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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
THE CONSTITUTION.
stripped of the rhetoric and dignity w
which it in sometimes cloaked in the north
Entered at the Atlanta Pozt-Offlec as «eon<l-da«i I and oast -
null matter, Korember II, MM. The Time, can reply to this and Ray that
Weekly Coii.tltutlon, al.13 Per Annum. the last year or two it* editor ha. not dealt
ClnlM of five, 11.00 each; club, of ten. 11.00 each «» gently or leniently with the transgressions
and a copy to gettcr up of club. of the typical republicans in the nouth; but,
^ —— - - .-..i I unfortunately, the Times, as we have fre
ATLANTA, GA., JUNE 10,MM. | q Ucn t|y hod occasion to regret, is not the
~1» the contested election cases of the pro*. I publican party; and, since the war, that party
ent congress the house commillee on elec- b «> '! cvcr »egl*te.l an opportunity to indorse
Hons lias agreed to allow the following sums ™™> r « f » ucb men “ Dayton. Tlie*-
for the extienses of those interested: Massey I republican types have been holding office
of Virginia, $3,500; Chalmers and Manning I conUnuotuly in all the southern .tales, and
of Mississippi, $2,000 each; Knglish UI ,u tlmy will continue to hold it a. long as the
Pccllc of Indiana. $2,000 each: Wallace and I P»rty remains In power. The Time, knows
McKinley of Ohio, $2,000 each; Willson and I this, if It knows anything, and it knows,
Frederick of town, $2,000 each; Wood and moreover, that the only signilieance attaching
Mere of Kansas, $1,500 each; and Craig and I to the defeat of l-owell Clayton In the con
Shelly Of Alabama. $1,000 each. ventlon is the fact that he was beaten by the
.. « I old guard of an administration that ha* com
Major Barra, the zealous and efficient I mended itself to the support of “working*
commissioner of the Atlanta collective ex-1 republicans by the masterly tactics which
hibit, now being organized for the New Or-1 employed to screen the star-route thieves,
leans exposition, is meeting with gratifying I This was “a good day’s work" with a vengc-
success. Not only lias lie secured a splendid I ance. but the Time* does not review the whole
location for the erection of the Atluntu build-1 story. It does not tell how the Edmunds re-
ing, but the director-general hasjigrecd to I formers, headed by Mr. George William
famish the necessary labor for constructing I Curtis, are now occupying the same political
the edifice, provided the exhibitors furnish I trundle-bod with Mahone, who Is another re-
Uic materials framed and ready for use. | publican pink of reform. We trust the
M^jor Barna has udvortised for proposals I Times, though it may not make editorial
from our lumber men to furnish the material, I advertisement of these facts, will store
and the enterprise is being rapidly pushed I them away in its pigeon-holes for further ref-
along. Such is the interest manifested in the I crencc as the campaign proceeds. Meanwhile,
Atlanta exhibit tliat there ought to be no I it may be definitely stated that just such
difficulty in raising the required funds. | form as we have noted is that for which the
republican party is famous.
THE NOMINATION OF MR. BLAINE.
The death ot Garfield and the retirement
of Mr. Blaine to private life have culniina-
OEOROIA'S PROORESS.
Referring to the failure of those who have
ted in the elevation of the latter to the head I l,wn gm-lnggraln In the northwest on s|H-c-
of his party. This result has long been an- ulation-oiganisii.g immense farms and cn
ticlpaieil. Mr. lllnlne himself lias invited it in tbe bu » ineM on » * a,Ic " cver dreon >-
by pursuing a |KiIiey tliat suited the times I cdot before—to realize tlieir liopc of eon-
and circumstances. Without soliciting rates | trollln * tl,B ,orcl « n mBrket *- tUo 1M,,n
ho kept himself before the people, so tliat all I Ifcrald J u *"- V conc,udc * that the much-
knew he was as keen an aspirant as he was in vaunted P"*™™ " s has also been
mo or in ItiHO. lie has thus become the I mal,ll >' "Kwilatiro. It thereupon c pares
standard bearer of liis party; and he must I ,bat "ertlon with the south mid says:
now face, not politicians ibid delegate, within ‘ b « l * , "'" e " 1 ,tau *' P" r *'« « ,I,,r ly In Oco-gU
.. , . . . . ., . | and AIuImiiiiu, the apparent progress has been lew,
his own milks, but a great parly that has no I j, ut n, e .substantial gain greater, limn in thodix-
£rU1i in him or tlie principles of the platform I tricU Just referred to. By degree*, the Urge estate*
UJKUI wliieh ho stunds. I have become broken up Into small farm*, and the
He was nominated at the end of a struggle I deposition I* more and more shown to take ad-
Of almost unprecedented blttcrncas. The I vantage ol the natural opportunities of the conn-
rery circuiiwtnnccH of his nomination must I tr> h . y dlvcnilfylng the prfxliirtsof tlie laiid. The
. . . . I mania for speculation which has lind of late such
have a (endeney to arouse factional feelings, I, p, mcr f„| otfcet upon the people In the northern
and Mr. Blaine himself represents ull that I state* doe* not *oem bi have influenced the south-
Grant and Conkling and tlic stalwarts goner- I eriimiml. The op(>ortiiiiitlo* there have been quite
ally loath and despise, lint Maine's weakness I«« great n« in any other |wrt ot our country. For
chiefly consists |n his restless ambition—in I example, It Is a well established fact that iron can
his desire to inaugurate a dazzling, almwv l ? T 1 '.",'! l ' , ' r "I'rlce In Ueorgis than n.yivhcre
| ,| . , _ . . . • | else In the l nitod Mates, and perhaps in the world,
policy both a home and abroad. Once seated „ 11 , 1M , r „„ l | l | ra , hb k | 11( , Stated lh „ north ,
he would begin a campaign fora second term, I they would long before till* have been made the
and the country would be apt to be treated to I laud* oi speculative enterprise*. But in northern
policies tliat would not promote its growth I Georgia the coal and Iron mine* have been slowly
and prosperity. In times like the present I developed In a legitimate and certain manner, *<
the country does not want an Irritating ', l,clr ,mnin nrB P T H 7‘ *° w ?“ hel
... « »• , . .. | with ease any commercial crisis that cun be ex
foreign policy oradlsturblngdomct e policy. Iwrlencwl . Th , Mlno , s truo thc
M WOtttd be apt to get both if it elects Mr. I ilustries ot the south. They have beeo In the
*"*lne. I main carried on without thought of speculative
Thoughtful people will lie apt to hesitate I profit, and while the Rains may have been in eer-
before tlicy vote fur the brilliant and restless I t * lu **** <, l“ less, the,- havo been much more rcftt-
man of Maine. Tlie ovorpreased business ami the fanners themselvw have not Isicn led
■an, who cannot leave ids office or store or ^.y Into those extrava*«mvs which the ho,» of
much injured by previous cold and wet
weather. Heavy wind and rain storms de
layed the planting of cotton from five
twenty days. The stand, where planted suffi
ciently long, is good, and thc plants generally
are in u healthy condition. Tlie area planted
is from two to three per cent less than that of
lost year.
The wheat crop in other soathem states
exhibits a variety of conditions. In Maryland
ft Is in high condition, except oil heavy clay
soils which have been too wet. A similar re
port comes from Virginia nnd North Caro
lina. Thc South Carolina crop headed well,
hut in some fields a maggot destroyed thc
roots. Favorable rciwrts come from Ala
bama, Texas, Arkansas nnd Tennessee. Very
little wheat was planted in Mississippi.
Cotton planting ail over thc south was de
layed by thc low temperature in April. Tlie
proportion planted May 1, was ns follows
North Carolina, 45 percent; ffouth Carolina,
Georgia, 08; Florida, 05; Alabama, 75
Mississippi, 70; Louisiana, 77; Texas, 80
Arkansas, 70; nnd Tennessee, 52 per
cent. In Virginia and Nortft Car
olina tiie limited area devoted
cotton lias boon considerably reduced, and in
many locations i ennuis are taking its place.
In both tiie.se stutes, and also in Kentucky
and Tennessee, there is u marked increase in
the tobacco ucreagc. In tlie Carolina* greater
attention is |mid tills year to small grain. An
increase in food and forage crops is reported
from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, but
in some sections of thoso states there is a
largely increased area in cotton. A change
from cotton to grain, buy and grass is noticea
ble in Arkansas and Tennessee.
In brief, all thc statistics at hand present
tlie southern crop situation in n very fuvora
bic light.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Tlie wind machine of tho republican con
dition Inis already perfected tho plat
form, tlie text of which is given hi Tiik
Constitution of to-day. The document
is windy, hut audacious. It declares tliat
tlie republicans have labored for “purity in
legislation,” a statement tliat could only be
thc
extravagances which thc ho|ic
, . , largo profits almost always occasions. Certain it
factory for a summer rest, will be apt to think I ihnt our eastern manufacturers who have dealings
twice licforo lie helps to tlie presidency a man I ivlth both sections ot tho country consider that
whose enrecr has been full of surprises and I the south i» Just now a belter field for trade than
daring declarations. Mr, lllalnc Is not a safe I the west.
man, and tho busines* world know* it. This fact, just discovered by the Herald
How then con n man who cannot (mil In I mCpromlnont in 1873 as It Is now. Georgia
th*doubtful states, and particularly In x 0lv j and thc south sulVcred from the depression
York, tlie full vote of his iwrtv because of I" 1 ** folll, "' c<1 ,l,t ' I’ 1 "' 11 ’ of 0l8t y cur - b »*
factional dlircrenoes, mid who does llot I their real Mid substantial Interests were In no
posc-ss the confidence in a critical business I " ,bH > afi'ected. They were not entangled in
poriod of business mon-how cun such a I tho m ** bl '" « nd “•»«* ot speculation. Thc
man—magnetic nnd brilliant though lie lie—| 8nn,onm y bo * nld now ,n “ l “ rb ’ er ond lr, “' r
hope to carry tho country ? He cannot carry I wnsp - Tho " orr >' u,ld confusion of the Wall
New York, nor New Jersey,nor Indiana, and I str,,t,t !,lmrks ,lmt uirect8 0,,K ’ r "cctlons are
ills not altogether certain that ho can carry | not fcIt I,Bre oxt ' c l ,t b >’ individuals, Wo
Masenchusetts. Tlie liost men In Ills own I nittko 1,0 u,,duo l,ou "‘ wl, ®“ we "«. v ‘l“
party in the last imme.1 state will not sup- P«>gH*i of Georgia has been greater than
port him except in tlie most perfunctory ,lmt wl,lch lins accredited lo It in tho
manner, and if to lukewarmness in |xiliticnl I census books, or ill the columns of tlie news
mnk» proper, Is developed distrust in bus!-1 impc*. Tlicreare still opiKirtunitlesfor cap]
nests circles, even the Old Uay state may win ltal ' “ is " ol necessary to advertise these,
' * since our own people have acquired tlie
habit of making home investments.
a place in tlie democratic column,
lie tlie result wiiut it may tlie hrond-nnd-
butter brigade and the colored troops gen- every direction the state is progressing as
really
ptrited
Ik-1 or
will return homo in
and hapless condition,
n horse tliat was
ills-
They
easily
rapidly us we could wish
THE EARLY ELECTIONS,
There was considerable cackling in tlie
distanced, and the entire gang ran not now I Chicago convention over tlie Oregon election,
establish a single claim upon Mr. lllainc. I It lmd, however, very little buslsto rest upon.
They cannot cost an electoral vote, and tlie I Two years ago Oregon elected a republican
•alp influential vote* they had or will have I member of congress by 3,3(15 majority, and a
this year were persistently cast against tlie I legislature that Iqpl a republican majority
plumed knight. They fought nobly, but I of 10 on joint liallot. Since tliut time a
their foresight was not equal to the occasion, I sternly flow of immigration over the Northern
and they will now proceed to ehew tho bitter I l’acillc road lias carried in more repub-
cud of disappointment. Mr. lllaine owes I Means than democrats; and yet tlie
them nothing. I republicans only claim in tlie late
• I election to have given their candidate for
A "REFORM" MOVEMENT. Icongreia 1,300majority. Tlieir majority has
The republican "fornimand Independents ,„ r om _ lmlf {ll two yra „, nlM , yct t |, cy
are as cosily Mtlsficcl with tlie shadow us with I ,, undoubt edl y republt-
the substanee—a fact which leads us to sus-1 but Uiore is nothing in the recent elec
peetthat It is tlie shadow and not thc sub- , i(m , o „ mt tlie ,ia 0 of public sent!-
rtance they are after. There Is tlie estremed ment Kt B; ,. lins , „, e democrat*.
Kew York Times, for instance. That esteemed I T , |# Orcgoll c |ee,ion, in which the first
reform journal makes a great to-<lo over tho I mclu i H?r 0 f t || C forty-ninth congress was olios-
defeat of Powell C layton, the Arkonnw I en ij gnt of nine preliminary elections,
carpet-bagger, and tlie election of hynch to I A i abalna c i w qs a governor and state officers
Uie tem|H)tary chairmanship of the conven-l _\ H g Ui ( q ; Tennessee electa state officers Au-
Uon. Tlie Times, in an editorial luxuriant
with enthusiasm, so to sjieok, declares that j
the defeat of Clayton is “a good day's work." i
and there can liardly be a doubt tliat our
contemporary regards it os a very long step in [
the direction of republican reform. Such as |
it U, it is tlie only step in that direction tlie
gust 7; Arkansas on September 1, and Ver
mont on tlie following day. Tbe Georgia
election takes place October l. None of these
elections will be seriously contested; Inn tlie
Maine election which occurs September 8.
and the Ohio and West Virginia elections of
October M, will bo full of Interest. Thc Ohio
party pro|»*es to^niuke, and the Jubilation of | elecUon wi u be hotly contested beyond a
doubt. The great battle of November I will
, . thus be proceeded by a considerable number
tlie Time, and the party it represent. I one of wliieh will itself have
are res|H®lble for tlie existence of such typi- (he jj „ v alul im portanc« of a pitched bat-
cal republicans in the K>utl» as Powell Clay-1 ^
too. They have nursed ami defended the xt.e name of thc member first elected to the
type lor year, and they I,aye taught north- iBtll iwnsres L , „ ingor Hermann. He
cm roten. to believe tliat it i» nothing but wjU ' I10[ t;lkc ,, ls unti , Uecember, 1885.
Ihcer disloyalty on the part ot routheru ,wo- ^ , c of 0 „ also votlsl a pto .
pie that prevents them from placing them- * al ‘ tu , IulmolU to ,ute constitution
mlyre under the lead of such men »l layton for s -,,„ ull suffrage. No returns of
and Kellogg, and Wells, and Strobach. and | he nUj on tUU , lro|H>s | t | 0II have Iwen re-
Bryant. and marching right into the camp of I ■ -
Use republican (arty. Clayton is no more 1 1
than tbe oilier typical,repubiicans w ho iiavc
hern representing the republican party in
SOUTHERN CROP PROSPECTS.
i~... ,,i The agricultural department at Washington
Uit south since thc war. He seem,, indeed. I ** in possession of statistics ot an encouraging
to have been sometliing more tlian a sutler I character from the southern states. In Gcor-
wben tlie unpleasantn«s between the two g*» ‘here has been an evident improvement
sections was at it. height, and this b a great *« ‘he condition of wheat since April 1. This
deal wore than can be *tid (or the man •( I ^ ^ ue l^rtly Ui the favorable weather and
those who liave tlcmouatraUn! what a dlsrep-1 *• *i ie unexpected “eoroe out in
stable aflairliepublicanlzm U when it is many Helds tliat were thought to be very
paralleled by u formal announcement on
part of the inmates of a penitentiary to
effeet tliut they had striven to make society
honest. Tlie remarkable statement Is also
made tliat tlie party lias responded to tlie
mund of tlie people for tlie integrity of and
accountability in all departments of the
government. Tlie successful prosecution
tlie star-route frauds is not mentioned, but
presumed tlie able framers of tho platform
had this example of republican integrity
view.
The death of Gnrfleld is more loudly
mented in tlie platform thuu it wus in real!
ty by the republicans who profited by it. The
fact tliat lie was murdered by tlie represen
tntive of one faction of tho republican party
in order tliat tlie other faction might {lencflt,
is not mentioned. Tariff reform is also
promised, but the country knows what re
publican tnrifl* reform means. Tlie republican
tarifl* commission gave us such an example
of it that the taritr system may be said to be
worse at this moment than it ever wus.
Thc John Roach and Bill Chandler plank
demands thc restoration of tho navy to the
natlvo strength and richness that marked
in the halcyon days when Robeson rob
bing tlie people* There is a slight waving'of
tlie bloody shirt in the paragraph in wliieh
tlie south is arraigned and taken to task for
not voting with nml supporting such typ
ical republicans as Kellogg, Madison Wells,
nnd Powell Clayton.
Taken altogether, tho platform is about as
weak a document as a party cver formuluted
It is grooved so as to fit tlie whim of every
republican, from tlie pretentious Mr. Curtis
to the distinguished Mr. Mahone.
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS AND CHANCES.
In another place in Tiik Coxhtititiox of
to-day we have briefly glanced at the rela
tions which the nomination of Mr. Blaine
hears to bis own party, and it may not lie
amiss to discuss tlie relations which Ills candi
dacy ix-ars to the pros|>ects and chances of tho
democratic party. To the casual spectator
the special enthusiasm which lias manifested
itself in behalf of Blaine in most of the re
publican conventions since the war seems to
represent a ]K>pularity overwhelming enough
to sweep tho country whenever an oppor
tunity offered. 8ucli an opportunity offers
now, but we think the results will show that
this enthusiasm which has busied itself in
behalf of Mr. Blaine will be found to have
no sort of basis in tbe sober second thought
of those who make presidents. It certainly
lias no basis in anything Mr. Blaine has ae
complishcd or tliut he has given promise of
accomplishing; it has no basis in his record
us a public man, which is far from commend
ing itself to the approval of those who are
accustomed to draw a well detun'd line be
tween right and wrong, between actions that
are upright and conduct that is loose.
We would not be understood as belittling
Mr. Blaine’s popularity or as underrating liis
strength, lleishs popular u candidate as
his |Htrty could huve chosen, and as strong ns
any whose names wore brought liefore the
convention. So fur ns his record is concerned
it is the average republican record. By so
much as it is worse than that of any other
prominent republican politician, by just that
much does he the more thoroughly represent
the corrupt jiarty which lias selected him as
its candidate. Mr. lllaine is not only strong
and popular but be is one of the most adroit
politiciaus of the age, brilliant and aggressive
■untitaigner, ingenious, versatile and
shifty ns to methods, and unscrupulous os to
the means employed.
So far from belittling or underrating his
strength and popularity, it is our deliberate
opinion that of all tlie men who were candi
dates for the republican nomination he is the
one whom the democrats will have thc
most difficulty in defeating; but for idl tliat
we believe he will be defeated. : In the
tint place neither his i>opularity nor his
methods will avail in thc south or in the dem
ocratic states of tbe north. The states that
are democratic to-day will be democratic on
the day of election. The -perjonal magnet
ism" of Mr. Blaine will avail nothing with
those who desire to see the government puri
fied in all its branches and who are anxious
inaugurate genuine administrative reform.
The enthusiasm, the horn-blowing and the
hurrahing will vanish when they are brought
face to (ace with the sober second thought of
the people.
In the second place, the reconl of Mr.
Blaine is quite 'as unsavory os his party
friends have made it out to be. The republi
cans who have been instrumental in publish
ing and advertising the facts are not at all
mistaken as to the effect which such a record
it likely to liave on the honest voters of the
country. It is a rec ord that does not at all
commend Mr. Blaine to the support of the
conservative classes, the business interests,
and the political maguzinists and critics who
indirectly do a great deal to mould public
opinion.
These reasons may seem to be vague and
attenuated at first glance, but a little reflec
tion will show that they represent the most
substantial contingencies. Jt lias been dem
onstrated in this great American republic on
various occasions that popularity is not nec
essarily strength. To say that Mr. Blaine
popular is not to say that lie will sweep the
country. The very qualities that add to Mr.
Blaine’s popularity with certain classes will
takeaway from his strength with other and
more substantial classes. The point we desire
to make is this: that Mr. Blaine, with all his
popularity, with all the entlfUsiasnr he is ca
pable of arousing, will poll no more votes
thad Arthur or Edmunds would have polled
that he is no more formidable us u candidate
than any republican whose name wus men
tioned at Chicago, provided only tlie demo
crats make no blunder when their nominal
ing convention assembles.
For, after taking into consideration all the
contingencies, it must be home in mind that,
so far as the decaying republican party is con
cerncd, the nomination of Mr. Blaine is the
best it could have made, and it will require
all that the democrats cun do to bring about
his defeat. Recognizing the nature and ex
tent of his popularity, within the limitations
which we have mentioned, we arc free to say
that there is no room in the campaign for
any democratic blunders, and no place in the
programme to accommodate thc capering and
vaporing proclivities of certain democratic
cranks who assume to lead tlie party—and
who liave lead it, time und again, from tlie
emergencies of lioi»e to tlie certainty of defeat.
Conceding, as it must he conceded, tliat Mr.
Blaine's popularity will not enable him to
carry a single southern state, a brief review
of the situation will show tliut in no single
state tliat the democrats lmd hoped to
carry is liis strength so concentrated
as to leave us hoi>elcss. With Mr. Tildcn
as tlie nominee, tlie democrats Iiuve every
hope of winning a victory at the ihjIIs. Even
if Mr. Blaine’s popularity were us important
as it is generally supposed to lie lie would
have not the slightest chance of carrying
New York ns against Mr. Tilden. Many of
Mr. Conkling’s followers und a large contin
gent of republican independents, who arc not
us insincere in their professions ns those \vh«
contribute to the magazines and evening pa
pers, would vote for Mr. Tilden in preference
to Mr. Blaine. We arc free to say, however,
that if Mr. TUHcn will not accept tlie nomi
nation wliieh will be tendered him, und
which ought to be made in tlie fuce of any
letter lie may send to the convention, we are
not at all sure of the result. Our fear is tliat
the whisky ring and tlie tariff cranks ure en
deavoring to draw u letter of declination
from Mr. Tildcn. Should they succeed in
doing so it is not impossibly that Mr. Blaine
will bo the next occupant of thc white house.
Should he be ciectccf wc believe liis admin
istration will bo a liberal one. lie is thc
ablest und most experienced public man to
be found in tlie republican party, and if tlie
country is to have another four years of re
publicanism, we believe Mr. Bluino will give
more general satisfaction than tliat of any
other republican. He will at leust fiy the
American Hug over tlie white house and the
state 1i6iisc, and there will l>c some consola
tion in that. We believe, however, it will lie
better for the country to defeat Mr. Blaine
and Mr. Tilden is tlie mail to defeat him.
drcd yard*, and even time is the unattained
bit Ion of the great array af amateurs. (A hun
dred yards in “even time" means one hundred
yard* In ten seconds, or a rate averaging
y rtr d* per second.) And he has
formed the prodigious feat of covering :wo yards in
30 seconds, dead, thc most wonderful piece of run
ning on record. In 1873, B. Buttery, of Sheffield,
ran a quarter of a mile in 48% seconds, which
mains unbeaten to this day. George Iiazael has
ran 50 miles in three seconds less than six hours
and a quarter, nnd he has also performed the pro
digious feat, only recently outdoue In New York,
of covering COO mile* in six days, “go-as-you-
please," a pedestrian Journey in which the com
petitors may run or walk ns they prefer.
A. 8.0., Elberton, Ga.: How can I make mcr-
cury adhere to glass? I have u defaced mirror
which I wish to repair.
Thc following directions arc given for making
mirror, and they doubtless hold good in thc mat
ter of patching one: Lay your plate of glass
level table of great strength ami solidity. Lay
sheet of tinfoil on the glass, and rub it down
smooth, afterwards covering it with quicksilve
Thc quicksilver immediately forms uu amalgam
with the tinfoil. Run off the superfluous mer
cury, spread on u woolen cloth, nnd put
heavy iron weights over the entire surface. After
a day and night take off the weights and cloth,
and lay thc glass on all inclined table. Here allow
it to remain until the uuamalgamated quicksilver
is drained off, leaving a perfect amalgam adhering
to the gloss. The process takes from eighteen days
to a mouth. •
Subscriber, Woodbury. Ga.: Whore can I get the
life of John Buiiyaii and IBs complete works?
Write to any Atlanta book store whose advertise
ment you find in The Constitution.
J. II. W. t Corinth, Mi**.: Please send me the
price of Bill Arp’s book, also terms to agent*.
Thc book is not out yet, and we cannot at thc
present time answer your question.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.
ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
J. M. If., Calhoun. Ga.: Please give me thc ad
dress o( K. O. Tlckuor, the poet.
Be ha* been dead for a number of years.
C. M. II. Tyre, Ga.: Has Georgia ever boon visit
ed by a destructive cyclone in June? If so in what
year, and wlmt county did it damuge?
Destructive tornadoes visited Georgia in June,
187.V The name* of the counties damaged cafitmt
be recalled.
Subscriber, Suwannee, Ga.: “Please tell me
where the expression ‘Get there. Ell,’ came from,
people use It every day, and umi it myself
n’t know whether I get there, Ell, or not,
mid would like to know the meaning of it."
Perhaps some reader of The constitution will
enlighten our correspondent.
\V. L, Haifaey, 8. t’.: "How many term* in sue
CQNsiou can the president be elected?"
Any number of terms. There is nothing in the
constitution ugniust it.
J. H. t Wurtrace, Tenn:—How many federal no!
diers were in the field In the late war?
From first to lust 2.000.000 men.
H. C., Maryville. Tenn.: What is the total amount
our circulating medium?
Tlie distribution of the currency of thc United
.States may be seen from the following figures,which
■ e the slate of money November 1, lost:
..old In thc treasury and hank 1373.179,11'
Silver In the treasury nnd banks 157,U&U&>
Paper currency in the treasury and
banks 17.V»?0,G8‘J
If the amounts ol gold and silver coin and of
currency in the treasury and the hank* be deduct-
I from the aggregate amount in the couutry, the
nmindcr will be approximately the amounts in
le hauds of the people, as follows:
Gold $308,791,1:17
Silver *b7B«.767
Paper currency »J3,1J!,1J1
The comptroller of the currency stated that the
amouut ot nuttonal tmnk and legal tender notes
outstanding October 31,1883, was as follows:
National banknote* *W>,77!
Legal tender uote*. 3M,081,01G
Total
S. P. A., Covington, Ha:
moth Cave in Kentucky?
It was discovered In 1800 by a hunter named
llltehins while in pursuit of a wounded bear.
J. M. T., Macon. Ha.: Please give me some fact*
and figures concerning great walkers and runners.
Four mile* an hour Is the ordinary standard pace
a good, brisk country walk; what shall wc say,
then, to eight miles in an hour, fair heel and toe?
•t thl* has been done by W. Perkins J. Raby,
riffin.aud other professors of the ait,. Perkins, In
deed, lias walked one mile in ti minutes and 21 sec
onds—a rate of progression nearly approaehing 9%
miles an hour. On the same occasion he walked
two miles in 13 minute* JO seconds, and three in
minutes |7 seconds, both unequulcd records.
Thc greatest distance ever walked without taking a
rest is 1*2) miles 1.30) yards by Peter Cropland, of
Sheffield. Tbe greatest distance ever run in one
hour Is 11 miles 970 yards, by Deerfoot. at Old
Brampton, tn 1803: Deertoot’s real name being L.
Bennett. The fastest time In which one mile
er been ran on level ground l*
minutes 16 1-3 seconds, by W. Humming*. o(
Paisley, in 1*81, at Preston; but in 1S63 W.
Lang ran a mile over a ^course which was partly
down hill in 4 minutes and 2 seconds. The swift
est runner hitherto seen is a man named Butch-
ens, formerly newsboy at Putney station. In a
Sheffield handicap he has covered 131% yards in
12% seconds, a performance which shews him
many yards better than "even time” at onchun-
Dclcgntes Selected to the National Con veil,
tion—The Platform.
Baltimore, June 5.—The democratic state con-
'cntion to elect sixteen delegates to the national
convention, and eight presidential electors, met at
20 to-day, at Ford’s opera house, nnd was called
to order by Hon. R. P. Gornmn, chairman of the
state central committee. There wits a very full at
tendance, every legislative district In the state
being represented.
Philip B. Laird, of Montgomery county, was
■boson temporary chairman, and Thomas H.
Moore, of Baltimore county, secretary.
Ex-Governor William Pinkney Whyte, United
.States Senator Gorman, nud General Bradley T.
Johnson, arc among thc members of the commit
tee of resolutfou*.
The committee on credentials reported every
county and legislative district in the state fully
represented, uud uocontest*. They recommended
the temporary chairman to be made permanent
eliuirmau. Adopted.*
THE PLATFORM.
Ex-Governor Whyte, chairman of thc committee
on resolutions, reporter thc following:
The representatives of the democratic conserva
tive party of Maryland in convention assembled,
hereby adopt the following resolutions as indi
cating thc opinions of that party in tills state upon
the questions now before thc i>eop!c of the United
Stutes:
First—That we adhere with renewed
zeal to thc well considered declaration
of thc national democratic conven
tions of 187G and 1880, nnd wc demand reform
every department of tho national govern me...,
but wo affirm that no reform is possible so long as
AFTER TILDEN; BAYARD.
HIS BOOM IN BETTER CONDITION
THAN EVER BEFORE.
TUo Element* From Wliieh He Ha* Hitherto E**wa
Hi* Support-Fact* of Interest Concerning
His Political Services -Some Very Fa
vorable Probabilities Anticipated,
Washington, June 7.—(Special.]—Considering
his character, his ability and his lougservieeusu
leader of his party, it Is somewhat remarkable
that Senator Bayard has never loomed os a form!
dablc presidential candidate in any democratic
convention. He has long been the political idol
of two dosses. One, his personal friends w hom he
counts In every port of the couutry, und who have
been won to an absolute advocacy of Ills claims by
those social qualities which warm and enrich his
real nature. The other class of Ills advocates is
composed of thc fogy element of the party which
is credulous enough to believe that the average
voter chooses thebestund purest man presented for
his suffrage. These gentlemen, by the way, for
get that Garfield beat Hancock. With these two
classes os his main support, Mr. Bayard has
figured in the list of presidential candidates for
twelve years past and never yet has obtained a
vote which placed him among the leaders in the
balloting. I do not know that this is to his dis
credit. When you look over the catalogue of pres
idents and find kow many cheap men are In the
list, and then think how many great und princely
men huve died broken heurted because they could
not write their names in that column, you would
hardly choose the white house register os a record
of thc “choice and master spirits" of their time.
But Mr. Bayard is quite willing to be president.
Any good and capable citizen ought to be so. No
body who knows him doubts thut he would make
a good, capable chief magistrate. Of his qualifi
cations and ability no • question is made.
Other points in the case have been
forced upon public attention in Wash
ington during the past few day* by the
fresh appearance of Mr. Bayard us a presidential
possibility. Home people here believe that Mr.
ilden is going to send a letter to the New York
invention which will meet ou the 18th of this
month )M>sitivcly declining to be a candidate for
president under any circumstance*. The mere
possibility of an event which would remove the
man on whom the almost unanimous choice of
thc democracy has already fallen has brought into
discussion other prominent leaders. The theory
of Tilden’s declination admitted, and Bayard is by
all odds the most favored man in thc talk of dem
ocratic congressmen. His prospects arc carefully
watched and his fitness judiciously ailyocatud by
many admirers, but chief among these are a few
senators of high standing iu the party councils.
Mr. Lamar hud rather see Bayard president thuu
any man living. Wade Hampton
has always been for him since he
loomed in the presidential sky. Mr. Ransom thinks
there is nobody like him. Senator Colquitt freely
says that after Tilden he is for Bayard, McPherson
and Pendleton arc ready to take up hi* cause at
ng aroused for their favorite, and ure losing i.,-
opportunity to drop a word in seuson
that may promote hi* prospect*.
Nearly nil the delegations to thc democratic con
vention will be chosen before the New York con
vention meets and receives the Tilden letter of de
clination alleged to be already prepared. Thc dem
ocratic portion of the country wifi have spoken for
Tilden. With him out of the way there will ben~
pcr|H*tnition of existing abuses. The first effectual
step iu the reform of our government must he u
fundamental change in the policy of its adminis
tration.
Second—That every branch of tlie nation
al government shall be conducted upon
principles of thc strictest economy,
no more revenue shall be raised than is actually
required for the proper expense* of the govern
ment nnd for thc gradual extinction of the public
debt, and therefore wo Insist upon a revision nud
simplification of the present tariff, nud such reduc
tion in the tuxes lraiKwod upon an overbnrdcupd
people os will relieve the treasury of the largo sur
plus which now nunually accumulates therein,
and i* a standing temptation to extravagance i
corruption; tliat no duty should be imposed uj
any urticles above the lowest rate, which will yl_._
thc largest amount of rcvenuc;thut maximum rev
enue duty should be imposed upon luxuries; thut
’titles should be so imposed a* to oj
lually ns possible throughout every pai
iiloti, and not discriminate cither for or ogniust
iv class or section.
Third—That we denounce anvscheme which pro
poses to distribute the surplus revenue of tho
treasury among tbe states, as utterly repugnant to
the constitution.
Fourth—That wo are opposed to tlie system of
subsidies by thc general government under wliieh
during the period of republican ascendancy, po
litical combination* and corporations, profited at
the people's expense.
Fifth—That the democratic conservative party Is
the friend of luhor nud of thc laboring muu, uud
it pledge* itself to every’ proper effort to protect
him In his just rights, uud to udvaucc Ills mutoriul
Interests.
Sixth—Tliat the recent financial developments in
New York and other cities huve shown that addi
tional and more effective legislation is required,
and a more faithful administration of the natioiml
hunk department at Was! *
the end thHt the managers
tion* of the country muy be held to u more rigid
accountability for the execution of their great
trust. ^
Seventb-Tlmt the interest of thc whole people re
quire thut tho civil service system of the govern
ment should be so reorganized as to secure the up-
IMiintmeiit und continued service of honest and ca
llable men.
lie president and vice-president instead of ftunuel
J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, who hadbeeu
truly elected, struck a death blow at our system of
representative government, and the democracy of
tha United Mtatc* will never cease the agitation
through which that gross wrong shall yet be right
ed by a majority of tue electoral votes of the Amer
ican people.
THE DELEGATES SELECTED.
The resolution* were unanimously adopted amid
great applause. Ex-Governor John I<ec Carroll, o
Howard county; C. J. M. Gwynn, of Baltimore;
Richard Hytison, of Kent county and William
Walsh, of Allegheny county, were chosen dele
gates at large to the national democratic conven
tion. The district delegate* are:
First—Robert T. Bruton und Dr. James Derrick-
son.
Hecond—D. N. Homing aud John 8. Wfert.
Third—Robert J. Slater aud William I. Mon-
fourth—Frederick Kalne nud Johu J. Fenton.
Fifth—George Well* and Filraore Beall.
Sixth—llattersly W. Talbot nnd Gilmore
Hammil. . . . ,
No Instructions were given to the delegates to
Chicago, but the sentiment was in favor of Tilden;
iu fuct, no other name wus mentioned for presi
dent during the entire proceedings.
ALABAMA’S ACTION.
Montgomery, June 5.—{Special.]—The demo-
•ratio state convention elected Thomas N. Me-
Leman, of Limestone, for attorney general; Sol.
Palmer, of Marshall, superintendent of education;
Barnes, of Opelika, and Bowden, of Talladega,
electors state at large; J. F. Johnson, E. W. Fetus,
C. Thompkins and Itodcwalker, delegates for the
state to the Chicago convention, all of
whom delivered patriotic speeches. Whenever
the name of Samuel J. Tilden was mentioued,
* * The sage of Gram-
peo-
r saoniea congratu-
...tes Alabama upon the result* of the democratic
supremacy, reviewing and comparing the state's
condition, saving that ten years brought us from a
condition ol bankruptcy and general disquiet
to our present most gratifying state of peace nnd
finanefal prosperity. Notwithstanding thc loss
sustained by the late defaulting treasurer, the
treasury hold* now larger amounts over and above
liabilities than at any previous time in Alabama’s
history.
Vermont’s convention.
Montpelier, VL, Juue 5.—The democratic state
convention for tlie selection of presidential elect-
... and delegates at large to Chicago and of the
state officers, assembled ti-day w ith ooJ delegates
present. The mention of Tilden’s uame by Chair
man Mcfiettrick. of St. Albans, was received with
thunders of applause. The following were chosen
• Chicago: B. B. Smalley, John
Busftim and Amo* Aldrich.
The following nomination* lor state officer* were
made by acclamation: L. W. Rcdingtnn. of Rut-
and. governor: N. P. Boa-man. of St. Johnsburg,
lieutenant-governor: Henry Gillett. of Richmond,
treasurer; H. T. Brigham, of Bakersfield, secretary;
‘ ‘ S. Noyes, of Morristown, auditor.
l* applause was deafening. The sage of Un
icy park L* undoubtedly the choice of the f
Hueneeof party lenders must lie great atthecon-
eutiou if Tildeu, at the last moment, is coiupell-
d to decline the vindication which should have
been accorded him four years ago by every consid
eration of common sense, of policy, and of the
higher motive to bring a belated retri
bution for the national shamu of '70.
If Tlltlen should decline. I believe Bayard
will lie stronger than he has ever been before. A*
to his availability, of course thc wee state he
comes from is a disadvantage, but he is confessed
ly strong in New York, the great battlefield In tho
coming struggle. If Tilden declines, no New York
man is apt to be nominated, though Cleveland is
often mentioned by tlie prophets,
and Flower is advertised gorgeously
by hi* friends. But all this theorizing
Is built on a foundation as alnr as that on which
poor Ahmscher reared his lovely castle just before
he kicked over his basket of glassware and woke
to find himself translated from the glories of
dreamland to the gloomy fact of pauperism. One
sentence props this whole pile of possibilities, will
Tlfden run? It all turn* ou that. I think he will.
Mr. Dorahchncr’s assertion that thc letter
of declination is already written did not startle
Washington when it appeared iu print. Mr. Dor-
sheimer had been talking that way for week*
among the members of tho house.' Nothing would
gratify him more than to sec Tildeu finally retired
from politics and a western presidential candidate
put up with u second on the ticket from New York
whose namo might begin with n 1). Thu common
sentiment in Washington is this, “We will believe
that Tilden will refuso to be a
candidate when ho says so to some recognized
“ iresentative democratic body and not before."
Jongressnmn Dave Paige, of Ohio, is a practical
fellow who knows more of this business than some
people who put on more airs than he concerning
It and he said yesterday: “Don’t believe one worn
of this stuff about Tilden’* letter. He will bp our
nominee. He will accept aud then he will be our
president." I say amen. F. II. R.
TILDEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tho Old Ticket llrenk* Down A11 OpposL
tion and Will Win.
Columbia, 8. C., June 7—{Special.]—When, In
this correspondence, four months ago, I predicted
that all opposition to Tildcn would die out in
South Carolina before the meeting of the Juno
convention nnd thut n solid Tildeu delegation
would be scut to the national convention, many
Iieoplc hooted at my prophecy. What I then prog
nosticated will almost to a certainly bo re rifled.
Every day Tilden’s boom Is spreading and
strengthening in South Carolina. From ull parts of
the state news come* that county conventions
are selecting delegates who will vote for Tilden.
Many of the couutry’ newspaper*, which followed
blindly the News and Courier In opposing the great
New Yorker, have seen the cyclonic political
movement, realized their folly and returned to tho
faith. Now they are os ardent lu their support of
Tilden a* they were* a few weeks ago vehement In
their abuse of him. Thc latest convert Is the Co
lumbia Register, which, hitherto, has opiiosod
Tilden. It has never, like the t'hurlestou
organ, heaped abuse upon him
aud sought thereby to stir
up all the political bile in the weak stomached .
democrats iu South Curolina, but it has iiersistent-
’y and conscientiously opposed him. Now the
_ legister not only comes out boldly for Tildcn but
Dikes occasion to administer to the News and
'ourier u sharp rebuke for it* eccentric and mis-
hievous course iu hmudiug Tilden while tho
whole couutry i* praising him and
how to shift aii uncomfortable position.
Dawson is too keen uu observer and too astute a
politician not to perceive the overwhelming force
of the Tildeu movement.
IN THE HOUSE.
A Soldier's Home for the South—Civil Service
Reform.
Washington, June 7. —In thc house, Mr. O’Neill,
Pennsylvania, presented the petition of J. A.
Mower, post grand army of the I’otomae, for the
esDiblishmcnt of a national soldier's home at somo
point In tbe gulf state*. Referred.
Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, from thc committee
eign affair*, reported back a resolution call-
the secretary of state for information as to
the manner of the expenditure of the money ap
propriated to defray the expense* of the French
uud American claim* commission.
On motion of Mr. Culberson, of Texas, a bill wa*
passed amending the act to determine the jurisdic
tion of the United state* circuits, and to regulate
the removal of the cause* from state to federal
court*. The bill increase* the tniuimura jurisdic
tion of the circuit courts from $100 to 22,000, take*
state in which thc corporation may have been
carrying on business at the time the causer of ac
tion accrued, and restrict* to the defendant* the
right to remove the cause from the state to a fed
eral court.
Mr. Hohlitzell, from the committee on reform in
the civil service, reported adversely the bill* to re
peal the civil service act and they were laid on the
table.
The bill forfeiting the unearned Atlantic and
Pacific land grant wa* passed.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, from the commit
tee on appropriation*, reported the general defi
ciency bill, and it was referred to the committee
of the whole.
Mr. Cobb called up tbe bill repealing the pre
emption and timber culture, and amending tbe
homestead law*. Several amendments were adop-
*”d and upon another vote showed no quorum and
the house adjourned.