The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-18
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

HawlIinsville Dispatch and News;
Col. j. H Estill paid Cochran a pleas
ant visit Tuesday and spent the day
shaking hands with old friends and
making many new ones. Cochranites
greeted Col Estill warmly and he re-
| ceived assurances of support in the
gubernatorial race on all sides. That
Col. Estilrs trip to Cochran has made
him MANI votes there is no doubt, as
the people are saying nice things about
him.
Merriwether Vindicat tor: Joe Terrell
says an era of good feelings prevails
and .Toe talks Just like he felt good.
| On the contrary, Mr.. Guerry talks and
! interviews like a man troubled with
| considerable bliousness. When he
works the bile off he too, will feel like
the people of Georgia have all COM
bined to feel good.
Cordele News: over thirty candi-
dates for speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives are now in the field.
The governorship race is a small potato
in comparison to this great contest.
We suggest joint debates between all
thirty candidates.
Statesboro News: Col. Estill has an
swered the Georgia Prohibition Associ-
alton by saying he wouldn't veto a
general state prohibition bill if he were
Governor but he would not use his in
fiuence as Governor to have such a
bill passed. Estill is right on this, as
we'll as many other points.
McDuff1e Progress: Hon. Joe Terrell
refuses to meet Hon. Dupont Guerry
in Joint debate. Mr.. Terrell knows he
would have some hard questions to an
swer if he entered into joint discus
sions with Mr.. Guerry. The fact of
the business is that Mr.. Guerry's plat
form is squarely in the interest of the
people. while there is every reason to
believe that Mr.. Terrelrs platform is
in line with corporations and the liquor
interest.
Clinch County News: Estill will be
the winning candidate. The wool-hat
and business men are Estill men.
Darien Gazette: Col. EstiIl is one Of
the South's best men and if he is chos-
en- Governor he will make Georgia
splendid chief magistrate. However,
! IL he Is defeated, he will not sulk. but
will be found in the front ranks fight
| ing for the Democratic nominee. He
has always been loyal and true and is
| deserving the highest Office within the
gift of Georgians.
Wiregrass Blade Swainsboro: Some
| Of our politicians are saying that Estill
will be out of the race by June l, and
these same politicians say that Eman-
uel county will give Joe Terrell a ma
jority. Such wild exaggerations are
about as solid as the claim of TerrelPs
campaign manager that his man was
cock sure of 120 counties, out of the
1877, and now he's reduced his claim to
an hundred counties Col. Estill assures
US that he is in the, race to the finish
and will greatly surprise some of the
boys" Emanuel county will go for
Estil Mark that Among some Of the
! good men who are his stanch support
ers we take the liberty of mentioning
Judge G. S. Rountree, Hon. j. r.
Rountree, Judge John Bell, DR.. Green
Bell Hon. G. w. c. Lane, Judge John
F. Sutton, Mr.. E. B. Mulling, Hon. w.
r Kemp, Banker George Rentz and
others.
Hamilton Journal: Hon. w. Trox
| Bankston, editor of the West Point
News, in his recent write-up of Col.
]. II. Estill. among other good things,
says the following:
Personally Col Estill is a teetotaler.
No man has a greater adherence of
the drink habit than he. At the same
time he recognizes that every man who
refrains from drinking is not a saint
He believes in temperance, but not in
state prohibition, for the reason that
temperance cannot be inculcated by
legislative enactment any more than
morality can be forced by means of a
| roliceman's club He favors local op-
tion with respect to the liquor traffic.
because experience has taught that no
community can be superior to the ma
jority sentiment thereof, and no COM
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