, 1880-09-18

tile election Of tile Rev. w. j. Willie. C1lUrtd.
of Augusta, President. Tho general drift Of
tllu specchcs which followed the scaling Of
the Chairman showed plainly tlnt few Ut The
delegates wanted 10 1llnke Any nominations.
S1Nc OF the members who gained possession
Of the flour stated t1lat Il fair count could mt
lie tIld; Willis others held ttatt by tic new
Constitution Of the State, In the event tint
three candidates are il, tho field for Govern
Or, the ulo elected nlust have II majority Ut
atvotes Gust md, II It 50 happens thai neither
ut tic tllrre or moro candidates has received
II minority Of tho votes cnsl, then the f.egls-
laturc etrcts 4 Governor, Now, Us some Of
them believed that Republican could not
ge; majortty of nil the votes cast, neither
cUnftl lie get u majority Of the members OF
the Legislature, they thought t|lat Il was III
cSpcllent to nominate candidate for Gov
er,0r.
1'tlusa who took tho other side of the argyll
mcnt held that the party could havo no hopes
Of SUCCESS unless 1t had II head. They
thought II advisable to nominate a full ticket
for State officers, aud In that way hold tho
party together.
THE HON. i. c. FREEMAN,
recently nominated for Congress lit the Fifth
District, entered the lall during the progress
Of lilo discussion, and, upon gAIntng The al
tention Of the President, said; II desire to
stnt&, to this Convention thnt will not make
tho race fur Congress, ~ do n0t think that
purity has, q head.", This intelligence fell
Of the members who lad conyelsed with Mr.
Freell!ai, hat been Informed by HIN TINT lie
Intended 10 run. ttld was satisfied Of bis c!ec
ton, ny the vote Of the district would he d.
yidctl between Two Democrats to sltch an ex.
flint hH rft11h rnGf1r win n
tin, Of the Republican vnte ut the district.
One Uf tlle cOl0rgd members NJ the Conyell-
tion,. who becan!e Indignant at Air. Free
lnall,s action, arose and salI: New Fres-
makes tc secont time dat ho is been nom.
iNatcl for Congress, Hnd both times he's
nctr'1 DC SANG WY. Maybe te 20 done see o!it
= auteu as he hid done, aid wo,lnd up their ri:
marks by sayLng that hereafter they would
llnve no confidence In him.
After considerable discussion, IN which
resolution WIS adopted to the effect that tho
Convention thoughtlt
INExrEpIESr To rur a CANDIDATE IN THE
FIELD FOR ANY STATE OFFICE.
Thls, actIon WIS in,iorsetl BY fully two
thirds Ut tho Convention, while the otlIer
third wanted to lnake nomination, ro mat
ter what the consequences would Dr..
After tho passage Dt the resolution, the
Hon. Jonathan Norcross, who oppnset Gov.
Cotqnltt for Governor, npnn tho Republican
ticket, fo9r years years AGO. Mas allowed thp priv
duclnx a resolution which he desired adop1-
ell. 1he resolution wns read. It vas to tile
elect TINT the Convention tnko such acti0n ny
would lead 10 cnstlng the Nepub!ican vote Of
minority. of t.e Democratic State Conycn.
tioil, which failed to nnku a nomination.
Mr: Nnrcrnss said TINT tliere now existed
split In tho ]eult'crat'c ranks IL GeorgIa;
Vote ; Of tils Staio to NorwooA, , d wedge woliid
be driven IN tint for MI time to come. wonlA
prevent thu, two factions frun1 coming to-
getter, md would divide the Dontp-
;alS That party Ct IT, xsa ssS 6 e fS%al Ss
Witch a%e thste wers heayy II hepubiiss" {'s sm.jori.
lies, 30 that Republican members Of the
a sSc aetlea % a s1eise' e advoeatea @ oS vas
adopted.
REPUBLICAN, VOTES WOULD he COUNTED
NOW
where aucl, q thing ,was unknown heretofore.
A1r. Norcross stated that 10 believed that, In
WIFI wlsro tho KepHbiican purity Ind tho grsaiesl
strength, conllnatlon could BY effected
With tho friends Of A!r. Norwood, by wnic!!
9ultc. Il plumber 0t Republican members Of
~ hhcsf;nts Kss so y es essted wtthoSt
such n c0lnbinntion cutl,l BIZ worked SUCCESS.
fully; ,a1tt lle bellgycd that It wuNit retl0ultl
t1 l!lo Interest Of tEB Republican party Ut Tho
Stnte 10 adopt ttc line Of policy advocated
by ll!ni, Tho sltcaker. urged upon tho Con-.
ycntton to net now. and not walt until thore
WIS n? cl,a1lce for tito purity 70 bc benefited.
Col. Norcross snl.l: "As Republicans, VIC
gailtl0t lntlorse either Democratic candidate;
without compromising ourselves Or Tie party
md would opi'oss tile endorsement of any
Democrat for my olllco Il, tta K!ft Ut the
fAypr placing thu vote Of the Iarty whufe It
would Do the Llost good for ourselves"
statlnK, that hs ila.! been IN correspondenco
consl. duration; amit that Str: Jewslf Ind writ
ten lllla letter, which llB had In his pocket
FULLY AaKgElSo WITH HIN
upon the pulley which iI1 aslv0cated. lie
sala that fU offered tho suggestion III tho In
terest Of neither, alr. Norwood nor Mi. Col
p'WSFx Wx,sa at oGSs1s'N Gols 'No.cro.s had concluded.
epecclies were lisade by T.: D. Lock (tle
Postmaster Ut CoIuabus). Jeff Long. nna anne
the a!option of tic Elall presented 70 tarclbly
by Col. Nurcrt,ss. Wien thu question WaH
Riace!l oeior" ,., tlie house, the resolution Of
Atn latU hour in tlie afternoon, j. E. Dry
alit, OILS Uf the leading Republicans 0f the
State, who was III thu Convention OIL u proxy,
rInle II SPEECH In which lle slep0red tho stu.
H!!nn OF t':o !!sp,Gl!cal, PartS, lls saltt that
faet that l'e Meyer voted LomncEattc ticket
IN hts life, md never expected m Col. Dry-
mt sud that he wanted the Convention TO
reconsider the resolution H. w!.ici! had oeS3
not think It itexpet!ent TO place candidate IN
the full. l1a saiu that he wanted to east his