The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-31

THE CONSTITUTION so ANNOUNCES
THIS MORNING.

Hon. Henry G. Turner's Active Cam
didRcy the Only Thing which
Would Cause Him to Stay out-Maj.
q. NJ. RynIs Arrives i'm Atlanta and
Talks to the Politicians In Behalf
of the south Georgia Man-LOcal
Politicians VIII support Him.
Hon. Pope Barrow, President OF
the Gambler Club, Declares in His
BehnIf-DuBienon Friends Are
with Him.
Atlanta, Ga, July S0.-The Constitu-
ton will say tomorrow in part: Col.
] II. Estin. of Savannah, editor and
proprietor of the Savannah Morning
News, is squarely in the race for Gov
ernor, and il is said he will be the
South Georgia candidate. There is but
one consideration, it is rumored, which
would now lead Col Estill to remain
out of the race, and that is the positive
and active candidacy of Hon. Henry G.
Turner of Quitman. Mr.. Turner has
been approached upon the matter sew
eral times recently, but has given no
positive or conclusive answer. He is APP
parently hesitating. 1t is said Col. Els
till would support Mr.. Turner, should
he decide to enter actively into the
campaign, but those who know Mr..
Turner best believe that he will decline
to run. and this means that Col. Estilrs
candidacy is assured.
Maj. G. NJ. Ryals of Savannah, ar
rived in the city yesterday, having
come here, it is rumored, in the in
terests of Col. Estill. Maj. Ryals is one
of the best known politicians in South
Georgia, and the fact that he has TAX
en- hold of the campaign in behalf of
Col. Estill, means that it is going to be
pushed with a vigor, and determine
ton that will cause some of the more
quiet ones TO wake up and look about
them. Maj. Ryals was quite busy yes
terday, and during the day he made a
number of calls on prominent politi-
clans at the state capitol and else
where. While he would not say so, and
preserved somewhat of an air of mys-
terry about these conferences, it is be-
lieved that they related particularly to
Col. Estills entry into the race for
Governor. When seen by representa-
tive of the Constitution, Maj. Ryals did
not hesitate to say that Col. Estill had
determined to enter the race for Gov
ernor. and that at the proper time. he
would make an active canvass"
EstIII Has Good support.
Col. Estill is unquestionably in the
race for Governor" Maj. Ryals said,
land he will have a strong backing,
not only in South Georgia, but, am
satisfied, elsewhere in the state"
1T was only upon learning that Mr..
Brantley had declined to allow the use
of his name. that Col. Estill reached
the determination that he did. 1 know
that Col. Estill has a strong following
in South Georgia, and l believe that
that section of the state will be solidly
for him. I have talked with a num-
Der of the politicians in Chatham who
have opposed Col Estin in local pat-
ters for years, and they have assured
me that they would not only vote for
him. but would enter actively into the
campaign in his behalf for Governor
Hon. Pope Barrow. whose name has
been mentioned among the guberna-
torial possibilities in South Georgia,
know, is strongly in favor of Col. Es-
till. Mr.. Barrow is president of the
Gambler Club in Savannah, and is one
of Gov. Gamblers strongest supporters,
and he says the men who stood for
Gambler are now for EstiIl for Gov
ernor. 1 have Travelled extensively
through the southern part of the state
and l find a strong Estill sentiment
wherever l have been. The people of
that part of the state who were for
duBignon. and would have remained
for him had he stayed in the race.
find are now as strongly for Estil, and
those who are duBignons friends will
be Estill's friends in this race. In ad-
dition to this the press of South Geor-
gia has taken up the cudgel in Coll
Estilrs behalf, and many Of the most
prominent papers of that section are
his ardent supporters"
Maj. Ryals left no doubt of the fact
that he will push the campaign in Col.
Estilfs behalf with as much vigor as
it is possible for him to do so. This
means that Col. Estill has enlisted In
his aid one of the most careful and
most astute politicians of the state.
Maj. Ryals has held important posi-
tons, and has taken part in many
weighty political deliberations. He is
well known all over Georgia, and there
are many with whom his word goes Il
long ways