The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-26
CENTRAL ASKS FOR TIME.
Mr.. LaWtOn Seeking a POStpOnemelt
From May 2.

Redd Disappointed at Not Being
Named For the Columbus Postoface
Yet-speaker Crisp to Make Another
Effort to Secure Consulate for
Bascom Mvrick.
Washington, April 25.-Alexander. II.
LawtOn, Jr, Of the firm of Lawton &
Cunningham of Savannah, is in Washing
ton tonight. He arrived last night and
this morning early he hired a coupe and
had an interview with Justice jackson Of
the supreme court at his home Mr..
Lawton was seen at his hotel tonight and
developed a positive disinclination to
be interviewed. He declared first that he
was here to help his friend Brock Beck
with to the port collectorship at Savan-
nah, but being urged he did not deny that
his main business was to secure post
ponement of the Central railroad cases
set for May because of the death of Mr..
Lowrey Of New York the leading counsel
for the reorganization forces Of the rail-
way
1t is understood tonight that Judge
jackson, while unwilling to postpone
hearing of the cases, expressed his readi-
they are called In their order next Tues
day.
The President signed a number of COM
missions to-day, but among them was
only one Georgian, that Of j, G. Sanders,
as an alternate state commissioner at the
worlds exposition at Chicago.
RBDD DISAPPOINTED.
William Rcdd, who wants the Column
bus postoltice, was around and about
when the lists were made public and ex-
pressed his disappointment that he was
not among the elect, but he is no worse off
than others OF the colOnCs whose nomi-
nations are not even agreed upon.
The Milledgevillc postofice case prom
ises to engender some feeling. About q
hundred kilograms were received NJ the
White house one day last week indOrsing
Mr.. Wright for the office, but the sena-
tors from the state arc behind Mr..
Newell and the matter looks TO be hope
lessly hung up.
Georgia postoftices today, and none may
be expected until the administration gets
back from its junket TO New York
BasCom Myrick left for Americas q
night or two ago, but he will return with
Speaker Crisp when tho speaker comes
next week to Join the President on his
Chicago trip. 1t is understood here that
MI. AIlsD Will tNtfb HliubelI 10 nave MI.
MyriCk assigned to reputable place in
the consular service and that his appoint
ment will about cover all the favors Mr..
Crisp win demand of the administration.
In the event he fails to properly place
Mr.. MyriclS in the consular quota he may
ask him 60 become his private secretary
in the event he Is elected speaker Of the
House.
COL. LYON AFTER A PLACE
Col Thomas Lyon Of the good town Of
Cartersvillo wants TO succeed ex-IIieut.
Gen. Alexander p Stewart, G. S. A., as
the superintendent, commissioner and en-
gincer Of the Chickamauga park improve
ment Gen. Stewart was injured in a
railway accident some months ago and
Col. Lyon thinks that he has had suffi-
cient furlough.
Gen. II, " BoyntOn, an eX-union vet
eran and member of the ChicSamauga
Park Company, does not know the Car
tersville colonel, bat he will Obstruct any
effort TO relieve Gen Stewart from the
Chickamauga commission. He says that
Gen. Stewart Is "a military engineer and
he does not know anything about Col
Lyon except that he is q member of the
governors staff Under Gen Stew
arts administration, Gen. Boynton says,
the rOadbed9in Chickamauga npark have
increased to twenty miles and during this
summer the Rossville road and all the
highways about and along Missionary
ridge will be converted into beautiful
drives. Besides these six iron observa-
ton towers, seventy feet high, arc ready
for erection and numerous monuments in
stone and brass commemorating the valor
Of individual federal regiments and
brigades are almost ready for erection.
The state of Ohio alone, remarked Gen.
Boynton, has appropriated $4,000 for
stones to define the position Of the Buck
eye troops in the battle and other western