The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-06
THE POPS AND SENATOR JONES
MR. ID. II. CLARK THINKS HIM W.
WISE AND IMPOLITIc.

what he Thinks OF the Outlook as "a
Delegate From Bingham 40 the
PopuIIst ConvenuOn-He FavOFs
Hon. walter b. Hfn for Governor.
Thinks the POpuIists should Now
Put out n Full National Ticket
without Regard TO bryan and
SeyvaII-SIr. 6. ~. miller May BE
the POpuIist Candidate for Con-
gress In the First District.
Mr.. George II. Miller. who heads the
Chatham delegation 10 the state poPulist
convention, left the city yesterday morning
for Atlanta. and Mr.. Donald II. Clark.
who. with Mr.. VIM Spier. composes the
bingham county delegation, went up 70
Atlanta last night. Mr. D. p. Newton and
other members Of the Chatham delegation
also went up by last nights train.
Mr.. Clark was seen 10y a representative
Of the Morning News. and asked what
would probably be done with regard 10
Senator Jones attitude and statements.
and also what would be the probable out
come Of the convention.
Il cannot conceive OF Senator Jones
having been so unwlse and impolitic." he
said. "as to have ever given utterance TO
the language attributed 10 him, but II he
did he has certainly thrown down the
glove and bid defiance to populism.
Il regard It as an evidence Of Senator
Jones' unfriendliness to silver, and as an
unguarded slip or expression of his true
feelings don't think the leaders Of the
democratic party desire the success Of the
silver plank OF their platform, but on the
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the success Of Mckinley AS the best evil
dence Of that fact take their attitude in
reference to the campaign, their strong
opposition and rejection OF fusion between
the pOpulists Of the south and the demo-
Gratis upon any other basis than the alb
soute dissolution OF the populist party.
knowing at the time that they make the
refusal to fuse upon any other basis than
that, that the popuiists will not ac-
cept that basis but will put out a
separate national ticket. and that such
separation of the two parties viii almost
certainly insure to Mr.. Mckinley several
southern states without which there can
be no possible hope for Bryans success.
II don't see how the democrats can
make their insincerity to their platform
any more apparent There is nothing TO
prevent Bryan's election but division of
the solid south, and when they not only
contempt, and say In the language of the
Hon. Senator Jones of Arkansas, go with
the negroes where you belong instead of
their being successful we will be at the
funeral Of the democratic party. 1t will not
be the funeral of our party, but of the
democrats; they created the material that
viii make the corpses. Senator Jones.
however, only echoes the Views of Senator
John b. Gordon, who spoke of the danger
Gus element in the south which he said was
composed of negroes and the radical agra
grian class, and said that it was time
when the independent and intelligent peo-
pie of the south must stand together to
prevent any domination by such danger
Gus element.
Il was out in the country the other day
and showed country populist Senator
Gordon's published interview. He told me,
when / spoke o. Gen Gordon, that he had
voted for him years ago. Then he read
the interview. The terms radical agra
rian' puzzled him, and it took me about
ten minutes to explain to him just what
II meant When l did he said: Well.
he'll never get my vote again, and he
don't dare come down here and tell old
Bill Strickland that
What do you think the convention is
likely to do with regard to Senator Jones
statementg' he was asked.
"Of course, / can only speak for my
SELF he replied, and / shall certainly
favor the putting out by our party of a
fun and separate national ticket They
have refused to recognize us or give In
10 us In any way, and think that the
only course we can consistently pursue.
l think the popullsts should put out
ticket without any regard whatever to
Bryan or Sewall, and believe they will
do it,"
"Who do you think the convention will
put out for governor" was asked.
That of course, / cannot say" he re-
piled, but personally / favor Hon. Walter
b. Hill OF Macon. With the prohibition
lists and the populists and Mr.. Hill to
lead them, l would have no doubt what
| ever of our success on the state ticket.
| There Is only one thing, even if we should
| get down to Savannah with a small ma
| jority, they would count in enough ma
| jority here to beat us II they could pos
| sibly do Ii within the limits of their reg
| istration. But 1 believe our majority will
| be big enough to do away with any danger
on that score"
DO you expect to put out candidate
| for congress in the First congressional
/ district?' was asked.
1--WE certainly do" he replied but
/ cannot say who 1t will be. There has
been some talk of Mr.. G. H. Miller and
/ one or two gentlemen in Effingham and
! Bulloch counties have been mentioned
! That will be done, however shortly after
the work of the state convention is over. .
WITH THE COMMISSION.