The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-28
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.

The name Of Mai. S. T. NIcElroy has been
proposed by many citizens as their choice
for the next representative from Gwin-
nett.
Athens Banner: Populists have lost their
grip in Schiey county. At a recent election
the democratic ticket carried the day by
large majority.
Columbus Enqurer-Sun: The free silver
people have made some big mistakes In
Georgia. Il is evident that they haven't
made their last one.
The republicans of Bibb county will
meet IN wards and districts on the Goth
inst, 10 elect delegates to the county CON
ventiOn to be held on Feb. TO elect dele
gates to the district convention TO be held
al Forsyth in Feb 10 to elect two dele
gates to the national convention to be held
at st. Louis.
Griffin Morning Call: The effort being
made to have but one state convention
this year by designing politicians is with
out precedence in the party. and should
be promptly repudiated. The issues COM
ing before convention TO select repre-
sentatives in national convention are en-
tirely foreign TO those that viii be consld-
cred in a state convention to nominate a
candidate for governor and state house
officers. and the same set Of delegates could
not speak the sentiments Of the party at
the same sitting. Again, to consolidate the
two or three conventions in one would pre-
cipltate the state campaign prematurely
and thus force a long contest that would
work harm to the state in her every in
dustrial aspect. Let the time honored par
~ usages prevail and have an honest eX-
preston Of the people upon state and ma
tional issues.
columbus Ledger: The Atlanta Consti-
tuition. the great and only paper. is on an
other great bowling, roaring, rip-snorting,
from the mountains to- the-sea-board
campaign. This time II is behalf of one
convention and following its usual Gus
tom. that paper has secured interviews
from people throughout the state-one OF
these at least, which was unfavorable TO
its side of the question, II did not publish.
But what ii did publish were put togeth-
er and labeled Overwhelming" This
gathering and publication of opinions is
not unusual with the great and only"
in matters of this kind; in fact similar
occurrence IL still fresh in the recollec-
tons of some people-but we will let that
pass A gentleman who is prominent in
the councils of the party remarked Sat
urday. that the sudden zeal which is be-
ing exhibited in the agitation of the mat
ter of holding only one convention, makes
IL appear to him that there is a "nigger
in the wood-pile." 1t has been suggested
that the free silverites are anxious to have
only one convention, in order that, by
mixing up state and national matters, the
financial view, which they advocate, may
have better chances of success. This may
or may not be the reason OF this move
ment, so suddenly sprung, but it is hard
ly to be doubted but that the people will
demand some very excellent reasons for
the proposed change from the establish
ed custom, before they would agree TO it.
1t is really gratifying TO note, however
that the Constitution. after a series of de-
feats, has pulled itself together and is
again ready and willing to champion a
cause of the kind. Recent utterances OF
the Constitution about a successful can
didate, whom it did not support, encour-
age the belief that it will continue to sit
steady in the boat, after 1t is decided ia
observe the democratic custom of holding
two conventions.