The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17
GEORGIA POLITICS.

This is Clay county's time to furnish a
state senator. and the Fort Gaines Herald
says that Col John r. Ir win is the man for
the place.
1t is said by some who know Polk county
politics that the republicans will take adj
vantage of the situation In Polk and run
candidates for the House and Senate.
The young democrats of Macon and Bib
county are going to organize democratic
club. The call has been issued and on
Wednesday night next the clans will gather
at the board of trade rooms.
Walter T. Macarthur was in Brunswick
the other day talking with his friends about
Judge D. M. Roberts. lie says the judge is
making the race on the dem plat
form and will carry six counties. 1t is said
Mr.. Macarthur is talked of by some as a
dark horse.
Says the Rome Tribune: Now that At
torney General w. A. Little has announced
that he will not enter for reelection, the
Tribune dominates for the high office
man honorable and fully capable Of dis
charging the responsible duties with great
credit to himself and to his state-Judgs
Joel Branham.
Writing of a recent trip to Irwin county,
the editor of the Hawkinsville Dispatch
says: There Is no third party in Irwin
county. We never heard of a single man
who advocated 1t; in Wilcox we heard OK
only one, and he was not native to the
heath. Such decOys Of repu blicauism find
no favor among the wire-gras yeomanry.
In Irwin there are two candidates spoken Of
for the next epresentative-Hon. T. B.
Young and John B. Paulk."
C. R. Warren of Pulaski county writes
the following card to the people Of the
county. 1t refers to F. ID. Wimberly, the
third DarfU laader. GtT told Tuesday
afternoon at Old Midway church that F. D.
Wimberly had publicly stated that there
was an organized crowd at Saturdays meet
ing at the court house to mob him, and that
he would have been mobbed had it not been
for several persons. myself among the num-
ber, and that he could prove that this was
true by me. He cannot prove anything OF
the kind by me. l deny that there wns
mob organized or unorganized at the NEE
ing to do him bodily harm. Very respect"
fully, c. r. Warren"
Candidates in Pulaski county will have
their hands full this year, especially those
who offer for the legislature. There will be
quite a variety of issues from which to Sc
lect material for platform purposes and the
man to succeed must be first-rate architect
ana sound judge of material. TO the
many issues heretofore prevailing must now
be added the prohibition and anti-prohibi-
ton issues. According to law petition has
been filed with the ordinary, and he has Or
dered another election to be held on May
10. This will give those who desire it
another chance to appeal by ballot for
pure, legal and unadulterated draw. This
will make the fourth election held in this
county under the local option law, and il
the interest in this one is manifested that
was so characteristic of the other three
there will be come lively times ahead for
Pulaski. However, these local issues Will
only be a good-natured set>to between the
democrats themselves. for, aside from
greasy bow aud bandaged eye, the third
party 10 on crutches and won't be able to
cut figure when the call comes for part
ners on the floor