The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-20

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the speech which be delivered s. atlanta
Friday night. stated fully and grsve.y the
purp1se Of the Georgia allislcs- de said;
ave are going 10 tight . have tie sub
treasury plank put into the s:ats ds-nocratlc
/ platform. aod re a7e E.l1E 70 1g1t % have
/ it put into the national democratic plat
form In other words, tie alliance Of
I Georgia is going 20 make tie democratic
Z party Of tie state i1d1rss the Ocala plat
( form. This is exactly wba: tie MORNING
( NEWS, several months sg3. said the purpose
/ of r5e alliance was
The alliance may s1ccesd il committing
/ the Democratic part7 Of tie state to the
/ Ocale platform. 1t has within its orEaniza-
tioa a very large percentage Of the demo-
! cratic voters, AID, from present Indications,
/ tbs majority Of than favor the Ocala plat
/ form. The alliance also is thoroughly
organized, so that it will not be q difficult
matter, unier existing conditions, for 1t 10
control mos: Of the county mass meetings
a. which delegates to the state convention
/ will be elected
! But how will the alliance Of Georgia be
| benefited By forcing the Democratic party
! Of this state 10 indorss the Ocale platforms
/ II is absolutely certain that the national
| democratic convention will not indorse it
| The doctrines it contains are not democratic
doctrines. II they were. the alliance OF
| Kansas, which is almost wholly made up
of republicans. would not 50 heartily OPP
prove them. Indeed, it is doubtful if the
Democratic party Of a single state, unless
the plan Of the alliance Of this state as cut
/ E~.T Il i 4
cessfully. will indorse the Ocala platform.
Il is csrtAin taet the Democratic party Of
Kansas will not Georgia, therefore, de-
malding in the national democratic COZ
vent1on tue Endorsement q that platform
+ would present lonely and rather ri1Icu-
lous fgure.
And the O1als doc.riaes. although TIE
alliance should forcs them down tbs t5rozs
Of Georgia democrats. would lot - d=13-
cratic doctrines unless they were iDcorpo-
rstsi into tie national democratic p sffo-T.
Leading sllisnce1e1 Of LOUISIANA frankly
admit there Is 10 probability that The
Ocsla platform viii Be fsvora -ly c5osid-
ere1 By the national democratic convention.
because IL principal fzztlras sra
net IN harmony with democratic
% I
fore decided . cast thzlr lot with
ths third party. Thsy have czls3 third
party oooTsnt.ou. which vii rn-sg s. Alex
sodris this month. This action Of thalrs
has the approval Of Col. Polk sod tss L.
ti9naI alliance. hey nas1 - co1trol TIE
state FOR the third party. and with thzt
purpose il view ttsy ara Organizing TIE
black voters aa5 taking them into tie alli-
snc=. Very lively times ere looksd fo- IN
louisiana, bzcs1ss the effort 70 take tie
STATE OF. Of the exclusive co1trol Of tas
whites Eili meet With the st-ougsgt aid bit
ts-sst kind Of opposition. Many Of the ALI
s.csDsn il this third party movement are
waite republicans. who are glad OF this op-
portuuiiy 70 break the heretofore solid
ranks Of tas Democratic party.
Now that CD. Livingston has frankly
stated the parDoss 0: tie aIliancs the demo
Gratis q the state who do NJ: approve tie
OcAls platform know what 70 expect They
must either fight for their party or submit
70 the dictatioa Of q secret orgznization-
al organization, although almost wholly
composed Of democrats, that indorses the
political doctrines Of the Peoples party Of
Kansas and the National Peoples party
that vas organized q: Cincinnati May 70.
The work OF organizing democratic
leagues throughout the state has BEEN be-
gun mons too soon. Col Livingsson's
speech on Friday night shows that it is
necessary that it should be prosecuted with
vigor. Ii should be continued until there
is league in every county 10 the stats.
And the Leagues should interest themselves
in prom llgating democratic doctrines Il
is the sub-treasury scheme which
catches the farmers. Let them be
shown the fallacies in that scheme, and how
dangerous it is TO the well-being of the
country. Those Of them who can be in
duced to study 1t will cease TO favor it. And
the leagues should see 10 it that only those
who favor recognized democratic doctrines
are chosen delegates to the state convention.
In this way delegation may be sent to the
national democratic convention that will
represent in the fullest sense the democratic
party Of the state.
Startling Increase of Criminals.
In the October number OF the Forum Mr.
William P. Andrews, for many years clerk
of the criminal court at Salem. Mass, has
an article on the alarming increase OF crime
in that state. The purpose Of his article is
TO show that the substitution of reforma-
tory for punative treatment of criminals is
productive of results which should have
startling effect upon every thinking person.
Mr. Andrews shows from the reports of
commissioners OF prisons of Massachusetts,
T that during the last fifty years, while the
population of the state has only trebled, the
! number of criminals has increased fifty
= fold. At the present time there Is one
prisoner to every 400 inhabitants of the
4 state and oneto every 222 inhabitants in
I Boston. These figures include rscommit-
o ments.
= Mr.. Andrsws figures presents this prob
? lem: How long will it be at the present
e rate Of the increase in the population and
q in the number Of criminals before the
6 greater part of the population of MsSsschu-
I ill