The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-24
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COLUMBIA, August %.
The frat fruit of the nomination Of Moses
last evening, was the appearance In morn
Ing paper to-day OF call Tor gathering o
all delegates who were dissatisfied with tht
nominee. In accordance wit b this call thu
boilers assembled this morning at the court
house. Among those present were the dele
gallons from Anderson and Greenvllle, ant
Bowen's delegation, from Charleston, ano
Whipper's from Beaufort. Oa the floor were
Sawyer, Tomlinson, Clark, and many others
j. N. Hayne, of Barnwell, moved that James
L. Orr be chosen chairman. [Cheers.l Sulll
as secretaries. Carried.
Judge Orr said: The purpose Of this con-
ventIon is to organize ticket in opposition to
and to beat that nominated at the capitol. /
desire to say that this organization is intend
ed to be exclusively Republican. We do not
propose to con:iliate or buy up the Influence
of the Democracy or Greeleyltes by putting
men of that party on our ticket. Two years
ago thought I saw evidence that the Union
Reform party would not carry out It's pledges
In good faith; hence opposed Carpenter aud
Butler. Reform is more necessary now than
1t vas then; but 1t must be effected through
the Republican party. I am surprised that
Democrats shonld expect party With
thirty Thousand majority to join them.
1t they want reform, they must come
TO us, the majority. The corrupt men In the
Republican party dor't exceed two thousand.
There are eighty eight thousand unc miami
nsted Republicans If men who are unworthy
have been elected, our duty is to throw them
over. The State debt is largely increased; the
taxes are enormous; the public officers are
unpaid, and the public Institutions are about
to close. No public officer has received his
pay for nine months. The schools opened Tor
the colored people-because the whites can
pay for schooling-are shut up, except where
supported by local contributions. Some reform
IL st be effected. voted Tor Grant and Wilson,
aud stand on their platform; but in the North
honest Republicans at every corner impor.
tuned me to rid the State of the fraud and
rascallty, which was heavier weight for the
National Republicans to carry than all others
combined I am no candidate for Office, but
the name and fame OF eighty-elght thousand
honest Republicans require me TO speak. 1
came to the State Convention to vote Tor hon.
est candidates; but such an assemblage have
never before seen. Whenever it suited Presi-
dent Elliott, any motion was declared carried;
when not, not. Knowing Moses's record,
felt constrained to withdraw when he was
nominated. The chair decided that could
not say anything hard against the ca d.
dates, but as much as I pleased 10 their
favor. I refused to speak on these
terms, and will now explain why cannot sup
port Moses. He is true and staunch Repub-
lican. If it were only question OF his
Republicanlsm, would support him. Rumors
as to his conduct as speaker will not men
tiou, but will come to facts. AS said by Cor
bln-a man to whom the colored people ought
to be devoted, because of the Ku.Klux trials
Moses has issued half million or million of
pay certificates fraudulently. Moses was en-
powered to decide what attaches should be
employed. When was In the Legislature, in
1874 4S, there were only eleven employees In
the House; but Moses has Issued pay Ger
tiacates to four hundred or more. Some
of these men have never been in Co.
lumbia. One lived at Atlanta aud enly
came up here to get his certificate. Another
"a committee clerk-could not sigu his name.
1t WAS said last night That Moses gave these
places to persons driven from home by The
Ku-Klux. What right had he t. do this ?
There were only nine Ku KIux counties. If
were in the Legislature aud the Ku-Kux
drove men to Columbia, I would move
q legislative appropriation to pay their ex-
penses. But what right fds Moses to give the
public money to his f,7orltes? In Beaufort,
where Moses was weak, more appointments
were given than In all the K,l.Klux counties
put together. The truth Is that the pay OF
officials was given TO men who could control
the county delegations aud nominate Noses.
He says he has been little reckless, but his
who control the bonds aud treasury, and he
can only beat them by Issuing legislative crr-
tiacases. Lsok at the armed lorce fund. Mo-
ses received eleven thousand dollars, while
not one armed man was employed in the State.
None OF his friends had explained this draft.
My explanation Is this: the money was paid to
Moses for his services as speaker In de-
featlng the impeachment of Scott. There
are complaints of executive and legislative
rings. One bill, pluuderDg the people
to- the tune of one million, cost $3.50, 900
to pass 1t. That corruption is rife Is shown in
the charges Of bribery made yesterday, on the
floor of the convention. The Republican party
can't tolerate this,o the conduct of such men
as Cardozo, who vote for man whom their
constituents had Instructed them not to sup
porfs The present reform movement depends
on the colored people whether it shall be sue
cessful or not If they are willing they can
continue the system by which two thousand
men steal and eighty-eight thousand pay the
piper. But am confident, when the colored
people understand the ISSUE, They will vote
against the Ring. Tue tax has been twenty
mills. Seven million bonds were fraudu'ently
issued; and, If seven, why not seventeen? all
taxes at last are paid by the lsborng
classes. When was In the Legislature it's
cost was $4,000. Now it is 100000. The
State expenses, without the Interest, when /
was in office, were s37O,0OO. God knows how
it is now. A million dollars was paid into the