The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-21
Mr.. Brice Gives Satisfaction.

The republican newspapers continue to
circulate the story that Mr.. Brice has been
! asked to resign the chairmanship of the
democratic campaign committee, although
| it has been emphatically deaied. They are
making this story the basis of another, VIZ,
! that there are discussions among the demo-
| cratic leaders and that, therefore, the cam
/ pa;gn on the part of the democrats is being
/ conducted in a very spiritless manner
senator German has authorized the state
ment t. be made that Mr. Brice has never
/ been asked to resign, and that there IS 10
! dissatisfaction with his managcme t. The
senator SAYS that Mr.. Brice is conducting
the campaign in the only way that it is pos
sible for him to conduct it, and that in
| every respect he is the right man in the
right place
What benefit the republicans expect from
the Sonseless stories they set ahoat 1t is diff
cult to understand They seem to think
that if they can make the public believe
that there is lack of harmony among the
democratic leaders there will be great rush
of voters from the democratic to the repub-
licau party If that is their idea, they are
making a great mistake. The people in
this campaign are not so much concerned
about the men who are managing the dem
ocratic and republican campaigns rs they
are about the issues which are involved.
As matter of tact the democratic lead
ers are harmonious The plan Of their
campaign was mapped out before the cam
paign began. 1t was agreed upon by the
party when it introduced into congress the
Mills bill, and the representatives of the
party indorsod it at st. Louis. The asser-
ton, therefore, that MIR. Brice does not
agree with some of the other leaders with
respect to the plan for conducting the cam
paign is all nonsense.
If the republicans want to find dissensions,
let them inquire at the headquarters of
their own campaign committee. They will
find them there, and plenty Of them. The
republican managers do not know what to
do with Blaine, who regards himself as OF
much more Importance than Gen. Harrison
or the campaign committee, and who
proposes to say and do just
what he peases. 1t is estimated
that Mr.. Blaine has already done his party
great deal of harm by showing that there
is a very large percentage of it that does
not agree with the declarations of the
Chicago platform. The democrats are fully
able to take care of their own campaign
much more able, in fact, than the repubh
cans are to take care of theirs, as the result
of the election will undoubtedly show.
OF course there are democrats who COM
plain that the campaign is not being pushed
with sufficient vigor, and that grave mis-
takes are being made, but those who make
such complaints are not in the confidence
of the campaign managers, and do not
know what they are talking about. They
desire little cheap notoriety, and the re-
publican newspapers are always ready to
help crafty them. Such complaints
as they make are heard in the early part OF
every campaign, and will continue to be
heard, doubtless, for two or three weeks
more When the campaign gets fully under
way, however, neither they nor their com
plants will command any attention.