The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-01
CLOSING UP THE CAMPAIGN.
THE DEMOCRATS POURING HOT
SHOT INTO THE POPULIsTS.

Each Party Preparing to Spring
Mines to Blow the Other Into
Smitherecns-Chair steve Clay
Makes 81 Red Hot Speech at Fort
Valley i'm Which He Handles Pop
uIist Chairman Cunningham With
out Gloves.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. SO-With the end of
the state campaign almost at hand, the
managers on both sides are preparing to
spring mines that will blow each other
into smithereens. Chairman Steve Clay
of the state democratic committee left
yesterday afternoon for Fort Valley,
where he made a speech last night
which was the opening of the democratic
batteries for the final assault. He took
up Chairman Cunningham of the popu-
list state committee, and handled him
without gloves. Chairman Cunningham
has a record on the liquor question, and
otherwise that furnished Chairman Clay
a text by which he dealt the populist-
prohibition campaign management blow
that will stagger it all over the state when
It goes down the line. The speech was
a sensation. Chairman Clay will return
90 Atlanta tomorrow, and his exposure
of the populist management will be sent
out to all the democratic papers.
Chairman Clay has another bomb to
explode under the enemy at the close of
the week He has had this in prepare
tion for some time, and when he throws
1t there will be a rush for the tall timber
by the populist managers. The populist
managers have been trying to make a
great deal of capital out of an affidavit
secured from c. E. Martin form
erly clerk at democratic head
quarters, but the prompt ex-
posture by Chairman Clay of Martins
character and the circumstances under
which he was prevailed upon to play the
traitor completely discounted it's effect.
Martin, who was employed at headqua~-
tiers up to last Saturday as mailing clerk,
when he left without cause, gave the
populist managers a letter, which he
swore to, in which he alleged that Chair
man Clay was fully cognizant of the
Duncan circular and intimated that Gov.
Atkinson also knew of it, as Private
Secretary Galloway had given him MAR
tin) orders on several occasions to senl
the circulars out. Both Chairman Clay
and Mr.. Galloway denounce the AFFIDAVIT
as lie, ana Martin has disappeared from
the city. 1t is reported that he was paid
$50 by the populist committee for max
ing the statement.
The democratic managers treat the
matter with contempt. They do not be-
lieve that anybody would believe Martin
on oath, when he puts himself in the at
titude of a traitor and betrayer of conf
dence.
The managers are beginning to central
lie their forces here in Atlanta for the
close of the campaign. Mr.. Wright's
friends have been making boasts about
carrying Fulton county, and to-day, in
order to make a showing, they rented the
Moody tabernacle for two nights next
week, the 9Th and 9Th insts.. and will
hold rallies there. Tom Watson will be
one of the speakers and Mr.. Wright will
also hold forth to the voters of Fulton
again.
On Friday night Gov. Atkinson will
close his campaign in Fulton by address,
ing a big rally at the Moody tabernacle,
and while Messrs. Wright and Watson are
nghting him here he will be in Rome, Mr..
Wrghts home town, closing the argu
mpnf auair1uf him fbara