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INVARIABLY IS’ ADVANCE.
Ai I. \NTA, (i A.. SEPT. 17. tb!H.
PEOPLE’S PART* STATE TICKET.
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For Gcßcrnor:
JAMES K. HINES.
For Secretary of State:
A. L. NANCE.
For Treasurer:
U. M. JONES.
For Attorney-General:
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY.
For Comptroller-General:
W. R. KEMP.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
JAMES BARRETT.
For 54th Congress—Fifth,Congressional
District:
ROBERT S. TODD.
For State Senator—3sth Senatorial
District:
SAMUEL M. TALIAFERRO.
For the Legislature—Fulton County:
N. 11. MATTHEWS,
WILLIAM AVERY,
R. H. WADLOW.
Watson’s Appointments.
Albany, September 18.
Thomasville, September 19.
Quitman, September 20.
Jessup, September 21.
Mcßae, September 22.
Hogansville, September, 28,
Lawrenceville, September, 29,
Judge Hines’ Appointments.
LaGrange, Troup county, Septem
ber 18 th.
Harris City, Meriwether county,
September 19(h.
Hamilton, Harris county, Septem
ber 20th.
Bon. 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
till the following appointments:
Isabel!, September 18.
Irwinville, September 19.
Davis Mill, September 20. .
Vienna, September 21. vl
Eastman, September 23.
Mcßae, September 24.
Ailey, September 25.
ii.i. ..
lion.J. A. B. Muhaffy’s Appointments.
Perry, September 18.
Cordele, September 19.
Americus, September 20.
Sitiit!jyil!«f September 21.
Cuthbert, September 22. (
Fort Gaines, September 24.
Abbeville, September 25.
Collins, September 20.
Pembroke, September 27.
Savannah (at night) September 27.
Guyton, September 28.
Sylvania, September 29,
J. B. Osborn’s Appointments. ■}*
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, (nt night) September 22.
Hinesville, September 24.
Jesup, (at night) September 24.
Brunswick, September 25.
Blackshear, September 26.
Wavcross, (at night) Septem
ber 20.
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. tn.
Dr. W.ll. Felton’s Appointments
Dalton, September 18.
Springplace, September 19.
Rome, September 22.
Cedartown, September 25.
Dalias, September 26.
Calhoun, Sept ember 29.
Cartersville, October 1.
Hon. Robert Todd's Appointments.
Chamblee, September 22.
Hon. Claiborne Snead’s Appointments.
Madison Saturday, Sept. 26.
Hon. Claborn Snead, populist can
didate for senator of the 29th sena
torial district, will address the citi
zens of McDuffie and surrounding
counties at Thomson on Tuesday,
September 18.
lion. C. 11. i’.llnigb n and M. T.
Branch will addj^ss' the citizens of
Columbia county at Appling on Sep
tember 25, aud Lincoln at Lincoln
top on September 28.
Hou State Taxes Have Decreased.
The Meriwether Vindicator makes
the statement that the democratic
party lias lowered the state taxes.
It doos not make this declaration
o-Htotially and op- ivy, hut trots out
a o y «>l«l colored ma i, and
him ns au:l< •• >ly for a state*
ni>Kt !r< ;i i:i '.k; even a weather
).<••••» i». liJci-k -mi c at it* ah-
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THE DAILY PRESS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1804.
pound. A farmer, owning a small
farm worth SSOO, a pair of nmlee
and other stock to the value of ssO(i
| more, would have had to pay—4o
con taper SIOO on sßoo—sß.2o for
state taxes which would have re
qtfited 18 pounds of co’ton.
In 1893 the state government was
in the hands of the democrats. Dem
ocratic lowering of taxes had been
gradually progressing for twenty
three years with the result of reduc
ing the tax rate to 46.1 on the hun
dred dollars and not one cent ex
empted from taxation. Cotton was
worth six cents a pound. The same
farmer, owning the same farm and
stock valued at the tame price,
would have to pay 46.1 per SIOO on
SI,OO0 —$1.61 to raise which he
would have to sell 76 pounds of
cotton.
“Bless the Lord,” piously exclaims
the Vindicator through its mythical
old colored man. “We feels - ’ it in
lower taxes.” It will be noted that
the old colored man has no name.
No colored man who has, will bless
the Lord for such a condition, and
no white man will, unless he feeds at
the trough of the “men who con
trol.”
Evasion and Buncombe.
Some days ago The Daily Press
requested the Augusta Chronicle to
define its position on the question of
giving the voters of Georgia a fair
election this year. Accordingly the
Chronicle locates itself in an editorial
headed “Ballot reform.”
After a long preamble, in which
our contemporary tolls what has been
done in tha way of ballot reform in
various ’other states, and comments
on the fuct that Georgia is one of the
very few in which ballot reform of
some sort has not been enacted
within the last few years, it comes
down to the gist in the matter. It
says:
“We do not seriously regard the
liurncOmbe demands of the populists
for a free ballot and a fair count.”
Why does the Chronicle style the
,demand for an honest election as
“buncombe?” Is there anything
approaching to buncombe in the fair
and honest proposition tendered by
Chairman Watson to Chairman
Clay ? And does the Chronicle re
fuse to regard them seriously be
cause the democratic party through
its executive committee refused to
entertain the proposition ? Does it
refuse to treat it “seriously” because
all its talk about fair elections is to
be taken as idle talk, only intended
as buncombe ?
“Neither are we moved by the pop
ulist charges of democratic ballot box
frauds. ”
Docs the Chronicle wish to be un.
derstood as endorsing these frauds ?
It cannot deny them when in its own
county nearly 2,000 votes were polled
at the last election in excess of the
total number of voters, and, as the
Chronicle will not deny, for the
democratic nominee.
To talk about what the next legis*
Uture should do in the way of “pro
viding for ballot reform of the most
advanced type” bears a very suspi
cious similitude to “buncombe,” when
advocated by a paper which is not
moved thereto by the ballot box
frauds which have been committed
No party which is honest can refuse
to accede to a request which con
forms to the present law, and which
would go a long way toward putting
a stop to fraud. That the Chronicle
should get upon another populist
plank in demanding the Australian
ballot system is all right, but does it
waut a fair uud honest election next
month ?
What objection has it to a divi
sion of election managers ? Speak
right out, brother.
Chairman Clay Discussed.
Before his nomination and selec
tion as chairman of the democratic
convention serious charges were
made against him by democrats of
Fannin aud Cobb counties. These
charges were supported by affidavits
of organized democrats, but “the
men who control” refused to have
them investigated, and hissed from
the floor of the convention the man
who asked that the charges be looked
into.
Mr. Marion W. Harris (who was.
until recently, a member of the ex
ecutive committee of which Mr. Clay
jis chairman), after five weeks’ inti
i mate official association with Mr.
j Oluurman Clay, has this to ray of
hiW:'
’lie (Mr. Clay) deaied it to Tait Daily
I I’UKSs reporter Tuesday morning He
1 denied it to the Uonstitullon on Tues-
I day n'ght, and to the Telegraph un
I Im wiav night. s.. ail those papers sail
whi.t, as a matter o! fi. .t. he wrote me
rTuesSay morning (hit letter being to»t-
I marked at ISIJ >» Atlanta Tuesday,
ml wvs received in Macon Tuesday
i iiiaht at 8:30) aeknowledgtax the ro
ceiat of «»v resignation
Mr. M.; ,rii>n W. Harris sue
the veracity or
: truthfoiners of Chairman Steve Clay! i
This impeachment, like the damning
affidav its, comes from a rock-ribbed
democrat who defies the organized
' Georgia democrat to apply the yard- j
I st’ck, (provided they can find the
J stick) to hi* dem •cracy.
Discussing how the contents of i
his letter of resignation became'
i known in Atlanta Mr. Harris says: |
i “Consequently I knew that the mat
l ter became public in Atlanta after my
I letter reaches! Mr. Clay and not before. ]
| Perhaps if Mr. Clay will make a close
' investigation of the surroundings of
the democratic headquarters he may |
find some one or somethiug that ‘is at
heart a populist’ and that ‘has evi
dently communicated with the popu- i
list’.”'
There being two branches to the
Georgia democratic family—the sil- j
verite* and the goldites—and Mr. j
Clay being of the silverites and Mr.
Harris of thegoldite:-, it appears nat- I
ural to Mr. Harris that Mr. Clay;
should be “at heart a populist” as I
the populists are the only genuine, |
simon-pure silver democrats.
Mr. Harris is led to make this re
flection upon the ailverites of the
committee:
“Because Mr. Clay announced to the
executive committee on the Hth inst,
before any business was transacted, af
ter ordering all the doors carefully
closed, that he was obliged to be very
cautious, ‘for in some unaccountable
way,’ said he, ‘everything that has
been done here has leaked out, and our
enemies get hold of it.’ ”
All of which goes to show that
“the men who control” have run
the democratic ship upon the shoals
and it is rapidly going to pieces.
The crew and the captain is suspi
cious of every member of the crew ;
while the honest passengers are tak
ing to the lifeboats and abandoning
the sinking hull.
We’ll lay alongside of the old bulk
until she goes to the bottom. Our
decks are clean, our cabiu comforta
bla, and our Ship capable of accom
modating all who wish to take
refuge.
Mr. Flemlug’s Map.
The latest map of Georgia is a po
litical map of the state, drawn by
Mr. W. 11. Fleming, of Augusta.
While the author intended it as an
argument to show that he should be
the next speaker of the house, it is
also a capital argument to show that
the “men who control” should be
turned down.
Mr. Fleming draws two lines, one
north and south through Milledge
ville, mid the other east and west
through Macon, and shows that all
the democratic nominees for state
officers live in the section cast of the
first and north of the second line
lie does not condemn the “men who
control” for selecting all the state
house officers from one small section
of the state, but “makes his appeal
in this matter” to bo made speaker
of the house, timidly venturing to in
sert in his supplication the plea that
ho bad obediently given his “active
support to him (Atkinson) since his
nomination.”
Mr. Fleming’s attitude as a sup
pliant at the feet of “the men who
control” may suit him.
He may think a gross injustice to
the balance of the state will bo
righted by his securing a coveted
position. These aro matters of in
dividual tasto aud judgment. But
intelligent voters will not fail to per
ceive that the exclusiveness in se
lecting the slate house officers prac
ticed by the democrats was not imi
tated by the populists. Mr. Flem
ing’s map presents a strong argu
ment in favor of the populist nomi
nees.
The “Men Who Control” and the
Negrj) Voter.
What sort of treatment the negro
may expect as a voter from the dem
ocratic party, and how farthat party
will let him go in exercising his con
stitutional right to east his ballot as
his judgment shall diretet, may be
gathered from the following:
Last Saturday the colored people
held a mass meeting in town, and
adopted the resolution which appears
lelow. We are glad to know that th»y
| have decided to act as free and inde
: pendent men. and we congratulate
’ them on this upward and onward
i move aud, if they act in the future in
i accord with these public expressions,
: they will merit the respect of all the
J good people of the state. So far ns we
: know', the colored people of Elbert are
■ the first in the state to enter their pro
i test against the use of whisky and
■ money in our elections. Prof. L T
! Kennedy is the author of the resolution,
' which was unanimously adopted,
RESOLUTIONS.
I We, colored voters of Elbert county,
i in mass meeting assembled, declare
’ our unfaltering fa:th in the principles
of the republican party, as nas been
; enur.c ated in its party platforms of
■ principles sine? but us there are
; no republican Candidstes before the
j voter., of this state or c 'v.nty, wo fee!
lit our privilege to act independent(y in
this campaign. A:.d as there are two j
: parties soliciting our suffrages, we owe
i it to ourselves and posterity to act
■ wise y at.d ,up;>>>ri the m -n and taeaa-
■ lire-that will proasise us the greatest
benefit, not n» i:i liv:duaS, bat as
American citiieu*.
We isjmiema the former rr.vctiers in
this county, of buying and selling
vol*V «» lielng more daegerouv t,u civil
gore, umeuttnan she sword, and worh
great<*r evil la society luaa robbery of
We favor g< g'/yi rnnn nt fearmsaiy
| enforced* and <»ur support t >
‘ that party which promises equal rigaU
to every citizen of this state, while or
I We stand open to party conviction
I sLil yield only to arguments of words
| and reason. '
The candidates that propose to buy
our vote* with mean whisky and dol
lars deserve our repudiation at the
polls.-
We believe it only simple justice that
the victorious party controling our
votes should give us sueh representa
tion in civil affairs that our wealth and
iut'dligence will justify.
With these hopes in view, we intend
to arouse the passions and prejudice of
no man. and to treat every man's opin
ion with proper consideration, with the
hope of receiving his good will.
W 11. Upshaw, Chtn’n.
R. J. Spans, Sec’y.
These resolutions were published
in the Elberton Star. In the next
issue of that paper appeared a notice,
signed officially bv liie county school
commissioner, headed “a few words of
plain English to the colored teachers
of this county,” in which the resolu
tions are denounced as “the biggest
fool aud nonsensical article,” which
were signed by a colored teacher as
secretary, who carries in his pocket
a recommendation signed by me (the
Hchool commissioner)” and the plain
English is embodied in these words:
“So help me God, as long as I am
county school commission, the ‘nigger’
politicians of Georgia will not teach
our schools.”
The “ men who control ” endorse
this job-lashing school commissioner,
as will be seen by the following cards
copied from the Star:
Coiumisftione:- Wall Endorsed.
Editor Star:—AU good citizens of
this county heartily endorse Rev. Jas.
N. Wall’s article in last week’s Star.
It demonstrates clearly to the minds of
the people that Mr. Wall had the man
hood to speak out and do his duty. If
we hud more such citizens in public
business in our county it would be a
great blessing. We know what we are
talking about. The article in question
has the true ring of an officer s duty.
Respectfully, W. H. Kerlen.
Mr. Editor: —It is a source of pleas
ure to me to commend our efficient
county school commissioner for his
bold and manly card in last week’s
Star, directed to the colored teachers of
Elbert county. I heartily endorse ev
ery word lie writes, and believe every
good citizen of Elbert will do the same.
11. J. Brewer.
The democratic press is making
desperate efforts to beguile the “col
ored voter” to vote the democratic
ticket, but as soon as he acts as a
man and reasons independently for
himself, he becomes a “nigger politi
cian,” and the “men who control”
will prostitute their office to crush
him out and force him to vote as he
is being dictated to by them.
Can any honest, intelligent negro
hesitate as to which party he should
support?
Democratic Intemperance.
Rev. S. B. McGehee, having
stated that he preferred Judge Hines
to Mr. Atkinson for governor, aud
that numbers of voters, to his cer
tain knowledge, who would have
cast their ballots for General Evans,
would vote for Hines, since the Gen
eral had been knocked out by the
“men who control” was at once
classed by the Sparta Ishmaclite as
an “average hellion.”
In its last issue, the Ishmaclite ex
plains to Mr. McGehee what it
meant by “average hellion” and de
nounces honest, conscientious men
as being a degree worse than “hel
lions,” if they disagree with the Ish
maelite politically. Read this bitter
vituperation of the Ishtpaelite, ye
Christian preachers and laymen. It
is a sample of Georgia democratic
principles:
The Ishmaelito cannot undertake to
define fur Mr. McGehee all the words
not contained in his antiquated dic
tionary. It will say, however, by the
term, “average hellion,” is meant an
uuregenerate fellow who yet isn’t rep
robate enough to abandon political
honor aud principle because his candi
date got left in the primaries. The
fellow who would do so—whether
preachers or laymen—are, of course,
beyond the average, and may be de
fined simply as Hines democrats.
Where They Are “at.”
The “men who control” in Butts
county do not seem to favor a fair
election, as the following cards will
show.
The repetition of the lame excuse
of Chairman Clay by Chairman
Pound that, “I have no authority to
dictate in the premises” is a lame ar
gument which no one will fail to un
derstand. He was not requested to
dictate; but simply put himself on
record, in his capacity as executive
head of his party in Butts county, as
favoring election by re
questing a fair division of election
managers. His unwillingness to do
this, leaves but one construction :
An O;>?a I.rtte .
Mr E E. t’oun.l, Chairman Demo
cratic Executive Committee. Jackson.
■ Go.—Dear Sir -To the end that in the
I appr. netting election, the management
may be such that neither populists nor
democrats may have ju»t cause for
complaint, 1 would rcspecttnlly ask
that a mutual agreement be entered
into between us. whereby there shall
i be a fair division of managers at the
| polls There being nothing ia the law
■ to prevent this, it would be evidence to
the world of n suirit of fairness in the
democracy of Butts, an t would re-
i move any grounds for apprehension of
| unfair treatment. whether well
founded or uot. but which is neverthe
less so prevalent now amongst the pop
ulists. Such a loursvean harm neither
side and won!d tend to strengthen the
confidunce of the people in their insti
tutions la promote peace and good
order :n society.
Respectfully,
S C McC'aslH.fss.
Chairman Populist Ex torn.
< *tr«l Fiuui E.
llox. 8, C McCssmjta*, Chairman
I’opuh-t Execntiva Committee:—.D-ur
Sir: la reply to yunr letter in the last
issue of the Argus. I will state that the
law prescribes who shall bold elections
for governor and members of the legis
lature. The law recites that a justice
of the p-ace and two frech ,biers shall
perform that duty, and as chairman of
the democratic exeentire comnaittre of
Butts county I have no authority to
dictate in the premises. I am confident
tliat the election, as all other elections
that have been held in Butts county
will be conducted in all fairness, and
that there will be a free ballot and a
fair count. Yours resnectfuly.
E. E. Pound.
Chairman Dem. Ex. Committee
Col. Trammell Writes.
The Daily Press received the fol
lowing letter from Colonel Trammell
too late for publication Saturday, or
it would have appeared on that date:
Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 15, 1894.
Editor The Daily Pkess—dn your
editorial calumn in your issue of the
14th instant, you state that L. N.
Trammell is said to have “received
the snug little sum of ?40,0D'J from Mr.
Bullock.”
This is news to me, and the first that
I have heard of this charge, which I
brand as a malicious and unqualified
falsehood.
I have bean in public life far thirty
three years, and have held many posi
tions of honor and trust during that
time. To my knowledge, no official
act of mine has ever been brought into
question.
My official record is public property,
and is open to the most searching scru
tiny and investigation ; and I challenge
and you or any one else to raise a
suspicion pointing to where a filthy
dollar has ever gone into ray pocket. I
am bold to assert, and am prepared to
sustain it, that no official, either in or
out of Georgia, has a cleaner record,
and lias been more faithful in the dis
charge of every duty and trust than I
have been.
This charge comes from that nest of
hatred and malignity which hatched
out other charges, which I have met
and overwhelmed with the truth, and
which I am prepared now and at all
times to vindicate myself against. 1
ask no quarters, but say, “Lay on,
McDuff, aud damn he who first cries:
hold ; enough.” L. N. Trammell.
We give Mr. Trammell’s denial of
the implied allegation that he had re.
ceived the “snug little sum of $40,-
000 from Mr. Bullock,” the same
prominence we gave to the rumor.
lie is entitled,to be heard, and as
The Daily Press is searching for
the “truths of history,” it cheerfully
prints his denial, holding the right
to have it rebutted.
We don’t claim to bo infallible, on
the contrary, like all other mortals
we can and do make mistakes and
when so convinced we will be found
trying to do the right thing.
Silver Legislation.
We have been requested to print
a synopsis of the vote of the various
bills that have come up for action in
the senate and house looking toward
free coinage of silver since 1873.
The object is to show the attitude of
the two parties upon that great
question. Ia this connection we
wish to say that we consider John
Sherman’s letter to Mr. Ruggles, a
delegate to the Paris Monetary Con
ference in 1869, as the initial move
ment toward the destruction of sil
ver as a money metal.
We would also state that there
was no vote taken upon the demon
etization in 1873. No one save John
Sherman knew that the passage of
the mint bill at that date demon
etized silver. To be more explicit,
the vote of 1873 simply stopped the
coinage of the silver dollar, leaving
all the silver dollars then in existence
a full tender, but in codifying the
laws in 1874 silver was finally de
monetized.
It is therefore useless to give the
vote on the mint bill, or on the ap
proval of the codification of the laws,
since only a few conspirators were
aware of the true condition. The
first time the people became aware
that silver had been demonetized
was in 1876, when Senator Roscoe
Conkling put the question squarely
to John Sherman, “if there was no
American silver dollars.” That arch
traitor then revealed the long-bidden
fact.
The first vote we will give is on
the Bland bill of 1873. These sev
eral votes are taken from the records
and verified by Alexander McPher
son’s baud book.
Bland Act of 1878.
The vote on its passage:
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 74
Republicans . . ,129
Total . . 203
Nays—Democrats . , ,68
Republicans . , 4
Total . . .72
SENATE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 24
Republican . , .24
Total . . . 48
Nays—Democrats . . 7
Republicans . . .14
Total . . .21
This bill was vetoed by President
Hayes and passed over his veto by
the following votes :
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats . , .118
Repulicau . . 78
Total . . 196
Nays—Democrats . . .21
‘ Republicans . . 52
Total . . ‘73
SENATE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 25
Republican . . .21
Total ... 4G
Nays—Democrat* . • .9
Republicans . . 10
Total . . 191
O.i June 27, 18'9, Senator Vest '
offered t-w fo!!owi"g resolution: |
“That the complete remonetization
of silver, its lull restoration as a
money metal, and its free coinage
by the mint* of the I cited States
are demanded alike by the dictates
of justice and wise statesmanship.”
On motion of Senator Al.ison to
refer the resolution to the committee
on finance, the following vote was
taken. Those voting in the affirma
tive were against silver, those in the
negative being in favor:
SENATE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 4
Republicans , . 19
Total . . 23
Nays—Democrats . • 22
Republicans . . 0
Total . . 22
May 24, 1879, a free coinage bill
pissed the house by the following
vote:
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 99
Republicans . . 5
Greenbackers . . 10
Total 111
Nays—Democrats . , 8
Republicans . . 89
, Total . . . 97
February’ 3, 1880, this bill was re
ported from the senate finance com
mittee adversely by Senator Bayard.
No further attention was paid to it
during that session.
April 8, 1886, the following vote
was taken on a bill for the free coin
age of silver, being house bill 5690.
It was defeated by the following
vote:
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats ■ 98
Republicans . . 26
Greenbackers . , 2
Total . , 126
Nays—Democrats . • 71
Republicans . , 92
Total . , 163
There was no action taken by the
senate from which a statement could
be mado of the friends and foes of
silver that would be satisfactory.
What is known as the Sherman law
of 1890. by which 4,500,000 ounces
of silver were bought each month
and paid for in treasury notes, passed
the senate July 10, 1890, by the fol
lowing vote:
SENATE. ,
Yeas—Democrats , , . 00
Republicans . , 39
Total , . . 39
Nays—Democrats . . 36
Republicans r . 00
Total . . 36
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats . . 00
Republicans . . 121
Alliance . , . 1
Total . , 122
Nays—Democrats . . 90
Republicans , . 00
Total , . 90
Previous to this, on a motion of
Mr. Bland to recommit the Windom
bill to the committee on coinage with
instructions to report a free coinage
bill, the following vote was taken.
This vote discloses the real status of
the house on free coinage:
Yeas—Democrats . . 101
Republicans . • 14
Alliance . , , 1
Total . , 116
Nays—Democrats , , 13
Republicans . . 127
Total . . 140
On June 25tb, the house voted
again on a square free coinage
amendment as follows:
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats, . , 112
Republicans, . . ,22
Alliance, ... 1
Total, . , .135
Nays—Democrats, . . 22
Republicans, ... 130
Total,. . . 152
In the senate the most pronounced
vote on free coinage was on a mo
tion of Senator Plumb, which is as
follows:
SENATE.
Yeas—Democrats, . . .28
Republicans, . . 15
'Total, ~ . .43
Nays—Democrats, . . 3
Republicans, . . .21
Total, ... 24
It must be remembered that the
Sherman law originated in'the senate
as a compromise measure.
The next clear-cut vote upon free
coinage was taken March 24, 1892,
on a motion to table the flee coinage
bill then pending:
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats, . . .88
Republicans, . . 66
Total, . . .154
Nays—Democrat-, . . 130
Republicans, . . .11
I‘opulists, ... 8
Total, . . .149
It roust be remembered t hat the
vote in the affirmative wail a vote
against diver, while the veto in the
negative was a vote for silver.
The acuate voted on the .srst of
July, 1392, on Senator Stewart’*
substitute:
SENATE.
Yeas—Democrats, . . 16
Republicans, . . n
Populists, . . .2
Total, ... 29
Nays—Democrats, . . .7
Republicans, . . , 18
Total, . . . 25
This substitute went, to the house
and was voted on July 13,1892. The
following is the vote :
HOUSE.
Yeas—Democrats, . . .118
Republicans, . . 8
Populists, . • .10
Total,. . .136
Nays—Democrats, . . .93
Republicans, . . 61
Total, . . . 154
The Oast show of hands was made
during 'die extra session of (jongress
in 1893. The following succinct
statement is taken from the Rocky
Mountain News. It has been au
thenticated.
For. Agst
Free coinage, 16 to 1 124 226
Free coinage, 17 to 1 100 240
Free coinage, 18 to 1 102 239
Free coinage, 19 to 1 104 238
Free coinage, 20 to 1 121 222
The Bland law . 136 213
Unconditional repeal 240 110
Vote on 16 to 1:
Free coinage, 16 to 1 124 226
Democrats . . 100 115
Republicans . 13 112
Populists . . 11
Majority . lO2
Vote on 17 to 1 :
Free coinage, 17 to 1 100 240
Democrats . , 84 128
Republicans . 15 110
Populists . . 1 2
Majority . l4O
Vote on 18 to 1:
Free coinage, 18 to 1 11)2 239
Majority . 137.
Vote on 19 to 1 :
Free coinage, 19 to 1 105 239
Majority . 13i'
Vote on 20 to 1:
Free coinage, 20 to 1 119 222
Majority . 10c
The Bland bill:
To substitute the
Bland act . 136 313
Majority . 77
The Wilson bill:
Unconditional repeal 240 110
Democrats . 138 77
Republicans . 102 22
Populists . . 10
Majority . 130
The vote in the senate is as fol
lows:
For unconditional repeal . 43
Againiit .... 32
Politically divided as follows:
Republicans for unconditional
repeal . . . . 24
Republicans against uncondi
tional repeal . . 9
Democrats for unconditional
repeal . . . .19
Democrats against uncondi
tional repeal . . 19
Populists, all against repeal 4
Paired in favor of repeal, repub
licans ... 3
Paired in favor of repeal, dem
ocrats ... 2
Paired against repeal, republi
cans .... 2
Paired against repeal, demo-
crats .... 3
Total republican senators for
repeal . . . . 27
Total democratic senators for
repeal . . . . 21
Total republicans against repeal 11
Total democrats against repeal 22
We will let the reader make the
comparison as regards the love for
silver, as shown by the two parties.
—National Watchman.
Judge Blues’ Refusal to Debate.
As foreshadowed in an editorial
in The Daily Press of Saturday,
15th inst, Judge Hines has declined
to enter joint debate with Mr. At
kinson.
His letter to Mr. Atkinson on the
subject will be found elsewhere ia
this paper. In it Judge Hines states
his reasons for declining to debate
with Mr. Atkinson. He would
have been justified in treating Mr.
Atkinson’s invitation with the same
rudeness with which the chairman
of the democratic executive com
mittee treated the communication
made to them at their solicitation by
the chairman of the populist execu
time committee.
This rudeness on the part of the
democratic campaign managers de
served a severer rebuke even than
was administered by Judge Hines.
Surely he could not be expected to
enter into joint debate with the can
didate of a party which wantonly in
sulted the party whose banner he
bears.
Denounced as aFraud 'and Forgery.
To the Editor of The Daily Press:
In this morning’s Constitution is
published an article in which Mr. L.
P. Barnes says that he will, “tell the
people of Atlanta what Watson did
with the resolution presented to the
state convention on behalf of the
Federation of Trades of Atlanta.”
It is certainly news fco the officers
of the Federation to hear that any
resolution was presented to the pop
ulist convention from tliat body, and
if any resolution was brought to the
convention and represented as ema
nating from the Federation, it was
fraud and forgery. The Federation
presented not a word to the populist
convention, and no one was author
ized to use its name there in any
connection. Conseqi lently, Mr.
Barnes’ statement about the Federa
tion is without foundation.
8. M . W HITE,
President Atlanta I’edcrat'on e'
Trades.