The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-09
OPPOSITION TO BRANTLEY.
.sLILY WHITES" SAID TO BIZ
GROOMING VALDOSTA MAN.

President j. vi. wilkinson of the
VnIdosta Southern Railroad to He
offered the NominatiOn-MereIy
Part of "A Plan 10 Oust the john
neutrality-suspicious. Clique and
Place the Lily whites" in Charge.
The DOyIes of savannah Said to Be
with the Lilly Whites" and RIun
with the other Crowd.
Brunswick. Ga, June San inter-
esting story in regard to a well-plan-
ned effort of the Lily Whites" TO cap
ture the Republican State Executive
Committee and the next delegation to
the National Convention is current
here. and in this weeks issue of the
Brunswick Herald. the official organ
of the Republicans of the Eleventh,
red-hot editorial reveals the fact that
the Lilly Whites" are preparing 10
run j. NJ Wilkinson of Valdosta.
president of the Valdosta Southern
Railroad, for congressman against
Hon w G. Brantley, the nominee of
the Democrats. Wilkinson made the
race against Mr.. Brantley some years
ago, but his overwhelming defeat at
that time seems not to have deferred
him from agreeing to make the race
again.
OF course, Mr.. Wilkinson has no idea
of defeating Mr.. Brantley and the OBJ
servant ones must look further for the
motive behind his willingness to make
d losing race. This motive has been
alleged down here to mean that the
Lilly Whites" have now begun to or
ganize in Georgia their supporters to
buck Walter johnson for Craftsmanship
of the State Executive Committee and
to Gust Rucker. Deveaux and others
and place Mai. J. F. Hanson, Harry
F. Edwards. postmaster of Macon, and
others of the Lilly Whites" in con-
troll of the state machinery. Then the
control of the next national organiza-
tion is to go the same way and the
old standbys that were under A. E.
Bucks wing and are now under john
sons wing are to be sent away back
and have no further pull with the G.
o. P.
In this deal the forces of
Doyle of Savannah are to be lined up
Win the LILY w DlACS WlilAC blAC III 60
of Postmaster Harry Blum of Savan-
nah are to be lined up against Doyle
and the Hanson Edwards supporters
Down in this district where the plan
seems to have had its inception, and
where the utmost secrecy regarding
it has so far prevailed, the supporters
of the Blum Belcher- DeveauX faction
make some hot political charges
against Postmaster Grier of Dublin,
man of Dublin. The Herald charges
that the move has the utmost signifi-
canoe and the official organ throws
out some hot lava in this weeks is
sue, alleging that the colored census
enumerators, who had their commits
sions revoked, were the victims of
the Lily Whites headed by Grier and
Alderman, who are now trying to get
Wilkinson in the race against Con-
gresham Brantley and then make
Grier chairman of the Eleventh Con-
gressional Committee as a preliminary
to capturing the state delegation and
committee. Postmaster 7. NJ. Kay of
Valdosta is also alleged to be in the
deal, and some hot politics is bound
to result.
The fact that wilkinson has been Sc
lected for the sacrifice to this hopeless
cause is considered proof sufficient
that the opponents of Beleher-DeveauX
and Blum realize that a campaign fund
is necessary and they have chosen a
candidate whose leg can be pulled the
longest in the race against Congress-
man Brantley. AS Wilkinson has
sense enough to be president of a rail-
road it is fair to presume that he
knows he cannot win against Brantley,
and therefore the conjectures by the
supporters of Walter Johnson that IL is
simply a preliminary move by the Lily
Whites to GUST the present State Board
of Control is a very reasonable one.