The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-21
A Campaign Story.

A story has been circulating in Washing
ton for few days which is Of interest to
Georgians, and which was referred 70 in
our dispatches yesterday. The leading
points of it, taken from the Worid, are
given elsewhere in tLis issue. Our dispatch
Yesterday shows that some things st'ted in
the Itorids article are not true, and that
Others, which are true, arc so presented as
to create an erroneoui impression.
1t seems that Speaker Carlisle was in
vt cd TO make an address on the tariff TO
the Chautauqua society at Salt Springs,
place a few miles from Atlanta, on July 26.
The invitation was delivered TO him by
Senator Colqutt and Representative Stew
art. In the invitation it was represented
that such an address would do much toward
healing whatever differences there might
be among the democrats of Georgia
on the tariff question. Mr.. Carlisle
accepted it more, perhaps, because he had
been unable to keep previous engagement
to speak in Atlanta than for any other rea
son. He knew, doubtless, that there were
no differences among Georgia democrats
with respect 10 the tariff worth mentioning.
He could not have forgotten the proceed
ingS of the recent Atlanta convention where
the protectionists, VINO had been making a
great noise and boasting what they in
tended to do, could not muster enough sup
porters to constitute n corporaPs guard.
1t seems that subsequently it was suggest
ed to Senator Colqutt and Representative
Stewart TINT it would be a good thing to
invite Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, TO make an
address on the tariff on the same day that
MIR Carlisle was invited t. speak Mr..
Mckinley is "A republican and n protection
ist, and, in view of the fact that Mr. Car
isles invitation was based upon the idea
that tariff speech from him would tend to
harmonize tariff differences between Geor-
gia democrats, Mr.. Colqlitt and Mr. Stew
art did not think the suggestion a good
one and declined to act upon it,
1t seemed to them probably that those who
had originally extended the invitation to
Mr.. Carlisle were not wholly sincere, and
that, instead OF trying TO harmonlzs differ
ences, they wanted to draw big crowd to
the Chautauqua The scheme of joint
discussion looked like an advertisement.
and, beside, might have ms one of its objects
the getting of the views of n protection
leader before a Georgia audience.
1t will hardly be questioned that Messrs
Colqutt and Stewart acted wisely in dis
couraging the suggestion about inviting
Mr.. Mckinley. Indeed, they could not
very well have approved it, because, if they
bad, they would have placed themselves in
the position Of not treating Mr.. Carlisle
with entire frankneSs. Mr. Carlisle, in &C
cepting the invitation rendered to him, did
not expect joint discussion, and he would
hardly take part in a discussion III which he
had no chance to reply.
The story that is being circulated in Wash
ington, and which, doubtless, viii be ex-
tensively commented upon by the repub-
lican newspapers, is that invitations were
sent through Messrs. Colquitt and Stewart
to both Mr. Carlisle and Mr.. Mckinley, and
that they delivered the ono intended for
Mr.. Carlisle and withheld the one intended
for Mr.. Mckinley 1t is further stated that
Messrs Colquitt and Stewart said: ave
don't want any republican to go down t.
Georgia to talk protection and muddle up
things"
OF course Messrs Colquitt and Stewart
never said anything of the sort. There are
two daily protection newspapers in Geor-
gia, and they have a much bigger audience
than MIR. Mckinley could possibly have at
Salt Springs. These now spapers have been
writing in favor of the protective system
for years. and what have they accom-
plishedf Absolutely nothing. The extent
of their work was shown in the recent demo
cratic convention in Atlanta. They found
themselves without influence and without
a following.
The talk about there being protection
wing to the democracy of Georgia is non
sense. There are few protection demo-
Gratis in the state, but tho number is not
large enough to entltle it to be called a
wing of the party. The democrats of
Georgia are for Cleveland and tariff reform,
and if any republican doubts the state
ment let him come to Georgia and investi
gate it for himself He will go away CON
WINGED of the truth of it.