The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-17
CANDLER'S EPIsTLE.
Opinion That 1t Was a had Mistake
Almost Universal.

Douglas Leader: The Morning News
has commenced quite early this time 1t
says that many of the Floyd county Pop
ulists are going to vote for Gambler, and
are very outspoken in saying so. 1t would
not surprise us for the Morning News to
give the result of the election three days
before the polls close.
Sandersviile Progress: Hon. A. D.
Gambler will, perhaps, learn before the
campaign is over that it is not wise to
write too many letters. If that letter had
not been written it is more than probable
that he would have had a walkover. But
now look out!
(Milledgeville Union Recorder: We are
greatly encouraged with the hope that in
Hon. Allen D. Gambler the Democracy of
Georgia had found the man upon whom
the entire party could unite. Gov. Akin
son has treated Gen. Evans and his
friends with due consideration and we
hoped that all i'll feeling that had been
engendered by past differences were in the
deep bosom of the ocean buried
Waycross Herald: Gamblers letter an
nouncing his candidacy is full of conceit,
and his letter to the Evans men is full of
dupiicity. Gambler, the great harmon
izer, has in very few days dwindled into
| a very small politician and great mis-
chiefmaker
Atlanta Commercial: Our observant
| Governor must have caught lesson on
| jack rabbits as he passed through Texas
| The manner in which he caught Spencer
by the ears and yanked him on the Guber-
| Material track as soon as he got back re-
minds one of the way the Texas rangers
used to pull their rabbits out of the ken
| mel and turn them loose for a race.
| Gov. Atkinson and Hon. Spencer Atxin-
| son, candidate for Governor, are no re-
| lation to each other.
Talbotton New Era: We print in this
issue the famous Gambler letter." The
wonder of the state it, why did he write
| it,"
GAINESVILLE Enterprise: We are glad
that Georgia is able to honor a man, who.
though candidate on the eve of nominal
| ton, Is not afraid to attack the corrup-
| ton of powerful and highly honored sect;
| who is brave enough to have convictions
and not afraid to stand by them.
Macon Telegraph: Undoubtedly Col.
Gambler sees now that he made mistake
He ought to go further. He ought to
| candidly confess over his own signature
| that he made a mistake, and that he re-
grets it. 1t is human to err but it takes
! a man to confess it.. If the Colonel will
do this,he will, we have no doubt, undo to
! great extent the damage he has done to
himself, and that many of those who have
deserted his cause will return to his sup
port.
Griffin CALI: 1t is claimed by some
shrewd politicians that Col. Gamblers let
| ter will lose him many thousand votes
| Be that so. 1t will never change the re-
suit The Democratic party will place a
man-an able, fearless, honest, conscien-
tlous man-in the executive office this
year; man who will rebuke if not spit
upon, all propositions for trade
Griffin News and Sun: Whether this
| strange epistle will cost Col. Gambler the
nomination which was already almost
within his grasp it is too soon to say; but
IN the minds of many thousand good Dem
ocrats it will be conclusive evidence that
he does not come up to the requirements
! of leader of a great party
Lul~pkin Independent: Burn this let
ter should have been the parting iH3unc-
ton of Col. Gambler to his incautious
| friend. That was an unfortunate slip.
To say that it was exceedingly indiscreet
| as putting it too mildly. 1t was entirely
unnecessary, as no one was goading or
nagging him and everything was serene,
smooth and easy in his pathway to the
| Governors mansion.
Columbus Ledger: Col Gambler was I'D
to the time of the publication of the letter
| the unanimous choice of Democrats. I'D
| on him 1t seemed that all differences could
be harmonized and the party again united
he was clearly Democracy's logical stan
| dard bearer. Now, however it is very
clear that the party cannot present any
| thing like solid front with Gambler at
| the head of Its ticket. AS a Democrat, a
| lover or the Democratic party and Demo-
cratic principles the Ledger is convinced
| that serious mistake would be made in
the nomination of Gambler, and for that
reason it cannot support him for the nom
| ination. This conclusion is not founded
upon the imputation of dishonesty on the
part of Gov. Atkinson's former supporters.
of which the Ledger is one either
Chairman Clay has called a meeting OF
the state Democratic executive commit
tee to be held the first week in March
after which state politics will sbegin In
earnest. The committee will mama the
time and place for holding the state con-
vention.
Vallosta Times: Gamblers campaign
against Judge Emory Speer many years
ago for position in Congress should have
taught him the danger of writing letters
1t was letter which Speer wrote to a
negro politician in Athens that enabled
Gambler to defeat him before the people
Townsville Times-Enterprise Allen p.
Gambler has resigned the position of Sc
cretary of State, burned all the bridges
behind him, and will go into the fight for
Governor with an earnestness character
istic of the man. And those who remember
his remarkable campaign against Emory
Speer in the Ninth district, when ne re-
claimed the district for Democracy will
have an idea of what sort of a campaign
is coming. There will be hot times in the
old state.
Dublin Dispatch: Col Gamblers letter
to the old Evans supporters was nnneces-
sary and unwise. The most charitable |
explanation that can be given Of the mo-
tives that induced him to write il is that
he became vexed at the great efforts be-
ing made to bring Judge Atkinson or |
somebody else out against him, and decid-
ed to meet in an aggressive manner those |
whom he considered his enemies
ID. :. .InnneN. Jr. Denh