The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
ON TERRELL'S TRAIL.
MILL FOLLOW THE MERIwETHER
STATESMAN.

u-,1I speak at Canton To-day, Will
EoIIov Terrell. Who Speaks at VII
cnua To-day, at That Place To-
orrov-This seems to BE as Near
Joint Debate as He Is Able to Get.
col. EstiIrs Visits to North GeOr-
.,ia show Good Resufts-HalI COun-
~ Il Now in His Column.
Atlanta. Feb. 23.-The indications
ore that Hon. DUPONT Guerry is going
% come about as near having joint de-
notas with Mr.. Terrell as is possible
1ithout having Mr.. Terrell right along
With him. He is preparing to follow
,.or,. closely in Mr.. Terrells tracks, and
i,dping from his speech in this city on
friday night, he is going to scatter
sorne pretty sarcastic remarks about
tho candidate whom he calls my prin-
cipal opponent"
Mr. Guerry speaks at Canton in
cherokee county, tomorrow, where
Mr. Terrell made his first speech. In
the Kimball House lobby yesterday
Mr. Guerry said.
~ go to Canton by invitation, and
believe there are pretty nearly as
many names signed to the petition to
mo as Mr.. Terrell had in his audience"
When asked how many names there
we're signed to his petition Mr.. Guerry
rsnlied forty-three. AS a matter of
fart Mr.. Terrell had more than twice
this number, and it was the day it
showed.
After Mr.. Guerry speaks at Canton
he will HE to South Georgia, appear
ing at Vienna, Dooly county, for a
sneech at the court house on Tuesday,
Feb 25. Again he follows right on
Mr. TerrelTs trail, as Terrell speaks
there tomorrow at noon. 1t is pc
Heved ON that occasion Terrell viii
have something to say In reply to what
Guerrv said at the Grand Opera House
here Friday night.
Mr.. Guerry's speech was rather a
scathing one, going at times into ridl-
cule, and the general comment on it. at
the capital has been that it was not
snch a speech as would be likely to
materially benefit an aspirant for po-
ltical honors. Mr.. Guerry's indulgence
in personalities caused surprise to
some. who remarked upon the fact that
he had, in his letter challenging Mr..
Terrell to Joint debates, expressed a
desire to avoid them.
After his Vienna speech Mr.. Terrell
will go to Tifton, Quitman, Moultrie
and Thomasville, reaching Waycross
on Saturday where he is booked to de-
liver speech. On Monday, March 3,
he will speak at Bainbridge.
EstiII strong in Hall.
Reports come here from Gainesville
that Col. Estill has gained much
strength in Hall and surrounding
counties as a result of his visits to
that section. He was in Hall and
Forsyth counties last week, and met
great many people there. Hall county
correspondents are predicting that he
will carry that county, and say that
he is growing in popularity through
out the northeastern section of the
state.
The one unknown quantity in the
race just now is Hon. James M. Smith
of Oglethorpe. Mr.. Smith continues
to write letters to his friends and sew
eral of them have recently been re-
ceived in Atlanta In these letters he
states his intention to be in the race
for Governor and asks their support.
Dul ne has SINSH IO liiblIdllOi Va
when he expects to make his formal
announcement. A week ago there was
a report that it would be Forthcoming
at once, and that he would come to
Atlanta and open campaign headquar-
ters in the Kimball House. That, how
everis the last heard of the matter, and
politicians are still wondering what he
is going to do.
Roland Ellis of Bibb is now actively
in the race for the speakership of the
next House, and has, it is understood
written letters to all of those who will
probably be members of the next
House of Representatives, asking their
support Members of the present House
who are expecting to return and who
have been here recently, say they have
received letters from him, and express
the opinion that he will make a strong
candidate
Hon. B. S. Miller of Muscogee
county, it is stated, will be returned to
the House without opposition. He was
mere yesterday and stated in the course
OF a conversation that if he came back
ne intended to push the bill for redis-
irctng the state as hard as he knew
now. He says he believes changes
should be made in the congressional
districts in order to make them more
nearly equal in population and that
me plan as proposed would have gone
through at the last session had it not
geen for the opposition that developed
in the Senate.
ZION. Ed. L. Wight of Dougherty, it
Is stated will be returned to the House
SSllnout opposition. Mr.. Wight wants it
uslnctly understood that he is not a
candidate for speaker.
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