The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
A REPUBLICAN FOR CONGRESS.
LIVELY MEETING HELDINDAw.
son SATURDAY.
And Resolution Adopted to That Effect.
Delegates Elected to the District Con-
vention. Ratification Meeting to
Be Held.

The Terrell county republicans held
a meeting in the court house Saturday
to elect delegates to the second congress
sional district republican convention.
which will convene in Dawson next
Tuesday.
The meeting was SHINY attended,
there being only fifteen negroes and
two white men present. The latter
were Captain J. M. Alexander and
Professor B. G. Adams. Mr.. Adams is
a new accession to republican ranks.
He has heretofore affiliated with the
democratic party, and made his first an
pearance as a full-fledged republican at
Saturdays meeting.
The meeting was organized by the
election of j. w. Davis chairman and
Monk Williams secretary. J.C. STYLES.
B. G. Adams and b. j. Davis were elect
ed delegates to the congressional con-
vention, and everything ran along
smoothly until J. @. Styles, who SEEM
ed to be the ruling spirit of the gather
ing, introduced the following resolu-
tlon, which provoked q heated discus
sion.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
republican convention of Terrell cOun
ty assembled that we shall not endorse
either democratic or populists nominee
for congress in this district, but that
we do all we can to nominate and elect
a republican congressman"
Styles, George Brooks and others
spoke for the resolution, and Ben Da-
Wis opposed it. That he was on the I'M
popular side of the question was evil
dent. He was frequently interrupted
and finally, in the midst of his speech.
was called down by the chairman and
the resolution put upon it's passage.
1t was declared unanimously carried,
An effort was then made to remove
Davis from the delegation, but Brooks
diverted the attention of the meeting
by offering resolution that a COM
mlttee be appointed to find out what
negroes had registered and to get
those who had not done so to register,
and said that the republicans would
never get victory here unless they
sought victory that they would sue
coed now if they got their voters regis
tered and their votes counted.
Ben Davis secured the floor and said
that ii he had not been read out of the
party he would move that Brooks.
Styles and Adams look after the regis
tration. Bill Patterson was not ready
to vote on Davis's motion, and said that
he had never known Mr.. Adams as a
republican before, and did not know
now whether he was republican. pop
ulists or democrat. Styles came to the
rescue and Mr.. Adams was permitted
to remain on the registration commit
tee. While on the floor Styles urged
that all who had registered and could
not write to go back to the registrar and
make their mark, as an absence of it
might be taken advantage of on cleo
tion day.
Styles announced that ''Coloner'
Dlsmuke had promised him to come to
Dawson and make a speech. 1t was
agreed to have Mckinley and Hobart
ratification meeting in Dawson about
the middle of September, and to have
Dlsmuke, j. E. Peterson of FIT. Gaines
and other white republicans here to
make speeches.
WHO WILL THEY NOMINATE?
The general opinion now is thata re-
publican will be nominated for con-
gress next Tuesday, and there is con-
siderable speculation as to who it will
be. The NEWS has heard Professor
Adams of Dawson and Mr.. Peterson
OF Fit. Gaines both mentiOnedi in con-
nection with the nomination.
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