The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-03
GORDON CARRIES EFFINGHAM.

counted as a Gordon county.
GORDON CARRIES EFFINGHAM.
The Effingham convention yesterday was
the scene of some lively scrimmaglag. The
following special to the MORNING NEWS
shows what was done:
Gr-YroN, june 9, 1888
The bingham Democracy met at Springfield
to-day. The meeting was called TO order by
Col Edward Bird. chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee. As soon as he too bis
seat Capt J. G. Clark moved that Mr.. S. S.
Tison be elected chairman. Mr. J. 4. Black
shear objected To the displacement of Col.
Bird, and on a VOTE the chairman decided Capt.
Clark's motion lost. \ division was called for
and the vote was taken on one side, but
the result not being satisfactory to the Nor
wood mea. Capt. Clarke moved that the crowd
vacate the court house ard go outside where IL
could be counted. Pandemonium reigned
for half an hour The Norwood men who went
outside got lonesome and returned to the court
house, and after an almost unparalleled uprOar
the entire crowd went out. preferring the shade
OF the trees. Capt. Rawls, one OF the moving
spirits of the Norwood faction, stated that they
would abandon the fight for chairman and an-
nounced their candidates for delegates: f. L.
Foy, 8 S Pittman. S. S. Tison and J. II.
McGehee
Can't Grower submitted a resolution in be-
half of the Gordon party.
resolution was offered by J, E. Baczshear
that the vote for the respective candidates be
decided by ballot. There was so much noise
and confusion that the motion could not be put,
and after few minutes of wranCling, il was
agreed to decide the result by having two lines
Shearouse and Mr. Tarver counted the
voters, and the result of their count
was !S9 votes for Norwood, the delegates
nominated by Col. Rawls, and la votes
for the resolution and the delegates offered by
Capt Grower. The chairman announced the
result: I29 for Norwood delegates and III for
Gordon delegates, and issued bis certificates to
the delegates named in Capt. Growers resolu-
Gordon m iorifx
were labonng under disadvantage during the
whole term, and lost many votes by not being
allowed to decide the election by ballot. Had a
ballot been held Capt. Gordon would have re-
ceived at least LIS votes.
The Gordon delegates are Col z. Bird,
o. E. Smith, Amos F. Rain and A. NJ
Morgan.
CLTNcH GOES FOR NORWOOD.
Clinch county also elected delegates yes
terday and Endorsed Norwood. The follow
ing special shows the way the convention
went:
BONNEVILLE. June Q, 1888.
Pursuant to a call of the Chairman of the
Democratic party of Ciinch county the citizens
of Clinch met at the court house to-day to elect
delegates TO the Brunswick convention on June
IS The names of Hon. John G. Nichols, Hon
7. NJ. Norwood and Hon. W. w. Gordon were
placed in nomination. The vote stood Norwood
Al Nichols 1e, Gordon /. The delegates are W
s. Fender and 4. J. Coswel. The delegates were
circumstances.
JESUPS MEETING.
A lively meeting was held at Jesup yes
terday afternoon, at which Mr. Norwood.
Capt. Gordon and Hon. CORTLAND Symmes,
of Brunswick, spoke A Jesup special to
the MORNING News says:
JEsUP, GA, June Q 1888.
A large political meeting was held here to-day
relative to the Congressional contest Before
the debate began Capt. Gordon asked for the
opening and the closing speech The chairman
submitted the question to the meeting, and MIR
Norwood was given the opening and the closing
Mr.. Norwood took as his text Capt Gordon's
circular letter and pointed out what he said
were its Misrepresentation as to his war record
his connection with tue Pacific railroad the
four-dollar case in the United States Court and
other things. Capt. Gordon, in reply, denied
none of Mr. Norwood's points. and said that he
character as to the Pacific Railroad Commits
sion. CORTLAND Symmes closed the debate in a
speech in favor of Mr.. Norwood.
SENATOR WRIGHT ENDORSED.
The Springfield mass meeting Yesterday
Endorsed Senator Wright, and resolutions
urging his denomination were adopted.
The nomination for Representative was
postponed to the first Tuesday in Sep,em-
Der. Frank r. Tarver was elected chair
man of the County Democratic Executive
COMMITTEES. The Senatorial delegates are
George w. Fetzger, John NJ. Spear DR..
Mcconnell, A J. Simmons. The guber-
material delegates are George II. Morgan
and Morgan Rawls.