The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-17

one who hadn't noticed the great number O.
quiet business men in the theater thing
looked as if the Hillites were going to have
things all their own way. But the Cleve
land men were reserving their lung forc'
and enthusiasm for the proper time.
THE VOTING.
| There was little discussion Of the resolu
ton and substitute and the chairman put
| the question for a viva voce vote on Mr.
| Rockwelps substitute. The theater was JUS
comfortably full when the vote was taken
with only few persons standing in the
rear, but the business men. mostly members
| Of the Democratic Campaign Club. were
pouring In rapidly. The yeas and nays had
very much the same volume Of sound and
the Hin men thought they had It:
| THE chair Is in doubt" said Mr.. Charl-
ton. viii all who favor Mr.. Rockwelpi
substitute please rise"
a good crowd rose and the Hill men made
/ a good showing on the vote. When the
contrary was called the opposition evil
| IDENTIFY had the largest crowd
The chairman said. positively, "The nays
have it." This brought the first real big
| yell from the campaign clubmen.
| They saw they had the meeting then with
increasing strength every minute, and they
| proposed TO hold it,
A COUNT DEMANDED.
Mr.. Rockwell demanded that count be
taken by tellers, and when reminded by
w. G. Cam and J. Randolph Anderson that
the chair had already made his decision,
appealed from the decision of the chair.
A lengthy discussion was entered into be-
tween Mr.. Rockwell. Mr.. Cam, Mr.. Ander-
| son aud others as to whether the chairs de-
cision should stand.
Henry Green. q mail carrier, aud who
appeared to be one of the Hill leaders, Gre
ated a sensation by making a big kick
against republicans being present. he as
serted that there were a number of repub-
leans In the theater and sailors and others
who were not citizens. James Mcbride had
surprised the Hill people by coming down
With a delegation and taking possession
leud and the Democratic Campaign
Club. Mr.. Mcbride is said to be
republican. and it looked Gs If he might
have gone into the byways and hedges for
some Of his party.
They made good showing by the side OF
the Hill shouters on their left, however,
and completely turned the tables on them
They were fully determined that the Hill
speakers from the Fourth district should
not be heard, and they were eminently sue
cessful.
Justice Sam Reynolds made dozen at
tempts TO speak, but nobody heard
him. This made the Hill men sore, and
Green made several attacks upon the party.
He pointed out Mcbride, McEneneany and
Harry Bacon as three republicans in the
party, and moved that the chairman re-
quest all republicans in the meeting to
leave, and, if they did not leave, TO appoint
a committee with himself at the head to
eject them.
TO KEEP OUT REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. Cam seconded Mr.. Green's motion.
The chairman said hA would all
republicans present to desist from voting
and in case they did vote their votes should
not be counted.
Green insisted upon his motion. He
declared that Mcbride and his crowd were
invited there by the Democratic
Campaign Club, for which he was
loudly Kissed. His motion was
carried and the chair requested all
republicans present to retire, but nobody
retired.
Mr.. Rockwell again took up his ar9u-
ment for a recount. The chairman stated
to Mr.. Rockwell that an appeal from the
decision of the chair under the circum-
stances would certainly be improper, but
that he was entitled to q division il he SO
desired.
A DIVISION CALLED FOR.
MIR. RockW ell then called for division.
He mo we'd that five tellers from each side be
appointed to take the vote of each side in
the theater and report to the chair. Col
Gordon moved, as a substitute, that ali in
favor of Mr.. Rockwell's substitute for Mr..
Russel's motion should go on the south side
of the theater, and that all opposed to it
should 60 on the north side and that the
vote then be taken.
Mr.. Rockwell urged in favor of tellers.
He said every man in the house should be
sworn to be democrat before his vote was
Two dc I'D k,N
he would like to have the job of swearing
them in.
Il. A. We'll said he was satisfied the chair
man was very smart man, but it was i'm
possible for him to tell by the appearance of
the crowd which side was III the majority
and which was not.
Mr.. Charlton asked if the meeting was
ready to put the vote upon the motion that
the Hill men should take one side of the
theater and the Cleveland men the other.
OBJECTED TO COUNTING THE FACTIONS.
Col Gordon promptly o bjected to the use
of the words Cleveland" and HILL by the
chairman with reference to his motion.
He said the motion was strictly
upon Mr.. Rockwells substitute
for Mr.. Russel's motion. They were not
voting for Cleveland or Hill delegates. he
said, but for the ticket named by the DEM
ocratio Campaign Club against that nomi-
mated by the Hill Club. His name, he said,
was upon the ticket named by Mr.. Russell.
but he desired to say that he was not bound
to either Hill or Cleveland. The chairman
promptly acknowledged his mistake.
Col. Charlton H. Way asserted that il
was simply question Of Cleveland or Hill,
and'the was no use Disgusting it.
Col. Gordon's substitute was put and lost.
The campaign club men seemed to mis-
understand the idea Of the resolution. II
passed it would have simplified things
greatly.
Mr.. Rockwell's motion for telers was
then put. There seemed to be about an
equal array of yeas and nays, but the chair
man decided that the yeas had it.
By his request five tellers were
named by each side, as follows
BY Mr.. Russell for the
Democratic Campaign Club: G. B. Pritch-
ard, +. M. Hapersham, H. G. GanahI
Adolf Letter aud w. d. Krenson. BY Mr..
RockH ell for the Hill Club: John Powers,
Henry Green, Harry Willink, Samuel Rey-
nolds, J. j. MoHugh.
THE VOTE BY SECTIONS.
BY motion the tellers were instructed t.
take the thtater by sections. Tom Daley
attempted TO get in a speech for about fit.
| teen minutes, during which he gesticulated
wildly amid the ieers OF the crowd around
him. He at last caught the chairman's eye
but gave up his attempt to make speech
aud retired in disgust.
The tellers started out on a big Job
After considerable wrangling it was de-
| cided to count by sections. The Dit was first