The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-12
The Senatorial Deadlock.

the highest number of votes. II seems
to be understood that the governor can
hold his following longer than any other
one of the candidates. Assuming that
such is the case, to whom will the follow
ing Of the other candidates go when these
candidates begin to drop out of the race?
viii they go 10 the governor2
At present it doesn't look as If they
would. All the indications are that the
governor has polled pretty nearly his fun
strength. He may get a few more votes
in the event of the dropping out of other
candidates. but it is more than probable
that the majority Of those who are op>
posing him will throw their votes to
new candldate-a candidate who has not
yet been named.
The chief ground of the opposition TO
the governor is the feeling against an
other campaign for governor this year,
or early next year. There is undoubtedly
a pretty strong sentiment against another
gubernatorial contest. The expense would
be considerable if the election should not
be held on the day fixed for the election
of supreme court judges, and unless the
governor is chosen senator within the
next few days a governor could not be
elected at that time.
If it should be determined finally that
no one of the candidates now being bal
loted for could be elected, to whom would
the senatorship be given? We should
like to see a sound money man chosen
for the reason that he could do the state
much better service at this time than
man favoring free silver coinage We
want capital and immigrants to develop
the immense resources of our state and
the choosing of a senator who believes
that the best money is none too good
for the people would advertise the state
in localities from which capital and i'm
migrants are to be expected.
Mr.. duBignon has some claim to the SEN
atorship, because he was a candidate be-
fore the people for it in opposition to the
late Speaker Crisp, but he has persistent
ly refused to let his name go before The
caucus. Why not make Hon. Henry q.
Turner senator? He would be a credit to
the state and to the whole country. True.
his views on the silver question are not
those held by the great majority of the
members of the legislature, but now that
silver has been beaten as "a national is
sue, there is no good reason why free
silver coinage should cut any figure IN
the senatorial election. 1t is hardly DOS
sible that the silver senators will con-
tinue to block legislation. That being the
case, why not send Mr.. Turner to the
Senate? He is a very able man, and has
great legislative experience. He would
not be mere figurehead in the Senate;
he would be a power there. Why cannot
our state legislators, therefore, for once,
put the welfare of the state above every
other consideration. and select, as sena-
tor, man who is as big as the Office,
but who is too modest to ask any favors?
-S-o
They Have Gone to the Right State.
A news item in the Morning News yes
terday stated that number of silverites
of Michigan had formed a colony and were
emigrating to North Carolina. They took
this step because Michigan had cast it's
electoral vote for sound money. Only
those favoring free silver coinage at the
ratio of Is to l, are permitted to join the
colony, and in North Carolina it is to be
known as the colony of silverltes.
These colonists could not have select
ed a state better suited to their mental
condition. In North Carolina they will
find plenty of other people just about as
queer as they are. In the recent election
the North Carolinians permitted them
all - -Iss
one ticket to another by their
leaders. The populists made deals
with the democrats on the
national ticket, and with the republicans
on the state ticket, and the republicans
voted for populists with just as good grace
as they voted for republicans, and the
democrats voted for populists and popu-
lists voted for democrats and republicans.
They didn't count principles as worth any
thing They voted for the Offices.
And yet that is the state which pretends
to be moved by such high purposes that
it refuses to permit railroad trains to be
run within its limits on Sundays. What a
remarkable state it is! The people of
every other state would rather stand by
their political principles than prevent
railroad trains from moving on Sundays.
1t is otherwise in the case of North Caro-
linians. They can abandon their political
principles without a twinge of conscience.
but they draw the line at running rail-
road trains on Sundays. They would feel
as If they were without morals of any
sort if they did not tie up the trains on
Sundays. Yes. the Michigan silverites
have gone to the right state. They will
find congenial spirits there. However
many fads and crank notions they may
have they will be sure to find sympa-
| thizers.
Ihere Is some prospect that DIR. Hunter
Will again figure in the Kentucky sena-