The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-14
WILL HE CALL A CONVENTION?
MUCH INTEREST Conferred IA
LOVES MOVEMENTS.

Low Is WV r hA.NA -
when Col. Bucks Committee calls n
Convention He May cam one at
the same Time-RepubiIcans sin
in stew-Berner said 10 Have
been Attacked Because of HIS
Railroad views and Not because
of His Prohibition stand.
Much interest. centers just now in GER
tein republican quarters as 20 what the
faction headed by Rev. Z. X. Love is going
10 do. 1t viii be Remembered sometime ago
Rev. Love stated he as chairman Of the
only authorized state central committee
for Georgia, intended 10 call convention
of the party and put out SET of repub,i-
can electors and possibly also a full state
ticket
Rev. Love is out Of the city just ut
present. and It was statedat his residence
that he has gone up the country Wheth-
er his mission is political one remains TO
be seen. He has said nothing OF late about
calling a convention, though that was his
emphatic statement. sometime ago. and
now that Col A. =. Bucks committee has
practically decided to call one, and viii
hold a meeting for that purpose i'm Atlanta
on Monday. the situation is made sonse-
what more interesting
1t would seem that Col. Buck and his
faction are decidedly more in favor of har-
monizing the colored brother than they
have made it appear. though the factions
are stfl at outs Rev. Loves intention was
to publish a call for a convention at the
same time Col. Bucks call was published
and this is no doubt still his plan. While
he is not saying anything just at present,
IL would not surprise the politicians to see
calls for two conventions published stimuli
taneously or atIeast very nearly SO. White
republicans here .pooh-pooh the idea OF
Rev. Love and his faction creating any
trouble whatever. but none Of them APP
pear willing to be quoted on the subject
1t is evident that they would rather see
harmony all around than to have any an
tagonism to deal with II is not exactly
plain what the convention to be called by
Col. Bucks committee will do. An cleo
toral ticket has already been put in the
field by the committee, and il is said now
that the idea OF putting out state ticket
has been given up, ash the republican, ele-
ment has practically been told tO'vote the
democratic ticket on account of the al
legged failure of. the prOhi-pOpuustic ele-
ment to accept the fusion agreement with
the republicans, p ~ s- -.s 49,
1t is evident this VIII nor suit the coll
Ored voters or title larger portion. Of them
and if'this should be done, tis said. there
would be all the more probability of Rev
Eove's faction getting together and put
ting out ticket of thefr own The sitla-
ton still seems to be somewhat chaotic
but there will no doubt be interesting de-
velopments after the meeting in Atlanta
on Monday.
A well known democrat, who is taking
an active stand against the prohi-popu-
listic element and the ticket recently put
out by that fusion faction. makes some
pretty strong statements with reference
to Hon. Seab Wright, the candidate of
that party for the governorship. lie says
ne has 1t on good authority that Mr.
Wright, though nominee of the popu-
lists who oppose national banks, is the
owner Of $4,000 of the capital stock of a
national bank in Atlanta, that he rents
out property in Rome for barroom pur-
wine cellars Ii 6e5stste. Mr.. Wright. he e
says, claims the people OF Rome should
vote for him solidly as II Is his home but
on the other hand Mr. Wright has always
opposed the candidacy of all the congress
sional aspirants put out in Rome, and
has favored instead those from other
places in his district. He states also that
Mr.. Wright was recently a candidate for
councilman in Rome and was defeated in
his own ward by a majority or two to
one. No doubt all these things will be
ing the campaign which has already op-
ened up.
Local democrats say the democratic
party has got to make the issue squarelv
in, favor of local option as opposed to pro-
hibition and the dispensary movement as
inaugurated by the prohi-populistic party
A well known Savannahian who is just
back from Macon, states emphatically
that the question Of prohibition had little
or nothing to do with the attack made on
Mr.. r. L. Berner for the state Senate.
but that question and the attitude of the
anti-Bush bill party was made a scape-
goat for another serious issue which has
been to some extent kept in the back
ground. That is the railroad question,
and the attitude of many Of the coming
members Of the state legislature against
railroad combinations which they con-
slider defeat the purpose and spirit of the
constitutional provision. This question
has been brought to the front largely by
the alleged control of the Central by the
Southern, though both lines are under
separate boards of directors and separate
arrangements.
Mr. Rerner as Is well known has been
an opponent of railroad combinations
and it is said the fight on him was made
largely by Congressman Bartlett and his
friends entirely on this ground, while the
prohibition issue was put prominently to
the front to keep the other issue in the
background. The railroad issue is UNI
doubtedly coming to the front however
as there is every indication of it In many
localities, where candidates have 10 clear
ly state their attitude with regard 10 it.
INDOOR BASE BALL.
The Blacks Won by a Score of