The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-10
NO SENATOR YET NOMINATED.
,r cAUCUs TAKES TWELVE BAL
LOTS AND ADJOURNs.

ra,-en to Prevent the POpulists
md Republicans From Stealing "A
~,.cb in the General Assembly.
Atlanta Ca, Nov. 9.-The democratic
..,,ous for United States senator adjourn
~ at II o'clock tonight after having
Ian twelve ballots without making a
...r,iration. to meet again tomorrow af-
.ornoon at 9 o'clock. When the caucus
.,,,o IN n end tonight the situation was
rnived one. 1t appears that it is any
IONS fight But one candidate has drop
.,a ant Col. ]. w. Robertson of Haber
shor, county. Supplying his place in the
aol5 for the fight is still the field against
Cow Atkinson, is Gen. Clement A. Evans.
The twelve ballots showed but little fiuct-
nation in the strength of the various can
sidotas The greatest fuctuation was
,r fine strength of Messrs. Clay and Lewis.
A. one time Mr.. Clay received as high as
n as against AZ, his lowest, while Mr.. Lew
,s went as high as 81 and as low as 21. The
lowest Gov. Atkinson received was A, and
the highest 50. Capt. Howells vote rang
ed from "a to 45.
BEFORE the adjournment tonight, the
,o,cus adopted resolution by
which. when the ballot is taken
IN both houses tomorrow, as
The law requires, each senator will
vote for some man in his own senatorial
district, and the representatives will vote
for some man in their own counties, in
order to prevent the populists from hav-
ing any voice in the selection OF the sem
ator. The popullsts, however, have NOM
mated as their candidate Gen. William
Phillips of Cobb county. He was named
at their caucus tonight. By the plan
adopted by the democrats there can, of
course, be no election by the general as
sembly and the caucus will still retain
control.
Gov Atkinson did not develop as much
strength as was expected, and Mr.. Clay
went beyond all estimates. The govern
ors forces, however, appear to be held
well in hand and tonight the impression
prevails that he controls the situation.
Either he will be the nominee of the eau
Gus ultimately, or he will name the man.
He is conceded to be the only one of the
candidates who can control his followers
to any extent after the withdrawal of his
own name II the opposition candidates
could control their forces they would have
the advantage, but as soon as any one
Of them gets out Of the way, their fol-
bwers will scatter.
1t is believed also that the governors
forty-nine votes, with which he entered
the fight, will stick to him to the bitter
end unless he releases them, while he is
hopeful that the forces Of Others will fin
ally disintegrate.
When the caucus took recess for sup
per it was generally expected that there
would be a deal of some kind between
the opposition to Gov. Atkinson, but it
appears that all of the candidates still had
hopes of securing the plum for themselves,
and none were willing to get out of the
way, although the determination to de-
teat the governor was still strong. This
belief among the field that all have a good
chahce may be the rock upon which the
Opposluon Will break. AS long as all en-
terlam nope of the nomination none of
them Will retire, and the Atkinson men
IooA LOT a light among them which will
50 eholtter them that any future COM
pine VIII be impossible. In that event they
nlay urn TO him. or dark horse may
ca-Fy on the prize. 1t is certain that the
9oNeIIof would never yield to either Mr.
no"eu or Mr. Clay, and that neither of
un unese would Yield to him. For this reason
many are confident that Mr. Lewis. having
vs. strong antagonism than any of the
So4el o'teIS among the whole field of candi-
I'd aSes' stands good chance.
ostdn3 80 caucus convened at o'clock this
o,,aSn' iliuon ana remained in session until
9udrIer TO six, when, after five baIIots
u9u 9e Deen taken, by general consent ~
o,J Iyoui Aihent was agreed upon until
IotiU During the progress of the hal
S'He "ne the corridors of the capital ,0cro
o"ueu cor,"ols with people interested in The
ront'aa' ,.s'' Inc crowd included a large nro-
Of tbe sta ~ ene most influential politicians
- S'dle, VINO have been here taking
greatt5n 1 IN the campaign. There was a
Sro ~ ueal OF excitement as the ballotinc
p'osressed. The caucus had evcInda5
10 nay pUuy from the hall except democrar-
ha ioers. This was ordered done unor
ty -roOon NJ OF Mr.. johnson of Hall conn-
woro ne cloak rooms and smoking room.
The also barred up, and by this means
Cd frorS f,ssiuers u's were kept completely isolat
concl,,Ia5l lhe caucus. AS each ballot vas
out nv however, the result was sent
In +Li members to friends in waiting ana
me way the crowd was kept nosteo
hnsoa,st ballot, which showed Gov. Ar
prsa. ~ strength to be As votes was =
the vo.S appointment to his friends. while
lar,o. ,o.e Oh Hon. Steve Clay was n,nrb
accor,,eh man was generally expected. and
ASH, b,i bui'sly tsy was received with enthusi-
at the ms iIs trends. Mr.. Clay was present
c. capitol after the third ballot while
Office was aiso on hand in his
rleG n,ooertson was there, too. and min
Eo,'"ith win the crowd on the outside Of the
nor Se entrance, but neither Cant. Howell
crowd " pe seen IN the
bofor,' atkinson was placed in nomination
Her.,e lne caucus by his law partner.
c"-eIt Hall Of Coweta county.
n 0qpt howell was nominated bv Hon
~ o. FIELDER Of Fulton.
sndoiH' Hal. Lewis was nominated nv
speaker Jenkins. ~
Av.t-l' sieve Clay was nominated by Mr..
Ny OF Cobb county.
CO. r. bowden Of Habersham nominated
No.' Robertson
Row. Evans was nominated by Mr..
ton of Calhoun.
6isr, ,ue outside the unexpected strength
trlb,,ased by Mr.. Clay was generally at
ron q, 10 his alliance with Mr.. duBig-
bean me well-known Savannahian has
nar managing his campaign from the
Noot. ana succeeded in giving him a big
dd VI votes from South Georgia. He
hg "ot succeed, however, in turn
n1rover over to him the Savannah
hst hsteSSenIatives. They voted first and
}, NJ @ lor Atkinson, though the Senator,
yoto1 Nelger' from duBignons district,
fra, L.t ior Mr.. Clay. The result Of the
Il v,a' Danot was announced at 4:05 O'Clock.
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