The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-04
REGULARS CONCLAVE,

THE REGULARS CONCLAVE,
PROGRESS OF THE MAcKEY N0MINA-
TING CONVENTION.
The County Ticket and the County Leg
isIative Nominations Completed-The
Scrub Race for the City Nominations-
A Characteristic Adjournment.
The Mackey or Regular Republican County
Convention, which adjourned until ten O'Clock
yesterday morning, reasse mbled at a little after
eleven, and proceeded to the nomination oil
candidates for the General Assembly. It was
evident that it was upon the distribution oil
these much coveted nominations that the
struggle of the convention was to be expect
ed, and there was a long, rambling debate
over the manner of making the nominations.
This was ended by the adoption of the follow
lowing resolution, which was offered by Sheriff
Msckey as q sort of general pacidcator:
RESOLVED, That we now proceed to the NOM
1IlO " ClAulSCu y Va ~ ASooC Va
Representatives In the following order: One
from st. James Santee, Ole from Christ Church
Parish, two from st. johns Berkeley, one
from st. James Goosecreek, one from st.
Stephens, two from st. Johns Colleton, one
from 81. Andrews, nino from the City of
Charleston.
The nominations were then proceeded with
In tolerable order, and with the following
results:
From st. james Santee 1t was announced
that there was no opposition 70 the candidacy
OF
WILLIAM O.. PrECKNEY, coLoRED,
and he was accordingly dominated by accla-
nation.
From the parish of Christ Church there ap.
peared to be equal unanimity In favor OF
ABRAM SMITH, coLoRED,
and he was also nominated by reclamation.
From St. Johns Berkeley there were two
candidates to be nominated, and Coroner Taft
announced as the unanimous choice of the
delegates from the parish the names Of
STEPHEN BROWN, CoLoRED, N GEORGE CAM
NON, WHITE,
who were nominated Without opposition.
For the nomination from st. James Goose
creek there appeared to be less harmony
among the delegates. The names pres ,nted
to the convention were those Of John E.
Clyde, Abel smalls and Mark Williams, oil
colored, and a ballot being taken, 1t resulted
as follows: Clyde Y, snals 8. and Williams 8,
and
JOHN E. CLYDE, CoLORED,
was declared the nominee.
From st. Stephens Parish there were also
three presented to the convention,
those of Stephen D. Russell, white, and Isaac
GIllens and A. G. Allston, colored. Another
ballot being taken, 1t resulted In Al votes for
Mr.. Russell, 80 for Glllen, and 4 for Allston,
and
STEPHEN D. RUSSELL, WHITE,
was declared nominated.
For the nominations from st. Johns Cole
ton there were no less than ak candidates, as
follows: DR.. T. P. Mikell, Major Carl Berlin,
Robert sImons and W. q. ". Gray, from Wad.
malaw and Edisto Islands, aud Amos Bllzen
and R. B. Geddes, from Johns Island. A bal.
lot being taken upon the three last named
candidates, after a good deal OF speech-making
from the delegates and the candidates them
selves, there were 63 votes for Amos Bllzen
and 10 for R. B. Geddes. and
AMOS BLIzEN, coLoRED,
was declared the nominee. A long and heat
ed debate followed upon the merits of the re-
naming candidates and promised to continue
all night, until some seDalble delegate moved
a recess until five O'Clock, which motion was
carried.
The convention r~eas8emsled at about six
o'clock, and, after Q little more speech-making
by the friends of the respective candidates,
a ballot was taken for the second nominee for
Assemblyman from st. Johns Colleton, with
the following result: simons So; Aikell 81;
Gray 4, and Berlin q.
ROBERT sIMoSs, CoLoRED,
was, therefore, declared the candidate, and,
upon motion, his nomination was made unani-
nous.
The nomination from st. Andrews Parish
was then proceeded with, and G. Glbbes and
Robert W. Brown, both colored, were put up
for nomination with eulogistic speeches from
their respective friends. The balloting re.
suited In 81 votes for Gibbes and 4s for Brown,
and
r. W. BROWN, c%oLoRED,
was declared the nominee.
This completed the nominations from the
country parishes, and the nomination OF re-
representatives. from the city was next attempt
ed. 1t was understood that this would pro-
woke o general row, inasmuch as almost every
delegate from the city was working for his
" nomination to the Assembly, and the ex-
mediation Of q disturbance was very fnlly re-
allied. The ball was opened by one L.. j. Tay-
lor, a colored delegate from Ward 8, who made
a savage speech in denuncialion Of what he
termed a trick to nominate some Democrats
on the ticket. He appealed to the passions
and preIudices Of the rural delegates, and, as
far as his incoherent language could be trans
lated into q semblance of the Kings Eng
lish, 1t was understood to be In favor
Of a straight-out Republican ticket, with
out regard to any considerations Of
policy or success before the people. This was
only the prelude to a whole series OF similar
~haranaues, In the course of which the mem
bers. becoming wholly unable to restrain their
patriotic enthusiasm, rose to the floor en-
mssse and surged and crowded around the