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2 THE DAILY PRESS. tMrmlat IM* AtUaM. •**<«»*• rCBJUMIH* MKi.Y OAT !'-*» HT *VM>AV TiIO.HAH i:. WATMON. Atiat* !•’ li*n* ♦ nrf PpttaulenL Daily Edition, Orc Year ('> <*> •• •• Bis Month* a oo Tl* People•. part. P»|»r. On- Year 1 00 . 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. ——— 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- * 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. Reform Papers of Georgia. The Daily Press. Atlanta. '7 J- People’s Party Paper, Atlanta. Living Issues, Atlanta. The Wool-Hat, Gracewood, i The Sun, Thomaston. Enterprise. Thomson. i Populist. Tennille. Farmer’s Light, Harlem.' \ Clipper, Warrenton. Free Lance, Waynesboro. F. & L. Herald, Swainesboro. People’s Press, Sylvania. Banner. Statesboro. News. Ellabelle. Georgia Patriot, Washington. Populist. Winder. Alliance Plow Boy, Buford. Free Press, Canon. 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