The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-16

| Attorney General CLIFFORD Anderson viii
not be well enough to return to business in
| Atlanta for ten days.
The Postmaster General has apologized
/ to DR.. Carlton ard Gov. Colquitt for his re-
marks about Georgia.
I Augusta Chronicle: Mr. duBignon is a
| talented and popular gentleman, He would
make a good governor.
| Senator Brown, who has not been in his
seat this session, is expected to go on to
Washington in few days.
John johnson, Je,f Brooke, Thomas Lewis,
| Gus Bell, and Col. Hook, all Of Milton
county, have senatorial longings.
The friends of Pleasant A. StOvall, of the
Augusta Chronicle. are urging him to
make the legislative race in t at county.
The Greer, boro Herdld-JOurndL thinks
Clarke Howell Of Atlanta will be the
speaker Of the next House if he decides to
run for the legislature.
Augusta Chronicle: Dick Dow has got a
| position in the Savannah custom house.
Dow is mild, jolly republican, who is
! good enough to be a democrat.
Judge Ulex w. Erwin, one of the railroad
commissioners Of Georgia, is lying quite Ill
at his home in Athens. He is suffering
from serious attack Of the grip.
The rumor that Hon. w. c. Howard Of
Jackson county would be candidate for
secretary of state is without substantial
backing, for be is not in the race.
N. Davidson is stumping the Ninth
congressional district in an effort to have
the farmers alliance unite with the Union
Labor party in the congressional fight.
Augusta Chronicle: Brer Estill is cred
tied with being at the head Of a newspaper
trust, with possible papers in Atlanta. Co.
lumbus, Augusta, Macon aud Savannah.
Brunswick Times: F. G.. duBignon
of Savannah is tne most available man
South Georgia can offer as candidate for
governor. Come, brethrel, let's unite upon
him and elect him.
1t is Taliaferro's time to name the senator
from the Nineteenth. 1t is rumored that a
combination is forming in Greene and War
rem to break down the rotation system, and
that there is fun ahead.
Abbeville Times: Judge Crisp would
make good governor, and by taking that
route he would, in few years, reach the
Senate OF the United States, position we
would like very much to see him occupy.
Hon. T. e. Massengale of Norwood, who
represented his district in the last Senate.
will be urged by his friends TO again enter
the race. His name has also been mentioned
In connection with the gubernatorial race.
Senator Joseph E. Brown, says the Dalton
Citizen, is the only living man who was
governor Of Georgia while the capital was
at Milledgeville; and the ex-governor has a
fair prospect of living some time yet, too.
Mr.. Northen is tail, aud of commanding
appearance. His long, reddish, gray beard
reaches far down to his chest, and his clear
gray, sparkling eyes seem to see everything
at once. lie speaks in slow, measured
tones.
Augusta Chronicles: We do not know
that 'pl T IA Estili of tho MnpNTNr, N,,xrs,
is candidnte for governor He is one of
the most successful newspaper men in the
south. We are sure that Col. Estill would
not, if nominated, decline to serve the
Democratic party as governor of Georgia.
Columbus Enquirer: Col. Jack Brown.
who manages to stand in with all republic
can administrations, writes from his land
office in Washington to Americas friends
that he had nothing to do with the appoint
ment of such "a dirty fellow as Davis A.
Dudleyn and that he is not that sort of a
republican.
Hon. L. f. Livingston, president of the
farmers alliance, is rather stout aud has
horid complexion, somewhat disfgured by
deep wrinkles. He wears chin wniskers,
but the rest Of his face is clean shaven. No
one has ever accused President Livingston
of being dull man, and those who know
him best pronounce him to be one of the
smartest men in Georgia.
cambridge Democrat: There is certainly
no dearth of gubernatorial timber in Geor-
gia at this time There are Gordon, Liy-
ingston, Northen, Blouut, Evans, Estill,
Walsh, duBignon, Turner, Crisp,
Black, with possible half dozen more from
North Georgia. South Georgia is entitled
to recognition on this line, and if it be
necessary we are in favor of fighting for it
in the next convention.