Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22
ESTABLISHED 1880.

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| speeches, and were elected as follows:
! Secretary of State-Hon. N. G. Barnetl
| of Baldwin.
Comptroller General-Hon. William A.
| Wright, of Richmond.
Treasurer-Hon. D. N. Speer, of Troup.
Attorney General-Hon. Clifford Auder-
SOD, of Bibb.
The nomination of candidates for Com
gresham. at-large created another buzz OF
excitement in the convention, as nearly
every delegate wanted to see q member on
the other side of the chamber. Mr.. D. n
Turner, OF Cobb, seconded by Mr.. L. F.
Livingstone, of Newton, presented the
name OF Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of Bibb.
Hon. G. G. Jones, of Richmond, seconded
by Mr. Bender, OF Meriwether, run up the
colors Of Hon. George 7. Barnes, of Rich
mOnd. Mr.. Barrow, of Clarke, seconded by
Mr.. Harris, OF Worth, nominated Hon. H,
ID. Carlton. Mr.. Nathan Bass, of Floyd,
seconded by Mr.. Wofford, of Barlow, intro.
duced Hon. VIM. H. Dabney. Mr. Shumate
announced the withdrawal OF Mr.. Glenn
from from the race In favor of Mr.. Hardemau.
me answer to the roll had not proceeded
Iar Wnen 1t became evident that Hardeman
was 700 Tar In the lead for any of the Others
s4 W ever catch up with him. A scene of the
60" 7-e oH.nusiasm took place when the
ngure IIo announced that Hardeman nod
received clear majority of tba oo.-.o.t tIau
Ioe close OF the call resulted. Hardaman
2l713, Barnes n, Carlton 49,. Dsbno1 10
a general change to Hardeman tool 1iooo ~
making his selection unanimous. SnaIdino,
county was the first to change from Carlos
and Barnes to Hardeman. The change was
announced by Mr.. Speer, and was greeted
with round after round of applause The
following is the vote by counties:
For Hardeman-Appling, Baker, Baldwin,
Berrien, Bibb, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Butts
q, Calhoun, Camden, Campbell ], Carroll /,
Charlton, Chatham 8, Chattahoochee, Chero-
kee, Clay, Clayton l, Clinch, Cobb 8, Cot
fee, Colquitt, Coweta, Crawford, Dade,
Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb 3, Dodge 1, Dooly,
Dougherty 2, Douglass, Early, Echols, Eff
fingham l, Fannin, Fayette, Forsyth l, Full
ton 3, Gllmer, Glynn, Gordon l, Gwinnett Q,
Hall 2, Harris, Heard l, Henry 1. Houston,
Irwin, Jasper /, Jones, L4urens, Lee, Liber-
ty, Lumpkin 1, Macon, Marion, Merfwether
l, NJ Her, Milton, Mitchell, Monroe, Mont
gomery, Muscogee l, Newton 2, Pickens 1,
Pierce, Pike 8, Polk l, Pulaski, Putnam,
Quitman, Randolph, Rockdsle 1. schley,
nall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas. Troup |
2, Twiggs, Union l, Upson, Walker, Wash |
ington, Wayne, Webster, White /, Wilcox. |
Wilkinson, Whitfield l.
Barnes-Burke, Butts IL, Campbell
|: Chatham 3, Clayton 2, Columbia. De-
Kalb l., Dodge l, Dougberty 1, Efng-
ham l, Emanuel. Forsyth l, Fulton Q. GIas
cock, Green 3, Gwinnett /, Hall 1. Han
cock, Heard 1, Henry 1, Jasper 16, JET |
ffrson, johnson, Lincoln, Lumpkin !, Nc |
Duttie, Mcintosh, Meriwether 3. Murray,
Muscogee 3, Newton L. Pike l, Polk /,
Richmond, scriven, Spalding l, Sumter l, |
Taliaferro, TrOup 2, Warren, Wilkes 4.
Carltnn-Banks, Catoosa, Clarke, Dough |
ertY l, Elbert, Franklin, Fulton l, Green l. |
Gwinnett l, Habersham, Hall, Hart. Jasper |
q, Lowndes, Morgan, Newton /, Oconee, |
Oglethorpe.
Dabnev-Bartow, Carroll 1, Chattooga.
Cobb l, Floyd, Gordon 1, Haralson, jackson,
Madison, Paulding, Plckens l, Rockdale l, |
Spalding l, Sumter l, Towns, Union 1, Wal
ton, White l, Worth.
A SPEECH By MR.. HARDEMAN.
A committee was at once sent out to bring
In the nominee and have him address the
When he entered the hall the
cheering was renewed. Proceeding to the
of Hodge, of Dooly, who woke up drunk,
ana did not know where he was.
feel something as he did. say feel so
because when l was a candidate and wanted /
votes | could not get any. You have hon
ored me with position for which tender
you the ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF a grateful
heart. 1t was believed, fellow citizens. that
there would be divisions and strife in the
Democratic party. 1t is true that there
were some mutterings. It is true that the
did fash for a while. We had
some numbering, but It was only the storm
that purified the atmosphere and left the
party In healthy condition. say TO-DAY
chat II every man that belongs to the
d. mocratic party would bring personal
aspirations and ambition and sacrifice
them upon the altar of the party. we
would have no party strife. For myself
perish forever personal ambition and per-
sonal qualification and personal aspirations.
II they are to be secured at the expense of
the peace and harmony of the great Demo
cratic party OF Georgia. Fellow citizens,
YCu are the party OF the people, and the |
gentlemen whom you have called by your
votes to be your executive never uttered a
truer sentiment nor q more patriotic one
than when he said he would be the Governor
or the whole people, because why did he
say It? The Democratic party is the party
OF the people. | say to these friends who
have honored me with their confidence, that
l feel the responsibility that rests upon me.
and pledge myself If elected-if your action
Is ratified by the people-that I will know
no party, except 1t be a party to protect
the interests and honor and glory of Geor-
gia. Georgia is my native State. Here 1
expect to live, and here intend to die, and
Il am forced to leave l shall charge, like
Joseph, II my bones are in some distant
land, that they be brought back to nv na-
tive State, to be buried in her soil, and let
my dust be mingled with the dust of her
hills. l thank you for the honor, and pray
God to give me strength to meet the expec-
tations Of this intelligent and generous as
semblY.
His speech was rapturously applauded
throughout.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following gentlemen were selected as
me mbers of the State Executive COMMITTEES
to which Chairman jackson was added "a
Drestdtng officer. Four members, for the
State at large, will he appointed hereafter
First District = Hon. J. 81. Estill. OF
Chatham; Hon. j. L Sweat, OF Clinch.
Second Dlstrict-HOn. VIM. Harrison of
. Iitman; Hon. Byron E. Bower, of Decatur
Third District-Hon. W. H Willis. of
Macon; Hon. D. NJ. Roberts, of Dodge.
Fourth District-Hon. Henry r. Harris. of
u aeriwether; Hon. John King, of MuscoGee
Fifth Dislrict-HOn. John I. Hail ~
3palding; Hon. W. D. Nottingham of
Houston. "a
Sixth DIstrict-Hon. Joseph 8. Turner. of
'utnam; Hon. W. Dessau, of Bibb.
Seventh Distribution. John w, Akin. of
3artow; Hon. Arthur II. Gray, of Catoosa.
Eighth Dlstrict-Hon. .Wilberforce Daniel.
IT Richmond; Hon. T. 81. Colley, of Wilkes
Ninth DIstrict-Hon. F. G. Tate. of
'ickens; Hon. Tyler NJ. Peoples, of Gwin-
lett.
THE RULES AGAIN.
Mr.. Pringle, of Washington, fntroduced.
WHEREAS, The Democratic Fxecutiva
Committee of the State, in calling fbis
5ubernatorisl Convention, reouested tbaf
ZACH county,. In choosing It's delegates to
his convention, be urgently reouested IN
express its desire as to whether the conven.
Ion, In nominating candidates, observe the
wo-thirds or the majority rule: and
whereas, This convention having declared
n favor OF the majority rule
Resolved, That we recommend that the
majority rule obtain In all future State Com
entions. WI
able. '>- '-- '40
PREPARING FOR ADJOURNMENT.
The members generally were on their feet.
lats in hand, ready for the signal to 90
Vhen Mr.. w. A. Harris, of Worth. claimed
ttention for parting resolution, which
vas adopted:
ReSolOed, That the thanks of this cooven-
ion be and are hereby rendered TO Hon
ienry jackson, President, for the able and
IMPARTIAL manner In which he has presided
'Ver the deliberations of the convention: also
esolved, that the thanks are hereby ter
ered to Messrs. NJ. A. Hardin and n. Fl
}abaniss, Secretaries, and Messrs. r A
SacoD, A. Hood, Jr., and Pascal J. Moran.
Assistant Secretaries, for the faithful man
In NH .Nah H.