The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-01
EsTILL is BOUND TO WIN.
so SAYS HON. A. e. COCHRAN OF
WAYCROsS OF HIS CANDIDACY.


Mr.. Cochran, Stamping the State for
Col. Estill, Says. He Has Met With
Nothing but Encouragement-Pe
pie Have Been for EstiIl without
knowing 1t and Are FIOcking to
His Standard-Have Come to Real
Ire He Is the Man to Lead the state
Out of the Financial Wilderness
lin which 1t Is Wandering-The
Mountain and the SeacOnst United
in His support.
John H. Estill will be the next gov
ernor of Georgia. To my mind the
situation admits Of no doubt The
mountains are extending their hands
to the sea, and uplifted by these two
hitherto warning forces, I am firmly
confident Estill will sweep the conven-
ton"
This was the opinion expressed by
Hon. A. E. Cochran of Waycross. who
has been stamping the state in ad-
Yocacy of Col. Estill's candidacy for
Governor. He spoke with the assur-
rance of profound conviction and from
the intimate knowledge of men and
conditions that comes to the trained
politician after he has surveyed his
field.
He came to Savannah from Mt. Ver-
non, where yesterday he addressed
an audience that packed the Court
House of Montgomery county, and gave
him respectful and sympathetic atten-
ton.
Il had all the right of the argument"
said Mr.. Cochran, and however,
phrased it my hearers were bound to
be impressed. Judge Roberts adjourn
ed court to give me an opportunity to
talk. and with the exception of the
members of a jury, before whom
case has been on trial since Monday,
not a man left the court room. The
truth of the matter is they were anx-
ious to be convinced. Lots of them
were for Estill anyhow, and most of
the others were Estill men without
knowing it.
THE reception his candidacy is re-
ceiving all over the state Is a political
marvel-or rather it seems so until
one considers the conditions which ex-
list in Georgia, and the remedy every
thinking man realizes must be ap-
piled. The people need only to have
these conditions explained to them. to
turn instinctively to Estill as the man,
and the only man now a candidate for
their suffrages, to lead them out of
the financial wilderness in which the
state is wandering to-day.
why the farmers realize there is
something wrong-the politicians can't
fool them all the time. They must be
thinking the finances of the state have
not been properly administered when
Gov. Gambler, in the first quarter Of
the year. contemplates a trip to New
York and asks the state treasurer, not
whether he shall borrow, for that is
taken as a matter of course, but how
much. 1t is already necessary to Dor
row in order to pay February salaries
THE farmers are not fools, and when
they turn to Estill they realize that
vote for him means help for them
selves. They know it will mean a re-
form in taxation-a reform based on
business principles and carried out
along business lines. They know that
he is the man of the hour.
THE mountain district of the state is
with US in the fight. With it's own can
didate out of the field it is going to
give Col. Estill' its votes, and these will
render victory assured-if not at the
primary, then in the convention hall.
THE politicians admit it. Already
their recognition of the strength Col
Estill is gaining is being shown by the
inception of quiet and underhand
movements against him in various
sections of the state. The opposition
campaign managers quite realize they
can no longer afford to ignore him
and they are quite right They can't.
why we've got to win declared
Mr. Cochran. Nothing has been said
against Col. Estill that affects his
character or his ability, and even by
his political opponents he is conceded
an admirable man for the office. His
opponents in the race both speak of
him or think of him as their second
choice. The demands of the states
financial condition, the necessities of
the hour. the trend of popular senti-
ment all point to Col. Estill as the
nominee of the Democratic party for
Governor. He's going to win"
Mr.. Cochran will speak tomorrow
in Townsville and Saturday in Balm
bridge. where he will meet Col. Estill.