The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-28
WAS BUCK AFRAID TO CALL IT?|
REV. z. X. LOVE To CALL a RE-
PUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Take the Place of a Convention.
He Does Not Like the Ticket Put
Out in TOtO-OppOsed 20 the One
sided Rule of Buck and the Lily
Wholesome salty Talk From
Rev. Love.
| II looks now as II there viii be a re-
/ publican convention in Georgia for the
| purpose of putting out a state ticket and
It will not be called by Col. Buck either.
The report has gained ground that Col.
| Buck who was empowered with author
| ity at the Macon meeting to call a con-
/ vention, should he see mt to do So does
not intend to call a convention, because
it is believed such a convention would
repudiate the action Of the state central
committee in naming an entirely white
electoral ticket
Rev. Z. K. Love, chairman Of the state
central committee of the republican par
| ty which was chosen at the Atlanta con-
vention April q. is not at all satisfied
! with the action of the Buck committee
which held its meeting at Macon Sat
urday, and war has been declared. This,
however. is not new war; it is merely
the continuation of hostnities.
Rev Love returned yesterday from
Albany, where he has been at
tending a convention of the colored Bap-
fist Sunday schools of the state. He has
not had a full opportunity to post him
self on the condition of affairs since his
return, he stated to a representative OF
the Morning News, and in fact had only
! just learned Of the action Of the Macon
meeting
f(fOl T9fgeE M adj hind Of nj
ment on me-" he said. Il didn't antici-
pate that he was going to make his COM
mittee meeting his convention
The truth about the matter is Col
| Buck and his crowd are afraid to call a
| convention. He knows that the majority
| of the people are with me and he's afraid
/ or the test. l never did believe he was
| gong TO nave convention. and l am
more than ever convinced of it now.
1t was my intention to watch Buck and
| his crowd, and as soon as he called a
| convention, to call one simultaneously
| with his. But since the matter has taken
| the turn it has. think now l shall have
i 10 cali convention. l Will issue the
! call as soon as l can consult with my
\ friends about the matter.
| i am positive that no convention would
! indorse what Bucks committee did at it's
/ Macon meeting. Personally l am not op-
! posed white electoral ticket but /
am opposed to the manner in which il was
| put out 1t is the business Of a conven-
| ton to put out an electoral ticket and
! such certainly never was the function of
/ a committee l shall consult my friends
! Immediately in the matter and arrange
to call a convention some time in August,
which j am pretty certain will be held in
| Atlanta OF course we would have to put
/ out an electoral ticket of our own as we
are going TO contest every inch of ground
| in the matter, and though we would will
| ingly indorse Gen. Longstreet and Mr. W.
| r. Leaken, who was named from the first
| district, and perhaps one or two others of
/ rasnlrH~ 1.
| ticket as a whole is decidedly objection
| able. We would never indorse Mai. Han
| son, and there are others on the ticket
we do not want there.
| what is your objection to Maj. Han
| SOM was asked.
We'll, we are decidedly opposed to
| him." was the reply, but do not care
TO state the reasons just at present"
| What do you think of the reasons ad-
| vanced for putting out an entirely white
! ticket?' he was asked.
| Il saw what Pledger had to say about
| the matter and l must say / don't think
/ any of the democrats are such fools as
| to be caught by any such trap The dem
| ocrats have got about as much sense as
| we've got, and they are about as true
| and loyal to their party as we are. I
! should have less respect for them if they
| were otherwise"
WIN your convention put out state
! ticket?" was asked.
Il think il best to put out a state tick
| et," he said, land my friends think So l
| have written to Hanna about the matter,
| but have not yet heard from him. We
| certainly expect to put out an electoral
| ticket, and it will be determined later
! whether or not a state ticket will be put
| in the field.
Buck. l understand, has already an
| portioned the offices. l hear that Deveaux
! is to be given the postOff1ce here. Judson
| Lyons of Augusta the district attorney
| ship, Walter Johnson, the postoffice at
| Columbus, Locke, the Macon postoffice
| Pink Morton, the postOffice at Athens, and
Buck himself is to be register of deeds
| at Washington. l did hear who was 10
| get the postoffiee at Atlanta and Augusta,
but l have forgotten. 1 think Col. Rucker
was also slated for a position in the At
lanta postoffice.
I'VE propose by our convention to re-
organize the party so that the will of the
people can be registered by our leaders
| We are opposed to this high-handedness
and one man power, which always breeds
corruption, and We propose to call the
peoples attention to the observation-disclosures |
arbitrary rulings and system of spOils of
Buck and his henchmen, and to put a bet |
ter set of men in office. 1t is not a uues-
tion of position with me for there is none
in the gift Of Maj. Mckinley that l would |
! have, and know that there none that
! Prof. Wright wants, but we do not pro- |
pose If we can help it that all the issuing
of offices shall be left to Buck alone ii
should be in the hands of the party and
we propose to see that it is, if there is any
way of putting it there.
THE whole trouble is Buck and his |
henchmen are afraid of Prof Wright, and
| he's the ahlest man in our ranks and the |
purest. We supported Wright as a dele
gate from the state at large to the ST. |
Louis convention, because he is an able |
man. and We wanted him to work on the |
Blair educational bill, and if possible get |
some recognition OF the matter in The |
platform. But Buck. Locke, Pledeer and |
Deveaux combined against Wright, and !
! by their high-handed methods. put their |
ticket through at the Atlanta convention |
in spite of the protests of two-thirds of /
the delegates present. They did NOT elect |
another state central committee. so he |
committee of which 1 am chairman. and !
which was chosen at that time is the only |
legal committee that is now in existence |
The whole trouble is that Buck and his |
henchmen think that Wright, if he had |
the authority, would put in a better class |
of men than are in now, and they don't
want them. The better class of men are
not wanted in these ring politics The
wire workers won't have them if thew
can avoid il, but there may be a change
in the situation after the convention is
held" -
1t appears from this that there is go
n no fun Oh,