The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-06-03
War and Made Some Charges.

Colonel Jesse Walters Waged a Wordy
War and Made Some Charges.
Saturday was red letter day with
our progressive little neighbor, Sasser.
The occasion was the annual basket
dinner and barbecue by the good peO-
pie of that community, anda most hap
Ply and interesting one it proved to be.
Of course a spice of politics favored
the gathering. Several candidates
were on hand and shook hands all
around with a firm grip and warmth
Indicative of their zeal in the pursuit
of office. The feature of the day from
a political standpoint was a speech
by Hon. Jesse Walters, a candidate
for congress. At II 80 O'Clock divine
blessing was invoked by Rev. j. How
ard Carpenter, after which DIR. r. T..
Dozier advanced to the front of the
platform and in a happy manner in
PRODUCED Colonel Walters to about 250
men, women and children. The doc
tor stated that Judges Griggs and
present, but that previous engage
ments prevented their acceptance. He
spoke of Colonel Walters as one. of
the highest types of manhood and she
Henry w. Grady Of southwest Geor-
gia.
AS the colonel arose he was greeted
with few faint hand claps by three or
four persons. He expressed appreCia-
tion of the doctors complimentary al
lusiOns, and said that when he spoke at
the Morgan barbecue a week before
he was bridled by the committee of
arrangements and not permitted to
indulge in personalities or discuss re-
cords, but that on this occasion he was
free to say what he pleased. He was
sorry that Judges Griggs and Bow
er were not present.
He first paid his respects to Judge
Bower, saying that the Decatur candi-
date had no record to discuss. He
thought that that gentleman acted
wisely in keeping out of joint debates,
as he was the poorest speaker he had
ever heard attempt to discuss the is
sues, and was a pitiable object before
an audience: that he always feels sorry
for him when he attempts to speak,
and that the goldbugs hang their
heads in shame at the weakness of their
candidates speaking ability every
time he fills an appointment. Judge
Bowers proposition to open the minis
to silver at 81 to to l and then change
the ratio as the value of the bullion in
creased was ridiCuled. He claimed to be
a better judge than Judge Bower, be
cause the latter had been reversed by
the supreme court in some cases that
he (Walters) had appealed to that tri
bunal, and said that he would make a
better congressman also.
Colonel Walters then turned his at
tentiou to Judge Griggs and other
Terrell county gentlemen, He said
that Terrell county had never produce
ed piece of genuine, full grown, seas
Oned cor gressional tim Ner, as her can
didates had all been cut down by Judge
Griggs when they were saplings. He
asserted that Judge Griggs had applied
his Ratchet TO bOtn Judge Query and
Mr.. Stevens when they were in the
sapling stage and ruthlessly destroyed
them, their ambitions and future
political prospects. He charged that
Judge Griggs, in 1892, defeated Mr..
Stevens for congress by trading that
gentleman's chances before the
convention for the solicitor
generalship of the Pataula cir
cult, and that the same year Judge
Griggs was sent as an instructed Hill
delegate from Terrell county to the
state convention and after reaching
Atlanta went over to the Cleveland
side to secure place on the Georgia
delegation to the national convention.
Colonel Walters next paid his re-
spects to the recent caucus of silver
men at Albany, and made some charges
or insinuations against Editor McIn-
tOsh. He said that the reason he did
not submit his candidacy to that eau
Gus was because the proposition was
for him, Griggs and Mcintosh to select
the men who were to compose it, and
one was never known to beat two. The
speaker also took occasion to say in
this connection that when he carried
his announcement to the Albany Her
aid Editor Mcintosh told him that as
he was a home man he would support
him with his paper, but that if he had
not entered the race he (McIntosh)
could have made 81 900 from either OF
the other sides, but would have helped
Griggs in preference to Bower, as he
did not agree with the latter in his
financial views.
This closed that part Of the speech
given to personalities, and for an hour
and a half Colonel Walters made an
able and strong plea for silver. He
announced that if the goldbugs con-
trolled the national convention and
formulated the platform he would not
support it, and that he would rather be
Georgia pOpulist than a Wall street
republican. When the speaker CLOSED
there was the same weak clapping OF