Charters Seeks Congress Seat With Oratory on Tariff
Gainesville speech by Col. Charters at the courthouse touts Democratic tariff ideas and rural road funding. He attacks Mr. Bell and laments lumber duties while praising American heritage and opposition to foreign immigration. He pledges to push road building and to speak on the floor, not just in committees.
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Gainesville
Eagle
Col. Charters
Court House
South
Chineapin
Charters
Col
Howard Thompson
Mr. Bell
Democratic Party
Bell
Canada
Lorimer
Senate
Washington
Hines
Agricultural Department
Congress
Toccoa
Mary
Pwo
Tf Tam
Phillipine Islands
Cuba
Texas
England
Local quip on office importance and salary
A constituent questions a man's grasp of his elected office while another notes his first act was to demand a larger salary, reflecting concerns over office prestige and compensation.
Lumpkin County Republicans and Independent Movements
A retrospective on Lumpkin County politics, detailing 1902 Republican meetings led by B. I. Anderson, lists of local precinct officers, and resolutions favoring an independent ticket. It covers Democratic primaries, party splits, and 1904–1906 election results, including figures like Bell, Ashley, Tate, and Smith, plus party executive committees and voting shifts.
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Nuccer
Weks
B. I. Anderson
Soth
Auraria
J. F. Bruge
H. C. Hughes
Cane Creek
Duckett
Henry Ash
Chestatee
Samuel Jones
A. J. Ash
Crumby
Richard Dowdy
Billie Dowdy
Dahlonega
John H. Jenkins
H. L. Coffey
A. L. Asbury
Davis
J. B. Edwards
Dallis Lance
Newton Satterfield
Frogtown
T. A. P. Tate
A. W. Caldwell
Hightower
Joe McDougald
Charlie Perdew
Jones’ Creek
Miles Newberry
Jack Turner
Martin’s Ford
A. Q. Adams
John Poore
Mill Creek
T. C. Sain
Ed Corn
Nimblewill
Mart Wehunt
Walt Waters
G. W. Cochran
Porter Springs
Martin Duckett
Milton Ash
James Elliott
Shoal Creek
Jasper Evans
Ad Peck
Wahoo
John Reeves
James Abercrombie
Yahoda
C. W. Ash
W. D. Butler
Cage Seabolt
J. B. Fitts
John Grizzle
Senate
A. J. Cavender
W. H. Satterfield
W. A. Higgins
Alfred Poore
Hughes Smith
E. A. W. Cochran
J. N. Austin
W. B. Fry
Wash Caldwell
W. H. Smith
W. Tate
Sheriff
J. M. Davis
Tom Tate
Regeiver
J.M. Calhoun
R. M. Dowdy
Collector
Seabolt
W.H. Smith
W. H. Jones
Laman
Democratic Party
Lumpkin County
Republican Party
J. C. Brittain
J. E. Tate
H. 8. Brackett
Ben Brackett
W. A. Waters
H. S. Duckett
H. A. Ash
Mike Sain
Who Can Vote in the Next Democratic Primary
The rule states only white electors who are registered Democrats and pledged to support Democratic nominees in the primary are qualified to vote. It excludes Republicans and any Democrat who will not back all county and national Democratic nominees. This is framed as true democracy.
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United States
Congressman Bell Centered in Gainesville Campaign Folklore
A Gainesville Eagle column portrays Hon. Thomas M. Bell as steadfast in public duty amid debate over his re election. It cites Washington dispatches on absentee Democrats and urges backing Bell and Underwood as the House nears adjournment.
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Thomas Montgomery Bell
Congress
National Capitol
Tom
Hen Thomas
Thomas
Thomas M
Little Boy
Blue
Gainesville
Washington
Atlanta Constitution
Underwood
Washington, D. C
Mr. Underwood
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Columbia
Mountain Club House
Ocratg RE. Arnold
North
Georgia
CRAIG_R. ARNOLD
Dahlonega Bakery
Watson
H. E. Watson
Dahlonega Feed & Livery Stable
College Street
G. H. Moore
Daily Hack
M.G. Head & Co
Ady
Jlumpkin County
B. F. Ayperson
Chinn
H. D. Ineersonn
Sec’y
Tate
Ashley
Martins Ford
Will Palmour
Code Jarrard
J. E. McDonald
J. N. Evans
G. Spencer
J. B. Stringer
J. A. Abercrombie
Yahoola
John A. Anderson
County At Large
W. H.C. Tate
Y. B. Fitts
J. W. Walker
W. G. Fitts
Thos. M. Bell
Coleys Orinol
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