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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. AUGUST SI. 1900.
BRYAN SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE
OF DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
By Prlrst# Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 31.—In hla speech
last night at Madison Square Garden,
William Jennings Bryan said in part
"Like all travelers who have visited
other lands. I return with delight to
the land of my birth, more proud of Its
people, with, more confidence in Its
government and grateful to the kind
providence that cast my lot In the
United States. My national pride has
‘ been Increased by abundant evidence
I have seen of the altruistic Interest
taken by Ameileans In the people
other countries. I return more deeply
Impressed than ever before with the
responsibility which rests upon our na
tlon as an exemplar among the nations
and more solicitous that we, avoiding
the causes which have led other na
tlona to decoy, may present a higher
Ideal than has ever before been em
bodied in a national life and carry hu
man progress to a higher plane.
•The first message that I bring from
the old world is a message of pence.
The cause of arbitration Is making
real progress. In spite of the fact that
the nations most prominent In the es
tablishment of The Hague tribunal have
themselves been engaged In wars since
that court was organised. There Is a
perceptible growth In sentiment In fa
Vor of the settlement of International
disputes by peaceful means.
Shouldn't Collect Debts.
•T ani sure from the public utter
ances of the present prime minister of
Great Britain, Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerman, that an International peace
treaty could be made between the
two great English-speaking nations
and their example would be followed
until the danger of war would be al
most, If not entirely, removed. To take
the lead In such a movement would
, establish our position ns a world power
In the best sense of the term, and
what argument can be advanced
against such action on the part of the
United States?
"I venture to suggest that we may
not only promote peace, but also ad
vance our commercial Interests by an
nouncing ns a national policy that<*>ur
navy will not be used for the collec
tion of private debts. Many profitable
fields of Investment are now closed
because the people of the smaller na
tlons are afraid that nn investment of
foreign capital will be made an excuse
for a foreign Invasion.
“Our nation has lost prestige rather
than gained it. by our experiment In
colonialism. We have given the mon
archist a chance to ridicule our dec
laration of Independence, and the scof
fer has twitted us with Inconsistency.
A-tour through the Philippine Islands
has deepened the conviction that we
should lose no time In announcing our
purpose to deal with the Filipinos
as we dealt with the Cubans.
Quick Action Needed.
“In several of the nations of Europe
the legislative department of govern
ment la more quickly responsive *
matAlc sentiment than la our con*
■ 4ul England, for instance, where sMe
ministry la formed from the dominant
party, when an election Is held upon
any Important Issue the government
proceeds to put Into law the will of the
people expressed at the polls. While
our system Is superior In many re
spects, It has one defect, via.: that
congress does not meet In regular ses
sion until thirteen months after the
election.
“During this period there Is uncer
tainty, long drawn out. which to the
business community Is often more dam
aging than a change of policy promptly
carried Into effect. Would not the sit
uation he Improved by a constitutional
congress within a few months of the
election, and compelling the second
session to adjourn several days before
the following election? Such a change
would not only serve legitimate busi
ness Interests and give the public the
benefit of that prompt relief through
remedial legislation, but it would pro
tect the people from the Job* that are
usually reserved for the short session
which la now held after the election,
and when many of the members feel
less responsibility because of defeat at
the polls.
T return more convinced than before
of the Importance of a change In the
method of electing United States sen
ators. There Is noticeable everywhere
a distinct movement toward Democracy
In Its broadest sense. In the United
States this trend toward Democracy
has taken the form of a growing de
mand for the election of United States
senators by a direct vote of the people.
He Outlines the Issues Over Which the Great
National Battle Is To Be
Waged.
It even now contains some men who
owe their elections to favor-seeking
corporations and are so subservient to
their masters as to prevent needed leg
islation The popular branch of con
gress has four times declared In favor
of this reform by a two-thirds vote,
and more than two-thirds of the states
have demanded Jt, and yet the senate
irrogantly and Impudently blocks the
vay.
Income Tax Nssdsd.
“The Income tax which some In our
ountry have denounced as a Socialistic
attack upon wealth, has, 1 atn pleased
to report, the Indorsement of the most
conservative countries In the old world.
It Is a permanent part of the fiscal sys
tem of most countries of Europe, and
In nisny places It Is a graded tax, the
rate being highest upon the largest In
comes. England has long depended
upon the Income tax for a c onsiderable
part of her revenues, and an English
commission Is now Investigating the
proposition to change from a uniform
to a graded tax. It Is little short of a
disgrace to our country that, while It
Is able to command the fives of Its
cMtlxcns In time of war, It can not, even
In the most extreme emergency, com
pel wealth to bear Its snare of the
expenses of the government which pro
tects It.
Government by Injunction.
“No reference to the labor question Is
complete that does not Include some
mention of what Is known as govern
ment by Injunction. As the main
purpose of the writ Is to evade trial by
Jury, It Is really an attack upon the
Jury system and ought to arouse a
unanimous protest. Ho long as the
f Is guaranteed trial by
a Jury, a jury ought not to be denied
to wage earners. However, os the writ
Is usually Invoked In case of a strike,
the evil of the subject would be very
much reduced by the adoption of u
system of arbitration, because arbitra
tion would very much reduce, even if
It did not entirely remove, the proba
bility of a strike.
“Just another word In regard to the
laboring man. The struggle for nn
eight-hour day la an International
struggle, and It Is sure to be settled
In favor of the working man's conten
tion. The benefits of the labor-saving
machine have not been distributed w ith
equality. The producer has enormous
ly multiplied his capacity, but so far
the owner of the machine has recog
nised too much of the Increase and the
laborer too little. Those who oppose
the eight-hour day, I am convinced,
do so more because of ignorance of tho
conditions than with lack of sympathy
for these who toll. The removal of
the work from the house to the factory
has separated the husband from his
wife and the father from his children,
w'hlle the growth of our cities has put
nn increased distance between the
home and the workshop. Then, too,
more Is demanded of the laboring man
now than formerly. He Is a cttlxen as
ell as a laborer, and must have time
It must be difficult to overestimate the
strategic advance of this reform, for
alnce every bill must receive the sanc
tion of the senate as well as of the
house of representatives, before It can
become a law, no Important legislation
of a national character Is possible until
the senate Is brought Into harmony
with the people. I am within the Ilni-
^fts of the truth when I say that the
^■senate has been for some years the
bulwark of predatory wealth, and that
„ to be
drive him from his bed to his task and
from his task back to his bed Is to
deprive the family of his companion
ship, society of his service and politics
of his Intluence. •
“our opponents have derived not
only partisan pleasure, but also parti
san advantage from the division caused
In our party by the money question.
They ought not, therefore, begrudge us
the satisfaction that we find In the fact
that unexpected ‘conditions have re
moved the cause of our differences and
permitted us to present u united front
on present Issues. The unlooked for
and unprecedented Increase In the pro
duction of gold has brought a victory
to both the advocates of gold and the
advocates of btinetallsm.
Campaign Contributions.
“We who favor blmetallsm are sat
isfied with theirs and we can Invite
them to a content of xeal and endur
ance In the effort to restore to the peo
ple the rights which have been gradu
ally taken from them by the trusts.
The Investigations which have been In
progress during the past year have dis
closed the business methods of those
who a few years agn resented any In
spection of their schemes and hid their
rascality under high-sounding phrases.
These Investigations have also dis
closed the source of the enormous cam
paign funds which have been used to
debauch elections and corrupt the bal
lot. The paopte see now that they
should have seen before, namely, that
no party can exterminate the trust so
long as It awes Its political success to
campaign contributions secured from
the trusts.
"The great corporations do not con
tribute their money to any party ex-
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cept for Immunity expressly promised,
or clearly Implied. The president v»*
recommended legislation on this sub
ject, but no far his party has failed to
respond. No Important advance can
be made until this baneful Influence Im
eliminated and I hope that the Demo
cratlc party will not only challenge the
Republican party to bring forward of-
fectlve legislation on this subject, but
will set nn example by refusing to re
ceive campaign contributions from cor
porations and by opening the books so
that every contributor of any consid
erable sum be known to the public be
fore the election. The great majority
of corporations are engaged In legiti
mate business and have nothing to fear
from hostile legislation. Politics should
be honest and I mistake political con
ditions In America If *they do not pres
age Improvement In the conduct o
campaigns.
Trusts Grsat Issus.
"While men may differ as to the re
lative Importance of Issues, and while
the next congress will largely shape
the lines upon which the coming presi
dential campaign will be fought,
think It Is safe to say that at present,
the paramount Issue In the minds of a
large majority of the people Is the
trust Issue. I congratulate President
Roosevelt upon the steps which he has
taken to enforce the anti-trust law
and my gratification Is not lessened by
the fact that he has followed the Dem
ocratic rather than the Republican
platform, In every advance he has
made.
“He has probably gone as far as he
could without Incurring the hostility of
leaders of his own party. The trouble
Is that the Republican party Is not In a
position to apply effective and thor
ough-going reforms because It has built
up, through special legislation, the
very abuses which need to be eradi
cated.
“Before any Intelligent action can be
taken against the trusts we must have
a definition of n trust. For the pur
pose of this discussion It Is sufficient
to draw the line at a point where com
petition ceases to be effective and to
designate as a trust any corporation
which controls so much of the product
of any article that It can fix the terms
and conditions of a sale.
No Defense for Monopoly.
“Legislation which prevents a monop
oly not only does not Injure legitimate
business, but actually protects legiti
mate business from injury. In de
fending the trust system the younger
Rockefeller Is quoted as saying that
ns the American Beauty roso can not
be brought to perfection w ithout pinch
ing off ninety-nine buds, so that the
one-hundredth bud can receive the full
strength of the bush, so great Indus
trial organisations ore Impossible with
out the elimination of the smaller
It Is a cruel Illustration, but It presents
« perfectly accurate description of trust
methods. The Democratic party cham
pions the cause of the ninety-nine en
terprises which are menaced; they must
not be sacrificed that one great com
bination may flourish.
“The trust os an Institution will have
few open defenders. The policy of the
trust magnates will be to Insist upoi
“reasonable legislation" and then the;,
will roly upon their power to corrupt
legislators and Intimidate executives
to prevent the application of any rem
edies which will interfere with the
trusts. Our motto must be 'a private
monopoly Is Indefensible and intoler
able' and our plan of attack must con
template the total and complete over
throw of the monopoly principle In in
dustry.
Laws Must be Enforced.
"We need not quarrel over remedies.
r e must show ourselves willing to
support any remedy which promises
substantial advantage to the people In
their warfare against monopoly. Home-
thing Is to be expected from the en
forcement of the criminal clause of the
Hherman anti-trust law, but this law
must be enforced, not against a few
trusts as at present, but against all
trusts and the ulm must be to Imprison
the guilty, not merely to recover a fine,
if the criminal cluuse Is not going to
be enforced It ought to be repealed.
“Relieving, however, that the opera
tion of nil the railroads by the Federal
government would result In a centrali
zation which would all but obliterate
state lines, I prefer to see only the
trunk lines operated by the Federal
government and the local lines by the
several state governments.
Government Ownership.
“As to the right of the governments,
Federal and state, to own und operate
rnllroads there can be no doubt. If we
can deepen the water In the lakes and
build connecting canals in order to
benpen railroad transportation during
half of the year, we can build a railroad
and chen|)«n rules the whole year. If
we can spend several hundred millions
on the Panama canal to lower trans
continental rates, we can build u rail
road from New York to Han Francisco
to lower both trans-continental and lo-
cul rates. The United States mail Is
Increasing so rapidly that we shall
soon be able to pay the interest on the
cost of trunk lines out of the money
which we now pay to railroads for car
rying through malls.
"I beg to remind you that the presl-
on a large scale may be admitted. l«4t
there la a point beyond which the
economic advantage of large produc
tion ceases. The moment an Industry
approaches the position of a monopoly
It begins to lose In economic efficiency,
for a monopoly discourages Invention,
Invites deterioration In quality and de
stroys a most potent* factor in produc
tion, vis.: Individual ambition.
“But it la not sufficient to enforce
existing laws. If ten corporations con
spiring together In restraint of trade
are threatened with punlshment,all they
have to do now Is to dissolve their
separate corporations and turn their
property over to a new corporation.
The new corporation can proceed, to do
the same thing that the separate cor
porations attempted, and yet not vio
late the law. We need, therefore, new
legislation, and the Republican party
not only falls to enact such legislation,
but falls even to promise It. The Dem
ocratic party must be prepared to pro
pose new and efficient legislation.
“Recent investigations have brought
to light the fact that nearly all the
crookedness revealed In the manage
ment of our large corporations has been
due to the duplication of directorates.
A groyp of men organised, or obtained
control of several corporations doing
business with each other, and then
proceeded to swindle the stockholders
of the various corporations for which
they acted.
“Many of the trusts control prices by
the same methods, the same group of
men secure control of several compet
ing corporations and the management
Is thus consolidated. It Is worth while
to consider whether a blow may not
be struck at the trusts by a law making
It Illegal for such person to accept as
director or offTcer of two corporations
which deal with each other or are en
gaged In the same general business.
Federal Control, of Corporations.
A still more far-reaching remedy
was proposed by the Democratic plat
form of 1900, namely, the requiring of
corporations to take out a Federal li
cense before engaging In Interstate
commerce. This remedy Is simple,
easily applied and comprehensive. If
corporations were required to take out
a Federal license the Federal govern
ment could then Issue a license upon
terms and conditions which w mid pro
tect the public. A corporation differs
from a human being In that It has na
natural rights, and as all of Its rights
are derived from the statutes, It can
be limited or restrained according as
the public welfare may require. Thi
control which congress has over Inter
state commerce Is complete. No party
can long be credited with sincerity if
It condemns the trusts with words only
and then permits the trusts to employ
all the Instrumentalities of Interstate
commerce in the carrying out of their
nefarious plans. It .Is far easier to
prevent a monopoly than to watch it
and punish It, and this prevention can
be accomplished In a practical way by
refusing a license to any corporation
which controls more than a certain
proportion of the total product—this
proportion to be arbitrarily fixed at a
point which will give free operation to
tlon.
tariff question' is very closely
allied to the trust question and the
reduction of the tariff furnishes an
easy means of limiting the extortion
which the trusts can practice.
“While absolute free trado would not
necessarily make a trust Impossible,
SAY CONGRESSMAN
OF DEAL
By Private Leased Wire.
Janesville. WIs., Aug. 31.—Another
phase of the opposition to the return
of Representative Cooper to congress
developed today In Walworth county,
when circulars containing an affidavit
stating that Fred Hull, a prominent
supporter of Cooper, went to R. D.
Short and told him he could have the
Lake Geneva office if he paid him
(Kull) |50 a month during his tenure
of office.
Representative Cooper, It Is said, was
notified of the action of Kull and In the
face of it secured the appointment of
the present postmaster upon Kull’s
recommendation.
still It Is impossible that few manu
facturing establishments would dare to
enter Into a trust If the president were
empowered to put upon the free Its
articles competing with those con
trolled by a trust.
Fret Trade the Solution.
“I can not permit this opportunity
to pnss without expressing the opinion
thnt the principles embodied In the
protective tarifT have been the fruitful
source of a great deal of political cor
ruption ns well as the support of tnnny
of our most iniquitous trusts. It Is dif
ficult to condemn the manufacturers
for uniting to take advantage of a
high tarifT schedule when the schedule
Is framed on the theory that the In
dustries need nil the protection given,
and it Is not likely that the beneficia
ries of these schedules will consent to
their reduction so long as the public
waits for the tariff to be reformed by
Its friends.
“But one of the worst features of a
tariff, levied not for revenue, hut for
the avowed purpose of protection. Is
that It fosters the Idea that men should
use their votes to advance their own
financial Interests. For a generation
the Tat' has been fried out of the
manufacturers by the Republican cam
paign committee and then the manu
facturers have been reimbursed by leg
islation. With the public conscience
educated to believe that this open pur
chase of legislation was entirely prop
er, no wonder that Insurance companies
have used the money of their policy
holders to carry elections—no wonder
thnt trusts hav*\ hastened to purchase
Immunity from punishment with liberal
dnnntlons. How can we draw a mornl
line between the senator or congress
man, elected by the trusts to prevent
hostile legislation, and the senator or
congressman kept In congress by the
manufacturers to secure friendly legis
lation? The party which justifies the
one form of bribery can not be relied
upon to condemn the other.
“There never was a time when tariff
reform could be more easily entered
upon, for the manufacturers by selling
ubroad cheuper than at home, as many
»f them do. have not only shown their
Ingratitude toward those who built the
tariff wall for them, but they have
demonstrated their ability to sell In
competition with the world.
Government Should Own Railways.
"The railroad question Is also Inter
woven with the trust question. Nearly
all the private monopolies have re
ceived rebates or secured other advan
tages over competitors. Absolute equnl-
Ity of treatment at the hands of the
railroads would go far toward the crip
pling of the trusts, and I rejoice titut
dent could not have secured the pas- the president has had the courage to
sage of the rate bill had he not ap- press this question upon congress.
I scaled to the fear of the more radical While the law as It was finally distort-
remedy of government ownership, and j *d by the senate Is not all that could
nothing will so restrain the railroad M* **l«hed. If deserves a folr trial,
magnates from attempting to capture [ "Rate regulation was absolutely nec-
the Interstate commerce commission as ®**ary, and It furnishes some relief
the same fear. The high-handed man
ner in which they have violated law
I from the unbearable conditions which
; previously existed, but we must not
ignore<ratithority.together with fonP» that the vesting of thl« enor-
corruption discovered In high '*
ami
the
places, has done more to creute senti
ment In favor of public ownership than
all the speeches and arguments of .the
opponent* of private ownership.
Trust* are Polities I,
"Just a word more in regard to the
trusts. First, trusts are a political de
velopment rather than nn economic
one; and second, the trust system can
not be permitted to continue, even
though It did roault In a nrt economic|, nemy of proptrty Br of propmy
gain. It Is political because It rests ; rights; It Is. on the contrary, the best
upon the corporation, and the corpora-I defender of both because It defends
tlon rests upon a statutory foundation. j human rights, and human rights are
The trusts, instead of being a natural i the only foundation upon which prop-
development, Is a form of legalised lar- erty and property rights can rest se-
ceny and can exist only so long as the j curely. The Democratic party does not
law permits It to exist. That there Is menace a single dollar legitimately ac-
an economic advantage In production cumulated; on the contrary, It lnalata
mous power In the hand* of a com nil*,
slon appointed by the president Intro
duces a new danger. If an appointive
board ha* the power to fix rates and
can by tha exercise of that power
Increase or decrease by hundreds of
millions of dollars the annual reve
nues of the railroads, will not the
railroads feel that they have n large
pecuniary* Interest In the election of a
president friendly to the railroads?
Democratic Ideal*.
"The Democratic party Is not tho
VETERAN FELL DEAD
WHILE ON WAY TO
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ftpeclnl to The Georgian.
Covington, On., Aug. 31.—About four
mile, above Covington on Monday
morning J. C. Wilder, an old man, was
found dead. It I. thought he died sud-
denly. He wae going to give a moving
picture performance that night at
Almon. He \vns an old eoldler, and hie
only known relative la a daughter at
tending school at LaGrange.
DR. JOlXllTE
RETURNS TD CITY
After nn absence of a month In North
Carolina, Dr. John E. White, of the
Second Baptist church, returned to At
lanta Friday morning, much benefited
by his trip. Friday night he wilt make
his Hrst address since his return, when
'•III apeak to the Baptist Young
People's Union of his church. A good
attendance Is expected at the meet
ing. ,
JORDAN THE ORATOR
AT GREAT BARBECUE
Hpeelnl to The Georgian.
Covington, Oa., Aug. 31,—One of the
largest barbecues In the history of
Newton county was given by the people
of Manalleld at Mansfield yesterday
for the purpose of advertising that
flourishing little city. More than 3300
wat expended In preparation of this
gnat feast. About 3,000 people Is the
estimated number of the attendance.
Among the speakers were Hon. Har.
vie Jordan ana Colonels Mlddlebrooks
and Cooley, of this city.
Many people from Covington
there
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Atlanta, Ga.
alike In the enjoyment of that which
they have honestly earned. The Demo
cratic party does not discourage thrift,
but, on the contrary, stimulates each
Individual to the highest endeavor by
assuring him that he will not be de
prived of the fruits of toll. If we can
but repeal the laws which enable men
to reap where they have not sown—
laws which enable them to garner Into
their overflowing barns the harvests
that belong to others—no one will be
able to Accumulate enough to make
his fortune dangerous to the country.
Special privilege and the use of ths
taxing power for private gain—these
are the twin pillars upon which, pi
toe racy rests. To take away these
supports and to elevate the benefi
ciaries of special legislation to the
path of honest effort ought to be the
purpose of our party.
“And who can suffer Injury by just
taxation. Impartial laws and the appli
cation of the Jeffersonian doctrine of
equal rights to all and special prtvl
leges to none? only those w'hose ac
cumulations are stained with dlshon
esty and whose Immoral methods have
given them a distorted view of busi
ness, stclety and government. Ac
cumulating by conscious fraud mors
money than they can profitably
upon themselves, wisely distribute
safely leave to their children, these
denounce as public enemies nil who
luestlon their methods or throw light
upon their crimes.
Plutocracy Is abhorrent to a repub-
; It is more despotic than anarchy;
more heartless than aristocracy; more
selfish than bureaucracy. It preys
upon the nation In time of peace and
calamity. Conscienceless, nun passion
less and devoid of wisdom. It enervates
Its votaries while It Impoverishes Its
victims. It Is already sapping the
strength of the nation, vulgarising so
da! life and making a mockery of moi .
ais. The time Is ripe for Its overthrow.
Let us attack It boldly, tnaktng out
appeal to the awakened conscience of
the nAtlon in the name of the counting
room which It ha* defiled. In the name
of business Hwnor, w hich It Has sul
lied; in the name of the people, whom
It has oppressed; In the name |f the
homes which It has despoiled, and in
the name <ff religion upon which It has
placed t* stigma of hypocrisy.”
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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
ISSUES STATEMENT
The Anti-Saloon League has Issued
the following statement:
"Appreciating the stand taken by
some of the liquor dealers In our city
(at our request) not to sell to vagrants,
minors or drunkards, It gives us much
encouragement; and, as a further step
on our part In the direction and In
terest of reform, we will be thankful
for the assistance and co-operation of
all mothers, wives and daughters who
are unfortunately humiliated, Incon
venienced or neglected, and they may
confidently depend on us, by all legiti
mate means, to do all In our power to
better their conditions and to make
sober, creditable men out of all such
as may be made known to us by their
friends or relatives.
"We have already a number of namea
of drunkards roaming our atreets day
and night, waatlng their time and
money, ton, when they have It, In places
too discreditable to be much longer tol
erated.
"We have an eye on the liquor deal
ers, and they will have to be very
shrewd It they much longer oacape the
legal consequences or violating the
laws regulating such cases.
"Neighbors, friends, relatives of
drunkards, kindly furnish us with the
names of all addicted to the excessive
use of liquor to the extent of neglect-
DEMOCRATS IN NINTH
NOMINATED 0,BELL
Hpeelnl to The Georgtsu.'
Gainesville, Oa.. Aug. 31.—Tho Ninth
district congressional convention met
at the court house here at 11 o’clock
yesterday morning and was called to
order by Hon. W. B. Smith, of Hall,
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee of the district.
K. Hubbard, of Dawson county,
was nominated for temporary chair
man.
A permanent organisation was then
perfected by tho election of W. B.
Smith, of Hall county, as chairman,
and A. S. Hardy as secretary. All the
counties were represented except four
of the seventeen.
Colonel W. B. Sloan moved the ap
pointment of a committee of nine to
present to the convention the names of
one person from each county In the dis
trict to serve as executive committee
men for the ensuing two yearn ■ The
chair appointment the following gen
tlemen on that committee: W. B.
Sloan, N. L. Tnnkersly, Z. T. Craw
ford, J. B. Keith, B. F. Galllard, J. M.
Dell, J. It. Hubbard, I. F. Duncan and
J. A. Grant.
The committee recommended the
following gentlemen front the respec
tive counties:
Banks. W. P. Hardin, Commerce,
Ing or abusing those whom It Is their , „
duty to support, protect and comfort. • Cherokee, _P._1. DuPree, Canton,
"The list we af
tare will greatly
, ustlce those who harbor drunkards
are' ndeavoPlittr 'to til-e- 1 Oo.i Dawson, ’ J. R. Hubbard, Hub-
v aid us In bringing to : bardavllle, Ga.; Fannin, T. T. Fain,
who harbor drunkards i !!* ue . ®}dg*. ,9 a - • Forsyth, Dr. J. H.
or ftirnlah liquor to any contrary to ! a° H^m'•EliuT»?'Ga.: a aWlnneU. r ' 1L
8. Cornett, Luwrencevllle, Oa.; Hab
ersham, J. 8. Adams, Demorest, Oa.;
Hall. W. B. Sloan, Gainesville, Ga.;
law.
'GEORGIA ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
”J. C. SOLOMON, Superintendent."
SURVEYING CORPS
AT WHITE’S 8PRINGS
Special to The Georignn.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—The surveying
corps of the Tidewater Development
Company, who are locating a mute fur
the proposed electric line from this
oily to Tuscaloosa, reached White's
8prlngs, flve miles southwest of here,
yesterday, anti will probably reach
Uudsden by Saturday. Some time will
be siient In anti around the city, seek
ing the proper terminals here by the
surveyors.
MANY YOUNG~MEN
REGISTER TO VOTE
X|ttH-lnl to The (if.irgln u.
Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 31.—During the
recent sessions of the Etowah county
loan) of registration many new names
were added to the Hat of eligible voters,
the total number being 445. Most of
this number were young men who
have become of age since the last reg
istration und the remainder Is of peo
ple who have come here from other
sections.
POPULIST-REPUBLICAN
FUSION MOVEMENT ON
Special to Tly> Georgian.
Gadsden. Ala., Aug. 31.—Thomas H.
Stephens, chairman of the Sixth sen
atorial district Republican executive
committee, hou Issued a call for a mass
convention te meet In this city on Sat
urday, September 15. J. H. Richard
son. chairman of the Populist party,
has also called a mass convention of
the party to meet here on the same
date. It Is understood that both par
ties will agr ee upon a candidate to op
pose E. U Hamner, the Democratic
nominee, I
t
Jackson. J. 8. Ayers, Jefferson, Ga.;
Lumpkin. T. S. Littlefield, Dahlonega,
Ga.; Milton. Walter L. BelL Shelton-
vllle, Ga.; Pickens, O. M. Bell, Jasper,
Ga.; Rabun. J. H. Denlcke, Burton,
Go.; Stephens, J. H. Kytle. Ayeravllle,
Ga.; Towns. T. W. Gibson, Hlawassee,
Ga.; Upton. V. M. Waldrop. Choeatoe,
Ga.; White, O. 8. Kytle. Cleveland,
Oa.
Colonel B. P. Galllard, of Hall, moved
that Hon. Thomas M. Bell be nomi
nated by acclamation as the Democrat
ic candidate for the sixtieth congress
from the district. , ,
Upon motion, the chair appointed the
following as a committee to notify Sir.
Hall of hla nomination: J. V. Keith,
of Cherokee: J. S. Adams, of Haber*
■ham; Samuel Craig, of Gwinnett; Dr.
J. H. Hookenhull. of Forsyth, and A.
8. Hardy, of Hall.
First Bale at Gadsden.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden. Ala, Aug. 31.—The flrst
bale of new cotton was received here
today shortly after noon and was put
up and sold at auction and brought If
rents per pound. L. L. Heraburg wti
the successful bidder. The bale weigh
ed 404 pounds and was classed as
strict middling. The cotton was raised
by Irwin Hagan, who lives In tha
Smokeneck neighborhood.
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12. N. Forsyth SL Atlanta.