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ATLANTA. I. \.. sEI*T 1”. 1894.
riOPLI’S PARTI STATE TICKET, i
For Governor
JAMES K HINF.s
For Secretary of Slate:
A. L NAM E.
For Tn'sunrr:
C. M. JONES. *
lor Attorney-General
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY
1 or Comptroller-General:
W. 11. KEMP.
For Commissioner of Agrieulturo:
JAMES BARRETT.
For &4lh Congre-s FiftlfCongrcssional {
District;
ROBERT TODD.
For Slate Senator 35th Senatorial
District:
SAMUEL M. TA I.IA FEU RO. s
For the Legislature—Fulton County:
N. H. MATTHEWS,
WILLIAM AVERY,
IL IL WADLOW.
Hon, Robert Todd’s Appointments.
Chamblee, September 22.
- ...
Hott. Claiborne Snead’s Appointments.
31 adison Saturday, Sept. 26.
Col. C. J. Thornton's Appointments.
Talbotton, Friday, September 21.
Cusseta, Wednesday, September
20.
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Watson's Appointments.
Quitman, September 20.
Jessup, September 21.
Mcßae, September 22.
Hogansville, September, 28.
Lawrenceville, September, 29.
Dr.W.H. Felton’s Appointment#
Dalton, September 18.
Springplace, September 19.
Rome, September 22.
Cedartown, September 25.
Dallas, September 26.
Calhoun, September 29.
Cartersville, October 1.
Judge Hines’ Appointments.
Hamilton, Harris county, Septem
ber 20th.
Elberton, Elbert county, Friday,
September 28th.
Gainesville, Hall county, Saturday,
September 29th.
Bluffton, September 24.
Valdosta, September 26.
Dr. E. 0. Stafford’s Appointment!
For the seventh congressional di*.
’ trict are as follows:
Fairmount, September 24.
Sugar Valley, September 25.
Villauow, September 2G.
I’ost Oak, September 27.
Cohutta Junction, September 28.
Spring Place, September 29.
Tilt n, October 1
Dalton, October 2.
Hun. James Darrell’s Appointment*.
Hon. Jamea Barrett, people's party
nominee for commissioner of agri
culture, and Hon. W. 11. Kemp, nom
i ico for Comptroller-General, will
till the following appointments:
Davia Mill, September 20.
Vienna, September 21.
Ua-tman, September 23.
Mcßae, September 24.
Ailey, September 25.
Hou. W. J. Campbell’* Appoint incuts.
Am runs, September 20.
Smithville, September 21.
Cuthbert, September 22.
Fort G liner, September 24.
Abbeville, September 25.
Collins, September*26.
Pembroke, September 27.
Savannah (at night) September 27.
Guyion, September 28.
Sylvania, September 29.
J. It. o,tunn’s Appointments.
Fayetteville, September 20.
Macon, (at night) Seplcm'er 20.
Midville, Soplelfilitr 21.
Statesboro, September 22.
Savannah, (at night) September 22.
Hinesville, September 24.
Jesup, (at mght) September 24.
Brunswick, September 25.
• Blackshear, September 26.
Waycross, (at night) Septem
ber 20.
Folkston, September 27.
Statenville, September 28.
Valdosta, September 29.
Bainbridge, October 1.
Camilla, October 2.
A'l day apno'ntments are tinier
stood to l»e at lo a. m.
Iter. S. A. Walker’s Appointments.
Hogansville', 2 p.m. September 20.
Franklin. Sep'cmbar 21.
Luthersville, September 22.
Carrollton, (at night) Septem
'jer 22.
Qarroll county rallies, September
24 and 25.
Bremen, September 26.
Cedartown, <at night) Septem
ber 26.
Rockmart, September 27.
, Cartersville (at night) Septem
ber 27.
Acwonh, September 28.
Big Shanty, 1 p. m) Septem
ber 28.
Smyrna, (at night) September 28.
Roswell, 41 a. m., Si ptember 29.
Chamblee, (at night) Septem
ber 29.
The hour for the day appoint
men-s when not otherwise specified
•Ml be 10 x m-
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THE DAI LA PRESS, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVEN! >G, SEPTEMBER 19, 1R94.
And for W bat I
I Flint ><»n «! lit- «.f fatltliU'K. thf
| The above is elippod from the
Augusta CUrcn cle, tigtm.l L. L. V.
Why nhoiihl the Chronicle row
give utterance t > meh expreaeions?
Why publish with the sanction of its
»d< nt approval a vindictive attack
1 which the least investigation will
i brand as fabe ? “As widely as l>i„
influence lias been felt, so widely
I have three bad results followed: the
interruption of, the peace of families
the <li>tui banci- of UlO friendship ol
communities, the dsruption of
churches.'*
Was it Mr. Watson’s influence
which caused the father-in-law ,to
. shoot his son-in-law nt the polls iu
Kentucky in the Ashland demo
cratic primary ? Was it Mr. Wat
j son’s influence which is disturbing
i the friendship of communities in
I Louisiana in the districts which have
gone over to the republicans? Was
■ it Mr. Watson’s influence which dis.
rupted tho church at Pullman, where
the Rev. Mr. Carwardine lifted his
voice against the godlegs oppression
of the poor? Was it Mr. Watson’s
influence in South Carolina, where
this uufortuuato condition prevails
in worse form than in any other
state, and where also the party
which ho leads is weaker than it is
in any other state in the union? No!
this distressing condition is caused
directly by an abuse of their power
of those in high places and the un
righteous greed of gain which is fos‘
tercd by the laws they have made.
In tho article Mr. Watson is fur
ther charged that—
Ho has employed every effort, both
with longue and pen, to nrov.se ani
mosities and to excite prejudices—to
array class against class, and to inflame
who dwell in the country against
those who happen to live in towns.
All this is false, Not one word
word which Mr. Watson has spoken
not a single line he has written, can
be produced to sustain tho assertion.
Why should the effort be made to
misrepresent him, to traduce him, to
arouse prejudice and inflame pas
sions?
Tho present condition of tho
countiy demands the serious atten
tion ol tho people. Something is
wrong which needs to bo changed.
There is in this state, as in other
states, h party which advocates cer
tain laws, honestly believing that
their enactment will relieve the peo
ple of the 1 unions which are crush
ing all lilo nd hope out cf them
and have made our country a vast
pool of stagnation. This party is
composed of the majority of tho
white voters of the state.
They aro intelligent men, who love
their state no less than do those who
oppose them politically, who e in
terest in the general welfare of the
state is as groit as the interest of the
demoerab, and having chosen Mr.
Watson as their leader, their confi
dence aud esteem of him is proof
that the charges laid to him in that
article in the Chronicle are ground
less.
“Aud for what” purpose was that
malignant article published ?
Perhaps some antagonisms in a
closely contested political campaign
is unavoidable. S uno tilings may
be said in the desire to iufluenej vol
•r< which are not ■ well considered.
But let us guard against saying and
doing that which will cause e .trange
me’its among our people and strike
wounds which will result in deep
und.fastcti ig sores. Shall wenotas
lioiieet. men grant each to the other
hocojty of purpose, aud subiu t the
questions upon which we differ to lie
settled at the ballot-box?
Let tho contest be one of reason.
Don’t in the absence of argumtnt to
support your cause, resort t > arous
ing prejudice which will remain ns
a bjigbt'ng curse after the election
M over. Let tach party give its
reasons why it sh >u!d be supported
and let it abide by the w ill of the
majority as it shall be determined by
a fair election and an horn at com t.
Then, whichever par:y shall triumph
there wi'l bo no dissension after the
e’ection is over, sn 1 city aud coun
try can net in fellow-hip aud com
mon good will to advance their com
mon interest'.
Wo trust the Chronicle will not
lend its columns a»n'n to unwor-hy
aud unjustifiable personal ;vtacks.
Specious But False.
The following campaign circular
1 has been distributed by the demo
■rats:
Colore I voters, read—Here is one in
stance of the treatment the colored
people receive at the hands of the
elate democratic party. What evi-1
dence have the negroea of this shite
that schools will be provided for!
thvir children in ease the third party i
gels i»t« power ?
School fund derived from
I Totwl of iri «v.»l ftird Cm*
thr white
(M-bnol tax) - 11,«?.«••, «l
I thy e.d..red propertv paid
■ T'tl tl of fund Lv
: Os the pot! tax the white*
|.ai,l - si w.ooo oo
The negroes pa <1 - - tfi.oao co
Total common s h'jo'.s
from poll tax *I'JO,OOO 0)
On the dial ributton of the
srh «,| tend lor |s'.-3 tho
lord amount pail to
Whit.’ teach* in i’jOO.STT 57
The t tul paid to colored
teacher* was - 413,7b0 24
Total amount paid int > ,
bchool fund 1.-,- wbit-s,
including polls in IS'.ii:
was - - - ((,141,493 45
Total paid in bv negroes,
including jxdls - 11'!,1G4 63
Total amount cf taxes pui.i by in—
grrM-H in iM'j:; for all purpose, and from
all sources was (114,‘JIM 71, showing
tha* in the matter of schools atone the
negro received more than three times
as much money, ns lie pays into the
politic treasurer from all sources.
“What evidence have the negroes
of this state that schools will be pro
vided for their children in case the
third party gets into power?’’
The party which will give the
negro due credit for the amount he
contributc-i to tho state’s income will
be more likely to give him his just
proportion of benefit which flows
from it than the party which falsely
underestimates the negro's share of
the burden.
This democratic circular claims
that the distribution for the school
fund was $809,877.57 to the white
teachers and $443,780.24 to the col
ored teachers, and that of this
amount only $112,164.36 was con
tributed by the negroes; that conse
quently the negroes received as “a
free gift ’ $331,615.88 from the dem
ocrats to educate their children.
To show that this democratic cam
paign circular is faho as to figures
wo refer to the report of tho comp
troller-general for 1893. The total
polls for that year were 293,978, of
which 109,864 were colored. A
gross presumption and a misstate
ment of facts is made in the circular
in not crediting the negroes with
their proportion of tho income from
the rental of tho state road. This
is given in tho comptroller’s report
at $385,011. Being tho property
tho state it is tho joint property of
all its citizens, and the income de
rived from it, one-half of which is
set aside for the school fund, belongs
of right to tho negroes in per capita
proportion. This would place about
ninety thousand dollars to tho
credit of tho negro school fund.
The fees for inspection of fertilizers
amounted to $11,528, which went
into the school fund. This would
place nearly $7,000 more to the
negroes' credit. His per capita
share of $25,000 received for con
vict hire would give him nearly
$12,000 more. When to these
amounts bo added the negro’s school
tax, $36,000, and poll tux, $76,000,
wo have a total of $221,000, leaving
a balance of $222,000 to be paid out
of the general fund. The amount
collcctedfrom railroads was $142,000,
on liquor dealers $112,000, special
taxes and licenses about $110,000»
making a state income for the gene
ral fund of about $36-1,000, of which
the per capita share of tho negro
would bo about 8174,000, which
pvoul-l almost cover the remainder of
the amount pa : d by tho state for ne
gro cdiieition.
Can any fair man in tho light of
these figures contend that the money
expended by the itite for that pur
peso is “a freo gift” of the demo,
cfats, paid out of their pockets, or
raised by taxing their property?
The pledge ol the people’s party
js to give equal and exact justice
before tho law to all men. The
negro will be slow to believe that his
pro rata share of the school fund
will be more readily given him by a
party whieh claims to be making “a
free gift” of that which is really his
and which claims the right of with- i
holding it at pleasure, than by a i
party which reogn’se the equitable- i
noss of the amount he receives under
tho law ?
Even if any part of the money
expendel by the state for negro
education is in the nature of a froo !
gift from :he wh’tts, do not the pop- i
ulist tax paj ers contribute their part
as well as tho democratic tax payers? I
Or will the democrats claim that
they pay all the taxes, except when
it suits their purpose to charge the i
decie.Gc of nearly thirty raiiii .ns cf ,
taxable property to false returns
ma le by popubs s?
Peek aud Hines.
Judge J. K. Hines and Hon. W. L
Peck will speak at the grand Barnes- '•
ville rally on Saturday, September .
22 J.
Get Watson’s Rman Sketches.
R |*'( (• Catoßcl IraMtaell.
L N. Ir«aiiu-l| is laid to haw rr
*-< v.-.t tlx *n,,r little »*lm of
frut Ilti Irwtlr —I mtn Tnr 11 ill 1 l‘K- •*
To this Mr. Trammell dis onto
sn I sat a : “Thia is news to me *n 1
the first I have hoard of thia charge,
which 1 brand as a malicious and
■aqusliM falsehood.”
What are the facts upon which
’ we band the rumor?
Colonel Trammell being directly
interested in this controversy we
, can’t take his unsupported demal.
Therefore we will go back to the
i “history of the time” and examine a
few witnesses. First we introduce
the A linta News, September 27th,
- 1874. Hear it:
I All About Traltimoll', Ills Haul.
One of the threat causes of the objea
! tion t> Major L. N. Trammell bv the
I pc >ple of thu Seventh district was his
; aliened lobbying transaction in the in
i terest of the Brunswick and Albany
' railroad in 1870. 'the matter was made
the subject ot a formal investigation
, -by n committee of the legislature, and
. , although Trammell was wnitewashed,
still facts were developed which plainly
proved the part he had taken in an im
portant lobbying transaction. After
. the report of the committee had been
submitted, rumors arose that a part of
! trie testimony had been suppressed
from the printed report, nn i that it
was most damaging to Major Tratn
! melL On enquiring it was found that
, the report was substantially c >rree(.
rtten on the margin cf the original
I testimony were these words: ‘‘This
must not, be printed.’’
Why should it not be printed?
Why should it be suppressed? Whom
, did it involve?
What was the nature of the bill
, which Mr. Trammell is said to have
I lobbied through ?
It was said to be one of the most
infamous bills the legisla
! ture of 1870.
We quote again from the Atlanta
News of September 27, 1874.
“It was smuggled through secretly
in fa t there are some doubts whether
more than the title was ever read.
However, after its passage Bulloek
signed it. and then suppressed it from
the printed volume of the laws passed
during that session. ******
Under the provisions of this bill Bul
lock issued $1,880,000 of gold bonds to
tile Brunswick and Albany railroad in
glaring violation of the constitution.
Did Colonel Trammell get any of
these bonds?
Come to the stand, Mr. Frost!
Mr. C. L. Frost was, we think, the
president of the B. & A. at that
time, and came to Georgia to get
these identical bonds.
Mr. Frosl’« Testimony.
When 1 was in Georgia making the
exchange, the four gentlemen called at
my room. Two of them I understood
were tho Mr. Trammells. They noti
fied us that they had a claim ou Kiir
ball for 548.750 for services rendered in
•gCtVlng through tho legislature the act
of the 17th ol October, 1870, and that
I should not leave the state with these
gold bonds until I settled their claim.
I replied that I had nothing to do with
them, never employed them, and 1
would ha’’o nothing to do with it. I
told them nt the time if they would
satisfy me that they had a claim on
the company for their services I would
have it settled. Before 1 left I turned
o"er to 11. I. Kimball as ano ot the
contractors 65 second mortgage bonds,
numbers from 1001 to 1065 inclusive,
which he usxn to pay these men,
cither by sale, hypothecation, exchange
or otherwise.”
Office of Secretary of state, )
Atlanta, Ga., Sept., 25, 1874, |
1 hereby certify that tho above ex
tract from the “Frost testimony ” con
tains a true and correct copy from the
original of file in this office. Given un
der my hand and seal of office.
U. C. Barnett,
Secretary of State.
Who was 11. I. Kimball?
Let the committee which Mr.
Trammel, as President of the senate,
appointed to investigate Bullock,
Kimball and Company, answer. In
their report to the legislature of 1872>
page 9, they say:
“The state of Georgia seems to have
had a dual Executive—-Rufus 11. Bul
loek and Hannibal I. Kimball—from
the 4th of July, 1868 until last of Octo
ber, 1871. and so inseparable were these
par nobile frntrum that whenever you
see the footprint of the one you may
look with confidence for the track of
the other. Th it u partnership existed
between them wo think the evidence
establishes beyond a reasonable doubt.
* * * Kimball ami Burns frequently
made deposits to Bullock s credit.”
Now, if Colonel Trammell can
find any balm for his wounds be
cause we used Mr. Bullock’s name
instead of that of the firm of Bul
lock, Kimball & Co., he is welcome
to that kind of technical consolation.
If he is offended because we used
the round amount of $40,000 when
we should have said $46,750 we
; hasten to remove tho offense.
i Any other evidence that he as
■ sisted in lobbying the B. «fc A n rail
road bill ?
Yes! Colonel L. N. Trammell
please take the stand.
During your congressional cam
-1 paign in the 7th district you made a
speech in Floyd county in whieh
you said:
! “In 1567 Colonel Avery, of New
. York, wr> te me to meet him iu Atlant*
I * * * He wanted to secure my ser
vices :o prevent the repeal of the bill
! (the one giving state endorsement to
j bonds o' B. &A ) I took the fee and
; would do it again.”
Didn’t you say it?
Now for the Colonel’s second
bombast’c fusilade which we pub-
- lisbed yesterday, September 18th.
His unparliamentary language is
more likely to prove a boomerrang
i ami return to plague the colonel
I : than damaging to the object we have
ha<i in view, viz: A comparison of
1 the metbo It of t’.i" it n «bn con
trolled under Bi” It's admini»tra
, tion with there a iopled by “the men
' who control” the prc<<nl alm niatra
tion.
We have no personal ill
I against C I uel Trammel’, but w e
have the right to criticise his public i
acta, and no idle bombast will divert
lus <-r force us to dmcend to vile ;
epithet* and c.arse billingsgate.
The colonel says Felton did not'
run him out of the race. Well, who i
did run him out?
He says the democratic conspira- ]
tors caused him to advance back, i
wards.’ He is welcome to that de- I
sense, but the question: why the
democra's conspired against their
nominee, is a little staggering.
He takes us up because wc con
nected him with the legislation of
1871 and Bullock’s administration.
We disclaim any intention of doing
him an injustice. Bullock was
elected in 1868 for four years.
Therefore his administration did not
end until 1872. Trammel waspresi
dent of the senate bc-fore Bullock’s
term expired; this he won’t deny.
He claims that Bullock resigned
in October 1871. It is not true.
lie could not resign until the leg
islature met, and the legislature did
not meet until November, 1871.
I would like to ask the colonel if
that administration was not Bul
lock’s whose administration was it?
Certainly the colonel don’t wish to
daddy it. On the contraryhe scorns it.
His claim that at the session of
1871 the members received only $7
per diem, is correct, but the same
fellows'could have been elected in
1870 and served in 1871, and it is
not denied they were paid a salary
of $3,000 in 1870.
We have hastily ran over the
Colonel’s objections to our allega
tion, and have tried to be fair and
just, and we gently remind the irate
Colonel that liars, like poets, are
sometimes born, and no amount of
practice will add to the laurels of a
born equivioator.
C. E. McGregcr.
A Moneybags Platform.
The platform adopted by the Wis
consin democratic convention Thurs
day aligns that party definitely and
exph jitly on the side of gold tnono
metalism and the money power.
There is not the slightest reason
why any Wisconsin voter believing
in bimetallism should vote for a sin
gle nominee upon the ticket. Not
even the sorry tribute of a “strad
dle” was paid tho silver sentiment in
the state, the platform not contain
ing the word “bimetallism.”
Senator Vila# dominated the con
vention absolutely and permeated it
with a fine flavor of cuckoos and
goldbngs. In his speech he pro
nounced the monthly addition to the
circulating medium produced by the
operation of the Sherman law as be
ing “no more wanted than so much
chees'e,” described the demand for
bimetallism as conceived wholly in
the interest of silver producers and
legislation growing out of it as
“nothing but the triumph of green
l ackism,” upheld the execrable con
spiracy of the bankers for the con
traction of credits by which the
panic was brought on as a product
of the “wise foresight” of able finan
ciers, and eulogized Cleveland’s
struggle for repeal of the Sherman
law, depicting that rotund statesman
thus: “Like Grant at Donelson
when the fight was thickest, so stood
Cleveland the democrat, refusing all
terms but unconditional surrender.”
Even the optimistic Vila', however,
could not deny that the result of the
unconditional surrender was not
wholly satisfactory to the nation.
But after confessing this fact he
suddenly dropped the silver issue—
just where all goldbngs want it
dropped, at the repeal of the Sher
man law—and went on to promi-e
that all shall be made right by tariff
reform.
Moved by the hysterical oratory
of Vilas, and still more by the wires
he secretly pulled, the representa
tives of Wisconsin democracy went
on to declare that “the administra
tion of President Cleveland has been
wise, patriotic and courageous, and
commends it’elf to the democracy of
the state of Wisconsin.” How true
tho latter statement is may be better
judged when the vote is counted |
next November. It furthermore ap-1
pears that “the action of the demo- i
cratic senators and representatives
of Wisconsin has our hearty appro
bation.” Including, of course, their
cction in uniformly opposing every
attempt to check the appreciation of
gold, by which low prices of farm
products and low wages are caused.
Finally, after distributing compli
ments and endorsements with so lav
ish a hand, the convention puts on ,
record tbe Wiconsm democratic ideal i
of monetary legislation in this plank : '
By the repeal of the republican I
measure known as the Sherman silver -
law the money of the country is re
stored to a sonn i basis, and no proposed
legislation should be entertained whieh
does not provide that every dollar is
sued by the gorernmont should lie of
equal' intrinsic aud interchangeable
value.
It appears thus that, in the esti
mation of the Vilas-Walt gang of
alleged democrats the money of the
country is now on a »onnd basis.
This being the case, why change it
at a’l and why talk stupidly of dol- >
i “
I lan of rqml intrinsic ml rxchange
abh value? Under oar present |
soundly ba«od ayatem th ' demand .
for g-Jd Leing vastly grrater than its .
supply the price ot that met 11 is con
stantly appreciating and the profits
of capitalists soar wdh it, while the
earnings of prodEecrs as ronsttntly
daert-n-e. ‘ This is the Lind of a
»onn<! money system for which the j
W.sconsm democratic convention <le
clan s. How many democrats who I
Ive by work instead of on interest
w:ll endorse it with their votes in
i November?—Ch eng> Times.
A Pica for Fair Elections.
Editor Herald- Jonn al: Dear
I Sir—As you have kindly opened
I your columns to both democrats and
i populists, I have a few ideas to ad
vance which, if adopted by both par
ties and fa-thfally adhered to, will
re-ult in great good to the people of
Greene county.
We are all equally interested in
having a good government. We are
all equally honest. We honestly
differ on questions of state and na
tional policy. There is only one way
by which any party can constitution
ally get control of the state or na
tional affairs, and that is by the bal
lots of legal voters. Politics is not
a matter of personal abusa or fanat
icism; politics does not demand the
slavish adherence to any party. Let
us throw aside fanatical positions and
deal fairly and rationally with each
other. This will keep down strife;
the party beaten at the polls fairly
without fraud will have no cause to
be dissatisfied, and all good men will
quietly accept defeat; but on the
other band, if either party should
beat the other by fraud, ballot-box
stuffing or any illegal way, it will do
Greene county incalculable harm.
Neither party will submit to this,
and if attempted will beyond all
question result in bloodshed.
Now my plan is this, and no hon
est democrat or populist can or will
object to it. Let the chairman of
the executive committee of each se
lect one of their own party, who is a
freeholder and legally qualified, as
one of the managers at each precinct
in the county. This manager should
be honest, conservative, and not a
manipulator.
W<s cannot afford to have any
trickery or fraud in our election.
This is a matter all of us are deeply
interested in. The election two
years ago was fair, and I have never
heard any complaint of the mana
gers by the defeated party. I hope
the October election will be con
ducted fairly. But there is very se
rious apprehension on the part of one
of our political parties that they will
nat be allowed a fair ballot and a
fair count. This has been caused
by the very indiscreet remarks of
nlien who belong to one of the par
ties, by publicly announcing that the
opposition party would be 'Counted
oijt no matter what majority was
against them. I am glad to say
these men who made the threat are
not representative men. No man
who is a friend to his country will
make such threats, and no honest
man will execute them.—Greena
County Voter, in Greenesboro Her
ald-Journal.
The Railroad Question, dis
cussed by Thos. E. Watson,
now ready for delivery. Ten
Cents per copy at The Daily
Press office.
The Western Union Robber.
The capital stock of the company
in 1858 was $358,700. It declared
stock dividends between 1858 and
1866—'tight years—of $17,810,147,
and added only $1,937,950 for new
lines, making its capital July 1, 1866
$20,133,800, ninetenths of which
was water. One year later it doubled
its capital by making it $40,568,300.
The largest dividend up to 1874
in any one year was 414 per cent.—
a pretty good showing when we re
member that the immense capital
stock on which it was declared was
almost “pure” water.
At one time it distributed $lO,-
000,000 of stock to its shareholders,
and in 1878 it distributed as divi
dends $6,000,000 and in 1881, $19,-
000,000.
An investment of SI,OOO in 1858
in Western Union stock would have
received in about thirty years more
than $50,000 in stock dividends. It
has realized 8100,000,000 in net
profits in 25 years. Its watered
stock is over $100,000,000, while Mr.
Wanatnaker declares its entire plant
could be duplicated for $35,000,000.
Its capital stock now is $150,000,000.
For Fair Elections.
At a meeting of representative
i populists from Monroe, Pike and
j Upson counties, held in Barnesville
i on Thursday, September 13th, the
following resolutions were passed
and requested to be published in the
papers of the state:
Resolved, By representatives of
the populists of Pike and
Upson counties, in conference as
sembled in B irnesville September
13th, that it is no more nor less than
just to the populist candidates that
j they have representative election
managers at each polling place, and
' that the county executive committee
' of the people’s party make a request
of the democratic county ex
ecutive committee of said coun
ty to join with them in se
curing "a equal division of election
managers, and if this request be re
fused, that the various district peo
ple’s party committees demand of I
the justice of the peace or notary I
public who shall hold the election an i
i equitable division of managers, and
insist upon the demand as our right.
Resolved, That we recommend |
’ the adoption of similar resolution*
I by populists all over
I that w» appeal to a’l fair-minded
| citizens, irrespective nf p*rly, to aid
us in thus securing a fair ballot and
an boneal count.
E. W. M“ljOock,
’ J. J. Garland, Cuairman.
Secretary.
Denouncing “Mr. Ross of New York.**
We clip the following from the
the Savannah Tribune. It shows
how the honest negroes regard Mr.
Rots of New York, and his attempt
to lead them into the camp of their
enemies:
I desire, through your time honored
paper to jrive the public au account vs
the doings ot the republican parly of
Monrue county.
The republicans met in mass meeting
from the ‘remotest portiuus of the
county, anxious to learn what was
clone by the state convention. Thy
meeting* was called to order by I. VV.
Wood, chairman of tlie county, ivtio
made quite a lengthy aud impressive
speceh. going for ths democratic party
with gloves oft". Mr. Ed. Hollis was
elected chairman and R. V. Watsou
secretary. The proceedings of the
convention was confirmed after a spir
ited eontroversj- between I. W. Wood
and J. A. Smith, the latter being a.
tool for the democrats in 1892, aud will
favor them in 189-1, was ignored by tho
meeting and, left Ojff of the executive
committee and granted a leave of ab
sence from the-party, for we don’t
want any such men in our ranks.
I. W. Wood was elected chairman of
the republican county executive com
mittee and Mr. A. M. Banks was elected
secretary of the same. I. W. Wood mo
tioned that the committee consist-of
two members from each militia district
and four from the county ut large. It
was carried.
The populist state and conn tv ticket
was endorsed. The Republicans of
Monroe county will not-toleraie denio
crats in their ranks; they will neither
follow nor he led by them; so no
strange devils need come for we have
too many here already. We hope Judge
Mathews’ resolution that was passed
by the state convention will be en
forced by every county in the state, for
it is the only way to purify the party
and rid it of those vile deceivers.
I am yours for the party aud race.
I. W. Wood.
’ A Democratic Speech.
Hon. Robert Berner spoke at Fayette
ville last Friday. We are furnished a
synopsis of his speech by a correspon.
dent who heard it. It presents the
line of argument adopted by demo
cratic stump speakers and the detesta
ble methods employed by them to in
fluence voters:
Inman, Ga., Sept. 17, 1894.
Editor The Daily Press—Hon.
Robt. Berner spoke in Fayetteville
Friday to an audience of Iperhaps 400,
men, women and children, including
about 100 negroes. He began his speech
by challenging Messrs. Watson and
Hines to meet him in jafflt d.eb;He, and
by bragging about how much the'djJU-’’
ocrats were going to beat tho populists.
He devoted much of his speech to the
negroes, making the remarkable state
ment, that he admired a stalwart re
publican next to a stalwart democrat.
He spoße of national legislation, and
said the democrats had redeemed half
their pledges. He said they had re
pealed the bounty on sugar but did not
say a word about taxing sugar. II j
hwusolf had übqAt coni e to tile conclw.-
sion that he had jio opinion on silver,
and that when great men like Crisp and
Smith differed on the question, “hum
ble men had better take a back seat”
That the democrats were going to coin
silver, but they were going to take their
own time about it.
He said Cleveland was the wisest
statesman in America, and especially
sound in his financial views. He at
tempted to show what would be the
result of the attempted legislation of
the populists in congress, quoting and
criticising the various bills introduced
by the populists members, of course
misrepresenting and ridiculing the
measures. The greater part of his
speech was ridicule and abuse and mis
representation. He uniformly referred
to Judge Hines as Jimmy, and attacked
his record iu the 1884 and 18S5 legisla
ture, saying that ho voted to practi
cally abolish the railroad commission,
and did something, he did not say
what, about a bill lo regulate interest,
and told the negroes that Judge Hines
voted for a bill that would put them in
worse slavery than that Abraham Lin
coln rescued them from.
He further told the negroes tho
democrats were furnishing all the
school money to educate their children,
for the populists could not raise enough
“taxes to run a gin-house;” and that
the democrats in Macon county had
put negroes on the jury ; thereby leav
ing the impression that they were going
to do it in Fayette county. He ap
pealed very strongly to the colored
man to stand by the democratic party,
for the reason, he said, that the demo
crats had done all that had ever been
done for them. He said the populists
“favored women having the same
rights as men,” and that if such were
the case they would have to “work the
road and serve on juries.” After malt
ing an appeal equal to the most elo
quent camp-meeting exhorter for the
populists to come back to the party, he -4
closed by again challenging Messrs.
Hines and Watson to meet him in joint
debate.
The “men who control” in Fayette
county are in desperate straights, as
evidenced by such speeches, and they
realize if they do not get the negro
vote they are gone. W.
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