The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08
WRIGHT'S NAME KISSED DOWN.
GEORGIA REPUBLICANS HAVE Sc
LECTED DELEGATE

Devesux Faction Carried Its Point
without DinicuIty-WnIter john
son Leads the DeIegation-PInt-
form Upholds the Republicans OF
Kentucky-Dccided to Put Out "a
state Ticket-Party's Hest EIemest
Was There.
Atlanta March THE Republican State
Convention, which met here to-day, Sc
lected as delegates at large to the Phila
delphia convention:
Walter Fl. johnson, United States mar
| shal; II. A. Rucker collector Of internal
revenue, and II. L. Johnson lawyer, all
of Atlanta, and Judson w. Lyons, the
present register of the treasury. The dele
gates are negroes with the exception of
Walter II. Johnson.
During the afternoon, Bishops Hosey
and Turner of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and Judson Lyons spoke on
the race problem. Bishop Turner ex-
planned his well-known advocacy of the
emigration of the negro race to Africa.
Judson Lyons followed, taking an op-
posite view. He was supported by Bishop
Holsey
The Committee on Resolutions went TO
work at o'clock tonight and at mid
night the convention was waiting for It's
report.
The Platform Adopted.
The convention adjourned at / o'clock
this (Thursday) morning. The platform
adopted indorses the administration of
President Mckinley and renews allegiance
to the doctrines of the st. Louis plat
form. Going into the Kentucky imbrogno,
the platform says;
THE organized Democratic party of the
nation adheres TO the policies of free sill
| yer and free trade and denies the right OF
courts and of the government to protect
| persons and property from violence In
| its Chicago platform of 1885, 'denouncing
government by injunction ID has been the
| first party since then TO appeal to par
| tisan Democratic court in Kentucky TO
| uphold a bastard state government and
| thus wickedly sought 90 overthrow the will
| of the people of Kentucky by partisan de-
| crees of a prejudited state court"
Cows. w. o. Bradley and w. s. Taylor
| of Kentucky are presented for vice presi-
| dental candidates and the North and
| South is appealed to to help sustain and
encourage Republicanism in the South by
| selecting one of these two Republicans for
| the vice presidency.
| II was decided to place full state ticket
| In the field and the State Central Com
mittee was empowered TO make the noml-
nations within the next ninety days.
Party's Best Element.
zone of she peculiar features of tfe-oon
| vention was the fact that a large num-
| Der of the delegates were white postmas-
| ters from various Georgia towns, it evil
| IDENTIFY being the scheme of the party TO
show forth its best element In the state.
| Ii was noticeable that where white Wo-
man held the place postmistress at her
| village and was ineligible, her husband or
next of kin came as substitute.
Attorney General Terrell looked in for
| a moment on the convention and said there
/ were postmasters from over nan the couh-
/ ties in the state.
| The name of r. r. Wright was Kissed
| down when offered as a substitute to that
of r. L. Johnson. as delegate from the
| state al large to the Philadelphia conven-
ton. The Deveaux delegates we're seated
/ from all the counties In the First district.
The District Delegates.
The district delegates are
| First District. II. DeVeauX ana w. IT,
| Leaken, Savannah
| Second District. l.. Reddick, Dawson,
| w s. Satterwhite, Albany.
Third District-J. 7. Mobiles, Perry, M.
| G. Hall, Cordele.
Fourth DISTRICTS Lovejoy, Greenville,
e. II. Clements, Columbus.
| Fifth District-E. II. Blodgett ana Z.
C. Wimbish, Atlanta.
| Sixth District-R. d. Locke, Macon J.
| W. Wood, Forsyth.
| Seventh Dislrlct-J. j. Hamilton and M.
C. Parker, Rome,
Eighth District-W. A. Pledger and M.
| b. Morton, Athens.
Ninth DIstrict-H. S. Ingersoll Dahlon-
ega, j. r.. Allen. Jasper.
Tenth-E. a. Williams, Warrenton, p.
| II. Craig. Augusta.
Eleventh District-W. II. Williams
| Brunswick, r. c. Grier. Dublin.
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