The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-26

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The state convention did exactly what
it was expected it would 90. 1t renomi-
mated abe governor and other state house
officers. adopted a platform that demands
the unlimited and independent coinage of
silver at the ratio Of is to / and made the
delegation TO the national convention
solid for silver by means of the unit rule.
There IS no occasion for saying anything
about the ticket The people know the
nominees and they have no fault TO find
with them. The governor and other state
house officers have administered their re-
spective offices with ability and fidelity
ana. as there is every reason 10 believe
they Will be reelected, they viii continue
10 he faithful public servants. The gov
crnor IS TO be commended FOR his stand
against lynching and the present convict
system. He believes that no means should
be left Untried 70 put stop to lynchings.
and all law abiding and order loving cid-
zens agree with him. As for the convict
system. that has already been condemned
by public sentiment. 1t will be abolished
just as soon as the existing leases expire
and satisfactory system 10 take It's
place can be agreed upon.
The governor. in the few remarks he
made to the convention ia returning
thanks for his nomination, did not show
himself TO be as extreme in his views on
the silver question as many of the dele
gates were. In fact, he said little about
silver lie took occasion to express the
opinion that the democratic party stands
for great deal more than the free coin
age Of silver, and he is right Never be-
fore has the democracy of Georgia de-
manded free silver coinage at the ratio of
1G to 1, and It may never do so again. The
governor declared that the democratic
party is not a fiat money party from
which it may be inferred that he has
some misgivings about the 16 to / ratio.
A curious feature of the convention
was the hostility displayed to Mr.. Pen
dleton. as one OF the delegates to the
Chicago convention. because of his fidelity
to his sound money convictions. He had
been chosen by The Eleventh district
and from time immemorial the congress-
ional districts have chosen their dele
gates to national conventions. yet there
We're members of the convention, in their
new born zeal for the 16 to / demand-a de-
mand never approved by a national dem
ocrauc convention and never before by
a democratic convention Of Georgia-who
would have trampled under foot demo-
cratic usage and refused Mr.. Pendleton
the honor mis- district had accorded him,
Notwithstanding the fact that he was
bound by the unit rule to
support silver at Chicago, if they
had been permitted to have their way.
Surely such men cannot be controlled by
the spirit Of genuine democracy. We are
not surprised that Chairman Clay said he
would have refused to have anything to
do with the management of the cam
paign if the attack on Mr.. PendIeton had
succeeded.
Except the Pendleton incident, the con-
vention was harmonious one. though it
doesn't appear to have been an especially
enthusiastic one. STILL we have no doubt
that the ticket win receive a very earnest
and hearty support from all democrats,
especially if it should have formidable
opposition.