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After the reading of the ! call General Moore nominated Col. J. !L. Orr, of Greenville, for temporary ! chairman, and he was unanimously elected. Col. Orr on taking the chair thanked the convention for the honor conferred and counselled the Democracy to maintain their united front to the common enemy He congratulated the convention on the fact that full delega? tions were present from all the counties and upon the intelligence of the body. He believed that the action of this con? vention would be for the good of all the people and particularly of the Demo? cratic party M?. J. T. Roper, of Marlboro, and Gea. William Stokes, of Hampton, were unanimously elected secretaries The roll of the convention was then made op and the chairman announced that SJo delegates were present. This being more than a quorum the chairman said that the convention wa9 ready to proceed to business." On motion of Col. J. C. Haskell the temporary organ? ization was made permaneut a::d Coi Orr again returned his thanks for the honor conferred and the confidence re? posed in him. , Mr. G. R Dean moved that a com? mittee, consisting of one member from each county, on platform and resolutions bc appointed. Adopted, and the chair? man appointed the following : Abbeville, VY. H. Parker; Aiken, Jas. Aldrich ; Anderson, M S. Tribbte ; ; Barnwell, Johnson Hagood ; Beaufort, Jas. S. Rives ; Berkeley, H. A. M. Smitfi ; Charleston, J. W.-Barnwell; ! Chester, B W. Gail ; Chesterfield, R T. Redfearn ; Clarendon, J. F. Rhame; Colleton, F. C. Fishburne ; Darlington, : J. W. Beasley; Edgefield, B. R Till? man ; Fairfield. John Bratton ; George? town, J. H. Reid; Greenville, J. A. Hoyt; Hampton, W. S. Tillinghast; ; Horry. E. Norton ; Kershaw, WHliam j Shannon ; Lancaster, R. E. Allison ; Laurens, J. T. Williams; Lexington, I G. Leapbeart; Marlboro, R. M. Pegues; ; Marion, W. J. Montgomery ; Newber? ry, J- A. Sligh; Oconee, S. Y. I Scriven ; Orangeburg, J. L. Sims ; j Pickens, R. AT Childs; Richland, J. j C. Haskell ; Spartanburg, J. R. Dean ; j Sumter. A. B. Stuckey; Union, Wil? liam-.Munro; Williamsburg, T. M. ? Giliand ; York, C. E. Spencer. I The following vice presidents were j i then elected : First congressional district, W, lt; Jones; second, A. N. Talley; third, j ?C. J T. Hutspn ; fourth, W. P. Mur? phy ; fifth, M J. Hough; sixth, C S. MeC2? ; st-vcntb, Richard Singleton.! Capt. Willie Jones was elected treas? urer, v , TflE' ONLY CANDIDATES. Gen. Moore, chairman of the state Democratic conwnittee, submitted a re I port showing that, in accordance with the requests of the last state convention, Governor Richardson .and L'eut. Gov? ernor Mau&iin were4he only candidates I for the respective positions who had ad [ dressed the people. The "report, at ? Col. Moore's request, was received as j information. Dr. Sampson Pope, of I Newberry, W. A. James, of Sumter, j Senator J. A. Sligb, of Newberry, j ! Capt. B. R. Tillman, of Edgefield, j I Cajt Shell, of Laurens, and Er. J. W. j ? Beasley, of Darlington, offered resolu? tions providing for amendments to the constitution of the party so as to pro-, vide for the nominations of all state, congressional and judicial nominations t by the primary system, which were read and referred to the committee on plat? form RDd resolutions. * \ I The following are the resolutions' ! offered by Capt. B R. Tillman. !' Resolved. That the constitution of. the Democratic party of South Carolina be so amended that hereafter all nomi j nations for offices in the gift of the peo I pie shall be by primary election. I 2. Thai the G?nerai Assembly be re ! quested to provide hy statute for the control of party primary elections and to prevent frawi, intimidation or bribery at the same. 3. *That such primary electron shall j be held in every County in the state on I the same day, to, wit : the first Tuesday ? in September. j Coi. Haskell then moved that the j Convention proceed to nominate a cau ] didate for Governor. The motion was j put and carried almost unanimously. Col. Knox Livingston, of Marlboro, ; nominated Gov. Richardson, seconded j by C. A. Douglass, of Fairfield. Mr. ''? 1). K N orris, of Anderson, nominated : Hoo. Jos. Il Earle, seconded ty Dr. ; Sampson Pope, of Newberry, i In secondiug the nomination of Gen. Earle, Dr. Pope said : Mr. President: I rise to second the nomination of the Honorable Joseph H. Earle. [Applause.] It gives me much { pleasure to do so; a6d whilst I second j the nomination of Joseph H. Earle, I . desire it di tinctly understood that I j have, not a word to say against J. P. I Richardson. [Applause.] But, Mr. I President. I believe the time has come ; for a change. [Applau-e led by Till ! man ] I think. Mr. President, that thc moterial is a little too precious to be ? drawn out for four years. [Laughter ; and applause.] Such is the history of South Caroliua from the day our co\o ; nial government ceased up to the time that tite Radicals took possession of the I go vero mee' in '(>8. I do not believe that you will fiud a Governor who >erved fur more than two years success? ively ; and if there isa precedent in this State for a longer continuous service the ilaiiica:^ set the precedent, and. God knows ??e ?lon't want to follow it. [Ap? plause ] it is true, Gea. Hampton was eh cted two terms, but who in Sou?h Carolina v. ?aid compare Hampton to any other man '.' [applause] for he eau have anything \n the gift of the people ci South Carolina that he wants. He is not to be compared to ordinary mortals, he is above us all ; he is "first in war, first in peaco and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Th^n come down to that- valiant soldier whom we all love, Ger;en:l Hagood of Barnwell. Hew long did he hold the office of Governor of South Carolina, and if he was not eutitlcd to as mach as anybody else, I would like to know why not. He bel the office for two years. Coming t Governor Thompson-aud I want to te jon something about that. I had friend in the Secretary's office at tbs time, and I might say that he was th noblest Roman of them all, and I wanl ed to see him re-elected to that ofibe. came here as a delegate, and as far as was concerned, I let Thompson g through. He made a splendid Govei nor and was a good man, it is true, but would not oppose him, bec .use I wante Lipscomb as Secretary of State. Thos are the only two cases-Hampton an i Thompson-where we have given ther two successive Gubernatorial terms But really the only instance that yo can find a precedent among our peopl is the election of Governor Thompson. Gen. Earle is a good man, you canJ find a better man io the State of Sout Carolina. /There is not a man in tb State that can say anything against him He is a noble, clean man and he is tru to his country. [Applause.] I d think that now is the time for a change and now is the time for us to put Josep H. Earle in the Gubernatorial chair 1 [Great applause.] COL. EARLE DECLINES. When the applause resulting froc the presentation of Col. Earle's nam had subsided. Mr. Gaillard, of Sumter j arose and said : 'Mr. President, I an authorized by Col. Earle to say that h ?is not a candidate before this Conven tion, and under no circumstances wil he accept a nomination, that he is ii no way responsible for being nominated and he has always declined to become : candidate upon the floor of a conven tion/ [Applause.] Pr. Pope: 'This is the case of thi office seeking the man and not the mai the office.' [Vociferous applause.] The nominations for the office o Governor were then closed, and th? ! Convention proceeded . to a ballot. Th< j first vote recorded was that of Col. E ! B. Gary of Abbeville, who voted fo Joseph H Earle. [Applause.] The call of the roll then began, bu j it had been scarcely commenced whet Dr. Earle of Greenville, a brother o Col. Earle, arose and again announcec to the Convention that his brother wa; not a candidate and that it was a men waste of time to vote for him. j This announcement, coming from th< I source it did excited fresh enthusiasu ! among the friends of Governor Richard son, but it could not stop the votiog and the Chair ruled that inasmuch ai the count had begun it must be pro? ceeded with. As each County was called the re? sponses were eagerly listened for, anc uow and theo, as some individual o note cast his vote for Richardson, or foi Earle, applause would break forth frotr the respective factions represented or the floor of the Convention. The ap plauso was particularly noticeable whet tuc Sumter delegation, almost unani mously, and the entire Greenville dele? gation (inclusive of the brother? of Gov, Richardson's unwilling opponent) votec for John Peter Richardson So. also, again when, the Charleston? and R,icb> laud delegations voted for bira to :a man. The respective delegations voted aj follows: Abbeville, all but three foi lEarle ; Aiken, solid for Richardson ; Anderson, solid for Earle ; Barnwell al! but two for Richardson ; Beaufort, solid for Richardson ; Berkeley and Charles? ton, ditto ;. ('bester, all but one for Earle; Chesterfield, ail but two for Richardson ; Clarendon, solid for Rich? ardson ; Colletou, all rit three. foi Richardson ; Darlington, ail but one for Earle ; Edgefield, solid for Earle; Fairfield, solid for Richardson ; George? town, solid for Richardson ; Greenville and Hampton, ditto; Kershaw, all but ! three for Earle; Laocaster, all but one for Richardson ; Lauren?, solid for Earle; Lexington, all but ooe for Earle; Marion, ail but^bree for Earle; Marlboro, all but one for Richardson ; j Newberry, solid for Earle : Oconee, I solid for Es* le; Oraugeburg. all but one for IJarle; Pickensand Richland, all for I&cbardsbn ; Sparfcauburg, ono for Earle, rest for Richardson ; Sumter, three for ?arle*,'the rest for Richardson ; Union, Williamsburg and York, three each for Earle, the rest for Richardson. Capt. Ben Tillman faithfully kept a count of thc balloting as it progressed, j and as it was quite evident that thc official announcement of the vote would show that Governor Richardson had re? ceived a very large majority of the votes cast. Captain Tillman, without waiting for thc result of the vote to be declared by the Chair, got up and said : 'Mr. President : For those Democrats who opposed Governor Richardson and who have bad the opportunity presented to them to put their opposition on record, as one family of white men and South Carolinians, io behalf of those who stood with me in this light, I move to make the nomination of J. P. Richard? son unanimous.' [Applause ] Thc nomination of G??v. John Peter Richardson was then made uuauituous, amid deafening applause. Mr. Livingston moved that a com mittee of three be appointed to notify Governor Rrrchafdson of his uomiua j tion, and that he be asked to address j this Convention. Carried The Chair appointed Col. Knox Liv? ingston, Capt.. Ron Tillman and thc Hou. C- A. D' uslass. Capt. Tillman, before accompanying the committee on its mission, said he desired to made a statement, in order to j place himself right in regard to some newspaper comments that had been made about his antagonistic attitude to I wards Gov. Richardson. He said that j Gov. Richardson and himself bad part j ed at Blackville, on good terms, and j that thc Governor had stated to him i that he (Richardson) was not offended : at anything he had said, a? not a word had been uttered hy him (Tillman) to i reflect on his (Richardson's) character : or to wound bim. Capt. Tillman con? cluded by saying : 'That puts me straight as regards these charges, and j ? will say that I and every Democrat in j Edgefield County, and of every farmer j of South Caroliua, will sive Richardson a unanimous support.' [Applause ] I Nominations for Lieutenant Govern ! or were then taken up. Mr. Munro of Union presented thc name of W. L. Mauldiu tor reuomiua I tion to thc office of Lieutenant Gov J crnor. No other Dame was offered, where upon Dr. S. Pope, of Newberry, move( that the rules be suspended and tha Mr. Mauldin be elected by acclamation This motion was adopted and W. Lr MauHin was declared to be the nomi nee of the Democratic party for Lieu tena?t Governor. Governor Richardson was then pre sented to the convention by the Presi dent, who introduced the distinguishe( gentleman as follows : 'Gentlemen of the Convention : I affords me great pleasure to introduc* to you your next Governor of Soutl Carolina. [Tremendous applause.] ii the past he has been a magnificent Gov ernor aod in the future be will be equa to any Governor South Carolina mai have.' [Applause ] GOVERNOR RICHARDSON'S SPEECII. .Mr. President and Gentlemen of th( Convention and Fellow-Dcmocrat9, ori< and all : If I were to report to you th( set phrases that my heart would giv< utterance to, I am sure that there is n( man in this Convention that would noi realize fully the force of the expression 'Gentlemen of the Convention, j thank you from the bottom of my hear! for this endorsement you give to mj administration, my conduct as an offi? cer and my character as a man. [Ap? plause.] If I have^committed an act it my life, in the thirty odd years of pub? lic service, that could throw disgraci on the Democracy of this State, I dc not know it. Every neart-throb of mj bosom and every pulsation through mj body, each and every throb beats for Carolina first, last and all the time. Gentlemen of the Convention, allon me to congratulate you over the action of this body to-day, for I see before me to-day a still united, triumphant and ever conquering Democracy. I have to-day a most abiding faith in the peo? ple of this State and in the Democracy of Carolina. Never will I believe il until I see it-the old banner of this State trailing in the dost so long as the Democrats in this State assemble for counsel like they have done to-day."* 'Gentlemen of the Democracy, I feel and realize that there are yet struggles before us, struggles such as we have never yet gone through. According to my conscientious convictions and belief, everything is not so secure in this State as we might imagine it to ba. We have before us a great problem to solve, but I believe and feel in my heart that God is directing the course of this peo? ple, and that in time to come that prob? lem will be solved, and when it is solv? ed it will see South Carolina establish? ed io permauent glory aod honor and power through the Democratic party of South Carolina. 'Thanking you norn and as long as I shall live for this additional honor that you have conferred on me, I pledge my honor as a man that every effort of my nature and all the intellect that I may pocsess shall be consecrated devotedly with unabating and increasing patriot? ism to thc welfare of South Carolina and to thc success of thc Democratic party/ [Applause.] Lieutenant Governor Mauldin was then presented to the Convention, and returned his thanks fur his unanimous renomination to the office which lie has filled for the past two years. The Convention then took a recess until 7 25 ia the evening, when the ticket was completed by the nomination of.' J. Q Marshall, of Richland, for Sec? retary of Stale. J. S. Veruer, of OCODCC, for Comp? troller General. I. S. Bamberg, cf Barnwell, for State Treasurer. M. L Bonham, of Abbeville, for Ad? jutant General. J. H. Ri?e, of Abbeville, for State Superintendent of Education. Jos. H. Earle, of Sumter, for Attor? ney General. This closed the nominations for State officers, and no other names being placed before tho Convention, all the above named eeDtlemeo were nominated separately by acclamation, their nomi? nation being punctured by liberal and hearty applause. Mr. Murray moved that a committee of five be appointed to wait on the nom? inees and invite them to address the Convention. The Chair appointed Messrs. Murray, Sligh, Salley, Wells and Aldrich. On motion of Mr. Gary a recess of five minutes was taken, in order to make selections of District Electors and members of State Executive Committee. At the close of the recess, the com? mittee that had been appointed to wait on the nominees appeared with Messrs. Marshall, Verner, Rice, Bamberg and Earle, each of whom briefly returned thanks for the honor conferred upou them, and pledged continued devotion to the service of the State. Col. Earle, whilst thanking the Con vctition for thc honor conferred upon him, took occasion to refer to the nomi? nation of himself at the morning sessiou a?; au opponent of Governor Richardson, and emphatically declared that the nom? ination was without his consent, and in the face of his earnest, protest. It was true, that he had not regarded himself as au administration candidate for At? torney General, hut yet he was not an ttigonistie to Governor Richardson's administration, and had warmly sup? ported him. The District Electors and members of thc State Kxccutivc Comm i tte; were thou selected, a* follows : Vii KSI D i; N TIA L E L K CT OKS. First District, F. W. Wagener, of Charleston ; Second District, Claude E. I Sawyer, of Aiken; Third District, W. 0. Bradley, of Abbeville ; Fourth Dis? trict, C. VJ Culp, of Union ; Fifth Dis? trict, (J. W. (?:tg<\ of Chester; Sixth District, Lucius McIntosh; Seventh District, Richard Singleton, of Rich ?and. EX ECUTIVE COM MITTEK, First District-J. F. hlar, W. II. Drau ?ey, W. FL-hburoe. j Second District-L. T. Izlar, M. B. M cS wee ney, O. F. (.'bentham. Third District-J. E. Bogg?, E. B. 1 Murr-jft E. B. Gray. I Fourth District-S. A. Hough, ? Wilie Jones, N. B. Dial, i Fifth District-W. J. Cherry, M. J. Hough, W. A. Evans, j Sixth District-C. S. .McCall, J. F. I Jlbamc C. A. Wood. Seventh District-Josiah Doar, M. Rhett, R. D. Lee. D'Arcy P. Daocan, of Union, offe the following resolution: 'Resolved, That the Democratic C vention of South Carolina approve; the resolution offered by Representa! Hooker of Mississippi, in the Congi of the United States, authorizing Presideut to remit duties on fore bagging used in baling cotton, ; urges upon Congress the prompt p sage of the resolution, and that a cc of this resolution be transmitted by Secretary to the Senators and Rep scntatives from South Carolina.' This resolution was, on motion Col. Duncan, unanimously adop without being referred to the Comu tee on Platform and Resolutions. TIIE PLATFORM. Coi. John C. Haskell, on behal! the Committee on Platform and Reso tions, presented the following : The Democratic party of South Ca lina, in Convention assembled, reach? ing their allegiance and devotion to principles of the Democratic party, < clare the following to be the princip and policy of the Democratic party State and Federal affairs : 1. Wise and just legislation, the i partial administration of equal lai efficiency, with economy, in every < partment of the State Government. 2. Popular education is the bnilwi of her institutions; liberal support the public schools for the whole peop 3. The present protective tariff taj the many for the benefit of the favot few. The duties on imports should decreased. An early repeal of the dc on cotton ties, on the machinery us in the manufacture of cotton and w< and on tools and agricultural imp menta, will stimulate manufactures a be a relief to the farmers of the counti 4. The public credit, national a State, must be maintained. ?. In tho conduct of affairs in tl State the Democracy have been actuat by the desire to promote the great< good to the State. Democratic unity public safety and private security. 6. lu the ?$tate, justice and equity 1 all to insure harmony and good will b tween the races. In the Union, sectionilism in policy or feeling-; indissoluble union of indestructil States; one flag, one country, o destiny. Resolved, That the administration President Grover Cleveland has giv to the country a government in acco with the principles of its foundei preserving peace and tranquility with its borders while maintaining wi firmness and decision the character ai integrity of American institutions, ar securing the blessings . of freedom ai the promise of future prosperity for t! entire country. Resolved, That this Convention her by ratifies the nomination of Clevelai and Thurman as the Democratic cane1 dates for President and Vice Preside! of the United States, and pledges them the earnest support of the Dem cracy of South Carolina. Resolved, That this Convention ci dorses the declaration of princip! adopted by the National Democrat Convention at St. Louis. DEPOSITION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTION The Committee on platform and R solutions, through its Chairman, Co J. C. Haskell, reported unfavorab! upon the first and third resolution which were offered by Mr. Tillman Edgefield, and recommended the folio? ing substitute for the second, to wit 'That the General Assembly be reques ed to provide by statute for the punisl ! ment of perjury, fraud and intimidatic j in the party primary election.' Colon* J Haskell moved its adoption. Mr. Til man seconded the motion,'and it wt carried. The next question was on the ado] tion of the unfavorable report of tl committee as to the first and third res< lutions. The first was :. 'That the cor stitution of the Democratic party < South Carolina be so amended tbs hereafter all ?lections for officers in th gift of the people shall be by primar election.' Col. Haskell moved that thc unfavoi able report of the committee be adoptee Capt Tillman spoke in opposition t the adoptiou of the report of the com mittee, and claimed that it was the pu? pose of himself and his friends 'to li the people rule ; we want the white me of South Carolina to govern Sout Carolina,' &c. Ile however, showc his disregard for thc white people i the Couutics of the 'Black District when he said : "Suppose three or fou Counties, Beaufort, Berkcly an Georgetown, should lose some of thoi power, the great bulk of thc white pee pie of this State will lose nothing.' Mr. Murphy of Colleton said: 'Mi President, I take issue with my friem from Edgefield^ * * * * If th primary elcctionfs adopted for the Stat of South Carolina you will deprive th lower part of the State of a voice ii the selection of candidates in thc Demo eratic party. Do you know what w have to contend with in the lower par of South Carolina? Do you know o the secret meetings that Brayton, Mille and their Radical adherents have beci holding in the lower part of our County and the danger that is threatening u day by day? If you take from us th little power that we have, with thi overwhelming negro majority, there ar men there, as there are everywhere ii South Carolina, who are ripe for ? ! revolt, and this action on the part o ! the Democracy of South Carolina wil j be an excuse for a revolt iu tho lowe; j part of the State. If this resolution i : adopted, it means that no man can b< ! nomiuatcd who lives below Columbi; ! by the votes of his owu people. [Ap ! plauso ] j ..We stand there, bcario<r the burdcj ! of thc Gglil ; is it right that you sb^uU I deprive Uo of tho pour privilege oem l ing hore to as ;st you ia taming th i people who shall reprint us ? (au i plause.] i Mr. U:.ugl> of Lancahtcr spoke ii j favor of the original resolution fur pri ; mary. j Dr. Samuel Pope said : "This r?solu j lion is fair to everybody, lt' we carr1 out the resolution, a white man isimpl ' goes to the poli and votes for a wii! j candidate ; eau anybody object to that j It cuts in my county and il cuts dowi 1 all over the state. I think it a pi ope resolution, and one that should pass ft a white man's government. [Applause One white man in Newberry js as goo as any white man in Charleston, c anywhere else." [Applause ] Mr. Barnwell of Charleston replie to Mr. Pope, and in concluding, said "I raise my voice in behalf of g1 telej and I speak for Georgetown and ft Beaufort, the only counties v,urepn sented here in the General Asscmbl} I speak for them because in 1876 th low country cf South Carolina did equal ly as much, aye more than any oihe part of the State. It will give the u country two votes to our one. Le't u let well enough aloue." [Applause ] Col. J. A. Hoyt8aid: "I douot con ceive this to be a matter of up countr against the low country. We do nc contend for primary on the ground tha it will give us more power, but on th ground of justice and equality. We wil continue to demand primary until th good sense of the Democratic uart throughout the State shall yield to u what we ask." [Applause ] Col. J C Haskell--'How would ou friends like to see tbe primary syster adopted by the National Convention My friend from Lancaster says there i no analogy. Where is the difference To-day South Carolina goes to the Na tional Convention representing 1.000, OOO of people; of these 350,000 ar. white. Texas goes to the National Con vention representing about 2.000,00' of people. Of these about 350,000 ar negroes and the rest are whites. Now 6ir, South Carolina's representation i based upon a million and Texas upot two million. Apply tbe rule to Texas and that State would 4ave five when we have only one. I say, there is anal ogy, as we represent the same part; here that was represented in St. Loui in the National Convention. They sa; there is no analogy, because a nomina tion is equivalent to an election. Hov long is that going to be?' A delegate : 'One hundred years. Ben Tillman said: 'Always.' Col. Hask'-U (continuing)-*I be lieve it will be, because I believe th< good sense of the people assembled wil not perpetrate an injustice [Applause. You must remember the Democrati. party is not all white. When you tak< away from those Counties which hav< a large colored majority the representa tion which they are entitled to, hov long do you believe it will be befon they begin to make proselytes among the negroes ? They will either say wi will take no interest in it, or they wil go to work and recover their representa? tion. There is no such thing as sec tional ism. Charleston has friends it the mountains and the mountain Coun? ties have friends in the City by the Sea Our interests are indissolubly bound together.' At the conclusion of Col. Haskell's address a vote was taken on the ques? tion of adopting the unfavorable report of the committee, and resulted in the defeat of the primary resolution by s vote of 192 to 89. . The fate of one settled the fate of all, and the rest of thc committee's reports, which were unfavorable to all the va? rious primary resolutions, were adopted: The resolution offered by Dr. Pope, providing for the election' of the mem? ber of the National Executive Commit? tee by the State Convention, was re? jected. Section 14 of the Constitution, which required a preliminary canvass by can? didates for State officers, was amended so as to provide that th? Executive Committee of each County may invite candidates to address the people. In response to a jocular remark ol Col. Haskell to Mr. Tillman, thc latter replied by facing the Convention with the following remarks : 'I want to give you farmers a few dotsf. That- com? mittee to-night waB composed of 25 lawyers and 8 farmers, and we are al? ways whipped out by the lawyers. They fix things up to suit themselves. You farmers send larwyers here because you are too lazy to send good farmers. You let them hoodwink you.' Col. Haskell: "That remark comes with bad grace from the gentleman from Edgefield to attack the lawyers. Two years ago he put up a lawyer as a candidate for Governor against a farmer, and this morning he seconded the nomi? nation of a lawyer against a farmer. [Tre? mendous cheeriDg ] I ask him now. was he too lazy to select better men, or didn't have any better sense ?" [Laugh? ter and applause ] Mr. Tillman-"They were too lazy, aud they din't have any better sense." ELECTORS AT LARGE. (The Convention then proceeded to lect two electors for the State at large, nd Messrs. Chas. A Douglass of Fair icld, and John T. Sloan, Jr. of llich aud, were elected. ADJOURNMENT. Thc Convention resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and after thc passage of complimentary resolutions to thc officers, followed by the usual speech es on such occasions, adjourned siuc die. A Remedy Against the Bag? ging Trust. Capt. Harry Hammond, a practical farmer of Beech Isiand, who is "cul? lin ed and capable of ?ober thought,'" believes ho has discovered a "rer.ied}' i against the bagging trust " Ile writes to the Chronicle as follows : "Farmers have a remedy against tho'bagging trust' which is employ? ed at present by only a lew, but , which might be universally adopted. Put cotton up in 100 pound packages, I 40 pounds to the cubic foot, held by wires. Covering iv not nec^-caiy, ? but if preferred, lire 0100" envelopes ! of coarse paper with y.^okel for s im , pie, taken vvben. thy bale is packed ? may bc used, "Hy '.li?s mean* thc whole or the i I greater patt of the.cost of bagging > I find lies is saved. A 1 charges for - j compressing are dono away with, j i The packages can be handled as - ! easily and safely as sacks of flour -iud ! ?rain. The losses from sampling are 1 j reduced to a minimum, as well as - j losses from 'ear in rolling thc bales j as at present, through mud and dust. - j "The Derrick press accomplishes j . this and manufacturers say that thc - colton reaches them in excellent con ; dit ?on. Here is a saving of millions ? to cotton growers, and ?Ood mission 1 ary ground for farmers' leagues and C alliancts " By E EIDEB HAGGAED. I CONTINUED. 1 CHAPTER V. TITS ITZSSAGX 07 M?HT A. On the following evening vre once moro dined together, and Quatermain, after some pressure, for Good's remark still rankled in bis breast, was persuaded to continue his story. "At last," be went on, "a few minutes before sunset tho task was finished. "Wc had labored at it ell day, stopping only once for dinner; for it is no easy matter to how cut five such tusks ns those which now lay before me in a white and gleaming Uno. It was a dinner worth eating, too. I caa tell you, for wo dined off the heart of the great one tusked bull, which was so big that the maa whom I sent inside tho elephant to look for his heart bad to remove it in two pieces. Wc cut it into slices and fried it with fat, and I never tasted heart to equal it, for the meat seemed to melt in one's mouth. By the way, I ex? amined the jaw of the elephant; it had never had but ono tusk; the other had not been broken off, nor was it present in a rudiment? ary form. "Well, there lay the five beauties, cr, rather, four of them, for Gobo and another man were engaged in sawing the grand one in two. I had at test, with many sighs, or? dered them to do this, but not until I had by practical experiment proved that it was im? possible to Ciirry it in any other way. One hundred end sixty pounds of solid ivory, or rather more ia its green state, is two great a weight for two men to carry for long across a broken country. I sat watching the job and smoking the pfre of contentment, when Buddenly the bush opened, and a very hand? some and dignified native girl, apparently about 20 years of ago, stood before me, car? rying a basket of green mealies upon her head. "Although I was rather surprised to see a native girl in such a wild spot, and, so far as I knew, a long way from any kraal, tho mat? ter did not attract my particular notice: I merely called to one of the men and told him to bargain with the weman for the mealies, and ask her if there were any moro to be had in tho neighborhood. Then I turned my head and continued to superintend tho cut? ting of the tusk. Presently a shadow. fe:l upon me. I looked up and saw that the giri was standing before me, the basket of mealies still on her head. *? 'Mareme, Marease,' she said, gently clap? ping ber hands together. The word 4ila remo' among these Matuku (though she was no Matiiku) answers to the Zulu 'Koos,' and thc clapping of hands is a form of salutation very common among the tribes of the B?sutu race. "4 What is it, girl? I asked her in. Sisutu. 'Are those mealies for sale? " l\7kat is it, girl? I asked her in Sisutu." " 'No, great white hunter,* she answered In Zulu; 'I bring them as a gift.' "'Good!' I replied. 'Put them down.' " 'A gift fer a gift, white man.' "4 Ah ? I grumbled, 'the old story-nothing for nothing in this wicked world. What do you want-bendsf " 'She nodded, and I was about to tell ono of the men to go and fetch somo from o^e of packs, when sho checked me. . " *A gift from tho giber's own band is twice a gift,1 she said; and I thought that she cpoke meaningly. " 'You mean that you want mc to give them to you myself? " 'Surely.1 "I rose to go with her. 'How is that, being of tho Aiatuku, you speak in tho Zulu tongue (' I asked, suspiciously. "'lam not cf tho Slatuku,' she answered, as soon ns we were out of hearing of the men. 'I am of thc peoplo cf Nala, whose tribe is the Butiena tribe, and who lives there,' and she pointed over the mountain. 'Also, I am one cf tho wives cf Wambo,' and her eyes' flashed as she said the nama if.** 'And how did you como herc? ** 'On my feet,' she answered, laconically. "Wc reached thc packs, and, undoing ono of them, I extracted a handful cf beads. 'Nov.-,' said I, *a gift for a gift. Hand over thc mealies.' "She took tho beads without even looking at them, which struck nie as curious, and, putt;::;; the basket of mealies cn tho ground, emptied ir. "At thc bottom of tho basket were" some curiously shaped green leaves, something like the" leaves cf tho rutta percha tree in shape, only somewhat thicker, and of a moro fleshy substance. As though by hazard, the girl picked c::e of these leaves out of tho basho: and smelt at it; then she handed it to me. I took the leaf, c.::d, supposing that she wished rn? to smell it also, was about to oblige L >y doing so, when my eye fell upon seine ?? -ions red scratches on the greca surface cf the leaf. "'Ah!'said the girl (whose name, hythe way, wes Mai -a), specking beneath her brent:- : 'read the sigus, white mau.' "Without answering her I continued to ste.ro nt the leaf. It had bron scratched, or rather written upon, with something sharp, such a-: a nail, and wherever this ii^trument had touched it the acid juico oozing through the oater skin had turned a rusty biocdcolor. Frcscntly I found thc beginningof tho scrawl, and read" this, written in English, and cover? ing tho surface of the leaf and of two others that were in the basket: " 'I hoar tliar a white man is huatinsr fn tho Ma tulm country. This is t-> warn him to flyover tho mountain to Nala. Wambo sends au Impi at daybreak to cat him up because he has hunted before tv: iacria;: hou.^o. For tkni's sake, whoever you arc. try help me: I have been the slave of this devil WY.-::.' . tor nearly seven years, and am beaten ami tortured.continually. Me murdered all r'v rest ? f us but kept me because I could wer!; trun. Malua, his wife, talcs ?In*: she is fivius ;.. Nala. !:. r father, because \Vamb/! hilled J?-r chiui. Try and pet Kala to attack Wtaake. Malwa can pride thc::; ever tlio mourtoiu. You won't come i?>r nothing, fer 'the stockade cf Wambe's private kraal h rjade of elephants* tusks. Fer ( ?ed's sake don't d? sert me, or I shaD kill myself! I caa eear thisuo longer. " 'Jems EVCSY.' u -Great heavens!' I gasped. 'Every why, it nmst be my old fn. nd.' The girl, or rather tho woman, Maiwa, pointed to the other side of the leaf where there was some more writing. Ir ran thus: 'I haw just heard thai the white man is called ilacuma 2,-ihn. if so, ii must be myoid friend Qua t <nnaia. Fray < rod '?? is. for I know he won't ?I --err nu r*??l chu:a in s?< :i a lix as I am It i> Ct th '.? L'n*. afraid of d\ ng; I don't care it I die; ? rat I wa at to g -t a chance at Wambo r*,.., "'No. o'd i -v.* thought I to myself, 'it isn't likely that l um going to leave y :i rhci-e v.hiiethere is a chan.... of getting you out. i luvve played fox lieiore now-thero'i ii! a <!. ?ableor ? wo leif- in me. I must make a plan, that's ail. And then there's that stockade of tusks. lam not going to leave that either.' Then I spoke to the wonjan. " 'You aro called Mai wa.' " 'lr :s so.' " 'You are tho daughter of Nala and thc wife of Wambo.' '"Il is SO.' "'Yon flv from Wambo to Nala.1 '"I do.' * ! order,' and, calling to Gobo, I ordered bim j to get the men ready for instant departure. - Tbe woman, who, as I have said, .wes quito * young and very handsome, pat her band into? a kind of litt lo pouch made of .antelope hide wh:ch sho wore fastened round the waist? * end to my horror drew from it the withered hitfid of a child which had evidently been carefully dried in the smoke, 44 'I fly fur this cause,' she answered, hold? ing the poor little band towards me. *See>" now. ? bore a child Wambo wes ifs ?atber, - and for eighteen months the child lived, and' I loved it. But Wjuabc loves not bis chil-' - drcu; he kills them all* be fcan? lei*they* should grow up to slay coe so wicked; aod bo" would have killed this child also, bu4-Ji begged : its lifo. One day some soldiers parsing the but saw the child and saluted bim, calling him tho <4cbie? who soon shall bV? Wam.De ~ heard and was ..mad. ' He s.:cie the babe, audit wept. Then be said that it should weep for good cause. Among the things-' that he bad stolen from tbe white men wboaT ho slew is a trap that will hold lions.' So strong is the trap that four men mest stand on it, two on cither side, before it caa t?' opened.'" Here old Quaterinain broke oS suddenly; "Look herc, you fellows," lie said, "I can't bear to go oa with this part of thc story, be? cause I never could stand either seeing or; talking of the sufferings of children. Tou? can guess what that, devil did and what the poor mother was forced to witness. "Would you believe it, she told mo the taio witnout a tremor, in thc most matter of fact way. Only* : I noticed that her eyelid quivered all the time. " *Wciy I said, as unconcernedly as though I had been talking of the death of a iamb, though inwardly i was sick with horror and boiling with rage, 'and what do you mean-to-? do about the matter, -Mai wa, wife of Wambef '* 'J mean to do this, white man,' SIM an? swered, drawing herself up to her full height and speaking in tones as bard as steel and aa cool as ice. '1 mean to work and work and . work, to bring this to pass, and to bring that* to pass, until at length it comes to pass that with these living eyes I beheld Wambe eying the death that ho gave to bis child ead my child.' 44 'Well said,' I answered 44 'Ay, weil said,- Maca ma zahn; well said, and not easily forgotten. Who could forget? Seo whero this dead hand-rests against ray' side ; so once it rested when ali va And now, ; though it is dead, now every night it creepa from its nest, and strokes my han% and erases my fingers in its tiny palm. Every night "it does this, fearing lest I should forget,. Ob, my child! my childi ten days ago I held thoo? to my breast, and DOW this alone remains of - thee!' and she kissed the dead band and skiv? ered, but never a tear did she weep. *See' now,' she went oa, the white man, tbe pris-; oner at Wambels kraal, he was kind to me..' ' He loved tho cbild that is dead; yes, He wept: when its father slew it, and at the risk.of bis own life told Wambe, my busba-ad--ah yes; my husband!-that which h3 is! Ec, too, it was who made a plan. He said tb me, -"t?o, i Maiwa, after tho custom cf thy people,-go purify thyself in the bush alone, having touched a dead one. Say to Wambe moa geest to purify thyself alone for fifteen day?,; according to the custom of tho people. Then Cy to thy father Nala, and stxraim np' to wai-against Wambe for the sake of toe child that is dead" This then he said, and bis words seemed good to me, and that same eight ere I left to purify myself came acw3 that a white mon ?xmted in the country, and Wambo, being mad with drink, grew very; wrath, and gave orders that an Impi should bo gathered to slay the white man and bis people and seize bis goods. Then did the ^Smiter of Iron" {Every J write the message on the green leaves, and bid me seek thee out 'and show forth the matter, that thou mightesfc5 save thyself by flight; and behold, this thing have I done, Macumazahn, the hunter, the' Slayer'of El?phants.' "'An,' I said, *I thank thee. And how many men be there in the Impi of Wambel*" 44 *A hundred of men and half a hundred** 44 'And where is tbe Impi? 44 There to the north.. It follows on thy spoor. I saw it pass yesterday,* but myself t guessed that thou wouldst be nigher to the' mountain and came this, way and found thee? To-morrow at the daybreak will tho slayers* be nero' 44 'Very possibly,' I thought to myself; *but they wont find llacuinazan. I h&v? half a mind to put some strychnine into the carcasses of those elephants fur their especial benefit, though,' 1 knew that they would stop to cat the elephants, os indeed they diu? to our great gain, Lut I abandoned the ;UCJ. of poisoning them, Lacause I was rather short of strychnine," 4iCr because yen ?id not like to play the' trick, Quatermain," I suggested, wita a laugh. *'I sail because I had not enough cf ctrych ciuc. lt would take u great d&J of strych niuo to eirectuaily poison three elephants,*' answered thc o'.d gentleman, u???ly. I said Lo-aii-g tor*l:er, Las 1 sidled, kuow 1 ing that eld*Allan could never have rcsorted to such an artifice, however severe bis strait. But that was his way; Le always made bim eeif ci** to te a most uninerciful person. "WelL" be weat on, "at that moment Oobo came up and announced that we were ready to maren: 'I am glad that yet* are ready,' I said; 'because if yon don't march, and mareil quick, you will never march again, that is alL Wambo lias an impi oat to kill us. and it will be here presently.' ** Gobo turned positively green, and his knees knocked together. 'Ah, what did ? say? he exclaimed 'Fate walks about loose in Wambels country.' " 'Very good; now all you have got to do is to walk a little quicker than be does. No, no; you don't leave those elephant tusks bo hind I am not going to part with them, I can tell you.' "Gobo" said no more, but hastily directed the men to take ap their loads, a-nl thea asked which way wc were to run. 44 'Ah,' I said to Slaiwa, 'which way? '"There," .-he answered, pointing towards tho great mountain snr.- which towered up inte? tho sky some forty miles away, separat? ing the territories or Nala and Vfarahc. 'Hiere, below that smail peak, is one place where men may pass, and one only. Also, it can easily lve blocked from above If men pass not there, ;:.<.-:. they must go round tl>y great peak of the mountain two days' jour? ney and half a day.' " 'And how far H the peak fro:'.! u*?' 44 'All fcvaight shall you walk and all to morrow, and il yon wa?k?ast, at sunset shall voa stand on thc peak.' < "I whistled, for that meante five-and-forty miles' trudge with*>::: sleep. Then I called to t':i" men to take each cf thom as much cooked elephant's meat as he ...?aid conveniently carry. I did tho same myself, and forced, the woman Maiwa *>. eat-some as we weiA. This 1 did with di?acalty, for at that time she seemed neither t > sleep, nor eat, nor rest, ~o fiercely w;..-> she set ? u vengeance. "Thea wo started, Maiwa gaidiag us. After going some half hour over gradually rising ground we found ourselv? son the far? ther edge of a great bush elad depression, something like the bottom of a lake. This depression through which wo ha;I been trav? eling was to a very great estent covered1 with bash; indeed, almost altogether so, er? re;.-, where is was pitted with glades such as I that wherein I had shot the elephants, "At tho top of this slope 2Iaiwa halted, i and, putting her baud over her eyes, looked j Lae':. Presently she touched me on thc ann j and pointed over the sea of forest toward a I comparatively vacant space of country some j six or seven miles away. ? looked, and snd I denly I s:;v.- something Hash iu the red rays j of tbesetting sun. A pause, and then aa other quick dash. 44 ' VY hat is it.'' I asked 44 'Ii is tho sp ars of Wambel Impi, and . ? they travel fast,' she answered, coolly. ? 4*? suppose my face shewed how little ? : liked the news, for she went on: ***Fcar not; d^y ??*i;l stay to feast upon ; the elephants, and while t hey feast we shall > journey. Wo may yet escape.' "After that we turned and pushed on again, till at length it grew so dark that we had to wait for the rising of the moon, i which lost its time, though it gave us rest. / Fortunately, none of tho men had seen that ominous fUrbing of thespe*%s; if they had, I doubt if I could have kepi <-ori-roi of them. As it was they traveled faster th ru LUad 1--?. . - 0 .-'