The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-10-12
CRYING FRAUD.
DIR. j. lei. PICKETT's LETTER TO CAPT
HOBBS.


Pickett Wants Third Partyites atIthe Polls.
Capt. Hobbs Has Few Pointed Re-
marks for the Third Party Chair
man.
From the Albany Herald.
DR.. j. H. Picket, spokesman for the
Peoples Party, is crying fraud.
He writes a letter to Capt. Hobbs ask
ing him to aid in getting Peoples
representatives among the managers at
the polls. Of course this matter is in the
hands of the county officials land Capt
Hobbs so writes him. We present the
letters to the public, as they explain
themselves. The following is Dr.. Pick
ett's epistle:
TY TY, GA, Sept. oath, 1892.
Capt. r. Hobbs, Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee, Second Congress
sional District of Georgia, Albany, Ga. ::
DEAR SIR-The party which you have
the honor to be chairman, and which
party claims purity in politics, and in
all things that goes to make this country
great, and its government lasting, and
this being so, we respectfully ask you as
an honorable party, and fair-dealing
gentleman to join us in securing an
equal division of the superintendent
and clerks in each militia district in the
Secon / Congressional District of Georgia
in the ensuing election for Congress.
We do not charge you or your party IN
seeking any undue advantage, nor do we
seek any in asking for fair division OF
those who will manage this election, but
that all parties may have full and fair
vote and an honest count as free men.
We cannot ask for anything more nor
submit to anything less.
That where one party has majority
the superintendent of the opposite p ar
ty shall have a majority of the clerks
where an election is held in this district.
The above proposition is fair and just
to all parties, and no honorable party or
its representative can refuse to accept
the same.
Believing that you will accept this hon
-orable proposition for your party, we
submit it to your candid consideration.
Ne submit it in behalf of the Peoples
Party. and ask your immediate action
on the matter l will expect an answer
by return mail.
Respectfully submitted
j. H. PICKETT,
Chairman Executive Committee PeO-
ple's Party Second Congressional Dis
trict.
And here is Capt. Hobbs reply to DR..
Pickett. 1t hits the bulls eye. Read
it:
OFFICE OF
RICHARD HoBPs, Atty AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA, Sept. 81, '92. }
Fl. Pickett, ESQ.,, Chairman Execu-
tive Committee Peoples Party, Second
Congressional District, Ty Ty, Ga:
DEAR SIR-YOur favor of the oath
inst find awaiting me on my return
home today, and hasten to answer it
at once.
1t has not been the practice, or custom
in this section of Georgia, or elsewhere
that l am aware of, for the chairman of
the Executive Committee of the district
to direct who and who shall not manage
the elections that may be held in the sew
eral counties and precincts. The county
authorities and officers of the political
parties interested attend to that bust
ness. They are both competent and
capable, and you must permit me to re-
fer you to them.
| am the more induced to this by the
. conduct of your Third Party here at
your recent meeting. We met you in
all fairness, we tried to get division of
time so that our people could refute the
statements which we knew Mr.. Weaver
would make. You refused, and tracing
it to you the statement was made to Mr.,
Weaver that he could not speak here I'M
less he divided time with us. This |
told him in your presence was not so,
and / left your conference with the I'M
derstanding that the meeting would be
a. the hall where we guaranteed re-
spectful hearing. When | left, for some
cause-best known to yourselves-the
programme was changed and the bal
cony of the hotel selected. 1t was your
own crowd-your own selection. We
did what was possible TO maintain
quiet, and | had supposed Mrs. Lease
was satisfied that every word of her one
hour and half speech had been heard,
yet we find her saying that she was met
here by bowling mob. The thing was
lovely 50 long as she could shake hands
with the negroes and call them brothers,