The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-30
POLITICS In THE STATE.
A CLEVELAND VERSUS HILL FIGHT
AT COLUMBUS.

The Alliance Convention Of the Elev-
enth Congressional District Declines
to Commit Itself TO Judge Atkinson.
The Peoples Party Men of Burk q
Returning to the Democracy.
COLUMBUS, GA, April 29.-This morn
ing the Enquirer-Sttn printed a call for a
meeting to agree on ticket TO be voted for
in the primary election next Thursday.
The Hill men thought this was an attempt
to take snap judgment, and went to work
with will. When the meeting assembled
the Hill men were IN large majority and
adopted resolution naming Hill men as
candidates for election by the primary. The
Cleveland men will put out ticket and are
confident Of winning IN the primary.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT ALLIANCEMEN.
VALDosTA, Ga, April ga report to
the News from Waycross says that the
Eleventh district alliance convention. held
at that place on Wednesday last, elaborated
behind closed doors, and 1t had not trsnspired
what they did. This convention was called
by the ore held at Jesup SIX weeks ago, aud
it was announced that the alliance at this
meeting would indorse a candidate for
congress. 1t met to dispose of
that matter, and the result
is well known in this section If 1t is not Ia
Waycross. There were three factions there.
The largest one favored the third party and
opposed going into democratic primaries
Another but smaller faction wanted to in
dorse Judge Atkinson, and q third pre-
ferred Mr.. Turner and opposed making any
recommendation. After discussing the
matter at length they voted by to I to
make no recommendation at all, leaving
each individual alllanceman free to act for
himself Judge Atkinsons friends tried
hard to secure an Endorsement of his can
didacy, inasmuch as be had planted himself
on the Ocala platform, but they refused to
do so.
CLAY COUNTY SOLID.
Fort GAINES, Ca, April 29.-Clay
county as well as several other counties IN
the Second congressional district is sorely
afflicted with a few hot-headed and unruly
third partyites who claim to he simon-pure
democrats. A few weeks aga tine old demo-
cratic executive committee elected to
manage the campaign OF 1890 was called
together by the chairman for the purpose
of electlng a new committee and to trans
act business pertaining to the future, calling
OF O mass meeting for the purpose OF setting
q day for a convention or primary to elect
delegates to the state and congressional
conventions. On the executive committee
were few of these simon-pure democrats,
alias third partyites who ignored the wishes
of the true democrats and set date them
This has caused split in the ranks and
circular has been issued requesting the
democrats not to vote in the election.
The third party primary so termed comes
off April 80, while the one called by
authority of the district executive COM
mittee comes off July 30.
COMING BACK INTO THE FOLD.
WAYNEsBoRO, GA, April 29-The Peo-
pies party people in Burke are coming back
into the ranks Of the democracy again. 1t
will soon be a hard matter to find repre-
sentative Of the Peoples party in Burke.
Four or five democratic clubs have been
organized and are doing good work for the
grand old cause.
APEoPLE's PARTY CLUB.
ZEIGLER, GA, April ga Peoples
party club was organized at this place to-
day with eighty-six members among whom
were some of the leading citizens of Scriven
county.
The negroes of this place organized
Peoples party club yesterday with ffty-fve
members.