The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-15
TO HOLD A MEETING BY MAIL.
CHAIRMAN LESTER HAS WRITTEN
TO THE COMMITTEEMAN.

The Place and Time for the Congress
the Replies Received From n Ma
jOrity of the Observation-Disclosures
May BE Selected on the Same Day
of the Regular Primary-The Reg
istration stiII Moving sIOwly-MOst
of the Registered Voters Who
Went to War Were LiberaIities.
Chairman D. B. Lester of the Democratic
executive committee of the First congress
sional district, having been disappointed
In the first meeting of the committee which
ne called, win not call another.
Instead of holding another meeting
Chairman Lester has written letters to
each member of the committee seeking
their views with regard to the time and
place of holding the convention, and the
conclusion arrived at will depend upon the
ideas of a majority OF the committee with
regard to the matter
The members of the committee from the
different counties of the district are as
follows: Bulloch, p. C. Hagan; Bryan, DR..
]. H. Williams; Burke, ]. II. Jones; Ehing-
ham, ]. D. Grower; Emanuel, G. s.
Rountree who was substituted in place of
Hon. Alfred Harrington; Chatham, D. b.
Lester; Mcintosh, J. K. Clarke; Liberty
e. p. Miller; screven, ]. w. Overstreet
and Tattnall, c. II. Mann.
Chairman Lester has written a personal
letter to each one of the committeeman
asking them to express their Views as to
the tipe and place for holding the con-
vention, and the Views of a majority of the
members of the committee so expressed
will decide what will be done In the mat,
ter.
At the meeting held In Guyton on May
II, Chairman Lester was the only actual
member of the committee present. There
were two gentlemen present holding prox-
les. Altogether there were eight proxies
present making a total Of nine votes.
Chairman Lester did not think the COM
mittee should act in this way, so nothing
was done at the meeting. Knowing that
it would be a difficult matter to get the
members of the committee together, he de-
cided upon the plan which has been stated.
He himself favors July Is as the date for
holding the convention and Savannah as
the place, Some others, however, seemed
to think 1t should be held on July / or
whereabouts. 1t may be, however. that Sa-
vannah will be looked upon by the major
| ity of the committee as the best place for
| holding thu convention as it is the most
| central point, considering 1t from a rail-
road point of view. In coming to Savan-
nah the delegates from the country coun-
| ties will have to make only one straight
| trip, whereas they would have to make
| practically two trips in going to any other
! point.
Chairman Lester wants to avoid for
| NAL meeting because he knows il will be a
| difficult matter to get a majority of the
delegates to attend and he believes that a
personal expression from them will be bet
ter than the expressions from parties
holding proxies.
1t Is not known when the delegates
to the congressional convention will be
| selected That matter is left altogether
with the county executive committees
but 1t is possible the election of delegates
may be had at the same time with the
| state primary on June 6. 1t would be
easier for the matter to be done in this
way, as 1t would avoid two primaries, and
| be more satisfactory from every stand
| point.
| The registration of voters in Chatham
county still continues to be very slow
and the same is true of most all of the
other counties of the state, except per
haps some OF the country counties in the
| interior, where they have not heard thai
the war is going on. The total registra.
ton in Chatham at the closing hour yes
terday was 2629, of whom 442 are coloret
voters. Only eight voters were registered
on yesterday and thirteen the day be
| fore.
OF the 24S voters who Joined the volun
teer militia that went from Savannah
from 10 to so per cent. were Liberal CluI
voters, and the rest Citizens Club men
| This calculation is based upon the way
in which the majority of the men ar,
known to have voted and affiliated In III.
last elections. The spirit of harmony
which has spread its wings over the loca
political field however, may change al
this, and the lion and the lamb may sool
be locked in each others arms.
SLOW IN ANNOUNCING WEDDING.