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Hon. Geo. N. Lester has sent out
[ the following announcement. He is
a competent and worthy man and his
l claims deserve consideration.
Marietta, Ga., June 20th, 1800.
Dear Sir:
I am a candidate for the office of
Attorney General of Georgia. I have
been an unwavering democrat ever
since I was fifteen years old, and have
j been always an earnest worker for
; the success of the party and its can-
j didates, in every canvass from that
time to this.
I was admitted to the bar before I
i was nineteen years of age, and have
I been engaged in the active and sue-
t : eessfui practice of law from the date
Unitod StatffS Grovernmentj 1889, lofmy admission to the bar, until the
present. My character is before the
country, and, though I say it myself,
is without blot or stain.
The Official Reports of tho
Canadian Government, 1889,
New Jereey Commission, 1889,
Ohio Food Commission, 1887,
prove that Cleveland’s is
THE STRONGEST
cream of tartar
In tlie late war between the States,
when Georgia was called upon for
troops, I cheerfully responded, and
Washinoton, D. C., June 30, 1890.
It seems that the free coinage peo
ple will have to select some hotter
climate, than that provided in the U.
S. mints, to melt, their ore and sell it
afterwards ns coin.
Before Cleveland was elected Presi
dent, it was the general argument,
that in spite of the many corruptions,
and general inefficiency of many pre
ceding administrations, still it would
not do to trust the democrats with the
muuagement. of the intricate macin-
ery of a great government.
The republicans had conducted af
fairs so long, and the democrats “were
out’’ for so groat a period, that this
argument actually prevailed with a
great many pepple.
But that cry will not be heard agAin.
The smooth running of the govern
ment machinery under the direction
! HIS LETTER ANNOUNCING THE
DECISION HE HAS REACHED.
in the fierce battle of Perryviile, Ken-! ? f democratic engineers is prominent
of all the pure"
baking powders.
•Ammonia or alum powders, whatever thell
ttrengtb, should bo avoided as injurious.
EDITORIAL. GLIMPSES.
Botli Macon and Atlanta were short
on ice last week.
your ice
melt.”
i tucky, I lost my good right arm, and
now carry an empty sleeve. Al- ]
I though a lawyer, none of the Alli-
ancemeti who know me, have any !
sort of objection to me on that no- j
count, because I reside on and culti- |
vate my farm. 1 have five sons, three [
of whom are members of the Alliance, j
and all of whom are active workers j
on the farm. But this will not beqnes-
tioned for the present, as no one !
would think of making! ftn Attorney j
General of anybody but a lawyer.
I have not one word to say against.
Col. Anderson, the present incumbent
of the office
most, excell
. , held the office for about twelve years,
in a newspaper and it won t an( ] j have yet to learn that it is one
1 of the tenets of the Democratic party
1 , , to give any man a “homestead” on an
''ipVm- makes ' ° m ‘’ e simply because lie desires to
n ' ‘ s hold on to it..
Now, my dear sir, I need your help
and your influence in securing a del
ation from your county that wi"
Barnesville is to be
Zebulon by telephom
connected with
, via Milner.
in the memory of the people. In
broad distinction to the old idea that
the democrats of the United States
constituted a particular class entirely
devoid of either principle or ability,
and unlit for responsible trusts—lathe
aspect now presented by the republi
can administration.
The very men, who kept up the hue
and cry during these past years have
shown that individually and collect
ively, tlie republican party is ineffi
cient and unfaithful. That the ha
rangues made for political effects,
(luring past
The Augusta New.-
“Wrap
The wise employe al
promptly when the proprietor makes
a joke.
Rev S. S. Sweet has returned to
Macon from a European trip of sever
al months.
Mr. Julian S. Rogers has retired
from the business management of the
Macon Telegraph.
Georgia is going to have two good
things this year—namely: A good
farmer Governor and splendid crops.
Col. Z. A. Rice, one of Atlanta’s old
est and most beloved citizens, died in
that city July 2d. He was 08 years of
age. ' '
Green apples are here, and the girls
will hunt them with salt in their
hands: and the doctors will see them
later.
t campaigns were insin-
He to'tiiy friend and a cere in theif delivery, and republican
nt, gentleman, but he has politicians, unfaithful to the trusts
reposed in them by the people.
The President and Secretary of
State have watched tlie foolish meas
ures of Congress and endeavored per
sistently, to prevent the republicans
making an especial exposure of the
party and killing its future prospects,
But the members of Congress went
on from bad to worse and were about
support me for this office, and what- to commit what would have been the
1 1 - i , i . BITnruis/lonohlnQinl)
ever you mav feel disposed to do in
the matter will be remembered with
gratitude and repaid by myself and
friends with interest, aye anil usury.
Yours truly,
GEO. N. LESTER.
Oar Cities.
The Atlanta Journal of last Wed
nesday guesses at the population of
Atlanta, and sister cities, from the
best information in band: Atlanta,
Unpardonable Sin” to the adminis
tration, when the President was driv
en to use severe and savage methods
to head them off in their insane ca
reer.
There are naturally, a few men, in
every assembly, of too good a dispo
sition to commit wrougs, and, neces
sarily, too honest and wise to be iden
tified witli the contemptible legisla
tion of the present Congress except
in denouncing it.
Mr. Butterworth, one of the most
distinguished members of the House,
05,300; Savannal), 43,000; Augusta, 31,- j j 8 extremely antagonistic
The happiest men and women in)
all this broad country just now are
the teachers whose schools have va
cation. *
The House passed a bill on Tuesday
to admit Idaho into the Union as a
State. Wyoming wgs admitted the
week before.
000; Columbus, 20,000: Macon, 17,000;
Rome, 11,000; Athens, 0,000.
The Journal adds—“We are satis
fied with our census enumeration. We
are satisfied to have increased more
rapidly than any city of over 30,000
population in the United States.”
to every-
by Congress, re-
Presid’ent of The Georgia Fair Asso
ciation.
The remains of the late Col. A. It.
Lamar are to be removed from Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, to Savannah,
for permanent burial.
Watermelons are coming in abun
dantly, but as the census has already
been taken, the doubling up of the
population will do no good.
Every one of Georgia's representa
tives were present and voted against
the “Force Bill” in the House of Rep
resentatives, On July 2nd.
The Savannah Morning News says:
“Col. Northen was pretty certain of
getting the nomination before the
alliance decided to support him.”
Hon. W. J. Northen may resign
the Presidency of the State Agricul
tural Society, and the people of Ma
con want Hon. Tom. Hardeman to
fill tho vacancy.
Col. W. H. Hulsey, of Atlanta, has
announced for Oongvess in the 5tli dis
trict. There are now three candi
dates—Judge Stewart, Farmer Liv
ingston anil Lawyer Hulsey.
Hon. W. J. Northen is at home in
Hancock taking a much needed rest.
He may speak again if the people
want to get his views, but he would
prefer to enjoy a few weeks ofrest.
A Rome man writes to the Tribune
of his fruitless effort to get a cook.
He tried about ten, and while all
would like to “commodate” him, they
felt that they “were too deleait to
work during dis warm wedder.”
It is reported that Northen lumber
men are making extensive purchases
of pine lands in the South with the
jew of occupying them in the early
“ture. This has resulted in an ad-
F ance in the price of timber lands.
A census enumerator in Philadel-
hia lias discovered Philip C. Drumel,
The Macon News of Wednesday
says:
Northen will retire. That is he will
not be-a candidate for re-election as
president of the Georgia State Agri
cultural Society at the annuitl meet
ing in August next.
Tiie News learns this from reliable
authority.
Col. Northen will be elected Gover
nor in October, without opposition.
He will tie inaugurated in November.
The State fair will be held in October,
It seems, therefore, that Col. Northen
can afford to retain the presidency of
the society, at least until the State
fair is held. If he retires from the
helm now, and a new, untried and
inexperienced man is placed at tlie
head, it is probable that the fair will
not be the success that Mr. Northen’s
experience and energy could make it.
Talking about oeuntry poetry we
get the very best from that source,
and the following verses, which ap
peared in last week’s issue of tho
Fort Valley Leader, aro as tender
and touching as any thing this wri
ter has ever read:
By the desk where I am sitting,
While the midnight hours are flitting,
There stands a little chair,
Which reminds meofa being,
Which my fancy over seeing,
Should be there.
Her young words were but tattle
Her voice an infant prattle.
Which affection doth adore;
But the little chair is empty,
And its vacancy will tempt me.
Evermore.
thing, so far dou
luting to the tariff.
He recently said that the republi
can, who was not gratified with tlie
President’s late Free Trade message
did not understand tlie political situ
ation, and that the heroic treatment
of the President was absolutely neces
sary when it was delivered to save the
party. He said that it was not diffi
cult to discover, in tlie restless discon
tent which has grown up under the
partial operation of our tariff, a sure
harbinger of the overthrow of those
who defend and uphold the extrava
gant rates of duty now imposed.
“NVliat is our situation as a party?”
he says: The tariff unrevised, and no
consoling prospect that tho Senate
will do more than transpose the ex -
horbitant rates that abound in the
present schedule. Beyond that, the
Senate, to the astonishment of tho
nation, by an overwhelming majority,
voted to purchase and not merely the
entire output of American silver
mines, but to purchase and coin the
silver of tlie world. And, as if that
wasn't enough, it was proposed to
have the tax payers of tlie United
States payouedollur for (‘very 75 cents
worth of silver the world might pre
sent at our mints. All this In the
name of securing more money for our
people—as if we couldn’t secure half
the money of Europe on better terms.
The republican party seems to have
lost its appreciation of the common
sense of tlie country. The Federal
election law, which is now occupying
i the attention of Congress appears,
merely an attempt to administer su-
; gar-coated poison; as obvious in its
i purport as tne old fable of Esop’s con-
j cerning the wolf and tlie lamb.
Tlie bill begins with hypocricy and
ends with a piece of chicanery, since
i it pretends to have general applica-
! tiou, but uims only at the South. It
| means that the South must lie made
to vote the republican ticket. There
Veil every coming morrow,
With its weight of care and sorrow,
Like tne; day that went before,
Will bring my soffit nearer
To the place where I shall hear her,
Evermoro.
A Varied Carkkr.— Captain Tip
Harrison, tlfe clerk in the executive
department, probably has as check
ered a career as any man in the state.
To begin with, he was a minshipman
in the United States Navy. Then he
was in the confederate army. Before
he was nineteen years old he had
trntrulAil 9.1 milpa nt t)i
a bitter fight between tlie deino-
j cttVic and republican members on tlie
subject, but of course the majority
j will' prevail* unless *£Cent
i have opened iH^rves.
i The Senate has”,
mitting Wyoming,
file ridiculous and
tiou of the wouli
democrat voted agi
An effort is being
particularly in the 1
new building, tha
healthy, neither ofj
building is, for tli
ing office. It (
new building is
i pynhneo .
Macon Telegraph.
Macon, Hu., Julyl, 1890,—To the
Democratic party of Georgia—Fellow
Citizens: In retiring from tlie race for
governor, ns I now do, a deoent re
spect to the opinions of those who
have thus far honored me with their
supportdemands that I should make
known tlie reasons which have forced
this conclusion. Reaching this decis
ion has caused me much unrest, for
I will be soverefy criticised by friemls
who do not realize the plans and pur
poses of tliis campaign, and tlie many
difficulties that environ me iu its pros
ecution. 1, therefore, ask the charity
of your silence in discharging tills
(to me) unplensant. duty.
My only hope of success would be
in a thorough canvass by myself(and
friends) of the state in which the is
sues involved could be discussed and
the Democratic party aroused to a
proper sense of its duty at this houh
That canvass I cannot make owing
to physical disability, as will appear
from the following note from my fam
ily physician:
Macon, Ga., June 25tli, 1890.—Col.
Thos. Hardeman, Macon, Ga.—My
Dear Sir:—From your card in today’s
Issue of the Macon Telegrnph, 1 see
that you have consented te dicuss
with Col. Northen the political issues
of the gubernatorial campaign. As
your physician and friend, I most
earnestly protest against your de
cision. As you uro aware, I have
for tln> past year impressed upon you
the importance of absolute quiet,
and the avoidance of all excitement.
“The conil'tion of your heart is
such that if you attempt to make po
litical speeches during this heated
term it will, in my opinion, be attend
ed witli imminent risk to your life.
Truly yours,
Wm. F. Holt.
Duty to my family requires that I
heed his counsel, especially as two
efforts in that line couvice iue of the
propriety of his warning.
It is evident to all who h^ve analy
zed this canvass that it is, purely anil
simply, the farmers’ fight against all
other trades and professions not in
full sympathy with their purposes.
A contest of this nature, if persisted
In and carried to its legitimate con
clusions, will create strife and divis
ion among our people and divide (un
political organization into warripg
classes.
Such a result no one would deplore
more than myself, or would make
greater sacrifices to avert. Tho state
of society in South Carolina at pres
ent, resulting from a struggle of like
character- tlie strife, the bitterness,
and 1 had almost said the dismember
ment of the Democratic party—warn
me against being a party to such a
state of political and soeiul disorgani
zation in Georgia.
Divisions now, in the fuce of iui
pending dangers, which menace the
South from federal legislation, would
be disastrous to every interest of our
people. Better submit to the evils that
will result from class elevation than
to create by heated contests ilivis-
sions in tlie democratic ranks, that
would seriously threaten the party's
existence, for to that party, at last,
we must look for relief from our
grievances and deliverance from the
burdens that oppress our people.
For these reasons I withdraw from
the gubernatorial race. In doing so
I cannot express iu appropriate terms
my feelings of gratitude to friends in
every portion of Georgia who lmve,
by word and letter, given tne assur
ance of sympathy and support. To
the press, who liuve hi flattering
terms spoke of my candidacy, aim
iiave credited me so fully with fidelity
to duty, to principle and tlie Interest
of the state and her people, I feebly
express tlie acknowledgements of a
gruteful heart and with them the as
surance that iu the private life to
which 1 retire I shall never be dere
lict in duty to my party, my people
and my state.
To that portion of the press who
opposed me, I am proud to say that
with but one or two exceptions they
have done so in a manner that com
mends itself to every one who recog
nizes o freeman’s right to vote for
men and measures as their judgment
dictates.
To my farmer friends who in days
past conferred upon me honors aud
distinction, to my brethren in the
alliance, 1 have been advertised
through the stute, (with what motive
I will not here discuss) us being un-
deudly tt y luterA^Rd an ene
jour jrg niza^^^^^^uise, in
erlty of mi
“ vour
issues I come up to its req
Upon the last one I am found
iug, for I cannot consistently,
my sense of duty aud obligation
dorse it as a meas ure of relie
of your confidence.
I am well aware that this measure
(tlie sub treasury), as stated in a Far
mers’Alliance
principle
test and the sine quanon
For an allianoeman to say be Is op-
osed to it is like a member of tlie
treasury), as stated in a r ar-
Innce organ, “is a cardinal
of the alliance. It is the
he sine quanon of the order*
pc
Christian church disbelieving the ad
g . . .
vent of tho Savior. The battle Is now
being fought on this line and none
other. The tariff, the bloody shirt
ill * -
tained under your plan, miu'notice ‘having bet
nr! r® th of June, 1890 at 11 o’clock, a. in.,
and the nigger are all, dwarfed into
insignificance.” I regret, ray brethren
that 1 cannot indorse this plank in
your platform. It is tfue you have
iu it a clause for the straddler “or
some better system,” and some avail
themselves of tills “plan of escape,.”
but, ns said above, tho subtreasury
is the “cardinal principle’- of the al
liance and I am too honefct to dodge
it auil too sincere to attend; to curry
your favor by straddling ! t. While
desiring with you a circulation of
of money that will be sim'oient for
any and nil demands of tr|ide I hid
compelled to say the increase, if ob
tained under your plan, <41^1(1
temporary, for after tho exflnWi
under the provision of your measure
comeg a contraction. lain forced to
say to you that during the expansion
of currency wliilo your products are
in tlie warehouses under government
control prices for every tiling vou
buy, owing to inflation, will lie high,
hut wlieu your twelve months for
storage have expired and you are
compelled to withdraw your products,
contraction follows, (for you must
then refund the amount borrowed)
prices are reduced and your products
are sold at reduced figures.
I am compelled to say to you that
denouncing class legislation, which
lias built up special industries at the
expense of the farming interest of the
country, you now demand a policy
for yourselves of favoritism in legis
lation—a speoial system which, if
granted you, should be granted to all,
and if granted to all would convert
this government into a financial
agency to conduct and control the
private business of its citizens. As
Henry Grady forcibly described the
tendency of such legislation, the
merchant would usk the government
to control the arteries of trade, the
manufacturer that his product be
protected, tho rich ask for an army,
the unfortunate for help, this man for
school and that for subsidy, and
so we have paternalism run mad.
1 cannot consent to aid the Repub
lican party (by ignoring the funda
mental principles of my oVu party) in
consolidating powers ia tin* general
government, to subject the rights
of ( lie states and private interests'of
of individuals to its supervision and
control. I do not believe, “that the
remedy for all our troubles; the way
in which Dives, who sits inside the
gate, shall be controlled and tlie poor
Lazarus, who sits outside, shall be
lifted up, is for the government to
usurp the functions of tlie citizen
and take charge of all his affairs.”
Believing, as I do, that this meas
ure, if adopted, which I do not be
lieve its authors anticipate, would
Tmt Wkfitkbn AND Atlantic Lkas
HD TO THB LoUWVIIXK AND Nash
villk System foii Twenty nin>
Years at fSff.OOf a Year
TTIK FORMAL>\VAHP.
0k . kick - Atlanta, June
BO, 1890.— One advertisement bavin-
been made by the governor in ucoordT
ante with the provisions of the net of
the legislature approved November
entitled “An act to provide
a
12, 1
§
sees, and for other purposes there
with connected, H which advertise
ment was a definite proposal for bids,
as authorized by said act, for the lea**
of the said Western and Atlantic rail
road and the other property referred to
In said Act, to be submitted in
• ■ ■pdB
to the governor on or before the
day of June, 1890, and due notice
ing been given as required by
of tlie time and plaae when said bids
would be opened and examined in the
presence of tho public
ders or their represen
and flit place the eapltol of said st
In the city *(/i AtlonVm Georgia. "
undersigned, Jo&cF*^th>rdon,
ernor of tho state or, V*orgla,
iam A. JVright,
Philip Cook, secretary of Stated
ert U. Hardeman, treasurer () f soft,
state, and Clifford Anderson, at' or-
uey general, all met at the time/Uud
bring incalculable Injury to every in-
ial, in
terest of tho country, commercial,
dustrial and agricultural, I cannot in
dorse It as a measure upon which
men may and will ride into position
and place, but, “sooneror later” you
will discover that it was conceived in
deception, born of artifice and must
eventually die from the diseases Its
unfulfilled promises and dangerous
principles will engender. Silence un
der these circumstances would tie un
pardonable. I therefore speak my
sentiments, and time will reveal who
was your friend—he who wouiitfvpot
favor or deceive yon or he who fed
you upon apples of Sodom. Frienai,
alliancemen, all classes, all people de
liverance from all our troubles can
only come through the maintenance
of the great principles of the Demo
cratic party.
Thomas Hardkma;
>pe, „
nmined each and all the bids which
had been submitted as aforesaid, In
the presence of the pnblic aud of
their bidders or their represeutaiiv. .
(the only*bids so submitted being on-
by the Riobinond and West Point
Terminal '’Railway and Wareliuus.
Company and one by the Nashvlllf
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Company), said bids and accomp.ulj
ing checks and their papers were al
so read to the pnblic and other per
sons present, including the bidders
or their representatives, the said bid
by the Richmond Terminal aud West
Point Terminal Railway and War
house Company was to lease the saal
railroad and other property under
the provisions of said act for a term
of twenty-uine years at the price or
sums of $35,000 per mouth, provided
the state received no other bids as
good. Tlie said bid to lease said rail
road and other property under the^
provisions of said act made us nfoq,
said, by the said Nashville, Clnth
nooga and St. Louis Railway
pany was for a teJin of tweni
years ut the price or sum of|
per month.
Whereupon the undersignei
considering said bids iu cotjj
with said act, and for that i
adjourning until this, the 3(]
June, 1890, at 4 o’clock p.
they might satisfy themsq
their duty in acting on sajj
under the requirements i
now accept the said bi^*
by the said Nasbvillj
and 8t. Louis ltnilr
being uceompunieil
the Atlanta Nations
and solvent bank I j
Atlanta, Ga„ for
certified by the ca*]
and payable to tbq
U. Hardeman, ti
contract of leil
and executed for '
years at the iuou£
for each and ovf
ration of sale
dant?6 wij|
quireme
In wit?
onr
30th dj
J,-
A Nation of Coffee,
I The United Stn
a nation of cofl
I ports from
j over 525,00’
I of which r
i zal. The
this
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