Evening star., 1896-08-24
REACTION IN GEORGIA.
Conditions That Favor the POpulistic
Campaign.

Conditions That Favor the PODulistfc
Campaign.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SAVANNAH, August %, 1885,
The political situation is becoming more
and more perpleXing each day. OF one
thing the delr reajing public may be alb
solutely certain-the unscrupulo.ls newspa-
per men in certain parts of the state are
grossly deceiving them. Mark me, there
is going to be a revolution in Georgia poll
tics The democratic party is hopelessly d.
vtded in many counties. Populis:n Is in
creasing. public sentiment is in action
against machine politics; in fact, the peo-
pie have determin ed to take hand in the
approaching elections. The wheels Of COM
merce Of the state have been clogged by
the spoils system that now obtains. Thou
sands Of natives are unemployed, the re-
suit of high taxes and financial depres-
sion, which might have been relieved, it Is
held. if the national legislators had bold
ly and courageously done their duty. There
are thousands of acres Of land on which
not as much as a fennel weed-planted by
one of natures noblemen-can be seen
Turpentine and naval stores men are about
to close up shop. The other day it was
necessary for them to get together and
agree not to cut any boxes in 1891 This
Is poor information to the laboring men,
but that is not all; next year they will be
compelled to work for 1 cent a box where
they formerly received l 81. Throughout
Georgia the politicians-and the democrats
are in power, it will be borne in mind
have conceived the idea of inducing the
men of the interior TO immigrate. Arriv-
Ing In the city they bind themselves to the
most powerful politicians organizations.
securing, speedily, employment which prop
erly belongs to the city folks.
Democratic Degenerncy.
There are but few sincere men put In
nomination for office these days. Ability.
honesty and an expressed desire to leRis-
late for the people are no longer regarded
as essentially necessary qualifications for
ONCE; at any rate. they are but infre-
quentiy possessed and expressed. For that
reason, If for no other, the populfsts have
the better OF the campaign now on. All
their candidates are, indeed, most favor
ably known-known for honor, Integrity.
for the love Of truth. and justice. and
right, and, above and beyond ali that
even, for their patriotism and deep con-
Germ for the boys and girls and morals of
their grand old state. This is not said in
any spirit of disrespect to thousands of
good democrats in Georgia. Nor is it
meant to apply personally to any of the
gentlemen who are candidates on the state
ticket 1t Is inspired by sense of truth
and right. The intention is to give, as best
your correspondent can, the exact status
Of affairs political in this state, reserving
the right to give to the popuiists that JUS
tce which has hitherto been either refused
or conspicuous by Its absence The demo-
Gratis are not carrying on their campaign
On that high plane which commands re-
spect. and this, you know, often subse-
quentiy grows into true. warm, unfeigned
instance will fall to the lot of the popu-
lists. Gov. Atkinson spoke in Savannah
Tuesday night Despite the rain storm of
lew hours previous he had an audience OF