The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-26
POLITICS IN THE FIRST.
The Situation in Mcintosh and Lib
erty Counties.

The preliminary skirmish in Mcintosh
county for Congre sional candidate has
waxed warm, and after Il thorough canvass,
in which about oil of the people Of the
county have been seen by friends of Mr..
Norwood and Capt Gordon, the situation
has been pretty fairly summed up, and, to
quote savannah gentlemen. who IS a sup
porter OF Mr. Norwood. and who has re-
Gently returned from Darien, Capt Gordon
appears to be in the lead.
The gentleman says that everybody down
in Mcintosh is either for Norwood or Cor
don, MIR. Nichols name being seldom men
toned. and that the issue is SO closely
joined that brothers are arrayed against
brothers. fathers against sors and even
business firms have split upon who shall or
who shall not 90 to Congress.
Among Mr. Norwood's most prominent
supporters are the Mayor Of Darien and the
county officers, exce7ting the Tax Collector
who is for Capt. Gordon, while ex-City
Marshall Charles Hopkins. an acute and &C
tive political worker Is bending every en-
ergy to have a Gordon delegation selected.
The Darien Gazette is pron0uncedly Cor
don, and the Hilton Timber and Lumber
Company, operating fire saw mills, are
divided. The Mcintosh Dragons, who car
Tied off the first prize at the Atlanta tour
nament, numbering forty mounted men, are
all for Gordon, except eight.
The Gordon folks held an enthusiastic
meeting at Darien on Thursday, and de-
cided upon the delegates they would sup
port at the approaching mass meeting.
In Liberty county, where the sentiment
was strongly for Mr.. Norwood's renomina-
ton, the recent speeches of Capt. Gordon
seem to have resulted in placing the county
in the doubtful column, for while the north
ern part of the county, to quote the friend
Of Mr.. Norwood, is for the latter, the south
ern portion is for Capt Gordon, and while
Mr.. Norwoods friend thinks his candidate
may get the delegation, he is inclined to
think the county doubtful one.
1t is also stated that the Guyton ChrOni-
Gle, in bingham county, will come out to-
day advocating the nomination OF Capt
Gordon. 1t has been inclined to the candi-
dacy Of Mr.. Norwood In fact the Chroni-
cle's regular day Of issue was on yesterday,
but it is stated that the publication was de-
layed until to-day with view of bringing
the paper out as a vigorous advocate of
Capt Gordons nomination.
The Congressional situation will doubt
less be gone pretty thoroughly over at
Waycross to-day. Capt Gordon, Congress
man Norwood and Col Nichols, who is
looming up in the trans-Altamaha counties,
will speak there this forenoon and after
noon. Capt. Gordon went down last night,
and Mr.. Norwood is already on the ground.
There is good deal of interest in the mest-
ing as il Is expected that it will strongly
influence Ware county in the convention.
Ware will elect delegates on June 9.
After leaving Waycross, Congressman Nor
wood viii speak at the Baxley court house,
in AppEng county, on Monday.
Echols county's convention is only four
days before the Brunswick convention.
The following dispatch from Statewide
to the MORNING News gives some idea of
the situation there:
STArxNvIiLE, May 23.-The Echols county
convention will take place here on Saturd ",
June Q. The sentiment is about evenly divided
between Representative Norwood and Col
Nichols