The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-24
on motion Of ". r. Jones, the vote was
mRda unnnimnua

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made unanimous.
A committee, consisting Of Messrs.
Snalls, Hedges and Jones, was appoint
tion and conduct him to the speakers
returned, with the Judge upon their
shoulders, and were greeted with great
applause-ihe band playing u national
air. The President, on behalf of the
Republican party Of the State, congratu-
lated him upon his nomination. Judge
Melton responded in few remarks.
MIR. Rainey nominated Hon. L. l.. Car
dozo for State Treasurer, and was Sc
condod by Judge Mackey und Gen. T.. J.
Moses.
Judge Mackey read communication
from Treasurer Niles G. Parker, decin.
ing to be u candidate for nomination as
State Treasurer.
Secretary OF State Cardczo was recon-
mended by Messrs. ls.iney, Maxwell,
Moses, Il. j. MucEcy aud Elliott.
Frost and Mobley bitterly denounced
CardoZO.
air. Swails nominated sIayor Alexan-
der. Seconded by Messrs. Frost un,l
Mobley. ~ discussion here cnsurl,
which resulted in Mobley aud others be-
coming greatly excited; an inkstand was
smashed over the reporters table, and
the Sergeant-at-Arms called upon to put
the offending member out. His fricu,is
rallied around the momber from L,n.
rens, when, amidst the greatest exclte-
ment, tho Convention adjourned until
this morning, ut 10 o'clock.
The REFORM REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
-Agreeably to the call published by
Judge Orr, yesterday morning, request
ing all the delegates dissatisfied with the
nomination of F. J. Moses. Jr. as Co.
vernon, to meet ut tho Court House, ut
ii o'clock a. NJ, goodly crowd col
lected. Some twenty-five or thirty dele
gates were prescnt-one-h half, or proba-
by more, Of whom wero colored.
Judge Orr was called to the chair, and
made AN able and stirring speech, set.
ting forth the objects Of the movement,
and commenting in most severe terIns
upon the corruption which infected the
majority of the leaders of the party. He
said that tue purpose of this Convention
was to organize ticket in opposition to
our friends ut the ''other end of the
avenue" to-day. 1t is intended to be
exclusively Republican. It is not in
tended to buy up or associate the Demo
cratic party in the movement. Judge
Orr said that lie had opposed Carpenter
and Butler, because reform has to be
accomplished through the Republican
party. If the Democrats now wish re-
form, they must seek it through the Re.
publiot party. The corruptionists in
this State do not exceed 1000, whilo
there are $4,000 votes of honest mon.
OF these, 10000 are colored-the others
whits. The public institutions of all
sorts, he suid, are about to be closed,
DR.. Ensor's personal efforts only keep.
ing the Asylum going. No public Of
ficer has been paid in nine months, and
the schools are all closed. It is neces-
sary that reform should begin. Jndge
Orr said he had no idea of the extent Of
the corruption, nor of the ventilation OF
it North, until he went to the Philadel-
phia Convention. At all hotels and
everywhere earnest opportunities were
addressed to him to come home and stem
the tide OF corruption. He came to the
Convention with the earnest desire and
purpose to work for honesty and honest
candidates. He had never seen such
rulings and proceedings as yesterday in
the Convention. He felt constrained to
withdraw when Moses was nominated,
because Of his record Hon. D. T. Cor
bin had made the charge that $500, 900
Of pay certificates had been issued, and
it stands unrefuted. Pay certificates
have been issued to the number of 400
attaches some say 800. A man even
from Atlanta, Gn., came here to get his
certificate cashed, not having ever been
in the State, much less in tho service of
the General Assembly. The fact is, that
the Speaker gave pay certificates to moro
persons in Beaufort than to poor victims
of Ku Klu1. They were not given to
any refugees. They wero given to men
to influence them to work in their Coun-
ties. and to get delegations in favor Of
F.J. Moses.
Judge Orr then touched upon the
armed force fund. from which he said,
as published in the PHOENIX, from the
books of the Treasury themselves, +. J.
Moses, Jr., Ind drawn $1,000 This
has been published from day to day, and
yet no word OF explanation from Moses
nor his friends. Az for him, he had rea-
sOn tn balieya that tho money WA re.