The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-05

| Letter AllldnComen SDOulQ heaO
The letter of Congressman Moses, pub
| lished in the MORNING NEWS yesterday, in
which he gives some inside history OF the
/ st. Louis convention, at which 1t was de-
termined to launch a third party, ought to
be read by every allianceman in Georgia.
II after reading that letter any one Of them
thinks he should leave the Democratic party
and give his support to the third party.
there ought to be no effort made to prevent
him. He has made up his mind 70 leave the
Democratic party because he wants to see
that party destroyed, not because he thinks
the third party will help him to improve
his material condition.
Congressman Moses was q delegate to the
st. Louis convention, but he did not see in
the men who composed that convention nor
in the platform they adopted anything to
justify hope that they had in mind the
best interests Of the country. He saw there
men thrust into prominence whom be knew
had only one object in view, and that was
to advance their own political fortunes.
Adventures, communists and anarchists
had control of the convention, while the
modest farmer was silent, unable to realize
bIdb tl4b VI dlALAklOu " " LAlC4 nc boAOHSOA
the allianoe-was being used to give char
acter to a movement which promised him
nothing whatever.
According to Congressman Moses there
was the bltteress hostility to the southern
democracy expressed by the third party
leaders. They all admitted that one of the
first things TO be done was to break the
solid south. I'VE have an entering wedge
in Georgia." they said, land we will break
the back of the - democracy in that
state and other states will follow" And
who was the most potent factor from
Georgia in the st. Louis convention3 A man
named Gilmore, from Tattnall county, who
represented eleven Of the eighty votes that
were allowed to ten southern states. He
pretended to speak for black alliancemen.
And who is Gilmore! Where
did he come froms Is he
even citizen Of this country. The MORN
ING News gave some points in his history a
few days ago. And yet southern farmers
are asked to follow such men as he-men
who have no stake in the country aud
whose aim is TO overturn existing affairs,
not with the hope that the condition Of the
farmers win be bettered, but with the ex-
peotation that something will turn up for
their benefit. What do they care for the
farmers OF the workIngmen? Their aim is
to make places for themselves where they
will not hzve TO work.
Have the farmers ever studied the st.
Louis platfor ms What do they find in it
that pleases them? DO they 6nd demand
for reduction of the tariffs Do they find
any condemnation OF the force billl They
find no reference to either Of these things,
because the men who framed the platform
were republicans. and they still demand a
high protective tariff and favor force bill
legislation. The chief leaders OF the third
party hate the south. They put in the plat
form a demand that union soldiers be paid
the difference between the price Of the de-
preciuted currency in which they were paid
and gold, but they made nosdemsnd for
confederate soldiers.
And these same third party leaders have
tried to mislead southern farmers with re-
spect to the st. Louis platform. They have
had a platform with the Objectionable
features left out made up for distribution
in the south. but the platform as IL was
adopted is distributed through the north.
What do southern farmers think Of this at
tempt to mislead them9 Is it not an insult
TO their intelligence that makes their blood
boil?
Doubtless the third party leaders will
come forward with an explanation OF their
conduct, but what honest explanation can
they make' Does any one doubt what Con-
gresham Moses ssysl He would not de-
ceive Georgans If he could. and besides, he
has too much at stake TO attempt to do any.
thing of that kind. He is an alhanceman
and a democrat. and he can be depended
upon to deal honestly with the farmers.
The men Of the south who give encourage
ment and support to the third party will
regret doing so to the end of their lives.
The National Columbian Public School
Celebration" executive committee, with
headquarters in Boston, is sending out cir
! cular letters to newspapers and public
schools urging that the scholars take steps
to join in the celebration of the 4oOth an
niversa-y Of the discovery of America
The committee suggests that on Oct. II,
| 1892. in every public school in the country
a celebration of the day be had In con-
formity with a programme to be sent out.
The committee says there is no institution
in the republic better exsmplifying the
| growth of the country than the public
schools. and that a national celebration in
the schools, on the day the exposition
grounds in Chicago are dedicated, would be
an event to arouse very healthful degree
| Of patriotism.
Ex-senator Ingalls, pride has had a great
fall. The truth has been forced upon him
that he does not amount to as much as a