Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-31
GEORGIA.

BOB TooMBs Is ALEX STEPHENS FRIEND.
| ATLANTA, August 3O.-General Robert
| Toombs, in letter to the Atlanta Con.
stitution, denies reported interview in the
| Atlanta Herald in which he spoke disparag.
ingly OF Mr.. Stephens, and says while he
| differs with Mr.. Stephens on the currency
internal improvements, the tariff and taxa
| ton generally, he will vote for him if he
votes at all.
THE sENAToRsHR.
Meeting a prominent Georgian on the
| streets of Augusta the other day, the Clron-
icie asked him about the probable candidates
for Mr.. Hills place in the United States sem
ate from Georgia? Our friend rem arked that
TWO or three worthy gentlemen were mem
toned for the place, but that nothing definite
was yet known of the race.
DO you regard Governor Colquitt as a
probable candidate?"
"Yes, sir, and a very strong one. There is
no reason why the governor should not be in
the race. He has finished up his second
term as governor and will net be a candidate
for reelection. He possesses the confidence
and admiration of majority of the people
of Georgia. Governor Colquit has been re-
ceiving letters from all sections of the State
urging him to become a candidate for the
Senate. To these he did not reply definitely,
prior to the death of Senator Hill, because
he was constrained by feelings of commend
able delicacy. l presume now, however,
that ne may be considered squarely in the
race"
"Is not the governor now personally inde-
PENDENT"
"Yes, sir. The governor is now in posses
sion OF an immense fortune. He has real
lied handsomely from business operations
the past two years, and his connection with
the Georgia Pacific railroad has melted him,
with Gordon, nearly S250,O00 each. The
governor has been all over the State, hunted
down and paid up every debt he ever owed;
has purchased one or two plantations, and ia,
l should say, very Comfortably OFF,
"Then Governor Coiquitt has more bs,si-=
ices sense lhsn many people would give him
credit for?"
"Bless me, yes. 1t is mistake to suppose
that the governor is not man of thrift and
business capacity. His embarrassments of
late years have been owing to the failure of
firm upon whose paper he had placed his
name, and with whose misfortunes his own
possessions disappeared. But he has recov-
cred his footing and is able to hold his own
with the world"
"Will he have Governor Browns in
fuence?"
81 think it very likely. The two governors
are warm personal friends, and the support
Of the one may be safely counted on for the
other. They would work together harmo-
niouely as colleagues in the Senate"
"Who else are spoken OF as candidates?"
~ hear the names of Chief Justice James
Jackson and of the Hon. N. J. Hammond
mentioned in this connection. Both have
strong friends and are men of marked abil-
ity. General Gordon will hardly oppose
Governor Colquitt."
Show about Mr.. Stephens~
"Mr. Stephens has declined to run. He
will have just begun his gubernatorial term,
and would not so room vacate for the Senate.
L think it not improbable, however, that
Senator Brown will resign his seat before his
term is out. The climate of Washington
does not agree with his health, and he is not
ambitious, at least fer reelection. In such
an event Mr.. Stephens would be readily
elected to that chamber, the threshold Of
which he has never entered, and across which
he has declared he would never step until he
has his credentials a United States sem
ator"