The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-08-09
ONE-THIRD PARTY
Hold a Nominating Con-
ventiOn and
SELECT ], |, SIBLEY AND ], D. benson
AS Their Nominees for the Legislature.
Delegates to the Senatorial and
Congressional Conventions,

The Peoples Party Of Cobb coun-
ty met in convention at the court
house last Tuesday with Chairman
j. L. Sibley temporary and perma-
nent chairman,and Loring Neufville,
secretary, A committee, appointed
by Chairman Sibley, composed Of
]. A. L. Born, J. D. Cunningham,
B. Rainey, R. B. Goodman and J.
u. Perkerson, reported business for
the meeting.
Each district had delegates from
eleven to fourteen respectively,
according to the size of the district,
a number of negroes being delegates.
The convention one by one nomi.
mated the following delegates to the
35th Senatorial Convention: w.
II. Terrell, B. Rainey, J. D. Perker-
son, j. D. Cunningham, J. A. T..
Born, J. T. Pace, Asa Darby and
r. B. Hicks.
Delegates to the 7th District
Congressional convention are: J.
w. Smith, L. W. Fowler, j. D.
Cunningham and D. q. Moon.
A committee on platform was ap.
pointed.
The nomination for Representa-
tives to the Legislature were am
nounced to be in order: Mr..
James 4. Sibley was placed in
nominations. He protested long and
loud and said that it was impossible
for him to make the race, not that
he was afraid of a defeat, but that
he was not in the condition to
make the fight that ought to be
made. The convention insisted,
however, and his name remained
before the convention. A. j. Alex
ander was placed in nomination but
he declined and his name was with
drawn. Then the nominations of
J. d. Benson, w. G. Blankenship
and Samuel F. Mayes were made.
The vote by ballot and by dis
tficts were ordered, with the follow
ing result: ]. L. Sibley, 173; w.
G. Blankenship, 27; j. D. Benson,
POS; and S. F. Mayes, 80.
Sibley and Benson were declared
the nominees for the Legislature
and accepted the nominations in
short speeches.
The platform committee reported
a string of resolutions, about yard
long, appealing by sections, to
preachers, business men, county
newspapers, intelligent colored men
and Judge Gober for fair elections.
Mr.. Jim Sibley was evidently the
author of this lecture, and as one of
the managers Of the election at this
place, in the last election, he said
then it was fair election.
While the platform committee
was out, ]. W. Smith OF Powder
Springs was called on for speech.
He told the colored people that if
they would stick to the third party
they would put them in the jury
box, but we noticed Chairman Sib-
ley didn't appoint any colored dele~
gates on any of the committees,
neither did the convention nomi-
nate any colored men to the Sena-
torial or Congressional conventions
or place any of them in nomination
for the Legislature. If they will
not place them on committees, they
are not very apt to place them in
the Jury box, besides jury Commits
sioners are the ones who place
names in the jury box.
The third party is not in power
] and never will be, and therefore
cannot give the colored people, or
Snybody else, anything.
A young man named Loring
Neutvllle was called and made a
speech against plutocracy and
democrats, but as there were no
plutocrats around nobody got Of.
tended. He abused Atkinson and
said he had rather vote for con
vict in the penitentiary than Akin
son tor Governor. There's is no
accounting for taste.
The two nominees for the Legis.
lature are wellsknowr men. Mr..
J. D. Benson is farmer and good
citizen and lives in the Grittel
district. MIR. James L. Sib.ey is
the son of MIR. Josiah Slbley, de-
ceased, formerly Of Augusta and 8
manufacturer. MIR. Sibley moved
here from Baldwin county, soon
after his brother, John, was elected
to the Legislature by the Alliance
His family lives on Church street
in this place and he runs truck
farm near town. He is very gen.
ial, clever man, but the Democrats