The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-20
WILL JUMP HoGAN'S COLLAR.
COL. GAMBLER WILL EMPHATICAL-
LY DENY P0PULIsT'S CHARGES.

Not an Iotn of Truth in Some of the
Statements Accredited to the POpu-
list Candidate for GOvernOr-His
story of the Late Nr. Hardeman's
Loss in n Former Campaign viii
he Refuted--First Guns of the Cam
paign TO BE Fired To-day by the
First Wen of the Party-TO Speak
at MfIIedGeviIIe-COIOne Gamblers
Close Figuring.
Atlanta. Ga, Aug. l9.-IIon. Allan Cand-
Ter, who will be Governor of the state Of
Georgia by the first day Of next NOvem-
Der, spent the day in Atlanta. He came
down from his home in Gainesville, where
he has been spending most of the time
since his nomination, looking after private
affairs, which were necessarily much neg
lected during the campaign.
This afternoon, after having hobnobbed
with "the boys" at Democratic headquar-
ters and incidentally calling upon his
friends at the capitol, Col. Gambler left
for AIIledgeville, where he, Chairman du-
Bignou Congressman Bartlett and Hon.
Martin Calvin will fire the first regular
guns of the state campaign tomorrow.
Among other things, Col Gambler in
tends in his speech, to jump square on
the collar of his Populist opponent in the
matter of certain Misrepresentation
which he has heard Mr. Hogan is max
ing
Il hear" said Col Gambler "Mr Hogan
is making some serious charges. 1 have
letter from Morgan county saying he stat
ed i'm speech at Madison that Steve
1fs1,st gaff
utive committee during the campaign two
years ago, had MIR. Hardeman borrow $1O,-
900 for campaign purposes and that Mr.
Hardeman's widow had to pay it out of
his insurance. 1 hear from Wnghtsville
that Mr.. Hogan said there that Clay had
Mr.. Hardeman borrow $4,000 from the
stale and his widow had 10 repay it out
of the insurance. There isn't shadow of
truth in IT.. l wrote Senator Clay and he
said the committee never borrowed a dol
lar through Hardeman or any one else
He said that at the close of the campaign
Mr.. Hardeman said he had paid out 500
or 500 more than he had received and then
and there made it up and was re-
imbursed
Baldwin county went Populist two years
ago and a great effort is TO be made to
redeem IL as well as many other Populist
counties this year. On this head Col.
Gambler has made some figures: Two
years ago thirty-two counties went for
Wright, the Populist nominee. l hope to
redeem sixteen of them and may get
White, which would make seventeen. AThe
counties expect to redeem with the ma
iorties for Seaborn Wright two years ago
are:
Baldwin, "a; Jackson, 142; Colquitt, 81;
Floyd. 26S; Gordon, 81; Green. 209; Haral-
son, 127; jefferson, 122; Lumplin, ?; Ma
RON 81; Polk "a; Qutman, so; Worth, 10S;
Wayne, 60; Liberty, "a, and Cherokee, As.
Some of these 1 carried as secretary of
state and I hope 10 carry all of them this
time"
As an evidence of his ability to make
these figures he quoted from his note
book the following which he made before
the primary: Atkinson, 80; Berner, 56;
Gambler 26S. The official count showed
Atkinson, 26; Berner, Sc, and Gambler. 26S
"Now that was pretty close figuring"
| he remarked. "And while l am not much
| on political predestinations as rule, just
wait and see how these Populists figures
| will nan out"