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COMING CoNGREssMEN.
Hammond RenOminated without o.
position in the Fifth District

Hammond RenOminated without OPP
position in the Fifth District.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 4.-The conven-
tion of the Fifth Congressional district
met in the State library at - O'Clock to-
day, and was called to order by Robert L.
Barry, Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the district, who briefly stated the
object of the meeting. Samuel r. Freeman,
of Campbell, was made Secretary on mo-
ton OF A. b. CulbersOn, of Fulton. Upon
the roll of counties being called ali of
them were found to be represented. w.
=. Hudson, of Spalding, nominated Chas.
y. Blalock, of Walton, as permanent
Chairman, which motion prevailed with
out opposition. On motion of Samuel
Well, of Fulton county, Secretary Free
man was made Permanent Secretary.
w. Is. Hudson, of Spalding, offered a
resolution indOrsing the platform of the
Democratic Convention at Chicago. and
also the political record of Congressman
Hammond.
j, ). James, of Douglass, amended bv a
motion to nominate N. j. Hammond by
acclamatiOn. 1t was seconded bv r. A ,
Massey, of Douglass.
The resolution as amended was adopted
enthusiastically.
The Chairman, under the resolution,
then appointed W. B. Hudson, Samuel
We'll and j. Tom Spencer as a committee
to notify Hon. Nathaniel j. Hammond in
writing of his nomination for the Forty
ninth Congress.
The Executive Committee of the dis
trlct for the next two years was then
named, reading as follows: obert L..
Barry, of Fulton, Chairman; Campbell,
Chas. 5. Reid; Clayton, William W..
Wright; DeKalb, r. w. Wood; Douglass,
r. A. Massey; Fayette, w. S. Miner;
Henry, w. L. Dicken; ROckdale, II. W.
Hammock; Spalding, w. B. Hudson: i:
Newton, .. 5. Rogers; Walton, B. s..
Walker. The convention then adjourned,
after being in session half an hour.
NOMINATIONS IN OTHER STATES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Am Pennsylva-
MAS Third district to-day the Democrats
nominated Samuel j. Randall for Con-
gress.
The ProhibitiOnists of the Second, Fifth.
Sixth and Eighth Wisconsin Congress
slonal districts held nominating cOnven-
tIons at Madison to-day. Platforms were
adopted demanding that the duty on wool
be restored; that the Territory of Utah
be abolished and members of the
Mormon Church be deprived of the
right to vote or hold office, and
lndorslng the platform and candidates of
the National Convention at Pittsburg. /.
j. Patcher, of Fond du Lac, was nOmi-
mated for Congress in the Second district;
ID. j. Miller, of Calumet. in the Fifth; S.
j. Sutton, of Columbus, in the Sixth, and
William L. Price, the Republican nomi-
nee of the Eighth district, was indorsed.
The Republicans Of the Sixth Missouri
district nominated to-day w. S. Shirk.
To-day the Democrats of the First Vir-
gina district nominated Thomas CroXtOn.
The Republicans OF the Twelfth Massa-
chusetts district to-day nominated Fran
els W. Rockwell.
The Democrats Of the Sixth Texas dis
trict chose Olin WellbOrn.
The Republicans of the Seventh Texas
district to-day nominated r. B. Rentfro to
succeed Thomas Ochiltree.
j. M. Olin was nominated for Congress
in the Third and L. B. Loom in the
Seventh Wisconsin districts by the Pro-
htbitiOnists to-day. In the First, Fourth
and Ninth districts no nominations have
vet been made,
The Republicans of the Fifth New Jer-
sew distri--tt to-day renominated William
Walter Phelps.
The Democrats of the Second Minnesota
district to-day nominated j. }. Thornton.