The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-06
GEORGIA POLITICS.

J. A. j. Tidwell is announced as a candi-
date for county commissioner OF Spalding.
In Union county's primary W. E. Gambler
was nominated for senator aud Rev. J. W.
Parkham for the House.
The democratic convention of HARRISON
county has nominated H. D. Hutchinson for
the Senate and w. j. Brown for the legis-
lature. SEQ
Z. W. Runbert was nominated for the
legislature in Murray county's primary.
He had 178 votes over his opponent, A. K.
Ramsey.
Houston's representative and the senator
from the Twenty third district will not vote
for Gen. Gordon for United State senator.
Two of them are alliance nominees.
Houston county was the home of Hon. r.
W. Everett democratic nominee for con-
gress in the Seventh district, about twenty
years ago. He taught school at Hayneville
four or five years.
A mass meeting held at Elberton Tuesday
Endorsed Bobert +. Wright for appointment
by Gov. Northen as assistant keeper of the
penitentiary. Prof. W. G. Glenn was in
dorsed for school commissioner.
Hon. John Herndon Of Echols county has
been nominated for senator for the Sixth
senatorial district. MIR. Herndon is now,
and has been for sixteen years, ordinary of
Echols county. He is stanch democrat.
Carrollton's mayoralty race is becoming
quite interesting. The candidates are Col.
Joe L. Cobb and B. +. Bass. The election
comes off the first Saturday in October. A
nomination will be held Sept. 20 by primary
election.
Ed A. Angler is out of the race for con-
gress in the Fifth district He says he hasn't
time to canvass the district. Judge Will
Haight, or ex-Postmaster w. T. B. Wilson,
stand good chances, though other names are
being mentioned quite freely.
The Harris county primary resulted in
the nomination of Kimbrough for sheriff,
Truett for clerk, Hadley for treasurer,
Blackman for tax collector, Ely for tax re-
ceiver. Roberts for surveyor and Hudson,
Goodman and Maddox for county commits
sionerS.
1t is taken for granted that Mayor Price
of Macon will be a candidate for recollection
aud dozen names are advanced as posi-
BILE opponents to him. Among the gentle
men mentioned are Benjamin G. Smith,
Daniel NJ. Gugel, Hugh V. Washington, c.
B. Willingham and Tom Troy.aus
The congressional convention of the Re-
publican party for the Fifth district will be
held in Atlanta on Sept 20. 1t is evident that
the republicans are looking up a man to
put in tho field. Col. Buck declines to talk
about the convention further than to say
that it is certain that some good republican
candidate will be Endorsed.
AT mass meeting OF the democrats Of
Hall county. Tuesday, David A. Jarnett
and Aaron w. Poss were unanimously nom
mated as candidates for the legislature, to
oppose the candidates put out by the ALI
ance, ]. A. Ansley and S. Z. Merritt. Gov.
Gordon was indcrsed for United States
senator and A H. Beard for state senator
from the Thirty second district.
NJ
congress as the republican candidate in the
Fifth district he asked Gen. James Long
street if he would take the stump for
him. Gen. Longstreet replied as follows:
Gainesville, Ca. at home, Aug. 80, 1890.
Hon. E. A. Angler, Atlanta. Ny Dear Sir:
Your interesting letter of Aug. % received
and carefully noted. The decision in my
case was not favorable as to the ability of
my throat to stand much exertion. That
the blow received at the Wilderness would
force me to forego an opportunity to enter
the field for lectures, You may De sure was
not only serious, but forcible. | am adj
vised against even the ordinary converse
tions among friends at home. and even pro-
longed talk in my family. l am under
medical treatment now, and entertain little
hope of my voice if 1 give it Up and go on
the stump, or even go through the usual
excitement of conversations incident to
campaign. You will see, therefore, that it
would be more than imprudent for me to go
into a line of active political speaking. l re-
greet the condition of affairs that places
me in this unfortunate predi ,ament, for it
would give me much pleasure to be with
you on the hustings, but at advanced age
one who disregards these serious admoni-
tions should prepare for speedy dissolution.
There are few things that | wish to do
before leaving the world, which / think
important, and cannot be satisfied to go
until they are accomplished; one If which
is to write true history of the Knoxville
campaign, of which you made mention in
recent letter, and a campaign greatly mis-
understood. and of which the public knows
nothing authentic. Yours truly. JAMES
LONGsTREET" With Gen Longstreet on
the stump, the canvass in the Fifth district
would have been interesting. 1t is said the
general would have advocated protective
tariff and reciprocity with the Latin-Ameri-
can states, had his throat permitted him to
speak in the metropolitan district.
THE new census report OF religious bodies
in the United States shows that there are 1874
sects, with 25,00OOOO members. The Methodists