The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11
STATE CHAIRMAN
TALKS OF RESULT
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE PARKER.
BUYING FLOATING VOTE NOT
CAUSE OF BIG MAJORITIEs.

Believes Result Due to Desire "f
People TO Continue Present Adj
ministratiOn So Long as Country
Is PrOsperOus-Neither Does He
Believe There Was Trading, but
Rather an Indication of More In
dependent Voters.
Chairman M. 7. Yeomans. of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee, who spent yesterday in Savannah,
en- route to his parents home in TAFT
nall county. does not believe, with
Judge Parker, that the great landslide
was in a measure, chargeable to the
floating vote which was purchased by
the Republicans.
Mr.. Yeomans rather believes the I'M
usual majorities of the Republicans
were due largely to a desire to make
no change in the present administration
as long as the country is prosperous,
or until there is some vital issue at
stake.
1T is absurd to claim that 100000
votes were purchased" said Mr.. Yeo-
mans, land 1 take no stock in it.
There is no doubt that the influence
welded by those large corporations,
which are loath to make a change in
the national government while condi-
tions are favorable to them, had much
to do with the pluralities, especially in
New York and Illinois, where they ex-
erted the most influence. 1 believe
Judge Parker was the right man to
place at the head of the ticket, and
would have made a most excellent
President.
Party Is in Good Shape.
Despite the fact that the party has
just undergone the most calamitous
defeat in years, I believe as a whole
the Democratic organization is better
off to-day than it has been in twelve
years, and is in better position to Crap
pie with the great issues which are
bound to come up before the next cam
paign is commenced.
We have been knitting ourselves for
the last twelve years, until now the
party is well welded out and every
body seems content to work together
for the good of the party. Mr.. Bryan
was an enthusiastic supporter of Judge
Parker, and 1 do not believe that either
he or Mr.. Hearst had any idea of form
ing a new party. We do not need a
new party. What we need most is the
withdrawal of the conciliatory planks
of our platform as regards the trusts
and monied interests, which will have
to be whipped before the Democrats
will again get into power
Satisfied With Vote in Georgia.
Chairman Yeomans said he was more
than satisfied with the results of the
vote in Georgia. The majority given
Judge Parker was about 10000 and
the plurality was the largest cast in
this state in the last decade
At present there is absolutely moth
ing doing at the state Democratic
headquarters, and Mr.. Yeomans is TAX
ing a rest. During the campaign he
wrote over 10000 letters and worked
increasingly to get out as large a vote
as possible. He said that for a while
1t looked as though everyone was
asleep, but he succeeded in getting
them to register by frightening them.
GubernatoriaI Possibilities.
When asked if he had heard any ear
ly talk of grooming candidates for Gov
ernor, Mr.. Youmans said he had heard
a few casual references to the mai
ter. but had paid no attention.
will Mr.. Stevens be a candidate"
he was asked directly.
NO" he asserted positively.
Have you any idea who will be
candidate?''
mo, really haven't given the mat
ter any thought as yet, and have paid
little attention to the suggestions of
names which l have heard
Mr.. Yeomans does not credit the
general idea that there was trading in
several of the states where Democratic
governors and state officers were elect
ed and the Republican national ticket
received majorities. He attributes mis-
to the fact that there are a great many
more independent voters now than
formerly.
Mr.. Yeomans said he would spend
several days at the home of his parents
in Tattnall county before returning to
his home at Dawson. During 1.-THE
evening, a number of local politicians
called on Mr.. Yeomans at the De Soto
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