The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-30
WILL Be ROOSEVELT
BACON SURE HE WILL GET THE
NOMINATION.
SAVE FOR THIS STATEMENT
THE GEORGIA SENATOR WAS DUMB
ON POLITICS.

senator Bacon stopped Over in
washin gtOn on His Way to New
York-He Is a Member of the Board
Of visitors to West POint-COu-
gresham Griggs Also in Washing
ton-RuraI Free Delivery Head
nuarters for the South Are to he
transferred to Atlanta.
By r. M. Larner.
Washington, May Ex-senator Bacon,
who is a member of the Senatorial
Board of Visitors to the West Point
Military Academy, is here on his way
10 New York. To-day he called at the
War Department to look after a num-
her of matters of interest to his con-
stituents in Atlanta and Savannah.
The Senator also made a round of
the various departments, including the
Postof1ce and Agricultural Depart
ments, to look after what he termed
matters of small Importance to the pub
lie generally, but of large import to
the individuals directly interested.
The Senator declined to discuss ma
tiona1 politics, saying that he is not
prepared to go into a discussion of
presidential possibilities or candidates
further than to say that President
Roosevelt will undoubtedly be the Re-
publican nominee.
Judge Griggs Is There.
Representative James Griggs is also
here to join his little daughter, who is
attending school in this city. The
school season is about to close and
Judge Griggs, after attending to some
routine business in the departments,
Will proceed home with his daughter.
Judge Griggs called at the depart
ment to make arrangements for NAM
ing candidate for the Naval Acad-
envy from his congressional district.
The examination occurs June 49, and
the Judge has not yet selected his can
didate or the alternates. He will do
so upon his return home. He called
at the Postoffice Department to look
after some minor postal matters. in
Guiding some applications for addi-
uonal postal facilities and the names
of the bondsmen at certain offices in
his district.
Judge Griggs declined to- make any
political speculation, and in converSa-
ton with Representative Wadsworth
of New York, who recently visited Hot
Springs, Ark, with the judge, play
fully remarked: "Wadsworth l don't
care if you Republicans do nominate
Roosevelt, 1 will wager you a big red
apple that Georgia will go Democratic"
Representative Wadsworth was
chairman of the Committee on Agricul-
ture in the last Congress, and he ex-
poets to be reappointed to that posi-
ton by Uncle Joe" Cannon. Mr..
Wadsworth and Judge Griggs are
staunch personal friends, and Mr..
Wadsworth has promised to take good
care of Georgia's agricultural interests
in the next general appropriation bill.
Capt. Butt Returns.
Capt "Archie" Butt, who entered the
volunteer service during the Spanish
war and afterwards received COM
mission in the regular army as cap
tain in the quartermasters depart
ment, has returned to Washington
from the Philippines, where he has
been on duty for several years. Capt.
Butt is well and favorably known in
Georgia, and in Washington, and it
will be gratifying to his numerous
friends to learn that he is to be as
signed to duty here as aide to Quar-
termaster General HUMPHREYS.
To Move From Nashville.
Orders will shortly be issued 10 the
superintendent of the rural free deiiv-
cry service for the Southern division,
with headquarters now at Nashville,
Tenn, to transfer his office to Atlanta
The Southern division embraces a
great number of states, of which Geor-
gia is the center.
AS a result of the scandal in the ru-
raj free delivery division of the Post
office Department, there is to be a
general shaking up in that branch of
the service to date from July 1.