The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14
SILVERITES GROWING SCARCE.
THEIR COUNTY CONVENTIONS REG
ULAR BURLEsQUEs.

Only Twenty-Six Voters Present out
OF 1000 I'm Whitfield COunty-ReS-
OlutiOns Declaring i'm Favor of
Free Coinage Passed by n Vote of
IA 10 12-OnIy Twelve Free silver
ties Among the Seventy-Five Men
I'm Attendance on the Convention
in TeIfair.
Dalton Ga. July Bout OF 1000 voters
twenty-six democrats answered the call
for a silver meeting this afternoon. Reso-
lutions declaring for free coinage Of botl.
metals were passed by vote of IA to y.
the chair voting. J. t. Whitman, Drew
NJ. Peoples, Sam f. Borry. John Black
and Sam H. Maddox were sent as dele
gates to the Griffin convention by vote
OF Il to y. About twenty-five populists
and ten republicans were present, and
when they were ruled out and not al
lowed to vote. the goldbugs present as
spectators saw chance for fun and in
troduced a sound money resolution, in
dOrsng President Cleveland. They were
defeated by the same vote. The silver res
olutions We're passed by a vote OF IA to Y.
Had the goldbugs known the popullsts
would not be allowed to vote, they could
easily have captured the meeting and
indorsed the administration. AS 1t was
they had a good deal Of fun over the silver
democrats and their mammoth strength
of twenty-siX out of 1900 voters. X. /.
Peak, president of the First National
Bank, was on the silver resolution COM
mittee.
McRae, Ca, July 13.-The chairman of
the democratic executive committee of
Telfair having issued call to the demo
Gratis of this county to select delegates to
the Griffin convention, a large number
met at the court house to-day, where a
few free silveFites expected to have things
their own way. Telfair's democracy was
determined. however, that no delegation
should go from here TO the Griffin con-
vention, claiming to represent the Demo-
cratic party of Telfair county and after
speeches by Hon. Tom Eason and Mai.
d. f. McRae on the free silver side, and
Coils. W. L. Wright, b. NJ. Frizzelle and
d. c. McTennan. for sound money, the
free silverites agreed to abandon the call,
and have a free silver meeting which
they did, the sound money men not taking
any part in that meeting.
Tom Eason, d. L. McRae, w. s. Nc
Dufiie. A. G. McTennan and John Smith
We're chosen as delegates six votes being
cast for them and one against. One feat
ture was very noticeable, the cheering for
free silver Speakers being INDUCED in
by about three or four men,
mostly former populists while the
speakers on the sound money side
were loudly and Justify cheered. Out of a
crowd of about rs there were just about
u free silverites, including the delegates
selected
william Mclean, clerk OF the superior
court, who was chosen secretary of the
meeting, refused to act for the free silver
ties and would not sign the report OF the
free silver proceedings. Telfair is solid for
sound money and the present administra-
tion Overwhelmingly.
Lincolnton, Ga. July 13-The free silver
ties met in convention here to-day and
elected four delegates to the silyerite con-
vention at Griffin. They are A. B. Sims, c.
S. Hollinshead, T. H. Remson and r. j.
Price, two populists and two democrats.
The meeting was a very tame affair.
Gibson, Ca, July 13-The meeting held
here to-day to elect delegates to the Grif-
fin convention was fizzle so far as DEM
ocrats were concerned only three having
affiliated in the meeting The populists Of
course, turned out In force. The Democratic
party of Glasscock county is in favor of
sound money
Cusseta, Ca, July 13.-The mass meet
ing here to-day elected six delegates to
the convention at Griffin.
Louisville, Ga, July 13.-The Jefferson
County Silver League met here to-day to
appoint delegates to the Griffin conven-
tion. The meeting was presided over by
Judge G. w. Warren, who is the perma>
nent chairman.
Resolutions were adopted declaring in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at 16 to l. The following gentle
men were elected delegates to the Griffin
convention: William Little. J. II. Polhill
c. A. Matthews, s. r. Tarver G. w. War
ren, j. T. Pluukett, A. II. Wootten, J. r.
Bethea, r. A. Rhodes, L. +. Berry, w.
r. Thompson, u. Anderson and j. G.
Cain. The meeting was non-partisan and
quite a number Of the prominent populists
Of the county are members of the league.
BIIRNED TO DEATH IN HIS RLoCIx