The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-26

the people so zealously guarded as in this
beloved republic Of ours.
''On one issue, however, the party split,
and Douglas and Breckenridge went down
ia gloom and defeat. and the democracy
that had trumphed under Jefferson and
Jackson was Overthrown. God grant that
the party may not again meet a similar
fate on account of any one ISSUE
as the head Of the committee, ] an
nOunce that the platform fixed I'm Chicago
and the nominee of both state and national
tickets shall have my earnest and active
support, and I trust that every democrat
In this great state of ours and IN this
nation viii be true and loyal 70 the VIII
of the majority as expressed In the ma
tiOral convention. / trust that by an uni
ted EFFORT we may elect the next President
OF the United States. If the platform fixed
by the convention in the city of Chicago
shall be In favor Of sound money and
against the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the ratio Of l6 to /,
then the minority should accept the VIII
Of the majority and the free silver demo-
Gratis should stand by the platform and
the nominees. If that platform shall be
in favor OF the free, unlimited and inde-
pendent coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of l6 to ]. then the viii of the
majority should prevail and every sound
money democrat should come to the sup
port of the democratic platform and
nominees After these nominations are
over and after these platforms are fNe4,
we should cease our Quarrels ana Wranglcs.
Inc past euould ne lofB0iltus all Nlutl-
ences settled and all democrats united 10
go forward and battle In one solid phal-
anX with the determination TO win and
with the steadfast purpose to give Just
fair and proper treatment to every demo-
crat who stands by the party regardless
of past differences The people OF Georgia
cannot afford to have the democratic par
ty suffer defeat at the polls.
what kind of state government has
democracy given us in Georgia since 1870?
Il has had control of the affairs Of this
state for more than quarter OF cent
ury. In 1870, when 1t came into power, it
found the treasury exhausted, the state
bonds selling below par, a large, unjust
and fraudulent bond Indebtedness created
against the state, and the people were sur
ferlng almost uncomfortable hardships at
the hands of the republican party, tenn
porarily in control of the affairs of the
state. But what do we now find? Our
gallant young governor, We are told, but
a few days ago flOated 3ia per cent. Geor-
gia bonds, payable in coin, at 1906. No
state in the union has better credit than
Georgia.
During the past fifteen years her farms
have grown more than 10000 In number;
her manufacturing enterprises have quad
rupled; the value OF her taxable property
has doubled, and she justly merits her
title, The Empire State Of the South"
Georgia, since the complete restoration Of
the democratic party 10 power IN 1870, has,
in the liberallty Of her craftsmanship and
in material progress, outstripped all her
rivals She Is to-day the second state In
the union in the production OF cotton, and
the first in the south In it's manufacture.
In education and journalism she has kept
pace with the best progress Of the age. In
furnishing the railway geniuses OF the
south this commonwealth has had no riv-
airy But 1t last the proudest excellence
OF this state lies In her political, moral
and Christian civilization.
Lovers of constitutional government
loval TO law and liberty welded to temper
~ nj he
Of the home, and imbued with the spirit
of the genuine religion of the living Cod
her million and three-quarters Of Cod
loving peOplc-thcse constitute the real
greatness Of Georgia. No state in this
union can justly claim a more progressive
intelligent, patriotic, lava biding indus
trious and Christian citizenship than Geor-
gia. In the language OF Grady-GOd bless
his memory-may we never cease to emu
late his Virtues-it has been the mission of
the democratic party in this state, doc
trne he said, that is written above our
hearthstones, and a doctrine that we shall
never cease to preach to make our homes,
poor as they are, independent temples Of
refinement, where our daughters may
learn that womans best charm and
strength is her gentleness and grace; tenn
pies Of liberty in which our sons may
learn that no power can justify and no
treasure repay for surrender of the slight
est right Of a free individual American
citizen. The unsurpassed credit Of our
state, the high character OF our public
officials, our public SCHOOLS that draw an
nually more than one million dollars to
educate our sons and daughters, both
white and colored; the liberality that the
state has justly shown to our MANNED
confederate soldiers and TO the widows Of
those who lost their lives on the field Of
battle; the rigid enforcement of our Grim
inal laws, the high moral and Christian
character of our citizenship, have erected
a monument to the democratic party in
this state that Is eternal.
Georgia has a glorious past. She has
been represented in the United States SEN
ate by such men as Berrlen, Toombs,
the Colquitts, the eloquent and logical
Hill-these men will rank in history
among the ablest and wisest statesmen
of the nation. She Is now represented
by the gallant Gordon and the match
less Bacon, the peer of any man in the
United States Senate. The services that
he has rendered to his country in the
short time that he has occupied this
position will never be forgotten. Such
men as Crawford, Gilmer, Cobb, Troupe,
Jackson, Clarke. jenkins, Johnson, Steph-
ems, Mcdaniel, Colquitt Gordon ana
Northcn have served her ably and eff
ciently as chief magistrates. We will
teach our children 70 reverence then
names for their records constitute some
of the brightest pages in the history Ct
the state But when the pen Of the
historian shall record the acts and deeds
of the entire administration of our pres
ent governor. II can be truthfully said
Of him that a more careful, painstaking.
dnigent faithful, efficient. patriotic ana
upright executive never occupied the gu
bernatorial chair Of Georgia than his