The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-06
Draw the Line Clearly.

| also for presidential electors and congress-
men. Il has made a declaration OF war
! against the Democratic party-the party
| that rescued the state from car
| pet bag rule and has given IL
an intelligent and economical government.
The Democratic party will not shrink
from the contest. Confident that its prin-
! ciples are the ones from which the people
have the most to expect, and believing that
upon the triumph Of those principles the
prosperity Of the state depends, it will meet
its new enemy with the same vigor and de-
termination that marked its struggles with
the Republican party when that party had
the state within its grasp and was robbing it.
And the first thing for the Democratic
party to do is to notify those who are not in
sympathy with it, but who are supporting
the Peoples party, to step out Of its ranks.
1t does not want to lose any of its members,
but it must draw the line clearly between
its friends and its enemies. it cannot do
full justice TO itself if 1t permits enc
mics in its camp. 1t must know who
ore for it and who against it. If there
are those within its ranks who
have become inoculated with tho poison OF
the Peoples party, and who propose to sup
port that party, LEI them openly announce
the position they occupy. They have no
business to masquerade as democrats or take
! part in democratic mass meetings aud pri-
maries. And it is the duty of democrats to
see that they do not. From this time it
must be understood that avowed members
of the Peoples party will not be permitted
to have voice in the affairs Of the Demo-
cratic party.
The MORNING News more than a week
ago advised democrats throughout the state
to organize and prepare for a campaign Of
unusual importance. 1t is a source Of sat-
isfaction that this advice is being very gem
orally needed. The county papers. follow
ing the lead OF the MORNING NEWS, are
squirting the democrats of their respective
counties into activity, and the great Demo-
cratic party is gradually arousing itself
from its apathy and getting ready to meet
the enemy that is boasting of its ability to
capture the state.
When the lines between the friends and
enemies OF democracy are drawn it will be
found that the number that has deserted
| the Democratic party for the Peoples party
is not 50 very great The intelligent demo-
Gratis, the democrats who are profoundly
| interested in the prosperity OF the state and
! who are capable Of understanding just what
the Peoples party is and what its intentions
are. will still be found within the demo-
| cratic fold. They cannot be induced to be-
come members of party whose leaders not
only announce their hatred of the south, but
boldly proclaim it to be their purpose to
break the backbone of the solid southern
| democracy by capturing Georgia. And
how do they propose to carry Georgia. By
convincing the white people that it is to
their interest to vote with the Peoples
partys Not at all. But by organizing the
blacks-blacks who. when organized, will
be a source of infinite trouble to the farmers
and to tho state, because they
will not only demand more
pay for fewer hours OF work. but will IN
slst upon having share of the Offices. Does
any one doubt that the Peoples party in
| tends to depend upon the black votea Who
was it in the st. Louis convention, where
the Peoples party was organized, that
had the most potent voice? Was
it not Gilmore, Of Tattnall county, an
| ex preacher and an Englishmanl
OF the eighteen votes given to Georgia he
| controlled eleven and they were the votes
Of black men. Why was he given control
Of a majority Of Georgia's votes in the con-
vention if it is not the plan of the Peoples
party to organize the blacks and utilize their
votes in the approaching campaign3
We are glad to see that the sub
| alliances in many of the counties
are passing resolutions to the effect
that they are not going to
leave the Democratic party. They are
wise. They are just beginning to under
stand what the Peoples party is, and how
totally unworthy it is of their confidence.
1t is big with demands and promises,
but it Is thoroughly insincere and
can accomplish nothing for those
who put their dependence in it
1t has lost what little foothold 1t had in
the west, and the Republican party is now
encouraging it in the south with the hope
| that it may break the solid south. Let the
farmers of Georgia study 1t carefully and
the 0sn who are at the head of 1t, and those
of thsn who have thought favorably of it
| will be ashamed OF having done so.
| Alr,u hn Maui