The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-16
VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1895
THE CONVENTION.
THE MoHEMENr FOE Reform TAX
ING SHAPE.
TWENTY-FIVE COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
THE PRELIMINARY WORK CON-
PLETE.
NOMINATIONS EXPECTED TO-DAY.
rsrEC1A1 rEIEaRAx TO THE NEws.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.l
COLUMBIA, June Is.
The convention called by the conference Of
the sste press, held in March last, assembled
at o'clo ok this evening in the hall of the Co
lumbia Hotel. There was full attendance Of
delegates, large minority OF whom were
colored citizens.
The Convention was called to order by E.
W. seibels, of Richland, who nominated as
Temporary chairman Colonel 7. Y. simons, OF
/. Charleston. On taking the chair, Colonel
simons made brief and appropriate address,
which was frequently interrupted by applause.
At Its close, Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, and
". g. Rout, Of Charleston, were, on motion,
elected secretaries of the Convention.
The counties were then called, and the lists
: of delegates were presented to the secreta-
RES. Twenty-Five counties were represented.
The counties not represented are York,
Georgetown, Williamsburg, Sumter, oconee,
Marlboro, Abbeville, Beaufort and Clarendon.
: Y. j. Pope, Esq, of NewbeTy, moved the
: appointment of committee. to consist of one
delegate from each county, to report officers
!; for the permanent organization Of the Con-
vention, which was carried.
Subsequently the committee reported the
following nominations for officers:
For rPresident-wm. Shannon, of Kershaw.
For Vice -Presidents- p. Kinard, of New :
berry; 8. E. Means, OF spartanburg; F. B. Nc
Bee, d Pickens; B. G. witherspoon, of Lancas-
ter; j. E. Bird Of Darlington; A. Melchers, of
Charleston; James Kennedy, of Rlchland; Hem
" Barnes, of Edgeaeld; Moses Benson, of
Chester; NARROW Cochrane, of Charleston; NJ.
Caldwell, of Orangeburg, and ]. Gibson, Of
Williamsburg.
!. Secretaries Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell,
and W. G. Rout, Of Charleston.
Z The report was unanimously adopted, and
the president was conducted to the chair.
{ e On taking his seat, Colonel Shannon made
patriotic address, In which he alluded to the
I SiM;pportance of the object for which the Con-
vention was called, and urged the delegates
toSiseto the importance of the occasion, and
IN the spirit of devotion to the State, to CO.
operate to rescue it from misrule.
) General n. c.. Butler, Of Edgefeld, moved
/ the appointment of committee Of seven on
I. the platform, which was carried. The presi-.
: dent announced the following as the commit
tee: Messrs. N. G. Butler, Ellison G. Keitt,
George L. Buist, Joseph B. Kershaw, Benja.
min Harrington, Thomas Gregory and James
5iB..3 3Nceants.
Mr. isiebels, of Richland, moved the appoint
ment of committee Of seven, to whom all re-
solutions offered in the Convention shall be
referred, which was carried. Subsequently
the chair announced the following gentlemen
as such committee: Messrs. E. W. siebels, j.
P.Thomas, J. D. Kennedy, F. W. Dawson, c.
G. Boyce, A. Harper and J. o. Crosby.
Major W. T. Gary, of Edgefeld, moved the
appointment of committee of ten, to whom
shall be referred the question of the number
of votes and the manner Of taking the votes OF
the different counties represented in this con-
vention, which was carried. Subsequently
the chairman announced the following as such
committee: Messrs. W. T. Gary, James NJ.
Davis, W. E. Marshall, Jonas Bird, B. J. With
erspoon, J. A. Hoyt, A. Smith, S. P. Burbrldse,
Eiwin F. Malloy and R. P. Todd.
General Kershaw and Mr.. E. S. Keitt pre-
sented drafts for the platform, which were re-
ferred to the committee having that subject in
charge. A clause in General Kershaw's reso-
lutions recommends that the nominations Of
the Convention be of Republicans only.
A communication from General John A.
WAGNER, of Charleston, was also referred to
the same committee.
On motion, the convention then adjourned
to Thursday morning, at 10 O'Clock.
The Convention is settling down in admirable
temper to its work. The general expectation
is that State ticket will be nominated in the
course of to-morrow's session. Though there
Is perfect harmony of spirit among the dele
gates there is, OF course, a considerable di-
versity of views, and there is every indication
that we shall have lively debate tomorrow.
All the Charleston delegates are well and IN
nne spirits. The following is correct list OF
the Charleston delegation present at the open
ing of the Convention: Whites-R. Mure,
G. L. Buist, ]. F. Britton, John Campsen,
B. O'Neill, R. Hunter, j. B. Steele,
4. Melchers, T. s. Browning, 7. Y. simons,
F. W. Dawson, ]. D. Parker, /. McLain,.
Alya Gage, ]. j. Grace, W. E. Mikell, E. w
Marshall, A. O. Stone, A. G. Goodwin, F..