The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-29
GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION.

Primaries Held In All of the MiIitta
Districts Yesterday and Last
Nfght-The County Convention to
BE Held in the Harris street Hall
Monday-It VIII be Presided over
by the Chairmen of the Two Rival
Factions Until "A New County Or
Enni1atiOn Is Perfected.
The republican county convention will
be held at the colored odd Fellows hall,
on Harris street. Monday. Primaries
were held in all of the militia districts Of
the county yesterday. to elect delegates
to the convention and to perfect the dis
trict organization.
The only matter to come before the
county convention is county organization.
The convention will elect a chairman for
the county for the next two years. 1t will
also elect a new county county executive
committee
The convention will be called to order
by the chairman of the two factions of
the party, H. Maxwell and ]. E White
man. new chairman will then be elect
ed. That is where the fight will begin.
After the chairman is chosen, the county
executive committee will be elected.
The convention will meet at 10 O'Clock
The first thing will be the disposition CT
the contestfng delegates. There are like
ly to be two or three contesting delega>
lions, If not more.
All Of the city districts held primaries
last night. The primaries in the country
districts we're held in the afternoon. All
of the districts have been heard from ex-
cept the Seventh and Eighth, the Ogee-
chez and Pooler districts. The delegates
so far as reported. and the district organ
izations are as follows: First district
Washington, Robt. H. Burke, w. D.
Armstrong, S. G. Webster r. n. Rut-
ledge, F. J. Hilton, J. c. Williams, S. D.
Houston, Thos. Walker and A. N. Nor
decai, Chairman for two years, W. NJ
Chisholm, secretary, L. A. Washington
Second District-John d. Savage, W. H.
Morrell, Peter Battise. Lawrence Morrell,
w. A. Hazard H. N. Walton.
Alternates-Rev. E. K. Love, E. NJ Mar
tin. Charles Matthews, Sam Grant, Sam
uel jefferson, F. A. Adams.
Chairman-J. D. Savage.
Secretary-W. II. Morrell.
Third District-A. II. Grant, William II.
De Crutcher, J. w. Coates, Samuel p. Mil
Ter, T. A. Simons, John A. Jackson.
Alternates-,A. Gum, D. F. Farley, Rich
ard Wright Frederick Dixon. A. C. Man
by, Bob White.
Chairman-T. A Simones.
Secretary-William II. De Crutcher.
Fourth DISTRICT S. Brown, Y NJ. Mil
ledge, J. H. Deveaux, L. NJ Pleasant j.
E. Whiteman, w. K. Cullen, S. B. Morse,
H. f. Chimney, H. d. Cannick, S. A Will
son, j. H. Hinkie, ]. c. Simmons.
Chairman-J. S. Brown; secretary. York
NJ Milledge.
Fifth District Delegates-M. ]. Doyle.
S. S. McFan, H. Maxwell, c. Nichols, r.
H. Thomas, S. Black, John H. Jackson,
c. G. Jordon, ]. r. Rutledge, A. w. Bry-
an, Benjamin Ficklin, r. Bailey
Chairman-Benjamin Ficklin; secretary,
C. Nichols.
There seems to be some sort of trouble
in the Sixth district. The central part of
the district held its primary on the Buck
halter road in the afternoon. The dele
gates elected are A. J. Hines. A. Quar-
terman, A. Robertson, Peter Gross, j. c.
Degrees, A. B. Bush, P. H. Wright, Louis
Blows, L. w. Bank and Edward Robin
son.
Chairman-A. j. Hines
There was some talk as to the qualifica-
ton of delegates to sit in the convention,
but no definite action win be taken ex-
cept by the convention.
There is a good deal of interest to know
where the district organizations stand
IN municipal politics. In the Fourth dis
trict several speeches were made de-
claring for the Liberal Club. The Liberal
Club people say the First, Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Seventh districts are in sym
p2thy with them.