The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-22
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.


The Liberty County Herald suggests
Hon A. A. Martin for senator.
The friends of Hal Lewis are urging him
to run for congress from the Eighth.
The Jackson Times says Judge Dick
Johnson will be a candidate for congress
in the Sixth.
Col. c. NJ. Hitch Of Quitman, will be a
candidate to represent Brooks county in
the next legislature.
The grand jury of Oconee county in their
general present ments, endorse Hon. r. B.
Russell for reelection as solicitor of that
circuit.
The name of Judge Enoch Galloway con-
tinues to be mentioned as a possible oppo-
nent of Congressman Lester in his race in
the First.
Hon. Gus Morrow, mayor of Jonesboro,
and editor of the Jonesboro News, is men,
toned for senator from the Thirty-fifth
district.
Judge John I. Hall of Griffin. assistant
attorney general of the United States, de-
MES that he will be a candidate this year
for congress from the Sixth district.
At a special meeting of the board of ed
ucation of Ebert county. held Saturday,
Hon. James N. Wall was unanimously re-
elected county school commissioner.
The Georgia Cracker aptly asks: "Shall
we ratify and stand on the national plat
form, as we have always done, or bolt in
advance from what we know it will be?"
The Waycross Journal is favorable to
the candidacy of Col. w. NJ Toomer of
that city, to succeed Hon. w. G. Brantley
as solicitor general of the Brunswick cir
cult.
Capt. s. w. Coney of Coney, will be
candidate for the Senate. Capt. Coney is
we'll known to the people of Dooly county,
and is chairman of the county democratic
committee.
The republicans of Cherokee meet in
Canton next Monday to fix the time and
place for selecting delegates to their state
and congressional convention and for 9TH
| er purposes.
The Darien Gazette says that the friends
of Col. A. Z. Buck down there think If
| Mckinley is elected president the well
| known Georgia republican will get seat
in his cabinet.
The recent gathering of republicans in
Bulloch county developed the fact that
there is only one white republican in the
! county. He was sent as a Mckinley dele
gate to the state convention.
In the Third district the fight among
those who would like to succeed Congress-
man Crisp is of the still-hunt order up to
| this writing. Elijah Lewis of Macon, is pro-
claimed by his friends as the man to NOM
| mate.
In the event of Judge CANDLES retir-
ing from the bench. the Statesboro Star
says there would be three or four candi-
dates in the field, viz: Coils. J. 9. Dell of
J: Williams of swainsboro ana S. L.
Moore of Statesboro.
Macon Telegraph: The race for the solic-
itor-generalship in this circuit is develop
ing much interest and promises TO reach
cherry heat, at least, with probability of
getting to the fusing point before the end.
| Three Bibb men are actively in the race
now. They are Representatives Robert
| Hodges, Hope Polhill and Hon. j. Ran
| dolph Cooper. Houston county has a can
didate, and a strong one, in Col. Bob
| Holtzclaw.
The friends of Judge James Griggs of
the Second congressional district claim
he is sure TO be a winner Judge Bowers
friends claim he is sure of sixteen votes.
| Col. Jesse Walters and Col Hammond
Are 69r mot SAYING ss1s H Hord F6gTTy home
| Houston has many friends throughout
| the Second district who are anxious for
| him to enter the race for congress, but
he has not yet authorized any one to say
whether or not he will be a candidate"
At a meeting of the board of education
| of Union county on last Saturday, A Y.
Clements was elected county school COM
| missioner, defeating F. G.. Duncan and
| Charles Nancy The contest was bitter
| and came near closing in a general row.
| Under the rotation plan 1t is Unions time
| to name the senator. L. M. Ledford, ]. Y.
| Walker and DIR. f. j. Erwin are all favor
ably spoken of. but no one can as yet tell
what the result VIII he. j. v Lance is the
only announced candidate for the House.
The Poe memorial committee of Bal
timore is much encouraged at the general
interest in its appeal for funds to erect
memorial to the poet in that city.