The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-29
SOME POLITICAL CHAT.
INTEREST INCREASING AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.

A CAPITOL Official Predicts a Sur
prise in the GubernatOriaI Race.
Uncertainty About Mr.. Browns Po-
sition-AttOrney General Wright
TO lie sworn in-SOme Interesting
odds and Ends.
Atlanta. Jan. 2S.-They were talk
ing politics in the office of one of the
Capitol officials, and the members Of
a little coterie, who try to keep place
with the situation. were sizing up the
chances of the different candidates Tor
Governor Each of the five candidates
for Governor came in for some of the
comment, when the Capitol official
added interest to the conversation by
remarking:
Il tell you, boys. Col. J. H. Estill
is going to give them a surprise.
He was questioned further. They
all wanted to know in what way. There
is some mystery at the Capitol sur
rounding the political situation in
South Georgia. Far less is heard about
it here than Of the northern section.
There was a we'll known South
continued the Official land he told me-
from a brief survey of the situation,
he knew of at least twenty counties
that Estill would carry beyond doubt
There were many others, he said. but
of that number he had personal knowl-
edge and knowledge that he considered
pretty near positive. The counties to
which he referred are in the southern
part of the state, and that is the only
~ .fE.rsv at h
given any particular attention.
Il tell you. when the other candi-
dates go down that way they are GO
ing to run up against pre-empted Es-
till territory. This campaign does not
strike me as so sure a thing as some
of the politicians would like to make
1t appear"
But what about Pope Brown"
some one asked.
II don't know. but it looks like he
is taking too long to get into the race"
was the reply. There is danger that
he will find all the good seats taken
when he goes to the box office to get
his tickets. l have been expecting to
hear something from him, however,
and now that Joe Terrell has formally
announced he may soon have a word
to say to the public"
Political Gossip.
So far as is known Hon. Dupont
Query has not yet sent any formal
challenge to Mr.. Terrell to meet him on
the stump. 1t was expected after Mr.
Guerry's recent interview saying that
he would insist on joint debates with
Mr.. Terrell at least, that a letter
would be forthcoming. Perhaps, how
ever, Mr.. Query is waiting until Mr.
Terrell leaves the Office of attorney
general, which he will do next Satur-
day, and gets actually into the field of
politics.
Hon. Boykin Wright of Augusta is
expected in the city within the next
day or two, as he will probably want to
hold conference with Mr.. Terrell and
Gov. Gambler before taking up the
reins of his new Office. Mr.. Wright
will be sworn in as attorney general by
Gov. Gambler next Saturday morning.
The report was sent out recently that
Col. Mark Hardin, for many years
clerk of the House of Representatives,
would be a candidate for the House
from Cobb county this year. Col. Har-
din's friends at the Capitol got hold
of this idea in some way and began to
talk about it. Col. Hardin says 1t is
without foundation, and that he has
no intention whatever of making any
such race.
Edgar Latham, a young lawyer, and
formerly president OF the Young Mems
Democratic League of Fulton county,
is, so far, the only one to say that he
intends to be in the race for the Legis-
lature from Fulton this year. How
ever, he has not made formal an
nOuncement.
All signs of opposition to Hon. O. B.
Stevens, Commissioner of Agriculture,
seem to have disappeared. A short time
ago there was talk of at least two, and
possibly three candidates, but they
have quietly folded their tents, and
it looks like Col. Stevens is going to
have a walkover again.
Candidates for the speakership of
the next House are becoming thicker
than bees. Whenever another MEM
Der talks about running for the speak
ership now, he is pleasantly asked If
he has decided to join the ranks of
the constitutional majority. Among
those who have been mentioned so far
in connection with the race for the
speakership are the following: Walter
Steed of Taylor, Roland Ellis of Bibb,
H. M. Franklin of Washington, E. H
George of Morgan, Newton Morris of
Cobb, Fondren Mitchell of Thomas.
Dave Howard of Baldwin, B. S. Miller
of Muscogee, J. M. Slaton of Fulton,
r. M. Hitch of Chatham, M. l.. John
son of Barlow, j. j. Flynt of Spalding,
Lucius Stubs of Laurens, T. S. Eel
der of Bibb, w. A. Knowles of Floyd.
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