The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-20
DRIFT OF THE CAMPAIGN
EVERETT CARRIES GORDON CoUN.
TY FOR CONGRESS.

Dou9herty County's Primary on the
Tapis for Tomorrow Oglethorpe
Goes for Olive for Congress-Rich-
mond's Congressional Primary Fixed
for Next Thursday-Blount'sB Battle.
| ALBANY, GA, July 19.-Dougherty
county will hold her primary on Monday
next to elect delegates to the convention to
be held in this city on the 31st inst. 1t is
great source of satisfaction to everybody to
know that the county will go solid for Hon.
II. G. Turner. Mr.. Turner will speak at
the court house here next Monday.
oGLETHoRPEs PRIMARY.
ATHENS. Ca. July 19 Oglethorpe's mass
meeting instructed her deleg ates to vote for
Olive for congress. The other delegates are
uninstructed. A primary is to be held in
September TO decide upon the legislative
nominee.
RICHMoND's EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AUGUSTA, GA, July 19.-The Richmond
county democratic executive committee met
day and ordered a primary election in
the congressional race on next Thursday,
at which all democrats registered at the
last registration and all those who shall
register before the day of the primary shall
be entitled to vote.
Judson w. Lyons, the negro lawyer at
the Augusta bar, who has been mentioned
as the probable candidate of the Republican.
party in this district, announces that he
will not be candidate for congress. The
executive committee also ordered a mass
meeting for Aug. / to nominate guberna-
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Legislative primary in this county.
| BLoUNT's BATTLE.
MACON. GA, July 19-Col. Daniel G.
Hughes, president Of the Bibb county alli-
ance, will formally announce himself as o.
candidate for congress in to-morrow's TeLe-
| graph He runs as a straight democrat,
aud, though an alliancenan, he is opposed
to the sno-treasury bill. His principal
strength lies in Twiggs county, of which
he was long q citizen. It Is not thought
that he will succeed in defeating MIR. Blount.
| The Telegraph tomorrow will print Mr..
Blounts letter in reply to the Wilkinson
county alliances inquiry as to his position
on the sub-treasury bill. He expresses
his opposition to that measure, and points
out the reasons why it would be disastrous
| to farmers
FULToN's MASS MEETING.
ATLANTA, GA, July 19.-To-day's mass
meeting instructed the delegates TO the gu
bernational convention for Henderson aud
Lester and Northen, with the remaining
state house officers indorsed unanimously,
| as was Mr.. Lester. Commissioner Hender-
son, on the other hand, received the vote Of
less than three-fifths of those present, Mr..
| Hunnicutt, who was present, being the
choice OK forty-three per cent. Of the crowd.
Delegates to the senatorial convention aud
a new county executive committees were
also chosen.
A dispatch from Monroe gives Walton
county to Livingston by $50 majority.
GoRDoN's PRIMARY.
CALHOUN. GA. July 19.-Gordon county
In primary elected delegates to-day as fol-
lows: For governor, Northen; for congress-
man, Everett; for state senator, }. II. Har-
Ian; for representative, J. w. Swain. This
| is the full alliance ticket.
JUDGE CRISP SAFE.
AMKRrcUs, Ga, July 19.-It will be-
gratifying news TO the democracy of the
country to learn that Judge Crisp's return
to the next congress is assured. A majority
Of the delegates to the approaching con-
gressIonal convention called to meet in
Hawkinsville Aug. IA have been selected
and favor Judge Crisp's denomination.