Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-13
OPENING THE BALL.

foster The interests Of Brunswick
and DaTien and other parts OF the dis
trict Than 10 Is for representative from
Bruuaw cA or Darien 10 look alter the III
tsres,s uf oaVaHua1. The great wealth. 81
tue district is ceutereG mere, ana its ln-
terests demand the attention that only an
Immediate representative can give.
Aside from tbIz. he sad, Mr.. Norwood
is enIlled TO YvnominatIon. lie mas ac-
cOmplshe during the TWO years that be
has been In Congress what other men
have failed to accomplish m many years,
and tits to the interest OF chatham county
10 see that be ia returned.
TUE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.
Capt. Mercer offered the following reso-
luton. and IN moving it's adoption he
STATED that the delegates named are favor
able To Mr.. Norwood aud VIII vote for his
nomination:
ResoiJej, That the following named gentle
men be, and they are hereby, appointed by
this meeting As dc iegatcs for nathan e. unity
TO the Congressional Convention for the First
district, 90 assemble IN the city Of SaVann N
On the l4th INST:
John Mcintyre Thomas II. Laird,
George " Parish " q, Charlton
Merritt W. Dixon, j. K. Saussv,
GeOrAe \ NichO s, r. K. Richards,
Horace P. smart, Luke Carson,
4. A, Mcleod, JOhl X. Garnctt.
Reso.r.a, That the delegates present he au-
The resolution was seconded by MIR. c.
2. RossisnoI and was almost unanimous
Iy passed.
PLEDGING THE CANDIDATE.
Mr.. Timothy O'Nell offered the following
resolutions and moved their adoption:
WHEREAS, The tarIG and currency ques-
lions are two OF the most mportant questions
now pending before Congress; and, whereas,
we hold that protective tariff TO foster Amer
d g.
yer CO mage to increase circulation, which Is
he life blood OF the body polite, coAduces
m0st 20 the prosperity OF he country.
HeS03esd. That we Wiil support no candidate
Tor Congress who does not pledge himself, if
elected, to vote for these measures, and such
other measures AS from time TO time may
arise, as instructed 10y his constituents.
The resolutions were seconded. A mo-
ton to table was lost and they were
adopted by a large vote.
The knights Of Labor element, which
was largely represented, voted for the
resolutions. Il seemed to have control of
the meeting and had things about Its own
way.
IRE SENATORIAL DELEGATES.
After the Congressional delegation mad
been elected, 5. Is. Adams. Esq, said that
he had in his pocket a cut and dried reso-
luton, the purport of which was to give
the First District SenatOrship to one or
the other OF the country counties. He
offered the following and moved its
adoption:
]. Rtsdc<d. That the following delegates
Rre hereby selected to represent Chatham
county ia the coming Senatorial Convention,
namely:
J. J.. Warren. John Schwarz
william kehOe. John T. Roman
Il. II. Richardson, W, w. Mackal.
,. T nat these delegates are authorized to
select their own alternates.
3. That they are requested 30 support some
suitable democrat from one OF the two coun-
try counties.
The resolutions were tabled without
debate, and the following delegation was
elected:
]. F. Brooks, II. A. Mcleod.
J. =. Mcintyre, NJ. NJ. Baker,
l.. j. hiefer, G. p. RossiCnol
REFUSED TO INSTRUCT.
Col. Charlton Il. Way offered the fol-
towing:
Resa5osd. BY the citizen. Of Chatham county,
in mass meeting assembled. that the dele
gates selected by This meeting to the Guber-
material Convention be, and they are hereby
instructed to cast the r votes respectively for
Hon. John T.. GJrdou for Governor and
Hon. Thomas M. Norwood for Repre-. entative
Tue resolution was tabled aud sub
stitute was adopted after a lively discus
sion TO the effect that the delegates To the
Gubernatorlal Convention he Unin-
structed.
NJ. A. O'Byrne. Esq, moved that the
chairman appoint twelve delegates to
represent the county in the Guber-
Material Convention. The chair
man stated that he hoped
the motion would not prevail, and II failed
to meet with a second
Hon. W. &. Charlton moved that a COM
inittee Of six be appointed u select dele
gates and to report 10 the meeting. The
motion was carried and the chair APP
pointed the following committee: Hon. w .
Il. Charlton, Capt. George A. Mercer, and
Messrs. George W. Pollard, G. p. Rossig-
mol, John z. Mcintyre aud David Weis-
bein.
NAMING THE OELEG ATEs.
The committee retired and in a short
lime reported the following names:
Capt. Robert Faligant, Coz. Peter Reilly.
Major John sebwar1 NJ. J. Dooner,
The committee recommended that the
delegates be authorized TO select their
Dwn, alternates.
The report was voted down and the
committee was requested ~ retire and
make another report.
After brief consultation. the commit
tee sent in the following names:
Capt. Geo. A. Mercer, Herman Myers,
Capt. 4. FalNgsut, J.. T.. Ashhy,
Col Pc er Reilly, julius Maccaw.
Some one got up and said that there
were too many lawyers. what was
wanted was more laborlg men. The
sentiment was greeted with cheers from
the lower part Of the mouse.
"Thats so; that's what we want"
sried a voice, and the report was again
voted down. The chairman said that II
The meeting was disposed to keep up this
course, which WAS accomplishing moth
Ing, it could do so. lie deemed It adyis-
able, howeyer,in the interests Of the party,
to arrive ata conclusion with as little
delay as possible.
A TRAITOR SOMEWHERE.
j. p. Collins said that ne had some sug-
eesnons 10 make 10 the committee
which he thought would help them out.
Iaere was body Of men present. he said,
n thQt bad come fhere 10 he represented OF
NJ every acket, aud ii would not submit to