The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
CLAY AND DU BIGNoN CONFER.
POLITICIANS AT ATLANTA IMNEDI-
ATELY BEGIN TO PRATTLE.

Judge GOber also ON Hand and
knowing Ones Sure That the Gu
bernatoriaI Outlook Is Under Dis
cussion-The Gentlemen Nest In
ferested Laugh Mt the Surmise.
Speaker jenkins Expected to Make
Formal Announcement of His Can
didacy This Month.
Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 2S.-The presence Of
Hon. fleming duBignon of Savannah to-
day. together with the late arrival Of
Hon. H a. jenkins, speaker of the House,
has given political gossip a reViVinS
draught Senator Clay and Judge George
Gober came down from Marietta this
morning, and the fact that Mr.. duBiSnon
and they spent some time talking has been
made much of among the gossipers OF
state politics. In view of Senator Clay's
announced purpose to support Mr. duBis-
non, and in fact take the stump for him
if he runs for governor, the meeting OF
the two, together with Judge Gober' at
the Kimball to-day, has been invested with
a significance which the gentlemen them
selves, however, only laugh at.
The story afoat during the day was that
the conference was for the purpose Of
Arranging plans for Mr. duBignon's gu
bernatorial candidacy, just as if such plans
could not be arranged anywhere else in
the whole state than in the mysterious re-
cesses at the Kimbal As a matter of
fact, so far as can be ascertained Mr..
duBignon has not yet condded his purpose
TO run for governor to anybody though
he is put down as a certain entry in many
quarters.
on the other hand there are some Of his
friends among the politicians here who
say he has never seriously considered be-
coming candidate because il is not neces-
sarily in line with the goal of his amoi-
ton. and the campaign might embarrass
him in the pursuit of his ambition.
while the gossip about Mr.. duBignon to-
day has been largely speculative without
being based upon anything tangible gwen
out by himself or his friends 1t IS not so
with Mr.. Jenkins The speaker has come to
Atlanta, il is understood, with the avoWed
intention of having final conference with
his friends IN reference to his probable
candidacy for governor next year. He Will
return home. tomorrow night, but DeIore
he goes he will in all likelihood, make the
formal announcement of his candidacy. He
News correspondent tonight. If he carries
out this intention he will be the first for
mally announced candidate in the field.
Col Allen Gambler who was booked for
the opening speech of his campaign at
Masonic celebration at Gainesville his
home town, last night, did not fulfil ex-
pectation in this respect. He had no inten-
ton, he said to-day, of taking advantage
of this occasion to make any reference to
political matters. and rather than be put
an a false or embarrassing light, he just
kept away from the meeting altogether,
and made no speech al all. When he gets
ready to announce his candidacy, he will
do it ''in the open" he says.
A new entry may be made in the contest
for Speaker of the House within the next
day or two. Hon. T. B. Fielder of Fulton,
Stated tonight that he would decide either
to make that race against Jno. d. Little
of Museogee and Bud" Blalock of Fay
cite, or to run for congress against Col.
Lon Livingston, before the advent of the
new year. His friends will get together to-
morrow and put him in one contest or the
other.