The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-06-08
GRIG0S SPOKE IN BERRIEN
LAST WEEK TO A LARGE CROWD WHO
HAD MINED p POLITICAL VIEWS.
He Advocated Stevens and Sound Demo-
cracy---Third Party Growing in the
COUNTY,
County.

ALAPAHA. May 1S.-SOlne weeks ago
a number of men gathered themselves
together in this county and issued a cir
cular to the voters Of the county calling
a mass meeting fer the purpose, they
claimed, of denouncing the undemocrat-
ic work of the county executive commit
tee, and putting things back in the old
reliable Democratic ruts. They then
called on hon. 0. 3. Stevens for a speak
er of the occasion. The Hon. j. NJ.
Griggs came down on Friday to speak to
the mass meeting at Nashville on the
28th, and stopped over in Alapaha
where he has many personal friends,
who We're glad to meet him, but who
soon let him know that they regretted
to find him in the position they thought
he then occupied which seemed to sur
prise him. but when it was explained to
him that the general impression among
Democrats was that the meeting was
called to organize the Third party, he
soon saw how matters stood and lost no
time in disabusing the minds of his
friends of their mistake, as to himself,
and thanking them for leading him into
the true light of things. He with a
number of friends from this place went
down to Nashville Saturday, where they
found a large number gathered together
st the court house. When the meeting
was called to order and notified that
Nh. G iggs was present to address them,
lie arose and stated that he was there to
talk Straight Jeffersonian Democracy.
and il they expected anything else he
could not accommodate them.
1t WAS then put to a vote whether they
would hear him or not, only a small
number voting and he was accorded an
attent, ntive hearing. He ,gaye them
pure Democratic doctrine and earnestly
pleaded with them to stick to the grand
old party, and it is generally thought
that he caused some, who were nearly
ready to surrender to the Third party.
to rally and start back again with the
Democratic host The most AMUSING
incident of the day was, when he was
reading the Democratic platform as put
forth by the Atlanta convention, one of
the well-retormed Third party men sew
e'al times cried out, That's right
that's true Ocala doctrine" [ have no
doubt that this disciple of Third party
ism had been informed that they would
have Third party speaker and he
thought he was listening to Third party
doctrine all the time, not having intelli
gence enough to know the difference.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Griggs'
speech, he, with number of friends.
retired. About this time the committee
which had been sent out to formulate
plans returned and made their report.
l understand that three of the commit
tee did not agree with the balance. and
decided to remain with the Democratic
party.
After the organization, W. H. Snead
the bright star which gives most of the
light of the Third party of Berrien. arose
amidst shouts of applause, and led off
with one of his characteristic nonsensi-
cal harangues, but he was frequently
greeted with deafening cheers. as he
would make sarcastic illusions. to some
of the illustrious leaders of the Demo-
cratic party, He claims that they are
still sincere, pure Democrats and when
they get in power (Which he says will be
almost Immediately they will take the
nag OF the grand old party, which has
been draggled in the dirt by the so called
Democracy, and again unfurl it to the
breeze, in al its original purity, and yet
some of its pure ignorant dupes think
him friend to the people. He avowed
publicly on the stand that he would
take Republicansm and the force bill
with all its impurities before he would
take the obligation to support the Demo-
cratic nominees, as set forth by the
county executive committee.
We know now thai we have the ThirI
party within our county, and it is the
duty Of every good citizen, to put his
shoulder to the wheel, and help each his
neighbor to 50 completely crush it out
in the next elections that it will be blot
ted from the memory as a shing that
was, but never to be thought of again.
AT s o'clock p. M, she citizens OF