The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-22
JONES FIRES OFF HIS JOKE
LEAVES THE GATE OPEN so HE CAN
ENTER THE RACE IF HE WISHES.

Says He Is for Himself IL He Runs,
and If He Doesn't Is for Gambler.
The SO-CaIIed Platform Supposed
to BE i'm Gamblers Interest, But the
Latter, Nevertheless, Comes in for
Some of Its RidicuIe.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 21.-Sam Jones plat
form" for Governor came forth on sched-
ule time this afternoon, but, as stated in
these dispatches last night, the document
did not put the evangelist in the race. He
says he is a candidate, but is not running
yet. The letter. which is four columns
long Is roast of the politicians, Gov At
kinson and his followers in particulars. AL
though the purpose of the letter is to help
Col. Gambler he too comes in for share
of ridicule Here are a few choice selec-
tons from the evangelists political espis-
tie. Referring to Col. Gamblers famous
recently published letter, he says: ALLEN
d. was worse scared than he was hurt,
dead sure, or he never would have written
that second letter. If 1 had been him l
would have stuck to that letter and fought
IL out with them as long as l could kick
or hit or shoot or cut, and when hands
and legs were gone and teeth worn out,
I'd a gumed 'em till I died oh, If Mr..
Gambler had stuck to that first letter and
said: Gentlemen, 1 have made a lot OF
shoes, they are my shoes and your fit. /
call no names but every fellow knows his
number
But in all seriousness Gen. Evans was
the choice of the common people of Geor-
gia in 1894, just as Allen ID. is the choice
of the common people of this state in 1898.
THAT candidate, who ever he may be,
who shall manipulate the machine po...ics
of this state, so as to get the nomination
and be elected, will as certainly defeat the
will of the people in this state in 1898 IS
il was most surely done in 1894 and re IS
the fellow / want to sit up with.
mo one can charge me with selfish ends
in nv announcement. A man who is
preaching to million of people year
with 900 salary, cannot be charged
with selfishness or self interest when he
announces for a little job like the Gov
ernorship of Georgia., when he knows that
1t is only it's emoluments he will get, for
some of his predecessors have knocked
the bottom out of the honor of the thing.
IF I couldn't run Georgia better tnan
Il is run to-day, on half the funds that
they are running 1t with, 1 would resign
am everlastingly against fellow draw
ing his salary for anything, from Gov
ernor down to bailff, and pocketing the
money, monthly or quarterly with the
consciousness that he has no more earned
his salary than the tramp at your back
door has earned his breakfast that you
hand out to him.
1.-THE reign of the demagogue hurts, from
Governor down to baillff
I'VE have had the most extravagant adj
ministration for the last four years that
Georgia ever had, and our state taxes to-
day are nearly twice what they were be-
fore this administration came into power,
with an assured future increase for years
to come.
Judge Atkinson is well known in public
affairs in Georgia. He may be doing
great deal of thinking, but, to my mind.
he is not doing much talking.
"And there is President Berner of the
Senate of Georgia, a leader among this
gang on the eXtravagant side of every is
sue coming up, telling the members that
pledges must be fulfilled and promises re-
deemed.
Gentlemen, for one, l am tired of that
gang. / am candid when l say l don't
believe one of these fellows is much bet
ter than the other. ! believe Georgia can
get q good governor outside of those who
participated In the schemes, tricks and
which they came into control and which
robbed Gen. Evans of the govemorship
and defeated the will of the people. l
would not lug into this campaign gold
buggery and silver-diggery and the tariff
issue, for the Governor of Georgia and
the state house officials have no more to
do with the enactment or non-enactment
of laws on that question than the frosts
of Alaska have TO do with the oranges of
Florida.
81 am sick and tired of the average lit
tie politician racking around over the
state preaching gold buggery or cham
p;oning silver-diggery. which he uses sim
ply as a bindfold to hide from the eyes
of the people his own ineficiency for the
offices he proposes to fill, or to raise an
enthusiasm on a question about which he
himself has views that he couldn't sell for
10 cents a dozen in any intellectual mar
ket
Nor would be little political trick
ster riding over the state denouncing cor
pora tons and monopoes, and then when
The people sent me TO the legislature of
Georgia cram free passes on all the roads
in Georgia in my pocket and give as a
reason for non-action on all these ques-
tons that IL was impossible to do any
thing because the lobby was too strong.
eff / am candidate one hundred times
1 shall speak from the platform as
siCdh nun the pulpit uNilOuilGllS WIOIS
and champoning right and handle pap
suckers and pot politicians just as l han
die pharises and hypocrites in the church
of God.
Gentlemen, I believe I can get a hear
ing If this candidacy lasts, and if we can
have a few joint debates there will be
blood and hair and the ground torn up
for Ave miles all round the speakers
platform.
IF I don't run, gentlemen. these are
my principles.
IF l should run these are still my
principles.
IF / do run l am for myself
IF don't run I am for Allen D. Cam
dler"
TAKEN SERIOUSLY AT ROME.
Jones Expected to BE Candidate
for Gnvernor I'm Enruasf