The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-14
SLICK SCHEME TO AID CRISP.
CAPT. EVAN HOWELL To START 1T
OFF IN FULTON.


lie Calls the County Executive Come
mittee to Meet on Wednesday
Next-A Probability That Ex-
Speaker Crisp's Letter Requesting
That the Voters Express Their
Preference for senator VIII he En-
dOrsed.
Atlanta. Ca. March 1S.-Capt. z. p.
Howell. chief Lieutenant of the one con-
vention scheme, general.ssimo OF the Crisp
senatorial campaign, and chairman OF the
democratic executive committee OF Fulton
county, has issued a call for meeting oe
that committee to be held Wednesday.
the 18th inst
The object Of the meeting is to issue the
cali for the primary Of June .. for the
selection OF delegates TO the state con-
ventlon, which meets at Macon on juno
25. and for the nomination Of candidates
for county officers and members of the
legislature. according to the action OF tho
state executive committee. which met
here last Saturday
Back of this. however, Il is pretty well
known that Capt. Howell has
called the Fulton county COM
mittee together at this early day
with a view of setting precedent for the
other county committees and IL possible
gain some advantage for his senatorial
candidate. According to the programme
the letter written by Judge Crisp to Chair
man Clay of the state committee, and
upon which the committee refused en-
phatically to take any sort of action. will
be brought up before Capt. HowelIs COM
mittee. Strenuous efforts are now being
made among the members Of the COM
mttee TO get them to say me, too" to
Capt Howelrs proposition that the sug-
gestlon in the Crisp letter be adopted
IN fulton county. AT the present writing
the committee has been secured on not,
but II Is believed that IL has BEEN since
since the meeting OF the state COM
mittee the lieutenants of Mr.. Crisp have
been hard at work spreading the report
that the state committee referred JtidRa
Crisp's letter containing the request, thar
voters express their preference for
senator IN the primary OF June
o. 10 the various county COM
mittees. This is, however. absolutely
at variance with the true action Of the
committee which was simply to Instruct
Chairman Clay to acknowledge the receipt
or the letter stating, that IL had been read
70 the committee. but that the COMMITTEES
dld not deem Il advisable to take any ac-
ton upon II whatever. Judge Crisp's COM
paigners, disappointed at the action of the
committee, have ignored the facts about
the action taken upon the letter and for
political effect have been trying to lead
the people and the county committees to
believe that the state committee has re-
ferred Judge CrisD's letter to them to be
acted upon when they meet to call the
county primaries.
In order to further emphasize this false
Impression 1t Is proposed to get the Full
ton county committee together before any
or the other county committees convena
and adopt Mr.. Crisp's suggestion, or rath.
er his request to the state committee in
the primary in this county BY Fulton
county leading off on this line they hope
to influence other county committees to
adopt a similar course.
Those who favor square dealing in polI-
tics, however, are onto the scheme ara
the committee meeting next Wednesday,
promises TO be a very lively one. In ad-
dition to the opposition 10 the adoption OF
the Crisp letter a strong effort will be
made TO restrict the primary OF June to
the selection of delegates to the state
convention and to have another for the
nomination of candidates for the legisla-
ture and county Offices. There is a stren-
uous opposition to June primary for
the selection of county officers who are
not to be elected until October, as weii
as the nomination of members OF the feg-
islature, on such short notice. Nearly
position this year, but not expecting Ia
be forced into a fight that must be fn-
ished by June 5, none of the candidates
have completed their plans for the cam~
paign. Consequently, they are demand-
ing more time and when the committee
meets Will Insist upon IL. The Legislative
race has not yet assumed the semblance
also. -