The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-03-11
SCRAP WILL OPEN IN DAWSON
STRONG FRACTIONAL FIGHT IN
STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Effort to Displace JudsOn w. Lyons
for White Man as Member of
the National Committee.

for White Man as Member of
the National Committee.
Around the membership on the
national committee will be waged
the strong factional fights in the re-
publican party of Georgia, according
to talk among the leaders. 1t is
stated that a strong effort is being
made to displace Judson W. Lyons
of Augusta, who has represented this
state in the national councils of the
C. o. P. for twelve years, and to
give the job to a white man. The
three white republicans spoken of in
connection with the place are Henry
Blum, Jr., of Savannah, E. F. Blod-
gett of Atlanta and Harry Edwards
of Macon The negroes who are OPP
posed to Lyons, but who wish to re-
tain the honor for their race, are
booming A. Graves, nOn-Office hold
ing negro of Atlanta.
Lyons has been in Atlanta for the
past several days, and has held sew
eral conferences with leaders, white
and black Most of his time has
been spent in the federal building,
and it is said he has been trying to
line up the office holders there on
his side. The first show down will
probably come on March 28th, when
| two district conventions will be held
one in the Second district at Daw-
son, and the other at Marshallville,
! in the Third district. The main pur-
pose of these two meetings will be
| to elect two delegates for each dis
trict to the national convention IN
! Chicago, and it is said that the con-
test over the national committeeman
will overshadow that of the presi-
Dental nomination.
Will Call Meeting.
Col. w. H. Johnson, marshal for
the northern district of Georgia, will
call meeting of the state commit
tee in few days. He is chairman.
The purpose of the meeting will be
to arrange for the state convention,
when four from the state at large
will be chosen 1t is also rumored
that a state ticket will be named.
The present national committee
man was for two terms registrar of
/ w
was retired by President Roosevelt
about a year ago. He is not Roose-
welt man now, and is opposing the
nomination of William H. Taft.
However, it is said that Lyons is sac
rificing his views on the national sit
uatiOn to his desire to remain iii
the national councils. He is the only
negro on the committee at present,
and his retirement would mean that
the national organization would be
entirely white. This, his friends ar
que, is all the more reason why he
should be reelected. 1t will be up
to the delegates to Chicago to Sc
lect the national committeeman.
1t is also said that the national
leaders are adverse to Lyons being
retained on the committee, and pre-
fer that some white man be given
the place.
: None of the state leaders will ven
ture a forecast as to how the state
delegation will be lined up in the
national convention. Taft strength
is said to be weaker than elsewhere
in the south, although some of the
most prominent members of the par
ty in Georgia are for his nomina ton.
The negro element is inclined to-
wards Foraker, but most OFF them
look upon him as a hopeless propO-
sition. Many favor Hughes and some
look kindly upon LaFolette.
Meet in Dawson Saturday.
The republicans of Terrell county
| will meet at the court house in
Dawson on next Saturday, the 14th,
to elect delegates to the district con-
vention which will meet here on the
28th, when the fight for supremacy
! in Georgia between the factions will
be begun in earnest.