The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-23
,IUvsOWS TRIP TO ALABAMA
gsr SPEECH To BE MADE AT
u oPELIKA SATURDAY.

-, ,,..uss the National Demo-
De p,,,foru, and Point Out the
,---.,,ntv Of Democratic victory
,-..-.r,ber-The Governor Con-
=. nj His Reelection by
Uatority Than He Receiv-
:, Two Years Ago.
..-,--, Ga. July 22-Gov. Atkinson
,,4- 70 Alabama TO take a mana
- z.q+a campaign there the latter
20 -1,s week. He has accepted the
f..--,,7 Of the Alabama campaign com
49,. =, make several speeches in be-
~ ~ cant. Johnston and the demo-
-. cote ticket. speaking first on Sat
49, Ooal,ka. From Opelika he viii
IN Lafayette. Chambers county,
s..7lz again on Monday, and on we'd
...lqv he viii conclude at Montgomery.
a.. ons-fka. GOV. Atkinson will make MS
.. ,,.,erc utterance since the Chicago
---,sr-ian. and from that standpoint his
-.s will have a great deal Of interest
..t...14I TO it IN Georgia He viii discuss
-+. -t-i5nal platform and prognosticate
~ -4s November result
Gov Atkinson viii leave Atlanta Satur-
s,, morning In a special car. He VIII be
se3mpan.ed by a party of friends and
newspaper men, who go 10 hear him.
+, s-.7kirs On the outlook for demo-
.,s+i, success in Georgia politics, Gov.
A.glraon said today that he felt conf
5art HIS majority this fall, that is the ma
to-.,- for the state ticket. would be much
creator than It was two years ago. There
% every Indication, said ne, that the par
e, is much stronger in the state than It
- fvTo Years ago while the populStS
AZ. ,1rrespOndingly weaker, ana that the
vote will be the largest that has ever been
cas-. I'M this state Everywhere the peo-
ME are aroused and will make themselves
heard az the polls, whatever the 0clloh OF
M. ST.. Louis convention may be-
"rhtre is no doubt in my mind that the
democratic tickets, both state and ma
tf1naL will receive q very large proportion
Of rhe u0puHst vote in Georgia. We have
shown that we are earnest and honest
IN orr efforts to give the people relieT,
and I believe that the populists, that is,
the rank and file, have confidence IN the
pledges We have made, although the lead
ers may now offer opposition to the re-
turn Of their people TO the democratic
GOV. Atkinson IS OF the opinion also that
the state ticket this fall will receive n
large increase OF SLltuE'L IN ug TIE dQulllOll
of many negro votes. His stand against
lynching, and the vigorous methods he
has employed TO protect the colored peo-
pie In their legal rights has caused many
OF the leading negroes of the state to as
sure him Of their hearty support and
though the colored voters will go solidly
for Mckinley as they have al
ways gone for the republic
can national ticket, a large num-
Der OF them will cast their ballots for the
democratic state ticket, whether the re-
pubhcans put a state ticket in the field
or not.
Col L. F. Livingston, congressman from
the Fifth district, left this afternoon for
Admission, Ala, TO help out in the Ala
bama campaign in a few speeches for
Capt. Johnston and the democratic ticket
Chairman Clay of the state executive
committee has begun to receive replies to
the letters sent out last week arranging
for the preliminary work of the Georgia
campaign. County committees have been
sent In from many counties and the can
didates are also registering on this list.
Many Of the best known democrats of the
state, including both gold standard men
and silver men, have written TO tender
their services on the stump for the state
and national tickets, and in a week or two
political eloquence will be turned loose at
every cross roads in the state. The cor
respondence Of Chairman Clay shows that
the gold standard men are all falling into
line and viii give their active support to
the ticket.