The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
REIDSVILLE WAS
CHOSEN AS PLACE
FOR HOLDING CONVENTION.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES WILL
NOMINATE THERE.


VIII Allow Those Registered in
1902, 1903 or 1904 TO VOte-Con-
xressionaI Convention viii Be
Governed by Majority RuIe-Con-
vention Was Entirely HarmOni-
Gus.
Harmonious in every respect was THE
meeting OF the Democratic Executive
Committee OF the First Cong-sssionsI Al
district. held az noon yesterday in ths
City Court room Tie meeting was
presided over By Col :, L Es-in tas
chairman.
The COMMITTEES was called 20 or1sr
promptly at noo1 ~ ne Chairman
Eecrerary Hinton Boo.h 12-s5 sHs roll.
and the following counties were repre-
sented:
Bryan County,. Il Bli:cA- Mr.. c
". Dugger was absent snd had sent
no proxy.
Bulloch County-H. B. Strange. and
u.E Brannen. by J. r Miller. proxy.
Burke County-Frank n. Gates and
william H. Davis. by W. L McElmur-
gay. proxy.
Chatham County-Robert NJ. Hitch
and Edward Karow.
bingham County-w. l. Gignilliat
and J. ". Reiser, by ". L Gignilliat.
proxy.
Emanuel County-Alfred Harrington
end r ]. Williams, by Alfred Her
r5ngton, proxy.
5ames S. Darsey. by S. B. Brewton,
McIntosh County-F. H. Mcfarland
and r W. Grub, by William Clifton,
proxy.
and Y. H. Burns, by J. H. Evans,
proxy.
Claud c. Giles.
on motion the committee dispensed
with the reading Of the minutes OF the
previous meeting. and with the ap-
pointment OF a committee on proxies.
The validity Of the proxies was left
with the chair and the secretary.
Rules Governing Primaries.
Mr.. F. H. Mcfarland Of Mcintosh
county, presented TO the committee, a
set OF rules for governing the primary
In presenting the resolutions Mr.. Nc
Farland said they had been drawn. as
closely as possible, in accordance with
the rules o. the state convention. The
place for holding the convention was
left in blank.
r. NJ Hitch, Esq. of Chatham,
moved that the blanks be filed in. On
behalf OF Chatham county the chair
man invited the convention to Savan-
nah Mr. Claud c. Giles of Tattnall
county, then moved that the blank be
filed in with Reidsville, and in the
new Court House. The motion was
seconded by the other committeeman
from Burke. and then. in rapid sue
cession by every county represented.
When the motion was put IL was unan-
tnnously carried.
The date for holding ,the convention
was fixed at May II, and In accord
arce with the resolution mentioned
above. in the new Court House at
Reidsville.
A Question of Rules.
In the resolutions presented to the
convention Il was stated that the Vot-
ers at the primary on April 20 should
be those who were legally registered
on the lists OF 1903 or 1904 Mr.
Strange Of Bulloch county called at
tention to the fact that in some coun-
11es no primaries had been held re-
Gently and that therefore, unless the
registration Of 1902 was admitted, this
rule would work a hardship.
Mr.. Gignilliat took opposite ground,
stating that the presence of two regis
ary lists. each for a different primary
vote would cause confusion and put
unnecessary labor on the count man
ayers. Judge Brewton of Liberty coun-
~ then moved to amend the original
resolution by adding the 1902 lists TO
those of 1903 and 1904.
Mr.. Miller OF Bulloch called atten-
eion TO the fact that there had been
no recent registration in Bryan coun-
". Mr. Overstreet stated that there
had been none in Screven county, and
that unless the 1902 list was admitted
that many white voters would be de-
prived OF their vote.
Mr.. Gignlliat of Effingham then Of
fered a substitute motion, excepting
such counties as needed the 1902 reg
astry lists to make up a full vote. The
substitute motion was accepted in lieu
of the original motion and was unan-
an7ously carried. On roll call of the
counties the following stated, through
their representatives, that they need
ed the 1902. 1903 and 1904 lists: Bryan,
Bulloch. Burke. Mcintosh and Screven.
An amendment excepting these
counties was incorporated in the orig
snal resolution I'm accordance with the
former motion. The resolutions, as
amended, was then unanimously
adopted.
Closing Business of Session.
Judge BreWton of Liberty suggested
that the committee suggest the way
that the congressional convention
should be governed. He thought that
IL could best be done at this time, be-
fore politics entered into the question
1t was suggested that the conven-
tion had the power to make the rules
which should govern 1t. and this opin-
ion was held Dy the chair. Mr.. Gignil-
liat Of Efingham held that the COM
mittee, which created the convention
its time and place of meeting. etc,
could pass rules governing il. Mr.
Hitch Of Chatham held the same po-
sition On motion of Mr.. Gignilliat
Il was decided that the convention
should be governed by majority rule.
The following is the complete text OF
the rules to govern the primary:
Rules for Primary.
II is ordered:
First. That a primary election be
held on the goth day of April. 1904, In
every county. in the First congression-
al district Of Georgia, at which all
white Democratic voters (who have
registered in 1903 or 1904 ten davs be-
fore said primary shall have an OPP
portunity TO cast their votes for a con-
gresham to represent the First con-
gressional district of Georgia in the
THifty-ninth Congress of the United
States. and the Democratic Executive
Committee in each county is hereby
requested 20 prepare and furnish ia
the managers Of such primary a list