The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-19

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In an interview published in Washington
on Thursday, Congressman William Z.
/ Oates Of Alabama. referring particularly 10
the political situation in the SOUTH said'
''As / view it, the situation is serious one
| and fraught with danger. The third party
movement can no logger be Ignored me
alliance is trying to swallow the democracy
/ of the southern states. lock, stock ana DAi
rel 1t is bent on putting out a ticket III 'ue
next national contest. Unless the ueIhO-
Gratis come boldly t. the front and declare
/ their hostility to the pet doctrines OF the
4 alliance, the sIb-treasury scheme govern
/ ment ownership Of the transportation lines
and Government loans on land securities,
we are in imminent danger OF rum as
/ party.
There is no ADLER or more sincere demo-
/ Graf In the south than Mr.. Oates, and he Is
/ a man does not hesitate 70 express his opln-
ions. II be were not profoundly convinced
that the Democratic party is in danger of
being ruined he would not say So Believing
that It IS il danger he is prompt to utter a
warning.
The speech which Col. Livingston made
made at Hogansville on Friday is signlf-
cant It appears to sustain the statement
Of Mr.. Oates tbs the alliance Is trying to
swallow the democracy Of the southern
states" Col. Livingston SAID that Gen.
Weaver and Jerry simpson did not
come to Georgia to talk third
party and had not done so. He
daclora3 thot +ha alliauca in Or ont IF CaOr-
gia is not talsing about the Democratic or
the Republican party. There is no third
parry, he said He predicted that if neither
the Democratic nor Republican party fights
the alliance the alliance will fight neither OF
them.
Col. Livingston meant of course, that
there is no third party in the south. He
would not deny that there is a third party.
1t was organized at Cincinnati on May 10.
1t already had an existence in Kansas and
it will nominate state ticket in Ohio and
Iowa.
And it is we'll known that Gen. Weaver
and Mr.. Simpson are supporters Of this
third party-the Peoples party. No at
tempt has yet been made to organize this
party in any southern state, because the
southern people are strongly attached to
the Democratic party.
But will Col. Livingston say that an ef~
fort will not be made in this and other
southern states to commit the Democratic
party to the Ocala platform In the next
county conventions of the democrats, will
not efforts be made to choose delegates to
the state convention who will favor incor-
poratng the Ocaa platform into the demo-
cratic platform
1t would be interesting TO hear what Col. |
Livingston. as president Of the state alli-
ance, has to say upon this point And if |
Col Livingston and his friends should sue
coed in having the Ocaa platform adopted |
by the dem )cratic convention of this state |
what course would they pursue if the na~
tional Democratic party should repudiate |
all the important features of the Ocala plat |
form. Would they continue to support the |
national Democratic party. or would they |
transfer their allegiance to the Peoples |
party, which has adopted the Ocala PLATFORM |
These are fair questions aud the people |
would like to have Mr.. Polk and Col. Liv- |
ngston answer them.
There is chance. of course, that
enough aliiancemen in this state who
believe in the Ocala platform will
get into the next state democratic
to control that body, because an
Extraordinary effort is being made in be-
lalf of that platform. But if any sort Of a
light is made for straightout democratic
principles the Ocala doctrines will not APP
'ear in the platform of the Georgia de-
nocracy.
The warning of Congressman Oates is In
ended to arouse democrats all over the
outh to the Importance of attending their
and state conventions. If they
10 not do so their party organizations may
% placed in the position of subscribing to
doctrines which they do not approve and Of
Encouraging the third party movsement.