New-York tribune., 1884-12-06
THE SOUTH SOLID ron HENDRIcK8


THE PLAIN DUTY or THE ELECTORAL coILt"h ~
MAKE THE IAII. OF THE TICKET THE HEAD oi
TnE GOVERNMENT.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE iH'b' NJ
ATLANTA, Ca. Nov. 29.-l esterday ana last
night saw in Atlanta the largest crowd Of onisers S
Sherman's army hcre-al coming In iora st""u
iolicaon over the election Large numbers were mere
from Middle and East Tennessee. from hiapaia' MIS-
siesipld and North aud South Carolina and lie" from
Virginia and Kentucky The crowd was IN excess o Tue
ability Of the city TO feed or lodge put in' supply VI
whskey helped with good part OF the throhs' an"
saloons and restaurants were full all sht W pu"po
who by standing up and drinking and talking avoided tue
common necessities of food and sleep Bread HAY "e
te stan of life in ordinary circumstances but on suc IN
occasio, after 80 long dronth the famishing SOUS pre-
fer. lie ITSELF" which whskey is conceded To oe'
OF course Samuel j. Randall the grand central
figure the hero the hour But fe" OF the crown hno"
nnytng about him. and when questions we're askeh the
upiversal reply was tnat Randall had led the fight In
Congress way back in reconstruction days, ana since
which had prevented niger rule. That Was enough
Il at settled IL. once in while some Democrat "oh"
observe that Randall had 10y strong grip on the tGers
tail prevented the Democratic party fron making Iool
of itself in the matter OF Morrison BILL hut tn- met
no response The fact Is, this grand demonstration was
eoten up hy soue shrewd interested III Inani'ct-
ures here for the purpose oi strengthening nan
dali coming fight against the ree-trade wing o MS
party though this has been carefully kept IN the paeh
ground aud the only thing talked about was haho'e
fight the noor of Congress- against tue I'cohe'i"
ton and election laws.
Here in this vast crowd two parties distinctly
defined TIE cotton belt element are free traders almost
10 "A man. aud fierce while from The broken region 81
the western Carolinas Eastern and Middle ieies'ec'
Northern Alabama and Georgia-ard from everywhere
north Of Aanta-thee is very strong element geief-
ally majority protective tariff and soiidy against
free trade This represents the mel gain III the
souh growing out OF Republican administration sinoe
the war. The interests Of the cotton growing Sectoh
runs az naturally free trade wafer runs do"h-l
and IN ol days other interest was permitted an!
voice or consideration Southern Affairs The ogarchy
WAS absolte II IL sill dominant in the South, but its
sway and power arc stu5boly contested and dspatea
by the growing power Of interests depending upon Hi-
IN for proper development The great wealth oi tue
mountainous and broken country north oi mere j. rdy
building up sentiment hostile TO Tree ua'e' lho
iron coal marble timber. unequallcd water power the
diversified agriculture the in ,reasng Hooks ana herds "t
the upper country the large growth in trade Win TIE
North ARE an telling their story In the changes IN po-
ical sentiment The result In Tennessee In the Nlrginins
aud many other parts of the Sonth in the recent eec
tip IS the best indication Of future growth for Repub-
hcan ideas and proof Of what has been done in the past
with such recognition of this growth wise political
management calls Tor hereafter there Is good reason to
hope that IN isss the Solid South will not inacritze
Already there are signs OF trouble in the Democratic
camp The most noticeable thing in all the talk nm
"A
and IN the streets wherever little knots gathered
iscssiue ,olitic was the uneasness IN regard TO the
course cleveland wiil pnrsc and the almost universal
expression regret that the ticket had not been Hen
drcks and cleveland in tead 90 Clc,cllnd ami iicn
ttcts TIC rrnrrai eouthrfn opinion o lipudiicts is
TIM, Me- 81 ~ NOthcin mem wouia pte an tiihinis
tii,i5r edricc't -as't,trt "a tie Bourbon and teac
,itra,t oinp Hf the sdi,h the ht c6rppi h0ito'ted
.ist u aiit ttet ~ tlt Wodi sceesh bei6eiai iai.
Npit ~ la'rt ita'n'''rrt Vhrh ea' tbeteN "'th
ieHtlE t8Hbp f'eaiaaNN mstrr ems M' rhNrsh
,AIifll. spaA w sisah Als -nHi ifrtp ai HhH Nae
ie.,, pei psapA aA aNeeal lleNgEaIip AlaNl ilfH-
h, sN Gaa.s ,nf re1ipU u iieaa,flsa pj te eee'gs
s' II ss h6s }i''tG liz iipi'r he lfoUse WpuI eeA
IIcurk, and { .cA Gland culld then kp y pn EpArlnus
KIN Yorb liz added ,hat ce,elaud uad ansee'eI ihe
puiio,e ol peauug llahe VA MAJ sinlo lr titlpn
% .ire the oounrs neuncrstit aamnisiraun 81 noi
aud that II Mao les to udhe auspltR sHIe ~ hal iit
one by elcciihg Hendricks. The rlFhiicahcc 0l an s
wls the applause Wlih which the crowd received lhcst
emphatic 'Alrcsson', ana to-udy al ofef Town le'lno
are talking ol IIenlliohs and Cleveland .
The -outh rel no! ou the question Of Tie Offices No
eori of comproni-e VIII he made vim the m,'s wnmps
listen iy Service reormers he make up l- iud
the IT, light the south and 10 nave the 'outh
fighting hun MI Iendriehs' Brooklyn speech hi1
brought The south ont for in To man hud e general
tttS tsnS ~ ,i" cIdUcs tward C,tcl,uJ HltortacT the
signs are not fayorihIe to Democratic harmony.
Mr. Randall made vcry alro tarl speech calculated
10 catch the Georgia people ana the d'rsati"n but
Nulc he discussing TO in iinetcnt listeners great
questions OF policy In conservative way, ahd sctuhe
his Pcisy trap for Southern game, the talk o any
street orator the subject ot the offices for Democrats
and denuuncng Ciyil service reform struck responsive
chord and brought out Tie ycIs
Of course the Randall side OF IL Is all that Will 90 on
the record Int the fact is that Randall was nowhere
except in the single matter OF bayine been hero way
back II talking 10 these men about the aboi-
tion of the internal Rcvenuc-tEat means a loss oi
offices. cutting Oh of the golden dow Nor about any
thing which will of single oicc, or Obsiruet
The Democratic march 10 possession. Mr. Blackburns
ALTERATION the Southern feeling tins points
lie who da!lics II bastard. aud he who dOnbts H.
damued." the last half probably covering Ceveands
case ia the Southern und.