New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-26
1t is for the voters themselves to say whether
they want frst-class chance of ruin, or pros
perity continued for four years more
TIE CONVINCING AND COSCLUSITE EGG

they have been developing more or less hilarity
of late and now Georgia enters. There's great
fun in North Carolina, where Mr.. stevenson,
whom "The New-York sun fondiy calls
Adla" is arousing enthusiasm by his Statisn-
cal remarks concerning the State debt OF twenty
five years ago, to such an extent that he has
already been presented with the left hind foot
of a graveyard rabbit" and it would not be
at all strange if they should present him with
whole graveyard before he gets through stump
ing the State In Virginia our own tom
Grady is working up the entire population
by depicting to them with fiery eloquence the
manacles which large manufacturing establish
ments at the North, protected by the IN
famous Mckinley Tariff, are at work day and
night forging for the Southern people. to be put
on with a snap as soon as Harrison IS re-
elected, and the death knell of American liberty
is sounded. In South Carolina the two FAC
tons of the Democratic party-once so beanti-
fully sod-into which it is now unhapplly
divided. are going round dividing time" as
they call it, in denouncing each other as various
kinds of liars and thieves, and answering each
others arguments with double arrelled guns
and such sort of logic In Alabama, differences
of opinion have arisen as to whether it is really
proper caper for a minority faction OF tho
Democratic party to play the same games on
the majority that the whole party has been
playing successfully these many years in dis
tricts where it was itself minority, and there's
"a good deal Of feeling on the subject.
And now Georgia enters There arc differ
ences of opinion in Georgia. Not that there
are any Republicans there to speak Of. All that
&c
several years ago. For long time the State
has been cheerfully unanimous. Minor per-
sonal differences there have been, of course,
but none that went beyond the caucus, AT
the polls the practice has been to call first for
votes for tho Democratic ticket, and then to
lay double barrelled gun on the box and ask
with rising infection if there were any con-
trary minds. So Georgia has been reasonably
free from acrimonious political controversies.
So soon as it was found that the death rate
correspondent pretty nearly with the Republican
vote political excitement ceased Georgia went
Democratic every time and in all her borders
there was peace. But people got tired OF
peace and harmony. Even the Democratic
party tires of it after long period 1t has some
times got tired of the canker OF a long peace
right here in New-York, where 1t has nothing
in the world to do except pull together and
divide the "swag." So they began ~ fall out
in Georgia. The Democratic party broke in
two. The cleavage did not 60 over to the
Republicans. by any means. The regular Or
ganizaton carried too many double barrcllcd
guns to permit any such detection as that.
The seceders organized third party. They
called it the Farmers Alliance They made
considerable stir, and two years ago sent Tom"
Watson to Congress. And "Tom' made trou-
BILE after he got there. Said publicly that
Democratic members got drunk. Got himself
investigated And went home mad
And now he and his associates have been max
ing things lively in Georgia. They are run
ming Third party candidate for President, to
| wit Weaver Weaver thinks tho Government
ought to take possession of the railroads and
telegraphs, make 70 cents worth of silver worth
dollar, print money enough to make the peo-
pie comfortable and lend 10 at per cent on
| corn in the ear and other agricultural products
and make itself generally useful. They had
Weaver down in Macon the other day TO tell
| them about it, With him were two or three
women orators who are quito worked up about
the condition Of the country. and have taken
| the stump to save It. They had big meeting
in front Of the Hotel Lanier It is said there
were 1000 people present. Weaver addressed
them from the balcony. All at once, before
he had fairly entered on his argument an egg
struck one of the ladies in the company and
| then, according to "The Ncw-York Suns
Dispatch legs began to rain into the
balcony" Continuing the account, the
dispatch says: 1.-THE party retired TO
| the parlor, when several local Democrats
appeared and asked the audience to give
Mrs Lease hearing. Tho crowd could not
be controlled, and the Democrats took adj
! vantage of the occasion, and several speeches
were made" 1t remains to be seen whether
this will make an end of the Third party in
| Georgia, and restore harmony and unanimity
| to the Democracy Of that tried and true Demo
cratic State. For the time at least, it seems
certain that the egg as an argument was a
success Weaver was unable TO meet it, and
| the "local Democrats took possession of the
| meeting On the whole it may be said that
| this occurrence bctokcns progress in Georgia.
The substitution of the egg for the shotgun
indicates that the Georgia Democrats arc slowly
adopting milder methods in politics.
General Weaver has cancelled all his engage
ments in Georgia since he discovered that the
d" local Democrats" had hit upon the convincing
and conclusive egg as the most effective answer
| TO his arguments. The evolution of political
discussion in Georgia began with tho use OF
the convenient, hut rather hard-seated, rail As
the final arguments it developed thence to the
adhesive tar and 0uttering feather. II reached
its diametric aftor the War in the unanswer
able shotgun 1t has swung back now to
the fragile and loud-smelng egg. General
Weaver has evidently made calculation of
the poultry yard product of the State, and
decided not to meet it.