People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-09-18

election in Georgia this time AS I have
said before you and Mr. Cunningham ngreo
in opinions views andnotions about an honest
election, bat you remini me of the preachers
in some Of the cities I have visited. They
would hold Il preachers meeting and agree
that the devil was in town ana acieo thnS
he ought to be iun cut, hut when they como
to dis .uSslue the method by which it was
done TIE whole thing broke up in a row. l
believe you are honest when you say you want
a fair election; but, mY dear stove you will
havo to limo yonr Gro I'd up, corral them and
put haltors on them and tie some of them
to a sto6 in order to have it.
Chawed up few Ballots.
am candid when say to you that never
have dabbled in the politics of this state
since Mas converted to God q years ago.
had chewed up few ballots after midnight
before that date. I have never mcddled
with the politics of this stete, and You
know it. / am lot chGmpiouiDg the cause of
Soab Wight and the Pops, nor shall 1 can
yass or take the stump in this cHnvass am
no Pop. nor tine son of Pop the daddy Of
a Pop. l didn't attend the big Pop meeting
in 20J yaris of my home the other day.
sat down and watched the procession go and
come, but DIDN'T 80 to it. l am not near es
much of a Pop ms you are and the gang YOU
are going with is because in my honest
judgment the only difference between the
present so called Democrats Of Georgia and
Populists is that one is high cock "a forum
and the other is -cock-a- hiram. But Steve
We must have fair election. There is a Who'll
ira load of US fellows WIG want you to ia
your best, and We won't believe you have
done your best till you ave BETH parties, rep-
resented by the chairman of each county exc
cutIvo committee, sign a pledge that his
county shall have each party represented Oh
the board of election managers and clerks
II the Pops act tho dog yoa can catch them
by that Iule, and if the Democrats act tLe dog
the Pop can catch them. From the record Of
Tho PARTIES IN the 4tnth district l think both
PARTIES viii bear watching. What do you
think2
Only About Fair r1lc ctinns.
EN- not talking on the merits Of the two
parties or the two candidates l am talking
ebout fair cit ction. Governor Atkinson has
made u splendid governor, l am his friend IN
avery sense. Seab Wright would make a eood
governor. He is a clever fellow. and no moro
OF POP than Atkinson is, to take the plate
forms of the two parties into consideration
Il is not question Of fitness or unttness.
goodness or badness. planks nor Platform of
either party. tell you, Steve, We want an
honest clection-a free ballot AMI a fair count
from Cumbel land Is and to tho north edge of
Dade, from the savannah river to the Alabama
Inca free ballot and fair count now apd
forever in Georgia.
Don't you tell that my insinuations in
tEis letter about the Democrat. party are
unworthy Of reply. Remember have been q
Democrat. In sections Won are all right You
don't have to do anything wrong l believe a
majority of the DemocI0ts want to do the
cloan thing, and they will do it unless it is
tremendously necessary that they do tie
dirty thing. You say you can not dc any
more than You have done. There is one
thing am sure you can dc. If you can not
control your crowd to the uudeIst ancing md
settlement of 4 msthod by which this election
can be conducted fairy YOU can resign and
let some other fellow Try it. l wouldn't he
the chairman OF deg kennel if l couldn
manage my dogs
lie Wants a Pledge.
1 believe, Mr.. Clay, that sou can enter into
an agreement with the chairman of the Popu-
list patty and have this managers of the cleo
ton Of this state Hedge themselves to SEQ to
it that the other parties are represented in
managers and clerks in this election. You
say you Lave no authoriti to force them to do
it. You can sign an agreement with Mr. Gun
ningham that you Will do your Rest to line
up youl crowd and .0u mai better do it. [
don't know whether You are familiar with the
rules OF apostolic succession or not, as TAUGHT
by tie Episcopal hurch but if you fellows at
the head OF the Democratic party don t come
TO time on this election then | want to saw To
yea as one citia5 Of this state that l shall
be On hand, Providence permitting in any fu-
ture election IN shis state to take the stump
and shall take pleasure in reproducing this
correspondence and bringing the charges on
you bojs from the wiregrass regions of the
south to the mountains of northeast Georgia,
where tie whaugioudle mourneth If You do
not do youI best and 1 don't believe you Rave
done your h7st-to have fair election in this
state on Oct.6th, or resign your position, theu
l am candid when say your name is Dennis in
Georgia. You are the head of the whole BUSH
ness ot the Dtmocratic paIty in this stete.
keep telling you that. If any living man can
line them up and ring them up you are tho
fellow. Make them come to timo. Steve, and
let's have fair election. You win 10 honor
10 yourself and honor TO your state, aud il the
Dcm"crats as you call them roll up majori-
t. OF luO 900 it is all right with me.
Don't Forget the Issue
You cap not answer this letter by saying you
haze doee so and so, unless you have settled
On methad by which you will make yuvf
gang come to time. and don't forget the is
sue between yourself and your humble ser.
want that all this don't amount tn anything |
unless you shall settle upon q mathad by |
which an honest election in Georgia can he |
held. Your sending ont requests and inst1ue-
tlons, anu so on, to your crowd won t do, Stove /
Some people think already they see a negro in |
the wood pile. Your Grand old party is lining /
w The negroes so your papers say; and to To /
candid with you / fear that it is down in the |
black belt of The SKATE that the big majority |
is coming from and fear there is where the |
trouble is going to be with free ballot ard |
q lair count. That is where Alabama got her /
big Democratic majority, if you remember. /
That IS where Louisiana lied them up noun /
tain high. If Louisiana and Alabama Demo- /
c1ats are any worse than Georgia Democrats /
'Ecy Just had to be. You know there is heapin /
having to do a thing Steve. / keep on telIluA
on you must not get away from the issue.
You must agree upon a method by which thls .
election can be held fairly. You have got to
do this, Steve, OF do worse. You say You can't +
make you crowd do anything, you have not got .
lie authority. You seem to have no more
authority and influence with your crowd than .
Cunningham has with yen. 1t seems that
Cunningham has not been able to mako you
do anything yet hut he has done you Ike
you have done your crowd-ho has recommend
ed some things.
Don't Get Mad, Steve.
D MT gat mad, Steve. but let's have a
fair election one time and when it is over
let know it is fair. l knew you Will feel
good then. We don t have to have any other
sort of elections in Georgia. If tho partg you
laVo tue honor to be tho head of in this
state keeps broadening its platform it will
soon take in ali the ether parties and really
we Will then only have one party in Georgia
and there will be no necessity for anything
GOING wrong.
But viii you. or win 5ou not, join tho chair
V Of