The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-29
MIR. w. F. CARTER's CARD.
One OF the PopuIist PIcnary Com
mittee VIII Vote for Mckinley.

To the Populists of Georgia. AS a men,
Der Of the plenary committee of five which
withdrew the populist electoral ticket of
Georgia, l feel it incumbent upon me to
state the reasons which prompted me to
favor such action q speak for myself
alone, not for the committee)
The first step which led up to it was
the fatal blunder made at st. Louis, when
the delegates to the populist national con-
Venton listened to the song of the siren
and put their faith in the pledges of demo-
cratic politicians. The compact entered
into there between Mr.. Jones, chairman
of the democratic national executive COM
mittee, and the populist leaders is too
well known to require a repetition. The
manner in which Mr. Jones and his party
including Mr.. Bryan, repudiated their part
or the contract is also well known. In a
short while after that agreement was en-
tered into Mr.. Jones publicly denounced
southern populists and said they should
go with the negroes where they belonged.
Then was the time for the populist ma
tional executive committee to have acted
promptly, and in the exercise of the plen-
airy powers delegated to them, have placed
running mate on the ticket with Mr..
Watson Here Chairman Butler showed his
fine italian hand, and backed by his COM
mittee, with two or three honorable excep-
lions, refused to take action. The conclu-
sion was forced on the minds of populists
that Mr.. Butler was in league with Mr..
Jones to defeat and humiliate the standard
bearer of our party.
A few days ago Mr.. Jones seemed to
realize for the first time that his perfidy
and double-dealing were jeopardizing Mr..
Bryan's chances of election, and he sent
his man Friday, little Mr.. Howell, to fix
up things in Georgia. Three of the DEM
ocratic leaders of the state went to see
Mr.. Watson. Two days after this inter
view little Mr.. Howell went before the
democratic executive committee of Geor-
gla and told them that Bryan could not
possibly be elected without populist votes.
Prominent democrats present had stated
beforehand that they would rather hold
Georgia solid for democracy than see
Bryan elected, and they suddenly discov-
cred that the popullsts' proposition for a
fusion, made five days before, was an in
suit and resolutions to that effect were
adopted, but they did not have the decency
to reply to the communication, although
they knew we were in session only block
away awaiting their answer.
National Chairman Jones was by this
time thoroughly alarmed, and wired How
ell that Georgia democrats must accede
to our demands to save Bryan. Howell
wired back, what he knew to be untrue,
wanted a surrender. The telegram broke
off all negotiations and sealed Bryan's
fate The refusal of the democrats to
treat with us on honorable terms in Geor-
gia will have the moral effect of drawing
many thousands of votes from Bryan, and
will give Mckinley several of the close
states.
There was only one honorable course
left open to us, and we decided to with
draw the Bryan and Watson electors.
With five electoral tickets in the field We
could have polled a plurality of the votes,
but, under our peculiar election law, cleo
tors must have a majority of all the votes
cast. This we had no hope of getting. and
the election void have been thrown into
a democratic legislature, and Bryan and
Sewan electors elected. Under all these
circumstances we withdrew the ticket
We have been accused of deserving Mr.
Watson. This Is not true. On the con-
trary, we thought too much Of him to see
him slaughtered by Georgians, who, above
all others, should be his friends.
The question now is: What shall we do?
My mind is made up. l shall support
Mckinley and Hobart. Why? In the first
place, we know what they represent. No
body knows what will be done II Bryan
and Sewall are elected. We want free
silver. viii we get it from the demo-
Gratis? Never! Four years ago the demo-
cratic stump speakers and newspapers Of
the south told us that their platform
meant free silver. AS soon as Mr.. Cleve-
land was in office they were ready to
swear by the great horn spoon that 1t
meant no such thing.
The Chicago platform declares for free
silver, but they have nominated a gold
bug TO so shape the Senate committees
that no free silver legislation can posi-
bly, pass that body. They are also try
ing to elect gold standard men to con-
gress. so that no free silver legislation
Will ever reach the President for his sig
nature. In our own district they are run
ming a man OF whom the chairman of the
gold standard democrats of the state
said: "Mr. Lester is perfectly satisfac-
tory TO us. He has voted for gold, he has
voted for silver and has always shown a
willingness to vote with the majority In
the House"
The Chicago convention declared against
national banks, but nominated a national
banker for presiding officer of the Senate
TO check any legislation on that line.
They declared against monopolies and
nominated one Of the greatest monopolists
Of the country to see that their platform
pledges were not carried out.
They declared against protection and
nominated the President of the most
grasping and far reaching protective asso-
Citations in America.
Can't you see the drift Of all this? The
platform was only made to get in on. and
after they are in az they ever get IND and
have violated every pledge Of their plat
form, we will hear the same old cry that
the Atlanta Constitution and other papers
raised about Mr.. Cleveland: you must
not blame the party for what they do, but
you must help us to elect men who will
carry out the party pledges"
The democratic party poses as the great
champion Of tariff reform. What did their
Wilson bill do for us? II took the tariff of
Of wool and ruined thousands OF sheep