"25th Ward Club Ratification! at Turner Hall, on Saturday Ev'ng, Oct. 18th, 1879. All law and order loving citizens, who favor Good Government, Honest Currency, and believe we are a Nation! will be there. Short Speeches by Invited Guests. The Glee Club will march through Georgia, and Rally 'round the Flag, while the Field Band will beat the long roll over the State and County Majorities. By order of the Club. Capt. M.S. Shaw, Prest."

The Senate elections of 1878 and 1879 saw the Democrats take control of the Senate back for the first time since the Civil War.