Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-25
Greenbaekish In the South.

| sYiVanla, Illinois, etc, IL Is based more on
alleged anti-mOnopoly and pro-labor inter
ests than on its peculiar financial doctrines,
| ana this fact gives It vitality and Is the real
occasion of its persistently putting State
tickets In the field In those States. In Maine
/ IL mas this year two tickets as usual, one
being fused with the Democracy. In most
OF the other Northern States 1t has a straight
leket. The latest example is Nebraska,
which VIII nominate on September g. But
IN the Southern States 1t has not this affilia-
ton with labor interests, except in Missouri.
which is as much a Northwestern state as
Southern. In Florida and South Carolina
1t does not even exist.
| Inc GreenbAck platform now in the field
IN Arkansas is fair specimen of the doc
trlnes OF these people. Il declares
we are in favor Of making United States
notes full legal tender for all dues where
the terms Of the original debt or contract
are not especially to the contrary, and that
| they shall be receivable for all duties and
interest on the public debt.
"Ihat national bank notes should be re-
| tired, their further issue prohibited, and
United States Treasury notes substituted
| therefor.
"The power to issue paper money and
coin as legal tender is only vested in the
national government, ard this power should
| be exercised from time to time so as to ac-
| commodate the necessities of the trade,
| labor and the general wants of a growing
| country,
owe are opposed to any plan of funding
the Cebt of the country by which an unjust
| contraction of the currency below the ne
| cessities OF the whole people can be estab-
ilshed, and which has not for its object the
funding Of the debt at home.
'We are opposed to the increase of the
interest bearing part Of the public debt for
anv purpose"
With the single exception of the plank
| against the national bank currency. with
| which many individual voters of both Demo
| cratic and Republican parties throughout
the country strongly sympathize, the whole
| OF lnese resolutions is mares nest OF SUP
| positions Issues, which will not be OF jocted
TO by either OF the great parties, which will
| be laughed at as formulation of platitudes,
and not being In contest alta II will constitute
no part of any campaign. The preposter-
BUSINESS Of putting forth sdch a statement
| OF doctrine as the foundation for political
party Will prevent It from ever receiving
majority OF votes, Or plurality, in any State
where 1t is not assisted by minority already
almost suftlc ent to control with
| out 1t. Even in such a case, the chances are
heavily against it, because its want of sound
| principle Is so manifest that It is neither
attractive nor cohesive, and the upconscien-
| tousness OF fustng with opponents gives
|
! will be afforded this year in Texas, If the
Republicans, as is quite likely, agree to vote
| for the Greenbacker Jones or the Indepen-
dent Democrat Robertson for Governor. In
either case, the fusion should command
| about 1000 votes, against, say ITO 600 for
the Democratic candidate, Ireland; but it
will never get that number, because too
many honest Republicans will stay at home.
| The weakness OF this false issue in South
ern politics is shown by its strength at the
polls. We give below the highest number
! OF votes which the Greenbackers have ever
! polled In the several Southern States, so far
as we are aware; ard they only amount to
| 4l2,696 votes In the entire South, which has
voting population of 4, 164, ,489.
| In Alabama the vote for Pickens, the
| GreeDback candidate for Governor in 1880,
was AZ, 343. We ere not vet able to state
the vote for Sheffield, the Greenback candi-
date for Governor this year, but it will be
| known ia few days.
In Arkansas, in 1878, Bradley, the Green
back candidate for Congress in the Second
district, received S,999 votes, and Rice,
| Greenback candidate in the Third district,
received 6,S0S votes. This year the party
has a full ticket in the field, headed by
Rufus K. Garland, brilliant speaker, a
brother Of the Democratic United States
| Senator.
In Delaware in 1873, jackson, Greenback
candidate for Congress, polled 1886 votes.
In Georgia, GreeDback candidates for
| Congress pOlled in 1878 the following votes:
Corker, First district, 5.031 Arnold, Fifth
| district, s, 1876.
In Kentucky, in 1879, Cook, Greenback
candidate for Governor, polled Is, 954 votes
| In 1880 Greenback candidates for Congress
polled the following numbers Cook, Sec
ond district, 5.233; Wright, Third district,
1,736; Green, Fourth district, 2,S2O; Cooper,
Eighth district, 636.
In Louisiana, in 1878, fer Congress, Cas-
| tellanos polled 6,076 in the Second. No
doubt most Of these votes were Republican.
In Maryland, in 1873, McCombs, Green
back candidate for Congress in the Second
| district, received 1858 votes, and Thomp-
son, Labor candidate in the Third district,
received 1905 In the Fourth district,
| Quigley, Labor Greenback, 627. In the
other districts Greenbackers obtained in
| 1880 the following numbers: Webb. First,
| ITO; Bryan, Fifth, 67; Sener, Sixth, 451.
In Mississippi, in 1881, Greenback candi-
dates on the fusion ticket received the fol-
lowing votes: YellowlY, for Lieutenant
| Governor, so, 1854; Wimbarly, for Auditor,
| 49, ,59l; Howe, for Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, so, 161.
In Missouri, in 1878, Gilstrop, Greenback
| candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court,
received 81, 167 votes Another national
candidate ran even beyond this figure.
Greenback candidates for Congress that
year polled an aggregate of 85.171 votes.
In 1880 GTeenbsck candidates were not run
in the first three districts, nor in the Ninth.
In the remaining nine districts they polled
122, 545 votes, but many of these were cast
by Republicans, and it is doubtful II the
Greenbsckers can poll Is 600 votes without
Republican aid.
In North Carolina, Greenback candidates
for Congress in 1873 received the following
D..
sell, Third district, IL, GIL (elected); Brewer,
Seventh district. $3.50. No doubt most of
these voters were Republicans. IN 1880 the
Greenbackers polled: Cicero, Second dis
trict, 104; Kornegay, Third, 645; Winston,
Fifth, 562; Atkinson, Ninth, 6,244.
In Tennessee, Edwards, Greenback candi-
date for Governor in 1878, received 1890
votes; and In 1880, for the same position,
3,641. Weaver, for President, 5,9l6
In Texas, Hamman, Greenback candidate
for Governor in 1880, received 33, $40 votes.
The six Greenback candidates for Congress
received the aggregate number of ", ,S64,
but many of them must have been cast by
Republicans.
In Virginia in 1873. in the Third Con-
gressional district, 4, 172 votes were cast for
Newman, Greenbacker.
In West Virginia in 1880 Weaver received
for President 9,079 votes. In the Congress
sional districts Greenbsckers polled as fol-
lows: Russell, first, 2,5l5; Farnsworth,
second, 2,156; Walker, third, 1881.
We have not endesvored to belittle the
Southern Greenbackers, and the above is
certainly as fair showing for them as can
be presented. 1t proves that they do not
amount to anything. Louisiana Inde-
pendents will do better to stick to their
standards than to attempt any sfiliation
with the Greenbackers.
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.-A Ply
mouth correspondent SAYS a strange in