The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-16
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Hon. Fleming duBigncn viii make = PC
lucsI address at Spring Place Murray
county, next Tuesday, Feb. 1S
Hon. J NJ. Collins is mentioned for re-
election as representative from Tattnall
county. r.. A. Giles, j. O. fostering ana
Hon. j. h. Heery'are also mentioned for
the same honor
McRae Enterprise: The one-convention
boom is about over with. The people Of
Georgia are very well satisfied with the
old way. and doubtless we will have two
conventions as heretofore. So mote it be.
Reidsville Journal: The silverites are
endeavoring to gain a march on the sound
money men by urging the holding of only
one state convention No reason in the
world for departing from a time honored
custom, no matter who is benefited. Again
one convention cannot do the work of two.
The friends of Hon. A. r. Smith of
Gainesville are urging him to become a
candidate for senator from the Thirty
third district. He is at present clerk OF
the superior court of Hall county, ana
one of the most popular men in the dis
trict. Senator johnson. a pOpuliSt repre-
scented the district in the last Legislature,
but 1t is claimed that Mr.. Smiths pOpu-
larity will enable him to defeat any one
the populists may nominate.
Statesboro Times: 1t is not forgotten
that during the campaign of 1892 the Con
stitution attempted to strengthen its
cause before the people by perverting the
facts. 1t adopted the fashion of reDort-
ing an anti-Cleveland sentiment from var
ious sections of the state, which repudi-
ated the Constitutions statements by
sending up to the conventions a quite
different delegation from what one would
have looked for, accepting the Constitu-
ton as reliable 1t is now resorting to
the same method in dealing with the con-
vention question, going so far as to quote
individuals as having expressed them
a Of he L Ind
Statesboro News: The single convention
scheme has been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. and so also has its
twin brother emanating from the same
source, namely, that the states that elect
democratic Presidents should have a con
trolling right to name the candidate" We
nave never seen plausible reason given
in favor OF the first, and if the unfair
logic OF the second were carried into state
pohtlcs IL would say to democrats i'm pop
ullst counties, you cannot send delegates
to state convention to nominate GOV
ernor on the same representative terms
ocratic, As hofb ar scb ee,ll-
put the cart before the horse, the News
is opposed to all innovations of this kind
and prefers to stand by party usage, as
we see it, both state and national add
ing nothing to 1t nor subtracting anything
from 1T.
cambridge Democrat: 1t must be ap-
parent to observant people that an ele-
ment IN TINS State led by the Atlanta Con-
stituuon, is deliberately at work to wreck
the party and to land part of the wreck
into the party of high protection. This
element started the single convention plan
They thought that by getting the money
question mixed with state politics theX,
would be more likely to get the converi-
ton 20 adopt Is to / platform This
would be in advance of the national plat
form, when VIII be a sound money plat
form. This bilious element would then
insist that the democrats of Georgia stand
by the state platform. They would usA
the state platform as a pretext for fight
ing the national ticket and platform, and
between the state platform democrats and
the national platform democrats the party
in Georgia would be in fearful condition.
The state democratic executive committee
would receive and deserve the seVerest
censure If 1t permitted itself to be caught
by this transparent scheme to wreck the
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