The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-28
LESTER NAMED UNANIMOUSLY.
lie Is AGAIN THE STANDARD BEAR
Err OF THE FIRST DISTRICT.


Bounteous HospitaIity-"Wes Had
Better Be Careful About Interior
ing with Other Peoples Liberties
for Fear of Losing Our own" Said
Col. Lester in Accepting the NOmi-
nation-COI. EstiII Again Made
HOW DID THEY LEAVE PEI6IN.
Chairman of the District Execu-
tive Committee.
Hon. Rufus E. Lester was unanimously
renominated as candidate for the Fifty
seventh Congress at the Democratic Dis
! trict Convention of the First district, at
| Statesboro yesterday. The convention was
thoroughly harmonious and satisfactory
in every way. and the unanimity with
which everything was done points to one
of Col. Testers usual large majorities in
November.
Every member of the Chatham county
delegation attended with Col Lester and
/ Hon. w. w. Sheppard Of Liberty county,
| and all of the delegation returned TO Sa-
vannah last night full of praise for the
| good people of Statesboro ana Bulloch
| county, and thoroughly pleased with the
| convention.
| The Savannah delegates reached States
| boro about Il O'Clock, and were taken in
/ charge by citizens. who entertained them
until the hour for dinner arrived. The
| dinner, by the way, is said to have been
feast. which the delegates hardly ex-
pected to find even in the good county of
! Bulloch.
/ The convention was not called TO order
| until o'clock, for the convenience of the
delegates who came by the late trains.
! Col. J. H. Esi;ll, as chairman of the Dis
trict Executive Committee called the
convention to order Upon motion by Mr..
| Sheppard OF Liberty which was carried
| unanimously, Col. Estiu was elected per-
manent chairman. on motion OF Hon.
]. A. Brannen of Bulloch. Mr.. Charles
| 6. Edwards of Tattnali was unanimously
| elected secretary.
Upon call of the roll of counties the
representation was found to be as fol-
lows:
| Bryant G.. Moore.
! Bulloch-J. A. Warnock, J. A. Bran
| men.
! Burke-Not represented.
Chatham-J. H. Estin. P. A. Stovan s.
Herman, I. p. Ravenel, F. c. Battey,
Gordon Saussy
! Efnng ham-Mo organ HaWlS.
Emanuel-Alfred Harrington, John D.
| Overstreet.
Liberty-w. w. Sheppard.
McIntosh-J. X. Clarke, by proxy
| Screven-Henry D. Lee, T. B. Hilton.
Tattnall-Charles G. Edwards, c. s.
| Grice, w l.. Edwards.
| Nominations being in order, Col. r. f.
| Lester was placed in nomination by Mr..
| p A. Stovall as the Democratic candi-
| date from the First Congressional Dis
trict for the Fifty-seventh Congress. In
making the nomination Mr.. Stovall took
occasion 10 pay a high tribute to the
rock-ribbed Democracy of Bulloch coun-
! ty He recalled the fact that twenty-three
years ago Hog. Julian Hartridge, in
behalf of the district, had presented a
beautiful banner to the county because It
had not cas- a single Republican vote in
| the Tnden- Hayes presidential election or
1876. Fifty years ago only five Wings
could be found in Bulloch county.
The vote of the county has always been
| largely Democratic and did not swerve
from the ranks in the days of Populism.
Referring to national issues, Mr.. Sto-
vail said in part:
The Democratic party has ever been
! the party of expansion. Under her RUE
| Louisiana Texas and Florida were an
nexed but in every instance the people
acts of the Republican party since the
war with Spain have sounded its own
death knell In the place of llberatlng
down-trodden people, they are taking IN
| slaves and establishing colonies. setting
up Imperialism and a monarchy. our
party is the party of expansion, but of eX-
| pansion of the fair and legitimate sort.
| There never was time when our pros
poets were brighter for the success of our
al siclxpr with w ! BRYAN its
head l take great pleasure in nominating
Hon Rufus E. Lester 10 succeed himself
| in the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Hon j. A. Brannen seconded the noml
nation In the course of his remarks, he
said that Bulloch is the center of the
district and that the Democracy of the
county has always remained true blue.
While quite number of the other coun-
ties in the district had. at times, either
gone Popullst or otherwise, Bulloch had
always put up a good majority for De-
mocracy. As an illustration, he said he
started to read ticket once to an old cit
izen. The man stopped him: rs that
the regular Democratic ticket?" es."
well that's all the DIN thing l care
about it. Put il in" He heartily in
dorsed the nomination
Hon. Alfred Harrington said that Col
Lester had borne the flag bravely when
the party was in doubt about the result
in times past and had carried il to vic
tory ever. and thought there had been
some discussions and differences, all had
quieted down. he was glad to say. Col
Lester he said. would have a great victo-
ry, and roll up a big majority.
A motion to make the nomination by ac-
clamaiion was unanimously carried and
| Col. Lester was declared the nominee of
the party for the First District.
The chair appointed Messrs. Gordon
Saussy, p. A. Stovan and ]. A. Brannen
committee to notify Col. Lester of his
nomination and to escort him to the hall.
This was soon done. Col. Lester was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause. He was
of course expected to make some response
to the greeting of the convention.
After thanking the people of the First
District most heartily for the renomina-
| ton, he said in substance: The Demo-
cratic eparty has a great task to perform
/ in the coming campaign. This country is
rapidly drifting TO an imperial policy
| under Republican rule. That parry has
| made rapid strides along that line, ever
! since the war with Spain began, and its
| only object is 10 make a show. All this
| clatter and clang is nos for humanity's
| sake, but TO show 90 the world what a
! great country we have. We had better
| hold on TO what we have already got be-
fore we grab for more In seeking 10 en-
| slave others we endanger our own liberty:
and II remains for the Democratic party
to appoint che watch dog Of our national