The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-13
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
W.T.. B. WILSON MAY RUN AG AINsT
LIVINGSTON.

he Is a Republican but Counts on
Catching Many Democratic Votes
Control Of the Shrevalty A Vigil
lance Committee Organized In
Suburban Town - Livingston and
WILDLY Make Up.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 12.-For ten or ff-
teen years the sheriffs Office here has been
under the control Of Col. L. P Thomas,
Capt. August Perkerson. Judge Wilson and
Judge c. C. Green. All Of the gentlemen
are very popular. and it seems impos-
sible to beat the combine Judge
Green's death occurred a few months
ago, and now a new set Of candidates are
spoken of for the positions. They are Capt.
j. w. Morrow, who has been with the
Georgia railroad for years; DR.. c. G. Green,
a son of the late Judge Green, and 7. M
Armistead If they determine to run the
campaign will be red hot.
LIVINGSTON TO HAVE OPPOSITION.
1t seems that Col Livingston is to have
opposition for congress in this district. 1t
is a well-known fact that the republicans
have determined TO put out candidates for
congress in as many districts as there exists
a chance for success. They have settled
upon the fifth as a promising field for a
strong candidate. Col. Livingston Is very I'M
popular in the district outside Of the farmers
alliance, and many strong democrats
have asserted that they would vote for
republican in preference to casting their
ballots for him. Edward Angler has been
spoken of as a congressional possibility, but
the leaders of the party have selected
much stronger man, w. T. B. Wilson, who
is being urged to make the race, and it is
said by those in a position to know that he
will be candidate. Mr.. Wilson is a re-
at Atlanta before Col. Renfroe
occupied that position, and he is the most
popular man in the party in the Fifth dis
trict. 1t is calculated that he can catch all
the discontinued democratic votes, as we'll as
the solid republican vote, which gives him
a fair chance of winning.
A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN BELLwooD.
Bellwood, a suburb of Atlanta, is COM
petipg with Deadwood and other places on
the frontier. Last night half a dozen
houses were robbed by gang OF thieves.
This morning the residents held mass
meeting and appointed a vigilance COM
mittee 1t was resolved to patrol the town
and to deal summarily with all strangers
caught on the streets after o'clock at
night, and if the characters were very sus-
picious to institute lynching bee.
THROWN FROM HORSE.
Marion jackson, the 15-year-old son of
Capt. Harry jackson, was painfully but
not seriously hurt to-day by being thrown
from horse he was riding.
LIVINGSTON AND WILDLY.
The differences between Col. Livingston
and W. G. WILDLY in regard to the letter
sent to the former to sign, stating that he
was not candidate for the Senate in oppoG-
sition to Gov. Gordon, have been ad-
justed. Mr.. WILDLY charged Col
Livingston with violating a conf
dence placed in him by showing the letter
TO a number of gentlemen when it was a
private letter. This, Col. Livingston
denies in a letter to Mr.. WILDLY to-day.
He says 1.-THE circular for my signature in
your letter to LIE, was torn in two
on the day that received
noon several gentlemen were in the Office
and the conversation turned on the prob
ability Of my opposing Gov. Gordon for the
Senate. replied that | was not a candi-
date in any sense for that place.
One Of the gentlemen remarked that
they believed at the capital that l was,
from the fact that a paper had been sent
Iu6 W oISu, "ulSu L lCAuSOd W w. Onch
picked up the pieces of the circular and
asked the gentleman if that was the paper
to be signed. He replied yes Taking it
for granted that the whole matter was pub
lie then allowed others to read the circu-
lar who. were present"
wHIDBY's REPLY.
In replying to the letter Mr.. WILDLY
SAYS: "As you state in your note to me to-
day that not by my consent has any one
seen or read your letter to me since the
delivery to me by Mr.. Brown and that,
after reading my letter, 1T was replied to
and placed in my private drawer and has
not been seen nor can it be found since
withdraw all remarks about your violating
confidence"
TRAIN ROBBERS ESCAPE.
A special to the Journal from Charlotte,
n. c., says two men attempted to rob the
passenger train which left here last night
on the Air Line road. When it was at Lex
ington, sixty miles north of Charlotte, one
of them pulled the bell cord to stop the
train, but the conductor, who saw him,
sgnaled the engineer to go on.
The man stubbornly refused &c
explain why he signaled the
engineer to stop. Hon. R. P. Dick, q
federal judge who was on the train, was
asked to arrest the two men. The Judge
summoned a posse and went for them
hut seeing the crowd approaching the mon
rushed out and jumped from the train
which was running at the rate of fifty mile:
an'hour, and made good their escape.