of which the Constitution speaks was displayed when dinner was announced. The meeting was not a howling suc cess, and the speakers came away some what discouraged. At Canton, 1,200 turned out to hear Hon. \V. Y. Atkinson, Hon. R. L. Ber ner and Hon, W. A. Wright. Demo cratic papers say there were present between 3.000 and 5,000 people. Such was not. the case. It hud been announced that Speaker Crisp would speak, and many who haxl never seen him came to the gathering out of mere curiosity to see him. They were disappointed. A great barbecue was spread at Can ton, and it was heartily enjoyed, but tlie speeches aroused no enthusiasm. The democratic rallies Saturday were failures, and the democrats know it. STATE TAX RATE. It is Fixed by tlie Governor and Comptroller. The state tax rate has been fixed. The rate is 4.87 mills. By au a < ident, this amount is a little less' than it was last year. . Under the constitution the state is pfcrmitte l to levy as much as 2.93 mills for general purposes, and 1.44 mills for school purposes. Then the legislature is required to provide for an additional •M milte -efefea year in. order that the sinking fund of 3100,000 may be pro vided, this to go to the payment of the public debt. It was found that no authority for the sinking fund levy had been provi ded by the legislature, hence, as ex plained, the apparently low rate. The house of 1892 passed a tax act for 1893. The senate amended that act so as to make it include 1894. The same house also passed a sinking fund bill for 1893. but this was not amended by the senate. The last legislature failed to discover the exact situation with regard to the sinking fund, and there was. therefore, no provision for the 24 mill tax. Notice. The County Executive Committee consisting of Will Avery of Adamsville district—Loyd Coursey ; Battle Hill district—ll. P. Strickland; Black Hall district—Henry Wallace; Bryants dis trict—W. A. • Johnson ; Buckhead dis trict—Howell E. Newton : Collins dis trict—l). 11. Kent; Cook's district—J. S. Gilbert; East Point district—W. A. Morgan; Oak Grove district--A. J. Rooks; Peachtree district—J. P. Aus tin; South Bend district —J. M. Osborn. Ist Ward. W. L. Finley; 2d Ward, Atlanta —D. W. Baker; 3d Ward, Atlanta —J. F. McMillan: 4th Ward, Atlanta Dr. Ely Griffin: sth Ward, At lanta-Col. J. N. Bateman; Cth Ward, Atlanta and Oscar Parker of the 7th Ward, Atlanta, are requested to meet at 10 o’clock a. tn.. Saturday, •September Ist, corner Walton and Forsyth streets, in Atlanta as per ud journmant, this August 27th. 1894. John N. Rosser, Chm'n. P. I’.. Fulton Co,, Ga. P. D. B. Stansell, Sec’y. “An Evening With Folsom.” The crowd at the opera house last Friday night, on account of the in clement weather, was small. „An evening with Folsom" was the attraction. Professor Randegger, who is one of the finest pianists that has ever appear ed before an Atlanta audience, rendered three solos on the piano as he only can render t hem. Mr. Folsom's recitations were greatly enjoyed. His selections were from his own writing, and they are too well known by the public to require extend ed notice. Mr.J| Folsom s reading was as good as his writings. No higher praise can be given him. The recitations by Mr. L. P. Hill, Mr. Frank L. Stanton and Mr. Alex Healer were very much enjoyed. The stings by Mr. Ownes and Mr. Burbanx were hear.ily encored The whole programme was much en joyed. The Atlanta Rifles. The Atlanta Rifles will meet tonight at the armory of the company and some definite decision in regard to officering the company, will be reached. It is more than probable that Captain Joe Nash will retain his position at the hea 1 of the company, a place he has always proven himself worthy to fill in every way. There is a successor to be elected to Lieutenant Will Richardson, resigned. Oats. Rye and Wheat. Mark W. Johnson Seed Company, the only 0.-igina. exclusive seal house south, are now offering the most reli able winter seed oats, including the new prolific winter, Oats, barley, rye. wheat, clover, grass, Vitch and Colley’s new winter gruss. Also turnip seeds, kale, spinach, mustard, radish, cab- Ixge. Agents for Davis' Spring churn*, if South Pryor street, Atlan ta, Gk if HINES AND WIfSON THE/’SPEAK TO Peo ‘K PEE TODAY. A PEmej OVATION. Received by the t£wo Great Leaders.—Bartow Safe for Populism. Special to the Daily Press.] Cartersville, Ga., August 28. Judge James K. Hines and Hon. Thos. E. Watson arrived here thia morning at 10 o’clock, and received such an ovation as no public men have ever been accorded here. Since early morning the people have been pouring into town from .every di rection. The early trains brought in large numbers. When the hour for the speaking ar rived the speakers were driven to the Sam Jones tabernacle, where fully five thousand people had gathered to hear the champions of populism. Great enthusiasm prevailed. Dr. Felton was .suffering from an abscess in one of his teeth, and could not speak. Bartow will give the populist ticket 500 majority. pat McCullough resigns. He Is No Longer Assistant Jailer of Fulton County. Jovial I’at McCullough is no longer Fulton County's assistant jailer. He sent in his resignation to Sheriff Barnes y :sterday, and his place will be filled by some one else. It is said that Mrs. Hickcn has had something to do with his resigning. Mrs. Hicken, it will be remembered, is the woman forger about whom so much was said in July last. It is said that she had a great dislike to Mr. McCullough, charging him with being unkind, and that all the trouble arose in that way. Mrs. Hicken is rather dictatorial, and is a sort of queen among the prisoners at the jail. She likes extremely well to have everything her way. COMPRESS MEN Meet in Atlanta Today. They Want IO Cents. The compress men of several South ern states are in session here today. The Southern Railway and Steamship Association has refused to retore the old rate of 10 cents per hundred on compressing cotton, and that matter is under consideration. The meeting is being held at the Kimball, but nothing definite had been done when .The Press went to press. Tlie new rate fixed by the railroads is seven cents per hundred. Hou. Claiborne Snead Nominated Columbia County, Aug. 21, 1894. Hon. Claiborne Snead—Dear Sir: The senatorial convention of the people’s party for the 29th senatorial district met at Thomson on the 21st and unan imously nominated you as their stand ard bearer in tlie approaching election and selected us as a committee to no tify and ask your acceptance of same. U. L, West, R. G. Griffin, George Ken dal, Joe Calvin, Rev. Geo. W. Jones. Parnell, Ga., Aug. 25, 1894.—Messrs. C. L. West. R. G. Griffin, George Ken dal, Joe Calvin and Geo. W. Jones— Gentlemen: lam in receipt of your communication informing me of niy nomination as senator from the 29tt senatorial district by a convention of the people’s party on the 21st instant at Thomson. I accept the nomination, and will during next month visit the different counties of the district and address the people in advocacy ot the principles of your platform, which I unhesitatingly endorse. It your nomination is ratified by the people at the polls next October, I shall represent them with fidelity at least, and to the utmost of my ability. Very truly yours, Claiborne Snead. Executive Committee. The republican executive committee of the Fifth congressional district at their meeting today endorsed the In ternational and Cotton States Exposi tion. On motion of Mr. A. Graves, by a vote of 11 to 2, it was decided to put no candidate in the field for congress. Mr. L. J. Price moved that Rev. ■Robert Todd be endorsed and the voters of this district urged to vote for him. This motion prevailed by a vote of 12 to 1. A motion offered by Mr. L. J. Price that the committee denounce “The Freeman” and the editor thereof as not representative of the sentiments of the republican party, and warning the peo ple against both the paper and its edi tor as an emmissary of the democratic party, was unanimously adopted. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, I Lucas County. f s • Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENF.y & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and state afore said. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cube. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in mv presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. —A. W. GLEASON, -J SEAL | NOUirr Publ ’ C Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. by druggists, 75c. FRUITS, PRODUCE, ETC. We handle ail kinds of Produce, fruits and Veer tables. Sell quick and mane prompt re turns. Write to fixcher a co., 117 Peters Street, - Atlanta, Ga. W. C. T. U. meets on Thursday at 3:30 p. m.. at 54 Orme street, at resi dence of Mrs. Tripp. THE KING MURDER. No New Developments In tfie Case. Alex Carr, confined in Fulton c»unty jail for the murder of Captain IL O. King, grows daily more morose and gloomy. He has little to say to his fellow prisoners. B. E. Bailey, charged with being an accessory, is not so cheerless, but his imprisonment weighs heavily upon him. His wife and daughter visit him daily. Carr's friends drop in at the jail oc casionally, but no one seems to cheer him. John Carr is yet at police headquar ters. He maintains that he was not near the scene of the crime* when it was committed, and that he knows nothing about it. It is not yet decided whether Bailey will have a preliminary trial. REPUBLI(AN((INYENTION Meets at The Capitol Tomorrow Morning. Tomorrow morning the state repub lican convention will meet at the capi tob What that body will do no one is able to tell. It will be composed prin cipally of negroes. It is an open secret that the demo crats are attempting to get the repub licans to endorse the populist ticket However, the populists are having nothing to do with the affair, and don’t propose to be mixed up with the fight Republicans are already* arriving in the city. Florida Populist Convention. Island Gbove, Fla., Aug. 24, ’94. The people’s party convention of the state was held at Ocala yesterday, and was a grand success. Every county was represented by reliable men, such as can only be found in the populist ranks. Mr. W. T. Sane, of Lake county, pre sided as chairman and executed the duties of the chair admirably and to the satisfaction of all. Many good speeches were delivered during the day by able speakers. Among those who spoke were F. E. Hughes, populist leader of Florida, Mont Atkinson, Cole, Peterson, Borden and Williams. J. A. Whiteman, colored,, of Duval county, made a splendid address to the negroes. Mr. Atkinson, of Marion county, was nominated for senator. (I wish to state here that our Atkinson of Florida is of a different breed to that of W. Y. At kinson, of Georgia.) Mr. Atkinson is a good man and well worthy of the office for which he is now nominated, and we, the people’s party, will cer tainly put him in by a large majority if the slick tongued and light-fingered democrats don’t manage by some of their well-known ways to steal our votes and destroy them. There was in attendance about five hundred people. Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves and appreciate what was said and done. Peace and goed order reigned supreme. W. E. Meadfouhd. The Railroad Question, dis cussed by Thos. E. Watson, now ready for delivery. Ten Cents per copy at The Daily Press offiee. Spalding County Populists. Have nominated Hon. B. N. Miller for the house. He is a strong man and a thorough populist, and will be in At lanta when the legislature meets. Clayton County Populists. ibhere will be a meejin)? of thd popu list party of Clayton county 7 at Jones boro. September Ist. at 12 o’clock in. for the purpose of nominating county officers. All are invited that favor the reform movement. Nomination in Charlton. The Populists met at Traders Hill, Charlton county on the 25th of August and nominated Andrew G. Gowan for the house. The Populists met in the court room and ten or twelve democrats met in the jury room and nominated Mr. Mills as their candidate. Charlton will send a Populist to the legislature. Hon. Frank H. Harris of Brunswick addressed the Populist Announcement. At the request of many friends, I an nounce myself as a candidate for coun cilman from the Sixth ward, subject to the primary nomination, to be held September 28. G. V. Gress. The Weather. Atlanta, Ga.,Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1894- —For Georgia : Local rains to Wednes day night. Stationary temperature. Gobgas. SYNOPSIS. Mild weather prevails over the entire country this morning. The winds in all sections are light and the temperature changes since yes terday morning have not been notice able. except in the Northern portion of Michigan. Most of the rainfal of the past 24 hours was confined to the Atlantic slope. It was raining at 7 o'clock at Wilmington and Montgomery, while st the same time foggy weather was pre vailing in St Louis. Populist Silver Plank. “We demand free and unlimited coin age of silver and gold at the present ratio of 16 to Democratic Silver Plank. "We denounce the republican legisla tion known as the Sherman act of 1890. as a cowardly makeshift, fraught with possibilities of danger in the future, which should make all of its support ers, as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coin age of both gold and silver without dis crimination against either metal, or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value or be adjusted through international agreement, or by such safe-guards of legislation as shall insure the mainte nance of the parity of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in pay ments of debts; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist unon this policy as especially necessary for the protection of the farmers and laboring classes, the firs* and most defenseless victims of un stable money and a fluctuating cur rency.” “Good morning. Dr. King. I am so glad that you have opened King’s Pharmacy on Jackson, corner Auburn. My brother has so often spoken so highly of you as physician and druggist I feel' like I am well acquainted with you. Welcome to our part of town. \Ve need just such a man as you: you will do well there. Fine stand - one of the best in Atlanta.” ts Sketches of Roman History, by Hou. . Thos. E. Watson, sold at thi' office GOBER, CLAY, BROWN THEY ARE DETERMINED TO CONTROL. THAT GRAND JM AFFAIR “The Men Who Cmrt\” ah Their Dahtardly Work. — The Journal Reporter. Special to The Daily Press.] Marietta, Ga., August2B. — is stirred up over the exposure through The Press of the recent action of the jury commissioners in throwing out of the grand jury box the names of all of those wbo recently voted againt en dorsing Judge Gober for the supreme* bench. Very little else is talked on the streets and the good citizens •of the town, without regard to party, are denounc ing the action of the' jury commis sioners. The arrival of the AtlzApta Journal reporter yesterday afternoon, threw new interest into the matter. The re porter came up to investigate the charges made by The Press. When he arrived at the depot, a com mittee from the “men who control ’ were on hand to receive him. This committee took particular pains to throw a very conservative halo around the investigation. But in spite of the committee’s prev pautions, the reporter ran against sonic? staggering facts. It is said this morn ing that a tremendous Jeffort was be ing made to have the facts discovered, suppressed. It is said that the names of six gen tlemen who composed the last grand jury, have been discovered to have been dropped. It is charged that nearly everj’ one was left out of the grand jury list, but that some lyere restored, when the exposure came. The Journal reporter learned sojne very damaging facts, but the Brown- Gober-Clay committee will have the matter suppressed if possible. The fact that the names of (.'lay, Gober and Brown appear in the papers so regularly to their discredit, causes Marietta people to seek the papers each day with a curiosity which is not en J , tirely free from dread. Many fear that, the reputation of the county will suf fer much because of the actions of. these men and the methods they use. to control and further their own in terests. Some think the names were dropped not so much in a spirit of revenge, bub for the effect it would have on the com ing elections. This construction seems reasonable, as it need never have been, known if the jury commissioners had. not divulged it themselves. Any one cun easily see what a tremendous lever it would be in the hands of the “men who control’’ to whisper in the ears ot the poor and ignorant, “You see the grand jury went against us ajjd we broke it up: now, if you go againsf tas, we will break you up, ” What poor negro, or white man for that matter, could be expected to op pose a power that wipes even a grand jury out of existence? Many are sur prised that Mr. Clay’s-name should be connected with the affair, but as it vvas reported that he denied that the grand jury was asked to endorse Judge Go ber, when every member of the grand jury states that the request was made, it would seem that Ire was in touch with the tvhole affair. But be that as it may, it should seem nuite natural nqfw, that when tbe light of investiga tion got hot cnouglj to ’.urn eiUtiSftXlo ber, Brown or Clay, it would also singe the feathers of the other two. There are others here who receive the paper daily with trembling hands, fearing they will be exposed. Still, the majority oi our good citizens say :. “Let the lights be turned on.” GEN. GRANT’S NIECE DEAD. Miss Clara Cramer Passes Away at Iler Father’s Home iu Orange, N. J. New York. August'2B. —Miss'Claw* Virginia Cramer, a of Gen. Ulysses Grant, and daughter of Rev. Dr. M. J. Cramer, died at.the residence of her parents, in Orange street, East Orange, N. J., last night. She was twenty-six years old and had' l , only re cently returned from Paris. ments for the funeral have not:yet been, made. Rev. Dr. Cramer, Gen.' .Grant’s brother-in-law, has been United consul at Leipsic, Minister to’ „,Den mark and Minister to Switzerland? AUGMENTED BY THE TRUST. With the Close of Business Under the Old Law, 83,000,000 Whiskey is Unbonded. Peoria. 111.. August 28. —TheNvhiskey, trust yesterday paid the internal reve- ; nue collector 8807.143. From other dis tilleries enough was taken in to swell the amount to 3928.757, ,making the days work the largest colhwfion at one office in the history of tlie service. With the close of business. yesterday the trust has taken from bond* 33,000,- 000 worth of whiskey at its ’ various points of manufacture. Labor for a Thousand Men. Dover. N. H.. August 28.—The Co chro mills, after a shut down since July SI, started up yesterday. A week ago it was announced that there would be a ten per cent cut down. All but the mule spinners returned to work, they refusing to accept the cut. There is but little filling on hand and the mills, it is thought, cannot run long. A thou sand hands are employed. ' AU Union Benefits Off. Fall River. Mass., August 28.—At a large meeting of the spinners union, last night it was voted to declare all union benefits off for four weeks, be ginning last Monday. The Weather Report. Washington. August 28.—Forecast: For Georgia and Alabama, local rains, south- winds. For Tennessee, fair, warmer in eastern portion, north winds becoming variable. Death of Congressman Shaw. Eauclaire. Wis., August 28.—Con gressman Shaw died at 8:20 o'clock yes terday morning at his home in this city. Washington, 'August 28.—Robert ' Downing, the tragedian, opened the regular season here last night appear ing in honor of the Knights. Information Wanted. Can any one give me the where about? of William and Elizabeth Richardson’s children ? They were living near Decatur, DeKalk county, Georgia, when last heard from. Any information concerning them will bi thankfully received. Mrs. S. E. Gcilxbbkau, Leverett, Lincoln Ga.