The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-18
1nformntion From Arkansas.

The following dispatch appeared in
Wednesdays New York Sun:
Little Rock. Ark. Sept. ia close per-
sonal friend Of Senator Jones, chairman
of the popocratic national committee, told
the Sun correspondent tonight that in less
than one week Mr.. Sewal would retire
as the democratic candidate for Vice Pres
ident and that Chief Justice Clark of
North Carolina would be placed on the
ticket by the popocrarc national commE-
tee.
The man who gave this information was
a delegate TO the Chicago convention and
represented Arkansas at the notification
meeting i'm Madison Square Garden, New
York He said further that the selection
Of Chief Justice Clark would meet with
the hearty support OF Senator Butler Of
North Carolina, who Will see that Mr..
Watson is also withdrawn as vice presi-
dental candidate.
It is remarkable how information about
highly important matters comes from a
long distance from the source Of such in
formation. Is it probable that Chairman
Jones would have notified an Arkansas
man that such an important change was
about to be made in tho democratic ticket
and yet said nothing about it either at the
headquarters in Washington or Chicago?
The statement In this Arkansas dispatch
sounds like the talk of populist, though
it is stated that the man who furnished
the information was delegate to the Chi
cago convention. But the mans name is
not given, and when the name of the man
who furnishes information is withheld
there Is generally ground for suspicion
that the information he furnishes is
worthless.
We do not think the Little Rock dis
patch is reliable. We do not believe the
ing Mr.. sewan to Withdraw from the
ticket. They are not so lacking in judg-
ment as to swap horses while crossing a
stream.
Mr.. Sewall has said that he does not in
tend to withdraw, and If he does not with
draw there is no power that can take him
off the ticket except the power that put
him on.
And the talk about Mr.. Watson's with
drawing! Anybody that knows him
knows that he is going to stay where he
is. The talk about little Marion Butler
withdrawing him is preposterous. Mr.
Butler would find out that he had under
taken an altogether too big a job if he
should attempt to pull Mr.. Watson off the
ticket, and Mr.. Watson isn't going to stul-
tify himself by withdrawing voluntarily
Why in every speech he has delivered in
the west he has said he would stay on
the ticket no matter what happened or
what the consequences might be.
And what would happen if populist
were put in Mr.. Sewalrs place? Would
democrats generally support the ticket?
We are satisfied they would not They
would go over to the Palmer and Buckner
ticket by the tens of thousands in every
state. They would let the populists have
the ticket and a badly beaten ticket it
would be.
No the democratic leaders are not go
ing TO commit the blunder of taking down
the name of Sewall and putting up that
of popullst. They couldn't do any other
thing that would give the republicans and
gold democrats so much satisfaction.
Those who are making all this talk about
substituting populist for Mr.. Sewall are
the populists, the republicans and the gold
democrats. but they will talk in vain. The
democratic leaders are not lacking in po-
! ltical sense.