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ic? Y6L. XXII PICKENS, S. C., T'HURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,19.N. THlE DEMOCRACY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE DEMO CRATIC CONVENTION. '1flulan and all the Presont State Ofioris Rtenoilnatedl, With tihe Exceptlon of -MoLaurin. In Whomu Pleae Towntienl is a Noninated. COLUMInA, S. C.. .ept. 22.-Senator John L. M. Irby, Chainsn o' t.he Demopratic State Executive CmmIttee, called the Dtiocratic State Couven tion to order in the hall ol' the House of Representatives at 12:15 oc'cock vester day afternoon. Every counity-in the Sf ate was represen,.ed by uili d1legations with the exception ol CcorteLown, which county Was unrepr.sented. Dr. Sampson Pop), ol' Newberry was elected tewporarv -.hairmlan by acclama tion. Ot taking the chair I)r. Pope spoke as lollows: "I thank you for the distinguished honor,which you have conferre<d upon me. I congratulate you tImt in South Carolina to-day there is union among the white people. I congrattlate )ou that in South Carolina we have Democ racy in its purity. I congratulate you that while the third Party is being pushed forward in severa' States, in South Carolina it has no fo,t IiolI at all I Applause. I I congi atuiato you, gentle men, that you are united for Clevelan and Reform, japplausel and I believe that in the approaching tleetion we will give the largest mijority for Cleve land fCr President and 'Tillman for Governor that has ever been given in South Carolina." i Applause I 1y acclatUation Messis. Oscar L. Weeks and L. S. Mellichamp were elect ed secretary and assitant s< cretary, re spectively. The roll ot' counties was called, and the chairman of each IclegaLion handed in the list of delegates repr, senting his county. When this was coupleted, the Secretary read the roll, as tLus made up, which is as olloows: AUDEVILLE. J. Y. Joles, R. R. 1 ImphIll Ir. S. T/Lea, Dr. J. A. Robinson 1. 1. Hughes, lsaa, 11. MeCalla, .J. U. Morralh. 11. .1. Kinard, M. B. Clinkseales, .1. B. 1olloway, G. B. Riley, S. A. Miller. AIEN. Juo. G. Evans, .1ayson Ceorge 0. L. Veeks, B. F. Sorgle, E. .Tyler, A. L,. SawSer, F. E Smmnier, T. 5 " it'iams. ANDERSON. 1). K. Norris, V. A. Neal, A. L. 'Welch, .ohn EskeV, W. C. Pickens R. B. Dean it. A. Sullivan, .lohmn M. ( luNnn, S. N. Pearman, I,. D. hlais, J. F. Glenn, T. L. Clinkseaies, Jr. J. C. V1e. N. 11. Stawnsell, . Meiihampe, (. it. Mathis, S.G. May-field, G. E'. 111utto, C. It. Clayt-m, It. It. liariey, V. A. Carter, J. M. Skinner, A. If. 1atterson, J. G. Googe. UEAU0111T. J. W. Greenl, E. J. Brennen, W. E. Gonzales, 'Tillian Watson, W. J. Verdict, J. Wilson G lhbes, C. 11. Henry, .1. F. Bronson, A, Kohn, W. I. Townsend, BERELEY. '1. W. Stanland, E. .1. Dennis. Wi. Henderson, It. C. Cleiment, F. K. 'almer, A. C. f,yles. Cole L. Blease. E. I,. McGowan, G. IV. Avinger, J.1. B. Morrison, E. A. McCoy, . 11. Sweeney. J. I. I tood, J. B. Minirhead. CHAULESTON. W. E. Hu1ger, C. M. Trott, U. G. Matthews, 1. G. Wurd, C. E. Iriuleau, 1). A.Sutlivan. Jas. M. seignioles, .1. J. Conway, John M. Kinlochi, dvMCry,J. A. Ii. Ham'et, ..C adn .. nBuPr io, s V ~ tn. J.1. AndermSion, l.F.Iaiu Geo.11.Tucer, Cunnoghami,C. M . Trottq, Nunnery, R. G1. Wrud, D. A . Sulliv an E . Ieilfrn . . . Monway, .Taeson Edw.F. Mradyi, J. liongli, I. P. RobAIne, . 'lntla, W. E . Stny, I Bt,ihain, . L. Iais, C Fop a, kKressel. ant C. . SAndrs, .F abr . JJuningham,1 .Cmmigs.MMAfe, Jxo. uneryol,. m J. roud. E.M. Redern, A. A. Malloy, Wat. F.TJacksn, T. F.s Wherrin, J.C M. lioih, .m 1.Uaentnd H. Ki.s Tina, L. W. Nlnen, W. T1. KenneyIu, A. W. Thame, /0( M.Cruch, . IM. Davi,th 1- A. Netts, C.nt.e Feder. M. lt. Wooper, W. A1. Durllant, A. C.oa Whiter, L. E. Parier, J. H. Vanii, C. A. Garvin, WV . C.JoUrai,t. . . Co:unnn, J. M. irer, I. P. . Giaist. Geo .P.ukn Scrh1ug,Jh . DavenIe, It. M. Waddol, A). Ai.''mandy, GWleterVaghan, J1. W.BestWodhm GeoB. U.mHowie, John.I~ F'loyd. ErnesC. Gaivr, W. . immerman 11. IV. Tons . M.Kna Zed IVr ouhn, W IH tllwoth J. W'. Riushton, Lutner iler, J. 'V. Wtalton, W. T.do iian, Toela W horl, I. M. Smithl. J. U. EUe, J. N. GJowy, WI. Wt . enthum, MI. J. luhly J. M. Johnso, i. F,MCor, J. 1. Tnrner, J.GI. llinan. FLORIENe. WI. IE. FCe, IJ. . MeKnght, R. MI. McCon, D. C1. WTtse, .G. . Peire, .. I. yrd. Henry. Chandle, . U.. MWhnie. er ERIOToN. T. I. Gora, A. J. illimIt, SioIT re, .1. 'd J . 11. Stafford, E. S. Ayers, J. E. Stevenson, J. Stackhouse, J. G. Ifaselden, L. B. Rogers. MA ILBORO. .J. It. Bunch, L. J. Breeden, If. K. Odcim, C. N. Rogers, .''. Covington, .1. C. Dunbar, J. N. Drake, J. L. Irby. NaWBERRY. Sampson Pope, ' . J. Purcell, Thomiipsoii Connor, P. H. Koon. W. E. Lake, c. T. Wyche, J. L. ilughey, J. A. Si gh. OCONIE J. L. Fennell, Sr , M. F. Whitlaker, J. G. Brenzaal, H. J. Tripolo. W. M. Brown, Win. J. Stribling. OR ANORHURG. W. S. Barton, IC. R. Walter, A. M. Snder, N. N. Hayden, 8 J. If. Felder, W. (. Tatumn, 1 .1. 11. ukes, J. D. Felder, t J. ,. sims, .1. F. North, G. J. Brown, M. L. Herlong. PICKENS. W. J. Ponder, .1. E. Foroughs, c T. U. Robinson, .J. W. Thomas, I. S. Grillin, W. V. Clayton. a RICH LAND. Alex G. Glarkson, S. I). Hook, iery P. Clarke, W. B. Lowrance, t Clas. A. )oug'ass, Al. C. Robertson, .1o1n Al. flawley, 1'. 13. Spigener, John C. lilaskell, A. T. Vernon. SIPARTANHURO. i J. 1. C. 4Czoll, .. W. Hawkins, A. U. Brown, ri. . Caldwell, c J. P. ltertzog, -Janes M. Phillips, c W. F. Brown. j. 13. Brown, .J. M. O'Shlelds, L. Frank Pearson, U. P. 13rown, W. 8. Morrison, N. 1,. einnett, H. C. Allen. SUMTER. It. 1). Lee, Altainount Moses, c It. At. Lenor.. W. If. Commander, r W. ). Scarborough, S. E. Nelson. J. 1'. Muldrow, I. A. Brand, N. S. Mclieod, T. P. banders. UNION. J.-W. Gregory, T. K. Palmer, M, B. 10, D. P. Duncan, J. Mt. Greer, B. F. Bobo, J. 6. Welch. W. H. Gault. WILLIAMsBUR0. I W. M. O'Bryan, J. J. Eaddy, . J. I. Kennedy, H . X. Eaddy, H. E. Goodwin, A. 11. Williams, c J . S. Graham, W. J. Singletary. YORK. J. R. Cook, J. E. Leech, W. J. MIller, M. S. Carroll, J. W. Neil, W. N. Elder, I W. J. Rawlinson, Rt. T. Riggins It. E . Porter, J. E. Whitesiaes. e IL was moved that as there were no contests or protests among or against 9 any of the delegations, the usual com-i mittee on credentials be dispensed witb, and that the roll, as called by the secre tary, be adopted as the official roll of the convention. Adopted. On motion the temporary organization was declared permanent. The following vice-presidents of the f convention were elected by acclama- ri Lion: t Ftrst I)istrict-Dr. W. S. Barton of im-111geburg. R Second Distrlct-W. Ir. Mauldin of C 11lampton1. ' t Thiird District-D. K. Nori-is of An- I dersou. Fourth District--E. C. Allen of c Sjp rtanburg.t Fifth District-Ira D. Jones of Lan caster. Sixth District-Dr. J. 0. Byrd of I Florence. Seventh District-T. W. Stanland of Berkeley. r The following committee on platform t and rcsolutiona was then aipoin ted: 8 Abbeville-H. J. Kinard. d Aiken-John Gary Evans. S Acderson-D. K. Norris, chairman. . Uiarnwell-S. G. May field.0 13caukrt-W. J. Verdi(r.a Berkely-J. B. Morrison. s Charleston- Edward McCrady, Jr. a Cliester-T. J. Cunnineham. p Clesi.erfield-D. M. Barrentine. S (larendon-- . A. Nettles. Collet,oni-L. EC. ParIer. ft D arlington-J. MI. Waddill. Edgeield-H. 11. Towns. l.'airliebl-J. M. Galloway.C F?lorence-B. B. M.cWhmiLA. Georgetown- -. Greenville---T~l. TI. WVest,oorelanid. P I [ammpton-W. H[. Manldin. 1toi'.-John G. D)urhamn.a Kershaw-T. ,J. Kirkland. L anaster-J. C. Elliot. LeQxington--M. hi. W? annamaker. Mlarion - ,J. G. ILaseldcen. Marlboro-J. N. Drake. Newbecrsy-C. T1.. Wyche. O)onece.- -WV. .1. Stribling. OrangoburL-J. D). Felder. ti l 'ckes-- l.. S. U. riflin . 10ehoul-.lohn (. 1imaskelI. t SiraI-urg.- -E. ( . Allen. C Sum Ie-It. I. L ee. UJnioni-J. WI. Georg.ory. ' W mliimsburg--John 8. G raham.a York-W. J1. Miller. Oin motion t.be rules of th.e Itouse of c Ilcepresent,atives were adopted for the ql government, of the convention. s A lhttle tun ensued over the motion S to take a recess unt.il 3.30 o'clock to I await the repiort of' the committe, on a lahtforml tind resolutions.1 A delegate moved to make it, 4 o'clock ami another miovedl to furLher amend by v )mkmng it, 5 o'clock. A motion to te.ble ~ brought oni almost, endless conusion. ( Ch,armanmi Pope began to put t,he m >- 1] tion and1( Delegate Kresi.ea interrupted ~ himn, whet eat the lorsner alnost buttered the end o. tbe gavel ott and II. ed off this senteniet "1 want the gentleman to ut.derstand a that I am runniing this conven ion Mr. Kressel-- W ell, run it right. t [Iizughtler.Ja Th~le chmami man, rappmn.; hisi gavel bi loud(ly-Thmat's what, I'm doing, and the ~ enutlennmn will come to order. Mr. Krvssel-I can't hear anything ( when ',ou are making such a row wit,h ~ your gavel. [ l-ughter.] t. Thelm mnoi was put, and the chair- 1. nmn, nt herrinmg to the large volume of t~ "'a',es"' aked: "Ar tihe noes satistied ?'' C \'ie No, sir!l Division ? 'haimmuan l'ope aippoinitedh Col. John C. IlIusl,ell as one of the tellers to ceunt I t.he vole and as lhe began to count the 1 ayes somue onicebhiued out, Jhat there I had beein a maistake in put,tig the muo- i tion,. r Dr. Po.pe accepited the correctionl and j put the nmotlon anesv.] Voice-Oh, that ai't iil [Lsughter.] I Chairman Pope-It, seems there was an ammenment t,o extend (lie tume untili 5 O'clock. Voice--F'our, al! [Laughter.) Another voice--No, It's 5 o'clock! (Launhteri Amid a great deal of laughter and a tood of suggestiois the motion was put is to whether the motion to ree- se until o'c'ock should be tabled. It was4 ar led by at vote of 168 to 148. A Alelea.e-- lr. (lairina, the teller olmted tiee men over here in the aisle wice. The Chairman-Well, I have perfect aill inl him. Col. Ilaskell-I they were standing p I certainly counted them. All but cle-ates were instructed to stand back no sit down, an,L I counted all who Lood up. C'hairman l'ope--The Chairman has ile-d as tiller a gentlemat above re roac'i and lie will not, go back on any. lim he says. [Applause.] 1\1 r. Mtoses moved to make tle hoiur :20. This was tabled and at 1:45 the Divention toz)k a reccss until 4 p. m. When the hour for the convention to ssemble arrived the Tillmanites were .ii, reaching a climax in their caucus, 'heir proceedings were suspende(d and ie ldy was called to order. whereupon wits immediately adjourned itil 5 'clock to alow thu caucusi to concladu .s work. .Just before 5 o'clock the conclusion I the caucus vote on the Attorn,y Geii ralship was reached, and the announce ient that Maj. Townsedl had dic.itcl Ir. Benet by a vote .>f 151 to 114 quick ; pr--a throu,_,h the corridors. Thi( aucus adotined at, 5 o'cleck, when thr onventioii was reconvened. A con aitlee of threc was appointed to inter ogate the committee on platform anc solutionts as to the probability oi a arly report. They promised to b teard from inl t.irty minutes, and a re. ess for that length of time was taken. Upon meeting at the expiration of th ceess the commit.tee on platform aI esolutions reported. A resolution en. lorsing the Columbia Register and itq ditor was unfavorably reported on by lie committee, which report was dopted. Then the following platform, favor. bly reported, was oflered: We, the representatives of the Demo ratic party of South Carolina, in, con ention assinbled, do reallirm our alle. lance to the principles of the party, a ormulated by Jefterson, exempI)lied nd illustrated by his successors in adership, and endorsed by our people I the recent primary election; and we ledge our loyal support to the nomi es of the National Democracy, Cleve tid and Stevenson. W%"e denounce as unpatriotic and ifi. amous the attempts which have been ,ade to ijure the credit, and honor of be State both at home and abroad. 'The people of South Carolina, con cious of their ability ar.d integrity, arv et eri mined that every just. obligation of he State shall be honorably and romlptly discharged. We boldly proclaim that upon thi lie subject there is no difference or di 'iiion of sentiment among the sons of he State. The bonded debt of the State is sinal Ier resources are lange and ample. I ter phosphate deposits alone the Stat( i rich, and since tie litigation in re ard thereto has been adjusted, the lonth's receipts from phosphate royal y for the past two months is nearly allicient to Aneet the interest on the ebt, and eventually to pay the debt it. 1C. W e earnestly reccommend to the Leg ilature to set apart by law any excess f phosphate royalty, after paying an ual interest on the State debt, as a nking fund to be placed at interest nd sacredly keptand used for the pur ose of paying the principal on the Late dutt. Gen. McCrady of1'ered as a sublstitute >r tile above tile followin.u: lesolved, by the convetitoni of the lemocratic party of the State of South a rolina, oni the 21st day of Septemberi, f.d2, assemnbled: *. "I'hat we adopt the plat form ofI r' :cipfes annlounccd byI lhe Nattioll 'leunocratic palrty recenitly assembled ai hi icrIgo, anid pledge ourselves to at full ndi hearity3 co-operation in securing the eetion oIf its dlistiniguished niominiees, rover Cflevelandt of New York{, anld dibli E. Stevenson of Illinois. 2. Thal-t any and every person nomi ated by this convention as a t'residen - ali elector shall, within ten (lays after e. adjoulrnment, of tis conveiition, 10 wvith tine executive coinmuittee of me State D)emocrat.ic party, at their of Lut inl Columibiai, a pledge in writi ng tat hie will, If elected as such elector, ist his vot.e for Grover Cleveland a resident and Adiai E. Stevensoni as 'ice-P'resident of the United States. 11(d ill etse any such personi so nomi at i i sha:ll, within the said time, re aseO or Ialil so to do, the sid executive ammtlittee is hlereby auithorized and re utired to nomlinate in each suich in tance some1 other suitable person, wile ball bly them he required to give such ledge; at.d such person so nom inaited bail be tihe noinIee of t he Democratic art y as I 'residienttal elector. 31. That it is the sense0 (of tiS coin ention that every person elected at the tate 1)emocratic primary as the candi ate of the f)emocrat,ic party as mlem era of Congress, is hereby bound in ood fait,h and honor to act, in every s.:,pect with the Notional Deimocratic arty; that the support by anyI) one laiming to represent the D)emnocracy St.his State of any of the inteasures dopted by the TIhiird party whlich are opposit,ion to any part of the piat .Urim of D)emocrat ic p)arty as adoptedt t the recent, Chicago conIventionl, will e an act ol dlisloyaty whichl shoulId e condemned by all true lieinocrats." T'he platforml slubmittedl iby Gen. Mc rady wa-s accomnpaniied by a hlng and elI writtein relp'rt fromi t.he mllinority ol' Ie commIlittte r'comimendinlg it.s adop1 ont by the con v'nt.ion. Ini speaking of .ie resohitions ( seni. Mc('rad.y made an arniest and eloqfuent appeal which r eived a respctlul and at entive hearing. Icelsaid ml plart: Fellow D emlocra Is, we doi noi . ask y out LI do anythm111 which has$Iel nt been donte 'y evel y D emnocratis:cO convention sice 876. You are only asked to pledge ourselves to thle support Of theC nomi) ets and prinIcilesC of the D)emocrat,ic a .Fellow D)emocraute, what is tile )emocratic plarty ? it, is not, only the 11et ini the pahrty but the prilples upon vhich t 14ose menC act. The11 very ex stence ofi our State depends upfonl tile nitenance1104 oi the IDemocrat,ic party mid reliac uponC 110 tile Nationatl party. I sleaud w ith you to ut,andlC by tihe National )e unOvratic 1artv. ,iust. at, this, oi all times, do not break loose. Is there some fatality hanging over this poo State, that just when light is breaking; just when we are reaching prosperity, that we of all others, must rise up and throw off that party. You are not com miLted in that platform to any financial questions. We have not framed any cunningly deviqed ulatform to entrap you. It is In the very same words as the platform you Voyfilly adopted here sixteen years ago. Do not repudiate the Democratic platform by refusing to adopt it. Gen. McCrady was followed by Dr. Wyche, of Newberry, who advocated the adoption ol' the majoriLy report. Dr. Wyche was followed by Col, 1Jno, C. Haskell, who spoke in Favor of the minority report as Pubmitted by Ge,n. McCrady. Col. Iaskell w as followed by Mr, John G. Evans, of Aiken, who spoke ian favor of the adoption of the majority report. iIe said: "As I listened to the speeches of' the opposition to-night, I could not help recallin the quotation: 'low long will the heathen ra!e, and thik minority imagine a vki thing ye' Gentienen, the committee on platforr an( resolutices has presented to you a plattorm which should be unobjection able to any Democrat or any* South Carolinian. "41t is a platform which would be receive I as sound doctrine by any Democrat, b'? Stevenson, or by Grover Cleveland himself. (Applause.; What, is that, platform ' I shall read it to you clause by clauve, and ask you for your objections." The speaker continued, reading tlu various clauses, an(d iaintaiuing al the end of each that they covered al the points made in the minority report, which, lie conteuded, was only pre sented in the spirit of dictation. "If our platform," he said, "does nol endorse and reaflirm our allegiance to the Democratic party from the time of Thomas Jefl'erson to the present day, in the name of goodness, what is the mean ing of the English language? If Grover Cleveland Is not a 'successor' of Jeffer son, then he should not expect the en dorsement our platform proposes. That should be plain to every reasonable man. Why, then, should old sores be rubbed here to-night? Why should the history of past conventions be brought up, it these gentlemen desire peace and union, inseparable and indissoluble ? Why have they introduced this subject as a lire-brand, and especially when we have reaflirmed the Democratic doctrine from Jefferson"i time to our own? Mr. Evans, in referring to the clause in the resolutions touchin Congress. men, saidl he thought this was an at. tempt, to throw a slur at, sonic of the Congressmen and to create the i ipres. sion abroad that the South Carolin Congressmen are not true to the De mocracy. It' a Congressman's con stit.euey petition him to introduce a bill it is his duty to (10 so. despite Sout1 Carolina platforms. They rapresen their district an should not be stabbe< in the back. This is simply intended to hit the men who have advocated cer tain measures. Because some of their pets have not been elected, they want to read these Congaessmen out of' the party. A motion was then made to lay tVe substitute of Gen. McCrady on the table which was done by a vote of 256 to 46. The majority platform was then adopted The nominat,ions for State officers were then declared to be in order. It was carried that they be made without speeches. Mr. J. G. Evans nominated B. it. Tillman fo Governor. Mr. C. A. Do.uglass nominated John C. Sheppard. The vote resulted: Tillmian, 2641; Sheppard 50O. S. G. MaIlield nominated Eugene Gary for Lieutenant Governor, andl E. J1. Brenneni put forward Jrames L. Orr. T1hie vote resulted as before. Col. IIaskell and Mr. 11. C. Cooper, of C'>lleton, askcd uniaimious consent to suspendl the rules of the convention and allowv tihe remainder of' the ticket,s on each sidle t> be put in nomination so thant each dJelegatin could vote upon all the candidates at once, and save time. The rules werec susipendl'.d and Mr. Cooper inominated the remainder of the Adiministiration ticket as follows. J. E Tindal, Secretar'y of State. W. II. I',ler->e, Comptroller Gene/ai, WV. T. C. Bates, Treasurer. D). A. Townsend, Attorney General. WV. D). Maylield, Superintendent, of' Edlucation). Nf. L. Farley, Adju ant and Inpoctor Geneineral. Col. Tillman Watson nominaed th< otlicers on the Conserv'ative t,icket from Secret,ary of State to A d;utant Genieral as follows: L,. WV. Youmans, Searetairy of St,ate. J1. B. Ufumbert, Cormtu oiler General, E. 10.. Mclver, TIreasiiror. WV. Perry Murphy, A ttorney Genieral, I,ev. D. WV. lliott, Superintendent ol Educat,ion. WV. W. Dixon, Adjutant anid Inspec. t,or General. These candidates receivedl the samt Votes fro,m their respective factions, as were recorded for Governor, and L ieu tenant Governor. Tihe lollowing gentlemen were electel membe)rs of the State EIxocutive Coim. mnittee. .Abbevlide--J. Y'. .Jones. Aiken-John Gary Evans. Anderson-WV. A. Neal. Barnwell- A. 11. Pamtterson. Jleaufort-IIenr)' Elliott. llerkely-T. W. Stanland. Charleston--John M~. K(inioch. Chiester-T'. JT. Cumhiinghiam. Chesterfield-D. WV. lledleani. Clarendon-S. A. Net,tles. Colleton-D)r. A. i'. Williams. D)arling.toni -A. A. Gaudy. Edgefeld-Il. II. Tiownes. Failield-O. WV. JHuchananu. Florence-Ri. Mt. McCowan. Georget,own - -- - Greeniville-.J. Walter Gr'av. HIampfton-T. .J. R(eiiey. Hlorry.-J. P. Durham. Kershaw-T. .J. Kirkland. L.ancaster-ira B. .l ones. Liaurens-4. b.. M. Iruiy. Lexington-C. M. Elird, Mdariou-J. I). Monts,oiery. Marlboro-W. D. Evans. Newhberry- 1)u Sampson t'anae Oconee--W. J. Siribling. Orangebur.-O. R. Lowman. Pickens-T. C. Robinson, Itichland-C. A. Dougless. Spartanburg-N. L. Bennett. Sumter-Frank blellottm. Union-A. C. Lyles. V illiamnburg-Willani cooper. York-D. E. Finley. The Tillmanites nominated the fol. lowing gentlemen for Presidential elec tors: State at- large- Ernest Gary, of Edge tield; J. W. Stokes, of Orangebun2. First district--C. C. Tracy, C0vton, second, district- --T. S. Williams, Col leton. Third district I. II. 'McCallia, 1 IAb beville. Fourth distric - -]ewis '. Walker, Spartanburg. Fifth district---J. T. Brice, York. Sixth district --L. W..Ne ties, Claren don. Seventh ditrict --Joseph S. I iar, Berkeley. The Crvativis ominated the ol lowing: State-iii, lare -Sunuel I)ibble, ()i angebuE; I. l". Murray. Alderson. First district -(ei-orge 1). Blr3an, Charleston. Second distr,et-D. S. llenderson Aiken. Third di.strict- -WI. C. I\L.ovan, Ab-. bevlile. Fourth district t-T. WV. voo'l\.Ird' Fairlield. Fil'th dBstrict -W. . Vilson, .1r., York. Seventh district---W. F. Colcock, Sixth (istrict--Jeremiah, Smith, Ilorry. Beaufort. The Tillman ticket was elected by a strict factional vote. At this joncture G )vernor Tilhuan and the State oflicers walked mnto the House. escorted by a committee. The 'overnor was dressed in a suit, of black and was leaning on the arm of Mr. John Gary Evans. Amid great Till manite enthusiasm Chairman Pop)e in troduced him, and he addressed the con-r vention as followp: Gentlemen of the Convention: The Gqod Book says that there is a time for all things, and judging by the quantity of it we have had in South Carolina during the past summer there must have been "a time" for speaking, and I think I have done my share of it. I t shall, therefore, not trespass on your y patience, but for a few moments to- I night. We have passed through a very bitter, exciting, and, I might say, malignant campaign-of white men against white men, Democrat against Democrat. You have met here as the representa tives of a majority of the Democrats of South Carolina. This convention is di f ferent from any previous convention held in South Carolina, inasmuch as you have come direct from your masters the people. You have not been consti tuted by any thimble-rigging county convention process of "club" business, delegating its poweis to send you here. But you have come right straight from the ground. The issues of the campaign through which we have just passed are well un derstood, and it is needless for me to rehearse them now. One of these is sues-and perhaps the one that was fought with the most bitterness, and excited the most enthusiasm-was whether I should be returned to my home in Edgefield with the stigma of the disgrace upon me that I was an un worthy and incompetent public ser vant, or whether I should receive the plaudiits of my people (as having tried to do my duty. . The efforts pit forth by those who believed that I was uinhit, to govern this State were pierhaps more worthy of success, because they certainly fought me with all the ardor, enthusiasm an vigor of men engagedI in a patriotic timdl dertaking. But 1 amu not, lher to stigmatize their motives. i amuu here ready to ackny wl edge that there are uoodi men (on bo0th sidies, p)atriots on both sides, and that those who lolut the farmners' move muent andi reform in State auffairs made their light on what, t,he y believed to bei their duty. All I now ask tbem is that they shall believe andl admit, that we were actuated by a sense of du1ty'. I stand here, gent leimen , to thani k the peole 0f Scnth Carolina, who hiave sent, you here, tha;ut they have iot, sen t me home in disgrace, but huave amgaini placed in my hand the bar,ier whnich ttley gave tale t wo years ago--that han ner of unstainued IDemnocracy under ~ which we shall agatin move Ior wvard, working with commuion will, commion zeal anid common101 energy for the wel tare of Sout,h Carolina. (A pplause.) Let me ask you gentlemten, when you go back huomie, to return moy thaniks to t,he people again. Individually, too, I thank you, because you have been ini the ranks alongsi<de of the iiasses try- ~ inig to bet' er their condition. t And to those wvho have fought us I would say, we extend you the right huand of fellowship, friendship and b)rothuerly love, of Caroliniian to Caro liunn, wi th the hope that, we shall move forward toget.her and bridge the chasm ii it, may be,. Applause.| Hrief speeches were miade by t.he other nominees. Lieuatenant (lovernaor G ary said that the right hand of friend - shmip shiould lbe ext.endicd to Ithe iminori- I ty. Secretary 'Tuidal said that it be hooved the majority to study m,odera tioni and not exult over their victory. A resoluationi was offeredi thanking I Chairman P ope for his impartial anrd c ablo services and to tIme secretaries. TIhe resolut.ion wvhiich had been unm- I favorably reported on by the cowmmit- ( tee on platform and resolutions, endorsinag the Columbia Itegister and e its edlitor, was brought up again and v adopted by the convention. Col. .1no. C. iaskell opposed the passage of the resolution, very trumly saying that the I convention had already passed upon ~ the matter, that the committee on I resolutions had beein discharged and that many members of the conventiont having left it would amounmt to a snap I judgment. TIhis speech had no elfect andl the resolution wias rushed through. The convention then adjourned, it he ing half past 9i o'clock, P. M. T Hi : CoLon^A010 SU N says "choosing a wile is very much like ordering a tueal in a Paris restaurant when you don't understand IFrenchm. You may not get~ what you want, but you will get something." What about choosing] a husband ? WVe think that the iadies] ru~n a umuch greater risk in selecting one thiu the men do in. selecting a .wife. THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK. Pi1ly Energy and Deternmiuatlon Are Needed to Sectre Succe0. Ninmv Yomc, Sept. 15.--('hairman V. P. Harrity. of tie DJoemocratic on ional committee, was asked recently that ho thought qbout the political ituation and outlook. "There is every reason wh y we should ecl gratilied with the present condition r afl'airm," said he. I"The political wit L)ok is very encouraging for the Dewro ratic party. No better evidence of this an he Furninbed than is found in th-3 eturnis fIrou Veriont, where the l:e mnblican majoriLY has fallen off about leven thousand as compared with the rote im 6epteiber, 1888, and in those rom Arkansas, where the I)emocratlic najority has been very largely Increast d. L'he reult of the election which is to be e!d in Florda'on October 1. 1892. is ikely to be equally satisfactory, and in oievemhcr we shall be sure to carry iall I the Southern States. " I needi caricely say 1,h1-it the olitcollie I til INailne election is practically grati yini . 'Ihe very decided decrease in the ,epubl.ean majority inl that State hai md a verv demressing effeuL upon te uihcanl man:4:erUs, and it wilt stin-u ate tie 1)e11'>rativ icaders to increas-d f'>rts and renewed enery. In vie:w >f' t!.e rccent d,csiv\-e D onocratic sue ess we are warranted in redictimg )emocratic (stces. I kit)wV of1inothint o Stand il the waiy of that suseess, nll utss ourl* voters wCeoile over coutident tid relax their elforts. This ought to ic and xili he guarded against. '"Advice from tile close and doubtlul orthern States justify us iu confidently xpecting that they will cast their elec oral voter for Cleveland and Stevenson. reler particularly.to New York, New Fersey. Indiana and Connecticut. In ew York we have a thoughly unted Jemocratlc party, under mlost eflicient adersinp, and good results may be lepended upon. In addition, we have eason to expect that we shall carry ome of the western States, notably V isconsin and Illinois, and, as the 1te iublican managers vell known, the elec oral votes of several of the far western itat,es will be lost to Ilarrison and lZeid. OLt,ogether, the I)emocrats of the coun ry have a right to feel thoroughly satislied orith the situation, and victory is sure to >c ours if we co.inue as we have be ;un. but we must work and fight to the md with all the ability, energy, courage lnd determination at our command in >rder that success my be assured." Chairman Ilarrity sent this dispatch ,o Arthur Sewall, member of the con uittee from Maine: "I coniratulate the democracy of Slalue upon their magnificent, work. All your predictions have been fulfil,ed and our expectations have becul met. You have done well." Tkis is what Chairman Iiarrity wired to John R. 1)on van. chairmau of the DJemocratic State Committee, of Maine: "Thanks for vour message. We like ,he news from Maine. Our people have lone well and deserve warmest congrat ilatious. The Democracy of Maine, Vermont and A-kansas have set the lace u hich Jemoerati of other States vill follow.''-Wo rId. Hope, For thee l'iauter. Augusta, Ga., Sept- 21.-The Chroni le will publish in the morning a letlei rom Alfred iB. Shepperson on the crop utlook, in which he s.vs: "'pon the oasis of the Agricultural .lurea i's stimate (if the acreage and its Sep ember estimate of the condition, t e 'i('ld indeicaited is only about d,500J,(00 cales. Th'le conditioni of' the crop as eplorted fey the .100 eau on Septembler ,was lowver than for any year si.ce 88:I. Th'fe crop of' 1883f-4 was 1,2:>7, 00i bales smlLler thaln the crop of %2 83. Tlo t.he C.,A00,000 bale14s in Ii :at ed accor<dingi to t he Itireau 's est,i state mu lst be~ aldedl the aLmounit of ('1d .ttoni l(eft, in the initterior, of' 'whi ch an1 x trie e (st iiae is 25i ,(000l bales. lipoin iS g ll thie 01d cotton to be imrte'I'td this seaIson, and( I have no0 loublt it will fbe, this wouild maklle t 1e omnweercial crop according to t he ales. "I1 ain1 mer'ely, pointiniig out. wl at voeeud bce thei rstilt, if the liiirea'a's aim ate shlouhlIprove to lbe coirret, red in this coninece on it, ma;y be pcrepl r' tO 5I I . 11y the 1 h ire n0iI's estimt e's re generally too low. I (Io nt,t thick hiere is a shaldow of doubt ablouit thle act, t liat theo presenIt prices of cottoni re micuchi fo wer thaln thbe cost ot plo uctioni, excep)t to those planters who [lave the best fac~ihties for producing t,. When an article of' such umnversaul ISO as5 cotton is presse'd belowv the cost fI pr'oduictioni and :oinecidenlt with ha1t facOt ther'ie sholdi( comle theO fact of short,supply tlieere must of neoctis.ity 0 ani aidvance for everyfbody will thent ('aliz/e that the article is so cheap." hlowled I)owse Iby hood ice:::eN. i\A(Ae)N, Se'pt. 22. Glen. ,James If. Veaver attempItedI to address at crowd f Third partyites and hoodlums from lie bealconty of' the IIlotel Laniier this I terinoon, but the hoodi umns would not ear1 hiini, and t,he Third party was too v'eak to crush out the opposition. Thel WVeagve'r party, including AMrs. tease, airrive'd in the city this morning rota Columbus. 'lThey wvere fiet by a ommittee and escorted at once to t,he *otel. A me(etinlg of the Younig Mlen's )etmocratic Club ha~d been calhled for 8 'clock at thee court house, and was at ended by not less than 1,000) Demo ralts. Itiniging D)amiocratic addresses reue deli vered by lIon. D)upont Guerry, fon. .John L. Ilardeman and others. Mleanwhile, the negro brass band ired by the TIhtrd party had gathered crowd on the street opposite the otel. Weaver itwas introduced by W. V.. l'oo, the Trhird party candidate from fits dist,rict, for the Senate. Duirlng lie introduction some hoodlums threw n g,an s,e aIt nearly preci pitateed aih. n Weaver advanceed lie vas hooted continually, and at last got n gry and retired. Just at this moment the Democratic neeting, 1,200 strong, turned out and narched behind their band to the tuine uf "Dixie" amid the wildest enthusi isa. After this it was impossible i'oi my one to get a hearing except Illn. L)upont (uerry, wvho got qluiet for Mrs, bease, but that lad y declined to speak. i'he fact was announced by Mir. tueor ry, wihl told the crowd to go home and vote for (iraver Cleland. I SCII UBZ ON THE SITUATION AN ABLE LETTER BY THE GERMAN AMERICAN STATESMAN. A Very Clear Statenent of the Partner ohip Between, the Republican Politl cans and Protected Barons--A Esttinate of Clevoland. NEw YoRK, Sept. 18.-The HoD. Charles Schurz has written a lengthy let ter addressed to the Cleveland-Steven son clubs of King's County and Alexan der Orr and other citizens of Brooklyn, giving his views on the present national political situation. Mr. Schurz was in vited by the clubs and citizens toex press his opinion in an address, but ill health prevented him from doing so. -eflerring to the use of inoney in olec tion Mr. Schurz says: "There always has been, and always will be, soin. money used In elections for perfectly proper purposes. But sums are spent in presidential and State camjpaigns whi',h generations ago would have been thought fabulous. The elec iiou of some United States Senators by soie Legislatures oc2asion financial ar rangenents as large as those of starting a big bank. In some Congressional dis tricts, and in some municipalities, tile cost of a canvass is enormous. That much of this money is used for bribery; that not a few constituencies, not long a,-o pure, are now thoroughly debauched, and that tile evil has been growing and sPreading from year to year, cannot be denied. It has come tobe that the rais ing of a big sum for use in elections is oflicially recognized as a high political function deserving of signal recognition. Look at the frankness and gravity with which partv managers discuss statistics of purchasable votes and the meth3ds of watAing and buying floaters." le discusses the political aspectof the McKinley tariff' and says: "The lIepublican party is the champ Ion of capitalists, deriving profit from tarii'duties protecting certain industries. Capital invested in these industries con stitutes a gigantic money power, depen dent for the magnitude of its profits on legislative favors and, therefore, inter ested in influences and legislation for its own benefit. With this moneyed power compacted by a common interest, the Itepublican party has a sort of tacit part nership agreement, and not quite tacit either, to the elliect that the party of the first part, the moneyed power, is to do all it can by way of furnishing campaign funds to be use(d in national elections to keel) the party of the second part, the lIepublican pary, in possession of the Governorment, tile party of the second part, the Republican party, Is in return to do all it can by way of tariff legisla tion to keel) the party of the first part, the money vower, in enjoyment of large financial profits, and the larger these profits are the more able and more wil ling will be the party of the first part, the moneyed power, to furnish the party of the second part, the Republican par ty, with a big corruption fund for buying the next election, expecting, of couiap, for itself, again ample returns in the sliapcot still more profitably devised tarifl laws, and so on." Ile says it is true -that the Republican party tells us that the McKinley tariff is tile closing Act, but, if th' 10tpuificat are entrusted with full power, more wil be asked for; more will be granted by tile Itepublican party, for more subsidy will be neeed to keep the party in posses sion of power. But even~ if tile duties were not In eased, the arrangenment to preserve those now existing wouild be substantial ly then same. A s to the .l)emnocratic party. I give miyself no illusions, It has Its share of hiighi-indel(d, patriotic and able menl, at it, 11as its bad elemente. L do nlot, overlook the (lark spots mn its make-up. It hlas had its p)eriod of p)artnership. it, hias its weakness as a party long out of power, little used to the active responsi iliities of government and accustomed to tile feelings and ways of opposition. Even thus it might, ibe looked upon as a coniiVCli,~ (perhaps as the only avail ab)le) e!ub with wihich to beat down at g2reat iii(tiity. Bult, it, is now somethling Imore than that. It, has not only a bad cause to fight, against., but a good cause to fight, for, and it has a candidate who represenits its best tendencies. "I certainly do not pretend that Cleye 11am11 is tile idleai man or the greatest statesmen of all time. IIe, no doubt, has1 is limitat,ions, weaknesses and shortcomings. But lhe possesses in an unicommion measure those qualities whlichl are esplecially desirable in a pub lic servant charged with great responsi bility. Of the force bill he says: "The in evitable effect, of the enactment*. of the force bill or anyth'ng like it would b8 tile revival of the fear of negro domina tion in the South and wit,h it the violent anid disastrous disturbance of' the rela tioni between the two races, whlichl, in course of time, iiad shaped themselves in a friendly manner, highly advantage. ous to the general prosperity. In view of all I must confess that whlat2ver specious pretences may be put, for ward as to the objects of' the measure, I look upon t,he force bill as one of theO moet, reckless, most revolt mug p)artisan contrivances ever devIsed, I know tihat, tile Republicans are artiully disciminmr tbat the force bill is an issure in this campaign. Hiarri son himself tries to evade it in his let ter of acceptance by an adroitly soft spoken recommendation of a commission of inquiry. But no well informed and pr'.dent man will be deceived, The Re publican platf orm substantially endorses the measure. Schurz closes with advice to his fellow cit,izens to support Cleveland's candi dacy. _________ '2REi'ARtATIONs are making for the feeding of 72, 000 people at the Demo cratIc barbecue at Shielbyville, lnd, a week from Wendnesday. Twenty-igt Democratic orators including Stvn srn an<d Cock ran, Voorhees and Gray' will speak from eig~ht platforms. The Iloosiers are bount to make it the greateat meeting oi the campain,