The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-03
DU BIGN0N is RETlCENT.
WILL NOT AFFIRM RUMOR OF HIS
CANDIDACY FOR THE SENATE.

The south Georgia Candidate in
Prospective Refuses to say w beth
err or Not He Has Been struck by
the Senatorial LiGhtninG-Is Not
Now Prepared TO Discuss the Ques-
tiOn-A Ray of Doubt Is Cast Upon
the Alleged Combination With
Gambler. Howell and CIaY-Mr. du-
BignOn's Candidacy Would BE
welcomed in Many Parts of the
state.
Hon. T.. C. duBiguon was asked by a
Morning News reporter yesterday if he
entertained sena toriaI aspirations, and
whether or not he would permit his name
to go before the Legislature in this con-
necton, Il do not care TO discuss the
matter at present" said Mr. duBignou.
The attention of the prospective Savan-
nah candidate for senatorial honors was
called to the dispatch in yesterday's
Morning News. in which an alleged ALI
ance between himself Senator Clay, Gov
Gambler and Hon Clark Howell was limited
at very strongly. The dispatch said that
one OF the ambitions the alliance was in
tended 20 further was that Of Mr.. duBig-
non for the Senate of the United States
Il can say nothing about such a COM
binaton," was Mr. duBgnon's reply to
this suggestion. Il have not been in At
lanta for several months and what has
transpired there in political sense have
no further means Of knowing than that
the newspaper accounts, POSSIBLY not al
ways exactly and altogether accurate, have
1 hat
basis of fact the expressed opinion of the
Morning News correspondent Is deduced.' "
Although Mr.. duBignon would not say
that he was willing to have his name pre-
scented to the Legislature in connection
with the nomination for the senatOrship
lie would not deny it, and it is probable
al least that in the next race South GeOr~
gia win have candidate in the race. 70
very many voters in this section who
have long lamented their lack of close
personal representation in The upper house
of the national Legislature, this win prove
an agreeable innovation. For many years
this part of the state has been passed over
by those who have looked for senatorial
timber, and the South Georgia forests
have continued innsbruck by the senate
rial lightning.
The rumor of Mr. duBignon's prospect
i've candidacy for the Senate has not been
without adherents, even if it has been
without positive warrant TO support it,
for the last several months. 1t has been
IumOred from one end of the state 20
the other and in many sections has found
enthusiastic advocacy. However it has
never received the personal Endorsement
of him who is primarily interested, ana
no one seems to be in "a position to say
positively whether or not he VIII permit
the use of his name.
Mr. duBignon was also asked by the
representative of the Morning News if he
had prepared himself for any expression
of opinion on the subject of primary cleo
tions. That his mind on this subject was
pretty well made up was very evident. but
he was not willing to make statement
of his position. He is chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee of the
state and because of his official position
doubtless feels constrained to maintain
certain reticence as to his own beliefs and
opinions On such matters of public inter
est until The other members of the Exec
utive Committee have expressed them.
selves. Indeed. he has so stated in the
past, The obvious reason for this reti-
cence is that the other members of the
committee may be unduly influenced by
the expressed opinions of their chairman
and that he does not care to permit this
to happen.
A large number of the members of the
Executive Committee have already eX-
pressed themselves. and Mr.. duBignon
stated that within a few days he would
prepare for publication an announcement
of his own position on the subject of state
and county primaries This viii be await
ed with anxious interest