The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-06
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
THE GoBER- MORRIS CONTEST
NAY RESULT IN NEW WAY OF
CHOOSING JUDGES.


Awarding the Election TO Gober
ms it Did Is Crfticised-ShOuId
Have Been an Investigation and
Another Primary, some Declare.
Adjutant General Hears from Gem
eraI COrbin About Maneuvers.
Atlanta. May 5.-The decision of the
state Executive Committee. in the
matter of the Gober- Morris contest,
over the nomination for the judgeship
of the Blue Ridge Circuit, was the alb
sorbing topic of discussion at the Cap
itol and among the politicians to-day.
The resolutions as passed by the Ex-
ecutive Committee practically admit
ted the existence of fraud in two coun-
ties of the circuit, Fannin and Gilmer,
which being true, many hold that there
should have been another investigation.
The committee, however, held that 1t
could not investigate because 1t was
without power to compel the attend
ance of witnesses. and to administer
oaths. Many think that there should
either have been some sort of investi-
CATION, or that the committee should
have ordered new primary in the cir
cult.
There is scarcely anyone who does
not believe that the disclosures in this
case will lead to change in the meth
DDS of choosing judges of the Superior
Courts.
GeOrEia's Quota 1850 Men.
Adit. Gen. S. w. Harris to-day re-
ceived a telegram from Adjt. Gen. H.
c. Corbin, stating that Georgia's quota
of troops for the fall maneuvers at
Manassas, Va. had been increased to
1900 and would probably be still fur
Their increased. Notice has been re-
ceived from Col. Usher Thomson of
the Third Infantry Regiment to the
effect that he would take five compa-
MES. with a minimum of fifty men
each, and the Governors Horse Guard
has expressed a desire to go.
Up to the present time no word what
ever has been received from the COM
manding officer of the First cavalry,
nor from the Second Infantry. Gen.
Corbin has expressed desire to have
as large a number of cavalry as posi-
BILE present at these maneuVers.
Boyett Appointed, BOatright RE
signs.
Gov. Terrell, who returned to-day
from his trip North, where he witness
ed the launching of the City of At
lanta at Chester, Pa, appointed r. A.
J. Boyett Judge of the County Court
of Quitman county, to succeed J. NJ.
Harrell, resigned. Judge Harrell re-
signed because he was. recently nomi-
mated for the Legislature. from Quit
man.
Gov Terrell also received the resig-
nation of Judge F. G. Boatright of
the City Courtsof Triton, to take effect
June 5, his successor will be elected by
the people.
Greater Georgia Meeting June IS.
At the meeting to-day of the Ex-
ecutives Committee of the Greater
Georgia Association it was decided to
cali the annual convention on June 2S.
President ]. K. Orr made report in
which he told of the work of the as
ISOLATION during the last year and sug-
gested that the Legislature be petit
toned to establish a department of inn
migration, appropriating $4,000 year
for its expenses. 1t was decided to
distribute literature on Georgia at the
st. Louis exposition.
Respite for Williams.
Gov. Terrell to-day granted second
respite, this time for two weeks, to
Seymour Williams, colored, who was
to have been hanged tomorrow in
Sumter county for the murder of a
white man named Edmundson. Will
liaIns' accomplice in the crime got off
with a life sentence. The Governor
and Prison Commission desire further
time to examine into certain facts in
connection with the case.
sOciOIogists Meet Next Week.
The third annual meeting of the
Georgia Sociological Society will be
held in Atlanta, May 10, IL and IL, in
the Sunday-school room of st. Luke's
Episcopal Church. Among the most
important subjects on the programme
for discussion are: Juvenile Courts"
Prevention of Tuberculosis" Race
Tracks and Pool Selling Juvenile
Offenders, " Legal Aid Societies." and
the Relation of the Church to Social
Questions" The following are some of
the speakers DR.. r. r. Kirme, DIR. J.
Lawton HERS, Rev. A. r. Holderby,
DIR. Theodore Oertel, Burton Smith,
and Rev. Len G. Broughton.
Want Republican State Ticket.
AS a result of the failure of the re-
cent Republican State Convention to
place in the field a state ticket, there
is now a well defined faction in the
party that is loudly clamoring for a
state ticket and which asserts that the
bosses in control of the State Conven-
ton prevented the formation of such
tickets. This faction has called
meeting of Republicans to be held
Tuesday night in this city in Bishop
Turner's tabernacle, at which time 1t
is expected that a movement will be
fnaugurated for the placing of state
ticket before the people. 1t is also ex-
pected that the meeting will develop
some hot talk in regard to the pro-
ceedings of the State Convention.