The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-19
ELLINGTON IS ELECTED.
He PROMISES TO RUN THE ORDER
AS NON-PARTISAN.

AS NON-PARTISAN.
The Southern Alliance Farmers Third
| Party Nonsense Not Iudorsed-Liv-
ingston Forces a Compromise-The
Convention Adjourns Sine Die-Gen,
Gordon Speaks.
| GAINESVILLE. GA, Aug. 1S.-This has
been great day for democracy in Gaines-
ville 10 has permeated everything but the
state alliance, but that has fallen into the
hands Of the third party. The all lance by
the skin OF its teeth has been given a new
lease on life, but the general opinion seems
to be that It is but a nero span of existence
aud Its death Is but a question Of shors
| time
| At last nights meeting the third party
delegates we're In the majority and they
knew 1t and they were inclined to use their
power.
THE ALLIANCE FARMER.
They wanted the alliance to indorse the
course OF the Southern Alliance Farmer
and to elect Secretary Ellington president.
| The democrats, led by Representative
| Lii viugston, we're determined to prevents
this aud when the resolution to indorse the
| Southern Alliance Farmer was about TO be
passed the democrats declared they would
| leave the meeting and quit the alliance ie
| this was done.
| A hurried consultation among the leaders
| followed and the democrats agreed to vote
| for Senator Ellington as president, IL the
| third party men would vote for the subs
| stitute and thus refuse to indorse the ale
lance paper.
| ELLINGTON ELECTED.
This proposition was accepted and this
morning Senator Ellington was unani-
rnously elected president. He firss pledged
himself to conduct the alliance as non-par~
tisan and promised that he
| would not run it as q
| political machine. Ex-President LivingS
ston then installed him into office, and be
made him swear most solemnly that be
1 would obey the constitution and would noh
| run the order into politics. Many of the
best men in the order declare their inten-
| tion OF quitting, as they say they wouldn't
| touch the alliance with l0-foot pole with
| Senator Ellington as president. They de-
clare that Senator Ellington's past record
| shows what he wants to do with the alli-
ance, and that he is such an extreme parti-
san that he cannot keep from running 10
| Into politics, especially with suoh a strong
third party pressure az will be brought to
bear upon him.
GOOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
| The work of to-day is sledge-hammer
| blow for the democrats. The third party
leaders, when they left homo, promised the
| rank and file, the fellows who read nothing
| but the Southern Alliance Farmer, that
| they would make the alliance indorse the
Omaha convention. It's platform and its
candidates. Now when they return they
have nothing TO show for these rash prom-
ises but third party president and
muzzled organ, which means that the Peo-
| ple's party now has no organ at all. The
| paper Is conducted by an editor who is in
| the bands Of the executive committee. This
| committee consists OF Messrs. Corput. Tay-
lor, German, Stephens and Pope, only one
member, Mr.. German, being a third party
man.
| EDITOR ERWIN POwERLEss.
II Editor Erwin refuses to make the pa
per non partisan the executive committee
\ Will fire him, and IL ne fails to get out the
contract will be declared fortei ted and the
| alliance patronage Withdrawn. This plac es
| Editor Irwin In an embarrassing position,
| for he must give up abusing the democrats
and praising the third party, or he must
| give up the alliance patronage.
Col. Peek said to a reporter that the policy
| Of the paper under the resolution would
not be changed, as the alliance demands
| were oil embodied in Weaver and Field.
| He said the paper would go on as usual.
| But the executive committee Is determi ned
that IL shall not.
MAY WRECK THE ORDER
This paper may be the rock on which the
alliance will yet be split
w. L. II. Ssarcy Of Spalding was elected
| vice president.
A. W. Ivey was reelected secretary.
w. A. BrouGhton was reelected treas-
urer.
Bev. g. A. Walker. the preacher who has
been making such wild third party speeches.
was elected state lecturer. He will now
have to be non-partlsan or quit
| Col Livingston was unanimously elected
a delegate to the national convention and
the meeting adjourned for dinner.
GEN. GORDON SPEAKS.
While the alliance was In secret session
| at the opera house the Forty-seventh aud
| Thirty-hfth Georgia regiments were gath
| cred together IN the court house to hear an
address from Gen. John b. Gordon. The
| house contained about 1000 people, a large
number from this county. and they all
| literally went wild and waved the old battle
| SCARED flag over their heads when Gen.
| Gordon poured hot shot into the ranks OF
| the third party, and when he finished the
crowd filed past the stand to shake hands
with the general, while cheer after cheer
| shook the building. IL was a grand demo-
cratic audience and IL listened TO a grand
democratic speech.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
At this afternoons session of the alliance
the committee on good of the order agreed
on a report. but 1t was so democratic that 10
was not read.
Griffin has been selected as the next place
OF meeting for the alliance.
The convention adjourned sine die, and
the people were disappointed because they
could not hear Col. Livingston. He agreed
when last nights compromise was made
hat he would not make q democratic
| peech when here.
Mr.. Pickett. who is a vain glorious and
| ignorant exhorter. is now saying that Col.
| Livingston was afraid TO meet him.
Tonight a reception is being held at the
| Arlington hotel, at which Senator Gordon
and Congressman Livingston are the stars,
while a host OF city folks and woolhat boys
are the satellites.