The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-03
ALL WIND AND CLAIMS.
THAT IS HOW THE DELEGATES
REFER TO THE THIRD PARTY.

REFER TO THE THIRD PARTY.
! Good Men on Hand to Renomlnate
Col Lester This Morning-Hon. Wal
ter q. Charlton VIII Act as Tenn
porary Chairman and Some Solid
Man Will Be honored With the Per-
manent Craftsmanship - The True
Status of the Peoples Party.
The democratic congressional convention
of the First district Of Georgia will meet in
the court house ct 10 o'clock shis morning.
The convention will be- called to order by
Hon. Walter G. Charlton acting as proxy
for Maj. g. NJ. Ryals, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee for the district.
1t is not known who win be selected to
act as permanent chairman Of the conyen-
tion.
ed" Galloway OF Burke and Hon. Alfred
Harrington of Emanusl are likely possibili-
ties In this line. II the duties of Col. Z. p.
Miller as president OF the TGrpentine Pro-
duoers' Association do not require his en-
tire attention he will stand an excellent
chance of being selected for the position, or
II some other solid man is wanted w. e.
Bitch of Bulloch will fill the bill.
THOSE ON HAND LAST NIGHT.
The prospect is that the convention will
be we'll attended aud all the counties fully
represented.
Bulloch sent down a solid delegation last
night, Composed of W. ID. Bitch, B. T.
Outland, J. A. Brannen, ]. e. Williams
and d. r. Grower.
Hon. E. II. Galloway and Hon. w. Fl r..
Davis are here as the representatives OF
Burke. Both are well-known members OF
the last legislature, aud are prominent
leaders Of the young democrats of the dis
trict.
Hon. Alfred Harrington, also a member
OF the last legislature, and Judge Rountree
came down as the representatives Of
Emanuel. The other delegations will ar
rive by the morning trains.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY.
The delegates made their headquarters at
the Pulaski. They sat out in front of the
hotel last night. enjoyed the breeze and ex-
changed views upon the political situation
aud the prospects Of the different candi-
dates. They were all agreed upon one point
aud that was that the strength of the third
party, iu this district at least consists largely
OF wind and untounded claims.
A MORNING NEWS representative who
| joined the Iarty was warmly welcomed
and was readily given information about
the situation in the different counties. The
| delegates we're just figuring on how easily
| they could make up q slate while they were
all there together and put up a country
man to knock out the Chatham county
man altogether.
None of your people is here to watch u.s. u
laughingly said a delegate, land ws could
do it just as easy as nos.n
LESTER DESERVES THE PRIZE.
II was unanimously voted, however. that
Col. Lester had earned the right 20 a third
eA - u
| both the nomination and the election.
How is Burkew Mr.. Galloway was
asked
Burke is all right, was the reply. "You
can rely upon that county. The demo-
cratic ma1oritles will be as large as ever
| this fall"
''But the third party people are claiming
they will carry Burke almost solidlY." he
was told.
They don't claim it up our way" an
swered Mr.. Galloway. "There are two
white democratic voters TO every white third
party man in the county, and the negroes
will vote with us 10 to l. They will not
vote with the third party. We will carry
our county by q large majority"
81 think 1t is about the same way in Bull
| looh," said Dan" Grower. "The white
vote stands just about 2 to l in favor Of
the democrats. The negroes who vote at
all will vote with US.
But Bulloch has been claimed by the
third party"
THE THIRD PARTY BIG BLUFF
80 has every other county in the dis
triot, excepting Chatham. and think some
| of the overenthusiastio ones are inclined to
claim that The third party people are not
in it 10 Bulloch, and you can mark that
down as certain
at is the same tale In Emanuel" spoke
up Judge Rountree. "The third party peo-
pie are telling 1t all over the country that
| they have Emanuel solid, but it is Just the
other way. The third party people are
Claiming the earth and G portion of the
next world thrown in, but they are deceiv-
ing very few people by it"
The third party may carry some Of the
counties IN the DISTRICT but IL does not APP
pear that any Of tbs three above mentioned
| will be among them. With Burke,
Emanuel and Bullooh. these large counties
aud Chatham, the dIstricE will be safe.
The incoming delegations to-day are ex.
pected to repeat the story already told by
those now here. With the fine front now
presented by the democrats the First dis.
triot appears TO be all right.
WHAT COL. LESTER CAN DO.
The delegates are anxious. however. fol-
Col Lester TO come and make tour Of the
| district They think it would have a very
beneficial effect upon the weak -kueed who
are wavering between the two parties.
The third party has killed the alliance
and the Democratic party will now kill the
third party" remarked Il delegate las
night.
Inquiry developed the fact that the aIli.
ance has almost expired throughout thiI
section. The district and county alliances
have ceased to meet i'll many portions of the
district and the strength Of the alliance has
fallen off from one-half to one-thlrd. L
| would appear from this that the third party
had, indeed, killed the alliance.