The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-22
POLITICS IN TWO STATES.
Notes and Comments on Affairs in
Georgia and Florida.

Macon News: Billie Clifton, the "war-
horse of Chatham" is out for Col. Bill
Harris place as secretary of the Senate.
We begin TO realize that something must
be done for Billie.
Augusta Herald: H. c. Cabaniss. it oc-
ours 10 US, would be the best man to sue
coed Col. Harris as secretary of the Sen
ate. Mr.. CabaniSs has long been Mir.
Harris assistant There can be no cues
tion that he is better fitted for the place
than any other Georgian.
Atlanta Journal: Congressman Turner,
who has been put in the field by his
friends, has been too closely confined to
his duties in Washington to come 10 GeoU-
gia until the tariff bill was out of the
way. He has made a magnificent record
in the House, especially OF late, and he is
going 10 be a formidable candidate for
senator before the legislature.
Augusta Chronicle; The second lesson
TO be learned from the decay of the ALI
ance is that there is no permanent field in
this country fer a third party. The
grangeEs the wheel hourished for a short
time as political and other agricultural
organizations have power, and disin-
tegrated just as the alliance is doing.
The Green Oack party struUted its little
hour on the political stage and made its
exit, not to be recalled. The Prohibition
party continues its existence, but is as
powerless to-day for good or evil, politi-
cally speaking, as ever in its history. The
same is true of the Labor party, and the
doom of the populists is just as sure.
Rome Tribune: The state is still smil-
ing over the nomination of DR.. FELTON, by
the pOpulst congressional convention that
met in Rome last Wednesday, The in
consistency of il is amusing -Four years
ago DR.. FELTON, exhausted himself in
| abusing the farmers alliance BY pro-
| cess of political evolution the alliance
has changed into the populist party. Q 4
recruit has fallen in here and there
from other sources, but the rank and
| hle or the new party came from the al
lance. These same fellows were charac-
! terzed by DR.. FELTON, as Norway Rats, $"
the Connahanic Party" the Dark Ian
| tern Crew and the Followers of the
! New Light from Fish Creek" No or
ganization ever received such blistering
and tongue-lashing as the alliance got
from DR.. FELTON,. His denunciation of
the leaders and the platform of this new
sect put Its followers in such rage that
they refused to hear him speak
Charleston Is. O. News and Courier
1t is said that $50 far more than one-half
of the democratic leg islative nominees in
Georgia have been instr ucted in favor of
Hon. A. O. Bacon of Macon for the
Iuited States senatorship to succeed the
Hon. Patrick Walsh, appointed to succeed
the late Senator Colquitt. Mr.. Bacon is
one Of the ablest men in Georgia, and a
| tariff reform democrat without any equiv
Ocation." There is no telling what the
people Of Georgia and their legislators
| Will do They have been known TO do a
great many foolish things and to take
| positions on public questions, and political
| candidates which their own common
! sense should have condemned, and we are
not sure that they will do the right thing
now without judicious advice from
! wholly impartial observer. Why
| they should think of electing
! Hon A. o. Bacon to succeed the Hon.
! Patrick Walsh we cannot imagine. He
! is in no respect more patriotic, capable
| or useful man. He cannot do as much
In practical way for Georgia in Wash
| lngton as Mr.. Walsh. He is no soundeI
on the currency and however Mr. Walsh
| may have wabbled on o. e tariff in the
| past, there is no equivoCation about hin
| now on this question. We have NJ
special grudge against Mr.. Bacon, but i
seems tosus that it would be entirely IN
democratic for the Georgians to turI
| uO"h M w dASH now Slmply 20 make
place for Mr.. Bacon. If if were EvaI
Howell, who is wrong on almost every
public question, that MIR. Bacon was run
ming against, we would say go it, Bacon
| but 1t would be calamity to Georgia L
beat Walsh when he is on the yer,
threshold of a great career as a states
man.
FLORIDA
DeLand Record: 1t is not improbabl,
that Gov. Henry L. Mitchell will, befor,
many years, have a residence at the ma
tionAl capital of this country, represent
! ing Florida in one of the most angus
bodies on this globe.
DeLand News: Has the Tampa lotter,
got anything to do with the independent.
staying inl the ield2 Rumor says an
! agreement was made to make the run fol
! $500, said TO have been already paid in
| ana $4,000 1t they carry the county How
| about this, gentlemenl Is there any truth
| in it,
St. Augustine Press: Congressman
Mallory has riveted himself so closely tc
! the Democratic party Of Florida, that a
| dozen defeats could not shake him from
| 1t. His graceful speech on realizing his
| defeat at the Monticello convention has
| the right ring about it, and the people OF
| Florida cannot overlook his faithful ser
| vices to the state, and may remind him In
! the future that there are more honor.
| able positions than that of congressman
! in this glorious land.
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