The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-13
THEY'RE FOR CLEVELAND
SOUTH GEORGIA FARMERS NOT
HILL MEN AS a RULE.

They We're Inclined TO the Third
Party at First, But Are Now Back on
the Line OF Tariff Reform-Livingston
Not 80 Much of a Favorite as He Was
and Gov. Northen Gaining Friends.
A gentleman who has recently made
tour Of the counties in the southwestern
portion Of the state. and whose business
brings him into close association with the
farmers and people generally. gave MORN
ING NEWS reporter yesterday his views of
the political situation in Ware, Coffee, Ber-
rien, Worth. Clinch, Pierce aud Wayne
counties.
"There Is no doubt that there will be an
attempt to organize the third party in the
Eleventh district said he, land they will
have enough followers to make a consider
able racket. G. C. Post and Lecturer Gill
more, ex- chaplain Of Savannah's Seamen's
Bethel, are the leading lights among the
third party men and they are whooping 10
up for all It is worth They are doing their
best to carry the alliance with the third
party, but with the exception of a few exs
tremists they have no great following.
ALL GOOD DEMOCRATS.
1.-THE majority Of the alliancemen are Just
talked with number of them and they all
state their intention of sticking by the
Democratic party. They confessed that the
third party did have some attractions for
them at first, but second thought showed
that there was nothing to be gained by it.
They concluded that 1t would be foolishness
after fighting the high tariff monopoly for
years to flock to some other standard when
victory was almost at hand
1.-THE free silver fever seems TO have
cooled down considerably also with the ALI.
Ancemen, !" the gentleman said. "Some Of
them seemed to think that free coinage
meant free COIN and that all they would
have to do after the silver bill was passed
! would be to back their carts up to the
custom house and shovel in load Of silver
dollars. When they found that free coinage
meant that a lot of mine owners out in
Colorado could send their silver to the mint
and have it coined and put the dollars
back in their pockets they concluded that
free silver wasn't such great thing after
all. Tariff reform will be their war cry
now"
OUT AND OUT FOR CLEVELAND.
Whom do the farmers favor for Presi-
dentY
"They are principally for Cleveland
Only few Hill men are to be found. do
not think Hill could carry single county in
the Eleventh district I he whole country
seems to be for Cleveland. He is regarded
as a safe, sound leader, while Hill is looked
upon as politician and trader. Alliance
men generally speak great deal more fav-
orablY of Gov. Northen of late. They are
very much soured on Livingston, though.
81 have heard several of these alliance
speakers recently" he continued, land
have never heard one Of them say anything
| against the tariff. Neither do they have
anything to say against the Republican
PARTY. They spend all their time abusing
the Democratic party and telling how rotten
and corrupt it is. Their venom has lost its
force. however, and the people are not pay
ing much attention to them. The alliance
mon are falling away somewhat and many
Of the alliances have not held meeting in
| two or three months. There is not much to
fear from the third party in this section Of
| the country"