The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
LIVINGSTON dashed.
Douglass County Holds a Congress
sional Convention All Alone.

siOnal Convention All Alone.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 1.-THE anti-Li
ingston movement inaugurated at Douglass
vile last week has proved a failure. The
Endorsement of republican did the bust
ness. The measure was so extreme that
the other counties of the district stood
aloof, leaving Douglass to run its little con-
vention all by itself, nor could any demo-
cratic candidate, it seems, be found willing
to head movement stamped with so ugly
q birthmark of error. Eleven delegates
from Douglass appeared at the county court
house this morning and, after looking in
vain for representatives, from the other
counties. organized in the pres
ence of small body of spectators
by seating w. A James in the chair.
Seeing that there was nothing better to do,
they appointed committee TO draw up an
address to the voters Of the district setting
forth the reasons for their objection 70
Livingston, and adjourned
The committee met early in the afternoon
in the state capitol aud discharged their
task with a will, lashing Livingston and the
secret political organization which supports
him for all they are worth. They denounce
the alliance boss as a political trickster
and demagogue of the first water,
in whom they can place no reliance
whatever, morally or politically, aud char
acterized his sub-treasury plan as gigantic
fraud. He has been forced upon the
party" says the address, "by secret polit-
ical organization, which, although claiming
to be democrats, is composed of democrats,
republicans, greenbackers, union labor
men, anarchists and any and every other
shade of politics, which said organlzs ton
holds its meeting with closed doors and de-
bars from participation with them the
truest and the most upright and most intel
ligent democrats of the country,
and with closed doors and in Sc
cret put forth men and measures
which they demand that all who claim to
be democrats shall support" Livingston is
charged with using this organization to
further bis own private ends and political
Ireferment, and the ends of gigantic rail-
road corporation of which he is declared to
be the tool, his aim being to get control of
the legislative bodies of the country, both
state and national, to prevent any iegisla-
ton in the interests of tho people by the
national congress against monopolIes and
trusts, and TO prevent legislation by our
state legislature to enforce the
ton against monopolies. The secret
methods employed by Livingston's sup
porters in securing his Nomination are also
holly attacked. In conclusion the paper
announces the readiness of the people rep
resented by its signers to cooperate cheer
fully with the other counties of the district,
should they see proper to move in the mat
ter and put out some good democrat who
will represent honestly and faithfully the
whole people. There is any number of voters
here who declare that they will 90 the
length of supporting Haight rather than
Livingston. A we'll known Georgian said
the other day he would cut off his right
arm before he would allow it to cast a bal
lot for such man. From such expressions
may be judged the heat of the campaig L
in this district.