The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-09-18
TODD AND VENABLE
WILL BOTH RUN FOR SENATOR.

There was a deadlock in the thirty fifth
senatorial convention, which met in At
lanta on the 10th.
II arose in the fight for the state senator
being made on the part OF Venable by Full
ton county and on the part OF Todd by
Clayton and Cobb counties. 1t was Clay.
tons time to nominate the senator accord
ing to the rotation system, but Fulton
thought her superior numbers entitled her
to this privilege and she proceeded to take
it.
The Fulton county mass meeting APP
pointed six delegates, instructing them for
Todd. The county executive committee
declared that the mass meeting had no
right to appoint the delegates and called
primary, in which six Venable men were
elected
Clayton's primary selected two Todd
delegates, and Cobb's selected four Todd
delegates. At mass meeting of Venable's
friends, eight in number in Clayton coun>
ty, on the 9th, two delegates were selected
for Venable.
Mr.. Lewis Thomas, secretary of the ex.
ecutive committee, on the absence OF the
chairman, George F. Gober, called the
meeting to order and threw out the six
Todd delegates appointed by the Fulton
county mass meeting and the two Venable
delegates appointed by the Clayton county
mass meeting of eight.
Mr. Thomas proceeded to call for nomis
nations for permanent chairman, having
himself declared who entitled to seats.
Cobb and Clayton kicked at this, and
numerous speeches were made to no avail
Fulton nominated man an6 so did
Clayton. Fultons six voted for her nom
inee and Clayton and Cobb voted for
their man. making tie.
Delegates had been placed in nomination
several successive times, but Fulton votes
were all cast one way and Clayton's and
Cobb's the other. Every time Cobb made
a motion to adjourn Clayton voted with
her, but Fulton went the other way and
vice versa with Fulton.
At IL o'clock 1900 ballots had been cast.
six to six.
At ll:30 clock the deadlock was brok>
en- Unexpectedly. Mr.. Sam Taliaferro, the
rejected Fulton county mass meeting dele
gate, rendered an affidavit OF his having
been elected delegate at the mass meet
ing. Clayton and Cobb then called him
off to one side, recognizing him as the only
authorized delegate.
Chairman Thomas began pounding for
order and the Fulton county delegates be-
gan yelling to drown out the voices of the
Clayton and Cobb delegates In the midst
of the most uproarious confusion Mr.. Per
kinson was elected chairman.
A new executive committee was then
selected and Todd was nominated Senator
for 35th District. Cries came from Full
tons delegates, completely drowning out
the speech Mr.. Todd made, so that no one
but the man next TO him heard him accept
the nomination.
Parkinson then declared the convention
adjourned sine die, having previously ap
pointed the following Executive Commits
tee: W. ]. Albert, Frank Arnold and H.
E. Jordan, of Fulton; j. B. Humphreys Of
Clayton; Walter L. Sessions and NJ. l..
Green, of Cobb.
Fulton's six delegates then elected Tyler
Cooper chairman, declared the others
boilers and nominated W. H. Venable.
| On Thursday morning the Fulton dele>
cation met again, and passed resolutions,
saying that while they had declared for
Vensble, they urged chairman Gober to
call the old Executive Committee together
and then urged Cobb and Clayton's dele
gates to meet with them at IL clock Sat-
urday, in order to preserve democratic Or
ganization and harmony.
Charm an Gober called the old Execu-
tive Committee to convene at ll:30 a. m.
Saturday.
The Executive com mittee endorsed
Secretary Thomas rulings. Mr.. Robert
Love. who lives in Fulton, acted as one
Cobb's delegates
The Venable delegates reelected the old
Executive committee, and nominated
Venable, what they were elected to do
regardless of the rotation system or clay>
tons claim or choice Might never makes
right, and fair minded people will not
endorse fragrant wrong
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