The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-18
DOYLE MEN TURN OUT.
REPUBLICANS RATIFY THEIR NON.
NATION FOR CONGRESS.


ceived With Great Enthusiasm-His
Advocacy of the Tariff. and Pro-
lection OF the Ballot and Liberal
Pensions.
The republican ratification at the theater
last night lasted until nearly midnight.
The theater was crowded mostly with
negroes. There was a sprinkling Of whites,
but most of them remained near the doors.
Myers Cornet Band occupied the front
seats In the pit and enlivened things between
the speeches by dIscoursing national airs,
although the music was hardly required. as
the crowd was enthusiastic from the start.
On the stage were l. NJ. Peasants, chair
man of the congressional district committee;
James E Whiteman, chairman Of the
county committee; Capt. Doyle. candidate
for congress; R. T. Dow, Peter Donelan,
Judson W. Lyons, a colored lawyer of
Augusta; William Pollard, Rev. Floyd
Snelson, S. B. Morse, George A Davidson,
United States Commissioner Frank Lamar
l.. Il. Toomer, R. w. White. DIR. SeabOrn
G. Snelson, John G. Somers, G. N. Lord
and Joseph Williams.
Every time a speaker asked a question
several voices in the audience would try to
was incumbent upon them TO do so.
PLEAsANTs OPENS THE BALL
The meeting was called to order a few
minutes after o'clock by Chairman Pleas
ants. and James Z. Whiteman read the call.
after which Peasants made a short speech.
His remarks. in substance were as follows;
I'VE are here tonight TO ratify the nomi.
nation Of Capt. Doyle and encourage you
to go to the polls on Nov. 4 and
not only ratify his nomination, but cast
your votes for him, and do your duty that
ne may be our next representative in con-
gress. / see that that large, whole-souled
democrat, Maj. Ryals, " and here the speaker
was interrupted by loud yells from the
| crowd, "has issued an address to the demo-
| Gratis of the district urging upon them
the n cessity for turning out the vote for
Col. Lester. l know the major to be very
good man generally, but in regard to poll
| tic his head is little wrong. We want to
send man to congress who will do his
| duty in the House as well as out of it.n
Peasants waxed warm over the claim that
| Col. Lester had failed in his duty in not
supporting the claims of Miller OF South
| Carolina and Langston of Virginia, the
colored men seated by Speaker Reed.
THE FORCE BILL.
| He read the principal portions of the
force bill, and ridiculed the idea that its
effect would be more detrimental to the
south than any other section of the country.
The bill, he said, was national in Its char.
acter, and intended TO reach the corrupt
ness praoticed In the large lies of the
north as we'll. Peasants urged upon his
colored brother the necessity of paying
his taxes and qualifying himself to vote.
He appealed to the party to work hard from
now until election day, and he was satisfied
il it did Capt. Doyle would represent the
district in the next congress. His remarks
| were frequently interrupted with applause,
and every time he alluded to Capt Doyle
the crowd yelled until it was hoarse.
| CAPT. DoYLE's SPEECH.
| Capt. Doyle was the next speaker, and
when he arose the crowd went wild, throwing
up their hats and yelling at the top of their
voices. at was several minutes before the
candidate could be heard. He started off
by referring to his having been a candidate
for the Office of collector of port and being
defeated through misrepresentation by
the combil alton Of his republican
friends and democratic enemies.
They claimed. he said, after he was de.
feated that Doyle was dead politically, but
they were never ruore terribly mistaken in
their lives. ~, single-handed," said the
speaker, gave e the people of Savannah a
postmaster, andyhn have more influence in
the halls of congress than Col. Lester. PEG.
pie have repeatedly said Doyle was
not fit to represent this district
in congress, but can any democrat in this
house tonight, and know there are some
here, give any satisfactory reason for such q
StatementW
Sone one in the audience caused great
laughter at this point by shouting: "He's
&, ne out, cap" IF Doyle could do so much
single-handed, continued the speaker
"hoO much more could he do among the
| 80 h H.
letter of acceptance which follows:
DoYLE's LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
To Che Voters of the First Congressional Dis
| trict Of Georgia.
Having been placed iu nomination for repre-.
sentative in the lower house of congress by the
| Waycross convention last month"; it is fitting
that should, in some public IN amer, announce
my consent to serve the people OF this district
at Washington if it should be their pleasure to
send me there.
Although may differ with many worthy
fellow citizens around me, have too long beer
connected with the business interests of this
section to be classed in the category of its pub
lie enemies have lived among you for ovel
forty years; in the southland my children have
been born and reared, and no man has the
peace and prosperity of this section deeper al
heart than have l. l believe the new era OF
progress, which has revivified the south, de-
veloped its hidden resources, aud tributated tc
its unpara leled progress for the last decade il
due to the economic policy of the Republican
| party. IhlS Is why turned away from the
teachings of party whose policy of falst
economy for nearly century retarded
southern progress. Its ill-advised sys
tenn of tariff for revenue only
hindered the development of mining anc
manufacturing interests by keeping our ports
open to the products of pauper labor of Eu
rope and to the pauper labor itself. By an
other false system OF economy it withheld ap
preparations to deepen our harbors and i'm
prove our navigable streams. catering to the
mugwumps W ose JACKIE Lanterns were fol
lowed with blind zeal as if they were real
suns, and not the dim ignis fatuus il the hands
or theorists incorporating as reformers.
need only point to the harbors OF the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in which we Of the
south are more directly interested, to show the
mark contrast between tine niggardly policy
, of the Democratic party, and the liberal and
statesmanlike policy OF the party which has
done me the honor to select me as its candidate
for congress. Harbor work has been suspended
for nearly two yeors IN the harbors of the Geor
gia coast, thanks to the So-called democratic
policy of economy and reform, and at the
port of Savannah, to our shame be 1t told, tina
the Ocean Steamship Company, in order TX
float its vessels out of the harbor during the
last year of the Cleveland administration, haC
to do its own dredging in the channel because o.
government aid withheld. The planter, the
, merchant, the manufacturer, and the wage
Garner, all of whom are interested in having al
unobstructed passa Eewsy for the vessels which
bear the products of southern industry to tbs
sea, have the republican party to thank for the
/ | liberal appropriations for southern harbori
made at the recent session OF congress, anC