The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-10
WILL OPPOSE HIS NOMINATION
oEyEAUx FACTION WILL NOT RE-
CoGNIZE JOHNSON'S CANDIDACY.

leaders of That side Regard 1t as
q Joke-They Say They Are the
Party Recognized by the State
Convention and VIII Stand Pat at
PhiIadelphia-The National Negro
Party Not in Favor by Savan-
nah Negroes-COI. Deveaux Says 1t
Is Piece of Folly.
The Deveaux-Pleasant wing of the Re-
publican party does not appear to attach
much Importance to che nomination of
ex-Collector Tomlinson F. Johnson for
Congress by their opponents of the Doyle
Delegal wing. They ridicule che idea of
nomination made in this manner, and
say that Mr.. Johnson will have no stand
Ing as a Republican candidate whatever.
Il look on Capt. Johnson's nomination
as q joke said Col. ]. H. Deveaux. mo
doubt the Captain himself regards 1t in
this light. When the Republican party
of the district gets ready 10 act it will do
so by a regular convention regularly call
ed by the Executive Committee of the
district, of which Capt. Pleasant is chair
man. We have been recognized by the
State Convention as the organized Re
publican party of the district, and there
is not the slightest doubt but that this
recognition will be confirmed at the Ma
tional Convention at Philadelphia. The
nomination of Capt. johnson was doubt
less made to forestall US. but it will have
no effect whatever on our acton"
Capt. L. NJ. Pleasant, who is chairman
of the so-called regular Executive Com
mittee, said that he was surprised thai
Capt. Johnson should have permitted his
name to be used by such a committee
Tn the first place" said Chairman Pleas
ant, there was never any such commit
tee appointed at their convention. 1t has
simply been fixed up since for pur-
pose. Such a nomination would not be
recognized anywhere. The chairman of
the committee is not a registered voter,
and never has voted in this state. The
other members of the committee are well
known to us, and we know what their
standing is in the party and among our
people. I do not believe Capt Johnson
entered into the mater seriously or that
he will continue TO pose as a candidate.
He is too good a man to allow himself
TO be used by these people"
will there be a regular Republican
candidate in the field, as you consider it?'
Capt. Pleasant was asked.
1T is very likely that there will be" he
replied. This has ben our in ention all
along. AT the proper time the commit ee
wi be call together and convention
will be called, consisting of delegates
from all the counti for the purpose of
deciding whether or not a ndidate lall
lie named, and Of sele ii tn candi lale
if the decisio be in the affirm i've"
Both Co. DeveauX and Capt. Pleasant
strongly dis countenance the idea Of a ma
tlonal negro rarty, which move has re-
cenl9 en- advocated by aiir g n g oe
Ct Philace h.a. They also els pDrove of
TIE incendiary speech by Thomas T. For
tune in Ntw York recently
sit. would be stUpe Cous piece of folly
for the lored people to take u any such
movtment, said Col. Deveaux. u do
not knew of y strc'ly v h te mans par
~ in this country and l do rot Sc why
there sh uld be anv strictly neg o party
It would &C ON sh ROTH g and he ne
gro would be likely to l Sc whatever pc
litical ad arts ge he row enjoys. AS to
Fortunes spt ech, he has always been a
rash ia ker He doubt IS got worked u
at public baaquet r som thing of hat
sort ana sa d more h n he in ended. The
speech was an urfortu ate one. and it
came at a pc culiarly bad time"
"A well known white Republican who
was asked about t ma ter, said You
can say that Capt. johnson will have 20
standing as Republican in the race for
Con gress. He may run as an indepe cen
or he may run on some other tic e , t
he is not likely to get the endorsement of
TIE re ular Republ car s"
Some of the Democrats Observers wro
have been kee ing an eye on he Rcpub
lican situati n express the opinion that
Capt. Johnson YVES nominated to S ut off
the nomination of Mr.. W. r. Leaken
who has been mention as the Or spec
tive Republican candidate as it is OBJ
vious that the Republicans would stand
defiance with two candidates in the
field.