The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-17
SnuareIv nemocrat'c.

The democrats Of Mississippi held theil
state convention wednesday at the state
capital. In the platform they adopted they
indorsed Senators George and WalthaLl Tor
reelection, and they emphatically re2u'
dated the sub-treasury plan. With REFER
ence to it they said I'VE take p-i1e IN the
fact that the Democratic party has always
been the opponent of class legislation as the
greatest evil Of the times in which we hVe
and Of all the paternal and cenTallzlh %
tendencies of the Republican party. we
are opposed to what IS known as the SUB
treasury scheme as a violation OF the time
honored principles of the Democratic party
and a violation # the Democratic idea OF
the prorer obstruction Of the constitution
and we regret that the discus ION OF the
same has beer thrust into the politics Of our
state. We regard It as being not only IN
democratic but imUracticable and not cal
/ culated 10 furnish the relief claimed FOR 1t. y
] Nothing could be stronger against the
sub-treasury scheme than this 1t shows
that the people Of Miss ssippi have been
STUDYING it, and have found out just what
it Is. And they could hardly help studying
it because It has been a most exciting issue
in Mississippi for two months Senator
George stumped the whole state in opp 81
ton to it and ex-Congressmen Barksdale
and others spoke in about every county for
it. The alliancemen of the state were at
first inclined to throw their entire influence
against Senator George. He requested
hearing, however, and they granted bis re-
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treasury plan was not only uudemocratc,
but also that it would not furnish the relief
they wanted.
Col Livingston went to Mississippi and
talked up the sub-treasury idea, and so did
other alliance leaders who favor it. They
accomplished nothing. They interested the
people with their anecdotes aud assertions,
but did not convince them. Senator George,
with his merciless logic, exposed the sub
treasury fallacies He made the people
think, and. having done that, the victory
was his. The sub-treasury plan and gOv-
eminent ownership Of telegraph and trans
portation lines can't stand the test Of logic
and common sense.
The democrats of Mississippi in their
platform say: I'VE are democrats, and as
such, without equivocatiop. evasion or men
tai reservation, we proclaim our steadfast
devotion to the principles Of the Demo
cratic party, and pledge ourselves to labor
in season and out of season to secure its
supremacy"
That is the right sort Of talk for demo
Gratis. There is no squirting at class legls-
lation or pa:ernnl government in it. 1t
is the sort Of democracy that win cure the
ills of which the people complain. 1t is a
sure cure, and not quack remedy such as
is proposed in the platform of the Peoples
party.
President Folks Announcement.
In his talk at Atlanta Wednesday Mr..
Polk, president of the national alliance,
said that ''if there is third party inaugu-
rated and established in the south it will be
due 10 the dominsering, prescriptive, intol-
Grant spirit of the so-caled democratic
leaders" It is not exactly clear what Mr..
Polk means by this, unless it is that if he
and others are not allowed to capture the
Democratic party and change it into the
Peoples party new party will be inaugu-
rated. The intolersnt spirit Of so-called
democratic leaders is not quite so apparent
as the dogmatic spirit which crops out in
Mr.. Folks talk. He virtually says that if
the Democratic party doesn't adopt plat
form which he and others who are acting
with him approve they will inaugurate a
new party.
1t is quite certain that the Democratic
party isn't going to comply with Mr.. Folks
demands. 1t is going TO adhere to the
principles which, experience has taught,
promise the greatest good to the greatest
number. 1t isn't going to abandon those
principles and adopt those of the Peoples
party, and Mr.. Polk knows that it isn't.
1t looks very much as if Mr.. Polk and his
were trying to capture the demo-
cratic organization in the south for the
Peoples party. The effort to do that in
Mississippi failed, and it will fail in Georgia.
The meeting at Atlanta Wednesday was a
comparatively small one which is pretty
good indication that democratic alliance
men are beginning to suspect that an effort
is being made to get them into the Peoples
party.