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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 MM i-' ■ 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 L,... «“ P e °P' e 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.