The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
GEORGIA REPUBLICANS.
Those of the Eleventh District Have
Difficulty I'm Agreeing.

Those of the Eleventh District Have
Difficulty I'm Agreeing.
Dublin, Ca, July 27.-The Republic
cans of the Eleventh district are now
engaged in war which may result in
several of them losing good paying
positions. If rumors are true, charges
have been preferred against Postmas-
ter Clark Grier of this city and Depu-
ty Internal Revenue Collector Math-
ews of Brunswick.
Several days ago Mathews visited
Dublin, and it is said endeavored to
induce young man to put his appli-
cation in for the postmastership of
Dublin, pledging him the support of
Chairman Belcher of Brunswick and
enough Republican influence else
where to land him in the job, which
now pays $1,000. The only stipulation
Mathews made was that Allen Sim
mons, young Dublin negro, was 10
be made assistant postmaster.
AS soon as it became known that
Mathews had endeavored to induce
some one to apply for the office held
by Postmaster Grier, charges are said
to have been preferred against .Math-
ews. 1t is understood that the charge
is that he had been endeavoring 20
interfere with federal appointments
outside of his district and of causing
strife among the faithful.
Allen Simomns "a young negro of
Dublin, is leading the opposition to
Postmaster Grier in the effort to GUST
him from his present office. Simmons
publicly stated few days ago that
as soon as President Roosevelt re-
turned to Washington from Oyster
Bay, Mr.. Grier would be removed from
the Dublin office. Just what the
charges are against Mr.. Grier no one
seems to know land Simmons refuses
to state.
For several months there has been
g. fight between Postmaster Grier and
l.. r. Belcher of Brunswick for the
craftsmanship of the Republican Exec
utive Committee of the Eleventh dis
trict. This fight has grown
to be very bitter. Each
is now after the political
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scalp OF the other and each claims to
have won. In this district, as else
where in Georgia, the negro holds the
balance of power in Republican coun-
sells. Belcher is a negro. He is the
pi Soent OlldIlil HAL, anu WdHlS 10 re-
main. Recently he made the charge
that Postmaster Grier was endeavor-
ing to organize a Lily White party in
the Eleventh district. This Mr.. Grier
indignantly denied, and his denial is
backed UP by the majority of negroes
of this county, who have made aff1da-
Wits that they are admitted into his
private Office on an equality with the
white people.
For some time the Grier wing of the
party has been confident that they
have Belcher whipped, and have been
endeavoring to induce him to call
convention of the Republicans of the
district for The purpose of nominating
a candidate to oppose Congressman
Brantley and to elect a new executive
committee. This Belcher has refused
or failed to do, though he has called
a meeting OF the Executive Commit
tee of the district at Brunswick on
the 31st, and that there will be some
thing doing at that time goes without
saying.
Since the matter has grown so in
teresting to the Republicans of the
district, Postmaster Grier has discov-
cred that he is not eligible to the
Craftsmanship, owing to the fact that
he holds a federal office. Belcher is
deputy collector of customs at Bruns-
wick, and an effort will be made to
Dust him from the Craftsmanship of
the committee on the same grounds.
IT this be done the fight will be be-
tween Grier and Beleher as to which
one names the chairman.
1t IS said that Walter Johnson,
Lyons, Pledger, Wilkinson, Harry
Rlun and other prominent Repuhli-
cans have been drawn into the fight.