The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-20
SETTLES VACANT SEAT.
A LIVELY SCRAMBLE AMONG THE
FLORIDA REPUBLICANS.

Disgust and Disquietude Occasloneo
by a Rumor thai Col. Angler of At
lanta is in the Race urt's Political
Faith Not Considered Established
Death of Journalist.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 1S.-Mucn
to the disgust and dsquietude OF Florida
politicians, it is rumored that an Atlanta
lawyer named Angler is candidate Tor
the United States judgeship. AT meet
ing of the Harrison and Morton club to-
day the committee appointed to search out
Mr. Wurts political inner Consciousness
reported; but this did not seem TO SATISFY
the politicians present In TACT, IL was
stated that Wurts was not member
of so honorable a body Of repub-
Icans as the club, and, therefore, it was
decided that he was not the choice of the
organization for judge Judge e. NJ Ran
dali who himself was a candidate for the
position but whose name, owing to his age,
had been withdrawn, introduced resolu-
tion recommending the Endorsement not Of
e M. Cheney, who is said to be next in the
race at Washington to Wurts; not j. r.
Challen, who it is said will yet get
there but Judge Robert B. Archibald, of
this city.
AN EXCITED DISCUSSION.
The resolution met both with favor and
disfavor, and an excited discussion began,
when the judges modesty compelled him to
withdraw from the room. This resolution,
coming from what had been heretofore con-
sidered a faction of the party oppo ed to
Judge Archibald's appointment was a sur
prise, and several of those present now
suspect il was intended to act just contrary
to its purport and ultimately shelve The
. Judge. However the resolution was
adopted by small majority,
and was ordered forwarded to Attorney
General Miller at Washington. Several
gentlemen declined to vote, rot from
any opposition to Judge Archibald, but to
leave the question open, and to the choice
of the President to appoint whom he saw
fit, sand not attempt to confine him to Jack
sonville men or Florida men, but that the
appointment be conferred upon republi-
can strong in the faith, and in full fellow
ship with the Chicago platform, upon
which Harrison and Morton were elected.
DEATH OF A JOURNALIST.
Frederick S. Pinckney, editor of the
American Angler aud special correspond
ent of the New York Times, died suddenly
in this city to-day. His malady was or
ganc disease of the heart. Mr.. Pinckney
arrived in this city last Saturday. and
while not in the best of health, yet he was
far from being an invalid. Mr.. Pinckney
was an annual visitor to Jackson
Vile aud had formed some very
warm attachments here. His mission
TO Florida was a valuable one to
tue state. He was employed by the New
York Times to write special articles re-
garding the health of jacksonville, after
which he was to go farther south and write
special stories on tarpon fishing. The
most regrettabe feature of the sad affair is
the fact that he was accompanied by his
son, a bright lad of about II years of age,
who left his father yesterday morning in
excellent spirits and went to st. Augustine
on short visit. The boy is as yet unaware
of his fathers death. The remains were
m we'd to an undertaking establishment,
where they will remain pending advices
from New York.
TENNIS AT ST. AUGUSTINE.
At st. Augustine today the tennis con-
test was for the consolation prize, a beauti-
full moonstone scarf pin. Worthington
beat Beach 6, 4, 8, 6, 6, 4. Dulles then
beat Kennedy. Warrington then beat
Dulles by a score of 6, 8, L, 8, 6, 3. Worth
ington was declared the winner. A trophy
was played for yesterday to 60 to tho player
winning four matches not necessarily CON
secutive ESQ far Trevor and Campbell have
each one match to their credit.