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II ' IH ]CnnT T? "~v o, mz'ifc fV'
irib HUS ILER OF ROME.
THIRD year.
P»’S Illi"
|, l ,ltho'c^^ Vin cml
■ i, his Election.
ItntED«^OLDl tn tED«^ OLD GENERAL
I iMI .PT^LL ls ""” b "‘ F<,d ‘ r
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■ griffin Vestry.
I Tegte rday the first joint deb; to of
K off " toletv.wi 2,000 and 2,500
t ple i»ihe Plucky lit‘lo «ty » f
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lieetorßov«»» r “ fG ' or S I'*- 1 '*-
J The debate occurred in the open
l r just opposite the magnificent ma
■onic Temp e in the street of Griffin.
I A special to The Hustler of Rome
Lg that more than three fifths of
he erowd were Atkinsom men and
hat many converts are known w
iave been made.
This mornig's Ti ibure, a “rantan
rerous”Evans organ admits through
its report, which it buys by the
yard ready set in Atlanta, that Atkin
had the majority of the ciowd.
Last night's Atlanta Journal also
states that up to a certain hour “At
kinson had the crowd“ but nowhere
in the Journal s report does it claim
that this state of facts was reversed.
Mr. Atkinson opened the debate in
a most telling speech of an hour and
twenty minutes, followed by Rev.
C. A. Evans who s r oke for an hour
and twenty minutes when Mr. Atkin
son closed in a lot twenty mil
utes speech in which, even by the
Constitutions report, he made the fur
fly,
The following is clipped form
the Constitution of this morning
and is of course the very mildest
report that could be conceived of
by a journalist, and publshed by a
Georgia paper which never ap
proaches nearer than a “distant re
lative of the truth* 4 when it comes
to reporting “the other side 44 in
politics. Here‘s the C nstitutions
report:
“The fun will come in Will* are-
•GREAT CLEARING OCT SALE.®
and Finest Stock ofA
DIAMONDS, WATCHES CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
. SOLID SIIu'VEZR,,
Silver Plated Ware, Novelties, Raizors, Scissors, Pocket Knives, Drugs, Etc. in the City.
THIS SALE LAST UITTIL AFBII, 15.
THIS Ife AN OPPORTUNITY
Never before Offered to the Citizens of Rome and vicinity to secure Honest Goods at your prices
from one of the Finest Stocks in North Georgia.
TH LAI) IE S ARI': E SEE CI ALL IN VI TED
To inspect the stock. Everything will be guaranted as represented by the firm, who are responsi
ve, as you will see by refering to Bradstreet’s report, and will be sold without reserve.
WE TvIEJkISr BUSINESS
Come and See for Yourself.
ssHAMMACK LUCAS <& CQ>
DRUGIbTS and JEWELERS, 300 Broad Street, Rome Georgia.
buttal speech," the Atkinson men
Lad said .
They all call him “Will. 44
Naturally their statements
aroused great interest in what he'
would say, and his twenty minutes
were indeed lively.
There was music and calls for
Atkinson as soon as the applause
for General Ev.ius had died Town .
A good many of the outskirts of
the crowd left after the general Lad
concluded, but there was still a Hg'
crowd when Mr. Atkinson rose. <!
“I desire in the incipiency afr
ray concluding remarks. 44 said hs,
turning to General Evan?, “to j
say to my disinguished friend'
that I am due him an apology and
I frankly make it.
Upon what I considered at ths
time, good authority I <id make
the statement that the general was
about seventy. If I had known!
he was seventy about his age, 11
should have published a correction
as soon as I learned better; but!
the first 1 knew of my mistake;
was a correction made on his own I
authority, and from that time I
have of course, acted upon his cor
rection .
‘*ldid not say he was too old and
weak to discharge the duties of
governor, 44 continued Mr. Atkin
son, raising his voice, “but I did
say that a man who had devoted
the gieater part of his life to serv
ing G;d in the pulpit ris in the
very natrue of things, not equip
ped for public service in such aa
exalted position—that is he lacks
the neccessary qualifications.
4 And I say, 44 he continued, “that
a man is unworthy of such effi.-e who
shrinks or dodges an issue. I called
npon General Evans to say what po -
sition he would take on the Soldiers’
home and he dodged this question. 4
This brought General Evans
promptly to his feet. For a moment
there was pandemonium in the crowd
below, and then it quieted down*
“My friend simply misunderstood
mt“ said the General. “I want to
make myself perfectly clear on that
matter. I did not make an issue with
him about this home. I do not intend
to urge its acceptance by the state."
A voice fhom the crowd —*‘But
ROME GEORGIA. THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 22. 1894,
what do you think of it, general?
“I'll tell you, 44 responded the gen
♦ ral* ‘I think the tru teos have
I made the proper request When
: they secure the court’s o>der for the
! sale, they ought to use the money
for the benefit of the confederate sol '
diets all over the state just as effeC- 1
lively as it can be done. I don't
want to be put in this attitude* 4 -
Soiuwbody in ihe front wasn't
satisfied with the rep’y and sai..
so. This resulted in more confu
sion. There were cries from the At-
J kiuson men for Atkinson to re
| same and cries from the Evans
men for the general, Then a good
J many seemed to be adding to the
j noise without any apparent reason.
. Finally G moral Evans sat dowri,
and the Atkinson men cheered.
Colonel Atkinson walked over
to General Evans and then repeat-j
i ed for him the.explanation be hti l
' made, that he favored the sale of
' the home.
I says he converted the general.
“I am heartily glad.” said Colo
nel Atkinson, resuming, “that my
'distinguished friend has taken
! the advice I gave him and the
other trustees of the h me. I told
them when the bill came up be
fore the legislature that the thing
to do was to sell the home and
pension the old heroes, and I m
glad I have made a couv rt of him.
"At that time my good friend
did not.entertain the view? he does
now. Here’s an interview with
General Evans which appeared in
The Atlanta Journal.”
Mr. Atkinson here road from th“
Journal, in which General Evans
was quoted as advocating the sub -
mission of the soldiers' home to
the legislature, and “if again re
jected, let us on the 26th of April,
wbeu we strew flowers on the graves
of our honored dead, make a gar
land and weave it around the Sol
dier’s home.,,
“Now," continued Mr. Atki son,
“my friend savers the sale of the
property. According to my prophe
cy. I have done a wonderful thing
In a political sense, an economi
cal souse. I can boast of having
converted a minister of the gos
pel I
“I meet all questsous fairly and
friendly, 44 he continued, “and I
ask him to do the same. When I
called ou him to tike a position
on the soldiers 4 li >m>, did he take
it? 4
Then turning to General Evans:
“1 revere you for four age, your
Calling an I your high and lofty
character; 1 ut when you meet m<*
on the stump, you must come
square to the issue. 4 *
This incident gave the Atkinson
men an opportunity to indulge m
applause and laughter, and th y
took advantage of it.
wA- HE A CANDIDATE IN 1890?
4, 1 ask my competitor if in 1890
he was not anxious to enter the
race for governor, and if he didn't
s'inpiv postpone his aspirations,
lie failed to answer me. 1 asked
him to state the grounds upon'
which Le failed to enter. He d -
c'ined.
“I hold in my hand a letter
written ly the general in 1890 in
which ho said if the people de
mand it he wes willing to sacrifice
himselt. On the heel of this, when
ho saw the alliance movement
sweeping Northen into the chair
he says; “I must frankly say that
my ib igatione to my present call
ing stand in my way. That his
church duties wouldn’t permit of
his candidacy. Why didn’t he an
swer me?
“I asked him what service he
bad rendered his party! Where
was he whrii the party was in per
il? M here atd when did he render
the party any service? He made
no answer.
4 Why this dodging of question s?
Why, I say. ”
‘A? to that betterments question
we saved the state three-quarters
of a million dollars, and I think
the one thousand dollar fee was
small enough. He raises the ques
tion whether or not it was proper
that I should have been selected
to that duty.
“I hold in my hand a letter from
Clifford Anderson written to the
governor at the time, in which he
says there was no doubt of the le
gality of such appointment. Now-
I'll put the legal ability of Clifford
Anderson against the legal ability
' f General Evans.
••Judge John I. Hall was also
consulted. He said the appoint
ment was legal. Whose opinion
will you take, his or that of this
distinguished joint. He pointed t
G moral Evans. 4 ..nd I see here
Judge Harris, who w:.?. a'ro con
sulted and who pave the same
on in ion
• A’hy attact Governor North
en? Why charge him with such
mgligerceas making an illegal
appointment? The fact is Gov
ernoT Null! en ki.-v> \,Lo Lad been
Cviir.cckd with that betterments
question, and in his appointments
he acted as he thought was right-
And he was right—at Rast as to
the other two.
ON NATIONAL QVISTIONS.
“No”*, as to my financial views,
my distinguished friend sajs he
agrees with nie. If so be has had a
change of heart since last September
I never try to ride two horses my
self. Now, I say that I favor the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and 1
silver now. In bis interview Gen. Ev- 4
ans wants that settled by interna-'
tional agreement. There is not one
word in the silver clause of that ir.-[
teiview that could not have been ut
tered by a gold inon - metallist. * 4
“As to th income tax where did
he stand; 44
Again Colonel Atkinson quoted
from this interview in which General
Evans said that he favor-.d (he tariff
as a means for raising revenue and
: then, if there is a deficiency, an in-
I c< m tax might be resorted to, and
he added in that interview that an
income tax was as fair as any other
tax, but no fairer.
‘‘Now, that means, *’ said Mr. At
g - ,' 4 ‘simply this: Take the revenue
from the poor people by menus of
the tariff. Then if you have not
enough you can meet the deficier cy
by an income tax Now, I hold him to
that interview and he must stand to
it throughout this campaign I favor
an income tax as a principal— as the
only way to equalize taxation
4 I asked my distinguished friend
where our distinguished friend stood
on increasing the rights and increas
ing the privileges te national banks
and bondholders.
Again C.Jonel Atkinsen .read’from
this interview.
‘‘His plan, 44 continued he, means
simply this: Let the men owning
bonds have government money on
them, so that they can turn around
and charge you 12 per cent interest
for it.
IO CENTS A WEEK
FOIW IT LIST.
The Remains of Clever John
Anderson
EECOVERED FROM THE
Coosa River This M'niiinj at Hard
wick’s Landing fiOMiles Below R iwfc
Near Cedar B!nfl Ala. a SpeaiaL
Train Sent After The Remains.
A message was received from,
down the Goof,a River this morn
ing stating remains of
John Anderson had bean found,
afloat at Hardwick? landing on the
Coosa River.
A farmer, named White, had dis
covered the remains and pulled them
from the y How waters of the treach
erous river.
A special I rain was sent down the
R. and D. at noon today and is ex
pected to return to Rome this after
noon with the remain o .
The Rome Light Guards and the
Knights of Pythias will meet the body
of their comrade, and brotherjKnight
at the East Tennessee depot.
Noble hearted, genteel, quiet
John Anderson, loved and respect
ed by all who knew him, (he idol
of a widowed mothers heart and
the pride of his brothers and sis
ters, sad, indeed was the manner
of his taking off.
His brother, and friend, Mr.
Guy, will have the body prepared
for burial,and iu a sealed casket
will leave with it immediately for
his boyhood's home in South Caro
lina.
No definite program could be de
tsrmiaed upon before we g« to press,
on account of it beiag impossible to
learn at what hour the special train
could secure the remains and return
to this city.
It is believed by many of those
who dragged for the remains that An
derson must have cluu* to the boat
almost to where it lodged and that
the body rose and floated away prob
ably on Tuesday night.
Mr. White will receive the
ward of SIOO for the find.