The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-10
NOW STEVE, COME TO TIME.
sc SAYS REV. SAM JONES TO CHAIR
MAN CLAY.

If Not. Your Name May Hereafter BE
Dennis when You'd Like 1t to BE
GOV. CIay-The Evangelist Writes
Charfstic Letter TO the Demo-
cratic state Chairman.
Atlanta. Ca, Sept. 9.-Rey. Sam Jones
came to the front in the state campaign
to-day with a two-column open letter 10
Chairman Steve Clay OF the democratic
state executive committee, OF the kind
that the noted revivalist would himself
call hot stuff"
The letter is a demand for free bal
lot and a fair count in the coming cleo
ton. He wrote Chairman Clay to join
Populst Chairman Cunningham in
an agreement to have a division OF cleo
ton managers. If he fails TO get this
when he asks it OF the county officials,
then the Rev. Sam thinks Chairman Clay
ought to resign. If he doesn't do some-
thing, then Mr. Jones serves notice that
two years hence, when Chairman Clay
will probably be a candidate for gov
ernor, he will get into the ring and tight
him to a finish.
Mr.. Jones declares he is not for Seap
Wright, and is not going TO take any fur
ther hand in the present fight. In the
course of his discourse, Mr.. Jones says;
Il am not talking on the merits of the
two parties, or the two candidates. em
talking about a fair election. Gov. At
kinson has made a splendid governor. /
am his friend in every sense. Seab Wright
would make a good governor. He is a
clever fellow, and no more of popu-
list than Atkinson is, to take the plat
forms of the two parties into considera-
ton.
1T is not a question of fitness or un-
fitness, goodness or badness, planks nor
platform, of either party. l tell you,
Steve we want an honest election, free
ballot and a fair count, from Cumberland
Island to the north edge Of Dade, from
the Savannah river to the Alabama line,
a free ballot and a fair count now and
forever in Georgia. Don't you tell me that
my insinuations in this letter about the
democratic party are unworthy of reply.
Remember, L have been a democrat. In
sections you are all right. You don't
have to do anything wrong. ! believe a
majority of the democrats want to do the
clean thing. and they will do 1t unless it
is tremendously necessary that they do
the dirty thing.
you have done There is one thing am
quite sure gu can do. If you can't con-
troll your crowd to the understanding and
settlement of method by which this cleo
tion can be conducted fairly, you can re-
sign and let some other fellow try it. I
wouldn't be the chairman of dog kennel
If couldn't manage my dogs.
Il believe, Mr. Clay, that you can en-
ter into an agreement with the chairman
of the populist party and have the man
ayers of the election of this state pledge
themselves to see to 1t that the other
parties are represented in managers ana
clerks in this election. You say you have
nrff 20 foFca them n do II Won
can sign an agreement with Mr.. Cunning
ham that you will do your
best to line up your crowd,
and you had better do it. / don't
know whether you are familiar with the
rules of apostolic succession or not, as
taught by the Episcopal church, but If you
fellows at the head of the democratic
party don't come to time on this
to YOU as one citizen of this
state that / shall be on hand, Providence
permitting, in any future election in this
state TO take the stump, and l shall take
pleasure in reproducing this correspond
ence and bringing the charges on you
boys from the wiregrass regions of the
south to the mountains of the northeast
Georgia, where the wangdoodle mourneth.
If you do not do your best-and don
believe you have done your best-to have
a fair election in this state on Oct. 6, or
resign your position, then / am candid
when / say your name is Dennis in
Georgia.
You are the head of the whole business
of the democratic party In this stae. I
keep telling you that. If any living man
can line them up and ring them up,you are
the fellow Make them come to time,
Steve, and let's have fair election. You
will do honor to yourself and honor to
your state, and If the democrats as you
call them roll up majority of 100000,
1t is all right with me-"