The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-09
POLITICs IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.

Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.
II. G. Hargett will oppose Col Walter
]. woodall for the Senate in the Twenty
fourth district.
w j. Burt is a C andidate for the ligis-
lature in Lnmpkin county. DR.. c. H.
Jones will probably he in the race.
Atlanta Journal: If Mr.. duBignon can
induce Mr.. Crisp to discuss the silver
question he win succeed where everybody
else has failed.
DIR. ]. N Cheney Of Schley county will
no doubt enter the race for congress from
the Third district against Messrs. Lewis,
Fort and Warren.
Col. Perry is going to lead the silver
candidate a lively chase in the Ninth. Col
Perry is winning votes every day, and the
campaign has just begun.
Judge Miner formally announced his
candidacy for congress at Dalton Tues
day. Col. Rankin, who will also make the
race, was one of the auditors.
Macon and Jefferson counties will carry
out the silverite scheme in primaries on
June 6 and vote on all the issues in
volved in the present state campaign on
that date.
The Macon News thinks it is possible that
Mai NJ. ] Hatcher and w. B. Birch will
announce themselves as candidates for
the legislature in a few days. James
Nell may also make his announcement
soon
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: 1t is a matter
of regret that every voter in Georgia can
not hear the Smith-Crisp debates. Mr.
Smith is presenting some solid chunks
of fact and logic that the eX-Speaker's
eloquent illusions to Rothschild and Ikel-
heimer cannot phase.
The Dade county democratic executive
committee met at Trenton Tuesday and
called a mass meeting to meet at the
court house on May 80 next to select del
egates to the Macon convention. The res
olution passed unanimously, and there
was no action whatever on the senatorial
question.
James H. Sutton of Monroe has re-
tired from the race for senator in the
sary on account of affection in his fam
! lily. The field is now open. Hon.
Bob Berner has been mention
ed, hut as yet, he has made no announce
ment of his intentions.
1t was ordered by the democratic ex-
ecutive committee of Fayette county,
Tuesday, that mass-meeting of the demo-
| Gratis of Fayette county be held at the
court house in Fayetteville on June 6
for the purpose of selecting delegates to
| ing new executive committee.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: The vote taken
! on a choice for senator in the June pri-
mary will be but a small one, and will
decide nothing. The people will make up
their minds on this question after the
/ national convention acts, and after the
candidates have appeared before them. In
the meantime keep your eye on Hon.
Fleming G. duBignon. If the Chicago
! convention adopts a sound money plank
and of this we do not believe there is any
doubt. he will prove the winning candi-
date in the great senatorial race.
The democratic executive committee of
AIuscogee county met in Columbus Satur.
day and decided that two primaries should
held, one on Saturday, June 6, for the pur-
/ pose of electing delegates to the state con
| Vention and nominating candidates for the
| legislature. The other primary will be
mating candidates for the county offices
| The question of requesting an expression
at the June primary on the United States
| senatorship was discussed, but action was
| deferred until the committee meets again
which will be on May %.
A mass meeting of the democrats ot
DeKalb county was called to assemble
in the court house on the first Tuesday
in June, which is the second of the
month. The only business to be trans
acted at that meeting will be the cleo
tion OF a new executive committee and
the election of delegates to the state con-
vention, which meets in July. The ac-
ton of the committee was unanirno1Is
and was following out the long estab-
hshed custom of the county The sena-
torial matter was not referred TO In any
manner. One man had gone around and
gathered in batch of proxies, expect-
ing to run things burt the members who
had given the proxies turned UP, and
Helm aIralu the coming woman will
swear. wa
She-Oh, no; she intends to run things
SO well there won't be anything 10 swear
/ at-Chicago Record.