The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-04-13
Pops WILL NOMINATE.
, CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN
DAWSON on APRIL BOTH,
o.,.rate. to Which wiz Be Elected at Dis
+rtct Mass Meetings Next Saturday.
Proceedings of the Popuiist
Committee Meeting.

That the Terrell county democrats will
hove to do battle with the populiSts and
r,,ra them next fall has been made c5r'
tain. .;u .;.+o,
,,.ovad the adyersities of the past Satur-
dsv and declared that the party will
orca more make fight in the co unity.
When Chairman A. T. Jones called
the committee to order Saturday morn
;,, nine of the fifteen committeeman
,yare present, and it soon became evident
that the war spirit surged among them
on5 that they wanted a conflict regard
less of consequences.
Mr. d. A. Gammage, tho best speaker
oftbg populist party in this county, was
T-e -irst to gam the floor, and while he
seyerely criticised the democratic party
and EXPRESSED no confidence in it and
;rs leaders whatever the trend of his re-
marks showed that he did not fully ap-
Drove the suggestion that a full populiSt
tfcket should be nominated. He said
thar there were some pOpulists who
wanted to vote for some of the demo-
cratic candidates in the primary next
Friaav. and others who thought that all
nonuIists should let democratic candi-
dates and democratic affairs alone. AS
for himself he did not propose 10 vote
for any democratic cand date in any
Lind of election, but should hedo so he
would feel honor bound to support the
democratic nominees however bitter 1t
Il IL.
marks with a motion that the populists
hold district mass meetings and elect
deegateS to a county convention, the
convention to decide whether or not
nopQlist candidates should be nominated
forreoreseuative and county officers and
10 nominate a full ticket should that
course be deemed best for the party.
Prgf. G. c.. Patterson and Messrs. w.
!. R. Davis and Blackshear spoke in ia
yor of the nomination of a county tick
ct. and insisted that if pOpulist candi-
dates were to be run foc any Of the Off
eos II was necessary that the committee
should so declare In positive terms
and thereby prevent many OF their party
from going into the democratic primary.
Thee gentlemen all declared that the
pOpulistS in their sections were in favor
Of the nomination of full ticket. Mr..
Backshear closed his remarks with
motion that nominations be made for
representative and county officers. Mr..
Gammage acquiesCed, and the motion
was unanimously adopted and put in the
form Of the following resolutions:
"Resolyed LIST. That candidates for
representative and all county offices be
minated by the populist party of Ter
rell county.
"3ud. That district committeem en-
NEE, Saturday, April 10th, to elect three
delegates from each district TO meet in
Dawson On April goth to nominate can,
didates
"3rd. That all persons in sympathy
4 with reform be cordially invited to join
with rs aud assist in carrying out the OBJ
jects Of the party.
18th. That THE Dawson News and
the PEOPLES Party Paper be requested to
Il publish these resolutions"
Mr.. J. D. Henry was elected delegate
z TO the state convention to be held in At
lan'a today for the purpose of nominal
ing candidate for governor in the place
OF Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who has de-
cHned to lead tie state ticket.
There are not more than 200 populists
N Tho county, and the democrats antici-
h PATE out little trouble from them.