The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-12
Post and Peek.

Mr.. Post is the chairman Of the state
executive committee Of the Peoples party
in this state, and Col Peek is the manager
Of the alliance exchange in Atlanta. They
are trotting about the state trying to lead
democrats away from the Democratic
party. They begin their speeches by say
ing "goOd-by, old party, good-by." That
each of them is after an Office
there isn't much doubt. Col. Peek,
it is understood, wants to be governor, and
it is probable that Mr.. Post hopes TO succeed
/ Senator Colquitt in the Senate.
/ Is either the sort OF a maa the people Of
| Georgia would like to have in high and
responsible officel The MORNING NEWS
has called attention to the record Of Mr..
Post. That he was a republican before he
joined the Peoples party there is
no doubt, and that he is now in thorough
accord with the principles OF the Republican
party there is every reason to believe. AS
for Col. Peek, is it not just to him to say
that he is IN favor Of anything that will
help him reach the goal of his ambition, the
governorship. He is telling the farmers
how distressingly poor they are, but be
holds on to his talary as manager of the
alliance exchange which comes out Of their
pockets. de does not propose to donate
any part OF it for the purchase OF shoes for
farmers children, who, he says. are COM
PEELED to go barefooted to school when the
ground is covered with snow
But what do these men offer 20 the
farmers in place of the grand old Demo-
cratic party and its principlesl Nothing
practicable. absolutely nothing. The Peo-
pies party-the party they represent-has
for its leaders anarchists, adventurers and
cranks, men who are not wanted in either
Of the old parties. and it has for its platform
lot Of demands that are certain to be
rejected by the great majority of the people
as soon as they are understood.
Do Post and Peek deal honestly with the
peoples They certainly do not. They assert
in their speeches that the soldier plsnk-the
plank that provides for paying union
soldiers the difference between the price Of
greenbacks, in which they were paid, and
gold-is not in the st. Louis platform, and
yet Congressman Livingston and Moses,
who were members of the st. Louis con-
vention, say it is, and it certainly is
In the copies of the platform
that are distributed in the north. Why do
they seek to mislesd the farmers of Georgia
with regard to it,
Does either Mr.. Post or Col Peek tell the
farmers that the democrats in congress have
passed a free wool bill and bill putting
Jute bagging, intended as a covering for
cotton, on the free list? They don't men
ton these things, though either of them is |
worth far more to the farmers than the free |
coinage of silver would be.
The farmers who have been misled by |
Messrs. Post and Peek are beginning to find |
them out, and by the time the nominations
are made and the campaign Is fairly begun
they will have much less confidence in them
than they have now. Messrs. Post and
Peek will be back numbers before the state
meet. 1t is said that even \
Congressman Tom Watson, after reading
Mr. POSTS record, declared that the latter
was too heavy a load for the Peoples party
to carry. 1t is net improbable that the
Pepole's party will soon be saying, |
Good-by, Post and Peck; good-by.