The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-11
REPUBLICANS ON THE HUSTLE.
". II. LEAKEN NAY ma THEIR CAN
DIDATE ron CONGRESS.


District Primaries Held Last Might
Bnd the County Convention "a ne
Held To-day-Thc Congressional
Convention 10 lie HELD Tomorrow.
Mr.. Leakcn l. Non-Committal. hut
col. Deveaux says "a Candidate
VIII lie Named-CRpt. ". }. Doyle
Named a- one of the Delegates 90
To-day'= Convention.
Republican politics in this district are
warming up. The Chatham County Con-
vcntlon has been called 20 meet this morn
ing al II O'Clock at the Harris street han
Tor the purpose Of naming Fix delegates
90 the Congressional Convention which
meets at tho same place. and the same
hour tomorrow morning Republican phi
maries we're held IN the Eighth Militia
Districts Of the county last night for the
purpose % clcctinR deiegates 70 the Coun-
Is Convent on.
Col j. H. Deycaux. who Il the recog-
nixcd leader OF this wing 81 the kepnh-
lican party. said vest rday that the con-
vcntion Tomorrow would certainly name
a candidate for Congress from TINS as
trict TO crrose Col. Il. r. Lester Wheth-
or the candidate would be Gold Demo
crat or a straishtout Republican h. was
not prepared 10 say. In fact from the
manner In which he spoke It was evident
that the candidate had not been finally
4, cided upon.
You can rely unon u that We will have
q candidate" said COL DeveauN, and
that We mean business. Perhaps the
County Convention tomorrow will develop
something
The County Convention to-day. he said.
would adopt resolutions strongly endors-
iug the Republican candidates and plat
form. and possibly u might indorse
congressional candidate.
There was q auie, rumor among some
Of the delegates selected az the primaies
last night. howevsa that Mr. W. X.
Leaken might be indorsed as the congress
slonal candidate and the delegates from
the county Instructed TO present his name
20 the convention tomorrow.
MIR Iseaken. who has been look
"a upon as congressional POSSIBLE
ty from the Republican side. was appeal
"a 70, but was non-committal Appar-
entity Mr.. I.eakcn did not have congress
sional intentions In mind. Mr.. Henry Blum,
Jr.. sup rvisor OF the census. has already
been named a. Republican elector from
this district. and Is considered out OF the
way as congressional possibility
n was rumorcd some time since that
Capt. Henry Blum, ST., whose record as
Rspubl can OF long standing Il Wei
known, would make the race on the ke-
publican ticket The captains position as
an abe business man and solid gold
man OF the most unlmpeachable sort
would stand him IN good stead with the
business men, u Is said, and II Is inu-
mated that he would be able 10 pull votes
from other sources. Incidentally, this y
a campaign, the knowing ones say, In
which a barrel" will count, and the cap
tain is in position 10 furnish the barrel
AZ the district primaries last nigh' the
following delegates 10 the county conVen-
ton were chosen.
First District-Caps W. d. Armstrons,
can't. L. A. Washington. Thomas Golden
John D. Campbell. J. c. Williams. Charles
nm Ahernates-A. NJ. Monroe. Henry
McClain. Richard Butter, J. +. kimbie.
Jacob Wright. Philip Aston.
Second District-J. r. Bugg. NJ. D..
John D. Savage. Hamilton Pouche. "
Is. Brown. W. II. Royal. Samuel Jeffer
son. Jr.: ahernates. Raymond NODE.
George McCune. J. Haywood. Fred A.
Adams, l. NJ Fisher Aionza Hazard
Third District-John Jackson. William
DoCrutcher. Samuel McFau, Robert +.
Jones. john W. Coates. John Phenix,
Fourth District-J a. Deveaux. l.. NJ.
Pleasant. J. G.. Simmons. II. Blum. Jr..
NJ. J. Doyle J. r. Whiteman. Sol. G.
johnson. ". r. Fields W. \. Logan. ".
X Callen. J. G. Miller. J. $ Brown.
Fifth District-H. Maxwell. c. G. Jof-
dan. y. Nichols. :. Walker. A. Young. r.
W. shekelir. aternates. X. Simmons. W
Lucas. a. Mike. n. Carr. w. Berrian. $.
I.ateon.
From the fact that the name Of Cant
NJ. j. DOYLE appears as among the dele
gates from the Fourth district 10 to-days
convention. Il Is possible that some basis
OF impeachment among the two Re-
publican factions has been agreed upon
and that the two wings OF the party
which have been 20 widely separated may
again unite.