Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-19

gates of Chatham county and you
shut me out. We are in control here
today"
Again pandemonium broke loose,
and Mr.. Watson sat down with his
gray hair towseled over his fore
head. :-
Barrow Replies.
David C. Barrow, member of the
famous Georgia family of Barrows,
a nephew of Chancellor Barrow of
the University of Georgia, and a bril-
liant young lawyer of Savannah, took
the floor to reply to Mr.. Watson. He
could not speak for the uproar in the
galleries, so Mr.. Watson rose in the
aisle and waved his hand for silence
SO Mr.. Barrow could be heard.
"We are evidently not going to be
with you long," said Mr.. Barrow,
land before we take our departure,
| ask the privilege of delivering a
few remarks. Your decision, wheth-
er for or against US, is purely politi
cal and will not make US mad. You
understand how difficult is the task
which assume in attemptin" to an
swer my distinguished friend, the
gentleman from McDuffie, probably
the greatest orator in Georgia TO-
day and one of the greatest we have
ever produced.
mot from the standpoint of polit-
ical expediences but addressing you
as free and fair man, desire to
present the facts concerning the pres
idential primary held in Chatham
county on April 20. The entire
municipal government of the city of
Savannah supported Senator Hoke
Smith. We did not fight Mr.. Wat
son. we fought and defeated Sena-
tor Smith. 1t was a hard fight and
a bitter fight, and the issue was in
doubt until the last vote was count
ed. A majority of the members of
the county executive committee
were supporters of Senator Smith.
They fixed the rules under which the
primary was held. We did not fix
them; we had nothing to do with
them. The only thing on earth we
did was to put the ballots in the box
for Mr.. Palmer
A. Pratt Adams, of the Chatham
delegation, moved as a substitute to
disagree to the committees report,
insofar as it related to Chatham
county.
Delegation Seated.
The vote on Mr.. Adams motion
to disagree on the motion to unseat
the Chatham delegation developed the
first break in the ranks of the Smith
and Watson delegates. One Watson
county, and a strong one-Jefferson
Joined more than a score of Smith
counties in voting to seat the Chat
ham delegation, thereby reversing the
report of the credential committee
relating to Chatham county. The mo-
tion was adopted by vote Of POI 1-2
to 178 1-2. The Palmer delegates
loudly applauded.
The following Smith counties vot-
ed to seat the Chatham delegation
Brooks, with four delegates register
ed the first break in the Smith dele
cation, followed by Gambler 2, Bryan
2, Dooly 2, Early 2, Evans 2, Mall 4,
Harris 2, Irwin 2, Jenkins 2, Lee 2,
Mcintosh 2. Mitchell 2, Morgan 2
Muscogee 6, Pierce 2, Pulaski 2
Stephens 2, Stewart 2, Webster 2
Wilcox 2, Worth 2.
The delegation from Sumter coun-
ty. which has votes with dele
gates divided, one and one-half vot-
ing to seat and two and one-half vot-
ing not to seat. Likewise, the Ware
county delegation of members di-
vided, two voting to seat and two to
| unseat.
When the Brooks county delega-
ton, which was the first to break, re-
ported it's vote in favor of seating the
Chatham delegation, the Palmer
forces united in noisy demonstra-
| ton.
John I. Kelley, of Gwinnett coun-
ty, placed in nomination the name
of Samuel Lumpkin~ Olive, of Rich
mOnd county, president of the Geo