The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-09
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION.
No CHANGE N THE STU ALTON
BROUGHT BY LATER RETURNS.

The Vote for Crisp in Fulton COUNTY
4.o46 and for duBi=n0n 2.2IG-The
Vote in Favor OF the silver Dele
gates 10 the state Convention
4.Gls. as Against $500 for ihe
sound Money Men
Atlanta. Ca. June S-The county exec
urive committee met az O'Clock this
afternoon and consolidated The returns of
the primary. The committee first assem-
bl-d al noon. bug the count in Two Of The
wards had not been finished up 10 that
time, and another meeting had 10 De
held.
The official consolidation does not maze
any material change fl the estimates Of
Saturday night. So Ear as the county 0hI-
GERS are concerned The count, however,
shows a very much larger majority for
me silver delegates 10 the state con-
vention than was expected. the vote be-
ing 46ls for silver, and $500 for sound
money, or nearly two 10 one for the
white metal
In the senatorial contest, the vote for
Crisp was 4.946. and for duBignon, 2,2l6,
the latter running a little behind the
sound money licked for delegates 10 the
state convention.
Livingston carries the county for con-
gress by a vote of 3.o33, to Brannan'
3 loo. Up 10 the official count Brannan
friends claimed the county for him.
The members of tie legislature nominal
ted are T. b. Fielder, attorney al law
John N. Saton, attorney ana
Clarence Knowles, insurance manager.
The men composing the free silver tick
ct for delegates TO the state convention
are Capt II. r. Howell, Maj. John G.
Whitner, president Of the local silver
club; Anthony Murphy, j. J. Spaldlng,
IL l.. johnson and J. W. Goldsmith.
The sllverite leaders are JuDliant over
their victory locally AID throughout the
state Capt Howell Will, In all probablli-
~ be selected TO, head the delega ion 10
Chicago. and il is more than probable tnat
the unit rule Will be applied and the del
egation instructed to vote only for free
coinage at 10 TO 1 in the platform, with
a man who favors that policy to stand
It has been the custom in the past for
the delegates from the several congress
SiOnal districts TO nominate their delegates
TO the national convention. Under this
custom the First, Second and Eleventh
districts would nominate sound money
men. The silverite leaders VIII not. how
ever, be sausned with anything less thau
a clean sweep, and for this reason will
insist upon an instructed delegation, or
else put out other candidates for the ma
tional convention in the sound money
districts, who favor free silver. and elect
them over the candidates nominated by
the districts if this old custom prevails.
At the last state convention there was
a very exciting scene on account of an at
tempt by the Cleveland forces. who were
In the majority in the convention. to name
delegates other than those suggested by
the Seventh district, who were for Hill
In the end the Cleveland men had to
abandon the move, and the result was a
divided delegation was sent to the ma
tiOnal convention. The Cleveland leaders
in the state convention of four years ago
are the sound money men in the present
campo ign, while the Hill men then are the
free silver leaders now. The latter have
been accustomed to laugh at the timidity
of the Cleveland majority four years ago
in allowing the Hin men to bluff them
into a divided delegation, and it is quite
certain that they Will not fail to take
advantage of their majority in the COM
ing convention to the fullest extent in
the selection Of the delegates who are
time.