The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-05-04
A REPLY TO CAPTAIN HOBBS.

DEAR CAPTAIN: Your letter came duly
to hand through the Albany Herald, and
it is published with pleasure in anoth
column of THE News to-day.
The contents thereof have been
carefully noted, but to save our life we
can't understand what you are driving
at. We confess that our intelligence, of
which you so kindly and generously
speak, is not of an order high or deep
enough to reach the height or depth of
1T letter considered az q reply to the
editorial in THE News.
You Intimate, dear Captain, tn It you
do not love the Third party. THE NEWS
endorses, fully, every word you say
against that party Of knaves and cranks
whose platform may be summed up in
the words, ''poor creeters are we all"
No, we have no predictions for nor in
clinations toward the Third party We
standready to make the affidavit as to our
Democracy whenever the proper author
ity demands it.
We propose to vote and work for the
Democratic nominees and to stand flat
footed on the Democratic platform.
Now, dear Captain, we know you
are sorry that you accused the editor of
THE News of Third party leanings, and
that You will hasten to make amends for
your inconsiderate and hasty accusations.
We know this for the reason that brave
men are always ready to repair wrong
done.
If you consider your epistle in any
wise reply to THE News editorial you
should have followed the example of the
well-known little boy whose drawing
lesson was horse. After spending hours
in laborious effort to draw picture OF
the noYe equine he finally gave up in
despair, but, in his desperation, printed
in capital letters under the drawing:
E'THIS is A HORSE" You should
have stated that your letter was a reply
to our editorial otherwise your numer-
Gus friends in the district who read both
articles will be in the same predicament
as to your intentions as the editor of
THE NEWS is in. You seem to have
overlooked the real issue. You beg the
question Instead of answering that
article fairly, you go off into abuse of the
odious and almost defunct Third party,
pursuing the same line of policy as the
a at 4c
You set up men of straw and then pro
coed to valiantly knock them out, after
which, like
Little Jack Horner who sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
You run in your thumb and pull out a
plum
And say, 'What brave boy am ~
We join you, most noble Captain, in
your efforts for Democratic success. We
applaud your denunciation of Third par
tyism, We glory in your pugnacity and
belligerent attitude toward all enemies
of Democracy, but dear, dear Captain,
don't get stampeded and turn your guns
on the best friends Democracy ever had
ON Democracy itself.
We are now led to ask, what has all
this to do with the right of the executive
committee TO adopt platforms, make laws
and prescribe tests of Democracy? That
is the issue made by THE News
Answer that, dear Captain. Don't
90 off into diatribes against the
Third party and crafty your taste
for blarney by indulging in platitudes
on Terrell countys men and mules.
Stick to the issue What right had that
committee to make tests for Democrats
as good and as true as any member OF the
committee? What right had that com
mittee to usurp the functions of the
county committees? What right had that
committee to dictate, by the winding
way of recommendations, to the Demo
cratic convention? What right had that
committee to attempt to put ring in
he nose and collar around the neck Of
very Democrat in this district and in
scribe thereon: "This is my dog"
nswer these questions, dear Captain,
ed when you set cut to answer them
thine do make herculean effort to
touch upon the issue. In your next,
Captain, please don't call the executive
committee the Congressional conv9n-