The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-08

state herself should keep possession Of her
prisoners, and should employ them upon
the public roads, and not allow them
brought In competition with free labor,
and that reformatories be established for
juvenile criminals.
4. We declare in favor of improving and
extending the public school system to the
end that all our people can receive a
good common school education. We favor
the furnishing Of primary school books
by the state, to avoid the burdens put
upon our people by the frequent changes
of text books. We also favor the pay
memt of teachers monthly.
B. We emphatically condemn the pracs
tice, Of late becoming so prevalent OF
public officers accepting free passes from
railroad corporations and franks from
telegraph and express companies. We in-
tend this condemnation to apply to the
es of our national and state government.
9. We condemn lynching and demand
OF our public servants the rigid enforce
ment Of our laws against this barbarous
practice.
4. We demand that all public officers be
elected by the people We denounce the
present system of electing judges and So
licitor generals by the legislature. 1t fos-
tiers rings and chques and enables COR
rupt politicians not only to trade and
barter political Offices but drags the sa-
cred ermine of the judiciary in the mui
and filth of partisan politics. The prlc3
Oh OiittE III A1EbiEAd ulukI uEuiDELdtAI AAtO
is obedience to party masters.
8. We denounce the present fee system
and demand that all public officials, where
practicable, be placed upon salaries. We
declare for free ballot and a fair count,
and pledge ourselves to the enforcement
of the laws, securing this TO every legal
voter.
9. we favor the continuance of PEN
sons to needy and deserving confeder-
ate soldiers, and to the widows of con.
fedprata soldiers.
The plans of the popuHst managers
went through without a bubble. They set
out to make the liquor question the issue
of the campaign, and they succeeded.
They we're determined to name as the head
of the ticket a man who was new in pop
unst councils and IN touch with the tenn
perance element of the state. Believing
that such a candidate would not only
command the prohibition vote, but also
draw to himself many dissatisfied demo-
Gratis to add to the regular pOpulist
strength, which the leaders Of that party
natter themselves they could deliver to
any man they might name. In this they
were also successful Mr. Wright, while
always an Independent in politics. has
never allied himself with the populists
On the contrary, two years ago he refused
the populist nomination for congress IN
the Seventh district. although he would
have been willing to accept the IndOrse~
ment of that party as an independents
democrat. He is prohibitionist of such
intense ideas that he has always been
regarded as a fanatic on the subject BY
his neighbors.
In his speech accepting the nomination
to-day he placed that issue above all
others and assumed the attitude more of
the leader of a moral campaign than of a
political battle. All the other planks of the
platform are of secondary consideration.
10 him as compared with that declaring
against barrooms. He will pitch his cam
paign upon that issue to the exclusion OF
all else, and will undertake to rally all
the moral influences of the state, regard
less of party affiliation to his standard. In
this he will have the active aid OF the pro-
hibition organization % the state. the Of
dcers and leaders Of which viii with one
accord take up the cry and preach Il from
pulpits and platforms at every meeting