The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-12
Again That female Agitator.

Just why the Georgia legislature should
have permitted Mrs. Lease, the Kansas agi-
tator. 20 have the use of the state house is
not apparent to the casual observer.
We're this blatant woman simply rough
diamond Of earnestly honest purpose, or q
cultivated and thoughtful woman with ideas
and Information 70 impart, the case would
BE- altogether different. Under those con-
ditio1s one would need be very narrow
minded indeed TO offer any objection what
ever 70 allowing her every priyi-
lege and facility for prese Iting her
theories that hospitality might die
| tate ald the most gallant courtesy
| inspire. But she is apparently nothing
more than a densely ignorant Cabling
female whose rant is merely emitted for the
sake OF hearing her own rasping accents
and seeing the reports Of her harangues in
print.
This grotesque female told the assembled
solons OF the state with flipuant nouchal-
ancs that there is in nearly every city and
town now a woman VI. D" As a matter of
fact there are perhaps not hundred out Of
the possible ). 900 cities and towns in the
United States which contain a female
physician.
Now that is but trivial matter COM
pared to some of her haphazarl assertions.
But it will serve to show how utterly reck-
less Of truth, to say nothing of accuracy.
the woman is in her statements. This brings
US to the logical conclusion that any person
who undertakes to instruct the public and
ca 81 no
straight is likely to be wrong in the whole
basis of her so-called crusade Or, if her
statements thus willfully misrepresent the
actual facts referred 20, those who hear
have no reason to doubt but that she is will
fully trying to lead them astray by bare
faced deception.
Such a thing does not appear wholly i'm
probable in view of her statement that
Unless you southern democrats leave your
old party name and prejudice those 700
people in Kansas who left the Republican
party will 60 back TO republicanism."
Since Kansas had long been so hopelessly
cut up by prohibition as to be entirely lost
30 republican influence "those 81, 900 peo-
pie" she refers to may have only been
a6roitly organized as sort Of political bait
to decoy southern democrats from their un-
faltering allegiance to the Democratic
party. Hitherto their cIosed-up and
solidly unserried ranks have been
alike the admiration and the despair Of
the INSCRIPTIONS partisan republican
politicians Of the country. Southern dem
ocratic unity had drawn all of their bitter
est malignity, and even evoked the applause
of the best among them by the answering
imperturbability with which it withstood
their most violent assaults. Lack Of cupid
ty is a thing they could not bring them
selves to understand until they vainly tried
it in many FORMS Now they are intro
duciDg an indirect appeal to that greatest
weakness with which mankind is charged.
Can the sturdy southern democrats, who
sacrificed lives, friends, limbs and fortunes
for principle, resist this latest alluring
bait?
1t was the great founder of this republic
who said, Omitted we stand; divided we
| fall" That sound aphorism applies quite
as forcefully to the members of a party as
to the states of union. Shall we stand to.
gether, or are the yeomanry of this country
democrats no longers
Mrs. Lease adopts the cattle-herdinf
rhetoric of Kansas. and orders Georges
farmers to take off your old party collar
what are you afraid OFF, In that sort Of
frontier dance-hall debate is conveyed
another menace of the impotent opposition
of those $1,000 people in Kansas"
But thai impalpable so-called party col
lar" has so long been the intangible regatta
of unity and glory that few of the Demo
cratic party veterans of hundred hard.
fought trays can bring themselves to throw
it aside with all the patriotic memories thai
cluster around it without a pang Of poig.
| nant regret