The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
Refusing to Accept the verdict.

The contest between Col. Oates and
Capt. Johnston for the democratic noml-
nation for governor of Alabama has been
decided in favor of Col Oates by the pri-
maries and ratified by the county conven-
tiOns. Still, if reports are to be credited,
Capt. Johnston refuses to accept the YER
dict, and declares it to be his purpose to
continue the contest in the convention,
which meets Tuesday next.
is Capt. Johnston going to prove him
self to be a second Kolb2 How does he
expect to gain in the convention what he
lost in the primaries Does he hope by
making up slate of state officers and
swapping away some of the minor places
on his ticket to win enough of the dele
gates instructed for Col. Oates to get the
nomination. II that is his programme he
may find he cannot carry it out. The
Oates delegates are believed to be loyal to
their favorite, but if there are any who,
for any reason, should desert him, their
position would be an extremely uncom-
Portable one on their return to their
homes.
The contest between Col. Oates and
SaPu. OOhuobOu Wdo dn CAbICulClN uGdbeu
one, and those who won it are not in a
frame of mind to permit themselves to be
deprived of their victory. If Capt.
Johnston should be nominated by the
help of Oates delegates, it would be i'm
possible, in all probability, to hold the
party together, and he would be defeated
at the election,
Capt Kolb won neither office nor glory
by refusing to abide by the decision of the
Democratic party, and he now finds him
self at the head of factions of populists
and republicans. Capt. Johnston will find
himself in pretty much the same fix that
Capt. Kolb is in if he refuses to accept
the decision of his party at the primaries.
If he is the good democrat he has claimed
to be, he will favor making Col Oates
nomination unanimous and will take off
his coat and do his best to elect him by
an old-time democratic majority.
It is noted as showing how hard the
times really are, that four Of the biggest
hotel men in New York recently stated
that never before in their experience had
they found so much difficulty in
meeting expenses. One of them said not
a single hotel in the city was making
money and a wholesale butcher who sup
plies several large hotels said he found
exceptional difficulty in collecting bills.
The hotel men probably feel the public
pulse, in so far as money is concerned, as
quickly and as perceptibly as any other
class of business men. When the people
are prosperous they travel, and put up at
good houses and live well, and when they
are not, they stay at home or seek the
cheaper boarding houses and restaurants.
The state democratic convention of
Alabama will meet on Tuesday and nomi-
nate William c. Oates for governor. 1t
may be presumed that Senator Morgan
will not telegraph assurances of the hap
piness Of the Senate to the nominee or
the convention on that suspicious occa-
sion. But, really, he ought to, for the
chairman of the Green county delegation
proposes reading the resolutions adopted
by his county convention, and one OF
them, at least, should cause every true
democrat happiness. II reads as follows
BE it resolved, That the national demo
cratic administration be Endorsed. and
with il Grover Cleveland, the best,
wisest, most fearless, and most honest
President since George Washington"