| Show Mr Harry Stockdale police commissioner com-missioner of Atlanta and a leading Democrat of the Gate City was in Washington the other day To a reporter re-porter of the Post of that city he said I hardly think there is any doubt of Judge Crisps election to the United Uni-ted Stated senate I am not in accord ac-cord with his financial views but there is no use denying the strength of the free silver cause < in Georgia Of all the exponents of that idea In our state Judge Crisp is regarded as the strongest champion and besides he has a great personal popularity I believe that only two of the eleven congressional districts can be regarded re-garded as sound money districts those represented by Judge Turner and Judge Lawson The rest are bent on silver at 16 to 1 and no arguments ar-guments can convince the people of the error of their way That is cheering news First it shows that Georgia is for silver and second that despite the efforts of the administration through the instrumentality instru-mentality of Secretary Hoke Smith to defeat exSpeaker Crisp for election to the senate the great probability prob-ability is that he will be General Gor dons successor It will be the hope I and wish of every friend of silver throughout the land that he may |
