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UNION & RECORDER.
Milled ^ktillk, May 25,1886.
T
Dr. ,T. Ml. Jol ). an eminent
physician f \tlan . died on the 18th
ins't. He a as r h Ith year and led
a long life < f u- R: >. ss.
Chairman O'unt < ‘the Post Office
Committee a<- rece’ ved many com
pliments o his mMi'igement of the
postal sub r /lit i i the House.
The new - fr nil the western storms,
continues t di-’ clop still greater de
struction of life and property. The
loss in the latt er is estimated at sev
eral milli- ! t 'fdolla •£.
Death *o.v 1>r. Do Lewis.—This
distingui ' . uthc • and reformer
died at his home in V inkers, K. Y.,.on
the 21st ii.-t from er ^sipelas, after an
illness of two or thre* days.
Parson the Anarchist.—This
bloody revolutionist, and advocate
of the use of rifles bombs and dyna
mite. up£o the 16th inst.Jiad escaped
arrest, but it is probable he will not
be able to escape it finally. There is
a net work of search around him and
unless li - fly, already, put
a great hi- * if veen himself and
detectives, wiio art* after him, lie will
be lodged in prison to answer for his
atrocious crimes
Irish Matters.
The foes of Ireland seem to be in
creasing in strength. In some por
tions of Ireland, especially in Ulster,
the people are reported to be arming
in opposition to the policy of Home
rule, and such measmes seem to be
sustained by the followers of Lord
Saulsbury and the adherents of the
Tory party. We cannot undertake
to publish their procedings, and the
voluminous reports upon this compli
cated trouble. Gladstone stands firm
amidst the opposition which is seek
ing to crush him. He is an extraor
dinary man to be able to resist such
immense assaults at his advanced age.
He still stands firm resisting the as
saults of his enemies and beating
them in the force of his arguments.
Ho demolishes their strongest points
in a few sentences, but they are nu
merous. violent, and constantly ag-
grestive. It is said he will not resign
and some of his leading followers want
him to appeal to the people of the
Kingdom. The Irish are greatly di
vided on the question of religion, and
great turmoils have existed between
them since the battle of the Boyne.
Home rule would tend to prevent re
ligious troubles and allow freedom of
opinion and worship to all. The
< *rangeinen don't believe this, and
think that home rule would cause the
oppression of the Protestants. The
absurdity' of this is manifested in the
fact that many of the strongest friends
nf Home rule are as devoted Protest
ants as can be,found in the Kingdom.
The friends of Ireland are hoping for
th<- best, but the prospect seems to
favor the continuance of the old poli
cy of intolerance and oppression.
The Party and the Offices.
A writer for the Washington Post,
under the signature of ‘'Administra
tive Democrat." defends the policy of
the President in reference to appoint
ments to office. He undertakes to
show that Mr. Jefferson made but
few changes in the offices, though
they were filled by officers who were
opposed to the Democratic party.
During the first year of his adminis
tration. there were but 16 removals
from office, and there were but two
or three more, only about 64 or 35 in
two years. President Jefferson ex
pressed the idea that it was best to
obtain a just participation in the
offices by democrats, by appointing
them upon the deaths, resignations,
and delinquencies of the old officers.
He said this would show that the par
ty had not sought power for office,
but for principles. With these views
and acting upon them, Mr. Jefferson
was re-elected by a largely increased
majority.
Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, fol
lowed Mr. Jefferson’s example. Gen
eral Jackson, lie said, entertained
and acted upon similar views. How
ever this may have been, we must re
member that the Democrats were in
power under Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, for eight years each, making
24 successive years, and as they had
gradually appointed democrats dur
ing all that time, nearly all the offices
were filled by democrats. General
Jackson and Mr. Van Buren. (demo
crats) also appointed members of the
party to office.
Mr. Cleveland couies in and finds
all the offices filled by Republicans,
who had possessed them for 25 years.
The slogan of his party, during the
canvas, was, “turn the rascals out.”
Under these circumstances it was his
duty to supply their places, as far as
it could be done, consistently with
law, with democrats. In the early
stages of the government there were
few offices compared with the present
time, and the obligation to sustain
the party, both in consideration of its
preservation and the positive demand
of the party, to “turn the rascals out,”
demanded as great a change as it was
in the power of Mr. Cleveland to
make. The readers of United States
’iistory, know, that under General
Washington and the first President
Adams, public virtue and official duty
were much purer than they have
been for the last fourth of a century
under the Republicans, and the ne
cessity for changes then was compara
tively light compared with the pres
ent time. While we have confidence
in Mr. Cleveland's democracy, we
have expressed the opinion that the
best interests of the Democratic jiartv
would be promoted by his placing
cohipetent and faithful democrats in
as many offices as possible and we are
pleased to know, as we have seen it
stased. his changes can be counted by
several thousands. We would be
pleased to see them quadrupled at an
early period. - -7—
DERED.
After the Anarchists had been dis
persed the police set to work to look
after tlieir wounded and dying com
rades. Two of them were found
where the bond) exploded, both so
desperately wounded as to be past
hope of recovery. About thirty ot hers
were found lying on the pavement in
the vicinity and suffering from pistol-
shot wounds in their limbs and bodies,
and unable to stir hand or foot. The
rioters, too, lay around wounded and
dying, but the officers paid no atten
tion to their sufferings at first, only
thinking of their own fallen compan
ions. They picked them up and bore
those who could not walk or move to
the station, and assisted all with
slight wounds to walk to their homes.
The drug stores and saloons about the
scene of the battle were soon filled
wounded men. The squad-room in
the Desplaines-street station half an
hour after the shooting resembled a
charnel-house—w r ounded and dying
policemen were lying everywhere.
Fifteen wounded officers sat in chairs
around the room, heroically struggling
with fearful pains which racked their
bodies, waiting for the arrival of ser-
geons to dress their wounds. Such a
scene is rarely witnessed except on a
battle-ground. Policemen who es
caped without injury were acting as
nurses, assisting the few surgeons
who reached the station when the
men were brought in.
Among the first to arrive were five
I Catholic priests, who immediately
busied themselves among the wound-
i ed. Their presence and kindly min-
! ist rat ions seemed to cheer up the
men, especially those whose injuries
! were so desperate that their lives were
despaired of. Officer Tim Flavin lay
1 on a table in the center of the room
unconscious. Above his heart was a
I great blotch of red, which told the
; story of his fate. His life was fast eb-
1 bing away, and the only thing that
could be done for him was to admin
ister to his spiritual welfare. Officer
George Miller and Tom Redden, both
fearfully wounded, lay on either side
of Flavin, one on the* floor, the other
on chairs. Miller’s face was fearfully
cut and bruised, his limbs was para
lyzed by numerous wounds, and his
body was pierced by six bullets. He
smiled cheerfully though when his
fellow-officers came to the side of
his rudely-improvised cot. Redden,
though as desperately wounded as
Miller, was more fully alive to liis
condition. Outside of the station
were fifteen patrol wagons loaded
down with their freight of shattered
humanity preparatory to* removing
it to the county hospital or the mor
gue. Officers stood guard around the
wagons silenty waiting orders from
their superiors. Their silence
indicative of a great deal, as
shown when the order to fall in
sent along the line.
looking for the leaders.
When the order to march to Iso
Lake street was passed every man
drew liis revolver, examined every
detail of its working, and his face asj
sumed a stern look which boded no
good to the hair-brained Anarchist of
was
was
was
54
THE DEADLY BOMB.
THE MURDEROUS ANARCHISTS.
The Sanguinary Scene, caused by
the Anarchists on the 5th of May, at
Chicago, ought to be better known
and for that reason we publish the
following portions of the dreadful and
bloody affair caused by Parsons, Au-
f?ust Spies, Sfini 1 ielding *m<l other
rin" leaders. It was plotted and. de
signed for murder. Jlie atiociousl
villains and murderers prepared and
arranged their followers for \\ ^lolesale
murder. They expected victory but
failed in that and were put to route.
Thev have no excuse and deserve no
mercy for they had fair warning.
Captain Ward, of the Police, raised
his club to command the attention of
the strikers and then cried: “In the
name of the State of Illinois I com
mand this crowd to disperse.” As the
words left his mouth a spluttering
spark of fire arched through the air
from the opening of the alley and
over the speaker's wagon. It was the
burning fuse of a dynamite bomb. It
was well aimed in its deadly mission.
It fell directly in the middle of the
street and between the first two dou
ble columns of police. The instant
that it struck the ground it exploded
with a terrible sullen roar. It did its
deadly work well. Twenty-nine man
gled men fell groaning to the ground.
The bomb broke the ranks of the offi
cers. A Gatling gun could not have
cut a wilder swatli.
A SCENE OF HORROR
followed, the details of which may
never be known. Before the officers
had time to realize the destruction
and death which had been wrought
in their ranks, the cool crowds of An
archists gathered in front and on
either side of them, and opened fire
with their revolvers at almost point
blank range. The first volley of the
mob was quite as fearful in its effects
as was the explosion of the bomb, but
the officers did not lose their presence
of mind. Orders flew thick and fast
from the Captains and Lieutenants
and within the briefest possible space
of time they were charging the mur
derous assassins on every hand, deal
ing death and destruction to them
with their revolvers. The Anarchists
did not sustain the charge an instant,
but fled as soon as they could distin
guish the blue coats and bright but
tons of the officers through the smoke
from their revolvers. It was almost a
scramble for life. Scores of men were
knocked down by those behind them
and trampled upon like cattle in a car
unable to rise. The cracking of re
volvers was incessant for live minutes,
and only once was anything like a
volley fired by either side. This was
fired by the Anarchist when the bomb
exploded in the ranks of the police,
thus showing that they had been
carefully drilled beforehand to act in
concert. When the officers emptied
their pistols they used them as clubs,
and it is quite probable that the Cor
oner's jury will develop that more
than one of the strikers came to their
death by a fractured skull. The
police chased them until they all dis
appeared.
GATHERING THE MANGLED AND MUR-
the Spies-Parsons order. The march
to the hall was accomplished in quick
time, but on arriving there it was
found to be deserted. The object of
the march was to apprehend Parsons
and Spies. Considering the temper
of the police, the notorious Anarchists
would probably have fared badly had
they fallen into the hands of the offi
cers. , ,
Along Desplanes street were cor
dons of police who stood guard over
the wounded forms of fallen Anarch
ists It was impossible to get an esti
mate of the latter who were killed and
wounded, but, from the number of
forms which lay in the mud, the esti
mate may be placed at a high, figure,
but they were being crammed into the
Desplaines police station last as the
officers could handle them, and those
whose wounds were most serious were
taken to the hospital.
Lieut, Stanton, of the Westlake-
street station, was seen in the County
Hospital. He said: “I have four
wounds—one in the leg, two in the
arm and one in the breast. The
first three were made by the bomb
and the last by a bullet fired by
some one in the crowd. I have
eighteen men in my detail, which
was at the time marching up to
take position near the assemblage.
The bomb fell a few inches from my
feet and evidently came from a build
ing. The fuse was lighted. As I] had
seen service in the navy I understood
what it meant and told my men to
look out. It exploded in the midst of
my squad. The bomb, I think, was
filled with scrap-iron or bullets.”
The foregoing we copy from the re
port which we find in the Louisville
Courier Journal. We can make room
for no more extracts in this issue of
The killed and wounded
MEETING OF THE STATE EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE.
our paper
of the police and citizens numbered
about 65, and the Anarchists scarcely
half that number. The investigation
leads to the opinion that Schwab
threw the bomb and it is 110 wonder
that, as is stated, his features blanch
ed and the perspiration gathered on
his forehead. His nervousness in
creased until he was unable to main
tain a standing position. Parsons at
last accounts had not been captured.
The assault upon the police is attrib
uted to him, Spies and Schwab. Field-
en is probably equally guilty. Most
of the ringleaders are in prison and
will doubtless be executed on the gal
lows. The fund being raised for the
benefit of the families of the dead and
wounded police, had been swelled to
28 thousand dollars. The prisoners
occupy separate cells and no one is
allowed to communicate with them.
The whole country must see, now,
what)these Anarchist are aiming to
accomplish. Before the tragedy at
Chicago, A. R. Parsons published: “I
have thousands of brethren who will
sell their lives as dearly as I will mine.
I shall wait just as long as I think nec
essary for the public to take warning
and then you decide your own fate.
It must be liberty for the people,
or death for capital. I am not
choosing more. It is your choice and
your last. I love and therefore die
for it now; every drop of my
blood shall cast an avenger, and woe
to America when these are in arms.
I have not yet slept, nor shall I sleep
in death of my fellow men who are on
the road to liberty.” This is an ex
tract from a published article from
this rabid dog. These Anarchists
have in various sections, principally
in New York, military organizations
of more than ten thousand men con
sisting principally of rifle corps. It is
said they have a college in New Jer
sey where the members are taught
how to use dynamite and Greek fire.
The Chicago fight was the beginning
of a revolution. Their doctrine is
down with church, State, capital,
Knights of Labor, and up with revo
lution and all kind of villainy. Atro-
cious£crimes have been committed
with the most revolting effrontery.
The time has come to resist their
treachery and the only safe policy is
to punish the guilty and expel* all
their followers from our land.
Some of our own people have been
inflamed and misled by their insolent,
rapacious and bloody minded villain
ies. Our only safety is in executing
some and expelling the other revolu
tionary interlopers, the leaders and
their followers from the country, and
establishing more vigorous safeguards
for the future.
JOINT, DEBATES TO END.
Atlanta, May 20.—The bitter per
sonalities developed in the joint dis
cussion have seriously disturbed the
friends of both candidates, and toj
night the following agreements were
signed by the authorized representa
tives of Gen. Gordon and Maj. Bacon.
Atlanta, May 20, 1886.
To the Democratic Voters of the
State:
In conversation with Maj. Howell,
I suggested that the violent personal
ities of the campaign threatened the
peace and good order of the State,
and that they should be stopped at
once. He agreed with me heartily.
As the result of our conversation we
made the following agreement about
the joint discussion. This is solely in
the interest of the party, and is not to
be construed as either directly or in
directly in the interest of either can
didate. Patrick Walsh.
I concur in the foregoing.
E. P. Howell.
Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1886.
Gen. John B. Gordon and Hon. A. O.
Bacon, Candidates for the Demo
cratic Nomination for Governor:
Having authorized us to arrange
for a joint discussion of the issues of
the campaign, atid having selected us
to name the places and dates, we have
agreed that the joint discussion shall
terminate this week. We have ar
rived at this conclusion in order that
the harmony of the party may be pre
served, and that the asperities of the
campaign may be removed as far as
possible. After the time named each
candidate shall make his own appoint
ments to address the Democratic vo
ters of the State. E. P. Howell,
For Gen. John B. Gordon.
Patrick Walsh,
For Hon. A. O. Bacon.
Atlanta, Ga., May 20.—The Demo
cratic State Executive Committee met
at 10 o'clock this morning at the Kim
ball house in this city and was called
to order by Chairman Polhill. All
were present except Col. J. H. Estill,
A. S. Cutts, of Americus, and J. S.
Turner. Dupont Gnerry held Mr.
Cutts’ proxv and Robert Whitfield,
of Milledgeville, held Mr. Turner's.
The proxies were approved.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, member of the
National Committee and ex-officio of
the State Committee, was invited to a
The following resolutions were in
troduced by Mr. Peeples:
1. Resolved, That a convention
of the Democratic party of Georgia
be called, to convene in the hall of
the House of Representatives at 12 m
on next, to nominate a candid
ate for Governor and candidates for
Attorney General, Comptroller, Treas
urer, and Secretary of State.
2. Resolved, That each county be
entitled to tw’ice the number of votes
in said convention that it is now en
titled to in the House of Representa
tives of the General Assembly of this
State.
3. Resolved, That in accordance
with the established usage of the
Democratic party that the time and
manner of selecting delegates to the
convention and the number of dele
gates the counties may send to cast the
vote be left to the people of each coun
ty.
4. Resolved, That the Executive
Committee Of each county is earnestly
requested to adopt such methods, sat
isfactory to itself, as will insure a full,
free and fair expression of the popu
lar choice in selecting delegates to
State, district and Senatorial conven
tions.
5. Resolved, That in order to se
cure bonafide representation upon
which the party must depend for a
true expression of its preferences in
nominating conventions, that each
county be requested to select altern
ates to take the place of regularly ap
pointed delegates who fail to attend
and recommend that no person shall
be eligible to a seat in the convention
who is not an actual citizen of the
county lie offers to represent.
The resolutions were considered by
sections. Dates ranging from July
14 to the second Wednesday in Au
gust were proposed, but after long
discussion the committee compromis
ed on July 28.
In the discussion the friends of Gen.
Gordon asked a late date and Maj.
Bacon’s an early.
Mr. Daniel moved to substitute Au
gusta as the place of holding the con
vention, and read invitations from
the City Council of Augusta and the
Executive Committee of Richmond
county. He also read a recommenda
tion from the Executive Committee of
Elbert county for Augusta.
Mr. Walsh followed in a strong ap
peal. Quite a warm discussion ensued,
but Atlanta was selected. The ma
jority of the committee favored
Augusta personally, IL^it doubted the
policy of holding the convention
there.
Sections 3 and 4 were stricken out
after considerable discussion on the
ground that they contained matter j
with which the committee had nothing |
to do, and were unnecessary.
The other sections were adopted I
unanimously. *
After adopting resoutions of thanks !
to Augusta, and the other usual resol
utions of thanks, the committee ad- i
journed till 10 o’clock in the morning
of July 28.
The committee was polled, and i
showed fifteen votes for Maj. Bacon 1
and eight for Gen. Gordon. }
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