, 1880-08-31
rvo Democrats Running for Cow
crnor: ColTt1ftt and Nor.
Wo0ds
The Republican State Convention
WiII Probably Make No
Nominations.
r,nuhltans Certain Of Legislative Gains Sow, and
Hopeful Of carrlpg tho State TITO
Years lIenta.

JrG Grnfuh CHllLlnitd ~ HFpElIl VI atlv tInnk Cb-
n.,,4nuIng character fur the Republicans. Tho
tsncs..tlc party Is split 10 such MI extent that
nvthtnx TINT can happen will over briug tho cou-
tcndlilg PARTIES together.
lIpon tho one sfdo Ia
ALFRED II. C0EQu1TT,
I'm rrcscnt f1oycrnor, who, f.inR to he rcnom-
InntfA fnr thAt high 0ftce, hdlted the cUtyrn-
tIon, anil ts nuw mixing tho racn for Governor
nn,n recommendation Eiyon him by Il nluJor-
Nv of tho dclcgntes Ia tho convention. 1le Ia
bulstcre up IN tho contest by Julll, H. Gordon,
,cr.Jultcl stntes Senator Of Georgia, who IL
rnnr,utl With hnyfnr trntcd olr his oI1ice to
cx.fjuy, joseph +. 1Ir,Wn, now IT tnenlber
of tho scnnto from Georgia. sc,ntor
1lrown is nlso grooming Cotql1Itt In tho
rorc, ns reward for tho appointment.
f;uy colq.lltt hopes to get tho slppurt Of lnrYo
number Of tho white votcra Ut tho Stntc, to-
ctthcr with tho solid co1ored strength, which he
thinks will bo sufficient to return him to ofllce
Thu cotDrcd vote he hn8 been cOurtluG for tho
pnst three years, by preaching to tho negroes
and delivering nutlrcssos to the!r Sundny-
echoois whenever an opportunity offered itself.
THE HON. THOMAS II. NORWOOD,
i'm "Tcoplc'B" canutlntc. put before tho voters
Of tho Etntc by tho minority Of tho Convention,
which body retained thoir scats III the hnl
after tho ColGl1itt wing Of tho Convention bolt
cd,-ls Inuking 4 vigorous campaign ngnlnst
Gov, Co'qutt. lie Is backed by hob Too,nbs,
Zen Hill, Alexander II. Stephens. md othor
prominent politicians Of tho state, Toomls hns
already tnken the stump nn1 Hill and Stephens
tei,dcrirg their Huppurt. Those two statesmen
@ @ oes 81 nd NDrya Saes ans sso e. o ao
paIgn is now thoroughly opened.
oanI pT1,ia1nSSnt na 1Sn ~ m o t. liz H. IT, 1o
publicnns Of uenrVla, in thIs city, TN tho !th OF
na1t month"; falls to nominato i can,alt!nto for
unsef,i sn ,r ne Npr,, 1,, tat w" 'o'' III"
TIE CoEoisEp VOTE WILL DE nADtY srLlr.
Tie snya that tho Norwood ndyocatcs Will mike
us4 saptal @ t99 aha fas. that Z I,rq G{S!aa
yrts mid Tint tho inl1lililnn trcatc1It 0f these
crcHtiISs, is shown by recent report, viii t,tr1l
s @ ssSsd % xo9 ia Fl n o srfG 9E9 u 9 e.
who. III bis oYen!ng speech, condemned tho coss;
,tet system Us @ ail outrag9 upon destcncy. anl
ore thAt should bo abolished. This being
known, tho negroes nro divided, and the leaders
ot the rsace are o., TIE stulnp advocating their
1ubesna!2rIal prcferenccs. There Il no ea,tr..- r.
Btate IL the winning card. and. with tho whites
baaly divided, tho man TINT ca1l control tho
s1sntssf gIsass number OF eo0f'a votes will DO tho
beginning to end, md ill.fectlu9 will bc pro-
duIsel In, and
~. lIA1sn hASouAoE HAs A. ne nEfS Used
Maticr sans Il Is ,nce hi hetwen erS fso ,e
~. on "t,niwjn y ~ wicot =, tho fr1t' -
sns 4I ~. niH iss tt IL enu iu'Ht ~ ~
se o. th9 hs StS ho Sana sf tho @
;sssii + aesatea. Tss n,sin Ss{s:tlen s e dsss.
otls. ~ ~ M] ny ae ~ un"sHea "is0 oe'ns ''eeAh
%Th!, Th1a ,,ro ~ ii.1s9at GMM null nm f, N, oyor,
snR aas @ en,seM 70 DO ran H. esefy
an frinpnnt,enf mn n rnn1,jsr unn,tnco nrc RIM
nng, ltcpuDllcan Ii aaso In tho race. With tho