The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-05
Mckinley Turns Down Southern Converts
to RcpubliCaniSm.
DR.. HOPKINS LOSES THE PLACE
Atlanta Divine Will Not Get Mission
to Greece.
GEORGIA HAS HER FULL QUOTA OF OFFICES
President Intimates That No More
Places Will Be Given to Men of
This State.

Washington. July 2-(Speclal)-Thc prosi-
dent sent to the senate today the name OF
w. w. Rockwell to be minister and consul
general of the United States to Greece. Rou-
maria and Servia.
This appointment Is OF interest to GeOr-
gla. chiefly from the fact that it means
the defeat of Rev. Dr. Hopkins. who has
been strongly pushed for this particular
mission. and for which he seemed at one
time to have a good CHARGE The man who
has been appointd is a democrat. or rather
was so accredited under the last admins
tration when he was first assistant secre-
tary of state.
The appointment is m no sense political.
and IN making it at the expense of Ir.
Hor kns the president practically declares
that he Will give no recognition Al all to
the now element IN the south If ne had
given the place to Some man with strong
political claims. representatives, of the new
el,uont might still have had hopes. As It
is. however the best man they proposed
has been thrown down. and in favor of Il
man who has absolutely no political claims.
The fact is that Georgia has very little
Chance for further recognition at the hands
of this administration.
TO prominent northern congressman
who went to him in Dr. Hopkins's behalf
President Mckinley expressed the opinion
yesterday that Georgia had got about all
she was entitled to- This. coming right on
the heels of the turn down of BIN Pledger
in the Kingston matter. has had ten
dency to put a big wet blanket on the
hopes Of the Georgians who have had their
eyes on Offices outside the state. 1t IS not
believed here that Georgia viii get anything
more outside the state unless it IS decided
to take care of Lyons in order to smoothe
over that Augusta fight. This does not
now seem 70 be at all likely.
OF the applicants for consular place here.
Camilla" Pierce has a letter from Colonel
Buck urging his appointment ahead of all
other consular applicants from Georgia
and Perry DeLeon has the strong personal
baclin, OF Major Hanson. Or. Hopkins
also had that.
The Georgians up here begin 10 ieei very
leary of the great. influence which the major
was supposed to Fyield. and many OF them
are now willing to believe tha5 Walter Con-
he't WIN be ros pos. ro'Si5Fz SUI sport Of Harry
nome dcsp - ,goc.beds in handing Perry
EdWb''S; .,ue isooa place, MAJOR hansor
Az, Nm .~row stronger. Tut just now it
Is az a low po'"
MI. hosts Of mirrors Of Or. Hopkins
.,..,..tout Georg and thse south Win re-
gret that the D. crit did not appoint
,t,, - nv ~ 4bbssion. for which he
Is so ~ - fled. but this failure
only Ell. s. - in TIA the fact that the re-
npblican fhe pho,want no southern re-
F""''''''' 1n OF
crults. pres 81
With moro white men. the southern aeie-
cations might not be so easy to hahd'e
about convention time.
straws Show the Way.
Two southern apuo.ntments that were
made today furnish additional evidence
~ the Administrators edict that none
Lut men i'm thc republican organization
need apply. The republican "rEihi~i'l""
In every case means that built around lae
,,o,,barsblp of the national committee.
Dink Austin the Knoxville politician,
who has been and IS national Committee
man Rrownlow's right hand man, gets tAe
,,arshplshiD Of the eastern Tennessee MS
trict. ana George ". Allen OF floflda'
,..ts the Key West colleciorshlp- -Ni''"
has received the support of the regulars,
with Notioual Committeeman Long at thcir
l.,1 while the My whites have made Il
s+rou. fight for heir candidate. Horr.
As late as this morning the lily whites
,. at tbe white house protesting. but
Au,p whom they were fighting was nam
"a tEfs afternoon The hgat there has
-, iit,er but it has been even harder
w -,.re.s... There the whole Clay-Ev-
ans faction has been against Austin. bat
the power of the organization has been
supreme. ,,.-
Tho Austin appointment viii prooaoy
carry through the Browniow STATE III us
onrrr rrn CO TO GREECE.