The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01
GEORGIA POLITICS.

! A .postofice has been established at Peipa.
| Dooly county.
Rev. j. G. Gibson of Crawford is men
TONED as target ssr gubernatorial light
ming.
G. S. Peth has been appointed post
master at the experimental station office,
near Griffin.
Hon. ]. NJ. Terrell and Bob Render are
candidates for the Senate from the Meri-
wether district.
Hon. A. J. Snelson Of Meriwether wants
70 go back to the House. w. I. Reviu will
also be candidate.
Congressman Gambler has appointed
Clarence c. Williams of White county &
cadet at West Point.
Another candidate is being groomed by
| his friends in the Ninth district. He is Col.
w. 1. Day of Pickens county.
W. W. Ragsdale, ordinary. has ordered
an election on the court house site question
IN Dekalb county. on April IL.
D Augusta Chronicle: William Clifton,
the big-hearted member from Chatham,
Will be returned to the legislature.
Hon Seaborn Reese has returned to
Sparta from Washington. He still has
very large following in Hancock and Middle
Georgia.
The Cedartown Standard indorses the
candidacy of Hon. ]. T. Henderson for
commissioner of agriculture, and says he
will be elected
Augusta Chronicle: Savannah people
now believe that Col. w. w. Gordon would
be stronger candidate from South Geor-
gia than duBignon.
1t is reported in Gainesville that if DR..
w. ID. FELTON, runs for governor and stumps
the Sfafa Mrs Ealtnn will
and make number of speeches.
Many of the weekly editors indorse the
Athens boycott against Postmaster General
Wanamaker, and merchants in several
towns refuse to buy goods from him.
Representative Gambler of Georgia is sure
that Mr.. Cleveland will be the next demo
cratic candidate for President Mr. Hill
will not, he thinks, be in the race at all.
The people of Rome will probably give
John Temple Graves a rousing reception on
his return from New York. The Sanders
vile Progress dominates him for gov
ernor.
Hon. Guyte McLendon's new residence,
Inverness, is one of the handsomest
suburban homes near Townsville. He is
groomed by the young men for seat in
congress.
Townsville Times: Capt. W. W. Gordon
VI O6Nduudu Is bu0 ldbeSO pos
sibility. He may be probability. Capt.
Gordon is one of the ablest and purest men
| in Georgia.
Hon. Thomas z. Watson, candidate for
congressman from the Tenth district, is an
expert performer on the violin. Gov. Tay-
| Tor used to entertain the boys during his
canvass in Tennessee by performing on the
violin.
Several South, Georgia papers have in
complimentary terms suggested Hon. Rufus
f. Lester for governor. 1t is claimed that
Congressman Lester would much perfer
being the chief executive of the state than
to remain in congress
DR.. Davis, the worthy pastor of the
Athens Episcopal church, has declared that
he will buy no more goods from John
Wanamaker. He knows the postmaster
general personally, and has always traded
with his retail house in Philadelphia.
observer" in the Lithonia NelO Era,
glances over the political field in his BALI
wick. W. G. Holbrook will run for the
legislature; so may Charlie Carroll; so may
W. J. Donaldson, and p. B. McCurdy, and
&. w. Maddox, and H. n. Bayne, and Geo.
w. Parker, and TandY Y. Nash, aud J. L.
Chupp, and J. M. Goldsmith, and A. +.
Pharr, and John B. Steward, and DIR. F. p.
Hakers. 1t is not known whether Hon. G.
NJ. Gambler will run or not. His friends
are urging him to do so, and stand for
speaker.
Senator Colquitt said at Washington
Thursday that he thought it very probable
he would be able to defeat the confirmation
of the black Dudley as postmaster at Amer
Gus This is, however, hardly possible.
The senator will be able TO hold it up for a
few months, If he makes much of an effort,
but as Harrison and Clarkson are deter
mined that Dudley shall be postmaster at
Americas the nomination is quite certain
to be confirmed. 1t is understood that Sena or
Sherman will probably vote with the demo-
Gratis against confirmation, but it will take
about four more republican votes to kill it,
These it will be almost impossible to get
Judge Crisp and others will go before the
senate committee on postoffices to enter pro-
tests when The case comes up.