The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-01
GEORGIA SOCIALISTS
POPULIsTS OF THE STATE GET TO-
GETHER AGAIN.
WILL PUT OUT TICKET IN 1902
THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
GENERAL DENOUNCED.
Debarred Socialist Publications
From the Mails and Forced Them
to CanadR-An Address to the Pop
lists and "Other Reformers OF
Georgia' to BE Issued-DeleEates
to BE sent to Louisville COnven-
tion-Col Peek and others of the
Old Line POpuIists Present.


tion-Col Peek and Others of the
Old Line PopuIists Present.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. S1.--.At confer
ence of the Executive Committee of
the Populist party of Georgia and
other Populists of the state, held at
the Cannon Hotel here to-day, ii was
ieoided to puS out a state ticket in
1902, to name delegates to the Louis
vile convention in April, to issue an
address to the people of the state. and
resolutions were adopted denouncing
the third assistant postmaster general
for barring certain sociaaistic pubica-
tions from second class privileges in
the mails.
According to the secretary. J. z. Bo-
denhamer, there were fifty-three Pop
ulists present. There were about TWEEN
ty-five in the room when the meeting
adjourned.
The conference was called to order
by. DR.. s. j. Mcknight of Dalton,
chairman of the State Executive Com
mittee, and J. E. Bodenhamer of Dali
ton, secretary of the committee, acted
as secretary.
Among those present were W. l..
Peek of Conyers. w. F. Mcdaniel OF
Conyers. w. j. Henning of Augusta,
r. B. CASTOR of Carrollton, DIR. ]. T.
Dickey of Thomaston, T. J. Beverly
of Upton county. f. NJ. Henderson OF
Banks county, w w. Wilson
of Buford, Ben Mlliken of
Jesup, NJ. d. Irwin of Winder w. H.
NallE M I0n1yo1ucuilIa Ina
Hutcheson of Buchanan, j. II. Mize of
Haralson county, Mr.. Cowan of TAFT
nall county, A. L. Smith of Lithonia,
J. r. Irwin of Conyers, j. l.. Ferrell,
H. p. Blount and H. N. Cramer of At
lanta
Mr.. Beverly of Upson county offered
a resolution to the effect that the Pop
ulists of Georgia put out a ticket for
Governor and state House officers for
1902. After brief discussion. the @reso-
luton was unanimously adopted
Several of those who were pres ent
! stated that no names of candidates
had been considered, either at the
meeting or otherwise. Col. Peek has
naturally been spoken of in connection
with the head of the ticket. but it is
not even known yet that he will be
considered.
Following the expression of de-
termination to put out a state ticket,
committee of three was appointed,
under resolution, to draft an address
TO the Populists and other reform
ers of Georgia along reform lines.
The members of this committee are
5. j. Mcknight, 1. l.. Ferrell and w.
w Wilson.
Probably before any definite action
is taken looking to putting out a state
ticket next year the Populists win
await the action of the Louisville con-
Vention of the "Allied Party as they
call it, which will be held on the
first Wednesday in April, 1902
1t was decided at the conference to
send fifteen delegates from Georgia to
this convention. There will be one
from each congressional district and
four from the state at large. The del
egates are to be appointed by Chair
man Mcknight within the next thirty
days
The conference adopted the follow
ing resolution, directed at the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, on the
ground that he is responsible for ex-
cluding from the mails certain publi-
cations i'm which the Reformers are
interested:
Whereas an effort is being made by
the Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
era1 in behalf of the Republican and
Democratic parties to suppress the
freedom of the press and drive out
of the United States to Canada the
papers which advocate reform in the
government for the good of the pro-
ducing class of our citizens; therefore
be Il
Resolved. That we condemn the ac-
tion of the Third Assistant Postmaster
General in his efforts to suppress the
freedom Of the press"
When asked what publications had
been affected by the order OF the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, Secre-
tary Bodenhamer said that he had ex-
cluded THE Challenge" a Social issue
paper of New York, from the second
class privileges in the mail. and had
by this action forced it's publishers TO
go to Canada to get II out. He said
similar effort had been made to sup
press the Appeal to Reason" pub |
lished in Kansas.
The members of the party present !
expressed satisfaction with the meet /
ing. They regarded II as one OF the |
best meetings Of the party held since |
1896.