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2 m DAILY Kntrrca at »bc Atlanta. G*<»rrU. July 4. I’M. n> srcouci f'ia** mail inat ur. icbusbep kvf.ry day ixcbpt kuxday VF ao. b SOUTH BROAD STKEKT. THOM AS E. WATSON, Mauuf'ing Editor and President. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily Edition, Oqg Year fG 00 “ '• Six Months 3 00 “ “ Three Months 1 50 The People’s Party Paper, One Year 1 00 INVARIABLY IS’ ADVANCE. Ai I. \NTA, (i A.. SEPT. 17. tb!H. PEOPLE’S PART* STATE TICKET. .. ■*-' ■ 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- *'7« • <■ : »»«• government wj*' . ! »!.. i;L|.aii--. The i . •.« 40 ,- •!,> >tt, Hm. 1 U'.dred | ;n - fr«»i:» tex 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.