The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-18
BUCK AND THE MEN He BACKS
HANSON OF MACON BELIEVED To
BE HIS MAN FOR GOVERNOR.

The Republican state Central Com
"a Possibility That the state
Convention VIII BE Held at Ma
cOn-Rev. T.. X. Low. n Savannah
Expected 20 CaH a Rival COnven-
lion.
Atlanta, Ca. July I7.-To-day Col A. E.
Buck. one Of the claimants 10 the position
Of chairman Of the republican state cen
trail committee, issued a call for meet
ing OF that body TO be held In Macon on
July Is Heretofore the republican ma
chine has made Atlanta its headquarters
the place of vantage usually being Col.
Bucks back Office. but for some mysterious
reason the vice-Hanna of the state has
thought IT a wise move 10 change the
scene Of action. 1t may be that when his
committee, which was made up by him
to-day, gets together It will decide that
the state convention OF the G. o. p. shah
also be held4in Macon, II the Central City
IS willing 10 take II, and treat 1t right"
as the colOred delegates TO st. Louis put it.
After finishing up his list Of commit
teemen and issuing the call for meet
ing to-day Col. Buck went home and TO
bed. He left word at his office that he
was sick. He probably wants to rest up,
for the clouds are lowering over the Ie-
publican machine in Georgia. The split
in the ranks is wide and deep, and now
that the big easy boss has undertaken to
take hold of the party reins with fun au-
thOrity 10 keep the wagon In the middle
OF the road or ditch IL, as he pleases, the
auti-Buck faction will in all probability
jump the bars and try to head him off.
Col Bucks authority to hold the party
hot inc Id d tod l.
of Savannah, and he Will, II is expected,
send out a call for a meeting of his com
mittee, and then order a state convention
TO meet at the same time and place as the
one which may be called by the Buck COM
mittee. When this is done then the fight
will come on and Col. Buck Will be either
declared victor or turned down. 1t is hard
ly within range of possibility that the lat
ter would happen, for the easy boss is too
foxy to be caught mapping by the rebel
lious ones. IL IS a two to one shot that
in the end he will have the other crowd on
board his own wagon with promises of
numerous small jobs when the fight Is
on, as after all the cause Of the split is
the spoils Of the expected conquest, Col
Buck and the anti-Bucks being merely
rivals for the honor of controlling the pa
tronage.
The meeting of the committee In Macon
will be for the purpose of considering the
advisability of putting out asstate ticket,
which It is believed here will be done.
W no Will uedu II IL a UpllliCdA mystery
Maj. ]. +. Hanson of Macon. who was
turned down for delegate-at-large to ST.
Louis by a negro an2 again beaten for
national committeeman by ]. w. Lyons.
colored, of Augusta, is said 10 be favor
ed by Col. Buck as the candidate for gov
ernor, while the other faction Is reported
TO favor Col. Tom Johnson of Savannah.
Walter Johnson of Columbus and w. w.
Brown of Macon are also mentioned.
The holding of the committee meeting
In Macon and the probability that the
convention will go there also may have
some significance with respect to Maj.
Hanson. Maj. Hanson has said, however,
that he does not want to be governor,
but II he should make a good fight for
the republican ticket there being no dan
ger, of course, that he would be elected,
he would be likely figure for the McKin-
ley cabinet an honor to which II Is gen.
orally believed he does aspire. He ana
Mckinley are great personal friends, and
If the Ohio man becomes President Mai.
Hanson would be as liable as any other
southern man to sit around his council
table.