The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
BUCKS PLACE DISDAINED.
Speaker Atkinson Declines the Mar
ShalShip.

He Would Accept Nothing Less Than
aForeign Mission-The Appointment
of Weaver as Postmaster at Conyers
Held Up-Representative Lawson
Trying TO Find Snug Berths for Three
Constituents.
Washington, May 1S.-To-day has been
another season of sensational develop
ments for the Georgia colony in Wash
lngtOn, not because there was anything
startling in all that has occurred, but be-
| cause the bosom of the political pool has
been distressingly placid of late, and any
thing sensational or unusual works the
military into a state of feverish ex-
pectancy. The distinguished Georgian
who was summoned two or three days
ago to come to Washington is the Hon.
w. Y. Atkinson, speaker of the state
House of Representatives. He arrived
in the city yesterday. To-day
he was advised that he could
| be marshal of the Northern
! district of Georgia, whereupon he looked
| greatly surprised and refectively shook
his head. II can't take the Office" he
said very positively That is the whole
SbOIy III a uubSH6ll, anu IL Is dS SOOu dS u
! column. OF course persuasion was used
to have MIR. Atkinson reconsider his re-
fusal, but he was as firm as rock. He
| confessed that the conduct of such an
Office would be distasteful to him and he
would not accept it under any circum-
stances.
WOULD ONLY ACCEPT A MISSION.
The only place Col Atkinson would ac-
cept that could be given at this juncture
was a foreign minister's post, and he did
not suppose that there were any of these
| lying round loose. Mr.. Atkinson will
| commence his return journey to Georgia
tomorrow or the day after. There seems
| to be a disposition to give the marshal
| ship to the Fourth congressional district,
| and it is quite possible that r. B. Mobley
of Harris county will be theman who will
get it, Notwithstanding more than twenty
! applications from all parts of the state
! have been filed by wire and otherwise.
! Col. Renfroe has %bt given up the fight,
though he appreciates that he is leading
! a forlOrn hope A report is current here
that that Gen. Gordon has wired his in
| dorsement for Col RenfrOe, and if this be
| true it counted as a change from Col.
| Dismuke. At one period Senator Gordon
said that nothing could influence him to
! support Col. RenfrOe, but if this rumOr
| counts he has been converted and has eXS
! never come.
THE CoNYERs PosTMAsTERsHIP.
There will be an attempt by fiighty
| newspaper correspondents to raise a
mountain out of the circumstance that
! Representative Livingston has headed
off the appointment of Mr.
| Weaver for the Conyers postoffice
| and thereby gave Hoke Smith a black
! eye. As was stated in these dispatches
! ha ~ ,icrbf knit ha n 16
next to nothing to do with Mr.. Weaver S
| appointment. He simply replied to Post
master General Bissell's inquiry, HE
| is good man for the place." and this
| recommendation has not been disproved.
| Senator Gordon had Weaver appointed,
! and he was well indorsed by the governor
and other citizens of his community. Mr..
Livingston carried his grievance to the
| white house and to Postmaster General
| Bissell and a wire was sent out
| to-day. so it was stated, requesting
| Mr.. Weaver not to made his bond
until he was further advised. 1t is
! possible that he may not get the place
now, as Mr.. Bissell recognizes the prac-
| tice that members and not senators should
| control the patronage in their districts.
NEW APPLICANTS FOR PLACES.
| Representative Lawson is late arrival
and he has been swinging around and
about at the department. Besides his
postal matters he wants to fix young
| BOggs of Athens and Emerson George of
| Madison in consular places, and j. T.
| Russell of Athens as an assistant pay
master in the navy.
| Besides these new consular applicants
DR. Daniel w. Hickey of Macon, a rich
! and handsome old gentleman of
| Canadian lineage, has come to
push his chances for the post at Charlotte
| town, Prince Edward Island, consular
office, by the way, he once filed with
| credit.
Another late arrival is Col. Isaac w
! Avery of Atlanta, who came by special
invitation from Cabinet Minister
! Gresham, who is greatly interested in his
| direct trade scheme Col. Avery had 4
| long talk with the secretary to-day.
Still another arrival is Clyde M. Shrop-
| shire. a Georgia lad who is appointed
vice consul at Paris. He will leave to-
night for his old home at Rome, Ca. He
has been in Europe a long while.
Col w. +. Kay of Brunswick, a leading
attorney and capitalist, is this far on his
| return south tonight He is greatly de-
pressed because of the suicide of Presi-
dent Ullman Of the OglethOrpe Bank of
Brunswick, of which he was advised to-
| day in New York, and by the reported
| embarrassment of the First National
Bank of Brunswick, in which he is a large
stockholder. He will hurry home tonight,
wa the Coast Line.
Judge Mattox of the Seventh district
is expected here tomorrow There were