The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-12
NOW FOB TIE OFFICES.
Some of the Candidates for the Fat
Places in Georgia.

Some of the Candidates for the Fat
Places in Georgia.
The day agreed upon for Sumter countys
democratic primary is Thursday Nov. 5.
The most important and valuable govern
ment office in Augusta is postmaster, and
already parties are being talked OF for the
position. The names heard in this cOnnec
ton are Gen. NJ. A Stovall, M. +. Carroll,
Henry M. North, John A North, John A.
Barnes, w. c. Boykin, w. H. Barrett and
E. B. Hook.
f. W. Glover, Ben c. Smith, Jere Hollis
and s. b. Price are mentioned in connection
with she postmastership at Macon. Hon.
Dupont Gerry is mentioned for United
States district attorney 1t is also rumored
that prominent lawyer in Forsyth will be
an applicant for district attorney. Henry
Hodgkins is a candidate for the position of
United States marshal, as Is also Alb Holt.
When President Cleveland visited the ex-
position at Atlanta some time ago a strong
friend of the President left in the care Of
DR., Wolfe two bottles of whisky, to DO
drank if Cleveland was elected in 1888. But
when the election came off the man with
the notorious hat was elected to fill the
presidential chair. DR.. Wolfe did not
know what to do with the whisky, but felt
that some daY Cleveland would be elected,
and he decided to store tine two bottles away
and keep them until Cleveland was again
elected President. Wednesday he helped
three or four of his friends drink the CON
tents
In Monroe county the managers at a
rural polling precinct, remote from the
civilixing influences OF a railroad, resorted
to coffee pot as a receptacle for ballots 1t
| is said that when dinner time came the
managers Of the polls went after something
to satisfy the inner men, leaving the coffee
Dot sitting on the table aud the door TO the
| polling place open, affording the third
| artyites splendid opportunity to stuff the
| ballot-box, and, as they were in large
| majority in the precinct, they could have
| knocked their democratic brothers silly If q
/ resort 20 muscle was made. The precinct
| however, gave good democratic majority.
Atlanta Journal: Now that the admins
tration has changed and Grover Cleveland
again goes into the white house, a great
amount Of interest is at once felt in the
question az to who will get government ap-
pointments in Georgia. There are any
number of big plums to be distributed. and
already gentlemen are being spoken OF for
the places. Over in the custom house Col.
Buck and his legion of office holders are pre-
pairing to step out next March, and these
are the gentleman mentioned for some
of their positions: For the postmsstership
at Atlanta James Copper and James A An
For United States marshal, Capt.
J. w. Renfroe. Frank Flynt, Col.
John w. helms, Robert Barry, George
H. Jones, and T. K. Whitley are mentioned.
For District Attorney-Capt w. D. Ellis,
Hon. Joe James and T. W. Rucker are
talked Of For Revenue Collector-Wel-
born Colquitt, James Banks, Paul Tram
mel and Thomas CTenshaw are placed for-
ward. Howard Williams is mentioned for
the assistant district attorneyship. B. M.
Blackburn will be placed forward for "a
foreign consulship. Gen. P. NJ b. Young
is spoken of for Mexican minister. Col.
Tom Lyons is mentioned for one of the
auditor places in Washington. $. B. Price,
better known as Daisy Price Of Macon,
is spoken of for the postnastership in that
city. Hon. Frank Leverett of EatOnton is
an applicant for the position of United
States marshal for the Southern district OF
Georgia. He says his county has never
cast a republican vote in twenty years, and
shat no one from bis county has ever held
an appointive office under President or
governor.