The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-27
PEEK DEMANDS HIS RIGHTS.
WILL NOT STAND ASIDE FOR COBB,
so COBB COMES DOWN.

A Report That wright Had Tapped
His Barrel Is E1pIoded-The Pop
uIists Run Their Campaign With
out Grease-POpuIists CnmpniEner~
Live in Palaces and Fare Sumptu-
OusIy Every Day-Wright's Throat
Has Gone Lame-JOhn Temple
Graves EnIists For watson.
Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 25-The democratic
managers were given little shock to-
day by the report that the Hon. Sea5
Wright. the popuIst candidate for gov
ernor. had started the popuhst campaign
fund with personal contribution OF 3d.
Co. it being the intention Of the populist
campaiguers TO raise a big wad Of Doodle
with which to leaven the negro vote.
Mr Wright is wealthy man, Hlrough
his marriage. and this fact caused the re-
port to be generally credited. When Chair
man Cunningham OF the populist cam
paign committee was asked about this
matter he declared there was no truth
in it-that his side was running its ma
chinery without any grease, practically
speaking.
Instead Of chipping IN 5000" said
Chairman Cunningham, Mr.. Wright has
only contributed 500 toward our ex-
penses."
To substantiate his statement and eff
fectually controvert the report, Chairman
Cunningham exhibited the cash book or
Secretary sibley. showing the total en-
tries Of cash subscribed to the populist
campaign 10 be something less than 800
up to date. Next 10 the hundred dollars
credited to Mr.. Wright the largest sum
given by the other candidates on the pop
list ticket stood opposite the name Of
Or. Don Clark of Savannah, who chips
in $50 in two installments. The others
have come across with various less
amounts.
"Of course" said Chairman Cunning
ham, I'VE expect 'em TO come up better
than this before the fight is over. but we
do not count upon much Doodle on our
side Of the game"
The populist headquarters are in great
contrast this year TO what they were in
appearance two years ago Then they
were located in dingy little back room
in the building where Watson's daily pa
per was printed, and IL seemed that Wat
son himself did all the work.
This year the headquarters are 50 sump-
tuous that they might easily be mistaken
for the Offices of some rich corporation.
Chairman Cunningham has fine Brussels
carpets on the floors of his reception room
and private office, with electric bells con-
Meeting the suite so that instead of run
ming his errands himself as he did two
years ago, all he has to do is to press a
little button and Immediately one OF a pair
of spry looking porters appears to wait
upon him. And in another special room,
where nobody but the initiated are allow
ed TO penetrate, there is the busy hum of
a number OF typewriters to tell that
grease" or mo grease" the pOpulist
machinery is running at a great rate.
To-day Hon. Tom Watson, who passed
through the city on his way to GAINESVILLE,
where he speaks tomorrow, occupied the
private room of Chairman Cunningham
for an hour or more in close consultation
with Col. T. r. r. Cobb, the young At
lantian, who was coquetting with the pop
ulist congressional nomination This NOM
ination will be made here tomorrow. Az
ter the consultation with Mr. Watson. Col.
Cobb said, that he thought the nomina-
tion would go 10 Col. W. L. Peek. in
which event ne will not make the race
against Col Livingston as an independ-
emit Word was received from Col. Peek
to-day that he was not will
tng TO stand aside for Mr.. Cobb
or any one else, and as he
was promised the congressional nomina-
ton If he wanted it. he will get it from
the convention when it meets tomorrow,
as Mr.. Cobb would not oppose him. Wat
son wanted Cobb to have the nomination.
but as Peek was obstreperous he did not
care to make an open fight for II.
There was gloom at the popuist head
quarters to-day over the news from Can
didate Wright that his throat had gone
lame, and he would have to cancel all his
engagements to speak, except those in Sa-
vannah and Augusta. He wrote Chair
man Cunningham TO have the Savannah
date postponed from next Monday to next
Thursday night, and the Brunswick date
put off indefinitely. Mr.. Wright was bill
ed for Valdosta tomorrow, and Chairman
Cunningham has sent Dr. Gambrell to
that place to fill the engagement. 1t is
the plan to have Mr.. Wright go along
with DR.. Gambrell TO all the appoint
ments now made, but allow the doctor to
make the speech, while the gubernatorial
candidate rests his throat
To offset the disappointment felt over
the breakdown of Mr.. Wrights throat
the populist managers were quite elated
over the fact that Hon. John Temple
Graves has agreed to make several
speeches in behalf of Mr. Watson's vice
presidential chimera. 1t is proposed to
have Col. Graves speak both at Madison
Square Garden, New York, and in the
state of Georgia, but no definite arrange
ments have been made as yet for his ap-
pearance.