THE HUSTLER OF ROME.
D YEAR.
ANSWERED!
Atkinson Meets the
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The Atlanta Rin* has built an
T 5 Hodffpr” and B ftDt it out by
“ ftr all over the State,
prepared “dodg-
" Ute dodgars have made some
tbe it Outrageous and uo
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the fact that the false
eb«rg“.«r» mad" by DuraoeraU
n«t a Democrat and inside the
aga v line? then the heinousuess
st hP poWtoal crime shows up tu
Jd.v, >■« m. HOU. W.Y. At
kinson said: ,
.. Ih ese Atlanta lawyers who
thought I was a pretty goo I Dem
ocrat' two yea” ago, now, while
fhev seek to put in en Atlanta man
for Governor, who has never done
anything lor the party, suddenly
discover, or claim to discover’ that
my record is a bad one. If my record
is vulnerable, why is Gen. Evans
himself unwilling to meet me face
to face and discuss it before the
people of Ge r-in? Why does he
prefer that charges be made behind
my back? And why is it they are
flooding the conn ry with circulars
attacting my record immediately
before the day that the county acts,
andjtoo late to permit me to reply
to them?
They are sorely pressed. So much
bo that a short time ago they tried to
aet out a third candidate. So much
so tl a* they have turned their hand
to slandering their own candidate.
They are circulating the deliberate
falsehood that I stated in my speech
at Gainsville a few days ago that Gen
Evans was a ‘srperan rated idiot.'lt
is an insult to Gen. Evans for these
papers, who claim to be his friends to
state that any one thought so little of
him to make this statement. My
treatment of Gen. Evans has been,
and shall continne to be. entirely re
spectful. While I shall discuss his re
cord I shall defen 1 his personal char
actor.
“In their desperation they have
also charged that I stated that
Gen. Evans was a coward . On the
contrary, I have always said, and
now say, that he made a good and
valiant soldier, and I have not one
Word to say derogatory to his re
cord as a soldier,
“Aon can understand from this
the stateot their desperation, and
better determine the weight io be
attached to their so called attack
upon my legislative record.
lam frank to say that during
®y eight years’ service in the gen
ial assembly if, out of perhaps
b,OOO votes, thfge cited in their
circular were all that were ques
tioned, it would be the highest
proof that I had exhibited some
judgement in my action as a mem
,J'r of the legislature, and had
-n faithful to the interests of
ibt: people,
"I wdl briefy allude to some of
‘he points made. It i 8 charged that.
1 did not vote on a bill to amend
■e act in reference to the disabled
Confederate veterans. It i 8 true that
01 many bills looking to the in
t- t of ( onlederate veterans on one
ccasion I wae absent when the bill
n u l'on, but this argues
1L °’ dS “ le bill had been agreed
'"" n '' ttee ’ every mem
then ‘■" ll9e was iu accord with
no ° I *' 8 ac ‘ion and there was
0 the bill.
"ef)Bix y. BX members
ROME GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 23. 1894.
of the legislature who did not vote
upon this subject, a number of
whom were Confederate veterans
themselves; men who faced more
bullets than were «ver seen or
heard of by the little Atlanta law
yers that are making this attact
upon me. They had faced at least
us many bullets as the distiii
guished gentleman who opposes
me, even if he was a general. To
charge me with being opposed to
the pension because I was absent,
is to make the same charge upon
these battle scaned heroes who
happened to be absent at the
same time 1 was.
It comes with poor grace for
General Evans’ friends to talk
about my pension record.
In 1878, in a speech
made in the city of Newnan on
Memorial day, for the hist time, s°
far as I know, in the state of Georgia,
I expressed myself as iu favor ot
granting pensions to disabled and
indigent old veterans. As a member
of the ligislature I aided to increase
these pensions until the sum, which
was $25,000 the year when I enter
ed public life, now amounts to the
princely sum of $450,000 per year.
What has Gen. Evans done to
put money in the pockets of th se
old heroes? When he was a trustee
of the so-called Atlanta home and
was trying to induce the State to
accept it and send private soldiers
who needed help to this Atlanta
poor house, J opposed it and ar
gued that the State ought to give
them’the money in their own pock
ets ia pensions. I voted for an
amendment to the constitution to
extend the pension system so as to
grant additional pensions to all dis
aoled and indigent soldiers who
needed it: From this you can see
the character of the slanders that
they are circulating upon me and
form some idea as to what means
they are resorting to iu this cam
paign.
The next charge against me is
that I dodged a Vote on the bill to
establish a permanent school fund
The charge itself shows that the
men.who made it are either sim
pletons themselves or take the
people to be such. The bill would
have been worth nothing if it had
pissed. Each legisla'ure must
make appreciations for the com
mon schools for the terms for
which it is elected.
Charge third is that I voted
against the bill for the inspection
of fertilizers: There is not on* 1
word of truth in this charge, Look
at the record on the page and year
to which they refer you —house
journal 1889 page 975, and you
will see that the bill against which
I voted was to the very opposite
effect to that stated to you —it was
bill to abolish the office of inspect
or of fertilizers and to abolish the
office of inspector.
These Atlanta lawyers, perhap’,
would not know what fertilizers
was if they saw it. But in run -
ning a campaign they ougtht to
have sense of honesty enough
about them that when they quote
the record, they quote it truthlull}’,
This however, is but a sample ot
the treatment I have been receiv
ing from my opponents in this
campaign. They have not on y
told untruths about
XT AN EHL
the •* femrV.e complniuta” anu
WCcLAntiSSCS ttuit UTAK.e WOIUBiI E
hitt a Tt ey’re ctuv.l, by
£»’. BpA Favoriic Ireseription.
F<jt rail t'no liePW .nenes, disor
ders, and diseases peculiar to the
suzl. u.is is the only remedy so
J certain that, it can bo yinirantml.
I If it. ever fails to benefit or cure,
•/ you nave your money baeE.
’ li’s a legitimate raaneme for
woman, carefully adapted to her
tw,-v deb ate organization, and never
-sir* conflicting with any of her eondi
tions. It regulates and promotes
all the proper functions, builds uu
vigorates tho entire system, and
health and strength.
Are you weak, nervous and ailing, or run
down” and overworked ? Then it m .ill I ing
you special help. It's the mother *
lessens nain and insures life of both motha
and child.
Don’t decide that your Catarrh is
simply because you haven’t yet found a cura
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures just such
cases—completely. Its proprietors offer toOO
reward for an incurable ease of Catarrh.
to deceive the people and refer to
records that do cot e'xist,
■’Charge four is that I voted
against (lie Brady bill, which pro
vides for the pleading of failure of
considerution ior the purchase of
fertilizers. That question was in
volved in the campaign in my
county wheu 1 was a Candida.e
f'-r the nomination of my party.
My position was known, and I was
nominated by a vote of two to one
which was virtually and instruc
tion from my constituents to vote
agamst the bill, On this measure
1 voted iu compliance with the
wishes of my constituents, and
they approved of it and three
tinius re elected me afterwards, I
voted in accordance with the wish
es of my constituents, and if 1 am
elected Governor I shall conform
my actions to the wishes of the
people of Georgia ; be responsible
io the people who elect me, and
not permit these self constituted
Atlanta bosses to dictate my
course and control the Goveruer
of your State.
Tue people of Georgia have ratified
my position on this bill and have de
feated it for the last sixteen years.
The author of the bill himself was a
n embir of the last Legislature,
and did not even introduci
tue b ill which seemed to me be a
confession I was right, and that
the bill was a dead issue. Members of
the General Assembly of Georgia,
from Richmond and Fulton noth of
which counties are claimed by Gen.
Evans as his home county,voted just
as I did onjhis measure if his own
representatives voted wrong, why did
he not attack them for it then? Why
<ioes he wait to attack me now. when
he has never attacked them? As this
is one of the few times that I voted
with the representatives from Gen.
Evans’ home counties, it is a litle
strange that they should now be at-,
tacking me for it,
Charge fifth is that I did not vote
on th® Twitty bill. I drew a bill cn
this question for a member of the
Legislature, which was introduced
in the house before Mr. Twitty was
ever elected a member of the Geor
gia Legislature, and was the friend
of the bill from that time to the time
it was passed. Mr. Twitty will
d mbtiess remember that at the time
the bill was passed I was at home
sick. These gentlemen refer you to
the time when I did not vote on that
bill, why are they not honest? why
do not the managers of Gen Evans’
headquarters act hone® ly about the
matter, and also refer you to tue
house journal of 1889. page 1428
where it will be seen that I di I vote
for a bill to declare void agreements
to pay attorney's fees; a bill whieh
was more far leaching and sweeping
than the Twittv bill but whieh
finally passed. Is it a part of their
campaign not to tell t ;e truth?
‘•Charge sixth, is that 1 came
down cut of the speaker’s chair
and made a speech iu favor of re
pudiated bonds. This is another
untruth which they tell for the
purpose of mislead’Dg and deceiv
ing the people. These bonds were
repudiated. There was never a
question as to whether they were
repudiated or not. They were
bonds issued before the days of
reconstruction, when the State was
in the hands of Georgians, a num
ber of them issued by the illustri
ous Chares J. Jenkins. The only
question was not whether they Lad
been repudiated, but whether or
not they bad beeu paid That
quest ion had been referred by a
previous legislature to the Hon.'
VY. A. Little, attorney general.
He made a report to the general
ass ‘inbiy, giving all the facts bear
ing upon this point, and giving it
as his opinion that they wore val
id, subsisting, outstanding, uupaid
obligations of the State. A spe
cial committee was then appoint-1
ed by the house to investigate.
further. Hon. Milton A. Candler,
who was a strong suppo ter of |
Gen. Evans, was chaiin an ts the
I committee, and thi committee
made a report to the same effect
as that made by the attorney gen
eral.
“ The bill to provide for the
payment of the»e bonds was be
fore the house; this bill provided
for the payment of principal and
interest, I took the floor and ai
gued eimply the legal question in
volved: 1 argued that as a matter
of law, however much the Legisla
ture might want to do it, we had
no legal authority to piv the in
terest on these bonds after ail the
coupons had been exhausted; that
the State was sovereign, and debts
against her drew no interest ex
cept where she agreed to pay it.
This argument was directed
-against the payment of any inter
est, iu case tho house agreed to the
proposition to to pay the principal
of the bonds. My argument was
not made ou the question of
the payment of the bonds,
because the house generally
conceded that the evidence was
conclusive on that question. And
while it was necessary for me to
make argument on that question, it
is certainly true that no evidence
was obtained to show that the State
had ever paid these bonds, but the
books in the treasury show that if
the bonds were ever paid by any
body, that the State had never paid
them. This is the truth about the
bond matter.
If elected Governor, I shall seek
to maintain the honor of the State
and if any one desires a man elect
ed Governor who has not a suf
ficient sense of honor to pay valid
debts of the State, lam not the
man that they would seek to elect.
No fraudulent, tainted or question
able claims would be for a mu
meat entertained by me, But the
Stale’s debts are debts of honor.
She cannot be sued, and she should
maintain an untarnished honor
and an unquestionable integrity.
I call attention, in connection
with this, to the fact that the At
lanta Constitution, which is Gen.
Htvaes’ chief champion was the
champion of the payment of these
bonds, and there was nut a single
newspaper now supporting Gen.
Evans that spoke out in opposi
tion to the payment of these
bonds.
‘‘Charge seventh is, that I am the
friend of the corporations against
the people. This charge is too puerile,
too contemptible, to deserve notice
at my hands. I simply refer you to
my well-known record upon these
questions, and refer you to your rep
resentatives, with who u I have serv
ed in the General Assembly of Geor.
gia.
“One other point to which I
shall call your attention, to show
the disgusting and disreputable
methods which they seek to use
against me is that while they make
these attacts on me. they have not
the manliness to come forward
and tell you where General Evans
stood, or stands no.v, on any one
of these questions. The represen
tatives ot both his counties voted (
as I did on the Brady bill; the
representatives from both hiscoun-,
ties voted for th<- payment of theso :
bonds, which they now charge to
be fraudulent; the representatives
from both of h>s counties voted
against the Twitty bill, and every
bill on that subject during the
eight years I have been in the Leg
islature, while I have been on the
other f i do.
“It is charged that I was absent
when the bill was before the house
to extend the school term to six
months. They do compliment u.a high
ly wheu they cor fess that they can
not find where I have vo»ed wrong,
and can only find where I have be p n
absent on these votes in a service of
eight years. Th s bill did not pass .It
was condemned by the house, which
had increased the school appropria
tion, because we had a house bill on
the same subject as the Senate bill
now in quest on,and wo prefered the
H >use bill. 11 h *y are certainly reduc -
ed to extremities when they attack
my record on common schools, as I
have been earnestly, faithfully and
successfully at work duiing all my
public life to build up our common
-chools, and educate the children of
rhe people.
“Then it is proper for you to ask
tii« question: Where does General
Evans stand on any of these ques
tions, aud why is it that he does
i.ot Co we out and state his posit i ,n
As you ask this qut t nit migh
dawn upon you that one reason win
he was not willing to meet me in
joint debate is that he was unwill
ing to answer questions as to where
he stood on anything.”
THEN RAN AWAY.
FROM CAKDELIA AND WERE MARRIED
IN ROME.
There was a termination of an
Alabama romance in Ordinary
John P. Davis office this morning
The parties the Gretna Green
affair were Mr. Walter S. Fittt
and Miss Lula Elliott, both of Cor
delia. Ala,, and the man of God
who untied them for life was El
der W. C, Bryan one of Floyds
pi xt representatives 1
At an early hour the stalwar
! young groom applied to our clever
(Ordinary, and was promptly serv
I ed with a pair of license. A preach
er was next asked for aud as usual
Elder W. 0. Bryan proved to b<-
rhe right man in the right place,
The groom blushed violent y
while his proud bride smiled sweetly
and the knot was tied, and the
twain took a train and once again
journeyed to Alabama.
The Hustler of Rome wishes
them mighty well ano predicts
that their lives will be all the bet
ter and blighter for their having
ended the Roara-ance in Rome.
May their next journey to this
city be as delightful—even if they
do not come to transact the same
business.
HARDIN—GORDON
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING TONIGHT
IN THE FOURTH WAHU.
Tonight at 8 30 o’clock there will
be a quiet home wedding iu the
Fourth Ward. The ceremony will be
■ performed by Rev. Dr. Duvall and
' interesting as any ceremony, of the
kind, that be has ever pruouneed.
| Ai 8:30 in the parlors of the
pretty cottage of th < bride's fa
ther Mr Will J. Gordon will lead
to the a tar, Miss Leila Hardin,
j daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
| Hardin.
The bride e'ect. is one of Rome's
fairest daughters, a woman of
j many sweet traits of character aud
a winning personality. Mr. Gor
don is to he congratulated on hav
ing won me hand ami heart ol
such an helpmeet.
Mr. Gordon, the Bridegroom, ic
a well known young business man
having been engaged in the grocery
ttade in the Fourth ward for a
couple of years. He is juetly pop
ular and The Hustler of Rome
voices the sentiment of all who
know him and his fair bride wheu
1 it wishes thepi a long, happy aud
prosperous life.
» ■
WASHING ION NOTES.
THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SUGAR
• TRUST GOES SLOWLY.
Washington, May 23—The
house committee on the election
of president and vice president
has voted to make a favorable re
port of the bill of Mr. Tucker, of
Virginia, providing for the elec
tion of United States senators by
a direct vote of the people. The re
port was agreed upon by a nearly
unanimous But one Repub
lican member of the com
mittee was present at the meeting.
The bill is identical with the one
that passed the house last session .
A Spelling Bee without a police
force s'inger is thelovliest Beo of the
‘Spe..’ family.
IO CENTS A WEEK
MR.
THOS.
FAHY,
THE
MER-
CHANT
BECOMES
POETICAL
Mr. Fahys poetry [may not be
fraught with that melody and sweet
ness which characterizes the verses
of Frank L. Stanto - ,or Montgomery
M but every line , that
flows from his pen proclaims a fact
far more valuable that t m sweetest
sentiment. Sentiment is sweet and
all right in its place, but it does not
cloth the naked or feed the hungry.
It will he of profit to all the Hust
ler readers to peruse with care and
consideration the lines from the suc
cessful merchants pen. He sta-g
out thm.
We have dry good® and notions,
Os every imaginable kind,
High prices, low prices,
I‘r.ces that will suit the times.
For Dress Goods and Trimmings,
whether fancy or plain,
All wool, or half wool,
we best them all the snua,
And seemingly with renew
insniratiou he continues.
Our go.,ds are of the latest styles,
The most beautiful in design,,
French goods, German goods,
Goods of every kind.
In any kind of underwear
we are ready to supply,
T: e young, the old, the rich, the poor,
No one ne *d pass us by.
The new born poetical talent
seems to grow brighter and bright
er as he proceeds.
Now is the time f >r you to buy
Mattings and curtains for your wives,
Such an assortment people say
They never saw in all their lives.
This Summer will be long and warm,
So prepare for it in time,
Don’t put off but come at once.
And supply your needs of every kind.'
Once more he soars aloft and
the fires of bargains is seeh to
flash his pen.
Every one should have a trunk
Os zinc and patent tray,
Now don’t forget when jou buy
To come right staight this way
Umbrellas are always needed,
whether sunshine or rain,
And don’t you forget we have them
Gold headed, silver headed and plain.
Mr. Fahy has for over twenty
years been regarded as a prince
among merchants. His goods al
ways of the nest kind and hia
prices always the lowest. Crowds
stand before his counters every
day and thousands us bargains ar
issued from his emporium every
week.
