The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-06
GAMBLER WAS NOT SURPRISED
,povE THE PEOPLES con-
,,,DuNCE Is NOT MISPLACED.

,..os THAT the Campaign Ends
80 popuIist Party in georgia
riabt was Made on "A High
and High Principles
n-ousht the Overwhelming VIC
stote Committee Did Not
IND over $500 During the Con-
White People of Georgia
r-,cicaIIy Reunited.
,5,,ts Ca. oct. 5.-Hon. F. G. du-
,s,ebed the city tonight. having
In savannah this morning as soon
,r. nollg opened and then left for At
He said he was particularly graf
...,n his arrival to receive a dis
rom savannah stating that Col.
,i.r had carried the county by 700
Hogan only receiving 7 votes In
The county.
W. dYBjenon said, speaking of the cam
,.i-n generally, that he was Oh COURSE
surnrised at the result, and while the
.t,r,t, was most gratifying, 1t was not
-,. SO much as it would have been
4.r the general apathy that pervaded
+.ts every one being sure OF the le-
=, ,dvance. Had the attention OF
.,,,,le not been distracted by the war,
toe,r interest abated by the certainty
If ,be result, Col Gamblers majority ana
,t,t of the entire state ticket would nave
,., over 100000 He stated that he was
r,ictl9rlv gratified that so many OIL the
i,,,tias mat had heretofore been regard
u 's irr.deemably POpulistic had been re-
"a as "a Gar the Democratic party by such
a handsome vote.
75.I.i[,,n county. which is Mr.. duBig-
,op,s native county, gives Col. Caholer
an14iorttv of 800, and elects Democratic
Tenr-sentative for the first time IN SIX
years. 49, .as,,1+ ne tho
a,,ibiation of the Populist party IN the
@t,t- and he does not think it will ever
,oaia make a fight in the state. de says
IL connection with the campaign had
Laen exceedingly pleasant, ana, WINE 1t
has imposed upon him many dutles' ne
was clad TO say that there mas peen no
tr,tion whatever in the management OF
tta r,nnatgn. and nothing to incite re-
orst He stated that the campaign had
Iasr conducted upon a high plane, that no
t,tsa of any one had been INDUCED IN,
ma infammatory speeches made, and that
his only effort, and that of his associates
in lis conduct, had been to arouse the
interest oil tiG BtOplCs cAAA W oDNe'AA NAA~'f
clear and unclouded judgment. That re-
snlr leaves the white people Of Georgia
practically united, and he is glad TO say
that many of the best and most conserv-
ative POpulists voted the straight Demo-
cratic ticket They did So too, from
nroper motives, because there had been
ma money used in the campaign
aside from the payment of the
clerk hire. and such printing as was DONE
no money had been expended. The whole
amount used by the state committee in
the conduct of The campaign was less than
$780, The result of the state election en-
sures a solid Democratic delegation to
the next Congress and places the party in
Georgia in better condition than it has
been in years.
"Of course, I am very much gratifed at
the result" said Col Gambler but not
surprised. While l made no thorough
canvass of the state, 1 was in few
counties in every quarter, and felt assured
that the position that l had taken, not
only in This campaign, but in the prelmi-
nary campaign for the nomination, in
favor of clean methods and honest politics,
met the approval of an overwhelming ma
jority of the people in the state. 1t is
source of qualification to me TO be able
to say sincerely that no word was uttered |
by me or my friends during the campaign
that we would retract and we have done
nothing that we desire to undo. The cam
paign was placed on high plane and
fought out on a high plane without de-
sceuding to the disreputable methods
which have characterized our opponents. |
IN many counties, the effort at fusion be-
tween Populsts and the negro Republi-
cans not only in the Eleventh senate
rial district, but in a number of counties
in other parts of the state, was known
to me six weeks ago, and it has been the
forte of myself and my friends in a quiet
way to counterfeit these efforts at fusion
1T is gratifying to know that the best
elements in the Populist party in Georgia
have returned TO the Democratic standard
There are in the state, as l have repeated
" said on the stump, many thousands.
mised by aspiring leaders, in the Popu-
list party but who are at heart and al
ways have been true Democrats To all
of them the Democrats of Georgia extend
a hearty welcome back into the fold of the
Democratic party, and for myself, l can
say that | fully appreciate the support
they have given me. IL is apparent TO all
readers of the newspapers that
some of the most intelligent and
patriotic leaders of this third
party movement abandoned the
fight as soon as the effort at fusion with
the Republican party became apparent,
and these leaders have not been heard
from in the campaign which has just
N'N7t+lr tLiihh II may DG safety dSSuIUSu
that this campaign ends the Populist
party in Georgia, because the honest men
who have allied themselves with this party
for the last three campaigns now see as
some of them have always seen, that the
Democratic party is in truth and indeed
the only peoples party that ever has or
ever can exist in this republic If the
evil of which they have justly complained
cannot he corrected through the Demo,
cratic party they cannot be corrected at
all
1 will endeavor to show my apprecia.
uon Of these generous expressions of the
people OF Georgia by giving them as good
OIL admlnlstration as in my power to di-
rect am overwhelmed with a deep
sense of appreciation at this generous
manifestation of their confidence / will
enoeayor to show them that it is not mis-