The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-28
It Is All Moonshine.


In an interview in Atlanta the other day
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, chairman OF the
| democratic executive committee OF tnIs
| state, in answer to a question whether ne
! thought the Democratic party OF Georgia
would be embarrassed in the presidential
Campaign next year by the third party
movement, is reported to have smiled auu
/ said:
Tins talk about a third party in Georgia
is all moonshine. Those who look to the
farmers alliance for material to form such
a marty mistake their intelligence, and will
be woefully disappointed. There are no
better democrats than the farmers OF
Georgia
Mr. Atkinson ought to understand the
political situation in this state pretty well
He is in a position certainly to understand
! il and it Is to be hoped that his UNDER
standing Of it is right. The MORNING News
has expressed the opinion frequently that
the farmers Of Georgia could not be induced
to abandon the Democratic party.
The fact that Mr.. Atkinson was asked
whether ne apprehended trouble from the
third party movement SHOWS that there is a
belief that the Peoples Parry will make an
effort to get footholi 10 Georgia.
And that there is some foundation for this
belief there is no doubt. Mr.. Atkinson re-
members probably that just before the CON-
ing of Gen. Weaver aud Mr.. Simpson
the alliance paper in this state suggested
that alliancemsn might act with the Peo-
pies party in national affairs and the Dem
ocratic party in state matters. Did not this
look like an effort to find out how the al
hancemen regarded the PEOPLES party
movement.
And were not the speeches Of Gen.
Weaver, Mr.. Simpson and President Polk
at the recent alliance meetings rather sig
nificantl Did not President Polk say, III ef
feet that if alhancemen could not get what
they wanted inside the Democratic party
they would 60 outside Of itl
And how about Congressman Watsonl It
is true that be says that he is just as good
democrat as there IS in the state, but, at
the same time, he declares he sees but little
difference between the platforms of the
Democratic and Republican parties, an
considers the Ocala platform better than
either Of them. He stands on the Ocala
platform, and that platform has been
adopted by the Peoples party.
Does Mr.. Atkinson think the Ocala plat
form will be incorporated into the national
democratic platforml Is it not quite GER
tain that it will not3 But it will be a
part Of the platform of the Peoples party.
II such should be the situation what course
would democratic alliancemen Of Georgia
take! With whioh party would Col. Liv-
ingston, Congressman Watson and other
alliance leaders actl Would they, does Mr..
Atkinson think, stand by the Democratic
party which had refused to indorSe the
Ocala platform or would they be found in
the Peoples party-the party that had ac-
cepted that platform!
Mr.. Atkinson doesn't answer questions
like these in his interview, and perhaps he
is not prepared to do so at present He sim
ply expresses confidence in the fidelity of
alliance democrats to the Democratic
party.
The MORNING News does not believe that
any considerable number of al
lance democrats of Georgia would
support the Peoples party even if their
leaders should feel impelled by their con-
victions to do so. They have received too
many benefits from the Democratic party
and are too firmly convinced that it is the
party that can render them the greatest
service to leave it,
But the belief that many in other south
ern states may be persuaded to leave it ex-
lists. That it does is shown by the efforts
Senator George, in Mississippi, and Gov.
Tillman, in South Carolina, care making to
convince democrats that the sub-treasury
plan will not give them the relief for which
they are asking.
There is some satisfaction in the positive
manner in which Mr.. Atkinson speaks with
respect to alliance democrats of this state.
He is in touch with the Democratic party
In about every county, and the information
upon which he bases his opinion is no doubt
reliable.