The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-22
EVENING SESSION.

The convention reassembled soon after 8
P. NJ The committee on credentials not
being ready to report, Jones proposed that
the convention should have speech from
Colonel Kirk, of Beaufort This was voted
down.
Mobley said that he saw Senator Sawyer on
the floor, aud moved that he be invited to ad-
dress the convention.
Jones declared tartly that he saw nothing In
Mr.. Sawyer's record since he was picked up
by the Republican party 10 entitle him to a
voice In the councils of the party. II Sawyer
had brought down to this State the mandate
from Grant or somebody else, as stated In
The CHARLESTON NEWS of to-day, that
the convention must go in certain
way, and not the other, he for one
would show them that he had been
sent here neither as knave nor as fool,
and he asked nobody to come down from
Washington 10 chalk in big letters on black
board for poor niggers to read the orders by
which they should be governed. Sawyer had
been present in the last convention, and now
he reappeared In this, as though he had
hereditary right to dictate to us poor Ignorant
niggers, us poor dupes In the Sunny South. If
SAWYER wanted to come and advise the con-
ventlon, he should come unconnected with
any clique or delegation.
June Mobley spoke in support OF his motion
to invite Sawyer to speak, but the question
being put, 1t was lost.
After speeches by Mobley and others, and
considerable confusion, recess was taken for
fifteen minutes. The gas was fllckering all
this time, and the convention was In semi
darkness. The real object OF the recess was
to resuscitate the metre.
The recess was interrupted at half-past ten
by motion to adjourn till ten o'clock to-mor-
row morning, which was carried.
The convention is now awaiting the report
or the committee on credentials. That COM
mittee has just decided the Beaufort contest
BY vote OF l3 10 IL in favor OF the Smalls
delegation, which Is understood to be q
triumph for Moses. They are now consider
ing the Charleston contest. 1t is said that
the Charleston and all the other contests will
be decided In committee In favor OF Moses,
but Of course the acllon of the committee will
have 10 be confirmed or rejected by the con-
vention.
Everything on the surface indicates the
nomination of Moses; but men who profess to
be well informed declare that there s strong
uuder-cHrrent against him, and that only
part of the contested delegation looked upon
as Moses men can be counted on to vote ior
him.
1t was reported late tonight that Chamt
lain had Withdrawn; but his friends deny this,
and say 1t is a fair fight, to be fought to the
end Patterson is certainty working for Moses,
and is lending him money, which was the one
thing wanting.
There will be lively times In the convention
tomorrow, and If Moses is nominated bolt
strong enough to defeat his election Is tolera-
bly, certain.
The petition brought by John G. Mackey for
the commutation of the sentence of Rhlna
Washington, sentenced to be hung, has been
favorably considered, and the sentence is TO-
be committed to Imprisonment Tor Life.
The meeting of the Democratic executive
committee Is called for Monday next at this
place. PICKET.