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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY OCTOBER 14= 1884.-. TWELVE PAGES.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
Entered a* the Atlanta Poirt-Offlee M •econd-ciaai
lull natter, N'jrcmber 11,1878,
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ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 1,1884.
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—OUR STOCK or-
Waterbury Watches
IB KXHATJSTKn.
We Cenuol Fill any more Order..
"My •tatemsut w«eactually true."—J. Q.
Maine." .
A urn* from the surgeon general nt the
Maine hoepltal to I)r. McFarland, of Savan
nah, glvea aomo valuable suggestion, for the
juarauiitan of WioJ.ro.
Grttuixvaml England may not be con
templating hostilities, be* tfaero la evidently
no lov. lost between the two great powers
juat now. Tbo dcllant tone of the Universal
G.retto i. calculated to provoka tho Ire of
the quean’, "navee.”
Orxaa.tr. Grant baa aoiue pretty looaeIde
about Ibo proper way to build up commerce
with bouth America.
IvwaaMr. Maine who waa urgent In hla
wl.hca that every republican taper should
print fully the Mulligan lottera If Mr.
Blaine waa really ao anxloua that the con
tent. of theta letter, ha given to the world ho
ahould have teken advantage of tha oppor
tunity and read tbeiu front tho stump while
on hla hlppodromlng tour In Ohio, llut on
the other hand when tho Commercial Ga-
rette accidentally aotd a column In which
the buyera printed apeclmena of thoao •tatae-
nuultke document., Mf, Blaine excitedly ex
claimed, "Can't this be stopped."
GofU) and Vanderbilt are for Illalne.
Thero are two potent reaiotu why t'leveland
will be elected.
NxxvTbundey at Cheater, Pa , the "At
lanta” ia to he taunebed. Mho ta one of the
three Iron clada which are to reinforce the
decrepit navy of the United States. The
Atlanta, the Chicago, and tho IloUon aro, In
a large degree, experimenta and the behavior
of the former will be critically watched next
Thnndxy,
Tiik people of Itome appreciate the impor-
lance of the work now in program on Uie
Ceota river. They hope to have the ctalmi
of the Coosa properly recognised in the next
xiver and harbor bill, Cungreaoruan Clem
ent! has succeeded in getting several liberal
appropriations for tbla Improvement and he
will doubtleaa do the beat that he possibly
can for it in the future.
GOVERNOR TILDBN'S LETTER.
Governor Tilden's letter presented in an
other column,la another of those noble sfforta
of that greatest of living American Btates-
rnen,which have so endeared hlmjto the pen
pie of the United States. Without exception
there Is no man In the country whose words
urc listened to with more confidence, nor the
sincerity of whose advice will be more read'
ily respected by the whole pcoplo. The wis
dom of that advice ia the result of a life spent
in honest devotion to democratic principles,
the effect of which has been a record unpar
ailed in lie achievements for political re
form, good government and
honest administration of the people's affairs.
How marked Is the difference between the
word! of this great champion of reform
whose record is made with his people, end
whose closing years are being spent In the
quiet enjoyment which his active life
hu warranted, and the prating, of those po
litical tricksters who aro nursing in Its dying
throes the party by whoae corruption they
bare for so long subsisted. The foremost
among these Is its own nominee for president,
James G. Blaine, convicted by his own signa
ture and condemned by his associates of cor
ruption, venality and trickery In their most
flagrant forms. Opposed to him is one who
worthily bears the mantis of Mr. Tilden, and
who no less than bo hu accomplished marked
reforms in the government of a great state.
In Cleveland and Hendricks Is the embody-
ment of those great principles of democracy
and fruits of good government, of which Mr.
Tilden .peaks in his letter, and which, In his
Judgment, "can only bo accomplished by the
election of the democratic candidates for
president and vicepresident"
THE CONSTITUTION’S TRADE ISSUE.
The attention which tho mammoth trado
Issue of Tux Coxstitutiox hu attracted In all
parts of the country Is, wo freely confess, un
expected. We will not uy it Is undeservod,
for wlillo wo aro duly modest on our own
behalf, we are by no means modest on behalf
of Georgia and Atlanta, and tbo trado issue of
Tux Coxstitutiox was Intended to be u
nearly u possible on advertisement of these
Institutions. It was notan adequate adver
tisement, In the sense of copiousness, as we
hope tome day to demonstrate, but It is an
advertisement that hu had a wider circula
tion than our purposes had mode provision.
This additional circulation hu boon ob'-
tained largely by means of tho remarkable
friendliness of our exchanges in various sec
tions of the country. The peculiar character
and extent of the showing made for Oeorgla
tud Atlanta have been made tho subject of
tho widest possible comment, and it is com
ment of n kind not often dovoted to “trade
issues.” We lmve taken pains to reproduce
ion» of the more elaborate notices which the
tnideTnue of Tnx Coxstitutiox lits received
from newspapers outside tho state, 10 that
our readers may havo an opportunity of ob
serving with what keen Interest tbo progreu
of Georgia and Atlanta Is watched. This we
need not dwell upon hero, but It Is not the
newspapers alone that have displayed an in
tercst in the exhibit set forth in the columns
of Tns Coxstitutiox. Since our trado Issue,
with Us remarkable showing, wu tumbled
pell mell Into the channels of information,
our buslnesa ofllce hu been Hooded with lot
tera of congratulation and inquiry from tho
near west and the far west, from the east,
from the north, and from Canada. Thou
letters ere, for tho most part, from capitalists
and buslneu men, showing that the kindly
notices of our exchanges havo not In tho
Irut exaggerated either tho Interest felt In
the progreu of Georgia and Atlanta, or tho
Importance of tho showing made in the trade
issue of Tnx Coxstitutiox. Tho demand
from abroad for copies of that luue hu been
greater than we could supply, and more than
one rntbuslutlc applicant hu suggested that
several hundred thousand copies of tho edi
tion should bo sent to tho world’s fair at
New Orleans for distribution.
All tills is very flattering to Georgia, to
Atlanta and to Tna Coxstitutiox. In be
half of each of tbeu institutions ws return
thanks. We appreciate tho klndnesa of our
newspaper friends and we aro fully alive to
the extent and Importance of the Interest
felt in the pragma and prosperity of Georgia
by thou whoae good wl.be. mcunssomethlng
more than a nod and a smile.
In brief, we are more than gratllled at the
•ucctn ol Tns CoxsTiTmox’e flrst serious
attempt to bring Its state and city to the at
tention of the country.
An eyes are turned toward Ohio. There
to no denying the fact that the past week has
seen a decided rise in democra-Jc stock. The
republican papers are full of appeals which
betray the alarm of the republican loaders.
The careful review of the situation by Mr.
George W. Adams, editor of the Washington
Btor.» paper which to perfectly Impartial in
tbie campaign, indicates that the Ohio dem
ocrats are gaining confidence every day
while tbeir opponents are perceptibly weak
ening. In the departments at Washington
there to an undUgutoed anxiety over the
Ohio contest while the hotel politicians at the
capital agree that the republicans have lost
ground udly during the past week. The re
publican. are now claimjng only eight or ten
thousand majority in a vote of nearly eight
hundred tbouund.
CoaroaxTius. may not have sonla but they
do graceful aud gracious things now and
LSen. The action of the llalUnsore and Ohio
dintotoee in donating $28,00u annually to the
fund tor pensioning its broken down em
ploye. >an Instance In point.
Loot.—OAF B. F. Butler, who, until the
tost two weeks, baa talked mors and uld 1m
than any man In the country. Uis present
silence canon great apprehension among bts
Meads. A liberal reward will be paid lot
btareturn,deaderallT* to CA D. New
York. Sun.
THE GROWTH OP THE SOUTH.
A few weeks ago the New Orleans Times-
Democrat gathered Into tabular form the otH-
clal statistics of property In the south. It
d d not e.ttmate the wealth of the several
states, but it took the ameesed values, and
presented them In a table. This table will
bear reprinting; (or It shows what the south
is doing in hard times as well as In good
times.
The development of the aonth waa not late
ly begun until 1870, and see present therefore
the assessments of that aud of tbs present
year:
18M. U19.
Alabama —... fl77.iM>,#» til7,MS,.Ml
Ail. n»as im.wo.ow fa.ssr.au
Florida. ao.NRO.ouo irun.aiN
tisorita — sia.’n.vun
kmiuilj- soi.xw.ajo
i.cutslau.. sbo.ooo.no
tUMitsippi m.uaoiB
North taroUae
South Carolina. . iw.mi.ms
Ttauenee :37.siM77
Tfjuu ...... &MHMMU0
Virginia;. UO-iwOtoO
Total
xn.iuo.au
oiaiu;,x;.v
uasvKttt
KM.tol.70i
130,000,OU
lXI.Xt7.ISM
Zta^llJlV
to4.47U.7U
S13.VU.SX1
.r.’.un.wi.roi him,-*n,M7
These official figure* show ax accurately a.
figures made by meu con show that the south
is gaining property at the rale of <1(10,000,0U0
a year, and the toiler table* ahow that the
italea named gained this year,'over the pre
vious year, <208,718,978, or just about the
value of last year's cotton crop. The past
year was one of close money—a short cotton
crop and hard times generally—and yet the
tide of pnwperity that waa started In 1870
kept on. and even gained in volume and
force. Thto gain has been accomplished al
moat without immigration, thus showing
that a limiud development of the neoarces
of the south can be accomplished without
much outside assistance, while at the asms
time it faintly outlines the overwhelming
prosperity that would set in if tha tide that
CTftled Kansas, Nebraska find Daeotah la
urn, could be' tnmed this way. Without
immigration the south will soon cease to be
the poverty-stricken section;'with It there
would not be In the course of ten years
more prosperous people in the whole circuit
of the globe.
Now that the government hu disposed of
nearly all ol its agricultural lands, and the
lands of the railroad companies ore held on
speculation, and the supply ol white pine to
nearly exhausted, it to difficult to see how the
combination of northwestern Interests can
much longer keep the people who wont new
homes away from the section that Offers to all
comers cheap lands, proximity to markets,
on unequalled climate, and all the advantages
of transportation and Settled communities.
The northern farmers of Morgan county coaid
not be Induced to brave the winters of Daco-
tnh, and as we go along others will seek and
find tbs truth, and after a while the western
railroad solicitor, himself, will be without a
job, unless he, too, comes down south.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FUND.
We are glad to see from a partial list
printed In the the New York World that the
appeal of the democratic committee foremall
individual contriimtlons from the people to
pay the expenses of an unusually active cam
paign Is meeting with a cordial response from
every part of the country. The (access of
the democratic party will be the success of
the people, and it to fitting that the
people should be depended on to fur
nish the necessary money, rather than
that an appeal should he made to the capi
talists and monopolists who ore as anxious
to control one party as tho other. Every dol
lar sent In hy individuals is; os one enthus
iastic contributor puts it, "an anchor cast to
windward.” These small, but welcome an
chors have been forwarded to the committee
from Colorado, Nevada, California, New
Mexico, Texas and a great many other states,
but among these we.fail to find the name of
Georgia. The list printed In the World to a
partial one, It Is true, but we should liavo
been glad to know that the contributions
from Georgia were largo enough .to warrant
mention even in a partial list.
It is not too late for such of our readers as
may feel Inclined to forward such
•mill sums as they can afford to the
committee in New York city. While it is
expected that each indivlduil contribution
will be email, the aggregate of such contribu
tions onght to amount to a sufficient sum to
relltVo the embarrassment of our campaign
managers. It Is not too late now, bat’ it will
he too late In a few days, and every democrat
who can spare a dollar or two, should act
promptly In the matter. Thcrejaro numbers
of men willing to bet on democratic success,
and moss who are in the humor of betting
ought to he willing to add to their chances,
it ever so slightly, by making some small
contribution to that end. We trust that be
fore it is loo Isle the liberality of Georgia
democrats will moke its Influence felt In the
shape of substantial additions to the demo
cratic exchequer.
DIRT AND CHOLERA.
The backbone of .the cholera epidemic In
Europe is broken, There are very few eases
now In Frnqce—tho worst Is known in Italy,
where about 10,000 lives wero sacrificed; and
no further fear of a widespread epidemic to
entertained in Npaln. The entire oourso of
the disease this year increases the hope that
Its march eon be controlled and limited. No
matter wlist the scientific pathology of the
disease may he, It is definitely known Hint
dirt and foal air and foul water promote its
dissemination. In fact, a clean town with a
good system ol sewerage and an nbandant
supply of pure water, need not dread it at all_
especially If its people ;ars decently housed*
and provided for. Ill France tho disease
skipped all such towns, and went on to dirty
undrained villages, or |fsiteued Itself upon
the filthy quarters of the hugo towns. When
the water supply of Genoa was rendered pare,
tliero was an Immediate improvement, and
in eight days tho mortality bad materially
declined. Wo might give further facts of
this nature gathered from the epidemic of
the present year; hut It to scarcely necessary
when all experts say the disease feeds upon
tilth. Microbes or no microbes, sanitation to
Important. A large town with pure water
and a thorough system of sewerage to a safer
place In a cholera epidemic than a small
town In which sanitation Is ^unknown. But
sny town can escape a visitation of the
scourge that will observe this plainest laws
of health
The scourge to due In this country noxt
yesr, but If the authoritlea of our ports do
the! r duty, It will riot come. The disease was
kept out of Deris, out of Berlin, out of Vi
enna, ont of London—why then can ft not
lie kept out of New York or Savannah? Neg
ligence alone will admit It. And if the
germs of the disease are brought to this
country, It should not be forgotten that only
those towns will suffsr which permit garb-
age to contaminate the air, or plumbing and
•ewer pipe* to get out of order, or the wster
supply to become foul or deficient, or dirt
and decay to prevail in the homes and alleys
and yards of any part of their population.
Sanitation la the safeguard against nearly alt
diseases, and next year it will have Increased
Importance if the eastern scourge ahlpe
through our
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS,
The quelifications of voting are as various
almost as the atatea themselves. Kentucky
require* a voter, for example, to reside in the
state two yean, while Maine to Satisfied with
a residence of three months. Twenty-live
states require one year, eight require six
months, one requires four months, and two
require three months In most of the states
registration is required by law, but in Ar
kansas It to prohibited as being a bar to suf
frage. In uearly all the etatea convicts, pan-
pen and insane persona are not permitted to
vote, and Florida adds to the usual list, bet
ters on election and duellists. Michigan ex
cludes duellists; Indiana, fraudulent voters
and bribers; Missouri, United States aoldlara;
New York, election better* and bribers; Ore
gon, Chinamen; South Carolina, duelliatsand
United States soldier*; Texas, United Stale*
soldiers; and Wisconsin, duellists, briber*
snd better*. Georgia, Massachusetts, Penn
sylvania, Tennessee and Virginia exclude
from the voting population all non-taxpayera.
Ohio requires single men to mid* twenty
days In th* voting precinct. Rhode Island
excludes all but actual tax-peying cDixsaa
who possess property to the nine of <181.
This undemocratic provision reduce*’ Use
a state can adept a property qualification If It
applies it Impartially. Under ouch a ruling
Ithode Island could raise the property
qualification year by year nntll the
right of suffrage would he denied to all but a
few lords of the soli. Itepreseiitalive govern
ment would then be a farce. All tho laws of
the different state* are considered in hsr-
mony with the constitution of the United
States, which declares that “no state shall
make or enforce any tow .which shall abridge
the privileges or or immunities of citizens of
the United States." The constitution of
Keotacky keeps within the traces however
only by regarding the word “white” ss a
dead letter; for, otherwise, the limitation of
the right of suffrage to “free white male citi
zens," would be in conflict with the provis
ion directed especially against a color line.
As a rule, male citizens 21 years of age, of
sound mind and outaide of bars, have little
difficulty in voting, and It Is to be hoped
that in the coming shower of ballots they
will be content to deposit one ballot apiece.
Voting early and often, and in districts not
their own, Is a greater evil than the troubles
that arise here and there on account of the
lack of uniformity In the snlfrage laws.
A8 TO OHIO.
Nothing Is clearer than the fact that Bro
ther Blaine’s whooping snd hollering tonr in
the west has, to all intents and purposes,
been a dismal failure. The enthusiasm mani
fested in the republican candidate, where it
was not bused in cariosity, and that Ameri
can streak of good humor thrt is as ready to
applaud the latest Jumbo that comes along,
was purely formal. In most instances, es
pecially in Ohio, looters and shouters, the
torch-hearers snd the high steppers, were
known to be in the service and pay of the
republican committee.
It may be -taken for granted that the
marching and counter-marching, tho speech
making and the hand-shaking, have had lit
tle influence on the course of the campaign.
Neither Brother Blaine nor his striker* have
dared to touch upon the real issues of the
ampaign, nor liaYe they touched upon the
issues that render the campaign interesting
to the voters of Ohio. So far os we know, no
honest or reasonable attempts have beea
made to conciliate the German voters, and
though a good deal of fuss has been
made and large sums of money spent, no
real or substantial campaign work lias been
done. Tills opinion applies, of course, only
to the apparent situation. It may be that
while Brother Blaine bos been digplaying his
hoisterousness, bis lieutenants were engaged
in solid work. Tho result, however, has not
manifested itself, and nothing is clearer than
the fact that the republicans are in great
doubt as to how Ohio will vote.
It may be supposed, too; that the demo
crats are in doubt, but it should be borne in
mind that success in Ohio is not absolutely
essential to democratic success in November.
11 is otherwise witli the republicans. If they
are beaten in.Ohio no contingency can pre
vent their defeat in November, where
as, if the democrats are defeated they
Mill stand a good chance to carry Now York
and Indians. Ohio to n republican state, and
that fact is recognized in all calculations,
hut tho strategy of the democrats has com
pelled the re( ublicans to take all their availa
ble funds and fighting forces out of New
York and Indiana and concentrate them
in Ohio. This is something gained, and even
if the Blainerskites should astonish thorn-
selves hy carrying Ohio, they cannot con-
centrale their forces elsewhere in time to
make them available. Ohio is not necessary
to tho democrats, but the campaign is in such
good shape that ws expect them to carry the
state liy a majority from two to four thous
and.
THE OBORQIA ROAD.
It Is reasonably well settled that the Louis
ville and Nashville bai escaped reorganiza
tion through a new issue of stock sod bonds.
It offers to Its own stockholders <3,000,000 in
bonds and 15,000,000 in Stock on certain
terms, and if the stockholders do not fully
respond, a syndicate of London and Amster
dam bankers to to taka sny balance not
wanted by the stockholders, ft to not ex
pected that tbs stockholders will need much
more of the company’s securities than they
now bold, so that practically the money to
take up the floating debt 1< to come across
the Atlantic. This debt has been very
troublesome, amounting to something more
than <4,000,000, and it is thought that when
it is funded st six per cent, the road enu earn
ail fixed charges, and thus keep out of the
bands of a receiver.
This result is of impressed Importance In
Georgia on account of tho Interest of the
Louisville company in the Western and At
lantic, and the Georgia ralirotds. The lease
of the latter road will stand unimpaired, and
the stockholders of this cleverly-managed
piece of property should congratulate them
selves. ]n the flrst year of the leose.the leasees
lost a round sum of money; tost yoar they
each lost <11,000, snd it to estimated that the
two companies will lose a like amount dar
ing the current year. The Central and the
Louisville snd Nasville are both solvent com
panies, and the guarantee of ten per cent per
annum will stand good, no matter how much
the two companies may lose in operating the
leased road.
ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
Intent pentuce*
Sur-MXiBva, Marietta. G*,: How many persons
die yi.rly from Inlempenuice, and hoiv much
money!* xpont directly for whtakyT «
It I* estimated tbat In this country about 100,000
pencil* are killed annually by Intemperance, and
tbe^nuual expenditure for liquor Is 8300,00,000.
A rvueetlon of Eli(lbtllty.
D. 8. J.. Conley, (is: If a voter be disfranchised-
hy rcesomot non-payment ol taxes, ta ne disquali
fied from holding officer
Yes, undcr.the constitution of Georgia.
The Sandny Constitution.
Mrs. M. H. W., Chattanooga: I went the Sunday
CoKsrmmns. Do you ever receive eubecrlptlona
THE COTTON PICKER.
Some time ago tbe statement was made
that an ingenious South Carolinian bad in
vented a machine for picking cotton, and the
description tbat accompanied the statement
Imparted an air of plausibility to the infor
mation. Of tote nothing has been heard of
the invention, bat it to understood that the
practical working of the machine folks to
come np to the expectations of either th* in
ventor or hla friends In other words the
machine to a failure as it stands, and, like the
Kcely motor, needs to be perfected. The
theory of it seems to be ss perfect as any the
ory ought to be; but tbe machine refuses to
pick cotton. The cotton is waiting to be
picked, and the machine to ready to pick It If
it could.
But something to lacking. There to cither
too much machinery or too Utile, or the nec-
ctsary combination to wauUng. At any rat*,
the cotton-picker refuses to pick cotton, and
as there to little else for it to pick, it lasts
standstill. Tbe truth of the business to, the
south will have to depend largely on what
theJFcatoncsa call nlfgenwa as cotton-picker*.
There to do complex machinery ia this inven
tion, and it to the only on* likely to prove a
sucre is. -
W* trust, however, that th* South Carolina
cotton-picker will eventually be perfected ao
voting else* by shutting out very many who J t _ ,
are citireo* of the United States; but it U f ,h»: it will aid the nigEvroe*. They need help
held to bo costatltuUonal on tho ground tbat | redly, fspccially when the son shines warm.
The only way to secure the Sunday’s Constitu
tion la to subscribe for the daily. Subscriptions
are not received for the Sunday’* issue only.
The Constitution Library.
U. C., Winfred, Oa: Do you *till «eU the book*
advertised iu Tnx Constitution library last spring
af tbe same price?
Yes, there has been no change.
Theatrical.
Moths, Ga: Please give me M. B. Leavitt’s ad
dress. Also tho address of Hiss Lizzie May Ul
mer?
Leavitt, New York; Miss Ulmer, New Orleans.
A Cholera Remedy.
Atlanta, Ga.. October 4.—Editor* Coonstitu-
tion: The following will be founds good cholera
remedy: Take one quart of apple brandy, one of
peach, one of gin aud one of tea madcof yard planj
tain, hoarbound and mint, sassafras and dogwood
bark; mix them all together in one vessel; add
one pound of sugar, one glass of Jamaica ginger
aud shake them well and drink freely until the
pain is relieved, which will be in five or ten min
utes.! Let your food be lifeht, such as rice, chicken
broth, tea or soda crackers. This will effect an
immediate cure. I have seen much of cholera In
my travels iu Mexico, Central America and in tho
islands of Cuba and Jamaica. I have found tho
above remedy a speedy cure for cholera, small
pox aud yellow fever. W. A. Ammons, AL D.
E. IT. B., Buchanan. Ga,.* Please state h
Blaine got the appellation of "plumed knight?
Wc have answered this question several times.
A man nearly as windy, vain and false as Blaiuo
himself, one Bob Jngersoll, inn speech described
Blaine as a "plumed knight," with a lot of other
nonsenso about his "shining lance," etc. A
plumed knight is supposed to be a representative
oi chivalry, without ieor and without reproach.
It takes just such a twaddllug old infidel as Inger-
soli to see chivalry in the conduct of a man who
sneaked out of the war, "cost an anchor to the
windward," sued tho Indianapolis Seutinel for li
bel and then admitted tho truth of tho charge,
That Is So.
Reader, Bath, Me.: It is enough to make an old
soldier sick to sec a crowd of fools waving a tattered
battle flag over a tattooed man who kept out of
the army by hiring a substitute to do post duty.—
Constitution.
That is so, and especially as that substitute
proved a criminal by "casting au anchor to wind
ward," was in jail a part df the time aud did no
ervke at the front.
A Question for "Georgian."
C M Macon, Ga.: In an article of recent date, I
sec it stated that the farmer who borrows money
thiough laud loan agencies, pays 21.6 per coot for
its use. 1 am not connected with any such agency,
nor have 1 borrowed through one. A short time
ago 1 had occasion to look into their charges. I
calculated that the farmer i»ays a fraction over
tw clve per cent per aununi. 1 can seo no error iu
the calculation. Will you give the charges etc.,
which lead to the result given in tho article on
this subject, signed "Georgian."
Here is au opportunity for "Georgian" to riso
and explain.
Concerning "rJntn-Denler."
A.. Cartersville, Ga.: Who writes the letters for
Tuk,Conatitution signed "Plain-dealer?"
A well-posted correspondent whose signature,
"Plain-dealer," .will do as well os any. It is not
tho custom of newspapers to publish a communi
cation over a nomdeplume and then make tho
writer’s name public.
_ The Ohio Election.
H. B., Buford, Ga.: When does the Ohio election
come oil?
Next Tuesday.
Livingstone’s Travels.
W. II. P., Hhubuta. Alisa.: Where can I procure
Livingstone’s Travels iu A fries? n
Write to any Atlanta bookseller.
Political Guess-Work,
Subscriber, Paris, Texas: 1. How many votes do
you think St. John will get? 2. Do you think
Blaine will get any votes by going on the stump?
8. What majority do you think Cleveland and
Hendricks will get iu New York?
I. About 50,000. 2. He will get and lose votes by
bis exhibition. 8. It will be a reuser If democrats
do their duty.
THE COUNTRY’S HOPE'-
LIES IN THE ELECTION HOF THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
Mr. Tilden’a Letter to tbe Committee of tbe National
Convention—Why tba Work of Reform Can
be Done Only by tba Democratic Party
Noble Words Prom Mr. Tilden.
THE STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
It Is importantant that the electoral ticket to be
voted for the approaching presidential election is
properly printed. Below we five a correct form to
be followed* Let all the tickets be printed as fol
lows:
National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT:
Grover Cleveland,
Of New York.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
Thomas A. Hendricks^
Of Indiana.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
TUB STATE AT LABOB:
Georgk N. Letter.
Peter F. Smith.
FOR DISTRICT ELECTOR3:
First District—
Spences R. Atkinson.
Second District—
Archibald T. McIntyre, Jr.
Third District—
Rung M. Hodge.
Tout lb. District—
Edgar M. Butt.
Fifth District—
John L. Tye.
Sixth District—
Washington Dessau.
Seventh District—
Thomas W. Milner.
Eighth DUtrict-
Joel A. Billuts,
Ninth District—
Charlton J. Wellborn,
Tenth District—
Alexander F. Dairy.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE 48TH CONGRESS.
FROM FIFTH CONiilESSIONAL DISTRICT:
Hon. Nathaniel J. Hammond,
Of Fill ton.
It will be noticed that we print the ticket as if it
'as to be used in this congressional district. In
other congressional districts it will only need the
change of the district and the name of the nomi
nee for congress from that district
A lloom for Atlanta.
From the Buffalo Express.
The "trade issue*’ of Thx Atlanta Constitu
tion, bearing date of October 1st, ia a forty-four
page paper of superior literary and mechaaical
excellence. It ta a boom for Atlanta and her tri
butary territory, and incidentally for Thr-Com-
tmunoN—whoae merits do not really need special
advertising. _
Booth Going to Germany.
Bxrlxm, October 3.—Mr. Edwin Booth* the emi
nent actor and tragedian, will i
d rtprmatotfeM In this city in February.
Nhw Yobe, October 7.—Tho following is.th»
full text of the letter which Mr. Tilden had
written in response to the resolutions of th»
national democratic convention which were
presented to him several weeks ago:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ot the Commit*
tee: I thank you for the kind terms ln< which you
have communicated the resolutions adopted by*
the late democratic uationalconventlon. Isharo
your conviction tbat reform in thq administra
tion of the federal government, which is oar
great | want, and is Indeed essential to the restora
tion and preservation of the government itself,
can only be achieved through the agency of tbo
democratic party and by installing its representa
tives in the chief magistracy of the United States.
The noble historical traditions of the democratic
party; the principles in which it waa educated and
to which it hu ever been in
the main, faithful; its freedom
from the corrupt influences which
grow up in the prolonged possession of power,
and the nature of the dements which constitute
it—all contribute to qualify it for that mission.
The opposite characterizes and conditions which
attach to the republican party make It hopeless to
expect that that party will be able to give a better
government than the debasing system of fraud
which, during its ascendancy, hu infected official
and political life In this country. The democratic
party had its origin in tbe effort of tho more ad
vanced leaders of tho revolution to resist a perver
sion of our government from the ideal contempla
ted by the people. Among its conspicuous found
ers were Benjamin Franklin and Tbomu Jefferson’
Eaxnuel Adams and John Hancock, of Massachu
setts; George Clinton and Robert R. Livingston, of
New York; George Wytho and James Madison, of
Virginia. From the election of Mr. Jefferson as
president in 1800, lor sixty years tho democratic
party mainly decided our national policy. It ex
tended tbe boundaries of the republic and laid the
foundation of all our national greatness, wbilo it
preserved the limitations Imposed by the consti
tution and maintained a simple and pure system
oi domestic administration. On the other hand
the republican party hu always been dominated
by principles which favor legUJation for tho bene
fit of particular classes at the expense of the great
body of the people. It bu become deeply tainted
with the abuses which naturally grow up during
long possession oi uncncckod power, especial
ly in a period of civil war and false financial theo
ries. Tho patriotic and vl'luous elements, iu lb
are now unable to emancipate) it from the sway of
the selfish interests which subordinate public du
ty to personal greed. The most hopeful of the
best citizens it contains despair ot its amendment,
except. through Its temporary expulsion from
power. It hu been boostiugly asserted by a mod
cm Massachusetts statesman, struggling to recon
cile himself and his followers to their presidential
candidate, that tho republican party contains a
disproportionate share of the wealth, culture and
intelligence of the country. Unprincipled Graf
ton, wheu taunted by James II, with bis personal
want of comcicucc, answered: "That is true,but l
belong to a party tbat has a great deal of con
science." Such reason era forget, that tho lamo
claim hu been made In all age* and countries by
defenders of old wrongs against new reforms. It
wu alleged by tho torics of tlio Amorican revolu
tion against patriots of that day. It wu repeated
against Jefferson, and afterward-) against Jackson.
'It wu alleged by the conservatives against those
whoi in England are now endeavoring to enlarge
tho popularxuflioge. AUhlitory shows that re
forms in government must not be expected from
thoso who sit serenely on social mountain tops,
enjoying tho benefits of tho existing order ol
things. Even the dlvluo author of our relig
ion found bis followers, not among
self complacent. Pharisee* but among tho lowly-
minded fishermen. The republican party is large
ly made up of those who live by their wits and
who Inspire in politics to advauttges over tho rest
ofiiuankind similar to those which their dally
lives aro devoted to securing in private business.
The democratic party consists largely of thorn who
live by the work of their hands aud whoso politi
cal action is governed by their sentiments or im
agination. It results tliat tho democratic party
more readily than tho republican party can bo
moplded to the support of reform measures which
involves a sacrifice of selfish interest Thu
indispensable necessity of onr time*
is change of administration ia
the- great executive ^office of tho country. This,
in my judgment; can only bo accomplished by tho
election of the democratic candidate* for presi
dent aud vice-president.
Samuel J. Tilden.
ToR. n. Henry, chairman; R B. Smally and
others of special committee of the democratic!
national convention.
Waving the Uloody Shirt.
From the Springfield, Mass., Republican.
It is high time for a change of administration
in this country, when the chance of such an event
is used to excite apprehension iu this outrageous
wav by Murat Halstead:
With their president and tbeir congress and
their reorganized supreme court, they will make
their revolution back ward according to the forms ol
law. Who shall dare to oppose the crowning act of
conciliation oi putting the confederate cripples
on the pcuslon rolls? Who would be so sectional
aud to penurious as to object to compensation,
for slaves? It would bo shown tbat thtf
loutbcrn soldiers had been conquered and
the Huvi* emum-iprtted iu an unconstitu
tional manner aud then every ono who re
sisted the constitution would be a rebel. The solid
south would give law to tbe nation. The south-
confederacy would be supremo over the United
bels and copperbesds to gratify. Tbe south would
recoup henclf and would help herself to the na
tional money with both bloody hands, and it
would be made in official circles discreditable to
hove taken part in the unconstitutional war for
nnion and liberty.
Mr. Halstead probably knows In bis sober mo
menta tbat the conttitnilou of the United Bta tea
forbids any payment of claims for tbe loss or
emancipation of slaves, aud he knows that all
this talk is utter humbug^
Tbe Latest .Steal.
From the Chicago News.
"Epb, wha’s dc reason you doan’ want Mass*
Blaine ’lected?’’
" 'Cause he ain’ no bones' man."
"Didu' he 'splsiu deni Mulliguiu Iettaha?”
"Yaas."
"An’ didn’ he say he war marrud tjry’st?"
"Yaas."
"An* doan' he swar be nebah «>wucd no lan' in
Ohio?"
"Yaas, but he ain’ no hones’ tuaa."
"W ha’s de reason T*
"Ain’ ’e got Bright's disease?"
"Kpose’e has;"
"Haul, w'ydoan’ be gib it back to E
_ Bright, den ?••
An Inscription 31e«ant for Logan.
From the Chicago News.
Xenia was the principal intermediate point oa
the Dip. It is the home of Wbitelaw Reid. Its
inhabitants boast of their education and culture.
A conspicuously dDplsy^l motto on a huge muslin
background read* as follows: "The Ren'***—
Party ia the Fatrou of colleges and »c
Walker Blaine neatly fainted at the sight.
He £all»f!#«l Her Pa.
From the Ban Francisco Chronicle.
"I have come, sir. to aak you f>>r your daughter’s
and."
"I beg yonr pardon! What named id you say?**
"I have not bad the pleasure of meeting yon ex>
fpt casually. My name la UinUbt"
"Have you any refrreru**?"
"Certainly; your daughter."
"Oh, thank you; it is mi good nf you to aak Qg,
: it is enough that you didu t elope with hex. Tors
! str. 1 don’t know you, but I • oppose you’ll live
in the house, and we'll have an opportunity to be
come tetter acquainted. Good morning."
Two Fires ta Pensacola W-terday.
POttcm, Fla., October a.-Henry Pfeiffer*
grocery waa destroyed toy fire at I a. in. today
canting a teof fUMi # The residence of John
Waliaik was burned at noon today. Loss 81,009