The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-04
GEORGIA POLITICS.

j. n. Cheney of Schley county is a candi-
date for the state Senate.
Hon. j. I. Olive of Oglethorpe county
has entered the campaign for congress.
w. A. Broughton will probably enter the
race In the Eighth congressional district as
an alliance candidate.
t. j. Poss announces in the Athens Ban
ner that he is candidate for clerk of court
of Clarke county. ]. K. Kenny has also
entered the race
The executive committee of Gwinnett
county. pursuant TO the chairman's call.
met Wednesday and ordered a primary
election on June 81 for state-house officers,
governor, state senator, congressman aud
legislative members, excluding no electors
except republicans.
Augusta Chronicle: Hon. w. L. Peec of
Rockdale, president of the Alliauca State
Exchange, was in the city yesterday. He
had conference with President Sibley and
other officials of the Sibley Manufacturing
Company relative to the manufacture of q
full supply of Odenheimer cotton bagglng
for the crop of 1890. Col Peek reports the
exchange in Furnishing condition-daily
growing in popularity with the farmers #
the state. Col. Peek is himself a representa-
tive farmer-working and living at home
de is, moreover. one of the strongest men
the state. He made splendid record as a
legislator, serving in bota the House and
the Senate, and is a probable factor in the
Fifth congressional district. de has not
announced himself a candidate or expressed
any desire for the position, but he is being
talked OF among the people as an available
man.
A Washington special to the Athens BAN
ner says: The report reaches here that the
negroes Of LaGrange and vicinity do not
look with favor on the prospective appoint
ment of Miss Laird to the pos;-of1ice in that
city, and have demanded of Col. Buck that
he take steps to defeat it. Gresham, whose
agility as political topper is reported to
be somewhat phenomenal, is said to be be-
hind this agitation against Miss Laird, and
he is backed by Hogan Heard, a negro poi
tician, who is an applicant for the Of
fec. 1t remains to be seen if Col. Buck
will yield to this bulldozing scheme. Mr.
Laird, the father of Miss Stella, thinks that
there is no discounting Bucks backbone,
and he says he feels pretty well assured that
his daughter will get the place. All the
prominent Georgia republicans are her
friends aud indorse her good qualities and
intelligence.
The Henry County Times thus sums up
the political situation in that county: The
many friends of hon. William Combs will
ask him to make the race for representa-
tive. 1t is said that Coils. w. T. Dicken,
E. j. Reagan and c. T. Zachry will be the
timber to select a senator from. 1t is said
that DR.. |. l.. Gunter would not object to
going back to the legislature. There is q
good, healthy movement on hand to place
before the people of the Fifth congressional
district the name Of Hon. w. L. Peek for
congress. It is said that if he consents TO
make the race he will carry henry, Rock
dale, Newton, Walton, DeKalb, Fulton,
Douglass, and has a fighting chance in
Campbell. Our people are very well pleased
with Judge Stewart. If Col Peek makes
the race there is going TO be music in the
air. Col. e. ]. Reagan is a lawyer of
recognized ability. He has made Henry
county good representative, and If elected
to the senate, will rank with the ablest men
Of that august body.