The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-17
GEORGIA'S CONVENTION.
A LIVELY FIGHT BETWEEN THE
CLEVELAND AND HILL MEN.

me hill Contingent VIII be SatiSu9d
II it can Prevent Instructions Being
Given the Delegation-But Little
Doubt That the Cleveland Men Will
be in a Majority.
ATLANTA. GA. May 16.-Dslegates to
the state democratic convention, which
meets here on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, have
already begun TO arrive, To-day's trains
brought the advance guard and to. night
many more came. The delegates appear
anxious to be on hand early. They want
as much time as possible to talk over mats
ters and confer before the convention
meets. The Cleveland banner was the first
to be unfurled. During the early forenoon
to-day headquarters for the Cleveland men
were opened up at the Kimball and streams
ing placards hung in the lobby inviting the
incoming delegates to drop in. The Hill
men will also open headquarters and by to-
morrow the politicians will have the town.
Present indications are that IL will be
fight to a finish between the Cleveland en-
thusiasts and an opposition composed OF
Senator Hills hackers and anti-Cleveland
men. lt Is conceded that the Cleveland
delegates will more than probably be in
the majority when the convention is called
| to order Wednesday noon, but the Hill
| leaders are campaigners from way back
and they will make a determined fight to
prevent the election OF an instructed dele
| CATION. The only hope of the
Hill boomers is an uninstructed
delegation. II that point Is gained. and
| conservative men believe that TO be the
wisest policy. the convention merely ex-
pressing the preference for Cleveland IL that
| should be the sentiment when the delegates
| are chosen, the str0ighU-out fighters, the
| Hill elemeut, believe there Is good chance
I to throw Georgia's solid vote to Hill when
once Chicago is reached, provided Mr.
| Cleveland Is not nominated on the first bal-
| lot.
NO SLATE FOR DELEGATES.
So far no slate has been made up for
| delegates at large. There Is score Of
| prominent men, from Hon. Fleming
| duBignon Of Savannah to Seaborn Wright
| OF Rome, spoken of in that connection. To-
morrow the states will be made out.
The convention will undoubtedly be a
very lively one. IL cannot be otherwise, in
view of the sharp line that has been drawn
throughout the state. One Of the sensa-
tional features of the session will
| be the contest between the
| two delegations from Fulton county Every
indication now is that there will be fight
| to the bitter end. To-day the feeling on
the part Of the Hill mon has grown more
bttsr. They accuse the Cleveland Club
| leaders who went into tho compromise
| movement OF trickery and treachery. I'M
der the promise, which was declared off, to
give place to the mass meeting when the
| compromise delegation was agreed upon.
the Hill faction would have had the advan-
| tage on account of discriminating basis
| OF representation, in which the country
| districts had thirteen votes TO twelve in the
| city. The country is opposed to Mr..
| Cleveland, while Atlanta is overwhelmingly
| for him. 80 IL Is claimed that the CleVe-
! land supporters used stratagem to have
mass meeting substituted for the discrimi-
| mating primary arranged by IA Hill county
committee, and then packed the meeting
| and elected an instructed Cleveland dele@
CATION.
FORECAST OF THE PRESS.
By the associated Press
| ATLANTA, GA, May 16-The demo-
cratic state convention will meet in this
| city on Wednesday at noon and select dele-
gates to the democratic national convention
| at Chicago. Il Is conceded on all sides that
| this will be one OF the most hotly contested
conventions in the history of Georgia. The
| Democratic party in this state is divided
into two aggressive elements, which may
very properly be termed the Cleveland and
| anti-Cleveland factions. The Cleveland
| faction is composed Of those democrats who
are uncompromisingly for Mr.. Cleve-
land and favor an instructed Cleve-
land delegation to the national convention.
The anti.Cleyeland faction is made up of
| those who declare that the nomination Of
| Mr.. Cleveland in the face of the expressed
| preference of New York for another candi-
| date would result in his defeat at the polls
and be suicide TO the party at large, and
! who Insist that the delegates should be un-
instructed and the question Of presidential
| preference be left to their collective judge
| ment after reaching Chicago and considers
| ing the situation.
Each faction Is aggressive and argument
| ative, and both have begun the proselyting Of
| delegates to tn Q state convention byopening
headquarters at the Kimball house and dis
| playing banners bearing the watchword of
| the faction. As delegate enters the hotel
! he is accosted by a member Of one OF she
| committees ana escorted to the particular
headquarters OF that faction. where the
persuasive party leader discourses at length
upon the situation of the hour and the duty
| of the Georgia democracy.
cleveland headquarters, all delegates
welcome" is an inscription in large letters
which directs the visitor to the Cleveland
| headquarters, while swinging in the arcade
near the Cleveland quarters is
| huge placard bearing the flowing
| words: "Uninstructed democrats" "Meas4
ures, not men," "For men who favor tariff
and financial reform"
The Cleveland faction is headed by Hoke
Smith Of the Atlanta Journal, w. ID. Ellis.
| president OF the Cleveland Club, and Du-
| pont Guerry of Macon. The anti-Cleve-
land faction is led by Evan P. Howell of
the Atlanta Constitution United States
Senator Colquitt and Patrick Walsh of the
| Augusta Chronicle.
Among the Cleveland men mentioned as
| probable candidates for delegates at
large, are Congressman Henry g.
| Turner, Editor Richardson of
| tho Atlanta Journal, Dupont Guerry,
! of Macon, formerly United States district
attorney for Southern Georgia; ex-Con-
gresham Gambler and George A. Mercer.
| Some of the men mentioned as likely TO be
| the candidates of the anti-C Cleveland faction
are Evan p. Howell Patrick Walsh, Louis
| +. Garrard, F. G. DuBlgnon and James
| Dupree.
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