The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-07-29
POLITICAL HEADS
LIABLE TO DROP
MORE TROUBLE IN THE CAMP OF
a> ELEVENTH DISTRICT
REPUBLICANS.

The meeting of the republican ex-
ecutive committee Of the eleventh dis
trict which meets in this city on
Thursday, promises to be rica. rare
and racy, and it may cost number
OF republican Office holders in this
section OF the state taeir jobs.
Among those whose political heads
are in danger is Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue Mathews Of this
city. and Postmaster Grier, of Dub
lin
Chairman Belener is also a target
fer the wrath of some members of the
district machine. and strong effort
viii be made to Gust him from the
craftsmanship.
The following on tine subject has
been sent out under a Dublin date
line:
n THE republicans of the Eleventh
2strict are now engaged in a war
'"Raich may result in several of them
losing good paying positions If ru-
mors are true, charges nave been pre-
ferred against Postmaster Clark Grier
of this city. and Deputy Internal Rev
Aenue Collector Mathews, of Bruins
kick.
w Several days ago Mathews visited
Dublin, and. it is said, endeayored to
induce a young man to put his applica-
tion In for the postmastership of Dub
a, pledging hm the support of
Chairman Belcner, of Brunswick, and
enough republican Influence elsewhere
TO land him the job, which now pays
81 300 The other stipulation Math-
ews made was that Allen Simmons, a
young Dublin negro, was to be made
assistant postmaster.
AS soon as it became known that
Mathews nad endeavored to induce
scme ono to apply for the Office held
by Postmaster Grier charges are sail
t) lave been preferred against Math-
ews. Ii IS understood that the charge
i :Aat he has been endeavoring to
interfere VIA federal appointments
outside OF his district, and is caus-
Ing strife among the faithful
Allen Simmons. a young negro Of
Dublin. Is leading the opposition to
Postmaster Grier in the effort to oust
him from his present office. Simmons
publicly stated a few days ago that
as soon as President r )cseyelt 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, and Simmons refuses
to state
For several months there has been
a fight between Postmaster Grier and
h. r. Belcher, Of Brunswick. for the
chairmansnip of the republican exec
utive committee of the Eleventh dis
trict. This fight has grown to be very
bitter Each Is now after the polite
al skalp Of the other, and eacn 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
present chairman, and wants to re
main. Recently he made the charge
that Postmaster Grier was endeayor-
ing to organize a lily white party in
the Eleventh district. This Mr. Grier
Indignantly denied and mis- denial is
backed up by the majority of the ne
groes Of this county who have made
afiidavits that ley are admitted into
his private office on an equally with
lie white people
For some time the Grier Wing Of
tne party mas been confident that it
has Belcner whipped, and has been
endeavoring to induce him to call a
convention of Tue republicans Of the
district for the purpose of nominating
a candidate to oppose congressman
Brantley, and 10 elect a new executive
committee This Belcnes mas refused
or failed to do. though he has called
a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the district at Brunswick on the
Sd. and tnat tnere will be something
doing at that time goes without say
ing
Since tne matter has grown so in
teresting to the republicans of the
district. Postmaster Grier has discov-
cred nat ne is not elegible to the
chairmansnip. owing to the fact that
he holds a federal Office. Belcher is
deputy collector Of customs at Bruins
wick, and an effort will be made to
oust MIN from the chairmanship Of the
committee on the same grounds. If
this be done. the fight will be between
Grier and Belcner as to which one
la6fkesui iaAass chairman.
Mat Walter Johnson. Ly-
Slinson. Harry Blum.
a. Republicans have
bed Agat.