The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-21
READY FOR THE CONVENTION
CHATHAsTs TWO SETS or DELE
GATES MAKING CLAIMS.

The County's Local Fight to Find
Its Way Into state POIities-The
Liberals Say They Have the Mat
ter Worked Up and in Better
shape Than They Did for the Con-
EressiOnaI Convention some
Sound Money TaIk-state COmbI-
nations Referred 10 and Not
Local.
| The next event OF interest in politics,
and in which the local situation in savan-
nah Will again loom up. will be the state
| convention, 10 be held in Macon next
! Thursday.
Not only are the delegates from the diff
/ ferent counties going TO be there, but
/ as is usual at such conventions, there will
! be an influx Of politicians from all parts
/ Of the state; and especially those who are
/ on the lookout for votes and offices.
But the interesting feature of the con-
vention from a Savannah standpoint will
| be the contest between the two sets Of
| delegates from Chatham. Perhaps two
/ wings Of the same party were never fur
ther apart anywhere than are she oppos-
| ing factions in Chatham.
The delegates who will go up from Chat
| ham are as follows:
Elected by the Primary-Pope Barrow,
! G. N. Ryals. J. P. Williams Herman Ny
ers. Robert NJ. Hitch H NJ Stanley.
Elected at the Democratic Mass Meet
mg-W. g. Charlton, John Flannery, A.
II MacDonel. j. j. McDonough,s H. p.
The action of the congressional has
by no means decreased the divergence
or opinion as TO what delegates will
be seated. Assurance and confidence are
! still, to all appearances, equally strong
on both sides.
You saw what they did with them at
the congressional convention, didn't you?
Wen, it'll be the same old story at Ma
con- well known member of the ad-
mlnlstrauon forces said yesterday" We've
got the only legally authorized delegates
ana they VIII have a certificate to that
effect from the chairman Of the party,
Hon. +. q. duBignon. It's as plain as
day that they were elected legally and in
the manner authorized by the regular
committee Of the party. Let them send
as many delegates as they wish to; they'll
never get the state convention to seat as
delegates those who refused TO go into a
primary as directed by the executive com
The members of the Citizens Club say
the action taken by the congressional con-
yention has settled the matter, but the
Liberal Club men say they are confident
| they viii get much fairer deal there
than they did before the other conven-
why those resolutions provided" one
of them said, "for the appointment of a
committee on credentials for the purpose
or nearing from the chairman of each
| delegation, and neither side was accorded
the courtesy of a hearing. We didn't dis
pute the fact that their credentials were
signed by the chairman of the party, and
that is altogether what the committee
based its decision on. There were other
| issues involved which we wished TO pre-
sent if we could have had hearing.
But 1t Will not be the same way at the
state convention by any means. We are
going there to seat our delegates and
I DelfeN6 they seated.
done some hard work in the matter,
and we will not be shut out so easily this
time, and predict not at all. The trouble
Is little or no attention was paiq to the
congressional convention, and IN fact al
most up to the time of the meeting no
effort was made to strengthen one side.
/ This has not been overlooked however,
in connection with the state convention,
and there may be some surprises in store
This is the way they are talking now.
| The senatorial convention Is looked upon
| as minor issue until the state conven-
] tion is out of the way, but the same con-
/ test Will no doubt come up when that con-
/ vention is held.
| As to the money question, both sets of
| delegates are known to be in favor of
/ sound money, but that will hardly cut
| much figure. From the results throughout
/ the state VIXEN the primaries were held
| there can be little doubt in the mind of
any one as to what the convention is go
/ ing to do. Free silver at 16 to / will I'M
| doubtedly be Endorsed, and that too, with
/ out any equivocation. So the votes of
| Chatham's six sound money delegates will
| hardly count for much, unless there is a
/ surprising change in sentiment between
| now and Thursday.
| The convention is going to be held in the
| Academy of Music in Macon and the hotel
| Lanier will probably be the headquarters
! Atkinson and his friends will be. A full
| state ticket is to be nominated, a plat
form adopted and delegates to the notional
| convention named.
savannah's sound money democrats are
| still talking faVorably of quietly voting
the republican ticket in case the Chicago
| convention declares for silver. The sub
| ject will be more freely discussed, how
| ever, after the Chicago convention, es-
| pecially If it should take in the silver
| platform.
Capt. Henry Blum takes very favor
| able view of the action of the st. Louis
| convention. When asked about the mat
| ter he said:
81 feel very much gratihed. I am con-
| strained to say the laborer, the artisan,
| the farmer, the sailor, the merchant and
the, capitalist can look forward again
| future has great good in store for all,
and the uncertainty has been removed"
In speaking of the solicitor generalship
| race in this circuit, the other day, the
| statement was made that there is already
some talk of combinations. 1t seems
| some people placed a wrong cons truction
| on the statement and have been asking
the local candidates as to whether they
had made any combinations between
| themselves, and what sort of combina-
tons they were. The statement did not
refer to any local combinations, but to
the state. which the machine politicians
| formulate every time election year
rolls around. AS a rule, one or more
states are made up. and the work on
| them begins far in advance of the meet
ing of the general assembly. The sue
cessful candidate usually has to be on
a certain slate to win, though it is fire.
quently the case that an outside candi-
| date captures a few more votes and
gets in anyhow. These are the combina-
lions that are already being talked Of
AS vet Messrs. W. w. Fraser, w. W.
Osborne and w. w. Sheppard are all in
the race, and each is making his own de-
termined fight for supremacy.
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