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UNION-RECORDER.
Mlledof.vii.le, Ga., July 28, 1890.
Democratic Ticket Nominated.
For Representative.—Robt. Whitfield,
“ Ordinary A. J. Miller.
•V Sheriff.—C. E. Prosser.
“ CTk Sup’r Court—'Walter Paine.
“ Tax Collector—J. F. Wilson.
“ Tax Receiver—H. E. Hendrix.
“ Treasurer John M." Edwards.
“ Coroner—W. S. Scott.
“ County Surveyor—O. M. Cone.
STATE DEMOfKATU' TICKET.
Fcr Governor-—W. V. Atkinson.
lor Secretary of State—Allen D. Candler.
For Attorney General—Joe Terrell.
For Treasurer—W. J Speer. . ... , h ,
For Comptroller General—\' . A. ''right.
For Con;iuiseiontr of Agriculture— R.T.
ForCongrese 6th District—C. fa Bartlett
of Bibb.
RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
F*r President,
w. J. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
F«r Tice President,
ARTHUR SEW ALL, of Maine.
Democratic Presidential Electors*
rOIt TIER S1ATK AT LARGE.
James ■W.Kobertfon, of Habersham.
J. J Huut. of Clayton.
i district electors.
1st Diet— Phil. F. Johnson of Burke.
2nd Diet.—Wm. D. Kiddoo of Randolph.
3rd Hist.—George Bright of Pulaski.
4th Dlst. -J. J. Bui* of Talbot.
fith Diet.—L. fa. Mlddlebrooks of Newton.
Oth Dlst.—Roland Ellis of Biblj.
7th Diet.-K. M. NV.Olennof Walker.
«th Dist.-J. M. Smith of Oglethorpe,
mti Dlst.—W. I. Pipe of Jackson.
10tli Diet.—E P. Davis of Warren.
11th Dlst.—A. F. Daley,of Johnson.
Editorial Glimpses and Clippings.
Bryan is a teetotaler, using neither
liquors nor tobacco.
There were thirty-five negroes in the
National Populiet Convention.
A* thie is leap year in society and a*
bolters’ year in politics it is bound to
be lively.
‘In the combination, that ought to be
made, the populist#, as original 16 to 1
silver men, are entitled to some sort of
recognition.
Hon. F. G. duBignon will support
tbe Democratic nominees, and has put
himself in the hands of the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
The silver convention, in session in
St. Louis last week at the spine time
as the populist convention, endorsed
the democratic nominees, Bryan and
Sewall.
The silver movement scares Sena
tor Sherman. He warns liis party that
the silver sentiment is gaining adher
ents and work must begin to stern tlie
tidal wave that bears Bryan on its crest.
Chairman Clay predicts that (leorgiu
w ill give, the democratic ticket sixty
thousand majority this year. Judging
from the. way the boys are getting on
the platform he won’t miss his guess far.
The eastern gold men are ready to
combine with the republicans on their
financial plank, but they are not pre
pared to swallow the bitter pill of Me-
Kinltyisrn. The goldbug bolters will
probably put out a new ticket.
Southern democrats should bear in
mind that Maj. McKinley was one of
those who vote<i for the odious force
bill. He is on a sound money plat-
term, but it takes more than money
to make life worth living.
The Southern people cannot afford
to leave tl.e Democratic party or help
the republicans. The. candidates and
the platlorm may not suit everybody,
Nothing was ever written that could
nit everybody, but the Democratic
party is hetterthun the republican party,
and tl at is the whole story.—Columbus
Enquirer-Sun.
“A long time w ill elapse before the
election,” says the Cincinnati En
quirer. “and a considerable time before
the opening of the campaign. People
wno jump up and down in excitement
now, and declare that they will not
support this, that or the other candi
date, may be sorry of it before the
leaves have fallen. This is not the
t.me io get either obstinate or over
enthusiastic. The returns are not all
in yet.”
1 he third district congressional dem
ocratic convention met at the court
house in Perry last Wednesday and by
acclamation nominated E. B. Lewis, of
Macon county, for congress, ns the suc-
ce«sor to Hon. Charles F. Crisp. The
race in the primaries had been run by
Lewis of Macon ; Allen Fort of Sum
ter, and Charley Warren of Pulaski.
The counties voted eighteen for Lewis,
twelve for Fort and four for Warren,
making a total of thirty-four votes. At-
the convention the names of Fort and
Warren were not presented.
BpYAN-WATSON.
That’s the Ticket Nominated By
the Populists.
The National Convention of the
People’s Party met in St. Louis on lust j
Wednesday each state and territory in
the Union being represented. The j
convention was called to order at 12:25 |
by Chairman Taubeneck and prayer
was offered by Rev. W. L. Smith of
St. Louis. A welcome address was
delivered by Gov. Stone of Missouri
and responded to by Ignatius Donnelly j
of Minnesota. Senator Butler ot North j
Carolina was introduced by Mr. lau- ,
beneck, who stated that he had been !
selected for temporary chairman by the j
executive committee without a dissent- j
ing voice. In his speech Senator Bnt-;
ler charged the democratic party with j
stealing the populists platform.
The convention soon divided into j
factions—one faction composed of;
delegates from the East, West and j
North West, tavoring an indorsement |
of the Democratic nominees for Presi
dent and Vice-President. The other
faction, made up largely ot delegates
from the South, opposing indorsement.
The Georgia delegation was conspic
uous in the anti-Bryan or “middle of
the road” faction.
In choosing a permanent chairman
the Bryan men won by a vote of 758
to 574, electing Senator Allen of Ne
braska to this position.
The most intense excitement pre
vailed Friday when the report of the
committee on rules and order of busi
ness came up. A minority favored the
nomination of vice president prior to
the nomination for president.
Mr. E* G. Brown of Massachusetts
came to the stand and made a short
conciliatory speech, recommending the
adoption of the minority report and to
proceed to the nomination of a Vice
President before the nomination of
President.
After a heated debate extending
through the day it was decided to re
verse the usual order and nominate a
candidate for Vice President first.
Bepreeentative Howard, of Alabama
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas E.
Watson, the late populist congressman
from Georgia.
Mr. Sovereign, master workman of
the Knights of Labor, seconded the
nomination of Mr. Watson, on behalf
of tbe state of Arkansas.
Other States seconded the nomina
tion of Mr. Watson. At 12:40 a. m:
a call ior the states was completed aid
Hon. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia
was declared the nominee for Vice
President, liuving received 721 votes.
Necessary to a choice 699.
The national convention of the pop
ulist party, after lour days’ heat, tur- j
moil and unlimited oratory, completed !
its labors at 4:4< * Saturday afternoon '
and adjourned sine die.
Notwithstanding the receipt of one
or more telegrams from Mr. W. J. Bry- 1
an declining to permit the use of his !
name on the Populist ticket unless Mr. |
Arthur Kewnll, his associate on the j
Chicago ticket, was also endorsed, Mr.
Bryan was put in formal nomination, •
as originally contemplated by Gen. 1
Weaver of Iowa, and was seconded by \
one or more spokesman from every j
state and territory, with about ten ex- j
ceptions, and on a ballot received 1,042 j
votes ngaiijst .‘141 for Col. Norton of,
Chicago, who at the last moment was ,
selected as the candidate of the recon- j
structed middle of the road element. I
It was the intention of this faction
early in the morning to place Mr. Eu
gene V. Debs in nomination, and thus
to force the labor issue to the front, but
Mr. Debs telegraphed declining to serve
and his telegram was respected.
•Strenuous efforts were made by Ig
natius Donnelly and others to obtain
some kind <>t assurance that Mr. Bryan
would accept the nomination and stand
upon the platform. The permanent
chairman, Senator Allen of Nebraska,
admitted that he lmd received some kind
of a telegram f rom Mr. Bryan but he
hud paid no attention to it.
General Weaver, chairman of the
Bryan steering committee, outlined the
new plan ofuction. He said:
We will place Mr. Bjyan in nomina
tion for the presidency. We will do it
in the exercise of our national right to
call upon any citizen for public service.
Mr. Bryan lias no voice in the matter
and will not be listened to. It is his
duty to serve his country when called
upon. 1 will have no communication
with chairman Jones, Gov. Stone or
any other democrat. What we do will
he on our own responsibility. When
Mr. Bryan is nominated we will not era-
barass him by asking him or telling
him anything about it. This will re
lieve him from all embarrassment as
regards platform and running mates.
When, in pursuance of this, General
Weaver, in a strong and chaste address
placed Mr. Bryan in nomination, lie
had the undivided attention ot the con
vention.
Before adjourning, the convention
adopted a resolution clothing the na
tional committee with plenery power to
do anything and everything which the
convention itself might have done if in
| session. This, of course, would author
ize it to take down the names of either
j Mr. Bryan or Mr. Watson or both, if j THE POPULIST PLATFORM.
necessary, and to construct an entirely
; new ticket. j The following is the platform of the
liox. THOMAS e. watsox will accept j p e0 . )le ' s p Hrt y, adopted last Friday:
A special from Thomson to the Au-1 1
justa Chronicle, July 25 saysi
Hdn. Thomas E. Watson will accept
the Vice Presidential nomination, he
made the positive statement today. Al
though two weeks ago, he said, he was
opposed to any sort of a fusion yet un
der the circumstances, as at present de
veloped, he was heartily in favor of it.
lie was originally in favor ot a straight-
out populist platform and a straight
out populist ticket, and against the en
dorsement of Bryan and Sewall, for
the reason that an endorsement of the
entire democratic ticket without putting
' ‘ ' ‘ all, 1
“The People’s Party, assembled in
national convention, reaffirms its al
legiance, to the principles declared by
the founders of the republic, and also
to the fundamental principles of just
government as enunciated in the plat
form of the party in 1892. We recog
nize that through the connivance of
the present and preceding administra
tion the country has reached a crisis in
its national life as predicted in our dec
laration four years ago, and that prompt
arid patriotic action is the supreme duty
of the hour.
W^ realize that while we have po
a populist ticket in the field at
would virtually kiU the populist party I litical independence, our financial and
forever. The strength of the faction industrial independence is yet to he
for
for complete fusion, however, was im
mensely greater than lie thought it
would be. The advocates of total fu
sion were so strong that a compromise
was the only thing that would save the
populist party. “We had come in
front, of a crisis. A mistake would
have killed our party. Under the cir
cumstances partial fusion was the wise
course and yesterday in response to
to wires from St. Louis, I replied that
if it would promote harmony, I would
consent to allow the use of my name
for the Vice Presidential nomination.
Having done this, I feel honor bound
to accept the nomination.
— »♦ •
A Grand Railroad Scheme.
The Athens Banner of last Friday
discusses the proposed union of the
Norfolk & Western and Marietta &
North Georgia railroads that propose
to connect the coal fields and Port Iioy-
al. The Banner says Mr. Newman
Erb, who is the principal figure in the
deal and planns now going on has stated
that he had back of him Mr. Russell
Sage, Mr. Horace Porter and a number
of London capitalists. Mr, Erb has
gone to Europe to consult with the
bondholders in regard to the plans,
The new system will not stop at At
lanta, but will come south and south
west of Atlanta. By securing one or
two other small links the Norfolk &
Western will have access to all Ala
bama and Georgia cities.
The East and West railroad of Ala
bama, which runs into Georgia as far
as Car tersville, will be extended to some
point on the Marietta & North Georgia
railroad. This short extension will
give the Norfolk 4c Western an entrance
into Birmingham.
They will build to a connection with
the Middle Georgia 4b Atlantic, which
runs from Milledgeville to Covington,
and then, by building one more short
link from Milledgeville to Sandersville,
the new system is into Augusta over
the Augusta Southern.
STOP CROAKING.
This country is not going to the dogs.
The right will prevail, and the terrible
forebodings of the pessimist will ere
long be laughed at. Nature promises a
great corn crop, a fine cotton crop, an
immense fruit yield. Consumption goes
along steadily, even if restricted; pro
duction must keep pace. We cannot
stagnate. There is some business ahead
for everybody who hustles. Then stop j
croaking; have faith in your country!
and its people, and faith in Providence,
and at lend to your business; then your
business will soon attend to you, and
require all your time and attention.
The Manufacturers’ Record hears many
complaints and many sad winnings that
silver will ruin the country and that
gold will destroy everybody except
Wall-street plutocrats. It doesn’t be-
live either. It has faith in the future;
it lias no time for croakings; it tried to
find time to follow the usual summer
custom of five o’clock closing and half-
holiday on Saturdays, but it can hardly
ever do it. There is no lack of work
in this office, and the usual summer
dullness does not prevail, simply be
cause we determined that business
should be created, without regard to
political turmoil, and the business is be
ing daily created, despite summer heat
and heated politics. What the Man
ufacturers’ Record is doing others can
do. If you look for dull times you will
find it; but while it is true that many
must suffer from depression, there are
thousands of concerns that can, by
proper management, be made so busy as
not to have time to worry over polities
if they will have the energy to originate
and carry out an active, progressive
policy. At any rate, stop croaking.
The American people have never yet
made a fatal mistake at the polls, and
they are not likely to do so now.
Whatever their decree may be, the
country and its prosperity will not be
wholly destroyed, Manufacturers’
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attained by restoring to our country the
constitutional control and exercise of
tiie functions necessary to a people’s
government, which functions have been
basely surrendered by our public ser
vants to corporate monopolies. The
influence of European money changers
lias been more potent in shaping legis
lation than the voice of the American
people. Executive power and patron
age have been used to corrupt our leg
islatures and defeat the will of the peo
ple, and plutocracy has thereby been
enthroned upon the ruins of Democ
racy. To restore the government as
intended by the fathers for the welfare
and prosperity of this and future gen
erations, we demand the establishment
of an economical financial system
which shall make us masters of our own
affairs and independent of European
control, by tbe adoption of the follow-
ind declaration of principles:
FINANCIAL PLANK.
“1. We demand a national money,
safe and sound, issued by the general
government only, without the inter
vention of banks of issue, to be a full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private; a just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution direct to the peo
ple and through the lawful disburse
ments of the government.
2. We demand the free and unre
stricted coinage of silver and gold at
the present ratio of 16 to 1, without
waiting for the consent of foreign na
tion*.
“2. We demand that the volume
of circulating medium be speedily in
creased to the amount sufficient to
meet the demands of the business and
population, and to restore the just level
of prices of labor aud production*
BOND ISSUES.
“4. We denounce the sale of bonds
and the increase of the public interest-
bearing debt made by tbe present ad
ministration ns unnecessary and with
out authority of law, and demand that
no more bonds be issued except by
special act of congress.
“5. We demand such legislation as
will prevevent the demonetization of
the lawful money of the United States
by private contract.
“G. We demand that the govern
ment, in payment of its obligations,
shall use its option as to tbe kind of
lawful money in which they are to be
paid, and we denounce the present and
preceding administration for surrender
ing this option to the holders of gov
ernment obligations.
INCOME TAX.
“7. We demand a graduated income
tax, to the end that aggregated wealth
shall bear its just proportion of taxa
tion, and we regard the recent decision
of the supreme court relative to the in
come tax lagt as a misinterpretation of
the constitution and an invasion of the
rightful powers of congress over the
subject of taxation.
“8. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of savings
of the people and to facilitate exchange.
TRANSPORTATION.
“1. Transportation, being a means
of exchange and a public necessity,
the government, should own and oper
ate the railroads in the interest of tlio.
people and on a non-partisan basis, to
the end that all may be accorded the
same treatment iu transportation, and
that tyranny and political power now
exercised by the great railroad corpor
ations which result in the impairment,
if not the destruction, of the present
rights and personal liberties of the
citizen, may be destroyed. Such own
ership is to be accomplished gradually,
in a manner consistent with sound
public jwdicy.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
“2—The interest of the United
States in the public highways, built,
with public moneys, and the proceeds
of extensive grants of land to the Pa
cific railroads, should never be ali
enated, mortgaged or sold, but guarded
and protected for the general welfare,
as provided by laws organizing such
railroads. The foreclosure of existing
liens ot the I nited States on these
roads should at once follow default in
the payment thereof" by the debtor
companies; ami at the foreclosure sales
rtf said roads the government shall
purchase the same, if it becomes neces
sary to protect its interests therein or
if they can be purchased at a reasona
ble price; and the government 'shall
0]«3rate said railroads as public high
ways for the benefit of the whole peo
ple, and not in the interest of the few,
under suitable provisions for protection
of life and property, giving to all trans
portation interests equal privileges and
equal rights for area and freights.
“3—We denounce the present infa
mous schemes for refunding these debts,
and demand that the law now applica
ble thereto be executed and adminis
tered according to their interest and
spirit.
“4. The telegraph, like the post-
office system, being a necessity^ for the
transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the government in the
Interest of the people.
LAND OWNERSHIP.
“1—True policy demands that the
national and state legislation shall he
such as will ultimately enable every
prudent and industrious citizen to se
cure a home, and therefore, the land
should not be monopolized for specula
tive purposes. All lands now held by
railroads and other corporations in ex
cess of their natural needs should, by
lawful means, he re-claimed by the
government and held for natural settlers
only, and private land monopoly as well
as alien ownership should he prohibited.
“2—We condemn the frauds by
which land grants to Pacific railroads,
throxgh the connivance of the interior
department, robbed multitudes ot actual
bona fide settlers of their homes and
miners of their claims, and we demand
legislation by congress which will en
force the exception of mineral lands
from such grants after as well as before
the patent.
“3-'-We demand that bona fide set
tlers on all public lands be granted free
homes, as provided in the national!
homestead law, and that no exception!
he made in the case of Indian reserva
tions when opened for settlement, and
that all lands not now patented comes
under this demand.
GENERAL PROPOSITION'S.
“1—We demand the election of pres
ident, vice-president and United States
senators by a direct vote of the people.
“2—We tender to the patriotic peo
ple of Cuba our deepest sympathies in
their heroie struggle for political free
dom and independence, and we believe
that time has come when the Uuited
States, the great republic of the world,
should recognize that Cuba is and of
right ought to be a free and independ
ent state.
“3—We favor home rule in the terri
tories quid the District of Columbia, and
the early admission of the territories
as states.
“4—All public salaries should be
fnade to correspond to the price of la
bor and its products.
“5—In lime of great industrial de-
pressien idle labor should be employed
on public works as tar as practicable.
“6—The arbitrary course of the
courts in assuming to imprison citizens
for indirect contempt ami ruling them
by injunction should be
proper legislation. :
.. “IrTi? <UVOr , jugt Pensions f 0r
disabled Union soldiers.
“8_Believing that‘the elective J
close and an untrammaled ballot J
essential to government of for
the people, the People’s party con,?
the wholesale system of diLamflfl"
meat adopted in some of tl.e state!
unrepublican and undemoccatic
we declare it to be the duty of the J
erel state legislatures to take such J
ton «« will secure a full, free and,"
ballpt and an honest count. 1
constitute t lie
party stands, and tor the vindication
winch its organization will he miiB
tamed, we recognize that the -m-at ‘
pressing issue of the pending canipailf
upon which the present election 2
' Jirn, i.< the financial question, and uj
• ns great and specific issue bettrU
the parties we cordially invite the 2\
and co-operation of all organizations al
citizens agreeing with us upon this viJ
question.” tal1
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