People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-12
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
That the Democratic convention
should have renominated the entire
list Of State officers was expected
by everybody familiar with the tao
tics Of political rings. 1t is almost
impossible to free a party from
coterie of oficeholders monopOlizing
the patronage of a State or great
city, when no division mars the
symmetry of the slate they fix up.
It is case in which cooperation is
usually perfect, and an outsider
seeking to supplant one of the
cOterie in nominating convention
finds his individual efforts combated
by each and all the ms. Therefore
the denomination Of the full State is
by no means Indicative that the
present officials are the most popular
or the most capable members of their
party, but rather that they combined
together to bring about the result.
For the Peoples Party, the con-
vention of last Wednesday is an
object lesson. The body lacked the
enthusiasm and earnestness of that
which nominated Peek and other
Peoples candidates, and was COM
posed of different element of citi-
Zens of the commonwealth. Where
as we had an assembled body of
producers of wealth, the Democra-
CIV was represented almost exclusive
ly by professional men and traders
of the towns, principally by law
yers. It was reasonable to expect
that the proceedings would be more
regular and the speeches more i'm
pressive than at the Peoples con-
vention. Such expectation, how
ever, aot realized. The plain
pie were aole to exercise
1re ,t,.~o,s IN business than the
Democrats, and the speeches A. IL
by the farmers were incomparably
more earnest and convincing than
were those Of the bar bred advocates
of Wall street.
Ushering il the convention on
Tuesday night, the grand ratification
meeting was a disappointment.
Though the speakers who delivered
addresses were Of State reputation,
not notable idea was developed or
word uttered that would carry
conviction to the inquiring mind.
Music and cheers left far greater
impression on the listener than any,
thing said. If the singular and
repEehensible appeal made by Sena-
tor Gordon to sectional animosity
be excepted, there was scarcely an
utterance by any speaker that would
impress itself upon even the ardent
convictions of the young men who
compose the Atlanta Democratic
club.
General Gordon seems impressed
with the idea that if the people of
Georgia vote a ticket upon which
occur the names of brevet briga-
der of the Federal volunteer army
and manned veteran of the Con-
federacy, dishonor will be done to
the mem DRY of the fallen braves of
the South. He sees no inconsistent
cy, however, in voting for ticket
the head of which died by proxy in
hospital of the Federal army, while
the second place is filled by an avow-
ed enemy whose courage or interest
was not sufficient to spur him to
battle for his side in the sanguinary
contest of thirty years ago. The
most absurd claim is set forth that
the South can retain her honor and
self-respect while accepting political
affiliatitn with the East, rich with
the spois of the war and the misrule
it made ossible, but would be dis
graced were she to join with the
West in an effort to SO change con-