The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-19
1gE GOVERNORS PLATFORM.


IRE ,.5--,catss when he said that the
l-1 ono we're now declaring tnal the
49, states could not conlnG us Oe ~
.-.- were Of the same stamp as me
- who. during the reVoIuIiol.' asssi -
-rqr America, could not cas- my
80 Great Britain
A o. -rruggle for silver, he said, IS IN
I-- h. : hattie of the masses, a battle
49,. ..onlnon people and they nave never
OF .-- 90 in a conflict but that sooner
.-,-s- they have triumpheu- ne Salleu
" he cleveland men TO stanu Dy IlS
-, of Mr.. Cleveland Wheh nc 80
- -r. basis of party organization Mas
ma IN the arbitrament of the party.
Ie@--s ~ men could not vote for Mckln-
Nl1' I'D hecause the platform on Whlch
iesi ---,4s abuses Cleveland Tor every
NJ ~ rom a cut throat up and CONDEMNS
W., I'D eternal ignominy.
am ann safe issues the governor was equSl,
-or more interesting. He referred
~ "a his own candidacy lie salu
u-i5"5s ba we're worthy Of reelection ne
ma t the peopIe to vote for him anu
u.t.-r,.ise not. The strongest ENDORSEMENT
o.4I- a7r1inistration, he said, was by the
- nopulist state convention. MOI one
$50 did it find to say against MS az
40 +75+rstion and it had to so outside ana
lind a new issue, pronfOltlon. 's,tio.,
- local option as the only solution OF
e. -robfbition question. He is prohi-
t'.5o,is- he said. He had voted the pro-
Lrf-ion ticket in COweta county ana
a,-,Id 10 so again If the occasion arose
of believe In the prohibition which pro-
tp,f+s the governor said, "and not tnaI
-sieb lies dead upon the statute books.
49, nav believe in prohibition in
Covreta county, l do not beheVe mat 1
80 the right to force it upon chatham
This Tbis statement elected loud applause.
~ same out very strongly on the con-
-ier lease question and declared that ne
vyouId never give his consent TO anotner
lease of the convicts to private parties
under the present conditions MIicn
riacss the convicts in the power and at
he mercy of those in their immediate
control Neither would he favor
ary arrangement which would bring the
conyicts in competition with the skilled
labor of the state and thus tend TO lower
the standard of wages
This expression of his position by the
governor was heartily approved OF by the
audience. as was also his position on the
prohibition issue.
The governor said further that while
he had no complaints of the management
Of the Chatham county convicts, he knew
il to be true that in some counties the
treatment of the county ccnVlcts had
been more brutal and more outrageous
he favored a system, which, without tax
ing the control of these cOnvicts out Of
the hands of the county authorities, would
give the state supervision over the county
camps He closed with an appeal to the
democrats of ChathOm county to stand by
the state and national nominees of the
party. which was answered with hearty
applause.
The speech occupied an hour and ten
minutes but as the governor warmed up
TO his theme as he progressed, the interest
was continually on the increase.
The band played Dixie" again, and the
audience cheered for several minutes. DR..
r. G. Norton moved a vote of thanks by
the meeting to the governor for his ad-
dress, which was unanimously carried.
Hon. w w. Geiger was introduced by
Mr.. Manucy. Mr.. Geiger said it would be
futile for him to attempt to add anything
to what the governor had said, He endOrs-
ed the national and state platforms and
would support the nominees Of the party.
He was no new convert to silver, he said,
and was nominated on that ISSUE
Mr.. Geiger said that he believed Chatham
county should regulate her affairs in her
own way. Had there been no discussion
of the Bush bill, he said and had it come
before him as a member of the Senate as
a new issue. he would have voted against
It, knowing as he did the sentiments of the
people of Chatham
On the subject of the sale of intoxica ting
liquors, he said Il wish to say that I am
not prohibitionist and never have been.
! am simply a sober. silver democrat"
This brought applause.
Mr.. Geiger assured his hearers that in
all measures coming before the Senate
ne would consider the interests of Chat
ham, and would never cast his vote for
any measure detrimental to her interests.
f1rr r.
statement of his position.
If the people wanted to know his fam
fly history, Mr. Geiger said he would tell
it. He was married at 10 and had lived
at the same place in Bryan county for
80 years. He had twenty living children,
besides two or three who had died young.
Half were boys, all sober democrats like
himself who would vote the full demo-
cratic ticket this fall.
Hon. j. F. B. Beckwith responded to
calls. He OWNED that he crowd wanted
to know his position.
4 am known as an administration
man. he said, land so I am. but am
gong to do something which I defy the
rest of you to do. / am going to tho
polls in November and vote an omen bal
lot for Bryan and Sewau Let every
man in this audience who will do. the
same thing rise"
me greater part of the crowd took Mr..
beckWith at his word and rose.
Maj Ryals responded to calls and In
formed the audience that he had "swal-
lowed the bird" He had taken Gov. At
hhsons advice and gotten on the plat-
form, he said. IF I couldn't have swal-
owed my crow any other way" he said,
would have made soup out of it and got
ten It down any how"
o.. Inc audience would have been willing
speeches, but motion to adj
yourh was put through. There
vas general expression of approval of
Wv. Atklnson's speech. Even the gold
i ~ sad It was good. Mayor Myers, who
. sohd gold man, said it was the best
presentation of the silver side of the ones
uon he had yet heard.
,t4oV. Atkinson withdrew from the hall
S 5-yr making his address, and was at once
utIyen to the Central depot, and took the
H'gAt train for Atlanta.