The morning news., 1890-11-11
G0RD0N'S FOES AT OUTS.
MACONE AND LIVINGSTON DON'T
SPEAK AS THEY PASS.

Calhoun Also Reported Out With
Livingston-The alliance Farmer"
Admits the Probability of Gov. Cor
don's Election-The Article Created
a Big Sensation in the Legislature.
ATLANTA, GA. Nov. lot is reported
on good authority that DIR. Macuue and
Col. Lvington are at outs. The latter,
seeing that he could never hope to control
the legislature while in league with so Of
fensive an ally, is said to have told DIR.
Macune fatty to go home. IL is also said
that MIR. Calhoun will now not even speak
to Col Livingston on the street. Editor
Brown, of course, goes with the owner of
the Alliance Farmer. in which appears
very significant editorial this afternoon.
which Is construed as an acknowledgment
that the anti-Gordonites are on the point of
defeat, and has consequently created big
sensation in the legislature, which it grossly
insults Tne article Is both very foolish and
very impudent.
WANTS OUTSIDERS ADMITTED.
lt insists on the admission of outsiders to
legislative caucuses, confesses the loss of
influence sustained by the alliance bosses.
insinuates that the Legislators are being
seduced by those who are at work for Gov.
Gordon. and, after thus giving away the
weakness of his opponents and the offlcious-
ness of the Intermediates from other states,
sounds the note OF alarm, and coolly invites
the "brethren" in the country to march on
the capital and take charge of the legisla-
ture. Last Wednesday" says the editorial
''the members came fresh from their people
who, being against Gov. Gordon's election,
large majority of the legislature were also
against it, But since reaching Atlanta they
have fallen in with professional
politicians. who have used every
means in their power to create dis
sensions among them and prevent their
combining on a candidate to defeat Gov.
Gordon. The efforts made by him and his
friends have been unremitting since the
assembly convened, and while they have
failed before the people, they have met with
more success here in the lobbies of the hotels
and the restaurants. All the anti Gordon
candidates have in turn been attacked, and
professed friends of the alliance have at
tended the gatherings Of that order and
prevented harmony"
ARRAYING TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Editor Brown next devoted paragraph
to an attempt to array the country against
the town, employing the same time-worn
| tactics the public has grown so weary Of
4 Alo nh1b VINO HhVe bOtu kOOuS 10
| the farmer at times at 80 to rs per cent
profit, and money lenders, who have taken
| mortgages on his land, exacting Is
and 20 per cent on advances, have
| turned loose an army of employees
and brought every influence to bear on the
''unskilled and unframed legislators" with
a view of crushing the alliance TO further
their own interest. Immense prejudice .
| continues Editor Brown, ''has thus been
worked up against the alliance leaders aud
to such an extent has it come that 1t is pro-
| claimed openly in the lobbies. hotels and
| private clubs of the city that support
from the chosen leaders and officials
means the defeat of any man or measure"
The people are then warned from the
| editors two-story "watchtower," which is
ou a back street in the rear of the Constttu-
tion Office, that the money power and the
sharks are cutting down the leaders, and
| alliancemen outside the legislature are
called upon TO eradicate the impression that
the opposition TO Gov. Gordon comes from
a few leaders for selfish purposes.
THE REMEDY SUGGESTED.
| Here is the remedy suggested: "We have
believed that in opposing Gov. Gordon we
but echoed the sentiment of the people, and
we still believe 80, and the only way we
know by which to demonstrate the correct
ness of this position is for the brethren in
each county to send up from their various
counties delegates, petitions or other in
| huences, to reach their members and. dis
abuse their minds Of the terrible prejudice
that has been implanted there"
DIR. MACUNE TEELs BAD.
DIR. Macune's mouth piece then gives the
| public in the following extraordinary lam
| guage an idea of how very much it hurts
| the doctors feelings not to be allowed to
| run the Legislative caucuses: "The shrewd-
frs.. hot hao Hez
| years in this country is the effort to poison
| the minds Of the legislators against their
| best friends, and to thus destoy the oppor-
| tunities for them to correct the misrepre--
| sentations that are made.
"The people must bear in mind that we
have now in Atlanta the unprecedented
| spectacle of the members of the legislature
| opposed to Gov. Gordon meeting in caucus
| for the avowed purpose Of securing his de-
| feat; and at the same time their minds have
| been so poisoned that they will not allow
| any of their friends to join In their coun-
| ellis. or to assist in the very work they have
| in hand.
"The anti-Gordon caucus meets and ex-
| cludes all alliance officers and friends, as
| we'll as all anti-Gordon outsiders"
RECOGNITION OF DEFEAT.
| The article concludes with this plain
recognition of impending defeat
I'VE fear that the effort of Gov. Gordon
| to destroy the alliance leaders by creating
dissension in its rank that would overpower
and crush the alliance order, and in which
| he failed before the people after a canvas of
| the entire state, will be accomplished in a
| few days in Atlanta by the aid OF lobbyists,
money lenders, clubs and cliques." The
| Gordon men regard this publication as the
most useful the campaign has furnished,
and expect it to put an end to the contest.
AFRAID TO FACE THE MUSIC.
The tactics made use of by the anti
| Gordon element In the legisl atures 10 keep
| Gen. Gordon's speech from making con-
verts, while, in reality, legitimate, excited
some pretty warm comments from the
other side and from the public. When the
announcement was made that the governor
would speak at the capitol somebody imne-
diately jumped up and called an anti
Gordon meeting for the same hour at the
Kimball house, showing the weakness Of
the opposition, which couldn't trust its
members within range Of Gov. Gordon's
eloquence.
GORDON SPEAKS.
Although Gov. Gordon's speech tonight
at the capitol was addressed to the MEM
bers Of the general assembly, every inch OF
standing room was taken up by eager
listeners Hon. Martin Calvin OF Rich
mond, Gordon allianceman, was called
TO the chair. He introduced
Gen. Gordon as "a man without
~o~~oooh rT0,td cbaaro Tho rana~o1