The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 23, 1912, Image 7
I f WILSON IS INDORSED
II RESOLUTION IS PASSED BY OYER11;
WHELMING VOTE.
11 BOUND TO VOTE AS UNIT
I I This Will Give the Delegates to WilI
I son, as a Large Majority of Its
I Members Are For Him. and Under
the Unit Itule Will Vote it for
Him.
| f The South Carolina Democratic
-ctfaventlon, after a long and interrupted
BOBslon, late Wednesday night
| Adopted a resolution indorsing the
candidacy of Gov. Woodrow Wilson,
of New Jersey for president, elected
vice-presidents and then turned to
the election of delegates. The principal
fight on the floor of tho convention
was on the question of instructing
delegates.
1. Tho sentiment of the convention
I' was very largely in favor of Gov.
Ifr'" Wilson, as evidenced In tho vote on
the resolution of indorsement, but
tho Wilson force were unable to muster
a majority when It came to a
[ question of instructing tho delegates
[' lacking only sixteen votes. Long and
warmly the contest was waged,
with speeches and points of order the
ammunition, and with frequent
"bursts of applause puncturing the
, deliberations.
Meeting at noon Wednesday the
convention organized by the appoint4
*nent of the credentials, with Mendel
L. Smith of KeKrshaw In tho chair.
The credentials committee appointed,
tb? convention took a recess to
allow the committee to proceed with
Its work, the most important feature
! of which waB the decision of the con*
tests from Charleston ajid Georgetown.
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In iht* f nrmAP r.nflA thft Rarnwell
, ' ^delegation, proponents of J. Elmore
> > Martin for sheriff of Charleston
, 'County, was seated by a vote of 36
to 0. In the Georgetown caB? the
"court house club," representing the
forcos of "old Georgetown," was
seated by a vote of 3 6 to 4. The
convention reconvened at 8 o'clock
and Thos G. McLeod, former lieutenant
governor, was elected permanent
president. M. M. Mann and
James A. Hoyt, temporary secretar/
fos, were made permanent officers.
Then, with the convening of the
regular session of the convention
1 came the opening fight. The first
' clash on instruction came on the
floor, it having been decided that the
presidential fight should be made in
'open convention, without reference
to committees. John P. Thomas,
acting for the Richland delegation,
precipitated the fight, offering a resolution
instructing for Woodrow
Wilson.
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D. S. Henderson for the Aiken delegation,
offered a resolution against
instruction for any candidate. This
resolution was finally adopted. Refore
either the Henderson or Thomas
resolutions came up for adoption H.
? i D. Calhoun of Barnwell, offered a
substitute for Instruction. This was
; # "beaten, 218 to 122.
Then the Henderson resolution
was adopted, 178 to 162. This for'
jl bade Instruction. Undaunted, the
I.'J1. Wilson forces, through J. W. RagsI
. \ dalo, offered a resolution of indorse'
f"' ment. This was adopted, 241 to 97.
! 'Cheers greeted the announcement of
;,}* the vote. Then, with th * most ser..i
tnno flnllhorn t \ vn functions of the
.'if, convention disposed of, the convention
proceeded t.o tho election of delegates
at large.
, John P. Tliomas, of Columbia, op1'vj/
ened tho fight offering resolutions
1 indorsing Wilson and instituting tho
delegation for him.
I). S. Henderson, on behalf of tho
' Aiken delegation, offered resolution
favoring an uninstructed delegation.
* I To s;iid that he was an advocate of
Woodrow Wilson, but that the party
, was above the candidate. He said
Democrats should reserve their decision
on a candidate until tho Republicans
had put their nominee in
* ; the field.
* M. L. Smith, of Kershaw, said
, that ho was in favor neither of instruction
nor Indorsement for any
- ' ' ' candidate at. this time Ho, too, said
'Woodrow Wilson was his first choice
for president. He discussed the
? 1 probable Democratic nominees.
"If you have confidence In tho loyalty
of those you send to Paltlmorc,
i i why Instruct?" asked Mr. Smith,
i , H. D. Calhoun, of Rnrnwell, said
that the convention should go on rec'
' ord in some shape or form for Wood\
row Wilson. He offered a substitute
for both the Tliomas and Henderson
resolutions.
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>v. r , Dieveneon, u?. \.;?ooici ncm,
*. rend an amendment to the Calhoun
\ - resolution providing that the South
^ Carolina delegation might change to
^ come other candidate than Woodrow
Wilson hy a two-thirds vote.
By a vote of 218 to 122, tho convention
rejected the Calhoun substiV
tut? resolution indorsing Wilson and
r | allowed the South Carolina delegation
to decide by a majority vote on
another candidate should they find it
* expedient.
The question recurred upon the i
Henderson substitute resolution, 1
- m.
' which declared against Instructing
the delegation to Tote for an/ candidate.
By a vote of 178 to 182, the convention
agreed to the Henderson substitute
resolution, thereby refusing
to send an instructed delegation to
Baltimore. Mr. Heuderbon put on
the "clincher."
J. W. Ragsdale, although he said
be was not In favor of instruction,
offered a resolution indorsing the
candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for
the Democratic nomination for president
and Instructing the delegation
to vote for him as a unit.
IM. L. Smith, of Kershaw, moved
to indefinitely postpone the Ragsdale
indorsement resolution. He said it
would accomplish Indirectly what
the convention had Just declared
against directly by rejecting the Calhoun
resolution.
M. L. Smith made a point of order
against the Ragsdale resolution.
Mr. Ragsdale said he was willing
to change the wording of the indorsement
resolution If It savored too
Btrongly of Instruction.
Mr. Clifton said that the Ragsdale
resolution was entirely different from
the Calhoun resolution, since it simply
indorsed and adopted the unit
voting rule.
Mr. Pollock made the point of order
that the Ragsdale resolution was
contradictory to the Henderson resolution
which had been adopted.
Mr. Clifton said the fight on the
Ragsdale resolution was an attack on
the right of the people of South Carolina
to express their preference for
president.
President McLeod ruled that the
It a gs dale resolution was In effect the
same as that of the Thomas resolution
and ruled it out of order.
Pandemonium reigned for a few
minuter.
Mr. Ragsdale announcod that he
had another resolution.
"Resolved, That this convention
indorse Woodrow Wilson for president
without instruction," shouted
Mr. Ragsdale. "They can't quibble
over that!"
"I move to table the motion," said
M. L. Smith.
"I move that the convention vote
aye and no aa individuals," said G.
W. Sullivan.
Mr. Sullivan's motion was carried.
Mr. Smith withdrew his motion to
table the Ragsdale resolution and
moved the previous question.
The roll was called and each member
of the convention voted aye or
no. The Ragsdale resolution was
passed by a vote of 241 to 97. Mr.
Ragsdale put on the "clincher."
John C. Sellers, of Marlon, made
the point of order that no vice-presidents
had been chosen. He was sustained.
The following vice-presidents were
elected from the congressional districts:
First district: T. W. Williams,
Berkeley; Second District, J. W. Delaughter;
Third district, W. N. Graydon;
Fourth district, M. F. Ansel;
Fifth district, C. E. Spencer; Sixth
district, J. B. Green; Seventh dis
trict, B, H. Moss.
B. R. Tillman was elected a member
of the national executive committee.
lie was nominated by W. N.
Graydon.
CLOSE CALL FOR "JOYr RIDERS."
One Collarbone Broken and Cars
Smashed In Spartanburg.
A Spartanburg letter says while
running up East Main street at a rate
of speed said to have been forty
miles an hour, Ernest L. Layton,
driving Edward Williams and Edward
Vickors In a four-passenger car,
sideswlped another car standing by
tho curb early Monday morning. The
car was completely ovrturned and
the fact that tho top was up kept tho
passengers from being thrown many
feet. It was by another of those
proverbial miracles that all wero not
instantly killed.
Mr. Williams, who is a real estate
salesman, formerly of Columbia, suffered
a broken collar bone, but otherwise
no one was hurt. The car
standing by the curb was badly damaged
and another just in tho rear of
ic was also Injured.
The machine Mr. Layton was driving
was torn asunder and the front
wheels demolished. The party had
been "joy riding" and wero running
close to tho curb to keep out of the
light, so that a cop, who had flagged
them down might not get their number,
it is said. A case has been made
out against the speeders.
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This Is Political Year.
This Is political year the country
over, as well as in this state and
county. This is not the first political
year we have had, and will hardly
ho tho last. Let us therefore, be
careful not to say anything that will
cause coolness between friends, or
that will bo regretted after tho excitement
has died away and every
day ^xistoBce i? go no back into. He
firm, bo eandld, bo enthusiastic, if
needs be, but do not let anything
lead to vituperation and wild and
unwarranted charges of a personal
nature. Above all, keep cool.
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Tussle Ends in Tragedy.
H. H. Olbson, aged 16, was shot
and instantly killed In Atlanta on
Thursday by bis brother, aged 19,
in what is said to have been a friendly
tussle for the possession of a rifle.
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Governor XSJc
Indorsed Overwhelming by the Stat
WILSON MEN PLEASED
DELEGATION PRACTICALLY IN8TRUOTED
FOR HIM.
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Mr. Lewis W. Parker, ot Greenville,
Who Wants Underwood, Considers
Himself Bound to Vote for Wilson.
Mr. Francis H. Weston, senator
from Richland County and one of
the most prominent advocates of
Woodrow Wilson for president in
South Carolina, who was elected an
altornate delegate at large to the
national Democratfc convention, said
Wednesday night that ho was pleasod
with the results of the State Democratic
convention.
"Of the 18 delegates to the Baltimore
convention elected by South
Carolina, 14 are Wilson men of the
first water," said Senator Weston.
"The convention expressed its preference
for Wilson by an overwhelming
individual vote and adopted a
iresolu/tfton requiring the delegates
to tho national convention to vote
as a unit. This to all intents and
purposes amounts to sending a delegation
to Baltimore Instructed to
vote for Woodrw Wlson.
"I intend to Introduce in the next
session of tlio general assembly a
1)111 which will give the peoplo of
South Carolina the right to express
their preference for president of the
United States much more definitely
than they have been able to do for
tho last several years," declarod Senator
Weston.
Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville,
elected a district delegate to
tho national convention, who first
preferred Oscar Underwood for president,
declared Thursday morning
that ho considered tho indorsement
of WUlson by individual vote of the
State convention and the passage of
tho resolution requiring the delegates
to vote as a unit equivalent to
instruction for Wilson. 'Mr. Parkor
said ho considered himself bound to
voto for Wilson.
SEATED THE DELEGATES
Contest From Georgetown County is
Decided.
The credentials committee late this
afternoon voted, 3G to 4, to rocommend
to tho Stato Convention to seat
the faction from Georgetown County
headed by Mr. Walter Hazard, and to
recognize their Convention as the
regular Democratic Convention for
Georgetown County.
Their delegates to tho Stato Convention
are: D. I. Wilson, J. B.e
Steele, J. A. Brourton, E. O. Boatwright,
Wm. Pyatt and G. A. Doyle.
This result caries with it the soating
of O. H. Mitchell oil the Stato executive
committee.
Tho announcement of tho result of
the roll-call followed at tho close of
several hours of argument, over an
hour of which wa9 consumed by
Claude E. Sawyer, Esq., in presenting
at the side of tho faction by Olin
Sawyer and W. II. Andrews, In claiming
that theirs was the legal Convention.
I
e Democratic Convention Wednesday.
DELEGATES ELECTED
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TILLMAN AND SMITH NAMED
WITHOUT OPPOSITION,
H. I. Manning and Jno. Gary Evans
Other Two Big Four and the District
Delegates.
The State convention Wednesday
night elected Senator 13. R. Tillman,
Senator E. D. Smith, R. I. Manning
of Sumter and John Gary Evans of
Spantanburg as delegate? at largo to
the national Democratic convention.
Gov. Colo L. Bleaso was nominated
for delegate at large by F. H. Dominick,
but was defeated, receiving
only GG votes out of 336. Tho following
were elected alternates to
(he national convention:
M. F. Ansel, F. 11. Weston, W. F.
Stevenson and H. C. Folk.
The election of delegates at largo
resulted in the choice by acclamation
on motion of Mr. Thurmond,
of Senators B.'R. Tillman and E. I).
Smith, and on a ballot vote, in the
choice of John Gary Evans of Spartanburg
and Richard 1. Manning, of
Sumter. Governor Bleaso was placed
in nomination and received GG
votes. The result of the balloting
was: 'Manning, 207; Evans, 1SS; M.
F. Ansel, 83; L. J. Browning, 68; C.
T. l!lon?n C C TO IT VVo?tnn C "? TTi rt
following delegates were elected
from the seven congressional districts:
First district?R. S. Whaley, of
Charleston; Carloton Durant, of
Manning. Alternates: A. G. Padgett,
of Walterboro; II. II. Gross, of
Dorchester.
Second district?W. W. Williams,
of Aiken; 13. W. Crouch, of Saluda.
Alternates: 13. E. Nicholson, of
Edgefield; Noils Christensen, of
Boaufort.
Third district?IT. L. Watson, of
Greenwood; E. C. Doyle, of Easley.
Alternates: R. F. Smith, of Pickens;
II. II. Gossett, of Anderson.
Fourth district?Lewis W. Parker,
of Greenville; S. T. D. Lancaster,
of Bpnrtanburg. Alternates: W.
Mills Mornly, of Greenville; Den Hill
Brown, of Spartanburg.
Fifth district?W. M. Dun lay, of
Rock Ilill; J. W. Glenn, of Chester.
Alternates: W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw;
J. J. O'Dear, of Winnsboro.
Sixth district?W. T, Bethca, of
Dillon; S. A. Woods, of Marlon.
Alternates: T. D. Gibson, of Marlboro;
R. 13. Scarborough, of Conway.
Seventh district?W. A. Sturkcy,
of Bishopvuie; A. u. wingara, or
Lexington. Alternates: J. P. Thomas,
of Columbia; B. II. Moss, of Orangeburg.
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Approves Conventions Course.
Senator Tillman said Thursday, in
reply to an inquiry as to his opinion
of the action of tho South Carolina
Democratic Convention: "I havo not
seen the full report of the proceedings
of the Convention in the State
papers, but from what I see in the
Washington papers I regard the
course of the Convention as satisfactory.
WAS A JONES BODY
STATE CONVENTION CONTROLLED
BY HIS FRIENDS.
REMARKABLE GATHERING
The Bleoae Faction Wan Completely
Overwhelmed at the Meeting, the j
Governor Having About One-Sixth I'
of (lie Delegates With Xliui on a ]
Vote for Delegate.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says the State *
Democratic Convention was one of j
tho most remarkable gatherings that ?
has been held In this State in many ,
a year. It was conspicuous because (
of the unusual evidence of interest (
in the political situation and the
high character of the delegates. Men (
who have not for years taken any (
part in political alTalrs made the sac- ]
rittce of attending the Convention f
and tho personnel of tho Convention i
was decidedly abovo tho avorage. It i
appeared that people throughout the ]
State realized that assertive action <
should be taken and on that account
The conspicuous features of tho Convention
were:
Tho absolute and entire control,
In every essential, by tho friends of
of former Chief Justice Ira B. Jones,
in his candidacy for Governor.
The overwhelming sentiment in i
favor of Governor Woodrow Wilson
for the residential nomination of 1
the Democratic ticket.
Tho sympathy for United States
Senator Benjamin It. Tillman and the i
evidences of the continued hold that
he lias on the affections of the people.
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The utter demoralization of tho
friends and supporters of Governor
Blease at the Convention.
The suggestion has been made
that there was a "steam-roller" at
work during the process of the Convention.
and that this "steam-roller"
wae marked "Ira B. Jones," and that i
It was In charge of "Engineer" J.
William Thurmond. "Steam-rollers"
aro not new things In politics and
if a faction or a party has things
"going" their way to keep tnem "going"
and that thore Is no political
sense In giving quarter In a fight
in which there is hut one ambition,
and that Is to win.
There Is no question whatever but
what the Jones forces had the Convention
In control in the minutest dotall
on such subjects or public issues
as they cared to oxert their influence.
In other words, there were
certain questions that tho managers
of the Jones forces did not think it
was prudent for them to make any
contention about, but wherever it
had been determined to act it was
accomplished, and this was from tho
moment that Mr. Thurmond nominated
Speaker Mendel L. Smith, as temporary
chairman of the Convention.
Every official and every delegate and
every issue in which the Jones people
were involved had to have the
imprimatur of Jones, and there was
no middle ground. Those who were
not outspoken for the candidacy of
Mr. Jones were not given the rewards
of tile occasion.
Twenty years ago, when tho great '
"reform movement was at its zenith,
the cry was that measures had to he
considered above men, and if a man 1
did not advocate the reform measures,
no matter who ho may have been
thero was no demand for his services.
Later on, when the Alliance was in
its glory, the Allianro "yardstick" ,
was applied and if candidates did not
measure up to the Alliance "yardstick"
they were ready for tho junk
pile. And so, on Wednesday, the
password was "Jones" and if that 1
could not he given with perfect will- 1
ingness thero was someone in waiting
who was ready to give it. The :
fact of the matter is that there was <
no desire to coerco anyone, because '
the great majority of tho members i
of the convention came llrst, last and i
all tho time for Jones.
Thero were 34 0 delegates in tho !
Convention and the only test of tho
strength of Governor Bleaso was on '
his vote as a delegate to tho National '
Convention, when ho received 60 .
votes, and of this number 11 came i
from Orangeburg, where the Conven- i
tion had adopted a resolution that
tho delegation cast its vote ror "Gov- \
ernor of the State" as delegate to the i
National Convention. The signift- l
canoe of tho voto is all the moro i
emphasized when, early in the roll <
call Colleton was called upon for ;
its vote and the spokesman for that
delegation announced "Colleton t
casts Its vote for the Governor of |
South Carolina." It will he Interesting
to note where the strength of Gover- 1
nor niease came from. Out of 3 40 i
delegates, 66 voted for him, and, 1
Aiken 1, Bamberg 1, Barnwell t, t
Beaufort 1, Berkeley 2, Calhoun 2, i
Charleston 2, Colleton 4, Dorchester
4, Fairfield 1, Jasper 4, Kershaw 6,
Laurens 8, Leo 5. Lexington 3, Newberry
8, Orangeburg 11, Pickens 1, (
Richland 1, Saluda I. Total 66.
Tn this same ballot Mr. Richard T. .
Manning received 207 votes and Mr. ,
John Gary Evans 188 votes. {
Ono notlreablo feature of the Con- i
vontlon was the absoluto wide-open- t
.CHARGE OF AKSON
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ALLENDAR GOSNBLL LODGED DT
JAIL AT LAN DRUM*
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Follows Investigation of Burning of
W J, Gibson's Home When Ilia
Four Children Lost Their Lives.
Following an Investigation by B.
A. Wharton, Inspector of the State
insurance department, on the burning
of the home of W. J. Gibson.
when his four children lost their
lives, January 28, Allendar Gosnell
tias been arrested and lodged in Jail
it Landrum charged with arson.
The Insurance inspector has been
conducting an active investigation
Into the burning of '.Mr. Gibson's
home three miles from Campobello
it one o'clock in the morning of January
28, and has unearthed sufficient
evidence to cause the arrest of
ll09nell.
The burning of the home and the
loath of the four children was one
Df the most shocking tragedies in the
History of this community. Mr. Gibson
is a prominent farmer, a former
member of tho house of representatives,
and one of the most widely
known residents of this section of the
State.
The children who lost their lives
In the fire were: Hugh Gibson, IS '
years of ago; Annie Thomas Gibson,
14 years of age; I,aura Gibson, 10
years of age; James Gibson, eight
years of age.
Walter J. Gibson had gone to
Greenville to attend the funerad of a
kinsman leaving the four children at
homo. Their mother had died several
years before and their stepmother
tho previous winter. The children
spent the Sabbath with their sister,
ti; li a 1 I o vn i 1 a f ?*r\ h n I n Vi /-n a
?? I I * L U a illliu 111/114 tllUll 4iUUlU|
but had returned homo at ten o'clock
Sunday evening.
Neighbors wore aroused by the
roar of tho flames In the early morning
and when tho first to reach the
Beetles arrived at 1 o'clock the large
two story building was a mass of
flames. The screams of the children
were heard by those first on thn
icons,
Helton Reld dashed in amid thn
flames in an effort to save tho children.
As he entered tho house James
Cflbson, the youngest child, fell from
tho second story to tho floor beneatk
where Mr. Reld grasped him and carw
ried him out. Tho child died that
night.
The only origin of the fire that
could bo volunteered at the time was
the possibility of a coal from a grate
having started tho blaze. Council
was a former tenent of Mr Gibson's
plantation. He Is a young man about
25 years of age.
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FOUGHT TO THE DEATH*
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When Found Their Lifeless Hands
Still Grasped Pistols,
Propped against the wall of a
shack on Kettle Creek. Ky., their lifeless
hands still clutching their revolvers
and the last looks of defiance
fixed on their faces, the bodies of
Albert Stephens and William Maybury
were found last weok by relatives
who had missed them. Each
body was pierced by four bullets.
Stephens had sold the shack and its
contents to Maybury, and It is believed
they went to have a final setDement,
quarreled, and fought to the
death' without anyone hearing the reports
of the shots.
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CYCLONE AT TUSCALOOSA.
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Two Men Dead and Great Property
Damage Done.
Extensive damage was dono by a
cyclone which passed over Tuscaloosa,
Ala., Saturday night. The city
was in darkness that night and wires
are down making communication
difficult. Two negroes are known to
have been killed. The wind and
rain were accompanied by the heaviest
hail storm ever seen In that city.
Many trees were blown down and
several small houses had their roofs
lorn off. An Infant was blown from
its father's arms as he was walking
.lown tno street, but was not Injuxod.
^ess of everything. There was no
llsposltion to do anything under ,ovr.
The contests were all made in
iiibllc and the hearings T>y the comnlttoo
on credentials was about as
argely attended as the Convention
tself, and oven the voting on the
- eating of the contesting Charleston
iml Beaufort delegations was open
mhI direct and the record of this
Convention is as open as that of anj
political gathering can bo.
The overwhelming sentiment of
ho Convention, as has been said,
,vas In favor of the nomination of
Wood row Wilson. The Convention
?xpressed itself to that efToct by over*
vholiningly endorsing his candidacy*
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TClecfcd State Chairman*
Thursday morning the State Democratic
executive committee elected ;
Tohn Cary Evans of Spartanburg j
duilrman; Col. D. J. Griffith, of Col- 3
imbla, vice chairman. The chairman
ih'i w n? omiwwitea to noioct a sco :rs
'olary at a salary of $t!S0 each el?c* I
.lon year. Qou. WiUe Jonea vral fl
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