The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-23
THEIR TICKET WITHDRAWN.
THE POPULIsTs TO MAKE a FIGHT
FOR CONGRESSMEN ONLY.


the Recommendations Jones
outwitted the POpulists at st
LOuis-Revenge, He Says, May
Lead Many Members of the PartS
to Vote For McKinIey-Mr. Miller
VIII Not Withdraw From the Con-
gressionnI Race.
The populist electoral ticket for the
state of Georgia has been Withdrawn
This is the information communicated to
Morning News reporter yesterday by
Mr.. George H. Miller, the populist candi-
date for congress in this district.
Mr.. Miller returned from Atlanta yes
terday morning, where he has been for
the last several days attending the ses-
sion of the populist committee, which
has been endeavoring to arrange a fusion
on the electoral ticket with the democrat
ic executive committee, The popuists
will now rally around their congress-
men, Mr.. Miller said, being all they have
left to rally around. This means that
Mr. Miller will not withdraw from the
race in this district.
you can announce positively" said
he, "that am in the race to stay. have
not the slightest intention of withdraw
ing in favor Of Mr.. Doyle, and never
have had"
Mr. Miller feels very sore over the way
the overtures of the populists were treat
ed by the democratic executive commit
tee, and he says that the other members
of the populist committee feel just as he
does. AS the result of the failure to eff
feet fusion, he says that many of the
populists are likely to vote for the repub-
lican electors, in revenge for their treat
ment by the democrats.
THE withdrawal of our electoral tick
et," said he, leaves the populists free
to do as they please. They can vote either
the democratic or the republican ticket,
or they need not vote the presidential
ticket. This means the loss of thousands
Of populist votes in Georgia to Mr.. Bry-
an. The democrats have announced to as
that they do not want our help TO carry
the state for Mr.. Bryan. Our overtures
have been spurned and we have simply
been kicked out Of the way.
This being the case the populists can
hardly be expected to support the demo-
cratic electoral ticket. I shall not sup
port the republican ticket nor encourage
fusion with them in any manner. I know
positively that Mr.. Watson viii not en-
courage fusion with the republicans.
There is not a single principle upon which
the republicans and the populists can
come together with the possible exceptions
of that of honest elections. But the de-
sire for revenge is strong, and if the ma
jority of the populists vote for Mckinley
and Hobart l shall not be surprised.
Suppose" continued Mr.. Miller, that
Mckinley should carry this district, al
TN1I oh, r. ole taI
How can that be-" he was asked.
VERY easy" he replied. Suppose my
name should be placed at the bottom of
the Mckinley ticket and all the populists
who vote for me also vote for the republic
can electors. Would not this give enough
votes added to the Mckinley vote cast
with the Doyle ticket to give a majority
over the democratic electoral ticket? Any
one familiar with the situation in this
district knows that Col. Lester cannot
secure a majority over both Mr.. Doyle
and myself. At best he can only hope for
a plurality. Suppose this same thing
should be done in every congressional dis
trict in Georgia Georgia's thirteen votes
might then go for Mckinley"
Surely the populists do not wish to de-
prive Mr.. Bryan of Georgias thirteen
votes?" Mr.. Miller was asked.
But the democrats have refused to rec
ognize our right to help elect Mr.. Bryan,
he said THE leaders have taken their
hands off. The rank and file can do as 1t
pleases."
Don't you think that the result of this
action will be TO drive many populists
back into the democratic party?"
Il have no fear of that. The populists
would like 10 see Mr.. Bryan elected but
they will never vote for Mr.. Sewall."
The decision to withdraw the populist
electoral ticket, Mr.. Miller said was reach
cd hag wit h he'll
from the public. A committee of five was
appointed to await the result of a confer
ence between National Chairman Jones of
the democratic party and National Com
mitteeman Washburne, of the populist
committee, in the hope that Mr.. Jones
would use his influence with the Georgia
committee to secure recognition of the
populists on the electoral ticket or would
offer some other terms advantageous to
Mr.. Watson.
Mr.. Washburne has been in Atlanta this
week comforting with the leaders of both
parties. Mr.. Washburne is TO meet Com
mitteeman Reed of Georgia and Mr.. Wat
son in Nashville to-day TO inform them of
the result of his conference with Chair
man Jones, after which some decision as
to the situation will be reached, which
will be announced to the committee in At
lanta, which will then announce its action
with regard to the electoral ticket.
our electoral ticket has been withdrawn,
said Mr.. Miller. Mr. Washburne's con-
ference with Mr. Jones will amount 10
nothing. The truth is that we have been
outwitted by Senator Jones. He went to
the ST. Louis convention and secured the
nomination Of Mr.. Bryan by that con-
vention with the understanding that Mr.
Sewall should be withdrawn and Mr.. Wat
son substituted in his place. Mr.. Bryan
would never have been nominated but for
this understanding. Yet Mr.. Jones had
in his pocket at the time that Bryan
was nominated a telegram from Mr.
Bryan, announcing positively that he
would not run on the same ticket with
Mr.. Watson. This telegram was not made
public until after the adjournment of the
convention. 1t was a piece of political
trickery which is likely to result in Mr.
Bryan's defeat.
Ever since then the attempt has beer
made TO ignore and snub Mr.. Watson, e
compel him to withdraw in favor of Mr.
Sewall. We did not feel that we Should
be called upon TO yield everything. Whei
we accepted the head of the Democrat,
ticket we expected to be accorded secont
place We were ready for any honora
HE qornprpu1fgo would bayp baar