The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-13
PLEASANTS' COMMITTEE MET.
WILL CALL CONVENTION AS SOON
AS NATIONAL CALL IS ISSUED.

Republicans Preparing to Have a
Lively Time in the First District.
The Old Leaders Appear to BE
Evenly Divided Among the Two
Factions and There Are Many Old
Scores to SettIe-Census Supervi-
sOr Harry Blum Declined to Dis
cuss the Resolutions Adopted by
the DeIegaI Committee-He win
Make No Appointments Before
Spring.
The Peasants Republican Executive
Committee of the First Congressional dis
trict held a special meeting at the Harris
street odd Fellows Hall yesterday morn
ing. It is claimed that this meeting was
the first called and that the Delegal fac
ton got in its work ahead of the Peasants
Committee.
Capt. L. NJ. Peasants presided at the
meeting and W. e. Moore of Efingham
was secretary. Every county in the dis
trict was represented, among those pres
ent being Rev. N. H. Styles of Liberty
county, Rev. Lectured Crawford of Nc
Intosh. Other county representatives were
+. c. Rhodes and d. X Clark of Bryan;
J. J. Grower and a c. Cone of Bulloch,
Tyler Johnson and G. w. Forey of Burke,
w. D. Armstrong and J. c. Simmons of
Chatham, E, w. Mason and Jesse Bingham
of bingham, 0. c. Wigg of Emanuel, w.
J. James and Tony Lacomb of Liberty.
John Lawton and r. W. Collins of McIn-
tosh, John Lipsey of Screven, s. r. Sur
rency and II. G. Smith of Tattnall.
Members at large reported to be present
in person or by proxy were Col ]. H. De-
veaux, collector of the port; w. r. Leaken,
Esq, j. E. Whiteman, ]. c. Williams, T.
E. Ferrebee, S. o. Cherry r. w, White,
j. w. Armstrong, w. H. Logan, J. c. MIL
Ter, K. S. Callan, Richard Butler and w.
r. Moon.
But little business was transacted. A
resolution was adopted instructng the
chairman to call district convention as
soon as a call has been issued for ma
tional convention by the National Exec
uiive Committee.
Resolutions were adopted indorslng the
administration of President Mckinley,
Endorsing" the Legislature. of Georgia for
defeating the Hardwick DISTINGUISHING bill
and extending the thanks of the commit
tee to Hon. ]. ]. McDonough for placing a
petition against the bill before the Legs-
lature; thanking Hon. W. r. Leaken for
his legal ability rendered in preparing the
petition; regretting the death of Vice
President Garrett A Hobart; and indors-
ing the selection of Capt. Harry Blum as
census supervisor for the First Congress
sional district, he being a young man of
sterling ability and integrity under whose
supervision we feel there viii be O. faithful
and honest enumeration of the census"
The committee did not volunteer its adj
wise to Capt. Blum in the selection of CEN
sus enumerators, nor did it insist that
he be guided by their advisors In making
up his list of enumerators.
1t is evident that the coming fight be-
tween the Republican factions in the First
district is destined to be a warm one. The
two factions appear 10 be of about equal
strength, and it looks very much like a
case of custom house and postoffice. The
Doyle faction is nonlinally headed by J. r.
Delegal, an employee of the postoffice and
has the backing of Rev. E. X. Love and
other active Republican leaders. Collec-
tor Deveaux is believed to be in sympathy
with the Peasants faction, which has
with it Rev.N. H. Styles of Liberty coun-
ty and Rev. LectuTed Crawford Of McIn-
tosh county, both ex-members of the Leg
isature, together with several others who
are well known in Republican politics. The
Delegal faction had the best of 1t at the
last meeting of the National Republican
Convention, but their opponents declare
that they viii even things up with them
in 1900
Capt. Harry Blum. Jr., census supervisor
of the First district, was asked yesterday
what he had to say in reply to the resolu-
tons adopted at the Delegal meeting Mon
day night to the effect that the advisors
of the census supervisor should urge upon
him the appointment of some of the many
true and tried Republicans of the district
as enumerators and that in the judgment
of the committee he should be guided by
such advice.
Capt. Blum replied that he knew nothing
further of the matter beyond what he had
seen in the Morning News report. IF a
committee should call upon me with such
a purpose in view he said, II would sim
ply tell them that no appointments will
be made until spring and that at that time
proper consideration will be given to the
Endorsements of each applicant"
Capt. Blum was unwilling to commit
himself further. The Republicans in this
district have been badly split up since the
last distribution of the public plumber and
the situation has been somewhat mixed
for some time. All of the old leaders,
however seem to be taking sides with one
faction or the other, and as there are
many old scores to settle a lively fight is
in prospect.
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