The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-27

talk of their withdrawal from the contest. But
other counsels finally prevailed. - =. =
On the opening of the. doors, a rush was
made by the spectators for the gallery; which
was soon packed. Az first none but delegates
were admitted to. the floor Of the Senate
Chamber, but subsequently the doors were;
-iAfowi open, and All the unoccupied space in
the rear. Of thesdelegates was given to the
orou,,d 5. 20 - ~ g. -..5s3=---:-: !
: cEoWo. -: a.,
a. j. Ranaier called, the convention to order,
and read the published call of the State Cen
tral Committee for the assembling Of the Com
sention. he then submitted the reports Of the!
officers of the State Executive Committee. IN
regard to matters passed upon by that body
The report of the treasurer showed that thirty
Ave hundred dollars had been received, and
thirty-four hundred 7and hfty7one dollars dis
bursed during the pat year Some four hun4
dred dollars had been collected fos the erection
of a monument to Randolph, ofswhich amount
Governor Scott had contributed fone hundred
dollars. The ground had beer bought and the
design for the monument completed: 3 : ...
sSRansier5 alsosa read solutions which had
gb,ssenssdep.ed by tie executive Committee,
thsnEnigs a Eflis5s s
for their gensnwspensE BUTTONS towards cont
sdarting thscansasaepeo enistng in the Onion
leagues e great Instrument Of Republican, nbhlg'!csai
sdsce and sssail eSRdaIe increased
~ y and dd ssarin that o.sln1atiOn, as Wen as hs
8 Formation, el Republican clubs: Ranaler ] then
oongratuiased 'ths convention upon the
faioss6,sl f s. auspices is { Under which they met,
abiding . the formidable difficulties in theif
way when they formerly assembled at Janney's
now Neagle's Eali, and when a large portion
orthe party were then, as 1T were, only citizens
,1embryo. he dyelt at some length on the
death; Of Randolph, Martin: !. and others; yarn If.
ed his hearers against what he called the 80
phissries Of pretended friends, and concluded
with spread eagle congratulation that
: throughout the broad extent of the American
Continent spsrynan 81 proper agei now In
Vested with ~ the right. privileges and 81 I'M
mpnities os American citizenship ssa :. ,1'. -;
f0n motion Of George Lee, Of Charleston, B.
..tB.s Elliott aWas elected Temporary chairmDn,
end pI conaaufea to the chair bgLee, iWhipper
and sI..i is ssse ~ W. - s @ ~ :'.sS .5 m
=. an s! ss sa;e thanked alltt The
fcoayentaogf for the compliment paid HIM and
ssaid thst ifwoulib be his enortto. .dlschargehis
1 t duty n With inpara He then @ anpounosa
that TIE Convention was ready N for business.
On motion Of whipper, the presd dentwas' aa-
thorized to appoint a committee of seven, op
credentials. te consist Of one from each Con
Ygressional District land three at large. u q
asso On motion Of. .Hayne, of Marion, Edward
]. Was eleosss Il ssesre4taalIyI
ge6The president announced theef following IS
the committee on credentials: First district,
nj. ;aia II. sWhittemoire; second, WI Wnppet;
third, CIV. Montgomery; fourth, i I. Nsaggls;
1T large W. B. Nash, June Mobley and J2H. :
rtRainey. .@s.@ -, z! sl..2 f.E /.
On motion Of Hayne, the convention then
took g recess to4 O'Clock, vAr
.azYHsNa SESSION.
On the reassesnbnng Of the convention it
was announced that the Committee on Gre
a .sntals we're ere ready 70 report. While waitln ng
l for the report the assemblsge was entertained
81 speeches pe from rom Calm, Delaney, Colonel GA
ham, ofMartsn, Sawyer and DeLarge. T.J.
Mickey os,ssfsd to Sawyer being allowed to
-,slesE. and spicy discussion ensued between
the tNo, BOTH speakers being warmly APPLAUD
edby tkeG respective friends.
Finally whittemore appeared With the fe-
: port Of the Committee ON Credentials Fecog-
nizing the DeLarge delegation as the rightfal
representatives of Charleston County in the
Convention. s,... sA
A motion to adopt I the h report elected lOn ng
and bitter discussion, in which Bowen, sawy er,
Rsnsier; Elhdif and whipper were the prime
palparticipants. This lasted until halfpast 9
s,saes ... s;.e- = n.,s ze.z .s...s9 .ae.1. Z
ioP. M.@a vote Oh thu; report s;tsa has at length
been reached. resulting in the triumph of the
DeLarge faction, and his delegation, in ae-