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CHAPTER 70 1892 ILLIAM A. HEMPHILL again headed the city government during 1892, with Alderman Augustus M. Reinhardt serving as mayor pro tern. Two new aldermen, W. Wallace Boyd, secretary and treasurer of the Van Winkle Gin & Machine Company, and Jarnes M. Stephens, took their seats in the general council. Likewise, one new councilman from each ward joined the group. They were: First Ward—Olmius Reneau, conductor, Central R. R. Second Ward—John A. Colvin, president and superintendent, Atlanta Baggage and Cab Co. Third Ward—John F. McWaters, locomotive engineer, A. & W. P. R. R. Fourth Ward—William P. Hill, attorney. Fifth Ward—Charles S. Northen, special agent, Equitable Life Assurance Society. Sixth Ward—Thomas D. Meador, vice-president, The Lowry Banking Company and of the Oglesby & Meador Grocery Co.1 Other local officials of the year were A. P. Woodward, clerk; J. W. Loyd, marshal; J. H. Goldsmith, comptroller; Andrew E. Calhoun, recorder; John B. Goodwin, city attorney; J. A. Anderson, assistant city attorney; C. K. Maddox, tax collector; C. D. Meador, T. J. Malone and C. J. Keith, assessors; W. T. Wall, treasurer; R. M. Clayton, engineer; Z. B. Moon, messenger; Charles D'Alvigny, sexton, and J. K. "Jumbo" Hunter, warden.2 Police Department: Commissioners, J. W. English, W. H. Brotherton, J. F. Lester, William Laird, W. S. Gramling; Chief,°A. B. Connolly. Fire Department: Chief, W. R. Joyner; Foremen, Jacob Emmel, T. W. Haney, W. B. Cummings, S. B. Chapman, E. J. Setze, J. C. Watters, H. P. Haney, W. H. Clowe. Board of Health: W. S. Armstrong, President; J. B. Baird, M.D., Secretary ; J. F. Alexander, M.D., J. C. Avary, M.D., J. T. Cooper. Water Commissioners: George Hillyer, President; W. G. Richards, Superintendent . Public Works: D. G. Wylie, Commissioner; Clarence Moore, Clerk. Board of Education: Hoke Smith, President; D. A. Beatie, Vice-President; R. J. Lowry, Treasurer; W. F. Slaton, Secretary and Superintendent. Two members from each ward, three from the city-at-large, and the Mayor, exofficio , completed the Board.3 Charles A. Collier succeeded William J. Garrett as a member of the Fulton County Commission for 1892, which incidentally was made an elective office by Act of the Legislature, approved December 1, 1892, to take effect January 1, 1893. Up to this time the commissioners had been elected by the first grand jury at the spring term of the Superior Court.4 In 1892 the Populist Party entered Georgia politics by naming William L. Peek, of Rockdale County, as candidate for Governor to oppose William J. Northen, nominated by the Democrats for a second term. The majority of Georgians, however, could not be drawn into a third party and Northen was elected by a vote of 140,492 to 68,990.5 W 250 ATLANTA AND ITS ENVIRONS The presidential election of 1892, held on November 1st, eventuated happily for most residents of the Atlanta area since it brought victory to the Democratic standard-bearers, Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson, over Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, Republicans. Recorded S. P. Richards in his diary on the 9th: "Pandemonium reigns in Atlanta over the joyful event recorded yesterday. Tin horns, drums, whistles, bells and steam engines strive to see how much fuss they can make all day and far into the night. . . ." The Constitution heralded the event that morning too: "REDEEMED! The Union Once More in the Hands of Democracy. CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON A Democratic Tidal Wave Sweeps the Country. "In the midst of a tumult such as has not been heard in Atlanta since 1884 the people read in front of the Constitution office last night the result of the glorious victory. "Scarcely had dark fallen when two rays of light shot across the street to where the Constitution's bulletin canvases were spread, and the news, straight from the wires, began to tell the rapidly collecting crowd how the country was going. The crowd swelled like a torrent, and before the definite returns began to come in a surging mass of humanity from Alabama Street to Forsyth, and as far down Forsyth as the bulletins could be seen, had collected and were hanging expectant on the result. "Among the crowd were to be seen the anxious faces of men who for years have watched the bulletins of presidential elections. They have watched through hope and despair, and once before they have read success [1884]. But last night, as the returns from New York began to come in, they read once more...

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