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OUR NEXT GOVERNOR, COL. ALLEN D. CANDLER,
OPEN THE CAMPAIGN IN ROME, MARCH i.
In a Red Hot Speech, Presenting the Foundation
of True Democracy,
piUGfi REDUCED RATES WILL BE CIVEN
On All Railways and Arrangenents Are Being
Made to Give the Grand Leader of the
People a Rousing Audience and
a Magnificent Reception:
Allen D. Candler, Georgia’s
next governor, will open his cam
paign in a speech in this city on
Saturday, March 2Gth.
That statement is enough to
draw an immense throng of the
wool-hat boys from Floyd and
all surrounding counties to this
city.
Col. Candler, after securing
the consent ol home people of
Gainesvillo, promised the Can
dler Club of Floyd that he
would make his opening speech
in this city, the date to be ar
ranged by Romans.
For several days, the officers
of the Candler club of Floyd
county have been in correspon
dence with Col. Candler, andi
this morning received a final;
letter from him on the subject.
In this letter Col. Candler
states that the date will suit him
alright and that it will afford
him great pleasure to meet the
citizens of this c.ty, county and
section face to face and address
them on the issues of thg cam
paign.
President C. W. Underwood
and Secretary M. B. Eubanks,
acting with a committee of the
Floyd County Candler Club,
have secured the superior court
for the occasion.
Hie opening speech will be
delivered here by Georgia’s next
governor, Allen 1). Candler, be
ginning-a t 11 o clock a. m.
As a stump speaker, Allen 1).
handler, the “one eyed plow boy
d 1 igeon Roost” won hisspurs
a score of years ago.
How he was selected by the
democrats of his district to lead
•torlorn hope against the bril—
you.ig orator and Napoleon
J f hidependentisin retired the
Ou glity Emory to the shades of
" u pen republicanism is a mat
tr°f democratic history.
■Hlcn D, Candler is a unique
gure in Georgia political his
ry and conditions. He has
sought office until his
. " |,p ' have almost unanimous
ycalled him.
h 's never failed to respond
t0 1 of his party.
e has led more forlorn hopes
dein ' ,nau iu Georgia
. *d he has never yet failed to
victory.
e stands eternally opposed to
THE ROME IIISTLEI TCOMMERCIAL.
ring rule and corrupt methods
in politics.
He is a democrat of the first
water but believes the people
should run the party machine,
and is opposed to the grind when
the machine begins to manipu
late the people.
As a patriot he enlisted in the
army of the Confederacy as a
fighting private.
As a Confederate Veteran his
record shows that nis comrades
raised him from the ranks, step
by step to the position of fight
ing colonel. One of his peculi
arities in a battle was always to
say “come on boys.”
But he never made a race in
his life on his war record. On
the other hand, he said, years
ago, that he always felt as if a
Confederate Veteran was as good
as anybody else as long as he
was an honest and honorable
man.
Modest as a maiden, but brave
as Julius Caesar, and as pure in
politics as he is ruggedly honest
in his every-day life, he has been
put into this’race by the people,
and by the people he will be
elected with the biggest majori
ty given a Democratic governor
in a decade of years.
Allen D. Candler is the man
for Democracy to center upon at
this particular hour. He is a
safe man, a clean man, a capa
ble man and the man to work
some much needed reformations
in the state Democracy.
Col. Candler will face a re
sponsive audience when he rises
to address the wool hat boys of
this section of Georgia.
The betrayal of a personal
letter addressed to Max Meyer
hardt, of this city, and publish
ed by the morning paper, to
work his political ruin, has fal
len flat —everywhere—but no
where so flat as here in Rome.
The people have sense and
the people understand the mo
tives that prompted the betray
al of the letter.
That they took no stock in
that manner of warfare has been
clearly demonstrated by the
unanimity with which they have
espoused the Candler cause in
this county.
If there is an anti-Caudler
farmer in Floyd county the
Hustler Commercial, staff,after
ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15. 1898.
dilligent inqairy, has failed to
locate him.
While in the c ; ty there may
be a score of Atkinson followers,
no man has yet been discovered
who is outspoken for Berner.
The people understand that
the, race is on between “their
man’’ Candler, and “anybody”
to serve the politicians, and
they, the people, have not been
slow in taking hold or backward
about coming forward in this
fight for cleaner men and clean
er methods in Georgia politics.
WAS NEAR CANDLER
When That Gallant Officer FbU
at Jonesboro.
Mr. S. J. Hale, a prosperous
farmer of Dade county was in
the city a day or two ago and
while here paid The Hustler-
Commercial office a pleasant
call.
Mr. Hale savs that he was a
member of Co. F of the 31th
Georgia, and that at the battle of
Jonesboro, lie was so near Capt.
Allen D. Candler of Co. I, when
that gallant officer lost an eye,
that he could have placed his
hand on the latter.
Said Mr. Hale, “I never knew
a braver or more modest officer
in my life than Capt. Candler,
and when he fed it was pathetic
to see how his lion hearted men
grieved. They all loved him ten
derly for they knew him to be a
brave, true man.”
Mr. Hale states that Dade
county is overwhelmingly in fa
vor of Allen D. Candler for gov
ernor.
ALL FOR CANDLER;
It’s Candler and Cook down
this way, every time. —Vidalia
Star,
Candler’s campaign is in splen
did hand- —the hands of the peo
ple of Georgia.—Lee County Jour
nal.
While we are for Candler for
governor we have nothing to say
against the others. They are
good men but then “Uncle Allen
Candler is the best man for gover
nor. —Darien Gazette.
Candler is the most popular
candidate among the people of the
towns, but then couutry people
while leaning toward Candler, are
not in any haste about making a
final selection, —Macon County
Citizen.
The stcrbng integrity and
rugged honesty of Allen Candler
appeals strongly to the masses of
the people. There is no'hing of
the demagogue or tricks er about
Candler. —Thomasville Times
Enterprise-
The candidates for governor
ire imkiuz the welkin ring. Cui
,dler. Berner and Judge Atkinson
are all delivering stump speeches
in various parts of the state. It
AS pay your money and take your
phoice. From present indications
Candler is in the lead : —Mi'ler
County Liberal.
Allen D. Candler will be the
next governor of Georgia, for flu
editors say so. Sam Jones say
so, the great mass of the men say
to, and the women almost unan
imously say so. Men may some
times become bewildered with
beauty, but women are captivated
with rugged honesty, and they
find it inteneifiied in Colonel Can
dler —Jacksonville Herald.
The peop’e of North Georgia
have a great deal of admira'ion for
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson and
for Ho.i. Robert L. Berner
and we have heard nothing hut
kipd remarks made about either.
Inbred, it is the general opinion
that eiher gentleman would make
an admirable governor, but the
people are for Col. Candler al
most to a man. so far as we have
heard. Unless all all all signs fail
he will be the next gevernor “just
as easy.”.—Pickens County Her
ald.
SPAIN LOSES KAISER’S AID.
The Berlin Foreign Office De
nies Opposing America.
Berlin, March 15.—The Ber
lin Foreign Office has instructed
the inspired press to deny
emphatically that Germany will
aid Spain in case of war with
the United States, and has in
structed these newspapers to
point out that the United
States is an excellent customer
of Germany, and that Spain,
since the Carolinas squabble,
has repeatedly shown unfriend
liness to Germany.
FLYINGSQUADRON.
Brooklyn Will Await at Fortress
Monroe For Others.
Washington. March 15—The
big armored cruiser Brooklyn
arrived at Fortress Monroe this
morning direct form La Guayara,
Venezuela.
She has made a fine run up,
and will,.it is expeted, await at
Hampton Roads the arrival of
the Minneapolis and Columbia,
which are fitting out in Philad
elphia.
These vessels will form an
excellent nucleus for the pro
jected “flying squadron" in case
the department decides to form
one. •
Machias Ordered to Boston-
Norfolk, Va., March 15. —
The gunboat Machias has been
ordered to Boston and will
probably sail in the morning.
She coaled today. It is supposed
the transfer was made because
the work on her could be done
more expeditiously in Boston,
this yard devoting all its energy
to the Newark. A large number;
of new men were taken in today,
making the total number about
1,700.
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COLONEL ALLEN D. CANDLER.
COMPLIMENTED
Dr. A. J. Battle and Dr. luy
W. DUggan,
BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Os Shorter College. Dr. Battle
May Join Faculty.
Mr. Fred Govan, the special
correspondent of the z\tlanta
Journal, says in his papei:
“At a meeting of the board of
trustees of Shorter college Sat
urday, the following very grace
ful resolutions, complimentary
to Dr. A. J. Battle and Prof.
Ivy W. Duggan, were passed :
“It will be a matter of very
much gratification to the friends
of that scholarly gentleman, Dr.
A. J. Battle, to learn that he
has been tendered a position
with the faculty and will prob
ably accept.
The resolutions areas follows:
Rome, Ga., March 12, 1898.
To Dr. A. J Battle and Prof.
Ivy W. Duggan :
Dear Sirs. —By direction of
the board of trustees of Shorter
Female college, I herewith hand
you a copy of resolutions this
day passed by the board. Re
spectfully, J.B. Sullivan,
Secretary.
Office Board of Trustees of Shor
ter Female College, Rome,
Ga., March 12th, 1898.
At a meeting of the board
this day held the following res
olution was unanimously pass
ed:
Resolved, that whereas the
contract existing between this
board and Dr. A. J. Battle and
Prof. Ivy W Duggan will, in ac
cordance with its terms, expire
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10 CENT 3 A WEEK
THE ARTILLERY
Os The Standing Bring Now
on a War Footing
TWO HORSES ARE ADDED
'to Each Gun And The Drills
Are Regular.
Washington, March 15. AH
batteries of artillery iu the United
States army have been ordered
to attach six horses instead of
four to each gun and caisson.
In peace f< ur horses can only
pull their loads, but with
caissons filled with projectiles
and powder, and the rough work
of coming into position on the
battl field, six, hortjas are
necessary.
During the past week the dri
vers in the artillery have been
constantly drilled with six horses
instead of four. The artillery
arm of the service is now on a
war footing.
The assimilating of the two
new regiments is being rapidly
accomplished with no apparent
loss ot time or impairment of the
efficiency of the service. The au
thorities proceeded upon the plan
that the five regiments could
more efficient'y and easily absorb
the two new ones by breaking up
the old organization entirely.
There were five old trained men
to each two recru-ts. therefore, in
stead of having two regiments of
recruits the reorganized artillery
wi’l be on a basis of five drilled
and competent men to each two
newly enlisted. The men will he
ready sooner than will the powder
and shell for their use.
Take The Hustler-Commercial.
Bicycles, Bicvcles, Bicycles
$5000.00 worth of bicycles to be
closed out at prices never before
known to retail trade. E. E.
Forbes.