The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11
GLORY FOR GEORGIA.
Her Stampede Gave Bryan
the Nomination.
BUSH THE FIRST BOOMER.
Hal Lewis Also on the Band
Wagons Front Seat.
BLAND BEATEN By TIE BREAK.
His BaCkeTS Blame Georgia for His
Defeat.
BLAND BEATEN BY TIE BREAR.

All sorts of Good Things Predicted
for Bush in Case bryan Is Elected.
Messrs. Howell and walsh Conn
pIeteIy Ovcrshaaowed by the New
Luminarles Of the Georgia DeIe-
gatiOn-Iirynn Surprised when
Told That Lewis HAD Put Him in
Nomination-They Meet and shake
Hands.
Chicago. H.. July 10-Dr r. b. Bush.
delegate from the Second district Of
Georgia, was the star delegate of the con-
ventlon to-day He was made much Of
by the Chicago papers this morning on
account OF the way he started the Bryan
stampede yesterday afternoon. That wild
scramble over the seething mass or hu-
manity with tho uprooted banner OF Geor-
gia waving wildly above his head, gave
him fame that dragged Georgia out OF
a state Of inslgnlacance and made her
one of the stellar lights in the great Bryan
hat and ruddy bewhiskered face make him
an easy mark physically, Is now pointed
out everywhere as the man who brought
the convention to the Nebraskans back
He is one of the lions Of the hour and
all sorts of good things are predicted for
him II the boy orator ever becomes Pres
ident. He completely oversbadows those
who passed as the leaders Of the delega-
tion when II arrived on the scene. They
were the original Teller boomers, out
spoken and even to the last unrecOncila-
BILE as such, though Georgia has a front
seat on the Bryan band wagon. The out
cry has a good deal Of glory IN It TO them.
True, when the Nebraskan set the blood
OF the convention afiew the Teller boom
ers of the Georgia contingent had to
submit to the force OF the revolution In
the south, which they first hoped to de-
liver to the Colorado orphan and later
swung over TO the Bland column. But
oh. If they could have only foreseen the
result so that there might be no trouble
some question TO answer when the time
comes to divide out the spoils of victory
If victory ever comes TO the Bryan eagles.
Along with DR.. Bush, the stampede
member Of the delegation, the credit for
placing the state in the Bryan line is due
TO Gus Morrow, the Jonesboro EDITOR
and Col. Hal Lewis the eloquent citlzen
Of Greensboro. The one clinched the bolt
form Bland while the delegates were
laboring under the spell of the Nebraskan's
eloquence and the excitement caused py
the action OF Or. Bush IN tearing the
standard from its footing and rushing over
to the Nebraska section by promptly cali
ing for a ballot, and the latter firing the
convention as only the boy orator him
self had done when he placed his
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candidate. With Col. Lewis as with DR..
Bushe, the stampeder OF the convention, u
was an inspiration of the moment. Last
night when the Georgians took their seats
he had no idea of nominating Bryan. The
Nebraskan had no organized campaign,
and had In fact asked his friends not 10
place him in nomination as candidate
before the convention. He and the brill
liant Georgian, who has now leaped into
national fame on account Of the fate OF
the day, had had no word on the subject,
and when the nominee learned that MS
name had been presented by Col Lewis
IL was a surprise to him When the two
met to-day after the nomination they
shook hands for the first time, but IN this
event Of democratic victory in November
it may be taken for granted that the elo-
duent Georgian whose impulsiYeness LED
him to place the successful candidate
before the convention, Will not be Ior-
gotten He is already being singled out
In the crowd OF the men VINO viii SIT
close to the head Of the counsel table.
The part taken by Georgia In the events
of to-day was equally as conspicuous and
important as yesterday. The Bland men
realized that 1t was Georgia's break yes
terday that caused the great stampede
and with all the persuasion they could uss
they endeavored to bring the Empire state
back into line again, with the south disin-
tegrating led by such powerful and emo
tional delegation as that from Georgia
they felt that the star of the Missourian
was surely sinking, but the Georgians
stood firm and refused to be shaken away
from the new found hero and when the
stampede commenced after the fourth ball
lot II was Georgia that led off again by
common consent DR.. Bush was given the
standard and with il I'm his hands a Sec
ond time brought the fifteen thousand peo-
pie to their feet. The uprooting of the
Georgia standard was the signal for the
general break up and 1t was but few
minutes before twenty other states were
following the enthusiastic Bush in the rail-
ly to the Nebraska banner.
The Bland people tonight say that if
Georgia could have been kept In line to-
day according to the instructions of the
first caucus which prevailed up to the bolt
led by Dr. Bush their man would have
been nominated.
They consequently feel a little sour
over the fact that It was a state upon
which they depended surely for at least
the first and second ballots which dis
solved the Bland strength in the south
and encompassed his ruin.
The members Of the Georgia delegation
are perfectly at ease in their minds on
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