The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-31
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

Dublin Courier Dispatch: BY the
way, without any reference what
ever to the standing of the other
gentlemen in the race, does it not APP
pear that Estill stock is advancing rap
idly? The Colonel has not lost a foot
of ground by his recent controversy
with Mr.. Turner, but, on the other
hand, has, 1 believe. gained consider
able have talked to gentlemen from
several sections of South Georgia, and
the opinion seems to be general that
Col. Estill is so per cent. stronger now
than he was a week or two ago. There
is no use trying to disguise the fact,
sentiment is strongly with the Colonel
in this misunderstanding between
him and Mr.. Turner. Everybody that
knows anything about the political his
tory of the past eight or ten years
knows that Col Estill's paper, the Sa
vannah Morning News. has been very
partial to Mr.. Turner. The nice bou-
quets that it has thrown at the Brooks
county gentleman would perfume two
or three large rooms. Indeed, 1t has
been excelled in its loyalty by perhaps
only one other daily in Georgia 1t
is, therefore. a little hard to under
stand that the man whom the News
has so faithfully supported should be
one of the first to oppose the ruling
spirit of that newspaper in his ambi-
ton to obtain a political office. Col.
Estilrs loyalty to the Democratic party
is unquestioned. Five years ago. when
Savannah was a regular hotbed of Pal
ner and Buckner and Mckinley sup
porters, a delegation of extreme gold
standard Savannahians went to Col.
Estill and asked him to fight Bryan,
The newspaper man told them that,
while his views on the money question
were not in harmony with those of Mr..
Bryan, the latter was the Democratic
nominee, and until another National
Convention met and adopted another
platform and named another candidate,
the Morning News would support Mr..
Bryan The committee then wanted TO
know If they could use the columns OF
the News to express their views as 10
candidates and measures.
YES, gentlemen" replied Col. Estill,
You may write whatever you please
over your own signatures and the News
/ will give space to it; but, even in this
way you cannot attack Mr.. Bryan as
| long as he is the candidate of the Dem
| ocratic party.
II required rock-ribbed Democracy to
| take such a position.
Athens Banner: Pope Brown has a.
last broken the silence and announced
that he will at the proper time resigr
his position as railroad commissioner
and enter the race for Governor o.
Georgia. Mr.. Brown may be fully
! aware of what he is going to do, bu
| he had better not be too rash abou
reslgning the good, fat office he nov
holds. He might learn a few things
on this line by consulting Judge Spen
| Ger r. Atkinson, one of his associates
on the Railroad Commission. II WI
mistake not the Judge was up agains
a similar proposition once upon
time.
Walkerville Messenger: The Sau
among Georgia newspapers is the Sa
vannah Morning News. 1t covers it,
field of labor and influence in a man
ner that perpetually delights the love
of able. conservative and clean news
paper work The man who has built vi
and made possible its great success Il
Col. ]. H. Estill. who rose from the
| case. Tried IN every capacity, In peace
and war he has made an admirable
record. AS South Georgia's candidat,
for Governor. he enters the lists with {
prestige that will be the envy of al
his competitors.
Darien Gazette: Up to this time M
opposition to Col. Estill for Governo
in this county has developed that W.
have heard Of Our people seem to thinl
that Col. Estill is the man and tina
he should be Governor. They don
hesitate to express themselves for hin
VIXEN questioned, although the matte
is not being discussed much.
Albany Herald: If there is anything
in the geography of the gubernatoria
campaign, Col. Estill is as much
South Georgia man" as Elem du
Bignon would have been.
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