The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-12
THE SCRAMBLE BEGINS EARLY
RIVAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES
HOLDING MEETINGS.

ness as the Only aeaI Republican
Executive Committee of the First
Congressional District : ResoIu-
lions Adopted With Reference to
the Hardwicl1 Bill, the Appoint
ment of Census EnumeratOrs and
Other SIatters-The peasants COM
mittee to Hold Its Meeting To-
night.
The rival Republican Committees of the
First Congressional district have taken up
again their differences of long standing,
as to which is the official committee of the
district. The committee of which. j. r.
Delega, of Liberty county is chairman,
held it's meeting last night, and that of
which =. NJ. Peasants of Savannah, is
chairman. has been called to meet to-
night.
The Delegal faction numbers Rev. 2. K.
Love as one of its chief leaders. This
faction has had rather the better OF 1t for
| the last several years, its two delegates
having been seated at the last National
Republican Convention, and its chairman
| having been officially recognized as such
by Chairman Buck.
The Delegal committee met at Morse's
Hall on Mercer street, with Chairman Del
egal presiding and J. E. Warren of Burke
county, as secretary. Ar the counties in
the district except Efingham, were repre-
scented, there being twenty-eight commit
teemen present. Some of the members
| failed to make their appearance. and as
| they were suspected of disloyalty, steps
were taken to fill their places with men in
the confidence of the faction. Among the
members in attendance were Capt. M. j.
Doyle, Postmaster j. f. Doyle, Rev. e. X.
Love- S. b. Morse John Fl. Kinckle, j. c.
| Simmons and E. B. Rigdon, the latter of
| Statesboro. Ex-Collector of Customs
| Johnson was represented by proxy.
| Chairman Delegal opened the meeting
| with speech in which he referred to the
| action of the opposition, saying that not
| withstanding Peasants had twice been re-
| fused an election as chairman and had
| acquiesced in the decision of the conven-
| ton ct the compromise meeting held in
| Savannah in September 1896, and the fur
| Their fact that the committee had been
| recognized by the state organization as the
| legal party organization of the district,
| he had again assumed the title of the
chairman and had sent out call to some
| members of the committee and to others
| who were not members for a meeting.
The meeting seemed to agree with the
| chairman with the exception of Capt.
| Simmons who held that the committee was
without an official head, Rev. E. X. Love,
| who was acting as temporary chairman at
| the last meeting, having adjourned it
without an opportunity for an election.
| Several resolutions were introduced by
Rev. Love. One of these referred to the
defeat of the Hardwick bill in the Legis-
| lature, hailing ii as a token of the most
| auspicious kind; that by the defeat of the
! NV an Ginning vote in n
body in which the Republican party is not
| represented by a single member, il accen-
tuates the growing feeling of closer rela-
tons between the colored and white races
| in Georgia; it is an announcement to the
| world that the representative men of
Georgia are not in the least distrustful of
the colored voter, and therefore decline
| 10 further restrict his suffrage" The res
| olution returned the thanks of the COM
| mittee to the House of Representatives for
this act Of justice, this mark of conf
dence," and ordered that a copy of the
resolutions be sent the Legislature.
| The resolution also extended the thanks
| of the committee to Prof. r. r. Wright
for appearing before the Legislature
against this bin. To this portion of the
resolution Simmons and Lawyer ]. H.
| Kinckle objected, contending that Prof.
| Wrights services did not warrant this
| expression. After a lively debate, the res
|
Rev. Loves next resolution related to
| the appointment of census enumerators
| by the census supervisor of this district.
The resolution is given in full as follows:
| Whereas, The President OF the United
| States has seen fit, in his wisdom, TO APP
| point six Democrats and five Republicans
| as supervisors of the federal census;
| And, whereas, 1t is the opinion of this
committee that 1t was the intention of the
President that wherever it might be prac-
| ticable, reputable Republicans should be
appointed enumerators; and, .
| Whereas, There are, as this committee
is informed, 1875 enumerators to besappoint-
| ed in this district;
| Therefore, be it resolved, That the adj
visors OF the census supervisor of this
| district should urge and counsel the APP
pointmept of some Of the many and de-
serving Republicans of this district. and in
our Judgment the supervisor should act
| favorably upon such advice, and this COM
mittee respectfully asks that this be done,
and it stands ready to cooperate with the
supervisor in the recognition Of those who
are deserving both as to fitness and pa t.
services in the district. That a copy of
this resolution be conveyed to the honor
able supervisor of the census of the First
district of Georgia.
| The third resolution introduced by Rev.
Love referred TO the action of the rival
committee and provided for a committee
I of three to be appointed by the chairman
| to confer with himself and ascertain what
| members of the committee had absented
| themselves from the meeting because of
| a refusal on their part to recognize the
| regularly constituted officers of the COM
miCtee, and that acting on such Informal
| ton the committee should report that the
| absent members had voided their right to
| continue as members OF the Executive
Committee. and should recommend the
| names of suitable persons for the vacan-
| cies thus created The resolution was
! adopted and several changes made in the
| committee accordingly
| The concluding paragraph Of this resolu-
| ton may be of some significanca as it
states that "inasmuch as all Of the federal
officials in this district, appointed by the
| President, either secured or sought to Sc
cure the endorsement Of this committee.
| they, by that act, acknowledged its legal
| ity; we therefore look with surprise upon
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