The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-09
United States SENATOR

WAYcRoss, GA. Oct. S.-Editor Morn
tng Netcs: The mean, underhanded fight
which the Atlanta Constitutions is making
against Gen. Gordon. should receive the
contempt Of all fair-minded men, and doom
young Clark Howell. whose sickening toady-
Ism To the alliance is disgusting in the ex-
IRENE, 70 lgnominious defeat for the speak
erShip.
= Ihe Constitution warmly supported Gen.
Uoroon Tor governor against Maj. Bacon,
anu soon after his election, when they
found they could not control him, they
turned against him, and have been against
MIN ever since. while Maj Bacon's friends,
as well as the whole people, have justly APP
piauded him for giving Georgia one Of the
pest administrations the state has ever had
Aud now for the purpose of trying to defeat
Gen. Gordol for senator, and TO enable
young Clark to ride int the speakerShip on
alliance shoulders, the Constitutions would
disrupt the Democratic party of the state
for in its efforts 10 tifaw the line between
members of the legislature after whose
name 1t can place. an asterisk to denote
them as allisncernen, and others who are
non-alllancemeD. there can be but one pos
sibie result and that is TO destroy democ-
raey and make the issue one solely of
attiance and non-allianca. Our idea was
that members OF the legislature were elected
either as democrats or republicans, and the
TACT OF members belonging to the alliance
order, was he held subordinant instead of
being made predominant over partyism.
And when the legislature convenes there
can be no more propriesy in alliancsmau
caucussing independently, than to call into
caucus members of other callings, profess
slons or orders. 1t there is to be any caucus
OF the dominant party for sen stor it must
De democratic caucus, from which no one
claiming the democratic faith should be
excluded. | know it is thought that Boss
Macune, Livingston, Peek and other polit-
lcal wlre-pulling alliancemen are sending
word along the lines that Gordon must be
defeated, and that such pressure must be
brought to bear as to cause the democratic
members-elect, who chance to be alliance
men, to ignore their instructions aud VIC
late their pledges, but this can only be done
at the sacrifice Of honor and the destruc-
ton OF the Democratic party in Georgia.
at least. If that is the purpose of the
alliance or its leaders In this state and else
where IN the south. the sooner it is known
the better. One thing is evident already,
that the Republican party is not being hurt
and no inroads upon that party are being
made in the north or west. Gen. Gordon
is q true friend Of the alliance and all other
classes, and to defeat him by the means
being employed would not only be highly
unjust, but an outrage upon the state and
the entire south. True he resigned a seat
once held by him in the Senate but his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and open-handed hos
pitality to the needy and suffering heroes
of the lost cause reduced and kept him In
poverty. and prevented him making such
provision for his family as he wished, aud
now that all that has been accomplished
and he asks his people to put him back in
the seat of honor where he is so we'll fitted
to serve our whols people, the love of
Georgians aud democrats will not prove
false to the foremost statesman and hero of
the south now living. DEMOCRAT.