The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-04-06
DEMOCRACY, AWAKE !
A HIDDEN ENEMY THREATENS THE
STATES WELFARE.
Third Party Organized--A Full Ticket tC
Be Put in the Field in July---A Sc
cret Convention.


the night the Peoples party in Georgia
perfected its organization in this city
today. A State central committee. with
full machinery and plan of campaign,
ing the Democracy that has always been
the safety and the safeguard of the COM
monwealth of Georgia will awake to
find the enemy that has for two years
been lurking under cover openly in the
field, organized and equipped to contest
every inch of ground in the approaching
campaign.
THE DEMOCRACY MUST ACT.
There is no longer any doubt after
the event of today The Democratic
party should not hesitate, but rise up
and prepare for the struggle that is
bound to come. 1t is a secret enemy
that the Democrats have to meet. The
plans Of the third party are we'll laid.
Since the meetings of Saturday last they
are developing in a way that will UNI
doubleday cause some alarm among
| Democrats.
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
| There has been an unusual amount of
activity among the Third Party here for
| the past few days. 1t was easy to see
that there was something brewing, but
just what it was, those interested took
good care to keep to themselves.
First, Senator Ellington arrived in the
city, announcing that he would be here
several days. Then other Third
Party men came struggling in from
different sections of the State, but they
! diligently kept their mouths shut. SO
secretly have the plans been carried out.
that although convention of forty-tive
representatives from every district in
the State met here this morning in a
back room in the building in which the
office of the Peoples Party Paper is To-
Gated, both the afternoon papers failed
to discover the fact
| IN SESSION ALL DAY.
The Peoples party convention was in
session all day long, and it was not until
its work was finished tonight that any
information could be had in regard to it.
How the delegates to the conference
were selected is not known, but it is be-
lleved that they were selec ed by various
organizations in secret in accordance
with the ms 5ructionS of the secret circu-
lar issued two weeks ago by Livingston
and Peek.
A SECRET CAMPAIGN.
The whole plan seems to be to carry
on secret campaign as far as possible,
every effort being made to deny the
meeting being held today until it could
no longer be denied.
At the conference here today c. C.
Post, of Douglass county, was elected
chairman of the State committee. Oscar
Parker, lawyer of Atlanta, secretary:
and the following members of the com
mittee from the various congressional
districts.
THF STATE CoMMITTEE
First district, W. r. Kemp, Swaines-
borO; second district, l. H. Hand. Mil
ford, q. W. Forester, Cairo: third dis
trict, W. I. Christopher, Montezuma,
F. D. Wimberly Cochran; fourth dis
trict, W. R. German Geneva, L. NJ. Nc
Ghee, Powersville; fifth district, A. G.
Daniels, Atlanta, w. L. Peek, Conyers;
sixth district, G. H. Ware, Kearnon, C
+. Turner, Brent; seve nth district, S. S.
ColSOn, Greenway; eighth district, E.
NJ. Anthony, Washington, L. r. Rob
bins, Greensboro; ninth district. J. r.
Anderson, Cumming, j. n. Twitty, JEFF
ferson; tenth district, G.. H. Ellington.
! Thompson, NJ. /. Branch, Berzelid: elev-
enth district, 7. N. Morton, Waycross.
! W. A. Ecord, Hammersville.
PULL TICKETS TO BE NAMED.
Through these members of the State
committee instructions were transmit
ted to the Peoples party in every dis
] ri fn Mo- -. ~ q
all offices, from bailiff to congressman
Such a campaign will wake up Geor-
| gla as she has not been awakened sinc3
the days OF reconstruction. A conven-
| ton to nominate State House officers and
candidate for governor was ordered
called for July 20 by the newborn COM
mittee. Delegates to the Omaha CON
ventiOn were ordered to be elected by
district conventions, without State
convention. These delegates will be
chosen some tine in June
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
Before adjOurning the campaign COM
mittee, composed of G. c.. Post. M. D.
Irwin, editor OF the Alliance Farmer:
Nj. I. Branch, John f. West and p. w
Ivey was elected,
/ Lengthy discussions upon all features
of the approaching campaign were in
dulged in. The pension plank in the
st. Louis platform was handled and will
be put in the best shape to make it ac-
| ceptable to Southern voters. To Offset
any feeling it may arouse it was pro
posed to have inserted a plank proyid-
ing that the government reimburse
slave owners or their heirs for the losses
If their slaves by the emancipation
proclamation.
ELLINGTON FOR GOVERNOR.
Senator Ellington will be the candi-
date for governor, at least he will con-
test for the nomination with Cn,,,.n.