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y Damag1ny Showju9.

An esteemed correspondent, whose state
prize is hunliiiatetI by GcorgiaS failure
to make an approl riaton for an exhibit
Of GeOrgia'S resources ut the world; fair,
sends us a list OF state appropriations.
The figures in tlye list make interesting
reading, but the absence OF any figures
when Georgia is reached viii excite won
der throughout the country. North Caro-
lima and Virginia. appropriated $4,000
each. West Virginia appropriated $40
900, and other southern states make Il
good showing, while such states as New
York, Pennsylvania and California give
100000 each.
But Georgia is not in 1t, and when the
fair is in full blast next year her people
will feel that they are left out In the
cold. It will be our greatest opportunity
in centuries to advertise our resources to
the world, and attract capital, enterprise
and immigration. The Indifference Of to-
day viii give place to unavailing regret
next year. It is our first step backward
during this generation, and it is 4 very
long step.
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&rhnrg us e f|iiorai Fovca. ~

The wildcat mugwumpS who manipu-
late the Reform Club and who are try
Ing to claw the hide off the democratic
party. did not have things all their own
way last Saturday night They snubbed
Speaker Crisp, il is true, and, through
him. iDSrted the democratic party of the
south. They had the felicity of hearing
81 free trace speech from Tom Johnson.
the Ohio congressman who had Henry
Georges volume of arguments On the
single land tax inserted in The Congress
sional Record as a platform of democratic
principles: and they listened, open-mouth-
ed. to !, moral lecture from Carl SEIZURE,
one OF the heroes of the electoral steal
Of 1876.
But, after all. they did not have every
thing their own way. Senator Carlisle
was called on for % speech, and, as the
senator is b genuine democrat he gave
them something TO think about He re-
ferred the company, especially the wild
cat mugWumpS. to the tariff plank in the
democratic platform OF 1876. This allus-
ion suggested the name Of Samuel J. Til
den, the name of Tlden suggested the
electoral steal. and then it was discovered
that the staiwart kentucllian was prepar-
ing to use his weapons on SchurZ, who
was one OF the conspirators
Mr. Tilden," said Mr. Carlisle pausing
to measure his words, 'as you all know,
was prevented from receiving the cleo
toral vote by methods which, unfortll-
nateiy, the republican party has not yet
abandoned"
Therefore, in spite Of the manifestations
of the wildcat mugwumps, democracy
had its innings. 1t had its innings when
Mr. Cleveland delivered his admirable
speech on tariff reform, and 1t
had its innings when Senator
Carlisle. with firm and dextrous
hand, ripped up the back one
of the promoters Of the great electoral
fraud of 1876 Schu1Z, who had just been
lecturng about Moral Forces In Poll
ties dared not show that he had been
| wounded. But wasn't it a pretty specta-
Gle to behold a member Of the fraudulent
| administration of Hayes preaching about
Moral Forces in Polittcs?"
The Reform Club did great days work
when it put up Carl Schurz TO outline the
democratic policy. Mr. Schurz seems to be
democrat from way back. Let us hope
| that everybody will stand out of the way
and give him room. He is always to be
| found hanging TO the skirts of the victorious
party. He froze to Hayes then to Gar
field and now he is trying to get n grip on
Mr.. Cl2vclanG's coat tails.
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one instance it must be admitted that
the third party has whipped the fight.
And, NOW. the question comes UP, what
will our Old soldiers and their sons and
their friends have 10 say about it?
The only thing left for the trustees Of
the home to do is to take this rejected
gift ana sell it. and return the money to
the bis,-lleartcd men ard women who
offered it TO the state. Give them back
their money and explain it, if it can be
explained, without too much shame and
ignominy.
The third party has indeed done q
glorious days work!
+. t,l!cry Anderson is perfectly willing
to concede that he carried the state of
New York for Cleveland In order to be a
truly great man he should add Illinois to
the list
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Give the Railroads q Chance.

At time when four-fifths Of the rail-
roads of Georgia are in the hands of re-
ceivers, it is certainly q fortunate thing
for all concerned that any further legis-
lation regarded as hostile TO their interests
has been adversely reported.
The bills adversely reported by the SEN
ate committee, with the consent of their
author, who yielded on the ground that
the bills We're of doubtful eXpediency at
the present time, in view of the strong
statements made by Mr.. Conner, undoubt-
eddy alarmed the railroads and their
friends.
1t is time to call a. halt. For some
years numerous bills have been introduc-
ed at every session Of the legislature
which menaced or We're construed as a
menace to railroad interests. Capitalists
here and elsewhere have become uneasy,
and have turned deaf ears to any PROPOSE
ton to invest in our railroad enterprises
There is no necessity for this constant
tinkering with our transportation lines.
We can well afford to let them rest, and
give them a fair field and a fighting
chance. We already have the best rail-
road laws Of any state in the union. Our
state commission has the power and the
disposition to correct any evil that may
threaten the interests Of the public, and
the law taxing railroads in every county
is another point gained for the people.
Within the past few days we have seen
the old Central struggling to reorganize
on d safe basis, and the main obstacle in
the way was the apprehension that our
legislature was hostile to railroads and
would pass certain pending bills. While
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's'he Third Party Whips tho Fight.
The Soldiers Home bill is dead!
This is what the indefinite postpone
ment Of the bill means.
1t is impossible TO regard it in any other
light than rs u triumph of the third party
In the last campaign that party made a
strong fight on the home, and made it
Il leading issue.
Smash the Soldiers Homeu' was the
shout all along the line. and all the third
party candidates We're pledged to vote
against the bill. It was useless to talk
to the partisans about duty and patriot
isnl-useless to show them chat the state
had an opportunity of acquiring a splen-
did and profitable property without eX-
pense The home was rendered uncondi-
tioualIy by its trustees and the state
could have sold il and applied the money
to the relief OF homeless veterans. But
tho third party was determined TO kill
the bill under any and all circumstances
and leave our homeless and destitute sol
diers to seek shelter in the poorhouse!
These are the cod facts of the case and
if they proclaim Georgia's shame we can
not help it. "The evil that men do lives
after them" wrote Shakespeare, and in
this humiiiating case we shall realize the
full truth of the saying. For many a
year to come even our old enemies will
will point the finger Of scorn at us as u
people who refused shelter to their old
defenders when it would have cost US
nothing.
There is little moro to say. Our people
have censured a farmers legislature for
defeating this bill, but Its failure in the
present legislature shows that the blame
must be shared by others.
But the mischief is done, and in this
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I'm Exper.mcnt IN Taxation.

How 10 euualize taxes and Tighten the
burden q the average citizen is one Of
the great problems Of the day.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
thinks that the New York legislature has
set Il good example IL providing fer an
Inheritance tax. In the FIVE years of its
operation it has paid into the treasury
about S700O.oGO The law now applies
10 both direct and collateral inheritances
and On the other 5 per cent. During
the year ending September the amount
collected was $1,000, 900, and the tax on
jay GouIIs estate will be about s. 900,
COO.
The argument in favor of this tax IS
that it reaches and cqUalizes property
which now only slightly feels the burden
PERSONA property. which is rarely re-
turned to any great extent for taxation.
AS The law e1empts $4,000 OF each In
lleritance, only the large estates would
feel 1t ana The heirs can well afford it.
The demand for MORO equal taxes viii
doubtless result i'll the adoption OF tho
New York plan in many states unless We
solve the problem by resorting to n fed
eraI income tax. The drift of public Opin-
ion farorS the latter, and the fact that
such a tax has worked satisfa ctOrilv IN
England foc the past fifty years should
be an answer to most of the objections
that have been suggested.
The career of Carl Schugz shows what
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The Crisp Incident at the dinner of tho
Reform Club has q very wholesome
meaning il the democratic leaders do but
draw from it the conclusions that com
mon sense suggests. To make this mean
ing perfectly clear it is only necessary to
say that Carl Schurz, d member OF the
fraudulent administration OF Hayes. was
Il welcome guest, while Il southern dem
ocrat holding the third ranking office in
the government. was invited only TO be
jnSulted by the manipulators Of the club.
The lesson the Crisp incident empba-
sizes is thiS-that the moment the demo
cratic party or any respectable portion Of
it becomes entapgied with the schemes
and policies of the wildcat mugwumps
the organization is doomed to failure and
defeat. The wildcat mugwumps. agents
of the money power and Missionaries on
their own hook $50 to speak, were at
first members in good standing Of the re-
publican party. Their schemes and their
policies drove reasonable people at the
north and west out of that organization.
and now the wildcat mugWumps are at
tempting to take Hold OF the democratic
party. warp its doctrines and control its
policies.
The moment the farmers Of the west
AMI south and the people generally have
reason to believe that the wildcat mug
Wumps ore to run the democratic party
then the democratic party had best look
to itself for protection from the wolves
But the mugwumps will not be IN 1t.
We can trust Mr. Cleveland to take care
Of the best interests Of the party.
Wouldn't it he we'll for democrats who de-
sire to stand well with their constituents
10 draw ont OF Il. Eery -Anderson's De
formed tIUb?
~. .Git.-t %s"f g. rI'st s"ttie IL.
AS usual, the editorial statesmen OF the
! country are diSposing of the silver ques-
| ton. each one in the way most sa tisfac-
tory TO himself But there is one signif-
can't TACT about this renewed discussion
! that ought 10 and doubtless does attract
| the attention OF careful observers. Each
and every one of the aforesaid editorial
/ statesmen agrees that the International
! monetary conference viii amount to moth
| ing; tina it was never intended 10 amount
! IS 2. ln'n,; an} jil"t Great i5Et,in is
| mereiv playing the part of the malicious
| CLOWN III ,1e pantOmime.
III is a pleasure to see the brethren In
! ciiired to take a rational view Of this
| phase Of The subject at least, and we
| trust ihat having arrived ut this point,
| they will go a step farther-at least far
! enough to perceive that Great Britain
Is unconcerned because her public men
know that she has nothing whatever to
| do with the silver situation in. or tie
! silver legislation OF the United States.
! How Go they know this? it may be
asked, Simply because OF the experience
/ Of their own country from the time silver
| was demonedzed three years ago down to
| the present day. They know that Great
! britain has never found it necessary to
call III other nations 10 aid her in forming
a financial policy or in CARRYING il 10
success. Her statesmen have materially
and substantially aided other nations to
adopt Great Britain's policy, as when the
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it was said these bills were not designed
to injure the railroads, the contrary i'm
preston had been produced, and the Cen
trail was in imminent danger of suffering
perhaps irreparable damage, while thou
sands of our citizens would have shared
the loss.
Under the circumstances, we are glad
that the second sober thought of the legis-
lature prevailed 1T would be a good
thing to let the railroads alone at least
for awhile. The commission and the tax
collectors viii attend to them 1t will
take years to restore the confidence Of
capitalists in these enterprises, and we
cannot change our policy d moment too
SOON The railroads are the chief factors
In the building up of the state, and the
worst thing we could do would be to Grip
pie them, and cause outsiders to believe
that we are engaged in g. crusade against
them 1t is no time to take a backward
step. The railroads are under control,
and any further interference with them
will iniure every class and every interest
For heavens sake give us q rest Oh
antagonistic railroad legislation.
Give the railroads q chance.
SO conservative a paper as Inc Springfield
Republican doesn't see anything wrong in
the bank bill offered i'll the Georgia ieGisa
ture. On the contrary it says the bill will
insure Georgia Il sound currency.
Undesirable Visitors
There is q general desire on the part
Of our people to see Immigration judi
ciously restricted. and some even go so
far as to say that it should be prohibited
entirely next year. on account Of the dan
ger of importing cholera.
Tndscriminate Immigration is undoubt-
edly q. great evil but just where to draw
the line is puzZling question. A recent
item in d New York paper shows how
unjust it is to our working classes to open
our ports to strangers without any linita-
tons. It seems that last week 500 Italian
laborers sailed from New York for Italy
They had all saved money at 81 per day
wages, and ono of them had $500 which
he had saved from two and n half years
work A few days later 1000 Scandina~
VANS sailed for home where they will
invest or spend the money they saved
here as common labOrerS.
We do not want such visitors, for they
can scarcely be called immigrants 1t
Is bad public policy to allow hosts Of pau
per Iahorers from Europe to come here
for o brief season to crowd native Amer
leans out OF employment, especially when
they hoard their earnings to carry away
to foreign country. This is simply q
drain upon our resources. and it is not
right that these birds Of passage should
be permitted to deprive our own toilers
of their daily bread.
We should welcome q good class of
immigrants, when they come to stay,
whether they are rich or poor, tslt 1t is
very plain that we need better regula-
tons and restrictions than now exist
J,n nf1 70 accord
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The prime OF life Is senventy-ninfa. accord
ing to Lord Palmerston. He maint;lined that
n mans faculties should be at their best at
that age. and that decay should begin in
the eighties and ninetes.
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people will make their organic law fit
their purposes and desires. The limita-
tons will disappear as soon as the taXpay
ers of the state make up their minds that
posterity, which is to enjoy the benefits.
should pay it's proportionate share Of
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Meanwhile, Il the present and rising
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comforts and conveniences OF good roads,
and reap the substantial advantages that
flow from them, we should begin to put
matters in shape to bring those results
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Many men and some women who never
gave away anything in their lives, although
well able to afford it, very pleasant
faces at this season Of the year. They know
that some OF the fools among their acquan-
tances will send them Christmas presents.
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The spectacle of southern statesmen
running away from cabinet positions is
causing great surprise III New York city.
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agent of the Bank Of England was so
busy with John Sherman in 1873, but they
have pursued their own financial and po-
litical policies, having regard only for the
effect of these policies on their own mer-
camille and maritime interests.
Did Great Britain call in a jury OF ma
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to concede that the two monetary con
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tie end maintain the financial policy Of
the United States. When they cOncede
this the silver problem will be q problem
no longer
And so the Wall street go'dbugs are going
to make a fight on Speaker Crisp? Well,
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The career of Carl SchuTz shows what
a great moral force an active man can
be in our politics.
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Tho muswumps are few in number, but
they are very rank.
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The friends Of Mr.. Julian s. Carr, OF Dur
ham, II. c., are earnestly advocating him for
O. position In Mfr. Cleveland's cabinet Mr..
Carr is one Of the most prominent business
men in North Carolina. and is thoroughly
identified with the political interests of the
state. lie is one of the original Cleveland
men. and his appointment would be welcomed
by tho yyhola state
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Rev. Washington Gladden. In "a Sunday lee.
ture Oh the heresy trials said that it could be
shown that the great majority OF defaulters
who We're church people attended some church
where the doctrine was taught that punish
ment for sins would come after death in a
literal he'll. AS. q mere preventive of sin, he
thought the new religion that teaches that
all Of he'll that IS horrible can be suffered
here, and ell that makes heaven worth gain.
Ing can il some degree be enjoyed here, IS
to be preferred to the old orthodoxy that puts
OH all punishment until after death.
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And so the Wall street go'dbugs are going
to make fight on Speaker Crisp? Well,
well,