The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.

on EaNAt
D. N. Elkins OF Rochelle announces for
the legislature
7. G. Hudson Of Schley announces for
the Senate in the Thirteenth district.
Pavo Quill: Wait until duBignon gets
through with min. and be win be crisped.
Col I. A. Bush Of Camilla may become a
candidate for the jurdgeship Of the Albany
circuit.
Charles Brannon Of Atlanta Is a con-
gressionaIapossibility against Congressman
LIVINGSTON.
Canton is to have Fourth Of July cur
rency debate. Local politicians viii be the
disputants.
There are only two candidates for the
legislature in Butts thus far. a II. Ogle-
tree and Y. A. Wright
The democrats of Monroe county are
thinking Of sendeng Col. sam Rutherford
to the legislature from that county.
Hon. o. B. Stephens Of Dawson is can
didate for the state Senate. to represent
the counties Of Terrell, Clay and Ran
dolph.
II. B. Ferguson OF Sparta is being men
toned as a candidate for the state Sen
ate He has occupied a seat in that body,
Jul ~ plll dllDNHfF district
St. Augustine (Fla.) Herald: If Mr.. du-
Bignon succeeds in getting Mr.. Crisp to
argue the silver question, he will DO
more than Hoke Smith could.
Dalton Argus: Crisp is evidently |
outclassed. His lodging the issue, and
trying to divert attention from Secretary !
Smiths arguments prove that.
Hon. J. d. Fitzpatrick is making an act
i've campaign for senator in the Twenty
eighth district He is opposed by Col |
Goolsby who is running on free silver
and Crisp" platform.
Democrats in Montgomery are talking of
Hon. c. s. Hamilton and Hon. A. L. Ad
ans for the Legislature. They are both
Representatives, and know what II feels
ike to be a candidate.
Louis L. Brown Sam T. Neil, Chester
Pearce, T. V. Pagan and ]. p. Duncan are
avowed candidates for the legislature in
Houston county. Hon. c. @. Gray Is mas
ter of the state Senate field.
Waycross Herald: The action of Georgia
will not settle or unsettle the silver ques-
ton, for the reason. forsooth that that is
already relocated TO the bone yard. There
will be no free coinage of silver at the
United States mints at the ratio of l6 to l.
Macon Telegraph: Hon. Fleming duBig-
non is to take a fall out of Judge Crisp
now. They cross swords at Dalton next
Thursday. 1t Is to be hoped that the silver
mans voice and arguments will both be
stronger by that time. so as TO make the
contest something like even.
1t is announced that had Sheriff Gwinn
lived he would have had no opposition in
Pike for reelection this year. AS it is
there are two candidates, 70. w. Rose and
j. c. Slade. Mr.. Slade has been appointed
deputy sheriff, with the duties Of sheriff,
to fill out the unexpired term.
Speaker Crisp has accepted the invita-
ton of the bimetallc club of Putnam
county to speak at Eatonton on April 49,
The sound money people have wired
who is at present in Washington, to meet
and reply to Mr.. Crisp on that day.
vaIdosta Times: Friends of Hon. FIem-
ing duBignon need have no fear that he
will be unable to hold his own in joint
debate with Mr.. Crisp. The ex-speaker
is a clever debater when he is on the
right side, and is familiar with his sub
against him. He has never taken lead
ing position among silverites His posi-
ton was not even known until he ad-
dressed the legislature last fall.
Dalton Argus: It is a serious doubt in
the minds of many If primary elections
can be legally held at all In Georgia this
year, certainly not without six days no
tice. 1t is believed that many delegates
to the state convention ILLEGALLY elected
by primaries) will lose their seats TO con-
testing delegations legally elected by mass
meetings or convention. The state com
mittee had better reassemble and call for
their June primaries to coincide with our
wonderful and mysterious election law.
Thomasville imes-Enterprise: 1t was
the general verdict of those who attended
the joint debate between Crisp and Smith
at Albany, that Mr. Crisp signally failed
to meet the solid arguments presented by
Mr.. Smith against the free and unlimited
coinage of silver Even number of the
silver men admitted, at the close of the
debate, that Mr.. Crsp had failed to meet
the arguments of Mr.. Smith. While ma
probably were in favor of free silver at
the beginning, II appeared to be very even
ly divided when Mr.. Crisp closed in his 20
minutes re1oinder.
Iawrencevfle News; Mr.. Crisp is a man
of ability, and dangerous antagonist in
a debate on equal terms, but he was so
hammered by his undertaking to discuss
a question from standpoint where all the
facts and common sense are against him,
that he absolutely broke down in the At
ianta debate, and refused TO consume the
limited time allowed him. His speech not
only failed to strengthen the free silver
! cause, but was a strong demonstration of
| the weakness of it. Secretary Smith made
| a mastery presentation of the cause of
sound money. His argument was simply
unanswerable, and no candid and intel
nacle that night without feeling that the
free silver element in our capitol city had
| received a fearful and crushing set back.
GAINESVILLE Home Journal: 1t should be
borne in mind during the continuance of
the joint debate between Mr.. Crisp and
Mr. Smith, that measures, not men, are
under discussion. 1t does not matter a
row of pins whether or not Mr. Smith
has changed his opinion one time or forty
times during the last few years. Whether
Mr.. Smith is now right is the question
If he had several years ago written a
book to Allianceman Peek favoring free
silver coinage, and the sub-treasury plan,
that fact would be absolutely worthless
as evidence showing that under present
circumstances silver monometallism would
be a good thing for this country. Mr.
Crisp must have little confidence in the
free silver side of the argument if he
| abandons it for personal attacks upon
| his opponents.
Valdosta Times: 1t is clear to the unbi-
ased mind that Mr.. Crisp runs away from
the argument 1t is clear that he strug-
giles to shift the debate into a personal
channel. Instead of meeting the argu-
I ,pr1fe md h.