The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-14
FACTIONS DID NOT AGREE.
REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD sEPAR-
ATE CONVENTIONS.


Efforts of State Chairman johnson
md W. 4. PIedEer to Bring the
Two Factions Together Proved I'm
EuccessTuI-A Conference Held, But
No Basis of Agreement Reached.
Hon. Joseph +. Doyle and Rev E.
Il. Love Elected Delegates TO the
National Convention by the Dele
gal Faction Inst Night-PIeasapt-
Deveaux Convention Meets To-day.
Mr. Walter II. Johnson. chairman OF
the Republican State Central Committee,
returned to Atlanta last night. after O
day spent in fruitless effort to get the
two Republican factions of the First Con-
gressional district together and prevent
the holding Of two conventions. The eff
fort proved a signal failure and the Doyle
Delegal-Lovs-W Wright fnction went ahead
and held its convention last night. The
Pleasant-Deveaux faction win hold its
convention to-day.
Mr.. Johnson was accompanied by w. A.
Pledger, one of the leading negro poll
ticians of the state, and the two lent
their joint efforts to bringing about some
arrangement, which would result in
union of the rival factions, but no plan
suggested met with the approval Of both
parties.
People on Bay street were probably I'M
der the impression yesterday that a Re.
publican convention was being held at
the Custom House from the number OF
colored brethren gathered in and around
that building. This was not the case.
however. The conference between the
leaders of the two factions was held N
one of the offices of the Custom House.
and the black cohorts were gathered to
await results.
There were nine representatives of each
faction present at the conference, which
was presided over by State Chairman
johnson. Several propositions were made
end discussed at length. The idea being
to bring about joint convention. s. 3.
Morse proposed that Pleasant and Dele,
gal, the two claimants to the chairman
ship, should get together and jointly make
up roll of delegates, only the names OF
delegates from uncontested counties to be
placed upon the roll, who should organize
the convention and select temporary
chairman, after which committee on
credentials should be appointed to pass
upon the contests. This proposition was
unsatisfactory to the Delegal faction.
Prof r. II. Wright then proposed that
all the delegates on both sides should
unite in joint convention, to be held
to-day, over which Mr.. Johnson should
preside as chairman. This was rejected
by the Pleasant faction.
Col. ]. H. Deveaux proposed that in
case no agreement for a joint convention
could be made and there should be two
1rsyaxs 4fs,r,~ u. IL
elected to the Republican National Con-
vention at Philadelphia. that the question
of the legality of these elections be SUBJ
mttted to the State Convention to be held
in Atlanta March z, and that the repre-
sentatives of the two factions at the con-
ference pledge themselves to abide by the
action of the State Convention in the mat
ter. This proposition was adopted by u
vote Of IA to 4, the four negative votes
coming from the Delegal side.
With this understanding the conference
adjourned. IL soon became evident, how
ever, that the Doyle Delegal people were
not satisfied with the result. They seem
ed to feel that their opponents had the
edge on them in some way W. A. Pledg-
er undertook to help matters by proposing
to them that the whole matter he set
tied by general agreement that Capt.
Doyle and Col. DeVeaux should be the
delegates from the District to the Nation
OIL convention. After some discussion
Capt. Doyle, Delegal, F. r. Sims, p. C.
Butler and others of this faction agreed
that such an arrangement would be salts
factory to them. Pledger undertook TO
bring this understanding about, but was
unsuccessful and later in the day neither
side seemed disposed to concede anythine
AT the Delegal convention, held at
Morse's Hall on Herndon street last night,
Jos. F. Doyle and Rev. f. K Love were
elected delegates to the national conven-
ton. Prof r. II. Wright was endorsed as
a delegate for election from the state at
large by the State Convention. The CON
vention endorsed the administratio of W.
III. johnson as acting chairman of the
party and recognized j. r. Delegal as the
legal chairman of the district Resou-
lions were adpoted endorsing the admins
tration of President Mckinley and in
STRUGGLING the delegates to vote for his re-
nomination. Speeches were made by Rev
Il. K. Love, Prof. r. r. Wright, Rev. F.
r. Sims, j. II. Kinckel and others.
Seven of the ten counties of the district
were represented at the convention.
The Pleasant-Deveaux convention will
he held at the Harris street hall at II
O'Clock this morning.