The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-25
GEORGIA CENSUS OFFICIALS.
STRONG FIGHT AGAINST APPOINT
MENT OF WRIGHT.

President inclined to Name Former
PaymaSter aa Supervisor ia This
District-senntor Clay Has Put in
n Severe Frotest-Republican Get
Five and the Democrats Six su-
perVisors in Ge0rgfa.-MOst of Them
Have Been Named.
Washington. April 4.-(Special)-
,s a fight on between Senator Clay and
President Mckinley over the prospective
appointment Of negro as supervisor OF
the census for the First congressional dis
triet.
Senator Clay is insisting that John j.
Stafford be given the appointment, but the
President wants the place TO go to Prof
+. r. Wright Of the Georgia State Indus
trial School for Colored Youths, who was
one Of two colored paymasters Of the vol
unteer army.
There has been a lively contest on to-
day between the Republicans and Demo
Gratis for these census appointments, but
as Il looks tonight, everything Is settled
except the First district The chances there
seems strongly in favor of Wright, but
the senator has not given up. He is to see
the President again tomorrow. He has
the director of the census on his side, but
of course, if the President inclines toward
making 1t a personal matter his wishes
will prevail
All day long there has been Juggling
over this census matter. Senator Clay Con
gressmen Lewis, Adamson, Livingston,
Howard and Tate, and United States Mar
shall johnson are here, and both sides have
been fighting for all they could get.
Republicans Wanted All.
The Republicans first wanted all OF the
eleven supervisors to which Georgia is
entitled Senator Clay and Senator Bacon
who has just gone nome, insisted that
they should all be Democrats, and an
nounced that they would indorse a Demo-
crat from each district, which they did.
This was in each case the man selected
by the member of Congress from the dis
trict.
With these two contentious before him,
Gov. Merriam finally decided that he would
give the Democrats six and the Republi-
cans five, letting the Republicans say
what districts they wanted.
The Republican leaders chose the First
because of their understanding that the
President wanted TO care for Wright; the
Third because the man they had selected
there was great friend of Chairman
johnson, and he made a special point in
his behalf; the Fourth because that is
Chairman Johnson's home district; the
Tenth because that is the home district
of Register Lyons, who is the Georgia
member of the Republican national com
mittee, and the Eleventh because they
were anxious TO give the place to Col
Akerman son OF the former attorney gen.
eral of the United States.
They also made a strong play for the
Eighth where they wanted to put Matt
Davis the former postmaster at Athens,
also a negro but after a hard fight Sena-
tor Clay and Congressman Howard pre-
vented this.
Those That the Democrats Got.
This left the Democrats the Second.
Fifth, Sixth Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
districts. Gov. Merriam rather took the
Georgians off their feet by insisting that
they name their men to-day, so the mat
ter might be closed once and for all time
for that left no time for consultation with
their constituents; but they were equal
to the task.
The men named by the Democrats are:
Second District-Judge II. w. Hopkins
OF Townsville
Fifth District-Col. J. W. Anderson Of
Covington.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures.
Seventh District-George Anderson of
Marietta.
Eighth District-E. L. Campbell of Mon
ticelo.
Ninth District-John II. WHEEL of RluA
Ridge.
The Republicans named
First-R. r. Wright.
Third-Mr. Wettorwitch of Americas
Fourth-M. L. Covington of Carroll
Tenth-Col. Smythe of Augusta.
Eleventh-Col. Alderman of Dublin
johnson Promised "a Place.
Director Merriam has promised a nosi-
uon as special agent to Tom johnson ana
also TO John Stafford. in case the later
does not get the other place.
Tom Ray Of Cordele. r.. p. Hops of
Jesup and Heffiin Daniel of Heard are also
slated Tor these places. This seems 70
close up the census business, except the
appointment of enumerators and clerks
"hich is IN the hands of the supervisor