Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-14
GE0RGIA'S DEMOCRACY.
SPEER THE ONLY OFFICER NOT
RENONIYNATED.

Names of the Members Of the New
Executive Committee-None of the Re
nominations Opposed and Harmony
the Rule in Every Act--other Events In
Politics.
ATLANTA, Aug. 13.-At u O'Clock this
noon the Democratic State Convention of
Georgia, called for the purpose of nominal
ing candidates for the State House offices.
met in the hall of the House of Repre-.
sentatives. Col. Estill, Chairman Of the
State Executive Committee, called the
body to order.
Lavender Ray, of Coweta, nominated
Walter G. Charlton, of Chatham. for
Temporary Chairman. This was seconded
by William A. Harris, of Worth. Mr..
Charlton was elected unanimously, and
upon being escorted to the chair by Mr..
Kay, of Coweta, j. E. Bush, OF Mitchell.
and A. X. LawtOn, Jr., of Chatham, made n
short speech of acceptance, which met
with hearty applause.
Mark A. Hardin, Henry Ii.
Cabaniss and Jonn G. Campbell were,
upon motion of Mr.. Harris, Of Worth.
made Temporary Secretaries.
John S. Davidson, of Richmond. was
nominated for Permanent Chairman bv
Joseph A. Polhill, of Jefferson.
- Before the nomination was seconded. on
lotion OF VIM. e. Simmons, of Gwinnett
4he roll of counties was called to aseer
tain who were delegates. Upon the call
each county Chairman sent to the desk
list of the delegation. When the roll had
been called and the names OF the delegates
enrolled, James NJ. Dupre. of Macon
county, seconded the nomination of Mr..
nd FaAr Nfv,.,4 = III
before the body he was unanimously
elected. He was escorted to the stand bv
James NJ. DupTe of Macon, John S. Da-
wilson of Richmond, and Mr.. McNeal of
Mu uscogee.
The Temporary Secretaries were elected
permanently.
GOV. MDANIEL RENoMINATED.
Mr.. Latham, of Campbell, offered res
olutlon indorsing the administration of
Gov. Mcdaniel and recommending his
renomin2zp by acclamation, which was
j. L. sweat, of Clinch, offered a resolu-
tion setting forth that the regular order of
business should be, first, for making nomi-
nations to I'LL the offices of Secretary of
state, Comptroller General and Treasurer,
and then the selecting of the electoral
ticket for the State.
On motion of John Thomas, of Fulton,
Nc. Barnett was nominated unanimously
for the Office of Secretary of State.
Boykin Wright, of Richmond, placed in
nomination for Comptroller General VIM.
A. Wright, the present incumbent. This
was seconded by Howell Hollis, of Sum-
ter, and Gen. Wright was nominated by
reclamation.
VIM. A. Harris, of Worth, nominated
for Treasurer Robert L. Hardeman. This
" ,.nQnDnn1 hxTR RnfArI Of
ton, and by John Aiken of Barlow, Dave
Russell of Decatur, w. I. Revell Of Meri-
wether, and Emmett Warnock of Newton.
Mr.. Hardeman was then nominated by
acclamatiOn.
A resolution of j. \. Jourdan, of Han
cock, indOrsing the administration Of ID.
n. Speer, the retiring State Treasurer, was
adopted.
ANDERSON's RETENTION.
F. G. Dubignon, Of Chatham, then
placed in nomination for Attorney Gem
eral the present incumbent, Clifford An
derson. This was seconded by Mr..
Spence, OF MITCHELL and Gen. Anderson
was nominated by acclamatiOn.
James NJ. Dupre, Of Sumter, moved
that committee be appointed to wait up
on His EXcellency. Gov. Mcdaniel, in
form him of his nomination, and ask for
his acceptance in person.
This was adopted.
A committee of ten, one from each Con-
gressiOnal district, was then appointed to
carry out the object of J. NJ. Dupre's reso-
luton.
The committee was as follows:
j. ii. Mcbride of the Seventh, John s.
Camden of the Fifth, j l.. Sweat of the
First, w. 7. Reyell Of the Fourth X. l..
Berner of the Sixth, G. G. Smith of the
firrbt Of he
BOyce of the Tenth, Dupont Query Of
the Third, and w. A. Harris of the
Second.
The committee soon after leaving the
hall returned, escorting Gov. Mcdaniel,
who upon taking the stand accepted the
in short speech.
THE ELECTORAL TICKET.
The following electoral ticket was then
placed by the convention before the people
of Georgia: State-at-large-Pet r.
Smith, of Coweta, and George N. Lester
of Fulton. Alternates-Alexand S.
Erwin of Clarke and j. e. Wooten of
Chatham. First district, Spencer Atkin-
son of Glynn; Second, A. I. Mcintyre,
Jr., of Thomas; Third, Rufus NJ. Hodge
of Pulaski; Fourth, Edgar l.. Butt Of
Marion; Fifth, John J.. Tye of Henry;
Sixth, Washington Dessau Of Bibb;
Seventh, Thomas w. Miner Of Barlow;
Eighth, Joel A. Billups of Morgan;
Ninth, Charles J. Welborn of Union;
Tenth, A. +. Daily of Johnson.
The district alternates are: First, Thos.
H. Potter of Bulloeh; Second, Il. G. Bower
of Early; Third, b. B. Hinton of Sum-
ter; Fourth, A. ID. Freeman of COweta;
Fifth, j. p. Sims Of Newton; Sixth, M.
W. Beck of Butts; Seventh, w. NJ. Henry
of ChattoOga; Eighth, DR.. ThOs. 2. james
Of iath ~ II Sutton NJ HuhnF-
sham; Tenth, p. p. Johnson of Burke.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
A resolution passed empowering the
Executive Committee to fill vacancies on
the electoral ticket. if such be necessary.
On notion of W. e. Simmons, of Gwin-
nett, the Chairman was authorized
to appoint the four members of
the Executive Committee for the
State-at-large. The members appoint
ed under the motion were: DupOn Guerry,
Thomas r. Jones, r. G. Humber and Wal
ter g. Charlton: First District, j. l..
Sweat and j. II. Estill; Second, William
A. Harris and w. A. Graham; Third, A.
S. Cults and A. S. Macarthur; Fourth, g.
e. Thomas and j. M Longley; Fifth, John
S. Camden and i. ID. Dismuke; Sixth, 9.
A. Turner and Robert w. Whitfield;
Seventh, r. r. Harris and X. ii. Davis;
Eighth. j. S. Turner and G. +. Smith;
Ninth, Tyler NJ. Peoples and f. G. Tate;
Tenth, w. Daniels and James Whitehead.
Under the resolution of w. +. Simmons,
Chairman Polhill was made Chairman Of
the State Executive Committee, and later
in the day John Scardler, Of DeKalb, was
made Secretary.
A resolution, indorsing the action of the
National Convention in nominating CleYe-
land and Hendricks, was passed.
The convention then adjourned in the
best Of spirits.
New Hampsbjre Conventions.