Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-19
Though Grover Fared Well
at Most of Yester-
days Conventions.
INDORSED BY GEORGIA,
Two-Thirds of Whose Delegates Will
Vote for Him at Chicago.
THE ALLIANCE HARD AT WORK,
Trying to Keep South Carolina Away From
the EI-President.
A GREAT SURPRISE IN CALIFORNIA

ATLANTA, GA, May 1S.-The hosts o
Grover Cleveland marched through Georgis
to-day with the early dawn. They camt
from the four quarters of the State and, in
vading Atlanta, the citadel of the opposi-
tion, they met the enemy in State Conven-
tion and carried the day in one triumphant
assault. The anti-Cleveland men have
capitulated tonight and accepted the result
with resignation, but they are proud of the
hard-fought battle, in which they surren-
dered at last to the superior force of over
whelming numbers
When the convention met, the opposing
forces seemed about equally divided but the
great tidal wave of Cleveland sentiment
that had its birth in the convention of
little Rhode Island, that gathered strength
in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, and the
other great Stats of the north, swept over
the convention with resistless force, carry
ing all before it, and brooking no opposition
or compromise from those who appealed
eloqgsntly but in vain to the discretion
and conservatism of the Democrats of
Georgia
Extent of the Cleveland Victory.
Grover Cleveland has three-fourths of the
26 delegates to the National Convention,
and that the unit rule was not commanded
vas only due to the skillful and persistent
contest conducted by the opposition under
the leadership of Hon. Patrick Walsh, of
Augusta
The test fight of the day took place over
the election of the Temporary Chairman of
the convention. R. D. Reuder, on behalf
of the anti-Cleveland faction, nominated
Hon. John W. Robertson, and George A.
Clements, on behalf of the Cleveland dele
gates, nominated ex-United States Senator
Pope Barrow. The nomination of each of
those men was seconded by half dozen
speeches, and it was a long time before q
ballot was reached
A half hour was consumed in the roll call,
which finally resulted in victory for the
Cleveland men by the election of ex-senator
Pope Barrow as Temporary Chairman BY a
majority of over so votes Ere the call was
completed the anti-Cleveland men courte-
ously moved to make Barrow's election
unanimous, and this was done amid great
applause. Chairman Barrow was intro
duced by his recent competition, Mr. Robin
son, who said he was better presiding Of
ficer than himself, but not better Demo
crat
The Delegates Elected With Trouble.
W. A. Harris and Mack Hardin were
chosen Secretaries by acclamation, and the
Cleveland forces followed up their victory
by moving that the Temporary Chairman
be declared Permanent Chairman. This
was done by reclamation, anti-Cleveland |
people not demanding roll call. |
Z. II. Richardson, OF Atlanta, editor of |
tine Atlanta Journal; Fleming Dubignon, Of |
Savannah; James NJ. Smith, of Smithsonia, |
and Dupont Guerry, of Macon, were NOM |
mated for delegates at large bv the Cleve-
land element, and Patrick Walsh, of |
Augusta, editor of the Augusta Chronicle; !
Evan p Howell, of Atlanta, proprietor
of the Atlanta Constitution; J. NJ. Dupree,
of Montesama, and James Smith, of Smith
sonia, were nominated by the anti-Cleve-
land faction. Mr.. Smith was on both lists
but the Cleveland people believed him quite
as certain as their opponents of his LOYALTY
to their cause. The roll-call lasted over an
hour and resulted in a sweeping victory for
the Cleveland element.
The platform has the customary tariff re-
form plank, denounces Federal interference
at elections and with telegraph lines and
railroads, demands the free and unlimited
coinage of both silver and gold on parity
with each other, to the end that the money |
of the people shall be of such quantity and
quality as was originally contemplated by |
the Constitution" Cleveland's admin
istration is indorsed heartily, but
an effort to have the unit rule adopted |
aroused such opposition that the resolution
was withdrawn. This leaves each delegate
to act for himself at Chicago, but it seems
at least two-thirds of the delegates are pro-
nounced for Cleveland and will support
him at the National convention,