The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15
WILLINK TO GO 1T ALONE.
PARTRIDGE AND TRAVIS WILL NOT
ENTER THE PRIMARIES.
NO CHANGE IN THE PLANS.

Its Original PTOgramme-Mr
Charlton states the Position of the
OppoSition-Some Very Lively Dis
cussion on the Various Points of
CONFERENCE.-The. Dixon stirs II
Things Once o. TWice-Mr. Collins
Defends District Primaries and
Also HimseIf-Thc Vote 8 to IL and
One Of the Four Repentcd-Mr.
Reynolds stepped Ont and the
Hartridge and Travis Representa-
lives Announced Their with
drawaI.
Tuesdays primary will be a one-sldea
affair Mr.. Wulink viii De the only can
didate
Under the resolution adopted by
the democratic executive committee,
he viii have the naming Of
all the managers. there being no
other candidate before the primary, and
it is TO be presumed he viii get all the
votes. The result will he reported 20 the
chairman Of the democr executive
committee ana ne viii declare the result.
Mr.. W.nink VIII then he formally Go
ciarcd the candidate Of the Democratic
party for the legislative vacancy, and
Messrs. Har,ridge and Travis and their
supporters viii be officially proclaimed
as boilers.
This is the result OF yesterdays action
Of the executive committee after the con-
ference with the representatives Of MessIs.
Hartridge and Travis. The executive COM
mittee declined to acccde to their request
for central primary at the court house
or to make any change in the resolution
adopted at a previous meeting.
The HartriIge and Travis representa-
tivcs then announced that they would take
no part in the district primary. As Mr..
Charlton expressed it. "They would ap-
peal from the action Of the executive COM
mittee TO the Democratic party"
The meeting was interesting and az
times exciting. Although called on short
notice. ii was the largest Of three re-
Gently held. twenty of The twenty-five
members of the committee being present.
They We're. Hon. f. G. duBlgnOn, chair
man: j. +. Sullivan, secretary; J. 5. Col
lins, A. L. Alexander, j. i. Mcguire,
Frank McDermott, G. A. Lamotte, J. =.
Newton, Samuel Reynolds, D. L. Chris
tian, j. +. Lu5s, John Juchter, w 2.
LaRoche. j. J. Power, A. L. We'll. VII
liam Gibbons, c. W. Wylly, Jr., f. c.
Gleason, l.. a. Falligant, NJ. w. Dixon
The meeting was called to order shortly
after 4 o'clock. Messrs. w. G.. Charlton,
w. G. Cam and ]. r. Furlong appeared,
representing Mr.. Hartridge and Mcssrs.
L. NJ. Kellogg, T. +. Leak and j. A.
Grub, representing Mr.. Travis. The
chairman stated the object of the meet
he eosn rqafffaa having aNurpcea1
its willingness TO hear from the gentle
men named, MIR. Charlton was called upon
by the chairman TO make whatever state
ment on the point at issue he might de-
sire.
Mr.. Charlton said: Il thank YOU Mr..
chairman and gentlemen, for the oppor-
tunity you have afforded us to express
our views upon your recent action order
Ing district primaries. As you are aware,
there are three candidates in the field for
the suffrage of democratic votersS or
these, two are persuaded that a fair cleo
ton cannot be held in the districts, ana
II they had a majority Of me vote it
would not result in the nomination of
either. 1t is not unreasonable to assume
that these gentlemen believe that they can
secure the nomination If they can secure
fair primary. Between them. If they
do not represent a majority Of the party
they at least, represent a very respectable
portion of it. They are not here asking
favors. If it were mere difference of
opinion they would not consume your
time. But, right or wrong. they are per-
suaded district primaries will result only
in fraud, violence and dissatisfaction.
Permit me to briefly refer to the history
of the party in this regard: Many years
ago the executive committee nominated
candidates. The party became so dis
gusted with the results that democra -
ran independently and succeeded, where
upon the party quit nominating. Then
mass meetings in the districts elected DEL
egates to a convention which nominated
Then general mass meetings were held
until 1892, when the party ordered dis
trict primaries in the city districts This
experiment was accompanied with 50
much Of fraud and violence that the en-
tire party was Disguised, and when 1t
next met these were abandoned and dis
trict mass meetings substituted. These
failed, and the entire party united in a
request to the chairman to call a central
primary. This was entirely successful,
and no one questioned the result. 1t was
probably the only fair election held in
Chatham since the war. Your action was
taken without giving us an opportunity
TO make a suggestion; and in adopting
the method OF expressing a democratic
choice you have selected one which the
party repudiated and in which no demo-
ness. I do not know that Mr. WillinS
objects to a central primary. We do not
see how he can. IL he thinks he can
get justice in the districts, we think We
will not. We are persuaded that he ana
we can get justice in the central pri-
mary. We have not heard an objection
to this last. Il has been tried and found
to be satisfactory to every one The
other have been tried and resulted i'm
scandal ana dissatisfaction. Even if our
apprehensions are strained, even II you
think that upon another trial a district
primary would be successful, we are per.
suaded that it viii injure the party, and
we cannot see why you should abandon
what the people have approved TO try
something which has failed You are go.
ing backward, and we appeal to you If
the interests of the party to give us 9
fair election, one which will be beyon6
cavil and doubt. This you cannot do By
adopting the district system, whist vol
can Go it by adopting the central system
which gives no man the advantage anC
places ali on an equality. You know tina
at the places designated the accommoda
tons are me0gre. 1t is within the power
of few men to so block access to tn.
one, small window used as TO keep voter,
in line for hours. This is not specuIa
ton. 1t has happened at every distric