The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11
BARROW NOT IN THE RACE.
II. l.. BERNER ALSO NOT a CANDI-
DATE FOR A JUDGESHIP.

Both Make Announcement of Theil
Defamation to BE in the Scram
ble-Hon. Hal Lewis Endorsed by
the Bar of GrcensbOrO-JudS'
Sampson Harris of the COweta
Circuit Entered-HOn. w. {. Glenn
of Atlanta Also IA Candidate.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct 1O.-The election OF
the four judges OF the supreme court
who are to be chosen by the people in De
cember, is the absorbing issue Of the nouf
in state politics now. since the passing OF
the gubernatorial campaign.
To-day the city has been the mecca for
the advance agents Of the aspirants.
Well-known politicians from nearly every
section of the state have been coming and
going since last night, and with al, al
though they are trying to keep their work
as quiet as possible, the main object is to
further the interest of their principals.
In room 116 of the Kimball house there
was a gathering of the politicians last
night, and an day there was much talk
of what the caucus was for. 1t was said
that its object was to make a slate Tor
the supreme court bench, but those who
participated in the meeting declare most
positively that it had nothing whatever
TO do with the supreme court matter at
all
Several changes were made in the field
of candidates, and probable candidates
to-day. Hon. Pope Barrow of Savannah
wired that he was not. and would not
be in the race, and Hon. r, L. Berner,
who was also regarded as an aspirant,
also came out in statement to the eff
feet that he will not be. He says that
ne is only a candidate for president of
the Senate.
While these two get out of the way, new
names have been entered. The bar of
Greensboro has Endorsed Hon. Hal Lewis
of that town, while the friends of Judge
Sampson Harris of the Coweta circuit
have entered him in the race.
Hon. w. c. Glenn of Atlanta is also re-
garded as being practically a candidate,
though his announcement is delayed on
account of efforts that are being made by
the bar to have Judge w. R. Hammond
and Judge Marshall J. Clarke retire, or
rather refuse to enter, in his favor
Atlanta wants only one candidate, and
If the present efforts are successful the
bar will settle upon Col. Glenn. He is re-
garded as eminently entitled to such dis
lAACt4OAs AlOt OAlAs oll dCGOuul VI HIS CHI
inent ability as lawyer but
also on account of the service he rendered
the state in the passage of the Glenn act
for the taxation of railroads by the coun-
ties, from the effect of which act the va
rious counties reap about 100000 per year
in taxes that they did not get before.
With the race for the supreme court
bench shaping up in this way, the question
of how the democratic candidates shall
be selected has also been sprung. Chair
man Clay of the state democratic execu-
tive committee stated yesterday that the
candidates would probably be named by
a state convention, which would be called
by his committee for an early day 1t
was claimed here to-day that the party
had been put on record as in favor of pri-
maries for the selection of candidates, and
this will have to be settled. Chairman
Clay will call a meeting of the state com
nittee for some day next week to con-
slider the matter.