New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-10-15

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Cctobor ,, 1874.
IT. the Etitorof the Ne,o National Era:
take this method of informing you of my
actions, and to give plainly the reasons why
| exposed, by affidavits, the Wimberly and
Campbell's ring. in order to set myself square
before my people.
1t is true that advocated Mr.. Jesse VIM.
berry. L canvassed several counties. went
into the counties of Emanuel, Scriven, Eff.
fngham, Bryan, Burke, and Mcintosh, for
the purpose of getting delegates to urge the
claims of Mr.. Jesse Wimberly before the
nominating convention. The delegates from
Burke and Mcintosh and the contesting dele
gates from Emanuel county were the only
ones that promised me their support for Mr..
Jesse Wimberly. | fought for Mr.. VIM
berly's nomination manfully at that time be-
cause l thought he was true and an honest
Republican. The nominating convention
met at Savannah, Ga, August ., 1874. l
went into that convention as a delegate from
Burke county, the resident county of Mr..
Wimberly. fought for Mr.. Wimbery 70 nom.
ination faithfully and honestly before that
convention, and continued to urge his claims
before the Republicans of the district for
three or four days after the adjournment OF
the convention. Mr.. T. G. Campbell, Sr.,
was delegate to that convention from Nc
Intosh county, and also a member of the
committee on credentials. requested T. G.
Campbell, Sr. TO call me and one or two more
Chat named to him) before the committee
on credentials to testify to the legal claims Of
the contesting delegates; but old r. G. saw
that the contesting delegates had no shadow
uI Il right before that conventian /; he failed
to have the witnesses summoned before the
committee, and brought a unanimous report
by which the contesting delegates were left
out, when, ifhe was dissatisfied, should have
brought before that convention a minority
report favorng the admission of the contest.
ing delegates but he failed, just like he will
do in everything he undertakes hereafter
After the committee on credentials and the
committee on organization had reported, the
chair then stated that the convention would
proceed to nominate candidate for Con.
gress. Rev. &. O. Fisher nominated Col. j
f. Bryant, seconded by r. w. White. Mr.
Jesse Wimberly was nominated by T. G
Campbell, Sr., who made a speech of about
two hours, was seconded by myself, after which
Hon. ii. Nj. Turner replied to Mr.. T. G
Campbell, ST., from whose recommendation
Col. J. E. Bryant received over three-fourths
of the votes of the convention, which was a.
follows: Col. J. f. Bryant, 50 votes Jess.
Wimberly, votes Col. J. E. Bryant's ma
jority, 80 votes. Hon. L. G. Campbell, Sr.
and myself were beaten so badly, seeing tina
only Burke and Mcintosh voted for Mr.. Win
berly, we claimed that it was not fair, an,
that we intended to protest against the &C
tions of the convention. The Hon. r. G
Campbell, .Sr., myself, Mr.. Jesse Wimberly
the contrasting delegate from Emanuel an
Liberty counties, and few citizens frou
Burke county, met at Mr.. J. P. Kendy'y ball
on Price street, the evening of the same da
and organized the meeting by calling Hon
John Warren, of Burke county, to the chail
On motion, the followingcommittee were ar
pointed TO draw up the protest T. G. CAM
bell, George B. Snowden, J. P. Kendy, an
D. H. Spearing. Remarks were then mad
by Hon. T. G. Campbell, ST., Jesse Win
berly, myself, and D. II. Spearing and Others
Two days afterwards the protest was draw
up by Mr.. T. G. Campbell in pencil, writin
on paper and a part on slate, and the ba
ance was drawn up by Mr.. Jesse Wimberly