The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-03
IN The FOURTH DISTRICT.
COW AFFAIRS SHOW Up rNNOMI.
NEE MOSES COUNTIES

shed 20 Them-They Fight 1t, and
Swear Kverias.ins Enmity to AL
who Favor It-How the District has
Gone IN Former Elections
COLUMBUS, GA, Nov. 2-The democrats
have been very much frightened in the
Fourth district this ye&r. Indeed, they are
not over their scare yet, and the fears u
many increase With the approach Of TIE
election.
Walter johnson, the republican candi-
date, has fairly been humping himself. and
his deputy, J. A Bleisoe, who resigned his
position 20 aid johnson, is said TO have
helped him greatly. Talbot county, which
has sometimes gone republican ii national
elections. IS well organized. il is said, and
Carroll county, which Is close every time,
IS thought 10 be doubtful M SC gee,
Joanson's home county. the republicans
believe will give him a majority, and
Marion they, think. win go for him, but
Marion has always been democratic and
doubtless viii be 50 this year.
INDUSTRIOUS DEPUTY BLEDsoE.
It was reported awhile that the industrious
Deputy Bledsoe had worked the republicans
in the counties above the mountains up to
Nominee AoSes' home county il is said that
the republicans are making boasts that they
intend 70 carry il. All manner of reports
are current as how the republicans are
maneuveTing, and the blacks have already
talked Of their ascendency
The fact that the alliance nominated
Moses causes feeling of apathy among old
time democrats in the towns and villages.
and it Is told by the republicans that thsy
.,fa
Gratis viii not go 70 the polls They say
that they increase their voting power. while
the democrats viii decrease theirs: a condi-
ton which is pleasing 70 them, but terribly
morJfytng TO the democrats and alliance.
had A GOOD KFFECT.
All these rumors have made the most
active workers Of alliancSmen. Thew have
stirred their stumps aud they have made
Moses stir his He has besn working like a
Trojan and they have bsen at MS pack
pushing him forward.
A few weeks ago the alliance was very
silent, and Moses was as peaoeabls as a
lamb.
There were dangers lurking about those
times. The democrats might have been de-
feated- But that i'll wind has blown away
II IL fine, honest weather now. 1t was the
day before battle then; the war is waxing
in earnest now
Rugged old farmers who haven't voted in
many day, and whoss interest in politics
has been dead, are as active now as they
were when they shouldered their muskets in
the civil war. They have come out TO battle
for rights, and victory will burst forth upon
them. s.
GAME Is UP WITH THEM.
Bledsoe blasted his hopes when he said he
would defeat them, and johnson cut his
own throat when he openly deied them
They might have accomplished their pur-
pose If they had worked 10 silence, but their
threats have served only as tocsin of war
In the ears Of democrats.
There is now no doubt that Moses will 60
in with whoop
The democrats have had the district since
1870. In 1868 Col. w. p Edwards of But
Ter. rep, defeated Peter w. Alexander,
dem, and the next term Col. Bigbie, rep,
defeated Maj. Raphiel Moses, dem. This
was during the Bullock administration In
1872, when Gov. Bullock was sue
ceeded by Gov. Milton Smith, the
republicans became disorgan zed and
the party went to pieces. Hon. Hugh
Buchanan OF Newnan was on the demo
cratic ticket in 1872, and was elected.
the exciting contests then began to die
out.
THE PARTY GOES DOWN.
The republicans lost caste here and thev
went down, down, down, until they were
too weak 10 raise a voice that could be
heard. During the elections Immediately
subsequent to the war hundreds Of demo-
cratic voters we're disfFanchised and could
not vote. This added to the power of re-
pubhcanism. Again, a number Of demo-
Gratis voted for the old homestead, a repub-
hcan measure, which increased the repub-
llcan gains. When all these gave way, as
they naturally did under democratic ad-
minlstration, the elections went one way
The democrats got in the saddle and they
have ridden there ever since.
Some time in the '70s, very exciting
contest took place for congressman of the
Fourth between Henry W. Hilhard and
Henry r. Harris, the former an independ-
ent, the latter a straight out democrat. Col.
blizzard was a strong man and he had a
powerful influence in this district. He was
fresh from Alabama, where he had covered
himself in glory, in the defeat Of Col.
Yanoy, the father OF secession. He made a
thorough canvass of the district and was
given an ovation In the counties where the
blacks predominaped, but he received an In
glorious defeat.
INDRPENDENTIsM FLoURIsHEs.
In 1889 the canvass was hot between in
dependents and straightouts. but none OF
these contest compare with those following
the war.
The fights between the Independents and
straightoutS were in the democratic camp.
1t was one party wrangling. An independ-
ent would have served democracy as well as
a straightout. The independent idea was
Matched only to get its candidate in power.
Democrats of the Fourth district bave
however, shown that the Independent idea
will not do. They always stand by the
nominee, and the many defeats which they
have given the independents have, in a
measure, crushed out that spirit of bolring.
Mr.. johnson is not as tubilsnt to-day as
he was three weeks ago. He saw great
things in store for him then, but they are
when be gets near to them. When
he made such complete organization among
the blacks by paying otr their taxes etc,
the chances were promising. Republicans
wero the only workers then. They had the
field to themselves. But it is not always
smooth sailing, as Mr.. johnson is finding
out. His boat has struck a snag and he is a
sorrowful man. His crew is too weak to
pull him off and he will have to abandon
the vessel.
FARMERS HATE 1T.
The force bill is the most hideous meas
ure that a farmer eau conceive of. Ii
means bloodshed to him. The more thew
read about it the reader they are to battle
against it. They are against it, and they
swear everlasting enmity to him who fa- |
yors it.
There never was a time when the farmers |
were more thoroughly aroused, aud there |
never was a time when they were ever