The copper era., 1906-11-01
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
A Light Attendance
Some Good Speeches Made.

Some Good Speeches Made.
The democratic meeting at Library
Hall Tuesday night should be called
Orally" by courtesy only. Never
before in the history of Clifton did
the democratic candidates receive
such a chilly reception. Had it not
been for the republicans and social
lists, who showed a sympathetic feel
ing for the candidates it is doubtful
if there would have been enough
people present to have justified the
"pulling off" of the Orally" With
the notable exception of Major Lat
tin, Chase creek was not represented
except by republicans.
Major Latin kindly consented to
act as master of ceremonies, and his
remarks demonstrated to those pres
ent that the party has made griev-
Gus mistake in not securing his
services earlier in the campaign.
The Major is really a good talker,
but was taken at some disadvantage.
as he had not anticipated such an
honor, but being democratic to the
core" he rose to the occasion, and
showered bouquets on all the local
candidates. He then introduced A.
G. McAister, who spoke at some
length, the burden of his remarks
being an attempt to convince the
voters that he was old enough and
sufficiently experienced in law to
discharge the duties of the Office of
district attorney. He cited several
instances where young men had been
elected to office, and left good
records behind them when retiring.
He interlarded his remarks with
some good stories on other candi-
dates, which elected some applause.
He made a strong appeal to the
democrats to stand by the nominees of
the party, and give them a loyal sup
port. Nc. certainly makes a pretty
good talk fer young man.
Theodore Shirley, the old warhorse
from Metcalf, was next introduced.
He is after the office of probate
judge. The old gentleman is not
';gifted with CAB" like some of the
other candidates, but on the whole
he made pretty good talk, and was
heartily appiauded at the close.
Hon. Lamar Cobb was next pre-
scented, and became so enthusiastic
on the subject of good roads, that he
forgot for some time to apologize for
his extreme youth. He spoke in the
highest terms of George Olney as
supervisor, and then he attempted to
prove that no man is really qualified
gineer. Mr.. Olney is not an en-
gineer, but Mr.. Cobb is doubtless of
the opinion that one engineer on the
board would be sufficient, at least for
the present needs of the county, and
he wants the job, and apparently
wants it pretty bad. When he got
thoroughly warmed up on the sub
ject of his particular qualifications
for the Office he became quite elO-
quent at times. With a little prac-
tice he would become sure enough
spell-binder. From his remarks, it
would be inferred that if elected he
will put in the greater portion of his
time surveying and laying out roads
for the county, which would be d
good thing to do, no doubt, but it
would knock the county surveyor out
of a job, and would also do away
with the necessity of county super
visor of roads. He read "piece"
about an engineer-supervisor in
Georgia who built some good roads
and then resigned. Eugene Caruth-
ers, though not an engineer, built
some good roads in Graham county,
and then he resigned, and the roads
have not yet been paid for. He told
of the good roads in Washington, D.
c., which is said to be pretty good
camp. He did not explain how he
would get the money to build roads.
That of course is a mere detail,
which the people can work out at
their leisure.
Prof. Lynch, candidate for super
intendent of schools, was then pre-
scented, and like Mr.. McAlister and
Mr.. Cobb he dwelt particularly upon
his especial qualification for the of
fee to which he aspires. He made
no reference to his age, hence it is
presumed that he considers that he
is old enough to fill the office.
Judge John r. Hampton, candidate
for the assembly, was then intro
duced, and he stirred things up con-
siderable. He did not like the repub-
lican platform little bit, but the
democratic platform suited him to
dot, for he wrote it himself, though
he was too modest to say so. Like
Mr.. McAlister he claimek that the
democratic party was responsible for
lowering the tax rate, but also like
Nc, he forgot to state that the tax
able wealth of the county had been
increasing at the rate of almost fifty
per cent. per year for some years