The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
AN OUTRAGE
Is WHAT WORTH COUNTY's ACTION
is CALLED
IN a Gentleman Who Was in the Snap
Meet1ng--He Exposes the True
Inwardness of 1t.

Meet1ng--He Exposes the True
Inwardness of 1t.
ga greater outrage was never perpe.
traded anywhere than was tina; little snap
meeting which selected Russell delegates
in Worth county the other day."
The speaker was gentleman who was
in that meeting, land his tone and manner
of speaking showed that he meant every
word that he said.
''Worth is overwhelmingly for Judge
Guerry,' he continued, ''and if the peo-
Pile had been given an opportunity to ex-
press their choice the county would have
gone for him TWO t me-"
During the course of conversation the
gentleman let drop several bits of very
interesting information which broughtto
light the true inwardness of how few
ring politicians deceived the people and
had things their own way.
According to the gentleman q1oted
above only chosen few knew that CO n
gressional delegates would be selected
that day. 1t seems that on July 9TH
gubernatorial primary was held in the
county, and mass meeting was called
for the next day to consolidate the vote
and appoint delegates to the Atlanta
convention. Judge Guerry's friends had
been assured that no action would be
taken on the congressiC NIL race, and it Is
even charged that a prominent supporter
of Mr.. Russell went oyer the county the
day before and told the people
that it would not be necessary
for theta to attend the meeting, as
the appointment Of delegates to
the state convention was the only
business to be transacted. With this
assurance but few OF Judge Query 8
friends attended the meeting, while tLi
| prominent supporter of Mr.. Russell who
canvassed the county the day before, and
who owns large interests in the county
o1ietlv loaded ali hls wagons with his
employos and hauled them to the meet
Ing. When the question of eecting con
gressional delegates was sprung Judge
Guerry's friends were taken by surprise,
but made a strong fight to have the mat
ter referred to primary on The 15tE OF
August, as recommended by the district
committee, but they were defeated by a
majority of one, the vote being 40 to AZ.
Judge Guerry's friends took no further
interest in the meeting, and the Russell
followers, having things all their own
way, appointed delegates to the congress
sional convention. Another feature OF
the day was the presence of Solicitor
Spence, Mr.. Russell's campaign boss, at
the meeting.
The gentleman who gave THE NEWS
this information says that there is con
siderable dissatisfaction among the peo-
pie of Worth county at the manner 10
which Russell delegates were secured,
and that they are not at all inclined to
submit to such high-handed methods as
have been practiced by the small Russell
contingent in that county.
''There is a strong populist party 10
Worth county," said the gentleman,
''and good democrats there, fear that
they will MT be able to maintain their
supremacy unless this great wrong upon
the people rectiied."
A petition, THE News learns, is being
circulated for signatures asking the
newly elected executive committee OF
Worth county to order primary for
August 18th to determine the cOunty's
choice for congressman. Nearly every
body is signing this petition, and the peo-
pie may yet be given chance to express
their preference between Judge Query
and Mr.. Russell.
THIRD PARTY CONVENTION.