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The Facta in the Cm* of th* South Carolina
University. r
Ajukkso.n, S. C., ?1?y 28, 1878.
Mr. Editor:?Some parties in<illiis County
are endeavoring to got up u fooling pf dtesatisfugtiou
ia reference to tbo *?tiuu of the Legislature
in regard to tbo South Carolina University. "4
will, therefore, stale the facte, so that parties
may uiake up an intelligent opinion, tud not be
uiislo<l by misrepresentation.
I. ArticlMiU, seetten y, of the Conjiifution
cap *oT tUfHitBWyW'^wSsniral AstnWj'tRill
provide annually for the maintenance of the
South Carolina University." '^his every member
of the General Assembly took a solemn oath
to do, when lie was sworn into otticc.
U. Section 14 of "An act to provido for the
organization of the Stalo University," approved
March "2d, 1878, provides "that the Hoard of
Trustors be, and they are hereby, authorized
and reipiircd^whcnever they shall receive express
authority from Hie General Assembly to
do so, tvs may he practicable, to organize eanli
of the said branches of the University, by establishing
such schools in each of them, and pre
scribing such course and mode of instruction
therein as they nuiy sec fit," ccc., &c. No such
authority has been granted, nor will there be
until the State is able to ull'ord it,
d. As to the organization increasing the taxes
1 will only refer to section 4 of the appropria
o.im fiat.* lltiincniul nna him,
SouTu Carolina University, five hundred dollars
:\. For repairs on University building, six liuu
tired dollars." Hence, you see the wondcrfu
outlay. The buildings cost many thousand dol
l.u-3, and common sense requires that they shouk
be repaired and kept insured. The library i:
one of the most valuable in the South, aud in us
be protected.
4. There was one other important reasou foi
t'io passage of this Act. The Cluflin College, a
('r.ingcburg, was founded since the war for col
tu-ed students, by Northern people, anil by Hit
i ile of land-scrip, given by Congress to the dif
ferent States for educational purposes. By th<
Art of Congress granting this land-scrip,(lie Suit
i i made responsible for the interest on this fund
and lias to pay it nnnually. This college hat
been the hot-bed of Radicalism in former times
aud it was necessary that it should he put it
belter hands. So by this Act it was put uudci
t ie control of our own people, and property o
the value of tweuty thousand dollars was tic
quired by the Stuto without one cent's increaset
liability, for the interest on the land-scrip haii
to be paid whether we controlled it or not.
ihese are the facts of tlie case. The I'nivor
tity was not opened, nor did the bill seek tc
open it, but simply to reorganize it. Tlicntncuii
I taxes spent on it is tlio pitiful sum of twen
ty-one hundred dollars, and all goes for itisur
ance, repairs of the library roof, which win
I'.-liking badly aud damaging t lie books, and tlx
salary of a librarian to preserve these vtiluabh
works.
1 simply make this statement that a propel
understanding may be had, and misstntcmeuti
corrected. Respectfully,
J AtS. L OUR.
Tin: Coil m on ant OnitniN.?Washington. Mai
!?<>.?The Senate committee on elections will, to
morrow, hear the reply of Uen. Paine, counse
lor Senator llutler, to ex Governor Chamberlain':
argument in behalf of Mr. Corbin, the contes
taut for the South Carolina scnatorship. Tin
committee at first intended t/o contine itself sole
lv to dyteri^ining the question of its jurisdiftioi
in the premises, to whicih Mr. llutler hademurred,
upon the ground that the contest wui
res adjudicata. Subsequently, however, it con
eluded to hear the case in its entirety with i
view of deciding its merits iu conjunction will
the legal question raised. The arguments o
counsel for both parties, therefore, embrace a rc
view of tho events incident to the election foi
senator, the character of the legislature, and al
the other questions involved, with which thepub
lie arc already familiar. Whether thecommiittM
contemplates to report its conclusions and rcc
oniinendations at the present session has not
transpired. It is exceedingly doubtful that ii
will do so. If, however, a majority of the com
mitteo should report adversely'to Mr. Butler
and declare Mr. Corbin the legally chosen scna
tor, it hardly seems possible, in the absence oi
Mr. Sharon, who, it is announced, has no inlcn
tion of coming to Washington this summer, that
Mr. Butler can be ousted. Senators l'attorson
and Conover are known to bo pledged to Butler
and in the present condition of tho case it is
said that other Republicans will vote against the
admission of Corbin. Considering all the circumstances
it is dillicult to perceive how Mr.
Corbin can accomplish his object. The most favorable
result tliut lie will probably attain will
be a handsome allowance for the expense of the
contest.?X. Tunes.
Fur it.?The earlier in the day fruits arc caten
the better. They should be tipe, fresh and
perfect, and eaten in their natural state, with
tho important advantage of its being almost impossible
to take too many. Their healthful
qiiuli'.ii-s depend on their ripe acidity; hut it
sweetened with sugar the acidity is not only
j.cut rallied, but the .stomach is tempted to receive
more than it is possible to digest, audit
cream is taken with them the labor of digestion
is increased. No liquid of any description
should ho drunk within an hour after eating
fruits, nor should anything else bo eaten within
two or thrc hours alter?thus, time being nl1
wed for them to pass out of the stomach, the
system derivosfrotn them all of their enlivening,
*. 1: - i :.... 'i?i. ? i
vuuinig itnu ii|iviivui iiiiiiiuuccn. i iir grcm ruie
i , cut fruits and berries while fresh, ripe and
perfect, in their natural state, without cntingor
drinking anything for at least two hours afterwards.
With these restrictions, fruits may be
eaten in moderation during any hour of the day,
and without getting tired of them, or ceasing to
be benefitted by them during the whole season,
. ?
A \^rry Goon Reason.?The reason wliy oniy
one sample bottle of Mkkkkli/s Hkpatink foi
the Liver will be sold to the same person, fot
ten cents, by our Druggists, UlltDKS ?Ni CO., i:
because of tbe enormous expense of importing
fitc 11 cp.it itae into this country ; but as there
arc fifty doses in the large size bottle, it seem!
two cent* per dose is cheap enough after all foi
a medicine that cures dyspepsia and liver complaint.
All who have not had a sample botth
a o entitled to one for tea cents at GlBltl'.S
CO.'S Drugstore. Three doses relieves any ease
of dispepsia, constipation, indigestion or livei
complaint, in the world. Regular size bottles
h.iy doses, S1.0O.
tuat)"" JO Cents.Sample Dottles Merrell's lie pati.ie
for the Liver, and Globe Flower t'ough Sy
r .p lor the throat and Lungs, at (ilHKKS A
CO. * 17A
1* a 11, no 11> to Com mhia.? Hosv would t
railroad to Columbia suit the people Camden?
We iliink very well. It would be a link in the
Laloigh and Augusta Air Line, which is now be
ing built, and would be of immense advantage
to this section in many other respects. Coluut
bin. no doubt, would join hands with Camden
ilte ?lcrhlj Uttiim ?wics.
It. M. STOmIh, Editor^ P|
T'M(*)N, K1U?AY7JIVNK 7, 1878.
TERMS OF SUBSCiUPTIOl?. . U
i Topr, OIK' JfHf, l!l abva.nck, 12-00 .
A Conies one year, " " 3-75
A " || ? ? ^ JJ.A0 ?(
On? ?n" ?l'oilf - -4^$1 '
Kacli subsequent Insertion, ------- 75 "
Liberal discount made to liiercbants aud others advor- ol
tisliiK for six months or by the year.
Obituary Notices of ten lines or less, inserted free. C<
" orer ten liues, charged as Advertisemerits.
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A kerosene Lamp exploded in Mr. Mo
Nulley's store yesterday morning. No damage
dona.
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The Oat Crop. li
From all parts of the County wo learn that s<
tho Out crop never was much better than it is ai
this year. al
Barometrical. 11
We did not get the rain last Saturday which ai
our barometer indicated, but we got oonaidera- a!
ble wiud. and the machino^^ay 'rain or wind" ct
We make the
i orthe barometer, p
li! - ** ' f o'm , a:
Ihc Town Ir
0lp 11
) Tares/ before" thf penalty of 2U per cent attaches, m
to next Monday, the 10th. Those who neglect a
j to pay by that time may be sure of having oHi- ^
cial papers served upon them.
a
West A Co's., Furniture Store. o
Wc refer our readers to the Advertisement of g
G. It. West & Co., and advise all who want any j
r kind of Furniture, from the most costly to the
1 humblest Cottage set, to call upon them. They j,
, have now the largest stock ever found in any ^
. establishment above Columbia, and they sell 0
J truly cheap for cash. tl
?
Rock Hill in Ashes. a
1 On Tuesday night last a lire occurred at ltock s
Hill, in York Co., which destroyed nearly all ii
' the business portion of the town. It is thought s
f the fire occurred from a kercsino lamp, which e
- a young man left burning ou top of a bed post o
j which had been sawed olf. Whether the lamp o
bur&tcd or fell on the bed is not known. k
t
) Tho Woather and Crops.
t With the exception of where the storm of last c
. Monday visited, rain is needed all over this P
county* The corn is not suffering much, yet, P
' but it begins to draw up during the heat of the 1
'B day. Gardens are suffering greatly for rain.?
vouon >re unaerimnu, is toouing wen, wiierc 11 "
f has beeu properly worked. "
i 8;
One Faro to Woiford. J
We are requested to state that "visitors to
Woflord College Commencement will be passed "j
r over the S. C. & C. R. R. for one fare for the
I round tr?p. Tickets will be good from the 8th ^
i lo the 14lh of this mouth, inclusive."
It will be a dolighlful nud cheap trip. "Com ?
J raenceuieul" ul Wofford is always an interesting ^
, and very attractive occasion.
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Forest and Stream, Bod and Gan. n
s This is one of the most valuable as well as ft
j interesting Journals published in this country,
i It not olny treats of the sports which its name
f indicates, but contains much valuable informa- (]
tion upon the diseases of animals, Agricultural f(
I topics, and in fact, almost every matter of gen- ^
eral interest to the home, the farm, the turf uud _
- the water. See advertisement, and send for a (j
t copy at once. q
L Another Great Race. tl
We sec it announced that a four mile and re- t<
peat race, between the celobrated horse Ten tl
f llrocck and Molly McCarthy, a California Mare,
for $10,000, will come off on the 4th of July,
at Louisville. The Californians feel confident
and are backing the mave to laige amounts, Q
\ although licr fastest recorded time, in the second j,
; heat of a four mile and repeat, is 7.38J, while a
Ten Broeck lias done it in 7.15.
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The Wheat Crop. 11
Although very contradictory reports come to g
us?from very reliable parties, too?as to the *
wheat crop in this county we feel confident that
a fair crop has been made. It is not so good a *
yield to tbc acre as last ycur, but it will not o? ^
very far short of that, while the greatly ini
creased acreage will much more than make up
the difference. Much of the crop has already
been cut, and if continuous rains do not set in,
we may safely calculate upon a good crop of
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gouu ttllCUb.
Destructive StormWe
learn that on Monday evening last a terriflio
storm of wind and rain visited "that portion
of this County lying on Tyger river, blowing
down Houses, Barns, Fences, seriously in- ^
juring wheat and washing new plowed Cotton
fields. We have ouly received verbal uccounts
of the storm, as yet, but are promised a detailed ;
account. It is reported that it did sad misi
chief to 1 -10 acres of wheat belonging to Mr J.
U. Minter. <
Our Fire Company.
We are glad to see our Fire Company making
such capital headway in learning how to inan!
age their engine. For the past three weeks
! they have paraded on Saturday afternoon and
i exercised in every way to make themselves 0|
quick and efficient in working their Engine, so la
that if their services should be needed they
would be able to fight fire effectually.
The company is composed of colored men,
with Alfred Keenan ns captain, and with their
' red shirts on they make a fine appearance. Alf. (|
. is the very man for Cs plain, nnd he is ambitious ||
to muko his company what it should be, an v<
honor to the town and worthy the respect of its a<
citizens. We have one or two suggestions to
i make, hut must defer it to another time. 0i
i, i i i. i' I ?i r. i ?' i Aiii/. it la i hi uini (lint l 11 u
- Poller investigation lias united tlie Republican 01
j party once more. The Republican p.. rly ? what | fn
is left of it at least?always unites on slight si
i pretexts. If the Potter
MSKtBmKm
A Word for Coaventfteas.
In our opinion (be dissatisfaction so oftea cxressed
against Ibo system of nominating oouidntes
by a convention of dolegalea from the
irious townships, when sifted to the bottom, is
>und to have no stronger foundation than the
isgriti aiqf disappointment of defeated office
iekers. UtH men place so high an estimate
poa-^irJfep^alAlitiea and duaa upon the
vj/m uiair iucj ntlUtttij \J%livvv lii-?v m uj^jviiv^
r the Totcrs must, of necessity, know and rejgnize
their pre eminent fitness for the official
ositions they aspiro to, and, as a sequence, if
ie convention refuses to nominate them, they
retend to believe, and actually charge, that
ie convention has been tampered with?bought
p by the village or some other clique or ring.
I their respective neighborhoods, these office
:ekers, having a little more tact than others,
ad having the brass to "talk out in meeting" at
II thepublicgatheriags, they come to believe that
loir fume has reached all parts of the County
ad the eyes of every voter is riveted upon them
i the "coming men" eminently qualified to acsptably
perform the various duties required
i the public offices. Under this fallacious supositiou
they cannot sec how it is possible for
u houest, independent aud intelligent body of
len, selected by the people from all parts of
ie County, to so jLsrcgard what they think
"ft bT |ifoflilrf&te
ny but themselves for office. To Ihelr minds
is proof positive that the coavention has been
ought up or influenced by a clique or ring, who
re opposed to them individually, that the rights
f the "poor men" of the party have beeu sacriccd,
and the country generally is going to the
ogs.
These men do not think for a moment?perups,
in their superlative self-esteem, don't becve?that
their equals and even superiors, in
very respect, tira living in every other section of
lie County. But we cau assure theui it is so,
nd when the members, of the convention ascmble
aud compare notes it is found, almost
avariably, that the men who thiuk thcinelves
tho most capable, most popular and most
milled to office, are men whom the people in
ihcr parts of the Couuty know nothing about,
r, if known, arc unpopular, and every township
"? - ' "pt.bl" and as fully entitled to
he suffrages of the people. The result is, the
onveutiou selects such candidates as they supose
will he most acceptable to a majority of the
eoplc, with a due regard to the character and
ualificutions of the nominees.
We are aware that many good and pure men
avc been captivated by the supposed greater
lirnoss to tho (voters of the Primary Election
ystem, but we are pleased to know that after
all consideration and discussion upon the subset,
most of them have become convinced that
here would be more chances for log-rolling and
nworthy candidates in the Primnry elections
lian there could bo before a convention of lionrable
and intelligent'men selected by the peo1*
of each township. Besides, it must be evieat
to all thpQking iieti that iu the Primary
lOotion r>instan4e, could, iu j
groat uearofo, confrol any nomination, but in
Convention it can have, comparatively, no
rcater power than the smallest Township.
The Circular of the Executive Committee makes
he matter s? plain that it is almost unnecessary
ir us to say anything upon the subject. We,
owever, would "all the attention of our citizens
-soreheads and all?to the well known fact
hat the Convention system has given to Union
ounty tne oest set ot elective bounty otneers in
tie Slate, and we suppose that fact is salisfacjry
to all, except those who arc offering to fill
ieir places.
For the Times.
The Teachers' Convention.
The Union County Teachers' Association was
rganized Slay 4th, 1878, and appointed an
Ixcculive (Tmnfiittee T5 make arrangements for
public meeting. This Committee met 1st day
f June nnd decided to hold their public meetlg
at Bethleham Church, loth and 10th of Auust
next. The following programme was
dopted :
First Day.
0 A. SI.?The Benefits of Teachers' Conventions
?W. J. T. Glenn and J. M. Carter.
1 A. SI.?The Best Text Books?J. F. Brown
and W. B. Fainbrough,
Question Box.
I ntlm 18sion.
2 I*. SI.?The Duties of Teachers to Pupils?
N. L. Griftin and W. B Lemnions.
3 1'. SI.?Order in School Room?J. B. Parrott,
S. M. Bagwell.
Question Box.
Second Day.
0 A. SI.?The co-education of the Sexes?J.
IV. N. Beard, Kobt. Hamilton.
1 A. SI.?Annual Oration?Cnpt. II. fhonipjTirrCfiriisto?
Question Box.
2 P. SI.?Best Method of getting Parents to
Ce operute with teacher in sustaining
School?W. G. Austin. G P. Bostick.
3 P. SI.?Ought a State to Educate its citizens
? D. A. Townscud, Win Jefferies..
Question Box.
J. F. BROWN,
Secretary.
Athens, Ga., December 8, 1877.
A few nights since, I gavo my son one dose
f Worm Oil, and the next day he passed 1G
rge worms. At t lie same time I gave one dose
> my little girl, four years old, and she passed
j worms, from 1 to 15 inches long.
W. F. Phillips.
May 17 22 2w
Newberry for Covkntion.?We learn from
ie Newberry IlrratJ that the Convention of
int County, on the 25th nil., reconsidered the
)te by which the primary election plan was
loptrd at their previous session, nnd rescinded
icir former resolution adopting that plan, and
lopted the Convention system. The sober setid
thought is often a safe plan of action.
The Grccnvillo A'eirs notes the fact that sev- '
til | atches of barley in that county headed out
uely, and were cut for green food for stock,
nee which they have put out a second growth,
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CZSCULA& 7S0K TUB EXECUTIVE OOUOS
THE.
At avnccting of the County Convention, on the
20tk day of 'May 1878, a resolution was adopted
which, in terms, required tire Executive Committee
"to recommend to fhe Clubs a plar^for the
nomination of County Officers and members to
the General Assembly, together with the reasons
for 4>eii* recommendation.'^
The Executive Committee, in pursuance of
this direction, have considered the matter, and
now recommend that the nomination of candidates
be made by a County Convention. They
further reeommeud that the representation in
the Convention be enlarged, so as to consist of
one htindred delegates, to be apportioned among
the townships according to population, or as the
Convention shall direct. This plan will give a
representation equal to one delegate for every
twenty democratic voters, or ten delegates to
each township.
The following are some of the considerations
which have led the Committee to this conclusion
:
The Primary Election plan in its results will
fail to express the preferences and will of the
people, and in its details and practical working
i3 cumbrous aud objectionable. If the primary
plan shall be adopted the voting at such election
musl^if confined to (l^olub, meqdpjq^ nt (2) it
"must not be confined to club members. It may
bo said that a third alternative is presented,
that is, (3) confine the voting to known and recognized
democrats.
First. If the voting should not be confined
to club members, then the question arises, what
restrictions shall be put upon the voting 7
Of course it would not do to allow every voter,
Republican as well as Democratic, to vote at the
primary election. This would place it in the
power of the Republicans to put a Republican
can iidatc upon us ; and it would not be a party
uominatioti. We must confine the nomination
to our own party. Then as to the restrictions :
Shall none but Republicans 'bo excluded ??
Those who were Republicans two years ago? or
those who are Republicans now ? If the former,
then we practically deny them the opportunity of
repentance frotu the error of their political ways,
and the right to join in our struggle for good
government. This would not be wisdom in a
party in the minority, and whose aim should be
to gather in recruits from the ranks of its adversary.
If the latter, then how can we ascertain
who are now the Republicans ? How can
we protect ourselves from fraud and imposition?
If a hitherto Republican voter should present
himself at a primary election nnd proffei to
vote, what satisfactory guarantee can he give
us that he will vote with us at the general election
? His promise? That may be, nnd often is,
utterly worthless. The recommendation and
voucher of one, two, three or more democrats ?
That would be an uncertain and delusive warrunty.
The average Republican voter is not
unskilled in the ways and tncans of circumventing
his adversary, and his obligation to vote
according to his, pledge weighs lijjhtly ujjon
him. It might not be possible by this means to
run in a republican nominee upon us, but it is
easy to see how au unscrupulous candidate could
by this means secure his nomination. By the
usual electioneering methods of the corrupt
politician, the great mass of the voters of the
Republican party could be induced to vote, at a
primary election, for nominees of a party opposed
to their own. And if a group or ring of
six or eight, each a candidate for a different
office, should unite in a scheme of this sort, with
their friends to aid them in vouchiqg for the
voters, a nomination of each of the ring candidates
would be reasonably certain. They could
secure a nomination notwithstanding the votes
of a majority of the Democrats of the County
might bo against them. The republican voter
who had been permitted to cast his ballot for
the Democratic nominees at the primary election,
because of his promise to vote with us, and also
because of his having been avouched for, by one,
two, three, six or a dozen democrats, according
to the number required to safely warrant him,
might, possibly, at the general election vote for
the nominee, and probably would do so if no
candidate of his own party offered ; but the
Democrats would certainly vote for him, even
tho' the nominee were unworthy. The Democrat
would feel in honor bound to vote the ticket
at the general election ; the Republican would
not so feel. It might perhaps not be displeasing
to him to force an unworthy candidate upon his
adversary. And he would not, in any event, leel
in honor bound to vote for the nominee at the
general election. This would not be fair to the
Democrat No one should be permitted to vote
for party nominees unless he feels the weight
and tho force of the solemn obligation resting
upon him to support the successful nominee.
Secondly. Results equally pernicious would
follow, if the voting should be confined to club
members. Republicans would be encouraged
and stimulated to join clubs, and the consequences
would be that the actual, bona fide, democrats
might be in a minority upon the rolls of the
objection to join n Democratic Club, if assured
by the intending candidate that it was only
for the purpose of helping liiiu to a nomination
as a candidate, and tha', having performed this
service, he might withdraw from the Club, and
thereafter at the general election vole or not
vote as he pleased, and for whomsoever he
pleased. At any rate, a sufficient number of
colored republicans could be persuaded to join
clubs as to give them the balance of power and
so to name the successful nominees. Such a result
is not only possible, but extremely probable.
That it is possible is a sufficient renson against
it.
Dcsides, if confined to Club members then
the large number of respectable, trusty and
loyal Democrats who will not join clubs would
be excluded from voting at the primary election.
This would tend a$ least to chill jhyir
forMne Demorrats for any reason, have |
refused to join cluba, have, notwithstanding, had .
a Toico <n tlia nomination of candidates, for (he
delegates to the nominating Conventions bare
always been elected at township meetings and
not by the clubs; This voice shouM net now be
denied then. ,
if is the policy of onr party to gather in k-T,.. .
cruits from the other pagty. Every ohe aboUla
be encouraged to become aDeinoorai. If adr
mission into the parq? is rtwsed talfie Kepulr- licans,
then wo forcothem to consolidate against
us. Under this treatment they would always
continue to be as now, a compact mass alongside
and in our midst, ready aud waiting to ca^t ^
itself into the arms of a disappointed or disaffected
candidate, and wrest from us the vantageground
wc hare attained. This should be prevented.
Ilut neither would it be wise to put ft
iu tue power or Hie new recruits to control the
action v>f th\5 party 1 especially when theso re?
cruits are drawn from a party whose capacity
to ruin a State has been so fully shown. Let
theiu come into our party, but let us have time
to make good democrats of them.
What has been already said above will equally
apply to the third plan.
It will readily bo seen that no such combina*
tious are probable in the election of delegate*
to the County Convention, for the reason, that 4 9
rusCj to be successful, must^e c"ncca^d.
*tt is sccotnplisTied. Tn^ a primary elemfon tfio * ,
result is not known until it is declared, and BHl
even then it cannot be aOirmcd with certainty 199
who deposited the ballots which made up thO
majority ; but in tho election of delegates to it
Convention, the names of delegates are known
before they meet and act, and if it is apparent,
that a majority of tlie delegates elect are Republicans,
there will be time and opportunity to
frustrate the succcsslul accomplishment of the
fraud.
Again : It is almost absolutely certain that
more than one primary election will bo necessary
to a choice of nominees. Knot,
?J
have' its own separate and distiuct favorite candidate
for every office. At the first election no
ono may have a ninjority of all the votes, and
there will be no nominati n. At the second
election only the twe highest candidates will be
run, and one of these will then receive the nomination.
llut in the contest each has put forth
all his energies in the struggle for success.?
They have become arrayed as two parlies against
each other. Kach party has exerted itself to
the utmost. The zeal of triends on either side
will huve engendered the usual bitterness and
strife of such contests, and at the end th$ defeated
candidate and his party, sinnrting under
their defeat and humiliated by the triumph of
the other, will be required forthwith and immediately
to enlist under the banner of his succcrsful
opponent. Human nature sometimes' revolts
against this. The result would probably be,
that much of that zeal and enthusiasm which
may be needed to defeat a common enemy will
bo exhausted in this preliminary struggle for the
nomination. The uomineo may acquire fresh
i zeal from his success ; hut the defeated party is
(sure to be lukewarm, if nothing worse. Uuder
these circumstances, at the moment of defeat, it
would not be difficult to persuade the unsuccessful
aspirant for office to become au independent
candidate.
It may be said that there would be no necccssity
for a second election ; that a second election
might bo avoided by declaring the one receiving
I the highost vote ?0. the first election the nominee.
A moment's reflection will suffice to show
that this would not do. The primnry election
is for tha choice of a candidate. When nominated
the party is pledged and required to
vote for him. The party should not bo required
to vote for a candidate unless he is the choice of
a majority of the party. If he is the choice of
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right to receive the undivided support of tho
party, and he would be mor* likely to receive
it. There were 2524 votes cast for Hampton at
tho Inst election. Suppose there should be four
cindidatcs for one office, and at the primary
lection one should receive 400 votes, nnothcr
GOO, nnothcr 700, nnd another 800 votes. The
one who received 800 votes would, under this
plan, be the candidate, and yet he would not
have received the votes of one-third of the party.
If he and cither of the others should run alone,
it might bo that in the next race he would get
no more than the 800 votes and ttis opponent the
balance. Increase the number of candidates
above fout, or reduce them to three, and the result
is equally unsatisfactory.
A nomination is quite a different thing from
an election. We cannot be too careful in the
selection of candidates. If we ar? obliged to
vote for the candidate, ho should at least be the
choice of a majority of the party. No on* should
be nominated unless by a majority; otherwise
he can never be an acceptable candidate.
Another objection to the primary system is
the greater opportunity thnt will lie afforded for
combinations by the larger townships against the
smaller townships. Three of the townships of
Union contain about one-half of the white voteq
of the County. A combination by these could
cnitrol any election.
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system (he number of candidutes will bp
greatly increased. The evil of two primary cleo?
tions will thus certainly he forced upon us.
It is true that it cannot be said that there are
not also objections to a convention. Hut in tho
choice of the two evils the Convention seems to
be the lesser. The nominee of the Convention
would, beyond a doubt, bo a member of tho
Democratic party.
The Convention being composed of reprcsentive
citizens from the various neighborhoods and
sections of the sovcral townships, would reflect
faithfully the wishes of the ciitiro people, Especially
will this be tho caso with the ggcatly
increased representation. Tho representation
proposed is one hundred delegates. These aro
in either event the result will be Hint thcre%lll
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