Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-22
GEORGIA DEMOCRATS
Those Who Believe in Gold to Hold Con-
vention Tomorrow.
VIII Arrange for an Electoral Ticket
-Populists Asking for Fair
Elections-N0 Fusion Yet.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ATLANTA, September 22.-The gold DEM
ocrats of Georgia will meet here tomorrow
"wednesday to arrange for an electoral
ticket. They expect to have well-attend-
ed convention. Three hundred persons at
tended the mass meeting which they held
here Saturday night. They do not expect
to affect the result, but they will enable
all democrats who protest against Bryan
Ism an opportunity to register their dis
approval.
When the delegates get here it will be
possible to estimate the vote which the
Palmer and Buckner ticket will get in this
state. 1t is conceded that Major McKin-
ley will increase the republican vote in
the state. but not enough for the electoral
ticket to win in Georgia. The democrats
and populists are talking about fusion,
but opposition to fusion has been gaining
ground among the democrats on the belief
that they can carry the state easily with
out it. If the ropulists could draw 1900
votes from the democrats in addition to
what Mckinley and Palmer will draw, Bry-
an and Sewan could not get a majority
over all. The question Is, How many votes
will Tom Watson draw from the Bryan
Sewall ticket? AS the state election comes
| first, the composition of the general as
sembly will be known month before the
national election is held. Should 1t turn
out by any means that the democrats lose
control of the assembly they will be eager
| for fusion with the populists on the cleo
| toral ticket.
| Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith has made one
| speech, and will probably make three more.
| The democratic state executive committee
| wants him to go into the sound money
strongholds and tell the people to vote for
| Bryan, though they are not surrendering
| their individual views on the financial
| question. MIR. Smith says that the dem
| ocrats who took part in the primary to
| send delegates to the Chicago convention
| are bound by the action of the convention.
| Sam Jones Wants Fair Elections
| Sam Jones has written another open let
| ter to Chairman Steve Clay Of the demo
cratic party, asking him if he is an Egyp-
| tan mummy or democratic dummy. Mr.
| Jones was disappointed because Mr.. Clay
did not pay any attention to his preceding
| letter. Clay says he was taught never &c
| hit woman or a parson He says Jones
| has had a lot of trouble, and l won't bother
| him. When God lays his hand on a man
| l take mine off,
| The evangelist is still calling for fail
| elections He charges the democrats WITH
| defrauding the populists two years ago
| The democrats have compiled from the tai
| lists of the populist counties the roll Of
| men who entitled to vote. The tota
| Is far below the populist vote two years
ago and last year. In other words, the
| total popuiist vote exceeded the total mum
| Der of men Of voting age by from 30 tt
| 1000 in each Of several counties. Thi:
| same thing Is true of democratic coun
ties. In Richmond county two years agt
| Black. democrat for Congress received
1900 votes, when there are not over 7,OOt
men of voting age in the county.
In that county, however. a division O
the managers and clerks has been arranged
for the state election next month. Here
| in Atlanta the Young Mems Democratic
League has taken up the matter and callet
on Chairman Clay to do everything IL
his power to give the populsts representa-
ton at the polls. 1t Is probable that this
will be done in most Of the counties. blu
there is disposition in some Of the clos
counties to ignore the request made b!
the pcpulists