The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-23
THE MORNING NEWS.
TABLIsHBD 1880 INCORPORATED 1888. J
J. H. ESTILL, President.
GEORGIA AND THE SPOILS.
RumOTS Of a Caucus Of the COlOnGlS
and the congressman.

All Those Alleged to Be Interested
Deny All knowledge Of 1.-THE Race
Between Renfroe and Dunlap for the
Marshalship Lively One-Lawson
Anxious to Have the Colored Post
master of Athens Ousted.
Washington, May 22.-The Georgia con-
gressmen and the Georgia cofonels mingled
and mixed to-day in fraternal union. A
story was started early to-day that a eau
Gus had been held somewhere and by
somebody, but the most agile reporter
failed to locate the meeting or its men,
bership This afternoon Billy Hampton,
a young real estate broker who used to
bloom as the mayor of Cedartown, invited
John Mattox and Carter Tate to ride, and
they had a spin around the beautiful
grounds of the soldiers home. When they
returned revivified and refreshed, they
disclaimed having aught to do with so
small thing as a caucus.
Congressman Black was a salient figure
in the Metropolitan hotel lobby this
evening. He had heard nothing of a
caucus and neither had Judge Tom Law
son, who held a 50 grip in his hand and
was about to betake himself to the cars
on his return to Georgia.
About the most interesting two colonels
il the whole lot were Wash Reufroe and
Sam Dunlap. These were surrounded by
a coterie of worshipers, and they are
working their chances for all they are
worth Mr.. Dunlap is about the liveliest
indorsed opponent Col. Renfroe has to-day.
He has secured the huckleberry country
and everybody of moment is on his paper.
Mr.. Dunlap has show and no mistaking
it. He is going to see Mr.. Cleveland
either tomorrow or the day after.
THE ATHENS POsToFFICE.
Judge Lawson wants to get rid of Mat
Davis, the colored postmaster at Athens,
and he also wants a new deal in the
ElbertOn poStoffice; but the list of the
applicants in this department is SO ex-
tensive that it is not probable that any
changes will occur in these OfficeSsoOn.
Capt. j. J. Printup of the Rome
Light Guards, who has been here
some weeks seeking a position in
the army as paymaster, has thrown up
the sponge and has about concluded to
withdraw his papers from the war Office
and file them in the treasury department
for position as bank examiner. The
captain thinks that Secretary Lamont
could not find time to receive the captain
and his friend Judge Mattox when they
called to-day.
Representatives Black and Lawson, who
are earnestly in favor of Col Renfroe for
the marshalship, called on Sec
retary Smith to-day and strengthened
his advocacy for the Atlanta candidate.
Soon after they retired Congressman
Tate appeared to plead for Mr.. Dunlap,
and following Representative Tate came
Judge Mattox, who wants D. G. Moore of
Floyd, an ex-sheriff, given a place in the
lists.
Representative MattOx to-day secured
the appointment of George E. Murphy, an
experienced contractor and builder of
Rome, as superintendent of construction
of the public building about to be erected
at Rome.
THE CONYERs PosTNIAsTERsHIP.
There is a story to-day that Col Living
ston secured the revocation of Weaver's
appointment as postmaster at Conyers by
claiming that that town was his home
office. Mr.. Weaver's friends have filed
showing within day or so denying this
statement and referring to the Con.
gressional Directory, in which a sketch
written by Col. Livingston himself indi-
Gates that he is from Atlanta. In addition
Mr.. Weaver's friends point out the fact
that as president of the state alliance he
claimed Cora, Newton county, as his home
office, and very recently he has had a new
office established called ''Kings, at which
he receives his mail Letters directed to
the colonel at Conyers, Mr.. Weaver
says, may reach Mr.. Livingston by
accident, but not otherwise. The
further claim is made that CovingtOn is
his county town and that the bulk of his
accidental mail goes to that office rather
Than to Conyers. He claims in addition
that the colonel is geographically located
about equi-distant between Covington,
Conyers and McDonough that when he
travels west he boards the cars at Con-
yers, east he goes to Covington and south
ne ambles down to McDonOugh, Mr..
Weaver therefore draws the conclusion
that the colonel can claim with equal as
surance that Atlanta, Conyers, McDon-
ough, COvington, Cora and Kings are all
the cOlonels home offices. All the GeOr-
gla acongressmen called on Secretary Smith
Today except Mr.. Livingston. His alb
Sence was noticeable.
Assistant District Attorney Rucker was
notable figure here to-day. He left on
an afternoon train for New York