The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-20
THE FARMERS AT WORK.
a TALK WITH a LEADER IN THE
FOURTH DISTRICT.

They Eave the Le9islature-They
Want the Senator-At Work in a
Quiet Way-Gov. Northen Won't
Have It-Rumors OF Livingston and
Gorman-Iheir Chances for It-Pat
Calhoun, Georgian" and Other
Gossip.
MACON, Oct. l9-Hon. w. R German.
leader of the alliance in the Fourth con-
gressional district, who is spoken Of in con-
nection with the senatorship, is one of the
best posted men in the order
He knows just about everything that is
going on in alliancedom, aud he is free to
speak out what he thinks. He told me yes
terday, upon his return from Atlanta, that
a good deal Of work is being done at head
quarters.
He saw his son-ln-law, Capt. Harry
Brown, of the Southern Alliance Farmer,
Gov. Northen, and other leaders, and Col.
German seemed to be brimfull of news.
He said that none of the candidates
clamoring for public favor, will be accept
able. He said that the alliance will have
affairs its own way, and who the farmers
want they will get They have a majority
in the legislature, and in fact, only fifty
| five members are non alliance, and Col
| German said that he talked TO several of
that number who were heart and soul wit h
the farmers. "How are Norwooi's chancesg'
| he was asked.
! "Why bless your soul, he has no idea that
he will get it. the colonel replied.
"What objections have you 10 himP'
personally, none. l like him. He Is a
smart man, but he will not be acceptable 70
the order"
"How does ex-Gov. Smith standp
"We haven't brainier man in the state,
but he will be no more suitable than Nor
| wood"
"What of Judges Hines and Crispr' he
was asked.
They are good men, but they can't hope
for it,"
WAY THEY ARE OBJECTIONABLE.
What renders these men, ALL OF whom are
good men, Unsatisfactory to the alliance
for the senatorshipw he was asked.
You see, or yon should see, how ridicu-
lous it would appear for our order to go out
and hunt up man who knows only what
he LAS read in the papers of our order. Why,
to do this would bring the alliance at once
into disrepute. It would show
great weakness and we might as
well undo all we have DONE
t. me, it shows weakness in the very men
who are asking favorS of the farmers
union. We want the support Of these men
as a matter of course, as we want the moral
support of everybody outside of our order,
but it is not becoming in us to take these
men up and make them our standard
bearers. Men, who have not been identified
with the order, whose interests lie in an
other line; who are ignorant of the alliance
platform only as they have seei it in the
print. and wno, though they were willing to
| a6t afa fhaK hs, af L.
just what measures will benefit farmers,
''cannot suit the alliance" Col. German
threw himself back into his chair and said,
"Now l will tell you what kind of man
they do want, ard | will show you what
sort Of a man will suit them.
Our sub-tfeasury is our all. IL il were
not for it there would be no alliance. If It
proSpers, we flourish; If it sinks. we fall
Now, can we afford to be careless in our
; choice Of him withwhom we are to intrust
: itl Can we put it in the hands of our un-
learned friendl Certainly not. The man
} that will suit us Is good, old, sturdy. honest
farmer-an allianceman-who Is drilled in
, the principles, and who loves the order
who is as familiar with our platform as he
is with his spelling book, and who will
stand up in defense of it as a
husband would for his family. A man
who is welded to it by his interest, whose
, all is centered in it and upon whose hinges
his fortune hangs A man who will test it.
for good or evil, and show what the alli-
ance is and what its mission is in the body
polite This kind Of a man will be our
standard bearern
HAS he been narued yetP
mo- he has not boen named"
} "Will he be named before the legislature
meetsp
en-. hardly think so. A good many
inside the order may know alb out who would
10 preferable, but of course the legislature
, will DO what is done"
NoRTHEN AND THE sENAToRsHIP.
Col. German said that Gov. Northen will
not accept the senatorship unless be has
changed bis mind within the last few days.
IL is understood that be was ASKED to ac-
cept the place, and quit all The hurrah
about it, but il is said that he expressed an
formal rejection of it. Col. Livingston is
regarded as a strong man In the race. Col.
, German declined to say much concerning
! Livingt0ns chances Livingston has al
Gently has worked great deal in his own
interest in q quiet way. His absence
|, in other states while the fight
is on, Is indicative of one of
two things. He has secured the senator
ship. or he has met such overwhelming OPP
position that he has abandoned the race.
| People are found who incline TO the belief
that Livingston gave up all hopes OF the
place when he received the severe blow dur
ing the August convention in Atlanta.
Livingston " as behind Womack, who was
a candidate for permanent president of the
state democratic convention, and Col. Peck,
who withdrew from the congressional race
s in favor of Livingston, nominated Womack.
: The farmers, 1t is said, understood all this,
, but they unanimously made Col. W. Y.
Atkinson president. This was lick at
Livingston by his own crowd.
! Others believe that the colonel is
D solid for the senator's nip. He has
: made himself safe for it, and his
visits to other states only mean that he Is
not at all uneasy. II. however, Livingston
, should be so unpopular as to cause him to
} give up trying for the place. some other
, alliance leader may be taken up by the
: allancemen. Col. German said that he
J only way in which the alliance could be de-
feated, was by the disunion OF the counties
that Is, the disagreement of members who
have indorsed ca didates II there be
those In the legislature who are bull-headed,
and chose rather TO have split than sacri-
fee tneir candidate, the alliance will be in q
.ticklish place. He did not apprehend any
( danger from that source, however. The
! alliance, he said, realize that they exist in
unity, and that they cannot live without