The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-21
REPUBLICANS IN A FLUTTER.
RUMORs OF COL. BUCKS REMOVAL
MAKE THEM UNEASY.

If His Head Goes Others May Follow.
Judson Lyons Does Not Look for
Amy shaking Up, and Says why.
Some Postal Changes in Georgia
and Florida.
Washington. March 2.-The announce
nent that Col. Buck. the Republican
leader of Georgia, viii be recalled from
his post as minister to Japan and as
signed to some other federal Office, has
caused a futter Of excitement among
Republican officeholders in nearly all Of
the Southern States. Reports have been
in circulation for some time past to the
effect that many Of the men who are
now holding presidential commissions IN
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida Ala
bama. Mississippi and other Southern
States, will give way to more favored
members Of that body when their present
terms expire. OF course all of the in
cumbents expect to be reappolnted, and
they claim that. as the administration of
President Mckinley was indorsed at the
polls last November. they, as a part Of
that administration, are entitled to their
reward. There are others however, who
were overlooked in the distribution OF
spoils four years ago. and they are put
ting up a pretty stiff demand for meal
tickets at the political pie counter" The
latter class of patriots assert that those
men who have enjoyed snug berths for
the past four years should be willing TO
stand aside and give some OF the other
fellows a chance. Such "a proposition may
sound very we'll in theory, but 1t does not
work out well in practice.
Judson Lyons Registry Of the Treas
ury. who is supposed to be pretty well
Informed on Southern politics from a Re
publican point of view. says he does not
look for general shaking up of the Fed
eral Offices in the South He was in con-
sultation with many Of the party leaders
from the South who were in Washington
during the inaugura ton period, and the
general opinion seemed 10 be that the ad-
ninistratiOn does not contemplate a new
deal of Federal appointments in the South.
There may be some changes occasioned
by registra ton transfers or a desire to
improve the public service, but as a gen.
eral rule all the men now in Office are
justified in the hope and expectation that
they will be retained. So far as the ap-
pointments in Georgia are concerned, Ly-
ons says no complaint can be made
against the incumbents on the plea of in
pointees have discharged their duties eff
fectively and to the entire satisfaction of
their superiors.
There is a revival of the agitation for
a dean sweep by what is known as the
lilly white faction, an organization which
has more shadow than substance to il.
According 10 Lyons. lily whites come 10
the surface whenever there IS public
Office in sight and make a great deal Of
noise and confusion for the time being.
When one undertakes to line them up and
count names their ranks dwindle into in
significant numbers. The President and
his admirers have been fully informed as
10 the power and influence OF the lily
whites so that if a general shaking up
should occur. il is hardly probable that
they will cut much figure in the transac-
ton, when the redistribution of patron
ago takes place. The views entertained
by Lyons on this subject are shared by
other members of the Republican organ
ization in the South. who are now in
Washington looking after their own inter
ests.
some Postal Changes.
The following postal changes in Geor-
gia are announced:
A railway mail service has been estab-
lished b. the postofice department from
Douglas, Ga, by way of Upton, Ambrose
and BigWheel, Ga, over the Waycross
Air Line Railroad Company, six times
a week. or much oftener as trains
are run This order goes into effect,
April g.
The postoffice at Quaker, Ga. of which
John f Watkins is postmaster is dis
continued as a rnoney-order office.
The Star Route from DeFuniak Springs
10 Sterling. in Florida, will be Increased
90 three trips a week, from March 26.
The schedule Will be Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. with hours as at present.
The postOffice at Lake Worth, in Dade
county, Florida, win be discontinued after
March 30. After that date all mail will
be handled at the postoffice at Magnolia.
The superintendent Of the rural free
delivery service of the Postofice Depart
ment has, in compliance with requests
made by Representatives Griggs and
Fleming detailed special agents to go
to Georgia and make a thorough can
vass of the Second and Tenth Congress
sional Districts with a view to enlarging
the rural free delivery service in those
districts. The work will be commenced
at once and the routes will be established
as fast they are reported upon and APP