The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-22
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET THIS WEEK
- M@-
State Convention to Be
Held In Atlanta To-
morrow
MAY HAVE STAIE TlCKfI |
viii Name Four Delegates at Large
to the National Repubiican Con-
vention and State Central
Committee

The Republicans of Georgia will
gather in convention at the state
capitol on Wednesday next for the
purpose OF naming delegates to the
coming national conventions four al
ternates and new central state com
mittee, and to transact such other
business as may be deemed proper
during the course OF the meeting.
The convention will be called to on.
der at II O'clock in the hall Of the
house OF representatives by j. II.
DereauN, collector of the port Of Sa.
yannah, who is secretary of the pres,
ent s,ate central committee. Tho
committee at present has no chair,
man. Hon. Walter M. Johnson who is
United States marshal for the north.
ern district OF Georgia, having resign,
ed on account Of an executive order
from President Roosevelt, which for.
bade Officials Of the government tax.
ing active part in such capacity. The
order resulted IL the resignation Of
number OF committee chairmen
Throughout the country.
The four delegates who will 80 from
the state at large to Irrational re-
publican convention aS Chicago win,
no DOUBT, be as has already been
stated Harry Stllwell lawards, -
Macon5 Judson w. Lyons. Of Augusta;
register OF the treasury; H. l.. John.
son, coiored lawyer of Atlanta and
Walter II. Johnson, United States mar
shal of the northern district OF Geor-
gia. II is not known yet who will be
the four alternates, but it is expected
that they Will be chosen also from
among the most prominent republicans
Of the state The district delegates,
two from each congressional di3t
trict, lave already been chosen at the
district conventions Of The party which
have been held at various times, so
the convention will have nothing to do
with these.
The Only other ddty before the con
yention will be the naming of "a new
state central committee, an institution
which is given great deal Of power
in the management of party affairs
in the seatc. Just who will be chair
man Of this committee has not yet
been determined, as the selection will
have 10 be made outside Of the re.
publican oflccholders Of the state.
AS to State Ticket.
There has been a good deal of talk
about the republicans putting out a
tate ticket this year in opposition to
the regular democratic nominees, but
it may be lated with certainty that
not be taken by the
tcUifSss anything is done at
all in this direction it will be by the
new state central committee, for to
that committee the convention will
leave the entire matter
Prominent republicans who are in
position to know state that there
is practically no Likelihood Of state
ticket being put in tne field. 1t. is
true. the matter may be discussed in
the state central committee and it
may go 50 Ear as an effort being made
TO secure candidate. But the com
mittee, it IA stated, will find it prac
tically impossible to secure as can
didates such men as il would desire
to have, and unless the bet men in
the party will consent to let them
selves be put up as sacrifices, it may
be pretty positively stated that no
thing will be done in this direction.
\ Republican leaders in the state rea-
lie that an effort to secure any Of
Tie state offices would be hopeless.
and when they put forwafd a ticket
it is only with view Of making a
showing They would, no doubt, oe
able to secure material for a ticket
but it is not such material as they
desire to put forward as representa-
tive. Of the party in Georgi@.
Well j, nwn Georgia repubi'ca 2 Do
pJl heslt9Je to mafe just such state
lent Of reasons as is gwen herewith
~. Gone Of them care to be Quoted for
obvious political reasons, Therefore
that the action OF the party this year
| VIII bc confined almost wnoily to nat
lional affairs