The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
HANSON SHOWS UP HIS HAND.
STATE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE NOT
TO DE LILLY WHITE.

Negro Clubs to BE Admitted to Mem
bership-Each Race VIII Have Its
own CIubs-HanSon Already An
nOunced as the Republican CaOdi-
date For Governor Two Years
Hence-InteFesting Extracts From
His speech.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 13-The address Of
Maj. J. F. Hanson of Macon here tonight
under the auspices of the Atlanta Nc
Kinley Club completely wiped out the
color line in the recently organized state
| republican league of which he is presi-
dent, If it were ever the intention of the
league to make it "Lily-white" affair.
Maj Hanson. the president of the
league, in making formal declaration Of
its principals and purposes, emphasized
the statement that the colored brother
was as welcome in the ranks of the league
as the Irishman or the German. The
plan he described was TO have white clubs
and colored clubs just as the parties in
the north has Irish clubs and German
clubs.
He also declared that it was not the in
tention to work outside of the regular re-
publican state organization, and while on
this line he took occasion to pat Col.
Buck, chairman of the state committee,
on the back in a very nice way.
After Mai. Hanson had delivered his ad-
dress, Vice President Wilkins of LowndeS
county, who travelled across the state just
to be present at the meeting, made a
speech in which he declared that the repub-
licans were going to nominate Maj Han
son Tor governor next year, and under his
leadership knock out every democrat now
In the state house. 1t is possible that this
announcement is really significant and
means that If the activity in pressing Maj
the Mckinley cabinet, he will lead the re-
publican cohorts against the democracy
in the state fight two years hence.
MAJ. Hanson read his speech from man
uscript and at the opening announced that
he had copies of it for the press so that
he would not be misrepresented. The adj
dress delivered by Maj. Hanson as the
president of the Georgia republican league,
setting forth its principles, sounds more
Ike the address of man standing in the
way Of cabinet lightning. In this view the
speech viii undoubtedly attract attention.
especially in view of the recent presence
of Col. Buck in Canton and the presence
at to-nights meeting of representatives
OF all the various factions of republican,
ism in the state, from eX-GoV. Bullock,
Walter Corbett and Maj Smyth on down
TO G. 9. WimbuSh, the colOred eX-colector
low:
political conditions in the south are
unnatural Illogical and wrong, and upon
the judgment of our best men ought to
change, and must change. This section
constitutes a large and influential por-
ton of the country. our people have
reached the point where they are DESTROYS
of freely exercising their rights and privi-
legeS in order that they may wisely and
justly WELD the political power which has
been vested in them by the federal and
state constitutions and laws. They are
alive to the financial, commercial and in
duStrlal interests of the country as they
are affected by our fiscal policies, and
keenly appreciate the dangers to our civil
institutions arising from modern political
agitation. If upon what they conceived to
be local questions they have been at va
rance with their brethren of other sec
tons, touching the effect of our policies
upon the south and the country at large
upon the question of property rights as
opposed 70 socialism and the defense of
our institutions against any ana all ten
denotes toward anarchism, they have al
ways been conservative.
The Chicago platform is now the con-
sttution of organized discomfort not to
say of lawlessness and turbulence
whoever else may or may not stand
upon it. these classes will. The franz
ers OF this dangerous assault upon the
fundamental purposes of all established
government over-estimated the strength
OF the elements to which they appealed
when they demanded the destruction Of
executive authority and the revolution of
the supreme court.
The republican party, through unfor-
tunate leadership which has destroyed the
abiding and conservative elements of the
country. Formerly the differences be-
tween this party and the democratic party
We're win reference to the legal and or
derry, enforcement of policies about which
men have always differed and about whicn
they have the right to differ.
''As a citizen. 1 am in favor of making
the negro the greatest possible power fo@
tood by subjecting both him and tho
WHITE man to laws intended to promote
nor st elections and the honest settle-
| ment OF public questions. We must meet
THIS issue upon this line at some time. We
cannot forever endure the wrongs the m
Jury ana the infamy Of present conditions
kno" that tens of thousands of demo
Gratis are of the same opinion, and our
democratic friends will make a mistai q
that they Will certainly atone for with
oNetw helmin2 defeat If they fail to re.
spond 10 popular demand for an admins
a arae,oi o. law IN the interest of political
For the benefit of those who do not
know and who want TO know, as well as
IN reply to those who understand. hut
VINO nave misrepresented its objects / will
state the objects OF the ReDublican
League Of Georgia. Articles and 3 of the
constitution are as fohows:
" Article 2, The objects of the league
are to encourage and assist in the for
NATION OF permanent republican clubs, to
unite such clubs for effective and organ-
ICED work and to generally promulgate
can party.
a. NANlt D., any permanently organized
republican club of this state. having
adopted the constitution and having not
less than ten QO) members shall be enti-
tied to membership in this league
This declaration is plain and unequivo-
cal and says just what we mean. IL Is not
our purpose to organize white republican
party in the state, nor to organize re-
publican party at all. We propose as in
other states, to have league composed of
republican clubs, inside the republican
party, acting not independently of the reg
ular organization, but cooperating with
il.
at is contemplated that we will have
white clubs and coored clubs, German
clubs and Irish clubs. in the league, but
all questions of race or nationality should
pass away when we meet upon a Just basis
of representation to counsel together for
the good of all. We may fail. but until a
better plan Is proposed to redeem this state
and section from the political despotism
under which we are living, shall be found
working upon this line"
j. RANDOLPH TUCKER DEAD,