The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-10
SAMBO IN CONVENTION.
GEORGTA REPUBLICANS AND THEIB
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCES.
Du-iy and Boi.tcrous Friends cf senator
Morton-A Hundred Negroes Talking ut
Oncc-The Democratic Party Arraigned.
Prom ne cincinnati Commercial.

ATLANTA, Ga, NAV 5.-.rhc Republican
Fl te convention, which has just closed W. s.s-
sion here, held for sic purpose Of selecting dcle-
yates to Cincinnati aud nominating II candidate
for Governor, was one OF the most protracteu'
diyorderly and Goa ica' eyer teIn IN siore
II o'clock great crowd Of black ma white spec,
tators began nling INTO the spacl gaiiereso Vi
the House Of Representative wh,ie the ue'g
yates took their places at the desks pelom' "
was an odd sight. 1t was the nfst ushe ~, , me
publican Convention held IN GcorHla IN TOUT
yc rs. The men If the olden time were mere,
these who tool part IN recons'fuc,,l9n hnu ~
org mixing the Republican parry on ueofRA SOL.
Familiar faces, brought down 10 us from he
Bullock ielime, were on HIND nut tme hau
left the M rks Of Us pro9r,e,. nS Ta,sn f ise
showed the effects Of time ana Demectatlc RUE.
All thcse s,gns Of densr,e1d glory ,s nIought DacS
Blodsett was on hand, not as delegate but
as a striker for Morton. lie sunder Indictment
10 several cases, and an efficient all bond only
Leeps him out ~ the Sherif's custody. Still,
before court meets, and durins the tendency OF
this camp ign, bet cnlo.ed to made his innu'
Nr FrrOw called the Convention to order.
Mr.. Deveaux bright Young mulntto from Sa-
vannah, was chosen empoiary Chairman. ms
young man, apparently not long out OF his teens.
cultivate. q small mousiache and large watch
chain, but fails "a an orator. HIS opening speech
was IN the nature OF failure.
A liack DELEGATE from the interior. about ak
feet and half high. aud less handsoms than
hpollo. got the no. and talked several others
down who h d II, or Thought they had, which -
she same tang IN crnve,n,ti9n. Having 20, Inc
nre In this here Cunv ntiou. and the frat thing
we know Wen be IN the middle Of the blaze lie
warned the delegates 20 keep the nimes from
bursting forth II once we get into confuslon
who can see the end
ANI1xoRIoS TACTICS.
when II came to the presentation OF creden-
pesred. There was great deal Of underhanded
wire working. and. as an old darky expressed
/. "shenanagln,I bout that time: Ihe Solored
eDd having large IN jority, 1t required EFFORT on
the part of Conhline's friends to manaRe things.
Before ANYTHING 81 importance had been done,
The Conkling and Blaine men moved recess
until 10 o'clock next day. The object Of this
darkics, so that many Of them would 20 home;
this, OF 1urse. raised row. A very black del
egate rot tho fioor and declared that he had
money enough to stay IN Atlanta "A whole week,
and he would do II rather than be deprived Of
his vote IN this invention. hut he referred
had money emo Oh to Keep them one DAY at
cheap boarding house, and he pleaded with the
anti Morton men not To resort to the cxpedent
VI delay to get rid OF the blacks, or any OF them.
In the de6,t II transpired that an al night
during the discussion OF these mighty ques-
lions. delegate rose To a ;, pint OF order, saw
ln2 that lie was opposed To wasting surplus
Parliamentary law Is n d iflcut science TO mas
ter at best, ana when you have one hundred ne
groes talking about II Gozeu at a time. each
trying T. talk down the rect by mere strength OF
gesture. and force u wind, and the President
f,ppipg all tn time, and the mob In the gal.
leries yelling nd throwing paper wads and cali
log cats. you have a case difficult TO describe,
but Immensely HtnusinZ.
KNocK-powN ARGUMENTS.
The next day, Thursday, the fun was begun
again. After All ths skirlnshine and wool pull
Ing, ~ was apparent that the bottom cause OF
strife was anxiety to go to CINCINNATI and advo-
cate various favorite sons. The whites were
divided between blaine, Brstow. and Morton,
EhiIe the siaehs were simo,t 9 1'sn1n Tor
very great. Tire delegation IL, OF course, limited
10 twenty-five, while about one hundred sought
tbe place. The luxury Of being an unnstruc;ed
Delegate in a city where peer Is only i've cents
class is something worth striving Tor.
When the Convention re1sscmtled at night
the galleries We packed TO their fun capacity.
The riyht-hand gallery was hlled with whites,
The left with blacks, and the centre with both.
The whites were boisterous, ind manifested a
DEPOSITION To turn the whole affair INTO rdicue.
When the resolutions were being read, which
was upon the Assem- bling OF the Convention,
ZONE Of these rude fellows In the galleries (proo-
IDLY drunk would create disturbances In the
Regular fight, and two were knocked down, to
the great terror Of the negroes. One man
amused himself by exploding torpedoes. All
this was not pleasant In densely-packed build
Ing, with most men armed, and vague feeling
that we trerd upon volcano.
Now, N this had been u Democratic Conyen-
ton aud negroes in the CALLER les had acted thus.
what a howl We would hear In the land he
races are equal-on paper.
Tho resolutions as adopted very bitter.
They arraiRn the Democrtic party for treason,
slavery secession, notification, assassination,
fraud, murder, robbery, and so on. 1t Is Vi COR
ously bitter and aggressive set of resolves Fight
sticks out all over It. The Dem cratic party is
pictured In muddy Colors, and the more vigorous
The plank the more vigorously 1t was applauded
upon being read.
MORTON THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
The colored delegates would not be silent as
TO Morton. No sooner had this resolution been
tabled than another jumped up, pledgins Geor-
gia to Morton first, last, and all the time. (Ile is
fa ,n souJ ne mover 81 TINS resolution
60 get him down. He stood like q rock and
spoke nearly one hour. lie was great bore.
To get rid Of him the Speaker ruled him down,
Ehereupon he read p Elementary law to the
Speaker, and told him he didn't understand that
science. Great confusion. Speech goes
Morton is the greatest man who ever lived
applause, shouts, cheers, and yells. Tue hour
draws near midnight, and still no end to the
speech. 1t Is irregular machine affair. The ma
chine was wound up and ad to run down.
White Delegate who wanted to 90 homc)-Is
there no way to stop that damned niRReri
Colored Delegate-Ihe gemon has the fo'.
Orator-And III keep It til Sunday but what
~ express my sentiments afore this Conven-
Cries Of Put him out |" This amt Morton
meeting u and immense confusion.
cross between screech owl and saw mill, with
'51d coldl-i ari.e 70 pint e order.
Damn your pint Of Order!'
Qliet partially restored, speech goes on. The
eoIored gentleman stick TO I! until he got
Mr.. Wimpey tw6ite) seconded The Morton reso
luton. Morton was the only man who could do
bhe Southern Republicans any good He would
enforce the law. He would put stop to arrest
Ing Union men In North Georgia for selling lys
cents worth Of untaxed whiskey, and he would
lurl the energies Of the Government against the
ku-kiux and murdefeIs Of negroes. tGreat ap
plause.l II had been said that Morton could
bot carry New York, That don't make any dii
ference, continued Wimpey, for don't believe
ne can carry New York any way. Immense
applause In the galleries, and cries from the
Democrats tnere assembled, "rh ts SO
nThat's SO r. Bully Tor New YorKi"l
In conclusion, he moved tn previous ques-
tion. Tremendous confusion, and cries OF
Don't, don't" ON, yes, yes, let's FIX Morton
right here" &c. The very demon OF confusion
himself seemed TO have taken possession OF
things.
BABEL IN AFRICA.
colored delegate thought there were other
men in the United States besides o. r. Morton.
When he was a slave root doctor came along.
THIS doctor got one Of the niggers to buy some
OF tho roots, tel ing hiu that " he would keep
them In his cabin he could cure his IN ster, and
would not tie whipped. lie hung the roots over
the cabin door aud when his m aster came In
the morning he cursed him, told him to 20 to
the devil, hnd so fortn. What did that master
cor lie gave that Niger about 800 Iashes.
Ihe root doctor came back to see how the roots
hsd worked. The Niger told him they weren't
no account, that he had cursed his master, and
got An awful whipping. "Ohi" said the doc or,
you should not have cursed your master until
he got out OF hearing" The reaaer N ay apply
the storY-if he can. give II up.
Then followed another attempt to force the
Morton resolution. II LED 10 tho NJ est uproari-
GUS confusion. A dozen or more delegates col