The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-15
wATSoNS Willy WORKINGS.
DIGGED A PIT FOR THE PREACH
ERs TO CATCH THE CHURCH.

His Prohibition Dodge Was a Well
Planned scheme and Promises 10
Work Successfully Against De-
mocracy-He Counts on the Senate
in Case He Cannot Get the Vice
Presidential Chair.
Atlanta, Ca. Aug. lf--Col. Ed Angler
one OF the grand muck-a-m ucks OF tHe re-
publican party in Georgia is authority ior
the statement that the central committee
at its meeting on Monday VIII call a STATE
convention. which wiz iu turn put out
full republican state ticket. the ticket ne
saws will be headed by Col. Tom Johnson
of Savannah. who viii make an active
canvass Of Georsia. The nesro wing OF
the party are taking different view Of the
situation. believing that the bride mas
been taken on they are Offering their ser
vices 10 the democratic and p0pulist par
" by the score. Popuist headquarters
rEere crowded with them this morning.
every one OF whom wanted 10 be assigned
10 work in the present state campaign.
The same spectacle presents Itself every
dav Al Steve Clay's fortihcat.ons.
While speaking Of the populists 1t may
scheme on foot among the leaders, and
every. energy is being bent 10 consumate
It. this is to elect enough populists TO the
legislature to send Tom Watson TO the
Senate in the event, If he Is defeated for
Vice President. in fact this is said TO be
a plau that was Matched up sometime ago,
and was the reason why Tom Watson
finally consented to allow himself to be
nominated at the St. Louis convention for
a place on Bryan's ticket.
The scheme, so IL IS declared, also
brought about the fusions with the prohi-
hitionfsts instead of with the republicans
az was first contemplated. Ihe popullsL
leaders. 1t seems, believed that a stronger
following could be secured from the ranks
of the prohibitiOnists because II would
defect TO a large extent the chufch ele-
5nent from the democratic party ana Sc
cure the powerful influence Of the women.
This view Of the situation is given empha-
sis by the very determined and active cam
imagining now being done by the populst
leaders They are stumping every militia
district Of every county in the state, and
there is no doubt of the fact that they
are winning the sympathy Of the preach
ers who are almost to man prohibition
lists of the most pronounced type.
This specific fact was called attention
At democratic headquarters by W. 5. Shell
verton, a prominent democratic politician
of Cobb county, II i've dt AuStelles Sdlu
he. 'tand every summer a large number of
preachers come there for their health.
well. by coming in daily contact with these
visitors, / have found In nearly every in
stance that they are going to support
Seab Wright They viii not only give him
their votes, but they are preaching for
him, simply because he is running for
governor on their hobby, a prohibition
ticket"
Seab Wright was in Atlanta this morn
ing on his return from the populist en-
campment at Alpharetta, where he spoke
10 an audience OF four thousand people
He was enthusiastic in speaking Of the
outlook. and referred to the democrats
OF Catoosa county, who in mass meeting
few days since indorsed Bryan and
Watson for the national ticket as the
way events had begun to shape them
selves in Georgia He said that the au-
dience which would greet Tom Watson
at the encampment to-day would num-
Der ten thousand people.
As an old politician remarked to-day,
these facts look a little disagreeable, but
II is best for the democratic party 10
know. while they have time to act just
what they have to cope with.