The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-25
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates I'm the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy.

IN the rIelu ana News
paper Talk on Party Policy.
Editor j. N. Hale has announced his
candidacy for the legislature in Rock
dale county.
The last grand jury in Ebert county in
dorsed Hon. j. N. Morley for Judge of
the circuit court.
A correspondent thinks that Hon.
Thomas NJ. Swift will represent Ebert in
the next legislature.
T. d. Stewart of Henry county, is mem
toned as a possible candidate for the
Senate in his district.
Alonzo Field, president of the DeKalb
County Silver League. is prominently
mentioned for the legislature from De-
kalb county.
The grand juries of Meriwether, Camp
bell and Fayette have Endorsed Solicitor
General Tom Atkinson, and Judge S.
H. Harris, who has no opposition.
R. L. Ship has withdrawn from the
race for the Legislature in Colquitt Clerk
G. @. Henderson of the road and revenue
commission, has announced his candida
cy
Judge ]. F. Carmichael. ordinary of
Butts county, has ordered an election to
be held on April 20, on the question
VI not bullS Snall issue bonds
to build new court house.
Paul Turner, who is making the race
for the legislature in Henry county, is
just "A years old; despite his youthfulness
ne rs postmaster at McDonough and
chairman of the county democratic exec
utive committee.
In the Ninth district Tom Winn, the
populist candidate for congress pre-empts
the free silver issue. Judge II. H. Perry
rs running on sound money democratic
platform. The question has been asked,
where does Carter Tate come in?
w. NJ. Searles of Jesup, who was elect
ed a delegate to the republican congress
sional convention to be held at Wayeross
declines to serve on the ground that he
can not leave his duties as a lineman of
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
]. j. Basterlin, a Macon county. farmer.
is a candidate for the legislature. l.. o.
Niles announces in the Macon County
Citizen that he is also in the race, and
Il is known that at least two others in
the county will enter within the next
week.
James H. Sutton, a prominent farmer
of Monroe county, is candidate for
the state Senate from the Twenty-second
district, in opposition TO Hon. Robert L.
Berner. Mr.. Sutton represented Monroe
county in the legislature several years
ago, and he proposes to make the sena-
torial race on free coinage platform
Col. Frank A. Hooper. one of the lead
ing members of the Americas bar, has
announced himself for solicitor general
of the southwestern circuit. Col. J. d.
ID. Shtpp of Americas is also in the race.
with the other counties in the circuit to
be heard from. Five candidates have so
far announced for tax receiver of Sumter
county, and the returns are not all in
H. A. Harris. j. W. Mize, j. H. Daniel,
o. D. Reese and J. P. Raiford are act
The mayoralty race at Americas for the
unexpired term made necessary by the
death of Mayor A. S. Cults, has opened.
Hon. Thornton Wheatley, Judge ]. A.
Hixon, H. T. Thomas Davenport and DR.
w. p. Burt are the candidates who have
announced though two others will en-
ter the race this week. OF the 100 voters
in the city only 222 are registered and
qualified TO vote in the election, which
will be held within thirty days the ex-
ecutive committee having decided not to
call primary.
Atlanta Journal: The most interesting
contest in Georgia to-day is in the Third
district where Lewis, Warren and Fort
are candidates for Crisp's seat. If the
three-cornered contest continues to fin
ish IL is easy to see that a dark horse will
have a fair chance of the nomination 1t
is figured that Fort will go to the conven-
ton with fourteen and Warren and Lewis
with ten each. Along the line of such a
possibility there is much whispering 60
ing on connecting the name of Judge
Fish, Hon. W. NJ Hawkes. of Americas.
Mr.. w. H. FELTON, of MarshallViile So
licitor General duPree, Hon c. G. Gray
Of Fort Valley, and several others with
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