The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-21
TO OPEN THE CAMPAIGN.
THE CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE
LEGISLATIVE CANVASS.


The First District Senatorial and Con-
gressional Executive Committees to
Meet Tomorrow, and the Chatham
County Executive Committee on
Wednesday - Col Lester Without
Opposition for Congress-The state
Senatorial and Representative Out
look-The Republican Campaign.
AS the time approaches for the assembling
of the state and district conventions and the
county mass meetings the chief topic of
talk is politics.
The state convention will convene at At
lanta Aug. Z, less than three weeks off, and
many counties have already selected their
delegations, without nominating their county
officers Efingham has decided to hold a
primary election in September to nominate
its legislative and county ticket.
Chatham county proposes to dispose of
all its preliminary political work at one
mass meeting, which it is expected viii be
held not later than the middle or latter part
of next week. The democratic executive
committee has been summoned by Chair
man w. q. Charlton to meet III the superior
court room at s o'clock Wednesday night
TO fix date for the meeting of the party 10
delegates to the state, congressional ana
senatorial conventions.
The meeting of the county executive COM
mittee follows swiftly upon the heels Of the
meetings of the congressional ana senatorial
executive committees.
THE CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK.
Maj G. NJ. Ryals, chairman of the con
gressional committee and Merritt w.
Dixon, chairman of the senatorial CON-
hav
meet at the Pulaski house at noon tomorrow
to fix the time and place for holding the
congressional and senatorial conventions.
There does not appear to be any opposi-
ton in the party TO the denomination Of
Col. r. f. Lester, the present member OF
congress from this district, who is serving
his first term. All the members of the
Georgia congressional delegation have not
been so fortunate, as the alliance has
brought out candidates in nearly all the
districts of the state. None have yet been
named against Col. Lester. Col. Nichols was
spoken OF, but he has announced that he is not
candidate, so that Col Lester will hardly
have an opponent in the convention. 1t is
quite likely that there will be republican
opposition Capt. Nj. j. Doyle of this city
and c. 2. Goodye ear of Brunswick are men
toned in connection with the republican
nomination. The republicans of this county
will hold their primaries next Friday, and
their county convention next Monday, to
nominate legislative and county ticket
and to select delegates to their senatorial
and congressional conventions.
THE SENATORIAL PLUM.
There is very little talk of any one for
senator among democrats other than Col
w. W. Gordon If he Will accept the nomi-
nation. 1t is understood that Etiingham is
solid for Col. Gordon.
The mas meeting to select delegates for
the state, congressional AMI senatorial dele
gates from Etfingham will take place July
20, and not July 10, as announced q few days
since.
While this meeting is called for the
specific purpose of selecting delegates, it
will be largely attended, for it is here can
didates for the legislature will meet to
shake hands with the dear people, as well as
10 formulate plans and to inaugurate
schemes for controlling the primary, which
will be held the first Wednesday in Sep
TENDER.
The Bryan county delegation was selected
at Clyde Saturday, and it is said will sup
port Col. Gordon if he viii make the race,
and Chatham county will of course be
unit for him. Friends of Col. Gordon say
he prefers, if he has to go back to the
legislature, to go to the House
again, and if he declines the senatorship,
Maj. g. NJ. Ryals will be urged to run for
the senate.
THE LEGISLATIVE CANVASS.
There is no indication of opposition to
Hon. VIM. Clifton for denomination as one
of the legislative candidates, nor will there
be any to Col Gordon if he consents to
serve another term. Col. Peter Reilly says
that he will not again be a candidate. R. ID.
Guerard and Dr. Louis A. Falligant are the
only new candidates mentioned for the
legislature. Mr.. Guerard is out Of the CITY
and will not return until the latter part of
October, SO that it is not known if his name
Is being used with authority,
and DR.. Falligant is aspiring
to the mayoralty, but it is said he
would like to get bill through at the next
legislature for a better election law, modelled
something after the laws in some of the
northern states, for preserving the purity of
elections, ana if he can get it through in no
other way than by being member of the
legislature, he would make the race, and
then run for mayor under his new law,
which would stop the corruptions of cleo
lions so much complained of in the past.
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
The republican legislative ticket will
doubtless be composed of colored men, but
there is, of course, no hope for that ticket,
as the county registration shows that there
are more than two white voters to every
colored voter. and the proportion OF white
republicans is very small. The dispropor-
ton between the white and colored registra-
ton is so great that the democrats could
have two tickets in the field and then win
by good round majority.
1t is thought quite probable that both the
congressional and senatorial conventions
may be called to meet in Savannah, and on
the same day, the delegates from most of
the other counties preferring to come to
Savannah, and after the work OF the con-
vention is over take a run down to Tybee.
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sional convention this year. as she had it
last year, and the prolonged session made
1t quite an object. The fact that the con-
gressional and senatorial committees are
called to meet tomorrow at the Pulaski
and at the same hour is taken to Indicate
that there will be conference with a view
of fixing the time of holding the conven-
tions on the same date.
THE SOUTH BOUNDS CONTRACTS.