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THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
THIRD year.
W.». I. fflIM.
First Gun ol the Gubei
natorial Campaign.
WAS FIRED YESTERDAY
At Forsjth in the County of Monroe.
He ‘ Reasons” for Loring the
Covfederatrs and «a.V s AHunta has
Atlanta Reasons for Oppoaiug his
Candidafy-
Tbe Gubernatorial campaign is
CD in dead earnest. This mornings
Corftuticu publi.be. h .O.lOT’-
ing extracts and synopsis of the
speech:
‘•Mr fellow citizens: lam here
to discuss with you today the is
sues of the gubernatorial cam
paign. Issues they are which Scon
you are to adjust, in your minds
and decide upon to your satisfac
tion as a tax payer, a voter, a citi
zen of Georgia.
“H 're in the verv outse L , I want
to say to you. that I intend to con
duct this campaign for my part in
a spirit of frankness and fairness;
to speak to the people of Georgia
in the language of plainness, of
soberness and of truth.
I feel that it is proper for me to
pay that it is not in accord with
my judgement that the campaign
is opened so early in the year. I
have thought, and I still think,
that it were better for the parry to
have delayed the campaign fora
few mouths in order that we might
ascertain just what congress is go
ing to do in th® fulfillment of its
duties to the party outlined iu the
platform we worked so hard to es
tablish.
■“Theanatter, however, was not
left to me. Having given to my
competitor in this race several
months the advantage in starting
the organisation of his campaign.
I have at last named the date for
my canvass to begin and come to
you to day for the first formal dis
cussion of the aampaign and its
issues?
Just at this point Judge Hunt
interrupted Colonel Atkinson to
allow the jury to report a verdict.
It was not long before he resumed,
however, and with more life than
before. He continued :
“Not many years ago the repub
lican party had nothing to do but
wave the bloody shirt throughout.
this country and victory was theirs
in all ections. But the time for
th .A God, is at an end
The dangers of today are pa
ternalism on the one side and so
cialism on the other. War issues
have died, just as the roar of ar
tillery and the s noke of battle
have died away, and p 'ace, like (he
balm of Gilead, reigns throughout
he confines of our common coun
try. In the halls of national legis
lation, me i from the North have
met men from the S >uth us friends
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and brothers in battles upon po
litical issues.
Let nothing transpire that would
give ns a backward tendency. But,
as I have just said, in this cam
paign there shall be m harshness
from me - I have no animosity, n
ill feeling in my heart for my dis
tinguished competitor. He is r
Christian gentleman, and even ii
there might be cause for hard feel
ing, his life, as a worthy minister
of the gospel, would prevent my
saying anything, even under the
heat of debate, that would in the
slightest way reflect upon his good
name.”
He s iid, while he differed with
the president in his conception of
the platform, and thought Mr
Cleveland had fallen into error
he would differ without denounc
ing m this campaign. He said he
thought Grover Cleveland one of
the most gifted, courageous and
solid men in the democratic party,
whereupon a ripple of applause
went over the gathering.
“But,’’said Mr. Atkinson, lifting
his voice, “there shall be no ‘ad
ministration’ and no ‘anti-admiii
istrtaion’ feature to this campaign,
if I can prevent it. Losing sight
of the administration, I myself
stands quarely upon the democrat
ic platform, state and national.
Let us, as democrats and as Geor
gians, continue to demand whst
the> platform adopted by the people
calls for, whatever the administra
tion may do. It is within the power
of the government to do much.but -
not all, 1
I have no patience with the man
who teDs us that the government
has nothing to do with the financi
al depression that is sweeping over .
the face of this couatry. I have no.
patience with the man who say*
it remains for you and me alo. e
to make ourselves rich. The gov
ernment cannot make us rich, but
it can place such conditions around
us as will make it impossible for
us to get rich, however hard we
strive.
“If government cannot give us
redress for our wrongs ; if it can
not give us Jaws that will take no
tribute from us, the yaomanry will
give to the rich ;if it cannot defend
the wage-earner and the poor man
against the encroachments of the
rmh,wbo are piling up their wealth
as the seasons come and go—if it
cannot do ail this, and if it woiA
do a’l this for us, then we might
as well herald the inaugurations of
our presidents from time to time I
as the coming of a king [ Applause]
Here the speaker told how he
had gone before the people ol
Georgia in the last national cam
paign and preached the dectr ne
of equal rights to ail and special
privileges to none; how he had
assured the people of Georgia that
if they would trust, the democratic
party this time they wou'd get all
the relief they wanted, and gt t it
a vast deal sooner than they cculd ;
through any oth ;, r party.
What he said to them then he,
was here to say to them now. He!
believed that the only route tn tt e !
full accomplishment of this pm- (
pose was to put the democratic)
party in pow»r and at the head >f .
it such men as will carry out the
policies of the party as outlined j
in the platform.
‘I am iu favor of an income I
tax,” said the speaker. “I believe
that the rich ought to be taxed to
get proper support cf that govern
ment which protects them in their
possessions, just as the poor are
taxed, and even more so. I believe
that the salaries of the rich ought
s o bear taxation. While we in
reorg.a are on the ragged edge ol I
poverty and despair the rich are
hoarding up their treasures and
getting richer as the days go by. 1
cannot see how we have tolerated
it as long as we have. What is it
but giving the power of control of
the nation’s currency to the rich,
who contract it and expend it at >
wi I, all the time making them
selves richer and making us the
poorer.
FAVORED STATE BASKS.
“This leads me to say that I think
that the government ought to give us
state banks of issue. These would
give ns that counteraction that we
need. It would place the banks in
power in al) of the several states to
expand the volume of currency asThe
emergency may justify and would
give the people of the south more
currency at a time wheb they needed
it most. Take for instance last yea >
when the currency was so short in the
south, and indeed, all over the coun
try, that we had to get the local
banks to issue clearing house certifi
cates.
AND FREE SILVER, TOO.
“From the day that war was decl ar
ed on silver for gold a great wrong
has been done the common people.
With the value of our national
money restricted to gold, the value < f
your products will be restricted. ”
Here the speaker read from the
platform, and showed how firmly the
democratic party, both in the state
national convention and the state cod
vention of Georgia, had come out
squarly for the coinage of the two
metals on a parity. He made astrong
argument for the free coinage ol
silver.
“Let us return to the doctrines of
our forefathers,” said the speaker.
“Let us make silver a definite money
once and for all, and then no mu.
will be wronged or robbed.” | Much
applause.]
“I would like to see us have an
international conference on this mea.
u.e, but that is a e mdition too re
mote to be hoped for. It is not worth
ths while for us to be waiting to see
what the monarchies of Europe are
going to do along this line. Let us
a t for ourselves just as we acted
when our forefathers got themselves
Continued on second column of third page.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Hustler of Rome is au
lioriz'-J to announce the follow
ing ticket, for mayor and aider
men of the city of Rome :
FOR MAYOR.
JOHN J SEAY
FOR ALDERMEN.
First Ward—Henry Harvey.
Second Ward—H. S Lansdell.
'1 Hird Ward—J. A. Gammon.
Fourth Ward—Walter Harris,
h ifth \\ nrd Henry Hoskinson.