The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-13
GORDON A SURE WINNER
A BET OF $4,000 ON HIM FINDS NO
TAKERS ON THE OTHER SIDE.


The Anti-Gordon Element Forced to
Choose Between Norwood and Hines
The Opposition Admit That the Gov
ernor Has the Senate but Claim the
House.
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. IA bet OF 81. 900
was offered in the KimbAll house TO-
night on Gov. Gordon's election. and no
takers. That illustrates the situation. Col.
Hammond to-day twice stated emphatically
that no was for Gov. Gordon and unalter-
ably opposed to the sub-treasury, and
could not consistently make the
race. If the ants nominate any
candidate at all tomorrow there is
every reason to believe that it will be Mr..
Norwood, out worry few believe thas they
will make nomination. If they do they
viii but select victim for the slaughter
People who were never able to see before
how it was possible for Gov. Gordon to win,
admit tonight that everybody else Is prac-
tically out Of the race.
THE GORDON CAUCUS.
One hundred aud seventeen legislators
attended the Gordon caucus to-day, and his
total following is claimed TO be above that.
Is conceded to him by the opposition, but
they claim the House by II majority,
which would give them seven on Joint
ballot. Nobody outside Of their ranks ac-
cept these figures, IL being generally thought
that Gov. Gordon has a good majority In
the House as well as in the Senate, aud that
his opponents, who seem particularly bitter
tonight, only wish to create the impression
that they are still hopeful In order 10 delay
the tlIunnh of hiz fcfloxrare ne lonv "a nos
sible.
READY TO CoNCEDE DETEAT.
1t looks as If some Of the anti -Gordonites
were ALMOST ready to admit their defeat.
They must be very tired of the intermiuable
effort they have been making TO concentrate
their forces and the utter impossibility of
doing so, even after some of their
| men had openly declared that
the faction had reached that
point of desperation where they were ready
to take anybody offering chance Of beat
ing Gov. Gordon. MIR. Calhounss speech TO-
| night, while it was an admirable effort,
only served TO create the impression that
the more anti-Gordon speeches there are
the larger the Gordon vote will be.
People who doubted Gov. Gordon's
election were convinced of it by
going TO hear the address OF his opponents.
An anti-Gordonite, who claims q House
majority against the general, said tonight
that there would be no election the FIRST
day, but II looks very much as il fifteen
minutes would settle the whole business
BETWEEN NORWOOD AND HINES.
The race in the anti-Gordon caucus seems
to have narrowed down TO Norwood and
| Hines 1t IL well known that there are
| about twenty-five of Gov. Qordon's old
| soldiers In the opposition ranks instructed
against him on account of the sub-treasury
who would bolt in minute If relieved OF
their pledges by the nomination of q man
unwilling to gulp down the war
whoops. This confines all efforts at conoen-
tration to the two candidates mentioned,
and their followers have already worn
themselves out trying in vain to unite on
one or tho other.
withstanding all reports to the contrary,
was to make converts. Five new ones Joined
his ranks this morning.
A CONVINCING PROOF.
Zone Of the most convincing proofs, " said
a member of the general assembly this
| afternoon, "that Gov. Gordon is safe is 20
| my mind the tenor of the remarks | now
hear from certain ex-member OF the legis-
lature, with whom | have more than
once served in the House He is one
| Of the most skillful trimmers the state
| anords, aud never fails TO find out which
way the cat is going 10 jump Ia time to
jump with It aud hght on the winning side.
Heretofore he has been afhlating with anti
| Gordon men. To-day he is the Oldest
and most confident friend of the members
who support him. His Instinct for discover
| ing which side will land on top Is so un
erring that since hearing him say that he
always did think Gov. Gordon would be
elected there are not figures enough in
the whole arithmetic to convince me that
he won't be.p
| A FALSE ASSERTION DENIED.
The Journal this afternoon quotes Gov.
| NorGhen, Secretary Of State Cook, Repre-
sentative Harper. Alliance President T. J.
| Lyon and Others who state positively that
| Gov. Gordon did not say in his speech last
August that the alliance platform had but
one plank, and that a rotten one.
GEN. GARTRELL wfTHDRAws.
Gen. l.. J. Gartrell who he's been an ex-
ceedingly quiet candidate for the senator
ship withdrew from the race on second
thought to-day. In his formal card he
called it an unique and extraordinary
struggle" and offers "a heart full Of graft
tude to his friends in the legislature and
throughout the state who have generously v
given him assurances of their confidence
and support. The general is right. The
senatorial struggle has occasionally fur
nished some very unique features indeed.
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