The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-22
TO OPEN THE CAMPAIGN.
MEsSRs. CLARK AND MILLER
SPEAK TO-DAY AT CAPTOLA.

They VIII BE at Springfield In Eff
bingham Next Tuesday-COI. Les
ter Has Not Received Any ChaI-
Ienge Yet 10 Meet SIr. Miller on
the stump. but Mr. Miller Says He
Is Going 20 send It-COl. Lester
VIII Say Nothing About the Mat
ter at Present-The POpuIists Are
Vow working on the state Oam-
paiEn.
The populists begin their campaign in the
First congressional district to-day Dir.
q. H. Miller, the populist nominee for CON
gross and Mr.. D. II. Clark, nominee for
attorney general on the prohi-populistic
ticket will go to Captola, in screven coun-
". this morning and each will deliver an
address 10 the assembled populists.
Tuesday, Aug. 25. they will go to Spring
field in Ehngham county, where each will
deliver an address on the day that the
county populist convention meets there
for the purpose Of nominating county Of
hcers on the popullst ticket.
Sept. they viii begin a canvass Of all
the counties In the district in the inter-
ests Of the populist state ticket, headed
by Hon. Seaborn Wright Of Rome. They
viii speak that day at Statesboro in Bull
loch county,. and then fH the following
appointments: Waynesboro, Burke coun-
", Sept 8; Swainsboro, Emanuel county,
Sept. 10; Reidsville, Tattnall county, Sept.
Il; Clyde, Bryan county. Sept. y; Hines
Vile, Liberty county, Sept "A. They will
probably be in Mcintosh county, Sept. q.
% and %. After the close of this round Of
engag ements Messrs. Miller and Clark will
make addresses through the state at large
whenever called upon to do so by the prohi-
popultstic state campaign committee.
The congressional campaign will not be
taken up OF itself until after the close Of
the state campaign. but both Messrs. Mil
Ter and Clark stated that they
would like nothing better than to have
Col, Rufus Z. Lester. the democratic NOM
inee for congress, go on this tour with
them. Mr. Miller stated that he would al
a very early date send Cot. Lester d for
NAL challenge to go ON the stump with
him and discuss the issues of the cam
paign whenever II might be agreeable to
Col. Lester to do so, without interfering
with any appointments already made He
wants to discuss with Col. Lester both
state and national issues, and especially
national issues, as the campaign between
them viii be largely on that ground. He
expects TO take the stump actively In the
congressional fight in October.
Col. Lester was asked about the matter
Of joint debates. He said that he
had as yet received no communication Of
any kind from Mr.. Miller, nor had he been
notified that Mr.. Miller would send him
any challenge to meet him on the stump.
Until he received such a communication,
he said, he could not say what he might
or might not do with regard to It, nor
would he say anything about it. So it may
not be definitely known for a few days
whether there will be any joint debates or
not.
When Mr.. Clark spoke the other day at
Pembroke In Bryan county, he was greeted
by an audience Of seventy-tive, nineteen
of whom are candidates for offices ranking
all the way from attorney general down
to constable 1T appears TO be a hard mat
ter now to secure an audience of anybody
else but Office holders, or aspirants, and
there are more of the latter, though now
and then a private citizen who does not
want any of the fat goes to the meetings.
Following up the prohi-populistic cam
paign in southeastern Georgia, Hon. Sea-
born Wright will be here Aug 81, to de-
liver an address to the people of Savan-
nah. Mr.. Wright has appointments
throughout this section. The lines have
been closely drawn between prohibition
and dispensaries on the one hand, and To-
cal option on the other, and so far as 1t
has gone it looks as If things were de-
cidedly favorable to local option, though
even the anti-prohibtionists insist that
they have hard fight on their hands.