The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-08-20
History ana Nonsense.

/ - Ht'N Si'CCiai WHICH
was sent from Atlanta to the New
York Sun. Read and sort it on
to suit your taste:
"Hhe Congressional strife is abou
over add public interest is nov
centering upon the United State
Senatorship, which will be th,
leading topic lntil the election il
past. Senator Brown will retire
In fact, he has not been in Wash,
ington this session, and 50 far a;
he was able he has directed the
! people Of Georgia to Gov. Gordon
as his successor.
"Senator Brown has held tn,
position ten year. Senator Gordon
retired to mend his fortunes ten
years ago last May, and made hi;
boast he could go back when ht
wanred to- At that time Cover
nor CoIquitt desired to succeed him
self as Governor, and needed 10
seph f, Browns political influence
to DO it, and a trade was agreed
upon to help the triumvirate to the
best places, State and National
AMI to hold them for each other
Senator Colqnitt thus appeared
in the Senate, with Senator Brown,
and General Gordon reached after
and obtaine | the Governors chair.
The whole transaction was bare
faced and andacious, in view OF
known facts and happenings.
ct remains to be seen whether
the Alliance is willing to be pulled
along that far by the ring. True,
Governor Gordon is an Alliance.
man now. lie attends Alliance
gatherings, and is nothing but a
farmer, but sometimes CLEAN oil
light enters the hair and haYseed
on Alliance brains, and they kick
out Of the traces. As long as Hen,
ry Grady lived, who knew all the
inside facts about Gordon's and
Colquitt's trade with Brown, he
led public opinion by a skillfuI use
OF his newspaper in their beha. f.
Since he is dead, no one chooses to
fill the place and serve them for
the honor and glory alone while
they absorb all the paying offices
In fact, il is supposed that Senator
Colquitt has eztraneed some of hi,
best working fricn Is, whom he can
do without until another Legisla'
ture is elected, and there are sign,
ola general and serious revolt.
Governor Gordon keeps about
him a swarm of people who, lacking
Grady's tact, are equally pushing
and administrative. The Alliance
possesses a shrewd leader in it's
ranks who has an eye on Browns
place, and Gordon knows il. About
a week ago two of those Gordon
satellites alluded to wrote Col
Livingston, the Alliance leader, 8
letter, and also sent blank paper
to sign, which would appear in
print rs Livingston's desire that the
Legislature should elect Gordon
co the Senate. Instead of signing
he al owed others to see it, where,
upon the satellites raised a howl.
A more disreputable maneuver was
rarely brought to light. It's very
thinness made it contemplate.
"This would indicate a scare OF
the part of the governor, and il
would be crediting the allianc,
leader with tar less shrewdness
than he possesses if he does no
turn it to account. The governo
got up little scene for a newspa
per reporter, and vaunts his ability
to carry it if 100 of the 1877 cour-
ties had already pronounced for
Livingston. The state of Georgis
is waiting for the results, for they
are truly and heartily sick of botl
Gordon and Colquitt, vino have
worked their military records ad,
| iuauseam. Livingston is the sup
error OF Gordon as to brains, fully
his equal as to sagacity, and stand
equally well as to political homes
ty.
"Nr Livingston's success befor,
the people in his district is a guar
antee of his power before the gen,
eral assembly. He only sale
'shoo fly to the congressman res
presenting his district, and the
fly lett in quick order. When he
encountered Judge Stewart on the
stump it proved perfect Water
loo for Stewart"
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