The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-24
GAMBLER TO BE A CANDIDATE.
WILL SHY HIS CASTOR INTO THE
GUBERNATORIAL ARENA.

The Announcement Expected to BE
Made i'm n speech to he Delivered
TO the Veterans at Gainesville Next
Weel1-Secretary Says Answers to
His Recent Letter of Inquiry Are
All Favorable TO His Entering the
Race.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 2S.-Hon. Allan Cand-
Ter, secretary of state, is billed for a
speech to veterans in his home town of
Gainesville on Dec. 20, and it is expected
that he will then formally throw his cas-
tor into the gubernatorial arena.
Col. Gambler returned to his office at the
capitol to-day, after a couple of days alb
sence at home, and for a while he held
quite levee with the other state house
officers and friends, who are taking par
ticular interest in him just at this time.
To all, the genial little secretary of state
talked pleasantly about his probable can
didacy for governor. He does not attempt
to conceal the fact that he rs ready to
serve the people in the executive Office IL
they want him to, in which frankness he
is little different from most of the other
gentlemen who are believed to be nursing
gubernatorial boomlets.
Replies are beginning to come in TO Col
Gambler from the letters which he sent
out week ago to friends in various parts
of the state. In these letters he asked
his friends to give him their advice and
upon their replies he said, at the time, he
would decide whether to make the cam
paign or not. 81 have about a hundred
letters here" he said this morning, after
opening his accumulated mall
land 80 per cent. of them
are favorable to my candidacy
Il might say enthusiastically favorable
They do not specially represent the poll
ticians, or any other class, but come from
all kinds of people, mostly leading citizens
and business men of their respective COM
munities Numbers pledge me their per-
sonal support Many of the writers think
1 will carry their respective counties and
give me every encoura cement. OF course
l get many letters from the old vete-
rams, though l am not a professional vet
eran. l do not intend to run for office
simply because l am a veteran although
there is Nothing of which 1 am prouder
than my four years service for the con-
federacy.'
The effect of Gen. Evans appointment
upon the prison commission by Gov. At
kinson is productive of much speculation
among the politicians. Before he accept
ed the office, it was the general belief that
8 if Gen. Evans did not run for governor
himself he would aid Col. Gambler, who
was a devoted aid in the fight three years
ago, but, however unjust such a conclu-
sion may be to Gen. Evans, 1t is neverthe-
less a fact that many of the wise ones
now predict that the general will be found
in the Terrell column in the coming fight.
His friends Indignantly refute this idea
and say prison commission or no prison
commission, Gen. Evans will stick TO mis-
old comrade in the race.
There is no doubt that great efforts will
be put forth to divide the veteran vote In
addition to the appointment of Gen. Evans
the appointment of Mrs. John Milledge as
assistant librarian is pointed out as an
other significant incident. Col. Milledge
was perhaps more numerously Endorsed for
librarian by the old veterans than any
other man who has applied for office in
pears past, and although he was not Civ
en- the place he sought at the suggestion
of veterans his wife was given her APP
nOintment.