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ATLANTA. GA.. SEPT. 14. 1594.
PEOPLE’S PARTY STATE TICKET.
For Governor:
JAMES K. HINES.
For Secretary of State:
A. L. NANCE.
For Treasurer:
C. M. JONES.
For Attorney-General:
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY.
For Comptroller-General:
W. R. KEMP.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
JAMES BARRETT.
Watson's Appointments.
Carrollton, September 15.
Montezuma, September 17.
Albany, September 18.
Thomasville, September 19.
Quitman, September 20.
Jessup, September 21.
Mcßae, September 22.
Judge Hines’ Appointments.
McDonough, Henry county, Sep
tember 15.
Fairburn, Campbell county, Sep
tember 17 th.
LaGrange, Troup county, Septem
ber 18tb.
Harris City, Meriwether county,
September 19tb.
Hamilton, Harris county, Septem
ber 20tb.
lion. James Barrett’s Appointments.
Hon. James Barrett, people’s party
nominee for commissioner of agri
culture, and Hon. W. R. Kemp,nom
inee for Comptroller-General, will
fill the following appointments:
Douglass, September 15.
Nashville, September 16.
Moultrie, September 17.
Isabel!, September 18.
Irwinville, September 19.
Davis Mill, September 20.
Vienna, September 21.
Eastman, September 23.
Mcßae, September 21.
Mount Vernon, September 25.
Hou.J. A. B. Mahaffy's Appointments.
McDonough, September 15.
Macon (at night) September 15.
Knoxville, September 17.
Perry, September 18.
Cordele, September 19.
Americus, September 20.
Smithville, September 21., 1
Cuthbert, September 22.
Fort Gaines, September 24.
Abbeville, September 25.
Collins, September 26.
Pembroke, September 27.
Savannah (at night) September 27.
Guyton, September 28.
Sylvania, September 29.
J. B. Osborn’s Appointments.
Monticello, September 15.
Danielsville, September 17.
Hartwell, September 18.
Homer, September 19.
Gainesville, (at night) Septem
ber 19.
Fayetteville, September 20.
Macon, (at night) September 20.
Midville, September 21.
Statesboro, September 22.
Savannah, (at night) September 22.
Hmesville, September 24.
Jesup, (at night) September 24.
Brunswick, September 25.
Blackshear, September 26.
Waycross, (at night) Septem
ber 26.
Folkston, September 27.
Statenville, September 28.
Valdosta, September 29.
Bainbridge, October 1.
Camilla, October 2.
All day appointments are under
stood to be at 10 a. nt.
Dr. W.il. Felton’s Appointments.
Dalton, September 18.
Spriugplace, September 19.
Rome. September 22.
Cedartown, September 25.
Dallas, September 26.
Calhoun. September 29.
Cartersville, October 1.
Hou. Robert Todd’s Appointments.
Stone Mountain, September 15.
Chamblee, September 22.
Change Cars, But Same Ohl Crew.
Georgians, when you arose in your
wrath in 1872 and ran Bullock out
of the state you thought you had de
livered the s'ate from the gang
which had been plundering it.
The democratic orators told you
so. They say it now. Lawson said
it at Elberton tiie other day. The
democratic newspapers tell you so.
The Journal published a synopsis of
Lawson’s speech.
“The men who control,” who own
both the orators and newspapers tell
you so.
Is it so? Not by a large majority.
The same old methods and some
of the same old gang are at the pub
lic teat today.
The same old crowd have their
heads in the government trough.
Do “the men who control” tell
you anything abort thi-? No!
Wbsti you rescu d tie grand cld
■late front republican euiiiand placei'
the iCjider'aei aovi??.‘£ it the hands
THE DAILY PRESS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11. 1894.
!of democracy you little dreamed
' that the old ship of state would fall
into the hands of pirates and free
' hooters.
In 1872 a democratic legislature
investigated everything Bu'lock bad
I done.
Among other things which that
I legislature did was to appoint a com
mittee to investigate the “adminis
tration and management” of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad by
Governor Bullock.
The chairman of that committee
was Milton A. Candler, of the county
,of DeKalb. Colonel Candler is an
honest inan, and therefore Livingston
defeated him, and in the report of
that committee he used the follow
ing language:
“The people of Georgia have the im
pression that new-comers —northern
men, republican adventurers, carpet
baggers—have profited chiefly by the
mismanagement of the State road. The
investigation does not show it. Geor
gians have had a portion, a liberal por
tion-white and black, laborers and
traders, merchants, printers and law
yers, the latter especially. No preda
tory squadron of cavalry ever swept
through an enemy’s country with more
rapacity and ruthlessness than has
characterized the raid of the lawyers
upon the inexhaustible dear old State
road treasury.”
See p. 36 of the report.
Among those who are named as
having engaged in this raid on the
public treasury are the following
named lawyers aud firms:
John L. Hopkins, individually,
$5,540.25. His firm Hopkins &
Brown, is stated as having received
from the same source $6,666.
On page 52 of the report made
by W. L. Clarke of the committee
to investigate Bullocks administra
tion of state affairs, the report says
that:
John L. Hopkins received $1,750
for fees direct from the state treasury
on Bullock’s order.
Hopkins & Dougherty received
$5,000 from B'dlo
Hopk'n: Brvvi. no.
(Jlif ',q t ’er for a
fee c. p-wd -’fi >.• I tick.
L. N T'‘'ai i”. ’is sa; ■ >ave re
ceived ‘. - • 1.. It t-v AifV' {'lo,ooo
from h. . lAtlb -k.
John xw Hed' is on „ho list for a
SSOO fee.
Who are these men ?
John L. Hopkins is one of the
men recently appointed by Governor
Northern at a fee of $3,000 to codify
the laws of Georgia.
Who is Clifford Anderson ?
lie is a man who Is now in the
employ of the state at a fee of
$3,000.
He is the man who received a fee
of $5,000 in the railroad tax case.
He is tile legal adviser and con
science keeper for W. Y. Atkinson
alias Thousand Dollar Bill.
Tue man who engaged in that
“ruthless raid on the treasury” in
Bullock's day, would naturally ad
vise Thousand Dollar Bill to take
that fee. Ex-attorney for Bullock
and aitorney for “the men who con
trol.”
Who is L. N. Trammell?
Mr. Trammell is the gentleman
who was nominated by the demo
crats of the seventh congressional
district, and bad to get out of the
race when Dr. Felton threw this
$40,000 raid into that campaign.
Mr. Trammell is now a member of
the state railroad commission at a
ring salary of 82,500, while his son
has a snug little job under Cleve
land.
Who is John Milledge?
An exceedinlg courteous, nice
genteel, clever gentleman, who is
engaged as state libarian at a nice
salary of SI,BOO, with an assistant at
SBOO and a negro porter to help.
He is tbe man who on the 17th of
August, 1893, purchased a tppe"
writer with 8100 dollars of your
money.
Just who uses this machine does
not appear, but is more than proba
ble the young lady who has Jan
office in the State Library and dees
shorthand aud typewriting for the
lawyers.
Who go to the state library to
consult the lawbooks for their own
benefit.
In this case the state not only fur
nishes the lawyers with free books
but furnishes a house to keep them
in, three men to keep the dust off
the free books, and a free machine
to make copies. .
You fellows who voted to turn out
that crowd in 1872, were probably
mistaken as to what you wanted.
At least “the men who control”
think 60.
Iu Keeping With Their Methods.
It is said that the negroes names
that are putin the jury box in Ma
con county are written on colored
paper so the judge can leave them
ir. the box when be draws a jury. It
shagcolwev to fool the negro.—
i Dah'oDcgs'SjgiiiL
Get vemusign B«rk.
The Way Your Tax Maney Goes.
It i< a good thing to l>e a lawyer
■ thesi days, if you are one of “the
I men w-bo co it r ol,” or a pet of theirs.
■ We are reminded of this fact by
an item in the Evening 'Journal of
: yesterday, which stated that Mr. J
i it. lerrall, (a brother to the attor
-1 ney-generai) had been appointed one
of the arbitrators in a dispute be
tween a railroad and the state as to
the amount it should be assessed for
taxation.
The arbitration business is one of
the favorite methods of “;he men
who control” to reward their pets.
They bleed the state in great shape
with it. The work of an arbitrator
in a case of this sort never takes
much time, or amounts to much.
The fee is always a big one. In fact
it is a plum. Such a good ono that
a job of that sort always falls to a
pet of “the men who control” or one
of ther number.
If you don’t belieye it just look
at the record.
On the 2d of June, 1892, E. H.
Calloway was paid $l5O for services
as arbitrator iu the case of the Ma
con and Birmingham Radroad. See
the comptroller-general’s report for
1893, page 43.
Who is Mr. Calloway? Ho is a
lawyer of Waynesboro, was a popu
list in 1890, and is now a democratic
partisan and candidate for the judge
ship of his circuit.
On July 22d, 1893, R. L. Berner
was paid $430 for services as arbi
trator of the Richmond aud Dan
ville Railroad system. See page 44
of the same report.
Who is Mr. Berner? He is one
of “the men who control,” ex-chair
man of the state democratic execu
tive committee and chairman of the
democratic campaign committee—a
very fervent democratic orator and
stump speaker. He’s on the stump.
Does any one wonder why the
pivot on which that gentleman’s
tongue swings is always so well
oiled ?
On page 45 of the same book will
be found this entry:
“August 29tb, 1893. 11. W. Hill,
for services arbitrator Eatonton rail
road, $75.”
Whois 11. W. Hill? He is the
gentleman who is more familiarly
known as the Hon. Werner Hill, of
Meriwether county. Ho is one of
“the men who control,” a lawyer,
and a candidate for speaker of the
next house. He will be speaker if
“the men who control” win.
You railroad “fellers” who are
getting ninety cents a day for eleven
hours work on the track of the same
road, what do you think of $75.00
for a day’s work ?
On the same date W. F. Jenkins
was paid $12.50 for acting as um
pire in the same case. His name
will be found on the next line below
Mr. Hill’s.
Mt. Jenkins does not seem to be
a pet of “the men who control” as
he only received one-sixth as much
pay for the same work as Mr. Hilj
did.
On the next page of the same
book will be seen this entry :
“Sejitember 15th, 1893, H. W.
Hill, for services arbitrator S. A. &
M. R. R , 8200.”
Mr. Warner Hill still appears to
be in it and not as umpire either.
Not much.
These arc uot all of the cases of
! the sort, but enough to show how it
works, and how the democratic party
can keep speakers on the stump.
We row turn our attention to an
other branch of the question, but in
passing would like to ask just what
right Mr. Hill had to accept this fee
while a member of the legislature ?
The average member of the gang
of freebooters called “the men who
control” will probably refer the mat
ter to Clifford Anderson, ex-attorney
for Bullock, and legal adviser and
conscience keeper for W. Y. Atkin
son, a’ias Thousand Dollar Bill.
On page 39 of the comptroller
general’s i eport will be found this
item :
“Tom Eason, solicitor-general, for
fee in convict cases in Dodge court,
836.00.”
Just why this amount was paid to
a man who is drawing a salary from
the sta e for doing that work, be
sides grabbing all the fees pre.
scribed by law, is hard to tell. He
is on the stump.
It is a flagrant violation of law.
On page 38 of the same book it
will be found that A. W. Fite, solici
tor-general, was paid 830.50 for ser
vices in a like case in Dade county
court.
He is another fellow who is draw
ing a salary for the same work, and
he is on the stump.
And so it goes- Every Solicitor
Genii'! la;.’:e «: '-t? is paid a salary
pe? Lyf-ie stsite’tbr
i purpose. The Attorney General is
I paid $2,000 to represent the state
i “in any criminal case,” so says the
law, and the Governor may make
j any of these lawyers do this work
for their salaries.
Then why pay these fees?
Why pay Mr. Wimbish $2,000 a
year ?
Why pay Clifford Anderson thou
sands of dollars every year?
Wny pay John I. Hall a SI,OOO
fee?
Why pay W. Y. Atkinson a SI,OOO
j fee?
They are lawyers and belong to
i that private organization known as
j “the men who control,” and are
banded together as Milton A. Can
dler said of the Bullock ring in
1872, “not for pel tical purposes, but
for plunder.”
Hon. Claiborne Snead’s Appointments.
Madison Saturday, Sept. 20.
The Use of Party Machinery.
A corresnnndfint from Greene
county writes:
A short (while before our August
court two negro men were place I iu
jail charged with assault with intent
to murder. A short while before they
had beaten :t negro man nearly to
death, many tliinK, to rob him. His
mule ran with him in his wagon, or
buggy, while they beat him till to near
a house they abandoned their under
taking. The grand jury made bills o;
indictment against, and the judge re
quired a bon i of only one hundred dol
lars, each, of them.
Last Saturday, 1 am told, J. 11. Park,
Jr., a lawyer, county solicitor, county
treasurer, and democratic candidate
for the legislature, Joel F. Thornton,
ordinary of Greene county, Jessie P.
Wilson, clerk superior court, and L. C.
Perdue, tax collector, signed their
bonds and released them. >
Why the court named such small
bonds I cannot tell.
I fear it will be impossible to arrive
at justice, if they are guilty, and they
admit they did the beating. Whether
methods to obtain offices arc to be
placed as hindrances to the protection
of innocent men, women and children
against the ravages of criminals seems
fearfully questionable.
Mild Words.
Examine that bond a little, and
see where democratic methods, as
adopted by ‘ the men who control,”
is leading to!
On the bond we find the county
solicitor (whose duty is to prosecute,
not extenuate), the county treasurer,
the county tax collector, the clerk
of the court, the ordinary of the
county and the democratic candidate
for the legislature. To state these
startling facts is to argue the case.
Every democratic office-holder (as
well as prospective office-holder),
except the sheriff and the coroner,
art-on the iOiid! The county solici
tor is, pres imably, a lawyer. What
does the cde say ? See page 1346:
Uu*V *L JF’ att-pyney or other officer
of court st" ill be taken as bail in any
criminal c;iAe depending on or undeter
mined tlieiiein, etc. For a violation of
this rule the attorney or officer of the
court so ofljendiug shall be punished as
for contenlpt.”
How loug will a free people sub
mit to political methods which open
ly violate law for political purposes
aud ends?
Fair Elections Favored.
Iu Georgia and every southern state
the people of all parties are demanding
fair elections.
Democrats, republicans and populists
are very generally of the opinion that
a dishonest baliot is in the nature of
a sword that may cut those who use it
as well as those whom it is directed
againsl. A representative government
cannot command the confidence and
respect of the people unless they feel
assured that their will when expressed
through their ballots will be carried
out.
When a state permits corruption and
intimidation it falls under the ban of
enlightened communities, and capital
and enterprise shun it. Fortunately,
for many years, there has been little
ground tor complaint in Georgia on
this score, but the friends of a fair bal
lot should not stop until they work up
a public sentiment everywhere which
will ensure the conn ting of every mans
vote, and which will throw every possi
b e safeguard around even the hum
blest and most unpopular citizen when
he goes to the polls.
The states and the republic will go
backward when the people cease to
rule, and they cannot rule if their bal
lots are nullified by either fraud or
force. —Atlanta Constitution.
This is a pretty aggregation of
glittciing generalities which the Con
stitution has strung together. They
are self-evident facts which nobody
will dispute. But it is all theory >
nothing practical about it. “When
a state permits corruption and in
timidatiorto prevail it falls under
the ban of enlightened communities’
and capital and enterprise shun it.”
How true! But we are just now
upon the eve of a most momentous
election, wi.h two great parties, so
nearly equal in strength that no man
can safely predict which side will be
the victor, advocating two widely
differing principles of governmental
policy. The campaign has been en
ergetic, but with almost an entire
absence of bitter personalities it
has been conducted on educa
tional lines. The issues have
been clear cut and no confusing
and entangling alliances have been
male. No outside interference has
distracted. Each party is sincere
and honest in the belief that tbe
[ o’.icy it advocates will best con
i serve the interest of the state (and
; the welfare of the people. That is
what we all want. While wo differ
as to the methods to be employed’
we agree as to the purpose sought to
ibe attained. Now let this phenome
nal camnaisn be crowned with a
I ’ °
fair and hot.ost and which-
ever side be .ot i > i after it is
over there wi 1 be no bitterness
among our pet pie ai d we can ail
join with a hearty good will to de
monstrate to the world that ours is
indeed tbe empire state of the
south, the ka ier i:i progress and en
terprise.
Why was the Constitution content
to stop at platitudes? There is a
suspicion among the people that there
are those who would obstruct a fair
election. This tbe Constitution
knows. Why does it not rise equal
to the occasion, equal to its former
greatness, by demanding that the
election be fair, aud that the party
which is not willing to pledge itself
to do all in its power to secure an
honest election is unworthy of sup
port and should be rebuked by all
honest men at the polls.
A Fair Election.
There lias been in effort to misrep
sent the action <.f the state democratic
committee in reference to the selection
of electi >n ma agers. Every member
of the e nnmittee who discussed the
proposition ot the populist leaders that
tue c lUitniU e snoulu agree t > a divis
ion of election mai.agerE. pledged him
self as the frien l and advocate of fair
elections. There was not in the com
mittee the slightest evidence of a desire
to prevent populist representation
among tile managers at every precinct,
and the action of the committee cannot
be justly construed as in any sense in
imical t > the fairest possible election.
The committee decided that it could
not make any arrangement as to this
matter; that it has no authority to de
clare how election managers shall be
appointed. The elective machinery of
the state is provided by law. Each
county chooses its own election man
agers and the state committee has
nothing to do with their appoint
ment.
But while the action of the commit
tee was entirely proper we hope that
in every county and i:i every precinct
where the populists have an organiza
tion they will be given representation
on the board of election managers.
That is right.
We believe the democrats of Georgia
want a full and free expression of the
popular will; that they favor fair elec
tions and that they will do nothing to
cast suspicion upon the result of the
contest on the first Wednesday in Octo
ber. There must be no excuse tor com
plaint at the way in which the election
is conducted It should be an abso
lutely lair expression of the will of the
qualified voters of Georgia, and we be
lieve it will be.
Here we have another chapter
contributed to the fair election liter
ature. This is from the Atlanta
Journal. The journal is the leader
of the theorists opposed to the pop
list doctrines. It is a hard fighter,
but a fair and open enemy. It con
tends for certain clear cut principles’
and desires to have a fair expression
of the will of the people upon them.
There is just one little error in
what the Journal says in the pre
mise : “The action of the committee
cannot be justly construed as in any
sense inimical to the fairest possible
election.” When so fair a proposi
tion as was submitted to the demo
cratic chairman by the populist chair
man was refused and the refusal
sought to be justified upon the silly
pretext that it was feared to be a
“trick,” the only construction which
can be placed upon such action is
that fraud is premeditated. For the
committee to claim now that the
elective machinery is provided by'
law is a flimsy excuse which will not
be accepted by the people.
Chairman Clay was only asked to
sign an agreement that as executive
head of his party he desired each
party to be represented on the board
of election managers in each pre
cinct, and that he promised “to do
all in his power to have the agree
ment carried out in good faith.” To
this he refused to assent. If it was
beyond his power to secure a di
vision of election managers, signing
tbe agreement would place no im
possible task upon him. But refus
ing to agree to such a fair and rea
sonable proposition will only admit
of tbe one construction that his party
is unwilling to do what is fair and
right.
But after whitewashing the demo
cratic executive committee the Jour
nal rises above petty partisanism,
and speaks as becomes a great jour
nal. It hopes “that in every county
and in every precinct the populists
will be given representation on the
board of election managers”—be
cause “this is right.”
Now, because it is right, will the
Journal demand, in language which
cannot be misunderstood, that it be
done ?
Populists vs. Demo-Republicans.
The Mobile Register occupies the
position in Alabama which in our
state is held by the Atlanta Journal.
It is a democratic paper of the
etraightest sort. It advocates a con
tracted currency upon a gold basis •
a dear dollar and cheap labor; a
condition which will produce mil
lionaires and paupers. The Register
I recognizes that there is room only'
for two" parties, and that a new
alignment will be made in the near
future, when the great opposing
parties will be the populist and
1 demo-republican party, tbe first tbe
party of the people, tbe other thd
party of the goldbugs.
In commenting upon the action of
Senator Jones in leaving the repub'
lican party and joining the populists’
the Register nuts the ease thus:
The democratic party is apt to see
the advantage of s anding solid on the
(gold basis) issue. Grover Cleveland
is there now, and so are the masses of
the democracy. The republican
party must necessarily take some op
posing position, and as it is the foster
mother of all the isms, and has ab
sorbed or been absorbed by every
ism which has appeared since the
beginning of our political history,
we shall not be surprised to find it j
adopting silver crankism, in default
of something better. Senator Jones
seems to be in too big a hurry; per
haps, however, he is one of the ad
vance guards of a great army of re
publicans who will leave tbe repub
lican party for the party’s good.
Those who a:e left will become
good democrats, by what is known
as the mugwump process, and
we shall then see a national contest
upon this particular issue, the popu
lists on one side aud the democra’s
on the other.
Atkinson and Hines.
At Warrenton aud other places,
during the contest between General
Evans and Mr. Atkinson for the
democratic nomination, Mr. Atkinson
boastfully proclaimed his ability aud
announced bis eagerness to meet tbe
nominee of the populists eo soon as
he was put in the field.
Judge Hines was nominated by
the populists on the 17th of May.
Mr. Atkinson was actively can
vassing the state at that time and
thereafter. Yet the boasted chal
lenge never came.
Mr. Atkinson may have thought
it injudicious to leave his personal
canvass against General Evans in the
hands of the “men who control,’
while he devoted Ins attention to
Judge Hines, and he therefore pre
ferred to whip General Evans before
he tackled Judge Hines.
Mr. Atkinson, with the active aid
of “the men who control,” and the
free use of unfair methods, illegal
votes, and falsified returns, succeed
ed in crowding General Evans out of
the field.
On the 2nd of August he received
the much-coveted democratic nomi
nation from a convention which ex
cluded quite half the voters of the
state from representation. From a
convention which was ruled aud
governed by Hon. A. S. Clay! of
Cobb, against whom serious and
grave charges were made by and
through democratic authority and af
fidavits.
The month of August passed and
no challenge camo.
Yesterday, September 13th, it is
announced that Mr. Atkinson has
challenged Judge Hines for joint
debate.
Why so late ?
Is it because Mr. Atkinson knows
that Judge Hines has appointments,
which he cannot cancel, up to Sep.
tember 20tb, which leaves only
twelve days, including two Sundays,
in which joint debates could occur?
Is it because he wishes to pull
Judge Hines over territory that Mr.
Atkinson has cultivated in his cam
paign?
Is it because he believes that the
wanton insult by Chairman Clay and
Chairman Berner in refusing to offi
cially recognize an official paper ask
ing for fair election methods, ten
dered by the party- which Judge
Hines represents to the party which
Mr. Atkinson represents, should for
bid Judge Hines accepting a chal
lenge ?
On Trial.
Tried by the -work of the session
just closing, the democratic party
would be found sadly wanting, for
in no very material way will its en
actments help the people; it having
failed to redeem the essential pledges
it has been making for the last
twenty-five years.
True, it repealed the federal elec
tion laws, permitting supervisors at
the polls; yet from this repeal we
can extract no gain of material ben
efit. No harm has come to the
country from such supervision, es
pecially in the south, for many years,
and probably never would have
again done so. In fact, not 5 per
cent, of the “plain people,” nor 10
per cent, of tbe tow-n people, ever
saw a federal election supervisor, or
cared for him or his duties, and hence
the repeal of this law. While it may
stand the party well in hand as a
“leading suit” in its arguments when
the next national election comes off,
it really amounts to nothing when
tried by the rigid rule of dollars and
cents to the people; and the most
that can be said in favor of ite repeal
is that it panders to the “sentiment”
of the people of the south, who
oftentimes mistake sentiment for
politics, and subordinate, interest to
it.—Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Hon. C. H. Ellington and Major
John T. West will speak at Craw
fordsville on Saturday-, Septmber 15.
For a Fair Election.
The executive committees of the
two parties, democratic and people’s
party, met last Tuesday in Elberton
and passed a resolution looking to a
.settlement of the contention and
t trite between the two parties at the
polls; that is, so far as buying vote,
is concerned. It is to be earnestly
hoped that this will settle the mat
ter :
“We, the democratic and people’s
pa. ty executive committee, believing
tha . the honest voters of Elbert
cou sty want an honest and lega.
elec ion, endorse the following:
“Resolved, Ist, That we oiscoun
tenr.ncq any fraud or illega i;y in
the coining elections, and that we
and each, of us do solemnly pledge
ourselves that we will do all in our
power to have a free ballot and an
lionet t count.
Renolved, 2d, That we discounte
nance the buying of voteis in any
way, shape or form.
Res olved, 3d, That we ask the
tax c ollector to furnish us iith a
correc t list of the tax defaulter of
this cc unty, and that a copy ol the
same be furnished the managers of
election at each precinct, and tiat
no one be allowed to vote in aid
election whose name appears on said
defaulter’s list.
Reso. ved, 4tb, That both politic!
parties iiball be equally representeq
as to managers and clerks at each
precinct where it is possible.
Resolved, sth, That we ask all
honest inen, regardless of party or
color, to assist us iu carrying out the
above.
Resolv ed, 6tb, That we ask both
of our county papers to publish tbe
above fre m now until after the No
vember elections.
T. M. Swift,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
E. B.Starke,
Chairman P. P. Ex Com.
The E ailroad Question, dis
cussed by Elios. E. Watson
ig now ready for delivery.
Price 10 cents per copy. Ad
dress DAILY PRESS, Atlanta.
The Campaign in the Eighth.
Editor Daily Press :
lion. W. Y. Carter, populist can
didate for congress in the eighth
district, spoke at Winterviile on
Tuesday night, September 4th, to
about live hundred people, to a most
attentive and appreciative audience.
There were many democrats present,
who seemed to vie with the most en
thusiastic populist in catching every
word that fell from the speaker’s
lips. The speech made a tine im
pression upon all present and has
‘greatly helped the populist cause in
this section.
Two years ago this town was con
sidered the hottest hot-bed pf Clev«-
landism in Northeast Georgia, but a
change has come • over the rpt> t cl
their dreams, as is -sometimes the
with sensible people,, and always tire
case when conditions justify it.
By request of the proprietor tire
cotton platform of Mr. R. M. Mc-
Alpin was used by the speaker. It
was well furnished with seats and
swinging lanterns by the handiwork
of Messrs. C. C. Fagan and D. 11.
Anthony. The Winterville cornet
band delighted the audience who
occupied the grounds for yards
around with some of their best
music. The occasion was one of
profit and pleasure to all, and was
the means of adding strength to our
cause.
From all quarters comes the cheer
ing news that our ranks are bei»g
greatly strengthened by’ daily acces
sions. The people see and the peo
ple are moving out from under the
chains that bind and the yokgs that
oppress. Geo. T. M.
Chairman Clay invited Mr. Wat
son, through John Cunningham and
John Sibley, to ask for a division of
- at the approaching elec
tions. Mr. Watson did glTdn/the
6th inst. Mr. Clay promised an an
swer by one o’clock that d W'i
It -will astonish every gentleman
connected with the democratic party
of Georgia that up to this hour,
September 14th, 1894, Chairman
Clay has failed to return an official
answer to an official paper.
The friend of the Masses.
Our contemporary waals ug to
point out some of the rich democrats
farmers of Paulding who own dia
monds. We did not accuse them of
owning diamonds but simply made
mention of the fact that tire demo
cratic party has so legislated
in their interest as to make it
possible for them to get diamonds
cheaper than they could have done
before the new democratic. tariff law
took effect by reducing the tariff on
those necessary articles, while at the
same time the same law, made by the
same democratic party, makes them
pay’ more for the luxury of sugar.
That’s all. If they haven’t got the
diamonds it is no fault of the demo
cratic congress, as that body has
done all it can for the farmer in the
way of making diamonds cheap.—
Dallas Herald.
Need More Money.
The democrats have claimed all
along that there were plenty money
in the country, but tiyv.t farmers bad
nothing to exchange ter it. Audyet
there was not enough moaey in Ir
winton to pay so? ’. J- first new bale
of cotton —it bad t : > be carried fur
ther. How long will democrats con
tinue to cry higu, tariff, jack and the
gaane while the mstji:? question is
hanging upon a uail. lrwinton
Wlorld. c .
