The morning news., 1892-03-31
GE0RGIA'S THIRD PARTY.
A sEoRRT CONVENTION HELD AT
ATLANTA.

A State Central Committee With Fun
Machinery and a Plan of Campaign
Now IN Existence-C. O. Post Chosen
Chairman OF the State Committee.
A State Convention Called for
July 40.
ATLANTA, Ca. March s0.-Ths Peoples
party Of Georgia perfected its organIzatiou
In this city to-day. A state central COM
mittee, with full machinery and a plan OF
campaign. Is now In existence. Tomorrow
morning the democracy, that has always
been the safety and she safeguard of che
commonwealth Of Georgia, will awake to
find the enemy that has for two years been
lurking under cover OF the alliance openly
In the field, organized and equipped
TO contest every inch of the ground
In the approaching campaign. There is no
longer any doubt after the event OF to-day.
The Democratic party should not hesitate,
but rise up aud prepare for the struggle
that ia bound to come. IL is a secret enemy
that the democrats have to meet. IL was
secret under the name Of the alliance, and
as the Peoples party IL still retains the
dangerous element Of secrecy. The plans
Of the third party are we'll laid. Since the
meetings OF Saturday last they are develops
ing 10 way that will undoubtedly cause
some alarm among the democrats. There
has been an unusual amount of activity !
among the third party people here for the
past few days.
GAME IN AS srRAGGLERs.
IL was easy to see that there was sone@
thing brewing, but Just what IL was those
interested took good care to keep to them
selves. First, Senator Ellington arrived in
the city, announcing that he would be here
several days. Then other aliiance-third
party men came struggling in from differ
ent sections OF the state, but they diligently I
kept their mouths shut. So secretly have
the plans been carried out that although
convention Of forty-five representatives
from every district in the state met here /
this morning In back room In the building 4
In which the Office of the Peoples party .
paper Is located. both the afternoon papers
failed 10 discover the fact. The People'a
party convention was In session all day /
long. and IL was not until It's work was fin
ished Tonight that any information could
be had in regard to 1t. How the delegates
to the conference were selected is nou
known. bus 1t is believed that they
were selected by various organizations in
secret, In accordance with the instructions
OF the secret circular issued two weeks ago
by Senator Ellington and Col. Peek. Tho
whole plan seems TO be to carry on a secret
campaign as far as possible. every effort be-
ing made to deny the meeting ield to-day
until 1t could no longer be denied.
POST CHOSEN CHAIRMAN.
AT the conference here to-day G. O. Post
OF Douglas county was elected chairman
OF the state committee, Oscar Parker, q /
lawyer OF Atlanta, secretary, and the fol-
lowing members OF the committee from
she various congressional districts:
oA -
boro and J. Gilmore OF Hagan.
Second District-J. II. Hand OF Mil
ford and g. w. Forester Of Cairo.
Third Distriot-W. r. Christopher of
Montezuma and r. d. Wimberly OF Coch-
ran.
Fourth Dis,rict--w. r. German Of
Geneva and L. M. McGhee OF Powellsyille.
Fifth Distriot-A. g. Daniels of Atlanta
and w. l.. Peek Of C0nyers
Sixth District-G. II. Ware Of Kedrou
and G. +. Turner Of Brent.
Seventh DISTRICTS. s.. Colson OF Temple
and Q. u. Hutchinson Of Greenway.
Eighth Distrtct-E. M. Anthony of Wash@
ington and L. K. Robbins OF Greensboro,
Ninth District--J. Il. Anderson of Cum
ming aud ]. N. Twitty OF Jefferson
Tenth DistrIot-C. II. Ellington of
Thompson and NJ. |. Branch OF Berselid.
Eleventh District-T. N. Morton OF Way
cross and w. A. Eacora OF bonneville.
mittee instructions were transmitted to the
Peoples party In every district to place
candidates In the field for all the offices from
bailiR TO congressman. Such a campaign
will wake up Georgia as she has not been
awassned since reconstruction.
STATE CONVENTION CALLED.
A convention to nominate state house
officers and candidate for governor was
ordered called for July 20 by the new born
committee.
Delegates TO the Omaha convention were
ordered to be elected by district conven-
tions without state convention. These
delegates will be chosen some time In June.
Before ad1ourning, campaign commit
tee, composed OF y. q. Post. w. ID. Irwin,
editor Of the Alliance Farmer, w. /.
Branch, John y. West and r. w. fvey, was
elected. A lengthy discussion upon all the
features OF the approaching campaign were
INDUCED in. The pension plank In the st.
Louis platform was handled and will be pun
Ia the best shape 20 make it acceptable to
soutnern voters. 10 offset any feel
ing 1t may arouse IL was proposed
to have inserted a plank providing that the
government reimburse the slave owners or
their heirs for the loss of their slaves by the
emancipation proclamation.
ELLINGTON FOR GOVERNOR.
Senator Ellington will be the candidate
for governor-at least he will contest for
the nomination with Mr. German. Repre-
sentative Watson and Col. Peek will stand
for congress for the third party. The third
partyites were jubilant over their work
when speaking OF the convention and the
prospects of the campaign. The results of
last Saturdays meetings in various parts OF
the state were In measure reassurinR to
the democracy. But there ig good reason
TO believe that the Peoples party
movement did not show its full
strength at that time. This Yves either be-
cause the plan of campaign Of the men who
are leading the movement II 10 keep the
democrats fighting Ia the dark, or because.
as was intimated In these dispatches, tho
real demonstration Of strength Is yet 20 be
made when tho county alliances meet ia
April.