The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-11-07


Richmond, Ky. October 24-Editor Con-
sttution: chance visit to Georgia where
l was detained for about ten days, the latter
part OF September, made me acquainted with
The Atlanta Constitution. a paper / had
heard great deal about before but of which
/ had up to that time seen but two or three
copies | have been reading it ever since
and your views accord SO completely with NV
own that 1 cannot resist the temptation to
write you letter
agree with you fully on the silver ques-
ton, and | can say from my observation
eight out Of ten democrats in Kentucky do.
/ never voted any ticket but u democratic
ticket, and my first vote was for Breckenridge
and Lane. L am no Office seeker-am able to
live without il. DO not own any interest
i'll silver mine, nor do any Of my kinfolks
own any. As sure as the world moves the
democrats are DOW making some gr.ey0us
mistakes.
The first is the course they have mapped
out towards silver. OF the two metals silver
is moIe popular with men [ am acquainted
with than gold, ana I have seen it taken in
the full value, and | have seen it taken III
preference TO gold when the latter was
offered. But both metals are the money Of
the constitution, and have been for 100
years The democratic party has always been
the friend Of silver, and Tor the life Of me l
cannot see how it IS possible for the party
ever to succeed if it goes back on the record
of Il century, when it is 50 plainly and en-
phaticaIly recorded and established laws for
The benefit of all the people giving this metal
an equal chance with gold.
The second great evil IS the way in which
the democrats are dispensing patronage.
know whole families II this state THAT ars
getting office under This administration. Some
are good men, but many are men VINO never
helped the party II any shape Or form, and
appointments are made i'll this state not for
the good of the party, but to help the whisky
JrUSt. This trust pcrmeateS every federal
)tice in this state. 1t Will elect w. L. e.
Breckinridge to congress again-.t makes no
difference what they prove in the Pollard
case He viii be elected a democrat be
cause he is firm friend Of the whisky trust
and can use his eloquent tongue i'll their in
Powerful as it is now.
Then again eight ont of ten of the people
know want tariff reform We have some Of
the strongest tariff reformers in our state
in the union. and notwithstanding the fact
since the days Of honest Senator Beck. ali
in = efforts of some of our tariff reformprs
in congress has been Oh the line to reform
tn, tariff TO aid the whisky trust alone.
The tax on whisky IS to be raised; so many
gal ons Of whisky must be made out Of a
hushel of grain. The special privileges to
bonded warehouses, so as to carry large
stocl S Of whisky for the trust, is to be ex-
whic encompass us, 10 look to the future,
and Far as we can, through this legislature
and Through better and more perfect SANTA
ton 70 avoid a repettion-for Brunswick is
not dead, even sleeping; she has been
halted, by causes we believe can be overcome,
the ol& stand when the epidemic is over. and
learning the lessons which this epidemic
teaches, move onward in performance of
our dutH to the state and ourselves, as deep
water llarhor outlet to the worlds markets
Respectfully. c. ?. GOODYEAR.
Mrs. Nvinslow's Scoring Syrup is an unex-
celed Medicine for children while teething.