The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-11
COMPLAINING sAILIFFS.

county evidently 40 noC IlAO d JuuEo "A0
makes them do their duty. At least
that is the inference to be drawn from
the following item from the last issue OF
the Macon County Citizen:
''Judge Griggs is announced as can
didate for con sress. If the court bailitfs
of Oglethorpe were voters in his district
he might count on getting every one OF
them. They would try to send him to
congress just to get him off the bench"
Judge Griggs did nothing more than
make the Macon county bailiffs perform
their duty, as he does in all of the courts
of his own circuit. These Macon coun-
ty officials are very unlike the good Of
ficers of the Pataula circuit. These of
ficers, who know Judge Griggs, all want
him to stay on the bench, but should he
be candidate for congress they will
heartily support him for reasons very
different from those attributed to the
Macon county officers.
Judge Griggs has held great many
courts in the stale. and at the adjourn
complimented and warmly congratulate
ed for the able and impartial manner in
which he discharged tia duties of his
high position by bar, officers anu people,
and tbs left to the Macon county bailiffs
TO be the first and only ones to make COM
plant.
AS to Judge Griggs' candidacy for con-
gress, THE NEWS is not prepared to-
speak. While he has been very flattering
ly mentioned, in all parts of the district,
in connection with congressional honors,
he has made no announcement that he is
or would be a candidate. Should he,
however yield to the desire of his fellow
citizens and enter the race his election is
almost certain, and in congress, as on the
bench, the Macon county bailiffs would
find him ably and fearlessly discharging
his duties for the public good.
WEDNESDAY the house voted on
passing the seigniOrage bill over the
presidents veto. The proposition was
defeated by a vote IA to ia. Those
voting IN favor of the bill were composed
of 118 democrats, Is republicans and 8
populsts. Those opposed were 55 dem
Ocrats, SO republicans and 8 populists.
With the republicans eliminated, the
two-thirds necessary to pass the hill over
the presidential veto would have easily
been secured. Speaker Crisp was one OF
the democrats who voted in the affirma-
tive. In fact, the Georgia delegation
voted solidly aye This ends the propo-
sition to com the seigniorage.
A COPY of the Griffin News has found
it's way to this sanctum. In this partlc-
ular copy of the Griffin News CORES
nondent felicitates himself in lengthy
article upon the supposition that the
dawson Advertiser" is supporting can
didate Atkinson. There is no "AdVer
tiser'' published in Dawson, and II HE
News was meant the correspondent has
made very decided mistake. The NEWS
with very large majority of our people,
exnects TO see General Evans governor
1.-THE Sparta Ishmaelite and two or three
other esteemed contemporaries, SO far as
we have seen, have not made amends 10Y
their libel of General Evans in saying
that he was superannuated preacher.
we hope they may attend to this matter
when a convenient season shall come
upon them. But there need be no hurry.
THE Macon Telegraph has let loose the
diving Atkinson boom long enough to
give Professor Lawton B. Evans, son
of General Evans, very smal) piece OF
its mind. Now if MacOn's New York
paper will Jump on two or three more
members of the general family the cam
paign may move along swimmingly.
= THE News learns that Colonel j. b.
Bussey, the popular court stenographer
of the Pataula circuit. will be candidate
to represent this district III the state
senate. There is not a more genial gen
tleman anywhere than Colonel BusseY'
He is capable of representing the district
with credit if he should be chosen.
GENERAL. EVANS was visitor to the
Georgia Baptist state convention While
in Macon the other dav, and was accord
ed a most hearty greeting by the Baptist