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, '! ! PERSONAL.
We are pleased to see upon the street again our
esteemed fellow-townsman-, I. D. Witlierspoon,
Esq. Ho has been confined to his residence for
the past four months by a serious illness. He is
yet much debilitated, but the indications are encouraging
that he will now rapidly regain his
usual health and strength.
HEAVY*!RAINS.
On Friday and Saturday nights of last week,
this section was visited with violent storms of
rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning.
The ground in many places was wasliod into gullies,
crops on the low lands ware submerged,
bridges, and fences in different localities were carried
away by the flood of water, and crops have
been materially dartiaged.
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THE OPENING OF THE BALL.
We have been informed that Hon. D, T. Corbin,
the United States District Attorney, will deliver a
political speech at the Court House in this place,
on Saturday next at 11 o'clock, A. M. Hisspeech
will be made'in the interest of the "true" Republican
party. Judging from his Greenville
speech, which was published in our columns last
week, hewill not spare snch of the nominees of
the "ring" rsare open to criticism, which includes
nearly the whole batch.
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NnwrvATiovs POK PO^RFSS.
The following are the Republican nominations
for Congress: For the Second District?A. J,
Ransier, colored; Third District?R. B. Elliott,
colored;'Fourth District?A. S. Wallace. For
Congressman at large, R. H. Cain, colored, has
l>een nominated by tho "Ring" Convention, and
Joseph Quash, colored, by the "Honest" Republicans.
The nomination for the First District will
not be made until the 10th of September.
NOMINATIONS FOR SOLICITOR.
The following are tho Republican nominations
made last week in Columbia, bythesevoral Judicial
Conventions, for Solicitor for tho respective
circuits: First Circuit?C. W. Butts; Second Circuit?P.
L. Wiggin; Fifth Circuit?J. H. Runkle ;
Sixth Circuit?W. H. Brawloy; Seventh Circuit?
W. McGiU Fleming; Eighth Circuit?A. B. Blythe.
The candidate for the Fourth Circuit will be nominated
on the 10th of September.
THE REPUBLICAN ^CONVENTIONS.
To the exclusion of our usual variety, wesurrender
nearly the whole of the inside columns of the
Enquirer to the proceedings of the two Republican
Conventions which have been in session at
Columbia during the past week. The "chasm"
between the two wings of the party is wide, and
tho indications are that if there is no interference
in the fight by the white conservatives of the
State, there will be no "clasping of hands" by the
factions. The ticket headed by F. J. Moses represents,
in the main, the thieving ring which has
brought the State to tho verge of ruin. The other
ticket is claimed by its friends to represent the
honesty of the Republican party. Whether this is
true or not, the progress of the campaign will fully
develop.
For the report of tho proceedings which we
pubksb, we axe indebted to the columns of the
Columbia papers and the Charleston M?ia
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A meetingofthe "Liberal" or Greeley Republicans
was holden in Columbia on Saturday last.
The Union furnishes the following report of the
proceedings:
Colonel Samuel A. Pearce, who is the member
in this State of the National Executive Committee
of the organization, was, on a motion made by
Judge Win. M. Thomas, chosen chairman, Mr. -J.
Evans Britton acting as Secretary. There was a
comparing of ideas regarding the present situation,
and the conclusion was arrived at that organization
was needed. The following is a rcso
lution adopted by the meeting:
Resolved, That a committee of three bo appointed
for the purpose of conferenceand co-operation, on
the basis of the action of the Baltimore Convention,
with the Stato Democratic Executive Committee,
at their assembly on Monday evening, as
to the best course to bo pursued in referenco to
State and national affairs.
The chair appointed Judge Thomas, R. B. Carpenter,
Esqr., and Dr. E. \. Wheeler, as the committee
for thatpurpose. It was also resolved that
the Chairman be empowered to call a convention
of the party at an early day for the purpose of
completing organization. "Adjourned subject to
conference and call.
ULTRA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
In accordance with the call of tho Chairman,
this body met in Columbia on last Friday. The
Convention was called to order by Edward F.
Stokes, who opened the meeting with prayer.
The Union says:
"Mr. James Wardlaw Cover was elected temporary
chairmau, and Mr. W. T. Wilkins was elected
secretary; The temporary chairman stated
the object of the meeting, and while asking the
convention to stand by the old time principles,
denounced in unmeasured terms the Dlatform
and candidates of the Baltimore Convention. The
committee appointed on permanent organization
reported the names of the gentlemen acting temporarily,
and they were chosen the permanent
officers. The President favored in strong manner
sending delegates to the Louisville Convention.
A Committee on Platform and Resolutions, with
Mr. Stokes as chairman, was appointed, who reported
a platform, which was unanimously adopted.
The Platform Committee also offered the
following list of names as those of suitable persons
to go to the Louisville Convention on the
3rd proximo, with the power of appointing their
own alternates, yiz.:
Edward F. Stokes, James Wardlaw Cover, Col.
James H. Rion, Capt. William H. Stack, Allen
McDavid, A. J. Nandegrift, John F. Oxner, J. R.
Lambson, John D. MeCarlev, Adam Berlev,
Capt. John J. Stack, W. T. Wilkius, P. D. Cureton,
T. D. Napper.
A resolution was adopted recommending to
the Louisville Convention for nomination for
President, the name of Hon. Charles O'Connor
for President, and Hon. Samuel J. Bayard for
candidate for Vice-President.
It was also resolved that the President of the
Convention appoint an executive committee of
five for this State, who shall have power to nominate
electors for the Presidential election. The
following is the committee: Edward F. Stokes,
phuirnmn Tnhn Ti MnParlatr William IT Gfaalr
T. D. Napper. j. R. Lambson. This done the
convention adjourned."
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM COLUMBIA.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 26,1872.
We are having lively and interesting times
in Columbia, occasioned by the internecine
strife in the Republican ranks. The rogues
have at last fallen out, and it is to be hoped
that honest citizens, of the State may now get
a Dortion of their dues. There is certainly
some reasonable expectation of reform in our
rotten State Government. Just how it is to
come, and precisely from which direction, is
a question not immediately to be determined;
but it is comforting to believe that the white
people have, or will have, the matter in their
own hands, and in their own good time; and
as to them may seem best for the interests of
the State, they will throw their solid column
of 50,000 votes to the side of one or the other
of the contending Radical factions, and thus
ensure their triumph. Perhaps it may not
pro/e uninteresting to the readers of the Enquirer
to give a concise
retrospective view of tiie situation.
There is no kind of question but that the
schism in the Republican ranks in this State
is one of the precious fruits of the Liberal
Republican movement inaugurated by honest
old Horace, Gratz Brown, Schurz, Trumbull,
&c. The great cause among the many grave
causes of complaint against Grant's administration,
is the wretched and ruinous condition
of some of the southern States?especially
South Carolina?plainly attributable to the
carpet-bag governments, created, fostered and
sustained under Grant's reconstruction policy.
This is the key-note of the Liberals in their
cry for reconciliation, and Grant has begun
to tremble as he witnesses its wonderful effect
upon the people of the North, manifested in
the large and daily increasing accessions from
the Radical to the Liberal Republican ranks.
The administration is thus compelled to make
an effort to relieve itself of the odium which
attaches to the corrupt and thieving southern
State governments. Hence the protest now
made by the chief fuglemen of Grant in this
State?Orr, Corbin, Sawyer, et id omne genus?against
the nomination of Franklin J.
-Moses, Jun., the preeminent bribe taker in a
General Assembly whose only idea of legislation
is a job. This nomination the administration
at Washington canuot sustain and
live. Once it appears to the people of the
United States that Grant favors the election
of F. J. Moses, Jun., he will have a burden to
carry in the Presidential race which he cannot
support and hope still to keep pace with
the seven-league boots of the philosopher of
Chapaqua. It is to help Grant, therefore, that
xi_ . _ i a. i _ j i t t r\ i i
cue 0011, icu uy oames ij. vjrr, nus ueeu maue.
Judge Orr, one may charitably suppose, is
actuated also by a sincere desire to rescue the
State from the clutches of the robbers, into
whose hands he has been largely instrumental
in throwing her; but the mainspring of
the movement, and, doubtless, the only motives
of Corbin and Sawyer?for what do they
care for South Carolina ??is to help the great
Military Mogul at Washington in the November
election.
THE MOSES TICKET
Is composed as follows : For Governor, F. J.
Moses, Jun., the present Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the great bribe
taker of that infamous body, who swindled
the State out of upwards of $100,000 in the
purchase and alteration of arras for the militia;
stands booked for $11,000, received as a
bribe to prevent Scott's impeachment; has
issued over $1,200,000 of bogus pay certificates
during the last session of the Legislature, and
committed various other acts of fraud and
villainy "too numerous to mention."
For Lieutenr it-Governor, R. H. Gleaves,
colored, of Beaufort ; hitherto unknown to
fame, except as a ballot-box stuffer in the last
election, for which he was tried in the United
States Court, and escaped only because the
jury made a mistrial. His two fellow Commissioners.
Langly and Williams, were convicted,
and have since been pardoned by
Grant.
For Attorney-General, Samuel W. Melton,
who needs no introduction to the people of
York. Hi would make a capital AttorneyGeneral,
or anything else, on a good ticket;
but he can scarcely be expected to leaven entirely
that mass of corruption with which he
has allowed himself to be mixed. He could
have been Governor on the bolters' ticket, and
there is where he properly belongs.
For Secretary of State, H. E. Haync ; now
a colored Senator from Marion?one of the
corrupt set, but not so bad as Moses.
For Treasurer, F. L. Cardozo; once believed
by most white people an honest colored
man; but now shown to be in collusion with
Parker, and as deep in the mire in every way
as the others are in the mud. He disobeyed
the instructions of his constituency in voting
for Moses, and moreover has acknowledged
himself a partner with Neagle and others in
the 8300,000 swindle perpetrated upon the
stockholders of the Greenville and Columbia
railroad, in the matter of the Continental
Telegraph purchase.
For Comptroller-General, S. L. Hoge;
whom every body knows as the prince of carpet-baggers.
For Adjutant and Inspector-General, H.
W. Purvis; a negro and a hanger-on of the
Ring.
For Superintendent of Education, J. K.
Jillson, the present incumbent.
R. H. Cain, (daddy) has been nominated
for Congress from the State at large.
THE BOLTERS
Have not yet completed their nominations.
Reuben Tomlinson, a Quaker from Philadelphia,
and quondam State Auditor, has been
selected for Governor. He has a very fair
record as to integrity.
Judge John T. Green, of Sumter, has been
nominated for Attorney-General. He is an
excellent man. The other nominations will
be made to-day.
The white people have determhied to have
nothing to do with either party until further
developments. The bolt may possibly be intended
merely as sham show of opposition by
Grant to Moses. When the administration
speaks authoritatively we will know, and not
before then.
The Liberal Republicans and Democrats
will put out an electoral ticket for Horace
Greeley, but no candidates for State offices.
They desire to give the Radicals an open field
for State reform, for this is the only hope we
have any way. The bolters swear they will
consolidate with the Moses crowd if the Democrats
put out a State ticket, and they are
doubtless telling the truth when they say so.
Hal.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM TENNESSEE.
Nashville, Aug. 22,1872.
the shadow of coming events.
As I predicted in my last week's letter to
tVin "R!vnT*TT?i.-T? Andv .Tnhnsnn was not nomi
nated by yesterday's convention. His friends
rallied in force, but were not of sufficient
strength to overcome the packed hosts of
Cheatham. Consequently Mr. Johnson refused
to allow his name before the convention,
and is now in trim to run independently if he
chooses, and I hazard the prediction that he
will run and be elected by thirty thousand
majority.
In order that the reader may understand
the situation, I will briefly review events in
connection with the present contest. After
Mr. Johnson's return from the Presidency he
aspired to get an endorsement from the people
of his State by an election to the United States
Senate. The people were for him, but the
politicians conspired against him, and with
the help of thirteen Radicals in the Legislature,
defeated him by three votes.
Now that Congress has given this State a
Congressman at large, the people are anxious
that Mr. Johnson should have the position,
that his voice may once again be heard at
Washington. But the same old ring that defeated
him for the Senate are at him again,
and are using every means to slaughter him.
The convention to nominate a candidate
for the office met in this city yesterday. Mr.
Johnson had been announced as a candidate,
but up to the meeting hour, it was not known
whether lie would allow hia name before the
convention or not; as it was plain it had been
packed in favor of General Frank Cheatham,
I his opponent. His mysterious silence in rej
gard to his intentions greatly puzzled the
Cheathamites, and caused them to swear often
and take big drinks between oaths. Would
I he go before the convention ? Would he bolt
if not nomitated? Would he run anyway?
These were questions continually propounded,
but not answered. So the troubled spirits
addressed Andy a note asking him if he
would be before the convention as a candidate,
and if we would abide the nomination,
to which he replied in four words: "This is
too thin." So they did not get much out of
. him.
i After Mr. Johnson had carefully gone over
; the list of counties and saw how the case
! stood (Cheatham's friends having got everything
satisfactorily packed) he declined to let
his name go before the convention, and instructed
his friends accordingly.
The convention met and all went along well
I until the names upon important committees
j began to be called. Then the gentle bolt bei
gau. A fellow would pop up and say that for
j "reasons not necessary to mention," he declined
to serve, and asked to be excused. In
j this way the Johnson men gradually slid out.
Bedford county bolted in a body, and the
; most of Sumner county followed. There
were county bolts and district bolts and individual
bolts, until the Cheathamites were
' left masters of the field,
i The first ballot Cheatham got 579 votes
with seventy-six scattering. These last were
I from East Tennesseeans who had not bolted,
: but who would not support Cheatham. Outside
of Hamilton county he did not get an
East Tennessee vote.
I Only forty-eight out of the ninety-six coun-1
ties in'the State voted for him ; the others
either not being represented or having bolted,
or throwing away their votes.
Does this look like a popular verdict?!
Johnson's friends think not, and they are
pressing him to go before that great tribunal,
the people, and get them to vindicate him, as
they surely will if they have an opportunity.
At this writing, Mr. Johnson has not fully
made up his mind whether he. will announce
himself as an independent candidate; but the
indications are that he will. Last night he
was waited on by men from nearly half the
counties in the State who pledged him their
support. Right here iu Nashville be will get
three votes to Cheatham's one if he runs.
I The universal opinion hore is that he will
run and that he will be elected by a very
large majority if he does. Before the people
he is irresistible, and will sweep away all the
little orators that the Cheathamites can muster.
As for General Cheatham himself, although a
skillful and brave officer in the array and an
estimable man in many respects, he could no
more hold his own on the stump against Johnson
than Grant could r.gainst Charles Sumner.
After the close of about the second speaking,
Cheatham's friends would have to be on hand
with a wet blanket to carry their favorite
j home. Nor is there any one in the ranks of
the Cheatham party that can meet Andy on
the stump with any hope of success. Muster
as many stumpers as they can, Johnson will
chaw up seven a week and then call for more.
There is no disguising but what the antiJohnson
party are thoroughly frightened and
would give a good round sum to any one who
would point out a way to be saved. If Mr.
Johnson should come out as an independent
candidate and canvass the State there will be
such a tearing up of things as has not been
seen in Tennessee since the war. I understand
that Governor Brown and others have
approached him with an ofier of Browulow's
place in the Senate two years hence if he will
desist, but Andy can't see it in that cheerful
illumination. He has got his enemies in a
tight place and wants to see them wiggle some.
Last night the representatives from five
workingmen societies invited Mr. Johnson to
speak in this city Saturday, to which he consented.
The working men, so far as I can
learn, are all for him. It is predicted that
the demonstration will be the largest seen in
this city since the war.
We shall probably know this week whether
Mr. Johnson will take the field or not as an
independent candidate. The chances are that
he will. In my next letter to the Enquirer
I will no doubt be able to chronicle stirring
events in Tennessee. Nemo.
piioceeding8
OF THE
'RING' NOMINATING CONVENTION.
Columbia, August 21,1872.
This Convntion was called to order at 12
M., by Lieutenant-Governor Ransier, Chairman
of the State Central Committee. He
ordered the floor to be cleared of all except
the delegates. This was accomplished after
the lapse of half an hour. Ransier then
called the convention to order, and read the
call of the executive committee. Before turning
over his office he desired to make a speech,
lest he be misunderstood, and lest being a
contesting delegate he should have no other
opportunity. He spoke at some length, admitting
the failure in some respects of the
administration, but claiming that this did not
prove the inability of the Republican party
to institute a decent government. Here he
was interrupted by a note sent to the chair,
which he replied to by tearing it up and telling
the sender that he would take care of
himself. He then gave a short review of the
past work of the Republican party, and descanted
on the prospects of the future. He
expected no support ever from the Democratic
party of the State, and considered that the
contest was forever open between Republicanism
and the Democracy, and there never
could be, if proper measures were inaugurated,!
any question as to who would be the victors.
_ The ohnirp"1"" ^nn unfnH'iMi
ing delegations, and tl^objects to be attained
in a reform of government. He considered
it purely a fight in the Republican ranks,
and had no doubts of success.
No further interruptions occurred, and there
was no confusion till he concluded. Then
Rainey nominated Elliott for temporary
chairman. Allen nominated C. M. Wilder.
Swails nominated Cardozo. Cardozo declined.
A rising vote being then taken, Elliott
was elected by 108 to 28. The result was
greeted with cheers. Rainey, Jamison and
Whittemore conducted Elliott to the chair,
and Ransier introduced Elliott, who took up
the gavel and returned thanks for his election
in a short speech devoid of significance.
Rainey moved the appointment of a committee
of one from each county on credentials.
Much sparring ensued, Whittemore and Jamieson
trying to get a smaller committee.
Smalls suggested that they first elect a temporary
secretary. Neagle nominated W. C.
Jones, (Cardozo's clerk,) who was elected.
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then resumed, and it was finally carried.
After considerable discussion, the rules of
the House of Representatives, excepting as to
the previous question, were adopted for the
government of the Convention. The Conven;
tion then took a recess until 8 o'clock, p. m.
The Convention reiissembled at 8 o'clock,
| and was called to order by the President.
There was a large number ofspectators present.
While the Committee on Credentials were
engaged, June Mobley said that he saw Senator
Sawyer on the floor, and moved that he
be invited to address the convention.
Jones declared tartly that he saw nothing
in Mr. Sawyer's record siuce he was picked up
by the Republican party to entitle him to a
voice in the councils of the party. If Sawyer
had brought down to this State the mandate
from Grant or somebody else, as stated in the
Charleston News of to-day, that the convention
must go in a certain way, and not the other,
he for one would show them that he had been
sent here neither as a knave nor as a fool, and
he asked nobody to come down from Washington
to chalk in big letters on a black-board
for poor niggers to read the orders by which
they should be governed. Sawyer had been
present in the last convention, and now he reappeared
in this, as though he had a hereditary
right to dictate to us poor ignorant niggers,
. us poor dupes in the Sunny South. If Sawj
yer wanted to come and advise the convention,
: he should come unconnected with any clique
or delegation.
June Mobley spoke in support of his motion
to invite Sawyer to speak, but the question
being put, it was lost.
At 9 o'clock, another recess was takeu.
A 1 j. j. 1 A - ?_T _ _1- !i 1
i auoul uait-pust J.UOC1UUK, a was iwmuuijceu
I that the Committee on Credentials had only
decided on one of the contested delegations?
that headed by Smalls, from Beaufort; upon
the announcement of which, the Convention
adjourned until 10 o'clock, to-morrow.
Thursday, August 22,1872.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock, a. m.?
Congressman R. B. Elliott in the chair. A
recess was taken, awaiting the report of the
Committee on Credentials.
Upon reassembling, Mr. Rainey, from said j
committee, made a report, that upon due in-1
vestigation into all the credentials presented,
and the evidence adduced before said committee,
as to the contesting delegations, they
recommend that the following delegates be allowed
seats in the Convention:
Abbeville?J. Ilollinshcad, A. Titus, J. P. Gufflii,
II. H. Ellison, E. Cain.
Anderson?Samuel Johnson, John L. Cochrane,
James L. Orr.
Barnwell?Wm. A. Norland, J. M. Smith, Julius
Malier, Frederick Nix.
Aikon?R. B. Elliott, P. R. Rivers, S. J. Lee,
! C. D. Hayno.
! Beau fort?Robert Smalls, H. Gantt, S. J. BampI
field, V. S. Scott, R. S. Bennett, N. B. Meyers, J.
; B. Bascomb.
i Chester?B. G. Yocum, T. J. Mackoy, John Lilley.
Clarendon?Jared Warley, S. Melton.
Darlington?P. C. Fludd, John Janey, B. F.
Whittemore, Jordan Lang.
Edgefield?David Harris, Paris Simpkins, John
II. McDevitt, David Graham, Arehy Wcldon.
Fairfield?T. J. Minton, L. W. Duvall, C. W.
I Barber.
Georgetown?J. H. Rainoy, W. IT. Jones, J.
I A. Bowloy.
Greenville?James M. Allen, J. Minims Sullivan,
W. E. Earle, Frank A. Williamson.
Horry?J. II. Durham, J. C. Beatty.
Golloion?Geo. F. Melntyre, Win. M. Thomas,
A. T. Holmes, Toby Grant, Win. A.. Duffle.
Charleston?U. W. M. Mackov, W. N. Taflt, P.
Greono, Jr., It. J. Mcares, N. S. Robinson, R.
H. Cain, J. B. Wright, E. P. Wall, Bonis Dunneman,
W. G. Pinckney, P. P. Hedges, Duncan
Eraser, Abram Smith, Stephen Brown, Robert
Simmons, Robert Haynes, A. G. Aliston, C.
Glhbes.
Kershaw?Allison W. Hough, Reuben Gaither,
Frank Carter.
Lancaster?Joseph Clark, Allen Hudson.
Laurens?Y. J. P. Owens, Joseph Crews, D. F.
Leahy, Pat. S. Suber.
Marion?If. E. Hayne, C. Smith, J. W. Johnson,
Elisha Freyor.
Marlboro?II. J. Maxwell, D. C. Odum.
Oconeo?Alex. Bryee, Jr., David Singleton.
Orangeburg?J. L. Jamison, E. J. Cain, T. C.
Andrews, Adam C. Williams, Richard R. Duncan.
Pickens?Jeremiah Looper, A. M. Folger.
Richland?F. L. Cardozo, C. M. Wilder, Adam
Thomas, W. R. Jones.
Spartanburg?J. P. F. Camp, Javan Bryant,
S. Shaver, Richard Preston.
Sumter?W. E. Johnson, F. J. Moses, Jr.,
Henoop Spencer, Thomas Lowery.
Williamsburg?S. A. Swails, F. H. Frost, William
Scott.
York?A. Williford, M. L. Owens, William
Sahms, Reese Joyner. Joyner, Owonsand Sahms
not being present, B. F. Briggs, J. L. Neaglo and
J. II. White, alternates, were admitted.
Mr. Smalls, from the same committee, made
a minority report, favoring the Bowen delegation,
which created a long and exciting
debate. The majority report was adopted.
The following delegates, opposed to the
nomination of Moses for Governor, who were
contestants from the several counties, were
excluded by the report:
Beaufort County?W. J. Whippor, P. E. Ezekiel,
F. E. Wilder, E. F. English, L. C. Johnson,
T. Hamilton, J. A. Matthews.
Charleston County?C. C. Bowen, A. J. Ransior,
Aaron Logan, Wm. R. Jervey, M. MoLaughliu,
R. B. Artson, James Hutchinson, Richard Bryant,
Edward R. Petty, B. H. Hovt, Peter Ash,
James W. Lloyd, Allen McLood, J. J. Grant.
Alexander Robinson, Wm. A. Grant, Nathaniel
Spencer, Andrew Singleton.
One of the contesting delegates from each
of the counties of Union, Lexington and Colleton,
was also excluded.
A motion was adopted for the appointment
of a committee to nominate permanent officers
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the committee, the Convention took a recess
for one hour.
Upon reiissembling, the committee reported
the following officers:
President?R. It. Elliott.
Vice-Presidents?B. F. Whittemore, Robert
Smalls, F. L. Cardozo, Thomas J. Mackey.
Secretaries?T. J. Minton and C. Smith.
Sorpeant-nt-Arms?J. E. Green.
Assistant Serpeant-at-Arms?C. D. Lowndes.
Door-keeper?M. D. Long.
Which report was unanimously adopted.
Elliott being conducted to the chair by
Mobley, Maxwell and E. W. M. Mackey, returned
thanks in a brief speech.
Immediately on the conclusion of Elliott's
speech, E. W. M. Mackey moved to proceed
to the nomination of Governor, but withdrew
his motion to allow Cardozo to make a motion.
Cardozo moved to appoint a committee of
eleven to draft definite rules for the government
of the Republican party. Carried.
Maxwell moved to appoint a committee of
seven on platform. Carried.
The question then recurred on E. W. M.
Mackey's motion to go into nomination for
Governor, and it was carried.
Frost asked how the nominations were to
be made.
Elliott replied, "By the call of the roll and
a majority vote."
Smalls moved to require a two-thirds majority
to nominate.
Elliott decided that the proposition could
not be put. After some hesitation, much logrolling,
and a little music by the band,
Smalls said they all appeared to be waiting
for some one to begin. He would lead off by
nominating the Hon. Samuel W. Melton.
[Cheers.]
Jamieson nominated Martin R. Delany.
[Laughter.]
Maxwell, in a spa?*h.j)f some length, nominated
T. JT Moses, Jun. ^Tremendous atftt
long-continued cheering.]
Jones seconded the nomination amid renewed
applause. He defended the over-issue
of pay certificates by Moses on the ground
that they were issued to men who had been
driven from their homes by the ku-klux. He
was frequently interrupted by applause. The
speech at least converted Jamison, who immediately
rose and spoke in favor of Moses, deserting
his own nominee, (Delany,) and advocating
Moses as a native Carolinian of high
family, character, education and culture, who,
upon reconstruction, had come forward to
lead the poor colored men to self-government,
while the Hamptons, Butlers and DeSaussures
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consistent and brilliant.
Cain followed, in favor of Moses, defending
his record since reconstruction. He had
heard that if they nominated Moses there
would be a bolt; but if the threat was to be
made that if a majority of that Convention
nominated the man of their choice the minority
would bolt, he would throw down the
gauntlet to those threateners and fight it
through the campaign. It was the fight of
the laboring men of South Carolina against
the bondholders and speculators. The money
which might have been spent by Moses had
gone to the poor men of Carolina. He defied
his opponeuts to prove that he isssued a million
of dollars in pay certificates; but, if he
had, they had not been paid, and if they had
been paid, the money had gone to poor men.
Bribes were being freely used on the other
side; but he felt a pride in declaring that his
candidate had never bargained to pay a dollar
for his nomination. He was proud to
say that Moses had never coqueted with the
Democracy, had never published love-letters
bidding for their support, had never made
any overtures of any kind to the Democrats.
He had been a fearless and consistent Republican
; had been ostracised therefor, and had
lost many things dear to the heart of man.
He had heard a bolt was already organized,
but, he said, let it come! If his opponents
could convince the bone and sinew of South
Carolina of the claims of their candidates, he
would be satisfied. This was the poor men's
fight, and they proposed to make it so. When
I Moses was nominated, the people would have
schoolhouses for their children, their rights
secured, tuxes reduced, and money in the
treasury to pay poor men's bills when work
was honestly done. In conclusion, he said he
was for Moses, morning, noon and night, and,
if necessary, midnight.
Allen, of Greenville, said he desired to
reiterate every word spoken by Cain.
Jamison moved to allow each speaker thirty
minutes.
The chair said that would occupy too long.
T. J. Mackcy begged the Convention not to
adopt the rule. It would prolong the question
of nomination over night, and it was
part of an organized plan to gain time to
purchase votes. Jamieson then withdrew his
motion.
Neagle nominated D. H. Chamberlain and
supported his claims in a lengthy speech, defending
his name from the charges that have
been made against him. In reply to a question
of Elliott's, Neagle said he would stand
by the regular nominee, right or wrong, now
and forever. He concluded by saying that,
under Chamberlain, the canvass must bo victorious,
and, under Moses, it would be filled
with doubt and fear.
Swails, of Williamsburg, implored the con!
vention to look at the present condition of
j the State, and asked if this was a time for
party or race proposals. He would nominate
Reuben Tomlinson, [cheers] an original Ab- j
olitionist and Republican, who was the first
to come into the cause of education, who
taught the first colored school, who was the 1
friend of the poor man, who was free from any
taint of corruption. He asked colored men
and true white men, one and all, to join
hands for this honest man and true Republican.
Judge Orr warmly recommended the nomination
of Tomlinson, a man personally pure;
the educational pioneer; the first State audi
tor who formed our system of taxation and is
familiar with it; a man whom calumny never
touched ; a Northerner whose sympathies and
interest are with us, who has all the qualities
of head and heart to make a good Governor.
It is very important that such a man should
be elected. Our finances are disordered, our
debt enormous, the treasury empty, the public
asylums and the penitentiary on the point
of closing. A good man we must have. This
was due to us personally, and to the party
which has suffered by bad management somewhere,
and has become a by-word and reproach.
The Republican party, having the
majority, is responsible for the public wrongdoing,
and these wrongs must be redressed
within the ranks of the party. [Cheers] Feeling
and personal wishes should not be consulted.
Delegates must vote for the candidate
only whom they believe to be a true
man. The chair having ruled that the record
of candidates could not be adversely
scrutinized, Judge Orr said he would only
commend his candidate. If the delegates
looked at his merits, and saw the abuses in
^l? m/t mn m am ilt an miint #an i ra a i k a n aa J
uiu guveiuiuuui, mej muau leuugui^t: me UCCU
of stopping extravagance and taking up a
man wholly disconnected from charges of corruption,
and who will not add to the weight
of infamy which brings the Republican party
into disrepute, and which it cannot long endure.
Congressman Elliott took the floor in support
of Moses. Some facts must be laid bare
which would demand ,public condemnation,
and show the means used to procure Moses's
defeat. The one potent means was money.
No one could deny that promises and offers
had been made; that a few hundred dollars
had been carried around to buy votes. Who
are the men who put the machinery in motion
? Who are they who c .r bribes? What
are their names ? [Cries of "name," "name."}
One of the delegation to whom money had
been offered was Simpkins, of Edgefield. He
said to Elliott that he was approached by a
State official and asked to support Chamberlain
and name his price. Who was the State
officer? There he is, (pointing to Comptroller
Neagle.) Behold the man ! [These words
caused a tremendous sensation.] Elliott, continuing,
said that Ellison, of Abbeville, was
also approached and offered three hundred
dollars to five fiundred dollars to vote tor
Chamberlain. Who offered that money ?
(Elliott pointing toNeagle again) I say, behold
the man ! Will the delegation, can they
support a man whose nomination was to be
procured by such means ? The same persons
who supported Chamberlain intended to thrust
the old financial ring upon the State. One of
the emissaries of Parker had offered three
hundred dollars to five hundred dollars to
Simpkins, of Edgefield, to vote for Parker.
That emissary is Eichelberger, the county
treasurer of Edgefield, whose official head
would come off to-morrow.
At this point Neagle struck in and asked if
Elliott was aware that Moses had offered a
delegate a thousand dollars for his vote ? That
offer was made to Owens, of York.
Elliott said it was as false as hell, and
known to be false. Moses had no money.
The sense of the convention would tell them
he would not offer such a sura to a man known
to be with the enemy. He declared that Neagle
had boasted that if he had the roll of delegates
one day before the convention he could
nominate whom he pleased. He did not fear
the bolters. They were all either new comers
or old politicians. In conclusion, Elliott
warmly advised the convention to nominate
Moses.
Jaraieson moved to close all debate, but,
after fillibustering, Whittemore was allowed
to speak in favor of Tomlinson. Whittemore
said he rose in fear and trembling for the future
of the party in South Carolina. He had
been humiliated to the soul at the proof
brought forward of shameless bribery and corruption
in behalf of both candidates. The responsibilities
of delegates were great. He
begged them to pause and ask their own consciences
what they should do, and then say to
Gov. Scott and his ring that, if they could not
be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors,
they would at least be removed by the
voice of the people at the ball-box. He had
himself committed one great blunder, and had
been held up in Congress by the preceding
speaker, (Elliott,) as a vicarious sacrifice.
God knew he had suffered for that error, and
he hoped for mercy now. They were instructed
by their constituents to return no man
connected with the frauds on the State, and
he could no more support the one man who
had been guilty of over-issues of pay certificates
than the other who was guilty of overissues
of bonds. There was rottenness in the
houses of both candidates. Whittemore then
reviewed the career of Tomlinson in this State,
claiming that he was an unflinching Republican,
unirapeachably honest, and an unswerving
friend of the colored man and of education.
T. J. Mackey followed Mr. Whittemore,
and advocated the claims of F. J. Moses, Jr.,
by assailing the integrity of Reuben Tomlinson.
That spotless candidate, said Mackey,
had enriched himself at the expense of the
people of South Carolina. The instance
brought forward first was the phosphate bill,
which the speaker charged was advocated by
Mr. Tomlinson; and instead of these new and
valuable discoveries being used to build up
and sustain the impoverished State, a miserable
royalty of only 81 per ton was fixed, and
a most valuable franchise thus passed away,
without consideration. Of this company, said
Mackey, Tomlinson was found to own 840,000
of the stock. Mackey then proceeded to
undo the Greenville Railroad fraud, in which
he charged that Tomlinson was concerned,
810,000 of the State stock being bought by
Kimpton, with State bonds, for Tomlinson.
Mr. Mackey grew really eloquent as he dissected
the character of Whittemore, whom, he
said, he would strip and present before the
Convention in all his naked deformity. This
he did in fine style, alluding to his cadetship
transaction, and various other incidents of
corruption.
Mr. Mackey then turned from Tomlinson
to Chamberlain. He charged that the backers
of Mr. Chamberlain, the financial ring, in-1
tended to fasten all the fraudulent bonds of
the State upon the people, and to levy at once
a tax to pay the interest on the bonds. Under
Moses, no tax ^vill be levied for such purpose,
but it is hoped that the immense volume
of debt may be largely reduced?and, said
the speaker, if Moses is elected, Whittemore
shall not stay in the Senate thirty days, and
the opulent ex-Land Commissioner Leslie
would be stripped of his gains.
Leslie broke in here, and said that he could
prove that Moses was the first man in the
State to make money out of the land commission.
Mackey replied that Leslie accused Moses
of stealing the first money to excuse himself
for stealing the last.
.TndDrp. Orr here said that he had trustwor
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thy information that Moses had offered Maher,
of Barnwell, two thousand dollars for his vote.
Maher was called to the bar, and declared
| that the offer was so made. [Tremendous
cheers.]
Mackey said that Maher was an enemy to
Moses, and the man who attempted to kill i
i Elliott at Allendale.
{ Just after Mr. Mackey closed, Johnson, of i
Sumter, declared that he had just been told i
! by three men, that Maher had been paid $300 1
for his statement. A loud laugh followed j
this, and the insinuation was attempted to be j
made that Judge Orr had bought up Maher. i
Judge Orr denied all knowledge of Maher j
whatever.
R. B. Elliott said he wa3 authorized to say !
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tor Uenerai Moses, mac ne ^iuoses; nuu, it is |
true, approached Maher, hearing that he was '
for sale, and asked him what his price was,
and if 82000 would be sufficient; and that
Maher answered yes, and there the conversation
ended.
Maher flatly denied this, and said Moses
sent for hira frequently, and last night asked
hira if his mind was made up to go for him.
Maher said he would go for the best man.
Moses then offered two thousand dollars for
his vote, which was refused.
Swails now charged that Moses had offered
Owens, of York, one thousand dollars for his
vote. A scene of terrible confusiou ensued,
lasting some time, when, under the one sided
rulings of the chairman, a nomination was
ordered, the ballot resulting: Moses 69 ; Melton
18; Chamberlain 16; Toralinson 15. The
announcement of the nomination was received
with cheers.
The President declared F. J. Moses the
duly elected candidate of the Republican
party for Governor, and -a-committee was appointed
to inform the successful candidate of
his nomination.
On the announcement of the result of the
vote, Judge Orr remarked that his knowledge
of the antecedents of the nominee, would prevent
him from taking any further part in the
proceedings of the Convention and he felt constrained
by self-respect to retire.
Judge Mackey, from the Speaker's desk,
hoped he would be indulged as he had been
engaged all his life in jumping from side to
side.
General Moses was introduced and made a
very good, though short, speech. He disclaimed
all enmity and ill-feeling against any
Republican who may have opposed his nomination.
Of Chamberlain, he said he had no
hard words to speak, but hoped and believed
that now their contest was over, they would
shake the same hands of friendship which
they have heretofore. The first object of his
administration, he said, would be to reduce
the public debt within such a limit as could
be sustained by the people without ruin, and
diminish taxation to some point at least short
of that of confiscation which it had now
reached. The speech was very adroit and ex
ceedingly clever, and if there were only any
reasonable guaranty that Moses could turn
over a new leaf, and do all the good things he
promised, his prospective election would not
be so very discouraging.
The Speaker was loudly applauded. At
about 11 o'clock, the Convention adjourned
until to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
The indications to-night are that a serious
bolt will be organized to-morrow; but Moses
will so arrange his ticket as to weaken the
bolt as much as possible. Throughout the
convention Elliott was notoriously partial in
his rulings, and, by word and gesture, advocated
Moses from the chair. To his arbitrary
conduct is due much of Moses's strength.
All Republicans dissatisfied with the nomination
of Moses are to meet at the Courthouse at
noon to-morrow.
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.F RIDAY, AUgUSC LO.
The Convention assembled at 11 a. m.,
Congressman R. B. Elliott in the chair.
Hon. H. J. Maxwell, from the Committee
on Platform reported, and the report was ordered
to be printed and made the special order
for 8 o'clock this evening.
The Convention then proceeded to the nomination
of State officers.
For Lieutenant-Governor, Rev. R. H. Cain,
Rev. E. J. Adams and R. H. Gleaves, were
nominated by their respective friends. Upon
counting the ballots R. H. Gleaves received
61 votes, R. H. Cain, 42, E. J. Adams 6.
The President then announced R. H.
Gleaves as the choice of the Convention for
nomination for the office of Lieutenant-Governor.
[Great applause.]
A committee was appointed to inform the
successful nominee of his nomination and request
him to address the Convention, which
he did in a very few remarks, returning his
thanks for the honor conferred upon him, and
promising that he would be often heard from
during the coming campaign.
On motion of Mr. Swails, the Uonvention
then went into a nomination for Secretary of
State, which resulted in the nomination of
Henry E. Hayne, late Land Commissioner,
and F. H. Frost, of Williamsburg. The result
was: Hayne, 65 ; Frost, 33. The President
announced Mr. Hayne as the successful
candidate.
Mr. Jamieson, after a highly eulogistic
speech, nominated Judge Samuel W. Melton
for the office of Attorney-General. Mr. Neagle
nominated Hon. D. H. Chamberlain.
The former received the nomination by 100
to 6; when, on motion of W. R. Jones, the
vote was made unanimous.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. Smalls,
Hedges and Jones was appointed to inform
Judge Melton of his election and conduct him
to the speaker's stand. In a few minutes,
C. M. Wilder and Robert Smalls returned
with the Judge on their shoulders and were
greeted with great applause?the band playing
a national air. The President, on behalf
of the Republican party of the State, congratulated
him upon his nomination. Judge
Melton responded as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention:
For this manifestation of your kind regard
and your confidence, I bog to tender to you my
most earnest and grateful acknowledgements. I
accept the position with which you have honored
me with the most profound embarrassment, and
this is much increased by the fact that I am called
upon to follow in the footsteps of the distinguished
gentleman who has for four years illustrated the
otfice to which you have bid mo aspire. I cannot
hope to equal tho achievements of his extraordinary
and splendid intellect, nor the culture and
tone, which, wherever he hits been, havo marked
him at once the gentleman and scholar. But I
can at least hope to equal the zeal with which ho
has contributed to tho public good, as I always
hope to challenge the conduct of any man who
seeks to contribute not only to the general weal,
but to tho supremacy of tho Republican party of
tho State of South Carolina. [Cheers.] I can at
least bring and present to you a determination to
servo to the best of my ability, if I should happen
to be elected to the position to which you have
nominated me. And I hike occasion here to say,
since I think it devolves upon me to say, that I
believe the nomination with which you havo honored
me, is an election to the position to which I
aspire. [Cheers.]
I know, Mr, Chairman, that therms uissatisiuction;
perhaps there always will be. It is incident
to political affairs, and constantly marks the result
of the action of all deliberative bodies of this
kind. This might be expected. It could have
been anticipated. It is the more to bo profoundly
regretted. I indulge the hopo that these differences,
theso matters of dissatisfaction, will bo so
harmonized that the Republican party of South
Carolina at the next goneral election, will march
on as they have heretofore done, a solid, compact,
irresistible mass. [Cheers.]
I know I need not say?indeed, it might be
unjust to myself to say?that I accept the nomination
at your hands with no mental reservation
whatever. [Cheers.] In the work to which you
havo assigned me, I propose to proceed with the
utmost faith in the success ana the permanent
supremacy of the Republican party in South Carolina.
Iu conclusion, let me say, whatever ground
there may be of complaint of the past administration
of aihiirs in this State?and of this I have
nothing to say?if this nomination shall result in
my election, my watchfulness shall not sleep, my
care shall not relax in vindicating, illustrating and
rendering permanent the great principles of the
Republican party; and, especially, in so guarding
against the errors, if not the corruptions of the
past, that there shall be hereafter no stain to dim
tho bright escutcheon of the State of South Carolina.
I have the honor to again tender, Mr. President,
the expression of my profound acknowledgement.
The nomination for State Treasurer being
announced as next in order, Judge Thomas
J. Mackey read a communication from Niles
G. Parker, who said that he had entertained
the hope that the Convention would recognize
hia claims for re-nomination as State Treasurer,
but that he now begged leave to decline
the nomination. The mention of Parker's
name provoked unmistakable demonstrations
of disgust in the Convention.
The Convention then proceeded to the nomination
of a candidate for Treasurer, when F.
L. Cardozo was nominated by Mr. Rainey.
Major H. Noah was nominated by Mr. F.
H. Frost, who stated that he did so because
as yet he had heard nothing against the character
of Mr. Noah. He could not say as
much for some others who would be put in
nomination. A scene of great disorder prevailed
at this point, the President of the
Convention refusing to allow Mr. Frost to
proceed to the dicussion of the character of a
gentleman who was a candidate before the i
Convention, Frost proceeded to say that
Cardozo could not be relied on. He had violated
his pledges to pursue a certain course, 1
and had proved himself a violator of personal
friendships, and reasoning from analogy, he <
was unworthy of the confidence of the State, i
At this point Frost was ruled down by the
Chair amid much confusion.
Mobley thought that any candidate whose
character could not bear investigation on the
floor of this Convention, was not entitled to
its support. He knew of no rule which could
prevent free discussion on the subject, and
concluded by moving that Mr. Frost be allowed
to speak, in such manner as he chose
without interruption from the chair, which
was carried by a vociferous demonstration,
when Mr. Frest resumed"1 the floor.,# ,He said
that Cardozo had been a party to the adoption
of certain resolutions of instruction in
the county Convention, and had. in t^is Convention
violated them. If he -wdulcrdo that,
what would, he not do ? JXhe uian mhn-nmilH
violate obligations, would, when the opportunity
presented, steal obligations. >'[
At this stage the President vacated the
chair, stating that no rules could hold the
florLVAntinn hf>r and the wildest-fcollfu
sion prevailed. Mr. Frost continued his remarks
to the Convention, and when he finished
Mr. Elliott resumed the chair.
Mr. Swails then nominated John Alexander,
of Columbia, for Treasurer, remarking
that he could not support Mr. Cardozo flrr
Treasurer. Four years ago the Great Seal df
the State had beeh placed in his hands, and
how has.lt been used ? Carried into a distant
State and' made to subserve certain illegal
purposes. It had been proclaimed by the
gentleman who nominated Mr. Cardozo, that
the Republican party intended to place the
keys of the Treasury in Cardozo's hands, btrt
he (Swails) would bewail the day that it was
done. 'j " |Mr.
Cardozo rose to a question of privilege.
The attacks made upon his hbnor were false
and malicious, and those whojnade them Were
aware that they were so.' ' tie had Deeff endeavoring
to save the State frartf; the ruin to
which she was exposed by these rogued1 for
two years, and he was an honest man. Some
of these would-be reforcdfers are the" greatest
thieves in the country.[' He charged Mr.
Swails with connection in the Land Commission
swindles of Leslie. -He had fotigfctlhede
robbers of the Land Commission, henee their
opposition to him to-day. He was ftsked on
one oceasion by one of these very reformers
why he did not go in and make his thoushbds
out of this Land Commission. He replied
because he was an honest man. He had carried
the Seal of the State to Netf' Vbrk to
save 84,000,000 of bonds.
He was proud of the feet that he came out
of the Secretary of State's office a poor man,
when he might have been worth a quarter of
a million and adorned with diamonds like the
rest of them. The reason why theSe rogues
do not want him in the Treasury "was that
they knew there were things hidden there
against them which he would bring forth to
the light of day. He supported j Mr. Moses
because he had been convincedfrom the arguments
in favor of all the candidates that'the
election of that noble young man, who had
shown such brilliancy and ability of head and
heart, would be the best means to secure real
reform in the government, more so than any
of the prating reformers who maligned him.
As to his abuse of personal pledges, he had
promised J>lr. Wayne nis support ior {secretary
of State a year ago on the way to the New
Orleans Convention and he had redeemed that
pledge. It was after this pledge was made to
Mr. Hayne that he was approached by Frost
who told him that he would like to get the position
of Secretary of State, and he had only replied
that he, Frost, was qualified and he hoped
he would get it. The spleen of that gentleman
against me was excited because I did not cast
my vote for him to-day. Mobley here rose
and made charges against Mr. Cardozo. He
replied by saying that two years ago when the
county of Union was about to be lost to the
Republican party, he had saved it,and secured
the election of Mobley, whose course here in
the Legislature has been infamous, and whose
seat in this Convention has been secured by
gross irregularities.
Mobley declared this to be a lie, and that
he would prove it to be so.
Mr. Cardozo said if his influence was exerted
in Union county, Mobley would be sunk
so low that he would never rise to the surface
of political life again. It was for the Republican
party to say whether he should remain
an official or retire to private life, in either
case his prayers should be with it, and his
earnest efforta would be devoted to the best
interests of that party, and to the maintenance
of those immortal principles which underlie
the foundations of this government.
Mobley rose, greatly excited, and made strenuous
efforts to get the floor in reply. He demanded
his right to reply to a personal attack
on himself. (Jhairman Jiiliiott decided Mobley
out of order. Mobley still claimed the floor,
denouncing Cardozo as a liar.
Cardozo proceeded to speak, saying that
two years ago he only suspected frauds being
practiced, but did not know it for certainty,
and hesitated to bring forward men on suspicions.
All this time Mobley was claiming his right
to be heard, and many other members united
in calling Cardozo to order for violently abusive
and personal language, which he was continually
using toward members. A sense of
conviction was evident. They had heard
enough about Cardozo, and desired to proceed
with the business of the convention. The
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dozo, and hammered down all opponents.
For more than hour Cardozo declaimed at
the full strength of his lungs. Mobley, Frost,
Swails, Jamieson and others claimed the floor
on various points of order and privilege, and
the din became momentarily more deafening,
and prospects of a fight and bloodshed more
threatening. No semblance of order was
maintained in the hall. The members of the
convention came forward in a compact, struggling,
vociferating mass in front of the platform,
and aro-nd the reporters' table twenty
different members sought to gain the recognition
of the chair on various points of order
and on all sorts of motions. Mobley was
shouting without intermission to attract the
chairmau's attention, and chairman Elliott
was pounding continuously with his heavy
gavel to drown the members' voices. Mobley
insisted that he would be heard, and reaching
over the reporters' table seized a heavy, massive
ink-stand filled with ink and commenced
slamming it on the table with resounding
blows in opposition to the chairman's gavel.
This din continued some minutes. Mobley
pounding with the inkstand, the ink flying in
every direction, and the reporters seated at
the table in the midst of a dense mass of excited
members. The sergeant-at-arras attempted
to take the inkstand away from Mobley and
eject him from the ha". Many members ral- *"
lied to the support of Mobley, swearing he
should have free speech. Several pistols were
drawn, and the crowd swayed to and fro in
innumerable personal conflicts and struggles.
In the midst of this uproar, the chairman declared
the convention adjourned till ten o'clock
to-morrow, and thus the convention literally
and emphatically broke up in a row.
Saturday, August 24.
The Convention assembled at 10, a. m.?
Elliott in the chair.
Judge Mackey moved that the resolution,
passed yesterday, closing the debate upon the
nomination of candidates for the office of
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carried.
Mr. F. H. Frost, of Williamsburg, arose to
a question of privilege, desiring to reply to
certain remarks made by the delegate from
Richland, (Mr. Cardozo,) yesterday.
Upon motion of Mr. Mobley, three hours
were allowed the friends of the different delegates
to state the claims of their respective
candidates.
Mr. Frost then proceeded to open the vials
of his wrath upon the prominent candidate ?
Secretary Cardozo.
S. A. Swails, (colored,) of Williamsburg,
followed Frost, in a severe arraignment of
Cardozo for his acts as a member of the Ad
visory Board of the Land Commission, his
connection with the infamous railroad rin^,
and sealing the enormous over-issue. This
man, said Swails?this immaculate exemplar
of honesty?acknowledges that he knew two
years ago of the over-issue of bonds, yet he
kept his mouth shut, and allowed the damnable
frauds to continue. Now he comes for