The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-07-28
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
HOW THEPOLITICIANS WILLLINE
UP FOR NEXTYEAR'S BATTLE.
The Atlanta Commercial Has Figured
1t All Out, and Has Made Up
Very Interesting Slate.
From the MacOnINews.

From the Macon! News.
1t is generally understood that Gov
ernOr Atkinson proposes to take advant-
age of the next gubernatorial race to pay
off some political debts, and it is stated
on good authority that his purpose is TO
reward Joe Terrell for services rendered,
and to have his revenge on duBignOn for
the latter's support of Clay in the recent
sena toral contest.
AtkinsOn's plan, it is said, is to narrow
the race down to Terrell and duBignon
and to use the machine, or that part of
it which he can control in the interest
of Terrell
The Atlanta Commercial has figured it
all out, and has made up very interest
ing slate. The Commercials prediction
is that Georgia will have dual triumyt-
rate to contend for supremacy in this
state. On the one hand will stand At
kinsOn, Terrell ana Evans, and opposed
to these will be Bacon, duBignon
and Clay. The political weather vane
points that way with unerring accuracy.
According to the Commercial the plans
have all been prearranged, and everything
is in apple-pie order. Judge Spencer r.
Atkinson is to resign from the supreme
court bench and either Judge Sampson
W. Harris or some south Georgia man is
to be appointed in his stead. Judge At
kinsOn is to be made state railroad COM
missioner in the place of Judge Allen
Fort, Harry DunwOody of Brunswick is
to be put on the ticket with Terrell for
attorney-ge and General Clement A.
Evans will be rendered the place of state
librarian to faSten the support of the
confederate veterans for Terrell for gov
ernor.
Harry Dunwo0dy will be put on the
ticket with the hope to split and weaken
the forces of duBignOn in southern GeOr-
gia. All these changes and appoint.
ments are to be made before the assem-
bling of the legislature in order to give
Atkinson chance to complete his slate
and break duBignons hold on south
Georgia, as the makers are alarmed at
his strong following in north Georgia,
and something must be done to offset
this in the lOwlandS of the state.
OF course inducements will be thrown
out to men with local influence to enter
the arena, but this is only done to mud
dy the waters and distract attention
from the main issue and to keep their
plans from being cirCumYented
The Journal and Constitution, it is
said, ever eager to drift with the tide,
Will support the Terrell Evans
combine, as, having been cracked over
the head time or two by the governor,
they are afraid to measure swords with
him again. The Savannah News, staid
and Indifferent, will look on the combat
with neutral eyes, while it is quite prob
able the Augusta Chronicle, always
brave, fearless and outspOken, will sup
port the BacOn-duBignOn-Clay end of the
struggle. AS for the Macon Telegraph
it doesn't count at all, as it has put itself
without the pale of the democratic
household, says the Commercial.
When duBignOn announces his candi-
dacy for governor he will couple it with
the statement that he male a mistake in
indorsng the gold standard, and he will
plant himself squarely on the Chicago
platform. He will challenge Terrell to
joint debate, aud all who know the two
men can easily imagine what the out
come of the meetings will be.
In all this political plotting the fine
Italian hand of the governor can be seen.
! The governor has long head, and he is
known as one of the shrewdeSt political
arnOr went down in inglorious defeat
last fall before the cohorts of Clay and
| duBignOn everybody though, he was a
back number, but they rechJned with
out their host, They didn't know him.
The governor played the rabbit act for
while, until the hounds were called off.
and then he resumed again his old char
acter of the sly fox. The governor has
/ IN g EavrArl ft,., g.
successful in that venture Terrell will be
pitted against Clay, and some of the
\ combine will be boosted into the guber-
: material chair-pOssibly Warner Hill of
, Merriwether. This is the political stu
alton as it stands today, and there'll be a
mighty clashing of the forces.
STRUNG UP AND THEN SHOT,