The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-02


Sweat. Congressman ]. NJ. G.lggs and
H. II. Perry. The voting over these
candidates was watched closely, the
chief interest being in the vote as to
Congressman Griggs, who was warmly
opposed because of his alleged Hearst
proclivities.
When it became apparent in the vot-
ing that Griggs was defeated, there
seemed to be no further doubt that
the delegation would go instructed
The vote for delegate at large was as
follows Maddox, 272; Smith, PAP; Gray,
23S Pendleton, POI; Griggs, 1893; Sweat,
1884, Perry, 66.
List of the Delegates.
Following is the complete list of dele
gates chosen to the national conven-
ton, the names of the district dele
gates being presented by the delegates
from each Congressional district and
ratified by the conventions: From the
state at large, John w. Maddox of
Floyd, James M. Smith of Oglethorpe,
James r. Gray of Fulton, Charles r.
Pendleton of Bibb.
First district. r. C. Nicely of Burke,
NJ w. Dixon of Chatham: Second dis
trict, Henry T. Mcintosh of Dougherty,
J. B. Norman, Jr., of Colquitt; Third
district, l. P. Cooke of Lee, A. c. Riley
of Houston; Fourth district w. A. Lit
tie of Muscogee, H. C. Fisher of Cove
ia: Fifth district. A. H. Vandyke of
Fulton, A. C. Stone of Walton: Sixth
district, Joseph E. Pottle of Baldwin,
R. T. Daniel of Spalding; Seventh dis
trict, Moses Wright of Floyd, Albert
Strickland of Barlow: Eighth district,
j. D. Price of Oconee, ]. H. Shelton of
Hartwell; Ninth district, w. Z. Gambler
of Union. w. w. Starke of Jackson
Tenth district, c.. Bruce Young of Rich
mond, w. B. Crawford of Lincoln
Eleventh district, !. S. Adams of Lau-
rens, r. C. Dickerson of Glnch.
Col. EstilI Withdrew.
Considerable interest was man.
Tested in the election OF
President. Col. j. H. Estill of savan
nah, who occupied a seat rs a delegate
during the entire proceedings, was over
whelmingly chosen one of the electors
at large, though his name was not
bl ought forward for this )sition until
this morning.
There was no question of Col. Estilrs
election as a delegate at large to the
national convention, but in view of the
fact that his candidacy would have en-
dangered the candidacy of other South
Georgia candidates, he declined to have
his name used i'm this connection, though
he was unanimously Endorsed by tue
First Congressional District. When he
was suggested as an elector at large,
however, his friends at once flocked to
his standard, and it was seen from the
start that he would be elected by a
large majority.
EstiII and Fielder.
There were four nominations for cleo
to" from the state at large: Hon
George P. Monroe of Marion county
Col. ]. H. Estill of Chatham, Hon. T. B.
Fielder, Jr, of Fulton, and w. F. Find
lay of Hall. The roll of counties was
then called. the vote resulting as fol-
lows: Fielder, 271 votes: Estill, 2SO;
Monroe, 1853, and Findlay, 46.
Mr.. Fielder and Col. Estill were de-
clared nominated electors at large, and
by subsequent action of the convention,
Messrs. Monroe and Findlay were made
alternate electors at large. The com
plete list of electors for President and
Vice President is as follows:
H. ID NaII
and ]. H. Estill.
First District-W. G. Warnell of TAFT
nall: Second district. ]. D. Rambo of
Clay; Third district. Norman Miller of
Sumter; Fourth district, ]. ]. Bull of
Talbot; Fifth district. Sidney c. Tapp
OF Fulton; Sixth district, ]. B. Madden
of Pitt: Seventh district, M. ]. Head
of Haralson: Eigh9h district. f. B.
Shipp of Greene; Ninth district, NJ. L.
Ledford of Union Tenth district, Ira
E. Farmer of McDuffie; Eleventh dis
tr;ct. A. T. Woodland of Lowndes.
New state Executive Committee.
The new state executive committee
chosen by the convention will consist
of Chairman NJ. J. Yeomans, Vice
Chairman j. j. Spalding. these being
the officers of the convention who
become party officers for the next two
years. ]. w. Goldsmith, secretary, who
will be appointed by the chairman,
the national committeeman from Geor-
gia, four members at large yet to be
named by the chairman, and the fol-
lowing three members from each Con-
gressional district named to-day: First
district A. A. Lawrence of Chatham
j. w. Overstreet of Screven, and
Frank Mitchell of Emanuel; Second
district John w. Andrews of Calhoun
Frank Park of Worth, and Wilson
M. Hardy OF Thomas; Third district
j. A. Cobb of Sumter, w. c. Ham
ilton of Dooley and ] NJ. Collum of
Schley; Fourth district j B. Burn
side of Harris, C. L. Davis of Meri-
wether and Frank p. Longley OF
Troup; Fifth district, Clifford Walker
of Walton, L. L. Middlebrooks of
Newton and j. 5. Hutchinson of Clay
ton; Sixth district, T. ]. CARING Of
Bibb. Ernest Smith of Henry and S.
T.. Blalock of Fayette; Seventh dis
trict, w. c. Bum of Polk, S. P. Mad
dox of Whitfield and J. z. Foster of
Cobb; Eighth district, H. x. Rowe Of