The morning news., 1892-03-26
FIGHT OF THE FACTIONS.
LIVELY TIMES IN TIE REPUB-
LOAN PRIMARIES.

Three OF the Four Militia Districts in
the City Elect Two Sets OF Dele
gates Each-The Second District the
Only One Content With a Single
Delegation-The County Convention
to Meet Next Monday-The Choice
of the Factions.
The republican primaries for the election
Of delegates to the republican county con-
vention, which meets Monday, were held
yesterday and last night. In each of the
city districts but one or two sets OF delegates
were elected.
There are eight districts in the county
fourin the city and four in the country
Each district is entitled to six delegates,
making forty-sight delegates in the conveu-
tion, in which the majority rule prevails
The primaries ia the country d.
tricts were held yesterday aft
heard from last night the Seventh and
Eighth In the Seventh district John
Bryan was chairman, and the following
delegates were elected: John Bryan, Lymus
Green, William Jones, Chance Grant,
William Grant. M. G. Erwin. The primary
was held at the emile post on the Ogeechee Q
road.
The Eighth district primary was held at
the 5>mile bend on the Augusta road. The
delegates elected are A. Houston, J. H.
Watson, March Miller, Isaac Charlton, B.
H. Rennier and J. Edwards.
The Fifth and Sixth districts are yet to
be heard from.
The chief fight in the city districts was in
the First and Fourth. In each district
two sets Of delegates we're elected. as was
the case in the Third district The Second
district is the only one that coutented itself
with one set
The First district primary was held at
the colored Odd Fellows hall
at Duffy and Cuyler streets
j. G. Williams, chairman OF the district.
| called the meeting to order, or tried to-
There were about 800 In the hall, with three
policemen outside. The chairman tried to
| get the police inside, but couldn't do it.
After useless endeavor of half or three
| quarters Of an hour to get the meeting
| quieted. the chairman gave it up, and
the factions proceeded to elect their dele
gates as best they could. The party headed
| by the regular chairman of the district
elected Williams chairman and j. E. Ham
ilton secretary and the following delegates:
J. G.. Williams, j. G. Simmons r. r. Jack
son, w. NJ. Williams, William NJ. Chisholm
and Joseph e. Hamilton.
| The alternates are Lemuei Wade, James
Darsey, E: N. Robinson, T: E. Ferribee,
|
| The faction, headed by r. II. Bourke,
elected Bourke chairman, T. W. Winn sec
| retary. and the following delegates: James
| Dorsey, w. Bush, William Williams, Will
| lam Chisholm, Thomas Golden and r. 4.
| jackson.
The alternates are R. n. Bourke, j. d,
Campbell, Thomas Walker, s. G. Webster
| Il. Il. Rutledge and H. l.. Coleman.
| The Second district primary was held at
| No. 1874 Jefferson street. II. n. Walton was
! elected chairman and W. II. Morel secre-
+, cary. The delegates are F. P. Edwards, w .
| II. Morel, H. n. Walton, G. III. Roberts, L.
Morel and Peter Balliste.
The Third district primary was held at
No. 95 Perry street. The first delegates
elected are: b. NJ. johnson, W. B. Will
Jams, A. Il. Grant, J. H. Geary. J. NJ.
Bourke, A. Gam. The alternates are: d.
| F. Fatley, Joseph Phillips. j. II. Kinckle,
| T. Coleman, Peter Solomons, Nc. Hunt.
Another delegation was elected headed by
John Fl. Kinckle, as follows: j n. Kinckle,
| c. A. Wiley. j. A. Phillips, w. II. Morse,
| A. A. Coleman, d. f. Farley.
Alternates-George Dorsey, W. 7. Davis,
John jackson. P. A. Green, R. r. Green,
| +. T. Thompson.
W. H. Morel was elected chairman and
John H. Kinckle secretary.
The biggest crowd and the most interest
was In the Fourth district. The primary
| was OeLQ at bne LlnColn GudrQS hall on
Cleburne street. J. E. W Whiteman,
chairman of the district, called the
meeting to order. Between 800 and 400
were present. After some sQuabbling be-
tween the factions headed by Capt. L. NJ.
| Pleasant and the chairman. and R. W.
White and S. B. Morse, the meeting
elected the following delegates: Peter
| James, William H. Crutcher, Richard
Spencer, j. L. Whiteman, @. w. Shaw, L.
| NJ. Pleasant
Alternates-J. H. Canaan. Morgan Jack
son, j. c. Miller, Thomas Brown, Joseph s.
| Broughton, William II. Jones.
The fight opened up over the election Of
temporary chairman. Whiteman was
elected chairman of the sdistrict two years
| ago and his term does not expire until
August. He refused to recognize motion
TO elect temporary chairman and
the meeting split. The White
Morse party elected the following
delegates: s. Il. Morse, r. w. W hite. Y.
| M. Milledge, NJ. O. Robertson, j. q. Will
| iams, Josiah s. Brown
Alternates-S. Blizzard, J. w. Searles, A.
=. Robinson. 3. A. Wilson. II. N. GaVey,
A. Bethel.
Josiah Brown was elected chairman for
two years, u. q. Robertson vice chairman
aud ". st. Milledge secretary. An
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