The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-12
A Big POLITICAL RUNPUS
TaE CONVENTION AT CHARLES
TON VSRY LIVELY

5Imsnites Charge the scraiSntouts
With AL the Crimes IN tie Gsnaut
Of Politics-The -nlmsuites Refrain
From Voting on ihe Selection Of
Delegates
CHARLESTON, : c. Aux. 1.-THE dem
ccratlc county convention met to-day at
nooa. Tae twenty Tillmanises from the
Sixth and Seventh ward, answered 70 their
names
The first incident was s contest from the
TllmAlites q tie EJghth ward, claiming
tia; tAs A2n Is woald show that they were
eleotsd THIS pSs referred to a committee
o. Credentials. 81 which were four Tillmsn-
ties They spent ~ hour hearing test
Enony, recountsd the ballots and tailed the
poll lasts. and then the committee reported
Unanimously IN favor Of the regular ticket,
even the IilnaniUes signing the report.
THIS, however. was not their game.
" zen the convention bad started 70 elect
dsleSases t. the state convention, a Till
nnSnlts delegate from the Sixth ward, named
!. Fillmore Martin. got 10 70 make 8
sleech. stating that be was Iust IS good a
democrat s. Joe Barnwell. and wanted 70
present protest against the whole conven-
taon.
RULED OFT BY TER CHAIR
The chair decided that this could not vell
be entertained at this time, seeing that the
proteStAnfS had already recognized the
legality Of the convention by par icIpatlng
IN its deliberations, but lntlmsted that the
paper, shich was verg long. might be read
at 8 subsequent stage II the proceedings
Tins MADE he Tl4lm8nltes mad, aud they
refused 70 answer = the roll cal when the
hzllo1lne for delegates was processing.
Se-e occurred & break MeSsrs. Barn
vel. BulSt, Bryan and other democrats
argued and plesiei with the TIllmAnites
for harmony, but they were deaf to all
appeals
protest res6-
DRIFT OF TEE PROTEST.
The protest is long document, evidently
insNgated by MessrS Murphy and Reeves,
the two leaders Of the indictments. 1t
claims that the primary elections were
fraudulent, charges the entire democratic
executive committee with fraud and de-
ciares that the convention is an illegal
one.
There was a disposition on the part of
some of the unterrified democracy in the
hall TO chuck the soreheads out of the win
dow 81 times, but the convention, on the
whole, listened very calmly TO the charges
OF fraud which were urged against the
democratic party.
GROWING PERSONAL.
One delegate in the heat of the debate
announced that any man who said there
was any fraud in the Fourth ward was a
liar, ana once when a rather rash Tillmanite
attempted TO smooth down a rough state
ment they had made in reference to Mr..
Barnwell, and explained that he did not
mean to lmpute a falsehood to Mr.. Barn
well, the latter replied: "Well l don't think
that you do" Then there was peace and
the balloting proceeded. The Tillman dele;
gates refused TO vote.
TUE DELEGATES
The following were unanimously elected
delegates TO the state convention: George
l.. BUST, A. T. Smythe, James Simons, w.
II. BrawIev. R. C. Barkley, K. S. Upper,
john F. Ficken. J. w. Barnwell, john NJ
Kinloch, T. G. Barker, J. B. f. Sloan, B.
White, F. Keisse, Jr., H. Buck, H. L. P.
Bolger, c. S. Bissell, H. Schacthe, ]. Adger
Smythe, j. B. Adger, T. F. MEG rev, NJ.
w. Powers, w. II. Dunkin, H. Ferguson.
T. Harris, II. B. Lee, w. G. Hiuson. The
alternates are; j. T. Deveaux, Morris
Harris, c. L. Meyer, w. Z. Stoney, w. E.
Miller, William Roach, John Weber. T. A.
Huguenin, c. Ii. Sauls and A. f. C.
Cramer.
The delegates to the congressional con-
vention of the first district are: c. s. Gads-
den, Zimmerman Davis, w. E. Stoney,
Morris L. Israel, George a. Wagner B. H.
Rulledge, Hugh Ferguson, K. S Upper,
James F. Redding, Frank Kressel, Jr,
Joseph w. Bernwen. F. McHugh, c. N.
Wells, J. H. Perrine. Henry Schacthte, NJ
Kelly, F. j. McGarey, Andrew Riley,
Joseph Book, George Lamb BUST, D.
A. ]. Sullivan, 2. P. Loale j. F. Riley, T.
T. McGarey, H. c. P Bolger and NJ. W.
Powers.
1t may be mentioned that the congress
sional convention has been called to meet
in this city on Aug 49,
No resolution relating to state primary
was adopted, and the delegates go entirely
uninstructed. The Tillmanites, it is said,
will send their protests up to Columbia and
ask the bosses to GUST the Charleston dele
CATION.