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UNION & RECORDER.
Milledgeville, September 28,1886.
Democratic Nominations.
For Governor,
JOHN B. GORDON, of DeKalb.
For Secretary of State,
NATHAN C. BARNETT, of Baldwin.
For Comptroller General,
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
For State Treasurer,
ROBERT U. HARDEMAN, of Bibb.
For Attorney General,
CLIFFORD ANDERSON, of Bibb.
For Congress—6th District,
JAMES H. BLOUNT, of Bibb.
For Senator 20th District,
C. R, PRINGLE.
For Representative,
W. T. CONN.
EDITORIAL GLIMPSES.
Mr. Parnell's Land Bill.—This
bill was lost by a vote of 299 to 202 on
the 21st. ^
Mr. Manning, it is said, had receiv
ed no offer of the Austrian mission and
he has asserted that he would not
accept if tendered to him.
Several Spanish officers who engag
cd in the rebellion have committed
suicide to avoid capture. All the of
ficers implicated in the revolt have
been sentenced to death.
Lucci, an Italian naturilist, fasted
for thirty days using mineral waters
and an extract from an African root.
The properties of the root he retain
ed as a secret. At the end of the 30
days he was not at all exhausted.
Mr. Phelan, the Democratic, con
gressional nominee in the Memphis
District, favors a radical reduction of
customhouse taxes. This shows that
the Democrats of that District are
determined to be fairly represented.
Mr. Sedgwick has returned to
Washington. He reiterates what he
has heretofore said that all the re
ports impugning his character are
lies from beginning to end. Of course
he will make a report of his doings in
Mexico.
Gekl the Socialist.—Geel has
been sentenced to eight years of im
prisonment at Amsterdam, New York.
About right. It would have been
better if he had been sentenced to
banishment from this country at the
end of the eight years.
A Battle With Stones.—A terri
ble battle with stones occurred at
Belfast, Ireland, on the night of the
20th instant. Some persons were
killed and many wounded. These
constant troubles at Belfast, Dublin
and other places it seems cannot be
prevented under present law's. The
only plan is to let Ireland rule her
self.
The Democrats and the tariff
in Wisconsin.—The following is the
eighth plank of their platform: “That
the reduction of the tariff to a reve
nue basis is a cardinal principle of the
Democratic party, and that those
members of the present House of Rep
resentatives, selected as Democrats,
who voted against considering a bill
for reduction of the tariff, deserve no
recognition in the Democratic party.
Death of Col. P. W. Alexander.
—He died in Marietta on the 23d. He
had many admirers and friends who
will regret his death. Many still live
who remember his admirable letters
signed, “P. W. A.” while the war was
going on between the states. He had
been a sufferer for a considerable
time and his death was not unexpect
ed.
Mr. Gladstone make an able argu
ment on the 18th in which he threw
as usual a flood of light upon the
Irish question. He avowed a deter
mination to vote for the second, read
ing of Mr. Parnell’s land bill. We
merely allude to it, and will await
further action upon the bill as we
cannot go into the intricacies of the
argument at all the stages of its
progress.
The State Fair.—The GeorgiaState
Agricultural Fair will take place at
Macon this year on October 15th and
will continue two weeks. It will be
the largest and grandest exposition
ever given under the auspices of the
society. Many new and interesting
features, and various amusements
will be added. The prizes, too, will
be large and well worth a contest in
every department. The sum so far
appropriated is $10,000.
Earthquake Shocks.—It is stated
that slight shocks have occurred i n ]
Charleston, Summerville and Coluw- j
bia. Being slight they are not report
ed. Even in Columbia reveral shocks
have occurred within the 18th, 19th
and 20th of the present month. The
people in Charleston, it is said, are
somewhat demoralized being in a
state of constant apprehension of
something serious. It will continue
as long as the slightest shock may oc
cur. The restoration to quiet and
general improvement in Charleston
will be slow, necessarily, but the
people have behaved nobly. It is to
be hoped that all will be right in time
and Charleston will be restored to her
former prosperity and freed from all
apprehensions.
The Silver Certificate*.
A batch of one dollar silver certifi
cates were received at the Treasury
Department, a few days since,
amounting to $20,000. Facilities will
be applied in a few days by which
about $80,000 will be issued daily.
The $2 certificates will be issued in
about two weeks. These issues will
be in great demand and will be very
convenient. It is stated that these
issues will be hastened as rapidly as
Foolish Prophecies.
The Georgia Press has for several
days freely published the alleged
prophecies of a negro woman in Liber
ty county, who is said to have died
and then to have come to life again,
when she told her friends that she had
been allowed to revive to inform them
that the world would come to an end
on the 29th of September. In connec
tion with this, the newspapers have
copied from the Atlanta Constitution
a prophecy of the notorious weather
prophet Wiggins, predicting dreadful
earthquakes and storms to occur in
the Southern States on the same date,
29th inst. Wiggins however, when
questioned by the Constitution,
changed the locality of the
aforesaid earthquakes to Central
America, but we believe be still holds
to his predictions concerning dreadful
storms, cyclones &c., in this region.
Strange as it may seem, some people
of intelligence, especially of the gen
tler sex, have allowed themselves to
be disquieted by these foolish prophe
cies. For the benefit of such we pub
lish the following sensible remarks of
the Savannah News, on the great
fraud, Wiggins:
There are a good many people ap
parently who put faith in the pre
dictions which have been made by
the weather prophet, Wiggins, and
others, that there are to be other
quite severe shocks of earthquake
before the disturbances in this locali
ty wholly cease. A moment’s con
sideration will convince almost any
one that neither Wiggins nor any
one else has any data upon which to
predict further earthquake distur
bances of a serious character in this
locality, and if no one has any data
predictions are wholly worthless. As
a weather prophet Wiggins’ reputa
tion is about worthless, and if he
knows little or nothing about the
weather, to which he appears to devote
a good deal of time, what folly it is to
credit; him with knowledge of earth
quakes, about which he doubtless
knows no more than any other man
of average education and intelligence.
If those who have spent years in the
study of earthquakes do not pretend
to make predictions respecting them,
surely no faith should be placed in
the prediction of a manlike Wiggins.
The Augusta Factory.
We see it is stated that 45 hands are
at w ork in the Augusta factory. We
would be pleased to see all the* facto
ries at w'ork and free from the out
side influence of the Knights of Labor,
or anybody else but the officers of
the factories and those at w’ork in
them. With even Mr. Powderly at
the head, five times as much harm as
good w’ill grow out of this widely ex
tended plan to regulate labor. There
is a greater purpose in view than
merely to see that laborers get justice
done them. It is to get control of the
government and convert our country
in a great labor school, to make the
President, the governors and the leg
islators, out of the grand master
workingmen of the country. The pro
fessions now are good. It is to regu
late strikes, to prevent laborers from
going out unless they are not w ell
paid. There is to be a great conven
tion at Richmond, Va., held soon
which will be attended by one thou
sand delegates who are to represent,
it is stated, one millions of the knights
of labor. Mr. Powderly says in sub
stance, it is to bring industrial people
into closer relations, to instruct them
not to go out unless as a last resort,
but he advocates the boycott if neces
sary. He tells us that, after all the
ballot is the great weapon. This is a
plain political feature, for he show's
this w'hen he says: “The million of
men who are Knights of Labor are to
day studying the science of Govern
ment; they in turn will be teachers of
other millions, and if the parties today
do not heed the hand-writing on the
wall and make laws for the American
people, the millions, so instructed, can
form a party that will heed the rights
of the people of this country.” What
kind of laws does he want? Our Con
gress now makes all the laws needed
to protect their rights, all the laws
needed for general purposes, leaving
to the States their own self govern
ment for local purposes. Does he
want Congress to pass a law' that ev
ery operator in a factory of any kind
shall have so much per day for the
work. There is no constitutional
power to do that. No State govern
ment has the right to pass such a law.
The terms are left to the employer
and employed and there they should
be left. To go beyond that and the
operation of the courts in deciding the
merit of contracts, is a revolution of
every thing into anarchy. To carry
out the ideas of Mr. Powderly would
throw the country into universal
anarchy and revolution. The ex-
peri ment would lead to nothing but
systems of terror, and instead of pro
tecting the interests of capitalists and
employees, would leave nothing safe
from violence and sacred from injus
tice. If Mr. Powderly’s millions of
knights could get into power and
carry out the plans which would le
gitimately follow from his statements,
our country wouid soon be overawed
by ignorant factions and thrown into
the fires of bloody revolutions. His
deceitful gleam of justice and prosper
ity would soon be turned into a dark
ness illuminated only by the conflagra
tions of revolutionary fires, mingled
with the blood of combatants.
We utter those words for the re
flection of the people not as an alarm
ist; but from a settled conviction of
the dangers that would attend the
triumph of the principles which he
advocates. Mr. Powderly doubtless
is a man of good intentions, but his
doctrines could lead to nothiug but
revolution, anarchy and the shedding
of blood.
The King of Ugandi, in Africa has
foully murdered all the English and
i rench converts and the missionaries
are in great peril and implore assis
tance. It is folly to send missionaries
to such a country. They can accom
plish nothing and the money spent
to send them there might as well be
thrown into a fire.
THE TARIFF.
We devote a portion of our time to
this important question. Some may
think it is useless and unnecessary
labor. Do not many of our people
see that there are influential men and
some able papers, in the South, la
boring with zeal to convince south
erners that the protective tariff poli-
icy is the best way to promote the in
terests of the people. Six Southern
men voted in the last session against
tariff reduction. They, with other
democrats, defeated action on Mr.
Morrison's bill for reduction. How
long will it be before six others may
be added to the present Southern pro
tective tariff list. Primitive allegi
ance to the party is by a degree giv
ing away on this subject, is it not
seen that the Atlanta Constitution,
believed by many to be the most in
fluential paper in the State, is con
stantly throwing out brief articles in
advocacy of the protective tariff? Its
editorial staff consists of men of abili
ty who handle the pen with dexteri
ty and power. Its readers look to it
as an exponent of Democratic princi
ples. Some few other papers in the
State lean to the high tariff. It is
true the great mass of people favor
only a tariff for revenue. These Dem
ocratic high tariff papers are points
of support for that doctrine, and are
occasionally assailing the opinions of
the friends of a low tariff. The low
tariff men constitute the great body
of the Democratic prrty, not only in
Georgia, but in all the other Southern
States, but the accession to the high
tariff ranks of so many democrats,
has already defeated the party's ac
tion and with other accessions may
counterinin its ability for success in
the future.
For these reasons, we call the at
tention of the people to the subject,
occasionally, and w r e take occasion to
ask the attention of our democratic
brothers to the subject. In Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee,
we notice that there are democratic
papers going over to this false God—
a Protective tariff. We close with a
short and suggestive paragraph from
the Courier Joural:
“The high protective tariff lias an
earnest advocate in George Francis
Train. Though we have had this
tariff for many years, Mr. Train, in
the course of one of his extraordinary
yawps, exclaims, “Million men out
of work and wages lower than ever!”
George Francis is about as logical as
the rest of the tariff gang.”
Yes, truly said! Work and wages
that the protective tariff was to make
higher, are lower than ever. The land
is full of strikes, and the places of the
operatives, w’ho strike and go out are
filled by foreigners against whose
cheap labor w r e were told the protec
tive tariff was to save the home,
American workers.
The Attempt to Assassinate M.
Bratiano.
Bucharest, Sept. 17.—M. Bratiano,
Roismanian Prime Minister, was shot
at last evening by an assassin. Bra-
tanio perceived the man’s intention in
time to spring out of the path of his
aim. The bullet struck M. Robesco
and wounded him. The assassin was
arrested and locked up. He confessed
that for political reasons he intended
to kill Bratiano. The attempted as
sassination produced great excitement
among the people. A crowd sur
rounded the building occupied by the
only newspaper here, which has been
opposing the Prime Minister, and
blamed the editor for inflaming a hos
tile feeling against him, and smashed
all the furniture and fittings belong
ing to the concern, savagely attacked
and wounded two of the members of
the staff, and were proceeding to de
stroy the edifice, when the police be
came inasterg of the situation and dis
persed the mob.
M&hone.
Accounts show that Mahone’s pow
er is gone forever. He has no chance
for re-election and is charged by
Brady, his former strong supporter,
with duplicity and treachery. Brady
says Mahone*“urged upon him, Bra
dy, to decline in his favor and even
w’ent so far as to map out the kind of
speech I should make in doing this.”
Brady expresses the opinion “that
Mahone’s pow’er is gone forever.”
Let him go.
Blaine Wants to be the Candi
date in 1888.—In a conversation with
his friends Col. Caldwell, he said to
him, “Do you think, then, that my
visit to New York was a mistake?”
“I do indeed, Mr. Blaine, a serious
mistake, but I trust the year 1888 will
have corrected those mistakes when
you are again the popular candidate
of the great Republican party.” To
this pointed prophecy, clearly and
unmistakably made, Mr. Blaine step
ped back deliberately and gracefully
lifted his hat and bowed most court
eously. Every movement of Mr. Blaine
sho ws that he wants to be the candi
date.
Besides electing members of the
Legislature on the 6th of October, the
people are to vote on two amend
ments to the constitution. One is to
repeal the provision which requires
all special or local bills to be consoli
dated in the House, and that no bills
of such a character shall be introduc
ed after the expiration of fifteen days
of the session. This flooded the Sen
ate with such matter towards the
close of the session; rendering it in
convenient or impossible for the Sen
ate to act upon only a portion of
them. The other amendment to be
acted upon is to extend the power of
the Legisiature to do more for the
confederate soldiers than merely aid
such as lost a limb. The amendments
are so eminently required that there
will probably be a unanimous vote in
their favor.
Business interests are said to ba
pretty good, as shown by a revival of
trade in many sections of the country.
We hope the flattering statements
made in the papers are founded upon
a solid basis.
KIRKLANDS MISTAKE.
From the Sparta Islimaelite.
We .have been placed in possession
of a circular, of which the following
is an exact copy:
“FOR THE SENATE.
Tjeing solicited by a large number of my friends
throughout the 20th Senatorial district to allow
nn name to go before tile people J hereby an
nounce mysel la candidate for the Senate. Earn
estly soliciting the votes of all who wish fair,
equitable and just laws.
Wm. Kirkland.”
It will be seen from the circular
that there is to be Independent op
position to the regular Democratic
nominee, and that Mr. Kirkland is
willing to furnish the sacrifice in that
interest. He is making a very great
political mistake.
Col. Pringle was unanimously
nominated by the Sandersville
convention. Whatever may be his
record on any of the questions that
entered into the campaign for or
against him, it is the duty of every
man who acknowledges allegiance to
the Democratic party to support him
as the rightful and fairly nominated
candidate of that party. He was
placed on an eminently just and
proper platform, and so it is impossi
ble to see any reasonable grounds for
Democratic opposition to his elec
tion.
Mr. Wm. Kirkland and a large num
ber of his friends may have a personal
grievance against Mr. Pringle, but
this does not furnish them an excuse
for putting in jeopardy Democratic
supremacy in this district. This is
just what Mr. Kirkiand’s candidacy
does. By dividing the Democratic
party it opens tlie way to Republi
can domination in the counties com
posing the district. Democrats who
do not care to be instrumental in
bringing about that disaster will vote
for the Democratic nominee.
Mr. Kirkland wants the support of
“all who wish fair, just and equitable
laws.” Do we not have just such
laws? Why doesn’t he specify the
unfair, unjust, inequitable law, if any,
that he hopes to repeal? Why doesn’t
he state the fair, just and equitable
law, if any, that he hopes to pass?
Are the people of the district demand
ing the repeal or the passage of any
given law? If so, what is it? If so,
how can an Independent expect to
have sufficient influence with a Demo
cratic Legislature to effect it?
The truth of the business is, the
laws under which we live are Demo
cratic laws, and it will be a bad day
for the people when they are substi
tuted by laws which are not Demo
cratic. There isn’t an instance on
record, so far as our information goes,
in which a “fair, just and equitable”
law sprang from opposition to the
Democratic party in Georgia; but
there is a feeling recollection of the
fact that, in days not long gone, such
opposition, here in Georgia, has re
sulted in the infliction of a Republi
can code and constitution on this
long-suffering State.
Mr. Wm. Kirkland fails to state his
particular grievance ajfeinst the Dem
ocratic nominee and the Democratic
party of the district. He fails to give
a solitary reason why Democrats
should desert the party standard and
place Democratic supremacy in jeo
pardy, for the lean privilege of follow- ;
ing him—a clever man, probably, but j
unknown to statesmanship—into the !
dangerous mazes of Independentism. ■
He fails to show any wrong or irregu- }
larity, even, in the action of the con- i
ventiori either as to platform or can- |
didate. In fact, he simply makes a
blind appeal to Democratic disaffec- j
tion in his own interest, and constitu- j
tes himself the wedge to split the par- j
ty in every county of the district.
It is highly probable that there are,
in every county of the district, men
who are bitterly and unforgivingly j
hostile to the Democratic nominee be- j
cause of his advocacy of the local op
tion law in the last Leslature, and
this fact is, no doubt, the basis of the
Kirkland movement. For the sake j
of party harmony and control in the j
district, the Ishmaelite hopes that
Mr. Kirkland will reconsider his pur
pose and set his friends an example of
fealty to organized Democracy. No
possible good can result, to him, hi*
friends or the district from his candi
dacy, and it is the part of wisdom and
patriotism for him to withdraw it.
The Mexican War
Has Become Obsolete!
The Earthquake with all its terrors, has become a thhm of the
past, and wellnigh forgotten. Nature sleeps in her accustomed re
pose, and the sun, as lie rises from his Eastern couch, kisses with
unusual fervor the minaret of our “New' Court House” and sheds
his benign beams over our fair city. Monotony seems to have
succeeded Terror and Excitement, but
T. L McComb & Co.,
Always alive to the interest of the city and county, propose to pre
pare for competitors a greater war than “Mexico” could have furn
ished, and a more convulsive shock than the quake produced.
“ We Mean War!”
and intend to frighten competition -without direful cannonades. We
MEAN BUSINESS and will shake competition with the rumbling
detonation of our
So listen while we give you figures that do not lie and facts that
cannot be controverted. We have been to the metropolis of Amer
ica, New York, bought our goods for cash, and now offer you the
following choice and select inducements:
In Dress Goods we have all that is new and desirable. Space will
not permit any enumeration of colors and prices. We only ask that
the ladies call and examine this stock, for we feel sure that we can
suit them in any line.
SILKS! SILKS! SILKS!
We carry the best of Lyons’ black silks; also silks of any color
wanted. Silk Velvets, stripe plush, cut velvet and silk warp Hen
riettas can be found in our stock.
ROBES! ROBES! ROBES!
In this line we cannot be equalled. We have them from the cheap
est to the most expensive.
CURTAINS! CURTAINS!
-something that is novel
Madras Curtains—the latest style out-
and beautiful. .
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Wm. E. Gould a Bank Default
er.—Every confidence was placed in
him. His piety was almost ostenta
tious and he was frequently in the
habit of preaching. The amount it is
stated will certainly reach $87,000.
He was cashier of the First National
Bank in Portland, Maine. He is the
son-in-law of Neal Dow, the veteran
prohibition leader, and has three chil
dren one, of whom held a prominent
position in the same bank with his
father. W. E. Gould is said to be
prostrated by the shock. All who
knew him are surprised.
Old man Blaine has forgiven his
son Jim, and allows him $1,800 a year
to begin housekeeping. Blaine is, no
doubt, like the late Linton Stephens,
who once told us that no misconduct
on the part of his children should ev
er harden his heart against them.
“What am I,” he said, “to deny mer
cy to my own flesh and blood? I need
too much mercy from God the Fath
er.”—Augusta Chronicle.
Gov. McDaniel was in the Execu
tive office this morning. He reports
a delightful trip and speaks in the
highest terms of the courtesies extend
ed to his party on all sides. He says
it was a matter of special pride and
gratitude to see in what high estima
tion Georgia was held at the North.
He thinks the Constitutional Centen
nial promises to be a great success.—
Augusta Chronicle, 24th.
A London dispatch of the 22nd says,
Parnell intends to make a special ap
peal to the Irishmen in America, to
assist the tenants, evicted during the
coming winter, to hold out against
the landlords.
Arrangements are being made by
the Georgia Granite Company to ob
tain granite from Stone mountain by
the use of blasting powder. The first
blast will be made in a few days.
Cloaks and Jersey si
In wraps for ladies we have all that human ingenuity could design
or human heart desire. We have four dozen of the Buckle Jerseys
that are selling very rapidly at $3.50, worth $5.00.
CORSETS! CORSETS!
We have a very large line of Corsets, and can offer you special in
ducements in this stock.
Ferris Good Sense Corsets for Ladies, and Corset waist for chil
dren, have a world-wide reputation.
They have adjustable Shoulder Straps, Duplex corded edge “but
ton holes,” stronger than any other, tape fastened buttons, easily
buttoned, will not pull off. Patent pockets in, or from which stiff
stays may be placed or removed at pleasure.
Ladies be sure and see these goods before you buy.
JEANS, DOMESTICS, &c.
In this line we can astonish you with inducements. It would be
useless to attempt to quote brands, prices, <fcc. All that we wish is
for you to call and be convinced. We will give you Bleaching one
yard wide for 8c., as good as the “Fruit of the Loom.”
IN GENTS’ UNDERWEAR
We can “Ring the Bell” on any competitor. Suits from $1.00 to
$20.00- Gentlemen call and see them. Our stock of Gents’ Furnish
ing Goods is complete in every respect.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
Words would fail should we essay to give you any description of
our magnificent stock in this line. One specialty and novelty w©
desire to call your attention to, is gentlemen’s
J
the latest thing out
Call on us for the celebrated Stetson goods. We have bought
these goods cheap, and offer you prices that we defy any competi
tor to duplicate.
SHOES! SHOES! SHOES!
W© carry 'the celebrated Pittsburg Penitentiary made Shoes.
Every pair guaranteed. Ask for our “Oblinger” Shoes for the child
ren. We can give you the best Shoe for $1.50, ever offered to the
trade.
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Call and examine the cheapest line of Trunks you ever saw. If
you need one we can surely suit you. But we cannot go into further
details. We welcome all, whether purchasers or not.
Come! Come!
We have the nobbiest and most complete line of Dry Goods ever
brought to Mdledgeville. We have competent and attentive sales
men. We have prices to suit the times.
T. L. McCOMB & CO.
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