The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-24
WILL BE A MATTER OF FORM.
CONGRESSMAN TESTERS NOMINA-
TION AT STATESBORO.

Col. Lester Will Accompany the SR-
vannah Delegates to the COnven-
ton The Nomination Will BE
Unanimous, But There May BE
other Matters of Interest to Dis
cuss-The Possibility of Republic
can Aggressiveness Will HIVE to
be Considered and Provision Made
Against Democratic Apathy.
Stateshoro Hospitality VIII Be
PnrtnI<en of.
The Democratic Convention of the First
Congressional District, which VIII place
Hon. Rufus E. Lester in nomination for
Congress fer the seventh time, will meet
at Statesboro Wednesday. The Savannah
delegation headed by Col. ]. H. Estill,
will take the Georgia and Alabama train
Wednesday morning This train will put
them in, Statesboro at lO:45 o'clock. They
win have practically the entire day before
them as the returning train does not
leave until 6:l5 in the afternoon. Tho
schedule is a very convenient one, as IT
enables the delegates TO go and return in
the same day with practically no night
travel
AT Statesboro the delegates from Chat
ham and other counties of the district will
be received by the citizensA and escorted
10 the Court House where the convention
will be held. AS there is no opposition to
Col. Les er the nomination will be a mat
ter of form, but it will nevertheless be
gone through with in the approved style.
A chairman and secretary will be named,
ard the nomination will be made by some
friend of Col. Lester, and seconded by
others, and it will not be difficult for the
speakers to find something pleasant to
say about the candidate.
After the nomination has been made and
ratified a new District Committee will be
selected. II has been customary to name
two members of the committee from each
county in the district, and this tom
will doubtless be adhered to. AS the Re-
publicans appear to be In a very confident
humor, as a result of their recent Nation
al Convention, and may be inclined 10
adopt aggressive measures in this sec
ton, the convention win doubtless take
e under consideration the possibility of op-
E position from that source. and map out a
plan of campaign. 1t will be remembered
that the Democratic party in the district
was caught mapping four years ago, and
that the candidates majority was much
smaller than he had reason TO expect,
simply because of over confidence and
the slight attention paid to the move
ments of their opponents. Had the Re
publican majority In the House not been
small one, and had not Col. Lester such
large number of personal friends in the
House without regard to party, he might
have been called upon to face a very
unpleasant contest 1t is desirable to
avoid such a contingency in the future
This Will furnish some food for Discus
sion aside from the routine work of the
convention. Col. Lester, himself. will be
present, and will, of course, be called 10
discuss the present political situation and
incidentally, will doubtless give some ad-
vice as to the management of his cam
paign.
Statesboro is one of the growing end
prosperous towns of South Georgia and
the stay of the delegates there will not be
without interest aside from the work of
the convention. That they will be the
recipients of many Inequalities and cour-
tesies from the citizens goes without say
ing.
The Savannah delegation consists of
Col. j. II. Estill, Mr. p. A. StovaU Mr. T.
P. Ravenel, Mr.. S. Herman. Mr. F. c.
Battey and Mr.. Gordon Saussy. The
present indications are that every mem
her OF the delegation will attend Col.
Lester will accompany the delegation
with his secretary, Mr.. W. w. Sheppard.