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fjHK MUD SLINGER
Kailroad Commissioner Rt
kinson is Angry
[IUDS 808 BERNER
wh ile He Vilifies Brave Oldj
Allen D Candler.
TI W Atlanta Constitution’s r<-
n,rt of Atkinsons . at,
Franklin yesterday shows the;
rminad commissioner is desperate
enough to be “rgry. From the |
r .„rt w« reprint the following:,
Fran kiin. March 28 -Sr.aff Cor- j
rtS pondence.)-In his speech to,
t h e crowded courthouse m ton;
city today. Judge Sp. ncer R. At-.
kinson devote 1 most of nis time .
to a rep'y to Colonel Candler’s;
opening address a Rome lasli
Satuidav. He m de a most vig- ;
orousand spirited attack upon;
thecihisl, ‘• 1 * lii somethings j
which will m questionably lead to i
iurih-roehate. He dealt rather’
gently with S' i.ator Berner, con-;
tent’ i?liim-e f with his oft-re-
P pu <ih aiai dlo knew what the
Ben ; . Vi ws are as tv free B'l
VH and '.hen he developed them,
bu in li"- rt-f‘ reie-es to Candler
h w s much more vndictive
iha., lw Lus b<en heretofore. Ha
al’nwul a disposition also to i
me'.'.t. it c'. umerous at tacks being
mad" up> a the presen state ad -
I minis'.nricn.
Th" "'iii' r.or court is in session
here a d ind there were fully a
tliou.-aLd people in town when
Jju<‘ Alki s>n begin to speak.
1! ‘ ') i: ip C)l Gaudier’s
Ronewie!) in i ii’gi'i respn’.si.
Il" su'd ti nt » h"n the colonel be
came a candidate for g’vernor
Hum" line ;>go it was the declar
ation 'n‘ the st it ; tax rate was
too high,
Hi declared that the col riffi
had'm>n aii active and woikin't
cuK.'idate low r a year, but tint
a.tin ugh he pii._cl.ed .h ■ doclrii <
of low.r taxes, he had failed up
to this time to tell the people ho"
bx p s could bj lowered .
Ihejudge F.id theie was no
ff sy of reducing taxes, so tar us
ho had studied the Rome speech
wopt to reduce the appropria
"Sweet Bells Jangled Out of Tunc.”
01 woman’s life happiness if
'■ o’ .. of harmony. A hundred sweet
n -11> dio u s ,-z/ o o
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, ?
of some weakness / . A
toan? SSC thc d ‘ !icate jU” '
’■V, l noni ot their -■■;. / Lj'■
the- ... \ ,l ’’■"'■'essity of womanhood.
tUL/l ' ov ' rcome and completely
Then' ' ;;'" " r t'hlieio US treatment. .
fens, t !! : n ' :d °f Tt puguaut examina
'mullin- .' is H ' Jnced of resorting to any
•» unhh i :il ' ‘ 'canient compounded by
W. i. 11 person. Doctor
feubles of l \'i. llte r Prescription cures the
tB -lv r .organism posi-
For r,?. X' e ' vlv an 'l "afely.
tan ciii,.',- 1 ;', T>r. R. V. Pierce has
•tads’ •'■••ltinjr physician of the In-
X y it • Sur Kical Institute, of
taciai ;sl ' e 1; au ’•mitient and expert
tay 1,. ' iai ocular field <if practice.
tejf| d cllV( to him with perfect
I r’.t' ' VI r ' ce!v '’. free of charge,
lr r - u-r'.'ni’*; advice and sugg-estiou
f.-v j.'. ~ -i y* ,,ch 99 out of JOO
.it ■ ( - uni P‘Hint, even of the most
r “7 and per
■U-„iie , d ' Ad him as above.
b' Va ‘" wm" Kag,e K<,, ' k ' Botetourt
h ?'" r iu K v .A''’’- G - A - Connor, of Altegh-
Co - Va ' "a ladv
tlr ' ' M >' damrhter. aged
ha, never 1 !,! I^’ uorr ’>apes at the nose,
k? of w, »nrinho<U t K *i ” cce . ssar y indisposi-
A t,Ct ' s Favrirt/ 10 ?, 1 advised her to get Dr
J?" 1 one titt'l- 1 le^ nption - The lad y Pur
' i ‘ s «-ll at i,J""' n , cu , red her daughter.
Const' . ha,>pv wl >eti I left there."
J' l 'health’ 00 Vr a ", -embracing cause
Thev 1 lerce . s Pleasant Pellets
Am y never gripe.
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THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERG! AI
tion for public schools and con
federate pensions, and he said the
colonel whs too much of a cow
aid to assert that he wanted 'htse
two funds cut down. fie also
said that if Colonel Cundlt r wen
elected, the Constitution and not
Colonel Candler wou d be the real
governor of Georgia.
But in reference to a reduction
in the cost of the legislature, he
declared on his own account ibat
j Berner had attempted to rob him
of the glory due him for h. vi g
first suggested biennial session-,
and he accused Colonel Candler of
having attemped to steal most of
the rest of his platform. In dis
cu-sii g his opponents in this way
the speaker invariably referred to
Candler as “my venerable old
fri> nds from R me,” and to Ber
ner as “my briliant ai d hand !
some vour g friend Bob.” Me c.los
ed ih« question of tax reductn n
with the same forcible argument
that he u«ed at Hawkinsville
against any reduction of eithei
the school or the pension funds
end Ibis portion of his speech was
applauded.
T hen he took a brand new tacki
and indulged in a brief but vigor
ous d -sense of the present state
administratin''. It was the fir t
tini"' up to dati that he lias said
anything in any way, shane or
manner, that, ct ncerned Governor
Atkinson. II» declared tha< Geor
gia was the b' t governed state on
the least money in the un’ p n and
he denounced Colonel Candler for
saying that there were haks m
the state finances that ought
to be stopped ,
He read liberal extracts from
Cundlei’s remarks touching the
constitutional convention of 1577,
and ridiculed the idea that the
colonel had been the f. ther cf
that assembly. He said that every
politician who had stumbled by
accident in’o that assembly claim
ed t 1 be the parent of the cons i
tution ot the state, and he d c’ar
ed with vehemence that “the
constitution is becoming the wors
bastard that I have ever seen.”
He referred to the railroad com
mis ion in the same spirit, aid
accused Colonel Candler of trying
to steal the honors which right
ful I v belonged to Robert Toombs;
“Why,” he said “the colonel
claims that he is responsible
tor the job which I am holdit g
and which he says I app-eciate
enough to keep ”
He referred to Candler’s ref
erence to the common people o<
Georgia, and said that he did
not like the expression. Georgia
had no common people. He
asked all those in the audience
who thought they were common
to stand up, and when his hear
ers gazed calmly and immovably
back at him he said he was
pleased to observe that there
were no Candler men in the
room.
He took up the newspspei
again and declared that Candler
i was a “political foundlfng,”
; who bad been “picked up at
' the coiner of Forsyth and Ala
bama streets in Atlanta,” and
he exclaimed : “God grant, to
the credit of Georgia, that this
foundling may never grow t<
manhood !”
He spoke of the many letter
which Colonel Candler says In
had written regarding the al
leged political trickery in the
campaign of 1894, and he ex
pressed a request that all thos
within sound of his voice wl o
had even been engaged in “rav
ishing, the party” stand up. N
one stood.
In conclusion he charged Col
Candler with attempting te sta
the democracy of Georgia in the
(Continued on 2n<lpag ’.)
ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY EVENING, K'ARCH 29. 1898.
TAX COLLECTOR,
Mr. V. T. Sanford Writes a
Ringing Card
TOTHIVOTERSDF FLOYD
—1 - . - I ■—— * - - -
Will be a Candidate to Succeed
Himse'f-
To the votere of Floyd county,
Two yeare ago I oriented my
-tlf before you as a candidate for
office of tax collector. I did so at
the nomination of the Democratic
party, having no record save that
which I had made as a plain far
m- r. Os the friends who support
ed me, oil I trust believed that 1
would make a faithful officer,
though some may have been influ
enced by the fact that I needed
the remuneration which the posi
tion offered.
I tiu«t that neither those who
were controlled by regard for the
public interest those who werr
controlled by sen’itoents of per
sonal friendship have had cause to
regret their course. [ have -tried
to discharge the dutiea of the of
fice faithfully and hom-st.lv-
Upon this recoid I present my
se!t bofure you as a candidate for
re-election. It you are convinced
that the interests of the county
have suffered through my admin
istration it is your duty to set me
aside without hesitation. But if
you are fully persuad d that my
administration hae be -n faithful
md correct, give expression to
that persuasion by your vote.
Os the disadvantage under
which I entered upon the duties
of the office many of you are in
formed. I have, however, been
encouraged amid these adverse
circumstances by the hope that
the generous and f airminded
voters of the county would pro
iiounc) at the ballot box tb it J
should not be unrewarded. 1
hardly violate the dictates o!
modesty when I claim at theii
hands another term of the office
as my due. My record is open
to inspection. By that I am will
ing to stand or to fall. If my
opponents will as freely admit
the merits of my administration
is they point out i s sbortcom
ings, I shall not complain 1 was
elected to this office without
having made any political trade
or entered into any combina
tions. If re-elected it will be as
a free man.
I shall go into the race wholly
untrameled. If the people elect
me I shall continue to make
duty not only the highest, but
my sole aim.
I shall try to do justice to all
and confer only such favors as
rhe law allows. With no increase
of di votion to the interest of th<
county, but with a large increase
>f ability, arising from twoyear’s
of service, I respectfully urge
&he voter’ to consider whether it
mav not be as much to their in
terest as-.to mine to contine me
in this position.
But waiving the question of
merit for past services, I come
to my fellow citizens and s ■licit
their votes for the idlice, the du
ties ot wl ich I | romise most
faithfully to perfoi m. •
V. T. Sax I’niti'.
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highgrade goods at 40c ih ii"o i
was equalled in Rome b-fore. bum
new stock, and regular g nd-.
Lloyd & *'e.
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