The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-11
SURPRISE IN STORE.
rRNORSHIP NOT A "CUT AND
DRIED" NATTER

-, EsdIps Remarkable Campaign
u.ing Uneasiness in Certain
.r,ers-His strength Among the
~.oDle who Say Little But Think
no Much-what Travellers and
.h.rs say of the Situation.
.uonta. May 10.-As the time for
state primary approaches there are
10..ased evidences of anxiety on the
-, Of the political ring" There is
so,,bt about the fact, for 1t is heard
~ many a tongue. that the campaign
INC made by Col. ]. H. Estill is re-
s.reible in a large measure for the
rs and doubts that are manifested
~nng those who pretended to think
months ago that the thing had all
wv emf and dried. There is no doubt
's,,t the fact that this feeling was
-..nonsible for the Forsyth speech of
n,r 7 NJ. Terrell. His friends decid-
= u was time more ginger was being
81 into the campaign, and it had to
!. done. If it has made any material
Inference, however, it is not appar-
rt from capital point of view.
lone thing that is going to help Col.
cstiII no little" remarked a keen OBJ
!aryer among politicians at the Capitol
sasterday. lis the fact that he has
!,eared clear of all this wrangle in
sbich the other candidates are becom-
w. involved. Terrell held off as long
~ he could and was finally forced into
= under Guerry's persistent fire. And
!, is going to grow hotter as the time
~ me urinary draws nearer. But Col.
Ts+u has. fortunately, not been drawn
INTO the political turmoil. He has
stsered clear of it in happy and dig
nifed manner, and it is to his credit
that he has.
why should Col. Estill answer any
question that may be asked him as
N whether he will obey the laws?
Tvarvhody who knows anything about
him and all who have kept up with
he campaign are familiar with his
characteristics. know that he will see
N il that the laws are carried out to
the best of his ability. His whole
career has been one of an upright and
lav-abiding citizen. 1 admire his
course in not being drawn into any of
these controversies which other candi-
dates are trying to stir up. He has
never yet failed to answer any ques-
tons about his attitude on public ques-
tons that the people have seen fit to
ask. and he does it in such a way that
they know he means what he says, and
that what he says, he will do"
Admirers and supporters of Col. Es-
till are becoming more numerous in
Fulton county. There are many men
here who are opposed to Terrell be-
cause of the charge that he is the ring
candidate They do not favor Query
because of his extreme views. The re-
suit will be that Col. Estill will get
much larger vote here than many peo-
pie have any idea of.
A well-known travelling man ex-
pressed the situation very aptly and
appropriately in discussing the cam
paign in the Kimhall House lobby.
DO you know" he asked several
who were listening to his story of his
observations on the road, why it is
that many of the politicians are in
clined to deprecate Col. Estill's
strength? It's because they don't
really get right at the masses of the
people They talk with a crossroads
politician or a county officer here and
there and think they have learned the
whole thing. But it's the quiet vote,
the vote that doesn't do much talking,
that Col. Estill is going to get. The
thinking voter is the voter that's with
Estill and there are many of them
in the state. And it grows out of that
very feeling against the ring and
against extreme views, which are ex-
emplifed in the two other candidates.
The talking vote may be largely for
the other candidates, but it is by no
means in the majority. and from what
! learn in my travels about the state.
it is not the talking vote that is go
ing to do the business on June So
The belief is becoming a conviction
that with a divided convention the
nomination will go to Col. Estill. And
the politicians are becoming more and
more impressed with the opinion that
this is the true situation. The time is
short until the primary, but the out
look is that more work will be done
In the next four weeks than has been
done in the last three months.