The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-05
A PRODIGIOUS POW WOW.
MASS MEETING OF THE IRREGULAR
OR MOSES WING OF"THE PARTY"
Judge Melton Shows UP the Honesty
OF tho Boilers Candidate-moses meets
tho Charges Against Him-Fhe other
Speakers, and what they Said.

taken tho very method to bring one aboat, BY
Indicating to his friends what they might d.
to disturb the meeting, and then mildly ad
vising them not to lott. One prominent poll
tician in the Moses interest, however, treated
it as. q huge joke. .!His friends" said this
one, swhy he hasn't got any friends. The
only crowd he has got is a few ofthe butchers
and they can't holler. We've got al
the fishermen on our side, and they're
the fellows to boiler. They get used to 1t,
you know, crying their fresh fsh In the morn
lng.n The big guns of the occasion arrived
on the morning train from Columbia, aud
were entertained at the residence OF q well
known politician, where a little levee was
kept up all day. During the day, one OF the
party received a dispatch from Darlington
saving ..bas a. large mass meeting had been
held thereon Tuesday night, at which b. F.
WhittsHere, and q. W. Purvis had spoken;
that, 9 vote being taken, the meeting unani-
mously declared for Moses, and that White
more had thereupon publicly recanted his ale.
glance to the Boilers, saying that his constitu-
ents had spoken, and he had ''no policy to
oppose to the will Of the people," This was
all very encouraging, and the Moses magnates
were in q high condition of exultation.
In tie other camp, the headquarters OF
which are on Hayne street, affairs were
d1uieter, andthe tone of conversation less ju-
hllant, but still hopeful. One Of the politi-
clans interviewed our reporter as follows:
ssDont you believe all these things you hear
about Bowen aud whlttemore going over to
the Regulars. I tell you Bowen is going to
be Q candidate for sheriff on our ticket until
the last ballot Is counted, and he Is going to
make suoh q combination as will capture all
you Democrats and secure his election. The
white people are all for Tomlinson too. We
are going to get five hundred votes for Tom
iinson through this Steam Fire Department
here. We've got che money and the brains
and the hackers to put this thing
through, and We are going to do 1t. If we
don't elect our whole ticket we will elect
Tomliason and Greene, and when they get In
theysean make 1t hot for the other crowd.
You Democrats better come into this, If yop
want to be on the winning side. Tomlinson 1s
honest, you know, and as for the rest, hasn't
Tomlinson got a good right to use them If 1t
win help him to get In? No, 1t isn't Corbln
using Tomlinson; 1t is TomlInson using Corbln,
or, rather, 1t Is we fellows usiBg both OF 'em.
You mark my w~ords-Frank Moses will never
be seated as Governor of South Carolina.
Well have him tripped up, either before or
after the election; or, If we don't-well, 1
won't say what may happen, but how would
you like to see martial law again In South
Carolina % .,s5r
Tho Mass Meeting. 1917
Long before the hour announced for the
meeting the crowd began assembling about
the steps Of the City Hall, and at a lew minutes
after eight the Central Campaign Club, head
ed by5a band of music and about one thous-
and strong, marched to the ground from Mill
tsry Hall. After this the crowd became larger
and denser, until Broad street from below
st. Mlchael's Church up to and beyond the
Guardhouse was filed with q compact assem-
blaxe numbering about four thousand per-
sons. On. the stage were General Moses,
Judge Melton, congressman Elliott and De-
Large, Chisf Justice Moses, Sheriff Mackey,
COIOG6Il 1hktS xIC6SukCk 0ukhOJs "~
sioner Miller, N. R. Delany, and q host Of
lesser lights Of the local Radical party.
AfeSr q little muslc from the band, Captain
j. J. Young called the meeting to order, and
nominated the following officers, who were
elected:sE. W N. Mackey, president; B. c.
DeLarge, VIM. Quincy, W. N. Taft, NJ. R. De-
lsny, w. J. McKinlay, @. I. Cunningham, !. {.
Miller, E. p. Wall, e.. B.. seabrook, W. G..
Fields. VIM. Glover, J. A. Washington aud
Louis Dunneman, Independents; q. G.. MI
mott, J. J.. Young, b. W. Hendricks, T. d.
Jones and g. M. Magrath; secretaries.
Sheriff Maekey was then introduced, and
after expressing his qualification OF the tre-
mendous audience that had been gathered to
rstify. the nomination OF the Moses ticket, he
spoke OF the rival demonstration that had
been gotten up q week ago in the Tomllnson
Interest. He. said he knew that he and his
friends bad been charged with breaking up
that meeting, but his audience knew full we'll
that the failure of the meeting was because
the people themselves had 80 little respect
and confidence In the speakers that they would
not listen to them. He then introduced, with
q glowing euloglum, Judge 8. W. Melton, who
was received with three cheers by the audi
ence.
C, SPEECH OF JUDGE MELTON.
Judge Melton made an extended speech, be-
ginning with the history of this State during
and since the war, and q vlndicatlon of his
reasons for becoming a Republican. he dis
claimed any feeling of hostility to that vast
majority of the white people of the State who
differed with him In politics, and paid q high
tribute to the worth and character of the peo-
ple of his native State. He believed that the
reason the coiored men had been compelled
to turn to the carpet-baggert for leadership and
advice was because the native South Caroli-
mans had refused to lead them. The colored
people, In their ignorance and inexperience,
had to have white men to lead them; there
was q demand for white men, and, as is al
ways the case, that demand found Its supply.
He had no words OF opprobrium for honest
Republicans coming to the South, but Tor
those men who had come with their
shrunken carpet-bags, intending only to win
die a fortune for themselves out of this State
and then return to their native North, he had
the most utter contempt. The result OF cap
pettbaeism had been that the State was bank
,,n+.,n fnnda IN resources and in credit, and