The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-23

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tie to send democratic politicians to Thorn
son, Ca, to perfect the trade-by further
humiliation of Mr.. Watson, or foot-wip-
ing on the populist party of Georgia.
2. I cannot afford to step aside merely
to get out of the path of traitors and
democratic politicians, allowing them to
suppose that they can have their own way
with the ballots and the liberties of the
southern populsts in this crisis. l never
cast a republican ticket in my life, but I
| intend to vote for Hon. William Mckinley
| If am able 10 reach the polls on the first
Tuesday in November, because l am not
/ only disguised with the sell ont" at st.
| Louis and refuse to be a foot mat any
! longer for democratic politicians to wipe
| their feet upon, but because l believe the
| prosperity and happiness of the United
| States would be menaced by four years
Of Chairman Jones and Candidates Bryan
| and SeWall in the white house. If this
| treachery, betrayal and foot wiping'' are
| so barefaced in the month preceding the
| election, what may we expect after the
| election is over and power assured? If this
| is in the green tree" what will be in the
| dry?
| / left the democratic party because of
| its incapacity and inability to manage the
| business Of the government, and since
! the populists We're sold out to democratic
| pOlllclaIS nave no CnOice III lnlS SiecOlOu
except to save this people from another
four years of bankruptcy and continued
| impoverishment by voting against demo-
| cratic incompetence and continued des-
| truction of our former prosperity.
! I disagree with Mr.. Mckinley in his
| financial views, but 1 agree with his pol
| icy of protecting American labor and
| American industries from the pauper la
| Dor and free trade policy of Europe. l
believe him to be an able statesman-a
| clean man in public and private life,
| Christian gentleman and patriot. I am
| opposed to monopolies, but / am as I'M
| willing to place the ''silver trust in con-
| troll of this government as l. have been
| to placing any other monopoly at the
| helm. l find the headlights of the silver
| mine trust" were quite as active at st.
| Louis in the "sell out" to democratic pol
| iticians as Chairman Jones and others
i of his ilk; and bonanza" money would
be as blighting and fatal as the use
| of any other Doodle to carry an election
for the presidency.
I When Mr.. Bryan reaches the execu-
| tive chair-if it thus happens-nobody will
| be surprised to find these bonanza kings
| in the saddle, and their personal gains
| vastly enhanced by their control of the
administration. I have faith that if Nc
| Kinley is elected President of the United
! States his administration will look to the
| prompt revival of American industries
| will start American spindles, American
| workshops, American furnaces and slim
| ulate prices for the products of Ameri-
| can farms. l believe he will endeavor to
| promote the progress of America in all
| lines of commerce and trade, rather than
| provide revenue for European bondhold-
| ers. 1 believe such a policy will replen-
| ish the treasury, meet our annual eXpen-
ditures stop the issuance of interest
| bearing bonds and restore to this impov-
erished people the prosperity that was
| 1,oFn vuf anprllfad nv he mad
ness and incompetency of democratic mis-
rule.
1t is not surprising that the intelligence,
| culture and wealth of the democratic
party in the north and west insisted upon
| the necessity for another national demo-
cratic ticket, for they must feel the same
disgust that fills the minds. of honest
| populist voters in the south-to witness
the trading, scheming, trickery and de
ceit that Chairman Jones has made the
trade mark of the Chicago platform IN
his dealings with populists.
l have honestly differed with those pro-
testing democrats in their financial
views. I believe we need and must nave
more money to carry on the business or
the American people. l believe in botn
gold and silver money, and paper money,
interchangeable, at the option of the
holder, with American coin-gold and sill
yer. l want all our money issued by the
federal government, in national cur
rency, good for 100 cents in the dollar,
wherever the American flag floats.
| 1 want no wildcat banks-state banks or
issue-but all the money should bear tho
impress of the government, and be sup,
ported by the pledged faith of every one
of it's citizens.
| l am glad we have no longer sectional
| parties. The negroes in Georgia voted
almost solidly for the democrats in the
| state campaign-and whatever stigma or
| reproach such an alliance formerly cast
| upon the republican party, no longer OBJ
tains in Georgia, for, judging from the
| last election, the democratic party is
now the party of the negro. Whether by
purchase or promises, they flock with a
new crowd.
Maj. McKinley's ticket for electors in
Georgia is a splendid one, headed by that
venerable Georgian, Gen. Longstreet
who, in obedience to the orders of the
state, and for the protection and defense
, of Georgia soil, led his veteran soldiers
, | upon a hundred battlefelds, and who was
Gen. Lees most trusted friend in the
crisis of Appomattox. 1 shall be glad to
!. | give him a vote, and ! trust the day will
come when Georgia will grant to him
| what has been so freely given to men of
less degree, namely, the liberty to vote as
| he pleases, without bounding him down
with sectional hate and political ostra-
cism because he differed with democratic
politicians.
l therefore choose to protect my bust
ness interests, which are common to all
the farmers of the state, rather than sub
NIT any longer to democratic misrule in
| capacity and the continued wreck of every
agricultural interest in the state
l With these lights before me, declining
/ to be any longer foot mat" for demo-
cratic politicians to wipe their feet
, upon" and declining to go back to the
r negroes" where Chairman Jones assign
ed all southern populists, shall discharge
0 a freeman's duty by refusing to vote for
. William j. Bryan, and in casting my vote
for William Mckinley. Respectfully,