The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-15
NAMED DEVEAUX AND LEAKEN.
THEY WILL CONTEST FOR SEATS
AT NATIONAL CONVENTION.


Action of Deveaux-PIeasantR Republic
can Faction-The Local Fight VIII
Now BE Referred to the State Com
vention-It Is War TO the Knife
Between Col, Deveaux and Presi-
dent Wright of the Coiored Col
Iege-The Latter Is Making the
Fight of His Life to Get to the Ma
tiOpaI Convention.
The Pleasant-Deveaux faction of the
Republican party, in the First congress
sional district held lis District Convention
at the Harris Street Hall yesterday. Col.
j. H. Deveaux and w. r. Leaken, Esq,
were elected delegates 90 the National Re-
publican Convention at Philadelphia. S.
E. Morse of Chatham and s. o. Cherry OF
Burke were elected alernates.
The convention was harmonious, there
being only one faction represented. Dele
gates were reported present from nine of
the ten counties of the district, with con-
testing delegations from Bul,och and TAFT
nall. The contests were disposed of by
the Committee on Credentials, seemingly
without friction.
The usual resolutions indorsing the adj
ministration were adopted. w. Fl. john
son, Judson w. Lyons, Fl. A. Rucker and
Fl. L. Johnson were Endorsed for delegates
from the state at large, and the district
delegates were instructed to give their
support to Judson Lyons for the position
of national committeeman for Georgia. A
telegram of greeting was sent to E. r.
Belcher, chairman of the Eleventh Dis
trict Convention, IN session at Baxley yes
terday, and requesting the Endorsement of
the same delegates at large by that con-
vention. l.. NJ. Pleasant was reelected
chairman and w. E. Moore secretary for
two years.
The contest between the two rival con-
ventons will be referred to the State Con-
venton which meets in Atlanta March 7.
Each side claims to be sure of victory.
The most interesting question before the
State Convention will be the selection of
delegates from the state at large. Presi-
dent r. r. Wright of the colored college
at Savannah is a candidate for one of the
four places, and the Deveaux faction is
determined to defeat his aspirations, and
viii leave no stone unturned to accomplish
this end.
The bitterness of the fight between the
two factions win be no whit lessened by
other scenes. At the Doyle-Delegal con-
vention Tuesday night speeches were
made by Rev. E. K. Love and Prof.
Wright, in which they handled their OPP
ponents without gloves. At yesterdays
convention Col. Deveaux paid special at
tention to Love and Wright, and his re-
marks were not complimentary.
Prof. Wright is said to be a candidate
for national committeeman from the state
and also to have larger things in view for
himself. In his speech Tuesday night
he said that he had been offered more DO
sitions by President Mckinley than any
other man in Georgia, being first offered
the place of minister 10 Liberia which
he declined: next a lucrative government
position in Washington, which he also de,
clined and lastly paymastership in the
volunteer army which he accepted with
the consent of the commissioners OF the
college. In this capacity, he said that he
paid out over 81 100000 of government
money, and that in the final casting up
of his accounts there was a discrepancy
of only 81.
If Prof. Wright still enjoys the favor of
the President in the same extent Ii is
evident that a prominent position on the
Georgia delegation to the National Con-
Vention might very easily prove the step
ping stone to something very desirab bic
IN the way of political appointment
Wright realizes this, and hence the act
A'iPS''9H NHiSh ne mas Deei NdS1HS
Tor the position of delegate-at-large His
opponents also realize it, and are determ-
med TO defeat his aspirations if possible
Wrtght'S opponents ere determined to
bring his political activity to the attention
of the commission which has charge of the
colored college. or the Georgia Industrial
School for Colored Youth, as it is called,
for the purpose Of ousting him from his
position. Wright seems TO have no fears
on this score, perhaps because he feels
that the loss of the school would simply
be another argument to use in obtaining
something better from the administra-
ton.