The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-09
BUCK AND LONGSTREET.
A LIVELY FIGHT TO CONTROL THE
GEORGIA PATRONAGE.

Tho Colonel Denies That he Spoke
Disparagingly of the General in His
Interview With Harrison in January
He Also Denies That He Was
Snubbed.
WASHINGTON, March S.--Gen. Long
street, who has signified a willingness to
accept any one of four places, namely: A
foreign mission, the commissionership of
internal revenue, the commissionership of
railroads, or registrar of the treasury, seems
to think that with Secretary Blaine as his
hacker and President Harrison as his friend
he has the whip hand of his brother
republicans in Georgia, aud can have about
what he wants for himself and his friends,
The latter are doing great deal of talking
about the way they are going to bring Col
Buck and his friends to the line. They
accuse Col Buck of having deprecated
Gen. Longstreet to President Harrison in
the January interview at Indianapolis
until, they say, President Harrison snubbed
him with few sharp sentences expressing
his regard for Gen. Longstreet.
CLAIM TO HAVE PROOF.
They say they will have proof of all this
in original letters from Col. Buck and Col.
Locke and others, which they will receive
from Atlanta in day or two. Now they
say Col. Buck, after trying to damage Gen.
Longstreet, finding that Gen. Longstreet is
on top, is trying to get in line with him,
and to that end has sent him propositions
Of friendship and expressions of desire for
compromise arrangement as to office. To
this Col. Buck puts in general denial. lie
has never, he says, felt any enmity toward
Gen. Longstreet, but on the contrary, has
a friendly feeling for him.
PROFESSIONS OF FRIENDSHIP.
Far from trying to prevent President
Harrison from appointing Gen. Longstreet
to office he says that he recommended hun
TO Gen. Harrison when Gen. Harrison
asked him in the January interview
some questions about Gen. Longstreet. He
did not volunteer any information about
Gen. Longstreet If he was slubbed in
that interview he hopes he may often be
snubbed again in the same way, for he
never had more satisfactory talk with
any one He is not here to antagonize Gen.
Longstreet or anybody else, He is here as
chairman of the republican state central
committee to give the President such ad-
vice as he may ask for about Georgia re-
publicans and Georgia offices.
KNOWS NO FACTIONS.
He knows no factions and no personal
differences. He is desirous only of the best
good, first of the public servics and then Of
any Republican party in Georgia. To that
end he will recommend young men Of good
character, native Georgians whenever
practicable, and faithful party workers.
He has, he says, no state. He will let the
President take the initiative Some of the
Georgia offices are well filed now, and their
occupants may be allowed to serve out
their terms where they are not too long. He
may not see the President until next week
He expects to see Gen. Longstreet
before he sees the President. Meanwhile
Georgia republicans throng his rooms
night and day so that although he is I'M
well he gets little rest.
GEORGIA DIPLoMATIsTS.
Ex-Minlster Scruggs is as yet the only
Georgia applicant for foreign appoint
ment, except Rev. Floyd Snelson. Col
Buck has definitely determined upon
several recommendation. Col. Locke will
| be recommended for assistant superinten-
dent of the railway mail service for Geor-
gia, Mr.. Corbett of Macon fer United
States marshal, Mr.. Irwin Of Macon for
district attorney of the southern district.
Col Atkins should be provided with place
in one of the departments here. He will
not recommend BRYANT for United States
marshal or Haight for district attorney of
the northern district. He will say that be
would decline the United States marshal
ship himself, but says he is not candidate
| for any office. He does not know about the
postoffices and colectorships yet.