The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
NOT MAKING NOMINATIONS.
Factions Desire Their Candidates
for County Offices to he Quiet.


There has been some discussion recent
ly of the name Of City Marshal John
Power in connection with his nomination
BY The Liberal Club and its supporters
as their candidate for county sheriff OF
the county. There is probably no truth
in this report.
One Liberal Club leader stated that 1t
was not So and that there was no posi-
bility OF Mr.. Power permitting the use OF
his name or making the race under any
circumstances. Ii was also stated that
the continuous use in this connection Of
the name Of Mr.. Edward J. Leonard did
the latter an injustice as Mr. Leonard
he'd long given up any ambition he might
have to be sheriff, and mad TO intention
whatever Of making the race.
The truth of the matter Is that both
political factions are decidedly averse to
putting a candidate in the field for any
of the county offices until it Is decided
whether there shall be one primary or
two. If there are TO be two, then both
factions will try to keep secret the name
Of their prospective candidates until after
the first primary has been held and the
judge and solicitor general have been
nominated. OF course all the fight Will be
for the solicitor generals place, between
Messrs. Osborne and Hartri1ge, as Judge
Faligant Will be nominated without OPP
position.
Until it has been decided In this primary.
though, who is to be solicitor general of
the Eastern judicial circuit, there is no
disposition on the part of either faction
to rave on the subject of county officers
nor to put forth candidates. Both fac
tons win predict whom the other side
win run for a certain Court House office,
but they won't say what their own side
intends to do on the same subject.
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ferences of opinion in the factions as to
the proper man 10 put forward that no
one can can receive the united support
of the club to which he belongs or from
which his support is expected. The con-
sequence will be that If the leaders of
one of the factions settle upon a candl-
date for sheriff and have him nominated,
the other faction viii have an advantage
as they win probably receive the support
of deserters from the faction that has
made the nomination. who do not like the
nominee.
For this reason the leaders of both fac
lions discuss the question of candidates
very gingerly, dealing principally in gor-
geous generalities, They commune with
any attempted interviewer on the beauties
Of the Democratic scheme of government
and remark that the question of a candi-
date for the office of sheriff or any other
office is one that must he decided by the
voters Of the faction. They could not pos
sibly abrogate to themselves even the
privilege of prophecy.
Solicitor General Osborne returned to
the city from Atlanta yesterday morning
and spent the day in his office. He was
seen by a Morning News reporter, but
refused to discuss politics at all. He had
been so busily engaged in the trial of
cases before the Supreme Court, and since
his return, with other business that de-
manded his attention, that he had had no
time to think of politics. Mr.. w. G.
HartridRe. Mr.. Osborne's opponent in the
race for solicitor general. is still in At
lanta, though it is possible that he will
be back this morning
1t is within the possibilities that the
correspondence between Messrs. Osborne,
Cam and Dixon, and Mr.. Hartrldge, on
the subject OF primaries and their man
agement will be resumed upon Mr.. Hart
ridges return to the city. The letters that
have already passed failed to effect the
purpose and left the factions as far from
an agreement as to the right kind of pri-
mary to have as thew cOuld DOSSibly be,