The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-10-19
BIRDS OF A KIND.
A REPUBLICAN RESCUES THE THIRD
PARTY PAIER.
Buck, He Pays the Freight and Reliev es
WatsOn's Organ From Financial Dis


tress.
A big sensation has developed in Geor-
gia politics that wouli seem to show
more intimate relations between the
Third and Republican parties than the
Third party candidates and leaders
would like to have known to the world.
1t was developed by the finding of a
torn up letter in Thompson, the home of
Mr. v atson, to whom it was written.
Following is copy of the letter:
dear Colonel-l knew you were not
at home when | sent you The telegram
asking for money to pay freight Gu pa
per, but thought the telegraph operator
would forward it to you. | could not
get the money, SO as the last resort
borrowed it from Buck, telling him that
you knew nothing of it.
II sold ten rolls of that paper to the
Telegraph. They asked it as a favor
that we either sell them or lend them
some paper, and as they have done us
no dirty trick in the campaign, wanted
to deal generously with them. In the
coming campaign We will have to send
some tickets to each militia dis
trict week before hand. Some of the
full Peoples party ticket and some with
Harrison electors, so kthat some good
white men can give them he
poor white tenants, as well G
the negroes, and these poor Wis
can put these tickets IN thei EOck-
cts and when the democrats give them
tickets to vote they can take them and
go to the polls and vote our ticket.
"You go back to your own district and
stay there. | would rather lose my right
Yours to the end. ID. n. S"
1t will lie seen that Mr.. Buck, the Re-
publican boss, came to the relief of the
Peoples Party Paper by paying the
freight
MI. r. F. Gray, editor of the Third
party organ, told an Atlanta Herald man
that the letter was written by d. n. Saun-
ders, and that the above copy was sub
stantially correct.
''But what of it, lie said, "suppose
Mr.. Buck did furnish the funds, 1T was
simply loan and the money has been
repaid.
''It was this way" he continued, 1--WE
had ordered Il car lead of paper in order
to get it at wholesale rates. When it
arrived, being out of funds, We wired Mr.,
Watson to forward the amount. He was
absent and did not receive the message.
Mr.. Saunders then asked Mr.. Buck to
lend him hundred dollars for a day or
two and that gentleman complied. 1t
was no more than any man would do for
a gentleman under similar circumstances,
ana it had no political significance what
ever"
Mr.. GRAY was consi Gerably worked up
over the affair, and sa ID the Democratic
papers, in eaves-dropping and spylng,
were lowering themselves to the level of
ward heelers.
Colonel Peek and Editor Irwin were
present at headquarters, but they had
nothing to say. The tito did not look
any TOO happy, but Col mel Peek was as
affable as ever.
Referring TO that portion of the letter
about supplying negroes md poor whites
with Harrison electoral tickets, Mr..
Gray said: "Of course you know very
rison electoral votes on them, don't you?'
The Herald man could not agree with
him. "Well, every practical politician
knows it, he added.
Watson explains that he does not
know Buck personally, that he did not
approve of borrowing the money from
him, and that he imu~eiately paid the
money back.
But the trouble is this: Why did Wat
sons representative 90 to the Republican
chief? Why, if he did not understand
that between the Third party and the
Republicans there was natural affinity?