The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-22
LAUGH PUT ON LIVINGSTON.
BRANNAN DECLINES TO MEET HIM
IN JOINT DEBATE.

The Commercial. Traveller Quotes
LivinESton's Ttterances In For
mer Campaigns IN support oF His
DecIination 10 Meet Him-Ur.
Brannan Also Outlines His PIaa
of working HIS Political Farm.
Atlanta. Ca. May I.-Cougressman
Lon Livingston, who is anxious 20 succeed
himself as congress man from the Fifth
district. thought DE had "a sucker on the
string when Hon. Charles Braunan enter
ed the race against MIN. When Col Liv-
ingston arrived in Atlanta yesterday from
Washington 10 look after his political
fences. he found that ar. Brannau had
been getting in some very effective work i'm
the district. Determined 90 swallow his
opponent al one big bite. as 10 were, his
plan to do il was hy joint debate. Col. Liv-
ingston takes great satisfaction 10 himself
upon his ability as a joint DICTATOR. Mr..
Brannan on the other hand is a modest
man. a novice in national politics and "a
stranger 10 the frisky joint debate There
fore. the willy colonel thought he would
clear the field at a single gulp and accord
ingly he indited a challenge 10 his oppo-
nent.
His brief experience as a candidate for
Mr.. Brannan a thing or Two. one of these
IS that the joint debate is "a good thing 20
steer clear of and he refused 10 take the
bait Col Livingston. in his challenge
gave him the opportunity to strike three
base hits and an his reply declining the
Joint discussion Mr Brannan calls such
engagements political prize fights and
draws the record on Col Livingston in
way that has caused a good deal of amuse-
ment at the daughty coioners expense.
'If have had any success as com
mercial traveller says Mr. Brannan, il
has been by reason or inc Idct Lhdt !
make il a practice TO present my goods
on their merits only, % the buyer, and /
have always given my competitors the
same privilege also. When ! make trips
in the country to see my constituents 1
hire my own horse and buggy ami aus
gest to my competitor that ne can 40
likewise, making mis- own dates, eic
have been going among the farmers or
the Fifth district. and md that the farm
er that keeps the grass out of his OWL
crops succeeds. So having political
farm of eight counties 20 cover j prefer
TO carry out the same policy as coli
gressiOnal candidate. ] fully agree with
you in your speech Of July ], 1880 (see At
lanta Constitution, July 2, l69Ol, when you
most emphatically stated TO Johu ID.
Stewart that we had too much denouuc-
ing and too little work. and that you
wanted less talk and more work. 1 do
not believe i'm political prize fights. j
might also quote your reason, BiVen 10
Tom Watson, when you declined to meet
him in Joint debate (see Constitution Sept.
T. 1S9D, wherein you said that there was
no difference between sou gentlemen on
the Ocala platform and therefore @ joint
debate was unneces sary. The same con-
ditions exist in this contest. our posi-
tons are practically the same on the
money question, both advocating the free
coinage of silver at 16 to I, therefore no
debate is necessary
Mr.. Brannan says he is sure to defeat
Col. Livingston.
Col Livingston says that Mr.. Brannan
is pulling for the populist vote in the pri-
mary.