The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-31
MANY GATHERING
FOR CONVENTION
Atlanta is Already Crowd
ed with State Poli-
ticians
4 HIGHT FOR bfLECATfS
There Are Several Candidates for the
Four Places and the Races viii
be neutrality-suspicious. open
Headquarters at the. Klmbal.

Headquarters at the Kimball.
Atlanta, May S1.-Already many
who are interested in the approaching
state convention are beginning to
gather in the city, and todays trains
it is conlidentially expected, will bring
in numerous politicians who will talB
over the situation in advance of the
conventions assembling.
Hon. James M. Griggs, of Dawson,
congressman from tho second, and
Hon NJ j, Yoemans. of Dawson, ar.
rived in The city last night and both
will open headquarters al the Kim
ball house. Congressman Griggs, who
is a candidate for delegate at large
to hte st. Louis convention, has Sc.
cured rooms 213 and 2l5 where be
will entertain his friends Mr.. You
mans, who will be chosen permanent
chairman of the convention, and who
viii also become chairman Of the
party for the next two Years, viii
select his headquarters this morning.
Congressman Grlggs considers the
outlook hopeful from his standpoint
and seems well satisfied wila the sit
uatiou
There viii be NO opposition 10 Mr.
Yeomans and 50 far none has appeared
to Hon. J, J. spa.-asmsing,, of Atlanta.
who is caudAate for temporary
chairman, andS Sunder whom The con.
yention will be organized.
Others who w open neFdsGarters
today are Col. j. NJ Smith, Of Ogle-
thorpe; Col Harry Fisher, OF Newman
Commissioner Of Agriculture o. b.
Stevens and Secretary OF safe Phil
Cook Mr. Smith, in gact opened his
headquarters last week with Hon. r.
7, Larry CAN'T and other friends in
charge, Colonel Fisher expects to op-
en- today. Col Stevens and Secretary
Cooh Will hold forth in room 205.
The opening Of headquarters is en-
tirely a personal matter with them.
Mr. CAN'T stated last night chat
Mr.. Smiths headquarters would be
opened this morning in rooms 1G2, 1G4
and 1G6 at the Kimball house and
that Hon E. r. Brown, G. u. Hill, 7,
W. Rucker and other Atlanta friends
OF Mr. Smith would be on. hand to
welcome his friends. ID. L. Hazleton,
of Athens, who was here yesterday
said that the Clark county delegation
wo,1ld enthusiastically support Mr..
Smith for delegate at large, and that
he would have ais congressional dis
trict solid.
1t is expected that practically all
the candidates for delegates at large
will reach the city today Others be-
sides those named are Judge J. L.
Sweat Of Waycross; Congressman j,
W. Maddox, of Rome; Judge II. II,
Perry, OF Gainesville; Hon G. II. Pen
dleton. Of Macon; Col, }. II. Estill, OF
Savannah and Hon James Il. Gray,
Of Atlanta,
Among the candidates for delegates
at large and their friends are expected
to be some pretty lively contests. In
fact the fights have been in progress
for some weeks, but the approach Of
the convention means That they will
be conducted with considerably more
yigor Between now and Wednesday
morning when the convention will
meet, every candidate will endeayor
to secure a promise from the majority
Of the delegates OF get as near to it
as possible to do by combinations or
other weapons known to politicians.
The state convention will be called
10 order promptly at II O'Clock by
Chairman b. r. Brown. Chairman
Chairman E T. Brown. He will then
present to the convention the con
solidated returns Of the recent pri-
mary. These fgGres show The total
vote in each county and the total vote
for each Of the candidates for state
house Offices aud for judges and soil
citors general of the superior court.