Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-26
CLOSED TN A DEADLOCK.
ANOTHER DAY OF FRUITLEsS
BALIOTING.

Hundred and Seventy -Three Ballots
aud No Choice Yet-The Delegations
Urge the Claims of Their Candidates
and Settle Down to Flight Out the Is
sues.
Mercury was lowering among the high
ninetfes ia the Superior Court room when
Chairman Wade took his seat yesterday
morning, and announced the convention
in order. The delegates floor was occu-
pied several minutes before the body con-
vened, and when the Chairman's gavel
fell everything was ready for business.
The ball opened just where it ended the
day before. Before the convention met
rumcrs Of break in the Bradwell dele
CATION ana general stampede for Adams
were floating about, but the ballot tailed
| IN resolve them into facts. Col. sweat.
| Chairman Of the Mershon delegation, led
his forces in from the caucus
room and the Dahoting began.
| The call Of counties for the
one hundred and sixteenth ballot
showed that the situation was unchanged.
/ MershOn received 16 votes, Adams IA,
Bradwell and Rawls l.
Mr.. WAY. Of Liberty, jumped to his feet
| and in behalf Of the BradWell delegation
proposed to cast one ballot each Tor Mer-
| shOn. Adams and Rawls. reserving the
vote of Liberty until the ballot should he
announced. and IL any candidate should
develop strength so that Liberty's vote
could make the nomination, 1t would be
/ cast for that candidate.
LOOKING FOR CHANGE.
It began to look as though the tide was
turning when this proposition was made,
and the spectators crowded against the
railing around the delegates floor as the
| Secretary began the call of counties.
When it was concluded the ballot
stood: MershOn 20, Adams IA, Bradwell ,,
/ Rawls 4.
| on the next ballot the vote went to
| Adams. and on the beXt, the one hum
| dred and nineteenth, to Rawls. The move
/ failed 20 bring out a sufficient strength
to allow the vote Of Liberty to make the
/ choice.
Mr.. Way then said that inasmuch as
none Of the candidates had developed this
| strength, il was the duty OF the cOnVen-
/ ton 10 come over 10 Bradwell, and make
! him its choice.
| Major VIM. Letford, Of Bryan, said that
| since the mountain would not go TO Ma
/ hOmet. Mahomet must 90 to the noun
| tain. 1t had been charged that the Brad
| well delegation was Obstructicg the con-
vention in its work. This he denied. No
candidate. he said, had yet developed
strength sufficient to secure a two-thlrds
| vote.
sJudge Mershon cam said avOice.
"He hasn't shown it." replied Major
| LetfOrd.
SUPPORTING THE CANDIDATES.
The Major appealed to the delegation
| from beyond the Altamaha to come over
to their candidate. He believed If the
| convention would nominate Bradwell it
would put in the halls Of Congress the
peer Of any man i'm Georgia. represen-
/ tatlye not Of Liberty's interests only, but
| of the interests of the whole district.
Mr.. Dart, of Glynn, wanted to know If
among Mr.. BradwelPs accomplishments
/ he could dance.
Mai. LetfOrd-We have never fiddled for
him et. 1 suppose you have tiddled for
Judge Mershon and know how it is.
Col. Sweat did not think there was a
delegate in the convention who was
| willin- to 90 away without first securing
| a nomination that would harmonic the
interests of the entire district. He blamed
| no delegation for its choice. He believed
| Judge Adams would make an able and
| tit representative of the interests Of Sa-
| vannah and Chatham county and the dis
| trict. He also recognized the fact that
| Hon. Morgan Rawls would make faith
| full and able representative of the district.
| tie conceded the privilege and right OF
| Liberty TO present the name of Capt.
| Bradwell, and he believed if nominated
| and elected he would make a representa-
tive that the district would be proud Of.
The friends OF Judge MershOn could not
be blamed for presenting his name and
urging his nomination. In him the dis
trict would have an able, eloquent and
| faithful representative. Ii sectIOnallSm
was to have any weight in the cOnven-
ton, be believed that the city
and seaport of Brunswick, and the
county of Glynn, should have
i the right to name the nominee. Laying
aside all territorial issues and the claims
Of any county, or any portion OF the dis
trict to the candidate, he believed if the
convention would rise upon higher
plane the friends of Judge MeTshOn would
have the advantage. Judge MershOn had
rbeen the leading candidate before the con-
YentiOn, and had received the highest
vote that it had cast. He conceded the
right of other delegations, but he believed
that nobody could expect Judge Mer-
shOn's friends to desert HIM and go over
TO another candidate.
JUDGE ADAMS STRENGTH.
| Mr.. Gignilliat, of Mcintosh, made a
telling speech in behalf Of Judge Adams.
He had the kindest feeling Of considera-
ton for all the candidates, yet there was
a selfish reason that induced him to urge
Judge Adams nomination. The port of
Darien. he was aware, could not compete
with Savannah, yet there were annually
I7j, 900, 600 feet of timber passing down the
Altamaha, and the port represented all the
counties along the river. DarIen had never
| pressed her claims as a seaport town.
| The only appropriation she ever received
for her harbOr was at the hands of the dis
tiuguished and lamented Hartridge. Nc
| IntOsh had voted steadily for Judge
Adams in representing the wishes of its
constituency. Aside from any selfish rea-
sons, there were other motives which
every patriotic citizen of the dis
trict could not fail to recognize
why it should support the candidate from
Chatham. Judge Adams strength in the
convention already represented in round
numbers over 10000 people, more than
half the population Of the whole district.
while Judge MershOn represented only
IS, 600, less than One-fOuTth of the popu-
latiOn, Mr.. Rawls representing A.
600, and Mr.. Bradwen $4,000.
These figures were reason enough why
Judge Adams should be the choice of the
people.
Col. Sweat wanted Mr.. Gignilliat
j to give the Democratic vote repre-
scented by the candidates. Mr.. Gignil-
Hat replied that the convention was not
sending a Representative to Washington
TO represent Democratic interests alone,
but the interests of the entire district and
the State of Georgia. He believed
Judge Adams the best man to
| represent these interests, and that he
should be the choice of the convention.
He was aware that, with his colleagues,
| he represented the vote. vet he would be
recreant TO his constituency if he failed
TO support the man upon whom its choice
had settled.
Mr.. Smith. of Glynn, supported Judge
| MershOn. He faiIed to see why. if Judge
Adams vote in the convention did
| represent 200 people, i. should come
| forward and make him its candidate. As
| o representation. Efiingham county had
already been hOnOred in Congress by Hon.
| Morgan Rawls; Chatham had been twice
represented by her gifted son, the immOr-
! tai HaTtridge; the middle portion of the
! district had been represented by Hon.
John c. Nichols; but When had the
lower counties and the counties along
the coast, representing two i'm
portant seaports, been represent
! ed? Not since long before the
war. Now they presented a man eogni-
| Zant of the interests of Brunswick, of
| Darien, of Savannah, and OF the whole
i district, who would be a fit and able
representative of the people.
KEEPING OF THE BALLOT.
The Secretary proceeded with the call
Of counties for the one hundred and
twentieth ballot, which resulted in 16
/ votes for MershOn, II for Adams, for
Bradwell, and 4 for Rawls
A recess of half an hour was moved and
carried.
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