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2 THE DAILY PRESS. Enured at-be P<-t Office. Atlan'a. Georgia, ; July 4. MM, M Meona BUM m..il matter. PUBLISHED EVERY PAY EXCEPT SUNDAY i AT NO. 8 SOUTH BROAD STREET. THOMAS E. WATSON, Managing Editor and President. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: I'aily Edition, One Year sfi «»0 i S,x Months 3 00 j “ •* Three Months 1 50 The People's Party Paper, One Year 1 OU INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. _— ; 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 .