The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

didacy, and is at present the only avowed
entry. II IS possible that Col. r. A. VIII
son VIII yield to the wishes of his friends.
The election is away off, but the mayor
atty question in Brunswick is already
the subject of street corner caucuses. Al
derman Mason, DR.. j. N. Madden and
Hon. w. f. Symons are talked about in
the connection, perhaps, more than any
others. Either would make Brunswick a
good executive.
A letter was received at Dalton Friday
from Hon. Hoke Smith stating
that it was impossible for him to speak
there this week as his duties compelled
him TO return to Washington on Wednes-
day. Hon. c. f. Crisp and Hon. Fleming
duBignOn may speak at Dalton Thursday,
April 10, in joint debate.
The Cobb county campaign is fully I'M
der way. A fight will be made in the leg
isature to abolish the office of clerk of
court and treasurer, and establish them
as separate offices; the convict question
and local option in Marietta will come in
as distinct features. There are now two
avowed candidates for the house. Col A.
n. Edwards and Hon. John Awtrey. Mr..
Awtrey represented Cobb in the last legis-
lature.
Macon Telegraph; Bibb county has or
dered a senatorial primary for June 6. We
believe that this action was ill-advised
and hastily taken, and in order to set
an example which may lead to most i'm
portant results to the party, we trust
the county executive committee will see
its way clear to reconsider its action and
not risk losing the active support Of many
good democrats whose earnest work is
essential to success.
Augusta Herald: The fact that Hon. F.
G. duBignon has formally announced him
self a candidate for United States SEN
ator and in that capacity will, some time
in May, begin series of debates ON the
financial question with his distinguished
opponent, Hon. Charles f. Crisp, accen-
tuates anew the gravity of the mistake
that has been made by certain free silver
extremists in demanding that the people
express their choice for senator at the
June primary.
Reidsville Journal: The Crisp free sill
verites are clamoring for an early express
sion of the dear people as to their choice
for United States senator. They seem to
think snap judgment would be in their
favor. Correct they are, for the more
study and time given to the financial
question the farther from the free silver
coinage and the nearer to sound money
are the people.
Quitman Free Press: There are many
honest and honorable 16 to l people, but
the underlying principle leads to loose
ness in business matters and favors very
HuCH tne lucas put lOTWdFu DN the pODu-
list. No, let us have and cultivate such
principles as will make us honest, both
directly and indirectly; that will make us
less grumblers, less inclined to be calamity
howlers and less suspicious of our fellow
man.
A dispatch from Washington, D. c.,
says The unusual spectacle of a wo-
man appearing in a contested election case
was presented Friday in House elections
committee No. l. The committee We're
considering the contest of William H
FELTON, against John w. Maddox from the
Seventh Georgia district A dispute arose
as to a statement made by Justice of
the peace named Gaines, in which it ap-
peared that he had agreed to certain
things The counsel for Maddox pro-
duced an affidavit from Gaines denying
that he had made such a statement
whereupon Mrs. FELTON,, the wife of the
the committee. The controverted state
ment appeared in Mrs. Felton's handwrit-
ing, and she asserted that she wrote it
at the request of Gaines, she acting
for the moment, as his amanuensls The
circumstance was then developed that
Mrs. FELTON,, who has a bright, intellec-
tual face, and who showed by her man.
ner and conversation that she was a
woman of unusual ability, had assisted
her husband in his several campaigns for
congress, and that in the present contest
she has been retained as one of his coun-
SELL
Live Oak Fla.) Banner: The debate
now going on in Georgia between Cecre-
tary Smith and Congressman Crisp two
of the most eminent men of the Empire
state, develops the fact, patent to every
way the best of the argument. Mr. Smith
shows beyond question that the country
has been on gold basis for more than
half a century and that such fact has
simply developed more explicitly since
1898. when the mints We're closed to free
silver coinage. He further shows that
IL r4f sill h,xr
has been coined since 1898 and that since
the present administration came into pow
er more silver dollars have been coined
from the foundation of the government
up to 1873. He also showed that it is the
policy of the administration and those
who favor the gold standard to coin and
put into circulation all the silver that can
be kept on a parity with gold, and that
silver is as much the money of official re-
demption now as gold is. Mr.. Smith
shows these facts beyond question, and
having so shown them, they are so con-
elusive and exhaustive that further argu-
ment is mere verbiage and superhuous.
Macon News: In abiding to the candi-
dacy of the Hon. Fleming duBignon, the
Augusta Chronicle pays him this left
handed compliment: His years OF service
in the general assembly and his visits to
different sections of the state as attorney
for the Southern Express Company and
the Western Union Telegraph Company
have given him wide acquaintance" If
the demagOgic free silver press intend to
fight Mr.. duBignon with this weapon,
they should at least be manly enough to
come out squarely and say so. In the
meantime. il is not out of place to ask
them if they believe Mr.. Crisp would have
declined TO represent either of the above
corporations had he been offered the posi-
ton of general counsel? And II ne IS de-
feated for the Senate. do they think he
would then refuse any reasonable offer
from these or any other corporations that
might seek his services? The free silver
fallacy affords the Chronicle ample OPP
pOrtunity 10 display its demagogy; there
is no need to work overtime. The ChrOn-
icle knows quite as well as anyone that the
fact that Mr.. duI3ignon is the general
counsel in this state for the Western Tn