The morning news., 1890-06-25
GEORGIA POLITICS.

A Hardeman clnb is to be organized at
Griffin.
Ibelle Ivey of Thomson declines to run for
the Senate.
The young democrats of Brunswick will
take steps next week toward organizing a
club.
COL F. W. Flyat is suggested as good
man for Spalding county to send to the leg
islature.
O. A. Moore, W. J. Davis. Jr.. and w
H. Daniel are in the legislative arena in
Heard county.
j. D. Montgomery is candidate for tax
receiver of McDuffie county. John H..
Hobbs wants the same position.
Bibb county's democratic mass meeting
occurs Saturday. Delegates to the state
convention and a new executive committee
will be selected.
The latest news in the Eighth congress-
ional district is to the effect that Solicitor
W. M. Howard of Lexington will be the
dark horse in the convention.
The friends of Samuel A. Walker an
nounce him as a candidate for representa-
tive for McDuffie county in the lower house
OF the next general assembly.
primary has been ordered in Forsyth
county for the first Tuesday in August
utAI 10 eleCp uoleRdIeS 10 bu6 RuDotudOOfld ld
and congressional conventions.
One of the largest political gatherings
ever seen in Wilkes county was held in
Washington Saturday. The occasion was
the speaking of Hon. F. H. Colley.
Griffin Call: Postmaster Thurman Sat
urday took the vote of 100 men for gov
ernor as they called for their mail, begin
ming early in the day, and the vote stood
W for Hardeman to for Northen.
Macon Telegraph: Col. Northen calls
himself democrat and expects the Demo
cratic party to elect him governor, he says.
Yet he stands chance only because he
passed Capt. Harry Browns examination
successfully.
Macon Telegraph: Col Northen would
not receive Capt. Browns support but for
the fact that he consents to the sub-treasury
foolishness, nor Editor Lewis but for the
fact that the sub-treasury foolishness can't
be helped by the governor of Georgia.
Rev. J. M, Bray, R. NJ. Slappey, T. G.
Hudson and W. H. McCrary of Schley
county will all probably enter the race for
the legislature. No one has announced for
senator, though the friends of DR.. G. H.
Smith are urging him to make the race.
Macon Telegraph: Col. Northen's home
organ calls Col. Livingston an ''unconsclon-
able demagogue" If the home org an is
not careful Editor Brown of the Southern
Alliance Farmer will have to FIX things
again. There seems to be some friction yet.
A mass meeting will be held in McDufie
county July 81 for the purpose of deciding
whether delegates to attend the senatorial
congressional and state conventions shall be
selected by primary election or by mass
meeting Also to determine whether a
candidate for the lower house of the general
assembly shall be selected by mass meeting
or primary election.
John l. Hall sends the following to the
Griffin Call: 81 notice in your issue of to-
day that movement would be made to re-
turn me to the state Senate | duly
appreciate the compliment paid me by
yourself and the unnamed friends to wnom
you referred in your editorial. but | beg to
say that / am no party to any such move
ment. Butts county is entitled to the next
senator. Butts county has number OF
good men who would represent the district
ably and faithfully, and from that number
the next senator should be selected"
The following card is published in the
Conyers Solid South: ITO the Public
We, the undersigned alliancemen, were
present at the meeting last Saturday and
saw what occurred We. in simple justice
to Commissioner j. T. Henderson, desire TO
say that the editorial in the Banner of june
~, saying that he tried to "brow-beat Rock
dale county alliance into an Endorsement Of
himselfn is untrue. He did not ask the
meeting TO lndorse him. q. j. Hollings-
worth, @. w. Warren, d. F. Clotfeller, D.
Il. Vaughn, 5. ]. Cowan, james Hollings-