The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-30
THE MASS MEETINGS FIXED
4 New County Executive Committee
TO Be Chosen June 6.

The Chairman of the Party Requested
to Call the Mass Meetings in the Dis
tricts on That Date-The Present
Committee Agrees That It Has No
Power Other Than to Provide for the
Election of Its Successor-The Ad-
ministration Indorsed-Col. Mercer
Scores the Executive Committee.
The democratic executive committee
held lively meeting last night. II re
suited, however, in nothing more than
resolution requesting the chairman Of the
committee to issue a call for district mass
meetings to elect new executive com
mittee on June Is, and that he confer with
the members of the committee from the
several districts as to the places Of hold
ing such meetings. The committee
showed no disposition to trangress its au-
thOritv by ordering primaries to select
delegates to any of the forthcoming con-
ventions.
The committee met in the cityx court
room at s o'clock. The following men,
bers were in attendance: Merritt w.
Dixon, vice Chairman; Jordan F. Brooks,
secretary; Waring Russell, NJ. j. Desver-
gers, T. D. Rockwell G. a. Mercer, John
r. Young, H. G. Ganahl, John Schwarz,
John Juchter, Samuel Reynolds, T. ].
Sheftall. D. L. Christian, f. A. Leonard,
Frank McDermott, c. A. Lamotte, w. w.
Osborne, J. F. Sullivan, and Harry Viii
link.
CALLED By REQUEST.
The chairman stated after calling the
meeting to order that it had been called
pursuant to the request of seventeen
members of the executive committee.
MIR. Dixon said that there was prece-
dent IN the parry that whenever nine
or more members of the committee re
Quested that a meeting be held that the
committee should be called together and
that he had simply acted in accordance
with this precedent in calling
the meeting, He stated as his opinion
that the present committee had no
right to transact any further business
than to provide for the election of It's sue
Cessor, and that in this it had no right TO
dictate 10 its chairman, whose duty il
was specified in Tho resolution adopted at
the theater mass meeting of two years
ago 10 order the mass meetings in the dis
tricts for this purpose. Mr. Dixon said
he would rule all resolutions out of order
which should propose TO do either Of
these things,
ningham was present with the proxy of
MIR G.. w. Owens, who was absent from
the city, ana he OIered a resolution that
Mr. Cunningham be admitted 10 a seat
with the committee. Mr.. Young S resolu-
tion was lost, only five members voting in
favor of it,
Mr. 4. J, Sheftan then introduced the
following resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
CLEVELAND INDORsED.
Resolved, That the democratic executive
committee, representing the Democratic
party of Chatham county, lndOTseS the add
ministratiOn OF President Cleveland, express
ing full confidence IN his courage, character
ana capacity. believing that tue measures OF
tariff and financial reform urged in his mes
sages to congress are for the Cest interests of
the people
Resolved, That we regard with peculiar
pleasure the manner in which the different
counties in Georgia are speaking out in sup
port Of the President, and we believe it to be
the duty OF democrats everywhere to stand
by Grover Cleveland as the highest repre-
sentative of the party, the chief executive of
the people, and one OF the best and strongest
types OF American citizenship.
TO FIX THE MASS MEETINGS.
Mr. Willink then introduced a resolu-
tion providing for the holding of mass
meetings in the districts for the selec-
ton of members of the committee to sue
coed the present members of the COM
mlttee, on the night of June 6. The res
olution contained the clause, the chair
man asserting thereto"
Mr. Dixon ruled the resolution as out
of order, because it set the time for hold
ing the mass meeting, which he held TO
have the appearance of debating to the
chairman. His ruling brought on a lively
discussion. The majority Of the members
contended that it was the province of
the committee to arrange for the ele ton
of its successors as much so as it was
of 10 oh ii hat IN l,.,
absence of the chairman the vice chair
man had full authority to per-
form all the duties appertainiug
10 the Office of the chairman,
and that there was no reason
why the committee should not proceed to
order and arrange for the mass meetings
then and there. 1t was iutimated that
the chairman had not treated the COM
mlttee with proper respect by not giving
decided answer when first called upon
TO call meeting, and by not favoring
them with formal reply to that
request until after he had made his
arrangements to be absent from the city
for an indefinite length Of time. The
principal part IN this discussion was
taken by Messrs. Willink, Sullivan, Rock
well, Osborne and Reynolds The latter
vent so far as to charge that the chair
man had not shown the proper interest in
the business of the committee, and that
he had given no intimation of any inten-
ton to call the committee together until
IL suited his convenience to do so.
MIR. CHARLTON DEFENDED.
The action of the chairman was de-
Tended by Messrs Mercer and Young.
Col. Mercer contended that it was
strictly the right Of the chairman to or
DER the primaries for the election of the
new committeeman, and that the mem
bers of the committee had no right to in
fringe upon this right in any manner
whatsoever. The chairman, he said, had
been elected at a mass meeting of the
party, white the committeeman had only
been elected by their individual districts,
and that consequently the authority of
the chairman was paramount TO that of
the committee Col. Mercer strongly dep
recated any action tending to exhibit
discOurtesy toward the chairman.
Mr. Young read a telegram received by
Capt. H. c. Cunningham yesterday from
Mr.. Charlton. 1t was in reply TO one
from Capt. Cunningham inquiriug as 10
the authority Of the committee TO act in
the matter of ordering the mass meet
ing.
MR.. CHARLTON's TELEGRAM.
IL