The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-09

BELOW The News prints the editorial
comment of the daily newspapers OF
tho state on the recent action Of the
democratic executive committee in fX'
ing the qualification of voters in the
approaching primary:
sesame win Endorse and Others Con-
DENIM, Says the Savannah Press
The regulations defining who are 10
he democratic voters are more stflcI
this wear than ever. The man VINO
presents himself at the primary must
n1edge himself, not only to support
the state democratic nominees but also
the national nominees. THIS IS aohe'
of course. to meet the case of pOpuIlsts
who flock to the primaries ana IN some
instances control the nominations Tor
congress- and for county Offices ana
vet who supported Mr.. Watson for
president in his Independent career
two wears ago. Somebody started
wild rumor in Atlanta Sunday night
that the withdrawal of Mr.. John lem
nile Graves from the senatorial contest
meant the entry of Mr.. Watson in the
contest. This was rather hystercal
SUGGESTION. but it had the effect OF
putting up the democratic fence Dull
strong. horse high and pig tight. The
fixing of new qualifications for demo-
Gratis marks an era in state polltlcs.
PARTY leaders of the organization as
at present constituted will endorse this
new departure. The other element OF
the party will condemn it as a reac-
tionary step, unfortunate at this Time
The Hoke Smith men will denounce it,
as an anti-Smith campaign expedlent'
There will, of course, be storm OF
protest on the part of those who Will
charge that "the railroads and the
ring' have erected Chinese wall
around the party which ought to bel
broad enough and big enough to ad-
nit all elements into its fold again.
"Did Their Worst" Says the Atlanta
journal.
The question has been asked for|
months would the state committee give
to the people of Georgia a square
deal" or would it lend itself to the
furtherance of political schemes of the
ring politicians? The committee has
met. and we would be less than candid
If we did not say that it has done the
worst it could.
1t might have done worse if the com
mittee had been unanimous, but there
were two reasons that deferred the
leaders of the radical majority from
going to greater extremes than they
did.
First, there was a minority OF ii
that was unwilling to revolutionize the
party policy and thereby subordinate
its politics to the interests OF any one
of the ring candidates. Second,
majority of those who controlled
things themselves lacked the nerve to
do what thay wanted done.
The proposition contained in the
pledge which is to form the caption of
the ticket is unnecessary; 1t is silly,
and it is done for no other purpose
than that of excluding large number
of white people who have already
recognized the dissolution of the pop
ulist party and who desire to reunlte
themselves with the democratic party,
Such restrictions as these were not
considered necessary when the popu-
list constituted live, active and mill
tant party in this state. supporting
their own candidate for governor and
their own candidates for other offices.
1t was sufficient then for the demo
cratic party, in the face of opposing
candidates, to extend a general and
cordial invitation to these people to
return. Now, when there is no pOpu-
list party, when there are no candidates
but democrats, it is considered neces-
sary by majority Of an intensely
partisan executive committee, in or
der to try to defeat one of the candi-
dates, 20 reverse the policy of years