Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-11
NO NOMINATION MADE YET
BOYNTON AND BACON NECK Ann
NECK FOR FIVE BALLOTS.

eertainty-BOyntOn's Friends stiu'
HOpeful-PrOceedings of the Conven-
tion and Incidents of the Canvass.
ATLANTA, April 1O,-Atlanta was seen
at It's best this morning, and to its wonted
activity was added all the extra feverish
excitement incident to what promises to
be one of the most memorable conyen-
tlons in the history of the
State Democracy. When tba
last train arriving last night had dis
charged its passengers, nearly. all the
delegates who were to take part in to-
days struggle were on the ground. At
the hotels the scenes beggar description.
without exception the corridors were
thronged to their utmost capacity. That
the bar rooms were even better filled goes
without saying. 1t is a proverbial belief
with politicians that the respective can
vases OF their leaders can nowhere be SO
well advanced as over a bar where the
word-inspiring corn juice is freely flowing.
Ihls prehistoric and time-hOnOred custom
has not been allowed to lose anv
OF It's former prominence at the
present convention up to this
writing. The tippling and the can
vassing will be kept up until early hours
this morning and will be again taken up
before the early bird had has opportunity
TO fly far with his prOVerbial
worm. At IL O'Clock the ami
mated scene in front of
the State House was calculated to make
the heart of the most old time Democrat
throb with pulsatfOns of joy. When the
convention was called to order on the tick
OF twelve the old building was packed
from pit to gallery, and a large crowd
which lIn1h1p n Oai
tended way out into the street and made
1t almost impossible. Captain Henry
jackson, of this city, called the
convention to order. General Young
nominated Colonel Charles c. Jones,
of Augusta, for temporary Chairman
Hon. Patrick Walsh, of the Angus
ia Chronicle, having declined the caucus
nomination.
Judge KiddOO seconded the motion.
MIR. Jones made appropriate remarks on
taking the chair. 'EThe ConyentiOn.v he
said, "met under the shadow of a great
sorrow, and this should cause it to act
calmly and kindly. Let the unity of the
party" Mr.. Jones continued, abe put
above all personal preferences
Messrs. Harden, Cabaniss and Harri-
son, Clerks of the House and Senate, were
elected Secretaries.
General Young moved the appointment
of a committee of nine on resolutions and
organization.
Colonel WestmOreland, of Fulton. made
a similar motion for a committee on Gre
dentials. On the committee on perma-
nent organization the First district had
}. l.. Hammond, of Chatham, and on the
credentials committee j. B. Thomas, of
Burke.
The call of counties showed that Lau-
rens was the only one not represented.
and Decatur to be the only one which had
a cOntesting delegation. A Bacon man
objected to the few Bacon delegates on
the permanent organization committee.
but when General Young offered to add
more the leading Bacon men declined,
and said that they were satisfied.
The committee reported as follows i'm
behalf of harmony and good feeling: For
permanent President, Congressman Chas.
F. Crisp, of Sumter; that the majority
rule prevail; that the present Executive
Committee hold over to the next cOnven-
ton; that the rules of the House of Re-
representatives. be adopted. and that the
temporary secretaries be made permanent
G. W. Lamar, of Chatham, was one of
the committee to escort President Crisp
to the Chair. In acknowledging the honor
President Crisp said: "Despite my per-
sOnal preference / shall endeavor to hold !
the scales evenly, and no man shall say
that his candidate has suffered at the |
hands of the presiding officer. We should |
seek harmony. This is an extraordinary
occasion. We are surrounded by emblems |
of mourning. Let us proceed to nominate
in kindness. We owe more to the State
than to any friend. Let there be peace
and harmony and good will"
Mr.. WestmOreland reported on ere
dentials that r. II. Terrill, o. S. Boynton.
c. II. Curry, W. W. Wright, A. j: Town
send, w. II. Crawford, o. G. Gurley and |
j. VI. Brown be admitted from Decatur |
with n half vote each.
Colonel Grier, of Jones, and Mr. Brown,
of Decatur, opposed, and Mr.. Terrill |
favored the report. After a lively skir- |
mish the Chairman was allowed to explain !
the action of the committee, after which |
the convention adopted the report with
only three dissenting votes. There were
twenty delegates, and Mr.. Brown claimed !
to hold proxies for sixteen. The eight /
seated are of the original delegates Sc |
lected by the County Convention, and are
divided in their choice of candidates.
The convention then adjourned till
O'Clock.
Upon reassembling, Judge Hood, of Ran
dOlph, moved to proceed to make the
nomination.
Governor Smith, of MuscOgee, put Hon.
A. o. Bacon in nomination, and Col. II. L.
Kenan, of Clay, seconded it amid some
applause.
When Colonel Charles C. Jones arose
10 nominate OON6TUOI JdIlleS >. DONDUOn
perfect storm OF applause burst forth
from the BOynton delegates, and the en-
thusiaSm ran from man to man.
The demonstration invaded the clans
of the other aspirants, and for the nOnce
carried everything before it. 1t was evil
dent that the opposition was unprepared
for such tremendously popular Outburst.
and dismay was evident in the faces of
some of the opposing leaders.
Governor BOynton's nomination was
seconded by Hon. p. f. Smith, of Coweta.
Hon. r. G. Humber, of Putnam, nOmi-
mated Hon. Henry ID. Mcdaniel, and l.. f.
Livingston, of Newton, seconded it. Some
applause was heard.
All the candidates were highly eulO-
gized, and the speeches were good.
No other nominations were made, and
a ballot was ordered.
AM almost breathless silence marked
the absorbing interest which was felt in
the result of the first ballot.
When the President stepped forward to
announce the vote it seemed as though
his listeners fairly held their breath, the
surer to catch his words. The ballot, as
announced. stood as follows: Bacon 145, !
Boynton 139, Mcdaniel 36, Cook Ia, Sim
mons 6, w. Z. Smith 8, Crawford 8, Nc
Intyre =.
Burke cast four votes for j. j. Jones,
but changed to Bacon before the ballot
was announced.
When the announcement showed Mr.. |
Bacon to be in the van his followers were
fairly beside themselves with excitement, |
and fairly made the old hall ring with |
their slogan. The hackers of the other |
candidates were not dismayed, however, |
by the war cry of their opponents, and |
settled down to the work of voting sec |
ond time with renewed determination. |
Muscogee's vote for Bacon on the first
ballot created some surprise but no
dismay.
The second ballot resulted in 14S votes !
for Bacon, 141- for BoyntOn, 35 for Nc
Daniel, 10 for Cook, 6 for Simmons, and
1 each for Crawford and Smith.
The announcement was the signal for
another boisterOus Outburst from the
Bacon PhalanX.
The third ballot resulted as follows:
Bacon 143, BoyntOn 142, Mcdaniel 30,
Cook 20. Simmons T..
A BoyntOn delegates motion to adjourn
on this ballot was voted down amid con-
siderable excitement.
On the fourth ballot, when Governor
Boynton took the lead over Bacon by two
votes, the outburst was the most yOcifer-
Gus and prolonged of the day. The con-
vention seemed beside itself, and recalled
to mind some of the spirited scenes of the
great national conventions of three years
ago. The ballot in full was as follows:
Bacon, 139; BOyntOn, 141; MCDANIEL, 30;
Cook, 21; Simmons, Z,
On the fifth ballot Bacon had 152, Boyn-
ton 143, Mcdaniel 81, Cook 13, Simmons 8,
After the announcement of the fifth bal