The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-27

The Contest In Georgia etwecn
Gordon and bacon.

Gordon and bacon.
Mention has been made in our tele
srapic dispatches OF the decision Of Gen.
Gordon to withdraw from the JOINT can.
VAS with Major Bacon for the demcratic
nomination for governor of Georgia. a
special from Augusta II Wednesday
throws some light upon the difficulty
between tho two candidates This
morning Gen. Gordon and Major Bacon
arrived here On their joint tour Of the
state The first speech was made in
Eatonton, where the chairman. Mr., Nes-
bit, in introducing Majo Bacon, said he
had right to run rs often as he pleased.
This reference to his numerous cam.
paigns nett!ed the Major. who declared
he had never seen such conduct among
gentlemen. Then. said Mr. Nesbit,
YOU are no, used to the society Of gen
tlemen.' The speech Of Gen. Gordon
made reference to the fact that Ma jor
Bacon had resigned the adlutancy Of
the North Georgia Regiment during the
war. When Bacon took the stand he
was livid with rage ard declarged:
"Who asserts il lies. Who 50 insinua-
ties it lies. Who so repeats it, after hear
ing me to day, that ever resigned any
public trust IN peace or in war, when my
services would benefit my people or
country, and when was physically able
to serve them, lies" Yesterday the can.
didates met in Sparta where Gen. Gordon
repeated the charge that Maj jor Bacon
had left his place in the army, and then
referring to the charge that he Gordon
had resigned from the senate under sts-
picious circumstances, said: There
was time when did not resign. There
is q record that is lnsullcd even in the
estimation of the gentleman who tried
to blacken my name before you. 1t was
made in time that didn't resign, for
my country needed me-" Turning to
Major Bacon. who was sitting beside
h,m, Gen. Gordon said: 81 will be
elected, and make you sicker than you
were in 1862" Bacon replied under
great excitement. He said; Il have
been denounced by Gen. Gordon as
using ambiguous language to imply what
would not affirm. said, and repeat
it no ambiguous terms that Gen. Gordon
abandoned his seat in the United States
Senate under circumstances not consis.
tent with his duty. Does he not attempt
to produce. by insinuation. the impress.
sion among you that resigned my place
as Adjutant Of the Ninth Georgia Regi
tnnnt under circumstances that were dis
creditablc to me? If SO say the man
who says it. or the man who intimates
it, is guilty of falsehooj Even il it costs
,ne my life will hurl the falsehood into
the teeth Of any man who nflrms it,
Yet this man would stand before you
and, by base insinuation. anu baser
charges, produce an impression among
YOU that | was false to my duty. IL he
chooses to hear me proclaim it utterly
false let him continue to affirm 1t or to
insinnate it. shall stamp it lie.
though it cost me my life. There Is
nothing that said about Gen. Gordon
that is not true; nothing have sai1 that
he has refuted or that have not proved
by his own words. say to you my dis
ilnguished competitor, will never say
friend again." Gen. tiordon"l hope
not. Mr.. Bacon-''lt does no. lie in
yonr mouth--you who placed sordid gold
high above official duty to talk about
my neglect It matters not whether re-
signed the adjutancy and went into the
cUnmissary or whether had been in the
commissarv department from the first il
did my whole duty, wherever ] was;
aud any man who says did not, or says
that left my position in the army other
than by the commands of the sworn
surgeons of the regiment. lies" The
TWO gentlemen spoke here to night over
the same ground and widening the field
between themselves and the sections
which they represent. Gen. Gordon in
his speech said IF I good humoredly
make it hot" for Bacon, ought he TO get
mad about it; Why, my young frien d
ought not to make such an exhibition OF
anger. This is the wrong time to get
mad. He ought to have grown mad
from 80 to '6j. Great applause. That
was his time for high spirit and not now
The war is over. Peace prevails. We
are all in good hum0r. Great laugh
ter. Why should he get mad with inc
1t was not that resigned Ny young
friend says he was sick. | have no doubt
he was. Applause and laughter He
mad a surgeons certificate and he ca ms
home on it. remember when some
members of the grand old Ninth Geor
ga were also sick with bullets and came
home on a furlough with surgeons cer
tificates. But they did not stay in lieor
gia. Laughter and applause. They
went back to Virginia 20 receive NOR,
bulle IL need b. in defense o