The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-19
An Anxious Candidate.

The number of candidates for United
States senator from this state is becomiog
so large that Georgian" whose article a
few weeks ago on the sub-treasury plan
attracted some attention. is afraid, appar-
emily, that he will be overlooked, and he
mas, therefore written another article, the
leading idea OF which seems to be that the
Democratic party ought not to offer any
opposition to the alliance principles, but
should permit itself TO be swallowed by that
organization. He thinks that if the alliance
is not opposed it will succeed in bringing
about a union Of the southern and western
farmers having for its basis the principles
of democracy, ami in this way these prin-
ciples will finally triumph.
The mistake that Georgian" makes is
that there is settled purpose on the part Of
those democrats who are not alliancemen to
destroy the alliance. There has been no gen
eral attack upon the alliance in either of the
states mentioned by Georgian" viz,
G orgia and South Carolina. One plank
of the alliance platform-the sub-treasury
bill-has been severely criticised. About
all the leading democrats of the country
have condemned that bill. In South Caro-
lima the fight of the straightout
democrats is not against the alliance, but
against Tillman. Those who have followed
the campaign closely there know that. In
this state there is no fight against the ALI
ance except in one or two congressional
districts. Gov. Gordon, who is now op-
posed by the alliance. has not said anything
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he is the strongest kind of friend of the
alliance, and he was so regarded by the
alliance until he stated that he did not ap-
prove the sub-treesury bill, and then the
alliance made war upon him.
Georgian" does not say that the Demo-
cratic party should permit itself to be
swallowed by the alliance, but that is the
inference to be drawn from what he says.
He talks about the democracy uniting with
the alliance. He does not, however, point
out how the Democratic party can unite
with a secret organization. BE knows very
well that it cannot. The Democratic party
from time immemorial has depended for
success upon full tree and public dis
cussion of its principles. The alliance
acts in secret, and, it is believed, receives its
orders from few men. viii Georgian"
point out how the democracy can unite
with the alliance9 Republicans are admit
ted to membership in the alliance, but demo
Gratis are not unless they are farmers
In this state majority of the members of
the legislature are alliancemen a1d they are
also democrats. They were all elected as
democrats Do they purpose to legislate as
alliancemen or as democratsl Do they pur-
pose to obey instructions from their re-
spective county alliances or the instructions
from the democrats of their respective
counties' II they obey alliance instructions
how can Georgian" say that there is a dis
position on the part of democrats to make
war upon the aliancel Is it not fact.
rather, that the alliance is making war on
the Democratic party with the intention of
capturing it9
Several other democrats besides "Geor-
gian" have appeared in print in behalf of
the alliance, and it is hoped that no injus-
tice is done them by the statement that they
are all after the same thing, namely, the
United States senatorship. 1t is probable
that alliancemen are shrewd enough TO see
that and wise enough not to be influenced
by the tsffy which these aspiring statesmen
| give them.