The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-03-30
RRINBERRY WAS BOSS
pFPUBLICAN CONyENTION
THAT MET IN DAWSON

The hGpuDIlCetI ~
md Congressional District, which met
\ n,wson Thursday, was an interesting
nd amusing assemblage to the specta-
tors
Tba meeting was composed largely of
.to .brotber in black" and their ideas
q parliamentary rules and usages, and
~ q convention should be run, were
ndicrous in many instances.
There were but three white men who
4oot mart in the meeting. These were
b F. Bnmberry, postmaster at Albany,
N Alexander postmaster, at Dawson,
md w. B. Gibson. The former was here
chairman of the Republican committee
u the district, and the latter as two of
Terrell county's four delegates.
When the convention met in the court
lonse there twenty-nine delegates pres
kDt Baker, Colquitt and Miller being
HE only counties not represented.
Before calling the convention to order
Major Brimberry stirred around promis-
tuously among the colored contingent
Ind held private caucus with number
hi them in an ante-room, and, SO it was
limited by some of the delegates on the
foor of the convention, made out slate
that was successfully put through,
HE Brimberry faction winning in every
Instance where a contest was had.
1t was few minutes after II o'clock
Ehen Chairman Brimberry raped with
heavy cane and called the body of
gentlemen, fellow citizens and republi-
! ans to order and stated the object of
Die meeting. In his remarks Major
Brmberry took occasion to give his col
bed friends liberal amount of taffy.
+. bid to extol the virtues of the Repubii-
an party, while the Democratic party
SRme in for severe rasping.
. He told the negroes that for 20 years he
ad met in convention with them and was
BIT ashamed Of it, and that a great desire
a his had been always to make them
Ore respectable. AS the Major warmed
Do to his subject he said to them that
pder the law they are equal to any man.
hd have equal rights, and that he, in I
bmmOn with the Republican party, was
offending for these rights for the |
|fgrO. He then Brought up the charge
kainst him of making an incendiary |
beech in a similar convention at Camilla |
FoyearS ago, and at times grew lurid in
#nunciation of the attack made upon
IN utterances there. He said that the !
Rng and villainous press then basely
RSrepreSented him by accusing him of |
liking anincendiary speech. "My incen-
Try utterance at that town. he said,
here | unfortunately lived for fifteen
AfrS, was to warn you colored people |
keep away from the low whisky dives
~ not be debauched by Democrats
10 would buy your votes with CHEAP
lSky. 1t that be incendiarism, will |
I'm make an incendiary speech here
gay l said nothing at Camilla that [
not now repeat. What 1 did say was
PsSly exaggerated by the lying, ten
"A papers. You know who did it, and
IS unnecessary to call his name. The
Il VINO wrote it knew that he penned
PiSsehood, and he is baser than hell
Il The Major referred to his four
service as a Confederate soldier.
S3lu he left the Democratic party
Ille war because he could not en-
80 us principles He SAID in conclu-
i I% The Republican party was for a
: 59alIot while the Democratic party
4 Oiq steal your vote-and the man who
Ia steal your vote would steal vour
ney -0 'O0"i our
E then declared the convention ready
temporary organization and took his
"Lla The loud ''amensn of the mem
GA VI the convention.
lp ,'ti d uozen delegates tried to get his
J JIo1 al once, but "Mr. Barnes. of
iIolpn, was recognized, who mt
uSol Mathews, of Dawson. in nop,i-
, TI 10. LOT chairman. Ezekiel Hamilton
Evansville, was also nominated
ptIIi iI faction was in the swine
, ,lo START, and Mathews was elected
ar 10 VI u TO Z. Postmaster Alex
icar9 L il his advent into the Re
Ida DO" party by voting for Mathews to
Fention. '00l "'iolS OF the
h. L. russell was elected secretary
nl next feature of the meeting was TO
upon 2 the credentials of the dele
y Il 3t IT,. w. f. Gay, the revenue col
na - ''io oIStnct, contested the seat
III Ine Dougherty county dele
D Lug result was that the neGTo
was DoIS4 eItJy kept his seat and NTr
b %gs not admitted into the Dow Wv, WOW ~ =
1o; a delegate tom Rand i1IJnt ..rs
' wa and said he tLoneht 4 + was lls
tons N admit 4 and express Our mani Al Il,
ga+q nmoered up the tongues Of the
siO ss ~, and there was pfom oi or olls
or n On all sorts Of subjects isS for aus
t to s sesiP ,n 9f Randolph, was called
in a p Sna, ana arose and said he was
ne, ) speaking attitude and beg ITO to
' : ss9 Morris, Of Doughorty county,
speech but no Lo1' Yo ana elo-